OVER THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I
WANT TO START OFF FIRST AND
FOREMOST WITH A BIG THANK YOU
TO THE ENTIRE TEAM.
IT'S BEEN A PART OF THE
VACCINE EFFORT. THERE ARE
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN
WORKING TREMENDOUSLY HARD TO
GET US THOSE DECREASES THAT
DOCTOR CHAN HIGHLIGHTED IN THE
GOVERNORSHIP PREVIOUSLY. NOW
THOSE IMMUNIZATION METRICS ARE
STILL GOING TO BE MEANINGFUL
FOR US MOVING FORWARD.
HOPEFULLY AND HAS BEEN TO THIS
NEXT PHASE OF THE VACCINATION
EFFORT RETHINKING ABOUT
SUCCESS A BIT DIFFERENTLY.
COUPLE MONTHS AGO WE SET A
GOAL OF GETTING 7% OF ELIGIBLE
RHODE ISLANDERS AT LEAST
PARTIALLY VACCINATED BY THE
END OF THIS WEEK AND THAT 70%
REPRESENTS ABOUT 614,000
PEOPLE. THIS IS AHEAD OF THE
GOAL SHARED BY PRESIDENT BIDEN
ALL ELIGIBLE AMERICANS
VACCINATED BY JULY 4TH. SO
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE UNIVERSE
OF RHODE ISLAND. THOSE THAT
LIVE WORK AND LEARN HERE.
WE'RE ESSENTIALLY THERE. WHEN
WE FACTOR IN ALL OF THE
ADDITIONAL VACCINATIONS THAT
WE'VE DONE THAT I LOVE THEM
AND THOSE IT COME ACROSS THE
HERE OR THEY LEARN HERE. WE
VACCINATED WITH THE FIRST
DOSE. ABOUT 600,000 PEOPLE.
WHAT GOT US THERE WAS ALL OF
THE WORK THAT WE DID IN PHASE
2, HE SET UP A LARGE FAST
INTEGRATED VACCINATION
ADMINISTRATION THAT WORK MORE
THAN A 150 LOCATIONS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THE FACE
TO THIS CAMPAIGN WAS ABOUT
VACCINATING AS MANY PEOPLE AS
QUICKLY AS WE POSSIBLY COULD
AND THE ENTIRE TEAM HERE AND
THE STATE AS A WHOLE HAS BEEN
VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR. SO WE
CAN NOW BEGIN TO START
SHIFTING TOWARDS WORKING MORE
STRATEGICALLY TO CONNECT WITH
FOUNDERS THAT REMAINING TO BE
VACCINATED. IT'S LESS ABOUT
VOLUME AND MORE ABOUT BEING
HYPER TARGETING. SO CURRENTLY
ABOUT 280,000 ELIGIBLE RHODE
ISLANDERS, 60 MOTOR THAT NOT
YET BEEN VACCINATED. WE THINK
ABOUT THIS 280,000 3 DIFFERENT
CATEGORIES AS WE THINK ABOUT
SOME OF OUR SOME OF OUR
SOLUTIONS AND WAYS TO REGION.
SO THE FIRST GROUP OF PEOPLE
OR THOSE THAT FOR ONE REASON
OR ANOTHER UNWILLING TO BE
VACCINATED RIGHT NOW. AND THIS
GROUP IS RELATIVELY SMALL. BUT
WE KNOW NEEDS HAD TO GRIEVE
ENGAGE MONEY. HOW CAN PROVIDE
THE RIGHT INFORMATION. HOW CAN
WE REDUCE BARRIERS TO GETTING
THEM VACCINATED. MOST
UNVACCINATED ADULTS FALL INTO
ONE OF 2 OTHER CATEGORIES.
VARIETY OF REASONS HAVE
QUESTIONS GET ACCESS MIGHT BE
A CHALLENGE. PEOPLE WHO ARE
WILLING TO BE VACCINATED.
HAVEN'T DONE SO YET. SO WHEN I
WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE. WHAT
I MEAN IS THAT VACCINATING 10
PEOPLE WHEN THAT UNWILLING
CATEGORY, IT'S GOING TO BE
JUST AS MUCH OF A WIN FOR US
IS VACCINATING 50 AND THAT
WILLING CATEGORY. THESE FOLKS
THAT JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT OF
A NUDGE. WHEN PHASE OF THE
CAMPAIGN THAT WAS KWAN REQUIRE
US TO BE MUCH MORE STRATEGIC.
THIS IS WHERE THE REAL HARD
WORK PICK AND SHOVEL WORK AS
THE GOVERNOR MENTIONED. SO
WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE.
WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN THIS OVER
THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. IT'S
GETTING INTO SCHOOL EACH HUGE
THANK YOU TO A TEAM OF THE
RUNDOWN, DEPARTMENT EDUCATION
AND ALL OF OUR SCHOOL AND
MUNICIPAL LEADERS THROUGHOUT
THE STATE THAT WORK SO QUICKLY
HE'S DOING WHAT SAID CLINICS
AND SETTINGS WHERE WE KNOW
WILL CONNECT WITH MORE WORKING
AGE. RHODE ISLANDERS AND
GETTING COMMUNICATIONS AND
EDUCATION MATERIALS AND TO
JIM'S GROCERY STORES AND OTHER
SETTINGS WHERE WE KNOW WE CAN
REACH THAT POPULATION BETWEEN
2535 YEARS OLD. WE'RE CREATING
MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR PEOPLE TO
GET VACCINATED ACROSS OUR
NETWORK AND WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT SAME DAY APPOINTMENTS
AND NO APPOINTMENT AND
VACCINATIONS. AND THEN AS THE
GOVERNOR MENTIONED, EARLIER,
IF YOU FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW,
THIS BUT ISLANDERS THAT REMAIN
MOST VULNERABLE. STARTING NEXT
WEEK WE'RE PLANNING OUTREACH
TO ALL THE WAY DOWN UNDER 75.
PLUS THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN
VACCINATED. THAT'S STILL ABOUT
13 AND A HALF 1000. RHODE
ISLANDERS. AND WHEN I SAY
OUTRAGE, NOT SENDING THEM A
TEXT, NOT SENDING THEM AN
EMAIL. WE'RE AND WE'RE ASKING
THEM WHEN WE CAN BRING A DOSE
OF THE VACCINE TO THEIR DOOR.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING
TO PROVIDE AT HOME
VACCINATIONS FOR ALL THOSE
RHODE ISLANDER 75 PLUS NEXT
SEVERAL WEEKS. IT'S AN
EXPANSION UP ON THE PROGRAM
THAT WE STARTED FOR HOMEBOUND,
RHODE ISLANDERS. OVER A MONTH
AGO AND WE'RE EXPLORING
OPPORTUNITIES HERE AS PART OF
THE BROADER PHASE 3. WE ALSO
ENSURING THAT WE'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUR
MESSAGING ENSURE THAT THIS
IT'S GREAT NEWS THAT ALL OF
OUR PUBLIC HEALTH METRICS ALL
MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
IT'S STILL IMPORTANT THAT
PEOPLE CONTINUE TO GET
VACCINATED SO THAT WE'RE
RESILIENT AS A STATE. WE'RE
GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN
TO ENSURE THAT EVERY SINGLE
RHODE ISLANDER IS GIVEN THE
OPPORTUNITY TO GET VACCINATED
AGAINST COVID-19. WE'RE
PATH. EVERY SINGLE OVER TOWN.
EVERY TIME WE VACCINATE
SOMEONE ELSE. WE'RE HOPING TO
BRING A TRANSMISSION
MAIDSTONE. NOW WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS, BUT WE
CONTINUE TO PLAN AND PREPARE
TO ENSURE THAT WE COME IN
PROACTIVE AND WE'RE READY
ANYTHING. WHAT WE DO KNOW WITH
ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY IS THAT WE
CAN GET OUR CASE NUMBERS LONG
ENOUGH TO ALLOW US TO FULLY
REOPEN. A COVID-19 A
ISLAND IN THE SAME WAY THAT
THE FLU MOST SERIOUS BUT ALSO
MANAGEABLE DISEASE. AND WE
KNOW THAT WE CAN DO THIS
BEFORE THE FALL. HIS DOCTOR
CHANCE IT. IT TAKES ALL OF US.
SO POLICE ARE MAKING THIS
APPEAL TO YOU AGAIN, DO YOUR
PART, GET VACCINATED. EVERY