Vaccination struggles: 87% of Hamilton County residents waiting for vaccine Share Updated: 5:41 PM EST Feb 24, 2021 Share Updated: 5:41 PM EST Feb 24, 2021
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Show Transcript CONGREGATION. YOU CAN’T EVEN GET 5 STEPS INSIDE WITHOUT HEARING ABOUT THE LACK OF AN EASY WAY FOR PEOPLE SUCH AS THE ONES YOU SEE HERE TO SCHEDULE A VACCINE APPOINTMENT IN HAMILTON COUNTY. THAT IS A BIG PROBLEM. JOHN: WE HEARD SEVERAL PEOPLE VOICE BLESSINGS UPON CORINTHIAN BAPTIST CHURCH FOR TODAY’S CLINIC. WITHOUT IT, 65-YEAR-OLD DARNELL WISE, WHO YOU SEE GETTING HIS FIRST SHOT, WOULD STILL BE SEARCHING. EVERYWHERE I CALLED, THEY HAD NO VACCINES. I JUST WAITED. JOHN: 87% OF HAMILTON COUNTY RESIDENTS REMAIN ON A NON-EXISTENT WAITING LIST. THEY ARE THE UNVACCINATED. 43-YEAR-OLD MYRA FREED WORKS AT A CHEMICAL COMPANY DOING RESEARCH ON COVID PATIENTS. HER JOB PUTS HER IN THE 1B GROUP. THAT WAS HER WAY IN TO THIS FIRST LADIES FOR HEALTH CLINIC. EVEN HER SHIRT