UPDATED: Feb. 1, 11 a.m.
In mid-January, 85-year-old Doris Bloch of San Francisco heard the coronavirus vaccine was becoming available. She called the city’s health department and was put on hold for close to an hour. Feeling impatient, she hung up and called her doctor’s office, whose staff at first said they couldn’t help, but then eventually were able to schedule her an appointment for her first dose of the vaccine.
The soonest availability? Feb. 27.
“I thought, gee, that is a long time to wait,” Bloch said. “I’m 85. It’s a shame. It’s a damn shame.”