Skip to main content We ve been pushed to the rear : CT grocery workers feel slighted by new COVID vaccine plan
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Sarah PeltierSarah Peltier / Contributed photo
It was nearly a year ago when Sarah Peltier began receiving calls from customers of the Simsbury Stop & Shop who were anxious about finding food.
At the time, Gov. Ned Lamont had just sent the state into lockdown as the COVID-19 pandemic hit Connecticut, and grocery stores became the primary source for people to stock up.
Over the past year, Peltier and other grocery employees have remained on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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CT vaccine priority to go by age and to educators, in reversal by Lamont
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Nurse Elin Loh assists Lt. Ken Benedict of the Bridgeport Fire Department as he administers a COVID-19 vaccination to a man at the weekly vaccination clinic held in the gymnasium of Central High School, in Bridgeport Feb. 10.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media
Gov. Ned Lamont announced Monday the state will expand COVID-19 vaccination eligibility next month through defined age groups
and to teachers, shifting priority away from essential workers and those with underlying medical conditions.
While state officials touted the new plan as a more efficient way to ramp up vaccinations, the approach deviates from guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And groups including the American Civil Liberties Union, the CT Food Association and several labor unions criticized the governor for leaving behind frontline essential workers and those with medical conditions that