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South Florida Doctors Walk Out Over Unvaccinated COVID Patients

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By Tré Goins-Phillips
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August 23, 2021

Dozens of medical doctors in Palm Beach County walked out of their hospitals Monday morning over the number of unvaccinated people who have contracted COVID-19 and landed in emergency rooms.

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The medical workers — spanning different specialities — staged the walkout in an attempt to persuade more people to get inoculated.

75 doctors in South Florida walkout in protest as their hospital is flooded with unvaccinated people who got COVID. #MorningJoe pic.twitter.com/gAPOmKGU81

— PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) August 23, 2021

According to The Palm Beach Post, 791,226 of people living in Palm Beach County — roughly 55% — are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

About 62% of the entire population of Florida has received at least one dose of a vaccination. Fifty-one percent of residents are fully vaccinated.

“We are exhausted,” said Dr. Rupesh Dharia, an internal medicine specialist in Palm Beach Gardens, according to Newsweek. “Our patience and resources are running low, and we need your help.”

During a weekend rally in Cullman, Alabama, former President Donald Trump, whose administration oversaw the speedy development of COVID-19 vaccines, encouraged people to get inoculated.

“I believe totally in your freedoms,” he said, “but I recommend taking the vaccine.

Former Pres. Trump:

“I recommend you take the vaccine. I did it.”pic.twitter.com/y83K0uK0Pq

— Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) August 22, 2021

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has been touting the vaccines for months, saying the inoculations against COVID-19 are “saving lives.”

“If you look at the people that are being admitted to hospitals, over 95% of them are either not fully vaccinated or not vaccinated at all,” he said. “These vaccines are saving lives. They are reducing mortality.”

"These vacines are saving lives"

In his most direct effort to encourage people to get vaccinated, Governor Ron DeSantis said 95% of the new COVID cases are those who are not vaccinated. pic.twitter.com/3RzHYEH1mI

— Greg Angel (@NewsGuyGreg) July 21, 2021

On Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration fully approved the Pfizer and Bio-N-Tech vaccine against COVID-19.

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