Teachers prepare for the COVID vaccine

ADDED INTO THE FIRST PHASE OFVACCINE DISTRIBUTION& ALLMARYLANDERS OVER AGE 75, HIGHRISK INMATES AND TEACHERS ANDCHILDCARE WORKERS.

WMAR 2 NEWSABBY ISAACS SPOKE TO ABALTIMORE CITY TEACHER ABOUTTHE CHANGE.LOOKLIVE- SHEMOVED UP TO GET THE VACCINESOONER, BUT SAYS IT DOESNHER MUCH GOOD SINCE HER FAMILYIS ALL HIGH RISK.

1:06-09PATRICE PILGRIM // HIGH SCHOOLENGLISH - I want to be thereforming those bonds andconnections.

IN A 5 MINUTECONVERSATION WITH PATRICEPILGRIM, YOU CAN TELL HOW MUCHSHE LOVES HER JOB& TEACHINGHIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH INBALTIMORE CITY 7:16-25 I wantto be sitting on a desk afterschool sharing slim jims witha student explaining an essayassignment.

I want that.

AS AHANDS ON TEACHER, VIRTUALLEARNING HAS BEEN VERY HARD,BUT ITBECAUSE HER TWO CHILDREN ANDHER SISTER HAVE PRE-EXISTINGCONDITIONS THAT MAKE THEM HIGHRISK FOR SEVERE COMPLICATIONSIF THEY CONTRACT COVID-19.7:30-41 I am not willing torisk my life, the lives of myfamily members just to do ajob.

Yes itfeel itstill a job.

A JOB THAT IS NOWINCLUDED IN PHASE 1-B OFGOVERNOR LARRY HOGANVACCINATION PLAN.

HOGANANNOUNCING THE CHANGE, LESSTHAN A MONTH AFTER THE STATESUPERINTENDENT REQUESTEDPRIORITIZATION FOR TEACHERS,SCHOOL STAFF AND CHILD CAREWORKERS 20:44-21:03 HOGAN- TheMaryland state department ofeducation has already begun,but they are going to continueto immediately begincoordination with all of ourcounty school systems toprepare the implementation oftheir plans to vaccine thiscritical personnel.

BASED ONTHE CURRENT RATE OFALLOCATION, HOGAN ANTICPATESMOVING INTO PHASE 1-B BY THEEND OF THIS MONTH.

2:26-38 Iwant to get it but if megetting it translates into apush by the district to saywell you got the vaccine andyou can go back to school thenno.

SHE SAYS SHE WONCOMFORTABLE BACK IN THECLASSROOM UNTIL HER FAMILY CANGET VACCINATED TOO.

AND SHESAYS LOTS OF HER COLLEAGUESFEEL THIS WAY.

2:50-53 If Ithe only one thatdoesnHAVE REACHED OUT OT MSDE ANDBALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLSABOUT THEIR PLANS, AS WELL ASWHAT IT MEANS IF A TEACHERGETS VACCINATED BUT DOESNWANT TO BE IN PERSON UNTILTHEIR FAMILY IS VACCINATED,AND HAVENWMAR 2 NEWS IMEANWHILE THE STATE'SVACCINATION WORK CONTI