Hunt for COVID-19 vaccine takes Michiganders to other states: 'They're desperate'
KRISTEN JORDAN SHAMUS | DETROIT FREE PRESS | 16 hours ago (Feb 27, 2021)
Jodi Schumaker cried while she drove north on Interstate-75 through Kentucky on Tuesday afternoon, feeling defeated as she headed home to Michigan without getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
Her hopes had been crushed by bad weather that delayed coronavirus vaccine shipments all over the U.S., including the delivery to the Walmart store in Mississippi where she and her husband had appointments Monday to get shots. ...
Schumaker's hunt for a coronavirus vaccine is centered almost entirely on her husband, David, who is 60, paraplegic, has diabetes, high blood pressure, and congestive heart failure. ...
For someone as medically fragile as David Schumaker, contracting the virus could prove deadly. His wife has made it her mission to find a way to get him immunized — even it meant a 14-hour car ride to Laurel, Mississippi.
"This shot could could mean saving his life, you know?" Jodi Schumaker said. "It doesn't mean that we're going to be able to go out and go places even if we get this until the world's a much safer place for him." ...
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Hunt for COVID-19 vaccines takes Michigan couple to Mississippi