As_CJS Florida_NP0 's_POS summer_NN1 coronavirus_NN1 surge_NN1 takes_VVZ the_AT0 state_NN1 into_PRP the_AT0 fall_NN1 with_PRP one_CRD of_PRF the_AT0 nation_NN1 's_POS highest_AJS rates_NN2 of_PRF infections_NN2 and_CJC hospitalizations_NN2 ,_PUN a_AT0 physician_NN1 in_PRP South_NP0 Miami_NP0 has_VHZ told_VVN patients_NN2 that_CJT she_PNP can_VM0 no_AV0 longer_AV0 see_VVB them_PNP in_PRP person_NN1 for_PRP their_DPS regular_AJ0 care_NN1 if_CJS they_PNP are_VBB unvaccinated_AJ0 ._SENT Linda_NP0 Marraccini_NP0 ,_PUN a_AT0 primary_AJ0 care_NN1 doctor_NN1 specializing_VVG in_PRP family_NN1 medicine_NN1 ,_PUN sent_VVD a_AT0 letter_NN1 to_PRP her_DPS patients_NN2 this_DT0 month_NN1 informing_VVG them_PNP that_CJT they_PNP could_VM0 not_XX0 be_VBI treated_VVN in_PRP person_NN1 if_CJS they_PNP were_VBD not_XX0 vaccinated_VVN by_PRP Sept._NP0 15_CRD ,_PUN according_VVG to_PRP WTVJ_NP0 ._SENT She_PNP said_VVD she_PNP could_VM0 still_AV0 treat_VVI unvaccinated_AJ0 patients_NN2 via_PRP telemedicine_NN1 if_CJS they_PNP refused_VVD to_TO0 get_VVI inoculated_VVN at_PRP a_AT0 time_NN1 when_AVQ the_AT0 highly_AV0 transmissible_AJ0 delta_NN1 variant_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 novel_AJ0 coronavirus_NN1 has_VHZ ravaged_VVN the_AT0 state_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ We_PNP will_VM0 no_AV0 longer_AV0 subject_VVB our_DPS patients_NN2 and_CJC staff_NN0 to_PRP unnecessary_AJ0 risk_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ Marraccini_NP0 wrote_VVD to_PRP patients_NN2 ,_PUN noting_VVG that_CJT the_AT0 Pfizer-BioNTech_NP0 vaccine_NN1 is_VBZ now_AV0 fully_AV0 approved_VVN by_PRP the_AT0 Food_NN1 and_CJC Drug_NN1 Administration_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ This_DT0 is_VBZ a_AT0 public_AJ0 health_NN1 emergency_NN1 –_PUN the_AT0 health_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 public_NN1 takes_VVZ priority_NN1 over_PRP the_AT0 rights_NN2 of_PRF any_DT0 given_AJ0 individual_NN1 in_PRP this_DT0 situation_NN1 ._SENT It_PNP appears_VVZ that_CJT there_EX0 is_VBZ a_AT0 lack_NN1 of_PRF selflessness_NN1 and_CJC concern_NN1 for_PRP the_AT0 burden_NN1 on_PRP the_AT0 health_NN1 and_CJC well-being_NN1 of_PRF our_DPS society_NN1 from_PRP our_DPS encounters_NN2 ._SENT "_PUQ Marraccini_NP0 ,_PUN who_PNQ did_VDD not_XX0 immediately_AV0 respond_VVI to_PRP a_AT0 request_NN1 for_PRP comment_NN1 Tuesday_NP0 ,_PUN told_VVD WTVJ_NP0 that_CJT the_AT0 decision_NN1 was_VBD based_VVN on_PRP science_NN1 and_CJC not_XX0 politics_NN1 ._SENT She_PNP said_VVD she_PNP does_VDZ not_XX0 want_VVI to_TO0 potentially_AV0 expose_VVI immunocompromised_AJ0 patients_NN2 to_PRP the_AT0 virus_NN1 or_CJC further_AV0 stress_VVB the_AT0 state_NN1 's_POS hospital_NN1 system_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ I_PNP understand_VVB that_CJT people_NN0 are_VBB free_AJ0 to_TO0 choose_VVI ,_PUN but_CJC to_PRP me_PNP ,_PUN it_PNP 's_VBZ a_AT0 problem_NN1 when_CJS it_PNP affects_VVZ other_AJ0 people_NN0 ,_PUN "_PUQ said_VVD Marraccini_NP0 ,_PUN who_PNQ has_VHZ been_VBN practicing_VVG since_PRP 1982._CRD Florida_NP0 is_VBZ still_AV0 struggling_VVG with_PRP infections_NN2 that_CJT have_VHB overwhelmed_VVN hospitals_NN2 across_PRP the_AT0 state_NN1 ,_PUN reporting_VVG more_AV0 than_CJS 46_CRD ,_PUN 000_CRD new_AJ0 cases_NN2 of_PRF infection_NN1 over_PRP the_AT0 holiday_NN1 weekend_NN1 ,_PUN according_VVG to_PRP data_NN0 compiled_VVN by_PRP The_AT0 Washington_NP0 Post_NN1 ._SENT While_CJS the_AT0 state_NN1 appears_VVZ to_TO0 be_VBI turning_VVG the_AT0 corner_NN1 ,_PUN with_PRP a_AT0 seven-day_AJ0 average_NN1 for_PRP new_AJ0 infections_NN2 that_CJT has_VHZ dropped_VVN by_PRP 18_CRD percent_NN0 ,_PUN Florida_NP0 is_VBZ still_AV0 reporting_VVG a_AT0 daily_AJ0 average_NN1 of_PRF 17_CRD ,_PUN 570_CRD coronavirus_NN1 infections_NN2 ._SENT The_AT0 state_NN1 announced_VVD Monday_NP0 that_CJT more_AV0 than_CJS 1_CRD ,_PUN 000_CRD covid_AJ0 deaths_NN2 were_VBD reported_VVN over_PRP the_AT0 weekend_NN1 ._SENT Nearly_AV0 13_CRD ,_PUN 800_CRD people_NN0 are_VBB hospitalized_VVN for_PRP covid_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 state_NN1 ,_PUN with_PRP 3_CRD ,_PUN 183_CRD occupying_AJ0 beds_NN2 in_PRP intensive_AJ0 care_NN1 units_NN2 –_PUN second_ORD in_PRP the_AT0 nation_NN1 behind_PRP Texas_NP0 ._SENT Nearly_AV0 54_CRD percent_NN0 of_PRF the_AT0 state_NN1 is_VBZ fully_AV0 vaccinated_VVN ,_PUN which_DTQ is_VBZ now_AV0 slightly_AV0 higher_AJC than_CJS the_AT0 nation_NN1 's_POS vaccination_NN1 rate_NN1 ._SENT 
