COVIID Vaccines: No Waiting Part 3

TEXAS VACCINATIONSITES HAVE THINNED..THE VIRUS HAS MADE ABITOF A COMEBACK INSOME COUNTIES.HOW DO WE COMPAREWITH THE REST OF THECOUNTRY?

103 MILLIONAMERICAN'S NOW HAVCOMPLETED THEIRVACCINATIONS, A LITTLEMORE THAN 31PERCENT.THAT COMES A S THEFDA MOVES TO MNAKETHE PFIZER VACCINEAVAILABLE TO CHILDRENLIKE CALEB CHUNG....PART OF THE PEDIATRICVACCINE TRIALS"I DEFINITELY HOPE WE GETBACK TO WHATEVER WEWOULD CALL NORMAL."BUT A DRASTIC DROPOFF IN THE NUMBER OFVACCINATIONS COULDPUSH THAT BACK.VACCINATION RATESAROUND THE COUNTRYHAVE FALLEN MORETHAN 22 PERCENTFROM THREEWEEKS AGIN TEXAS THE NEWSGETS WORSE AS THENUMBER OF SHOTSFELL BY MORE THANHALF.IN FACT, TEXASLEADERS SAY THEY'LLSOON HAVE A SURPLUSOF HALF A MILLIONDOSES, ANO TAKERS.SO, WHO'S GETTINGTHE SHOTS?JUST SHORT OF 25PERCENT OF THOSE 16AND OLDER, WHILE THENUMBER JUMPS TOALMOST53 PERCENT OF THOSE50 AND OLDER.WHEN YOU GET TO THE80 + AGE GROUP THENUMBER JUMPS TOALMOST 60 PERCENT."AS FAR AS MCLENNANCOUNTY WE'VE DONEGREAT JOB OF GETTING OURELDERLYPOPULATION VACCINATEDOUR MOST VULN DERABLETAKEN CARE OF, THAT HASBEEN TAKEN CAREOF.

NOW, WE'RE LOOKING ATEVERRYONE ELSE THATACTUALLY... THEY WORK."ALONG RACIAL ANDETHNIC LINES, A LITTLEMORE THANPERCENT OF WHITESHAVE HVACCINATIONS, WHILEALMOST 19 PERCENT OFHISPANICS HAVE HTHEIR SHOTS,FOLLOWEDCLOSELY BY 16PERCENT OF BLACKS.THE LEADING ETHNICGROUP?

ASIANS ATALMOST 36PERCENT.WHEN YOU LOOK AT THETHREE MAJORCOUNTIES IN OUR AREA,BRAZOS COUNTY TURNSIN THEBEST RESULTS ATALMOST 27 PERCENT OFPEOPLE VACCINATED,FOLLWED BY MCLENNANCOUNWITH JUST UNDER 25PERCENT OF ITSPOPULATIONVACCINATED.THE MOST RECENTFIGURES SHOW BELLCOUNTY WITHVACCINATION RATE OFJUST OVER 16PERCENT."IT'S SOMETHING WE'RECONTINUING TO DEAL WITHAS A PRIMARY CARPHYSICIAN I HAVETHESE CONVERSATIONSWITH PEOPLE OF ALL AGES,HOW DO I GO ON?

HOW DO ICONTINUE TOADDRESS THE ISSUE OFCOVID?AND ALTHOUGH LOTSOF GOVERNMENT RUOR SPONSOREDCLINICS HAVE BEGUNTO WIND DOWN,PRIVATE BUSINESSESLIKE GROCERY STORESPHARMACIES AND EVESOME PRIVATEDOCTORS AREEXPECTED TO TAKE UPTHE SLACKMANY HOPE THOSEVACCINATION RATEWILL IMPROVE AS WEADD A NEW CATAGORY,THOSE 16AND UNDER,HOPEFULLY GIVINGPARENTS, SCHOOLS,AND THE REST OF US,AN CHANCE TOBREATHEEASIER AS WE TAKEANOTHER STEP TOWHAT WE USED TO CALL"NORMAL" BY THIS FALL.IN OUR NEXT REPORT, ALOOK AT HOW, HOUSTONASTROS SECOND BASEMANAND POWER HITTERJOSE ALTUVE FIGURES INTOPLANS TO GET MORETEXANS, VACCINATED.DENNIS TURNER 25 NEWSTHERE'S NEW EVIDENTHAT SUGGESTSPE