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The vulnerable homebound are left behind on vaccination It was April, more than three months into the vaccination campaign against covid-19, and Jim Freeman, 83, still had not gotten his first dose. Freeman had been eligible for months as part of the 75-and-older target group deemed most vulnerable to death and serious illness in the pandemic. But he could not leave his home to make the journey to one of the mass-vaccination sites in San Mateo County. Freeman, who has Parkinson s disease, has extremely limited mobility and no longer can walk. He watches TV at night and sees all these people in line getting vaccines, but he couldn t do it, said his daughter Beth Freeman, 58. It was really frustrating. She contacted the county and state public health departments and even her local congresswoman for help, but none had a solution.

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