Vaccine demand remains high as new COVID-19 strain cases grow in South Florida

MIAMI – The race to vaccinate Southern Floridians continues as a fully-fledged strain of COVID-19 continues to spread across the state.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, there are now 125 cases of the B117 strain, also known as the UK variant. That variant was found in Florida, with more than half of the cases in Broward and Miami-Dade counties.

Researchers at the University of Miami are actively detecting variable cases by looking for the virus in patients at Jackson Memorial Hospital.

With Floridians having difficulty meeting since the start of vaccine vaccination, the state hopes to make things easier with a centralized website: myvaccine.fl.gov.

Meanwhile, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Sunday this week in South Florida the county will unveil a similar registration site this week.

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“Supply is the biggest issue,” said Levine Cava. “We will allow people to sign only once and pull down from that list as supply becomes available, but we will not arrange meetings until we receive our weekly allocation. ”

Vaccines is the site where people can sign up for meetings.nomihealth.com/mdc.

Levine Cava said they will not schedule meetings until the allocation is available each week.

“I have created the centralized information site miamidade.gov/vaccine, which is also available in Spanish and Creole, and we have now ordered all distribution sites to provide us with the information they hold. . The state does the thing, and when the federal government intervenes you know they will do their thing, and the important point is that the public needs to have a centralized source of information so that they do not have to worry. regular hunting, ”Levine Cava said.

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Demand for vaccines currently exceeds supply.

On Sunday, Hard Rock Stadium officials cleared up some confusion for those who have already received their first dose and are scheduled for their second look at the COVID-19 vaccine site.

Officials said that for those who received their first vaccine at Hard Rock and missed the call to schedule a second dose or did not receive a call at all, they can count 21 days from the first dose and return to the site. Those who show up will need the CDC card given to them, a white card that says what vaccine has been given, along with identification, and will receive a second dose. But you have to wait just 21 days before you show up.

If you received the call, and have received an order, officers requested that you appear at the site on the specified date and time.

Despite the unfavorable effects of COVID-19 on black and Hispanic people, few in these communities receive vaccines.

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Lack of accessibility and mistrust are among the reasons that infectious disease expert Dr. Hansel Tookes blames for this phenomenon.

“Vaccination is very reliable in minority communities, and Tuskegee is one example of evil, but what I am telling my patients is that we cannot allow evil to happen in Tuskegee. harm us today in 2021, ”said Dr. Tookes said Sunday this week in South Florida.

That suspicion among the community is nothing new. The Tuskegee Syphilis Trial in the 1930s is just one example of an untreated disease.

The quality of UK snoring vaccines is also being examined locally. The more mobile weight in the UK could be more dangerous.

“Variant is not only more contagious but also probably more severe,” FIU Infectious Disease expert Dr. Aileen Marty said earlier in the weekend.

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