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>> THIS IS KGW DIGS AND FIRSR
FIVE.
FIVE.
FIVE. WE
FIVE. WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS.
THE FDA HAS JUST AUTHORIZED
MODERNAS CORONA VIRUS VACCINE
FOR EMERGNECY USE.
A PANEL YESTERDAY VOTED
OVERWHELMINGLY TO RECOMMEND
APPROVING THE VACCINE WHICH IS
SHOWN TO BE JUST AS EFFECTIVE
AS PFIZER'S.
AS PFIZER'S. IT'S A POTENTIAL GAME CHANGER
BECAUSE UNLIKE PFIZER'S
VACCINE, IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE
STORED AT ULTRA COLD
TEMPERATURES MAKING IT EASIER
TO DISTRIBUTE IN RURAL AREAS.
>> TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR OUR
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND TO ALSO
GIVE OUR STUDENTS AN INCREDIBLE
OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME.
>> NURSING STUDENTS AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND ARE
GETTING READY TO BE PART
OF HISTORY.
OF HISTORY. THEY'RE JOINING KAISER NEXT
MONTH TO HELP VACCINATE PEOPLE
FOR KOVA 19 KGW.
GALEN ETTLIN LOOKS AT
CHALLENGES FACING THE SYSTEM
AND HOW THESE REINFORCEMENTS
WILL HELP.
WILL HELP. >> DR. KATIE SHARFF AT KAISER
IS EXCITED ABOUT A COVAX
VACCINE.
VACCINE.
VACCINE. THE SENSE OF HOPE IN A VERY
CHALLENGING TIME.
CHALLENGING TIME. >> BUT WITH HIGH CASE NUMBERS
HELPING THE COMMUNITY AND HER
TEAM IS A CHALLENGE.
>> STAFFING IS TIGHT.
>> WE NEED ALL OF THOSE HEALTH
CARE WORKERS TO BE TAKING CARE
OF THE PATIENTS.
BUT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW
TO GET THIS VACCINE AND GET
THESE IMMUNIZATIONS DONE SO
PEOPLE CAN GET PROTECTED.
IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE AN
IMPORTANT TURNING POINT FOR ALL
OF US.
OF US.
OF US. >>
OF US. >> DR. CASEY SHILLAM IS THE
DEAN OF UNIVERSITY
OF PORTLAND'S SCHOOL OF NURSING
.
.
. THIS
. THIS VIDEO SHOWS THE SCHOOL
BEFORE KOFOD IN JANUARY 30 TO
40 NURSING STUDENTS WILL JOIN
KAISER TO ADMINISTER KOFOD 19
VACCINES.
VACCINES.
VACCINES. >> THEY ARE THE FUTURE HEALTH
CARE WORKFORCE AND THEY ARE
ALREADY PREPARED TO BE ABLE TO
DELIVER VACCINES.
DELIVER VACCINES. >> I THINK MAYBE SOME PEOPLE AT
HOME HEARING STUDENTS ARE
GIVING THE VACCINE THEY MIGHT
BE CONCERNED.
BE CONCERNED. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT
LOOKS LIKE FOR SOMEONE MAYBE
NOT IN THE MEDICAL FIELD?
>> WE HAVE A VERY RIGOROUS
TRAINING PROGRAM IN TERMS
OF GIVING VACCINE FOR ANYONE
WHO'S GIVING VACCINE.
AND SO I AM CONFIDENT THEY WILL
BE COMPETENT AND SAFE TO
ADMINISTER AND WE'LL HAVE
DIRECT OVERSIGHT.
DIRECT OVERSIGHT. >> TEN FACULTY MEMBERS FROM
YUPPY WILL VOLUNTEER ON THE
FRONT LINES BEFORE STUDENTS ARE
BROUGHT IN HELPING GIVE THEM
THE LAY OF THE LAND SO THEY
HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE, THEY HAVE
THE SKILL AND IT REALLY IS
ALMOST LIKE THIS UNTAPPED
WORKFORCE THAT STANDS READY TO
BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THE
DISSEMINATION.
DISSEMINATION. >> HOW BIG IS THE NEED FOR
NURSES RIGHT NOW?
>> WHAT WE FIND IS THAT IN THE
PORTLAND METROPOLITAN AREA WE
HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH NURSES
BUT WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
OF NURSING WORKFORCE
DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE
STATE.
STATE.
STATE. >>
STATE. >> YUPPY IS WORKING TO BRIDGE
THAT GAP WITH RURAL HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS AND PROVIDERS.
>> BUT UNDER THE STRAIN
OF COVAX 19, IT'S JUST A
CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF HEALTH
CARE WORKERS NATIONWIDE.
>> DR. SHARFF SAYS STUDENTS CAN
JUMP RIGHT IN TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE ANYWHERE.
DIFFERENCE ANYWHERE. >> BUT IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR THEM TO GET EXPERIENCE
BECAUSE THEY WILL BE LEADING
OUR HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE IN
THE YEARS TO COME.
>> I'M GALEN ETTLIN FOR KGW
NEWS AT KAISERS WEST SIDE
MEDICAL CENTER IN HILLSBORO.
>> HEALTH CARE WORKERS GOT THE
MUCH ANTICIPATED KOVA 19
VACCINE AND AMONG THE FIRST TO
RECEIVE A SHOT ERIC KATHEE, THE
ICU NURSE LATER SPOKE WITH
ORGAN GOVERNOR KATE BROWN ON
ZOOME.
ZOOME.
ZOOME. KATHY SAID HE WISHES THE PUBLIC
COULD SEE THE DEVASTATING
IMPACT OF THIS VIRUS FIRSTHAND.
BUT PATIENT PRIVACY LAWS AND
HIP HOP PREVENT THAT.
>> I WISH HIPPO WASN'T A THING
RIGHT NOW SO WE COULD JUST WALK
AND JUST SHOW PEOPLE EXACTLY
WHAT'S GOING ON THESE UNITS AND
JUST HOW WILD AND CRAZY AND
SCARY IT IS TO SEE HOW SICK
PEOPLE ARE.
PEOPLE ARE. >> AFTER A WEEK OF PHOTO OPS
AND EXCITEMENT OVER THE ARRIVAL
OF A COVERED VACCINE, HEALTH
WORKERS CAUTION WE'RE STILL
FACING A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE
A SURGE IN SERIOUSLY ILL
COVERED PATIENTS.
COVERED PATIENTS. >> OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS IS
STRAINING THE HEALTH CARE
SYSTEM IN SOME REGIONS OF THE
STATE INCLUDING THE PORTLAND
METRO AREA ICU BED OCCUPANCY
RATES ARE AT 83 PERCENT AND THE
ICU AT ONE HOSPITAL OHSU
HILLSBOROUGH MEDICAL CENTER IS
COMPLETELY FULL.
COMPLETELY FULL. >> MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT,
IT'S A MEDICAL MIRACLE.
>> VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE
RECEIVED HIS KOVA 19 VACCINE
THIS MORNING.
THIS MORNING. >> THE VICE PRESIDENT AND HIS
WIFE KAREN AND SURGEON GENERAL
DROME ADAMS ALL GOT THE SHOT AT
A PUBLIC EVENT TODAY.
THE PUBLIC DISPLAY IS MEANT TO
INSPIRE CONFIDENCE IN THE
VACCINE.
VACCINE.
VACCINE. PRESIDENT ELECT JOE BIDEN SAYS
HE SAID TO GET VACCINATED
MONDAY AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE IT
ADMINISTERED IN PUBLIC.
HAS PRESIDENT TRUMP IS STILL
RECEIVING THE BENEFITS OF THE
ANTIBODY COCKTAIL HE GOT WHILE
RECOVERING FROM CAUVIN 19 IN
OCTOBER ?
OCTOBER ?
OCTOBER ? HE SAYS HE WILL NOT GET THE
VACCINE UNTIL THE WHITE HOUSE
MEDICAL TEAM RECOMMENDS THAT HE
GET IT OR GET PASSED ANOTHER
MILESTONE TODAY IN THE
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC. SINCE THE FIRST CASE OF KOVNO
TEAM WAS DETECTED IN FEBRUARY,
THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 100
THOUSAND CASES REPORTED.
MORE THAN A QUARTER OF THOSE
MORE THAN 25000 CASES HAVE BEEN
REPORTED THIS MONTH.
THIS IS THE DAILY CASE CURVE.
THE TWO WEEK AVERAGE THAT
DOTTED LINE THAT U.S. APPEARS
TO BE LEVELING OFF BUT IT'S
ALMOST AT FIFTEEN HUNDRED PER
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. THE
DAY. THE STATE ALSO REPORTED ANOTHER
21 DEATHS TODAY.
THIS GRAPH SHOWS DEATHS
REPORTED EACH DAY.
YOU CAN SEE THE BIG UPTICK OVER
THE PAST FEW WEEKS.
WE'VE NOW LOST MORE THAN
THIRTEEN HUNDRED OR GODIN'S TO
THE PANDEMIC IN ALL THE YEARS
THAT I WORKED ON UNITS THAT
TRIED TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE.
>> THERE WOULD ALWAYS BE SPIKES
.
.
. THIS
. THIS IS
. THIS IS AN ASTRONOMICAL SPIKE
AS WE NEAR THE END OF 2020 GUN
VIOLENCE IN PORTLADER SEEMS TO
JUST BE GETTING WORSE.
AS OF TODAY PORTLAND POLICE SAY
THEY'VE RESPONDED TO EIGHT
HUNDRED AND FIFTY EIGHT
SHOOTING REPORTS THIS YEAR IN
TWENTY TWENTY PORTLAND HAS SEEN
THE MOST HOMICIDES IN 27 YEARS.
KJB IS PAT DAWES HAS WON POLICE
SERGEANT'S REACTION TO THE
ONGOING VIOLENCE.
ONGOING VIOLENCE. >> THIS SHOOTING NEAR EMANUEL
HOSPITAL THURSDAY NIGHT LEFT A
WOMAN DEAD MURDERED IN FRONT
OF HER HUSBAND ACCORDING TO THE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY. SHE BECAME THE 50 SECOND
HOMICIDE IN PORTLAND THIS YEAR.
IT'S THE MOST IN THE CITY IN 27
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. EACH MORE THAN JUST A NUMBER.
THIS WEEK ALONE, FIVE PEOPLE
WERE KILLED INCLUDING A 16 YEAR
OLD AND A 44.
YOU'RE ALL NAMED MIKE ARTHUR.
HE WAS WORKING AT THE CURED
GREEN SHOP ON NORTH LOMBARDS
WHEN HE WAS ROBBED.
HIS BROTHER LAWN'S STILL TRYING
TO UNDERSTAND WHY HE WAS KILLED
IF THEY HAD ASKED WHY HE WOULD
HAVE DONE EVERYTHING HE COULD
TO FEEL IT OUT OF LIKE IS NOT
SOMEONE YOU NEED TO TAKE FROM
IT.
IT.
IT. >>
IT. >> YOU NEED IS HE HAS SPENT HIS
WHOLE LIFE GETTING INTO THE
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. GUNFIRE IN PORTLAND IS NOW
COMMON IN TWENTY TWENTY 52
HOMICIDES WITH 224 PEOPLE SHOT
AND EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY EIGHT
SEPARATE SHOOTINGS IS SHOCKING.
IT'S NOT JUST YOU KNOW, IN ALL
THE YEARS THAT I WORKED IN
UNITS IT TRIED TO REDUCE GUN
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE. THERE WOULD ALWAYS BE SPIKES.
THIS IS AN ASTRONOMICAL SPIKE.
>> SERGEANT DOOLITTLE SPENT THE
LAST 19 YEARS WORKING WITH
PORTLAND SPECIALTY TEAMS THAT
TARGETED GUN VIOLENCE.
THE TEAM WAS DISBANDED AT THE
BEGINNING OF JULY.
ACTIVISTS ACCUSED IT
OF UNFAIRLY TARGETING PEOPLE
OF COLOR A CHARGE THAT POLICE
CHIEF CHUCK LAVELLE, A BLACK
MAN WITH DEEP TIES TO
PORTLANDALLIANCE SAID WAS NOT
ACCURATE.
ACCURATE.
ACCURATE. STILL, THE TEAM WAS DEFUNDED
DURING THE SUMMER'S RACIAL
PROTESTS.
PROTESTS.
PROTESTS. THE COPS IN THE UNIT SCATTERED
TO OTHER DUTIES.
LEO THINKS IT'S A BIG REASON
WHY THERE ARE SO MANY SHOOTINGS
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. RIGHT NOW I THINK YOU KNOW SOME
PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN GUN
VIOLENCE, THEY'RE KIND
OF ROLLING AROUND THE CITY
LOOKING FOR THEIR ENEMIES AND
THERE'S REALLY NO CONSEQUENCES
OR NOT REALLY, YOU KNOW, AFRAID
THAT THE POLICE ARE GOING TO
STOP THEM, THAT THEY MIGHT GET
ARRESTED, THEY MIGHT GET WITH
THE GUN.
THE GUN.
THE GUN. >> AND SO THEY JUST KIND OF GOT
A FREE PASS.
CRIME SCENES IN THE PAST MIGHT
HOLD.
HOLD.
HOLD. >>
HOLD. >> BULLET CASINGS FOR 20 TO 30
ROUNDS.
ROUNDS.
ROUNDS. DE LEO SAID NOW IT'S COMMON FOR
POLICE TO FIND 50 60 EVEN MORE
SOMETIMES.
SOMETIMES. YOU KNOW IT IS A SHOOT OUT
BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS
AND THERE MIGHT BE THREE OR
FOUR SHOOTERS ON ONE SIDE AND
THREE OR FOUR SHOOTERS ON THE
OTHER SIDE.
OTHER SIDE. AND YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY JUST
WITH THE SHEER NUMBER OF SHOTS
FIRED, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODYS
LIKLEY TO GET AHEAD AND
UNFORTUNATELY SOMETIMES AS
INNOCENT PEOPLE DO.
>> LAST WEEKEND A TWENTY THREE
YEAR OLD FROM IRAQ DRIVING FOR
UBER STOPPED TO PICK UP A RIDE
IN THE WOODLAND NEIGHBORHOOD
AND GOT CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE
OF AT LEAST 60 BULLETS.
HE LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL.
SERGEANT DILEO SAID NEARLY ALL
THE GANG RELATED SHOOTINGS ARE
CONNECTED RETALIATION OR
PAYBACK FOR A PAST SHOOTING.
>> THEY'RE ALL CONNECTED AND
SOME OF THESE CONNECTIONS DON'T
JUST GO BACK LIKE FOR A FEW
WEEKS OR MONTHS BUT THEY GO
BACK YEARS AND YEARS.
>> THE QUESTION OF HOW TO STOP
THE SHOOTINGS IS NOT AN EASY
ONE.
ONE.
ONE. BUT
ONE. BUT SOME LIKE SERGEANT
DOOLITTLE WANT THE SPECIALTY
TEAM PUT BACK TOGETHER.
IT'S CURRENTLY DISBANDED AND
THE POLICE BUREAU'S BUDGET HAS
BEEN CUT BY MILLIONS.
THE MAYOR HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE
BOARD ON THIS.
FIRST HE SUPPORTED DISBANDING
THAT UNIT.
THAT UNIT. THEN HE SAID MAYBE IT SHOULD BE
BROUGHT BACK.
BROUGHT BACK. AND IN THE MEANTIME, THE
SHOOTINGS CONTINUE IN NORTHEAST
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND.
PORTLAND. PAT DOORIS KGW NEWS AND PANTED
REACH OUT TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE
FOR COMMENT.
FOR COMMENT. >> THEY HAVE NOT GIVEN ONE AND
YOU MENTIONED JUST A MOMENT AGO
A YOUNG MAN FROM IRAQ WHO DIED
YESTERDAY AFTER HE WAS SHOT
LAST WEEKEND.
LAST WEEKEND. >> HIS DEATH HAS HIT THE
COMMUNITY HARD.
COMMUNITY HARD. NOW THEY'RE COMING TOGETHER TO
SUPPORT THE VICTIM'S FAMILY AND
CALL FOR THE END OF THE
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE. CATHERINE COOK REPORTS.
>> SIXTY BULLETS THAT'S HOW
MANY ROUNDS POLICE SAY WERE
FIRED JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT
SATURDAY IN THE WOODLAWN
NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR NORTHEAST
STAFFORD, AN 11TH AVENUE.
AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE BULLETS
HIT DULF A CAR MSEER.
THE 23 YEAR OLD JUST HAPPENED
TO BE DRIVING FOR UBER THAT
NIGHT.
NIGHT.
NIGHT. >>
NIGHT. >> AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER CAUGHT
IN THE CROSSFIRE ON THURSDAY.
DULF CAR DIED FROM HIS
INJURIES.
INJURIES.
INJURIES. SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY.
>> HAS THAT AFFECTED EVERYONE?
>> ALI ALRUBAYE WORKS AT CEDAR
HALAAL MARKET.
HALAAL MARKET. HE SAYS DULF A CAR WOULD COME
BY AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK.
IT WAS DEVASTATING.
>> EVERYONE KNOW THE GUY IN THE
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. HE WAS HE WAS VERY NICE TO
EVERYONE IN RONDS THEY TOUCHED.
>> THE OREGONIAN REPORTS DULF A
CAR WAS A REFUGEE FROM IRAQ WHO
MOVED TO PORTLAND WITH HIS
FAMILY FIVE YEARS AGO.
HE RETURNED TO IRAQ IN AUGUST
TO GET MARRIED AND WAS WORKING
TO BRING HIS NEW WIFE TO THE
U.S..
U.S..
U.S.. MANY IN HIS COMMUNITY ARE NOW
RAISING MONEY TO HELP WITH DULF
A CAR'S FUNERAL EXPENSES
INCLUDING CEDAR HOLLOW MARKET
JUST TO COVER WITH THE FAMILY
NEEDS.
NEEDS.
NEEDS. >>
NEEDS. >> AND EVERYONE HAS BEEN
PITCHING IN AND EVERYONE'S BEEN
HELPING.
HELPING.
HELPING. PORTLAND HAS BEEN MARRED BY GUN
VIOLENCE THIS YEAR.
>> MORE THAN 800 SHOOTINGS SO
FAR.
FAR.
FAR. THAT'S MORE THAN DOUBLE
COMPARED TO LAST YEAR FOR WHAT
USED TO BE WAY SAFER THAN THIS.
>> THIS WEEK PORTLAND POLICE
CHIEF CHUCK LAVELLE SPOKE
AGAINST THE VIOLENCE.
>> VIOLENCE IS ALSO A DISEASE
THAT KILLS AND OUR COMMUNITY IS
SUFFERING THE CONSEQUENCES.
THE DISPARATE IMPACTS
OF VIOLENCE ON OUR COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR ARE SHOCKING.
>> ALI HATES THAT ONE OF HIS
FAVORITE CUSTOMERS IS NOW A
STATISTIC IN PLACE.
HE CAME TO FOR REFUGE HOPING
THEY CATCH WHOEVER DID IT OPEN
LIKE THE CITY