Lee DeVito Detroit s Ford Field is now a large-scale FEMA-operated COVID-19 vaccination site through mid-May. My experience getting vaccinated here was easy. The trucks that rolled out of the Pfizer facility near Kalamazoo in December carrying the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines offered one of the first tangible symbols that this pandemic could eventually end, and like many people eager to survive it, I wanted to register to get one as soon as possible. I knew that frontline workers, the elderly, and the immunocompromised would be prioritized, and as a man in my 30s with no health conditions, I was prepared to wait a while. So I waited. Vaccination clinics started to become available through local health departments, as well as retail pharmacies like Meijer, CVS, and Rite Aid. Finally, as eligibility and availability expanded in early Marc
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A volunteer helps with vaccinations in an SFO parking garage now being used as a vaccination center by San Mateo County.Preston Merchant / San Mateo County
While many people are scrambling to find coronavirus vaccine appointments after eligibility opened up to Californians 50 and older on April 1, some face additional hurdles.
“It’s not just a matter of having access to technology, it’s quite frankly a little complicated for people who aren’t used to navigating online portals,” said Alvaro Fuentes, executive director of the Community Clinic Consortium of Contra Costa and Solano counties.
Bay Area residents age 50-plus join the hunt for lifesaving vaccinations
April 1, 2021
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1of5Alvin Chong (l to r) receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from William Wohlfeiler, San Francisco Department of Public Health nursing student, at the Southeast Health Center on Thursday, April 1, 2021 in San Francisco, Calif. People over 50 became eligible to get a COIVD-19 in Bay Area counties on Thursday. Chong was eligible as an essential worker and being over 50.Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
2of5Mark and Tina Valentine trying to get a vaccination appointment for Tina in their apartment in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Mark has gotten an appointment, but Tina is having a difficult getting one because of availability.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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