Bay Area Seniors Seeking COVID-19 Vaccine Face 'Logistical Nightmare'

Fremont CA

15 January, 2021

2:43 PM

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By Katie Nielsen, CBS San Francisco January 14, 2021 BAY AREA (KPIX) — Some Bay Area residents over age 65 got their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday but others are finding out that — just because they're eligible — it doesn't mean the shot is easy to get. "It ended up being two hours and 15 minutes," said Erik Duran, describing how long he was on hold Thursday waiting to talk to someone at Kaiser to schedule an appointment for his 66-year-old mother, Susan, to get her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. "When they knew this was all going to be happening so fast, you'd think that they would start planning," Duran said. He says when he first got on the phone, a recording told him to be prepared for a four-hour-long wait. Read more at CBS San Francisco