Kalamazoo teachers fear vaccine won’t come in time for spring return to classrooms
Updated Jan 28, 2021;
Posted Jan 28, 2021
The second dosage of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is administered to Lisa Audette, a patient care assistant at Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. Lisa Audette was the first Bronson Hospital employee to receive the vaccine. (Rodney Coleman-Robinson) Rodney Coleman-Robinson | MLive.com
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KALAMAZOO, MI Facing a vaccine shortage and long waiting list, Kalamazoo teachers are fearful they won’t be vaccinated in time for a possible return to the classroom in the spring.
Kalamazoo Education Association President Amanda Miller said teachers, who are still teaching in virtual mode, have not yet heard when it will be their turn, and are nervous about the possibility of returning to school without the protection of the vaccine.
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