Two Florida women dress up as grandparents to get vaccinated

Two Florida women dress up as grandparents to get vaccinated

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Two women from Florida had an unusual strategy for trying to get the coronavirus vaccine: they “dressed up as grandparents” with hats, gloves and glasses. And the stratagem apparently worked – for the first shot, at least.

According to a report by the New York Times, on Wednesday, the unidentified duo donned the costumes and tried to get the second dose of the vaccine at the vaccination facility installed at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, and presented cards from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showing that they had already received the first dose.

The women’s ridiculous clothes may have attracted more attention this week than during their first attempt in early winter. The clothes reportedly included glasses, hats and gloves – a little odd in the mild climate of Central Florida, which was in the 1960s on Wednesday.

“Maybe it was the caps that gave them away”, he joked Patricia Mazzei, a Times– Head of the Miami office.

Dr. Raul Pino, the Orange County health administrator, told reporters that the women were actually 34 and 44, not the required minimum age of 65 or more, and were refused when their birth dates did not match what they claimed

“I don’t know how they escaped the first time,” said Pino. He also mentioned a man who had tried to impersonate a father, who had the same name, but a birth date that qualified for the vaccine.

The police issued invasion notices to the fake grandmothers, and they were sent on their way without criminal charges, but also without receiving the second shot.

Twitter users made comparisons to the 1993 film, Mrs. Doubtfireand youthful exploits of trying to buy alcohol with false identities.

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