Locals weigh in on COVID-19 vaccine safety, effectiveness Locals weigh in on COVID-19 vaccine safety, effectiveness and last updated 2020-12-23 00:14:44-05 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas â Facebook users had lots to say about a live video of Gov. Greg Abbott receiving his COVID-19 vaccine. "It's not the real vaccine the Governor took," Facebook user Danny Lopez said. "Yu (sic) can go ahead and get it," Facebook user Mark Anthony Lopez said. "This Texan won't!" It's that second comment, and others like it, that have some people concerned that a large percent of the population won't get vaccinated once the shots become widely available.