In some areas, yes. Pinellas and Pasco counties (west and north of Tampa) have large numbers of retirees. Hillsborough County, which is Tampa, has far lower numbers. One of the issues is people from adjoining counties attempting to register for vaccinations here. They’ve gotten pissy when they’re turned down as the system looks at their address to determine eligibility.
My mother in law registered in Hillsborough County because Pasco’s efforts were a cluster. I told her she would get turned down when her application came up on the list, but of course she didn’t want to hear that… -D > On Jan 15, 2021, at 8:31 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > I would reckon Florida would be a big consumer of vaccines for the elderly > especially... > > -Curt > > On Friday, January 15, 2021, 7:49:53 AM EST, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > The distribution and management of vaccinations here in Florida has been > nothing short of a cluster, mainly because the state (and Federal government) > has left it up to the counties to administer, with little to no guidance on > how it should be done. I can’t get into the specifics for my county, but > suffice to say, the term “clown show” was used by one of our county > commissioners in describing the initial efforts. > > Our IT group got involved after the initial debacle and engaged a national > firm who is working with the states to handle the scheduling and > distribution, and now things are going far more smoothly and without > incident. The issue now is the lack of vaccine, as we’ve got far less than we > need to distribute to the groups that are identified as needing it. > > > -D > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com <http://www.okiebenz.com/> > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > <http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > <http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
