If last weekâs vaccine rollout to seniors â where phone lines were tied up for hours and online portals crashed â is any indication, getting enough county residents access to the vaccine will be no small feat.â¯
Health leaders at San Mateo County say they must vaccinate 90 percent of the adult population, or around 557,000 people, to achieve herd immunity locally. But even when supply catches up to demand and doses become widely available, many barriers stand in the way of getting enough shots into arms.â¯
The location and timing of a site matters for working residents, language and technology can prevent signups, and so can fear, mistrust and misinformation. Shireen Malekafzali, county senior manager for Health Policy, Planning and Equity, said the hurdles are endless.â¯