I read with interest the Jan. 31 articles on the difficulty in getting vaccines in Maine (“State sees progress, frustrations in rollout of vaccinations,” Page A1; “Bill Nemitz: Pondering patience in a time of pandemic,” Page B1).

In 1947 New York City vaccinated 6 million people in one month for smallpox. We are not doing a good job in Maine or in the country as a whole. I am 75 and my husband is 78 – soon to be 76 and 79 – with health complications.

I registered three weeks ago and have not heard a word about getting an appointment. I talked to a real person, who was very nice, on Friday through a number given to me by a nurse friend. She said she’d give my information to a supervisor.

Friends who registered a week ago have appointments. How does that happen? To say it is frustrating is beyond being kind.

Other friends’ doctors called and made appointments for them and they were vaccinated right here in Boothbay at the YMCA. Another friend got a call back in three days but had to drive all the way to Sanford. Friends in Maryland (which had a texting system in place giving folks updates) have been vaccinated. Friends in California waited a week from registration to vaccination. Friends in Massachusetts, although frustrated with the online system, got appointments in a week.

My husband called his primary care provider and I called my oncologist. Nada. Patience is a virtue, but mine has run out. The whole system stinks and makes no sense.

Bonnie Ginger
Boothbay

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