Can Governor DeSantis @govrondesantis Count? Masking Needed Urgently Too

So far, Florida has administered about 1.2 million of the 2.5 million doses it has received, according to state and federal trackers. Florida health authorities told lawmakers recently the rollout has been stymied by problems with supply and distribution. Florida hospital systems including Cleveland Clinic Florida and Baptist Health this week ceased making appointments for future vaccinations, citing insufficient doses. With vaccines rolling out at a relative trickle, and Florida approaching a COVID death toll of 25,000, Hannan said Florida and all states must redouble emphasis on the basics of wearing masks, safe distancing, and cleanliness, while doing their best to administer the available vaccines under difficult circumstances.

Reality sets in for limited COVID vaccinations in FL: Residents face long waits until new vaccines emerge | Florida Phoenix

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Covid Vaccine Distribution Chaos in FL?

The Publix supermarket pharmacies have gotten in the business of giving vaccines and the State of Florida has limited vaccine distribution to some hospitals, especially Baptist Health, which recently cancelled a large number of vaccination appointments.

Hopefully, this does not involve doses of vaccines going to friends of the Governor first and not widely and evenly distributed to major centers of large-scale efficient vaccination.

We look forward to the Federal government taking perhaps a heavier hand in stimulating states to find better, more rapid ways of distribution, including financing Federal vaccination centers. These could be conditions for getting more doses.

COVID RESPONSE AND MANAGEMENT IS NOW IN CRISIS: The Nation and Florida

The Governor of Florida says that all he needs is more vaccine. Of course, the outgoing Federal government failed to supply, organize, distribute and create mechanisms for large-scale vaccination in a short time. The Governor of Florida has tried to go his own way and we don’t know how much vaccine is distributed fairly: it seems to have been made up all the way by Governor DeSantis.