Texas in the News Weekly Quiz January 18, 2021

Weekly Quiz 1: Monday, January 18, 2021

COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

The global pandemic brought on by the spread of COVID-19 has had a transformational effect on life for every Texan. Unemployment numbers are spiking, businesses are frustrated by rapidly changing (or unclear) rules, and local and state officials squabble over who is responsible for slowing the spread. The tension between levels of government (local, state, federal), as we learned in Chapter 3 on federalism (power sharing), has complicated handling the pandemic in Texas.

Admid all the economic and political turmoil brought on by the spread of the virus, the happy news that a vaccine was available gave many suffering Texans hope. Yet a sluggish rollout of the vaccine has limited efforts to vaccinate medically vulnerable Texans or significant numbers of health care first responders. In addition, the distribution of the vaccine has exposed gaps in delivery of health care services to rural Texas and racial minority communities.

Read the following articles that detail the issues in the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine:


. Out of 140 distribution sites in Dallas County, _______ are located in majority Black census tracts and _______ are located in majority Hispanic census tracts.

. Health officials recommend using which sites as vaccine distribution centers?

. As of January 8, 2021, how many rural hospitals in Texas had not gotten vaccine doses shipped to them?

. What is not discussed as a reason vaccine distribution has been so slow in Texas?

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