More Than Half of States Widen Access to Vaccine, Raising Hopes as Well as Chaos
“When New Mexico announced that it was expanding the pool of people eligible to get a coronavirus vaccine to residents 75 and older, Anthony Kump, who is 80, immediately signed up. On Saturday, after waiting in a line of cars outside an Albuquerque clinic, he rolled down his window and got a shot. But his wife, Udella, who is 81 and has diabetes, has been unable to sign up for a vaccine at all. “Not eligible,” the couple says the state health department portal read after she tried to register.”