After struggling with an online system, the Florida Department of Health in Broward County is now having people eligible for COVID-19 shots sign up over the phone through the state’s appointment scheduling system.
After being tested for COVID in Connecticut, Robyn Surdel got a call from the Broward County Department of Health with some bad news, and Surdel lived with her father, whose age and health were major risks for coronavirus. The health department went to work, above and beyond Surdel's expectations.
Vaccine Q&A: Can you stop COVID testing after you get vaccine?
Sun Sentinel 1/18/2021 Lois K. Solomon, South Florida Sun Sentinel
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Q. “My girlfriend works at Memorial Regional Hospital and received the two prescribed doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer from her hospital. The process is voluntary. Only about half the staff apparently received the vaccine while others declined. This week, a nurse and three patients tested positive for COVID-19. All of the staff on the floor, included those who received the two rounds of the vaccine, had to be tested for COVID. My question is: Why would immunized staff have to be tested every time there is an outbreak? Does the vaccine not work as it is supposed to? Is it a waste of my time to get the vaccine if I can still catch and spread COVID?”