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MIAMI HERALD: Vaccines double as re-election ticket
Florida governor Ron DeSantis has given preferential treatment to donor-rich, wealthy enclaves
10 March 2021 - 14:14
Florida governor Ron DeSantis seems to have realised that Covid-19 vaccines are a gold mine before his 2022 yet-to-be-announced re-election campaign. What was once a hunch that the governor has given preferential treatment to donor-rich, wealthy enclaves in the Florida Keys and near Bradenton has become more of a certainty.
On Tuesday, text messages obtained by the Bradenton Herald show the organisers of a vaccine “pop-up” clinic in Manatee County were strategic about using the event to help DeSantis’s re-election, with one county commissioner texting; “After all, ’22 is right around the corner”...
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