Vulnerable wait for COVID-19 vaccine access

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  • First responders including Marble Falls Fire Rescue (pictured here) received COVID-19 vaccines recently. Baylor Scott & White officials said Phase 1B of the COVID-19 vaccine will be administered to people age 65 and older and at-risk people over age 16. File photo
    First responders including Marble Falls Fire Rescue (pictured here) received COVID-19 vaccines recently. Baylor Scott & White officials said Phase 1B of the COVID-19 vaccine will be administered to people age 65 and older and at-risk people over age 16. File photo
Burnet County residents — especially those over 65 or who carry additional health risks — are still waiting to find out when they can start receiving doses of one of the two COVID-19 vaccines currently approved by the Food & Drug Administration. Last month, the State Department of Health Services confirmed the county had been allocated 1,300 doses of the Moderna vaccine, with 600 doses…

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