Williamson County, Texas, authorities received 900 doses of the Modern vaccine for early respondents on Wednesday, but decided to close it at Christmas without administering it, the Texas Tribune reported.
Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell struck up the county’s public health officials on Friday, saying they should have administered hundreds of the vaccines immediately, instead of closing on Friday, the agency said.
The vaccine batch was intended for firefighters, mortuary or mortuary service providers and school nurses.
County officials planned to start administering the vaccines on Saturday morning. They tried to say that the vaccines arrived ahead of schedule and feared that there could be confusion if they were administered immediately.
“My answer is simple: bullshit,” Gravell told KXAN on Friday. “The Cedar Park Regional Medical Center is ready to launch the vaccine in an hour. St. David’s was prepared to launch it in an hour. “
“We are sitting on something that could have been a Christmas miracle.”
Williamson County recorded its 200th coronavirus-related death on December 24.