SO
SO THAT
SO THAT LOW TECH THAT THE GOVERNOR SPECIFIED IN TERMS OF REACHING OUT AND GETTING
PEOPLE'S ATTENTION FOR
THE VACCINE.
THANK YOU, GOVERNOR POLLICE,
BACK TO YOU.
YOU RECEIEVD THE VACCINE OVER
THE WEEKEND.
WHICH OF THE ELIGIBLE
CATEGORIES DID YOU FALL UNDER
CRITICAL GOVERNMENT WORKERS?
WE HAVE ABOUT TWO HUNDRED
PEOPLE IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
THAT I THINK MANY LEGISLATORS
HAVE BEEN INOCULATED AS WELL.
OFFICE SAID THAT YOUR PARTNER
FOR SALE IN THE MARYLAND RACE
ALSO RECEIVED THE VACCINE WHICH
ARE THE ELIGIBLE CATEGORIES.
WAS HE IN SAME ONE FIRST
GENTLEMAN THE STATE OF COLORADO
.
SO IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY,
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THIS CAME
OUT OF AND YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN
KYLE AND I YOU KNOW, I WAS GOT
THE VACCINE AS THERE'S A COUPLE
OF MONTHS AFTER IT WAS
AVAILABLE.
A LOT OF GOVERNORS AND IN
THE FIRST FEW DAYS BUT I KEPT
GETTING A LOT OF INQUIRIES AND
YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT ME TO GET
THE VACCINE, WHY DON'T YOU GET
IT?
IF YOU BELIEVE IN IT SO MUCH,
WHY DON'T YOU GET IT?
AND WE DO WANT PEOPLE TO GET
IT.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO PUT MY ARM
WHERE MY MOUTH IS, ROLL UP
MY SLEEVE AND GET IT AT SOME
POINT.
I CAN'T ASK YOU TO GET
THE VACCINE IF IT'S NOT
SOMETHING I'M WILLING TO DO
MYSELF.
I REALLY IF YOU'RE ELIGIBLE
YOU'RE OVER 70 PLEASE SIGN UP
AND GET IT.
IT'LL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN
YOUR OWN LIFE.
70 PERCENT IS GREAT.
WE'RE GOING TO HIT THAT.
WE WANT TO GET 80 OR 90 PERCENT
OF PEOPLE OVER 70 PROTECTED
SAME WITH OVER SIXTY FIVE
ESPECIALLY ESPECIALLY IN THOSE
MOST AT RISK GROUPS DO IT.
I DID IT.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DID
IT.
YOU KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
DID IT.
IT'S NO BIG DEAL AND I CAN NOW
SEE THAT FIRSTHAND.
WILL YOU COMMIT TO RELEASING
THE LIST OF TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE
WHO ARE DESIGNATED TO GET
THE VACCINE AT THIS POINT FOR
CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT?
I DON'T I DON'T HAVE I MEAN
I DON'T THINK I PERSONALLY HAVE
A LIST.
I KNOW WHO WAS OFFERED TO TWO
HUNDRED PEOPLE I DON'T KNOW HOW
MANY PEOPLE CHOSE TO GET
THE VACCINE AND OBVIOUSLY
THAT'S PRIVATE WHETHER THEY DID
OR NOT.
BUT SOME MEMBERS OF THE
LEGISLATURE SAY THEY DID.
OTHERS ARE TO ANSWER IT.
BUT WE DON'T WE CAN'T RELEASE
PERSONAL INFORMATION BUT IT'S
TWO HUNDRED VACCINES THAT'S NOT
A LARGE NUMBER OUT OF THE FIVE
THOUSAND THAT WE'VE WE PUT OUT
THERE AND I THINK IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS
AND LEADERS TO SAY THAT THIS IS
ALL RIGHT TO GET ESPECIALLY
MANY OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND
STATE SENATORS THAT OUR
COMMUNITY LEADERS COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR I WAS WITH SOME
OF THEM THIS LAST WEEKEND.
SENATOR GONZALES,
REPRESENTATIVE GONZALES
GUTIERREZ AND REPRESENTATIVE
HAROLD I MEAN IT REALLY IS A
BIG DEAL WHEN WE HAVE THAT
MORAL AUTHORITY WHERE PEOPLE
CAN SAY LOOK, I GOT IT, YOU CAN
GET IT TO BECAUSED VACCINE
HESITANCY IS A REAL ISSUE.
IT'S A REAL ISSUE ALREADY
ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNITIES
OF COLOR.
BUT FRANKLY ACROSS OUR BROADER
SOCIETY TO END THE PANDEMIC WE
KNOW WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO DO
BETTER THAN OUR INITIAL POLLING
AND RESEARCH SHOWS THAT WE'RE
AT WITH REGARD TO VACCINE
HESITANCY.
SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO
INSPIRE CONFIDENCE IF YOU'RE
WATCHING THIS AND YOU'VE GOTTEN
VACCINATED, TELL YOUR FRIENDS
TELL YOUR FRIENDS IT WAS OK, IT
WAS FINE.
ENCOURAGE ANY FRIENDS THAT ARE
HESITANT TO BE ABLE TO
THE VACCINE AS WELL.
AND JUST TO TO WRAP UP THIS
POINT OF DISCUSSION, GOVERNOR,
YOU SAID THAT YOUR PARTNER
RECEIEVD IT THROUGH HIS
OFFICIAL ROLE WITH THE STATE ON
THAT LIST OF TWO HUNDRED WOULD
WE SEE OTHER SPOUSES OR FAMILY
MEMBERS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS?
WELL, YOU KNOW, I SAW LIKE WHAT
THE STATE OF KENTUCKY DID.
THEY DID IT TO EVERY PREVIOUS
GOVERNOR AND THEIR SPOUSE.
WE HAVE NOT OFFERED IT TO
PREVIOUS GOVERNORS AND THEIR
SPOUSES.
SOME OBVIOUSLY AND I SURE HOPE
YOU KNOW AND DOTTIE GOT IT.
I SURE HOPE ROY AND B GOT IT.
THEY'RE ELIGIBLE BY THEIR AGE.
I DON'T THINK BILL AND FRANCIS
OR JOHN AND ROBIN ARE ELIGIBLE.
OBVIOUSLY JOHN'S A SENATOR SO
HE AND ROBIN MAY VERY WELL HAVE
GOT IT.
BUT LOOK, IF BILL AND FRANCIS
WANT TO WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE
ROLE MODELS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO
HELP ESTABLISH THAT.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
ESTABLISH CONFIDENCE IN
THE VACCINE FOR COMMUNITY
LEADERS.
SO YOU KNOW, WE'D BE HAPPY TO
DO WHAT OTHER STATES DID LIKE
KENTUCKY AND IF THAT'S
SOMETHING IF THERE'S A FOLKS
THAT I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT YOU
KNOW, FRANCIS AND BILL AND
ROLLING UP THEIR SLEEVES CAN
SPEAK TO INCREASING CONFIDENCE
WE'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
AND SAME WITH FAITH LEADERS AND
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND OTHERS
.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO SET
THIS MODEL AN EXAMPLE.
I MEAN I I CAN BE A
CHEERLEADER, GET THE VACCINE,
GET THE VACCINE.
HOW EFFECTIVE IS THAT IF I'M
NOT MYSELF TAKING THE VACCINE,
IT'S JUST NOT AS EFFECTIVE FOR
THE VACCINE HESITANT THOSE ARE
GOING TO GET THE VACCINE ARE
GOING TO GET IT.
THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE THOSE
WHO ARE AGAINST IT ARE NEVER
GOING TO GET IT.
IT'S REALLY THOSE FOLKS THAT
ARE KIND OF HESITANT THAT WE
NEED TO DESIGN THE RIGHT KIND
OF