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A hate crime was reported in West Campus by The University of Texas at Austin
Anti-semitic graffiti has been reported at 2501 Leon St.
The University of Texas Police Department released an incident report that the hate crime took place at 10 p.m. Jan. 10. UTPD has not revealed any suspects involved, and is asking for tips on the incident.
This comes just over one week after Americans bearing white supremacist symbolism stormed the U.S. Capitol. The FBI released a bulletin on Monday informing the public of nationwide protests which are expected to take place from Jan. 16 through President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Jan. 20.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci discussed what he hopes the U.S. learned in the pandemic, while being honored at The University of Texas's Ken Shine Lectureship.
<p>The annual lecture held on Thursday by Dell Medical School at UT Austin features the winner of the Ken Shine Prize in Health and Leadership—this year, Dr. Fauci was the honoree.</p><p>"You've been a shining light for those of us in our communities that have been working hard to advance science and without you, I think many of us would have felt really completely abandoned," said Dell Medical School's Dean Clay Johnson of Dr. Fauci's leadership. </p><p>Throughout the pandemic, Dr. Fauci has been the voice of reason for many and has pushed for more effective COVID-19 projects and procedures every step of the way. Moving forward, he hopes people don't soon forget the damage caused by a lack of preparedness.</p><p>"I would hope that we do not forget that and realize that we really do have to take a serious look at pandemic preparedness," said Dr. Fauci in the Zoom-facilitated lecture. "Including the ability to do massive testing, including the ability to restrengthen our local public health system."</p><p>While he never laid out any new plans for the forward movement of handling COVID-19, Dr. Fauci certainly had some ideas on how to increase readiness for catastrophes in the future and how the next administration can better inform Americans. In the discussion, he suggested putting out a consistent message.</p><p>"When you have a consistent message from leadership, from those who implement, it becomes much easier because there are no chinks in the armor, no gaps that people can capitalize on," Dr. Fauci said.</p><p>He went on to speak about a closer working relationship between the states and the federal government. While Dr. Fauci believes there have been "some successes" in that area, there is still significant improvement to be made.</p><p>At the end of the lecture, Ken Shine, M.D., former Vice Chancellor for health affairs at the University of Texas System and the man whose name the award bears, was also in attendance and said the closing words in honor of Dr. Fauci:</p><p>"In terms of the integrity ... and the candor and the honesty which you represent, those are values, which are critical to our society. No matter how, what area we're talking about, those are values, which you represent to the nth degree."</p>
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An AISD teacher gets vaccinated by Ascension Seton staff.
Austin ISD and Ascension Seton announced its partnership Saturday to get eligible teachers vaccinated over the weekend and through Tuesday.
<p>The first to receive the vaccine have been on-campus staff aged 65 and older. To follow will be those with a qualifying condition in Group 1B and those teachers whose accommodations were denied for the upcoming semester.</p><p>Superintendent Dr. Stephanie Elizalde revealed the news to staff in a letter sent on Friday.</p><p>While noting that AISD police officers and nurses have already begun receiving their vaccines, she added they will continue to advocate for all teachers and staff to be prioritized as the vaccines become more widely available.</p><p>Austin ISD central office staff are notifying eligible individuals via a personal phone call and email to tell them how they can register to be vaccinated, according to the announcment. </p><p>The news came just one day after Dr. Elizalde announced that in-person classes will resume on Tuesday with the added precaution of canceling all extracurriculars except varsity athletics. The option for online learning will be offered to families through the rest of the school year.</p>
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The COVID vaccine is here! Dell Medical School will begin administering shots on Tuesday
14 December 2020
Pfizer shipped its first allotment of COVID vaccines from its Kalamazoo plant on Sunday.
UT Health Austin, the clinical practice of Dell Medical School, was the first site in Central Texas to receive doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Monday morning and will begin administering it to frontline healthcare workers on Tuesday.
<p>UT Health Austin received 2,925 doses of the vaccine, which requires a second dose around three weeks after the first is administered. It is one of only four sites across the state to gain such early access.</p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0ce3b38603907437283742ee6095f7f2" id="dd8b9"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1338524960567021568"><div style="margin:1em 0">The first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have arrived @UTAustin, among four Texas facilities to receive the first ro… https://t.co/wqIqfcRrYz</div> — UT Health Austin (@UT Health Austin)<a href="https://twitter.com/uthealthaustin/statuses/1338524960567021568">1607964193.0</a></blockquote></div><p>UT Health San Antonio, UT's MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and Methodist Dallas Medical Center also received vaccine shipments—between 4,875 and 5,850 doses—on Monday.<br/></p><p>Ten other facilities in Hays, Travis and Williamson counties will receive vaccine shipments later this week as part of the initial allotment, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. </p><p>The Pfizer vaccine has already been administered in other parts of the country. </p><p>A critical care nurse in New York was among the first in the U.S. to receive the initial dose of the two-part vaccine. </p><p>"I want to instill public confidence that the vaccine is safe," said Sandra Lindsay, who is the director of critical care at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens.</p>
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="631ec07ee78ca8d137f30e10a68aa164" id="66dea"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1338492511501815809"><div style="margin:1em 0">BREAKING: Critical care nurse in New York is among first in US to receive a coronavirus vaccine: "We all need to do… https://t.co/A6jgtYiXYv</div> — MSNBC (@MSNBC)<a href="https://twitter.com/MSNBC/statuses/1338492511501815809">1607956457.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p>The vaccine was also administered to frontline healthcare workers at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, GW Hospital in Washington D.C. and Ohio State University's Wexner Center in Columbus.<br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="d472ef75c21d82513b33059f8cb6d507" id="ca0a2"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1338574221690220545"><div style="margin:1em 0">The first and second COVID vaccines at @GWHospital have been administered! https://t.co/MSct7DsPZa</div> — Peter Sacco (@Peter Sacco)<a href="https://twitter.com/PeterSaccoDC/statuses/1338574221690220545">1607975938.0</a></blockquote></div><p>U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Monday that 20 million Americans should be able to get the first dose of the COVID vaccine by the end of December.<br/></p><p>This is contingent on the approval of an emergency use authorization for Moderna's COVID vaccine, which will be reviewed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday. </p>
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