STATE / CORONAVIRUS

Some medically vulnerable Texans feel left behind as the state returns to normal

The possibility that the vaccine won’t work — or that, as some worry, it could even hurt them — is a devastating blow after a year of sacrifice, isolation and waiting for protection against the virus.

By Karen Brooks Harper, The Texas Tribune
Posted 6/14/21

Like many people who followed a strict quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic, Kristen Patton hasn’t seen her extended family for more than a year. But unlike other Texans who, like her, …

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