It’s clear that Hidalgo County needs more COVID-19 vaccines. The locations where the vaccines have been administered so far have been swamped with people looking for hope. People have stood in line at midnight at a few locations, hoping to get vaccinated the next morning. That’s how desperate some people are as they look at the rising COVID numbers and worry that they’ll be next. On Oct. 1, 2020, Hidalgo County had 32,198 COVID-19 positive cases and 1,718 fatalities. Approximately 12 weeks later, Jan. 5, 2020, those numbers had risen to 52,657 and 2,218 respectively. In Mercedes this week at the Livestock ...