Since February 12, the face of the pandemic it changed dramatically in many states in that country. In the same number, more than 40 thousand vaccination points open supermarkets and pharmacies, belonging to the largest national chains in this category U.S
“We are preparing everything so that all adults are vaccinated before May,” the president said in early February. Joe BidenSaid he did not know when he would return I toward a more relaxed and confident new normal, but he vowed it would happen within a year. He said he felt good about the progress being made.
Florida is the third state in the country with the highest number of vaccines. In the South of Florida, especially Miami-Dade County, is one of the most active, after being considered, after New York, the epicenter of the country’s pandemic.
“We are very happy with the way they have treated us, how fast and how efficient they have been. I am 68 years old and I had already tried to get vaccinated in a clinic, but everything was very saturated; come here [al supermercado]I have just registered on the internet, I have come and I have already left ”, said Cuban-American Juan Calero. “Look at me, I am very old and I am not leaving my house; I was very scared, but it’s the supermarket, who cares, I thought, and I’ve already been vaccinated, ”says Lucila Pérez, 74.
“I have to go back, they said, for a second dose, so I’m going out again and that’s it; they are going to let me know ”. Fernando Escobar, 69, from Colombia, wasn’t sure to sign up for the supermarket: “I thought they were going to be messy, that there would be a lot of people; it was extremely easy and fast, my respect and thanks ”.
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The system is simple, every supermarket and pharmacy chain has opened a registration page since February for those who want to receive the vaccine through them. On its website, each registration is pre-recorded in an orderly manner and within a certain time.
“In this way, we let it flow without significant delays and one after the other, without major complaints and with a lot of attention and guidance for those who arrive,” said Sergio Benítez, representative of the Fresco store in Miami. “For the second dose, each person is given an ID card that they must bring and present when they know they must return.”
Each vaccinated person will receive a text message, indicating the day and time of their second dose, depending on availability. Every day, every supermarket and pharmacy receive an average of 100 vaccines for administration.
For example, if you look at those supermarkets Publix In Miami, there are 136, meaning that that chain alone applies an average of 13,600 daily. But across Florida, there are 730 Publix, which equates to 73,000 vaccinations a day in the state. For example, it is calculated that only supermarkets and pharmacies in Florida would apply more than 100,000 daily doses, also given the chains Walgreens Winn-Dixie, Navarro, Walmart and CVS, among others.
“The speed with which they have organized [para vacunar] and as easy and fast as it is, it really encourages us to be very aware of when we’re going to play, ”said Isabel Badilla, of Mexican descent and 12 years old in Miami. “No one would say we were [en el sur de Florida] in such a bad situation just a few months ago; perhaps nothing will ever be as it was before, but we are confident that we will return to a more bearable normalcy. One of the things I regret is what is happening in Mexico; Florida alone has vaccinated more people than the Mexican government, which is a shame ”.
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Since vaccines began in the United States, Florida has administered more than 2 million. This first stage of immunization targets all types of medical personnel, including assistants, dentists and caregivers of the elderly; men and women of quartermaster and administration; police, firefighters, rescue workers and all emergency services; agricultural and construction workers, food workers, delivery workers and cleaners; men and women aged 65 and over and people between 16 and 64 years of age with some morbidity or high-risk illness; communicators, journalists and anyone who has an obligation to be on the street or to move to different places because of their work or activity.
As of March 3, in Florida, the governor Ron DeSantis ordered that physicians, of whatever specialty, indicate which or which patients, because of the circumstances they indicate, should be immediately vaccinated.
The vaccines used in Florida are modern and Pfizer / BioNTechWill also be added Johnson & Johnson