20202021 and 20212022. Good afternoon, commissioners. Tyrus madison, Deputy Director for the department of building inspection, and before you is our proposed fiscal year 20202021 and 20212022 budget. We had our first meeting in january, and we went over the budget. Throughout the entire budget process, there will be some revisions, so what id like to do is go over the changes from last meeting to today. So first, well start with revenues. So youll see three four revenues, but actually, i am going to count the first three. Based on our prior actuals and what we anticipate next year, were proposing to actually increase that from the budget from 27 million, to 28. 4 million. And then, youll see a really big increase in interest. Last fiscal year, we collected about 3. 6 million. Were anticipating collecting 3 million again in interest, so thats why we bumped it up to over 2. 5 million. Let me just let you know, although we are increasing because although it seems counter intuitive that w
“We are out here on the frontlines showing people that we think it is safe and the methods used to develop it are safe and we are willing to take it,” said Sellers.
ER Nurse Diana Alonzo was also among the first to receive the vaccine and became emotional when reflecting on what it means in the larger context of a very challenging year.
“A sense of hope and relief that you know it is getting better,” she said. “Sorry, my voice is cracking.”
Alonzo snapped a selfie of her getting the shot and hopes that people who watched her receive it will trust the science and get the vaccine, not just potentially saving their own lives but those of others.
The Pfizer vaccine arrived at Methodist Dallas Medical Center early Monday morning.
The first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine began arriving arriving throughout the U.S. on Monday including in Texas, with health care workers first in line to receive the shots.
The Texas Department of State Health Services said 19,500 doses of the vaccine were headed Monday to four sites in Texas: MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Methodist Dallas Medical Center, Wellness 360 at UT Health San Antonio and UT Health Austin s Dell Medical School.
Young s encouraging people to continue wearing masks and social distancing while herd immunity is built up so that hospitals are not overwhelmed.
Methodist Dallas Administers First COVID-19 Vaccines Share via:
Methodist Dallas Plans To Vaccinate Over 100 Employees Today
Have you ever known anyone to get excited or look forward to getting stuck with a needle? Today, frontline medical workers across the country are excited to be first in line for the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer. Today medical facilities in Texas received,19,500 doses of the Pfizer vaccine. An additional 19 sites will receive 75,075 doses on Tuesday, including Dallas Parkland Hospital and Dallas UT Southwestern. Texas is slated for 1.4 million doses allocated through the end of the year.
In Dallas/Ft. Worth, at 10:10 am today, Methodist Health System began administering shots to some of its frontlines workers. The first employee to get the Pfizer vaccine was 51-year-old Teresa Mata. She is an environmental services employee who cleans rooms in the emergency department at Methodist Dallas Medical Center. Teresa is a mother of four daughters. Ms. Mata was ve