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Frustrations rise as crowd cuts line at COVID-19 vaccine site in Bonita Springs

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Posted 11:38 AM, Dec 29, 2020
and last updated 5:26 PM, Jun 28, 2021

UPDATE (7:51 AM)-- Deputies have since been able to reorganize the line with social distancing. It's a much calmer scene. Several hundred are in line and the line continues to grow.

Fox 4 has confirmed 800 doses of the vaccine will be given at this site.

This location is now at full capacity.

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Deputies are working to organize hundreds of people waiting outside a COVID-19 vaccination site in Bonita Springs. Frustrations there are flying high because people who have been in line for hours are being cut, and there's little social distancing anymore.

People who have been in line since 10:00 a.m. Monday morning said they watched deputies work to push the crowd further up to make room for more people when some started panicking and cutting in front of each other. People began yelling and crowding together to avoid being skipped in line.

Several people decided to pack up and leave after waiting hours because of how disappointing the experience has been.

Deputies are working on reorganizing the line ahead of the site opening at 9:00 a.m.