Emily Bollinger
/ WGLT
Larry Sears has been on a wild goose chase this week.
The 75-year-old retired teacher from Normal wants his first COVID vaccine dose—and he is eligible to get one. So he’s stalking the McLean County Health Department website. He stayed up till midnight hoping to be first in the digital line for an appointment at Hy-Vee. He checked in with his doctor’s office.
But he hasn’t had any luck yet, even though many of his friends have.
“I’m not begrudging them as being lucky enough to get that done, but it’s making my patience wear very thin for myself because I can’t get it done, and I don’t consider myself as someone who is inept,” said Sears, who has a heart arrhythmia known as AFib. “It’s a mess.”