Two Florida women reportedly dressed up to look like elderly “grandmothers” to skip the coronavirus vaccine line. However, the impostors were flogged by local police.
Dr. Raul Pino, director of the Florida Department of Health in Orange County, said Wednesday that two younger women went to the Orange County Convention Center, which is a vaccination site.
“So yesterday we noticed that a couple of young ladies were coming dressed as grandmothers to get vaccinated for the second time,” Pino explained. “I don’t know how they escaped for the first time, but they arrived vaccinated. The coats, the gloves, the glasses and they were probably in their twenties.”
“Pino said some fire rescue workers who were helping to verify and check people coming for vaccines noticed some fish and Pino said the Orange County sheriff’s office was involved.” reported WESH-TV.
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The state of Florida “prioritizes people 65 and older and health care personnel in direct contact with patients and residents and long-term care center staff.”
The alleged geriatric cheaters, who wore face masks, were identified by authorities as Olga Monroy-Ramirez, 34, and Martha Monroy, 44.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office on Friday released bodycam images Friday of police officers confronting two women who allegedly tried to get vaccinated against COVID-19 posing as seniors.
A deputy is seen in the images of the body camera scolding the women for having committed fraud in trying to get vaccines against COVID-19.
“Do you know what you did? You stole a vaccine from someone who needs it more than you. And now you won’t get your second one. So it’s a waste of time that we end up wasting here on this,” the official hears scammers, according to WTVD-TV.
“If you go back, they will be arrested,” the police officer warned the masked men. “You’re lucky not to be arrested right now.”
The women were not charged with sneaking into the vaccination site, but were cited for infraction.
Pino said health officials are studying how the women received their first shot, adding that they may have been vaccinated through a gap or possibly a privileged person.
The director noted that this is not the first time someone has pretended to be an elderly person to get a vaccine against COVID-19. He revealed that a man tried to get a coronavirus by identifying his 65-year-old father.
“This is the hottest product out there right now,” Pino said of the coronavirus vaccine. “We have to be very careful with the funds and resources that are provided to us.”
Pino said since the rape, more security cameras have been added to the Orange County Convention Center.
Nearly 45 percent of the population over the age of 65 has been inoculated into Orange County, officials said Thursday.
Florida has administered nearly 4 million coronavirus vaccines.
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