lorida Congress members meeting Thursday to discuss vaccine distribution

lorida Congress members meeting Thursday to discuss vaccine distribution

Tension between the federal government and state of Florida continues to build.

Governor DeSantis continues calling on the White House to send Florida more doses of the COVID vaccine.

The White House has said our state isn't distributing all that it receives.

That back and forth, along with other concerns over Florida's vaccine rollout, is why some Florida congress members plan to meet Thursday morning.

RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS SUCH ASDIFFICULTY BREATHING OR NOSE ANDTHROAT IRRITATION.NEW THIS MORNING... IN JUST AFEW DAYS, MORE CORONAVIRUSVACCINES ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVEIN OUR STATE...GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS ANNOUNCEDTHAT FLORIDA WILL GET307-THOUSAND * FIRST DOSES OFTHE VACCINE NEXT WEEK... HE SAYSTHE STATE WILL CONTINUE TOPRIORITIZE SENIORS WHO ARE 65AND OLDEIN A TWEET, THE GOVERNOR SAID"MY ADMINISTRATION WILL CONTINWORKING HARD TO SWIFTLYDISTRIBUTE THE VACCINE TOFLORIDA’S SENIORS, WHIREQUESTING THE FEDERALGOVERNMENT INCREASE OUR SUPPAS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE."JUST LIKE YOU SAW IN THATTWEET... THE GOVERNOR CONTINUESCALLING ON THE WHITE HOUSE TOSEND FLORIDA MORE DOSES OF THECOVID-19 VACCINE... CAUSINGTENSION BETWEEN THE FEDERALGOVERNMENT AND OUR STATE TOBUILD.BUT THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THESTATE ISN’T GIVING OUT ALL TDOSES IT HAS.THAT BACK AND FORTH AND OTHERCONCERNS OVER FLORIDA’S VACCINEROLLOUT, IS WHY SOME FLORIDACONGRESS MEMBERS PLAN TO MEETTHIS MORNING.JESSICA ALPERN IS LIVE IN FOMYERS WITH MORE ON WHAT THPLAN TO DISCUSS.THAT CONVERSATION WILL BCENTERED AROUND HOW TO GET MOREFLORIDIANS VACCINATED SAFELY ANDQUICKLYTHREE OF OUR STATE’S CONGRESSMEMBERS WILL MEET THIS MORNINGON ZOOM.THEY WANT TO SEE A LONG-TERMWRITTEN PLAN FOR VACCINEDISTRIBUTION.AS WELL AS A CENTRALIZEDAPPOINTMENT SYSTEM.SOMETHING THEY SAY WOULD ENSUR*EVERYONE HAS A FAIR OPPORTUNITYTO RECEIVE A VACCINE.THIS COMES AS DESANTIS HAS BEESPARRING WITH THE WHITE HOUSEOVER THE STATE’S DISTRIBUTION.THE WHITE HOUSE HAS SAID FLORIDAHAS ONLY DISTRIBUTED ABOUT50-PERCENT OF THE VACCINES ITSRECEIVED.THE GOVERNOR DENIES THAT, AS HECONTINUES TO ASK FOR MORE.AND SAYS THE DOSES FLORIDA ISWITHHOLDING ARE FOR SECONDDOSES.THIS ALSO COMES AS ONE SOUTHWESTFLORIDA WOMAN IS ASKING THEGOVERNOR TO MAKE AN EXCEPTIONAND GIVE HER THE SHOT.SHE DOESN’T FALL INTO THE65-AND-OLDER OF HEALTH CARECATEGORIESBUT IS CURRENTLY GOING THROUGHCHEMO, WHICH WIPES OUT HERIMMUNE SYSTEM AND MAKES HEREXTREMELY VULNERABLE TO THEVIRUS.((Heidi Basik//UndergoingChemotherapy)) ((1:19-1:38 inPKG))"I’m not trying to be theentitled person who says ’Ideserve this.

I need to havethis.’ There are other peoplewho are as at-risk as I am ormore, I recognize that.

But Ialso recognize that there arprobably a significant amount ofover 65-year-olds who areotherwise healthy."WE REACHED OUT TO CONGRESSMANBYRON DONALDS AND GOVERNORDESANTIS ON HER BEHALF.WE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THEGOVERNOR’S OFFICE FOR COMMENT ONTODAY’S MEETING AMONG CONGRESSMEMBERS.WE HAVEN’T RECEIVED A SPECIFICSTATEMENT ON THIS.BUT THE GOVERNOR DID ANNOUNCETHAT NEXT WEEK, OUR STATE WILLSEE AN INCREASE OF NEARLY50-THOUSAND MORE FIRST DOSESFROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.HE CALLED THIS A WELCOME BUT*MODEST INCREASE.SAYING SUPPLY REMAINS A CRITICALISSUE.AND HE REAFFIRMED HIS PRIORITYOF PUTTING SENIORS FIRST.CONGRESSMAN DONALDS SENT ASTATEMENT SAYING THAT"PROTECTING THOSE WHO AREIMMUNOCOMPROMISED IS CRITICAL."BUT THAT HE UNDERSTANDS THGOVERNOR’S REASONING FOR HISVACCINE GUIDELINES, DUE TO TSCARCITY OF DOSES AVAILABLE.MEANWHILE THAT VIRTUAL M