After making the perfectly reasonable decision to set up vaccination sites to reach elderly Florida residents, Governor Ron DeSantis has been under the microscope for days.
DeSantis is being accused of prioritizing his political allies for vaccination in placing pop-up clinics in senior living communities.
Potential gubernatorial candidate and former Florida governor Charlie Crist sent a letter to acting U.S. Attorney General Monty Wilkinson alleging that DeSantis is "Establishing coronavirus vaccine distribution and administration sites to select locations to benefit political allies and donors, over the needs of higher-risk communities and existing county waitlists."
He has even said he would not take the vaccination until every elderly resident who wants a vaccination has received one.
The order requires vaccine providers in the first phase to administer vaccines only to long-term care facility residents and staffers; those 65 and older; and health care staffers with direct contact with patients.
What Crist is critical of in Manatee County was not directed by DeSantis but by local officials.
Instead of holding the local officials accountable, Crist is targeting DeSantis for strictly political purposes.
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Charlie Crist Wants Gov. DeSantis Investigated for Vaccinating the Elderly
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