Solution coming for botched vaccine rollout, Lee County manager says

Thousands of people in the community are outraged over the botched COVID-19 vaccine rollout, but a solution may be coming.

Florida counties and at least one state lawmaker are pointing to failure at the top, so the state is responding to the criticism with a statewide system, according to Lee County Manager Roger Desjarlais.

The state hasn’t released any information, but until then, Desjarlais’ focus is on helping everyone get the vaccine, he said, including those who called for an appointment last week, got into the queue, and are still waiting for a callback.

“Please tell your viewers to be patient,” he said. “I get the emails. Someone received a call they were in the shower and they missed it. Or they missed it for some other reason. We continue to cycle those emails back to the vendor, and those people will all eventually get a call.”

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