COVID Florida: Fried asks DeSantis to give vaccines to farmworkers now
Florida’s agriculture commissioner asked the governor to open COVID-19 vaccinations to all farmworkers, noting they are “critical to producing safe, secure” food while being exposed to higher health risks during the pandemic. “These frontline workers are critical to producing the safe, secure domestic food supply on which we rely,” wrote Commissioner Nikki Fried in a Wednesday letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis. “Yet according to studies, farmworkers face one of the highest increased risks of death from COVID-19 with Hispanic farmworkers facing a 59% higher risk.” She also wants pri...
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