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<blockquote data-quote="Old Man Jingles" data-source="post: 4724806" data-attributes="member: 18222">Governor DeSantis also bucked the racist recommendations of the CDC to put essential workers ahead of the oldest Floridians.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/531444-florida-governor-defies-cdc-to-give-covid-19[/URL]Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced divergent vaccine plans on Tuesday, saying that the Sunshine State’s elderly senior citizens will be the next to receive initial doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. The state has already been vaccinating health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities. But this next step breaks with U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended protocol, which says in addition to those 75 and over, essential workers should receive the next doses. This includes postal workers, first responders, grocery store workers, teachers and others.“In Florida, we’ve got to put our parents and grandparents first and that’s what we’re going to be doing,” DeSantis <a href="https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2020/12/22/desantis-florida-seniors-next-in-line-to-receive-covid-19-vaccine/" target="_blank">told reporters</a>. “And we’re going to work like hell to be able to get all the vaccines out to elderly who want it.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Old Man Jingles, post: 4724806, member: 18222"] Governor DeSantis also bucked the racist recommendations of the CDC to put essential workers ahead of the oldest Floridians. [URL unfurl="true"]https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/531444-florida-governor-defies-cdc-to-give-covid-19[/URL] Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced divergent vaccine plans on Tuesday, saying that the Sunshine State’s elderly senior citizens will be the next to receive initial doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. The state has already been vaccinating health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities. But this next step breaks with U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended protocol, which says in addition to those 75 and over, essential workers should receive the next doses. This includes postal workers, first responders, grocery store workers, teachers and others. “In Florida, we’ve got to put our parents and grandparents first and that’s what we’re going to be doing,” DeSantis [URL='https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2020/12/22/desantis-florida-seniors-next-in-line-to-receive-covid-19-vaccine/']told reporters[/URL]. “And we’re going to work like hell to be able to get all the vaccines out to elderly who want it.” [/QUOTE]

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