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Are you trying to get COVID-19 shot but can t? This scientist explains why vaccine distribution is so difficult
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Linda Salinas receives her no-cost COVID-19 vaccination at the Alamodome on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. About 9,000 vaccines will be given at the site this week, or about 1,500 per day, depending on staffing.Billy Calzada /Staff photographer
Vaccines are considered the best weapon against a disease that has now killed more than 400,000 Americans. But a little more than a month into the distribution of shots, demand for vaccines has far outstripped the existing supply.
That’s meant that thousands of San Antonians who are eligible for the shots are still dealing with busy phone lines, online appointments that fill up in minutes and frustrations when trying to secure shots. On the first morning the city began taking appointments for its mass vaccination center at the Alamodome, for example, the city received 187,00