WRAL's Gilbert Baez gets vaccinated

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>>> CUMBERLAND COUNTY HELD

ANOTHER VACCINATION CLINIC AT

THE CROWD COMPLEX THIS MORNING,

ABOUT 800 PEOPLE TAKING

ADVANTAGE OF THE DISCOMFORT

SERVED DRIVE TO CLINIC FOR

ANYONE 65 OR OLDER.

THAT INCLUDES GILBERT BAEZ.

HE IS JOINING US LIVE NOW.

YOU HAD TO GET THERE AWFULLY

EARLY AND GO THROUGH A LONG

WAIT?

>> Reporter: THAT IS EXACTLY

RIGHT, DAVID.

YES, I AM 65 YEARS OLD I WILL

BE 66, THIS WAS 65 AND OLDER

AND I WAS NEVER CARDED MORE IN

MY LIFE THAN TODAY BECAUSE A

LOT OF PEOPLE DID NOT BELIEVE

IT.

THEY RAN THIS THING MY CLOCK.

THEY CALL PEOPLE AND, THE

STATION, YOU HAVE YOUR OWN

NURSE COME OUT TO THE CAR AND

GET YOUR VACCINATION AGAINST

COVID.

I TELL YOU WHAT.

I WAS ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE

ALL AFTERNOON.

DOCUMENTING THE PROCESS OF

GETTING THE SHOT.

>> IF YOU EVER IN THE MILITARY,

THIS IS WHAT WE CALL HURRY UP

AND WAIT.

I HAVE BEEN SITTING HERE RIGHT

NOW AS YOU CAN SEE, JUST OVER

TWO HOURS.

HATS OFF TO THE COUNTLESS

VOLUNTEERS WHO MAKE THIS

HAPPEN.

I GOT SOME MOVEMENT, I AM

MOVING FORWARD.

SITTING IN LINE, NOW IT'S GOING

SLOW BUT IT'S WORTH THE WAIT.

>> YOU TESTED POSITIVE FOR

COVID-19 AND THEN INSTRUCTED TO

ISOLATED THE LAST 10 DAYS?

>> I HAVE NOT.

>> HAVE YOU BEEN IN CLOSE

CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY TESTED

POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 THE LAST

14 DAYS?

>> I BY NO.

TRUCK I GOT THROUGH THAT, TIME

FOR ALL COMING HERE COME

SOMEBODY ELSE.

>> 65 WILL BE 66 IN AUGUST.

WE ARE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE

FOLKS TO TAKE THE SHOT.

>> YOU HAVE A COUPLE FOLKS ON

HERE THAT WILL COME THROUGH AND

DO SOME REGISTRATION FOR YOU?

OKAY.

>> IT WAS FOLKS WITH CLIPART SO

THEY WILL ASK YES OR NO

QUESTIONS.

YOU WILL DRIVE RIGHT INSIDE, 35

TABLES INSIDE.

THEY WILL GIVE YOU A SHOT, YOU

WAIT 15 MINUTES, YOU ARE ON

YOUR WAY.

IT'S JUST THAT'S ABLE.

>> Reporter: AFTER FOUR HOURS I

AM READY TO GET THE SHOT.

>> SEE IS GIVING ME THE SHOT

RIGHT NOW.

I DO NOT EVEN FEEL THE NEEDLE

AT ALL.

IN THE MILITARY THEY USED TO

RUN IT THROUGH BOTH SIDES, YOU

KNOW, GET SHOTS IN BOTH ARMS.

AT THE SAME TIME.

>> THERE YOU ARE .

>> Reporter: AT THAT WAS IN?

>> I DON'T GET A LOLLIPOP?

BUT I WISH I HAD ONE FOR YOU.

EVERYBODY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR

CANDY ALL DAY.

>> I DID GET A CARD SAY I GOT

MY SHOT AND IT REMINDED ME TO

SEE THIS WHEN I COME BACK TO

GET THE NEXT SHOT.

THEY WILL DO THIS AGAIN

TOMORROW, SATURDAY HERE AT THE

CROWN ASKED, FIRST COME FIRST

SERVE, WE KNOW THAT WILL BE THE

NEXT WEEK, MONDAY, WEDNESDAY,

FRIDAY AND NEXT SATURDAY WAS

STARTS MAKING APPOINTMENTS AT

THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THEN

YOU CAN REGISTER TO COME GET

YOUR SHOTS ALL NEXT WEEK AGO I

TELL YOU WHAT, THEY RUN THIS

THING LIKE CLOCKWORK.

THE NUMBER IS UPDATED FROM 800

TO MORE THAN 1000 SHOTS GIVEN

IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY.

>> THAT IS SUCH GOOD NEWS

BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE SO

EAGER TO GET THIS VACCINATION.

TELL ME AGAIN, HOW EARLY DID

YOU ARRIVE THIS MORNING?

>> WE KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.

I SAW AT 6:00, WE DECIDED TO DO

THE STORY AND I GOT HERE 9:30.

THEN, BY 1:30, YOU KNOW, I AM

THROUGH THE FOR TWO HOURS, TO

BE FOUR HOURS, NOT A BAD DEAL

TO GET THE SHOT.

>> THAT IS AMAZING.

WE HAVE SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE

ACROSS THE COUNTRY LIGHTING UP

OVERNIGHT TO SEE THIS.

WE ARE HAPPY FOR YOU, THANK YOU

FOR SETTING AN EXAMPLE AND MANY

OF US WANT TO FOLLOW ALONG VERY