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President Biden calls for National Day of Action for vaccines on Friday
Friday is being recognized as the National Vaccine Day of Action.
President Joe Biden has set a goal of getting at least 70 percent of adults in the U.S. at least one COVID-19 shot by July 4.
Florida currently ranks 29th in the country with about 39 percent of people fully vaccinated. Vermont is ranked first in the nation with nearly 57 percent of its population fully vaccinated and the state of Mississippi ranks last with about 27 percent of its population fully vaccinated.
Dr. Larry Bush, an infectious disease specialist in Wellington, is the immediate past president of the Palm Beach County Medical Society. He says it seems doubtful that the U.S. will reach President Biden’s goal by July 4.
Listen • 2:15 Justin Kunzelman is the co-founder of or Rebel Recovery Florida. That s him to the right, alongside his wife and their two sons.
A non-profit syringe needle exchange program in Palm Beach County says the pandemic has played a role in the spike in drug overdose deaths.
TW: Mentions of drug use, addiction, suicide
There is a nationwide spike in drug overdose deaths. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that, as of May 2020, the number is the highest amount of overdose deaths ever recorded in a 12-month span.
A nonprofit syringe needle exchange program,
approved unanimously by Palm Beach County commissioners last year, says “the pandemic has played a role in the spike.”