When Might Any Florida Inmate Receive A COVID-19 Vaccine?
By Lyric Lighty
February 16, 2021
Thomas Chambers doesn’t want to die in prison.
He’s right now serving the last 19 months of a 2018 prison sentence for robbery, and until a year ago, the 55-year-old inmate didn’t consider his life might end in the Marion Correctional Institute in Ocala. But paired with his Type 2 diabetes, the increased vulnerability to the worst outcomes from COVID-19 has him worried.
Even as the number of available vaccines increases, Florida inmates are unsure if and when they will have the opportunity to be vaccinated. Chambers said all at-risk individuals should be prioritized for the vaccine whether they’re in prison or the free world. That’s a pipe dream for now, according to information from prison officials and activists.
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Source: AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, Pool
Welcome to the latest installment of the Cuomo COVID Chronicles, in which we highlight the cartoonish failures of a governor long lauded by the press and other fellow Democrats as an exemplar of strong pandemic-era leadership – a myth he has worked diligently to cultivate and prop up. Yesterday, we reviewed his disastrous public relations response to a devastating report from his own administration s attorney general, which confirmed that his administration massively undercounted nursing home deaths in the state. Beyond that lethal policy error and subsequent cover-up, The New York Times now reports that the governor is facing more internal upheaval. Nine senior health officials have tendered their resignations or otherwise departed over Cuomo s handling of vaccinations and other issues. They say the governor has spurned scientific expertise and rewarded cronies:
2/1/2021
Florida Department of Health Provides Week Seven Updates on Florida’s Vaccination Efforts Under Governor DeSantis’ Leadership
~Florida Leads Nation in Vaccinations of Seniors~
The Florida Department of Health issued an update on the progress of the state s vaccination efforts, as well as its weekly COVID-19 update. The State of Florida is in its seventh week of vaccine distribution and is continuing to increase vaccine access statewide.
This week, Governor DeSantis released his Florida Leads budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2021-2022. The “Florida Leads” budget proposal continues to protect Florida’s most vulnerable residents and put Florida’s Seniors First.
DeSantis pitches $96.6B budget
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The proposed budget allocates $9 million to support the Office of Minority Health and Health Equity, $2.8 million to support additional Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) for medication administration, $178 million to fight the state’s opioid epidemic, $53.9 million to provide community-based behavioral health services for adults with severe mental illnesses and children with emotional disturbances, $26 million to fund veterans’ programs and $36.6 million for a new level of reimbursement for immediate care facilities to serve those with intellectual disabilities. There will also be $4 million for a customer service solution to meet needs and improve quality of services provided to health care professionals.