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Fiorida. “The invitation to affluent Floridians arrived in writing and by telephone. ‘He asked me if T wanted to have a vaccine, said Ryna Greenbaum, 89, recounting the phone message she got last week. ‘Tm one of the people who has given him some money. ‘The call, she said, had come from Keith Myers, chief executive of MorseLife Health System, a high-end nursing 2 home and assisted- aving : facility in West Palm Beach, th Bodarg report. “MorseLife has made scarce YAM g Y AM SQAwe coronavirus vaccines — provided through a federal program intended for residents and staff of long-term-care facilities — available not just to its residents but to board members and those who made generous donations to the facility ... "The arrangement, in appearing to rely on a program run by chain pharmacies for nursing home residents and staff, may have violated national immunization guidelines, as well as state protocols, even though state officials ... acknowledged that the rules have not been spelled out clearly enough by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). .. The MorseLife episode highlights how the country’s patchwork approach to immunization against the coronavirus — leaving decisions about eligibility to state and local authorities as well as to individual providers — is creating opportunities for facilities to provide access to well-connected people while thousands of others wait in line. In Florida, some elderly residents have camped out overnight in hopes of receiving a shot.” @ Native American tribes are prioritizing the vaccination of speakers of endangered languages. “When all of us first-language speakers are gone, it’s gonna be gone,” John Ross, a Cherokee translator who was among the first to get immunized, told the Tulsa We « “When the coronavirus began spreading through New York, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo ordered state-run hospitals to stop suing patients over unpaid medical bills. But one chatn of hospitals plowed ahead with thousands of lawsuits: Northwell Health, which is the state’s largest health system and is run by one of Mr. Cuormo’s closest alles. The © nonprofit Northwell sued more than 2,500 oe patients last year,” XS. @ The coronavirus- “fre ‘ee nation of Palau could soon vaccinate almost ail its people. A partnership with the U.S. government provided 2,800 doses of the Moderna ryt as N Rs raceine. The island has a population of 18,000. (Aca: 7 FBI(2 1cv558)-116