HELIPAD COULD IM >> RIGHT NOW IT IS BACK TO NATIONS UNDER WAY TO SENIOR
CENTERS DUVAL COUNTY IT’S
FOR SENIORS, 65 AND OLDER, A
FRONTLINE HEALTH
CARE WORKERS. LOOKING LIVE
RIGHT NOW AT THE SCENE AT THE
MANDARIN SENIOR CENTER ON
HARTLEY ROAD. PEOPLE STARTED
LINING UP BEFORE THE SUN.
UP THIS MORNING.
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>>BRUCE HAMILTON: ABOUT AN HOUR AGO OFFICIALS OF THAT SENIOR CENTER IN MANDARIN AS WELL AS
THE LANE WILEY SENIOR CENTER ON
THE WEST SIDE BEGAN
ADMINISTERING VACCINATIONS
SHOTS AT BOTH LOCATIONS ON A
FIRST COME FIRST
SERVE BASIS. AND WHAT DAY YOU
CAN GET VACCINATED DEPENDS ON
THE MONTH YOU WERE BORN.
WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE THIS NOON
ON THE SITUATION AT BOTH THOSE
LOCATIONS WE BEGIN WITH NEWS 4
JAX REPORTER ZAC LASHWAY HE’S
BEEN AT THE LANE WILEY SENIOR
CENTER SINCE VERY EARLY THIS
MORNING AND JOINS US LIVE SO
ZACH
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ZACH ♪ FOLKS STARTED LINING UP AS I
SAID BEFORE THE SUN CAME UP.
>> YEAH JUST AROUND
5 O’CLOCK THIS MORNING BREWERS
THAT IS WHEN THE
FIRST PEOPLE STARTED TAKING
SHAPE IN THIS LINE AS YOU CAN
SEE THIS MIDDAY THAT LINE
IS HUNDREDS DEEP AND IT IS
WRAPPED ALL AROUND THE BUILDING
WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING AT IS THE
LINE ON THE BACK PORTION OF THE
BUILDING AND THIS IS WHERE THE
LINE ZIGZAGS THROUGH THE
PARKING LOT. STRETCHES THEN
THROUGH A NEIGHBORING PARK
IN 2, A WOODED AREA IN THE
BACK A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE DOORS
OPEN AT 11 O’CLOCK THIS
MORNING.
AND THAT WAS ABOUT AN HOUR
AGO WHEN THOSE FIRST SHOTS WERE
ADMINISTERED DESPITE THE CITY
TELLING PEOPLE NOT TO FORM
THOSE LINES OVERNIGHT AGAIN
PEOPLE STILL
CAME OUT. CLOSE TO IF NOT MORE
THAN 300 PEOPLE WE’RE IN THIS
LINE BEFORE THE DOORS OPENED AT
11 O’CLOCK
THIS MORNING. IT IS FIRST COME
FIRST SERVED
IN ORDER TO GET THE VACCINE
HERE TODAY YOU
MUST BE A DUVAL COUNTY RESIDENT
AND YOUR BIRTHDAY MUST BE IN
JANUARY OR IN FEBRUARY TOMORROW
WILL BE FOR THOSE BORN IN MARCH
AND IN
APRIL WEDNESDAY FOR FOLKS WHO
HAVE A MAY OR JUNE
BIRTHDAY THURSDAY. AS FOR JULY
AND AUGUST BIRTHDAYS
FRIDAY IS FOR SEPTEMBER AND
OCTOBER AND THEN OF COURSE
SATURDAY IS FOR THOSE WHO ARE
BORN AT THE END OF THE YEAR
NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER I SPOKE
WITH THE FIRST PERSON IN LINE.
THIS MORNING, HERE’S WHAT HE
HAD TO SAY ABOUT GETTING HERE
EARLY. YOU’RE
HERE BECAUSE HIS BIRTHDAY IS
NEXT MONTH FEBRUARY. WHEN IS
YOUR BIRTHDAY AUGUST. SO THAT
MEANS YOU HAVE TO COME BACK.
LATER THIS WEEK THURSDAY.
I KNOW EARLIER YOU’RE SAYING
YOU’RE THANKFUL. FOR THIS
OPPORTUNITY, BUT IT ALSO IS AN
INCONVENIENCE BECAUSE YOU’RE
PUTTING YOURSELF AT RISK BY
COMING OUT HERE WHICH MAKES YOU
MORE VULNERABLE. >> YES SIR, YOU WISH YOU COULD GET THE SHOT TODAY, YES SIR WE
SHOW GOOD. I
DON’T TO GIVE IT TO ME OR IF I
ASK THAT I’M GOING TO ASK
ANNUALLY.
>> SO AGAIN IN ORDER FOR YOU TO GET THIS SHOT HERE AT THE LANE WILEY SENIOR CENTER YOU MUST BE
A DUVAL
COUNTY RESIDENT. YOUR BIRTHDAY
MUST BE IN THE MONTHS OF EITHER
JANUARY OR FEBRUARY WHEN YOU
COME OUT
HERE TODAY. YOU WANT TO BRING
WITH YOU YOUR PHOTO ID THAT IS
HOW THEY ARE GOING
TO VERIFY YOUR BIRTHDAY THE
CITY SAYS THEY WILL BE
VACCINATING 475 PEOPLE. HERE
TODAY NOW DOORS OPEN
AT 11. THEY CLOSE AT
7 HOWEVER THEY CUT THE LINE OFF
THIS IS AGAIN ACCORDING TO THE
CITY AT 6 O IF YOU’RE STANDING
IN LINE
AND YOU’RE NOT ABLE TO GET THE
VACCINE TODAY OR IF THEY
JUST DEPLETED.
VACCINATIONS BEFORE YOU CAN GET
VACCINATED TODAY,
YOU’RE GOING TO EITHER WANT TO
COME BACK HERE NEXT WEEK ON THE
DAY THAT CORRESPONDS WITH YOUR
BIRTHDAY MONTH.
>> OR.
>> YOU’RE GOING TO WANT TO MAKE
AN APPOINTMENT TO GET THE
VACCINATION AT THE PRIME OSBORN
CONVENTION CENTER IN DOWNTOWN
JACKSONVILLE. REPORTING LIVE ON
THE WEST SIDE.
I’M ZAC LASHWAY CHANNEL 4 THE
LOCAL STATION.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: ALL RIGHT FOR
THE WEST SIDE TO HIM AND RAN
WHERE WE FIND NEWS 4 JAX
REPORTER JIM PIGGOTT SO LONG
LINES THERE ON THE WEST SIDE
JIM, HOW ABOUT A MAN DURING.
>> WELL IT’S THE SAME THING
SITUATION HERE IN FACT I CAN
SHOW YOU CAN SEE THIS
FROM HERE. THIS IS THE FRONT OF
THE LINE BACK HERE AND THEN
WHEN THIS TRAFFIC
MOVES AROUND WE’RE GOING TO PAN
OVER AND SHOW YOU THE END OF
THE LINE AND AS ZACH
WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW THERE WERE
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE OUT HERE ALL
DAY. VACCINATION STARTED AT 11
O’CLOCK. I WAS ABLE TO TALK TO
ONE WOMAN WHO WAS ONE OF THE
FIRST IN LINE GOT
THE VACCINATION SHE’S GRATEFUL
JUST BECAUSE SHE’S GOING TO
ABLE TO BE WITH HER GRANDKIDS
AGAIN. BUT THERE ARE OTHERS
THAT ARE CONCERNED AS WELL
BECAUSE OF THE LINES OUT HERE
IN ABOUT
THE WAY BECAUSE MANY OF THE
PEOPLE HERE ARE ELDERLY THEY’RE
HAVING A HARD TIME STANDING IN
GETTING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
I’M GONNA LET YOU HEAR FROM
THIS ONE GENTLEMAN WHO CAME
OUT. YOU GOT A TICKET NOW
THEY’RE GIVING OUT BOTH SIDES
SO HE CAN COME BACK TODAY.
BUT HERE’S WHAT HE SAID ABOUT
ALL
OF THIS. YOU THINK THEY NEED TO
REDO THIS PROCESS MAY NEED TO
DO SOMETHING I’M NOT SURE WHAT
IT IS.
>> THAT YOU’RE HOPEFUL TO GET
THIS VACCINE. HOPEFULLY TODAY,
HOPEFULLY YALE WOULD YOU THINK
IT’S IMPORTANT I GOT TO BRING
MY WIFE TAMARA BLEW THROUGH ALL
THIS AGAIN.
MONDAY
AND TUESDAY. SO WHY CAN’T WE
COMBINE THAT AND JUST COME OVER
HERE ONCE.
>> AND THAT’S ALL WE’RE ASKING SOME QUESTIONS TODAY. SO HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING AND THEY’RE
DOING THIS SAID BOTH OF THE
SITES WHEN PEOPLE ARRIVE, THEY
ARE GIVEN A TICKET THAT TICKET
WILL ENTITLE THEM TO A VACCINE.
JUST FOR TODAY FOR THE CERTAIN
DAYS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HERE
AND THEY HAVE AS JACK
MENTIONED, YOU KNOW UP TO 6
O’CLOCK TO RETURN.
THAT’S TO AVOID THESE LINES
THAT THEY’RE HOPING THAT THAT
WILL HAPPEN IN FACT STARTING
TOMORROW. THEY’RE REALLY NOT
GOING TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO THE
LINEUP BEFORE 10 O’CLOCK BEFORE
THESE OPEN
JUST TO AVOID PROBLEMS LIKE
THIS SO PEOPLE DON’T HAVE TO BE
OUTSIDE THIS IS DAY ONE SO
OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE SOME
HICCUPS AND THAT’S BEEN THE
PROBLEM OUT HERE, BUT THOSE
THAT I TALKED TO THAT HAVE BEEN
LINE. ONE WOMAN THAT GOT
THAT VACCINE VERY GRATEFUL AND
THEY’VE SET UP THE APPOINTMENT
FOR NEXT WEEK. 500 OUR
ENTIRE HERE THERE’S GOING TO
475 VACCINES. GIVEN THAT THE
WEST SIDE LOCATION JUST FOR
EACH DAY. THEY HAVE 11,000
OVERALL THEY’RE GOING TO MAKE
IT THROUGH THIS WEEK THEY’RE
HOPING TO GET A NEW STOCK IN SO
THEY CAN CONTINUE THAT. BUT
THAT’S THE SITUATION. IT’S
GOING TO BE
REALLY ON A WEEK BY WEEK BASIS
FOR WE SEE WHAT HAPPENS FOR NOW