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Texans don't have to prove they're eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, and some are jumping the line.
Karen Brooks Harper, The Texas Tribune
March 9, 2021
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Some Texans are jumping the line to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.Images By Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images
When a new mom in Austin found out that COVID-19 vaccine appointments were open in Killeen, she sent her healthy, 28-year-old husband and her 65-year-old mother to get their injections.
Both were vaccinated, despite only one of them being eligible under the priority groups outlined by Texas state health officials.
“I mostly sent them to get vaccines to protect me and for our newborn baby’s sake since [my husband] tends to see more friends,” said the 37-year-old woman, who requested anonymity for fear of public retribution.