Texas | September 26, 2021
Texas Hospital CEO Warns It May Stop Delivering Babies Over Biden Vaccine Mandate
Texas | September 26, 2021
The head of the Goodall-Witcher hospital in rural Texas expressed concerns that the facility may have to stop delivering babies due to a recent vaccine mandate handed down by the Biden administration stipulating that healthcare workers at Medicare- and Medicaid-funded hospitals get the vaccine.
Adam Willmann, the CEO, said that some experienced nurses are not vaccinated and don’t plan on getting the shot. Some of the nurses, he suggested, work in the hospital’s maternity ward.
“They are also near retirement age and a few of them have already voiced that, ‘I will just retire,’” Willmann told NPR. “And then a couple other nurses said, ‘Well, I’ll just go work for my husband’s construction company.’”
Willmann said he has been pushing hard to get all of his 250 employees to take one of the vaccines, noting that so far, vaccination rates are at around 70 percent.
Despite mandates, “We’re kind of at that point where everybody… (Excerpts from the Epoch Times)
Texas | September 22, 2021
Hospital Strained by Influx of Illegal Immigrants: Del Rio Mayor
Texas | September 22, 2021
The flood of illegal immigrants that has crossed over the Rio Grande River since mid-September is straining the hospital and other resources in this small Texas border city.
Del Rio has a population of about 35,000. Some 16,000 illegal aliens have entered the city in the past week or so, according to Texas officials.
The hospital is concerned about the situation, Del Rio Mayor Bruno Lozano, a Democrat, told The Epoch Times.
“What’s happening is that last week, for example, we had a pregnant woman deliver a baby and she turned out to be positive [for COVID-19], and so was her infant newborn. And so that takes hospital space that’s very valuable and limited in our community offline, and that raises another set of issues locally,” he said.
Val Verde County Judge Lewis Owens raised similar concerns over the weekend. “I can tell you our hospital’s stretched; they can’t catch a break,” he said in a video message to county residents.”… (Excerpts from the Epoch Times)
Arizona, Texas | September 16, 2021
Democrats Come Out Against COVID Vaccine Mandates for Illegal Migrants
Arizona, Texas | September 16, 2021
6,000 illegal aliens from several countries wait under a bridge this week in Del Rio before they are dispursed by Biden officials across the US.
House Democrats rejected vaccine mandates for illegal aliens this week during the House Judiciary Committee hearing. Democrats voted unanimously to reject vaccine mandates for illegal aliens…(.Excerpts from the Gateway Pundit)
Texas | September 16, 2021
Border migrants refuse to wear masks or social distance, inspector general says
Texas | September 16, 2021
Illegal immigrants refuse to social distance or wear masks and can’t be kept in quarantine even if they do contract the coronavirus, the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general said in a report Wednesday that undercuts many of the Biden administration’s claims…. (Excerpts from the Washington Times)
Arizona, Texas | August 18, 2021
4 Keys to Understanding COVID-19 Surge at Border
Arizona, Texas | August 18, 2021
For six months, an overwhelmed southern border joined COVID-19 as the dominant headline. Now the two stories seem to have merged.
Almost one-fifth of illegal border crossers in federal custody tested positive for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, according to a Department of Homeland Security document leaked to NBC News.
Texas cities such as Laredo and McAllen have had to bear the brunt of illegal immigrants with the virus.
Here are four key things to know about the controversy surrounding coronavirus-infected illegal immigrants. … (Excerpts from Daily Signal)
Texas | August 16, 2021
Texas Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Local Mask Mandates
Texas | August 16, 2021
The Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked two counties from enforcing mask mandates on Sunday after the counties previously received permission from lower courts to defy an order by Governor Greg Abbott that banned such mandates.
The 4th Court of Appeals in San Antonio on Friday upheld a lower court ruling that allowed Bexar County to mandate mask-wearing in public schools, according to the Texas Tribune. The 5th Court of Appeals in Dallas also upheld an order from Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins that required masks in public schools, universities and businesses.
Meanwhile, cities and counties that have fought against Abbott’s ban on mask mandates have argued that his orders should not supersede local orders… (Excerpts from National Review)