Texas health department using 16-foot video walls at Walmart to urge teens to get vaccinated
According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, only 26 percent of kids ages 12 through 17 are vaccinated. Author: Adam Bennett Updated: 8:00 PM CDT July 26, 2021
The number of lab-confirmed hospitalizations from COVID-19 crossed 4,000 in Texas for the first time since March.
Texas Department of State Health Services’ COVID-19 vaccination dashboard showed just over 52 percent of eligible Texans were fully vaccinated as of Monday afternoon.
That same day, DSHS brought a new campaign to Houston to push that number higher.
The department set up a 16-foot-tall video wall in the parking lot of the Walmart on the North Freeway at Crosstimbers. It plays PSAs in English and Spanish urging families to vaccinate their kids 12 and older ahead of the new school year.