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Ohio snowbirds find it difficult to get vaccine due to ‘vaccine tourism’ People are travelling to Florida from out of the country and from other states to get the COVID vaccine. People traveling just to get vaccinated By Brian Duffy | January 21, 2021 at 4:57 PM EST - Updated January 21 at 8:38 PM CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - They are flying in from other countries including Brazil, Argentina, and Venezuela and travelling from other states to Florida. They’re not just coming for for the warm temperatures and sandy beaches, but also for the COVID-19 vaccine. Some countries do n...

Is releasing all available vaccine at once to get more people some immunity worth it if it risks delaying second doses? Depends who you ask.

/ Florida health workers and long-term care facility residents were supposed to get vaccinated before anyone else. But when the state opened up vaccines to anyone 65 and older, it made accessing the limited supplies even harder. Gov. Ron DeSantis is touting his plan to distribute vaccines to people 65 and older ahead of much of the country. But the rollout has had logistical problems, and there are still nursing homes and health care workers waiting to get the vaccine. Dana Portnoy, 51, has been calling South Florida hospitals for weeks trying to get a coronavirus vaccine. The nurse practitio...

Listen • 4:14 Florida health workers and long-term care facility residents were supposed to get vaccinated before anyone else. But when the state opened up vaccines to anyone 65 and older, it made accessing the limited supplies even harder. Gov. Ron DeSantis is touting his plan to distribute vaccines to people 65 and older ahead of much of the country. But the rollout has had logistical problems. Dana Portnoy, 51, has been calling South Florida hospitals for weeks trying to get a coronavirus vaccine. The nurse practitioner treats people at an internal medicine office in ...

USF professor critical of COVID-19 vaccination rollout plan USF Public Health Professor Dr. Jay Wolfson says he’s old enough to remember when Americans got the vaccination for polio, and it did not happen overnight. and last updated 2021-01-05 17:34:55-05 TAMPA, Fla. — USF Public Health Professor Dr. Jay Wolfson says he’s old enough to remember when Americans got the vaccination for polio, and it did not happen overnight. “Even when we figured out what it was, it took another 10 years before the vaccine was available. And even then there was reluctance. But it was a huge r...