Teamsters delivered the first vaccines. Now they're getting them

[cheryl]

Teamsters delivered the first vaccines. Now they're getting them - Spectrum News1

In mid-December, when the first vials of COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Kentucky, workers with Teamsters Local 89 played a pivotal role in delivering them from airplanes to arms.

“The people who took the vaccines off the planes and put them on UPS trucks were Teamsters,” said Avral Thompson, Secretary-Treasurer for the union that represents more than 16,000 workers in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. “The UPS truck drivers were Teamsters. We played a big role.”

On Friday, the vaccines came to them. In partnership with UofL Health, the Teamsters Local 89 hall in Louisville held a vaccine clinic for members, their families, and anyone else in the neighborhood who hasn’t yet been vaccinated against COVID-19.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Thank God we're essential workers...

Glad we got moved to the bottom of the list

 

[silenze]

Thank God we're essential workers...

Glad we got moved to the bottom of the list

Expendable workers

 

[Jkloc420]

Thank God we're essential workers...

Glad we got moved to the bottom of the list

Does your arm hurt

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Expendable workers

I do think it's a little sad that we was not given a little more priority but it is what it is.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Does your arm hurt

Not anymore

 

[Jkloc420]

Not anymore

Go

 

[rod]

I think this thread and the "Vaccinating Children" thread could be combined--- right kids?

 

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Not anymore

You didn't get the gene therapy did you? Tell me it isn't so...

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

You didn't get the gene therapy did you? Tell me it isn't so...

Yep. My kids talked me into it.

 

[zubenelgenubi]

I do think it's a little sad that we was not given a little more priority but it is what it is.

If you delivered to hospitals you could have gotten them when the hospital workers did.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

If you delivered to hospitals you could have gotten them when the hospital workers did.

Why do you deliver the vaccine to the hospital sometimes

 

[zubenelgenubi]

Why do you deliver the vaccine to the hospital sometimes

I just deliver what's loaded on the car. But all hospital vendors were on the same tier as hospital workers.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

I just deliver what's loaded on the car. But all hospital vendors were on the same tier as hospital workers.

Apparently we are not.
No biggie I didn't want to be the first one to get it anyways. But I Do you think our company should do something to help make sure people get vaccinated if they want to

 

[zubenelgenubi]

Apparently we are not.
No biggie I didn't want to be the first one to get it anyways. But I Do you think our company should do something to help make sure people get vaccinated if they want to

If you deliver to a hospital you would have been able to get it earlier. Anyone who covers a route with a hospital could have gotten one.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

If you deliver to a hospital you would have been able to get it earlier. Anyone who covers a route with a hospital could have gotten one.

You couldn't even get an appointment to get one. That's why I'm saying I was surprised that the company or the union didn't do something to help the employees get vaccinated

 

[Lineandinitial]

You couldn't even get an appointment to get one. That's why I'm saying I was surprised that the company or the union didn't do something to help the employees get vaccinated

Really?

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Really?

Yes I guess the company would prefer everyone to drop that second hard new employees at a much lower rate
What the hell was I thinking?

 

[rod]

You couldn't even get an appointment to get one. That's why I'm saying I was surprised that the company or the union didn't do something to help the employees get vaccinated

I know a gal who is 47 years old who got hers even before me (no she wasn't an essential worker-in fact she is a stay at home housewife). It was called being in the right place at the right time. Her husband went in to get his (he was eligible) and she tagged along for the hell of it. Clinic was closing for the day and the had a few shots left over so she grabbed one.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

I know a gal who is 47 years old who got hers even before me (no she wasn't an essential worker-in fact she is a stay at home housewife). It was called being in the right place at the right time. Her husband went in to get his (he was eligible) and she tagged along for the hell of it. Clinic was closing for the day and the had a few shots left over so she grabbed one.

Lots of people jumped lines or had friends..