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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFlorida tops the nation in new COVID cases.
Florida tops the nation in new COVID cases. As they spike in its rural Big Bend, many still fear the vaccine more.BRISTOL, Florida The calls havent stopped.
For the last week, paramedic Melissa Peddie has fielded them back-to-back for cases of COVID-19.
Peddie runs the only ambulance in Liberty County, a sprawling, sparsely populated community in Floridas rural Big Bend, where as of last week just 23.9% of residents were fully vaccinated. The county has seen a dramatic surge in COVID-19 cases during July, mirroring other communities across the nation where many people have not gotten the shot.
Peddie, 51, is among the small minority. For her, vaccination was a no-brainer.
I knew I would get the vaccine, she said. Every day I climb in the back of that truck is a risk."
https://news.yahoo.com/florida-tops-nation-covid-cases-151309966.html
No surprise about the COVID surge in Florida's Panhandle. It's the reddest part of the state.
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Florida tops the nation in new COVID cases. (Original Post)
Zorro
Jul 2021
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Phoenix61
(16,992 posts)1. Also known as L.A.(Lower Alabama)
Lots of drive down tourists heading to the Gulf coast from unvaccinated areas. Limited medical resources. Its not going to turn out well and DeSatan deciding to push the vaccine now is too little, too late.
Lovie777
(12,215 posts)2. Per the governor . . .
This is seasonal.
LisaL
(44,972 posts)3. And the season is covid.
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hatrack
(59,566 posts)4. Florida! Come For The Dead Fish And Brevetoxin, Stay For/On The Ventilators!