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Typo led to vaccine shortage in Seminole County, state says
Seminole County said it was shorted coronavirus vaccine doses by the state. Thousands of people could have gotten their shot sooner had it not been for a typo.
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. - Seminole County’s Emergency Manager Alan Harris said the State of Florida has been providing the county with fewer COVID-19 vaccines than it should have.
"It was determined that they had calculated us wrong so they were giving us less doses than the rest of the counties allocation per capita," Harris explained.
In the last two weeks, the county only received 1,950 vaccine doses. This week, it will receive 3,900.
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"They corrected it this week and that’s why we’re getting double the doses," Harris said.
The Emergency Manager said the state admitted to the miscalculation and told him they weren't counting all individuals that were 65 and older by population in determining the allotment due to numbers being "transposed."
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Seminole County shorted vaccines
Seminole County said it was shorted coronavirus vaccines from the state for weeks. It fought the state to prove their numbers were off, and they won. Seminole County had been receiving 1,900 doses a week, but the state will try to make up for that by sending nearly 4,000 this week.
Seminole County is now asking for a retroactive fix.
"We did ask them to retroactively fix that issue. They have fixed the issue. They have not retroactively fixed the issue," said Harris, "Hopefully that will take place. We’re not going to stop that fight either."
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