âAbsolute chaos:â Floridians want coronavirus vaccine answers
Floridians 65 and older are next in line to get the coronavirus vaccine, but itâs unclear how that will happen.
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Hundreds of people wait in line Tuesday at the STARS Complex in Fort Myers to receive the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine. [ ANDREW WEST/THE NEWS-PRESS | AP ]
Updated Dec. 30, 2020
Images out of Lee County have already become a national spectacle: Florida seniors swaddled in blankets, camping out in lines overnight outside of testing sites for their chance at receiving a coronavirus vaccine.
After spending most of the year in pandemic purgatory, many Floridians are anxious to get their shot. But the state of Florida has not established a clear distribution plan, leaving it up to each county to figure out how to roll out doses.