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. A MILLION DOSES OF COVID VACCINES WILL START ARRIVING AT
CHAIN PHARMACIES NEXT WEEK.
THE WHITE HOUSE TONIGHT.
SIXTY FIVE HUNDRED STORES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE PART
OF THIS NEXT PHASE OF VACCINE
ROLLOUT.
WELCOME TO KING5 NEWS AT NINE.
I'M MARK WRIGHT IN FOR JCRANE
TONIGHT.
I'M JESSICA JANNER.
CASTRO AND KING5 SAID LAND IS
JOINING US LIVE NOW FROM
BELLEVUE.
TED, WHICH PHARMACY IS HERE IN
WASHINGTON?
WE HAVE THE DOSES.
WELL, SAFEWAY IS GETTING
THOUSANDS OF DOSES FOR ITS
WASHIGNTON STORES.
THAT'S A MUCH NEEDED BOOST TO
SUPPLY.
BUT LIKE WE'VE SEEN ALL OVER
THE STATE, IT'LL STILL BE
DIFFICULT TO GET TREATMENT.
NEIGHBORHOOD PHARMACIES ARE
PREPARING FOR THE NEXT WAVE
COVID VACCINATIONS.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL
SHIP A MILLION DOSES TO
STOREFRONTS NATIONWIDE NEXT
WEEK.
IT'S AN EXTRA BOOST ON TOP
OF THE STATE'S SUPPLY.
THIS WILL PROVIDE MORE SITES
FOR PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATED IN
THEIR COMMUNITIES AND IT'S AN
IMPORTANT COMPONENT TO
DELIVERING VACCINES EQUITABLE
TWENTY ONE NATIONAL PHARMACY
CHAINS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THIS
NEXT PHASE OF DISTRIBUTION BUT
SOME OF THE BIGGEST BRANDS AT
CVS, WALGREENS AND WALMART ARE
INCLUDING
INCLUDING THEIR WASHIGNTON LOCATIONS IN THE PROGRAM AT LEAST NOT YET SAFEWAY
ALBERTSONS IS AND SAYS ALL
OF ITS 170 WASHINGTON
PHARMACIES SHOULD RECEIVE DOSES
NEXT WEEK WILL BE IN THE
APPOINTEMENTS UP OVER THE
WEEKEND AND ACTIVATING THOSE
APPOINTEMENTS FOR FOR PEOPLE TO
GO IN AND SEDRO APPOINTEMENTS
DAVID GREENE IS OVERSEEING THE
REGIONAL VACCINE EXPANSION FOR
THE COMPANY.
DAVID, YOU'VE HEARD THE STORIES
I'M SURE FROM PEOPLE THAT GO ON
THE WEBSITE THEY TRY TO FIND AN
APPOINTMENT AS SOON AS THEY
HEAR ABOUT IT THEY CLICK ON IT
AND THEY ARE ALL FULL.
IS THAT GOING TO BE HAPPENING
HERE?
YEAH, I THINK SO.
YOU CAN WE I MEAN THE REALITY
IS IS THAT THE LINES LONG RIGHT
NOW RIGHTAT WITH WITH THE
CURRENT AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT
ARE ELGIBLE WITHIN THIS PHASE.
I WISH I HAD A BETTER MESSAGE
OFCR PEOPLE OTHER THAN TRY TO
BE PATIENT IN PERSISTENT
SAFEWAY.
ALBERTSONS SAYS AS DOSIS
INCREASE THE COMING WEEKS SO
TOO WILL OPPORTUNITIES FOR
APPOINTEMENTS PEOPLE WHO ARE
CURRENTLY ELIGIBLE CAN START
SIGNING UP FOR VACCINES AT
SAFEWAY STARTING EARLY NEXT
WEEK.
BUT GETTING THOSE APPOINTEMENTS
ARE VERY LIMITED GUYS.
SO TED WELL SOME OF THE OTHER
COMPANIES PHARMACIES LIKE
WALGREENS AND CVS EVENTUALY
HAVE VACCINE HERE IN
WASHINGTON.
YES, SAY THEY PLAN TO EXPAND TO
OTHER STATES ONCE THEY GET MORE
SUPPLY ONCE THE SUPPLY ALLOWS
THEM TO DO THAT COSTCO WE
SHOULD MENTION IS ALSO PART
OF THIS FEDERAL PROGRAM BUT
THEY HAVE NOT YET ANNOUNCED ON
THEIR WEBSITE HOW PEOPLE WILL
SIGN UP FOR THOSE VACCINES.
ALL RIGHT, KING5 SETTLIN THANKS
TED.
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS
PUSHED BACK ITS TIMELINE FOR
WHEN EVERYONE CAN RECEIVE THE
COVID-19 VACCINE.
AND TAKE A LOOK HERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION TO
UNPACK IN THIS GRAPHIC FROM THE
STATE BUT WE WANT TO FOCUS YOUR
ATTENTION RIGHT THERE IN THE
MIDDLE OF IT.
IT SAYS WE WON'T MOVE FROM OUR
CURRENT TIER PEOPLE 65 AND UP
UNTIL SPRING THE STATE PREDICTS
PHASES TWO, THREE AND FOUR WILL
START SUMMER OR FALL AND WE
DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHO WILL
FALL INTO EACH PHASE.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS ITS
WAITING FOR MORE GUIDANCE FROM
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND WE
REACHED OUT TO THE STATE TO ASK
ABOUT THE NEW TIMELINE BUT
WE'VE NOT HEARD BACK.
ACCORDING TO NEW CDC DATA,
WHITE WOMEN, WHITE PEOPLE AND
WOMEN I SHOULD SAY WERE MORE
LIKELY TO GET THE VACCINE IN
THE FIRST MONTH OF COVID
DISTRIBUTION SKEPTICISM AND
ONLINE MISINFORMATION ARE
COMPLICATING THE EFFORT TO GET
THE VACCINE INTO THE ARMS
OF MINORITY COMMUNITIES.
FULTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, FOR
EXAMPLE, HAS BEEN FIGHTING
RUMORS LIKE THE ONE THAT
BASEBALL GREAT HANK AARON DIED
FROM A VACCINE.
HE DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES.
DR. LYNN PAXTON SAYS THE
VACCINE IS VERY EFFECTIVE AND
SAFE.
SEEK OUT TRUSTED SOURCES FOR
INFORMATION ABOUT THE VACCINE.
FACEBOOK AND YOUR NEIGHBOR NEXT
DOOR POSTINGS ARE NOT TRUSTED
SOURCES SO THE STATES REPORTING
RACIAL BREAKDOWNS OF WHO'S
GETTING THE VACCINE IN THOSE
STATES 60 PERCENT OF THOSE
VACCINATED ARE WHITE COMPARED
WITH ELEVEN AND A HALF PERCENT
LATINO LESS IN FIVE AND A HALF
PERCENT BLACK.
WASHIGNTON HAS NOT RELEASED
DEMOGRAPHIC DATA YET NATSOT
EXPLANATION SITES HOPE TO BE
BACK UP AND RUNNING IN
SNOHOMISH COUNTY BY THE MORNING
TO DAY FOUR OUT OF THE FOUR
WERE SHUT DOWN THE COUNTY'S
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT
HAS SPENT SIX MONTHS PLANNING
FOR THE VACCINE ORGANIZATING
LOCATION STAFF AND MATERIALS.
WHAT THEY SAY THEY COULDN'T
PLAN FOR IS AN UNRELIABLE
NUMBER OF DOSES.
WE DID NOT WANT TO PUT THE
COMMUNITY IN THE POSITION
OF WAITING IN A LONG LINE
HOPING THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO
GET VACCINATED ONLY TO FIND OUT
THAT WE WOULD RUN OUT
OF VACCINE AT OF SITE AND HAVE
TO TURN FOLKS AWAY.
THE COUNTY RELIES ON THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE
STATE FOR APPLICATIONS THE
VACCINE THE SITES SHOULD BE
OPERATING AGAIN TOMORROW BUT
THE COUNTY HASN'T RULED OUT
ANOTHER CLOSURE.
WE KNOW IT CAN BE HARD KEEPING
TRACK OF ALL THE VACCINE SITES
TO MAKE THAT EASIER.
WE HAVE COMPILED A LIST
OF VACCINE PROVIDERS IN OUR
AREA TEXT THE WORD LIST