Florida has a higher proportion of elderly residents at higher risk. When you adjust for demographics the death rate in Florida is about average for the USA.
Citation?
After the vaccine was available it was mostly unvaccinated dying. It's called freedom.
With any vaccine, there are people who
1. Can't access the vaccine, 2. Can't take it for medical reasons 3. Who are scared/skeptical of getting it due to misinformation (often spread by those in power). Florida could have pushed for higher vaccination rates, but mainstreamed misinformation and skepticism instead
That “just surviving” came at a huge cost of lives.