MORE ON THIS COMING UP TONIGHT AT 1011 REPORTING LIVE ERIK AVANIER CHANNEL 4 THE LOCAL
STATION.
>>TOM WILLS: THANK YOU AFTER
THAT OF THE CORONAVIRUS
VACCINE. WE HAVE VIDEO RECORDED
EARLIER TODAY AT THE FEDERAL
GATEWAY MALL
VACCINE SITE AND AS MORE
VACCINES ARE BECOMING AVAILABLE
THERE APPEAR TO BE SIGNS THAT
THE DEMAND MAY BE DECREASING.
WE’RE LOOKING AT WHY THE DEMAND
HERE IN OUR AREA APPEARS TO BE
LOWER THAN WHAT MIGHT BE
EXPECTED
RIGHT NOW AND ALSO AT THE
AVAILABILITY OF VACCINE FOR
LOCAL VETERANS.
>>JOY PURDY: NEWS 4 JAX
REPORTER JIM PIGGOTT AND ZAC
LASHWAY ARE COVERING
THOSE UPDATES. WE BEGIN WITH
JIM JIM SO FAR ONLY A 3RD OF
THE VACCINE SUPPLIES SEEM TO BE
USED EACH DAY THERE AT THE
GATEWAY MALL.
>> THAT’S RIGHT AND THAT’S BEEN
A CONCERN FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE NOW
FROM NOW AND NOT A LOT OF
PEOPLE LINED UP TO GET THE
VACCINE. BUT THERE IS CONCERN
BECAUSE PEOPLE HERE HAVE BEEN
GOING. YOU KNOW WHY IS THAT WHY
ARE SO MANY PEOPLE SHOWING UP
ONE THING IS BECAUSE
BASICALLY THE ELDERLY
POPULATION OVER 60% MAYBE ABOUT
65% HAVE ALREADY BEEN
VACCINATED HERE. BUT GOVERNOR
DESANTIS ADDRESS THIS
ISSUE TODAY AND HE SAYS VERY
SOON WE’RE GOING TO SEE THE AGE
LIMIT DROP. I’M NOT SURE WE
COULD START HEARING SOMETHING
NEXT WEEK STILL BEEN TALKING TO
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN UP FRONT
IN LINE HERE WANTING TO GET
THAT VACCINE. THEY BELIEVE THAT
AGE LIMIT SHOULD BE DROPPED
NOW.
>> ULTIMATELY THEY
SHOULD HAVE IF THEY SHOULD OPEN
IT UP, BUT THEY SHOULD HAVE A
SYSTEM WHERE IF YOU’RE ELDERLY
OR FIRST RESPONDER THAT YOU CUT
TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE.
AND MAYBE DO SOMETHING LIKE
THAT BECAUSE IT DOES SEEM LIKE
IT’S BEING UNDERUSED.
>> WITH TEACHERS OF ALL AGES
ELIGIBLE FOR THE VACCINE.
THERE’S BEEN A STEADY FLOW OF
PEOPLE AT THE
GATEWAY SITE BUT JUST A TRICKLE
OF PEOPLE AT THE 2 SATELLITE
SITES IN JACKSONVILLE, WHICH IS
ONE REASON WHY THE GOVERNOR
WILL ANNOUNCE MORE CHANGES TO
AGE REQUIREMENT IN THE NEAR
FUTURE.
>> WE’RE GOING TO DO AN AGE
BASED APPROACH. GOING FORWARD
AND SO I SAID THEY WILL HAPPEN
IN. MARCH WE WILL MOVE THE
AGE DOWN. I HAVEN’T GOT THAT
EXACT DATE BECAUSE IT’S
DEPENDENT
ON THE VACCINE SUPPLY AND IT’S
DEPENDENT ON MAKING SURE WE’RE
GETTING SHOTS IN THE ARMS FOR
SENIORS, THE GOVERNOR SAYS MORE
THAN LIKELY THE AGE
REQUIREMENTS WILL GO DOWN FROM
65 TO 60 THEN TO 55.
>> AN ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE MADE
SHORTLY. HERE’S WHAT’S
HAPPENING RIGHT NOW WITH
DISTRIBUTION AT THE SITES
IN JACKSONVILLE. AT GATEWAY ON
THURSDAY, A TOTAL OF 840 SHOTS
WERE GIVEN REMEMBER IT HAS THE
CAPACITY FOR 2000 A DAY
AT THE 2 SATELLITE SITES, 150
PEOPLE WERE VACCINATED AT
THE WESTSIDE SITE BUT ONLY 29
PEOPLE AT THE LOCATION IN
NORTHWEST, JACKSONVILLE.
EACH SIDE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO
DO 500 SHOTS A DAY
AND REGENCY THE LATEST NUMBERS
FROM WEDNESDAY SHOW
1780 SHOTS WERE ADMINISTERED.
THEY CAN DO 2,001ST AND
SECOND DOSES. EDWARD WATERS,
COLLEGE COMEBACK TODAY. 200
PEOPLE A DAY YESTERDAY IT
ADMINISTERED
247.
ADMINISTERED 247. >> BECAUSE STAFF SAYS THEY GOT
EXTRA DOSES FROM THE VILES.
>> WE TALKED TO HEALTH EXPERTS
IN JACKSONVILLE ABOUT
THE IMPACT OF LOREEN AGE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE VACCINE IS
THE
DEMAND THERE.
>> OBVIOUSLY FOLKS LIKE ME AND
PUBLIC HEALTH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY
WE WANT AS MANY PEOPLE TO GET
VACCINATED AS POSSIBLE.
BUT IT DOESN’T MEAN THOSE
PEOPLE WANT TO GET VACCINATED
FOR A VARIETY OF
MAYBE DATE THEY HAVE A
PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS OF THE
VACCINE MAY BE THEY’RE JUST NOT
SURE YET AND THAT’S OKAY.
BUT THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO START
EDUCATING MORE. >> BUT WHILE THE WINDS MAY NOT BE LONG NOW AS THE AGE
REQUIREMENTS DROP DOCTORS ARE
HOPING MORE PEOPLE WILL BE
ROLLING UP THEIR SLEEVES.
>> AND HERE AT THIS GATEWAY SITE THEY’RE OPEN UNTIL 7 O’CLOCK TONIGHT AGAIN YOU HAVE
TO BE 65 OR OLDER TO THE TOP OF
ALL AGES OF TEACHERS AND SOME
OTHER SPECIAL GROUPS AS WELL.
BUT GOVERNOR DESANTIS COULD BE
MAKING THAT ANNOUNCEMENT