State officials exclude teachers from next vaccination phase, despite CDC suggestion
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HOUSTON – The Centers for Disease Control suggested teachers, first responders and other essential workers receive the COVID-19 vaccine next. However, Texas health officials seemed to disagree.
Officials announced Monday that the second phase of vaccinations, Phase 1B, will focus on people 65 and older and those with certain chronic medical conditions.
Zeph Capo, who serves as president of the Texas American Federation of Teachers, disagreed with the decision.
“If they’re requiring us to come in-person to keep the economy open and work under the same conditions we did pre-COVID, with poor ventilation, often overcrowded classrooms, and too small of a confined space, then minimally (teachers) should be able to access the vaccine as soon as possible,” said Capo.
Cy-Fair ISD, Fort Bend officials ask Texas to give teachers COVID vaccine priority
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Jennifer Harrison, senior director of clinical operations at the University of Texas Health Austin Dell Medical School, and Devin Kline, materials manager open the first shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to arrive at the hospital in Austin, Texas on Monday Dec.14, 2020. A growing chorus of education leaders and elected officials are calling on the state to give them priority to be vaccinated. (AP Photo/John L. Mone)John L. Mone, STF / Associated Press
Some Houston-area officials have joined a growing chorus of education leaders and elected representatives this week in calling on the state to put educators closer to the front of the line for COVID-19 vaccines.
Cy-Fair ISD, Fort Bend officials ask Texas to give teachers COVID vaccine priority
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Jennifer Harrison, senior director of clinical operations at the University of Texas Health Austin Dell Medical School, and Devin Kline, materials manager open the first shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to arrive at the hospital in Austin, Texas on Monday Dec.14, 2020. A growing chorus of education leaders and elected officials are calling on the state to give them priority to be vaccinated. (AP Photo/John L. Mone)John L. Mone, STF / Associated Press
Some Houston-area officials have joined a growing chorus of education leaders and elected representatives this week in calling on the state to put educators closer to the front of the line for COVID-19 vaccines.