Gov. Ron DeSantis boasted Monday that nearly 30% of Florida’s seniors now have been vaccinated against COVID-19, saying the state has moved aggressively to protect a vulnerable population.
Yet even as Florida continues to make progress vaccinating seniors, there is lingering backlash among a subset of the elderly that is the most vulnerable of the vulnerable: those who live in elder care facilities.
Facing criticism that seniors in the general population were getting the vaccine before those in nursing homes and assisted living facilities, the state brought in a private contractor to help with the vaccination effort at elder care communities and pledged that all would get access to the vaccine by the end of January.