A petition seeking the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines for Ocean County because of its large senior citizen population has caught the attention of the county’s head executive, who said the county supports the work already being done to inoculate the high-risk group against the virus and get them back to seeing their grandchildren and living life after almost a year of isolation.

“Equitable means seniors,” said Ann Kestner, who decided last month her frustration at trying to get her 80-year-old…