While the Houston Methodist hospital system recently implemented a vaccine mandate for its employees resulting in the departure of over 150 employees who opposed it most facilities haven’t enforced the controversial mandate.
The organizations argue that this vaccination mandate would significantly improve the safety of both staff and patients, particularly unvaccinated children and the immunocompromised.
The statement’s introduction called getting vaccinated to protect patients an “ethical commitment.”
“This is the logical fulfillment of the ethical commitment of all health care workers to put patients as well as residents of long-term care facilities first and take all steps necessary to ensure their health and well-being.”
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Just before 10 p.m. Friday night, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins announced the county’s Public Health Committee unanimously decided to move the COVID-19 threat level from ‘yellow’ to ‘orange’ for unvaccinated people, meaning there’s a moderate risk for transmission.
On Saturday, Williams Chicken along East Illinois Avenue partnered with Project Unity to serve as a pop-up vaccination site. Project Unity founder Pastor Ritchie Butler said the event was even more critical with the pace of vaccinations slowing down and the more contagious delta variant of the disease gaining prominence among new cases.
“People who are hesitant right now need to be able to identify with a trusted partner, agent and Williams is that,” Pastor Butler said. “We don’t want to disrespect anyone who has a fear. We all have a fear but we want to walk people through their place of fear as a pastor, to a place of trust the vaccine and trust us.”
UTSW predicts COVID-19 numbers like worst periods of pandemic if latest trends continue
UTSW predicts COVID-19 numbers like worst periods of pandemic if latest trends continue
With August looking bad and October even worse, the public is at “an important crossroads,” infectious-disease expert says.
8:39 PM on Jul 21, 2021 CDT
By October, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in North Texas could return to levels not seen since January and last summer, according to the latest forecasting model from UT Southwestern Medical Center.
That’s especially true if vaccination rates remain slow and the public doesn’t step up use of masks and social distancing, experts say.
Gov. Abbott says there will be no more mask mandates
In an interview with WFAA when asked whether there is a threshold where a mandate would be imposed, Abbott said that mask-wearing is up to each person to decide Author: Eline de Bruijn Updated: 6:28 PM CDT July 21, 2021
DALLAS Gov. Greg Abbott will not impose any mask requirements as COVID cases continue to rise with the delta variant.
In a live interview with WFAA Tuesday when asked whether there is a threshold where a mandate would be imposed, Abbott reiterated his stance that it is up to each individual to choose to wear a mask.