“Some people will be waiting for months unless the supply increases. You’ve got 400,000 people, and you’re getting 5,000 doses. You do the math. People are.
AUSTIN A new poll conducted by Texas Lyceum not only revealed Texans’ worst views on the state economy since the Great Recession, but also found that roughly half of Texas adults say they either won’t get vaccinated (26%) or have not decided (24%) if they will take the vaccine when it is made widely available
Of the other half of the respondents, 45% said they would take the vaccine and only 5% said they have already been vaccinated.
Fifty-five percent (55%) of Hispanic respondents, 50% of white respondents and 46% of Black respondents said they were concerned about the COVID vaccine, and 39% of Hispanics, 29% of Black respondents and 26% of white respondents voiced their concern over vaccines in general. Nearly 80% of Texans said they know somebody who has tested positive for COVID and nearly half (47%) said they know somebody who has died from the virus.
With Texas’ economy still struggling under the weight of the coronavirus pandemic, Texans’ COVID-19 vaccine skepticism has the potential to handicap the.
Civic strategist Sarah Jackson will be formally named president-elect for 2022.
The appointments of Kennedy, Dixon and Jackson will mark the first time the Texas Lyceum has been led by a trio of women, the organization said. I am honored to lead this unique organization during a time when the ideals on which were founded and continue to operate are more important than ever, Kennedy said. Amidst the backdrop of unprecedented political division exacerbated by the ongoing global pandemic, The Texas Lyceum serves as a model for bringing together diverse and diverging viewpoints in an effort to collectively move Texas forward.
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is currently leading in the Lone Star State in the Democratic presidential primary race in Texas, with U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (VT) a close second, according to a Texas Lyceum poll. According to the poll, Biden leads with 28%, slightly ahead of Sanders with 26%. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (MA) has 13%, former New York…