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It has been almost a month since any COVID-19 immunizations were allocated to medical facilities in Dawson County.
And officials have no idea when they will receive any additional vaccine against the virus, which reportedly has already killed 66 residents of Dawson County.
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) already has announced its Feb. 8 allocations to facilities across the state, but no Dawson County medical facilities are on the list.
Healthcare personnel at Medical Arts Hospital (MAH), Medical Arts Clinic and the local emergency medical service received their first dose of the twoshot vaccine in early January. They got the .
One Dead and Two Injured in Crash Involving Semi-Truck
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On Wednesday, December 23rd, the Texas Department of Public Safety released information concerning a deadly crash that happened in Howard County all the way back on Saturday, December 12th.
KAMC News reports that the crash happened at around 9:15 p.m. on US Highway 87, roughly 18 miles south of Lamesa near Ackerly.
It s reported that a semi-truck, which was pulling a trailer, was heading southbound on the highway when the driver attempted to make a U-turn. However, the semi-truck and trailer became stuck, obstructing the northbound lanes of the highway.
@WereBear: It’s weird, but I constantly see people who should know better, people who’ve either had the disease or had family members who have and been seriously ill, still downplay covid and behave in ways that could contribute to spreading it. There’s been numerous articles about patients in ICUs all over the country dying of covid while denying they have it. It’s bizarre to us, but I blame the relentless Republican 30 year project to eviscerate accurate news media and decent education. I bet there’s a nearly perfect Venn circle of covid deniers who also believe in “Intelligent Design”. We already know they’re also Fox news watchers.
Reuters
Published: 19 Dec 2020 12:41 PM BdST
Updated: 19 Dec 2020 12:41 PM BdST Dr Eileen Sprys wears personal protective equipment as she walks in a parking lot to see a patient at Medical Arts Hospital in Lamesa, Texas, US, Dec 16, 2020. REUTERS
Running in between patients, Dr Eileen Sprys pauses to catch her breath, tries to gather herself, but cannot mask her frustration: The health care workers in her COVID-besieged West Texas hospital were left out of the first shipment of the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine, and they have no idea when they may get it. );
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Not a single rural hospital in this state that prides itself on its country roots received any doses of the vaccine this week, despite such medical outposts serving around 20% of the state s population, or 3 million people.