Should teachers have to wait to get the COVID-19 vaccine? Pittsburgh's Mayor wrote the Governor asking for teachers to get the vaccine 'immediately,' but it's unclear how immediate that will be Author: Jamie Bittner (FOX43) Updated: 5:46 PM EST February 10, 2021 PENNSYLVANIA, USA — New calls are coming from leaders in Pennsylvania to vaccinate teachers 'immediately' as educators remain in Phase 1b of the rollout plan and the state has not yet finished Phase 1a. Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto tweeted this week that he wrote Governor Tom Wolf ask him to put teachers next in line for vaccine shots, offering to provide locations and staffing to implement the plan immediately at no cost to the state.