Senator Rick Scott Applauds the Distribution of Nearly 20 Million Vaccine Doses to States
December 31, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Rick Scott released the below statement applauding the effort by Health and Human Services to get nearly 20 million doses of vaccines to states in four weeks. Florida will have been allocated 1.28 million doses of the vaccines by the end of next week. 175,000 Floridians received the first dose of the vaccine as of December 30, as he priority now must be to make sure the elderly and at-risk populations, as well as our healthcare workers, have access to the vaccine first. That’s why my staff and I made the decision to wait to get the vaccine at the appropriate time, and I’ve asked that my office’s allotment be given to vulnerable populations that need the vaccine most. We aren’t successful until everyone who wants a vaccine can get one. Every state needs an orderly, transparent process for getting these vaccines out, and they need to do it now. There is no excuse.”
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