Brownsville to administer 2,000 vaccines at COVID-19 vaccine clinic
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Update at 8:24 a.m. Thursday: Brownsville officials say the online registration portal has been closed because capacity has been reached. The city asks the public to check for future clinics at btxcares.com. -
Original story: A COVID-19 vaccine clinic focusing on people 65 years of age and older will be held on Friday in Brownsville.
Pre-registration begins online on Thursday at 8 a.m. at btxcares.com. Residents without internet access can call a helpline at 956-394-0012 for assistance with registration.
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.