Any person in phases 1A, 1B, teachers, or anyone over 50 can now get a COVID vaccine if they want. It comes as the state recorded a record number of vaccines administered last week. Dr. Ben Newman is a Texas A&M-Texarkana virologist and says they’ve come a long way over the previous year, and recalls the high for him, has been seeing how effective the vaccines have been. He expects the vaccines will adequately fight off any variant strains.