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“We’re at the cusp of getting many more vaccines in the community, and we’re positioned to push those out,” said Dr. Jacquelyn Johnson-Minter, director of Fort Bend County Health and Human Services. “If there’s another surge, we should be able to blunt it. . We should be able to blunt it if we’re continuing to hammer on the vaccines.”
As of late February, officials said they were hopeful vaccinations of the general public could begin as soon as early spring. However, challenges remain when it comes to getting vaccines to underserved and vulnerable populations, including those who lack information about the vaccine, leading them to not trust it, and those who lack access to transportation.
Governors Long Honeymoon of COVID Approval Ratings Is Coming to an End
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Newsweek analysis has found.
But those polling bounces from handling the virus have been eroded over the course of the pandemic, and many governors have seen a substantial drop from their approval rating peaks last spring.
The pandemic gave America s governors a unique opportunity to show leadership in a time of national crisis. While some focused on public health, taking drastic action such as shuttering businesses and imposing stay-at-home orders, others put emphasis on maintaining personal liberty.
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With the pandemic claiming more than 500,000 American lives so far, the results for their political fortunes, just like their COVID plans, have been mixed. But, broadly, voter approval was more buoyant for those who took a stricter line on public health. That is changing over time.
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Pastor Timothy Sloan interviewed Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, about the COVID-19 vaccine. The Zoom call aired during a virtual Sunday sermon at the Luke Church in Humble.
When the COVID-19 vaccine was authorized for use in December, Pastor Timothy Sloan was chatting with some of his congregants and the question of whether to get the vaccine came up. Sloan leads a Black megachurch in Humble called The Luke Church, and he knew that some of his 5,000 members would look to him for guidance.
But the answer didn’t come easy for Sloan. Growing up, he’d heard about events like the Tuskegee Study, a well-known example of medical exploitation in the Black community. Beginning in the 1930s, scientists left syphilis untreated in a group of Black men in order to study the disease. The U.S. federal government conducted the experiment without obtaining informed consent.
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COVID-19 vaccine pace rises while statewide hospitalizations drop
The number of people in Texas hospitalized with COVID-19 has declined more than 28 percent in the past month, according to the Texas Department of Health Services. As of Feb. 7, Texas hospitals were treating 9,957 COVID-19 patients, down from nearly 14,000 a month ago. The number of new cases in the past week was 123,239 a 22 percent drop from the record high of 158,922 the week of Jan. 10, according to the Coronavirus Resource Center at Johns Hopkins University.
At the same time new cases and hospitalizations were decreasing, the number of Texans getting their first dose of vaccine crossed the 2.3 million mark as of Sunday, according to TDHS. That’s 700,000 more initial shots in a week. Those who are now fully vaccinated reached 733,287 as of Sunday.