>>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE AND
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO MIGUEL
AND MICHELLE, FOR LETTING US
CRASH THEIR VACCINATION EVENT.
THIS IS THE CITY'S 16th POP-UP
CLINIC.
IT REALLY DEMONSTRATES THE
APPROACH WE HAVE BEEN TAKING.
I WANT TO THANK OUR ALL OUR
COMMUNITY-BASED PARTNERS FOR
EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE THROUGH
THE PANDEMIC.
WE ARE FINALLY GETTING TO THE
OTHER END OF THIS CRISIS.
HOPE IS ON THE HORIZON.
WE KNOW THAT THE CITY OF SEATTLE
HAS BEEN DOING EVERYTHING HE
CAN THROUGH THE PANDEMIC TO
SERVE THE RESIDENTS AND I
CANNOT THINK OUR FIRE
DEPARTMENT ENOUGH, YOU WILL
HEAR FROM THE CHIEF LATER,
CAPTAIN WALLACE IS HERE AS
WELL, THEY STARTED STANDING UP
OUR CLINICS TO MAKE SURE
EVERYONE CAN GET TESTED.
KNOWING VACCINATED,
VACCINATIONS WERE THE ROAD TO
RECOVERY.
WE STARTED WITH KING COUNTY
PUBLIC HEALTH, THE SWEDISH
HOSPITAL, COMMUNITY-BASED
ORGANIZATION.
EVERYONE THEY COULD.
TO MAKE SURE THEY COULD GET
SEATTLE VACCINATED AS QUICKLY
AS POSSIBLE.
IT HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT YEAR
FOR OUR CITY AND REGION.
I WAS JOKING TO SOMEONE, NO ONE
SAID 2020 WOULD BE 18 MONTHS
LONG.
WE ARE CLOSE, THE CITY OF
SEATTLE HAS FOCUSED TO MAKE SURE
WE CAN GET VACCINATIONS
EQUITABLY.
AS A MOM ANY MOTHERS ONLY AS
HAPPY AS ARE LEAST HAPPY CHILD.
ANY CITY IS ONLY STRONG IF
EVERY PART OF THE COMMUNITY IS
STRONG.
IT IS RESILIENT ONLY AT THE CITY
'S RESILIENT.
IT ONLY HAS HOPE FOR THE FUTURE
IF EVERY PART OF THE COMMUNITY
SHARES THE SAME HOPE.
I WANT TO THANK ALSO OUR
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION SENATOR
PATTY MURRAY, WHOSE OFFICE IS
HERE TODAY, THEY HAVE BEEN A
STALWART ADVOCATE FOR OUR CITY
AND REGION THE PANDEMIC,
PARTICULARLY TO GET US
VACCINATIONS.
ARE CONGRESS, I WANT TO THANK
SENATOR CANTWELL, AND OUR
PARTNERSHIP.
THE CITY OF SEATTLE ALMOST 8000
VACCINATION DOSES THIS WEEK.
30,000 DOSES OUR CLINICS WERE
DOING THIS YEAR.
THIS IS A PARTICULAR TO ME, ONE
OF THE MOST VESSEL.
ROBERTO WAS A FRIEND OF MINE.
HE AND OTHER CIVIL RIGHTS
ADVOCATES AT THE TIME INCLUDING
ESTELLA, NEW THE CHANGE IN
EQUITY, NOT JUST SUSTAINABLE
BUT SUSTAINED.
WE AS A CITY AND NATION HAVE
FALLEN SHORT IN OUR COMMITMENT
TO EQUITIES.
WE SAW LAST SUMMER, SO MANY
PEOPLE STOOD UP AND DEMANDED,
DEMANDED WE RECOMMIT OURSELVES
TO SHOW BLACK LIVES MATTER.
AND WE TREAT OUR COMMUNITIES
AND GIVE THEM THE SAME
OPPORTUNITIES, BIPOC IMMUNITY
IS, THE SAME EVERYONE IS
ENTITLED.
WE HAVE TO RECOMMIT OURSELVES
AND WE KNOW THE CLINICS ARE SO
IMPORTANT TO MAKING SURE WE CAN
REACH COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE
BEEN DENIED THE SAME ACCESS,
WHETHER IT IS EDUCATIONAL
JUSTICE, HEALTHCARE JUSTICE OR
THE LIKE.
I WANT TO THANK OUR PARTNERS
THAT ARE HERE TODAY IN THE CITY
OF SEATTLE COULD NOT OF BEEN
THROUGH THIS WITHOUT OUR
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
LIKE THE URBAN LEAGUE AND
OTHERS.
YOU WILL HEAR FROM
MATIASOTHERS, AND RIGHT NOW I
WANT TO INTRODUCE, I WANT TO
THANK EVERYONE, THE CITY OF
SEATTLE TO KNOW WE WILL
CONTINUE TO DO ALL WE CAN.
I'M A BROKEN RECORD IF I DON'T
REMIND PEOPLE, WHILE WE ARE
CLOSE, WE ARE NOT THERE YET.
WHILE THESE VACCINATIONS
REPRESENT SO MUCH HOPE, WE STILL
NEED EVERYBODY TO DO WHAT YOU
NEED TO DO TO KEEP YOURSELF
SAFE, YOUR FAMILY SAFE IN YOUR
COMMUNITY SAFE.
WE ARE YOUR MASK, KEEP PHYSICAL
DISTANCE, DON'T HAVE THE
GATHERINGS.
WE HAVE SEEN NUMBERS GO UP IN
KING COUNTY AT AN ALARMING
RATE, AND WE WANT THIS KIND OF
HOPE TO REALLY GET US THROUGH
THE YEAR.
THANK YOU, MATIAS, I WILL GIVE
IT TO YOU .
>> THANK YOU THIS COMMUNITY
EVACUATION, EVACUATION THAT IS
EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED ESPECIALLY
IN OUR LATINX COMMUNITIES, MOST
IMPACTED BY COVID-19.
VACCINATIONS WE ACCOMPLISH SO
MUCH.
THIS WEEK WE ARE CELEBRATING
THE MILESTONE OF VACCINATING 1
MILLION DOSES HERE
ADMINISTERING THEM AND CAN
COUNTY.
NEARLY 800,000 PEOPLE IN KING
COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST
ONE DOSE, 100,000 MORE PEOPLE
THAN LAST WEEK.
REPRESENTING OVER 43% OF KING
COUNTY'S RESIDENTS OVER THE AGE
OF 17.
NEARLY 26% OF KING COUNTY
RESIDENTS 16 AND OLDER ARE
FULLY VACCINATED ALREADY.
AMONG OLDER ADULTS 88% OF
RESIDENTS 65+ RECEIVED AT LEAST
ONE DOSE. THAT IS A GREAT
ACCOMPLISHMENT.
AMOUNT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND
RACIAL GROUPS OF 65 AND OLDER
GROUP, WE HAVE VACCINATED OVER
70% OF THOSE POPULATIONS, FOR
ALL RACIAL GROUPS.
ALTHOUGH IT'S A GREAT
ACCOMPLISHMENT, AT THE SAME
TIME OUR NUMBERS FOR THE BLACK
AND LATINX COMMUNITIES ARE NOT
AS HIGH AND WE NEED TO DO
BETTER.
THAT IS WHY THESE EVENTS ARE SO
IMPORTANT.
AS WE EXPAND ELIGIBILITY, OUR
GOAL IS TO HAVE AT LEAST 70% OF
ADULTS 16+ ACROSS RACE AND
ETHNIC GROUPS FULLY VACCINATED
BY THE END OF JULY.
SINCE HER BLACK AND LATINX
PARTNERS HAVE BEEN HEAVILY
IMPACTED, WE NEED TO GET HIGHER
RATES IN THESE COMMUNITIES.
WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS TO
INCREASE VACCINE ACCESS TO
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
EACH WEEK SINCE FEBRUARY, THE
PROPORTION OF VACCINE DOSES TO
PEOPLE OF COLOR, IT IS
INCREASE.
PUBLIC HEALTH IS WORKING
CLOSELY WITH THE CITY OF
SEATTLE AND MANY PARTNERS TO
PRIORITIZE VACCINE ACCESS AND
ALLOCATION TO BIPOC
COMMUNITIES.
FOR EXAMPLE WE ARE CONDUCTING
OUTREACH TO ESSENTIAL
WORKPLACES SUCH AS RESTAURANTS,
MANUFACTURING AND CHILDCARE,
ARTS ARTS ARE REACH MAKING SURE
STAFF KNOW WHO IS ELIGIBLE AND
HOW TO SIGN UP.
HOLDING MANY CONVERSATIONS AND
SESSIONS INCLUDING WITH CITY OF
SEATTLE PARTNERS AND
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HERE
TODAY.
TODAY'S EVENT WITH SO CITY OF
SEATTLE, IS AN EXCELLENT
EXAMPLE OF THE EFFORTS TO WORK
WITH BLACK AND LATINX
ORGANIZATIONS, WORKING WITH
TRUSTED COMMUNITY LEADERS AND
PARTNERS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO PARTNER ON
THESE KINDS OF EVENTS TO MAKE
SURE THEY ARE IN ENVIRONMENTS
PEOPLE TRUST.
IN TERMS OF VACCINE SUPPLY, THE
COMMUNITY EFFORTS AND
HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AND
PHARMACIES IN HIGH-VOLUME SITES
ARE READY TO PROVIDE VACCINES
FOR ALL ELIGIBLE ADULTS. ON
APRIL 16, THIS COMING WEEK, THE
STATE IS OPENING VACCINATION UP
TO EVERYONE 16 AND OLDER.
WE ESTIMATE ANOTHER 800,000
PEOPLE CAN BECOME NEWLY
ELIGIBLE.
AT THE SAME TIME, OUR FIRST
DOSES FOR THE ALLOCATION IS
ESTIMATED TO BE 40,000.
A REAL GAP HERE.
THE STATE IS ANTICIPATING A
DECREASED ALLOCATION FOR THE
FOLLOWING TWO WEEKS WHICH WILL
LIKELY IMPACT CAN COUNTIES
ALLOCATION.
CLEARLY THE SUPPLY OF THE NEXT
TWO FELIX IS IN ENOUGH TO MEET
THE DEMANDS OF THE NEWLY
ELIGIBLE.
WE START TO RECEIVE CLOSER TO
100,000 FIRST DOSES, IT COULD
TAKE AT LEAST EIGHT WEEKS TO
MEET THE ESTIMATED 1800
THOUSAND RESIDENTS WHO WILL
BECOME ELIGIBLE APRIL 15.
GIVEN THESE CONTINUED
CHALLENGES, IT IS MORE CRITICAL
THAN EVER WE CONTINUE TO
PRIORITIZE OUR EFFORTS, HONOR
COMMUNITIES AND WITH OUR
COMMUNITIES FOR THOSE MOST
IMPACTED BY COVID-19.
THANK YOU, AND I WOULD LIKE TO
INTRODUCE MIGUEL OF EL CENTRO
DE LA RAZA WHO IS ALSO OUR
HOST.
>>
BUENOS DIAS, GOOD MORNING
EVERYONE.
WELCOME TO EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA
WHICH WE TRANSLATE AS THE
CENTER FOR PEOPLE OF ALL RACES.
ON BEHALF OF OUR EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR, ESTELLA ORTEGA WHO
COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY, AND HER
ENTIRE COMMUNITY WE WOULD LIKE
TO THANK JUAREZ ELF IN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE FOR MAYOR JENNY
DURKAN IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE
AND URBAN METROPOLITAN
SEATTLE, WE ARE HONORED EL
CENTRO DE LA RAZA WAS ABLE TO
HOST THE POP-UP VACCINE CLINIC.
WITH THE MAYOR SUPPORT,
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
ARE ABLE TO HOLD POP-UP VACCINE
EVENTS LIKE THE ONE HERE TODAY.
AND OTHERS ACROSS OUR
COMMUNITY.
IT IS SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
TO GET THE VACCINE OUT OF
VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA HAS HELD
16 VACCINE CLINICS INCLUDING
TODAY'S AND VACCINATED OVER
1000 PEOPLE.
WE HAVE TWO MORE PLANNED, READY
TO HOST MANY MORE.
WE'VE ALL SEEN HOW THE COVID-19
PANDEMIC HAS LAID BARE RACIAL
DISPARITIES, AND THAT CONTINUES
TO BE THE CASE IN RELATION TO
WHO IS RECEIVING THE VACCINE.
BLACK, INDIGENOUS, LATINO,
PEOPLE OF COLOR AND LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY
THE PANDEMIC.
BOTH BY THE PERCENTAGE OF
PEOPLE AFFECTED, AND THIS
DEVASTATING ECONOMIC IMPACT.
IN KING COUNTY LATINOS MAKE UP
10% OF THE POPULATION.
22.9% OF POSITIVE COVID-19
CASES.
WHEN WE LOOK AT WHO IS GETTING
VACCINATED, 44% OF KING
COUNTY'S RESIDENTS RECEIVED AT
LEAST ONE DOSE OF THE VACCINE
SO FAR.
BUT ONLY 29% OF LATINOS
RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE.
WE HAVE SEEN SO MANY CASES
AMONG PEOPLE 30 TO 45 YEARS
OLD, MANY IN THE LATINO
COMMUNITY ARE ESSENTIAL
WORKERS, WORKING IN HEALTHCARE,
CHILDCARE, AND THE FOOD
INDUSTRY.
INCLUDING FARMWORKERS AND
WORKERS IN FOOD PROCESSING,
FOOD DISTRIBUTION, SUPERMARKETS
AND RESTAURANT KITCHENS, THESE
ESENTIAL WORKERS HAVE HELPED
KEEP US FED AND CARED FOR
DURING THE PANDEMIC.
COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS
LIKE OURS ARE TRUSTED PLACES
WHERE PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE
TO GET THE VACCINE.
THE ABILITY TO HAVE TRUSTED
PROVIDERS IS KEY TO OVERCOMING
THESE RACIAL AND ECONOMIC
DISPARITIES.
IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT WE
SUPPORT VULNERABLE AND
UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES TO
OVERCOME LANGUAGE AND
TECHNOLOGY BARRIERS AND HELP
PEOPLE ACCESS ACCURATE
INFORMATION TO BREAK DOWN THE
BARRIERS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS
THE VACCINE.
WE HAVE SEEN THROUGH THE CLINICS
, WE HAVE HAD INDIVIDUALS FROM
OUR COMMUNITY TELL US, THEY
ONLY GOT THE VACCINE BECAUSE IT
WAS GIVEN HERE AT AN
ORGANIZATION THEY TRUST.
AS EVERYONE INTERSTATE BECOMES
ELIGIBLE APRIL 15, IT WILL BE
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT EQUITY
CENTERED VACCINE DISTRIBUTION
IS FRONT AND CENTER, AS A KEY
PART OF THE STRATEGY TO
OVERCOME RACIAL AND ECONOMIC
DISPARITIES AND ENSURE
VULNERABLE PEOPLE ARE
VACCINATED, AND WE ALL OVERCOME
THIS PANDEMIC TOGETHER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, PLEASE ALLOW
ME TO INTRODUCE THE PRESIDENT
AND C.E.O.
OF THE URBAN LEAGUE OF
METROPOLITAN SEATTLE, MICHELLE
MERIWETHER.
>> GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU
MAYOR AND THANK YOU MATIAS
VALENZUELA AND MIGUEL, IT IS AN
HONOR TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY
, KING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH,
ESPECIALLY EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA
AS WE MOVE FORWARD GETTING OUR
COMMUNITIES VACCINATED.
WHAT I KNOW FOR SURE, SINCE THE
BEGINNING OF THIS PANDEMIC.
WE DID NOT STOP, THE URBAN
LEAGUE AND METROPOLITAN
SEATTLE, EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA,
WE DUG DEEP AND PUT OUR HEELS
IN SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE HAVE OVER 70 EMPLOYEES AT
THE URBAN LEAGUE OF SEATTLE AND
WE DID NOT STOP IN SERVING OUR
COMMUNITY.
WE PROVIDED RESOURCES,
DELIVERED FOOD, MADE SURE OUR
KIDS HAD ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY,
AND MOVED TO TESTING WHEN
NECESSARY AND WHEN NEEDED.
AND NOW THE NEXT UP, HOPEFULLY
THE FINAL STEP GETTING US BACK
TO SOME RESEMBLANCE OF NORMAL.
I HATE USING THAT WORD BECAUSE
CERTAINLY NORMAL DIDN'T SERVE
ALL OF US IN AN EQUITABLE WAY,
BUT WE LEARNED LAST YEAR, WE
NOW KNOW WHAT SOME OF US HAVE
KNOWN TO BE TRUE.
THIS HAS NOT BEEN AN EQUITABLE
COMMUNITY ALWAYS FOR ALL PEOPLE.
BUT AS WE REALIZE THAT, WE ARE
DOING BETTER.
KNOW BETTER AND DO BETTER,
RIGHT?
WE ARE ON A PATHWAY, ENSURING
WE ARE ALL SERVED WITH ACTIVELY.
WE PUT EQUITY AT THE CENTER OF
EVERYTHING WE DO.
ESPECIALLY NOW WITH VACCINES.
LAST YEAR, PROBABLY OVER 20% OF
OUR URBAN LEAGUE EMPLOYEES
CONTRACTED COVID, BECAUSE THEY
DIDN'T STOP, THEY CONTINUE TO
SERVE COMMUNITIES.
IT WAS OUR OUTREACH WORKERS IN
FRONT OFFICE TEAM, BUT ONCE
THEY WERE ABLE, THEY WERE READY
TO GO BACK TO WORK AND START
SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.
ONCE THEY WERE ABLE, THEY WERE
EITHER TO STAND IN LINE AND GET
THEIR SHOT IN THE ARM, TO
CONTINUE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY
AND DO IT SAFELY.
I HAVE TO ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT
PUTTING OUR TRUST IN
HEALTHCARE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE
BLACK COMMUNITY IS A CHALLENGE
AND SCARY.
THAT IS A FAIR ASSESSMENT.
AS THE HEALTHCARE COMMUNITY
DIDN'T ALWAYS SERVE US.
WHAT I KNOW FOR SURE IS THIS IS
OUR CHANCE AT BEING ABLE TO SEE
OUR FAMILIES AGAIN, HUG OUR
LOVES ONE AGAIN, FOR SOMEONE
WHO WITNESSED HARD TIMES OVER
THE LAST YEAR.
IT IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO
BE ABLE TO HUG MY DAD BEFORE HE
LEFT THIS EARTH.
I ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO DO ALL
WE CAN INPUT OUR FAMILIES AND
LOVED ONES FIRST, AND GET OUR
SHOT IN THE ARM.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR
PARTNERSHIP, FOR LEADING WITH
EQUITY, IT IS MY HONOR AND
PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE THE
CHIEF, AND THANK YOU AND YOUR
TEAM PERSONALLY FOR ALL OF THE
WORK YOU HAVE PUT FORTH IN
ENSURING OUR COMMUNITY IS SAFE
AND GETS VACCINATED.
>> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU
ALL FOR BEING HERE.
I WANT TO LEAD WITH THINKING
OUR MAYOR FOR ONGOING LEADERSHIP
DURING THIS VERY DIFFICULT PAST
YEAR OR SO.
WE HAVE HAD QUITE A FEW
CHALLENGES, AND WITHOUT HER
LEADERSHIP WE WOULDN'T BE WHERE
WE ARE TODAY.
WE SHOULD ALL BE PROUD OF THAT.
WE HAVE BEEN PARTNERING ARM IN
ARM WITH SEATTLE KING COUNTY
PUBLIC HEALTH THROUGHOUT THE
PANDEMIC.
FIRST WE STARTED ALONG THE
TESTING LINE AND TODAY, ARE FOR
CITY TESTING SITES, WE TESTED
OVER 707,000 PEOPLE SINCE JUNE 5
OF 2020.
THAT IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT IN
HELPING KEEP OUR COMMUNITY
HEALTHY.
ARE COMMUNITY-BASED PARTNERS, OF
EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA, YOU
MENTIONED A NUMBER OF THE
ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE HAD
CHALLENGES GETTING VACCINATED.
MANY OF OUR POP-UPS LIKE THIS
HAVE SERVED THOSE COMMUNITIES
YOU MENTION.
OUR COMMUNITY PARTNER MICHELLE
FROM THE URBAN LEAGUE.
THIS SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS
PROUD IN HERE TO SERVE AND
STAND IN THE GAP AND SINCE WE
STARTED DOING VACCINATIONS
JANUARY 14.
WE HAVE NOW VACCINATED OVER
53,000 PEOPLE.
53,000 DOSES IN THE COMMUNITY.
THAT IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT
SINCE 55% OF THOSE DOSES HAVE
GONE TO BIPOC COMMUNITIES HERE
IN SEATTLE.
THAT IS OVER 200 DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS.
THAT IS GOING INTO MANY, MANY
PLACES AROUND THE COMMUNITY.
I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY
FOR TRUSTING YOUR SEATTLE FIRE
DEPARTMENT TO COME INTO YOUR
HOMES, YOUR SPACES AND ALLOW US
TO CONTINUE TO SERVE YOU.
THANK YOU, AND CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH US TO GET OUR COMMUNITY
BACK ON ITS FEET.
I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO OUR
MAYOR, MAYOR DURKAN .
>> AFTER GIVING IT AT ODD TO
BRIAN WALLACE KIND OF YOU SAW
HIM AT THE MARINERS GAME.
I WAS WEARY WAITING FOR HIM TO
THROW THE PITCH.
MAYBE NEXT TIME, RIGHT.
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE AGAIN, HOW
IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE CLINICS
LIKE THIS INTERESTED COMMUNITY
PARTNERS.
WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE DATA, AND
SEATTLE IS LEADING THE WAY ON
MAKING SURE WE HAVE EQUITABLE
DISTRIBUTION OF VACCINE.
WE ARE NOT ONLY DOING BETTER
THAN MOST PEOPLE IN THE STATE
BUT BETTER THAN ALMOST EVERY
CITY IN THE COUNTRY, BECAUSE OF
OUR GREAT PARTNERSHIPS WITH
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE EL CENTRO DE
LA RAZA, RHILEY, FILIPINO
COMMUNITY CENTER, IT GOES ON.
THOSE ARE PEOPLE TRUSTED BY THE
COMMUNITY.
I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT KING
COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH, FROM THE
BEGINNING, WE HAVE BEEN IN THE
TRENCHES ON THIS, AND WE COULD
NOT ACCOMPLISH IT.
EVEN WITH THE 30,000 DOSES,
THAT WE ARE GIVING THIS WEEK.
IT IS NOT ENOUGH.
WE HAVE ALMOST 150,000 PEOPLE
ON THE WAITLIST AND SEATTLE.
THE PHARMACY PROGRAM, WORKING
IN MANY PLACES IN THE COUNTRY,
BUT IT ISN'T WORKING HERE IN
THE NORTHWEST.
THE PHARMACY DOSES THAT COME TO
PHARMACIES IN KING COUNTY, ONLY
14% OF THOSE ARE GETTING TO
PHARMACIES AND SEATTLE, WHEN WE
OR 33% OF THE POPULATION.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK AT THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SEE HOW
WE CAN GET MORE, KING COUNTY
PUBLIC HEALTH, THE GOVERNOR HAS
BEEN A TREMENDOUS GREAT LEADER
IN THIS.
WE HAVE SEEN, THE ONLY WAY WE
GOT THROUGH THIS WAS BY PEOPLE
PULLING TOGETHER.
BUSINESS, COMMUNITY GROUPS,
PHILANTHROPY, CITY GOVERNMENT.
UP AND DOWN THE I-5 CORRIDOR,
THAT WILL BE THE TRICK GOING
FORWARD.
WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF
US, WE WILL HAVE A HUGE
ECONOMIC RECOVERY TO DO, AND WE
HAVE TO REMEMBER EVERY STEP OF
THE WAY, INCLUDING IN THE
ECONOMIC RECOVERY, WE HAVE TO
CONTINUE CENTERING EQUITY TO
MAKE SURE EVERY COMMUNITY
ENJOYS A NOTCH AS PART OF OUR
PROSPERITY, BUT WHEN WE COME
BACK WE COME BACK BETTER,
STRONGER AND MORE EQUITABLE.
ANY QUESTIONS?
>> DO YOU STILL THINK IT IS A
GOOD IDEA TO HAVE FANS AT THE
MARINERS GAME?
>>> WITH THE NUMBERS GOING UP
IS IT A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE FANS
AT THE MARINERS GAMES.
KING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH,
MYSELF, AND THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE ARE IN CONSTANT
COMMUNICATION.
WHEN WE MOVED TO THIS LEVEL III,
EVERYONE KNOWS I WAS VERY
CAUTIOUS.
WE SAW THE NUMBERS GOING UP.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT THE
NUMBERS TO SEE IF WE HAVE TO GO
BACK BUT I WILL SAY THIS, I AM
VERY PROUD OF THE STEPS THE
MARINERS HAVE TAKEN TO MAKE
SURE THEY CAN HAVE THE GAME
SAFELY.
WE KNOW OUTDOOR ARENAS ARE
PROBABLY THE MOST SAFE WAYS TO
BE, THAT'S WHY YOU CAN STAND
OUT HERE ON THIS A BALMY DAY.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
THE MARINERS AND THE SOUNDERS
AND OTHERS TO SEE HOW WE CAN
CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE KIND OF
EVENTS WHERE PEOPLE COME
TOGETHER.
I WILL SAY, I WAS AT LEWMAN
FIELD WEDNESDAY.
AS EVERYONE KNOWS IT WAS THE
LARGEST DAY, ALMOST 8000 DOSES,
HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME
THERE WAS A MARINERS GAME.
IT WAS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF
THAT BRIDGE TO HOPE THAT OUR
COMMUNITY HAS, HOW WE WILL GET
BACK TO NORMAL.
BUT WE STILL HAVE SO MUCH TO
GET THROUGH TO GET THERE.
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MAKE
SURE SEEKERS GET THERE VACCINE?
MAXON SCHOOLS ARE OPENING, WHAT
DO YOU DO TO MAKE SURE TEACHERS
GET THEIR FIRST VACCINES.
AS YOU KNOW ALL TEACHERS ARE
ELIGIBLE, AND THERE IS BEEN A
NUMBER OF POP-UP CLINICS WE AND
OTHERS HAVE DONE TO GET
TEACHERS VACCINATED.
AT LEWMAN FIELD, ON THE LIST OF
100,000, WE ARE GOING BY PHASES
TO MAKE SURE THOSE FOLKS THAT
ARE MOST VULNERABLE ARE MOST
NEEDED, I HAVE TO ECHO WHAT WAS
SAID BEFORE.
WE WOULD NOT HAVE MADE IT
THROUGH THE PANDEMIC WITHOUT
OUR ESSENTIAL WORKERS.
THE FOLKS WHO SHOWED UP TO
DRIVE OUR BUSES, WORK ON HER
GROCERY STORES, WORK IN OUR
RESTAURANTS.
CLEAN OUR BUILDINGS.
THOSE ESSENTIAL WORKERS ARE WHY
WE WERE ABLE TO COME THROUGH
THIS, AS A CITY THAT HAD THE
LOWEST RATE OF DISEASE.
THE LOWEST RATE OF
HOSPITALIZATIONS AND THE LOWEST
NUMBER OF DEATHS.
WE REALLY ARE WORKING TO MAKE
SURE THOSE ESSENTIAL WORKERS
CAN GET VACCINATED.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING.
THESE EVENTS ARE A SYMBOL OF
HOPE.
EVERYONE I HAVE BEEN TO, WHERE
PEOPLE GET THE VACCINATIONS,
YOU CAN SEE, SOME OF THE WEIGHT
OF THESE LAST 12 AND 18 MONTHS
ARE COMING OFF THEM.
THANK YOU EVERYONE AND AGAIN, I
THINK OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS,
THE ONES HERE TODAY AND THE
ONES THAT HELPED US THROUGHOUT
THIS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON
THEM BECAUSE WE HAVE SEEN THAT
THIS DISEASE HAVE NOT BEEN
EQUITABLE.
IT HAD HIT OUR COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR THE HARDEST BOTH ON THE
HEALTH IMPACT AND ECONOMIC
IMPACTS.
WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION AS A
SOCIETY AND A CITY TO DO WHAT
WE CAN TO REALLY MAKE SURE WE
ARE EQUITABLE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>