Rio Grande Hospital Workers Turned Down the Vaccine. A Senator and a Sheriff’s Deputy Lined Up Instead.
So many workers at a hospital in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley declined the new COVID-19 vaccine that the facility offered doses to other medical workers in the region. It turns out, the vaccine ended up going to non-medical personnel as well.
Dec. 21, 2020, 2:15 p.m. CST
State Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. receiving a vaccination at the Doctors Hospital at Renaissance’s conference center in Edinburg, Texas, on Saturday. (Jason Garza/Texas Tribune)
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So many workers at a hospital in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley declined the new COVID-19 vaccine that the facility offered doses to other medical workers in the region. Many showed up, but so did a state lawmaker, a police officer and a sheriff’s deputy who weren’t on the state’s priority list for vaccination.
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