PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) -- Seniors are the group most vulnerable to death and severe symptoms from COVID-19, and AARP leaders believe not enough is being done to get them vaccinated.
More than a million doses have been administered in New Jersey so far. Evelyn Liebman is the director of advocacy for AARP New Jersey and she says too few of those doses have gone into the arms of seniors.
"We are hearing they are spending hours on the phone, not being able to get through to vaccine sites to be able to schedule appointments," she said.
The state did open a call center after AARP members requested it, but Liebman says more people are needed to answer phones and make appointments. Too often, people who are more tech savvy are gobbling up all the appointments.
Liebman says the people who are most at risk should at least have equal access to vaccines.
"In the areas of technology, on the question of equity, we could do more and we could do better."
She says the Murphy administration has been receptive to their suggestions, and she's happy pop-up vaccine sites will be set up in underserved communities.
"We need to be able to bring vaccines to them," she said.
Liebman says that includes vaccination events at churches and senior centers as well as bringing doses directly to people’s homes.