Progress in the fight against the coronavirus is coming, but Texas is a long way from herd immunity
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The mythic idea of “herd immunity” from COVID-19 in the long journey back to normal may be out of reach for Texas any time soon, state health officials and medical experts say. But while it remains the ultimate goal, they say it isn’t necessary to begin stemming some of the pandemic’s devastating effects in the state.
The state s high percentage of residents under 18, most of whom aren t approved for the vaccine, combined with those who can t or won’t take it for other reasons, means that the state will struggle to immunize enough Texans to halt the chain of transmission and indirectly protect people who are not immune, experts said.
Long lines formed Jan. 11 in Fair Park, where Dallas County opened its first mega vaccination site. Credit: Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune
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The mythic idea of herd immunity from COVID-19 in the long journey back to normal may be out of reach for Texas any time soon, state health officials and medical experts say. But while it remains the ultimate goal, they say it isn’t necessary to begin stemming some of the pandemic’s devastating effects in the state.
The mythic idea of herd immunity from COVID-19 in the long journey back to normal may be out of reach for Texas any time soon, state health officials and medical experts say. But while it remains the ultimate goal, they say it isn t necessary to begin stemming some of the pandemic s devastating effects in the state.
The state s high percentage of residents under 18, most of whom aren t approved for the vaccine, combined with those who can t or won t take it for other reasons, means that the state will struggle to immunize enough Texans to halt the chain of transmission and indirectly protect people who are not immune, experts said.
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Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital has named Doris Price director of its emergency department.
Price (pictured) most recently served as director of critical care services for Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth, according to a release. In her six years with the state’s largest faith-based, nonprofit health system, she oversaw an emergency department, intensive care unit, catheterization laboratory, and trauma and dialysis services. The hospital underwent a multimillion-dollar ER expansion under her watch.
Prior to that, Price spent five years in nursing and clinical leadership roles at Aurora Sinai Medical Center in Milwaukee.
In addition to a doctoral degree from Chamberlain University College of Nursing in Addison, Illinois, Price holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Milwaukee’s Cardinal Stritch University. She is a member of the American Organization of Nurse Executives and