21 doses of COVID-19 vaccine wasted in the Rio Grande Valley, state data shows
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The state is keeping count of how many doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are being wasted, including numbers for the Rio Grande Valley.
Texas Department of State Health Services data shows that Texas has distributed more than 3 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and that Texas providers have wasted 1,751 doses.
In the Rio Grande Valley, the state count says just 21 doses of vaccine have been wasted, including:
9 at Rio Grande State Center in Harlingen; 2 were spoiled and 7 for other reasons
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Social media misinformation is helping fuel vaccine hesitancy in the Rio Grande Valley, health experts say
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Doctors across the Rio Grande Valley say misinformation on social media is getting in the way of everyone getting vaccinated. What I m seeing is patients reading something online that either sounds too good to be true, or just fantastical thinking, and it s interfering with them following the science based guidelines,” said Cameron County Health Authority Dr. James Castillo.
One of the concerns is that the unscientific posts are showing up right next to vetted, tested and peer- reviewed ones.
Holiday gatherings lead to jump in hospitalizations in Rio Grande Valley, doctor says
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As ICU beds in the Rio Grande Valley begin to fill up, a local doctor says it’s a result of people gathering during the holidays last year. Around Christmas gatherings and New Year s,” said Cameron County Health Authority Dr. James Castillo. “The incubation period, the time it takes for someone to get exposed until they start with symptoms, can be up to 14 days.
Then it’s another one or two weeks until some patients get sick enough that they need to go to the hospital. It’s been four weeks since Christmas and the latest numbers show that 417 out of 456 ICU beds in the Rio Grande Valley are being used.
Infusion therapy is another way people with COVID-19 can be treated.
An ideal candidate would be someone who tested positive for COVID-19 who isn t hospitalized, 65 and older, a child, and someone with diabetes or immunocompromised. It reduces the risk of getting hospitalized with this disease, Cameron County Health Authority Dr. James Castillo said
Compared to convalescent plasma, infusion therapy has specific copies of the spikes found on the outside of the coronavirus, which is use to attach itself to the cells in our body.
Dr. Castillo said those spikes grab on to them and make it so the virus can t keep getting into you.
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