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Ohio snowbirds find it difficult to get vaccine due to ‘vaccine tourism’ People are travelling to Florida from out of the country and from other states to get the COVID vaccine. People traveling just to get vaccinated By Brian Duffy | January 21, 2021 at 4:57 PM EST - Updated January 21 at 8:38 PM CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - They are flying in from other countries including Brazil, Argentina, and Venezuela and travelling from other states to Florida. They’re not just coming for...

Is releasing all available vaccine at once to get more people some immunity worth it if it risks delaying second doses? Depends who you ask.

/ Florida health workers and long-term care facility residents were supposed to get vaccinated before anyone else. But when the state opened up vaccines to anyone 65 and older, it made accessing the limited supplies even harder. Gov. Ron DeSantis is touting his plan to distribute vaccines to people 65 and older ahead of much of the country. But the rollout has had logistical problems, and there are still nursing homes and health care workers waiting to get the vaccine. Dana Portnoy, 51, has bee...

Listen • 4:14 Florida health workers and long-term care facility residents were supposed to get vaccinated before anyone else. But when the state opened up vaccines to anyone 65 and older, it made accessing the limited supplies even harder. Gov. Ron DeSantis is touting his plan to distribute vaccines to people 65 and older ahead of much of the country. But the rollout has had logistical problems. Dana Portnoy, 51, has been calling South Florida hospitals for weeks trying t...

USF professor critical of COVID-19 vaccination rollout plan USF Public Health Professor Dr. Jay Wolfson says he’s old enough to remember when Americans got the vaccination for polio, and it did not happen overnight. and last updated 2021-01-05 17:34:55-05 TAMPA, Fla. — USF Public Health Professor Dr. Jay Wolfson says he’s old enough to remember when Americans got the vaccination for polio, and it did not happen overnight. “Even when we figured out what it was, it took anothe...

Rough rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine isn’t just a Florida problem Confusion, chaos plague other state rollouts, too Following a frustrating rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine to seniors in Florida, Investigative Reporter Katie LaGrone finds out if its all that better in other states. and last updated 2021-01-06 10:04:44-05 Following a frustrating rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine to seniors in Florida, Investigative Reporter Katie LaGrone finds out if its all that better in other states. Acros...

In Hernando, a gated community gets some of the first coronavirus vaccine doses Some question why residents at the Wellington at Seven Hills will get about a third of the county’s initial doses.   Published Jan. 6 Updated Jan. 12 SPRING HILL — Spring Hill resident Sharon Swanson has repeatedly called the Florida Department of Health in Hernando County to schedule an appointment for a COVID-19 vaccine. So far, she hasn’t gotten through. At 76, Swanson knows she is in a high-ris...

Hundreds of revelers crowded Miami beaches and attended a hotel pool party on Saturday  Photos show almost all of the sun seekers failed to socially distance and did not wear face masks The crowds acted as if the COVID-19 pandemic had ended, when in actuality the crisis is worsening in the Sunshine State   Last week, Florida recorded its highest ever daily number of new coronavirus cases; there have been more than 31,000 new infections confirmed in the first two days of 2021  Miami-Dade Cou...

Florida starts 2021 with average of 15,759 coronavirus cases per day The Florida Department of Health did not release data on Friday because of the holiday. But on Saturday, it reported 31,518 new cases.     Updated Jan. 2 Florida is beginning 2021 the same way it ended 2020: With coronavirus cases surging at a record rate. The state announced Saturday 31,518 new cases of the coronavirus. The data is a two-day total, because the Florida Department of Health didn’t release data on Jan...

and last updated 2020-12-30 23:14:38-05 TAMPA, Fla. — Right now, the vaccination effort against COVID-19 is focusing on those 65 years and older across the state. The Florida Department of Health said all county health departments have received the vaccine. County health departments are each communicating their own plans for distribution. “As of this last week, individual counties across the state have begun to kind of do their own thing, and that’s not a bad thing,” said Ja...