Even when grocery workers are prioritized, they still face long waits. Target and Walmart also said they would offer their workers vaccines at their own pharmacies as soon as they are eligible. But for many grocery workers, the realization that they won’t be eligible any time soon adds to the sense of being expendable. Over the past two months, there have been 137 COVID-19 outbreaks in Southern California grocery stores, and 500 Houston grocery workers have been infected, according to the UFCW. The union knows of 124 grocery workers who have died since the start of the pandemic.

Source: ABC News February 16, 2021 05:37 UTC