As President Biden heads to Pfizer plant, residents waiting for COVID-19 vaccine voice fear, frustration

Newman vacation photo

Dan, Sarah and Patti Newman pose for a photograph while on vacation. Since coronavirus hit and kept them inside, they have missed traveling.

PORTAGE, MI — It is about a 20 minute drive from Oshtemo Township, where Patti Newman lives with her husband and their daughter, to the Portage factory where COVID-19 vaccines are now being produced.

They have been waiting to get the vaccine for months.

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