Disparities Continue Over Who Is Getting COVID Vaccine in FL
FEMA will open four mass vaccination sites in Florida in Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville and Miami Dade College’s North Campus. Around each site, two mobile units will go to nearby underserved areas with 500 vaccines a day. by Cindy Krischer Goodman, South Florida Sun Sentinel / February 22, 2021 Ketley Joachim sits with her mom, Suzanne Noel, 97 from North Miami Beach after she received her vaccine during an interfaith COVID-19 vaccination drive at the Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center in Aventura Florida hosted in partnership with a mosque and Black churches on Thursday, February 4, 2021 TNS
Palm Beach Co. doctors call on DeSantis for vaccine equity February 18, 2021 at 11:40 AM EST - Updated February 19 at 10:36 AM
A group of Palm Beach County doctors and health care professionals are calling on Gov. Ron DeSantis to expand the availability of the COVID-19 vaccine to underserved and vulnerable communities.
The T. Leroy Jefferson Medical Society and other local organizations hosted a virtual news conference Thursday to draw attention to their recent demand to equalize access to health care. The pandemic vulnerability index ranks Palm Beach County in the top third of counties in the country, said Dr. Kitonga Kiminyo, board member and COVID-19 Task Force Lead for T. Leroy Jefferson Medical Society.