WANTED
WANTED TO
WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE GOVERNOR THOUGHT ABOUT IT >>.
AND THAT BRINGS US TO A BIG
STORY TONIGHT.
STORY TONIGHT. SO >> WE ASKED YOU TO SEND US
YOUR QUESTIONS FOR GOVERNOR
BROWN ABOUT THE VACCINE AND YOU
DELIVERED BIG TIME.
WE GOT MORE THAN A THOUSAND
JUST ON FACEBOOK, A TON MORE IN
OUR EMAIL AND ON TWITTER AND WE
SENT SOME OF THEM WITH OUR PAT
DOORIS WHO GOT A TEN MINUTE
INTERVIEW WITH THE GOVERNOR
THIS MORNING FACE TO FACE OR
ZOOM TO ZOOM.
BUT YOU GET IT WE GOT A LOT
OF QUESTIONS LIKE THIS ONE FROM
JULIE AFTER THE BEAVERTON
SCHOOL DISTRICT ANNOUNCED THAT
THEY'RE NOT RETURNING TO
IN-PERSON LEARNING FOR MONTHS.
JULIE ASKED HOW CAN GOVERNOR
BROWN JUSTIFY TEACHER
VACCINATIONS BEFORE ELDERLY
WHEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE
IN NO RUSH TO RETURN TO
IN-PERSON LEARNING, ESPECIALLY
MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL?
HOW IS GOVERNOR BROWN PLAN TO
RESPOND TO THESE DISTRICTS?
HERE'S >> WHAT SHE TOLD PAT
DOORIS.
DOORIS.
DOORIS. >> WELL, OREGON, AS YOU KNOW,
IS A LOCAL CONTROL STATE.
WE HAVE ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY
SEVEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND EACH
ONE OF THESE DISTRICTS IS
DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT. IT IS MY EXPECTATION AND I'VE
BEEN VERY CLEAR WITH TEACHERS
I'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR WITH
SUPERINTENDENTS AND PARENTS AS
WELL THAT WE HAVE THROWN EVERY
SINGLE TOOL THAT WE HAVE AT THE
PROBLEM INCLUDING MAKING SURE
THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO TESTING,
MAKING SURE THAT SCHOOLS HAVE
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. AS YOU KNOW, THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT PASSED THE CONGRESS
PASSED AN ADDITIONAL PACKAGE SO
WE HAVE NEARLY FIVE HUNDRED
MILLION DOLLARS COMING TO OUR
SCHOOLS TO HELP ENSURE THAT
THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES TO
PURCHASE SAFETY EQUIPMENT AND
KEEP THEIR STAFF AND THEIR
STUDENTS SAFE.
STUDENTS SAFE. SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE
CAN TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
>> WERE YOU SATISFIED BY THAT
ANSWER?
ANSWER?
ANSWER? LET USE THE HASHTAG JAYDON.
WE ALSO GOT SOME COMMENTS LIKE
THIS ONE FROM SENIORS PEOPLE
WHO ARE UPSET THAT THEY CAN'T
GET THE VACCINE.
PEOPLE LIKE STEVE WHO EMAILED
AND SAID IT'S PRETTY DARK HERE
UNDER THE BUS.
PAT READ THAT EMAIL TO GOVERNOR
BROWN THEN ASKED HER THIS >>
WE'RE ONE OF FEW STATES THAT
HAVE PUT TEACHERS IN FRONT
OF SENIORS.
OF SENIORS. DO YOU REGRET THAT DECISION?
>> LOOK, WE HAVE PUT OUR MOST
VULNERABLE SENIORS, THOSE IN
NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED
LIVING AT THE VERY TOP OF THE
LIST WE HAVE GONE THROUGH AND
VACCINATED EVERY SENIOR WHO'S
WANTED A VACCINE THAT LIVES IN
ASSISTED LIVING THAT LIVES IN
KONGREGATE CARE AND IN SKILLED
NURSING.
NURSING.
NURSING. THEY'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND DO
THEIR SECOND DOSES OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THEN
YOU WILL RECALL AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC I WAS
ONE OF THE FIRST GOVERNORS IN
THE ENTIRE COUNTRY TO LOCK DOWN
OUR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES
AND OUR NURSING HOMES BECAUSE I
WANTED TO PROTECT THESE MOST
VULNERABLE SENIORS.
VULNERABLE SENIORS. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS OREOGON IS
FARING MUCH BETTER THAN MOST
OF THE STATES IN TERMS OF BOTH
OUR INFECTION AND OUR MORTALITY
RATES THANKS IN LARGE PART TO
THE TOUGH DECISIONS AND THE
INCREDIBLE SACRIFICES THAT
OREGONAINS HAVE MADE.
BUT WE ALSO NEED TO TAKE ACTION
TO HELP THE THOUSANDS
OF OREOGON KIDS THAT HAVEN'T
SEEN THE INSIDE OF A CLASSROOM
IN NEARLY A YEAR ASK ANY PARENT
OR ANY GRANDPARENT OR GREAT
AUNT OR GREAT UNCLE DISTANCE
LEARNING IS TAKING A REAL TOLL
ON OUR KIDS.
OUR KIDS ARE SUFFERING FROM
ANXIETY DEPRESSION.
ANXIETY DEPRESSION. THEY NEED THE THEY NEED TO SEE
THE INSIDE OF A CLASSROOM
BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR GETS OUT
AND THAT'S WHEN I'M COMMITTED
TO MAKING HAPPEN >> LESS SENT
THIS QUESTION ABOUT A STORY
THAT WE COVERED ON THE SHOW
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. LESS SAID ASK GOVERNOR BROWN
WHY ALL OF A SUDDEN THE DAY IS
NO LONGER RELEASING THE AGES
OF THOSE WHO HAVE DIED OF COVID
COMPLICATIONS.
COMPLICATIONS. DOES SHE NOT WANT TO KNOW HOW
MANY SENIORS AGE SIXTY FIVE AND
OLDER ARE DYING?
FIRST >> OF ALL, THAT'S
ABSOLUTELY NOT THE CASE.
WHEN I LEARNED OF THE OREGON
HEALTH AUTHORITIES DECISION I
DIRECTED THEM TO CONTINUE TO
PROVIDE BOTH THE DEATH COUNTS
AND THE AGE BRACKETS ON A DAILY
BASIS WHERE ACTUALLY I BELIEVE
THE ONLY STATE IN THE COUNTRY
THAT IS PROVIDING THIS LEVEL
OF INFORMATION AND THEN MOVING
FORWARD THEY WILL PROVIDE THE
MORE DETAILED INFORMATION AND
ON A WEEKLY BASIS HONESTLY THEY
WERE STRUGGLING WITH MAKING
SURE THEY HAD ADEQUATE STAFF TO
GET THIS DETAILED INFORMATION
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. I
OUT. I TOLD THEM I WILL MAKE SURE
THEY HAVE THE STAFFING
RESOURCES TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
I'M COMMITTED TO TRANSPARENCY
AND MAKING SURE THAT THE PUBLIC
AND FRANKLY THE MEDIA HAS THIS
INFORMATION.
INFORMATION. IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT
FOR ALL OF US TO HAVE >>.
OK, IT WAS BRING IN PAT DOORIS
NOW THE REPORTER WHO DID THE
INTERVIEW FOR US TODAY.
AND PAT, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE
GOVERNOR IS CHANGING THE WAY
THAT WE ARE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT
COVID DEATHS ONCE AGAIN.
DID I HEAR THAT CORRECTLY?
RIGHT >>.
RIGHT >>.
RIGHT >>. WELL, I THINK THAT PROBABLY SHE
WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THAT FIRST
DECISION WHERE SHE SAID WE'RE
NOT GOING TO REPORT THE DATE
THAT SOMEBODY GETS COVID19 THE
DATE THAT SOMEBODY DIES AND
THEIR AGE AND SHE TOLD ME THAT
WHEN SHE HEARD ABOUT THAT SHE
SAID HOLD ON FELLOWS.
YES, YOU ARE GOING TO REPORT
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. AND
THAT. AND THEN THE COMPROMISE WAS
WELL, OK, WE'RE ONLY GOING TO
REPORT IT ONCE A WEEK BUT IT IS
GOING TO BE THAT LEVEL
OF DETAIL THAT WE HAVE BEEN
GETTING NOW FOR TEN MONTHS.
RIGHT >>.
RIGHT >>.
RIGHT >>. INTERESTING THAT SHE DIDN'T
SEEM TO BE TOO AGGRAVATED WITH
SOME OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS
THAT ARE DECIDING NOT TO GO
BACK TO SCHOOL CONSIDERING
GOVERNOR BROWN'S TAKEN A LOT
OF HEAT FOR PRIORITIZING
TEACHERS OVER SENIORS, HOW DID
YOU THINK?
YOU THINK? GIVE ME YOUR IMPRESSION OF HOW
SHE ANSWERED THAT QUESTION.
WELL, I'VE INTERVIEWED >> THE
GOVERNOR A BUNCH OF TIMES OVER
THE YEARS AND SHE'S A VETERAN
POLITICIAN.
POLITICIAN. SHE'S ALSO IN PERSON.
SHE'S NOT REALLY CONFRONTATIVE
IN COMBATIVE.
IN COMBATIVE. SHE'S SHE'S VERY INTELLECTUAL
AND SOMETIMES CAN BE SOMEWHAT
WONKY.
WONKY.
WONKY. SO
WONKY. SO IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING WHEN
YOU ASK A DIRECT QUESTION AND
THEN YOU DON'T GET A DIRECT
ANSWER.
ANSWER.
ANSWER. I
ANSWER. I WOULD EXPECT THAT IN HER
HEART OF HEARTS AND I DON'T
REALLY KNOW THIS SO I WOULD SAY
IN ANYBODY'S HEART OF HEARTS IF
YOU CARVE OUT THIS ENTIRE
POLICY AND YOU GET SEVEN
HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE
POTENTIALLY ANGRY AT YOU FOR
DOING IT AND THEN THE PEOPLE
YOU'RE TRYING TO HELP DON'T
FOLLOW THROUGH AND GO WITH WHAT
YOUR PLAN IS, I WOULD THINK
THAT WOULD INFURIATE YOU.
BUT WHEN I ASK THE GOVERNOR
THAT QUESTION THAT'S NOT WHAT
SHE SAID.
SHE SAID.
SHE SAID. YEAH >>.
YEAH >>.
YEAH >>. CONSIDERING THAT THAT
POLITICIANS AND GOVERNOR BROWN
THEY CAN BE PRETTY CAREFUL WITH
THEIR WORDS IN THESE
SITUATIONS, YOU KNOW, HOW DID
YOU FEEL OVERALL THE INTERVIEW
WENT AND WERE THERE CERTAIN
THINGS THAT YOU LEFT THINKING
YOU JUST WEREN'T SATISFIED YOU
DIDN'T GET DIDN'T GET THE
ANSWERS YOU WERE HOPING FOR >>?
WELL, I THINK IT GOES BACK TO
THAT EMOTIONAL REACTION AND
WHAT IS THE GUT REACTION AND
WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE IN THAT
PRESSURE COOKER THAT SHE'S
LIVING EVERY SINGLE DAY?
I YOU KNOW, SHE'S THE CHIEF
EXECUTIVE, THE ENTIRE
GOVERNMENT AND SHE'S NOT
LITERALLY DOING EVERYTHING
BECAUSE NOBODY COULD AND YET
SHE'S BEING HELD RESPONSIBLE
AND CALLED ON THE CARPET BY THE
PUBLIC FOR A LOT OF THE THINGS
THAT ARE GOING WRONG.
SO I JUST I I THINK IT'S GREAT
WHEN POLITICIANS COME OUT AND
ARE HUMAN BEINGS AND SAY I AM
SO ANGRY ABOUT THIS, I AM SO
FRUSTRATED OR I AM SO EXCITED
AND THE GOVERNOR IS GREAT AT IT
GOING THROUGH THE REASONS THAT
SHE THINKS SOMETHING SHOULD BE
DONE LIKE SHE WAS VERY GOOD AT
TALKING THROUGH THE POINTS ON
WHY SHE MADE THE DECISIONS THAT
SHE WANTED TO MAKE BUT SHE'S
NOT QUITE AS COMFORTABLE
GETTING INTO NOW THE REACTION
NOW