Distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine got off to a rough start in Dallas County as changing priority requirements and registration guidelines confused and frustrated residents in the first weeks of the inoculation efforts.
At the county’s Fair Park mega vaccination center, which aims to vaccinate thousands of residents each day, registration and appointment operations are still being improved.
The site recently opened up appointments to people who are 65 and older, and a drive-through line has been implemented for anyone with mobility issues.
But patients who were vaccinated at Fair Park this week said the process was straightforward and simple.
Volunteers needed at COVID vaccine pop-up registration sites
Feb 3, 2021 |
Dallas County Commissioner Elba Garcia, in conjunction with other elected officials and community leaders, continues to host pop-up registration sites for the COVID-19 vaccination. “It is important that business owners and community members understand that making the COVID-19 vaccine accessible to all of our residents in Dallas County is a top priority,” according to a press release from Garcia’s office.
Pop-up registration sites have become “a great success” in helping communities register for the vaccine, and volunteers are welcome to help process registrations, the press release noted. Fluent bilingual volunteers with computer skills are especially needed.
Until life on the streets took him in, Jesus Monge says, he was a quiet kid who did well in school in Pleasant Grove and made friends easily. He remembers being an avid learner, bilingual in reading and writing. He won a few spelling bees, something he’s still proud of at 34.
Monge’s parents were immigrants. His mom worked two jobs and his dad was the silent, stoic type. Then, the summer before his freshman year of high school he was introduced to the Dallas gang Eastside Homeboys. A friend’s older brother was a member, and while Monge and his friend were too young to know much, they were old enough to recognize the respect the gang’s leaders received.
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Get your motors running: Texas Motor Speedway is hosting clinics to vaccinate 1,000 people per hour and 10,000 per day starting Tuesday at what will be the largest COVID-19 vaccine mega site in the state, if not the country, Denton County officials said.
TMS which sports a 131-acre parking footprint and Denton County officials have been in talks since late last week to host the three-day event, which will have 16 drive-through lanes to dispense to people with appointments around 32,000 Moderna and Pfizer vaccine doses the county is set to receive this week.
“This is the largest drive-through clinic we know of in the state and, possibly, the U.S.,” Denton County Judge Andy Eads said in a news release. “It is an ambitious undertaking but one the Denton County Commissioners Court feels good about with the help of more than 400 county staff, volunteers, fire and police personnel from our surrounding communities, CoSe
A grave disease in our community : North Texas leaders urge Latinos to get the COVID-19 vaccine
Community leaders are urging those in Latino communities to register so they can get the coronavirus vaccine as soon as possible. Author: Eric Alvarez (WFAA) Updated: 7:50 PM CST January 29, 2021
Latinos are four times as likely as white Americans to be hospitalized for COVID-19 and almost three times as likely to die, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“It is a grave disease in our community, said Dr. Mayra Jimenez Thompson of UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Jimenez knows the impact all too well.