Vaccine
 

Seminole County is scheduling 65 and older for those that want to take a ride to get it. You need to get an appointment online. Since Sumter has been quiet on the subject there are options. You do not need to be a Seminole resident. I understand that Orange County is doing the same.

Personally I'd prefer to wait until it gets closer to home. If it's in these other counties, it is (hopefully) because the government has determined that these counties need it more than others. I won't be in line to deprive a resident of something they should have first dibs on, even if "you do not need to be a Seminole resident."

Just because you CAN do something, doesn't mean you should.

According to the news report, you must be a Seminole County resident. There are 8 counties in Florida that were selected as a pilot program to get the vaccine. I don't think it has anything to do with a specific need.

That is incorrect.....there is no requirement to be a Seminole or an Orange County resident and when Sumter starts there will be no requirement that you be a resident of Sumter. The doses go to the State and then dispersed so a resident of Florida has access to Florida vaccines.

You are correct. The news story was not.

It seems strange that Seminole County will vaccinate non-county residents because they claim the vaccine came from the Federal Government. But, Marion County is limiting their vaccines to Marion County residents only. Why is Marion County different?

So, the question is this: The Villages is the largest contiguous population of people over 65 in the Nation let alone Florida. So where is the vaccine for here???

Please remember... vaccine shipments will not be released unless The Villages have the required deep freezers to store.

wait your turn! Don't steal other people's dose!!!!!!!!

Vaccinations
 

So the next question is: Do you need to be a Florida RESIDENT? Or can snowbirds and snowflakes get in line ahead of Florida residents?

I don’t understand how this vaccine is being distributed. I was listening to an epidemiologist last week who to me made a lot of sense. He said the purpose of the vaccine is to stop people from dying and the way the government is going about the distribution is all wrong. He argued that by the end of January there should be fifty million doses available. That is enough to vaccinate all hospital and nursing home staff and patients as well as everyone in the country over sixty five. This would have the biggest impact in lowering the number of deaths from this virus and taking pressure off the hospitals. Once this is accomplished then you start vaccinating the rest of the population from oldest to youngest. This made a lot of sense to me. It seems to me that all the states are doing their own thing and there really is not one specific plan for distribution which makes no sense to me at all.

At the risk being pile driven to the ground by anti-maskers, the latest recommendation from the CDC is to continue wearing masks even if you have received the vaccine. They believe the vaccine protects you (or at least makes the symptoms from the virus very mild), but there is no guarantee you can't get infected afterwards and not pass it on to another (unvaccinated) person. More time is needed to determine if it truly rids the body of the virus or it makes the effects much more manageable.

Possibly too sensible (sarcasm)
 

This post seems to include a bit more sensibility than many of us prefer. All kidding and sarcasm aside. Given what we don't yet REALLY know I agree with this post completely. God bless.

I wonder if anti maskers will fight you to get the vaccine. Everyone calm down. Continue protecting yourself and others. Your turn for the vaccine will be here.

I think its meant that snowbirds staying in Seminole can get it. I doubt it means it will vaccinate everyone driving in from all over the state