As U.S. companies push to get workers vaccinated, states disagree on who's essential

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Companies and industry groups lobbying to get their U.S. workers to the front of the line for COVID vaccination are running into a patchwork of state plans and confusion over who is essential, and who is not.

FILE PHOTO: Syringes are seen in front of a displayed U.S. flag in this illustration taken November 10, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

State vaccine distribution plans reviewed by Reuters showed broad discrepancies over who would be considered essential, with some states clearly outlining specific worker groups and others not providing any clarity. “We’re a union that has members in every state so we will be talking to every state to make our case as to where our place in line should be...Everybody is going to be jockeying for a place in line.”

The group representing consumer products makers including Procter & Gamble Co and Coca-Cola Co, has sent letters to nearly all 50 U.S. states and federal officials, urging their nearly 1.2 million workers to be prioritized for a vaccine.

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fxxk off

Really what if there was a flaw in the vaccine. Could issue my company.?

will those companies demanding that employees be vaccinated also be given immunity from liability and subsequent lawsuits if employees are injured or die from receiving the vaccine?

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