The State of Texas volition halt reporting COVID-19 vaccination data connected the Texas Department of State Health Services website, which is simply a determination reported by our partners astatine the Houston Chronicle.
According to that report, the authorities is taking that enactment to "normalize" its handling of the virus.
Dr. Peter Hotez of Baylor College of Medicine told ABC13 the determination could person an adverse interaction connected the combat against COVID-19.
"(That data) would assistance to amusement you wherever we request to measurement up advocacy efforts," Hotez said. "That accusation is utile (in areas wherever vaccination rates are lower)."
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Back to the thought of normalization, Hotez said we aren't astatine a constituent to enactment COVID-19 connected the aforesaid level arsenic the flu oregon the communal cold.
"(We're inactive at) 120,000 deaths per year," Hotez said, who cited the existent inclination of astir 300 nationwide COVID deaths per day. "A atrocious flu play would beryllium considered 50,000 deaths per year."
The Chronicle besides reported the authorities plans to trim the frequence of COVID-19 lawsuit updates to conscionable erstwhile a week opening Nov. 30.
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"Eventually, we volition get connected the different broadside of this pandemic," Hotez said. "I was hoping it would beryllium 2022, but I'm hoping for amended results successful 2023."
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