Florida women wear 'granny' disguise to try to get Covid vaccine

[bullwinkle428]

Two Florida women aged 34 and 44 dressed up as “grannies” – wearing bonnets and gloves – in a failed attempt to pass as old enough to be eligible for coronavirus jabs, according to local media reports.

WFTV, an ABC-affiliated TV station in Orlando, reported that the pair had valid vaccine cards after having their first shots, but were denied their second ones.

It quoted the Orange County health officer Dr Raul Pino as saying: “I don’t know how they escaped [detection] for the first time, but they came with the gloves, the glasses, the whole thing, and they are probably in their 20s.”

Their real ages emerged later, a WFTV reporter said. According to the station, the two women were turned over to police. Officers said they were asked to issue trespass warnings and no other action was taken.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/19/florida-women-wear-granny-disguise-covid-vaccine

[tanyev]

1. I haven't seen any grannies wearing hats and gloves since before either of those women were born.

Morons.

[Demovictory9]

4. and bonnets? Haven't seen anyone wearing a bonnet who wasn't working in a pioneer re-enactment

[tanyev]

5. I couldn't decide if the article was referring to a literal 1800s style bonnet

or something else. My local news had a picture of 50s style long satin gloves and a string of pearls, but it looked like a stock photo and not anything from the incident. Everybody’s got cell phones these days and we don’t have a photo of these two idiots?

[rso]

2. Florida

But a driver’s license or other form of ID showing date of birth is required, so I don’t see how they could succeed.

[doc03]

3. Well I know of a guy that pulled that stunt too.