What remains unknown is whether children who are infected with delta are actually getting sicker than they would have if they had caught a different variant — or if delta, which is roughly twice as transmissible as the original virus, is just so infectious that many more children are getting sick.
Dr. Peter Hotez s battle against the anti-science confederacy is a lifetime in the making
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The antivaccine movement taught vaccine researcher Peter Hotez not to ignore conspiracy theories, no matter how scientifically unfounded. But in late spring of 2020, the virulence of the made-up stories he began hearing about COVID-19 astounded him.
One hoax held that Bill Gates had created the new coronavirus to force all Americans to be vaccinated with eensy devices that would create a sci-fi global-surveillance network. Another said that the launch of a 5G network in Wuhan, China, had spawned the virus. Some people claimed, falsely, that Gates, Hotez and Dr. Anthony Fauci stood to get rich off patents related to the COVID vaccine.
Join us for a free subscriber Q&A event with Dr. Peter Hotez
Houston Chronicle staff
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Dr. Peter Hotez at his Baylor office in Houston on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021.Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
To mark the one year anniversary of the first COVID case diagnosed in the Houston area, join the Houston Chronicle for an exclusive subscriber-only event.
Senior writer Lisa Gray sits down with pre-eminent vaccine expert and Houstonian Dr. Peter Hotez to take your questions and discuss a wide range of topics, including how we might prevent the next pandemic.
The virtual event will take place at 1 p.m. Wednesday, March 3. Registration is free.
A fight to survive: Deep freeze imperiled Texas most vulnerable
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Hailey Cheevers, 10, sits in a chair in her living room as her father Stan, left, and Samir Haq, a home-health nurse, prepare the home following several days of winter storms Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, in Houston. Pipes broke in the cold weather causing parts of the ceilings to collapse.Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Hailey Cheevers, 10, sits in a chair in her living room as Samir Haq, a home-health nurse, prepares to do endotracheal suctioning after she returned home following several days of winter storms Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, at her home in Houston.Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
Skip to main content Just doing my job - Houston driver braves icy roads to deliver vital medicine to San Antonio toddler
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His wife worried for his safety. A co-worker said he was crazy to do it.
But Pablo Pedraza was undeterred. A toddler needed her medicine, never mind the bad weather and ice-slicked highways.
On Wednesday, the professional driver embarked on a route different from the one he usually takes in Houston for his part-time job. This route was from Houston to San Antonio and he drove it at considerable risk.
Pedraza, 40, works for Atlas Delivery Service, which contracts with the Texas Children’s Hospital specialty pharmacy in Houston.