When the Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS) announced teachers would be eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations on March 3, Kristin Lucas wanted to be among the first to join the ranks of inoculated educators in Fort Bend County. She received her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine four days later on March 7.
This past Sunday and Monday, many more school workers in the region also were vaccinated as Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital held a drive-through clinic dedicated to teachers and other school employees at Smart Financial Centre.Â
Lucas has been teaching math at Dulles High School since 1997.Â
âOnce they had doses ready, it was a very smooth process,â Lucas said. âYou drove up to a numbered tent and a nurse came over to your car. I was particularly impressed with mine as I never felt the needle.âÂ