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* Coronavirus mortality numbers: World-2.4 million deaths; U.S.-500,000; Florida-30,000.
* France is committing 5 percent of its coronavirus vaccine supplies to donate to poorer countries through the WHO.
* Pfizer says it has been shipping 5 million vaccine doses a week in the U.S. on average and expects to more than double that by the end of March.
* The CDC still urges essential travel only.
* Only recently did Facebook decide to remove vaccine misinformation.
* 200,000: The estimated number of Hillsborough County residents who are 65 and older.
* Providers in Tampa and St. Petersburg are among the top five in the country at giving veterans an initial vaccine dose.
* No River O’Green again this year for St. Patrick’s Day.
* Florida will have four FEMA-facilitated mass COVID-19 vaccination sites beginning Mar. 3 with the capacity to administer 2,000 shots per day. Tampa’s site will be at the Tampa Greyhound Track.
* Florida has the country’s highest number of cases of the UK variant.
* “Friends coming over for dinner, we should still try to follow the guidelines. You never know who is compromised, where the vaccine may not work as well.”–University of Pennslyvania immunologist Dr. E. John Wherry.