Health & Fitness
Florida’s Tacit Message To Nation: "Come For COVID Vaccine & Stay Awhile"
People setting up appointments for COVID-19 shots shouldn't fly in and out of the state and get vaccine ahead of residents and snowbirds.
January 07, 2021
The tacit message Florida is sending to the nation is: “Come on down to the Sunshine State for a COVID-19 vaccination vacation, but hang around for a while.”
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As Gov. Ron DeSantis said, people setting up appointments for COVID-19 shots shouldn’t just fly in and out of the state and cut in line ahead of residents and snowbirds who spend months in the Sunshine State.
“We are discouraging people to come to Florida, just to get a vaccine,” DeSantis told reporters in Miami on Monday. “I think if they called Jackson (Memorial Hospital) and said, ‘Hey, I’m in New York, I can’t get vaccinated, can I come down,’ we would say, ‘don’t do that.’ ”
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