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I'M DREW CARNOY AND WE START
THIS AFTERNOON IN OREGON CITY
WHERE VOTERS ARE CHOOSING A
NEW MAYOR TODAY LAST NOVEMBER
VOTERS IN OREGON CITY RECALLED
FORMER MAYOR DAN HOLIDAY.
SO BRIAN CLERKLEY HAS MORE ON
THAT DECISION LAST FALL AND THE
ISSUES ON THE TABLE TODAY AS
VOTERS THERE PICK THEIR
NEW MAYOR.
NEW MAYOR. >> IT'S NOT EVERY DAY THAT A
MAYOR IS RECALLED AND NOW
THERE'S FIVE CANDIDATES THAT
ARE TRYING TO TAKE EX MAYOR DAN
HOLIDAY'S OLD JOB AND THIS IS
AFTER THE PEOPLE OF OREGON CITY
VOTED HIM OUT.
>> IT'S OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN
WITH THE NEW OREGON CITY VOTERS
ARE CONSIDERING A NEW MAYOR
AFTER THE RECALL OF DAN
HOLIDAY.
HOLIDAY.
HOLIDAY. THE FORMER OREGON CITY MAYOR
STIRRED UP A FIRESTORM
OF CONTROVERSY LAST YEAR IN THE
SPRING HE CONSIDERED ISSUING A
DECLARATION ALLOWING BUSINESSES
TO REOPEN AFTER THE STATE SHUT
DOWN BECAUSE OF COVID-19.
THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL
THREATENED CRIMINAL ACTION
UNTIL HE BACKED OFF IN JUNE IN
THE MESS OF THE GEORGE FLOYD
PROTESTS.
PROTESTS.
PROTESTS. HE REFERRED TO POLICE BRUTALITY
AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE AS HARDLY
AN EPIDEMIC.
AN EPIDEMIC. AND ANOTHER SOCIAL MEDIA POST
HE ASKED WHY THERE COULD BE
PROTESTS, RIOTS, LOOTING
AND VANDALISM IN PORTLAND BUT
NO FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORKS IN
SMALLER COMMUNITIES.
SMALLER COMMUNITIES. COMMISSIONERS LATER TRIED TO
CONFRONT HOLLADY ABOUT HIS
COMMENTS AND AN EMERGENCY
MEETING BUT IT DIDN'T GO SO
WELL >>.
WELL >>.
WELL >>. ARE YOU LEAVING SO YOU DON'T
YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED IN WHAT
THE REST OF AWEOME I'LL HEAR
WHAT THE REST OF YOU HAVE TO
SAY ON THE RECORDING >> HOLLADY
REFUSED TO RESIGN AND ADAM
MOREL HELPED LEAD HIS RECALL >>
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. HE HAD DONE THINGS TO UPSET
PEOPLE ON BOTH THE RIGHT AND
THE LEFT AND AT A TIME WHEN
WE'RE SO HIGHLY POLARIZED IT
WAS ACTUALLY VERY INSPIRED
AROUNG TO SEE PEOPLE COMING
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. I MEAN WE THE RECALL PASSED
WITH SIXTY EIGHT PERCENT OF THE
VOTE >> NOW MOVING FORWARD THE
RESIDENTS I SPOKE WITH SAY
THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE
DONE AND SOME BIG ISSUES TO >>
TACKLE.
TACKLE.
TACKLE. THEY NEED TO FOCUS ON
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SHELTER
AND I MEAN IT'S NOT THE FAULT
OF THE PEOPLE.
IT'S A PROBLEM THAT'S NOT GOING
TO GO AWAY.
I HONESTLY THINK NO ONE IS
FOCUSED ON CLEANING UP THE
WHOLE CITY AFTER THE STORM
BECAUSE LIKE EVEN JYME NOW I
KNOW I STILL SEE FOLKS THAT
HAVE BEEN TOUCHED YET >> THE
GROUP OF MAYORAL CANDIDATES IS
DIVERSE AND THEY COME FROM ALL
WALKS OF LIFE AFTER ALL OF THE
NEGATIVE ATTENTION FROM LAST
YEAR, WHOEVER WINS THE RACE HAS
A LOT TO PROVE TO THE CITIZENS
OF OREGON CITY >>.
WE CARE ABOUT OUR REGIONAL
REPUTATION AS USUAL THIS IS A
MAIL IN ELECTION TWENTY SIX
THOUSAND BALLOTS WERE SENT OUT
AND IT WON'T TAKE LONG TO
CERTIFY BECAUSE THE ELECTION IS
SMALL.
SMALL.
SMALL. IN
SMALL. IN OREGON CITY, I'M BRIAN
CLERKLEY KGW NEWS.
>> OUR COVID COVERAGE THIS
AFTERNOON STARTS WITH THE
UPDATE.
UPDATE.
UPDATE. OPTIMISTIC THAT IS OPTIMISTIC
AND UPDATED TIMELINE FOR
OREGON'S VACCINATION EFFORTS.
SO FOR STARTERS, WE'RE GOING TO
TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE THINGS
STAND RIGHT NOW BECAUSE YOU CAN
SEE RIGHT THERE ARE TWENTY TWO
PERCENT OF ALL ADULTS IN OREGON
HAVE GOTTEN AT LEAST ONE DOSE
OF THE VACCINE SO FAR.
NOW HERE'S ONE THAT OPTIMISTIC
NEWS COMES INTO PLAY THE
TIMELINE MOVING FORWARD BY MID
TO LATE APRIL THE STATE EXPECTS
TO HAVE ENOUGH DOSES AVAILABLE
TO VACCINATE 70 PERCENT OF ALL
OREGON ADULTS.
OREGON ADULTS. ONE HUNDRED TEN MILLION DOLLARS
IN FEDERAL FUNDING FROM FEMA
WILL CERTAINLY HELP THAT MONEY
WILL COVER COSTS FOR THINGS
LIKE REFRIGERATION
LIKE REFRIGERATION AND EQUIPMENT.
AND EQUIPMENT. IT WILL ALSO HELP OPEN UP MORE
VACCINCE IN CLINICS ALL ACROSS
THE STATE.
THE STATE. THE >> CENTERS FOR DISEASE
CONTROL, MEANWHILE, HAS
RELEASED NEW GUIDELINES FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE FULLY VACCINATED
.
.
. THE
. THE CDC
. THE CDC SAYS THOSE PEOPLE CAN
VISIT OTHER VACCINATED PEOPLE
INDOORS WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT
A MASK OR PHYSICAL DISTANCING.
THE CDC ALSO SAYS THEY CAN MAKE
INDOOR VISITS WITH UNVACCINATED
PEOPLE FROM A SINGLE HOUSEHOLD
ASSUMING THOSE PEOPLE ARE AT
LOW RISK FOR SEVERE DISEASE
AND YOU SEE THAT FINAL ONE IT'S
RIGHT HERE.
RIGHT HERE. IF YOU'VE HAD A KNOWN EXPOSURE
TO SOMEONE COVID AND YOU'RE
FULLY VACCINATED, YOU CAN SAYS
THE CDC SKIP QUARANTINE
AND SKIP TESTING IF YOU'RE
ASYMPTOMATIC.
ASYMPTOMATIC. RESEARCHERS AT OHSU SAY A
RECENT COVID OUTBREAK HERE IN
OREGON LED TO A PRETTY
SURPRISING DISCOVERY.
SURPRISING DISCOVERY. THEY FOUND A VIRUS MUTATION
THAT HAD NOT BEEN SEEN BEFORE
HERE IN THE US CATHERINE COOK
SPOKE TO ONE OF THE DOCTORS
INVOLVED IN THIS DISCOVERY
AND HE SAID THIS IS ANOTHER
SIGN THAT THE VIRUS IS TRYING
TO DO WHAT IT CAN TO SURVIVE >>
THE VIRUSES IS CHANGING
AND TRYING TO EVOLVE AS WE'RE
TRYING TO FIGHT THE VIRUS.
DR. BRIAN O'ROURKE IS PART OF A
SPECIALIZED TEAM AT OREGON
HEALTH SCIENCE UNIVERSITY
TRACKING HOW THE COVID-19 VIRUS
IS CHANGING IN OREGON.
THEY'RE OREGON SARS-COV-2
GENOME SEQUENCING CENTER IS
STUDYING ABOUT ONE PERCENT
OF THE STATE'S CASES A SMALL
SAMPLE BUT ONE THAT LED TO A
SURPRISING DISCOVERY ABOUT A
MONTH AGO.
MONTH AGO. THE MORE CONTAGIOUS AND DEADLY
VARIANT THE COVID-19 VIRUS
KNOWN AS BTY ONE ONE SEVEN
ORIGINALLY FOUND IN THE U.K.
IT'S BEEN SPREADING ACROSS THE
UNITED >> STATES THAT WE KNEW
WAS JUST KIND OF A MATTER
OF TIME BEFORE THEY WOULD ENTER
THE US AND START TO SPREAD IN
OUR COMMUNITIES.
OUR COMMUNITIES. AUROX >> TEAMS SHARE THEIR
FINDINGS WITH THE OREGON STATE
PUBLIC HEALTH LAB.
FURTHER TESTS REVEALED ANOTHER
EVEN MORE CONCERNING DISCOVERY
>> THERE WERE ADDITIONAL
OPINION
OPINION IN THAT OUTBREAK INCLUDING THIS E
FORARD FOR COMMUNICATION >>
ALSO KNOWN AS THE EC MUTATION.
SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND IT IN
BRAZIL, SOUTH AFRICA AND THE
U.K. BUT OREGON'S CASE WAS THE
FIRST IN THE U.S. DOCTORS
BELIEVE HAPPEND HERE
SPONTANEOUSLYY A SIGN THAT THE
VIRUS IS EVOLVING.
WHY >> IT'S BEING CALLED BY
SOME PEOPLE EACH IS THAT IT
MIGHT ALLOW THE VIRUS TO HAVE
SOME RESISTANCE TO ANTIBODIES
AND DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH
RESISTANCE THAT MAY MAKE
VACCINES ARE LESS EFFECTIVE AT
PREVENTING COVID-19 OREOGN >>
SAYS EVEN AGAINST VIRUS
VARIENTS THE VACCINE IS STILL
EFFECTIVE IN PREVENTING SEVERE
DISEASE >> AND DEATH AS WE AIM
>> FOR HERD IMMUNITY, HE SAYS
THE MOST IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY
FROM THESE DISCOVERIES IS THE
IMPORTANCE OF STAYING THE
COURSE FOLLOW COVID-19
PROTOCOLS AND WEAR MASKS >> IN
PUBLIC.
PUBLIC.
PUBLIC. IF WE CAN KEEP VIRAL
TRANSMISSION AT A MINIMUM WE
CAN REALLY STOP THESE VARIENTS
OF CONCERN FROM KIND
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