(CNN) Florida's county-by-county plan to vaccinate its elderly population has created a mass scramble for a limited number of doses, leading to hourslong lines at vaccination sites and overwhelmed county hotlines and websites. The first-come, first-serve plan led to huge lines forming overnight Tuesday as people camped out on lawn chairs and waited for hours. The CDC committee then recommended that states vaccinate people older than 75 and "frontline essential workers" such as first responders in a "Phase 1b." However, DeSantis said the state is prioritizing everyone over age 65, with young essential workers later. The CDC committee's recommendations represented a compromise between two strains of thought: preventing Covid-19 spread and preventing Covid-19 deaths.

Source: CNN December 30, 2020 20:36 UTC