HERE FOR THE DAY SPOTTY CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS EVEN SOME FROST IS PART OF OUR
WEEKEND FORECAST. WE’LL HAVE
THAT COMING UP AT 7.45.
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>>JENNIFER WAUGH: YOU’RE LOOKING LIVE RIGHT NOW OUTSIDE THE MANDARIN SENIOR CITIZEN
CENTER WHERE DESPITE NEW RULES
PUT IN PLACE JUST YESTERDAY
PEOPLE ARE STILL BEING ALLOWED
TO LINE UP HOURS BEFORE
COVID-19 VACCINATIONS. WILL BE
ADMINISTERED THEY BROUGHT THEIR
CHAIRS THEY BROUGHT THINGS TO
READ THEY’RE SITTING THERE
ALBEIT IT LED PEERS, MOST OF
THEM
6 FEET APART AND THE SAME THING
HAPPENED YESTERDAY SENIORS WHO
ARRIVED WAITED FOR HOURS IN
LINE FOR THE CENTERS
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TO OPEN.
>> I’M 72 YEARS OLD PRETTY FIT.
I BROUGHT A CHAIR AND I WAS OK BUT EVEN WITH A CHAIR. THE DAM ENDING UP TO THERE ARE OTHER
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN A LOT MORE
SUGAR THAN I AM.
>> WE’RE LYING DOWN ON THE COLD
CONCRETE AT 6.
>> O’CLOCK IN
THE MORNING.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: IN FACT SOME
PEOPLE SHOWED UP AS EARLY AS
05:00AM YESTERDAY AND AS WE
JUST SAW A MORE PEOPLE ARE
LINED UP THIS MORNING OUTSIDE
THE MANDARIN
CENTER ALREADY MAYOR LENNY
CURRY JOINS US THIS MORNING
OVER THE PHONE GOOD MORNING
THERE THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
THEY’RE YOUR OFFICE SAID THE POLICE WOULD NOT ALLOW PEOPLE TO LINE UP BEFORE 10:00AM THIS
MORNING. BUT THAT’S NOT BEING
FOLLOWED THIS MORNING WHY IS
THAT.
>> YOU CAN THAT WE SAID NO LINING UP BEFORE 10:00AM IS A COUPLE THINGS FIRST OF ALL IT
WASN’T NECESSARY YESTERDAY.
ALL THE DEMAND THAT SHOWED UP
WAS MATT. SO PUTTING THIS
PROTOCOL IN PLACE IS REALLY TO
DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM DOING IT
HAS AS WE MANAGE THE ENTIRE
COVID-19 UNLIKE MANY OTHER
STUDIES WE’RE NOT GOING TO BE
DRACONIAN. I’M NOT GOING TO
HAVE POLICE OFFICERS PHYSICALLY
REMOVING PEOPLE ARE TURNING
SENIOR CITIZENS AWAY. THE
LINEUP BEFORE 10 O’CLOCK.
IT’S NOT NECESSARY.
HOWEVER, THOSE THEY’RE THEY’RE
DOING IT THEY’RE DOING IN A
SAFE WAY I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE
ARE CONCERNED THAT THEY’RE NOT
GOING TO GET IT AGAIN.
WE MET ALL OF THEM AND
YESTERDAY AND WE’RE GOING TO
WE’RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO
WORK WITH PEOPLE THAT SAID JUST
BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING
THIS MORNING ARE NOW GOING TO
WONDER WELL WAIT A MINUTE MAYBE
I NEED TO GET THERE
REALLY EARLY.
>> WHY NOT OPEN THE CENTER’S
THEN EARLIER SO THE PEOPLE ARE
STANDING IN LINE FOR SO LONG.
>> WHAT
10 O’CLOCK IS OUR DOWN TERMS OF
GETTING PEOPLE IN WE IT’S BASED
ON THE SUPPLY THAT
WE HAVE WE DON’T CONTROL THE
SUPPLY CHAIN THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN THE STATE
LET ME SAY THAT I’M GRATEFUL TO
THE STATE FOR WORKING WITH US
THOUGH MOST COUNTIES AROUND
THE STATE ARE DISTRIBUTED TO
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR HEALTH
DEPARTMENT IS DOING THEIR JOB
IN TERMS OF SERVING PEOPLE KNOW
I’M ALL
FOR IT.
>> WE ASKED THE STATE TO GIVE
US SOME VACCINES WE’VE GOTTEN A
LOT BUT WE’VE GOTTEN A LOT
MEANT TO THINK WE’VE GOT UP TO
10,000. WHEN THAT ALLOTMENTS GONE WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK TO GET ADDITIONAL SUPPLY
THE REASON WE ASKED THE STATE
TO ALLOW US TO
DO DISTRIBUTION. BECAUSE WE’VE
DEMONSTRATED THE ABILITY TO GET
THINGS DISTRIBUTED TO PEOPLE
DURING COVID-19 IN A STATE
OFFICIAL
RESPONSIBLE WAY.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: SO THAT SAID
MAYOR WE LEARNED OVERNIGHT THAT
THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS
RECEIVED 101.6 MILLION DOSES
YET AROUND THE STATE ONLY 38%
OF THOSE HAVE ACTUALLY
BEEN ADMINISTERED IS THAT A
PROBLEM IN DUVAL COUNTY OR
THEIR VACCINE SITTING SOMEWHERE
IN A FREEZER THAT ARE NOT BEING
ADMINISTERED QUICKLY THAT
YOU’RE AWARE OF.
>> NOT THAT I’M AWARE OF THAT I
CAN TELL YOU THE VACCINES THAT
WE’VE SECURED YOUR
HEALTH DEPARTMENT BASED ON
INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE DEFENSE
SHUN. WE ARE DISTRIBUTING ARE A
LOT OF THAT
BARELY. WE DID YESTERDAY WE’RE
GOING TO DO IT TODAY AND WHEN
WHEN ARE A LOT OF IT IS UP
WE’RE GOING TO WORK TO GET
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES IN FACT
WE’RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT GOAL
NOW AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE I
WOULD LIKE.
>> OK GO AHEAD.
I JUST YOU KNOW WITH THESE ARE
UNPRECEDENTED TIMES I THINK
IT’S IMPORTANT THAT
WHEN COVID HIT EARLY LAST YEAR.
WE HAD A FALL TOGETHER AND TRY TO GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER. NO ONE REALLY IMAGINE WE WERE
GOING TO HAVE A VACCINE.
THIS EARLY. WE HAVE
IT NOW IT’S A NATIONWIDE EFFORT
THAT’S GOING TO TAKE TIME FOR
THE SUPPLY CHAIN TO GET TO ALL
THE STATES AND ALL THE
COUNTIES. MY COMMITMENT TO THE
PEOPLE OF JACKSONVILLE IS THE
ALLOTMENT THAT WE HAVE WE’RE
GOING TO GET PEOPLE SAFELY
AND RESPONSIBLY AND I
UNDERSTAND FEAR UNDERSTAND
FRUSTRATION, BUT IT’S TIME FOR
THE LEADERS POLITICAL LEADERS.
LEADERSHIP AT EVERY LEVEL TO
PULL TOGETHER AND BE ONE WITH
OUR COMMUNITY. YOU GET PEOPLE
VACCINATED AND TAKE CARE OF
EACH OTHER.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND BECAUSE
SO MANY PEOPLE ARE DESPERATE,
YOU UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION,
I’M SURE THAT YOU’RE HEARING AT
THE MAYOR’S OFFICE FOR PEOPLE
AS AN EXAMPLE WHO’VE BEEN
TRYING TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS TO
GO DOWN TO THE PRIME OSBORN
CONVENTION CENTER THROUGH THE
PROGRAM THAT IS BEING
ORCHESTRATED COURSE BY THE
DUVAL COUNTY
HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT SAID DID
YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAD TO GO
AROUND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN
ORDER TO GET MORE VACCINES FOR
DUVAL COUNTY, YOU KNOW
RESIDENTS.
>> NO IN FACT IS THE VACCINES
WE SECURED. THEY DO THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT WHICH WERE WITH THE
HELP OF THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION
GIVING US
AN ALLOTMENT WE JUST LOOK AGAIN
WE THE TEAM THAT I HAVE AROUND
ME IT DISTRIBUTES STIMULUS
CHECKS HAS PERFORMED TESTING.
THROUGHOUT THE
LAST YEAR. OUR TEAM HAS
DEMONSTRATED THE ABILITY TO
ORGANIZE AND UNCERTAIN TIMES
AND HELP PEOPLE.
YOU CAN ALWAYS TWEET PROCESS
THAT’S WHAT WE’RE GOING TO DO
IS WE WORK THROUGH THIS
BUT WE SIMPLY SECURED BACKING
WE HAVE COMPETENCY AND ABILITY
YOU GET THINGS DONE IN THIS
COVID-19 ERA. >>JENNIFER WAUGH: THEY ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKED US IN FACT
YESTERDAY IS IT POSSIBLE TO
SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW REGENCY
INITIALLY WHERE YOU DON’T STAND
IN LINE, BUT YOU CAN JUST KIND
OF PULL UP IN YOUR CAR IS THERE
ANYTHING IN THE WORKS FOR THIS
WEEK OR EVEN NEXT
OR SOON WHERE THAT WILL BECOME
AN OPTION THROUGH THE CITY NOT
NECESSARILY THE DUVAL COUNTY
HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO MAKE IT
EASIER SO OLDER PEOPLE ARE NOT
AS WE’RE SEEING AND STARTED
SEEING AT 6 O’CLOCK THIS
MORNING STANDING IN LINE FOR
HOURS.
>> I WOULD SAY THE SITUATION IS
THERE’S NO IMMEDIATE PLANS TO
HAVE
IMMEDIATE CHANGES. BUT
STEPHANIE BURCH WHO IS RUNNING
THIS PROGRAM RIGHT NOW HE WAS
VERY SMART AND HAS RUN MANY OF
THESE PROGRAMS IS ALWAYS ASSESS
AND A BETTER WAY TO DO THINGS.
SO
RIGHT NOW THE GOAL WE HAVE AN
EFFICIENT PROCESS IS HAPPENING
RIGHT NOW. IT WILL
DISTRIBUTE THE FIRST ALLOTMENT
OF VACCINES.
WE HAVE SHOULD WE GET MORE
SUPPLIES, WE CAN OPEN MORE
OPTIONS MORE CENTERS AND MORE
WAYS TO GET
THAT DONE. I WILL CROSS THAT
BRIDGE IF AND WHEN WE GET TO IT
AND THEY ARE OFF TOPIC FOR JUST
A MINUTE HERE CITY COUNCIL’S WE
KNOW WILL VOTE TONIGHT ABOUT
THE
LOT J.
>> REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT HOW
CONFIDENT ARE YOU I ALL SINGLES
ARE POINTING TO IT BEING A DONE
DEAL HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU
THOUGH, HOWEVER THAT THIS IS
GOING TO PASS TONIGHT.
>> I FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT I THINK
THAT A MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL
BELIEVES SUPER-MAJORITY THE
COUNCIL
BELIEVES THAT THIS IS A BIG
VISIONARY PROJECT THAT NEEDS TO
GET DONE IF IT’S IN A VERY
IMPORTANT PIECE
REVITALIZING SPARKING DOWNTOWN
IT’S NOT JUST ABOUT
THAT AREA. THIS DEVELOPMENT
WILL FEED THE ENTIRE BAY STREET
CORRIDOR WE HAVE AUTONOMOUS
VEHICLE. PILOT WE SECURED THE
JPA WOULD NOT BOARD THAT WILL
TAKE PLACE IT WILL MOVE PEOPLE
UP AND DOWN BAY STREET.
THIS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WILL
SPARK BE ENTIRE URBAN CORE IN
DOWNTOWN. I THINK THAT A
MAJORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL
SEAT THAT BELIEVE THAT A LOT I
FEEL GOOD
ABOUT TONIGHT, THEY HAVE TO DO