One Texas health district received 900 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Then, it closed for Christmas.

[Elderberry]

Texas Tribune by Shawn Mulcahy Dec. 24, 2020

One Texas health district received 900 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Then, it closed for Christmas.

The move in Williamson County drew a sharp rebuke from local leaders, who felt that health officials shirked their duties by failing to promptly administer doses of the vaccine.

The Williamson County and Cities Health District on Wednesday received 900 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, then closed its offices for Christmas.

District officials said Thursday that the vaccine arrived earlier than scheduled and it was impossible to speed up plans to administer vaccines starting Saturday. But the move drew a sharp rebuke from local leaders, who felt that health officials shirked their duties by failing to promptly administer doses of the vaccine.

“We actually have the tool in our toolbox and we’re hanging onto it,” said Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell. He criticized district officials for taking time off while first responders in the Central Texas suburban county, home to Round Rock, continued to work.

“I’m just profoundly disappointed,” he added.

More: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/12/24/texas-williamson-county-coronavirus-vaccine/

[PeteS in CA]

One of the things OWS did was to ass-kick Federal bureaucrats into doing their jobs quickly and efficiently. You know, like the vaccines were urgently needed. Other than a number of people changing their families' plans - significant but doable - early arrival should have meant an early start on an urgently needed process. Bureaucratic Speed is the opposite of Ludicrous Speed.