Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis drew applause when he said he wouldn’t take the COVID-19 vaccine until senior citizens have gotten immunized.
“Have you been vaccinated?” a reporter asked following the governor’s visit to a health care site at Kings Point in Delray Beach while three seniors received their Moderna vaccine.
“What I’ve said is, I’m willing to take it, but I am not the priority; they’re the priority,” DeSantis said, pointing to the senior citizens. “I’m under 45. And so, people under 45 are not gonna be first in line for this.”
For a press that repeatedly says “follow the science”, why is it so hard for them to comprehend that seniors and at-risk populations should get the vaccine before healthy, younger people?
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) December 30, 2020
Gov. Ron DeSantis gets it.
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DeSantis said the CDC recommendation puts young, healthy people ahead of senior citizens. “We’re not going to be putting young people ahead of our elderly population,” he said.