MIAMI — At Mount Sinai Medical Center, the phones have been ringing almost without stopping since the Miami Beach hospital announced Wednesday that it would follow a new directive from the Florida governor: Vaccinate senior citizens against COVID-19. Mount Sinai has been scheduling about 800 appointments a day — except for Christmas Day — starting with people over the age of 75. The appointments run through the next several weeks, with the hospital inoculating about 260 people per day on its campus overlooking Biscayne Bay. The growing demand comes after Gov. Ron DeSantis announced last week d...

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