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Plot a Course for Boating Safety
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May 18, 2021
Last Saturday, I was running the Intracoastal Waterway in Tampa Bay at 24 knots when, as I came to a channel that crosses the ICW, I observed a fast-moving boat approaching on my port side. Knowing that he was the give-way vessel, I expected he’d slow down until I cleared. I thought:
Does he know the rule?
He obviously didn’t or, worse, wasn’t paying attention because when I realized we’d likely meet at the crossroad, I throttled back while he sped across the channel. Maybe he was one of those new boaters who recently joined our lifestyle but hasn’t learned the Rules of the Road. Or perhaps he’s been a boater for some time and still hasn’t learned the rules.
Thousands more waited in digital lines for their number to come up in county-run vaccine pools.
But for some lucky Floridians, getting a vaccine was as easy as hopping in their golf carts and rolling down to the clubhouse.
Pop-up clinics offering exclusive vaccine access sprouted at country clubs and a long list of golf course communities stretching from Delray Beach to Lakeland and Ocala. Special clinics also dotted the west coast, from the Tampa exurbs to Naples, where shots were given at a clubhouse in a community with two private beaches and homes that have sold for more than $14 million. A pair of yacht clubs in Martin County and the Florida Keys even secured special vaccine access.
Florida has administered over 4.3 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine. So where have all of those doses gone? In early February, WESH 2 News tracked the vaccine path through information from local health officials. This week, after submitting a public records request earlier in the month, WESH 2 News obtained lists from the Florida Division of Emergency Management showing where the vaccines have gone. Here are the takeaways:THE FIRST BATCHThe first batch of doses that Florida received from the federal government were Pfizer vaccines. The state received 179,400 doses in mid-December and FDEM data shows those vaccines went to these six counties first: Broward, Duval, Hillsborough, Miami-Dade, Orange and Pinellas. The vaccines were distributed to five pilot hospitals, county health departments, pharmacies and strike teams to help in long-term care facilities. The next batch the state received were 367,900 Moderna doses. Data shows those vaccines went to over 170 hospitals that
Gov. Ron DeSantis is being accused of playing politics with pop-up vaccine locations, but is it true they are being used to benefit wealthy Republicans areas?