MORE THAN 900,000 DOSES OF THE
COVID-19 VASKS.
VACCINE.
BUT EVEN AS THE STATE HAS BECOME
A NATIONAL LEADER, SOME FEEL
THEY ARE BEING LEFT BEHIND.
SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER ZAC
SCHULTZ HAS ONE WOMAN'S STORY.
>> I'M ON THE LIST, BUT I NEVER
GET CALLED.
>> JACKIE ROSS HAS BEEN ON THE
PHONE TO NEARLY EVERY HEALTH
CARE PROVIDER IN SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN LOOKING TO SEE WHEN
SHE CAN GET THE COVID-19
VACCINE.
>> AND I HAVE BEEN CALLING ALL
OVER.
IT DOESN'T DO ANY GOOD, BUT I DO
IT.
>> JASKKY JACKIE IS 84 YEARS OLD AND
HAS CANCER AND TAKES CARE OF HER
PARTNER WHO IS 86 AND DISABLED.
>> I'M REALLY DESPERATE TO GET A
VACCINATION BECAUSE I KNOW THA --
THAT MY FORM OF CANCER IS
VULNERABLE WITH THIS.
>> THEY GETS PRIMARY CARE FROM A
SMALL CLINIC IN MADISON AND THIS
IS WHAT SHE HEARS WHEN SHE CALLS
FOR INFORMATION.
>> WE HAVE A VERY LIMITED SUPPLY
OF COVID-19 VACCINES.
WE ARE CURRENTLY CALLING
PATIENTS TO SCHEDULE OVER THE
AGE OF 80 WHO MEET THE CRITERIA
OR UNTIL WE NO LONGER HAVE A
SUPPLY.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT OUR PATIENTS
ARE EAGER FOR THE VACCINE, BUT
WE ASK THAT YOU NOT CALL THE
CLINIC FOR VACCINE UPDATES.
WE ARE UNABLE TO PLACE PATIENTS
ON A WAIT LIST OR PROVIDE A
FURTHER UPDATE AS OF YET.
>> I THINK THAT THE CLINIC IS
NOT GETTING ADEQUATE SUPPLIES.
>> JACKIE SAYS SHE HAS FRIENDS
ALL OVER THE STATE THAT ARE
YOUNGER THAN HER THAT HAVE
RECEIVED THEIR FIRST DOSE.
>> I'M BEYOND FRUSTRATED.
I'M REALLY UPSET.
>> WHILE JACKIE FEELS LEFT
BEHIND, SHE'S NOT ALONE.
>> WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE A
LOT OF FOLKS THAT KIND OF FIT A
SIMILAR DESCRIPTION.
>> TESS ELLENS IS THE COVID
VACCINE DEPUTY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH
MADISON DANE COUNTY.
>> WE'RE DEFINITELY HEARING THE
FRUSTRATION OF PEOPLE THAT ARE
WAITING.
>> SHE SAYS THE STATE HAS BEEN
RECEIVING AROUND 70,000 DOSES
EACH WEEK.
>> LAST WEEK, THE REQUEST TO THE
STATE FOR THE STATE OF
WISCONSIN, THE ASK WAS 290,000
DOSES OF VACCINE.
SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE CLEARLY NOT
ADDING UP.
>> UNFORTUNATELY FOR JACKIE, THE
FACT HER INDEPENDENT CLINIC IS
SO SMALL MAY HURT THEM.
>> BECAUSE OF OUR DISTRIBUTION
SYSTEM, IT IS CHALLENGING FOR US
TO MAKE DELIVERIES OF ONLY 30,
40, 50 VACCINES.
SO WE'VE SET A FLOOR OF AT LEAST
50 VACCINES.
I KNOW SOME HAVE ASKED FOR THAT
AND STILL NOT RECEIVED THEM JUST
BECAUSE, AGAIN, OF THAT -- THAT
CHALLENGING VACCINATION SUPPLY
ISSUE.
>> WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT SOME
PEOPLE THAT ARE WITH INDEPENDENT
CLINICS MIGHT NOT BE GETTING
VACCINE AS QUICKLY AS LARGER
HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS.
>> PUBLIC HEALTH MADISON DANE
COUNTY DOES OFFER VACCINATIONS
BUT THEY'RE PRIORITIZING
UNDERSERVED GROUPS.
>> FOLKS THAT DON'T HAVE A
PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER, THOSE
THAT DON'T HAVE HEALTH
INSURANCE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> JACKIE GETS HER CANCER
TREATMENT THROUGH UW HEALTH, SO
SHE ASKED THEM.
>> AND JUST BECAUSE MY CANCER
DOCTOR IS AT THE UW, I CAN'T GET
IT THERE.
>> UW HEALTH IS VACCINATING
5,000 PEOPLE A WEEK AND WORKING
DOWN TO PATIENTS IN THEIR 60s.
THEY EXPLAINED WE HAVE RECEIVED
CLEAR GUIDANCE THAT HEALTH
SYSTEMS ARE EXPECTED TO
VACCINATE THEIR PAIRCHTS AS PATIENTS AS PART
OF THE OVERALL EFFORT AND THAT
HAS BEEN INTERPRETED LOCALLY AS
MEANING THOSE PATIENTS WHO
RECEIVE THEIR PRIMARY CARE
WITHIN YOUR SYSTEM.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW SOMEONE OUR
AGE, 84 AND 86, ARE SUPPOSED TO
BE SCROUNGING AROUND LOOKING FOR
A VACCINE.
>> IN THE END, JACKIE WILLFUL
LIKELY JUST HAVE TO KEEP
WAITING.
>> THE BEST THING YOU ARE IS IF
YOU ARE CONNECTED WITH A HEALTH
CARE PROVIDER, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO
WAIT A LITTLE BIT.
>> REPORTING FROM MADISON, I'M
ZAC SCHULTZ FOR "HERE AND NOW."
>> FOR PEOPLE LIKE JACKIE ROSS
HAVING TROUBLE TRYING TO GET A
VACCINE, NEARLY 200 WALGREENS IN
WISCONSIN ARE RECEIVING MORE
THAN 17,000 DOSES OF THE VACCINE
THROUGH THE FEDERAL RETAIL
PHARMACY PROGRAM AND PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO SIGN UP FOR
APPOINTMENTS ON THEIR WEBSITE.
ALSO, ROCK COUNTY WILL HOST THE
STATE'S FIRST COMMUNITY VACCINE
CLINIC NEXT