Finding an open appointment to get the Covid-19 vaccine was a headache, so Fran Goldman, 90, was not deterred by the snow. The walk was three miles, each way. He dressed in cloaks and grabbed sticks. “It wasn’t easy,” Ms. Goldman told the Seattle Times. “It was a challenge.”
Did we mention he changed his hip last year? But a trip in the snow will be worth it for two great-grandchildren. “I can’t wait to be able to put up with them,” Ms. Goldman told the newspaper. There is now an antidote to articles about public vaccine skepticism. Last year’s polls that showed hesitation were noteworthy, but the story is about the two-month demand for the U.S. vaccination program.
Here’s another one, though not as uplifting. In Florida, which prioritizes people 65 and older, two women ages 34 and 44 went to an Orange County vaccination site “disguised as grandmothers,” an official said Thursday. This made the headlines national, although it is unclear if it was exaggerated.
The body camera video released Friday shows little disguise, but both women wore masks and glasses and one wore a gray hat. That said, the women “had altered their birth years by registering the vaccine to avoid the state system,” the Orlando Sentinel reported. Apparently, they had already received a first dose of vaccine, but were denied the second and issued rape notices.
A heroic and malicious story. Still, both are good signs of the demand for vaccines, as ending this pandemic depends on getting millions more shots in millions more arms.