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Florida seniors next in line for COVID vaccines says Gov. DeSantis

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Florida will ensure seniors will receive priority for the coronavirus vaccine over frontline workers, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday.  "We want to work to get this out to our senior population.

We think that's very important to reducing mortality, reducing the number of people that need to be hospitalized for COVID-19," DeSantis said.

After a bitter debate, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidance recommended that both seniors over 75 and frontline workers -- those who work in grocery stores, food production, law enforcement or teaching -- get the shot as part of "phase 1b."  DeSantis said he would eschew the recommendation for seniors over 65.  "It makes no sense for someone that’s 42 to jump ahead of somebody that’s 70,".

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