EUSTIS, Fla. – It was just 90 minutes after school on Monday, Eustis High School’s colorful senior parking lot was transformed into a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination center.
Lake County Schools and crews with the Lake County Department of Health are offering the Pfizer vaccine to students as young as 16 at events across five high schools this week.
Monday was the first day the State of Florida opened up vaccine eligibility for those 16 and older. Pfizer is the only vaccine with emergency use authorization in teens as young as 16. “The CDC changed the guidelines a while back that if you are fully vaccinated you don’t have to quarantine,” Superintendent Diane Kornegay said. “One positive could quarantine a large number of staff and we’ve