From this morning’s New York Times: “ The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said about 17.4 million people have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, and that about 3 million people had been fully vaccinated. The federal government said Saturday that it had delivered about 41.4 million doses to states, territories and federal agencies. The shipments, which came after a record-setting race to develop, study and approve a vaccine, have marked a turning point in the pandemic at a time when deaths and cases continue to set records. But federal health officials recently acknowledged that the vaccine rollout had had a slower-than-expected start and said they did not have a clear understanding as to why only a portion of the doses shipped across the nation had made it into arms.”
It also says that 6.2% of the people in Florida have had at least one of the shots. However, 2,908,275 doses were distributed to Florida, but only 1,489,003 have been given. That’s 51%. So where are they hiding the rest of it? And why didn’t the state have a first rate sign up appointment system in place months ago?
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