Mar 9, 2021, 3:16 PM
(From The New York Times) As of today, all K-12 educators nationwide are officially eligible to be vaccinated against Covid-19, and at least 38 states were already vaccinating school workers to some extent by the end of last week. President Biden had urged states last week to make vaccinating teachers a priority, with a goal of “every educator, school staff member, child-care worker to receive at least one shot by the end of the month of March.” Still, the different federal and state approaches have led to some confusion, as some drugstore chains that are part of that program began vaccinating teachers right after the president’s announcement, without waiting for the March 8 start date.
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