State partners with interfaith leaders in South Florida to vaccinate seniors
Gov. Ron DeSantis also announces launch of pilot program to vaccinate homebound seniors
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AVENTURA, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference Thursday morning at the Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center, at which time he announced that hundreds of seniors will be vaccinated through a partnership with the state and interfaith leaders.
The governor said there have been 25 faith-related vaccine events across the state, but Thursday’s is the first interfaith event.
“So you have folks from all walks of life, all different faiths coming together,” he said.
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DeSantis: Florida expecting ‘modest increase’ in vaccines next week
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis during a press conference at Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center. (Copyright 2021 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.)
AVENTURA, Fla. – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday he expects the state will see a modest increase in its COVID-19 vaccine shipment next week.
This week, DeSantis said the state received about 307,000 vaccine doses, up 40,000 from the week before.
“We think that we are going to see another modest but important increase and that’s gonna allow us to do some more things and we’re looking forward to doing that,” DeSantis said.
She charmed the medical team with coffee.
And she charmed the fire rescue captain ready to stick a needle in her arm.
“Does everyone stand at attention?” Judy Rodan asked the captain.
“Not everyone,” he said.
“Well, I will,” she quipped, “especially with that needle in your hand.”
With that the 83-year-old Aventura resident became the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Florida’s new home program for Holocaust seniors, a population that has lived through threat and horror far more insidious than a virus.
DeSantis was with a group of medical personnel who visited Rodan. She is the first of thousands of survivors who will be getting a COVID-19 vaccination without leaving their home as part of the new program.
“Our tradition teaches that if you have saved one life, it’s as if you’ve saved the entire world, so I can’t tell you how meaningful and rewarding it is to be able to facilitate these life-saving appointments for the most vulnerable members of our community,” said the synagogue s Rabbi Jonathan Berkun.
One of the seniors who received their dose was Esther Ross, a 96-year-old Holocaust survivor who was 14 when the German army herded her family into hiding in Lodz, Poland.
“I never knew what it meant to be a teenager,” Ross said.
The pandemic has been a trying time for everyone, especially senior citizens, but those who have already gone through the unimaginable have a different perspective on the meaning of hard times.