Lives on hold, the oldest baby boomers wait â impatiently â for COVID-19 vaccines
People aged 65 to 74 will be the biggest group yet to get the shots, but no one can say when
By Robert Weisman Globe Staff,Updated February 15, 2021, 5:02 p.m.
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Joyce Westner, 74, and her husband August Westner, 80, of Winchester, are on opposite sides of the vaccine cutoff. August, being over 75, got his first vaccination last Saturday, but Joyce, who turns 75 on Feb. 28, just missed the deadline for qualifying.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
Theyâre a generation that danced to the Beatles, cheered for Carl Yastrzemski, and spent decades chasing their dreams and raising their families in Massachusetts.