Special treatment for people who live in wealthy gated neighborhoods, different standards for different distributors, still in the 65+ category in some areas other areas 50+, other areas no requirements at all. Early on Publix was the only one allowed to give the shot, although they’re not publics in every neighborhood, and generally only in upper middle-class neighborhoods.
Special treatment for people who live in wealthy gated neighborhoods
Oh, I see. Someone told you about Ocean Reef, right? Ocean Reef is a 65+ community. They got vaccinated en masse(along with a bunch of retirement homes and long term care facilities)because places like that are where the elderly ARE! It's efficient. Next!
different standards for different distributors
I have no idea what you're talking about here.
still in the 65+ category in some areas other areas 50+, other areas no requirements at all
That was generally understood to be the system, right? And there are certain age 50+ essential workers who could always get the shot because of their jobs.
other areas no requirements at all
Once again, I have no idea what you're talking about here. However, I did hear about a federal site that opened up for everybody on Saturday because most of the people with appointments didn't show up. You think maybe they should have thrown those doses out? You can't refreeze them once you thaw them out, ya know!
Early on Publix was the only one allowed to give the shot, although they’re not publics in every neighborhood
There are 813 Publix supermarkets in Florida. If you don't have one within walking distance, it's gonna be a pretty short car ride to get to one. I know of 3 within 5 miles of my definitely NOT "upper middle-class neighborhood". Not to mention that Publix initially had the only freezers that got cold enough to store the vaccine, so it was a good way to start. Their are 500 Winn Dixies in Florida, 24 giving shots at last count, not to mention CVS, Walgreens, FEMA sites and all the others.
As of today, NPR says this:
Since vaccine distribution began in the U.S. on Dec. 14,
more than 90 million doses have been administered, reaching 17.7% of the total U.S. population,according to federal data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The U.S. is currently administering over 2.2 million shots a day.
Remember when your turnip-in-chief said HE was gonna vaccinate 100 million people in his first 100 days? I always wondered why he sandbagged that number. It was like predicting that the sun was gonna rise in the east in 100 days. We're gonna get to 100 mil with 10 days to spare, so don't worry. President cabbage head will be able to take a victory lap(probably in a wheelchair)without ever having lifted a finger to get there.