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Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined several states in a comment letter against the Biden Administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which requires vaccination of all healthcare workers at CMS facilities throughout the country.
Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a multistate coalition to stop President Biden from unlawfully forcing millions of private sector employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine or submit to weekly testing as a condition of keeping their jobs.
The next day, the District’s superintendent issued a District-wide “clarification”, saying that he “will not compel any staff members to be vaccinated until the vaccines are fully approved by the FDA.”
The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine and will now be marketed as Comirnaty.
Currently, under Texas law, Texans have the right to choose whether they will get vaccinated.
A Texas woman who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine had been hospitalized with blood clots and whose condition was being investigated by the CDC as potentially connected to the vaccine.
Last week, CHRISTUS Spohn Health System achieved a major milestone in efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, surpassing 100,000 COVID-19 vaccines given throughout the Coastal Bend.
Officials said that vaccine efforts would continue but that officials would not be administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
The Health District recently received one shipment of 3,000 Johnson and Johnson vaccines and in the last week, 1,160 women were vaccinated.
DSHS has directed all vaccine providers to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility.
The fairground vaccines were provided by CHRISTUS Spohn from their state allocation.
Several fire stations have reported visits by senior residents who were under the impression that they would receive a COVID-19 vaccine at fire stations.
Homebound seniors who receive meals on wheels will be first recipients beginning Tuesday, January 26.
The second dose vaccination drive thru clinic is tentatively scheduled on Friday, January 29, beginning at 11:00 a.m. at the Richard M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds,
CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Beeville has been named a COVID-19 Vaccination Hub by the State of Texas to serve the Bee County community and surrounding areas.
The drive-through Mega Clinic at the fairgrounds has vaccinated more than 6500 people.
Newly added for Friday and Saturday will be food trucks located in vehicle staging areas allowing patrons to buy food and beverage.
Mega vaccine drive thu clinics are being scheduled to take place Friday, January 15, and Saturday, January 16 at 8:00 a.m. for Phase 1A & 1B individuals at the Richard Borchard Regional Fairgrounds in Robstown.
