In Florida, health officials say that two women disguised themselves as “grannies” in an attempt to get a second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
During a press briefing yesterday, Dr. Raul Pino, the Florida Department of Health director in Orange County, said, “yesterday, we realized a couple of young ladies came dressed up as grannies to get vaccinated for the second time.” He said, ” I don’t know how they escaped the first time.”
The women, who were presumably in their 20s, turned up wearing bonnets, gloves, and glasses at the Orange County Convention Center — “the whole thing,” Pino said.
They had valid vaccination cards from their first shot, but there were problems with their driver’s licenses on their second try, said Pino.
To “deter any possible ill-intentions that someone may have,” Pino said, the county has increased protection at the vaccination site.
“This is the hottest commodity that is out there right now,” said the director. “So we have to be very careful with the funds and the resources that we are provided.”
There were no charges brought, and the names of the two women were not released.
Pino said that there had been a few incidents of people misrepresenting themselves to obtain a dose, adding that it is definitely “higher than we suspect.”
