Bob Manus, long-time Plano crossing guard, dies at 79 from COVID-19
Manus, 79, watched over the children of Brinker Elementary for 16 years.
A Plano water tower in Plano, Texas, on Thursday, June 18, 2020. (Lynda M. Gonzalez/The Dallas Morning News)(Lynda M. Gonzalez / Staff Photographer)
A Plano crossing guard beloved by parents, children and others in the city has died following a weeklong battle with COVID-19, according to published reports.
Bob Manus, who was also known as “Mr. Bob,” was a neighborhood fixture at the corner of Yeary Road and Clark Parkway for 16 years, KXAS-TV (NBC5) reported.
“You don’t always realize the people who are in your life every day and do these things for your family. Sometimes you don’t recognize it until something like this happens,” Sarah Kissel, parent and PTA president, told NBC5.
Despite critics, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins remains steadfast on COVID response
After a legacy-defining year, the county’s top elected official reflects on his leadership amid the coronavirus pandemic and racial justice.
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins poses at his office after a news conference about the coronavirus pandemic on Dec. 18, 2020. His year was dominated by fighting COVID-19 and responding to calls for criminal justice reform.(Lola Gomez / Staff Photographer)
When Dallas County commissioners met downtown recently, John Wiley Price and J.J. Koch snickered out loud. It was 9 a.m., the start of their Tuesday semimonthly meeting, and County Judge Clay Jenkins was late.
Devany Veloz slightly opened her eyes. Amid the darkness, she could only hear the machines she was connected to.
She could not move. And with a tube entering her body through the windpipe, she could not speak.
It was July 19, and Veloz was emerging from a 48-day coma that doctors had induced in her battle with COVID-19.
Devany Veloz, 26, shows a photo taken of her while she was in a coma battling COVID-19.(Lola Gomez / Staff Photographer)
Even today the 26-year-old Grand Prairie resident isn’t sure whether it was day or night when she began to awaken. She remained connected to the ventilator for four more days, only half-conscious.
Texas has set a new record for how many of its residents are in the hospital because of coronavirus, with 11,351 as of Monday. The previous high of 10,893.
Retailers are expecting to play a big role in getting Americans vaccinated against COVID-19.
Teams from CVS and Walgreens got a vaccination drive underway this week for long-term care residents and staff members at Texas facilities. Those residents and employees are among almost 5 million at more than 40,000 long-term care facilities in the U.S. being vaccinated first, along with millions of hospital workers.
CVS is vaccinating 275,000 people at 2,000 facilities in Texas over the next 12 weeks with the two-dose Pfizer vaccine.
It will take 12 weeks to complete the process because the teams will make three visits to each facility: an initial visit, one to administer the second dose and a third one to catch anyone who was missed, said John Fratamico, a CVS district manager in Texas.