WIDE state-by-state disparities in COVID-19 vaccination priorities across the USA have led to a surge in so-called "vaccine tourism" as people cross state lines to gain accelerated access to the jab, according to The Guardian.
America has more than 50 unique vaccination plans, with some states giving priority to smokers, while others have dubbed journalists as essential workers who should get inoculated first.
Florida is apparently one of the most popular destinations because it has a policy of vaccinating anyone over 65, with estimates that more than 50,000 doses have gone to people who have deliberately travelled there for the vaccine.
The state has recently implemented new ID rules to ensure more doses go to local residents, with demographers noting significant racial and socioeconomic issues across the country which have seen vaccine recipients so far being overwhelmingly white & wealthy.
However Florida's approach is quite comprehensible when compared to the policy in Wisconsin, where mink fur farmers are being given priority as next in line for the jab.
According to Stephanie Schauer, Wisconsin's immunisation program manager, if the virus runs rampant through mink farms it could spread to other animals or humans.
Apparently receptors in the lungs of mink are particularly susceptible to COVID-19.
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