Publix stores in GOP won counties in FL getting the vaccine

This is misleading. Only Publix grocery stores in those counties. There are other places in the state to get the vaccine.
Not to mention, Florida has 67 counties. Biden won 11 it looks like (on a map I just looked at). The vaccine is at 12 counties per this article. So if this was a Republican thing...do they not care about the other 44 counties Trump won? LOL 

And per this article:

As of Thursday morning, 105 Publix stores were offering limited numbers of shots to people 65 and older in Bay, Citrus, Collier, Escambia, Flagler, Hernando, Marion, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, St. Johns, Volusia and Walton counties.

They are almost all in one geographic area - those are almost all panhandle counties. So maybe it has more to do with geography/availability/lack of other areas to get the vaccine than Trump winning.

I can't stand Trump, but I do appreciate facts.

Can we trade Florida and Texas for DC and Puerto Rico?

I don't know that this is a fair assumption by this article. I can't claim to be a FL expert and I don't know which parts are red and blue, but I do know that the Panhandle is pretty spread out population wise with the actual residents, and tourism is the major industry. That usually means that the area probably has a lower population in general and the grocery store pharmacies might be a more efficient distribution network. Compare that to Orlando which is another area where tourism is the major industry, but it is a condensed city with actual large hospital networks.

It frustrates me here when people keep saying, "Governor, you should do this for the whole state!" without recognizing that there are HUGE differences in the infrastructure and capabilities in various areas of the state, and my state should be the case study for that given the differences for the Delta vs. the Coast, Jackson Metro, and Memphis Suburbs. I would imagine that Florida faces similar challenges given the size of some cities compared to the distributed population in other areas.

As an over 75 I have spent the morning to get an appointment not quite local, for Feb 17th. Also not knowing if I will be able to park and navigate the facility.

Same medical group/hospital system opened a mega center (more local)this morning one hour before I received the email and it was already closed/full. How did that happen?

Lots and lots of 65+ in my county. A Publix on every corner.

(Funny I told my parents before Christmas that Publix should be involved because they are so ubiquitous.)

But my parents had to go to their second home “up north” in the panhandle to get an appointment for their vaccines. As far as I can tell, my very red, not so robust medical system doesn’t have any vaccines at all.

It’s hard not to think that there is not some kind of political game afoot.

((hugs)) Hopefully it won't be too much longer. They've made our MLB stadium into a big mega-vaccination site. Regular appointments through the end of January are full, but each weekend they've dropped a batch of extra appointments and they're gone in a flash. This morning they added 2600 appointments and they were gone in 45 minutes.

I know we just learned that there is no Trump-ordered stockpile of vaccine to be distributed to the states, but I'm hoping the Biden administration will do whatever is necessary to get adequate supply to everyone.

Yes, @freddie posted a tweet about there being NO backup supply!

I cannot wait for the complicit deviate thieves and liars to be gone.

I personally  know 3 friends of the family who have been vaccinated while staying at their winter trailer in Venice Florida.  They usually go in October this year they went December 29, and were vaccinated with their first shot shortly after arrival.  I think maybe January 4 or 5th

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Snowbirds and vaccines

And if health care was denied for these people, there would be room in hospitals to take care of everyone else.

They interviewed 2 Canadian couples on the morning news. I am in Palm Beach County.

Our governor has invited people for "vaccine tourism" and lots of snowbirds, including those from Canada, own property here.

The rules are pretty vague. Can you get a vaccine in an adjacent county? Where are the vaccine centers? Churches and country clubs are administering the vaccine but nobody knows it's happening until it's done. Some counties are using Eventbrite to make appointments. Phone lines and websites were overwhelmed. No straight answers on the health department website. They've had 10 months to think about it but t's such a $#*tshow, like they didn't know they would have to deliver vaccines eventually. Our county went red but we're getting skipped with the next distribution.

Sorry that's happening to you.  It's very similar down here.  Do they have vaccines for 10 people, or what??  I can't risk DH even waiting in a crowd for the vaccine, but it's not available anyway (FL).  I hope you get your vaccine soon after the 20th.  I'm hopeful that things will change.

SO's mom is in Manatee County. They had an online registration with 1700 vaccines to go around. OF COURSE, the site crashed. She tried for 2 hours to get on but it did not happen. She was able to register the next week for a lottery. So she waits. She is 78 with serious respiratory issues. But yeah, let's give it to the snow birds.

I will add that there is also an added depression (on top of all of the pandemic depression) that this adds to our seniors. They feel so helpless and hopeless in regards to actually GETTING the vaccine and advocating for themselves. His mom spent three days getting over the fact she has no other options. She feels like no one cares about them.