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Florida's Switch of Vaccination Vendors Caused 'Chaos' and Confusion


Florida’s Vaccination Vendor Switch: ‘Chaos’ and Confusion
The favored vendor had no experience working in long-term care facilities, and the result has been an effort rife with miscommunication, frustration, and even misinformation that discouraged some from getting vaccinated.
by Mary Ellen Klas, The Miami Herald
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January 26, 2021
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(TNS) - When national pharmacy chains CVS and Walgreens weren t vaccinating residents and staff of long-term care facilities in Florida fast enough, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a $24 million contract with the subsidiary of the Miami engineering and emergency management firm CDR Maguire to staff up and get the job done.
 
But the favored vendor had no experience working in long-term care facilities, and the result has been a rush to vaccinate that has been rife with miscommunication and frustration, and even fraught with misinformation that discouraged s ....

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Switch of vaccine vendors at Florida ALFs caused 'chaos'


Switch of vaccine vendors at Florida ALFs caused ‘chaos’
There has been miscommunication, frustration, and even misinformation that discouraged some people from getting vaccinated.
 
 
Carlos Duart, left, CEO of CDR Maguire, a medical contracting company load boxes of 5,000 Covid-19 test kits along with Dr. Eric Pantaleon, right, into a van at the Genetworx clinical lab March 25 , 2020, in Glen Allen, Va. [ STEVE HELBER | AP ]
Updated Jan. 26
TALLAHASSEE — When national pharmacy chains CVS and Walgreens weren’t vaccinating residents and staff of long-term care facilities in Florida fast enough, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a $24 million contract with the subsidiary of the Miami engineering and emergency management firm CDR Maguire to staff up and get the job done. ....

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