There have been footage of Bodycam when two Florida women were denounced for their “selfishness” after showing up at a COVID-19 vaccine site dressed as “grandmothers” to try to open fire.
The couple has not been identified or charged with any crime, but sheriffs in Orange County, near Orlando, are investigating.
They registered for the vaccines online, claiming they were over 65, and then went on appointments in what health officials described as “disguise.”
It worked for the first time: when the couple showed up Wednesday at the Orlando Convention Center, they were carrying CDC cards confirming they already had a dose.
One of them wore what looked like a shower cap, a long cardigan, a face mask, and a face shield. The other, however, left all her brown hair loose and wore a Mickey Mouse T-shirt.
When health workers looked at their IDs, they saw that the couple was actually only 34 and 44 years old and therefore unfit for one of the coveted vaccines. The names were the same as the ones they had registered online, so it seems that for the first time, health professionals simply didn’t check the date of birth before shooting them.
Police were called and the two were punished for their dishonesty before letting them go with a rape warning and being told not to return.
‘Do you know what you did ?! You stole a vaccine from someone who needs it more than you. And you won’t get your second so it’s a waste of time we just wasted here.
We are not even sure if they will file charges against you and take you to jail right now. So, we are in this moment. Just for your selfishness to steal a vaccine.
“You have to wait your turn!” said one of the agents in the video.
This is when the two women clashed with police at the Orlando Convention Center after showing up for their second COVID vaccine dressed as grandmothers.
The two women remained silent as police denounced them for their “selfishness.”
The women wore masks and protective shields as part of their disguise
Don’t come back! The women were filmed walking away from the convention center after being told they would be arrested if they ever returned.
According to later, the couple was shown standing in front of the officers while an intrusion warning was read to them.
Officers told them they were lucky they were not arrested and replied, “We know. Thank you.”
One of the policemen smoked: “Everything, the building, the garage, you won’t be allowed to come back here.
“It’s ridiculous that you’re here right now.”
Dr. Raul Pino, of the Florida Department of Health, revealed what the women had done yesterday at a press conference, where he warned other people against attempted vaccine fraud.
Yesterday we noticed that a couple of young ladies came disguised as grandmothers to get vaccinated for the second time.
‘So I don’t know how they escaped the first time, but they got vaccinated.
Coats, gloves, glasses, everything. And they were probably in their twenties.
“This is the hottest product out there right now, so we have to be very careful,” he said.
Dr. Raul Pino of the Florida Department of Health revealed what the women had done yesterday at a press conference, where he warned other people against attempted vaccine fraud
The Orlando Convention Center, where the two women were caught pretending to be grandmothers, this week
It is unclear what kind of accusations women will face.
Initially, deputies were called to hear them from the property for infringement.
It is unclear what happens if a person undergoes the first dose of vaccine, but not the second, or if women will have to wait and get the first dose again once they are eligible.
It is the latest example of a series of incidents across the United States and the world in which people, desperate to get the coveted shots, have lied about their age, address, or identity to get it.
In Canada, a wealthy couple rented a plane to the Yukon to get vaccines for indigenous elders.
Rodney Baker, 55, and Ekaterina Baker, 32, flew 1,700 miles from Vancouver to Beaver Creek, a community of 90 people in the far northwest of Canada, on January 21st.
They set out to visit hotel workers to receive photos of the Modern vaccine from a mobile clinic, but were rumored before they could fly home.
The Bakers were fined C $ 2,300 ($ 1,800) for violating Covid rules, but community elders are calling for a harsher sentence.
The couple may face jail.
The women had the CDC card from the first dose. It is not clear how the officials passed the first time (file image)