[1. Update on Covid-19 related matters.]
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THE TRAVIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT.
IT IS MAY 11TH, 2021 AT 9:05 AM RE MEETING HERE AT 700 LAVACA WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER TOURBILLION AND COMMISSIONER HOWARD.
AND WE HAVE A COMMISSIONER GOMEZ AND COMMISSIONER SHAY JOINING US REMOTELY.
I WILL HAND IT OFF OVER TO YOU JUDGE.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN AND THE COURT, UH, WE'RE GOING TO CONVENE THE AUSTIN CITY COUNCIL PORTION OF THIS SPECIAL CALLED MEETING ON MAY 11TH AT NINE OH FIVE.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO, WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT AS WELL.
AND WHEN WE GET TO QUESTIONS, I THINK TODAY WE STARTED DISTRICT 10 GOING DOWN TO DISTRICT ONE.
AND I REMIND EVERYBODY TO ASK ONE QUESTION, JUDGE.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY CALLERS FOR THE TRAVIS COUNTY PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION? NO, SIR.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S START WITH OUR BRIEFINGS AND AGAIN, WE'LL KIND OF GO IN THE SAME ORDER AS ALWAYS.
SO, UH, WE'RE GOING TO GET A BRIEFING FROM DR.
S SCOTT AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, HIDDEN HOWARD.
AND THEN, UH, WE'LL GO THROUGH NUMBERS OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT WITH ONE QUESTION EACH AND THEN MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR.
ONE QUESTION EACH AND THEN, UH, THEN WE'LL CLOSE.
SCOTT, IF YOU'RE READY, PLEASE GO AHEAD.
UM, LET ME AND THAT ALL CAN, Y'ALL SEE MY SLIDES.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE THE COURT AND CITY COUNCIL ON OUR COVID-19 RESPONSE.
THIS IS AN UPDATE OF OUR COVID-19 PROGRESS TOWARDS HERD IMMUNITY.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE, UH, ABOUT 38% OF INDIVIDUALS, UH, IN TRAVIS COUNTY THAT'S OF THE ENTIRE POPULATION WHO ARE FULLY VACCINATED, 13% WHO ARE PARTIALLY VACCINATED.
UH, ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE 6% WHO HAVE HAD CONFIRMED COVID-19 AND AN ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL 13% BASED UPON THE UT MODELING CONSORTIUM'S, UH, ESTIMATES FOR ACTUAL DISEASE BURDEN IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE MAKING SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS.
WE'VE SEEN THE, THE PORTION OF THE PIE CLOSED DOWN, UH, FOR THOSE WHO ARE STILL VULNERABLE, UH, WHICH IS AT LEAST 30% THAT'S AGAIN, WHEN I SAY AT LEAST 30% THAT'S BECAUSE THIS GRAPH OR THIS PIE CHART ASSUMES NO OVERLAP BETWEEN THOSE WHO'VE HAD COVID DISEASE AND THOSE WHO'VE BEEN VACCINATED, UH, WHILE THERE'S CERTAINLY SOME OVERLAP, IT'S NOT CLEAR HOW MUCH OVERLAP IT IS LOOKING AT OUR INTERNAL NUMBERS.
UH, ACTUALLY THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A LOT OF OVERLAP BETWEEN THOSE TWO.
WE STILL WANT FOLKS WHO'VE HAD COVID-19 TO GET THE VACCINE.
THE VACCINE DOES PROVIDE IMMUNITY, UH, AND, UH, AND CERTAINLY, UH, THERE'S STILL BENEFIT IN, IN FOLKS GETTING THE VACCINE, EVEN IF THEY'VE HAD COVID-19.
UH, BUT THIS PUTS US AT A, AN IMPORTANT POINT BECAUSE WE'RE STARTING TO APPROACH THAT THAT 70% MARK OF COMBINED DISEASE AND, UH, VACCINATION.
SO WE MAY START TO SEE, I SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WHEN IT COMES TO DISEASE TREND.
UH, AS OTHER JURISDICTIONS HAVE SEEN THAT WE'VE BEEN AT A SIMILAR POINT, UH, PROBABLY THE FIRST TWO TO REACH THIS SORT OF MORE THAN 50%, THE POPULATION, UH, THAT HAS, HAS SHARED THAT IS ISRAEL.
UH, WE'RE ALSO SEEING A SIMILAR IMPACT IN EL PASO, UH, WHO HAD A 50% DROP IN NEW COVID CASES AFTER THEY, UH, EXCEEDED 50% OF THE POPULATION VACCINATED.
SO AGAIN, OUR HOPE IS THAT WE WILL SEE A CONTINUED DOWNWARD TREND IN OUR COVID 19 CASES OF HOSPITALIZATIONS, BUT OVERALL SUCCESS REALLY DEPENDS ON, UH, ALL OF US WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO GET THAT VACCINE SO THAT WE CAN PROGRESS TOWARDS NORMAL.
UH, THE, THE FDA CERTAINLY HELPED US OUT, UH, YESTERDAY, UH, IN THAT, UH, IN THAT, THAT MISSION TO GET OUR POPULATION VACCINATED BY EXPANDING THE EUA FOR THE PFIZER VACCINE, UH, TO INCLUDE 12 TO 15 YEAR OLDS.
SO I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AND OTHERS, A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE SAFETY AND EFFICACY IN THIS AGE GROUP.
SO BASICALLY, UH, AS A PART OF THIS, THEY DID A RANDOMIZED STUDY.
YOU HAVE A CONTROLLED TRIAL OF 2,600 CHILDREN, ABOUT HALF OF THEM RECEIVE THE ACTUAL VACCINE, HAVE THEM RECEIVE THE PLACEBO.
UM, THEY FOUND THAT THOSE WHO RECEIVED THE VACCINE
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HAD SIMILAR SIDE EFFECTS TO OLDER CHILDREN, UH, PAIN IN THE ARM WHERE THEY GOT THE INJECTION TIREDNESS, FEVER, MUSCLE LEGS, JOINT PAIN AT EIGHT, THE SYMPTOMS GENERALLY LASTED ONE TO THREE DAYS, AND WE'RE CERTAINLY AS AN OLDER PEOPLE, MORE COMMON FOLLOWING THAT SECOND DOSE REGARDING EFFICACY AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, EARLIER IN THIS YEAR, THE, THE EFFICACY PIECE FOR, UH, FOR THE 12 TO 15 YEAR OLDS WHO WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN FROM THE, UH, THE ORIGINAL STUDIES IN ADULTS.SO WHAT THEY DID IS THEY LOOKED AT THE IMMUNE RESPONSE IN THE GROUP FROM 16 TO 25 TO SEE IF THERE WAS A SIMILAR IMMUNE RESPONSE FOR THOSE WHO WERE 12 TO 15.
AND IN FACT THERE WAS, SO THIS WAS A NON-INFERIORITY STUDY, MEANING THAT THOSE DOESN'T MEAN THE RESPONSES WERE, UH, WERE SIMILAR BETWEEN THOSE TWO GROUPS.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, UH, THEY ASSESS THE, UH, THE CASES OR THE EFFICACY OF THE VACCINE IN THAT, UH, IN THAT 12 TO 15 YEAR OLD GROUP, THEY FOUND THAT IN THE PLACEBO GROUP, 16 KIDS DEVELOP COVID-19 AND ZERO IN THE VACCINATED GROUP.
SO THE CALCULATED EFFICACY AT THIS STAGE IS A HUNDRED PERCENT.
UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, I WANT TO CAUTION THAT THAT NO VACCINE IS REALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE A HUNDRED PERCENT.
IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT IN THIS GROUP, UH, IN THIS STUDY GROUP.
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS IT'S A VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE VACCINE AND A VERY SAFE VACCINE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A, A DECISION THAT, THAT INDIVIDUALS THAT PARENTS NEED TO MAKE OR THEIR CHILDREN.
UH, I CAN TELL YOU THAT LAST NIGHT, AND THIS MORNING I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR, FOR PFIZER VACCINE FOR MY 15 YEAR OLD SON.
UH, SO I CERTAINLY HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE VACCINE AND MY HOPE IS THAT, UH, MANY OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY WILL AS WELL, SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN GET, UH, OUR KIDS VACCINATED AND MOVE FORWARD IN OUR REQUEST FOR HERD IMMUNITY.
THIS IS AN UPDATE OF OUR NEW CONFIRMED CASES IN TRAVIS COUNTY.
YESTERDAY, WE REPORTED 101 CASES THAT WAS AFTER A, A VERY LOW DAY BEFORE A OF 19 CASES.
OVERALL, OUR MOVING AVERAGE IS 68, UH, WHICH THE DECREASE OF 23% COMPARED TO ONE WEEK AGO.
UH, SO AGAIN, WE'RE CONTINUING THAT DOWNWARD, UH, DIRECTION FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, UH, IN TERMS OF NEW CASES, WHICH WE'RE CERTAINLY HAPPY TO SEE.
UH, THERE IS SOME VARIABILITY ACROSS THE REGION, HOWEVER, AND, AND, UH, WE ARE NOT SAYING SIM, UH, AS SIMILAR DROPS IN SOME OF THE MORE RURAL AREAS IN CENTRAL TEXAS.
UH, SO AGAIN, UH, WE NOT ONLY NEED TO FOCUS ON OUR COMMUNITY ON THE AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY, BUT WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THAT FOLKS OUTSIDE OF THE METRO ARE RECEIVING THE MESSAGE AND, AND ALSO BEING ENCOURAGED TO BE VACCINATED GOOD, OUR NEW ADMISSIONS TO THE HOSPITAL.
AGAIN, THE YELLOW IS THE MOVING AVERAGE.
YOU CAN SEE A HOOK AT THE VERY FAR RIGHT OF THIS, AND THAT WAS OUR ADMISSIONS FOR YESTERDAY, WHICH WAS 21, UH, WHICH BROUGHT OUR MOVING AVERAGE UP TO 16.
WE HAD SPENT THREE DAYS UNDER 15.
SO IN THAT STAGE TWO TERRITORY, UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, BUT AN INCREASE YESTERDAY, AGAIN, THAT'S STILL A 6% DECREASE OF THAT MOVING AVERAGE AS COMPARED TO A WEEK AGO.
SO CERTAINLY PLEASED WITH THE OVERALL DIRECTION, UH, THAT THE EMISSIONS ARE HEADING.
UH, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO WATCH THAT DOWN TO THIS WEEK.
UH, I HAD DISCUSSED LAST WEEK, THE POTENTIAL OF, OF MOVING INTO STAGE TWO THIS WEEK, UH, WITH THIS CHANGE YESTERDAY, WE'LL HAVE TO WATCH THE DATA FOR A BIT LONGER BEFORE MAKING A DETERMINATION ABOUT A TRANSITION OF STAGES.
THIS IS AN UPDATE OF OUR HOSPITALIZATION, UH, DATA.
UH, SO AGAIN, THE BLUE IS HOSPITALIZATIONS ORANGE OR ICU, AND THE GRAY ARE VENTILATORS BEING USED FOR COVID-19 OR HOSPITALIZATIONS YESTERDAY 109 WITH A MOVING AVERAGE OF ONE OH SEVEN.
THAT'S A 16% DECREASE AS COMPARED TO ONE WEEK AGO, OR ICU UTILIZATION YESTERDAY 31 WITH A MOVING AVERAGE OF 37, THAT'S DOWN 20% FROM LAST WEEK.
OUR VENTILATOR USE 17 WITH A MOVING AVERAGE OF 20, UH, WHICH WAS A 20% DECREASE AS WELL, UH, FOR, FOR VENTILATOR USE.
SO AGAIN, UH, OVERALL GOOD DIRECTION, WE'D LIKE TO SEE IT DROPPING A BIT FASTER, UH, BUT CERTAINLY, UH, SOME OF THE LOWEST NUMBERS THAT WE'VE SEEN SINCE, SINCE OCTOBER, UH, LOOKING AT THE OVERALL PICTURE OF THE STATE, UH, THE STATE REPORT ARE 2200 HOSPITALIZATIONS STATEWIDE FOR COVID-19.
UH, THAT'S THE LOWEST NUMBER SINCE, SINCE MID JUNE.
SO CERTAINLY OVERALL PROGRESS BEING MADE, UH, IN THE BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19
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ACROSS THE STATE, WHICH WE'RE CERTAINLY PLEASED TO SEE THIS.ISN'T THE DATE OF OUR HOSPITALIZATIONS BY AGE GROUP.
UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT HERE.
UH, YOU SEE, UH, THAT THE OLDER AGE GROUPS ARE GENERALLY TRENDING IN A DOWNWARD DIRECTION THIS WEEK.
UH, AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE 80 PLUS AGE GROUP AND THE 70 TO 79 AGE GROUP, SIGNIFICANT DECREASES FROM WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE WERE, UH, 10 WEEKS AGO OR SO, UH, THE, THE THING THAT CONCERNS ME THE MOST ABOUT THIS GRAPH IS THE GRAY LINE.
THAT'S OUR 10 TO 19 YEAR OLD AGE GROUP.
UH, THIS IS THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF HOSPITALIZATIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN SINCE THIS PANDEMIC BEGAN, UH, BY A FACTOR OF 50%, 50% HIGHER THAN THE PREVIOUS HIGHEST.
UM, SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF FACTORS INVOLVED IN THAT.
NUMBER ONE, WE'VE HAD LOWER OVERALL ADMISSIONS THIS WEEK.
UH, BUT ALSO BECAUSE THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS HOSPITALIZED IN THAT AGE GROUP.
UH, AGAIN, THAT'S, UH, THAT NUMBER IS SEEN HERE ON THE RIGHT COLUMN, OVERALL DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZATIONS LAST WEEK, BUT A INCREASE FROM FIVE TO 13 FOR ADMISSIONS IN THAT 10 TO 19 YEAR OLD AGE GROUP.
UM, THERE, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN EIGHT INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN THREE YEARS OLD AND 17 YEARS OLD WHO WERE HOSPITALIZED IN THE PAST WEEK, UH, INCLUDING A 10 YEAR OLD, A 12 YEAR OLD, A 13 YEAR OLD, A 14 YEAR OLD, UH, AND TWO 15 YEAR OLDS.
UH, SO AGAIN, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT, AT THE VULNERABILITY OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHILE THAT VULNERABILITY IS DECREASING QUICKLY, THE VULNERABILITY IN CHILDREN IS NOT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO VACCINE YET.
WE'VE JUST OPENED UP THE WINDOW FOR 12 TO 15 YEAR OLDS.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE TRENDS THAT WE SEE HERE, BUT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WAS SEEN IN ISRAEL.
WHEN THE ADULT POPULATION WAS VACCINATED, THEY SAW A SURGE IN YOUNG PEOPLE AND TEENAGERS IN PARTICULAR.
UH, SO THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR PARENTS, EVEN THOUGH THE OVERALL THREAT IS DECREASING THE COMMUNITY.
THERE IS STILL THAT THEIR CHILDREN ARE STILL VULNERABLE AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE VULNERABLE UNTIL THEY'RE VACCINATED.
UH, SO IT IS IMPORTANT DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE, THE RISK FOR HOSPITALIZATION AND DEATH IS MUCH LOWER FOR THIS AGE GROUP.
IT CERTAINLY HAPPENS, AND IT HAPPENED 13 TIMES IN THE PAST WEEK FOR KIDS UNDER THE AGE OF 19.
UH, SO PLEASE, PLEASE, UH, CONTINUING TO ADVOCATE FOR VACCINATIONS NOW TO INCLUDE CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS 12, THIS IS AN UPDATE OF OUR, UH, HOSPITALIZATIONS BY RACE AND ETHNICITY.
WE CAN SEE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE, UH, THE HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR OUR, UH, LATIN X COMMUNITY AND AN INCREASE IN THE PERCENTAGE FOR OUR, UH, AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DETAILS OF WHERE THOSE CHANGES WERE.
SO AGAIN, THESE ARE HOSPITALIZATIONS BY NUMBERS OF INDIVIDUALS IN EACH CATEGORY, UH, WOULD SAY THAT THERE WAS, UH, AN INCREASE FROM 52 TO 55 AND OUR LATIN X COMMUNITY, UH, A BIG DROP IN OUR WHITE NON-HISPANIC COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, WHO WERE HOSPITALIZED AND NO CHANGE IN THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS FROM THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AUGUST.
SO THE BIG CHANGES THIS WEEK IS THAT SIGNIFICANT DROP BY ABOUT A THIRD, UH, IN OUR WHITE NON-HISPANIC COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, WHO WERE, UH, HOSPITALIZED LAST WEEK.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
UH, I WILL SAY THAT THAT SEVEN OF THE EIGHT, UH, INDIVIDUALS, UH, UNDER THE 17 YEARS OLDER AND YOUNGER WERE FROM COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
SO AGAIN, UH, IT IS, IT IS STRIKING.
UH, OUR COMMUNITIES ARE COLORED MORE DRAMATICALLY, AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO FOCUS EFFORTS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES, WHICH, UH, ACM HAYDEN OUT.
UH, THIS IS OUR OVERALL POSITIVITY BY WEEK.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THAT LAST WEEK WE'RE REPORTING CURRENTLY 3.5% POSITIVITY.
UH, SO A DECREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS TWO WEEKS, UH, WHICH WE'RE AT 3.9%, GETTING REACT, CONTINUE TO HEAD TOWARDS THAT, UH, THAT 3% MARK THAT WE'D REALLY LIKE TO BE UNDER.
UH, AND I THINK THAT WILL COINCIDE WITH A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN ACTIVITY.
UH, SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT, UH, THIS IS THE BY RACE AND ETHNICITY, OUR LATIN X COMMUNITY, UH, DROPPED FROM 6.2% TO 5.4% LAST WEEK.
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COMMUNITY DROPPED FROM 5.2% TO 4.7%.OUR ASIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY HAD A INCREASE 3.4% TO 4.2% AND NO CHANGE IN OUR WHITE NON-HISPANIC COMMUNITY, UH, WHO HAS BEEN AT 3%, UH, FOR BOTH WEEKS IS THAT POSITIVITY BROKEN DOWN BY AGE GROUP.
UH, WE SEE SOME CLUSTERING HAPPENING HERE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE OLD AND THE YOUNG GROUPS, UH, SO THAT LESS THAN ONE AND ONE TO NINE, AS WELL AS OUR 70 TO 79 AND 80 PLUS AGE ROOTS ARE CLUSTERED AROUND THAT 2% MARK.
UM, WE SEE THAT OUR 80 YEAR OLD OR A 66 AND NINE YEAR OLDS ARE RIGHT ABOUT 3%.
UH, WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN THAT, UH, 10 TO 19 AGE GROUP IN TERMS OF POSITIVITY, UH, BUT STILL THEY, THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE THAT TO 20 TO 29, UH, TO 50 TO 59 ARE STILL FOSTERED AROUND THAT 5% MARK.
UM, AGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO TEST.
THIS IS HOW WE BETTER CONTROL THE DISEASE, UH, BY IDENTIFYING THOSE WHO HAVE COVID-19 BY HAVING THEM STAY AT HOME UNTIL THEY'RE BETTER.
UH, AND THAT REDUCES THE, THE TRANSMISSION RISK TO OTHER PEOPLE, AGAIN, AS, AS A WARNING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, UH, PARTICULARLY INDIVIDUALS YOUNGER THAN 30.
THESE CAN BE COLD SYMPTOMS. THESE CAN BE A MINOR SORE THROAT, A STUFFY NOSE, UH, YOU KNOW, COLD LIKE SYMPTOMS. UH, SO IT MAY NOT BE DRAMATIC IN THESE AGE GROUPS.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IF INDIVIDUALS HAVE THOSE SYMPTOMS, THEY GET TESTED RIGHT AWAY TO HELP PREVENT TRANSMISSION, UH, TO, TO OTHERS, LOOK AT THE, UH, POSITIVITY BROKEN DOWN BY, UH, SCHOOL AGE, UH, IN OUR SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN GROUP.
THIS IS THE DATA FOR, UH, FIVE, TWO TO FIVE, EIGHT OR HIGH SCHOOL GROUP, 3.9% POSITIVE, UH, POSITIVITY 5.4% FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
UH, AGAIN, CONTINUE THE TREND OF, OF THOSE TUBING OVER THE COMMUNITY AVERAGE, UH, AS WELL AS THE ELEMENTARY AND PRESCHOOL BEING UNDER 1.6% EMPTY 0.2%.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE CONTINUE TO SEE CLUSTERS, UH, IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS.
UH, THEY CONTINUE TO BE RELATED TO ATHLETICS ACTIVITIES AS WELL AS AFTERSCHOOL SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.
SO AGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, UH, USE CAUTION IN THOSE AREAS TO AVOID, UH, NOT ONLY DISEASE, BUT ALSO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON, ON THOSE ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES.
THIS IS AN UPDATE OF OUR LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY DASHBOARD.
UH, WE CONTINUE TO SEE A DECREASE IN THE ACTIVITY, UH, THERE AS COMPARED TO SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, FOUR CASES IN THE LAST 14 DAYS, 20 IN THE LAST 28, UH, THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES HAVE ZERO CASES.
UH, SO AGAIN, UH, IT IS CLEAR THAT WE HAVE HERD IMMUNITY IN THOSE FACILITIES, UH, TO, UH, TO A LARGE EXTENT, WE HAVE A TWO FACILITIES, I BELIEVE THAT HAVE, UH, MORE THAN ONE OR TWO CASES.
UH, SO VERY, VERY SMALL NUMBERS.
UH, EVEN WHEN WE DO SEE CASES AT THOSE FACILITIES, AGAIN, WE REMAIN IN STAGE THREE FOR NOW.
UH, OUR HOPE IS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE A DECREASE IN, UH, ADMISSIONS TO THE HOSPITAL AND THAT WE WILL FALL UNDER THAT 15 THRESHOLD AGAIN, UH, WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF, OF TRANSITIONING TO STAGE TWO LATER THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK, DEPENDING ON THAT DATA, UH, I DO ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL REVISE THE HEALTH AUTHORITY RULES, UH, IN CONJUNCTION WITH A TRANSITION TO STAGE TWO, WHICH WILL RELAX, UH, SOME OF THOSE GUIDELINES, UH, THAT WE HAVE HAVE SET OUT PREVIOUSLY.
UH, SO AGAIN, WE WILL UPDATE THAT ONCE WE TRANSITION TO STAGE TWO, WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, HAYDEN HOWARD, GOOD MORNING.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, UM, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR NURSES.
NURSES WEEK STARTED MAY SIX, UM, AND ON THE 12TH, UM, WE'VE HAD A, UM, A GROUP OF OUR NURSES THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, INVOLVED THIS ENTIRE TIME, BUT HAVE REALLY, UM, PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN PROVIDING, UM, SO MANY VACCINES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR NURSES, UM, IN THE DEPARTMENT ONCE THAT HAVE VOLUNTEERED WITH US, UM, AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR OTHER PARTNERS THAT HAVE NURSES.
SO IF YOU HAPPEN TO SEE A NURSE, UM, JUST
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TELL THEM HAPPY NURSE'S WEEK.UM, I DEFINITELY TOLD MY MOM HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, AS WELL AS HAPPY NURSES WEEK THIS WEEKEND.
NEXT SLIDE, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE, UM, DASHBOARD, UM, WE'RE SEEING, UM, 387,000, UM, VACCINES THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEN WE START TO LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA, UM, THE ASIAN POPULATION HAS RECEIVED 17.28% OF THESE VACCINES AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE RECEIVED 7.7%.
UM, OUR HISPANIC POPULATION HAS RECEIVED 31.5%.
UM, AND OUR WHITE HAS RECEIVED 37.5%.
AND SO, UM, JUST KIND OF REALLY KEEPING MINE.
THIS IS, UM, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.
UM, IT ALSO INCLUDES, UM, THE COLA EFFORTS AS WELL AS, UM, COMMUNITY CARES DATA IS WHAT WE TYPICALLY, UM, DO TRACK.
UM, NEXT SLIDE, YOU WILL START TO SEE, UM, A CHANGE IN OUR DASHBOARD UPDATE SCHEDULE.
UM, SO STARTING, UM, SO STARTING ON THE 15TH, YOU WILL NO LONGER SEE AN UPDATE ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE OUR, UM, EPIDEMIOLOGY STAFF, UM, AS WELL AS THE DATA ENTRY FOLKS, ET CETERA.
UM, BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK SINCE FEBRUARY OF 2020.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, LET THEM OBSERVE A FEW HOLIDAYS ALONG THE WAY, BUT WE HAVE ALWAYS CONTINUE TO UPDATE OUR DASHBOARDS.
AND SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A CHANGE, BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS, IS THAT ON MONDAYS, UM, YOU WILL SEE THE UPDATE.
NOW, THE TWO DASHBOARDS THAT IT AFFECTS IS THE COVID 19 SURVEILLANCE, AND IT IS THE STAGING ONE.
THE OTHER ONES, UM, HAVE ALWAYS ONLY BEEN UPDATED ONCE A WEEK.
SO, UM, THIS WILL NOT AFFECT THEM AS WELL, AND IT WILL NOT ALSO AFFECT OUR, UM, OUR VACCINE, OUR OTHER VACCINES, UM, DASHBOARD NEXT SLIDE.
UM, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH HAS PROVIDED 300,000, UM, FIRST AND SECOND DOSES OF OUR VACCINE.
UM, LAST WEEK, OUR TEAM WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE 13,000, UH, VACCINES, CONTINUING TO, UM, WORK WITH THE CHILDCARE AND SCHOOLS STAFF, AS WELL AS, UM, TRACKING THE SENIOR POPULATION, UH, WITH FIRST AND SECOND DOSES.
AND THEN WE, UM, TYPICALLY SHARE THE INFORMATION FOR, FROM THE, UM, UM, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES AT 107,788.
AND SO THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF ALL PROVIDERS IN TRAVIS COUNTY.
WE ARE, YOU ARE STARTING A PILOT PARTNERSHIP WITH AISD, UM, THIS WEEK, UM, AS YOU ALL MAY BE AWARE, AISD HAS HAD, UM, SEVERAL, UM, FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENTS.
AND SO, UM, WE HAVE SELECTED FOUR CAMPUSES THAT OUR MOBILE TEAM IS GOING TO BE, UM, WORKING WITH THEM THIS WEEK.
THESE ARE THE CAMPUSES, UM, LISTED, AND THIS IS BASED UPON, UM, BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT A NORTH AND A SOUTH, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, TITLE ONE SCHOOLS.
AND THEN LASTLY LOOKING AT WHERE THE, UM, WHERE THERE'S THE LARGEST DEMAND, THESE ARE THE SITES, UM, WHERE ACCORDING TO AISD, UM, THEY HAVE, UM, MORE PEOPLE COME TO THESE CAMPUSES.
AND SO OUR STAFF, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR OTHER PILOTS, ET CETERA, MIXED LAB.
THIS IS AN EVENT THAT WE HAVE COMING UP ON, UM, ON THE 16TH OF MAY.
UM, WE WILL ALSO, UM, BE AT OUR GWADAR OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CHURCH, AS YOU ALSO KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, HAVE REALLY, REALLY, UM, TRANSITIONED TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MODEL.
UM, THIS PAST SATURDAY WE WERE AT GREATER MOUNTAIN ZION BAPTIST CHURCH, UM, PROVIDING VACCINES.
AND SO OUR TEAM WILL, UM, CONTINUE TO, UM, BE IN THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
UM, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO, TO SHARE WITH YOU,
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UM, LIKE I'M GOING TO SHARE ON THIS NEXT SLIDE ON OUR WEBSITE, YOU WILL SEE, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE STARTING TO, UM, HAVE A SNAPSHOT WHERE FOLKS COULD GO ON TO OUR WEBSITE.THERE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE, UM, ALL OF OUR PARTNERS ARE NOW, THIS WAS A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE HAD OF, OF LAST FRIDAY.
UM, AND SO WE KNOW IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE CHANGING.
YOU HAVE THE, UM, ABILITY TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO GO ONTO THE WEBSITE AND BE ABLE TO LOOK AND SEE WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS THE HOURS LOCATIONS, ET CETERA, WE ARE STILL DOING, UM, APPOINTMENTS.
UM, BUT WE'RE ALSO REALLY EMPHASIZING THAT WE HAVE ALL OF OUR CLINICS, OUR WALK-UP CLINICS, UM, OUR OTHER PARTNERS AS WELL ARE DOING WALK-UP CLINICS.
AND SO, UM, WHEN YOU'RE ON THE SITE AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THAT INFORMATION, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT AS WELL, NEXT SLIDE, UM, WHAT WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO BRING TODAY.
AND THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT FROM, UM, MAY 1ST THROUGH MAY 7TH, UM, LOOKING AT, UM, THE FOLKS THAT HAD SCHEDULED APPOINTMENTS VERSUS WALKUP APPOINTMENTS, AND THEN THE, UM, WALK-UP PERCENTAGE.
AND SO, UM, WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL SEEING MORE FOLKS WITH SCHEDULE APPOINTMENTS, UM, AS OPPOSED TO WALK UP APPOINTMENTS, BUT THE PROCESS IS WORKING REALLY WELL.
OUR TEAMS HAVE, UM, ESTABLISHED A, UM, A REALLY NICE WAY TO BE ABLE TO MOVE PEOPLE THROUGH, UM, THE PROCESS.
AND, UM, AND THEN THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, FOLKS DON'T SPEND, UM, AS LONG AT THE, AT THE LOCATIONS.
AND SO OUR TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO REFINE THOSE EFFORTS, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE, UM, THESE TYPES OF PROCESS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE ONES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, OPEN AND THEY'RE WELCOME APPOINTMENTS.
WE KNOW THAT WE WILL HAVE, UM, CERTAIN LOCATIONS WHERE WE ARE IN PARTNERSHIP, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH, UM, LOCATIONS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE BOARD AND CARE FACILITIES, UM, OUR STAFF ARE GOING THERE, UM, AND WORKING FOR EXAMPLE WITH, UH, TRAVIS COUNTY, UM, DEAF SERVICES, FOR EXAMPLE.
AND SO THOSE ARE EXAMPLES OF ACTUAL CLOSE PILOTS WHERE WE'RE WORKING WITH A SPECIFIC POPULATION, UM, IN THAT SPACE.
UM, AND SO OUR, UM, SO OUR TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING THE NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY NEXT WEEK.
UM, THIS IS, WE WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU, THE, UM, THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL, UM, HAS, UM, NOW, UM, TAKING OVER THE VACCINE FINDER AND IT IS NOW VACCINES.GOV.
AND SO, UM, NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE, YOU CAN, UM, GO TO YOUR PHONE AND YOU CAN, UM, TEXT THE INFORMATION AND ANSWERS ZIP CODE, AND THEN IT WILL PROVIDE YOU A LIST OF LOCATIONS THAT IS NEAR YOU.
AND SO, UM, THIS SERVICE IS ACTUALLY, UM, IS OPERATED BY THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND, UM, THE US HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
AND SO, UM, AS THINGS MOVE ALONG AND THINGS ARE MORE, UM, WE'RE, UM, THE PROVIDERS HAVE REGISTERED ET CETERA.
THEY ARE ALSO, UM, TRACKING THAT AS WELL.
AND IT'S ALSO, UM, TRACKED AT THE STATE LEVEL BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES NEXT LOT AS, AS DR.
UM, HOWEVER, UH, WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS, UM, AS THEY ARE PROVIDING THE PFIZER VACCINE, UM, THROUGH THE TRAVIS COUNTY, UM, DRIVE THROUGH SITES WITH UT HEALTH.
UM, BUT WE'RE ALSO KIND OF REMINDING FOLKS ABOUT THE WALGREENS, CVS, AND HEB.
ONE OF THE THINGS OUR STAFF ARE, UM, FINALIZING IS, IS THAT WE ALL, WE HAVE A SHOTS FOR TOX CLINIC THAT IS IN, UM, NORTH AND SOUTH AUSTIN, AS WELL AS PARTNERS WITH THE VACCINE FOR CHILDREN PROVIDER.
AND SO, UM, OUR STAFF WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM, UM, MAKE SURE THEY'RE TRAINED AND ET CETERA.
AND SO BETWEEN, UM, THOSE TWO ENTITIES, THE SHOTS FOR TOTS AND THE VACCINE
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FOR CHILDREN PROVIDER, UM, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE OF THE PFIZER IN OUR COMMUNITY.AND SO, UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT ON OUR MAP, UM, WE WILL, UM, LIST THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.
SO EVERYONE REALLY WILL HAVE A BETTER BIRD'S-EYE OF WHERE PFIZER IS AVAILABLE TIME, ET CETERA.
UH, NEXT SLIDE, WE WANTED TO SPEND A LITTLE TIME ON THE INCENTIVES, UM, AND ALSO PUBLIC HEALTH IS CONTINUED TO, UM, TO WORK ON A PROCESS, BUT WHAT WE HAVE REALLY BEEN ENCOURAGING BUSINESS OWNERS, UM, TO DO IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, IS TO REALLY JUST BASICALLY STEP UP AND SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE WILLING, UM, TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A COUPON, UM, YOU KNOW, DISCOUNT OFFER A SERVICE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
OUR HOPE IS, IS THAT BUSINESS OWNERS WILL TAKE THAT INITIATIVE, UM, TO BE ABLE TO OFFER THOSE, UM, COUPONS, ET CETERA, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH OUR GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS, UM, BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, THE GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE CITY HAS OUR CONTRACTS WITH, WHICH ARE SEVEN, UM, AND UNITED WAY HAS THEIR CONTRACTS WITH, UM, THOSE GROUPS, UM, HAVE STARTED TO MEET, BUT UNITED WAY HAS JOINED OUR SESSION WITH OUR GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS.
AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO PULL ALL OF THEM TOGETHER IS OUR NEXT STEP.
AND SO BASICALLY HAVING THEM TO LOOK AT WHAT TYPE OF INCENTIVES THAT WE COULD PUT TOGETHER, UM, WITH THE GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE ABLE TO, UM, RECEIVE THOSE SOLICITATIONS, UM, FROM THE PUBLIC, UM, AS OPPOSED TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
THE OTHER THING IS, IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST ENCOURAGING EMPLOYERS TO ALLOW, UM, THEIR TIME, UM, SOME TIME OFF FOR THEIR VACCINE APPOINTMENTS THAT WILL NOT OVERALL AFFECT THEIR LEAVE TIME.
WE KNOW THAT THE ABILITY TO KIND OF GO AND GET A VACCINE, BUT WE ALSO THINK WHAT IS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR EMPLOYERS IS TO ALSO ALLOW THAT TIME.
SO IF AN INDIVIDUAL HAS, YOU KNOW, ANY KIND OF SIDE EFFECTS AND THEY'RE NOT FEELING WELL AFTER THEY'VE TAKEN EITHER FIRST OR SECOND VACCINE, ALLOWING THEM, UM, THAT TIME AND LOOKING AT HOW YOU COULD PUT IN PLACE A PROCESS WHERE THEY ARE NOT, UM, USING THEIR SICK LEAVE OR THEIR VACATION.
SO IT'S JUST INCENTIVES LIKE THAT, THAT WE, UM, WE'LL DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO HELP FOLKS MAKE A DECISION.
UM, AS WE ARE JUST WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR OUTREACH PARTNERS, UM, IN OUR, IN OUR GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION, NEXT SLIDE, WE ARE IN PARTNERSHIP.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT OUR, UM, INITIATIVE HASHTAG TAKE THE SHOT ATX.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH OUR, UM, WITH OUR SOCCER TEAM HERE, WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY, UM, PUT TOGETHER A COUPLE OF PSA'S, UM, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO RUN THOSE, UH, WE SHARED THEM WITH THE COUNTY, SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO SO.
SO HOPEFULLY THIS IS GONNA WORK, UM, ARE Y'ALL ABLE TO RUN THE PSA.
UM, MEDIA, ARE YOU ALL YOU'LL HAVE THAT READY TO GO, OR YOU WANT TO TRY THAT AT THE BREAK? WHAT WOULD YOU THINK? SOUNDS LIKE WE MAY NEED A FEW MINUTES.
UM, LAST LOT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, TAKE THIS TIME TO, UM, TO INTRODUCE TO YOU, SOME OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY MET HER, UM, IN HER, UH, ROLE AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
OTHERS OF YOU HAVE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH HER THUS FAR.
UH, THIS IS ADRIAN STIRRUP, ADRIAN STIRRUP, UM, IS THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.
AND SO ADRIAN, UM, IS GOING TO BE PRESENTING NEXT WEEK, UM, MOVING FORWARD WITH, WITH DR.
S SCOTT, UM, AND PROVIDING YOU THE UPDATES.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO INTRODUCE HER TODAY, LET YOU KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE TRANSITIONING OVER TO HER.
I WILL CONTINUE TO ATTEND THE MEETINGS, UM, AND DEFINITELY BE, UM, A PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
BUT I WANTED TO INTRODUCE, UM, ADRIAN'S DARYL TO YOU TODAY.
ADRIAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE? NO, THANK YOU.
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WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU.WELL THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
UM, SO WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
UH, I THINK JUST THE ONLY UPDATE I WOULD HAVE FROM THE TRAVIS COUNTY VACCINE SIDE IS, UH, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE MAP THAT YOU'VE PUT TOGETHER.
UM, AND SO THIS WEEKEND, AGAIN, AT THE EXPO CENTER, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PFIZER VACCINE FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY.
I THINK IT'S FROM NINE TO FIVE.
AND, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS THE CDC SAYS CAN GIVE IT TO OFFICIALLY GIVE IT TO 12 YEAR OLDS TO 15 YEAR OLDS, WE WILL DO SO.
SCOTT, MAYBE THAT'S ALREADY THE CASE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS SORT OF QUESTIONABLE THIS MORNING, BUT, UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE TEAMS THAT CONSTABLE MIRALIS AND CHIEF BAILEY ARE LEADING THAT ARE GOING TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AROUND EASTERN TRAVIS COUNTY.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THOSE LOCATIONS TO YOU AHEAD OF TIME SO THAT YOU CAN ADD THEM TO THE MAP WITH THAT.
I WILL PASS IT ON TO, UH, COMMISSIONER GOMEZ IF YOU ARE THERE.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE TEAM, UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JUDGE.
I THINK I'M VERY, UM, OF THE REPORTS THAT WE'RE GETTING ARE PROMISING.
SO, UM, OR TO US CONTINUING TO MAKE PROGRESS.
THANKS COMMISSIONER, UH, COMMISSIONER SHEA MORNING, EVERYONE.
AND MY USUAL, THANKS TO, UM, EVERYONE WHO IS INVOLVED IN THIS.
UM, WE KNOW YOU'VE BEEN PUTTING IN JUST INCREDIBLY LONG HOURS.
HOPEFULLY YOU'RE STARTING TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE OF YOUR LIVES BACK AS, AS WE'RE MAKING MORE PROGRESS ON, ON VACCINATIONS.
UM, I HEARD A STORY THE OTHER DAY THAT, UH, AND I THINK, I I'M THINK I'M REMEMBERING THIS RIGHT, BUT, UM, I THINK THEY WERE SAYING THAT SOME SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO 50% OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD COVID ARE EXPERIENCING ONGOING EFFECTS.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WERE SAYING THAT, THAT IT WAS 50% HAVING A LONG COVID.
UM, BUT I PERSONALLY KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS HEAD OF A MAJOR HEALTH CORPORATION WHO HAD ACCESS TO THE FINEST MEDICAL CARE ON THE PLANET AND WHO, UH, IS SUFFERING MONTHS AND MONTHS LATER FROM VERY SERIOUS LONG COVID.
UM, CAN YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND IS THAT THAT 50% STATISTIC ACT ACCURATE, UH, COMMISSIONER? I THINK THAT THAT NUMBER IS HIGH.
I CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT, UH, THE LATEST DATA AND GET BACK TO Y'ALL NEXT WEEK ON, UH, THE PERCENTAGE FOR LONG COVID.
UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ALL HAVE TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE LONG-TERM IMPLICATIONS.
UH, WE ARE CERTAINLY SEEING DATA EMERGE, WHICH RAISES CONCERN ABOUT THE LONG-TERM IMPLICATIONS TO INCLUDE A BRAIN INJURY, UH, IN THE FORM OF DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, UH, AS A RESULT OF COVID, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT YOUNGER PEOPLE, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY ALWAYS RAISE THE CONCERN.
WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE A BAD COURSE OF ILLNESS EXCEPT FOR WHEN THEY DO, EXCEPT FOR WHEN THEY ARE HOSPITALIZED, EXCEPT FOR WHEN YOU SORT OUT LATER THAT THERE'S ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION ASSOCIATED WITH THAT INFECTION.
YOU CAN'T TAKE THAT PIECE BACK.
UH, THE, THE SIDE EFFECTS FROM THE VACCINE, SORE ARM, MUSCLE LAKES, YOU KNOW, TIREDNESS FOR A DAY OR TWO IS NOTHING IT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU GET WITH THE FLU SHOT.
UH, THERE SHOULD NOT BE THIS MUCH CONTROVERSY ABOUT GETTING THIS VACCINE.
UH, IT WAS VERY THOROUGHLY STUDY.
IT IS PROVEN TO BE EVEN SAFER AND MORE EFFICACIOUS THAN THE INITIAL STUDIES INDICATED.
UM, IT IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT WE DO NEED TO DO, UH, AND WE HAVE TO REALIZE, AGAIN, THAT NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THE IMPLICATIONS FROM THE COVID ILLNESS ITSELF, BUT AS I SAID BEFORE, YOU HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR REINFECTION, UH, LOOKING AT OUR DATA FOR TRAVIS COUNTY ALONE, THE RE-INFECTION RATE IS ABOUT FOUR TIMES THAT OF THE BREAKTHROUGH RATE FOR THOSE WHO'VE BEEN VACCINATED 96 BREAKTHROUGH CASES AT A MORE THAN 600,000 REPRESENTS A 0.01% CHANCE OF, OF, UH, COVID-19 AFTER INFECTION.
SO FAR, UM, 379 RE-INFECTION CASES CONFIRMED.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING THE COVID VACCINE, EVEN IF YOU'VE HAD THE DISEASE.
UM, BUT OUR HOPE IS YOU'D GET IT BEFORE SO THAT YOU CAN AVOID THE, THE ACUTE ILLNESS, BUT ALSO THE LONG-TERM POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES.
FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND YOU ALL FOR,
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UH, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE TO, UM, TO PLAN FOR AND REACH OUT INTO, UM, HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.UM, I KNOW THAT YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK BECAUSE I'VE WATCHED YOU DO A LOT.
UM, AS WE, AS WE LOOK AT THE MAP, I THINK THIS IS A VERY USEFUL TOOL AND I APPRECIATE THE MAP, AND I KNOW THAT THINGS ARE IMPROVING.
I JUST, I STILL WANT TO REDOUBLE OUR EFFORTS UNTIL WE GET THROUGH, UH, THE JUNE 10TH PROCESS.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN, UH, CAN EFFECTIVELY, UM, GET AS MANY SHOTS IN THE ARMS AS POSSIBLE.
UH, AS WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE INCORPORATE THE 12 TO 15 YEAR OLDS, I'M INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT WE, THAT WE DO, UH, WORK THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS.
SO WE DO WORK FOR OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THOSE ARE PLACES WHERE KIDS AND FAMILIES ARE USED TO GOING.
UM, I, UH, AND I MIGHT BE MISSING SOME FROM THE LIST, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT, UH, COMMUNITY SCHOOLS PROVIDE AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GO INTO NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND IF WE'RE ABLE TO SEND A MOBILE TEAMS OVER TO THOSE PLACES, I THINK IT CAN BE VERY SUCCESSFUL.
SO SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS, BECAUSE, UH, BECAUSE THEY DO EXIST WHERE INFRASTRUCTURE DOESN'T EXIST AND THEN CHURCHES, UM, I'M, I'M GLAD THAT WE USE GREATER MOUNT ZION.
I THINK THAT, UH, THEY, THEY RUN A FANTASTIC OPERATION OVER THERE, BUT, BUT LET ME JUST SAY THIS, IF YOU REMEMBER HB SIX AND ABC HB SEVEN, THEY SPECIFICALLY TOOK SOULS TWO POLES AWAY FROM THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT IS SO EFFECTIVE.
I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO REDOUBLE OUR EFFORTS SPECIFICALLY WITH CHURCHES.
AND THERE ARE SEVERAL CHURCHES THAT ARE LARGE CHURCHES THAT HAVE SIGNIFICANT POPULATIONS.
UH, AND I IMAGINE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE STILL NEED TO BE VACCINATED.
A GREAT AMOUNT OF ZION IS GREAT ST.
JAMES MOUNT, ZION, DAVID CHAPEL, MOUNT SINAI, WESLEY UNITED METHODIST, ST MARY'S AND PFLUGERVILLE.
I THINK THAT, UH, THAT IS A VERY EFFECTIVE WAY TO GET TO COMMUNITIES WORKING AT CHURCHES.
AND I THINK THAT'S BEEN DEMONSTRATED, UH, BY VOTING AS WELL AS, AS OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPEN THERE AND WANT US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REDOUBLING OUR EFFORTS THERE.
AND, AND, UM, AND I'M ALSO WONDERING, UH, WHETHER WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ADD ANY SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM TRUSTED COMMUNITIES.
WHEN WE TALKED TO THE NW IN, UH, IN, UM, AACP OR THE URBAN LEAGUE, OR THE BLACK LEADERSHIP COLLECTIVE, UM, AFRICAN-AMERICAN HARVEST FOUNDATION, CENTRAL TEXAS AREA HEALTH INITIATIVE, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REACHING OUT TO FOLKS WHO HAVE TRUSTED RELATIONSHIPS IN THE COMMUNITY AND MADE SURE THAT THEY'RE WORKING IN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY CENTERS AND CHURCHES TO MAXIMIZE THE ACCESS THAT WE HAVE TO THOSE COMMUNITIES.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, UH, HOW HAVE WE INCORPORATED THEM OR WHAT IS OUR PROGRESS ON INCORPORATING THOSE, THOSE ENTITIES? OH, SO COMMISSIONER TREVELYAN, UM, IN MARCH, UM, WE KICKED OFF OUR, UM, FAITH-BASED INITIATIVE.
UM, THAT TEAM ACTUALLY, UM, STOOD UP IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR TO JUST ADDRESS THE TESTING, ET CETERA, UM, TO WORK WITH THOSE FACILITIES, THEY HAVE PIVOTED.
UM, AND SO NOW THEY ARE WORKING WITH THOSE FAITH-BASED CHURCHES, UM, YOU KNOW, THE GREAT AMOUNT OF SCION, THE ST.
JAMES, UM, WE WERE THERE, UM, UH, LAST MONTH.
UM, AND, UM, SO BASICALLY WHAT MOST CHURCHES ARE DOING IS COLLABORATIVELY.
WE ARE ASSIGNING A LOCATION, AND SO ALL OF THOSE FOLKS ARE REFERRING FOLKS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THIS WEEKEND, THEY WERE REFERRED TO, UM, SEVERAL CHURCHES CAME TOGETHER AND THEY REFERRED OVER TO GREATER MOUNT SINAI LAST MONTH, THE SAME THING COLLECTIVELY WE'RE ABLE TO REFER IN TO, TO ST.
AND SO, UM, THAT MODEL SEEMS TO BE WORKING PRETTY WELL.
UM, WE HAVE TALKED WITH, UM, PASTOR COAX THEM OUT IN PFLUGERVILLE, UM, AND THEY'RE WILLING TO ALLOW US TO, TO BE IN THAT SPACE.
AND SO, AS WE TRANSITIONED FROM THE FULL GERBIL RECREATION CENTER, UM, WE'LL BE TRANSITIONING OVER TO, UM, LOCATIONS LIKE THAT.
THE URBAN LEAGUE IS ONE OF OUR, UM, PARTNERS THAT WE ARE ONE
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OF OUR GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WORKING WITH US IN THIS SPACE.AND SO, UM, WE HAVE THAT WE HAVE SEVEN, UM, ORGANIZATIONS, UM, THAT ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH US.
SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
UM, AS FAR AS THE, THE JUNETEENTH, UM, UM, PROCESS, OUR STAFF HAVE IDENTIFIED SEVERAL LOCATIONS, UM, WHERE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, UM, PROVIDE VACCINES AND WE'LL KIND OF COLLABORATE THAT AND WORK WITH OUR WORKING GROUP, UM, THAT TYPICALLY MEETS ON FRIDAYS AT NOON.
SO WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE EVENTS LEADING UP TO JUNETEENTH AND THEN MAKE SURE, UM, WE'RE PROVIDING, UM, VACCINES AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS.
AND SO THAT WILL BE ON OUR MAPS.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR MOBILE TEAM ARE THE ONES THAT ARE AT THE SCHOOLS, UM, PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES.
UM, AND THEN FOR THE POP-UP CLINICS, IT'S A COMBINATION OF OUR FOLKS THAT TYPICALLY WILL BE WORKING AT THE LARGEST SITES LIKE YOUR DEL VALLEY OR YOUR BURGER TO TRANSITION, UM, TO BE AT, FOR EXAMPLE, HOW WE WERE, UM, GOING TO BE AT GIVENS PARK, UM, AND HAD THE, UM, UM, CATHOLIC CHURCH THIS WEEKEND.
AND SO THOSE EFFORTS WERE ABLE TO SHIFT FOLKS AROUND AND, UM, BE AT THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD MODELS.
AND SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO DO THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL WORK.
AND, UM, I WOULD, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, ARE WORKING WITH CAP METRO TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE SITES AND WE'RE NOT SURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, THAT, THAT FOLKS CAN GET TO THOSE SITES THAT WE WORK WITH CAP METRO, TO SEE HOW THEY CAN HELP US FACILITATE MOVIES.
UM, ACTUALLY COMMISSIONER TREVELYAN, THEY HAVE BEEN AN OUTSTANDING PARTNER.
UM, THEY, UM, STARTED WITH US.
UM, I'M GOING TO SAY PROBABLY BACK IN FEBRUARY, UM, IF YOU JUST GIVE THEM A CALL AND LET THEM KNOW WHERE YOU WERE, UM, APPOINTMENT TIME SCHEDULE IS FOR YOUR VACCINE, THEY ARE PROVIDING FREE TRANSPORTATION TO INDIVIDUALS TO, UM, TO BE ABLE TO GET TO, UM, YOU KNOW, ANY OF OUR KIND OF SITES WHERE THE ROUTES ARE.
SO THAT HAS BEEN A REALLY GOOD, UM, UM, PARTNERSHIP WITH CAPITAL METRO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
I HAD A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE SHOTS FOR HOME-BOUND INDIVIDUALS.
UM, DO YOU THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE CAN ADD CAPACITY TO THAT PROGRAM? UM, IF WE HAD LIKE FIREFIGHTERS OR FOLKS THAT WERE ABLE AND KNOWLEDGEABLE AND TRYING TO GIVE SHOTS, DO YOU THINK THE NEED EXISTS? UM, I WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND.
UM, OUR TEAMS HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE REALLY BEEN ABLE TO GO OUT AND PROVIDE THAT SERVICE.
UM, AND AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PIVOTED AND SO WHENEVER THEY CALL IN TO REQUEST A SERVICE, IF THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL FOLKS, UM, THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE A VACCINE, IF THEY JUST LET US KNOW OUR STAFF WILL GO PREPARED WITH ADDITIONAL VACCINE TO PROVIDE THAT, UM, IN THEIR HOMES.
UM, WE, WE HAVE, THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE, UM, WITH, WITH THE FIRE, UM, UM, WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT, I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE PROBABLY AT A POINT WHERE WE'RE JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, HOW WE ARE STILL NEEDING TO PIVOT A LITTLE MORE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MODEL.
UM, AND IF THEY HAVE THE AVAILABLE STAFF, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH RETIREES, UM, FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND SO THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HELP US KIND OF DURING KIND OF THIS LEG OF THE PROCESS.
AND SO, UH, WE CAN DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO GET MORE OF THE DATA ABOUT, UM, FOLKS THAT ARE CALLING IN, UM, AND SCHEDULING THE, THE, UM, UH, THROUGH THREE, ONE, ONE AND OUR STAFF FOR THOSE HOMEBOUND APPOINTMENTS.
AND THEN ADRIAN CAN BRING THAT BACK ON NEXT WEEK.
UM, I WILL PASS IT ON, UH, OVER TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, JUDGE.
WE'RE GOING TO START DISTRICT 10, WORK OUR WAY UP TO DISTRICT ONE.
AND, UH, UH, EACH OF US GET, UH, MORE THE QUESTION NOW, SPEAKER HALTER.
UM, LOTS OF MOTHERS WERE REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT THE 12 TO 15 YEAR OLD, UH, OPPORTUNITY.
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UM, I WOULD APPRECIATE SOME CLARITY AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IS IT OFFICIALLY AUTHORIZED? HOW DO FOLKS ACCESS IT, UM, IN AUSTIN? UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S 12 TO 15 YEAR OLDS, SO CLARIFYING THAT YOU STILL NEED A PARENT WITH YOU.UM, WE AS APH HAVE MOSTLY HAD MEDINA TO MY KNOWLEDGE, AND THIS IS JUST FOR PFIZER.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS FOR GETTING, UM, THE PFIZER AND, AND HOW DO WE DO THAT, UM, IN AN ORDERLY MANNER SO THAT EVERYONE WHO WANTS THAT SHOT, UM, CAN HAVE IT, BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE WE NEED SOME CLARITY, UM, FOR THE PARENTS WHO'VE BEEN ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THIS FOR, FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, YOU, YOU MENTIONED THE A HUNDRED PERCENT, UM, EFFECTIVENESS, WHICH IS AWESOME, AND WE SHOULD DEFINITELY HAVE, UM, SOME MESSAGING ON THAT.
THAT'S WHAT WE KNOW AT THIS POINT.
UM, BUT, BUT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TELL PEOPLE THEY'RE AVAILABLE HERE OR THERE OR WHATNOT.
AND, UM, HERE'S WHERE TO LOOK FOR, UM, PFIZER, UM, OPTIONS, UH, COUNCIL ALTAR, UH, YES, IT IS APPROVED FOR 12 TO 15 YEAR OLDS.
HOWEVER, IT MAY TAKE A DAY OR A FEW DAYS FOR, UH, THOSE THAT HAVE ONLINE REGISTRATION TO ALLOW THEM TO REGISTER.
I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I'VE TRIED TO REGISTER LAST NIGHT OF THIS BOARD FOR MY SON, UH, AT CBS STILL HAS IT AT 16 YEARS OLD.
SO MY ADVICE IS LOOK AT THE MAP THAT, THAT STEPHANIE TALKED ABOUT.
PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR PFIZER.
PFIZER IS THE ONLY VACCINE APPROVED FOR THAT 12 TO 17 YEAR OLD GROUP.
UH, SO PFIZER IS WHAT FOLKS WANT TO LOOK FOR.
UH, THE CVS HAS HAVE THEM HEB, UH, AND THERE WERE OTHER PROVIDERS, UH, THAT, THAT, UH, THAT HAVE THEM AS WELL.
UM, I DO WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING ELSE THAT I MISSPOKE ABOUT EARLIER AND THAT'S RE-INFECTION VERSUS BREAKTHROUGH, UH, ON COMMISSIONER SHERRY'S QUESTION, UH, THERE'S FOUR TIMES THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD RE-INFECTION, IT'S ACTUALLY 33 TIMES THE RATE FOR REINFECTION AS COMPARED TO, UH, BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS DUE TO THE MUCH SMALLER DENOMINATOR.
UH, SO AGAIN, EVEN FOLKS WHO HAVE HAD COVID EVEN 12 TO 15 YEAR-OLDS, WHO'VE HAD COBRA NEED TO GET THEIR COVID SHOP.
UH, IT IS VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE.
UH, AND, UH, AGAIN, IT'S MORE EVIDENCE THAT THE VACCINE IS, IS MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE AT PREVENTING INFECTION THAN THE DISEASE ITSELF.
UM, I THINK IT'D BE REALLY HELPFUL IF, AS PART OF THE MESSAGING THAT YOU SEND OUT TO US TO SHARE, IF WE COULD GET, UM, YOU KNOW, THE APPROPRIATE MESSAGING THAT WE NEED TO GET OUT FOR THAT AGE GROUP AND SENDING PEOPLE WHERE THEY NEED TO GO, UM, SPED OF ALL OF US REINVENTING THAT.
UM, SO THERE'S SOME CLARITY, UM, IN THE MESSAGING THAT WOULD BE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED, UM, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
BEFORE WE GO ON TO DISTRICT NINE, YOU HAVE A PSA IT'S REALLY FOR US.
NOW WE DO, WE'RE GOING TO HIT PLAY.
I THINK LET'S COME TOGETHER AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY IN TAXES.
EVERYONE OVER THE AGE OF 16 IS NOW ELIGIBLE TO GET THE COVID-19 VACCINE.
WE'RE NOT SAYING IF I HAD THE SHOT, ATX TAKE THE SHOT.
PTX, TAKE THE SHOT, DTX YOUR WAIT.
LET'S COME TOGETHER AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY IN TEXAS, THE AGE OF 65 TO GET THE COVID-19 VACCINE AGAIN, WE CAN SEE A BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD.
SO, BECAUSE THE PUBLIC COULD SEE IT.
THE BAD NEWS IS I GUESS YOU ALL COULD NOT SEE IT, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S RIGHT.
SO JUST THE BLANK AND THEN WE CAN WATCH IT AND ALSO PROMOTE IT ON SOCIAL.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON THEN.
I'M REALLY GLAD THAT, UM, THE PSA'S ARE CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD.
I THINK THOSE ARE REALLY EFFECTIVE.
I LOVE THE ONE THAT, THAT YOU ALL SHOWED US LAST WEEK.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS ONE WITH THE SOCCER WITH MLS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALTER REALLY ASKED THE QUESTION THAT THAT'S ON MY MIND THIS MORNING.
UH, BUT, AND I'M STILL NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR ON, ON WHAT, ON WHAT THE ANSWER IS AT LEAST FOR THE COUNTY.
SO I TOO HAVE BEEN SORT OF UP ALL NIGHT TRYING TO CHECK CVS HEB.
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ALL THE OTHERS, NONE ARE NONE ARE UPDATED AS DR.S SCOTT, I THINK YOU INDICATED.
AND SO MAYBE, UM, JUDGE BROWN OR DR.
S SCOTT, COULD YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND? THERE WAS A PASSING COMMENT TO THAT WITH REGARD TO THE WEEKEND, UM, FOR THE COUNT OF THROUGH SITES, WHAT WHAT'S THE SITUATION THERE? AND DO YOU KNOW IF ANY OF THE WALKUP SITES AT THIS POINT, ARE THERE OTHER WALKUP SITES THAT, THAT HAVE ADJUSTED THEIR ELIGIBILITY? IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME KIND OF WEATHER, WHETHER IT'S JUST THE ONLINE PLATFORMS HAVEN'T, HAVEN'T MADE THAT SHIFT OR, OR IF THE SITES THEMSELVES, SOME OF THOSE THAT ARE DOING WALK UP WITH PFIZER, UM, ARE ALSO NOT DOING THAT SHIFT.
THOSE WERE ALL JUMBLED INTO ONE, BUT IT'S THE SAME BASIC QUESTION.
SO LET'S SEE WHAT I KNOW ABOUT TRAVIS COUNTY.
SCOTT, YOU CAN GET, SO THIS WEEKEND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE DAYS OF PFIZER AT THE EXPO CENTER.
SO IT'S NORTHEAST TRAVIS COUNTY WHERE THE RODEO OFTEN HAS HELD IT'S I THINK 20 MINUTES FROM DOWNTOWN, IT'S ABOUT A 12 MINUTE DRIVE FROM MADER, UH, DECKER LANE AND RIGHT BY DECKER LAKE.
SO IT'S, IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, EASY, EASY ENOUGH DRIVE, ESPECIALLY ON THE WEEKEND.
WON'T BE ANY TRAFFIC TO GET OUT THERE.
AND IT IS SET UP AS A DRIVE-THRU AND WE'RE DOING IT FROM, I THINK, NINE TO FIVE, ALL THREE DAYS LAST WEEKEND.
AND THE WEEKEND BEFORE IT WAS ALL NO APPOINTMENT NEEDED APPOINTMENT NEEDED.
THAT IS MY HOPE AND GOAL THAT IT WILL BE THE SAME WAY THIS WEEKEND.
IT HAS NOT OFFICIALLY SAID THAT, BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY WHAT I'M URGING THEM TO DO TO MAKE IT A DRIVE UP WITHOUT APPOINTMENTS.
AND THEN THESE TEAMS THAT WE HAVE ALSO HAVE THE PFIZER VACCINE.
AND SO I THINK THEY WOULD DO THE SAME THING THAT THEY WOULD OPEN IT UP TO PEOPLE WHO ARE, OH, AND SO EXPO AND EV EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE GIVING OUT WILL BE 12.
AND IF THE CDC SAYS WE CAN DO IT, WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.
THESE TEAMS THAT WE HAVE GOING TO INDIVIDUAL LIKE APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND SCHOOLS AND EASTERN TRAVIS COUNTY THAT LED BY, UH, CONSTABLE MIRALIS AND CHIEF BAILEY WILL ALSO HAVE THOSE SAME RULES.
AND THEY OBVIOUSLY WOULD NOT BE APPOINTMENT DRIVEN.
THEY WOULD JUST BE WE'RE HERE, READY TO GIVE YOU A SHOT.
SCOTT, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? AND JUST TO CLARIFY, JUDGE BROWN, THOSE TEAMS WILL ALL ADJUST TO THE NEW, TO THE NEW GUIDANCE.
SO THOSE MOBILE TEAMS GOING OUT TO APARTMENT COMPLEXES WILL ALSO BE DOING 12 AND EIGHT.
ANYWHERE THAT WE, IF WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO IT WITH PFIZER, WE WILL DO THAT.
AND IS, IS THERE ANY QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DO IT? I GUESS THAT WAS REALLY THE AMBIGUITY DR.
I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT IN THE NEW YORK TIMES THING, I WAS JUST READING SOME, LIKE PANEL OF THE CDC HAD TO STILL BLESS IT OR SOMETHING, BUT MAYBE THAT'S AN OLD ARTICLE I WAS LOOKING AT.
UH, I, I'M CERTAINLY NOT AWARE OF THAT.
UH, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT HAS BEEN APPROVED.
UM, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY REASON TO WAIT ANY LONGER.
UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, TO ANSWER THE OVERALL QUESTION, UH, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE WALKUP SITES ARE GOING TO BE EASIER TO ADJUST BECAUSE THEY ALREADY HAVE CONSENT FORMS. THEY ALREADY HAVE A PROCESS FOR THOSE MINORS WHO WERE GOING TO, UM, TO, UH, TO GET VACCINATED.
SO, UH, IT'S GOING TO BE THE ONLINE PLATFORMS THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE A BIT LONGER TO, TO READJUST.
WE'LL TRY TO FOLLOW UP WITH CVS AND HEB TODAY, UH, TO GET AN IDEA ON WHAT THE TIMELINE LOOKS FOR THAT ADJUSTMENT.
UM, MY LINE OF THINKING WAS VERY CLOSE TO WHERE IT COMES TO NUMBER ALTAR AND TOBO ARE, AND SO I WON'T REHASH IT, BUT IN SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN GET US, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR PARENTS TO KNOW IF THEY NEED TO BRING SOME SORT OF ID OR DOCUMENTATION, JUST SINCE I KNOW THE ADULTS, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD TO MAKE SURE THEY KNEW WHO WAS, WHO AT LEAST.
UM, SO THAT INFORMATION MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
UM, DO YOU, UM, HOW SCHOOLS MAY TRACK, WHO HAS BEEN VACCINATED? I KNOW THEY CARE ABOUT OTHER VACCINATIONS THAT HAPPEN AT CERTAIN AGES.
AND SO EVEN THOUGH, UM, THEY PROBABLY WON'T BE ANNOUNCING WHO IS, AND IS NOT VACCINATED.
PARENTS MAY JUST REALLY APPRECIATE KNOWING HOW MANY OF THEIR, THEIR STUDENTS, UM, PEERS HAVE, HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET VACCINATED JUST SO THEY CAN HELP TELL THEIR KIDS, YOU KNOW, WHEN TO WEAR A MASK WHEN NOT TO WEAR A MASK, YOU KNOW, HOW SCHOOLS WILL BE HANDLING THAT INFORMATION.
I DON'T KNOW AT THIS STAGE, UM, I ANTICIPATE THAT, THAT WE WILL WANT TO, UH, IDENTIFY, UH, VACCINATION RATES
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IN SCHOOLS.SO WE'LL WORK WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ON THAT.
UM, WHEN WE DO THAT FOR OTHER VACCINATIONS, UH, DSHS DOES THAT FOR OTHER VACCINATIONS, UH, TO IDENTIFY, UH, RISK.
UM, I, I DON'T IMAGINE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE A REQUIREMENT, UH, IN THE SHORT TERM BECAUSE IT'S STILL UNDER AUA.
UH, WHEN WE SEE TRANSITION FROM EUA TO FULL APPROVAL FOR, FOR THIS VACCINE AND OTHERS, I THINK WE WILL SEE MORE SCHOOLS, MORE UNIVERSITIES, MORE WORKPLACES, PARTICULARLY IN THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY, UH, THAT WILL REQUIRE IT FOR, UH, FOR THEIR, THEIR PEOPLE.
I KNOW WE HAD SEEN SOME, UM, TRANSMISSION AMONG EXTRACURRICULARS EARLIER ON, AND SO I HOPE, I HOPE WE CAN AVOID THAT MOVING FORWARD.
UM, AND I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST SAY, UM, VERY BRIEFLY BEFORE PASSING THE MICROPHONE, UM, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IF THERE WAS SOME CONSIDERATION FOR THE BERGER CENTER TO HAVE AN ACCOMMODATION FOR PEOPLE WHO RIDE THE BUS OR, UM, USE A BIKE TO GET AROUND.
SO WE'VE GOTTEN SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT BEING THE CLOSEST LOCATION FOR SOME CONSTITUENTS AND, AND THEY'RE, UM, TRYING TO FIND LOCATIONS THAT ARE BIKE UP AND WALK UP THAT THEY CAN GET TO.
UM, SO I WOULD REALLY LOVE IF THERE WAS A WAY TO MAKE THAT WORK.
AND THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POOL, I'M SMEAR.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS JUST THANKS TO WHILE THERE'S TIME FOR THEIR WORK.
AS MANY OF US HAVE HEARD PROPERTY PASSED AND OUR CITY MANAGER AND HIS TEAM ARE WORKING HARD TO RESPOND TO HOW THIS WILL AFFECT OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS.
WE'LL HEAR MORE FROM HIM LATER TODAY, BUT IN THE CONTEXT OF THAT AND CONSIDERING HOW CDC GUIDELINES HAVE IN SOME WAYS INHIBITED HOW WE CAN HELP OR EVEN COUNT OUR NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
S SCOTT AND THAT IS, DO YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S EFFORTS TO HELP OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS MOVE AWAY FROM UNSAFE AREAS WILL BE IMPACTED BY CDC GUIDELINES? OKAY.
CAN YOU REPEAT THAT ONE MORE TIME? I SURE CAN.
DO YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW THE CITY OF AUSTIN'S EFFORTS TO HELP OUR UNHOUSED NEIGHBORS MOVE AWAY FROM UNSAFE AREAS WILL BE IMPACTED BY CURRENT CDC GUIDELINES? WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW TO DEAL WITH, WITH OUR OWN HOUSE, UH, POPULATION.
UH, I, I THINK THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF ONGOING DISCUSSION THAT THAT DOES NEED TO OCCUR TO ENSURE THAT, UH, THAT WE CAN KEEP PEOPLE SAFE NOW FROM COVID-19, BUT FROM, FROM OTHER, UH, OTHER ISSUES THAT AFFECT THEM, UH, DISPROPORTIONATELY.
UH, SO I DON'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS AT THIS STAGE, BUT CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO AN ONGOING CONVERSATION.
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO LOOP MY OFFICE AND MYSELF INTO THOSE CONVERSATIONS, PLEASE? PERFECT.
BECAUSE OUR KITCHEN, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND, AND, UM, WELCOME.
AND IF YOU'RE STILL ON, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU NEXT TIME.
UM, SO, UM, MY QUESTION IS, UH, UM, JUST TO FOLLOW UP, UM, I APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING ABOUT, UH, AND THIS MAY BE FOR DR.
CAN YOU GIVE US AN IDEA OF, UM, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING AND ARE PLANNING FOR WITH REGARD TO, UH, THE VARIANCE? I KNOW WE'RE STARTING TO SEE IN OTHER STATES, AT LEAST, UH, THE VARIANT FROM INDIA FROM OTHER PLACES.
SO WHAT, UM, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH US AT THIS POINT ABOUT AUSTIN? I GUESS THE FIRST QUESTION IS, ARE WE SEEING ANY OF THESE VARIANTS YET, YET? I HAVEN'T, I'M NOT AWARE OF, BUT THAT'S A QUESTION FOR YOU.
UM, AND, AND THE SECOND ASPECT OF THE QUESTION IS WHAT, IF ANYTHING, CAN WE DO TO PREPARE FOR THAT EVENTUALITY COUNSELOR? WE ARE SAYING VARIANTS, UH, AS IS THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, 161 VARIANTS SO FAR, MOST OF WHICH ARE THE, UH, THE UK VARIANT WE'D HAVE SEEN OTHERS, UH, INCLUDING THE BRAZILIAN VARIANT.
UH, WE ARE WORKING ON A WAY TO REPORT THAT, UH, PUBLICLY SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN, UH, KNOW WHICH VARIANTS, UH, ARE IMPACTING US THE MOST AT THIS STAGE.
UM, I THINK THE, THE BEST WAY TO PLAN FOR THAT RIGHT NOW IS, IS SURVEILLANCE, UH, IN GETTING VACCINATED.
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OF COURSE CONTINUING THOSE PROTECTIONS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, INCLUDING MASKING.UM, AGAIN, IF, IF WE DO THESE THINGS IN COMBINATION, IF WE CONTINUE THE PROTECTIONS, THE MASKING IN PARTICULAR, WHILE WE CONTINUE THAT VACCINATION DECREASES THE RISK OF, OF THESE, UH, THESE VARIANTS TAKING HOLD HERE AND ALLOWS US TO, UH, TO IMPACT TRANSMISSION MORE EFFECTIVELY.
I THINK THE LONGTERM, UH, ISSUE IS, IS GOING TO BE A BIGGER CHALLENGE.
AS WE SEE HOTSPOTS LIKE, UH, INDIA, UH, HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, WE CAN EXPECT TO SEE OTHER HOTSPOTS AND OTHER DENSELY POPULATED PLACES WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, RELATIVELY POOR HEALTHCARE INFRASTRUCTURE, LIKE SAO PAOLO, LIKE NIGERIA, UH, OTHER PLACES THAT TEND TO, UH, BE THE FOCUS OF, UH, THE EMERGENCE OF VARIANTS FOR OTHER DISEASES.
UH, SO I THINK WE HAVE TO WORK HARD.
MEXICO CITY WOULD BE ANOTHER EXAMPLE THAT WE HAVE TO WORK HARD.
AND AGAIN, AS SOON AS WE ACHIEVE THE GOALS LOCALLY, WE'VE GOT TO PIVOT OUR EFFORTS TO VACCINATE THE REST OF THE PLANET.
OTHERWISE THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE A CHALLENGE FOR US.
SO HAS GOT THERE'S VARYING DEGREES OF INFORMATION OUT THERE ABOUT THE DIFFERENT VARIANTS AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE VACCINES.
UM, CAN YOU JUST ZERO IN ON US, ZERO IN FOR US ON THE VARIANTS THAT WE NEED TO BE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT? VIS-A-VIS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE VACCINES, HOW'S WORD.
THEY, UM, CHALLENGES AT THIS STAGE, UH, MANY OF THE VARIANTS, WE DON'T HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF INFORMATION REGARDING THE EFFICACY, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T REALLY, UH, SAYING THAT THE, THE TWO MIXED VACCINATED PEOPLE AND IN THE VARIANTS, UH, IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS US TO EFFECTIVELY CALCULATE, UH, CERTAINLY SOME OF THE DATA SUGGESTED THAT THE SOUTH AFRICAN VARIANT, UH, WAS A PARTICULAR CONCERN, UH, ANY LIMITING, UH, CURRENT VACCINATION EFFORT, EVEN IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE THERE'S DECREASED EFFICACY, SO DECREASED PROTECTION FROM GETTING THE INFECTION.
UH, WE, WE ARE SEEING ONGOING EFFICACY IN TERMS OF DECREASING THE RISK OF HOSPITALIZATION AND DEATH.
UH, WE CAN EXPECT THAT SMALL CHANGES TO, UH, THE, THE, THE PROTEINS OF, OF THE, UH, THE VIRUS MAY STILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO GET THE INFECTION, BUT THE, THE VACCINE EFFORT, THE IMMUNE RESPONSE, BECAUSE IT IS A COMPREHENSIVE, WELL, PROVIDE SOME ONGOING PROTECTION.
AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THE CRITICAL THINGS TO MONITOR AROUND THE GLOBE, UH, SO THAT, THAT BOOSTERS CAN BE MANUFACTURED, UH, TO ADDRESS THOSE NEW VARIANTS THAT, THAT MAY HAVE CHANGED ENOUGH TO, TO BE IMPACTFUL IN TERMS OF THE, THE OVERALL VACCINE EFFICACY.
UH, CASAR VENDOR BACK IN MARCH, IT WAS A GOAL SET HERE.
SO YOU SPEAK UP, SORRY, CAN YOU HEAR ME BETTER NOW IN GENERAL? OKAY.
I'M GOING TO CALL IN ON MY PHONE.
YES, MA'AM UM, SORRY ABOUT THIS.
UM, GOT A LITTLE HEADACHE THIS MORNING, BUT, UH, I WANT TO JUST THANK ALL THE NURSES THAT HAVE HELPED US TO REACH THIS MILESTONE THAT WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, BUT WE STILL NEED A LOT OF HELP FROM OUR, UH, FROM OUR CITIZENS.
YOU KNOW, W WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP THE POOLS AND OUR REC CENTERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TAKE A BACKSEAT SHOT.
WE CANNOT OPEN UP OUR FACILITIES WAS, WAS THIS HIGH INFECTION RATE OF CORN ON, SO I NEED TO TAKE THAT BACKSEAT SHOT.
I SAW, LIKE, I'M GOING TO SAY THE DAY IS PLEASE TAKE THE VACCINE SHOT.
ARE YOU WITH US? MAYBE NOT QUITE YET.
UM, SO MY QUESTION, I GUESS, IS AROUND THE MAP THAT WE HAVE CREATED IS THAT MATT, I MISSED THE PART OF WHETHER OR NOT THAT MAP IS LIVE YET ON THE WEBSITE, ON THE VACCINE LOCATIONS.
UH, YES, THE, THE MAP IS LIVE ON THE WEBSITE, UM, AND THE TEAM WILL,
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AS SOON AS THEY RECEIVE, UM, UH, THE UPDATED INFORMATION FROM THE PARTNERS, THEY WILL UPDATE IT AGAIN BASED UPON, YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION.YEAH, THAT'D BE SUPER HELPFUL BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE LOCATION, I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR EFFORTS IN SOUTHEAST, GIVEN THE RECENT CHANGES, UM, YOU KNOW, CENTRAL HEALTH MOVING THEIR BURLESON VACCINE CLINIC, THE RELOCATING THAT TO PFLUGERVILLE WE'VE RELOCATED THE COTA VACCINE OPERATION TO THE EXPO CENTER.
AND SO THAT LEAVES OUR MONTOPOLIS COMMUNITY, A DOVE SPRINGS COMMUNITY, UH, WITH ONE STANDING VACCINE CLINIC AT THE SOUTHEAST PUBLIC LIBRARY.
AND SO I KNOW THAT THOSE TARGETED EFFORTS THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, WITH THE MOBILE VACCINE PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR, WITH THE APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OR THE APARTMENTS THAT YOU'LL BE TARGETING, THAT'LL GET US INTO, INTO TARGETED NEIGHBORHOODS.
BUT WITHOUT HAVING THAT INFORMATION ON THE MAP, I'M REAL CONCERNED THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS GONNA MISS THAT, UH, INFORMATION.
AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW THAT THEY CAN JUST GO AROUND THE CORNER AND HAVE A VACCINE CLINIC AVAILABLE TO THEM, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'VE HAD SOME, A FEW OF OUR STANDING CLINICS WE LOCATE.
AND THE QUESTION I HAVE IS AROUND INCENTIVES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR LOOKING INTO THAT AND FOR PROVIDING US AN UPDATE ON THOSE INCENTIVES.
I REALLY THINK THAT IS A STRATEGY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY LEAN INTO.
UM, AND THE INFORMATION YOU SHARE TODAY IS A GOOD START.
UM, ONE AREA THAT I, I KNOW OTHER CITIES ARE DOING, OR IS THAT THEY'RE OFFERING A $50 GIFT CARD TO INDIVIDUALS WHO DRIVE THEIR FRIEND OR THEIR FAMILY TO A VACCINE CLINIC.
SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE FOR US TO EXPLORE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO REHAB, UM, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED AND, AND THE FUNDS THAT CITY COUNCIL JUST RECEIVED FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.
I THINK THAT MIGHT GIVE US, UM, SOME FLEXIBILITY IN HOW WE CAN PROVIDE INCENTIVES.
AND SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS ON THAT.
AND I GUESS MY QUESTION AROUND THE PENSION GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION.
SO CAN YOU JUST ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON HOW WE MIGHT WORK WITH THOSE GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS AROUND THE INCENTIVES? UM, YES.
UM, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER POINT IS, UM, I THINK I'M GONNA TAKE A STEP BACK BECAUSE I WANT TO ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE SERVICES, UM, SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST, UM, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH IS WORKING WITH, UM, DEL VALLEY, UM, TO, UM, A FABULOUS, UH, CLINIC THERE SEVERAL DAYS A WEEK.
UM, AND SO WE WILL BE IN THAT SPACE, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, UM, TEETH, UH, BAILEY AND, UM, UM, COMFORTABLE MIRALIS, UM, ARE LOOKING AT SITES IN THAT SOUTHEAST CORRIDOR AS WELL.
AND SO THAT INFORMATION WILL BE POPULATED ON THE WEBSITE, UM, FOR FOLKS TO HAVE IT AS WELL.
AND SO, UM, SO JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF KEEP THAT IN MIND, AND WE'LL DEFINITELY SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
UM, SECONDLY, UM, WHAT, YOU KNOW, CITY OF AUSTIN EMPLOYEES CANNOT SOLICIT, UM, BUSINESS OWNERS.
AND SO WHAT WHAT'S TENDS TO WORK WITH OUR GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS, THERE ARE, THERE ARE, OR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, UM, AND BEING ABLE TO, UM, HAVE THEM TO REACH OUT TO PARTNERS THAT THEY WORKED WITH IN THE PAST THAT MAY HAVE DONE, UM, YOU KNOW, SPONSORED EVENTS FOR THEM, ET CETERA.
UM, SO, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY CAN REACH OUT AND BE ABLE TO GET THOSE INCENTIVES, UM, WITHIN THAT ORGANIZATION AND, OR KIND OF COLLABORATIVELY, UM, IN THE PROCESS.
AND AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR NONPROFITS, WHICH ARE SEVEN, AND THEN YOU MIGHT WAY HAS THEIR NONPROFITS.
AND SO THEY'RE REALLY GOING TO COLLABORATIVELY WORK TOGETHER, UM, YOU KNOW, SHARE FORMS, YOUR TOOLS, YOUR STORIES, MAKE SURE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, MAPPING EVERYTHING.
SO WE'LL KNOW WHERE ALL OF THEM ARE, ET CETERA.
SO THAT IS A PART OF THE WORK THAT THEY WILL BE DOING.
UM, I CAN ASK STAFF, UM, TO DO SOME OTHER RESEARCH INTO, UM, THOSE TYPES OF INCENTIVES, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY NOW? YES.
UM, SO BACK IN MARCH, I THINK, UH, EVERYONE LAID OUT A PLAN OR A GOALS OF TRYING TO GET TO SOMETHING LIKE 70 TO 80% OF ADULTS BEING VACCINATED.
OF COURSE, THAT WAS WELL BEFORE WE HAD THE LEVEL OF SUPPLY WE HAVE NOW.
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THE INFORMATION WE HAVE NOW, HAVE WE THEM, OR ARE WE STILL HOLDING ONTO THAT GOAL OR HAVE WE CALIBRATED, UH, TO A DIFFERENT GOAL? W WHERE ARE WE AT ON TRYING TO DECIDE, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE THINK SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE, UM, FOR THE NUMBER OF ADULTS WE GET VACCINATED IN THE COMMUNITY.I THINK THAT GOAL, AS YOU HAVE SAID, IT WAS WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO GET TO, UH, BETWEEN END OF MAY EARLY JUNE.
IF I REMEMBER THAT BACK FROM BACK IN MARCH, UM, WE, WE HAVE KEPT THAT GOAL IN PLACE OF, OF 70%, UM, ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES.
UM, THE LAST GUY CHECK HAS GOT ME A CHECK THIS MORNING, SO HE CAN, HE CAN CORRECT ME, BUT IT WAS A LITTLE OVER 50%, UM, OF FOLKS THAT HAVE RECEIVED THEIR VACCINES AND KIND OF, BECAUSE WE DON'T ONLY WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH IS DOING.
UM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONCERNED WHAT'S HAPPENING, UM, TRAVIS COUNTY WIDE.
UM, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE WAY, UM, THE, UM, STATE HEALTH SERVICES HAS SET EVERYTHING UP, ALL OF THE HUBS, IF EVEN NOW WITH THE CHANGE TRANSITION BETWEEN 12 TO 15, YOU KNOW, FOLKS CAN GO TO ANY OF THOSE HUBS AND, UM, BE ABLE TO GET THEIR CHILD THAT VACCINE.
UM, AND SO THAT'S THE OTHER THING MAYBE TO JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR FOLKS TO KEEP IN MIND, ANY OF THOSE HUB PROVIDERS THAT ARE PROVIDING PFIZER, THEY CAN, UM, GO TO THOSE AS WELL.
AND SCOTT, YOU MAY WANT TO CHIME IN AS WELL, BUT THAT IS STILL OUR GOAL.
UH, SO YES, WE'RE A BIT OVER 50% IN TERMS OF THE TOTAL POPULATION, UH, VACCINATION, BUT WE'RE 61 AND A HALF PERCENT OF ADULTS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO'VE RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE.
UH, SO WE'RE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS TOWARDS THAT, THAT 70%, I THINK WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER THIS YEAR, IT WAS OF THAT, UM, THAT, THAT ADULT.
SO, SO WE'RE, WE'RE CERTAINLY ON TRACK TO MEET THAT AGAIN, NOW THAT, UH, THE THRESHOLD FOR VACCINE IS DROPPED TO AGE 12, IT MAKES MORE FOLKS ELIGIBLE, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S ESTIMATED ABOUT 60,000 INDIVIDUALS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 12 AND 15.
UH, SO IT'S NOT A HUGE ADDITION, UH, BUT CERTAINLY AN IMPORTANT ADDITION BECAUSE THOSE INDIVIDUALS AGED 12 TO 15 HAVE, UH, HIGH RATES OF INTERACTION WITH OTHERS, WHICH MAKES SPREAD, UH, IN THAT GROUP, UH, MUCH EASIER THAN IT IS FOR OLDER, UH, MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE, AS, UH, AS STEPHANIE MENTIONED, WE ARE FOCUSED ON THAT GOAL.
UH, WE, WE, WE DON'T WANT A LONG TAIL IN THAT, UH, IN THAT PURSUIT OF HERD IMMUNITY.
AND THAT MEANS THAT ALL OF US, EVERY MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BE TALKING ABOUT VACCINATION.
EVERY CHURCH ON SUNDAY NEEDS TO BE TALKING ABOUT VACCINATION.
EVERY GROUP THAT MEETS, UH, NEEDS TO BE TALKING ABOUT VACCINATION, THERE ARE STILL PERSISTENT AND UNFORTUNATE, UH, MYTHS MISINFORMATION THAT IS STILL BEING PERPETUATED TO THIS DAY THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS, UH, IN ORDER FOR PEOPLE TO GET PAST, UH, THAT, UH, THAT MISINFORMATION AND GET A SHOT IN THE ARM.
AND WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, I JUST WANTED TO CHECK ON THAT GOAL BECAUSE MY SUGGESTION IS THAT IT COULD BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE TO SEE HOW WE ARE DOING AUTOGRAPH TOWARDS GETTING TO A GOAL, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN, AS YOU'VE SEEN THROUGH THE ENTIRE PANDEMIC, THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT CAN WORK TOGETHER WHEN THEY KNOW WHAT IT IS WE'RE DRIVING TOWARDS.
SO JUST LIKE WE TRYING TO BRING DOWN HOSPITALIZATIONS TO A CERTAIN POINT, UM, BRING DOWN CASES.
IF WE KNOW THAT WE'RE AT 61 OR 62% OF ADULTS, UH, VACCINATED, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO 70%, I THINK IT'S REALLY HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE TO SEE WHERE WE ARE, HOW MANY MORE WE NEED EACH WEEK AND, AND THAT, AND THAT GOAL LINE.
AND THEN AS WE RECOGNIZE, WE ALSO WANT TO DO YOUNGER PEOPLE AND TEENAGERS, WHAT THE GOAL IS THERE.
UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THIS ONLY KEEPS US SAFE IN SO FAR AS WE ALL PARTICIPATE.
SO IF, IF WE CAN ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE DASHBOARD, FOR EXAMPLE, STILL HAS, UH, THE PERCENTAGE OF FOLKS OF DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS THAT ARE OVER 65, BECAUSE THAT WAS WHERE WE WERE BEFORE ON VACCINATIONS IS REALLY FOCUSED ON REALLY JUST GETTING THE HIGHEST PRIORITY COMMUNITIES WITH FEWER VACCINE NOW, OR IN A DIFFERENT PLACE.
I THINK IT COULD BE USEFUL IN THESE PRESENTATION AND OUR DASHBOARD, ET CETERA, TO SHOW HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO GETTING TO THAT, UM, TO, TO THAT 70% OR WHATEVER THE GOAL IS NOW THAT WE'RE ADDING, UM, UH, PEOPLE AS YOUNG AS 12 YEARS OLD.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY SUGGESTION, SO THAT WE CAN, THAT WE CAN TELL THE MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY, HOW FAR WE HAVE TO GO AND WHAT THEIR
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GOAL IS.UH, I DON'T SEE THE MAYOR PRO TEM, WHETHER YOU ARE EVERY PRO DOWN YOUR TURN.
UM, JUST WANT TO, AGAIN, GREET, UH, DIRECTOR, UH, A STIRRUP, UH, NOT AN UNFAMILIAR FACE, CAUSE SHE'S BEEN WITH US A COUPLE OF TIMES HERE ON, ON THIS CALL.
UH, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT SHE'S BEEN ABSOLUTELY IN THE TRENCHES OVER THE LAST 15 MONTHS.
SHE'S BEEN, UH, INTIMATELY INVOLVED, THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
UM, I SAW THAT, UH, THE, THE PRESIDENT MAY BE ANNOUNCING TODAY THAT UBER AND LYFT OFFERING FREE RIDES TO PEOPLE UNTIL JULY 4TH TO GO GET VACCINATIONS.
AND SO PEOPLE SHOULD FOLLOW THAT, UH, TO GET, UH, ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE IN GETTING TO VACCINATIONS.
JUST WANT TO REPORT THAT AND THANK THE, UH, THE HEALTH EQUITY AND MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS, UH, GROUP OF PHYSICIANS THAT ARE, THAT ARE VOLUNTEERING TO HELP SPREAD OUR CLINICAL HEALTH.
UH, THEY'RE RUNNING A SECOND DOSE CLINIC IN NORTHEAST AUSTIN THIS WEEKEND WITH CHIEF BAILEY AND HE HAS THE 11TH THANK YOU TO ACHIEVE FOR COMBINING THAT, UH, MEDICAL, UM, SPONSORSHIP POSITION, BUT ALSO THANK YOU TO AUSTIN VOICES, UH, CHARTING AS WELL AS TRAVIS COUNTY IN THE TRAVIS COUNTY COLLABORATIVE, UM, THEY'RE MEETING NEXT WEEK WITH AISD DISTRICT TO SEE IF THEY CAN SUPPLEMENT AND EXPAND THE REACH OF THE DISTRICTS, UM, UH, CLINICAL CARE STAFF IN CONJUNCTION WITH BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH.
THANK YOU, UH, ASSISTANT MANAGER HAVEN FOR THAT.
UH, AND THEN MOVING THAT OUT TO OTHER DISTRICTS NOW TO REALLY PROMOTE THE PEDIATRIC VACCINES.
JUST A QUICK QUESTION, UH, DR.
ESCO, UM, WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE DIRECTION COMING OUT ON CCDC STAFF AND A LOT MORE MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT TO GROUP SIZE.
I KNOW THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A CONFUSING ISSUE IN THE CITY.
DO YOU ANTICIPATE TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT KIND OF GROUP AND GROUP SIZES AND HOW THAT RELATES TO NUMBERS AND BASKING AND DISTANCING? UH, MAYOR? I, WE DO ANTICIPATE REALLY LOOKING AT THE GROUP SIZE.
UM, IT IS CONFUSING AND CHALLENGING FOR PEOPLE TO INTERPRET.
UH, SO I ANTICIPATE WHEN WE TRANSITION TO STAGE TWO, UH, THAT WE'LL PROBABLY ELIMINATE THE LANGUAGE REGARDING GROUP SIZE AND FOCUS MORE ON INDOOR VERSUS OUTDOOR, UH, WITH DIFFERENCES IN SPACING FOR INDOOR OUTDOOR MASK OR NOT MASK.
UM, CERTAINLY, UH, THE DATA THAT WE HAVE POINT US IN THE DIRECTION THAT AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION IS MORE OF A CONCERNED.
AND I DISCUSSED THAT WITH Y'ALL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, CDC, UH, ECHO THAT MESSAGING LAST WEEK.
UM, SO IN OTHER WORDS, MASKING IS MORE IMPORTANT, DISTANCING, LESS IMPORTANT IN THE, IN TERMS OF, UH, WHAT PROTECTIONS WE NEED TO DO TO TRANSMIT DISEASE, PARTICULARLY INDOORS.
UH, SO I DO ANTICIPATE A SIGNIFICANT ADJUSTMENTS THERE, UH, AS WELL AS, UM, SOME REVISIONS OF THE LANGUAGE REGARDING, UH, VACCINATED VERSUS UNVACCINATED WORKERS.
I THINK THOSE ARE ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD AS A GROUP.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US, UH, JOIN YOU AT THE JOINT MEETING HERE TODAY.
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, CHARGE, MAYOR HAD ONE THING FOR COUNCIL MEMBER
I ACTUALLY JUST TEXTED, UH, CUSTOMER MIRALIS AND CHIEF BAILEY, AND THERE'S A LIST AND WE'LL GET IT IN MORE DETAILS TO YOU FOR THIS WEEKEND, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO GO TAKE THEIR TEAM TO ACC HIGHLAND, UH, HILLCREST ELEMENTARY IN DEL VALLEY ON SATURDAY NELSON FIELD, AGAIN, DOUGLAS LANDING AND MONTOPOLIS ON THURSDAY.
AND THEN AS I GET MORE DETAILS ON EXACT TIMES, UH, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT, UH, STEPHANIE HAYDEN GETS THOSE TO ADD TO THAT GRAPH.
BUT, UH, BUT THANKS FOR THAT INQUIRY.
UM, IT'S JUST THE CITY MANAGER.
CAN YOU SEND THAT LINK TO THAT MAP TO ALL THE COUNCIL OFFICES SO THAT WE CAN PROMOTE IT, THAT KIND OF EQUITY PAGE SO THAT WE MAKE SURE WE CAN GET THAT OUT TO PEOPLE.
WE'LL HAVE BRYCE TO SEND IT TO YOU.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? SO IF
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THAT ONE OTHER ITEM, THE FDA HAS AUTHORIZED THE PFIZER OR 12 TO 15, THEY'RE JUST WAITING ON CDC APPROVAL.I THINK THAT IS EVERYTHING FROM OUR END MIRROR, IF YOU WANT TO.
OKAY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN OUR MEETING TODAY ON MAY 11TH, 2021.
TIME IS 10 30, UM, COUNSEL, UH, I'LL SEE YOU THIS AFTERNOON.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL CALL TO, UH, UH, BE ABLE TO, UH, IDENTIFY ISSUES FOR STAFF, UH, THAT WE WANT TO BE PART OF THE AFTER ACTION REPORT ON THE STORM, AS WELL AS BEING PRESENT OR TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, CHECK THE MESSAGE.
GORD POSTS THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TO-GO PUT UP.
SO YOU GUYS, WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN FOR FIVE MINUTES.
BOUGHT A BEAUTIFUL DIAMOND RING, OFFERED IT TO THIS WAY IT IS.
AND SHE SAID SHE WOULD TAKE IT, STARTED MAKING SOME WEDDING PLANS.
SHE LOOKED AT ME AND SHE TOOK MY HAND
I SAID, MY GRANDDAD STEALING MY GRANDMA.