CORPUS CHRISTI Gilbert Muñoz doesn’t leave his gray, one-story home much. The last year brought not only the pandemic but also a string of health emergencies for him and his wife, Janie. Not even their son comes inside now for fear he might bring the virus with him.
But on Monday, when two paramedics knocked, Janie yelled for them to come in.
Then Gilbert, Janie and a home health aide took turns sitting on a chair in the living room as a paramedic injected them with COVID-19 vaccine.
Muñoz, whose gray beard bulged out from behind his mask, took his vaccination card in both hands.
More than 20% of Tarrant s COVID vaccines are going to people outside of the county
Fort Worth Star-Telegram 1/26/2021 Brian Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Jan. 26 The demand for the coronavirus vaccine has been so high someone from Mexico tried to get one in Tarrant County.
A person from Mexico called the Tarrant County Public Health Department asking if he could fly over to receive the vaccine, said Vinny Taneja, the county s public health director on Tuesday. The person was told not to book a flight and instead to find a vaccination site in his country. There s interest in Tarrant County from all over the place, Taneja said.
Tarrant County has entered a partnership with the University of North Texas Health Science Center to help with a plan to vaccinate more people in the county.
Tarrant County teams up with UNT Health Science Center to distribute more vaccine
Tarrant County teams up with UNT Health Science Center to distribute more vaccine
In Tarrant County, a deal was struck with UNT s Health Science Center to create a comprehensive vaccination plan.
FORT WORTH, Texas - In Tarrant County, a deal was struck with UNT s Health Science Center to create a comprehensive vaccination plan.
COVID-19 vaccine lines in Tarrant County have been long and predominantly white.
Tarrant County Public Health Director Dr. Vinny Taneja says there are small improvements with vaccine registrants in the Asian and Hispanic communities.
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Addressing Concerns About COVID-19 Vaccines, Clinical Trials
It will require 80-85% vaccine participation for the country to reach population immunity, according to public health experts.
Bettina Beech, UH associate provost for strategic initiatives and population health research and College of Medicine professor
With COVID-19 surging across the country and more Americans expressing skepticism over the safety and effectiveness of new vaccines, University of Houston researchers are working in underserved communities to identify solutions for vaccine hesitancy, perceptions of new home-based testing and participation in vaccine clinical trials.
The work is part of a coordinated outreach effort funded by the National Institutes of Health targeting ethnic and racial minority communities who have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic.