Skip to main content Currently Reading 'I have this fear that if I get COVID, I'm going to die' - San Antonio health care workers plead for vaccine FacebookTwitterEmail Supervisors gather to view info as UT Health San Antonio administers the first doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to frontline health care workers back in December.Tom Reel, San Antonio Express-News / Staff photographer San Antonio nurse practitioner Andrea Neve tried everything she could think of to get her hands on the coronavirus vaccine. Day after day, week after week, she logged onto websites, made repeated phone calls and even tried getting in through the Veterans Administration since she’s a veteran, but it was a no-go. She couldn’t get an appointment despite her risk of direct contact with coronavirus patients.