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President Biden made a pledge on Tuesday March 2 to have enough Covid-19 vaccine doses for all American adults by the end of May this year. This would be a huge step in the recovery from the pandemic. Recent developments make this time frame look possible. The first vaccine to be approved for the public in the US was the one produced by Pfizer. That vaccine started being adminsitered December 11, 2021. Later in December the Moderna produced vaccine was approved. Both of these vaccines are administered in two doses either 21 or 28 days apart. On February 27 of this year, the Johnson & Johnson (JnJ) produced vaccine was approved for use in the US. Not only is this a new supply chain for vaccines, but this one
is administered in a single dose and can be stored for a much longer time in a regular refrigerator. Because of the intense demand for this vaccine, JnJ partnered with drug manufacturer Merck to deliver doses more quickly. The current goal is for JnJ and Merck to deliver 100 million doses by the end of May this year. The United States Currently has about 260 million adults. According to a CDC report over 32 million Americans have been fully vaccinated and another 30 million have recieved their first dose of a two dose vaccination. Over 2 million doses are being administered across the united states every day. Most of these vaccinations are from the Pfizer and Moderna Vaccines. Currently about 8.6% of adult Texans have been
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fully vaccinated with another 7.3% having recieved just the first dose. AstraZeneca and Novavax have also submitted for US approval. AstraZeneca’s Vaccine is already approved in Europe and the UK. Novavax is still in the results period of its first trials. Supply should not be a problem very soon. There are still logistical challenges in vaccine delivery and storage. These are known issues that have been handled so far with
current distribution. A new challenge will be getting healthier, less at risk, and less worried people to take the time to get vaccinated. This will likely take a marketing campaign that was not need up to now. This supply will still be important. According to Bloomberg’s vaccine tracker only Israel has a higher percentage of vacinated citizens than the United State. All other countries have less than 5% fully vaccinated. For
some countries the major issues are supply, safety and logistics. But for some it is economics. These vaccines are produced at a cost of $10-25 per dose. Add to that cost, personell and equiment for delivery, the cost per person vaccinated could easily be over $30. That would mean $300 millon to vaccinate 10 million adults. That could be difficult for some countries after the passed year of a depressed economy. Foriegn aid will certainly be needed.
RGV families save $22M with dual enrollment
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BROWNSVILLE, Texas (March 10, 2021) When Sandra Tovar’s son was in middle school, they began discussing the advantages of taking dual credit courses at Harlingen High School South. As director of Guidance and Counseling at the Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District, she has advised hundreds of families on how they can save both time and (956)money 346-3034if their child is ready to tackle collegelevel courses while still in high school. (956)545-8520 Dual credit courses are those that students take either at their high schools or on a college campus that count for both high school and college credit. Tovar’s son, Jacob, earned 28 college credits while in high school gaining confidence in his ability to succeed in college and saving approximately $4,500 in tu-
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ition and fees, since dual credit courses are offered at no cost to families. Since 2017, families have collectively saved $22 million in college tuition and fees through dual credit partnerships between local school districts and Texas Southmost College (TSC). “Dual credit programs are an important pathway to earning college credit that TSC offers to our communities in Cameron and Willacy Counties,” said TSC President Jesús Roberto Rodríguez. “We appreciate the trust our superintendents and school district boards have put in Texas Southmost College to provide their students with highquality transfer courses.” From fall 2017 through fall 2020, Lower Rio Grande Valley students have enrolled in 137,004 semester credit hours. Each course, whether offered at the high school or on the TSC campus, contains the same course
From fall 2017 through fall 2020, Lower Rio Grande Valley students have enrolled in 137,004 semester credit hours. Courses are offered at their high school or on the TSC campus.
content and is taught with the same rigor as traditional college courses, and faculty must hold the same credentials as traditional college faculty. Merrill Hammons, BISD director for College, Career and Military Readiness and Advanced Academics said he applauds TSC on the work
it is doing to give his students and those across the Lower Rio Grande Valley this opportunity. “Many of our students come from low socioeconomic families and are first-generation college students, so exposing them to college early through dual enrollment is a large cost savings for them and their families
and gives them the tools they need to work toward a higher education after high school,” said Hammons. “The number of students we have seen enroll in dual enrollment has increased substantially and we’re excited to continue this partnership and work together to give our students an easy transition into college.” ► CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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