Vehicles started lining up at 6 a.m. Friday for a drive-thru vaccination clinic at the Crown Complex in Fayetteville. WRAL reporter Gilbert Baez was among the crowd waiting in line.
LOCAL NEWS. >> CUMBERLAND COUNTY CONTINUES TO EXPAND ITS COVID-19 VACCINE CLINIC WITH CARS LINING UP ALL MORNING WITH FOLKS WAITING TO GET ONE OF THE 800 SHOTS THEY WILL GIVE IF YOU ARE 65 OR OLDER. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WRAL'S GILBERT BAEZ QUALIFIES TO GET THIS SHOT. GILBERT, I WANT TO SEE YOUR ID. I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS. >> Reporter: IF YOU DO NOT BELIEVE IT, YOU CAN ASK ONE OF MY EIGHT GRANDKIDS. I WILL BE 66 IN A FEW MONTHS. ALSO THINK GOODNESS TO BE IN THIS LINE HERE . WE JUST GOT MY NUMBER AND I AM 642 . I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE CARS OUT HERE. I BET YOU I'VE ONLY MOVED ABOUT 50 FEET SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE AND THE CARS ARE STRETCHED AROUND HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU THAT ALL OF THESE LANES HERE WERE FILLED WITH CARS EARLY THIS MORNING AND WE DO HAVE FOOTAGE FROM SKY 5 WHO WAS HERE EARLIER . THESE CARS DID START LINING UP AT 6:00 THIS MORNING. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT PLANS TO GIVE 800 SHOTS AND MAYBE MORE. THIS IS A MASSIVE OPERATION WITH THE VOLUNTEERS HERE AND OTHER PARTS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY AND THIS IS A NATIONAL VACCINE SO YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE FROM CUMBERLAND COUNTY TO RECEIVE THE SHOT. THE HEALTH DIRECTOR JENNIFER GREENE SAID THE LINE IS MOVING FASTER TODAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE FOUR LANES INSTEAD OF TWO TO ADMINISTER THESE SHOTS. >> WE ARE MOVING MUCH FASTER AND THE WAIT TIME IS SHORTER TODAY THAN IT WAS YESTERDAY WHEN THE CAR COMES IN, WE CAN GET THEM IN AND OUT IN FIVE OR SEVEN MINUTES. >> Reporter: THE OTHER THING THAT IS HELPING TO SPEED THINGS UP IS THE FACT THAT WHEN YOU GET INSIDE THEY HAVE 30 NURSES ADMINISTERING THE SHOT AND THE MEDICAL PERSONNEL TO MONITOR FOLKS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT ALLERGIC. YOU HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER 30 MINUTES AFTER YOU GET YOUR SHOT. I WILL GET BACK IN MY CAR AND I AM NORMALLY RIPPING AND ROARING BUT THE OLD GUY GETS TO SIT IN THE CAR TODAY. I WILL HAVE A REPORT OF 4:00 AND I WILL BE ON FACEBOOK LIVE JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF MY PROGRESS. I STARTED THE TIMER WHEN I GOT HERE AND I'VE BEEN HERE TWO HOURS AND 40 MINUTES SO FAR. THAT IS REALLY NOT THAT LONG TO INVEST IN GETTING THE SHOT, ESPECIALLY AT MY AGE . >> AS YOU MOVE THROUGH THE LINE WE WILL LIVE VICARIOUSLY
