Vaccinations could have prevented 56% of Florida's COVID-19 deaths between January 2021 and April 2022. That's based on a new analysis by Brown University's School of Public Health.

Driving the news: Researchers created a model illustrating what could have happened if 100% of adult Americans got fully vaccinated and boosted after the shots became available.

• The study used data from the CDC and the New York Times while considering variables such as supply and vaccine effectiveness over time.

The big picture: Nationwide, COVID vaccines could have prevented roughly 319,000 deaths, nearly half of those occurring during the study's time frame, Axios' Tina Reed reports.

• The news comes as the country's overall recorded death toll hit 1 million people on Monday, per the AP. That includes more than 74,000 in Florida.

Zoom in: Florida ranks No. 13 in the country, with 1.69 vaccine-preventable deaths per 1 million people.

• 77% of Florida adults are fully vaccinated but just 42% have received a booster shot.

What they're saying: "The vaccine rollout has been both a remarkable success and a remarkable failure," Stefanie Friedhoff, one of the analysis' authors, told NPR.

• While the U.S. was able to get a large vaccine supply rolled out quickly, the shots are useless if they're not going into arms, she said.

The bottom line: As COVID immunity wanes over time and the virus continues to mutate, vaccines and boosters remain our best tools for fighting off new waves of infections.

🎧 Bonus: Listen to The Daily's somber remembrance as the U.S. passed the grim milestone of a million COVID deaths.

🌆 Plans for a Tampa skyscraper that would be the tallest on Florida's west coast were filed Monday by developer Kolter Urban of Delray Beach. (Tampa Bay Times)

✏️ Kevin Hendrick, former principal of Northeast High and a top administrator during the pandemic, is the new superintendent of the Pinellas County Schools. (Tampa Bay Business Journal)

🦐 I.C. Sharks soft-opened its outdoor bar and restaurant this week behind the seafood market in St. Petersburg. (Creative Loafing)

🐊 An alligator was spotted trying to play "Frogger" in one of Bradenton's busiest intersections, dodging traffic Monday between U.S. 301 and State Road 70. (Bradenton Herald)

🦀 Crab Devil, a multipurpose multimedia space that promises to be "Cooler than a museum! Smarter than a theme park! Weirder than a carnival!" is opening in Ybor Heights later this year. (WFTS)

Tom Brady — who has been marinating in jokes about his workout routine, diet program, age and robotic personality — is ready to be roasted.

What's happening: Brady will be the first subject in a series of new Netflix comedy specials called “Greatest Roasts of All Time” or “GROAT," Variety reports.

• Brady will serve as an executive producer on the roast, which will be filmed next year following his upcoming NFL season.

The big picture: It's another addition to Brady's already thriving future TV resumé.

• Fox recently agreed to pay him $375 million over 10 years to be its lead NFL broadcast analyst when he decides to retire.
• Before he un-retired to rejoin the Bucs for this season, Brady announced he'll be producing and starring in "80 for Brady," a football-themed road trip movie also featuring Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno and Sally Field.

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👋 Hey, Ben here. I caught an early Breeze flight to Northwest Arkansas recently and was shocked to step off the shuttle at airside C and see what must've been 500 people in line at the TSA checkpoint.

• I guess we're all traveling again. I've never been happier to have TSA Pre.

Turns out Tampa International Airport is about in the middle of the pack when it comes to wait times at major U.S. airports, according to Bounce, a luggage storage company. They analyzed data from TSA and U.S. Customs & Border Protection.

• TPA ranked 20th out of the 39 airports studied with a combined wait time of 32:42, which is both passport control and TSA security check.
• The average TSA checkpoint wait at TPA is 19:18, according to Bounce.

The worst airport for waits: MIA at 46:57 minutes, followed by FLL at 46:41.

• The best: Raleigh-Durham International, at 16 minutes.

Throwback: Check out this postcard from TPA, circa 1952.

Want a not-so-lowkey courthouse wedding?

What's happening: 50 LGBTQ+ couples can get married together in Tampa in two weeks to kick off Pride month in June.

Details: Hillsborough County Clerk of Court and Comptroller Cindy Stuart is hosting a “Love Is Love” community wedding at 9:30am on June 2 at the Joe Chillura Courthouse Square.

• Participating couples will receive a special commemorative marriage certificate before getting the official certificate in the mail a week later. Each couple is limited to four guests.
• Registration is open through May 27.

Time for some situational a-were-ness. (Get it?)

What's happening: Red wolves are critically endangered, and ZooTampa just announced the birth of four — three females and one male, born to three-year-old mom Nymeria on April 28.

• The pups had a two-week checkup on Friday and were found to be doing well, opening their eyes and wolfing down food.

Why it matters: Red wolves are among the world's most endangered canids (the mammal dog family containing wolves, jackals, foxes, coyotes and domestic dogs).

• Wild ones could once be found throughout the southeastern United States, but the fewer than 20 remaining are confined to North Carolina, per the Zoo.
• ZooTampa is part of the the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' Red Wolf Species Survival Plan and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Red Wolf Recovery Program to bolster their wild population.

What's next: The red wolf pups should begin to emerge from their den later this summer.