Are people in N.J. really lying to get the vaccine before it’s their turn?
Updated Mar 14, 2021;
Posted Mar 12, 2021
Registration kiosks are set up inside the Gloucester County COVID-19 vaccination site in Sewell, N.J. on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021.
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Tom lives and works in a border county in New York, where his job sometimes requires him to work in a health care setting. In January, when he learned he qualified for the COVID-19 vaccine, he tried and failed to get an appointment in the Empire State.
So he registered instead on New Jersey’s Vaccine Scheduling System and got an appointment at the Gloucester County Mega Vaccination Site. It was a two-hour drive each way, but by mid-February, he was fully vaccinated.
Meet N.J. volunteers finding vaccine appointments for seniors and the COVID bots lighting the way
Updated Mar 08, 2021;
Posted Mar 02, 2021
Alfred D Souza receives a vaccine at the Ocean County Health Department clinic at Southern Regional Middle School in Manahawkin after being helped by volunteers from NJ Vaccine Matchmakers.Alfred D Souza
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Alfred D’Souza was desperate.
“I literally spent hours online everyday looking for appointments, just not being able to find anything,” D’Souza, 74, tells NJ Advance Media.
His wife, Anne, has asthma and is terrified of COVID-19. She limits her trips outside their Beach Haven home to the pharmacy, doctors and the grocery store. But D’Souza also has to be careful.