Florida's first-come, first-serve Covid-19 vaccination plan for the elderly leads to scramble

[riversedge]

well, look at the uncaring stupid leaders in Florida!

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Florida's first-come, first-serve Covid-19 vaccination plan for the elderly leads to scramble

By Eric Levenson, Angela Barajas and Ryan Young, CNN

Updated 2315 GMT (0715 HKT) December 30, 2020


(CNN)Florida's county-by-county plan to vaccinate its elderly population has created a mass scramble for a limited number of doses, leading to hourslong lines at vaccination sites and overwhelmed county hotlines and websites.


In southwest Florida, the Lee County Department of Health encouraged anyone 65 and older and high-risk frontline health care workers to come to one of seven vaccination sites. Each site had just 300 vaccine doses, and "no appointment is necessary," the county said.



The first-come, first-serve plan led to huge lines forming overnight Tuesday as people camped out on lawn chairs and waited for hours.


People wait in line in the early morning hours of Wednesday, December 30, 2020 at Lakes Park Regional Library in Fort Myers, Florida to recieve the COVID-19 vaccine.



Bruce Scott told CNN he arrived at a Ft. Myers vaccination site at 1:30 a.m. and waited in a line for about 8 or 9 hours to get vaccinated.


"Although I'm grateful to get the vaccine, I feel that there's got to be a better way to distribute this," he said afterward. "For people that really need it, elderly that might be disabled in some way, they can't endure this process, so there's got to be a better way to manage this."..........









Seniors and first responders wait in line to receive a Covid-19 vaccine at the Lakes Regional Library on December 30, 2020, in Fort Myers, Florida.







Some of those at Lakes Park Regional Library started lining up overnight.

[Arne]

1. Don't bother trying now or next month, it's all booked up for Collier. n/t

[OrlandoDem2]

2. Trump/DeSantis have no plan but they had 10 months to get ready.

Repeat this over and over and over.

[mitch96]

3. And while at it, with this mentality they can put all the $600 checks in a bounce house and have the

People dive in... But the rich people will go first... R.H.I.P...Rank Has Its Privilege don't cha know. fuckers..
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