For many Texans, the road to a COVID-19 vaccine may pass through H-E-B, reports KSAT-TV San Antonio. But the move may be fraught with political danger from the popular Texas institution's conservative customers who oppose a vaccine.
The San Antonio-based grocery chain is one of many that are participating in a federal allocation program for COVID-19 vaccines established in a partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
H-E-B officials have not said when they are expecting to receive shipments of the vaccine, but Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that the state will receive its first shipment of 1.4 million COVID-19 vaccines later this month.
365thingsaustin, an Instagram page, discovered just how explosive the issue of vaccine distribution at H-E-B was when they posted the news Saturday afternoon. The post had nearly 11,000 likes by midnight but over 360 comments, most negative, against the store and the impending vaccine.
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