Gov. Ron DeSantis boasted Monday that nearly 30% of Florida’s seniors now have been vaccinated against COVID-19, saying the state has moved aggressively to protect a vulnerable population.
Yet even as Florida continues to make progress vaccinating seniors, there is lingering backlash among a subset of the elderly that is the most vulnerable of the vulnerable: those who live in elder care facilities.
Facing criticism that seniors in the general population were getting the vaccine before those in nursing homes and assisted living facilities, the state brought in a private contractor to help with the vaccination effort at elder care communities and pledged that all would get access to the vaccine by the end of January.
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Florida jobless claims jump as tourism faces long recovery
With first-time unemployment claims spiking last week, a top Florida economist is cautioning that the vital, but battered, tourism industry is in for another difficult spring because of COVID-19. Amy Baker, coordinator of the Legislature’s Office of Economic & Demographic Research, told lawmakers Wednesday that despite improved tax-revenue numbers for December, big-spending foreign tourists aren’t expected to flock to Florida in the coming months because of the pandemic. [Source: News Service of Florida]
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CVS and Walgreens were contracted by the federal government to provide COVID-19 vaccinations at long-term care facilities, but Florida leaders say their rollout of the shots has been anything but warp speed.