Florida Women busted dressing up as old people trying to get vaccinated illegally

The coronavirus vaccine is so coveted that two women in Florida went to extremes this week to get inoculated: They dressed as if they were elderly, health officials said.

The women, both younger than 45, wore bonnets, gloves and glasses to disguise themselves as older than 65, the age cut-off to be prioritised to get the coronavirus vaccine in Florida, according to Raul Pino, the director of the health department in Orange County, where Orlando is located.

The Florida women’s costumes may have succeeded before – both had the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention card indicating they had received their first doses. Pino said he did not know how they could have been previously vaccinated, but on Wednesday, workers at the site at the Orange County Convention Centre caught on.

Once the staff at the site noticed the discrepancy with their birthdays listed on their drivers’ licences, the women, 44 and 34, were referred to deputies, who issued trespass warnings against them, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said.

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