May 20, 2024

In World’s Worst Vaccine Line, the Wait Lasts Hours and Gets You Nothing

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This was the fourth straight day he had risen well before sunrise to get in line with hundreds of other elderly Venezuelans outside a drab, state-run hotel in downtown Caracas. The previous three days, he had retreated home, unvaccinated and starving, around noon. On this day, though, he was determined not to give up so easily. He arrived even earlier—4 a.m.—and packed an arepa stuffed with sausage, eggs and cheese. By 10 a.m., he had barely advanced at all. By Nicolle Yapur. Full Text -> Bloomberg

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