At The Wiltern in LA on Wednesday night, indie pop band MUNA temporarily became the fictional band Pink Slip to play "Take Me Away" for a thrilled crowd.
Bakersfield has become the hot destination for
young Angelenos
who want the COVID-19 vaccine but don’t yet qualify for the shots at home.
The vaccine seekers have included writers, engineers and Hollywood actors, who say the vaccination site at Cal State Bakersfield was welcoming Angelenos with open arms, writes my colleague Laura J. Nelson.
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Southern Californians began making four-hour round-trip excursions to the Central Valley after word spread that the site had more doses than patients and was accepting anyone 16 and older.
By Monday night, “Bakersfield” was trending on Twitter.
“The whole way there, and the whole way back, my friend and I were kind of in a daze,” said Julie Greiner, 25, a comedy writer from Glendale who got ice cream to celebrate her vaccination. “We were like, did this really happen?”
BAKERSFIELD
As soon as Justin Perez left the vaccination clinic, his phone buzzed with a text message.
A former co-worker had heard a hot rumor about a clinic where anyone, even young people like them, could get a COVID-19 vaccine. The clinic was in Bakersfield.
“I am in Bakersfield,” texted Perez, a 35-year-old video designer from Sherman Oaks, confirming the rumor. “I got injected 20 minutes ago.”
Cal State Bakersfield has been the go-to vaccination site for the young and the healthy from Los Angeles County for more than a week, ever since word spread that the facility had more doses than patients thousands more and no restrictions on age, eligibility or county of residency. Some vaccine seekers have been writers, engineers and Hollywood actors, who said the site was welcoming Angelenos with open arms.
Did this really happen? LA s young and healthy head to Bakersfield for COVID-19 vaccine
Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times
April 7, 2021
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FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2021, file photo, drivers with a vaccine appointment enter a mega COVID-19 vaccination site set up in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, a day after it was temporarily shut down while protesters blocked the entrance.Damian Dovarganes/AP
LOS ANGELES – As soon as Justin Perez left the vaccination clinic, his phone buzzed with a text message.
A former co-worker had heard a hot rumor about a clinic where anyone, even young people like them, could get a COVID-19 vaccine. The clinic was in Bakersfield.