SHREVEPORT, La. - The Louisiana Department of Health’s Office of Public Health for Region 7 will host drive-thru flu vaccination clinics at its parish health units on Friday, Oct. 28
At 78, the Mesa man was eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccination.
Theoretically, at least.Â
âIâve been trying for two months to get an appointment,â he growled.
âI tried online, I tried the telephone, I tried everything,â he said, frustrated over hours spent futilely.
Adding gasoline to his fire was hearing that part-time residents in his Sunland Village neighborhood were already getting second shots.
âAll these snow birds are getting an appointment,â he said.
Then, when he logged into the same state vaccination reservation website where he spent hours only to see the message âno appointments available,â as if by magic he saw multiple slots open at Chandler Gilbert Community College.