April 9, 2021
In Florida, anyone age 16 and older can get vaccinated, but Newsy found many in the Sunshine State still haven t gotten in line for their shot.
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Despite its high population of senior citizens, Florida remains in the bottom half of states where residents have received at least one shot.
Across the Sunshine State, Washington County in the Florida panhandle has nearly the lowest rate of vaccination in the state.
According to the CDC, just over 10 percent of residents here have received either their first or second shot of the COVID-19 vaccine. It was really easy, said Wanda Grant, who received her second dose of Moderna s COVID-19 vaccine at the Washington-Holmes County Vaccination Site.