HEADED
HEADED TO
HEADED TO THE SCENE RIGHT NOW. WE WILL GET AN UPDATE ON THIS SITUATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
MEANWHILE ABUOT FOR THERE IS
SURGING CONFUSION AND MAJOR
FRUSTRATION OVER OUR STATE'S
VACCINE ROLLOUT.
MEANWHILE, GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE
RECEIVED A VACCINE DOSE WITHOUT
ANY HICCUPS TODAY BUT THAT IS
NOT THE REALITY FOR MANY.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
I'M JESSICA JAUNARY CASTRO, A
GREAT COPELAND.
GOVERNOR EASLEY IS ELEGIBLE FOR
THE VACCINE UNDER PHASE ONE
HVAE OF THE STATE'S PLAN.
SO ARE MANY OTHERS.
BUT THEY'RE HAVING A HECK OF A
TIME GETTING VACCINATED AND IN
SOME CASES HAVE MADE
APPOINTMENTS ONLY TO HAVE THEM
BE CANCELED.
WE'VE HAVE HAD DOZENS
OF VIEWERS CONTACT US WITH
CONCERNS KTVB LAFFERTY IS LOAN1
WITH JUST ONE MAN STORY CARLA
AND REX CARLAND REACHED OUT TO
US AND I TALKED TO HIM TODAY.
HE FOUND THE KENT FAMILY
PRACTICE ON THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WEBSITE AS
A PLACE GIVING OUT COVID-19
VACCINES AND HE MADE AN
APPOINTMENT FOR HIS EIGHTY NINE
YEAR OLD GRANDFATHER TO GET A
DOSE HERE.
BUT ONCE HE BOOKED THE
APPOINTMENT HE NEVER GOT A
CONFIRMATION EMAIL.
HE CALLED AND EMAILED BUT NEVER
HEARD BACK.
SO A FAMILY MEMBER CAME TO THE
CLINIC TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT WAS GOING ON AND FOUND A
SIGN ON THE DOOR.
THE SIGN SAID IF YOU HAVE A
PENDING APPOINTMENT DO NOT
ENTER THE BUILDING.
YOUR APPOINTMENT IS NOT
APPROVED IS NOT CONFIRMED AND
WILL NOT TAKE PLACE TODAY.
FRUSTATION FIRCREST TO FIND OUT
THAT THIS APPOINTMENT THAT WE
SCHEDULE ISN'T HAPPENING BUT
THAT WE DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW
ANYTHING FROM THE DOCTOR'S
OFFICE PERSPECTIVE IS EXTREMELY
FRUSTRATING TO MAKE PEOPLE GO
DOWN THERE IN PERSON AND FIND
OUT AS THEY'RE WALKING IN THAT
THEY DON'T GET A VACCINE IS
HORWITT WELL OF COURSE HERE AT
KING5 WE'RE COMMITTED TO
GETTING YOU ANSWERS TO YOUR
QUESTIONS ABOUT ALL THINGS
VACCINE AND I GOT A QUESTION TO
PCAR.
I GOT AN ANSWER TO KARLAN'S
QUESTION.
I WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO SPEAK TO
THE DOCTOR HERE IN CHARGE
OF FAMILY PRACTICE AND HE SAID
A LOT OF THE ISSUE HERE HAS TO
DO WITH THE STATES AND I'LL
HAVE HIS ANSWER COMING UP AT
FIVE FOR NOW LIVING CABLE
HAFFERTY K5NEWS KAYLA, THANK
YOU.
HERE IN WASHINGTON, THREE
HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VACCINCE ADDED
THAT IS ROUGHLY HALF THE NUMBER
OF DOSES THAT HAVE BEEN
DELIVERED HERE TO OUR STATE.
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY
SIX THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
VACCINATED IN KING COUNTY.
THAT'S ROUGHLY FIVE PERCENT
OF THE POPULATION IN SNOHMISH
COUNTY THERE HAVE BEEN TWENTY
FOUR THOUSAND VACCINATIONS,
THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND IN PIERCE
COUNTY, NINETY FIVE HUNDRED IN
THURSTON COUNTY AND ALMOST FIVE
THOUSAND PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED
THE COVID VACCINE IN
SKAGITCOUNTY.
THERE'S ALSO A DIRE WARNING
FROM KING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH
TODAY.
HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THERE
COULD BE A NEW SURGE OF COVID
CASES LINKED TO THAT NEW
VARIANT CALLING IT A QUOTE
MOUNT ST. HELENS TYPE ERUPTION.
SO KING5 LWSD GLEN FARLEY IS
JOINING US NOW.
GLEN, QUITE THE ANALOGY THEY'RE
USING REALLY SHOWING THE
MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM HERE.
AND ON TOP OF THAT WE'VE HAD
THIS MASSIVE VACCINE ROLLOUT IN
THE VACCINE ROLLOUT DOES NOT
PROMISE TO GET ANY MESSIER ANY
TIME SOON.
YES, MORE PLACES ARE BEING
STOOD UP BUT IS THERE GOING TO
BE THE VACCINE TO GET INTO
THOSE PLACES?
CALL IT A VACCINE ROLLER
COASTER IF YOU WILL.
NOW LET ME SHOW YOU SOME
PICTURES HERE THIS IS THE
QUESTION HOW MANY VACCINE SHOTS
CAN WE GET INTO ARMS BEFORE
THAT EXPECTION ERUPTION OF NEW
CASES TAKES OVER?
CAN COUNTY IS ADMINISTERING
VACCINES THROUGH MANY CHANNELS
FROM HOSPITALS AND CLINICS TO
FIREFIGHTERS REACHING OUT TO
GROUP HOMES WITH OLDER ADULTS.
BUT DR. JEFF DUCHIN OF KING
COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SAYS WE
WILL NEVER KNOW HOW MANY DOSES
IS HE NEVER KNOWS THE DOSES HIS
APARTMENT WILL GET WEEK TO WEEK
AS ANOTHER THREE HUNDRED
THOUSAND ADULTS OVER THE AGE
OF SIXTY FIVE AND SOME OTHERS
WERE JUST MADE ELEGIBLE FOR THE
VACCINE IN KING COUNTY ALONE.
THEIR MAIN CHALLENGE NOW IS NOT
ENOUGH VACCINE.
IT PERSISTS TO BE MAINE WHERE
ROCKING AND ROLLING OUT
VACCINATION MORE QUICKLY TO
MORE PEOPLE WE DON'T KNOW WEEK
TO WEEK WHAT TO EXPECT AND WE
CANNOT FORECAST FUTURE
ALLOCATIONS.
FOR EXAMPLE, OUR WEEKLY
ALLOCATIONS HAVE RANGED BETWEEN
12000 AND SEVENTY THREE
THOUSAND DOSES.
NOW THE STATE IS IN THE SAME
POSITION.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
HEALTH SAYS THEY DON'T KNOW
NEXT WEEK HOW MANY DOSES THEY
ARE GOING TO END UP WITH NEXT
WEEK BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE
EFFORTS TO ROLL OUT THOSE
VACCINES AND THERE ARE STILL
SOME ON THE SHELVES IS STOPPED
NOW PIERCE COUNTY JUST HERE IN
THE LAST HOUR ANNOUNCED THAT
THEY ARE GOING TO DO TWO MASS
VACCINE EVENTS.
THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS.
THEY'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH
MULTI CARE VIRGINIAMASON AND
FRANCISCAN HERE JANUARY TWENTY
SIXTH AT CLOVER PARK TECHNICAL
COLLEGE IN LAKEWOOD IN JANUARY.
TWENTY EIGHTH AT WASHINGTON
STATE FAIR EVENTS CENTER IN
GALLUP.
WE WILL HAVE MORE COMING UP ON
THE SPECIFICS HOURS SEDRO ON
THOSE TWO EVENTS ON KING5
DOTCOM MEANWHILE LIVE IN
SEATTLE AND FARELY KING5 COUGS
THANK YOU.
AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO
BRINGING YOU THE LATEST
INFORMATION ON THE VACCINE.
IF YOU HAVE A STORY IDEA OR A
CONCERN YOU'D LIKE US TO LOOK
INTO, SEND AN EMAIL TO
VACCINATEED KING5 DOTCOM AND IF
YOU'D ALSO LIKE TO READ UP AND
CHECK OUT ALL THE HELPFUL LINKS
WE HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE