>> CONFUSION AND FRUSTRATION OVER THE VACCINE ROLLOUT IN DUVAL COUNTY HAD SOME PEOPLE
LINING UP OUTSIDE THE PRIME
OSBORN CONVENTION CENTER THIS
MORNING HOPING TO GET THE
VACCINE.
>> TRYING TO FIND OUT IF WE CAN
REGISTER OR ANYTHING I MEAN WE
KEEP CALLING THE NUMBER IN
DON’T GET THROUGH.
>> OUR SKY 4 HELICOPTER FLEW OVER THE PRIME OSBORN CONVENTION CENTER DOWNTOWN SOME
PEOPLE IN LINE HAD
APPOINTMENTS. OTHERS WHO DID
NOT THEY WERE
TURNED AWAY. THE PHONE LINES
FOR THE DUVAL COUNTY
VACCINATIONS HAVE CLOSED FOR
THE DAY.
>>MARY BAER: THEY WILL NOT
REOPEN UNTIL
MONDAY MORNING. MONDAY IS ALSO
IN VACCINATION START FOR
HEALTHCARE WORKERS AND PEOPLE
AGE
65 AND OLDER. YOU DO NOT HAVE
TO BE A DUVAL COUNTY RESIDENT
TO GET THE SHOT HERE IN
JACKSONVILLE. BUT GO AHEAD
WRITE THIS
NUMBER DOWN OR IF YOU CAN TAKE
A PHOTO WITH YOUR PHONE TO MAKE
AN APPOINTMENT CALL 9 ’04
2, 5, 3,
1, 1, 4, 0, AND YOU CAN CALL
AGAIN STARTING MONDAY AT
08:00AM.
>>TOM WILLS: NEWS 4 JAX
REPORTER VIC MICOLUCCI IS
COVERING THE ROLLOUT IN DUVAL
COUNTY AND SCOTT JOHNSON IS IN
CLAY COUNTY THIS EVENING.
>> WE BEGIN WITH VIC THE PHONES
WERE RINGING OFF THE HOOK TODAY
THAT.
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>> THEY WERE WE JUST HEARD FROM SOMEBODY THAT SAID THAT THEY CALLED MORE THAN 1200 TIMES
STARTING AT 08:00AM TRYING TO
GET AN APPOINTMENT TO GET A
SHOT HERE AT THE PRIME OSBORN
CONVENTION CENTER BEHIND ME BUT
VERY FEW PEOPLE
TELL US THEY WERE ACTUALLY ABLE
TO GET THROUGH WE DID SEE SOME
ACTIVITY HERE NOT JUST PEOPLE
TURNING AROUND. BUT WE SAW
FIREFIGHTERS SELECT MEDICAL
RESPONDERS AND CITY WORKERS
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OVER 65.
>> I CAME HERE BECAUSE I WAS SO THEY’RE GOING TO WALK INS HAIRDRESSER, DIANE SEALY IS IN
CONTACT WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE SO
SHE WANTED HER VACCINE BUT WAS
QUICKLY TURNED AWAY. IT’S NOT
HER TURN YET AND YOU FEEL ABOUT
THAT THEN TURNED AWAY. WELL
GOOD. I UNDERSTAND.
I MEAN FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
NEED TO WE’RE TOLD TO GO
WITH THAT AND KEEP MY MASK AND
FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES.
>> OTHERS NOT TO PLEASE ALL.
>> BALL.
>> MANY UPSET AFTER WAITING ON
THE PHONE FOR HOURS TRYING TO
SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT WITH
THE DUVAL COUNTY
HEALTH DEPARTMENT. SOME VIEWERS
TELLING US THEY CALLED ALL DAY
DIALING MORE THAN 1000 TIMES TO
NO AVAIL.
>> THIS IMPORTANT TO ME THAT
COULD YOU KNOW I’M NOT TRYING
TO GET ANYONE
ELSE IT.
>> THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT
LEADERS ARE ASKING FOR PATIENTS
ACKNOWLEDGING THE PHONE LINES
ARE OVERLOADED.
>> AND NOT ALWAYS WORKING THE
DEMAND IS WAY GREATER THAN THE
NUMBER OF APPOINTMENTS WE CAN
PUT
OUT THERE.
>> YOU KNOW WE’RE STILL WORKING
WITH THE FEDS WORKING ON THOSE
LOGISTICS
FOR THAT.
>> THE SUPPLY CHAIN DUVALL’S
INTERIM HEALTH DIRECTOR SAYS
THERE WILL BE A WEBSITE LAUNCH
IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SO YOU
CAN BOOK ONLINE.
IN THE MEANTIME, JACKSONVILLE
FIREFIGHTERS FRONTLINE MEDICAL
WORKERS AND THOSE AT ASSISTED
LIVING FACILITIES GET THE FIRST
ROUND OF SHOTS. CITY WORKERS,
65 AND OLDER ALSO GETTING THE
GO AHEAD TODAY.
OUR SKY 4 HELICOPTER SHOWED
LINES OUTSIDE THE PRIME OSBORN
AROUND
NOON TODAY SITE WILL CONTINUE
TO SEE IN THE
COMING WEEKS.
>> THE VERY HIGH DEMAND FOR THE
VACCINE WERE EXTREMELY EXCITED
ABOUT THAT WE WANT PEOPLE TO
GET VACCINATED.
>> AND WE’RE STILL WAITING TO GET ANSWERS ABOUT THAT WEB SITE HERE IN DUVAL COUNTY THEY SAY
IT WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE
ONE USED IN CLAY COUNTY IT WILL BE ON A STATE OF FLORIDA SERVER SO THEY’RE WAITING ON MORE
DETAILS FROM TALLAHASSEE BEFORE
THEY CAN OFFICIALLY,
ROLL IT OUT IT COULD BE TONIGHT
COULD BE TOMORROW AS SOON AS WE
GET MORE DETAILS OF COURSE WE
WILL LET
YOU KNOW WE’RE LIVE DOWNTOWN
I’M VIC MICOLUCCI CHANNEL 4 THE
LOCAL STATION AND VIC OBVIOUSLY
THAT RIGHT NOW VACCINATIONS ARE
AT THE PRIME OSBORN BUT SOON WE
UNDERSTAND WILL BE ABLE TO GO
TO THE LOCAL PHARMACY.
>> YEAH AND THAT’S WHAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT STAFF IS WORKING ON RIGHT NOW
THEY ALSO HOPE THAT
JACKSONVILLE FIRE AND RESCUE
MAY BE ABLE TO HELP THEM OUT IN
THE FIELD TO RIGHT NOW. YES,
THIS IS THE ONLY SPOT FOR THESE
PUBLIC VACCINATIONS FOR PEOPLE
THAT HAVE APPOINTMENTS BUT
THEY’RE WORKING TO PUSH THE
BUTTON THAT THEY CAN DO IT IN
OTHER PHARMACIES LIKE
THE LOCAL WALGREENS CVS IS
MAYBE SOME
COMMUNITY PHARMACIES.
>> AND DOCTORS OFFICES BECAUSE
THEY SAY AT LEAST 90% OF THE
POPULATION HERE
LIVES WITHIN 5 MILES OF A
PHARMACY. SO HOPEFULLY THAT
WILL HELP GET THEM. VACCINE OUT
TO MORE PEOPLE.
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