Changes announced Friday for COVID-19 vaccines make it easier for some people to get vaccinated

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NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, Fla. – One of the newest groups eligible in Florida to receive a COVID-19 vaccine is those 18 years of age or older who a doctor considers to have a high-risk disease. Earlier in the week, state planners said the only form that would be accepted at FEMA sites where those who met this requirement would be inoculated required the Department of Health’s Form for Determining Extreme Vulnerability.

At a briefing on Friday afternoon, a change was announced. Even though a headline doctor’s note was thrown home on Thursday or the doctor’s notepad prescription would not be acceptable; now, this restriction has changed and these forms of eligibility will be accepted.

“It must be a prescription or physician-signed prescription signed by the physician stating that it meets the medical vulnerability criteria for the COVID-19 vaccine,” said Mike Jachles, president of the Florida PIO deployment team.

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Gov. Ron DeSantis last Friday expanded the eligibility of the COVID-19 vaccine in Florida, signing an executive order that allowed doctors the authority to determine who is extremely vulnerable to COVID-19.

Under the addition of government Ron DeSantis to first-phase inoculation plans for Floridians, Executive Order 21-46 states that people a doctor considers to have a high-risk medical condition will now be able to obtain the COVID-19 vaccine.

Those eligible recipients will only be accepted at FEMA venues, including the large north campus site of Miami Dade College, which is open daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

FEMA also supports two satellite center vaccination sites. They are located in Sweetwater at Ronseli Park (250 Southwest 114th Avenue) and Florida City at the Youth Activity Center (650 Northwest 5th Avenue). Both offer 500 daily doses and are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week.

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Marlins Park and Hard Rock Stadium state sites will not administer vaccines to those high-risk individuals under the age of 65.

Friday was also news, state planners said anyone who needs a second dose of Pfizer can come to FEMA-supported sites for the final shot. Planner said you should have the vaccination card you received when you received the first dose. Walks are welcome.

On Friday, there was a steady stream of people throughout the day at the FEMA site on the north campus of Miami-Dade College. State planners said they expect more people to be shot this weekend.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said with an increase in vaccine supply it is possible to reduce the age required to get a vaccine.

“We’re going to take an age-based approach,” DeSantis said. “The next change will reduce the age from 65 to 60 or 55. We will most likely be 60 and move on to March.

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This is what has been a game that has changed the week for vaccine launch, between the scale of federal vaccination sites that connected on Wednesday and the expansion of eligibility, there are now more dams for more people.

However, as of 4pm on Friday, officials at the large FEMA site said they had only distributed just over half of their 3,000 doses.

Miami-Dade County Commissioner Oliver Gilbert III said, “We need you to put this vaccine on your arm because when you put it on your arm you not only put it on your arm, but you put it on your arm for all of us.”

Because the FEMA site at Miami-Dade College North did not reach daily dose capacity in the past two days, local leaders launched a call to action.

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava led a procession of community members urging those eligible to receive a dose.

Levine Cava announced that they are in the planning stages of launching vaccine outreach equipment in neighborhoods near Florida City and FEMA-assisted FEMA sites to answer questions and register residents.

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“Let’s be clear,” he said. “There are some people who are reluctant and these teams will be trained to talk about the facts and help people understand and feel comfortable with the vaccine.”

Find out who is currently available for a vaccine against COVID-19.

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