Rebecca Harshman drove her mother to the clinic.
“Of course she was anxious,” she said. “She kept saying ‘let me know when I can get it.’”
Fritz and Jane Vogel said their grandson, who works as a pharmacist, helped register them for an appointment.
“He called us and said ‘if you want me to, I’ll get with my aunt and have her help you,’” Fritz Vogel said. “They sent us an email and said you are on for one today.”
Many of the people who received their vaccines during the local health department’s first day of the rollout did so with some assistance from family members. That’s led health experts to raise concerns about whether there is a group of older adults who might get missed.