LIST
LIST OF
LIST OF VARIOUS STO+@RES' MASK P+@OLICIES RIGHT TO YOUR PHONE.
PRE+@SIDENT BIDEN EXPECTED TO
ANNOUNCE THIS AFTERNOON THAT 100
MILLION JOHNSON & JOHNSON
VACCINES ARE COMING IN TO THE
U.S.
U.S.
U.S. MEANT+@IME, TEXAS IS EASING THOE
RESTRICTIONS.+@
RESTRICTIONS.+@ LET'S +@GET TO DALLAS COUNTY JUE
CLAY JEKN JOINS ME THIS
MORNI+@NG+@.
MORNI+@NG+@. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
I KNOW WE ARE JUST A FEW HOURS
INTO THIS THING, BUT HOW DO YOU
THINK EVERYTHING IS GOING SO FAR
WITH THE MASK MANDATE?
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FRO+@M
CITIES, BUSINESSES, INDIVIDUALS?
>>+@ WHAT I HEAR FROM MOST
BUSINESSES IS THEY WANT THEIR
EMPLOYERS -- EMPLOYEES AND
CUSTOMERS TO TRUST THEM AND THEY
ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR
SAFETY, SO THEY WILL CONTINUE
THEIR MASK MANDATE IN THEIR
+@BUSINESSES.
+@BUSINESSES. YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU CAN
GET AWAY WITH, LISTEN+@ TO
GOVERNOR ABBOTT, BUT IF YOU WANT
TO KNOW+@ HOW TO KEEP YOUR FAMIY
SAFE, LISTEN TO LOCAL DOCTORS.
THE CDC AND LOCAL DOCTORS WILL
LET YOU KNOW WHEN IT IS SAFE TO
GO ABOUT WITHOUT YOUR MASK.
+@
GO ABOUT WITHOUT YOUR MASK. SONIA: I'M WONDERING HOW YOU
FEEL ABOUT BUSINESSES OPENING AT
100 PERCENT CAPACITY.
I'VE+@ BEEN TALKING TO A LOT OF
GYM OWNERS IN MY ROLE AS A
HEALTH REPORTER, AND THEY ARE
STILL STICKING WITH 70%, 80%,
DEPENDING WHAT THEY ARE
COMFORTABLE WITH.
COMFORTABLE WITH. I GUESS PEOPLE ARE DOING
DIFFERENT THINGS.
DIFFERENT THINGS. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT PART
OF THE LIFTING OR EASING OF
RESTRICTIONS?
RESTRICTIONS? >> RESPONSIBLE BUSINESSES WILL
MAINTAIN THE SIX-FOOT BUSINESS
+@
MAINTAIN THE SIX-FOOT BUSINESS -- THE SIX-FO+@OT DISTANCE, AND
SOME BUSINESSES WILL NOT.
YOU WILL WANT TO FREQUENT
BUSINESSES THAT WILL KEEP YOU
SAFE, WHERE YOU CAN HAVE A SAFE
SHOPPIN+@G EXPERIENCE.
SHOPPIN+@G EXPERIENCE. YOU ARE F+@ULLY VACCINATED TWO
WEEKS AFTER YOUR SECOND SHOT OR
JOHNSON & JOHNSON FIRST SHOT,
AND YOU HAVE A LOT MORE LEEWAY
THAN+@ OTHERWISE, BUT YOU+@ STIL
GOT A LONG WAY TO GO, AND WE GET
THERE BY DOING THOSE PRUDENT
THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE OVER
THE LAST YEAR TO KEEP OURSELVES
SAFE.
SAFE.
SAFE. REGISTERING ANYWHERE YOU ARE
WILLING TO DRIVE TO GET YOUR
SHOT, REGISTERING EVEN IF YOU'RE
NOT ELIGIBLE YET BECAUSE YOU
WILL BE SOON.
SONIA: I'M+@
WILL BE SOON. SONIA: I'M+@+@ GLAD YOU MENTION
VACCINES.
VACCINES.
VACCINES. ARE THERE PLANS TO HAVE SPECIAL
VACCINATION CLINICS OR DAYS FOR
DALLAS ISD OR DALLAS+@ COUNTY
TEACHERS, LIKE WHAT WE HAVE SEEN
TARRANT COUNTY DO IN ARLINGTON,@
FOR INSTANCE?
FOR INSTANCE? >> YES, THE TEXAS EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION SENT +@OUT A SURVEY
>> YES, THE TEXAS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION SENT +@OUT A SURVEYF
THE TEACHERS IN THE SCHOOL
DISTRICTS TO SEE HOW MANY
VACCINES WILL BE NEED+@ED.
WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THEM,
WHEN THEY WILL BE SENDING TH+@OE
VACCINES, BUT ONCE THEY DO, THEY
WILL HAVE SPECIAL DAYS FOR
GETTING THE VACCINE.
THE CHALLENGE WE +@HAVE RIGHT NW
IN DALLAS COUNTY IS THE ST+@ATE
HAS DIVERTED ALL OF OUR VACCINE
THAT GOES TO THE COUNTY TO E+@AT
OR WEST TEXAS, SO THAT, FOR
INSTANCE, AN AVERAGE COUNTY GETS
2000 VACCINE+@S PER 100,0+@00 PE
AND WE ARE ONLY GETTING 1300
VACCINES PER 100,000 PEO+@PLE.
DALLAS COUNTY ONLY GETS A FEW.
SONIA: CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA
WHERE EXACTLY WE ARE?
WE KNOW IT IS PRIORITIZED BASED
ON AGE AND HEALTH CONDITIONS.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
TWEETING ME, MESSAGING ME, WE
ARE SEEING NON-SENIORS RECEIVING
VACCINES AT FAIR PARK OR OTHER
LOCATIONS.
LOCATIONS. DOES THIS MEAN WE HAVE WORKED
THROUGH MOST OF THE HIGHEST
PRIORITY PEOPLE, WOULD YOU SAY?
>> THERE'+@S+@ ABOUT 60,000 PEOE
CURRENTLY LEFT ON THE LIST WHO
ARE 1-B PEOPLE.
REMEMBER, THE PERSON THAT'S
SITTING NEXT TO YOU MAY BE 35
YEARS OLD, BUT THEY MAY ALSO
HAVE SERIOUS OTHER IS+@SUES.+@
WITH THE FEDERAL SIDE, IT IS
LIMITED TO CERTAIN CITIZEN
TRACKS AND IN RELATION TO 17 ZIP
CODES.
CODES.
CODES. WE'VE STIL+@L GOT PEOPLE ON THE
LIST WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A
MONTH AND A HALF, AND WE NEED TO
GET THE SHOTS SO WE CAN GET
THOSE PEOPLE VACCINATED JUST AS
+@
THOSE PEOPLE VACCINATED JUST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SONIA: YEAH, AND I GUESS, LIKE
YOU SAID, BEING WILLING TO
REGISTER ANYWHERE.
REGISTER ANYWHERE. WE ARE ONE YEAR INTO THI+@S
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC. I'M JUST WONDER+@ING WHEN YOU LK
+@BACK, WHAT IS YOUR TOP THOUGH,
JUST CONSIDERING HOW MUCH WE
HAVE ALL BEEN TH+@ROUGH, BUT FOR
YOUR POSITIO+@N AND YOUR
EXPERTISE, WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT THE PAST 12 MONTHS?
>> I'M SO THANKFUL FOR THE
PEOPLE OF NORTH TEXAS FOR THE+@
RESOLVE AND RESILIENCY THEY HAVE
SHOWN, AND I THINK WE HAVE ALL
LEARNED THAT WHEN WE FOLLOW THE
FACTS AND THE SCIENCE
LEARNED THAT WHEN WE FOLLOW THE FACTS AND THE SCIENCE, WE ALL DO
BETTER.
BETTER.
BETTER. THAT IS CERTAINLY TRUE OF THESE
ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT IT IS
ALSO TRUE OF+@ EACH MEMBER OF OR
FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITY.
IT IS PRETTY OBVIOUS THE STATE
IS NOT GOING TO STEP UP TO KEEP
YOU SAFE, SO WE ARE GOING TO DO
THAT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
THEY HAVE DONE IT AT THE LOCA+@L
LEVEL IN THE OTHER MAJOR URBAN
AREAS, TOO.
AREAS, TOO. YOU'+@RE GOING TO NEED TO WEAR
THAT MASK, GET VACCINATED, MAKE
THOSE SMART DECISIONS.
WHEN YOU GET VACCINATED, YOU AND
YOUR VACCINATED FRIENDS CAN GO
IN THE HOUSE, PLAY CARDS, WATCH
A BALLGAME, EAT DINNER WITHOUT
YOUR MASK ON.
THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE AND
MORE THINGS VACCINATED PEOPLE
CAN DO.
CAN DO.
CAN DO. I'VE BEEN