Dozens have turned away from the vaccine for Edward Waters College

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Numerous people who made appointments on Friday morning to get the COVID-19 vaccine at the new Edward Waters College community site were turned down because they were allowed to pre-register, even though they did not qualify.

The medical staff that runs the website said that the digital registration program enables people to log in without having to screen for age in advance. Currently in Florida, only people over the age of 65 and health professionals are prioritized for the COVID-19 vaccine.

As a result of the error, dozens of people signed up via the online system, received a confirmation of the QR code and were told to appear on the vaccine and offer the code to receive the vaccine. The staff of the Agape Family Health Center told News4Jax that the registration system had notified people who were not of a sufficient age or occupation to qualify according to current guidelines.

Governor Ron DeSantis visited EWC on Thursday to announce a new COVID-19 vaccination site at the old James Weldon Johnson Middle School gymnasium on campus. DeSantis says the state-run website will offer 200 vaccinations a day seven days a week and will target Northwest Jacksonville residents.

Officials who run the site have encouraged people to register online, but people can also make an appointment in person.

Mia Jones, chief executive of Agape, which helps the state manage the site, said residents in the New Town area would be given preference. Registration will be based on zip code.

The site at the school was one of six COVID-19 vaccination sites opened Thursday to provide greater access to the vaccine in underprivileged populations in the counties of Broward, Duval, Leon, Miami-Dade and Osceola.

‘This site is especially important to our seniors in Northwest Jacksonville, and we are very pleased that EWC will continue its legacy as an influential leading resource for all our citizens in the city, and especially for residents of the New City, many of whom represents an impersonal demographic. affected by this horrific COVID-19 virus, ”said the president of the EWC, dr. A. Zachary Faison jr.

DeSantis said Thursday that the age for Florida residents who can receive the coronavirus vaccine will be lowered “sometime in March.” ‘

“I said from the beginning that we were going to lower the age, and once we are in a situation where the seniors are taken care of, you know, we are going to do that,” DeSantis said. “So it would happen, I would say, without preventing any problems with the distribution of vaccines, you will surely see the age lower in March at some point.”

The visit to Jacksonville comes days after DeSantis announced that law enforcement and classroom teachers over the age of 50 will have the opportunity to be vaccinated at federal sites that open next week in the state, including one in Jacksonville.

“We think we can do that given the additional vaccine without affecting the senior population,” DeSantis said.

Desantis on Wednesday rebuffed criticism over his government for not setting its priority group for the next phase of vaccine vaccination, unlike other states.

‘If you notice, many of the people adopted plans and then they already had to change the plans. We did not do that. We looked at the recommendations of ACIP and CDC, and we rejected them respectively and said that we put seniors first, ‘said DeSantis.

DeSantis said Wednesday its government does not want to open up vaccinations to more groups and does not have the supply available to meet demand.

‘We’re going to do it based on the facts and circumstances on the ground. “Based on the availability of vaccines and based on the progress made by the 65-year-old population,” said DeSantis.

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