Come for your shot, Canadians, proposes exclave of Point Roberts, USA

As the story of the COVID-19 vaccine in the Pacific Northwest changes from scarcity to surplus, one northwestern Washington community says it is in a unique position to extend a helping hand across the border.

Point Roberts, USA, is attached to British Columbia and doesn’t connect by land to the rest of Washington state. Inoculation shots are scarcer in Canada. So, Point Roberts officials want to offer surplus vaccines to their northern neighbors. But bureaucratic hurdles stand in the way.

"We have hundreds to thousands of people -- maybe tens of thousands of people -- that could be vaccinated here in Point Roberts if Point Roberts was seen as a neutral location during this pandemic," said Fire Chief Christopher Carleton, standing in an empty parking lot along the northern border that he envisions turning into a drive-thru vaccination clinic.