According to data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Monday afternoon, of the more than 1.6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines given to the state of Florida, only about 633,000 have been administered.
No vaccine doses allocated to Flagler County this week Share Updated: 6:23 PM EST Jan 11, 2021 Share Updated: 6:23 PM EST Jan 11, 2021
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Show Transcript THE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS THURSDAY SUMMER: WESH 2’S CLAIRE METZ REPORTS DISTRIBUTION EVENTS ARE ON HOLD IN NEIGHBORING FLAGLER COUNTY. WE LEARNED YESTERDAY FROM THE STATE THAT ZERO DOSES WILL BE ALLOCATED TO FLAGLER COUNTY THIS WEEK. CLAIRE: HEALTH DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATOR BOB SNYDER WAS AS DISAPPOINTED AS ANYONE, MAKING THAT ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE MORNING S COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING. SO FAR, FLAGLER COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOCATED 1700 DOSES, ALL WHICH HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED TO HEALTH CARE WORKERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, AND SENIORS 65 AND OLDER. OFFICIALS HOPED THEY WOULD BE HOLDING MORE DRIVE THROUGH VACCINATION CLINICS THIS WEEK. BUT WITH NO NEW STATE SUPPLIES RIGHT NOW, IT’S A NO GO. CURRENTLY, VACCINE INVENTORY IS GROSSLY INADEQUATE TO VACCINATE THE 36,000 PERSONS 65 AND OLDER IN OUR COM
MYRTLE BEACH â When I began thinking back to this year, my mind immediately went to Christina Rose â a Myrtle Beach hairstylist who decided to take her fate in her own hands when faced with the uncertainty of employment due to cutbacks at her previous employer.
The image of her cutting hair remains in my mind. She was a true example of what many in our area, heck many in our nation, were faced with â taking leaps into entrepreneurship to hold their future in their own hands.
Itâs the core of my business beat. At some point, each and every business owner I talk to has had to have that conversation with themselves about whether the time was right to go into business for themselves. And, as for 2020, was the time right for anything?