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Franklin County COVID-19 vaccination site backed up by massive turnout - WRAL.com
Jan 21, 2021 1 min, 16 secs

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The line at a drive-thru vaccine clinic at the Triangle North airport in Franklin County caused traffic blockages and deterred people from getting their vaccine

Multiple people posted social media complaints or called WRAL while still waiting in line

Franklin County Health Director Scott LaVigne plans to review how the day went to learn from it

He also plans to get in touch with the Wake County Health Director on how they might coordinate efforts in the future

"This is the first time we have had a lot of people coming from Wake County and other surrounding counties for this event," LaVigne said

Despite organizing the event with registration and appointments, the long lines and wait times seemed to be causing many people to miss their appointment times – even deterring some people from getting the COVID-19 vaccine today at all

That is what we want to do, that is what we are really good at doing," LaVigne said

He says he'll look to coordinate with the Wake County Health Department for the next round of vaccines at this location

"What we weren't ready for was the mass migration, for lack of a better word, of people coming out to [this] location here today," LaVigne said

"I put out an email to the Wake County Health Director

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