Maryland Vaccination Frustration: Anxiety Over Second-Dose Supplies, People ‘Jumping The Line,’ and Whether To Sign Up On Multiple Wait Lists

Some local officials are frustrated by the state’s patchwork vaccine system where people are signing up for a shot on multiple waiting lists at once. Maryland’s Acting Health Secretary Dennis Schrader told a Maryland Senate committee this week that people should get on multiple waiting lists, and once you they get an appointment, remove themselves from the remaining lists. “We don’t really want the Hunger Games going on to try to get an appointment,” said Senator Dr. Clarence Lam, a Howard and Baltimore County Democrat.