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ONE OF THE BIG OPEN VACCINE
QUESTIONS IN OREGON WHO WILL
GET PRIORITY AFTER TEACHERS AND
SENIORS TODAY?
SENIORS TODAY? OREGON'S VACCINE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE FINISHED ITS
RECOMMENDATIONS.
RECOMMENDATIONS. GAYLAN BREAKS DOWN THE DEBATE
FROM TODAY TO SEE IF YOU MIGHT
QUALIFY.
QUALIFY.
QUALIFY. FINALIZE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO
OSHA AND THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
AFTER >> NEARLY A MONTH
OF MEETINGS, OREGON'S COVID-19
VACCINE COMMITTEE MADE A
CHOICE.
CHOICE.
CHOICE. WE'RE >> PRIORITIZING HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHICH
FAR OUTSTRIPS OUTSTRIPS THE
SUPPLY OF VACCINE.
MEMBERS >> MUST SUBMIT
RECOMMENDATIONS TO GOVERNOR
BROWN BY SUNDAY THE 31ST ABOUT
WHO'S NEXT AFTER HEALTH CARE
WORKERS >>, EDUCATORS AND
SENIORS THURSDAY THEY VOTED ON
THIS LIST WHICH RECOMMENDS
PRIORITIZE IN SEVERAL GROUPS
ALL AT ONCE PEOPLE UNDER 65
WITH UNDERLYING CONDITIONS,
FRONTLINE WORKERS YET TO BE
DEFINED, PEOPLE IN CUSTODY AND
THOSE IN LOW INCOME AND
KONGREGATE SENIOR HOUSING.
THESE GROUPS TOTAL MORE THAN A
MILLION OREGONIANS BUT OVERLAP
WOULD MEAN IT'S ACTUALLY FEWER
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. UP NEXT WOULD BE
MULTIGENERATIONAL HOMES THEN
THE GENERAL PUBLIC THE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE HAS SPENT WEEKS
REVIEWING OREGON HEALTH
AUTHORITY AND NATIONAL DATA.
BUT THE GOAL OF ADDRESSING
INEQUITIES FOR BIPOC BLACK
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF COLOR MANY
OF THOSE COMMUNITIES ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY
COVID WITH MORE CASES AND
DEATHS PER CAPITA >> IN TERMS
OF THE POTENTIAL LEGAL
CHALLENGE, DO WE USE BIPOC OR
NOT OR A DIFFERENT WORD >>?
WE'RE NOT ABLE TO PRIORITIZE
SERVICES OR MAKE DECISIONS
BASED ON SERVICES SOLELY ON
SOMEBODY'S RACE OR ETHNICITY.
>> IN THE END THE COMMITTEE DID
NOT INCLUDE RACE SPECIFICALLY
THE GUIDANCE FOR PRIORITY
INSTEAD DESIGNATING VULNERABLE
GROUPS THAT OVERLAP WITH BIPOC
COMMUNITIES >> NOT BY VIRTUE
OF THEIR RACE ALONE.
SOME ON THE COMMITTEE DISAGREED
ABOUT NOT SPECIFICALLY
DESIGNATING PEOPLE OF COLOR.
OUR >> SYSTEM IS NOT YET
PREPARED TO CENTER ON AND
REVEAL THE TRUTH OF STRUCTURAL
RACISM AND HOW IT PLAYS OUT.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE WE HAVE TO
PLAY THESE GAMES >> BECAUSE
OF THE LEGAL ISSUES >>.
LET'S JUST AGREE THAT
EVERYBODY'S NEEDS FOR OUR
COMMUNITY AND OUR PEOPLE AND
NOT GOING TO BE MET.
THEY DID AGREE ON >> ONE THING
JUST SO HARD VERY, VERY
CHALLENGING THAT IMPLEMENTING
THIS LIST WILL TAKE MONTHS.
OSHA WARNED OF CONSEQUENCES FOR
HAVING SUCH WIDE VACCINE
ELIGIBILITY WITHOUT HAVING
DOSENT READILY AVAILABLE >>.
ULTIMATELY WE DON'T WANT TO
FRUSTRATE COMMUNITY THINK I'M
ELIGIBLE RIGHT NOW AND KNOW
THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH.
THE LIST MOVES FORWARD TO THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE WHERE SHE'LL
HAVE THE FINAL SAY WITH THE
COMMITTEE SET TO MEET AGAIN
NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES TO
REACH THESE COMMUNITIES.
GAILEN ETTLIN KGW NEWS
WASHINGTON >> GOV. JAY INSLEE
VISITED SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON
TODAY TO CHECK OUT THE NEW MASS
VACCINATION SITE.
VACCINATION SITE. THEIR JAYINSLEE TOURED THE
DRIVE THRU CLINIC AT THE CLARK
COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS THIS MORNING
HIS SECRETARY OF HEALTH JOINED
HIM.
HIM.
HIM. THE
HIM. THE GOVERNOR SEEMED PRETTY
IMPRESSED WITH THE EFFICIENCY
OF THE OPERATION BUT HE ALSO
ACKNOWLEDGED THERE IS NOWHERE
NEAR ENOUGH VACCINE AVAILABLE
TO MEET THE NEEDS OF EVERYONE
IN THE ONE A OR TIER ONE B
GROUPS NOW ELIGIBLE.
THE GOVERNOR ALSO SAID NEW
RULES THAT COULD REQUIRE PROOF
OF RESIDENCY OR EMPLOYMENT WILL
MAKE IT HARDER FOR OREGONIANS
TO CROSS THE BORDER FOR A SHOT.
>> WE DID SEND A MESSAGE TO OUR
FRIENDS IN OREGON THAT WE WANT
THEM TO DO THEIR VACCINATION
WORK IN OREGON.
I'M CONFIDENT THAT THAT'S GOING
TO WORK SO I REALLY DON'T THINK
THIS IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM
NOW THAT WE'VE MADE CLEAR WHAT
THE POLICY IS, ANAYELI SAID THE
STATE WOULD SEE A 16 PERCENT
INCREASE IN VACCINE DELIVERY
STARTING NEXT WEEK.
THE PROMISE FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT OF A THREE WEEK
OUTLOOK ON VACCINE DELIVERY
WILL HELP THE STATE BE ABLE TO
BOOK APPOINTMENTS FARTHER OUT.
THIS STORY OUT OF SOUTHERN
OREGON IS GETTING A LOT
OF ATTENTION NATIONALLY
JOSEPHINE COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH
WORKERS WERE DRIVING TO GRANTS
PASS AFTER A VACCINATION EVENT
ON TUESDAY AND LOOK AT THEY GOT
STRANDED IN A SNOWSTORM DOWN
THERE AND THEY WERE WORRIED
THAT THE FEW LEFT OVER
COVERED VACCINE DOSES THEY HAD
WOULD EXPIRE BEFORE THEY WERE
ABLE TO GET HOME AND THROUGH
THAT SNOWSTORM.
THAT SNOWSTORM. SO WANTING NONE TO GO TO WASTE
,THEY WENT CAR TO CAR TO THE
FOLKS WHO WERE STRANDED TO SEE
IF ANYONE WANTED THEM AND THEY
DID ALL SIX EXTRA DOSES GOT
USED AND THERE WAS AN AMBULANCE
THERE JUST IN CASE ANYONE HAD A
REACTION.
REACTION.
REACTION. IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT VACCINES, ALL
YOU HAVE TO DO TEXT THE WORD
VACCINE TO THIS NUMBER FIVE
ZERO THREE TWO TWO SIX FIVE
ZERO EIGHT EIGHT.
WE'LL SEND YOU A LINK TO OUR
COVERAGE ONLINE THAT ANSWERS A
LOT OF THE MOST COMMON
QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS. YOU CAN ALSO USE THAT TEXT LINE
TO SEND US YOUR OWN SPECIFIC
VACCINE QUESTIONS TO THE
NUMBERS NOW THE OREGON HEALTH
AUTHORITIES WEEKLY REPORT
SHOWED SOME HEALTH METRICS ARE
MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
THE WEEK OF JANUARY 18 CASE
NUMBERS WERE DOWN FORTY EIGHT
PERCENT FROM THE WEEK BEFORE.
IT'S GOOD NEWS BUT IMPORTANT TO
REMEMBER HERE IT WAS A DROP
FROM RECORD HIGHS.
THERE WAS ALSO A THIRTY THREE
PERCENT DROP IN
HOSPITALIZATIONS DEATHS
HOSPITALIZATIONS DEATHS REPORTIVE WERE SEVENTY FOUR
DOWN FROM ONE HUNDRED NINETY
FIVE.
FIVE.
FIVE. THE
FIVE. THE WEEK BEFORE THAT THE
PERCENTAGE OF POSITIVE TESTS
ALSO DROPPED TO FIVE POINT ONE
PERCENT AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT
NUMBER BECAUSE IT HELPS MEASURE
JUST HOW FAST THE VIRUS IS
MOVING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.
MULTNOMAH COUNTY HEALTH SAYS
THE DROP IN CASES SHOWS PEOPLE
HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING CDC
GUIDELINES ESPECIALLY OVER THE
HOLIDAYS.
HOLIDAYS.
HOLIDAYS. THEY SAY EVEN WITH SIGNS
OF IMPROVEMENT THE RISK IS
STILL HIGH AND WE SHOULD
CONTINUE TO BE CAUTIOUS >>
BEYOND THOSE NUMBERS ARE >>
REAL PEOPLE AN UP AND COMING
PORTLAND ENTREPRENEUR
PORTLAND ENTREPRENEUR RESTAURANT TOUR DIED THIS WEEK
FROM COMPLICATIONS RELATED TO
COVID ALFREDO CLIMACO WAS JUST
THIRTY TWO YEARS OLD.
HE WAS DUBBED PORTLANDS PINA
COLADA KING AND MORGAN ROMERO
TELLS US HE CHASED HIS DREAMS
AND JUST OPENED TROPICALEE IN
NORTHEAST PORTLAND THIS PAST
SUMMER >>.
SUMMER >>. TROPICALEE >> WAS CLOSED FOR
BUSINESS THURSDAY AS STAFF
MOURNS THE PASSING OF THEIR
BOSS A MAN FULL OF LIFE A
FRIEND TO EVERYONE WHOSE
GENEROSITY WAS ENDLESS PEOPLE
STOP BY AND PAY THEIR RESPECTS
AT THIS ALTAR SET UP FOR THIRTY
TWO YEAR OLD ALFREDO CLIMACO
STAFF SAYS PORTLANDS CARLOTTA
KING WAS HOSPITALIZED PRIOR TO
PASSING AWAY FROM COMPLICATIONS
RELATED TO COVID.
HUNDREDS ARE COMMENTING ON
TROPICALEE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS
FROM PORTLANDS RESTAURANT
COMMUNITY TO REGULARS TO THOSE
HE'D ONLY MET ONCE.
PEOPLE SAY THEY'RE HEARTBROKEN
TO HEAR THE NEWS.
HERE'S A FACEBOOK POST HERE.
A LOT OF COMMENTS ON THIS ONE.
PEOPLE SAYING REST IN PEACE.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY
HEARTBREAKING.
HEARTBREAKING. HIS FAMILY'S GOFUNDME SAYS
CLIMACO IS COLORFUL, FUN,
OUTDOOR BAR AND THE OCEAN
BUILDING ON NE GLEASON.
IT MIRRORED HIS VIBRANCY,
WARMTH AND LOVE FOR LIFE.
TROPICALEE QUICKLY BECAME A HIT
WITH ITS MEXICAN CARIBBEAN AND
SOUTH AMERICAN FUSION CUISINE.
ACCORDING TO THE OREGONIAN
CLIMACO FIRST SET UP BUSINESS
OF THE PORTLND MERCATO BEFORE
TURNING IT INTO A ROVING
CLODAGH STAND POPULAR AT
FESTIVALS THE PORTLAND MERCATO
SHARED A TRIBUTE ON INSTAGRAM
WRITING.
WRITING.
WRITING. WE SHARED HIS JOURNEY AND
ENJOYED HIS SMILE, HIS
UNBOUNDED SPIRIT AND HIS LOVE
FOR PORTLND ALFREDO INSPIRED US
ALL.
ALL.
ALL. HE
ALL. HE WAS MADE FOR BIGGER THINGS.
HE WAS A FRIEND AND HE WILL BE
MISSED FAMLY SAYS HE WORKED
EXTREMELY HARD HIS ENTIRE LIFE.
HE IMMIGRATED FROM MEXICO TO
THE UNITED STATES IN 2010 AND
LEARNED ENGLISH AT PORTLND
COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE. HIS SISTER WROTE ON THE
GOFUNDME QUOTE HE LEAVES A VOID
IN OUR HEARTS AND IN THE LIVES
OF SO MANY WILL MISS HIS
GIGANTIC SMILE AND CARING
PERSONALITY.
PERSONALITY. BUT THE MEMORY OF ALFREDO AND
HIS INSPIRING STORY OF GROWTH
AND PERSEVERANCE LIVES ON IN
THE STUDIO.
THE STUDIO. MORGAN ROMERO >>, KGW NEWS.
OH, IT'S JUST SO SAD THERE
GOFUNDME.
GOFUNDME.
GOFUNDME. WE WILL HELP COVER MEDICAL
EXPENSES AND