Gov. Ron DeSantis says he’s preparing to lower the age at which Floridians can get a COVID-19 vaccination to somewhere below the current 65-year-old threshold, News 6 partner Florida Today reports.
Currently, only people 65 and older, front-line health care workers, and residents and staff of long-term-care facilities are eligible for the vaccines being distributed through the state.
During news conferences Thursday in Jacksonville and St. Lucie County, DeSantis signaled that he plans to lower the age requirement to 60 — or possibly 55 — if he is comfortable that vaccine supplies are increasing sufficiently.
The imminent addition of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to the mix, plus increased production of the Moderna and Pfizer