As COVID-19 vaccine rollout expands to cities in Palm Beach County, frustration among seniors grows
Delray Beach, Boca Raton, Palm Beach Gardens and West Palm Beach all got 200 doses of the coronavirus vaccine, as frustrations increase among seniors waiting for the vaccine in Palm Beach County.
VACCINES BEGIN TO TRICKLE INTOCITIES.
CONTACT 5 INVESTIGATORMICHAEL BUCZYNER CONTINUES HISDIVE INTO THESE VACCINATIONISSUES.SOT 13:41:44:“WE ARE FALLINGBEHIND IN PALM BEACH COUNTYFOR GETTING VACCINES” WESTPALM BEACH RESIDENT BRETTSORGEÃSENT THIS EMAIL TOPALM BEACH COUNTYCOMMISSIONERS.
SOT 13:41:49:“ICONDITIONS.
IF I LIVED INBROWARD, DADE OR PALM BEACHCITY, I WOULD HAVE ALREADYRECEIVED THE VACCINE.
SORGE ISONE OF AT LEAST 100,000 PEOPLEON A GROWING LIST OF SENIORS -65 AND OVER - ACROSS THECOUNTY - WAITING FOR ANAPPOINTMENT TO GET VACCINATEDAGAINST COVID 19.
BUT IT MIGHTBE A WHILEÃSINCE ONLY 4,000DOSES ARE EXPECTED TO FLOWINTO THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT OFHEALTH WEEKLY.
HEALTHOFFICIALS NOW SENDING 200DOSESÃTO CITIES LIKE WESTPALM BEACH, PALM BEACH GARDENSAND DELRAY BEACHÃONLYINCREASING FRUSTRATION.
SOT13:39:29:“ITS TOO LITTLE,ITTHOSE 200 DOSES -SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN THE1,000 GIVEN TO THE TOWN OFPALM BEACH DUE TO A REPORTED &MISCOMMUNICATION AT THEDEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
SOT13:32:09:“WHAT IDISCOVERING IS THAT BASICALLYTHAT EVERYBODY THAT GETS IT ISGETTING OUTSIDE THE COUNTY.THEYDADE, THEYFORT LAUDERDALE” IN FACT &SHORTLY AFTER CONTACT 5 SPOKEWITH SORGEÃGOVERNOR RONDESANTIS ANNOUNCED A NEWVACCINATION SITEÃIN FORTLAUDERDALE.
EARLIER THIS WEEKÃTHE GOVERNOR MET WITH PALMBEACH COUNTY MAYOR DAVE KERNER- TO DISCUSS THE ROLLOUT OFTHE VACCINE IN PALM BEACHCOUNTY.
TECHNICAL FAILURES &HAVE PLAGUED THE PROCESS IN ACOUNTY OF 400,000 SENIORS OVERTHE AGE OF 65.
NATS CONTACT 5ATTEMPTED TO SPEAK WITH THEGOVERNOR ABOUT THE CHALLENGESAS HE LEFT THE COUNTYGOVERNMENT BUILDING TUESDA&WITH NO LUCK.
NATS SOT14:49:03:“WHAT WE REALLY NEEDTO FOCUS ON IS BEING PATIENT”ASSISTANT WEST PALM BEACH FIRECHIEF BRENT BLOOMFIELD WAS OUTWITH HIS DEPARTMENT - USINGTHE SMALL BATCH OF VACCINESTHEY GOT TO INOCULATERESIDENTS TODAY.
SOT 14:48:29:“OUR DEPARTMENT IS READY TOGO” BUTT SOT 14:48:32:“WEHAVE BEEN READY TO GO SINCEOCTOBER.
BUT THE PROCESS ISGOING TO TAKE TIME.
SOT14:53:50:“WE HAVE OVER 21,000RESIDENTS IN THE CITY THAT AREOVER 65 YEARS OF AGE” BUTTSOT 14:49:06: "WEWAITING FOR THE SAME THING.WEALL WANT THE SAME THING DONE”SENIORS LIKE SORGEÃNOWFORCED TO WAIT AND WONDERÃASCOVID CONTINUES TO SPREAD.
SOT13:41:16:“WE HAVE NO CLUE OFWHATTOTALLY IN THE DARK.
THATPROBLEM WITH HOPE, YOU CANONLY HAVE HOPE WHEN YOUGETTING REAL STATISTICS ABOUTWHATBEACHÃMBÃWPTVÃNEWSCHANNEL 5.THE FRUSTRATIONS WITH THEVACCINE ROLLOUT COME ASFLORIDA REACHES MORE THANONE-MILLION 548- THOUSAN
