LATER
LATER IN
LATER IN THE SHOW.
FOR
FOR MONTHS PEOPLE HAVE WONDERED, WHEN WILL THE COVID VACCINE
BE AVAILABLE TO ME AND
HOW WILL I GO ABOUT
GETTING IT?
EARLY ON IT WAS FAIRLY
EASY FOR FRONT LINE
MEDICAL WORKERS TO
GET THEIR DOSE, MOST
HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO JUST GET IT THROUGH
THEIR EMPLOYER.
WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF
US?
THE STATE HAD PLANNED
A NEW TOOL TO
FACILITATE VACCINE REGISTRATION FOR UPCOMING WAVES TO BE
READY BY TODAY.
BUT IT APPEARS IT IS NOT.
WE ARE ALSO LEARNING
MORE ABOUT THE EFFECTS
OF LAST WEEKS
ANNOUNCEMENT THAT A
FEDERAL STOCKPILE OF
VACCINES, MAY NOT HAVE
REALLY EXISTED.
SO WE WANT TO ASK JOE
PARRIS WHAT'S WITH THIS
WEBSITE ROLL OUT
DELAY...WILL IT DELAY
ANYONE GETTING A
SHOT...AND WILL WE HAVE
SHOTS AVAILABLE TO
GIVE?
GIVE?
THAT
THAT TOOL
THAT TOOL CALLED PREPMOD WAS SUPPOSEDLY GOING TO BE
READY BY TODAY.
IT WAS A SITE FOR PEOPLE
TO REGISTER TO GET A
VACCINE AND TO ALSO
FIND WHERE THEY COULD
GET THE VACCINE NEAR
THEM.
THEM. THE
THEM. THE FRAMEWORK OF THE
SITE
SITE WAS
SITE WAS MEANT TO SIMPLY THE VACCINE PROCESS FOR PROVIDERS
AND IDAHOANS.
STATE SAID THE SITE IS
NOT READY TODAY
THOUGH, WHICH
CONFUSED SOME WHO
SAID THEY ALREADY USED
IT.
IT.
LOOK
LOOK AT
LOOK AT THESE SCREEN SHOTS THAT APPEAR TO SHOW THE IDAHO
PREPMOD SITE.
I WAS SENT THE WEBSITE
BY A VIEWER DURING THE
VACCINE NEWS
CONFERENCE, THEY WERE
CURIOUS
CURIOUS ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT
WASN'T
WASN'T READY BECAUSE THEY AND THEIR
HUSBAND
HUSBAND HAD ALREADY REGISTERED ON IT AND RECEIVED AN EMAIL
CONFIRMING SOME
INFORMATION. THEIR
EMAIL ALSO SAID THEY
WILL SOON RECEIVE A
CALL.
I BROUGHT THIS UP IN THE
NEWS CONFERENCE, AND
WAS TOLD THAT IF THE
SIGHT WAS IN FACT UP IT
WAS A MISTAKE.
THE STATE IS WORKING TO
FINE TUNE THE PROCESSES
ON IT, ELKE SHAW-
TULLOCH ADMINISTRATOR
FOR THE IDAHO DIVISION
OF PUBLIC HEALTH
EXPLAINS.
"WE ANTICIPATED ITS
AVAILABILITY BUT IN
LOOKING AT SOME OF THE
FUNCTIONALITY OF IT WE
WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE FUNCTIONALITY
WAS APPROPRIATE AND IT
WAS GOING TO MEET OUR
NEEDS. SO, WE FEEL THERE
ARE STILL SOME ISSUES WE
NEED TO RESOLVE. SO, WE
ARE DELAYING THE SETUP
OF THIS TOOL AND WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE WE
HAVE IT AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE AND WE WILL
CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU
INFORMED IN THESE PRESS
BRIEFINGS. OUR HOPE IS
TO
TO HAVE
TO HAVE IT BY THE END OF THIS MONTH OR THE EARLY PART OF FEBRUARY
SO AS WE MOVE TOWARD
THE AGE 65 AND OLDER
PRIORITY POPULATIONS
THAT WE HAVE IT
AVAILABLE."
AVAILABLE."
SO
SO IF
SO IF YOU
SO IF YOU WENT OUT THERE AND SOMEHOW FOUND THIS SITE, GOOD
WORK FOR BEING
PROACTIVE BUT THE SITE
IS NOT READY FOR USE
YET. WE WILL KEEP YOU
POSTED ABOUT WHEN
YOU CAN GO BACK TO IT
AND USE IT.
ANOTHER TOPIC BROUGHT
UP TODAY WAS THE
DEVELOPMENTS WE TOLD
YOU
YOU ABOUT
YOU ABOUT ON FRIDAY ABOUT VACCINE SUPPLY. OREGON GOVERNOR KATE
BROWN TWEETED FRIDAY
MORNING THAT A
SUPPOSED STOCKPILE OF
COVID VACCINES AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL DID NOT
EXIST AND THAT STATES
WOULD NOT BE GETTING
A
A SURGE
A SURGE OF VACCINE SUPPLY AS EXPECTED. THAT CAUSED OREGON TO
PUSH BACK SOME OF
THEIR VACCINE ROLL OUT
PLANS AND CAUSED
OTHER STATES TO
WONDER IF THEIR PLAN
WAS IN JEAPORDY TOO.
THERE WAS CONCERN
WITH THAT NEWS THAT
THE SECOND ROUND OF
DOSES THAT WERE
SUPPOSEDLY BEING HELD
BACK MIGHT NOT EXIST.
IDAHO REPORTED FRIDAY
THEY EXPECT TO
CONTINUE TO RECEIVE
20,950 DOSES A WEEK.
SARA LEADS PROGRAM
MANAGER IDAHO
IMMUNIZATION PROGRAM
GAVE INSIGHT ON
SPECULATION THAT
SECOND DOSES MAY NOT
BE COMING, SHE SAYS
FROM HER SOURCES THAT
JUST ISN'T TRUE.
"I'VE HEARD FROM TWO
SOURCES
SOURCES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL THAT WE ARE ASSURED THAT THOSE
SECOND DOSES ARE
COMING." "THE NEWS
HEADLINES APPEAR TO BE
RUMORS AND I DON'T
KNOW WHERE THOSE
WERE STOKED, BUT THEY
APPEAR TO BE RUMORS
BECAUSE THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS
ASSURING THAT THERE
ARE SECOND DOSES FOR
EVERY ALLOCATION THAT
WE GET WEEKLY THEY
HAVE RESERVED, LIKE ELKE
SAID, THAT SECOND DOSE.
OUR PROVIDERS DON'T
NEED TO RATION THOSE
DOSES, YOU KNOW, IF
THEY GET 1,000 DOSES
THIS WEEK THEY NEED TO
SPLIT THAT AND HOLD 500
OF THEM. THEY DON'T
NEED TO DO THAT."
SO THAT IS GOOD NEWS.
IDAHO WON'T BE GETTING
A SURGE OF DOSES SOON,
WHICH THE STATE HAD
HOPED FOR, BUT WE WILL