PCCI: Dallas County Reaches ‘Herd Immunity’
The Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation said Dallas County reached ‘herd immunity’ just in time for Independence Day. But how will the emergence of new variants impact that progress?
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PCCI Reports Updates on County’s Herd Immunity Goal
From April to the end of May, the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation’s COVID-19 Vulnerability Index recorded a 40% drop in average vulnerability.
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UP ZIP Code Hits ‘Herd Immunity,’ But What About Dallas County?
While “herd immunity” remains elusive in the U.S. and North Texas as a whole, 12 Dallas County ZIP codes have reached the 80% threshold, including 75225 in University Park.
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Slowing COVID-19 Vaccination Rate Slows Reaching ‘Herd Immunity’
A continued slowing vaccination rate recently pushed the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI) to push back its forecast for when Dallas County could reach herd immunity to late July.
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PCCI: Park Cities ZIP Code Among 12 In County To Reach Herd Immunity
A Park Cities ZIP code is among 12 in Dallas County that the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI) said this week had already reached the 80% herd immunity threshold.
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COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Push Back Herd Immunity Forecast
COVID-19 vaccinations progress but Texas has fallen behind on vaccinations, causing herd immunity forecasts to be pushed back. Here is a mix of the COVID-19 related news that happened this week.
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Herd Immunity In Sight, But ‘Not the Time’ To Let Guard Down
March 10 marks a year since Dallas County reported its first case of what eventually became known as COVID-19. During the ensuing months, much has been discussed about herd immunity.
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Dallas County Could Achieve Herd Immunity By Summer
As residents and businesses continue to assess the damages wrought by last week’s winter storm, potentially good news arrives about the pandemic. These are today’s bullet points.
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What Does ‘Asymptomatic’ Mean?
Thanks to the pandemic, many of us have upgraded our internal glossaries to include a whole raft of new words and phrases — herd immunity, lagging indicator, novel (when we’re not talking about books), and mRNA, for instance.
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Delta Variant Becomes Dominant In U.S.
The highly infectious delta variant, which was first detected in India, now accounts for more than 51% of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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COVID-19 Has Plateaued in Texas, State Says
The Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS) said this week that the state has plateaued in coronavirus cases, but also urged residents to continue being vaccinated.
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