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Originally Posted by coffeebean
I just heard on WESH2 News that Governor DeSantis has announced that ONLY Florida residents can receive the vaccine here in Florida. WESH reported that the Governor's office received many complaints from Florida residents about vaccinating foreigners here in Florida.
Thanks to all of you who contacted our Governor and communicated you were against his policy to vaccinate anyone in our state of Florida no matter where they reside. NON-US citizens will no longer be able to receive a vaccine in our state.
As an aside, I never minded if US citizens who resided in another state received their vaccine in Florida. I was strongly opposed to NON-US citizens receiving vaccines here in the US.
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Your statements make no sense. First you say it's restricted to "only Florida residents." Then you say "NON-US citizens" can't get it in the state.
There are tens of thousands of Florida residents who are not US citizens. Most of them are here legally (some not, but most are). People *residing* in Florida come from all over the world.
If they are living in Florida when the vaccines are available, why should they be required to risk spreading virus to everyone who isn't yet vaccinated, just because they're not US Citizens? MOST people who want the vaccine, can't get it yet because they're not eligible. That means MOST people who want it, are currently unprotected.
If you force a significant segment of the state's population to NOT get the vaccine, you basically put them AND everyone they come in contact with, at risk.
Seems like a stupid thing to do.
Unless the information is wrong, and is being misinterpreted.