5 things to keep in mind when comparing Dallas and Denton’s COVID vaccine efforts
It’s easy to be jealous of Denton’s massive inoculation event. But there is a lot of context to keep in mind evaluating the Fair Park and Texas Motor Speedway sites.
No two Texas COVID-19 vaccine hubs are exactly the same.
With so much confusion and competition to get the life-saving doses which continue to be in short supply you’d be forgiven if while waiting for your number to be called, you get a little jealous looking over the county line to see thousands vaccinated in one fell swoop.
White Dallas residents outpace Blacks, Hispanics in registering for COVID vaccine
New data shows 62% of city residents who enrolled for the shot with Dallas County are white.
People wait in line for a golf cart in the parking lot of Fair Park before they receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Dallas on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. A limited number of COVID-19 vaccine shots will be available Thursday at Fair Park for North Texans 75 and older. (Juan Figueroa/ The Dallas Morning News)(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer)
The Dallas Morning News shows.
Six out of every 10 city residents who have enrolled for the shot with the Dallas County health department through Jan. 24 were white, according to data obtained Thursday. That’s twice the rate of the city’s overall white population.
7 questions and answers about the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus vaccines
Updated Jan 25, 2021;
Posted Jan 25, 2021
A health care worker receives the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at the United Memorial Medical Center on Dec. 21, 2020, in Houston, Texas. (Go Nakamura/Getty Images)TNS
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Millions of Americans have received COVID-19 vaccines since the long-awaited inoculation campaign started Dec. 14 with the Pfizer-BioNTech version of the shots.
Now, with a vaccine from Moderna also being distributed, here are some answers to lingering questions about the vaccines.
Is there anything people should not do in the hours or days before and after getting shots?
There are several things people should keep in mind before they get vaccinated.
Millions of Americans have received COVID-19 vaccines since the long-awaited inoculation campaign started Dec. 14 with the Pfizer-BioNTech version of the shots.
Dallas County’s initial COVID vaccines went to these affluent northern neighborhoods
Elected officials said equitable access to the vaccine was a goal. Initial data raises questions on whether they’re hitting the mark.
People wait to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at Fair Park in Dallas on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021. (Juan Figueroa/ The Dallas Morning News)(Juan Figueroa / Staff Photographer) with reaction to the data.
Only 97 residents who live near Dallas’ COVID-19 vaccine site at Fair Park were among the initial 3,000 inoculated during its first week of operation, according to a
Dallas Morning News analysis of limited county data
released Saturday.