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Health experts weigh in on Biden’s COVID-19 plan 1 month 4 weeks 1 day ago Friday, January 22 2021 Jan 22, 2021 January 22, 2021 8:08 AM January 22, 2021 in News - Local Share: President Joe Biden announced his COVID-19 plan Thursday, which includes deploying the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Guard to set up vaccine clinics across the U.S as part of an ambitious plan to get shots in the arms of millions of Americans. While the call for a national plan has mostly been well received, Dr. Frank Mongillo of Yale Hospital disagrees with it.  “Having the federal gover...

Jason Garza for The Texas Tribune Originally published on December 23, 2020 9:25 am When Julieta Hernandez began hearing the first rumblings about a COVID-19 vaccine soon arriving in Texas, the Rockport writer and bartender had no doubts that she would get her shot when her time came. And then she sat down to breakfast with her vegetarian parents, lifelong believers in homeopathic treatments with a deep skepticism for vaccines and mistrust in the government. “You’re not planning on getting that, are you?” they asked her. Now, Hernandez, 22, is on the fence, feeling guilty because...

"Vaccine hesitancy" or "vaccine skepticism" remains a huge challenge for health authorities trying to overcome mistrust by communities of color, the anti-vaxxer crowd and general dubiousness on the part of a traumatized nation.

Some Texans are hesitant to get vaccinated for COVID-19. Here’s how health officials are countering skepticism. Texas Tribune Updated:  Tags:  Doctors Hospital at Renaissance employees in Edinburg ready a Pfizer vaccine for administration on Dec. 19, 2020 Credit: Jason Garza for The Texas Tribune When Julieta Hernandez began hearing the first rumblings about a COVID-19 vaccine soon arriving in Texas, the Rockport writer and bartender had no doubts that she would get her shot when her time came. And then she sat down to breakfast with her vegetarian parents, lifelong bel...

/ Doctors Hospital at Renaissance employees in Edinburg ready a Pfizer vaccine for administration on Dec. 19, 2020 . When Julieta Hernandez began hearing the first rumblings about a COVID-19 vaccine soon arriving in Texas, the Rockport writer and bartender had no doubts that she would get her shot when her time came. And then she sat down to breakfast with her vegetarian parents, lifelong believers in homeopathic treatments with a deep skepticism for vaccines and mistrust in the government. “You’re not planning on getting that, are you?” they asked her. Now, Hernandez, 22, is on the fen...