Tarrant County Commissioners, without the power to issue any pandemic-related mandates, discussed Tuesday a policy that cuts off pay to unvaccinated county employees who miss work because they’ve contracted the virus.
The two largest local governments in North Texas continue to try and find ways to deal with the escalating number of COVID-19 cases and the effects. "In simple terms, out of every 10 people that are getting tested, four are coming back positive. That's a huge number for our community," said Vinny Taneja, Tarrant County Public Health Director.
"A consequence of that decision. I’m saying if you don’t get vaccinated, don’t come to me and ask me to pay you when you get sick," said Judge Glen Whitley.Tarrant County currently has 1,182 confirmed COVID-19 cases in hospitals, roughly 28 percent of all patients. Whitley said in recent days, the managers of three major county departments said they have so many employee absences due to illness they may have to begin closing locations for services if things don’t improve.The latest forecast from UT Southwestern shows positive cases could hit 10,000 per day in Dallas County by the end of the month, with hospital cases doubling to nearly 2,500 during that time.
"We got people sitting in testing lines for five and six hours. This makes no sense," said commissioner John Wiley Price.
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