This week, Texas got about two million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Despite the pause in the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, local health departments have not paused efforts to improve distribution.I have also not paused writing blogs. That’s my pledge to you, the dozens of people who read this blog every week.A couple weeks ago, before…
Earlier this week, I was charged with investigating lines at the vaccine hub at Fair Park in Dallas.Listen, North Texas, we’ve been through a lot, you and I. Again and again, we’ve heard this pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges to the world.Then the weather’s over here, like, “I’ll give you an unprecedented challenge.”Vaccine…
Tonight, Fort Worth ISD will host a city-wide graduation celebration for the class of 2020. As a man who graduated in the elite top 75 percent of his high school class, I can understand the importance of a celebration like this.The Fort Worth superintendent explained that kids can benefit from a hootenanny [it’s possible he did not…
This COVID-19 situation is wearing on everyone. Some of us have reacted by wandering into Dealey Plaza [I don’t understand why people thought that was questionable. It’s not as though anything bad has happened there before].An associate texted the other day. Earlier this year, I got this handsome wedding invitation.The text was less handsome. He…
Headed into Holy Week, the pope is urging us to look to the real heroes.He presents a strong point: In Fort Worth, the ambulance provider, MedStar [which has declared me a media hero on two separate occasions. But this isn’t about me.] is responding to dozens of potential COVID-19 calls every day.Loyal Scaiaholics will recall I…
April 3, 2020 Dearest LuLuBell,Lo, as the third week of working remotely draws to a close, I wonder why we, as a society, stopped using “lo” as an interjection.Some thoughts: frankly, I think I would look quite stylish in a cloth mask. My concern is if we all start wearing bandannas again, there will be a marked…