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COVID-19: Disability charity helps immunize nearly 300 with J&J vaccine in West Palm Beach
New CDC guidelines say fully vaccinated Americans don t need to wear masks outside
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WEST PALM BEACH As efforts to inoculate Americans against the coronavirus hit a speed bump, in part because some unvaccinated people feel reluctant to be immunized, people like Alan Rosenbaum, a disabled retired steel worker, lined up Friday to get a shot. I d rather take this needle than end up in the hospital, he said from the back seat of the car his wife, Cynthia Rosenbaum, parked at United Methodist Church of the Palm Beaches, off of Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard. Alan walks with a brace and Cynthia is his caretaker.
Residency proof not needed for vaccine at some sites in Florida, paving way for migrants Michelle Marchante and Devoun Cetoute, The Miami Herald
Apr. 30 Florida has scrapped its rule requiring multiple proofs of residency to get a COVID-19 vaccine now that sites are seeing a lower demand. It s a win for immigrant civil rights groups that said the requirement was barring undocumented migrant workers from getting a shot at protection.
The rule change expands vaccine access in the state to include anyone who is providing goods and services in Florida, which just means they re working in the state.
Florida Immigration Coalition, an immigrant civil rights group, told the Miami Herald in an email Friday that it s glad to see the change and considers it long overdue.
Al Lawson Center vaccination site to resume offering J&J vaccine May 1
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) â The Florida A&M University Al Lawson Center vaccination site will resume offering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine on Saturday, May 1, university officials announced Friday.
The vaccine site located at 1800 Wahnish Way will continue offering first and second doses of the Moderna vaccine. Visitors to the site will now have the option of receiving the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Operated by the Florida Division of Emergency Management, the location is open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Since the site opened on February 25, the staff has administered more than 8,500 doses of vaccine.
Only slightly more first doses of Pfizer were administered at the FEMA-run vaccination sites on Monday than single-dose Johnson & Johnson shots.
Faced with a choice between the Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer vaccines, Floridians who visited the state s federally supported sites on Monday were about evenly split.
It was the second day the FEMA sites offered the J&J vaccine since the federal government lifted a pause, put in place to determine risk of a rare blood clot.
All this week, patients can still choose to get the one-and-done J&J shot or get a first dose of Pfizer and return for a second shot in three weeks.