Some Californians can t get vaccine despite surge in supply
JANIE HAR, Associated Press
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1of17Nurse practitioner Antoinette Barrett scans a vial of the Johnson & Johnson s COVID-19 vaccine to make a label for a recipient at a Cedars-Sinai sponsored pop-up vaccine clinic at the Watts-Willowbrook Boys & Girls Club in Los Angeles, Wednesday, April 28, 2021. California, swimming in vaccine, is in a far different place than it was just weeks ago when simply scoring an appointment was cause for celebration. Today, Los Angeles, San Diego and other populous counties are advertising that anyone can walk in for a shot and the state is texting reminders that plenty of appointments are available.Jae C. Hong/APShow MoreShow Less
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SAN FRANCISCO – Hearing of excess vaccine and unfilled appointments frustrates Dr. Aaron Roland, a family physician who has been lobbying for doses to inoculate his patients, many of whom are low-income, immigrants or elderly.
The San Francisco Bay Area doctor has more than 200 patients who have inquired when he will offer inoculations against the coronavirus. One patient, who is 67, said he walked into a Safeway supermarket because signs said doses were available. But they said, ‘Oh no, they’re not really available. You just have to go online, just sign up online.’ It’s not something he does very easily, said Dr. Roland, whose practice is in Burlingame, south of San Francisco.
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But Mokhtarzadeh, 80, isn’t able to do that and her granddaughters have also failed to book her an appointment. She’s worn down by repeated attempts to get a slot through a toll-free number, so she’ll wait for Roland, her physician of three decades, to get the vaccine instead.
“I’m not a young girl,” she said. “I’m trying to find somebody that will give me the shot and they have it at the Walgreens in Millbrae and I don’t know why they won’t give me the shot.”
Going forward, it’s going to take more effort to reach the unvaccinated, say health experts. The group includes people unable to leave their homes or who can’t miss work; for some, a vaccination may not be a priority, or they may have questions that can’t be answered when making a vaccination appointment online.
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De Blasio said he expects at least 400,000 jobs lost to the pandemic to return by year s end. The mayor cited the city s vaccination rate as crucial to the effort, saying 6.4 million New Yorkers have already been jabbed.
Vaccines aplenty but some Californians struggle to get one
Apr. 29, 2021 at 6:00 am
JANIE HAR, Associated Press
Hearing of excess vaccine and unfilled appointments frustrates Dr. Aaron Roland, a family physician who has been lobbying for doses to inoculate his patients, many of whom are low-income, immigrants or elderly.
The San Francisco Bay Area doctor has more than 200 patients who have inquired when he will offer inoculations against the coronavirus. One patient, who is 67, said he walked into a Safeway supermarket because signs said doses were available.
“But they said, ‘Oh no, they’re not really available. You just have to go online, just sign up online.’ It’s not something he does very easily,” said Dr. Roland, whose practice is in Burlingame, south of San Francisco.