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As health care workers and nursing home residents await the first scarce syringes of the COVID-19 vaccine, few realize that when they will get a dose depends a lot on what state they live in.
Though they’re first in line for the vaccine, some people in those groups may end up getting vaccinated after people in other states who are deemed lower priority.
The vaccine is allocated according to the number of adults in each state, which doesn’t correlate to the number of high-risk people living or working there. As long as supplies are limited, some states won’t get doses proportionate to their needs.
Could Texas students eventually be required to get a COVID-19 vaccine?
For now, doctors are more concerned that vaccinations against other illnesses are lagging this year.
For now, the answer is no. Receiving the coronavirus shot is a voluntary process,
and neither of the authorized vaccines is approved for use in young children.
It could be months or longer before there’s a vaccine available for kids, and it’s unclear whether even that would lead to a push for a mandate in Texas.
“Until we have data that shows good efficacy and safety in children, then conversations about whether it will be suggested or mandated for school attendance is something that’s about 75 steps down the road,” said Dr. Jason Terk, a pediatrician in Keller and chair of the Texas Public Health Coalition.
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