In mid-February 2021, the first COVID-19 vaccines were being distributed to the most vulnerable in Florida. Residents over the age of 65 and people with additional health risks were getting the shots first. Around 30% of Florida seniors had been vaccinated.
Baugh tried to gain political favor with Lakewood Ranch vaccine clinic, investigation finds
Kimberly Kuizon reports
BRADENTON, Fla. - On February 18, Manatee County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh apologized for her role in limiting the distribution of 3,000 doses of vaccines to two exclusive Lakewood Ranch zip codes and creating what became known as a VIP list of recipients. I take responsibility for it all. There is nobody else to blame, she said on February 18.
She would go on to say. This isn’t about me or politics to me. It’s about a pandemic going on in our county and state, she said.
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