Florida threatened to levy $27.5 million in fines against the Special Olympics after the organization required vaccines for athletes.
that Florida is using disabled
athletes as a bargaining chip to be able to host a potential super-spreader event featuring a vulnerable population.Special Olympics athletes, like many dealing with medical disabilities, are a vulnerable group when it comes to covid. In October 2020, a study published infound that patients with Down syndrome who contract covid are four times more likely to be hospitalized than the general population, and they are 10 times more likely to die.
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