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Two longtime residents of rural northeast Sarasota County, Florida, have started legal action on behalf of their community over concerns about urban sprawl.
Print Continue to article content More than 4.2 million people in Florida were vaccinated against Covid-19 as of Monday. | Hauke-Christian Dittrich/Pool via AP Major donors to South Florida hospital foundation got early vaccine access Updated TALLAHASSEE — The fundraising foundation for the Baptist Health of South Florida hospital system told donors who could afford at least six-figure financial contributions on New Year’s Day that they were eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine, at a time when vaccine doses were in short supply in the rest of the state. The email, sent by hospital foundation CEO Alexandra Villoch to the collection of more than 3,000 wealthy donors and obtained by POLITICO, offers another glimpse into the exclusive access some of Florida’s well-to-do enclaves received at a time when the state was left with 266,000 fresh doses per week. Pop-up vaccination sites in affluent, mostly white pockets of the state have become a political thorn in the side of Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has defended the practice because most serve areas with heavy elderly populations, which has been his administration’s focus. DeSantis had no role in the hospital foundation’s vaccine announcement.
Former Florida governor and now U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-St. Petersburg, is pondering a 2022 gubernatorial run and sounding very much like a candidate with Sunday’s call for a federal investigation into potential rival, Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is facing bipartisan criticism of playing politics with the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Southwest Florida. The criticism stems from DeSantis’ recent selection of COVID-19 vaccine pop-up clinic sites in Charlotte and Manatee Counties.
The severe weather locking much of the nation in a deep freeze has delayed the shipment of about 200,000 Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday.
DeSantis on COVID-19 vaccine site controversy: âI wouldnât be complainingâ By FO 13 News staff Published Kimberly Kuizon reports LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. - After some Manatee County commissioners criticized the decision-making behind the state’s vaccine pop-up site in "whitest and richest" Lakewood Ranch, Gov. Ron DeSantis had one simple message: If you don’t want it, it will be given to another county. "Would they rather us send it to other counties? It wasn’t a choice about ZIP codes, it was a choice of where is a high concentration of seniors where communities can provide," he insisted Wednesday morning.
DeSantis on COVID-19 vaccine site controversy: 'I wouldn't be complaining' fox35orlando.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from fox35orlando.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.