The chief executive of Uber had requested the same for rideshare drivers and food delivery workers.
Similar requests for early access to the vaccine came from representatives for teacher groups, home health care workers, rice farmers, federal judges, dialysis patients, journalists and 911 operators, among scores more, according to a state document obtained by the American-Statesman.
The behind-the-scenes competition illuminates the high-stakes demand for a vaccine that remains in relatively short supply, even as the virus cases and hospitalizations continue to surge in Texas. On the line, beyond health and lives, are livelihoods, as industries of all sorts struggle to remain afloat as the pandemic drags on.
AUSTIN Lobbying to get to the front of the line for a COVID-19 vaccine in Texas is underway.
Leaders representing major industries airlines, energy, food processing, even Uber and DoorDash are asking Texas to give their workers early access to the limited supply of shots. Also calling for priority are teachers unions and groups representing people with diabetes, cystic fibrosis and other serious medical conditions.
Some sectors such as convenience stores, dialysis centers and freestanding emergency rooms have had employees transmit pleas for special consideration that were worded identically.
But as an accounting of the requests obtained by
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AUSTIN, Texas Texas education advocates are still waiting for an official response from Gov. Greg Abbott on teachers’ place in line for the COVID-19 vaccine.
Last week Kent Scriber, the Fort Worth ISD superintendent and chair of the Texas Urban Council of Superintendents, and the Texas Classroom Teachers Association sent letters to Abbott, urging him to recognize teachers as front-line workers to get priority access to the vaccine.
“Educators I consider to be frontline workers because they are interacting on a daily basis with a large volume of students, they come into contact with other people that could have COVID-19. Al
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