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The director of UF Health in Jacksonville has died in a jet ski crash in Palm Beach County.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says CEO Dr. Leon Haley Jr. lost control and crashed into a jetty at the Lake Worth Inlet on Saturday. He was taken to St. Mary s Medical Center, where he died.
56-year old Dr. Haley was the first African-American CEO at UF Health and is believed to have been the first person in the state to receive the Pfizer COVID vaccine back in December.
He s credited with leading the fight against the coronavirus in Jacksonville.
Florida doctor says many hospitalized COVID-19 patients regret not getting vaccine
A hospitalized patient in Jacksonville is encouraging everyone to get the vaccine
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Florida doctor says many hospitalized COVID-19 patients regret not getting vaccine
Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said the next 24-48 hours are pivotal to the county as coronavirus cases continue to spike. Demings said the county was in “crisis mode.”
Dr. Victor Herrera with Adventhealth said a vast majority of their COVID-19 patients who were not vaccinated, several ill people have expressed regret when it was too late.
“Right before he was about to be incubated, ‘I wish I had received a vaccine,’” Herrera said the patient told him. “Now they are very sick in the hospital, they are about to be incubated, they and their families have thoughts related to if they made the right decision [about the vaccine.]”