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Vulnerable patients wait their turn for COVID-19 vaccine
Getting answers about vaccines for the vulnerable
and last updated 2021-02-24 03:48:57-05
TAMPA, Fla. â Christina Parente is extra cautious during the pandemic. But like many others not yet 65 years old, but with underlying conditions, she is still waiting for a COVID-19 vaccine.
âLife is the four walls of this house,â Parente said.
Thatâs because she says diabetes and a condition thatâs left her with scar tissue in her lungs make her high risk. Years ago, she said pneumonia left her on a ventilator for months, underscoring the importance to her of getting a vaccine.