Dallas County’s failure to nail vaccine awareness will hurt us all
In a stunningly bad decision, county leaders kicked a public education campaign down the road.
Marian Barnett of Lancaster receives her 2nd COVID-19 vaccination from volunteer pharmacist Glenn Wilson in one of the drive-thru lanes at Fair Park in Dallas, Wednesday, February 10, 2021. Dallas County s mega vaccine site shifted to a drive through model Wednesday, an effort to help move things quicker. According to a press release, The White House announced today that it is partnering with the State of Texas to build three new major Community Vaccination Centers (CVCs) in Dallas, Arlington, and Houston. The CVCs will be at Fair Park in Dallas, AT&T Stadium in Arlington, and NRG Stadium in Houston. Together, these sites will be capable of administering more than 10,000 shots in arms a day. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News) (Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)
Community organizers scramble to help the vulnerable during power outages and freezing temperatures
‘Don’t ever ask what else can happen,’ said one Vickery Meadow leader.
Patricia Broadway (left) and Leon Morris put the cover back after shutting the water off in Broadway s home in East Dallas on Feb. 17, 2021. Broadway noticed a pipe busted under her kitchen even though she said she did everything right.(Juan Figueroa / Staff photographer)
Without electricity to work computers and phones, the city’s go-to multi-taskers were facing Herculean challenges.
In Vickery Meadow, nonprofit leader Martha Stowe has for years served a neighborhood of refugees and immigrants, where half the population is foreign-born and low-income. She thought she was battle-tested. But then the storm and outages came.