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Editorial: Excluding prisoners from vaccine priority would be criminal

Editorial: Excluding prisoners from vaccine priority would be criminal Orlando Sentinel 12/30/2020 Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, Orlando Sentinel © Joe Raedle/Getty Images North America/TNS Grace Meatley, RN at the Jackson Health Systems, receives a Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine from Carol Biggs, CNO at Jackson Memorial Hospital, on December 15, 2020, in Miami, Florida. Had he lived, Lawrence Carter should have been one of the first in line to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. He was 76 years old, diabetic, had one leg and was confined to a wheelchair. But Carter was an inmate at the Seminole County, Florida, jail. In the state’s view, he would have deserved the same vaccine priority as a healthy 21-year-old:

Editorial Roundup: Florida

The Orlando Sentinel on making Florida inmates a priority for coronavirus vaccination: Had he lived, Lawrence Carter should have been one of the first in line to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. He was 76 years old, diabetic, had one leg and was confined to a wheelchair. But Carter was an inmate at the Seminole County jail. In the state’s view, he would have deserved the same vaccine priority as a healthy 21-year-old: None. When it comes to protecting prisoners from COVID-19, Florida’s attitude has been almost criminal from the start. That’s not changing now that vaccines are rolling out.

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