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Publix-only vaccine plan 'unconscionable,' Glades mayors say Jane Musgrave, Palm Beach Post © The Palm Beach Post Frances Jasmine, left with Fran Budnik, 91, who wanted to get vaccinated without an appointment at a health district COVID-19 appointment only vaccination site that closed after running out the vaccine in John Prince Park in Lake Worth Beach, Florida on January 27, 2021. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis turned the sole COVID-19 vaccine distribution over to Publix pharmacies in the area. After spending weeks working to convince skeptical seniors to get the coronavir...

In the Glades, health officials couldn't give the COVID vaccine away While senior citizens from Boca Raton to Jupiter have been clamoring for the coronavirus vaccine, those in Palm Beach County’s rural western communities have been less enthusiastic. When initial calls were made to schedule appointments for 300 residents of the Belle Glade area, one accepted, said County Commissioner Melissa McKinlay, who represents the sprawling farming area where Blacks make up nearly 60% of the population. However, officials from the county’s health care district said that in the past week, attitudes ...