WANT
WANT US
WANT US TO FACT CHECK? LET US KNOW.
JUST USE THE HASHTAG HEYDAN >>
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. ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. THANKS TO CHRISTIAN, ONE THING
YOU'RE PROBABLY WONDERING IS
HOW EXACTLY DOES OREGON GO
ABOUT VACCINATING TWELVE
THOUSAND PEOPLE A DAY?
TWELVE THOUSAND IS ALMOST A
QUARTER OF THE TOTAL NUMBER
OF PEOPLE WE VACCINATED SINCE
MID-DECEMBER WHEN WE FIRST GOT
THE VACCINE THE HIGHEST SINGLE
DAY VACCINATION SO FAR HAS BEEN
DECEMBER 30TH WHEN WE
INOCULATED SEVEN THOUSAND THREE
HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT PEOPLE
THE WORST DAY CHRISTMAS WHEN WE
VACCINATED A WHOPPING TWELVE
PEOPLE SOMETHING I'M REALLY
STILL NOT OVER.
SO HOW DO WE GO FROM THAT TO
TWELVE THOUSAND A DAY?
WELL WE TOOK THAT QUESTION TO
DR. KATIE SHARFF WITH KAISER
PERMANENTE.
PERMANENTE. WE'VE >> ACTUALLY RECRUITED ONE
HUNDRED ABOUT ONE HUNDRED
RETIRED CLINICIANS AT THIS
POINT AND SO I JUST REALLY KIND
OF THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX
IN TERMS OF , YOU KNOW, WHAT
ADDITIONAL STAFF CAN WE USE TO
DEPLOY THIS VACCINE?
AND SO WE HAVE RETIRED
PHYSICIANS WHO WILL BE HELPING
WITH THE VACCINE ROLLOUT.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH
UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND TO USE
NURSING STUDENTS WHO HAVE
PRECEPTORS WITH THEM TO HELP
WITH THE VACCINE ROLLOUT AND
JUST REALLY LOOKING AT
ADDITIONAL RESOURCE IS TO
REALLY GET THIS VACCINE OUT TO
OUR HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND OUR
COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT
THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST
ESSENTIAL PIECES IN GETTING
THIS PANDEMIC UNDER CONTROL.
NOW LOOK, A BIG QUESTION
UNDERSCORING ALL OF THIS AND
CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THIS
VACCINE DIDN'T PUF LIKE PEER
OUT OF THIN AIR, WHY DIDN'T WE
FIGURE ALL OF THIS OUT AHEAD
OF TIME?
OF TIME?
OF TIME? WE ASKED DR. SHARFF THAT TOO
AND HERE'S WHAT SHE TOLD US >>
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. YEAH,
. YEAH, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION AND
ONE THAT WE ALL GET YOU >> KNOW
,YOU'VE KNOWN >> THIS VACCINE
WAS COMING AND I GUESS I WOULD
SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE IS IN THE ABSTRACT SENSE WE
KNEW A VACCINE WAS COMING BUT
UNTIL WE ACTUALLY HAD THAT
VACCINE IN OUR FREEZERS IN
TERMS OF ACTUALLY LIKE TRAINING
AND >> PLANNING FOR >>
DEPLOYMENT, IT WAS A LITTLE
DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T
KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE PRODUCT
WAS OR THE LOGISTICS OF THE
PRODUCT >>.
PRODUCT >>. ADDITIONALLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
BEEN MANAGING THIS COVID-19
PANDEMIC NOW FOR TEN MONTHS AND
SO AS WE KNOW THAT THE VACCINE
HAS BEEN COMING, WE'VE ALSO
BEEN, YOU KNOW, MANAGING
TESTING STRATEGY AND TREATMENT
STRATEGY AND PPE FOR >> THE
HEALTH SYSTEM.
HEALTH SYSTEM. SO THERE THERE IS SIGNIFICANT I
GUESS MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS THAT
OUR STAFF ARE BEING PULLED AND
SO AND THEN UNDERSTANDING THIS
IS THE FIRST TIME AT LEAST IN
THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS OR SO
THAT WE'VE HAD LIKE A MASS
VACCINATION CAMPAIGN IN THE
MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC.
AND >> SO YES, WE WANT TO GET
THAT VOLUME OUT THERE.
BUT WE ARE WE ARE WORKING ON IT
AND WE ARE THIS IS THE FIRST
TIME WE'VE WE'VE REALLY HAD TO
IMPLEMENT IT.
IMPLEMENT IT. SO IT MAKES IT CHALLENGING.
BUT I THINK I KNOW THE VARIOUS
>> HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS
ARE COMING TOGETHER TO REALLY
WORK FOR A MORE COMMUNITY >>
WIDE MASS VACCINATION CAMPAIGN
AND THAT IS THE GOAL AS WE SEE
THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING THOSE
VACCINES IN ARMS TO PROTECT
PEOPLE >>.
PEOPLE >>. IF YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THIS ROLLOUT, PLEASE
REACH OUT TO US.
USE THAT HASHTAG HEYDAN JUST
LIKE PAUL DID PAUL POLICIES.
HOW COME THE GOVERNOR AND STATE
OF OREGON HAVE NOT CALLED ON
THE OREGON NATIONAL GUARD TO
HELP WITH THE VACCINATIONS AND
DRAMATICALLY ESCALATE THE
PROCESS?
PROCESS?
PROCESS? THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD QUESTION,
PAUL.
PAUL.
PAUL. IT'S ACTUALLY WHEN WE BEGINING
A LOT YESTERDAY WE GOT GOT AT A
TIME AFTER WE CRITICIZED THE
STATE'S VACCINE ROLLOUT.
WE TOOK YOUR QUESTION TO THE
OREGON MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
STEVEN BOEMRE TOLD US THAT THEY
HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN
PRELIMINARILY MEETING TALKING
ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, HOW
THEY WOULD DO IT IF THE GUARD
COULD HELP OUT.
BUT ULTIMATELY THEY DEFER TO
THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY TO
MAKE THE FINAL DECISION BECAUSE
THEY ARE THE LEAD AGENCY.
SO WE ASKED OSHA IN THE LONG
STORY SHORT THEY SAID NO
NATIONAL GUARD YET AND THE
REASON WHY WAS A BIT SURPRISING
TOLD US THAT IF THEY DID CALL
IN THE GUARD IT WOULD BE USED
TO ADMINISTER VACCINES TO
GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY
THE VIRUS WHICH IN THE PAST
THEY HAVE TOLD US WERE BLACK
AND HISPANIC COMMUNITIES.
BUT