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Show Transcript TODAY. HADAS: THROUGHOUT FLORIDA’S VACCINE ROLLOUT, WE’VE SEE COMMUNITY EVENTS BRINGING HUNDREDS IN FOR THAT FIRST DOSE. I AM FULFILLING MY RESPONSIBILITY NOT ONLY WITH ME BUT MY COMMUNITY TO GET THE SHOT. HADAS: SATURDAY’S DRIVE-THRU VACCINATION IN AZALEA PARK WAS JUST A BIT DIFFERENT. WE WENT TO WHERE PEOPLE ARE IN THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY AND HAVE THE OPTION TO SIGN UP. HADAS: AVOIDING THE REGISTRATION THAT MEANT AVOIDING THE REGISTRATION METHODS WE’VE SEEN IN MOST CASES SO FAR, LIKE CALLING A HOTLINE, OR REGISTERING ONLINE. INSTEAD, THE APPOINTMENTS FOR THIS EVENT WERE CLAIMED IN-PERSON, AT GROCERY STORES NEAR SEMORAN BOULEVARD. ALL OF THIS IN THE NAME INCREASING ACCESS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICIALS SAY IS 64% HISPANIC. THE BLACK AND BROWN POPULATION IN F
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The latest CDC data shows Florida has yet to use about half of its allotted three million COVID-19 shots.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. â Has Florida changed its vaccine strategy?
That s a big question around the state capitol as the governor seems to have reversed course on whether to hold back shots.
The Centers for Disease Control reported this week Florida has yet to use about half of its allotted three million COVID-19 vaccines. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki noted the statistic