ABOUT
ABOUT SOME >> GOOD NEWS. LET'S GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY.
I GUESS THAT IS GOOD NEWS FOR
HIM, NOT FOR US.
BUT LET'S GET SOME GOOD NEWS IN
GENERAL FOR EVERYBODY OUT
OF THE WAY.
WE HAVE SOME TANGIBLE SIGNS
FROM THE STATE OF OREGON TODAY
THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO BOOST
NOW THIS MOLASSES LIKE VACCINE
ROLLOUT AND NOT A MINUTE TOO
SOON.
SOON.
SOON. I
SOON. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
WAITING FOR SOME GOOD NEWS, A
GOOD NEWS ON THAT FRONT AND I
GOT A LITTLE BIT TODAY ON A
PERSONAL NOTE.
PERSONAL NOTE. MY DAD GOT HIS VACCINE TODAY.
HE'S A TEACHER.
HE'S OVER 50.
HE LIVES IN WEST VIRGINIA.
THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THEIR
ROLLOUT SITUATION IS RIGHT NOW.
IT IS A BIG >> RELIEF FOR OUR
FAMILY.
FAMILY.
FAMILY. ONE GRANDPARENT NOW WITH THE
VACCINE THREE MORE TO GO.
BUT THERE'S A LITTLE STORY >> I
KIND WANT TO TELL YOU BECAUSE
THE FIRST PERSON I THOUGHT
OF AFTER HE CALLED ME THIS
MORNING WAS ACTUALLY A WOMAN
WHO I'VE NEVER FORMALLY MET.
I GOT THIS CALL IN MY OFFICE A
COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND I
TALKED TO THIS WOMAN FOR LIKE
FORTY FIVE MINUTES.
I WAS ANSWERING SOME OF HER
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VACCINE AND
WHEN WE THINK SHE MIGHT BE ABLE
TO GET IT.
SEE, THIS WOMAN IS DYING.
SHE HAS A TERMINAL PULMONARY
ISSUE AND JUST BEFORE COVID
TOOK OVER OUR LIVES SHE WAS
TOLD THAT SHE HAD ABOUT 18
MONTHS LEFT IN HERS AND SHE HAS
SPENT THIS LAST YEAR LIKE
EVERYONE ELSE IN LOCKDOWN NOT
WITH HER LOVED ONES, NOT AT HER
FAVORITE RESTAURANT, NOT NOT
CROSSING OFF HER BUCKET LIST.
SHE NOW HAS SIX MONTHS LEFT AND
I PROBABLY DON'T NEED TO TELL
YOU THAT THOSE MONTHS GET LESS
AND LESS PLEASANT AS THEY GO ON
>>.
>>.
>>. SHE
>>. SHE IS THE REASON WHY WE PRESS
OUR LEADERS ONE OF THE REASONS
THAT'S >> WHY WE HAVE QUESTIONS
WHEN WE HEAR THAT YOUNG PEOPLE
WHO WORK FOR THESE HOSPITALS
FROM HOME ARE GETTING THE
VACCINE BEFORE PEOPLE LIKE HER
OR WHY WE CAN'T BELIEVE THAT
DOSES ACTUALLY HAD TO BE THROWN
AWAY IN THIS STATE OR THAT ONLY
13 PEOPLE GOT SHOTS ON
CHRISTMAS DAY AND IF SHE'S
WATCHING TONIGHT WE WON'T STOP.
OK, WE WON'T LET UP.
WE'RE WITH YOU AND KEEP THAT IN
MIND AS WE REPORT THAT ORGEON
IS STILL NEAR THE BOTTOM WHEN
IT COMES TO STATES ACTUALLY
GETTING SHOTS INTO PEOPLE'S
ARMS TODAY DURING MEDIA
BRIEFING, GOVERNOR BROWN SAID
THAT THE NATIONAL GUARD WILL
JOIN THE EFFORT NOW TO HELP
SPEED THINGS UP HERE WHICH I
KNOW WE'LL BE GETTING A LOT
OF EMAILS PEOPLE ASKING WHY
AREN'T THEY DOING THIS?
WELL, THEY ARE A SPOKESPERSON
FOR THE MILITARY TOLD US THAT
THEY SHOULD BE SET UP AT THE
STATE FAIRGROUNDS IN SALEM NO
LATER THAN TUESDAY.
THE GOVERNOR'S GOAL WAS TO
VACCINATE WITH THIS HELP.
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY PEOPLE >>
PER HOUR WHICH IS SIX THOUSAND
PEOPLE IN TWENTY >> FOUR HOURS
AND LET'S HOPE SO BECAUSE
YESTERDAY THEY ONLY GAVE OUT
FIVE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND
SIX SHOTS IN THE WHOLE DAY.
IS THAT TEXT LARGE ENOUGH?
THAT'S LITERALLY AS BIG AS WE
CAN MAKE IT.
AND REMEMBER >> THE GOVERNOR
TOLD THE THAT SOON THEY'LL NEED
TO GET TWELVE THOUSAND SHOTS
DONE IN A SINGLE AND WHILE WE
HEAR ABOUT VACCINES EXPIRING >>
ON SHELVES BEFORE EVER MAKING
THEIR WAY INTO PEOPLE'S ARMS
TODAY OSHA DIRECTOR PAT ALLEN
SAID OF THE ROUGHLY TWO HUNDRED
AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOSES THAT
OREGN HAS RECEIVED, WE'VE USED
ABOUT SEVENTY THREE THOUSAND
OF THEM >>.
WE WANT >> TO GET HEALTH CARE
WORKERS, FIRST RESPONDERS,
PEOPLE LIVING IN CONGREGATE
SETTINGS AND OTHERS IN THAT
PRIROTY GROUP VACCINCATED SO WE
CAN MOVE TO EDUCATION WORKERS,
CRITICAL WORKERS, VULNERABLE
POPULATIONS AND THE GENERAL
PUBLIC AS FAST AS OUR SUPPLIES
ALLOW GETTING MORE VACCINES IN
THE HANDS OF PROVIDERS WHO ARE
READY AND ABLE TO VACCINATE
LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE IS A
VITAL PART OF OUR STRATEGY >>.
THE FACT THAT ORGEON >> IS
STICKING SO STRONGLY TO ONLY
GIVING SHOTS TO PEOPLE IN THAT
INITIAL ONE A GROUP ACTUALLY
KIND OF GOES AGAINST THE ADVICE
OF THE U.S. SURGEON GENERAL C.
THE SURGEON GENERAL IS SAYING
THAT THOSE GROUPINGS ARE REALLY
JUST GUIDELINES AND STATES
SHOULD FOCUS ON JUST GETTING AS
MANY SHOTS INTO AS MANY ARMS AS
POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY >> WE
CONSIDER THIS REPORTING FROM
THE OREGONIAN.
THE OREGONIAN. SEE THEY FOUND OUT THAT OHSU
LOST FIFTEEN PFIZER VACCINE
DOSES AFTER A VIAL BROKE AND
TWO WERE MIXED THE WRONG WAY
AND LEGACY HEALTH OF COURSE
WASTED THOSE TWENTY SEVEN DOSES
WHEN THEY COULDN'T FIND ENOUGH
HEALTH CARE WORKERS TO ACTUALLY
TAKE THEM AND THEY EXPIRED AND
I'M SURE WITH SOME DIFFERENT
PLANNING THEY WOULD HAVE HAD