Wealthy Florida town said its vaccines were 'residents only.' State denies allowing it
MIAMI — Golden Beach, a tiny coastal town in northeast Miami-Dade County and one of the most affluent municipalities in South Florida, announced this week that it had obtained about 150 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from the state of Florida — and that they were for Golden Beach residents only.
"Participants MUST be live-in Residents of Golden Beach and must present ID," read a flyer about the Friday event at Town Hall. "Anyone found not RESIDING in Golden Beach will have their appointment canceled."
The town's promotion of "residents only" shots came with the express permission of the state, Town Manager Alex Diaz told the Miami Herald. But the town opened up access after the Herald began asking questions. And on Friday, a spokesman for the Florida Division of Emergency Management disputed that the state authorized Golden Beach to make shots available only to its roughly 1,000 residents.
"All Florida residents who qualify per the [Food and Drug Administration] are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at any location in Florida. All state sites, federal sites and county health department sites are open to any Floridian from any county," said spokesman Jason Mahon. "The state did not authorize Golden Beach to restrict vaccine access."
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