The state of Ohio has decided not to include veterinary staff in any of their initial vaccine efforts. Despite having worked for the entire pandemic and repeatedly having been asked to sign up to help if the hospital system collapsed further, the state is now considering non-clinical hospital workers and anyone over the age of 65 more important than veterinary staff. We are health care workers, essential to maintaining public health, and we have risked our lives every day of this pandemic. We should be included in tier 1b of the vaccine effort in Ohio.