The lieutenant governor s request comes as distribution of the vaccine in Texas has been beset with miscommunication and technical issues that have created confusion for patients and providers, even as
HOUSTON, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) A little over a month since COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna began reaching U.S. southern states, problems such as miscommunication, technical issues and inaccurate data have concerned officials and the public.
Frustrations continue to rise as COVID-19 vaccines are few and far between for some folks to find. Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick hopes to change, writing a letter to the Expert Vaccination Allocation Panel on Thursday.
White Texans make up more than half of all COVID-19 vaccine recipients whose race or ethnicity was reported to the Texas Department of State Health Services, according to new state data.
State officials stress that the information provides an incomplete picture, but health care advocates say it raises questions about whether the state s vaccine distribution has been equitable.
Even as the coronavirus kills Black and Hispanic Americans at disproportionately higher rates, advocates warn that these same communities could face disparities in access to the vaccine across the country.
The demographic vaccine data, released for the first time last week, show that among vaccine recipients whose race is known, the number of white Texans who have received at least one dose is more than triple the number of Hispanic vaccine recipients and more than seven times higher than Black vaccine recipients.
TX Vaccine Allocation Dr. Says Texas Needs More Vaccines
Texas is experiencing a shortage of the COVID vaccine.
As soon as the COVID vaccines are manufactured by businesses like Pfizer and Moderna, they are sent out and administered throughout the U.S., but with
28.9 million Texans, combined with Texas only receiving 330,000 doses right now per week, the next phases of the COVID vaccine won t likely reach us until May or June , offers Dr. David Lakey, who specializes in disease prevention, infectious disease, and community health services for The University of Texas Systems.
Everyone wants to know when they can get their vaccine. Again, I think we’ll get through the 1B group this is an approximation come the end of May or June. Then we’ll be able to get into other populations, Dr. Lakey offered in a riveting Q&A report in the Houston Chronicle today.