Thousands of seniors' vaccinations delayed due to lack of doses, mishaps FacebookTwitterEmail Kaiser nurse Scott Keech, left, receives a needle from another employee to administer one of the first 10 Pfizer COVID-19 coronavirus vaccines to frontline workers at Kaiser San Francisco hospital Dec. 17, 2020.Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATE When South Bay resident Arjun Batra, 74, heard California Gov. Gavin Newsom's announcement in mid-January that individuals age 65 and over were eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, he called his health care provider, Kaiser Permanente, in hopes of making an inoculation appointment. After waiting three hours on hold, Batra said he finally spoke with a Kaiser representative who asked him a "standard set of questions."