While the fight against COVID-19 in Hays County has taken a step forward in the arrival and distribution of vaccines to prioritized groups, some argue the current state of inoculation
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Sunday, January 17, 2021
Hays County Director of Public Health Tammy Crumley called the current COVID-19 vaccine rollout “frustrating” during a Facebook Live event Friday.
COVID-19 vaccine rollout remains slow with only 300 doses allocated to Hays County. But officials, including County Judge Ruben Becerra, Emergency Management Coordinator Alex Villalobos, Emergency Services Director Mike Jones and Crumley, attempted to quell public concerns and answer questions regarding vaccine rollout during Friday’s livestreamed event.
“We are working individually on getting out our COVID vaccine plan,” Crumley said. “We are waiting for the state to provide us those vaccines. We have received our approval from the state weeks ago. We still have not received more than our 300 allocation. We are prepared to start administering those to our 1B population. We are anxiously awaiting for more. We have been waiting for weeks to provide those to the public … It’s very frustrating as a
County officials hosted a Facebook Live on Friday to answer all too familiar questions and concerns about where to get a COVID-19 vaccine. But the county still maintains that without more vaccine from the state, there's not much they can do.
The hospital would also focus on youth and adolescent mental health needs. Different populations would be separated, with criminal offenders isolated in a secure wing.
Another goal of the facility is to reduce the stigma of mental health by making it a resource, and perhaps a gathering place, for community members.
While offering temporary stays for patients in need of more intensive or supervised care, the facility Becerra describes would include a lecture hall and also provide classes and services to the general public during the day. We have a huge, enormous level of passion and care from [me and my] office, and luckily Texas State University and all the other ones around us, Becerra said. We have an enormous amount of people that are very interested in supporting this effort.