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Ron DeSantis: “If there is a safe and effective vaccine, I think that the…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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9/2/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Press Conference in Daytona Beach

Published | Video Starts at 21:20

Maybe it will be. But that's typically something that, you know, you got to plan for all these contingencies. The second thing I've said is, you know, If there is a safe and effective vaccine, I think that the most vulnerable population should have priority. It should be the people who are 65 and older. It should be people that have serious comorbidities, and they should have the priority. And so I don't know how many that would end up being produced. I know they basically paid all these companies already so that they could just go ahead and roll with it as the trials are going. (21:20–21:37)

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Asserts that the most vulnerable populations, including those 65 and older and with serious comorbidities, should have priority for a vaccine.

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