Coronavirus

The good news is that there are now 3 approved COVID-19 vaccines in the USA with more than enough doses to allow all American adults to be vaccine eligible by May 1 st .  Two of the vaccines, Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, have already proven to be very effective in the field.  These are two-dose vaccines that can take 6 weeks to achieve full protection.  One way to track real-life efficacy is through Florida’s Seniors First program to vaccinate everyone over 65 first.  As of March 13 th , 2.93M seniors or 65% have been vaccinated with 1.75M (39%) completing the two-dose regime.  If the vaccine is effective, the number of daily cases, hospitalizations, and deaths should all come down.  The graph below tracks the relative susceptibility of Floridians by age to SARS-CoV-2 infections.   Seniors have always been more careful to mask-up and social distance since the first COVID-19 cases appeared in Florida and killed hundreds of seniors last spring.   Moreover, the oldest seniors (85+) hav