Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday rejected the notion of prioritizing prison inmates for COVID-19 vaccinations ahead of the state’s seniors, as virus-linked deaths in prisons continue to surge. The Republican governor has pledged to make seniors’ access to vaccinations a state priority. He said during a press briefing that Florida ranks first or second in the country in terms of the percentage of seniors receiving vaccinations. “So far Florida has given a higher percentage of its vaccinations to senior citizens than any other state in the country,” DeSantis told reporters at a briefing to announce further drive-through vaccination sites in the state. “The first state in the country to put seniors first … That has been our goal, that’s been our policy. We haven’t wavered from that. And of course now many states are following Florida to put seniors first.” Nearly 30 percent of the state’s 4.5 million seniors …