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Fried to DeSantis: Mobilize National Guard to fix chaotic vaccine distribution
Steve Cannon/AP
Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried speaks during a meeting of the Florida cabinet Tuesday June 4, 2019, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon)
Posted at 3:42 PM, Dec 30, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-30 15:42:12-05
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried wrote Governor Ron DeSantis to recommend he mobilize the Florida National Guard to coordinate the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, given the slow nationwide vaccine rollout.
Florida has received over 1.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine and 146,160 vaccine doses have been administered, 15 percent of available vaccine doses.
DeSantis announced Tuesday that all Florida counties will receive Moderna vaccines by the end of the week as well as the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
Can âsnowbirdsâ get the COVID-19 vaccine in Florida? Itâs complicated
Thatâs the critical question retirees are trying to figure out before they decide to winter in Florida.
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Miami Jewish Home nurse Cynthia Banada on Monday holds a multi-dose vial of the Moderna vaccine, authorized by the FDA for emergency use for the prevention of COVID-19. Miami Jewish Health, the largest nursing home in Florida, was one of several facilities selected by the state to receive the vaccine as part of first round distribution in Miami. [ CARL JUSTE | Miami Herald ]
By Ben Conarck
Updated Dec. 29, 2020
Every winter, retirees from the Northeast and Midwest head to the warmth of Florida, occupying seasonal homes and condos. But 2021 isnât like years past.
Some states buck federal vaccine recommendations, prioritize elderly over essential workers
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks to the local media before receiving a dose of a Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine at the Ascension Seton Medical Center on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. (Ricardo B. Brazziell /Austin American-Statesman via AP)
Published December 30. 2020 1:16AM
Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Washington Post
Some of the most populous states are shelving federal recommendations and making coronavirus vaccines available to the elderly before providing access to grocery store employees, transit staffers and other front-line workers.
Officials are pursuing such strategies in Florida and Texas, where a combined 50 million people live. The divergence reflects differing needs in a highly diverse country where the coronavirus has killed unevenly, but it also highlights an emerging patchwork that could pose obstacles for the nationwide immunization campaign to corral the pandemic.
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