Since last February 12 the face of the pandemic it changed dramatically in many states of this country. More than 40,000 vaccination points are opening in the same number of supermarkets and pharmacies, Belonging to the national chains of this heading greater of United States.
“We are preparing everything so that all adults are vaccinated before May,” the president said in early February. Joe Biden; he said he didn’t know when he would return Jo to a new more relaxed and secure normalcy, but made vows for this to happen within a year. He said he felt good about the progress being made.
Florida is the third state in the nation where most vaccines are being applied. South of Florida, Specifically Miami-Dade County, is one of the most active, having been considered, after New York, The epicenter of the pandemic in the country.
“We are very happy with the way we have been treated, the speed and the efficiency. I am 68 years old and I had already tried to vaccinate in a clinic, but everything was very saturated; to come here [al supermercado]”I just signed up online, I came and I left,” said Cuban-American Joan Calero. “Look at me, I’m very old and I don’t leave my house; I was very scared, but it’s the supermarket, which gives the most, I thought, and I’m already vaccinated, “said Lucila Pérez, 74.
“I have to go back, they told me, for a second dose, so I’ll go out again and already; they’re going to warn me.” Fernando Escobar, 69, a native of Colombia, was unsure of enrolling in the supermarket: “I thought they were going to be messy, that there would be a lot of people; it was supremely easy and quick, my respects and gratitude.”
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The system is simple, every chain of supermarkets and pharmacies opened a registration page from February for those who wanted to receive the vaccine through them. On its website, in an orderly manner and within a certain time, each registration is pre-established.
“This way we get it to flow without significant delays and one after the other, with no more complaints and a lot of attention and guidance for those who are arriving,” said Sergio Benítez, representative of the Fresc store in Miami. “For the second dose each person is given an identification card to carry and present when they know they must return.”
Each vaccinated person will receive a text message, informing them what day and time is their second dose, subject to availability. Each day, each supermarket and pharmacy receives an average of 100 vaccines for their application.
If we consider, as an example, that supermarkets Publix in Miami they add up to 136, meaning that this chain alone is applying an average of 13,600 daily. But across Florida there are 730 Publix, which equates to 73,000 vaccines a day in the state. Thus, it is estimated that only supermarkets and pharmacies in Florida would be applying more than 100,000 daily doses, also considering the chains Walgreens, Winn-Dixie, Navarro, Walmart and CVS, among others.
“The speed with which they have been organized [para vacunar] and how easy and fast it is, it encourages us a lot to be very attentive to when it comes to playing, “said Isabel Badilla, of Mexican descent and 12 years old in Miami.” No one would say we be [en el sur de Florida] in such a bad situation just a few months ago; maybe nothing will be exactly as before, but we have faith that we will return to a more bearable normalcy. One of the things I do regret is what happens in Mexico; only Florida has already vaccinated more people than the Mexican government, it’s a shame. “
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Since vaccines began in the United States, Florida has applied more than 2 million. This first phase of immunization is aimed at all types of medical staff, including assistants, dentists and caregivers of the elderly; men and women of stewardship and administration; police, firefighters, rescuers and all emergency services; field and construction workers, food workers, distributors and cleaners; men and women aged 65 and over and people aged 16 to 64 with some risky morbidity or disease; communicators, journalists and anyone who, due to their work or activity, has the obligation to be on the street or move to various places.
As of March 3, in Florida, the governor Ron DeSantis ordered that it be the doctors, of any specialty, who also point out which patient or patients, for the conditions they indicate, should be vaccinated immediately.
The vaccines that have been applied in Florida are Modern and Pfizer / BioNTech; will also be added Johnson & Johnson.