Unvaccinated Residents Fueling Rise In COVID-19 Hospitalizations In North Texas

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

July 14, 2021

COVID-19 is not over. That’s the message local healthcare leaders are sharing as the more contagious and deadly Delta variant spreads, pushing case numbers and hospitalizations up.

It is the inevitable consequence, some experts say, of vaccine hesitancy in the face of ongoing risk.

“Right now, our vaccination rate is a little less than 50%,” said Dr. Joseph Chang, Parkland Hospital’s chief medical officer. “That’s not good enough. That’s not good enough. I’m starting to be much more concerned than I was even two weeks ago.”

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