Young Florida Women Dressed As Grannies To Get Coronavirus Vaccines – And It May Have Worked

Orange County, Florida – With hats on their heads and spectacleed faces, two young women pretended to be old people so they could get the coronavirus vaccine, and it seems their alarm clock did work at least once.

Dr Raul Pino of the Florida Department of Health in Orange County said the couple were arrested when they tried to get vaccinated at the Orange County Convention Center on Wednesday.

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“We have not lacked weapons willing to be vaccinated. We also have people pretending to be old to get vaccinated. So yesterday we realized that two young women had come disguised as grannies to be vaccinated for the second time, so I don’t know how they escaped the first time, but they came (get) vaccinated. The hats, the gloves, the glasses – all and they were probably in their twenties, ”Pino said.

He does not know how or even if the two young women got their first doses, but when they showed up on Wednesday to complete the series, they presented a valid vaccination record.

“There were issues with their IDs and driver’s license, but I don’t know all the details about them,” Pino said.

He added that the vaccinators noticed that they “looked funny” and stopped them just before they could get the vaccine.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office was called after being surprised to process a report on the situation and issue trespass warnings for the two women. MPs said their real names were on vaccination cards but their date of birth did not match. One woman was 34 and the other 44.

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There will also be an investigation to determine if they actually received the first hit.

“So part of the findings we need to make is whether they were really vaccinated by us, when (they were) vaccinated, what happened, on what date, at what time to try to determine s ‘there are holes, loopholes, in the process. that allow people to do that, ”Pino said.

If the women had entered their correct date of birth when signing up for an appointment, they would have been blocked by the system because they are not old enough, but Pino said they could have used false information or get help from someone who works on the site.

“People are really, really scared of getting the vaccine, I want it now. And some people get really emotional. So I can also see someone said, ‘OK we don’t have a lot of people, yeah, come on.’ So anything could have happened, ”Pino said.

While he knows there is a lot of anxiety as residents wonder when they can get vaccinated, he urged patience with the process as those most vulnerable to COVID-19 receive their vaccines in first.

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“It’s a little hilarious in a way, but it’s also disappointing because they take the place that someone else could have, in a much greater need, have had that place,” he said. -he declares.

Pino noted that security has recently been tightened at the site, where around 2,500 injections per day are given to people 65 and older as well as healthcare workers.

“We saw an increase in weird things going on and people walking around suspicious, people watching the site. That is why we asked for additional security and we installed cameras and other security devices in the vaccine room, ”said Pino.

Nurses were also approached as they left their shifts at 10pm by strangers asking if they had any extra injections to spare.

And Wednesday’s incident is not the first time an ineligible resident has attempted to push their way through to get one of the coveted snaps.

“So there were quite a few. They are all different and creative. There was another individual who had the same name as his father, who came with a card but a different birthday. But, you know, we have access to a lot of information. So we can quickly check who is who, where they were born, you know, whatever you can imagine that we have access to, ”Pino said.

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However, he knows that the two young women are not the only ones to fall through the cracks.

“I think it’s higher than we suspect, to be honest with you. As we’re engaged in this process and trying to move people around quickly, some people might sneak in, so it’s probably higher than we think, ”Pino said.

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