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WEATHERFORD â Parker County Judge Pat Deen says COVID-19 numbers will need to get âdramatically higherâ before any more mandates are considered.
âThe government has done what they can in educating people and making the vaccine readily available,â Deen said. âYou could walk in and get the shot immediately at the [Parker County] Hospital District or many other places.
âIf youâre vaccinated, thatâs the key to this â not pushing more government on people.â
Asked what that threshold might be, Deen said that was a topic he planned to discuss with city and county leaders and health authorities on a conference call scheduled for Friday morning.
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Dec 24, 2020
Medical City Weatherford Nurse Cyndi Aguirre administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Dr. Faisal Saeed, MD. Courtesy | Medical City
The Texas Department of State Health Services rolled out its Week 2 recipients of the COVID-19 vaccine, which includes six locations in Parker County.
âTexas expects to receive 620,400 doses of COVID-19 vaccine distributed to more than 1,100 providers in 185 Texas counties in Week 2 of vaccine distribution,â according to DSHS. âThe [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] will deliver 460,500 doses of the vaccine manufactured by Moderna and 159,900 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to continue to vaccinate front-line health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities.â
Fort Worth Medical Workers Receive First COVID-19 Vaccines
By Edward Brown
Susan Trumps, R.N., nurse, gives COVID-19 vaccine to healthcare worker at Texas Health Southwest Fort Worth. Courtesy of Texas Health Resources
Wednesday’s COVID-19 vaccine felt like “hope in a bottle,” said Dr. Kerim Razack, partner with Texas Pulmonary & Critical Care Consultants at Texas Health Southwest. As one of three critical care doctors at his southwest Fort Worth hospital, Dr. Razack has worked six weeks straight. Since March, he estimates that his critical care team has seen upwards of 100 local residents die from COVID-19, often after struggling for up to several weeks on ventilators.
Dec 11, 2020
The Texas Department of State Health Services has published âWeek 1â of its COVID-19 vaccine allocations, but as of that date, Parker and Palo Pinto counties have not made the list.Â
The first weekâs allocation is 224,250 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to be shipped to 109 hospitals in 34 counties as early as the week of Dec. 14, depending on when the vaccine is authorized for use in the United States, according to the Department of State Health Services.
The distribution of the vaccine in Texas is being determined by the COVID-19 Expert Vaccine Allocation Panel. The allocations should be updated moving forward, Parker County Health Authority Dr. Steven Welch said, adding that there is still no firm date as to when âWeek 1â is.Â