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Rantz: Gary Ridgway, inmates in process of receiving COVID vaccines, well before your grandparents
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Gary Ridgway could soon be getting his COVID vaccine. (Getty Images)
Green River Killer Gary Ridgway and other inmates may likely get a COVID-19 vaccine before desperate grandparents who have been struggling to even make an appointment.
Washingtonians over the age of 65 who haven’t committed any felonies are worried about their well-being as they desperately seek vaccinations. And newly released documents indicate the general public won’t get a vaccine until the summer, which will stall our ability to return to any semblance of normalcy.
Yet Washington inmates have already started to receive their vaccines.
Washington inmates getting vaccines
Washingtonians have struggled to find vaccine availability for weeks. Appointments have been cancelled at the last minute thanks to redirected vaccines, and mass vaccination sites have been prematurely shut down due to vaccine shortages.
In a Feb. 2 memo, the Department of Corrections (DOC) announced that as of Feb. 1, “they began vaccinating members of the incarcerated population that are over the age of 65.”