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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.
When Sue Lang’s mother tested positive for COVID-19 this week, it made her worried for her mom’s health, but it also made Lang angry at those coordinating vaccine distribution.
Lang’s 96-year-old mother, Ann, lives at A Banyan Residence, an assisted living facility in Venice. She’s bothered that her mother and many other frail seniors in assisted living have yet to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, even as Florida officials began vaccinating the general population of seniors weeks ago.
A Banyan Residence initially was told it would get the vaccine by the end of December, according to the facility’s administrator. But the company contracted by the federal government to do the vaccinations pushed the date back to Jan. 24, the administrator said, and now it’s not clear if the vaccine will even arrive by then. In the meantime, Lang’s mother has contracted the virus.