JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – While medical workers and those with a high risk of exposure to COVID-19 made up the brunt of the first phase of the vaccination rollout in Florida, health care staff who are not connected to a major hospital say they’ve been passed over.
In letters sent this month to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and state Surgeon General Scott Rivkees, the Florida Academy of Family Physicians asked that community-based primary care physicians who aren’t affiliated with hospitals be vaccinated as part of phase one.
“As we know from previous experience in March and April of this year across the country, it is critical that hospitals and associated health systems throughout Florida prepare to best respond to the expected COVID-19 related surge of at-risk individuals who will be inevitably admitted for treatment after the holidays,” the letters said. “Concurrently, it is critically important to not ignore the need to limit this surge by ensuring non-critical, COVID-19 pos
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