White Dallas residents outpace Blacks, Hispanics in registering for COVID vaccine
New data shows 62% of city residents who enrolled for the shot with Dallas County are white.
People wait in line for a golf cart in the parking lot of Fair Park before they receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Dallas on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. A limited number of COVID-19 vaccine shots will be available Thursday at Fair Park for North Texans 75 and older. (Juan Figueroa/ The Dallas Morning News)(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer)
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Six out of every 10 city residents who have enrolled for the shot with the Dallas County health department through Jan. 24 were white, according to data obtained Thursday. That’s twice the rate of the city’s overall white population.
7 questions and answers about the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus vaccines
Updated Jan 25, 2021;
Posted Jan 25, 2021
A health care worker receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the United Memorial Medical Center on Dec. 21, 2020, in Houston, Texas. (Go Nakamura/Getty Images)TNS
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Millions of Americans have received COVID-19 vaccines since the long-awaited inoculation campaign started Dec. 14 with the Pfizer-BioNTech version of the shots.
Now, with a vaccine from Moderna also being distributed, here are some answers to lingering questions about the vaccines.
Is there anything people should not do in the hours or days before and after getting shots?
There are several things people should keep in mind before they get vaccinated.
Millions of Americans have received COVID-19 vaccines since the long-awaited inoculation campaign started Dec. 14 with the Pfizer-BioNTech version of the shots.
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.
Dallas County is set to launch its first “mega” public COVID-19 vaccination site next week at Fair Park, where thousands of people a day can be inoculated against the virus that is fueling the deadly pandemic, officials said Thursday.
If the county gets the doses from the state in time, the aim is to vaccinate people who don’t have regular access to a doctor
starting Monday. Shots will be administered at the Tower Building and an adjacent facility.
People can sign up online to get the vaccine. Younger family members and those with internet access can assist those who need help registering, officials said. More than 50,000 people registered in the first 48 hours after Dallas County launched the site Saturday.