Dallas County health officials have confirmed the first appearance in Dallas of a new COVID-19 variant. According to a release, Dallas County Health and
Dallas County’s initial COVID vaccines went to these affluent northern neighborhoods
Elected officials said equitable access to the vaccine was a goal. Initial data raises questions on whether they’re hitting the mark.
People wait to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at Fair Park in Dallas on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. (Juan Figueroa/ The Dallas Morning News)(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer) with reaction to the data.
Only 97 residents who live near Dallas’ COVID-19 vaccine site at Fair Park were among the initial 3,000 inoculated during its first week of operation, according to a
Dallas Morning News analysis of limited county data
released Saturday.
Finger-pointing over COVID-19 vaccine eligibility at Fair Park
Mixed messages leads to long lines for vaccine
Dallas County made a last-minute decision to let people who are 75 and older get the vaccine without an appointment. It s caused some friction between the city of Dallas and the county.
DALLAS - There was frustration at Fair Park on Thursday after mixed messages about who can get the COVID-19 vaccine.
So far, more than 220,000 people have already signed up to get on Dallas County’s vaccine waitlist and the number is only growing from there.
Dallas County got just 6,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine this week, and it’s expecting another 12,000 next week to serve a growing list of hundreds of thousands of people.
Clay Jenkins: Mayor Johnson ‘Undermined’ the Vaccine Effort
Johnson claims Jenkins gave preferential treatment to walk-ups without communicating to the city. Jenkins says he was balancing inequity in who received the vaccine.
By Will Maddox
Published in
Healthcare Business
January 14, 2021
6:23 pm
Mayor Eric Johnson is once again clashing with Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, this time over the communication surrounding the COVID-19 vaccination distribution at the Fair Park mega center. Johnson made his allegations in a letter he sent Wednesday night to Jenkins, the city manager, and members of the City Council. Media got ahold of it Thursday afternoon. The mayor said that Jenkins was allowing some individuals to get walk-up vaccinations without registering ahead of time, which disenfranchised others in South Dallas, all while not communicating the change to the city.
Updated on January 14, 2021 at 6:43 pm
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Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins and Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson are quarreling over mixed messages regarding how COVID-19 vaccines are being distributed at the large-scale hub that opened earlier this week in Fair Park.
In letters shared with NBC 5, Johnson said in a letter to Jenkins Wednesday that he had serious concerns about communication and decision-making by Dallas County after being told someone was able to walk-up and be vaccinated at the county s large-scale hub without first registering and receiving an appointment.
Johnson said that he also learned Jenkins had communicated this policy change to a select group of residents Tuesday and that he also requested their agreement to not share this information widely.