At the end of January, WESH 2 News told you about a, then, brand-new website that was being launched by the state. The state s website MyVaccineFL.gov was created to help people and counties with COVID-19 vaccine registration.WESH 2 s Paul Rivera found out there were many problems, including long wait times.WESH 2 spoke to Senior Partner Care Services in Brevard County who said their team worked extensively with the website as they signed up seniors for the COVID-19 vaccine months ago. We got word that you could go on to the state website and register for the vaccine based on your age, you know what group, age group they were vaccinating, so initially we thought that would be great for the clients that we have on service,” Carolyn Orlik said.As they shared their services, the number of people they were helping quickly grew. “Then the health department was actually pushing people our way as well. They would call the health department, ‘Hey call Senior Partner, they’ll go
Hereâs how Floridians under 60 are getting a COVID-19 vaccine Share Updated: 9:01 PM EDT Mar 15, 2021 Share Updated: 9:01 PM EDT Mar 15, 2021
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Show Transcript GET ONE EVEN IF YOUâRE NOT ELIGIBLE. MARLEI: MORE PEOPLE IN FLORIDA ARE GETTING A COVID VACCINE, BOTH PEOPLE WHO ARE STATE ELIGIBLE IF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ON ANY SOCIAL MEDIA AT ALL, THEY KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING IT EVERY DAY. I HAVE FRIENDS THAT ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT IN THE PRIORITY GROUP, AND I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE GONE TO A LOCAL PHARMACY AND ABSOLUTELY RECEIVED A VACCINE. MARLEI: PHARMACIES LIKE WALMART, FOR EXAMPLE, THESE FOUR ORLANDO WALMARTS, SAY THEY HAV WASTELISTS THAT ANYONE CAN JOIN. BUT WHAT ABOUT COUNTY MANAGED SITES, LIKE OVIEDO MALL IN SEMINOLE COUNT IF SOMEONE IS NOT YET ELIGIBLE ACCORDING TO STATE GUIDELINES, WHATâS THE CHANCE THAT THEYâLL GET ONE IF THEY WAIT AT THE END OF THE DAY AT ONE OF THE SEMINOLE COUNTY SITES? THAT HAS HAPPENED. S
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