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People 65 and older wait outside the Hattie Holmes Senior Wellness Center in Washington, Jan. 12, 2021, to get a coronavirus vaccine. The nationâs capital expanded access to the vaccine to older residents a day earlier and demand quickly exceeded supply. (AP Photo/Carole Feldman) January 15, 2021 - 8:11 AM
WASHINGTON - The line stretched nearly a block long. Nobody was grumbling about the wait.
Those gathered at a senior wellness centre in Washington, D.C., viewed it as a matter of life or death. The nation s capital had just opened up coronavirus vaccines to people 65 and older because of their increased risk. I was among those who had a shot within reach.
Denver: Howard Jones, who’s 83, was on the phone for three to four hours every day trying to sign up for a coronavirus vaccine.
Jones, who lives alone in Colorado Springs, doesn’t have the internet, and that’s made it much more difficult for him to make an appointment. It took him about a week. He said the confusion has added to his anxiety about catching what could be a life-threatening disease at his age.
“It has been hell,” Jones said. “I’m 83 and to not have the use of a computer is just terrible.”
As states across the US roll out the COVID-19 vaccine to people 65 and older, senior citizens are scrambling to figure out how to sign up to get their shots. Many states and counties ask people to make appointments online, but glitchy websites, overwhelmed phone lines and a patchwork of fast-changing rules are bedeviling older people who are often less tech-savvy, may live far from vaccination sites and are more likely to not have internet access at all, especially p
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DC Health began booking COVID-19 vaccination appointments for residents 65 and older on Monday. It took less than 24 hours for all 6,700 available appointments this week to fill up. The department is now advising residents to sign up for email and text message alerts at vaccinate.dc.gov to learn when they should revisit the website or call (855) 363-0333 to book an appointment if they weren’t able to do so on the first day of sign-ups.