I want to say this is one of the largest mass #COVID19 vaccinations to date. Congratulations @SylvesterTurner and sincere thank you @HoustonFire @houstonpolice @RODEOHOUSTON @astros and to the volunteers. Hope it becomes a new model for the nation. https://twitter.com/sylvesterturner/status/1348139535859908613

I’m glad this happened here in #Houston. Given our national failures in containing COVID19 in 2020, our backs are against the wall: Vaccinating our way out is our last hope. For it to happen mass immunizations like this must become the new normal

Increasingly I hope we can pivot away from fussy and confusing 1b 1c restrictions and open up the nation to vaccinations. We won’t vaccinate the necessary 2-3 million Americans per day by dissecting lunch checks and asking who ordered the salad nicoise and who had the turkey club

Now that 1a is done we need to move to the Houston model focusing on vaccinating as many people possible in as short a time possible

In 2020 we learned a difficult reality (unfortunately): our US public health system has zero ability to handle any complexity. Make things the least bit complicated and it falls apart. Eventually we need to fix this, but for now don’t hold up vaccinations.