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COVID vaccine: Florida getting half the doses expected; second dose to come

The largest national vaccination program since the polio vaccine of the 1950s rolled out on Monday, with the first of 2.9 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine approved last week on the way to all 50 states.
That’s about half the amount states were expecting of an initial 6.4 million doses from Pfizer, but the FDA directed that half be held back for the second of the two shots required for the vaccine to reach maximum effectiveness.
“They don’t want us to hold anything back for the second shot,” Florida Emergency management director Jared Moskowitz said during an interview last week with the Florida Channel. ....

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COVID vaccine: Florida getting half the doses expected, second dose to come

The largest national vaccination program since the polio vaccine of the 1950s rolled out on Monday, with the first of 2.9 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine approved last week on the way to all 50 states.
That’s about half the amount states were expecting of an initial 6.4 million doses from Pfizer, but the FDA directed that half be held back for the second of the two shots required for the vaccine to reach maximum effectiveness.
“They don’t want us to hold anything back for the second shot,” Florida Emergency management director Jared Moskowitz said during an interview last week with the Florida Channel. ....

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Coronavirus: COVID-19 vaccine delivered to Jacksonville hospital

The vaccination didn t hurt, she said.
It s just that Parker, 28, a nurse in the COVID-19 intensive-care unit at UF Health Jacksonville since the beginning of the pandemic, has seen so much suffering. Now there s a sign of hope perhaps the beginning of an end to much of that suffering.
I m sorry, she told reporters afterward, wiping away tears. I have to get back to my patients.
The first batches of the coronavirus vaccine began arriving at UF Health Jacksonville Monday morning, to be administered to frontline hospital staff. From there, it will go to other area hospitals in the days to come. ....

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