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From YouTube: Committee on Public Health on February 9, 2021
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Docket #0142 - Hearing regarding COVID-19 Vaccinations
A
A
B
B
D
A
Wonderful,
so
we're
gonna
go
ahead
and
start
on
that
note.
uh
For
the
record,
my
name
is
ricardo
arroyo,
I'm
the
boston
city
counselor
for
district
five,
I'm
the
chair
of
the
boston
city
council
committee
on
public
health.
I
am
joined
today
by
my
colleagues
counselor
ed
flynn,
counselor,
andrea
campbell,
counselor,
michael
flaherty,
counselor,
michelle
wu
and
counselor
kenzie
bach
and,
as
other
counselors
appear
I'll,
make
sure
to
note
that
they've
arrived.
A
This
public
hearing
is
being
recorded
in
livestream.boston.gov
city
council
tv.
It
will
be
rebroadcast
on
xfinity
channel
8,
rcn
channel
82,
verizon
files
channel
964..
uh
We
will
take
public
testimony
at
the
end
of
this
hearing.
If
you
wish
to
testify
via
video
conference,
please
email,
shane
pack,
that's
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at
boston.gov
to
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up
when
you
are
called.
Please
state
your
name
and
affiliation
resonance
and
limit
your
comments.
No
more
than
two
minutes
to
ensure
that
all
folks
providing
public
comment
can
be
heard.
You
may
also
submit
written
testimony
by
emailing
ccc.health
boston.gov.
A
Today's
hearing
is
on
docket
0
142,
which
is
an
order
for
a
hearing
regarding
coping
19
vaccines
by
councilor,
campbell
and
just
so
folks
know
who
are
here
on
the
panels
uh
in
order
to
keep
this
running
smoothly.
We've
separated
folks
uh
in
the
order
for
today's
presentation
will
be
uh
the
medical
community
uh
part
one
as
we're
calling
it
which
would
be
manny
lopes.
C
um
Thank
you,
council
arroyo,
and,
and
thank
you
for
the
partnership
as
well,
and
thank
you
for
your
leadership
uh
of
this
this
committee.
I
also
want
to
thank
my
council
colleagues
for
being
in
uh
attendance
on
this
critical
issue
and,
of
course,
want
to
thank
each
and
every
one
of
the
panelists
who
I
know
are
extremely
busy
as
we
continue
to
uh
fight.
Obviously
coleman
19.
C
So
for
you
guys
to
take
time
out
of
your
schedules
um
extremely
grateful,
particularly
with
respect
to
this
conversation
um
and
we'll
do
my
best
working
in
partnership
with
council
royal
to
make
sure
that
we
do
move
this
along.
So
we
hear
from
you
and
don't
have
you
on
this
hearing
for
four
or
five
hours.
um
So
thank
you
very
much.
C
C
We
have
to
make
it
easier
for
folks
to
contact
someone
um
to
ask
questions
and
get
their
questions
answered
with
respect
to
their
questions
regarding
the
vaccine
and
then,
of
course,
reducing
the
barrier,
whether
it's
transportation,
accessibility
issues
or
other
things
that
may
keep
them
from
actually
getting
a
vaccine
in
person
and
so
looking
forward
to
hearing
updates
from
the
city
on
as
to
where
we
are
and,
of
course
wanted
this
to
be
public.
So
folks
in
the
community
could
participate,
but
also
looking
forward
to
hearing
from
all
of
our
panelists
on
what
is
working.
C
C
Thank
you
again
to
all
of
the
panelists
who
are
part
of
the
conversation
today
to
make
sure
that
we
are
indeed
reaching
every
single
resident
of
the
city
of
boston
and
getting
them
everything
they
need
in
order
to
access
a
vaccine
so
that
they
can
keep
themselves
and
their
family
and,
of
course,
our
community
safe
and
healthy,
as
we
then
look
forward
to
economic
recovery,
education,
return,
etc.
So,
thank
you
again
and
thank
you.
Council
royal.
A
Thank
you,
councillor
campbell
and
uh
we're
going
to
be
foregoing
openings
uh
in
the
interest
of
time,
I'm
going
to
ask
that
panelists
uh
keep
two
five
minutes
uh
max
and
that
counselors
as
well
keep
to
five
minutes
max.
I've
generally
allowed
counselors
to
go
over
that
five
minutes,
but
because
we
have
so
many
panelists
uh
and
because
we
have
so
many
time
restrictions,
I'm
not
going
to
do
that
now
and
just
for
folks
who
are
watching
this
and
trying
to
get
a
grasp
on
what
the
goals
are
here.
A
For
me,
I
see
the
goals
twofold,
I
think,
from
a
operational
standpoint.
uh
We
want
to
know
what
the
plans
are
to
make
sure
that
these
vaccines
are
reaching
folks
who
want
them,
uh
what
we're
doing
to
ensure
that
we're
providing
equity,
both
racially
and
by
age
and
all
of
the
different
ways
in
which
we
do
these
factors.
A
It's
based
on
a
history
of
experimentation
that
has
occurred
on
black
and
latino
uh
residents
in
civilians
in
this
country,
and
I
think
we
have
to
really
face
that
and
be
honest
about
that.
Otherwise,
you
know
you
know
the
way
I've
talked
about
this.
Is
you
don't
tell
somebody
who's
afraid
of
heights?
That's
foolish!
uh
You
know
come
down
from
there
right
like
that's,
not
how
that
works.
A
In
fact
why
we
should
all
be
taking
this
vaccine
and
with
that
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
go
over
to
our
first
panel
and
that
will
be
uh
manny
lopes
from
the
east,
boston,
neighborhood,
health
center,
wanda
mclean
from
brigham
and
women's
hospital
and
sandra
carrell
from
the
common
square
health
center.
And
if
you
just
keep
your
openings
to
five
minutes
and
then
we
can
go
to
the
council
for
questions
and
I'd.
Ask
that
we
keep
that
to
five
minutes
so
that
we
can
move
through
this
as
quickly
as
possible.
A
A
A
F
F
Great,
so
we'll
just
go
um
we're
going
to
go
to
that's
the
massachusetts
slide.
First
uh
briefly,
I
just
want
to
remind
everybody
that
um
there
in
the
massachusetts
vaccine
strategy
overview,
you
know
the
state
uh
per
federal
parameters.
The
commonwealth
manages
vaccine
distribution
efforts,
including
the
prioritization
of
population,
phases
of
eligibility,
distribution
of
doses
to
clinical
providers
and
all
the
tracking
related
to
vaccine
distribution.
F
I'm
lifting
that
up
here
for
this
conversation,
because
the
critical
role
the
city
plays.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
folks
clearly
understand
that
the
state
sort
of
per
the
federal
parameters
controls
virtually,
who
gets
the
vaccine
to
be
able
to
administer
it
and
ultimately,
whose
arm
it
can
go
into
and
when
um
and
so
that
there's
cities
working
within
that
construct
to
support
their
overall
strategy.
F
G
F
um
Has
was
available
from
december
into
this
month,
phase
two,
which
we
are
in
the
beginning
of
that
phase,
which
is
individual,
75
and
older,
is
currently
what's
available
and
eligible
the
rest
of
those
phases.
We
will
walk
through
our
get
through
through
the
state,
prioritization
and
then
phase
three,
which
is
the
general.
H
F
F
That,
within
the
context
of
the
role
that
we
play,
that
we
can
focus
on
those
pieces,
we
want
to
make
sure
there's
access.
Also
to
data
specific
to
boston.
I
heard
concert
campbell
review
the
data
that
was
shared
by
the
state.
That
data
obviously
needs
to
be
improved.
We
don't
have
boston
city
specific
data,
um
yet
we
believe
we
will
have
that
uh
early
next
week.
F
Again
state
controls
the
access
to
that
data,
and
we
will
continue
to
advocate
with
them
and
partner
with
them
to
have
it,
along
with
that
equitable
distribution
efforts,
we're
focused
on
building
widespread
public
awareness
of
the
benefits
and
the
importance
of
the
vaccine,
and
we'll
touch
on
that
briefly
and
then
finally,
we're
working
to
match
vaccine
availability
with
distribution
efforts
to
meet
the
needs
of
our
residents
to
make
sure
that
we
can
meet
uh
meet
the
neighborhoods
and
residents
where
they're
at
with
vaccine.
So
let
me
briefly
show
you
the
four-pronged
approach.
F
I
know
some
of
our
counselors
have
seen
this
and
I
want
to
make
sure
uh
our
panels
know
this,
but
also
that
the
public
does.
The
city
is
working
through
a
four-pronged
approach.
One
is
mass
vaccination
clinics
and
those
are
the
clinics
everyone
sees
in
the
media
right
now,
um
currently
in
boston,
we're
talking
about
fenway
park
and
the
reggie
lewis
center
being
established
as
large
clinics.
These
are
clinics
that
ultimately
will
be
able
to
do
more
than
a
thousand
individuals
per
day
um
right
now
in
boston.
F
The
two
sites
are
able
to
do
about
750
a
day
together
as
they
ramp
up.
The
goal
would
be
by
the
end
of
the
month
or
the
beginning
of
next
month
to
be
at
close
to
3
000
a
day
between
the
two
sites.
Again,
this
is
about
large
numbers
of
throughput
getting
lots
of
people
vaccinated
in
large
sites.
The
second
model
for
us
is
priority
group
clinics.
F
I
F
Medical
center
bmc,
a
variety
of
community
health
centers,
have
also
been
using
priority
group
clinics
to
vaccinate
individuals.
It's
how
we
in
the
city
have
vaccinated
our
first
responders.
It's
how
we
vaccinated
our
school
nurses,
it's
how
we
vaccinated
a
variety
of
other
folks
through
priority
group
clinics
which
are
not
the
big
public
clinics,
but
are
designated
for
the
intentional
use
for
partners.
F
The
third
model,
which
has
not
begun
yet
is
the
community-based
public
clinics.
For
the
most
part,
these
are
clinics
that
are
meant
to
be
clinics,
specifically
for
the
community,
they're,
not
specific
to
patients
or
specific
to
priority
groups,
but
they're
open
clinics
um
in
different
neighborhoods
you'll,
see
through
the
details
that
are
there
by
by
the
second
to
third
week
in
march.
We
hope
to
have
20
completely
open
clinics
where
there
are
no
other
restrictions.
F
Other
than
who's
eligible
bph
is
working
to
secure
at
least
10
of
those
in
collaboration
with
a
clinical
partner
and
a
cbo
by
february
the
22nd.
It's
really
important
to
note
that
we
want
to
keep
these
clinics
in
diverse
neighborhoods.
We
want
to
make
sure
there's
access
across
the
board,
but
these
are
all
based
on
whether
or
not
there's
the
availability
of
doses.
I
see
many
of
our
health
care
leaders
on
this
panel.
F
They
will
tell
you
that
dose
availability
is
going
to
determine
whether
or
not
you
can
how
many
of
these
clinics
you
can
have,
how
many
people
you
can
vaccinate
at
a
time
and
again
working
through
that
with
the
state,
so
we'll
continue
to
talk
through
that
a
little
bit.
The
other
thing
I'll
mention
on
the
community-based
public
clinics.
This
is
also
where
pharmacies
fit
in
currently
in
the
city
of
austin.
There's
five
pharmacies
that
are
accessible
for
uh
appointments
for
those
who
qualify.
F
I
think
that
demo
will
be
close
to
nine
as
of
monday,
and
more
and
more
pharmacies
will
come
online
as
more
availability
of
doses
becomes
available
and
then
the
last
model
for
us
is
mobile.
Vaccination
teams
bringing
clinics
to
organizations
two
entities,
two
community
groups
for
one
day,
clinics
uh
in
collaboration
with
the
boston,
ems,
uh
bfd
and
other
community
partners.
F
We
seek
to
create
mobile
vaccination
teams
that
can
bring
clinic
access
to
community
organizations,
two
faith-based
organizations
where
we
may
not
be
able
to
get
a
community-based
clinic
to
run
for
a
month,
but
we
may
be
able
to
set
up
a
day
here
a
day
there
to
be
able
to
create
greater
access
across
the
board.
So
over
this
four-pronged
approach,
this
mass
clinics,
the
priority
group
clinics,
the
community-based
clinics
and
the
mobile
vaccination
teams.
F
Our
goal
is
to
ensure
that
we
can
create
access
um
where,
where
it
needs
to
be
across
the
community,
one
last
slide
and
it's
I'm
going
to
skip
this
next
slide,
because
we
can
answer
questions
but
uh
two
more
slides
here.
I
think
I'm
going
to
make
sure
that
there's.
I
know
there's
a
lot
of
folks
on
this
panel
right
here,
our
approach
to
equitable
vaccine
distribution.
F
So
our
approach
focuses
on
having
sites
and
diverse
communities
that
are
that
are
inequitably
impacted
by
race,
ethnicity,
by
neighborhood,
by
age
and
including
set-aside
slots.
At
targeted
locations,
we
know
that
access
isn't
just
about
putting
a
clinic
in
a
community,
but
we
have
to
set
aside
slots
and
we
can
talk
more
about
how
we've
done
that
we're
partnering
with
trusted
community-based
partners
to
meet
residents
where
they
are
in
locations
like
houses
of
workshop
and
community-based
organizations.
As
we're
currently
planning
community
clinics
and
mobile
clinic
efforts.
F
When
we
have
enough
doses
available
we're
working
to
ensure
there's
cultural
and
linguistic
competency
in
the
operational
components
of
all
sites
running,
so
not
just
those
sites
that
are
being
managed
currently
by
us
or
by
partners,
but
making
sure
that
there's
language
capacity
that
there's
cultural
competency
at
sites
and
locations
which
include,
if
right
now,
if
you're
serving
75
and
older,
do
you
have
places
for
people
to
sit?
Do
you
have
places
for
folks
use
the
restroom?
Do
you
have
access
to
wheelchairs?
F
So
we
don't
have
a
barrier
for
folks
accessing
sites.
So
again,
we're
focused
on
non-location-specific
efforts
as
well
around
our
equitable
plan
and
then
the
last
two
I'll
share
with
you
is
we're
advocating
for
an
equitable
distribution
of
doses
and
communities
hardest
hit
to
ensure
those
uh
hardest-hit.
Neighborhoods
have
access
to
the
vaccine,
which
includes
a
higher
allocation
to
communities
of
color.
F
Again,
the
city
does
not
control
where
doses
go
and
how
many
doses,
an
organization
or
health
center
gets,
but
we
can
continue
enjoying
the
advocacy
to
ensure
that
our
neighborhoods
that
are
hardest
hit
are
getting
the
vaccines
necessary,
which
is
what
we've
done
with
some
of
our
community
health
centers
already
and
last
but
not
least,
and
uh
definitely
pointed
out
to
um
counselor
orion's
point.
We
need
to
build
public
awareness
efforts
to
build
confidence
in
the
vaccine
and
that's
key
to
supporting
widespread
access
in
communities
of
color.
There's.
F
Basically,
two
lanes
that
we
think
about
in
the
city.
One
is
knowledge,
is
power,
giving
folks
information
and
accurate
information
about
the
safety
of
the
vaccines,
how
they
were
tested?
What
the
trials
looked
like
sort
of
the
medical
side
of
that
conversation,
which
is
key
so
folks,
can
make
healthy
decisions
for
themselves
and
their
families,
and
then
the
other
lane
is
personal
stories
to
connect.
F
Folks,
dr
james,
who
was
on
uh
who's
on
this
panel
as
well
shared
her
personal
story
herself
about
how
she
decided
to
get
vaccinated
and
what
went
into
that
decision
and
we
think
those
personal
stories
relating
from
leaders
in
communities
of
color
and
healthcare
leaders
in
our
community
help
to
make
sure
we're
breaking
down
some
of
the
challenges
that
exist
around
this
overall
goal
to
ensure
that
we're
building
confidence
in
the
vaccine.
So
there
are
many
other
slides
in
here.
We
have
more
more
information
to
share.
F
But
I
want
to
be
cautious
of
the
time
that
there's
a
lot
of
folks
on
this
panel
and
dr
lo
and
I
are
here
to
talk
more
about
the
overall
equitable
distribution
strategy
and
what
we're
doing
to
not
only
follow
the
state's
leadership
which
we
need
to
do,
but
also
partner
with
the
health
care
leaders
and
partners
that
are
on
this
call
to
make
sure
we're
creating
the
access
necessary.
So
with.
A
A
G
A
G
G
After
these.
After
these
trials,
multiple
independent
groups
review
the
safety
of
the
vaccines
to
determine
if
the
vaccines
themselves
are
the
safety
of
the
vaccines
and
the
potential
benefit
of
the
vaccines
outweigh
the
known
and
potential
harms
of
being
infected
by
copin
19..
So,
based
on
that,
the
vaccines
are
approved
by
the
fda
and
cdc.
G
So,
first
of
all
researchers,
when
developing
the
vaccines
researchers
used
existing
clinical
trial
networks
like
the
ones
they
used
for
hiv
study,
treatments
and
vaccines
to
begin
quickly,
conducting
coven-19
vaccine
trials.
So
the
time
it
takes
to
develop
those
networks
did
not
have
to
come
into
play.
G
Under
normal
circumstances,
investment
in
manufacturing
doesn't
occur
until
the
developments
the
trials
have
gone
through
and
the
trials
are
completed
and
approved
by
the
fda,
and
this
in
cobin
19
vaccine
development.
The
government
and
manufacturers
worked
simultaneously
to
test
and
develop
the
vaccine
at
the
same
time
and
finally,
just
the
given
the
unprecedent
unprecedented
public
health
emergency,
both
the
fda
and
the
cdc
prioritize,
the
review,
approval
and
recommendation
of
copin
19
vaccines.
G
J
All
right
great,
thank
you.
Thank
you
again
for
inviting
me
to
into
this
discussion
and
uh
hello
to
my
fellow
panelists,
who
are
working
very
closely
on
this
crisis.
My
name
is
manny
lopes
and
I'm
the
president
and
ceo
of
east
boston,
neighborhood
health
center.
We
have
locations
in
east
boston
south
end
as
well
as
some
in
the
surrounding
communities
winthrop
and
revere.
J
We
serve
over
120
000
patients,
which
makes
us
one
of
the
largest
community
health
centers
in
the
country,
and
we
have
been
hard
at
work
since
the
beginning
of
this
pandemic.
I
think
last
time
I
visited,
we
talked
a
lot
about
the
testing
efforts
that
we've
done
and
that
will
continue
as
we
now
begin
to
ramp
up
on
the
vaccines
and
a
lot
of
this
work
has
been
done
in
partnership
with
the
boston
public
health
commission.
J
I
should
also
note
that
I
am
the
chair
of
the
boston
public
health
commission
and
it's
great
to
see
my
fellow
boston,
public
health
commission
experts
on
the
panel
as
well,
first
on
staffing
um
happy
to
report
um
that
at
this
point,
we
vaccinated
over
75
percent
of
our
staff
here
at
the
health
center.
These
are
the
frontline
workers
that
qualified
under
the
phase,
one
state
guidelines,
as
chief
martinez
has
reported.
J
We've
learned
a
lot
in
fact.
Vaccinating
this
group,
50
percent
of
our
staff,
come
from
the
communities
we
serve,
so
these
are
people
who
represent
and
have
some
of
the
hesitancies
that
we
are
talking
about
today
and
they've
actually
informed
a
lot
of
the
work
moving
forward.
As
you
may
have
heard.
Last
week
we
opened
up
four
sites
in
two
days:
east
boston,
southend,
river
in
chelsea,
and
we
built
up
capacity
right
now
to
do
4,
000
vaccines
a
week.
J
But
I
think,
what's
really
important
here
is
for
us
to
be
open
and
available
for
when
that
person
says
yes,
um
so
and-
and
I
think
that's
a
really
important
part
that
we
open-
um
you
know
hopefully
seven
days
a
week
mornings
and
evenings,
because
we
know
this
population
are
the
essential
workers
they're,
not
working
from
home,
they're,
working,
various
shifts
and
again
when
they
say
yes,
we
want
to
be
open
and
available
to
them
and
I'll
end.
There.
J
K
You
know
um
you
know
I
no
surprise
to
anybody
who
is
on
this
call,
but
um
covid19
has
laid
bare
uh
the
disparities
um
that
we
have
seen
um
historically,
that
have
been
hidden
in
plain
sight.
So
I
think
you
know
if
there
is
any
silver
lining
to
this.
It's
that
um
that
we
now
are
all
clear
that
the
disproportionate
illness
and
death
um
that
we're
seeing
with
this
pandemic,
um
basically
um
points
to.
K
Those
who
have
often
been
at
the
end
of
the
line
um
are
not
inclined
um
to
trust
us
when
we
want
when
we
say
you
can
go
first
and
that's
unfortunate,
but
that
is
what
a
legacy
of
distrust
has
laid
on
us
and
it's
not
just
the
historical
um
that
we
we
all.
We
often
talk
about
the
historical
reasons
for
black
mistrust
of
the
health
care
system.
Those
are
true,
you
know,
tuskegee
and
henrietta
lacks
in
all
of
those,
but
it
is
also
how
people
are
treated
today
um
by
the
health
care
system.
K
K
We
have
um
question
and
answer
sessions
with
our
employees,
where
we,
you
know
in
a
bit
in
a
non-judgmental
way,
listen
to
every
question
and
attempt
to
provide
the
information
that
they
need
to
make
to
have
them
feel
comfortable,
making
an
informed
uh
decision.
We
have
um
employees
who
have
been
vaccinated
and
do
what
we
call
a
my.
Why
campaign
why
I
got
vaccinated
so
picture
of
the
employee
and
um
and
the
reason
that
they
got
vaccinated?
K
One
of
my
favorite
ones
of
those
is
one
of
our
staff,
people
who
said
I'm
a
mama's
boy,
and
I
want
to
hug
my
mom,
and
so
um
you
know
that
was
his.
Why
and
so
those
we
use
those,
and
then
you
know,
as
others
have
said,
uh
making
sure
that
we
have
information
in
in
the
languages
with
that
our
employees
take
their
information
in,
I
think
covet
has
been
incredibly
important
in
helping
us
realize
as
an
institution
how
important
um
interpreter
service
translation
service
and,
having
um
you
know,
information
accessible.
K
We
also
realized
that
um
you
know
our
um
our
we.
We
have
a
technology
now
that
we
use
where
everyone
who
comes
in
uh
every
employee
who
comes
into
the
hospital
fills
out
a
pass
that
says
that
they
are
symptom-free
and
then
they
get
the
um
ability
to
show
that
pass
and
and
come
in
um
and
and
that's
using
on
your
on
your
smartphone.
K
Often
we
talk
about
rebuild,
but
I
think
we
really
have
to
build
and
um
in
the
meantime
I
think
we
all
have
to
do
what
we
can
and,
as
I
said
in
a
non-judgmental
manner,
respect
the
intelligence
and
concerns
of
those
who
are
waiting
and
or
who
have
questions.
And
you
know
tackling
those
broader
issues
that
um
we
know
are
important
to
achieving
racial
and
health
equity.
This
will
take
us
working
together.
So
it's
it's
hospitals.
K
L
L
um
Thank
you
all
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
on
the
cobit
vaccine
and
because
of
time,
I'm
going
to
kind
of
pick
up
off
of
some
of
the
comments
that
my
colleagues
have
made.
So
the
health
center
is
located
in
dorchester
and
has
been
servicing
the
community
for
over
40
years
and
when
the
pandemic
hit.
L
We
had
to
find
a
new
home
for
that,
and
so
we
went
to
the
russell
reed
auditorium,
which
is
located
um
in
dorchester
on
norfolk
and
blue
hill
and
stood
that
up
as
a
testing
site
where
we
were
actively
testing
people
six
days
a
week
and
that
that
location
will
become
the
new
home
for
a
community-based
vaccination
site.
So
at
that
location
within
the
next
um
two
weeks,
we
will
be
partnering
with
boston
medical
center,
as
well
as
other
health
centers
in
the
dorchester
and
manipan
area
to
make
that
site
a
vaccine
site.
L
The
concept
of
distrust
and
hesitancy
runs
deep.
We
have
also
seen
within
our
workforce,
we're
probably
at
about
55
vaccination
of
our
workforce
and
clearly
around
racial
lines.
You
can
see
the
difference
and
the
hesitancy
and
a
lot
of
our
um
our
employees
of
uh
color
um
are
at
the
low
in
terms
of
acceptance,
and
what
I
will
say
is
that
it
is
that
peer-to-peer
it
is
the
town
halls
it's
telling
them.
L
L
We
can
address
that
in
our
model
of
care,
so
we
will
be
providing
um
vaccine
for
people
at
the
health
center
and
offering
that
um
as
a
health
center
based
clinic
yesterday,
I
was
pleased
to
see
the
number
of
elders
show
up
on
time,
as
my
staff
said
ahead
of
time
to
get
their
vaccine,
which
tells
me
that
if
we
get
the
message
out
and
we
educate,
then
we
can
make
a
difference.
We
had
about
a
90
show
rate
with
our
seniors
and,
as
you
all
know,
the
weather
wasn't
that
great.
L
I
also
want
to
point
out
because
there's
a
lot
of
discussion
around
this
is.
We
are
also
looking
at
having
an
aggressive
strategy
on
waste
management
we
hear
about
it
and
so
um
really
making
sure
that
we
have
wait
lists
of
people
who
may
have
canceled
or
may
not
have
shown
up
at
the
last
minute
and
aggressively
managing
that,
because
we
do
not
want
waste.
L
In
terms
of
you
know,
people
coming
to
a
place
in
their
neighborhood
that
they
know
with
faces
that
they're
familiar
with
I'm
hoping
that
that
will
start
to
make
a
difference
in
our
neighborhoods
that
have
been
significantly
impacted
by
this.
So
with
that,
I
will
um
end
mike
and
comments,
but
thank
you
for
the
opportunity.
A
A
C
um
Thank
you,
council
royal,
and
that
is
wonderful
and
thank
you
again
to
all
of
our
panelists.
um
This
information,
of
course,
is
helpful
not
just
to
us,
but
also
to
constituents
who
are
participating
and
also
watching.
So,
thank
you
so
much
for
your
work.
um
I
guess
my
first
question
uh
is
for
uh
chief
martinez
and
and
dr
lowe
on
just
um
outreach
right.
You
know
access
ease
of
access.
I
think
you
know
sandra
just
said
it
best
that
sort
of
peer-to-peer
education-
that's
critically
important.
F
Yeah,
so
thanks
uh
thanks
concert
campbell,
so
what
we
have
done
is
the
health
commission
has
reached
out
to
all
health
centers
to
basically
uh
do
two
things,
one
ask
them
how
we
can
be
supportive
right.
I
mean
there's
things
that
the
state
controls
directly
with
the
health
centers,
that
we
don't
control
but
to
ask
health
centers.
How
can
we
be
supportive
is
that
about
staffing?
Is
that
about
financial
resources?
Is
that
about
advocating
that
you
need
more
doses?
F
What
are
those
things
that
we
can
do
so
we've
reached
out
to
health
centers
and
the
relationship
with
each
health
center
is
a
little
different,
so
some
need
some
help
that
we've
been
able
to
start
to
provide
some
have
asked
for
help
with
outreach.
Some
have
asked
for
help
for
other
locations
to
vaccinate,
um
and
so
we've
been
engaged
in
that
effort,
um
basically
for
the
past
several
weeks
with
health
centers.
F
In
addition
to
that,
we
did
uh
allocate
in
partnership
with
the
boston
resiliency
fund,
a
set-aside
grants
that
are
available
for
community-based
organizations,
including
some
health
centers.
Who
will
be
able
to
use
that
for
vaccine
education
and
awareness?
Those
grants
should
be
going
out.
Next
week
um
and
we're
really
targeting
making
sure
that,
because
the
health
centers
play
a
critical
role
in
everyone,
all
the
health
centers
on
this
call
have
done
that,
but
community-based
organizations
also
who
don't
provide
any
health
care.
F
They
play
a
critical
role,
whether
it's
food
delivery,
whether
it's
organizing
in
the
community.
So
we
also
want
to
get
some
resources
into
their
hands
to
be
able
to
do
some
of
that
ambassador
work
that
that
you
mentioned,
which
is
going
to
be
really
really
important,
so
we're
starting
to
get
funds
and
organizations
hands
related
to
the
resiliency
fund,
and
then
we
also
anticipate
supporting
the
health
centers
to
do
the
same
level
of
work
based
on
their
specific
needs.
C
And
then
a
follow-up
question
you
know,
obviously,
as
we
get
people
to
sites,
I
know
all
of
us
have
helped
residents,
create
appointments
and
get
to
a
site.
um
How
do
we
ensure
or
monitor
the
existing
sites
that,
in
terms
of
uh
making
sure
there
is
seating
for
our
seniors,
making
sure
there
are
staff
there
who
speak
different
languages?
We've
heard
some
concerns
of
folks
showing
up
say
at
fenway
and
only
english
is
spoken.
So
how
do
we
ensure
and
monitor
that
all
of
the
sites
are
truly
creating?
um
You
know?
Have
the
language
access?
F
F
Centers
how
to
reach
their
populations
and
serve
them
because
they
would
cut
me
off
right
here
on
this
on
this
webinar.
If
I
did
but
I'll
say
to
you,
is
that
for
the
other
sites,
um
for
example,
the
pharmacy
program,
that's
gone
into
senior
buildings
um
for
the
fedway
site,
that's
run
by
the
state
and
coordinated
by
the
state.
We
have
done
both
site
visits
and
have
had
ongoing
dialogue
about
cultural
competency
about
seeding
about
age.
uh
You
know
age,
competency.
F
So
again
we
may
not
control
those
sites,
but
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
bring
that
layer
of
um
you
know
ensuring
that
that
layer
of
cultural
competency
is
there
and
advocating
around.
How
do
you
not
just
rely
on
you
know
a
translation
line,
but
how
do
you
make
sure
staff
and
volunteers
reflect
the
community?
F
um
It's
some
of
the
work
that
we've
been
trying
to
do
on
the
ground
ourselves
with
the
one
site
that
we
currently
run
at
reggie
lewis,
but
it's
also
part
of
the
work
we're
trying
to
do
to
make
sure
that
we
can
provide
the
technical
assistance
to
sites
who
need
it.
um
So
they
can
make
sure
that
they're
they're
reaching
out,
but
we
share
that
commitment
counselor.
F
We
need
to
make
sure
that
you
can
lift
up
all
the
sites
you
want
with
all
the
doses
you
can,
but
if
you
can't
do
the
legwork
to
get
people
there
and
to
keep
people
wanting
to
to
be
there
and
tell
everyone
else
about
the
experience
they
had
to
get
vaccinated,
you
won't
be
able
to
vaccinate
them
as
many
people
as
we
need.
So
we're
working
on
that
in
terms
of
the
support
um
and
trying
to
make
sure
the
state
does
that
same
level
work
since
they
control
where
these
sites
open.
C
And
then
my
last
two
questions
is
one
on
the
data
piece
because
it
is
so
critically
important,
particularly
how
we
targeted
is
any
response
from
the
state
on
when
they're
going
to
get
us
boston,
specific
data
and
then
the
last
is
on
the
waste
piece.
We've
heard
from
some
that
that
there
isn't
any
waste
um
and
then
others
saying
there
might
be
in
terms
of
you
know
creating
a
waitlist
sort
of
an
immediate
list
of
folks.
We
can
call
do
we
start
with
our
senior
buildings.
C
G
Yes,
so
right
now
the
data
for
vaccinations
is
collected
in
the
massachusetts
immunization
information
system.
We
have
been
working
directly
with
the
state
on
developing
data
access
with
specific
demographics
for
boston,
specific
data.
We
hope
to
get
that
information
by
next
week.
Again
this
has
been
in
the
process
for
the
last
couple
weeks,
um
starting
next
week,
we'll
have
just
the
the
raw
data
and
then
moving
forward
we're
uh
working
to
get
a
report
so
we're
hoping
that
will
be
readily
available.
F
Data
and
and
then
the
only
other
thing
based
on
what
you
ask,
counselors,
that
the
wait
list
every
site
running
has
a
it,
has
a
method
to
create
a
waitlist
so,
for
example,
at
the
reggie
lewis
center
um
right
now
we
have
a
wait
list
that
that
is
either
as
a
combination
of
folks
who
made
an
appointment
and
missed
it.
A
combination
of
folks
who
show
up
hoping
to
get
it
walk
in
but
who
are
eligible
but
don't
have
an
appointment.
We
put
them
on
a
waitlist
um
as
well
as
we've
already
had
the
age.
B
A
D
A
M
Obviously
it
takes
a
village
and
while
it's
uh
easy
to
sort
of,
uh
I
guess,
nitpick
and
monday
morning,
quarterback
this
is
a
a
massive
undertaking
um
and
uh
you
know
I
just
want
uh
to
to
recognize
the
great
work
that
our
chief
chief
martinez
and
all
of
our
local
hospitals
and
our
health
centers
in
our
health
care
providers
and
workers
have
been
doing
uh
since
the
start
of
this.
It's
clearly
the
vaccine,
rollout.
M
um
You
know,
there's
been
some
snags,
but
uh
the
question,
I
guess,
is:
how
can
we
as
members
of
the
boston
city
council?
How
can
we
be
most
helpful
in
reaching
out
to
people
to
get
this
vaccine
information
um
as
referenced,
that
it
takes
a
village
it's
going
to
require
all
of
us
to
get
folks
uh
to
the
vaccination
sites
and
to
get
them
vaccinated.
So
how
can
we
better
leverage
our
platform
as
counselors,
and
um
you
know,
and
also
um
you
know-
where
have
we
improved
over
the
last
few
weeks?
M
um
You
know
what
have
been
our
biggest
stun
stumbling
blocks
in
in
moving
forward.
um
You
know
how
can
we
make
sure
that
um
that
the
communities
and
populations
and
the
demographics
that
have
been
disproportionately
impacted
are
being
best
served
by
this
rollout
and
how
are
we,
as
members
of
the
city
council
me
in
particular,
as
an
at-large
member?
M
What
else
can
I
do
to
continue
that
partnership
with
you,
chief
martinez,
your
team,
but
also
our
hospitals
and
health
centers,
to
do
my
part
as
an
elected
member
of
the
council,
but
also
to
encourage
uh
my
colleagues
and
folks
in
the
community
to
do
their
part
as
well
again,
it
takes
a
village,
it's
a
case
of
first
impression
uh
and
uh
we're
hitting
kinks
along
the
way,
but
uh
instead
of
being
cranky
and
monday
morning,
quarterback.
I
want
to
be
optimistic.
I
want
to
be
positive.
M
F
um
It's
been
unfortunate
to
see
essential
workers
pitted
against
seniors
um
and
sort
of
in
social
media
and
in
different
places,
and
it's
not
the
intention,
but
when
you
have
limited
doses,
not
everyone's
going
to
be
able
to
get
it
when
they
when
they
want
it.
So
there
is
definitely
support
needed
to
make
sure
that
um
all
of
the
elected
officials
can
lift
up
messaging,
lift
up
access
points,
but
also
identify
gaps.
F
What's
the
plan
where
we
add
what
are
the
gaps
and
then
we
work
to
roll
up
our
sleeves
and
figure
out
the
gaps
and
work
on
solutions
and
so
appreciate
anyone's
help
to
be
able
to
continue
to
do
that
as
we
keep
plugging
away.
But
that
would
be
the
main
message
that
we
would
appreciate
your
help
with
thanks.
G
um
Also
that
I
just
to
reiterate
that
the
myths
versus
facts
I
mean
people
tend
to
remember
the
negative
and
false
sort
of
histrionic
kind
of
um
information.
If
you
could
please
direct
people
to
um
factual
resources,
bphc
does
have
a
website
up
now.
Boston.Gov
will
have
a
connection
to
that
and
just
as
reliable
information.
I
think
many
of
the
community
health
centers
are
reliable
sources
of
information
and
they
have
their
own
websites.
G
So
we
just
want
to
correct
um
direct
people
to
resources
that
are
factual,
um
so
that
would
be
really
helpful
and
and
then
the
second
part
is
just
to
remind
people
that
you
know
we
talk
about
we're
so
focused
on
vaccines,
but
I
mean
really.
The
idea
is
that
we
want
to
get
through
this
pandemic
and
so
the
vaccines,
the
masking
the
social
distancing,
the
hand
washing
it
all
has
to
be
into
play.
Obviously,
the
more
people
that
get
vaccinated
the
more
quickly
that
people
get
vaccinated.
G
D
Thank
you,
council
arroyo.
Thank
you,
council,
campbell
and
council
royal
for
cheering
this
important
hearing.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
the
pianos,
the
community
health
center
professionals.
The
medical
personnel
that
are
on
here
uh
specifically
want
to
say
thank
you
to
uh
chief
martinez
and
dr
lowe
and
rita
nieves.
D
I've
worked
with
you
for
the
last
year
on
on
this
outreach.
I
want
to
say
thank
you
for
your
leadership.
I
know
wander
and
sandra
mentioned
some
of
the
points
that
I
wanted
to
focus
on,
but
the
digital
divide
we
also
see
in
our
city
and
state
um
is,
is
very
challenging
to
say
the
least.
I
was
at
bcyf
josiah
quincy
yesterday
in
the
digital
divide
in
chinatown
is,
is
there
so
we
want
to
make
sure
we
can
reach
as
many
residents
language
access
is.
A
critical
component
in
the
outreach
is
also
very
important.
D
um
I
do
plan
to
have
a
discussion
with
the
chinatown
community
sometime
next
week.
I
know
I've
reached
out
to
dr
lowe
and
one
plan
to
have
a
outreach
uh
to
the
latinx
community.
I
represent
a
lodge
latinx
community.
I
know
um
chief
martinez
and
reader,
and
hopefully
manny
lopez
um
can
join
us
as
well.
You've
been
very,
very
helpful
um
one.
One
issue
I
wanted
to
flag
is,
as
it
relates
to
communities
of
color.
The
the
chinese
chinatown
community
has
the
highest
asthma
rate
of
any
neighborhood
in
new
england
for
various
reasons.
D
D
There's
also
a
lot
of
mistrust
of
of
government
language
access,
some
immigration
issues.
I
support
undocumented
residents
as
well,
but
a
lot
of
those
issues
are
impacting
the
chinatown
community.
Again,
I've
worked
with
dr
lowe
and
marty
martinez
on
a
lot
of
these
issues
and
I
want
to
say
thank
you
for
your
great
work
and
any
comments
just
want
to
throw
it
open
to
the.
N
F
Thank
you
concert
flynn.
The
only
thing
I
would
ask
obviously,
are
not
asked,
but
I'd
mention.
Obviously
the
you
know
the
the
classifications
of
comorbidities
and
what
puts
people
at
risk,
the
state
sort
of
did
that
through
their
you
know,
panel
of
clinical
and
medical
providers
and
experts.
So
again
it's
a
list
they
created.
F
I
know
that
they've
heard
the
feedback
about
not
having
asthma
within
the
list
and
what
that
means,
and
so
again
you
know,
I
know
that
we
also
lifted
it
up
to
the
state
as
part
of
a
conversation
about
feedback
that
we
were
hearing
as
well
as
about
categories
of
folks.
So
um
I
don't
know,
dr
lowe,
if
you
have
anything
to
add
about
that,
but
I
do
know.
Obviously
that
fits
into
the
state.
F
G
I
agree
with
what
you're
saying
chief
martinez
I
I
did
want
to
add,
though,
that
um
we
have
been
working
very
closely
with
our
clinical
partners
in
the
chinatown
area,
specifically
tufts,
and
we
have
reached
out
to
south
of
as
well
and
one
of
the
things
that
has
indicated
when
it
comes
to
vaccine
hesitancy
and
and
getting
you
know,
success
and
getting
vaccination
is
that
is
that
um
the
primary
care
provider
or
our
health
care
partner,
that
uh
is,
is
a
trustworthy
source,
and
so
we
really
wanna.
um
You
know
again.
G
We
thank
you
for
all
the
community,
health,
centers
and
hospitals
that
are
on
this.
Call
that
you
know
you
are
trusted
members
of
the
community
from
this
perspective,
and
so
we
really
want
to.
um
We
really
want
to
encourage
our
our
residents
to
to
can
make
that
connection,
and
so
again
we're
working
closely
with
them
to
ensure
that
vaccine
is
accessible
to
those
who
are
eligible.
K
D
I
Thank
you.
Thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you
to
all
the
panelists
and
thank
you
to
everyone
that
has
spoken
and
who
has
yet
to
speak.
I
can't
wait
for
us
to
go
down
that
line.
um
I
just
want
to.
I
have
a
quick
question
for
manny.
You
know
I
really
do
appreciate
your
um
your
statement
about
the
vaccine
hesitancy
um
and
this
whole
idea
that
not
one
size
fits
all
and
I
think,
there's
a
big
difference
between.
I
will
never
get
the
vaccine
and
I
won't
get
the
vaccine
yet.
J
J
You
know
there
were
many
questions
around
um
the
vaccines.
Again,
it
is
a
peer-to-peer
I'll
quote
my
colleague
sandra
a
peer-to-peer
education.
That's
what
we
saw
internally
here
and
town
hall
meetings
as
well
addressing
certain
issues.
So
as
an
example,
um
we
employ
85
of
our
staff
are
women
um
and
there
were
many
young
women
um
who
were
um
either
um
looking
to
get
pregnant
or
just
had
a
baby
um
and
looking
to
do
breastfeeding.
J
So
we
held
a
specific
town
hall
to
address
that
issue
and
we
invited
in
one
of
our
women's
health
specialists
onto
that
call
to
help
address
some
of
those
issues.
So
I
think
you
know
when
we
look
at
some
of
the
populations.
There's
there's
the
folks
that
are
the
maybes
and
I
think
they
have
specific
questions
uh
related
to
their
specific
conditions
or
specific
issues,
and
then
there's
the
individuals
who
are
really
the
hard-nosed.
J
um
I
think
I
think
the
maybes,
usually
again,
those
are
one-on-one
discussions.
The
hard
notes
usually
are
general
uh
discussions
and
I
think
if
we
could
all
participate
in
this
knowledge,
understanding
and
knowledge
sharing,
I'm
not
expecting
the
council
or
your
staff
to
become
medical
experts
in
this
area,
but
maybe
we
can
um
help
you
with
some.
J
uh
You
know
talking
points
if
you
don't
have
it
already
just
to
help
answer
the
questions
from
the
community
and
then
the
second
piece,
I
would
just
add
sorry
to
go
on
is
we
need
to
lift
up
the
spirits
you
know
we
are
all
stressed.
This
has
been
a
year
that
we'll
never
forget
um
and
we're
seeing
that
in
our
patients
in
our
communities
and
we're
seeing
it
play
out
in
many
different
forms.
Right
now,
there's
anger,
there's
frustrations,
um
you
know
many
that
we
could
talk
about.
J
I
think
it's
our
responsibility
as
leaders
to
begin
to
think
about
how
do
we
lift
up
those
spirits
and
make
everyone
really
feel
good,
that
they
could
be
a
light
at
the
end
of
this
tunnel,
and
I
think
dr
lowe
said
it
best
that
um
this
is
about
ending
this
pandemic
and
and
what
can
happen
uh
when
we
do
end
it.
So
thank.
J
I
No,
I
appreciate
that.
I
guess
you
know
it's
not
so
much
of
a
question,
but
just
kind
of
something
as
a
statement
that
I
think
it's
important
to
make
is
that
this
situation
really
reminds
me
of
the
conversation
that
we
had
around
the
school
closing.
Do
we
stay?
Do
we
close?
Do
we
open?
How
do
we
all
of
this
sort
of
stuff,
and
I
feel
like
this
whole
vaccine
roll
out?
I
We
knew
that
eventually
it
would
be
something
that
we
would
need
to
contend
with,
and
I'm
just
curious
in
terms
of
just
the
community
conversation
piece
of
it
um
and
there's
something
what
we
can
learn
from
previous
experiences
and
what
we
could
do
better
moving
forward.
It's
just
that.
I
feel
like
thinking
about
the
reggie
lewis
center
and
how
that
showed
up
in
our
neighborhood,
but
the
majority
of
the
people
who
were
um
taking
advantage
of
of
that
site
were
not
people
who
lived
in
dorchester,
roxbury
mattapan.
I
I
just
think
that
we're
always
in
um
reactionary
mode-
and
I
think
that
there's
a
lot
for
us
to
learn
here
in
terms
of
how
we
function
and
how
we
work
to
engage
other
folks
in
these
processes
that
I
think
that
you
know
whatever
we
do
next.
It
has
to
be
deeply
rooted
and
centered
um
with
the
lives
of
those
who
are
doing
the
work
and
living
the
reality,
and
this
is
not
to
you,
um
mr
lopes.
I
This
is
just
in
general
in
terms
of
just
the
overall
function
of
the
city
and
how
we
can
do
a
better
job,
even
as
city
councilors
working
in
community.
I
just
think
there's
accountability.
That
needs
to
happen
across
all,
and
um
this
is
a
lesson
for
us
to
figure
out
when
we're
dealing
with
the
next
crisis.
I
A
O
Thank
you
um
chairman,
thank
you
to
all
the
members
of
the
panel
for
your
presentations
today
and
all
the
work
that
you
do
all
day
every
day.
um
One
question
that
has
come
up
um
um
in
our
discussions
out
here
in
austin
brighton
um
was
a
question
regarding
um
how
are
we
supposed
to
encourage
people
to
make
appointments
when
the
state
is
requesting
proof
of
insurance
and
id
it's
not
required,
but
health,
centers
and
providers
are
are
following
the
state
guidelines
and
the
local.
O
Some
local
folks
are
really
concerned
that
it
is
deterring
people
from
making
appointments
that
that
requirement
to
present
um
proof
of
id
and
your
insurance
when
it's
not
really
necessary,
but
that's
what's
on
the
on
the
state
site,
when
you
look
at
it
and
anecdotally
we're
hearing
that
you
know.
If,
um
if
um
and
I'm
not
say,
this
is
not
uh
proven
data,
but
you
know
anecdotally.
L
Yeah
so
um
manny
dive
in
but
yeah
we
um
our
goal
is
access,
and-
um
and
so
we
are
not
requiring
ids
for
our
patients
and
we
do
um
ask
for
insurance
information,
but
our
patients
know
that
it's
not
required.
So
it's
not
a
barrier,
so
people
do
not
have
insurance,
they
feel
very
comfortable,
letting
us
know
that
they
don't
and
we
will
continue
to
just
document
that
and
treat
them
so
we're
trying
not
to
make
those
things
um
mandatory
or
definitely
no
id
and
the
insurance.
If
they
have
it,
they
do
if
they
don't.
J
Yeah,
I
think
sandra
said
it
best.
I
think
it's
important
to
know
that.
The
reason
why
we
ask
for
insurance
is
because
of
the
federal
grants
that
we
also
receive
to
help
support.
The
operation
requires
us
to
ask
and
build
insurance
if
individual
has
insurance,
so
we're
not
using
federal
funds
to
essentially
subsidize
the
insurance
companies.
J
O
I
think
it's
helpful,
that
of
our
patients
who
come
are
familiar
with
you
folks,
and
they
trust
you.
I
just
it's
a
little
concerning
that
on
the
website
at
the
state
level
that
it's
there
and
and
some
people
might
even
not
decide
not
to
take
the
next
step,
because
they
don't
it's
that
mistrust
of
of
government
that
we're
trying
to
mitigate
in
this
situation.
A
Thank
you,
councillor
brandon.
It
was
a
good
one.
uh
I
believe
it
is
now
my
turn,
uh
and
so
a
lot
of
my
colleagues
have
touched
on
specific
things.
um
You
know
I
will
just
raise
up
uh
that
when
we
had
the
icu
guidelines
back
in.
I
think
that
was
april.
Now.
uh
One
of
the
issues
that
I
had
with
the
icu
guidelines
was,
it
was
supposed
to
be
race
neutral,
but
the
decisions
that
they
were
making
uh
were
certainly
not
having
race
neutral
outcomes.
A
G
A
Had
uh
to
be
less
likely
to
get
an
icu
or
uh
icu
bed
or
a
ventilator
and
and
the
issue
I
have
with
this
with
where
we're
at
now,
and
I
recognize
I'm
just
raising
my
voice
up
to
this.
I
know
this
is
being
covered.
The
asthma
issue
is
real
uh
asthma
for
blacks
and
latinos
is
we're
number
one
and
two
respectively
in
the
city
of
boston
uh
and
if
we're
trying
to
get
folks
vaccinated,
specifically
from
our
most
vulnerable
communities,
we're
going
to
need
to
make
sure
that
they
meet
these
eligibility
requirements.
A
Here's
why
uh
34
of
the
thousand
plus
deaths
that
we've
seen
in
boston
up
to
this
point
are
black
bostonians.
That's
that's
a
disproportionate
number
of
what
we
are
looking
at
for
a
population
30,
something
percent.
It's
like
33
or
34.
The
numbers
change
uh
30.
Something
percent
of
these
numbers
are
latinx
bostonians,
and
so
I
I
think
it's
really
important
for
folks
to
understand,
in
the
context
of
which
we
are
talking
about
colgate
19.
These
communities
are
suffering
through
policy
that
creates
either
environmental
racism.
A
That
may,
for
instance,
give
you
asthma
or
all
different
numbers
of
historical
uh
decisions
that
have
created
inequities
for
health
in
these
communities
and
when
we
are
talking
about
these
death
tolls,
that's
on
that's
on
us.
That's
on
our
government
and
the
ways
in
which
we
put
these
communities
in
play,
and
if
we
are
going
to
then
take
our
responsibility
as
a
government
to
protect
those
communities.
We
have
to
make
sure
that
we're
not
just
treating
them
equally,
because
we
haven't
treated
them
equally.
Up
to
this
point,
we
have
to
prioritize
them.
A
We
have
to
be
intentional
in
our
actions
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
am
seeing
uh
in
terms
of
our
testing
sites.
One
of
the
problems
that
I
have
with
this
is
we're
not
seeing
the
numbers
of
blacks
or
latinos
being
vaccinated
at
the
same
rate
as
our
white
population
and
there's
a
number
of
different
reasons
for
that,
uh
and
I
think
one
of
the
questions
that
I
have
for
you,
uh
counselor
uh
counselor,
uh
chair
uh
chief,
look
at
me.
A
F
A
So
that's
that's
perfect,
because
that
gets
to
my
next
point,
which
is
there
is
an
education
campaign.
There
is
this
idea
that
we
want
to
get
folks
to
say:
hey,
I
didn't
want
to
take
a
vaccine,
but
now
I
do
but
now
we're
adding
them
to
the
back
of
a
line
that
currently
already
exists,
and
that's
obviously
something
that
we're
going
to
have
to
balance,
um
and
I
think
that's
really
important
from
an
operational
sense.
uh
Here
are
my
questions.
uh
We
have
a
roxbury.
uh
We
have
rcc
right
there.
A
We
have
the
regis
lewis
central
right
there.
um
What
are
we
doing
to
ensure
that
roxbury
and
communities
that
have
been
impacted,
like
the
ones
I
represent,
like
mattapan
and
hyde
park,
are
receiving
priority
for
these
vaccines
that
do
exist?
What
are
we
doing
to
each,
whether
it's
by
area
code?
If
that,
what
are
we
doing?
What
are
the
steps
we're
doing
to
make
sure
that
we're
reaching
those
communities
specifically
and
intentionally.
F
Yeah,
it's
a
good,
it's
a
good
question,
so
um
counselor
what
we've
done
for
the
reggie
lewis
center.
Last
week,
we
set
aside
um
20
of
appointments
that
were
then
only
made
in
partnership
with
community-based
organizations
that
serve
seniors
of
color
um
and
other
vulnerable
populations
within
uh
within
the
eligible
priority
groups.
So
we
did
20.
Last
week
this
week
we
did
40,
which
we
set
aside
um
and
specifically
what
that
means
is
that
60
of
appointments
this
week
were
publicly
available
to
be
made
through
the
website
and
the
other
40
percent.
F
F
We
worked
with
central
boston,
elder
services,
we
worked
with
community
organizations
serving
uh
communities
and
seniors
of
color
and
slotted
them
into
appointments,
so
they
didn't
have
to
go
through
the
public
process
to
do
that,
and
that's
what
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
is
set
aside
appointments
and
then
work
collaboratively
with
organizations
to
create
access
for
folks
to
be
able
to
get
into
into
those
appointments.
So
you're.
F
um
Two
things
I
want
to
note
for
the
population
and
you
sort
of
hit
on
this
75
and
older
in
boston,
is
more
white
than
people
of
color.
It's
about
55
of
the
population
75
and
older,
and
the
city
is
white,
um
so
there's
obviously
more
folks
that
are
white
that
are
eligible
in
terms
of
seniors,
um
but
also
one
of
the
things
that
I
think
is
a
challenge
around
it
is
we
don't
want
to
have
anyone
prove
residency?
F
We
said
it
was
for
bostonians,
uh
but
we
did
not
have
people
forced
to
prove
themselves
uh
when
they
arrived,
because
I
think
that's
a
barrier
that
we
we
are
not
going
to
put
in
place
there.
So
I
do
think
it's
a
complicated
piece,
but
I
we
share
the
desire
to
make
sure
folks,
within
the
neighborhoods
most
impacted
can
get
access
to
that
site,
which
is
why
we
set
aside
those
appointments.
A
I
appreciate
that.
Thank
you.
uh
One
of
my.
I
have
two
questions
left
I'll
try
and
do
them
very
quickly.
The
first
one
that
I've
already
raised
uh
to
chief
marty
martinez
is
transportation.
As
I
speak
to
you
right
now,
outside
of
my
window,
there
is
a
snowstorm
uh
as
we
talk
about
uh
you
know,
february
and
getting
folks
there
to
these
sites.
You
know
if
you're
75
years
old
plus,
I
don't
want
to
put
you
on
a
bus
and
have
you
walk
to
a
bus
and
get
there?
That's
not
a
plan
for
me.
A
G
A
Get
to
them
well,
I
haven't
heard
a
plan
yet
to
get
to
them,
and
so,
if
you
have
heard
that
plan-
and
you
know
what
that
plan
is
to
get
to
people's
individual
homes
to
vaccinate
them,
please
share
it.
uh
But
two.
The
thing
I
have
heard
is
I've
heard
that
there
is
a
reimbursement
available
through
the
federal
government
for
say
the
national
guard
providing
transportation
uh
for
using
those
kinds
of
resources
to
do
this.
A
Are
we
aware
of
any
kind
of-
and
this
goes
to
the
operational
standpoint
operationalized
plan-
to
make
these
kinds
of
vehicles
or
these
kinds
of
things
available
to
getting
folks
there?
The
more
we
go
down
this
list
by
the
way
75,
75
and
older,
is
going
to
be
a
very
specific
subset,
but
the
more
you
open
up
this
list,
the
more
transportation
is
going
to
be
an
issue,
the
more
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
this.
F
Yeah,
so
um
transportation
is
obviously
one
of
those
issues
I
will
say
specifically
for
the
75
and
older
population.
The
h
strong
commission
work
to
provide
transportation
through
their
senior
shuttle
service
for
folks
to
be
able
to
schedule
appointments
to
get
to
uh
to
use
the
shuttle
to
get
to
locations.
F
The
mbta
ride
was
also
brought
on
to
make
more
vehicles
accessible
for
folks
to
be
able
to
schedule
appointments
to
get
access
to
locations.
We
do
know,
hospitals
are
had
been
working
through
transportation
initiatives
for
their
patients.
Specifically,
I
don't
know
if
the
health
centers
on
this
call
have
more
information,
and
we
do
know.
Community
organizations
have
started
to
partner
with
and
reach
out
to
ride,
sharing
programs
to
be
able
to
link
them
to
specific
sites
and
locations.
F
um
Finally,
I'll
say
that
we
have
explored
um
transportation
in
terms
of
several
bus
companies.
Who've
reached
out
to
talk
about
transportation.
The
problem
is
we're
still
in
the
days
of
cobit,
so
we
cannot
put
you
know,
20
seniors
on
a
bus
and
transport
them
to
a
location
uh
for
for
testing.
That's
not
going
to
be
something
we're
going
to
be
able
to
do
because
of
the
precautions
that
we're
in,
and
so
I
do.
I
do
think
it's
a
delicate
uh
balance.
F
It's
why
we
need
to
have
locations
that
are
more
locally
accessible
than
just
the
big
locations
which
is
going
to
be
essentially
important
to
that
piece
right
now
in
terms
of
vaccinating
people
in
their
homes.
That
is
not
a
major
strategy
that
the
state
has
laid
out.
Currently,
there's
clearly
not
enough
doses
uh
for
folks
to
do
that.
Anyways.
Right
now
um
we
haven't
heard
the
state
talk
about
that.
F
We
do
know
some
hospitals
are
going
to
uh
patients
homes,
who
are
um
you
know
who
have
um
challenging
health
conditions
over
75
and
vaccinating
them
in
their
homes,
but
it's
a
very
limited
subset.
So
I
think
the
transportation
issue
will
be
a
challenge
ongoing.
It's
a
challenge
that
we
explored
around
testing,
which
we
were
able
to
look
at
a
combination
of
resources
to
get
people
access
to
get
tested.
So
there's
not
one
solution
to
this
there's
going
to
be
a
lot
of
different
solutions
around
the
transportation
piece.
J
A
A
And
so
with
that,
I'm
going
to
go
into
our
second
panel,
uh
which,
due
to
some
folks
who
have
time
restrictions,
that's
going
to
be
dr
theo,
james
uh
from
the
boston
medical
center,
dr
robin
reisberg,
from
the
boston
community
pediatrics,
dr
paulette
denise
chandler
from
bregman
women's
hospital
and
shalini
pamal
from
doctors
for
america
is
in
this
next
group.
uh
If
you're,
if
you're,
ready
and
able
dr
thea
james,
if
you
can,
if
you
can
start
us
off.
P
Thank
you
so
much
for
the
opportunity
to
be
here
today.
I'm
really
grateful
and-
and
uh
you
know
to
be
here
and
also
just
grateful
for
the
time
to
spend
with
my
co-panelists
so
just
to
state
the
obvious.
Black
and
brown
communities
have
been
hit
the
hardest
by
covet
as
as
we've
been
highlighting
today,
and
they
are
also
the
most
hesitant
to
take
the
vaccine
as
a
healthcare
system.
P
We've
identified
our
our
highest
risk
patients,
and
you
know-
we've
begun
vaccinating
them
under
state
guidelines
over
the
past
several
weeks
and
we
will
have
the
capacity
to
vaccinate
both
our
patients
and
people
who
live
in
communities
that
have
been
hard
hit
by
covet,
both
through
our
hospital
sites
and
at
sites
we
are
establishing
in
the
community
with
trusted
partners
to
address
vaccine
availability.
We
have
been
working
in
close
partnership
with
the
city
with
the
boston,
public
health
commission
and
our
health
center
partners
to
establish
these
community
vaccination
sites.
P
Just
yesterday,
we
hosted
a
community
engagement
event
with
faith
leaders
in
the
community,
as
well
as
other
community
organizations
and
and
elder
or
senior
daycare
organizations.
It
was
an
excellent
turnout.
It
was
great
conversation.
We
mostly
wanted
to
listen
and
to
learn.
um
We
also
provided
education
about
the
vaccine
and
also
provided
people
with
documents.
Digital
things
paper
things
whatever
they
would
need.
That
would
be
helpful
to
them
to
disseminate
to
their
uh
to
their
populations
and
to
their
members,
and
that
type
thing.
P
We
think
that
we
most
effectively
reach
residents
in
the
most
impacted
communities
by
making
it
convenient
prioritizing
communities
with
intentionality
understanding
what
matters
to
them
and
what
barriers
they
have
also
providing
easy
and
unobstructed
access
to
the
vaccine,
including
with
scheduling
and
that
type
thing
also
providing
easy
access
to
information.
We
have
a
very
diverse
patient
population,
so
materials
in
uh
you
know
multiple
languages,
just
basically
a
standard
of
how
we
operate
and
also
having
trusted
messengers
and
internally
I'd.
P
P
So
there
is
a
gap
there
as
well
that
we
have
had
multiple
different
types
of
information
sessions,
question
and
answer
sessions,
education
sessions,
where
people
are
able
to
speak
with
physicians,
um
pharmacists,
we
even
have
doc
set
tables
uh
where
people
can
just
walk
up
and
talk
to
a
doctor
and
get
questions
answered.
These
are
all
throughout
the
lobbies.
We
even
have
a
night
clinic
and
so
uh
we're
focusing
now
on
an
ambassador
system.
P
You
know
to
for
people
to
talk
to
uh
to
their
peers
as
well,
and
so
um
the
only
last
thing
I
will
say
is
that
we
we
feel
that
we
all
have
a
role
to
play
in
addressing
vaccine
hesitancy
as
officials,
health
care
providers
and
individuals,
because
I
do
believe
it
is
a
team
sport,
and
that
is
the
best
way
for
us
to
actually
solve
and
achieve
our
common
goals.
Thank
you.
Q
Hi,
it's
um
pleasure
to
join
this
discussion
and
at
brigham
and
women's
hospital
mgb
we've
done.
A
variety
of
um
we've
been
included
a
variety
of
strategies
to
address
concerns
about
the
vaccine
and
we
do
believe
this
is
a
public
health
or
is
a
public
health
emergency
and
it
will
require
partnership
across
many
layers
of
the
community
and,
of
course,
within
institutions.
So,
from
the
start
of
the
pandemic,
we
have
been
reaching
out
to
our
communities
using
our
community
health
centers.
Q
We've
distributed
food
and
diapers
help
with
voter
registration
as
well
as
testing,
and
we
plan
to
have
brookside
as
one
of
our
vaccine
sites
for
our
patients,
but
also
we've
opened
the
strand
as
a
testing
site
that
will
also
be
a
vaccine
site.
In
dorchester
we
have
a
community
band,
that's
going
through
various
areas
of
boston.
Educating
the
community,
answering
questions
about
the
vaccine
and
providing
food
diapers
various
clothing.
Q
We
will
be
supporting
the
reggie
lewis
center
for
the
february
27th
and
28th
event,
which
is
targeting
increasing
access
to
vaccines,
specifically
for
the
black
community
and
we're
involved
in
you
know,
reaching
out
to
black
clinicians
and
others.
That
will
be
able
to
administer
a
vaccine
on
that
day
as
well.
As
answer
questions,
we
have
um
I've
arrived.
We've
held
a
variety
of
town
halls
throughout
this
pandemic
to
address
questions
around
vaccine
acceptance
and
vaccine
concerns.
We
continue
to
partner
with
sportsman
tennis,
enrichment
center
rich
joseph
and
the
solo
jacuti.
Q
Q
So
now,
we've
started
to
do
community
conversations
with
those
community
organizations
that
are
requesting
town
halls
and
seminars
to
answer
their
community
collaborators,
their
questions
within
the
community
and
we
have
partnered
with
youth
groups
through
our
community
health
centers
southern
jamaica,
plain
community
health
center
is
very
actively
involved
with
the
south
street
youth
center
and
we're
developing
programs
where
the
youth
will
be
trained
to
address
their
peers
as
well
as
others
that
may
have
questions
about
vaccine
concerns.
We
have
over
a
thousand
non-clinician
employees
that
have
expressed
interest
in
being
peer
supporters.
Q
We
believe
that
peer
messaging
is
important
and,
of
course,
as
wanda
mentioned
earlier,
we
have
you
know
why
the
hashtag,
my
y
and
those
are
being
put
out
on
social
media,
those
employees
that
have
been
vaccinated,
we're
putting
those
my
why
on
social
media
and
we're
encouraging
others
in
our
community
to
create
similar
media
content
to
counterbalance
the
misinformation
that's
being
put
out
in
the
media,
and
we
have
a
whole
team
equity
group.
That's
looking
at.
A
R
R
My
name
is
robin
reisberg
and
I'm
the
founder
of
boston
community
pediatrics,
which
is
the
first
non-profit,
pediatric
private
practice
in
massachusetts
and
one
of
the
first
in
the
country.
Today,
I'm
going
to
present
to
you
our
plan
for
increasing
vaccination
to
black
and
brown
communities,
which
is
called
the
power
of
the
pediatrician.
R
Bcp
was
started
after
years
of
working
as
a
pediatrician
on
the
front
lines
in
community
health,
with
minority
populations
listening
to
families
and
their
stories,
and
really
hearing
what
they
wanted
and
what
their
challenges
were
as
they
that
they
faced
as
they
navigated
our
health
care
system.
Our
theory
of
change
locates
us
squarely
at
an
intersection
of
an
increase
in
access
and
an
increase
in
relationship,
and
we
believe
this
is
the
best
way
to
shift
disparate
health
outcomes
at
bcp.
R
We
know
that
once
we're
able
to
obtain
the
vaccine
and
partner
with
many
of
you
to
be
able
to
do
so,
our
ability
to
partner
with
families
and
the
pursuit
of
health
through
this
increased
understanding
and
trust,
as
well
as
our
relationships,
will
uniquely
prepare
our
providers
and
medical
staff
to
engage
in
conversations
around
the
cove
vaccine
um
that
we're
doing
every
day.
So
our
our
plan
to
really
distribute
the
vaccine
to
the
communities
that
need
it
most
is
a
two-pronged
approach.
R
Essentially,
we
think
that
vaccines
should
be
distributed
to
primary
care
providers
where
people
have
a
trusted
relationship
and
are
already
going
to
be
seen.
Additionally,
we
think
that
we
really
need
to
think
about
um
some
unique
ways
of
vaccinating
specific
populations
through
public
private
partnerships
and
that's
what
I'm
going
to
talk
about.
So
the
power
of
the
pediatrician
is
rooted
in
the
idea
that
there
is
no
better
way
to
distribute
the
vaccine
than
through
a
trusted
provider
and
partner
in
health.
R
Imagine,
and
um
we
feel
that
we
are
very
well
positioned
to
lean
into
our
existing
relationships
and
have
conversations
which
will
allay
these
concerns.
Imagine
if
you
were
a
parent
who
was
eligible
for
vaccination
and
you
came
into
your
child's
appointment
and
during
the
time
you
got
your
vaccine
at
the
beginning
of
the
appointment.
During
your
observation
time,
you
were
able
to
have
your
child's
appointment
and
then
you
would
actually
be
able
to
leave
um
at
the
end
of
the
appointment
and
the
end
of
your
observation
time.
R
This
vaccine
would
be
given
by
your
most
trusted
healthcare
partner.
Your
pediatrician
parents
would
not
have
to
spend
hours
sitting
on
the
phone
or
computers
trying
to
make
appointments
or
dealing
with
the
transportation
issue
that
people
have
been
discussing
to
get
to
these
vaccine
appointments
they'd
literally
be
vaccinated
during
their
child's
appointment.
R
Frontline
workers,
largely
people
of
color,
have
worn
a
disparate
proportion
of
the
burden
of
covet
19,
as
we
all
know-
and
you
all
have
spoken
about-
and
we
know
that
there
are
jobs
are
not
ones
that
can
be
done
from
home,
so
by
giving
them
a
vaccine
at
a
place
where
they're
already
going
by
a
medical
partner,
we're
making
it
as
quick
and
easy
as
possible
for
them.
If
we
can
get
this
vaccine
to
pediatricians
and
primary
care
physicians
who
can
partner
with
the
community
organizations,
we
know
we
can
get
this
done.
R
R
R
We
are
currently
partnering
with
john
holland,
who
is
a
south
end,
real
estate,
developer,
who's
interested
and
ready
to
help.
He
actually
came
to
us
and
said:
how
can
I
help
make
this
happen?
He
and
another
south
end
real
estate
developer.
Mario
nakozia
have
offered
us
space
and
are
also
willing
to
help
us
with
refrigeration
and
freezer
concerns.
R
We
estimate
that,
at
the
beginning,
we'd
be
able
to
start
at
vaccinating
100
people
a
day
with
this
model,
and
then
our
goal
would
be
to
increase
that
as
we
can,
but
it's
not
just
it.
The
goal
is
really
to
say
who
needs
to
be
vaccinated,
and
how
can
we
do
that
in
this
systemic
and
coordinated
approach?
For
instance,
if
there
are
community
organizations
that
have
eligible
staff,
how
do
we
bring
them
together
and
do
the
vaccinations
for
their
staff?
R
R
Many
of
them
are
from
minority
populations.
We
would
have
a
plan
where
we
could
work
directly
with
these
organizations
and
find
out
the
best
way
to
vaccinate
them.
You
know
whether
it's
the
afternoon
or
the
morning,
additionally,
because
we
have
a
relationship
with
these
organizations.
We
could
provide
education
sessions
ahead
of
time
with
the
same
providers
who
are
going
to
be
vaccinating
them,
be
able
to
answer
their
questions
and
be
able
to
make
them
feel
more
comfortable
as
to
what
will
come
when
they
actually
are
getting
the
vaccine.
R
This
is
what
we
feel
could
be
a
model
that
could
be
used
all
over
the
city
and
state
to
increase
vaccination
rates.
Neighborhood
villages
with
support
from
boston
community
pediatrics
has
been
leading
the
effort
to
provide
weekly
pool
testing
to
early
child
care
centers,
and
this
has
now
become
one
of
the
models
for
k-12
districts
in
the
state,
and
we
know
that
we
can
do
this
coordinated
effort
together.
We
are
once
again
ready
to
lead
the
way
with
a
replicable
and
scalable
model
for
vaccination.
R
As
we
look,
um
you
know
as
a
t
as
a
team
as
a
team
of
people
in
boston
from
all
different
backgrounds
willing
to
come
together
to
vaccinate
black
and
brown
communities.
I
urge
you
to
not
think
you
know
just
think
about
large
organizations
but
think
about
smaller
pediatricians
offices,
smaller
primary
care
providers
who
have
these
really
important
relationships
with
their
patients.
The
patient
doctor
relationship
should
not
be
underestimated
during
this
difficult
time.
R
A
Endeavor,
thank
you
so
much.
uh
If
I
can
go
directly
to,
uh
I
think
we
have
two
doctors
here
um
from.
uh
Is
it
a?
I
just
want
to
make
sure
I
get
the
name
of
the
organization
correct
uh
mass
coalition
for
health
equity
uh
and
if
we
can
have
dr
andrew
marshall
uh
and
dr
otugo,
I
don't
know
if
you
are
going
together
or
separately,
but
in
whichever
order
you
prefer
to
go
or,
however,
you
want
to
present
is
fine.
S
As
far
as
what
we
came
here
to
emphasize.
uh
I
think
that
the
things
that
dr
risberg,
dr
james
and
dr
chandler
have
said
have
been
fantastic.
Dr
chandler
represents
the
uh
the
efforts
of
brigham
and
women's
hospital.
You
know
in
a
way
that
you
know
more
eloquent
than
I
can
uh
explain.
um
You
know
we
have
done
a
lot
of
things
on
our
part
to
try
to
educate
the
community
as
well.
We've
partnered
with
dr
richard
joseph,
who
you've
mentioned
to
put
out
a
podcast.
S
We
partnered
with
scientists
participating
in
the
vaccine
um
trials
to
get
messages
out
there
about.
uh
You
know
trying
to
reassure
the
community
about
uh
about
vaccine
safety.
um
We
have
also
you
know
it's
worth
mentioning
that
you
know
we're
also
working
to
get
sites
up
and
running,
like
at
gillette
stadium,
to
do
mass
vaccination
and
we're
open
to
um
vaccinating.
Not
only
our
patients
but
would
like
to
vaccinate
the
broader
community
as
well,
provided
we're
given
the
additional
resources.
T
Yeah,
I
just
wanted
to
add
on
to
what
dr
marshall
was
saying.
um
Thank
you
for
again
for
the
opportunity
to
having
us
here
today,
um
so
community
organizing
is
definitely
needed,
but
this
is
needed
in
addition
to
hospital
support,
as
well
as
city
support.
um
We
need
to
inform
residents
of
where
they
can
get
tested
and
also
address
the
additional
barriers
that
they
might
have,
such
as
language
barriers.
T
um
In
addition
to
that,
also,
it
was
kind
of
mentioned
earlier
kind
of
the
difficulty
getting
to
certain
locations,
especially
given
the
snow,
um
and
also
kind
of
like
emphasizing
importance
of
like
mobile
vans
and
other
um
modes
of
transportation,
in
order
to
make
sure
that
these
individuals
are
adequately
um
vaccinated
and
have
the
resources
that
they
need
during
this
time.
But
thank
you
again.
A
U
A
C
um
Just
given
the
time
counselor
arroyo
and
just
the
patience
of
folks,
I'm
I'm
gonna,
allow
you
know
I'd
like
to
community
panel
to
go,
and
then
I
can
wait
to
any
questions
towards
the
end.
A
couple
of
them
are
actually
for
the
administration
which
I'll
send
um
specifically
around
granting
organizations
on
the
ground
resources,
monetary
resources
to
be
able
to
do
this.
um
I
had
some
more
specifics
there,
including
around
the
public
awareness
campaign
right.
A
So
if
anybody
has
shown
up,
if
you
can
just
let
me
know,
uh
but
uh
we
have
diane
wilkerson
here
for
the
black
boston
cop
19
coalition,
uh
celine
pamela
for
doctors
for
america,
josiah
martinez
from
archipelago
strategies,
uh
group,
uh
claire,
louis
okolani.
I
hope
I
pronounced
that
right.
If
I
didn't
please
correct
me
uh
from
uh
a
c
e
d,
o
n
e
uh
james
morton
from
the
ymca
and
actually
sally.
Graham,
I
can't
tell
if
that's
you
in
the
attendees
list,
because
it
just
says
sally.
A
U
U
Fantastic,
thank
you
so
much
um
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
with
you
all
this
afternoon,
council
arroyo
councillor
campbell,
um
really
grateful
to
be
here.
I
want
to
convey
my
perspectives
from
a
step
back.
I
think
that
our
physician
medical
community
has
the
expertise
to
contribute,
as
it
relates
to
vaccination
sites
and
um
the
mechanisms
by
which
we
are
actually
setting
those
up.
My
perspective
is
informed
by
community
organizing
and
health
advocacy
experience,
so
my
affiliation
with
doctors
for
america
is,
as
a
public
health
professional
I've
been
in
boston
for
11
years
now.
U
There's
been
so
much
rich
information
and
experience
shared
here
already,
so
please
excuse
any
redundancies
as
just
a
reaffirmation
of
how
important
these
points
are.
I'm
going
to
share
my
screen
momentarily
just
to
make
it
easier
for
you
to
see
the
points
that
I
want
to
make
as
far
as
three
recommendations
that
I
can
share
from
my
own
work
in
the
community
as
an
independent
organizer
of
mutual
aid
efforts,
as
well
as
a
community
organizer
in
local
and
national
campaigns
around
public
health
and
health
advocacy.
U
um
These
recommendations
um
are
intended
to
not
only
thoughtfully
work
with
communities
on
vaccine
education
and
access,
but
also
consider
the
broader
context
within
which,
within
which
these
public
health,
hesitations
and
engagement
challenges
exist.
Please
excuse
I'm
also
trying
to
speak
really
fast,
so
that
I
can
make
it
under
five
minutes,
but
all
of
this
is
in
written
testimony
as
well.
U
The
first
point
being
considering
a
vaccine
education
and
access
strategy
that
is
contextualized
within
an
asset
asset-based
approach
in
order
to
increase
our
potential
messenger
population,
as
well
as
as
expand
outreach
capacity
to
deliver
that
public
health
messaging.
So
this
might
require
local
partnerships
to
identify
existing
forums
and
community
programs
that
already
have
strong
engagement
and
long-standing
presence,
tailored
messaging
to
address
specific
needs
and
concerns
within
distinct
populations
and
intentional
spaces
that
provide
trusted
leaders
with
updated
and
ongoing
vaccine
information.
U
The
second
point
here
is
around
dedicating
more
energy
and
resources
to
the
policies
and
initiatives
that
address
poverty,
joblessness,
housing,
food
insecurity.
This
is
not
just
a
public
health
crisis;
it
is
a
pandemic
that
has
laid
bare
dual
burdens
of
an
economic
crisis
as
well
that
exacerbate
existing
inequities.
U
The
pandemic
has
exacerbated
food
insecurity,
housing
insecurity,
job
insecurity,
women
are
leaving
the
workforce
all
together
to
serve
as
caregivers
and
forecasts
showed
that
the
labor
market's
not
going
to
return
to
pre-pandemic
levels
until
the
end
of
22
2022
at
best
um
with
widespread
job
loss,
cost
burden
renters
in
the
low-income
housing
market
are
particularly
vulnerable,
um
and
this
is
all
compounded
by
language
access
barriers
and
that's
been
particularly
disproportionate.
As
far
as
research
has
shown
within
the
non-english
speaking
latino
patient
community.
U
My
colleagues
at
the
mass
general
brigham
network
have
reported
a
35
percent
greater
chance
of
death
and
lower
use
of
telemedicine
services,
and
I'm
sure
this
must
extend
as
well
into
other
non-english
speaking
populations.
So
our
vaccine
outreach
strategies
and
campaigns
require
an
interdisciplinary
approach.
Given
that
we're
experiencing
a
multi-dimensional
problem,
health
is
embedded
within
all
the
policies
and
places
where
we
work
eat
play
pray.
So
toward
that
end
we
can
build
trust
by
employing
different
messengers
and
breaking
down
silos
across
council
committee.
U
U
Creating
local
community
advisory
boards,
I
think,
is
a
key
um
recommendation
to
engage
diverse
leaders
and
enable
bi-directional
engagement
for
tailored
outreach
and
education
strategies
so
that
we
can
consider
the
ethnic,
racial,
socio-economic,
political,
linguistic
diversity
of
each
municipality
that
those
demographics
in
mission
hill
versus
dorchester
versus
roxbury
versus
matapan.
I
mean
vaccine
hesitancy
is
not
monolithic.
I
think
some
of
my
colleagues
here
have
made
that
very
clear
and
so
for
some
communities,
it's
rooted
in
historical
and
current
marginalization
for
others.
U
It's
due
to
insuffic
insufficient
data
on
long-term
vaccine
side
effects
and
for
others,
they're
convinced
by
misinformation,
so
acknowledging
that
this
requires
a
pace
and
approach
that
is
unique
to
each
community
and
not
only
employs
the
right
messages,
but
also
the
right
messengers
is
really
key,
so
trusted
community
leaders
should
be
prioritized
as
messengers
and
considered
with
a
broader
context.
These
can
be
artists,
musicians,
teachers,
nonprofit
organization
leaders,
religious
leaders,
I'm
going
to
speak
to
students
at
charlestown
high
school
in
march
through
their
diploma
plus
program,
starting
there
with
youth.
U
um
These
individuals
can
all
serve
as
effective
ambassadors,
along
with
translators
and
interpreters,
um
and
so
finally,
I
just
want
to
say
uh
the
effort
to
educate,
inform
and
inspire
vaccine
confidence
requires
a
commitment
to
making
the
process
clear,
transparent
and
compassionate
with
an
eye
towards
our
community
connection
and
the
assets
that
we
already
can
leverage
within
these
places.
So
when
we
consider
all
the
strategies
and
tools
available
to
us,
this
is
our
charge.
Thank
you
again
very
much
for
having
me
be
part
of
the
panel.
A
A
V
Mr
chairman,
thank
you
um
good
afternoon.
I
want
to
thank
you,
councillor,
cam
campbell,
for
the
invitation
and
to
the
council
really
for
on
convening
this.
This
is
so
important.
I
want
to
be
brief.
um
So
so
much
of
what
is
going
on,
I
think
on
the
ground
has
been
said,
but
here's
the
thing
we
knew,
um
and
I
would
also
say
that
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
the
black
boston
clover,
19
coalition,
um
for
the
benefit
of
the
council
members,
we
came
together
back
in
the
end
of
march
of
2020.
V
Actually
one
year
next
month
there
are
now
240
members
of
the
coalition.
They
represent
clergy
residents
or
non-profit
organizations,
executive
directors,
doctors,
lawyers,
you
name
it
community
activists,
community
organizations,
it's
been
an
incred.
We
have
police
officers
and
law
enforcement
on
here's.
V
What
we
we
knew
from
the
beginning
that
when
we
heard
about
this
thing,
called
corona
virus,
which
is
what
we
all
called
it
a
year
ago,
that
it
was
bad,
that's
all
we
knew
it
was
bad,
and
so
we
also
knew
intuitively
that
if
it
was
bad,
we
were
probably
going
to
get
more
of
it
than
everybody
else,
and
so
our
first
conversation
was
about
that
it
turns
out.
We
were
right,
we
don't
like
to
be
right,
but
we
have
been
really
focused
on
um
drilling
down
on
what's
happening
in
black
and
brown
communities
around.
V
T
V
V
V
V
You
know
um
it
took
us
from
march
to
july
to
get
a
mobile
testing
site
in
roxbury.
We
focus
on
roxbury,
dorchester,
mattapan,
hyde
park
and
roslindale,
because
that
is
where
the
majority
of
the
160
000
or
so
black
and
34.
You
know
170
080
thousand
latinos
live
in
our
city,
so
that's
the
focus
of
our
community.
V
um
We
know
that
life
expectancy
for
uh
black
males
at
the
end
of
2019
was
73.2
years
of
age.
I
mean
some
sorry
69
years
of
age
and
for
a
black
female
73
notice
that
neither
of
those
numbers
is
even
so.
We
have
a
75
year
old.
You
know
age
limit
requirement
because
we
think
we're
getting
the
most
vulnerable
christ
we're
not
even
close,
uh
sometimes
to
treat
folks
the
same.
You
have
to
do
different
things
for
different
folks
and
that's
really
the
position
that
we
take.
V
If
we
were
really
doing
um
what
we
say
we
want
to
do,
and
that
is
targeting
multiple
communities
we'd
be
doing
this
totally
different.
We
would
be
targeting
people
who
are
in
that
vulnerable
age
group
and
why
it
may
make
sense
for
75
to
be
the
the
age
limit
for
white
males
and
females.
It
makes
no
sense
for
that
to
be
the
age
limit
for
black
and
latinos
it
just
doesn't.
V
Our
life
expectancy
is
very
similar,
26
um
of
of
um
boston,
um
I'm
sorry,
boston,
black
population
25,
and
you
mentioned
34
percent
of
the
deaths
that
ought
to
tell
you
something.
We
are
in
fact
the
the
widest
gap
between
a
percentage
of
population
and
deaths
from
kovid.
In
fact,
I
think
for
white
residents
of
boston
is
for
44
and
they
and
they
have
44
of
the
deaths
that
would
be.
V
We
have
co-partnered
with
the
city
of
boston
and
cic
the
company
that
has
been
hired
by
the
commonwealth
to
manage
the
reggie
lewis
track.
So
um
a
much
of
the
the
the
the
press
and
the
last
10
days,
there's
been
an
article
every
single
day,
if
you
can,
if
you
think
about
it,
about
the
disparities
that,
in
and
of
itself,
is
because
people
like
yourself
and
the
counselors
and
are
talking,
and
so
it's
changing
a
little
bit
of
what
the
governor's
doing
we're
still
not
there.
V
I
can
tell
you
that
when
we
started
our
tobacco
cessation
program
in
the
90s,
uh
we
were
targeting
latino
teenagers
um
like
and
black
women,
because
that
was
where
the
the
industry
was
targeting
their
money.
We
had
a
requirement
that
uh
20
of
that
tobacco
cessation
money
had
to
go
to
culturally
competent
uh
and
ethnic
marketing
firms.
Every
one
of
them
that
you
can
imagine
uh
was
was
doing
work
around
fashioning
a
program,
fashioning
messages,
this
administration,
despite
the
fact
that
they've
now
received
over
three
billion
dollars
from
the
feds.
V
It's
not
even
our
money
right
like
they
get
reimbursed
for
100
of
what
they
do
has
has
spent
a
total
of
2.5
million
dollars,
hired
one
latino
company,
one
black
owned
company
and
they
and
he's
bragging
because
they
have
a
a
message.
Our
fundamental
problem
right
now,
if
you
want
to
know
what's
not
working,
is
that
our
folks
are
not
in
the
wavelength
they're,
not
in
the
position
they're,
not
in
the
space,
where
they're
even
hearing
about
what's
happening.
It's
not
that
we
have
an
overwhelming
number
of
people
who
are
hesitant
right
now.
V
I'm
getting
pictures
text
to
me
about
the
large
number
of
black
seniors
that
are
at
the
reggie
lewis.
Today,
the
city
of
boston
pushed
opening
that
center
soon
because
they
knew
we
needed
to
get
something
open.
But
the
cic
takes
over
the
operation
of
the
reggie
lewis
on
the
25th
of
this
month,
and
so
I'm
grateful
to
the
city
that
they
recognize
the
need
to
do
something,
but
they
don't
do
the
scheduling
the
we've
now
had
we're
on
our
third
registration
process
for
the
state,
and
none
of
them
are
working.
The
211
doesn't
work.
V
I
think
that's
the
only
way
this
is
going
to
work.
I
the
most
important
thing
that
you
all
can
do
as
city
officials
is
to
is
to
follow
the
money
and
watch
the
money,
because
somehow
it's
just
not
reaching
we're
raising
money.
We
raised
money
from
amazon
and
blue
cross
blue
shield
that
we're
going
to
have
uber
and
lyft
transportation
for
any
and
every
senior.
So
when
we're
calling
them
to
schedule
an
appointment,
we're
also
going
to
schedule
the
transportation
appointment
and
yeah,
you
know
we
shouldn't
be
half.
V
We
shouldn't
have
to
be
doing
that,
but
for
us
at
this
point
it's
about
whatever
we
got
to
do
to
keep
people
alive
because
the
commonwealth,
the
government,
the
governor,
has
not
been
responsive.
You
know
when,
when
mentee
asked
for
a
meeting
with
him
this
summer,
he
said
I
already
met
with
the
latino
business
group.
What
do
you
want
when.
V
But
boston
black
covert,
19
coalition,
asked
to
meet
with
him.
His
staff
said
he's
too
busy
working
on
covid.
That's
that's
the
level
of
response
that
he's
taken
this
every
time.
We've
had
a
a
crisis
whether
it
was
uh
you
know,
4
000
people
showing
up
on
on
talbot
ave,
called
them
no
response,
and-
and
I
just
feel
that
that
is
the
that
is
the
most
important
thing
you
can
do-
we're
excited
about
what's
happening
at
reggie
lewis,
we're
insisting
that
they
have
black
doctors-
black
nurses,
um
they're
supposed
to
be
dr
santiago.
V
We,
he
is
the
one
who
put
us
in
touch
with
the
folks
at
brigham
and
women,
we're
looking
to
do
the
exact
same
thing.
So
literally
that
will
be
the
mass
site,
but
we
still
have
to
have
all
of
the
smaller
sites
that
was
talked
about
earlier,
so
people
can
get
there,
but
we're
in
a
race
really
a
race
to
get
as
many
of
our
people
vaccinated
before
we
start
seeing
what
is
happening
uh
with
this
variant,
because
it's
rolling
over
and
rolling
through
communities,
and
particularly
the
south
african
variant
and
uk,
it's
devastating
communities.
V
We
now
it's
now
here
and
it's
ravaging
and
it's
not
even
clear
that
our
vaccine
is
going
to
fight
them
and
so,
like
I
said,
there's
so
much.
I
could
tell
you
and
talk
about
this
because
we
literally
the
coalition
is
doing
vaccine
every
day,
we're
meeting
with
them
today
around
we've,
given
them
names
of
uh
translators
to
translate
all
of
the
materials.
V
But
our
folks
don't
know
we're
in
it
and
didn't
know
matt
that
reggie
lewis
was
coming
until
the
weekend
that
it
was
opening.
So
we
have
a
major
information
problem.
It's
easy
to
say
to
talk
about
the
hesitancy
and
the
hesitancy
is
real,
but
you
gotta
also
know
that
fifty
percent,
sixty
percent
of
our
people,
have
no
idea
what
what
tuskegee
is.
They
don't
have
any
idea.
That's
not
why
they're
not
going
it's
not
about
tuskegee
50
years
ago,
it's
about
last
week
when
they
saw
the
governor
say
your
your
priority.
V
So
let
me
put
a
site
at
gillette
stadium,
that's
not
where
we
live,
and
then
of
course,
oh,
my
goodness,
so
let
you
know
your
priority.
Vulnerable,
black
and
latino
communities
are
priority.
So,
let's
put
us
a
a
a
site
at
fenway
like
wait,
a
minute
uh
hello,
that's
not
where
we
live,
and
so
he
says:
okay,
fine,
okay,
let's
put
one
in
south
boston,
so
reggie
lewis
is
the
fourth
site.
You
know
this.
Isn't
this
isn't
funny?
This
is
so
crazy
because
it's
so
obvious
that
what
he's
doing
is
not
making
sense.
V
If
the
goal
is
to
save
black
and
latino
lives,
we
got
to
get
louder
and
we
got
to
stop
being
nice
because
he
clearly
is
not
getting
this.
I
don't
even
know
if
people
understand
that
reggie
lewis
is
the
fourth
site
that
he
put
in
the
city
when
he
stood
in
front
of
a
mic
and
said
that
the
vulnerable
communities,
black
and
latino
communities
are
our
priority.
V
A
H
So,
thank
you
very
much
counselor
arroyo
and
councillor
campbell
for
creating
this
opportunity
for,
for
all
of
us
to
uh
to
hear
and
learn
um
all
that
we've
been
able
to
hear
and
learn
this
afternoon.
This
has
been
an
incredible
panel
and
I
appreciate
having
the
opportunity
to
to
sit
here
and
listen
to
such
uh
incredible
eloquence
on
the
part
of
so
many
folks
deeply
committed
to
making
sure
that
we
get
this
vaccine.
H
As
it's
been
said
in
the
arms
of
um
as
many
folks
as
we
can
um
so
you
know
I
I
I
I'm
I'm
moved
to
to
share
that.
I
believe
that
what
what
this
conversation
has
exhibited
is
a
community's
response
to
the
issue
and
our
our
collective
uh
commitment
to
partnering
with
each
other
to
do
whatever
we
need
to
do
in
order
to
expedite
the
vaccination
distribution
process,
but
also
to
share
the
information
that
needs
to
be
shared
in
order
for
us
to
feel
comfortable.
H
um
Getting
the
vaccine
uh
and
we've
got
good
reason
for
not
being
comfortable.
You
know,
you
know.
Diane
wilkinson,
senator
wilkinson
um
uh
indicated
that
that
not
a
whole
lot
of
folks,
uh
remember
uh
tuskegee,
but
but
I
do
remember
tuskegee.
It's
part
of
my
uh
historic
dna
um
and-
and
so
I
suspect
well,
I
already-
I
already
know
that
um
I
have.
H
So
so,
how
are
we
going
to
go
about
sharing
this
information,
this
awareness
and
then
also
creating
more
of
those
opportunities,
spaces
and
places
in
the
community
where
the
vaccine
uh
can
actually
um
be
administered?
And
I
think
the
part
of
that
answer
is
engaging
our
community
based
organizations.
uh
uh
You
know,
I'm
really,
I'm
really
happy
to
say
that
that
there
are
several
uh
hospitals
that
that
have
been
on
this
uh
on
this
uh
panel
uh
with
whom
the
ymca
partners.
H
These
are
the
community-based
organizations
that
are
serving
the
children
of
the
families,
who
must
go
to
work
each
and
every
day
through
our
community
learning
centers.
These
are
the
organizations
that
are
providing
emergency
child
care
to
essential
workers
when
essential
workers
needed
emergency
child
care.
H
These
are
organizations
that
have
fed
um
a
community
and
addressed
issues
of
of
of
food
insecurity
and
hunger
prevention
over
the
last
12
months,
and
so
those
are
the
organizations
that
we
now
must
rely
upon
to
disseminate
accurate
and
clear
information
to
folks
about
the
vaccine
and
those
are
the
places
and
spaces
that
that
also
need
to
be
called
upon
to
participate
in
the
vaccination
distributions
strategies
that
get
created
created
in
our
city.
And
so
uh
with
all
of
that,
I'm
I'm
excited
about
what
I've
learned
today.
H
Every
effort
should
be
made
to
make
as
many
vaccines
available
to
as
many
of
our
bostonians
and
folks
across
the
country.
Obviously,
as
we
as
we
possibly
as
we
possibly
can
so
um
I
will,
I
will
limit
my
comments
to
to
those
and
and
thank
everyone
for
uh
for
their
uh
amazing
contributions.
To
this
conversation.
A
Today,
thank
you
so
much
for
that
uh
and
I'm
as
the
counselor
for
hyde
park
at
high
park
president.
I'm
obviously
deeply
appreciative
that
the
high
park
y
is
opening
up
their
doors.
That
way,
uh
I'm
gonna
go
to
uh
josie
martinez,
followed
by
claire
louise
okalani.
I
believe
he's
here,
and
so
so
after
josiana
will
be
you
and
then
finally
sally
graham
uh
so,
but
that'll
be
the
order
and
then
we'll
open
it
up
to
questions
so
joseon
martinez.
The
floor
is
yours.
W
Thank
you
sherman
and
thank
you
councilor
campbell
and
all
of
the
counselors
for
having
me
here.
It's
an
honor
to
be
here
today,
sharing
with
you
my
experiences,
I'm
going
to
share
my
screen,
because
I
did
prepare
a
presentation
for
you
uh
and
what
I
want
to
present
to
you
today
is
a
couple
of
case
studies
uh
in
things
that
I
worked
and
diane
wilkerson
mentioned
that
there
were
a
couple
of
agencies
that
were
hired
by
the
state.
W
Yes,
I
worked
with
the
state,
I'm
proud
of
the
work
that
we
did
with
the
state,
and
I
want
to
show
you
some
of
the
things
that
I
I
think
could
be
applicable
for
this,
uh
as,
as
we
think
about
vassin,
you
know
campaigns.
You
know.
First
of
all,
I'm
the
ceo
and
founder
of
asg
asg
is
a
social
marketing
firm.
uh
uh
All
the
marketing
we
do
is
marketing
with
purpose.
W
We
do
marketing
to
leave
people
in
a
better
place,
um
and
so
I
have
two
examples
to
present
to
you
today:
community
tracing
collaborative
uh
and
covet
enforcement
and
information
task
force.
uh
Like
I
said,
you
know
minority
on
one
of
the
few
minority
businesses
that
have
been
engaged
in
some
of
these
strategies
by
the
state.
uh
um
These
are
some
of
the
people
that
we're
proud
to
partner
uh
and
basically
to
people
these.
These
organizations
hire
us
to
help
them
understand,
develop
and
execute
their
vision
to
uh
change,
uh
behaviors
and
change
behaviors.
W
W
You
know
you
can't
put
together
a
strategy
if
you
don't
understand
who
your
audience
is
right,
and
this
is
part
of
the
issue
with
many
of
the
campaigns
that
are
there,
that
okay
sounds
very
cute,
but
in
reality
it
doesn't
translate
to
different
languages,
and
it's
an
example
that
people
haven't
taken
the
chance
to
segment
the
the
population
right
to
look.
For
example,
when
we
work
with
the
community
tracing
collaborative,
we
look
at
the
hot
spots.
W
We
look
at
the
languages
that
were
spoken
in
those
individual
hot
spots.
We
look
at
the
number
of
cases.
We
looked
at
the
rates,
but
we
also
look
at
the
social
economical.
You
know
uh
level
of
these
communities
right
and
you
know
important
to
say
that
boston,
you
know,
uh
is
measured
differently
than
the
state.
The
state
has
some
set
of
data,
which
is
different
from
how
boston
measures
you
know
the
cases
right
you
know,
and
then
you
start
you
know.
W
Obviously,
after
you
do
your
secondary
research
and
start,
you
know
when
we
were
hired
by
the
community
tracing
collaborative
it
was
in
april.
There
was
no
time
you
need
to
put
together
a
campaign
now
and
it
needs
to
be
a
campaign
that
is
brought,
but
at
the
same
time
is
granular
micro,
targeted
and
in
multiple
languages
right.
W
Okay,
yeah,
hulu,
comcast,
pandora,
wwr,
spotify,
don't
forget
about
our
ethnic
media
right
because
they
play
an
enormous
role
in
communi,
not
only
communicating
but
influencing
our
community
and
yeah.
I
put
these
people
here.
The
majority
of
the
media
buys
forget
about
them
right.
The
majority
of
the
people
who
do
media
buys
don't
deal
with
a
la
tele
boston
in
haitian
and
ricardo,
knows
them
very,
very
radio,
concorde
or
rimo,
or
tnt
radio
in
dorchester
for
a
vietnamese
community
or
our
aura.
The
noticia
for
brazilian
is.
W
It
is
important
that
we
engage
these
people
in
the
conversation,
because,
first
of
all,
we
need
to
educate
this.
um
This.
This
influences
already
have
a
reach
into
the
community,
but
they
can
be
our
ambassadors
too.
They
they,
if
we
show
them
a
little
bit
of
respect
and
put
money
into.
You
know
the
programming
they'll,
make
sure
that
you
have
more
space
that
what
you
buy.
You
know
to
communicate
the
message
right
and,
and
then
how
do
we
make
this
in
multiple
languages
in
a
way
that
is
faster
right?
W
You
know
uh
what
we
learn
also
is
that
we
cannot
uh
uh
we.
We
can
not
do
this
without
social
media
nowadays,
the
the
way
to
really
micro
target
the
most
efficient
way
to
micro
target
people
is
using
digital
media
right,
so
our
ictc
paid
ads
target
families
in
a
specific
in
a
specific
hospital,
and
this
was
a
lot
of
work
right
by
language
by
geography
by
language
by
by
income,
and
you
know
we
were
tracking
all
of
that
right
uh
in
multiple
languages.
W
In
addition
to
that,
uh
you
know,
this
is
some
of
the
the
results
that
we
achieved.
You
know
in
a
very
limited
time.
Our
contract
was
basically
a
beginning
of
uh
end
of
this.
This
this
uh
this
this
advertisement
campaign
communication
campaign
was
available
between
the
end
of
april
and
uh
between
the
end
of
april
and
end
of
june,
took
pretty
much
not
a
lot
of
time
to
educate
people
about
contact
tracing,
but
because
we
were
so
micro
targeted
because
we
trusted
on
on
ethnic
media.
W
We
got
excellent
results
in
terms
of
reach
in
terms
of
impressions,
in
terms
of
you
know,
getting
the
message
out
there
in
a
very
different
way:
community
town
halls
and
uh
councillor
arroyo
here,
our
chairman,
you
know-
has
participated
in
many
of
them.
You
know
this
is
something
that
we
started
way
in
april,
where
we
will
get
uh
all
these
community
leaders.
W
Oh
well,
I
guess
contact
racing
is
important
and
I
will
answer
that
call
and
we
did
multiple,
multiple
con
town
halls
and
we
combined
you
know:
elected
officials
like
mayor
dan,
rivera
with
community
uh
uh
leaders
and
folks
uh
from
the
community,
not
necessarily
leaders
right
to
have
this
honest
conversation,
but
what
we
made
different
is
that
we
did.
We
didn't
just
put
a
zoom
conversation
out
there.
We
went
and
talked
to
the
haitian
radio
producer
and
say:
can
you
broadcast
this?
W
For
me,
we
went
and
talked
to
uh
uh
uh
la
mega
and
said:
can
you
broadcast
this
for
me
right?
So
we
were
not
only
broadcasting
this
monsoon,
we
went
to
alberto
vasayo
and
say
alberto
vasayo.
Can
you
broadcast
this
for
me
and
then
we're
not
only
having
a
conversation
in
soon,
but
then
we
have
1.8
views
in
less
than
a
week.
W
1.8K
views
in
one
in
less
than
a
week.
This
particular
conversation
here
was
in
spanish.
All
of
them
were
in
language
right.
We
have
experts
talking
in
the
language
of
the
community
that
we
were
talking
and
answering
questions
and
we
were
receiving
questions
through
the
chat
and
then
answering
those
questions
right
there
in
the
community.
The
good
thing
about
doing
these
things
is
that
they
live
on
facebook.
People
can
come
back
to
this
link
and
continue
to
watch
these
conversations
at
the
end
of
july.
Seventy-Five
percent
of
the
phone
calls
uh
respo.
W
We
had
a
75
call
response
rate,
which
is
great.
Many
people
answered
the
phone
right
based
on
the
quad
after
we
finished
that
we
did
some
qualitative
research
you
know
in
august,
and
what
we
found
after
doing
multiple
focus
groups
with
different
groups
in
different
languages
is
that
they
were
aware
of
what
contact
tracing
was
and
had
an
understanding
of
how
it
works,
and
that
to
us
is
success.
W
W
So
we
were
hired
by
the
commonwealth
task
force
uh
to
come
up
with
a
name,
a
campaign
in
different
languages,
a
media
buy
and
also
a
community,
a
group
of
100,
more
than
100
ambassadors
from
the
community
to
go
and
talk
to
people
in
person.
Segmentation
look
almost
the
same
as
ctc
we're
looking
at
hot
spots,
we're
looking
at
languages,
we're
looking
about
incomes,
we're
looking
at
geography
to
make
sure
that
we
can
prepare
a
very
granular
micro
target
uh
uh
effort
uh
to
to
convey
their
message
right.
W
The
messages
uh
were
around
love
too,
because
a
lot
of
the
research
that
was
coming
is
like
people
would
do
this
for
the
people
they
love.
This
campaign
is
still
running
right
uh
or
full
disclosure.
You
know,
I
still
have
you
know
some
ads
running,
but
I
want
to
show
you
some
of
the
things
that
are
having
an
enormous
success,
this
testimony
from
gladys
oliveira.
It's
only
been
on
facebook
on
instagram
for
a
week,
and
it's
already
having
more
than
a
hundred
thousand
views
and
more
than
300
shares
right.
Let
me
show
you.
X
X
X
W
All
right,
so,
while
we
have
this
campaign
going
out
there,
while
we
have
all
this
communication
in
multiple
languages,
I
also
have
individuals
in
different
communities:
nine
communities
right,
distributing
materials,
knocking
on
doors,
creating
partnerships.
You
know
we
distribute
more
than
a
1.1
pieces
of
you
know,
ppe.
W
We
learn
about
communities
that
they
couldn't
buy,
a
mask
that
they
would
rather
have.
You
know,
reusable
masks.
We
learned
that
communities
were
sharing
masks.
We
learned
things
that
were
important,
but
most
important.
These
people
were
part
of
community
organizations
right
and
you
know
a
lot
has
been
said
here
about
partnering
with
community
organizations.
W
I
fully
agree
with
that,
but
there's
got
to
be
a
comprehensive
campaign,
a
unified
message
and
a
structure
for
those
community
uh
community
organizations
to
work
off
right
and
that's
gotta,
be
data
collection,
three
models
of
engagement,
tabling
supermarkets
where
people
go.
If
anything
you
know
people
go
to
supermarkets
and
pharmacies,
so
we
were
there
business
walks.
We
were
there
distributing
signs
right.
We
were
partnering
with
uh
businesses
and
saying:
can
I
give
you
a
hand,
sanitizer
stand
for
you
for
your
business.
They
will
take
care
of.
W
They
will
take
it
and
then
we
put
together
care
kit
drops
because
we
found
out
that
people
needed
this
ppp
ppe
and
needed
more
information.
They
needed
to
know
where
the
the
testing
sites
were
partnerships.
You
know,
like
I
said,
partnerships
with
different
community
uh
with
with
different
organizations,
but
also
with
the
boards
of
health
right
and
making
sure
that
they
also
have
all
of
our
content.
Right
um
here
are
some
examples
of
community
uh
in
different
communities.
uh
Doing
standouts
going
out.
There
posting
signs,
delivering
ppe
and
barber
chops
churches,
beauty
salon
bodegas.
W
But
the
point
here
uh
that
I
want
to
make
is
that
you
know
if
we
want
to
think
about
uh
campaign
uh
strategy,
uh
it
has
to
be
a
unified
campaign.
It
has
to
be
consistent
that
I
I
hate
to
see
so
many
messages.
You
know
that
are
you
know
trying
to
communicate
the
same
thing.
um
I
think
that's
not
gonna
work
also.
W
It
has
to
be
culturally
relevant,
and
this
is
not
just
about
translating
please
translating
is
great,
but
if
you
don't
make
a
message
from
the
beginning,
culturally
relevant
is
not
going
to
go
anywhere
right.
It's
about
understanding
your
audience
peer-to-peer.
Yes,
that's
what
works.
We
want
peer-to-peer.
What
I
would
recommend
is
a
structure
for
the
community
organizations
right
in
where
they
can
report
data.
W
I
recommend
a
geo
tv
vaccine
campaign
where
we
go
door
to
door
and
we
talk
to
people
in
their
language
and
we
collect
data
about
the
levels
of
hesitancy
that
people
have
so
that
we
can
come
back
to
the
boards
of
health
and
say
we
have
a
problem
in
hyde
park.
We
probably
have
to
come
back
and
recalibrate
our
message.
W
I
do
believe
that
we
need
mobile
vaccinations.
uh
Dpv
strategies
as
partnering
uh
with
mass
general
to
do
testing
in
east
boston
and
other
hard
hit
areas
they
are
equipped
to
do
the
same,
to
bring
vaccinations
to
the
community
and
um
in
in
closing.
I
think
you
know
that
everybody
has
the
best
intentions
here.
You
know,
but
we
have
to
be
intentional.
W
A
E
Thank
you,
counselor
arroyo
and
uh
councillor
campbell
for
the
invitation
um
to
all
colleagues
protocol
observed.
Thank
you
for
all
being
here
and
sharing
a
lot
of
points
that
I
uh
some
I
didn't
know
and
some
that
um
are
pretty
much
the
same,
that
I'm
um
the
same
that
I'm
gonna
mention
in
this
meeting.
uh
Sorry,
in
this
hearing
um
back
to
the
uh
former
senator
wilkerson,
said
something
very
important,
um
different
strokes
for
different
folks,
and
I
think
it's
crucial
to
have
that
cultural
understanding.
E
As
my
uh
as
uh
I'm
sorry,
I
didn't
get
her
name,
but
I'll
get
it.
um
As
my
former
colleague
said,
it's
very
important
to
bring
that
cultural
aspect
into
the
discussion
of
making
sure
these
vaccinations
are
out.
I
will
speak
to
what's
going
on
right
now
with
the
community
that
we
serve,
which
is
predominantly
somali,
but
we
also
do
ethiopian
sudanese
to
greens
senegalese,
and
we
are
at
a
point.
We
are
in
at
a
point
where
we
have
two
forces
external
forces
pushing
against
uh
the
messaging.
E
That's
coming
out
about
vaccinations
and
one
is
having
way
too
much
information
and
not
knowing
what
to
do
with
it
and
where
to
go,
and
the
other
is
getting
misinformation.
The
latest
one
today
is
that
the
vaccine
can
turn
people
gay,
which
now
we
have
to
go
back
to
the
drawing
board
and
talk
about
that.
E
We
can
counter
each
of
those
um
independently
and
have
discussions
around
that.
But
what's
missing
from
this
particular
um
exercise,
is
the
social
capital
have
to
pay
attention
to
the
fact
that
uh
and
dr
chandler
mentioned
this,
social
capital
is
very
important
if
we
have
worked
with
a
lot
of
cbo's
in
the
last
12
months
around
food
distribution
necessities,
ppe:
these
are
the
organizations
that
need
that
have
built
the
social
capital
enough
to
make
sure
that
this
vaccination
exercise
takes
place
uh
effectively.
E
Another
thing
that
um
a
former
senator
mentioned
uh
wilkerson
mentioned
is
that
time
is
of
the
essence
we
are
now
before
it
was
a
race
towards
making
sure
that
people
were
not
infected.
Now
it's
a
race
against
the
variants
that
are
spreading
this
brazilian,
the
south
african,
the
uk
variant,
and
uh
we
need
to
still
keep
the
same
energy
and
that's
something-
and
this
was
um
something
I
realized
only
after.
E
98
of
us
actually
came
down
with
the
virus
symptomatic
and
we're
still
out
here.
So
let's
not
underestimate
how
much
effort
and
the
intent
of
everyone
on
this
call
that
we
want
to
see
this
exercise
happen.
um
A
suggestion
would
be
providing
resources
to
cbo's
that
you
have
already
formed
a
trusted
relationship
with,
as
I
can
speak
for
acid
on.
In
particular,
we
have
formed
relationships
with
all
the
communities
I
mentioned
grassroot
organizations.
E
I've
mentioned
uh
sudanese
ethiopian
and
we
have
talked
to
a
number
of
religious
institutions
and
faith-based
leaders
march
15th
is
just
too
far
it's
too
far.
I
have
intergenerational
households
and
if
I
can
assure
these
households
that
go
as
a
family
go
as
a
family,
get
this
vaccine
they're
ready
and
willing
to
go.
I
have
a
lot
of
undocumented
people
who
are
sitting
back
and
saying.
Well,
I
have
a
comorbidity,
but
I
do
not
have
um
I
I
I'm
not
in
the
phase.
So
what
what
do?
I
do?
E
um
If
we
can
use
a
model-
and
I
borrow
this
from
beth-
israel
live
work-
play
pray
model.
I
added
the
pray
because
don't
underestimate
the
the
the
the
the
fortitude
of
religious
institutions,
we
need
uh
I'll
speak
for
muslims
who
are
ramadan
is
coming
up
in
a
month
and
getting
all
these
mosques
on
board
to
have
sites
is
definitely
going
to
speed
things
up
within
that
community,
because
this
is
the
holiest
month.
It's
doing
right
by
everybody,
and
uh
this
is
something
that
I
think
you
can
take
advantage
of.
E
uh
I
won't
take
too
much
time.
uh
Everybody
has
made
valid
points.
Oh
one,
more
thing:
um
counselor
flynn
was
absolutely
right
about
the
digital
divide,
it's
very
real
and
uh
we
need
to
streamline
that
as
much
as
possible,
whether
it's
through
cbo's
and
we
have
to
do
the
calling
we
have
to
do
the
reaching
out.
We
are
ready.
N
Here
I
am
finally
I'm
fully
getting
up
to
speed
on
this.
uh
Thank
you
all
for
calling
this
hearing.
Thank
you,
councilor
campbell
uh
councillor
arroyo.
um
I
appreciate
everybody's
time
and
effort,
and
certainly
I
feel
like
I've
been
sitting
in
a
seminar
for
the
last
couple
of
hours.
Just
learning
quite
a
bit.
N
N
They
don't
know
what
they're
doing
I'm
getting
double
stories
you
have
to
have
access
um
on
the
internet.
There
are
a
lot
of
seniors
in
my
neighborhood
who
do
not
have
internet
access,
and
when
I
tried
to
go
on
to
help
out
a
neighbor
that
I
was
directed
first
to
walgreens,
where
you
had
to
have
an
account,
so
there
was
no
account,
so
you
couldn't
get
on
through
that.
2-1-1
was
not
up
and
running
over
the
weekend.
There
is
an
age.
N
You
know
a
state
assistant
number
that
doesn't
operate
on
weekends,
um
so
I
think
that
there
have
been
a
lot
of
missteps.
I
understand
that
the
city
is
at
the
bottom
of
the
you
know,
from
the
federal
government
to
the
state
government.
The
state
government's
response
has
been
um
abysmal,
um
pathetic
and
the
city
I
think,
is
starting
to
come
together
and
get
things
done,
but
it's
been
a
very
chao,
I'm
not
I'm
not
telling
you
guys
anything
that
you
don't
already
know
with
the
chaos
and
the
confusion
um
I
think
going
forward.
N
The
person
told
us,
you
had
to
be
a
patient
so
that
we
scratched
that
off
the
list
because
she's
not
a
patient
there,
but
just
now
she
called
me
at
the
beginning
of
this
meeting
to
say
that
she
had
run
into
another
neighbor
who
had
gone
to
codman
square
yesterday
with
an
appointment,
but
he
two
friends
had
gone
with
him,
who
did
not
have
an
appointment,
and
apparently
there
was
some
excess
vaccine,
so
they
were
given
a
shot.
That
is
all
totally
appropriate.
N
There's
no
problem
with
that,
except
that
now
you've
a
whole
layer
of
misinformation
has
been
created
because
we
were
told
one
thing:
you
have
to
be
a
patient
and
then
she
finds
out
from
a
neighbor
who
goes
that
they
just
got
a
shot.
She
didn't
know
anything
about
there
being
you
know
excess
vaccine
or
anything.
N
So
I
think
everybody's
going
to
need
to
go
forward
with
a
lot
of
transparency
and
a
lot
of
honesty
and
a
lot
of
directness
um
and-
uh
and
I
think
also
the
state
has
made
it
incredibly
complicated
and
I
think
a
good
message
needs
to
be
that
keep
it
simple
and
make
it
so
that
people
can
get
to
it
um
going.
You
know
I
heard
uh
senator
wilkerson
talk
about.
You
know
fenway
and
gillette,
which
is
just
it's
absurd.
N
um
Most
people
don't
have
cars
or,
if
they're
lucky
enough,
somebody
can
take
them
a
couple
of
blocks.
um
So
uh
that's
about
all.
I
have
to
say.
I
think
it
sounds
to
me,
like
a
lot
of
people
are
doing
a
lot
of
really
hard
work
in
many
different
arenas
and
many
different
levels,
and
I
think
it
it
is
coming
together
and
it
will
come
together,
but
there's
still
a
lot
of
work
to
be
done
and
I
think
the
closer
that
resources
can
be
directed
to
the
to
the
ground
level
to
the
granular
level.
N
A
Thank
you
so
much,
and
so
uh
for
the
remaining
counselors,
uh
which
I
believe
is
myself
uh
counselor,
campbell
and
counselor
media.
uh
I
had
time
limits
prior
to
this.
I'm
not
gonna
have
time
limits
on
this,
because
so
many
other
counselors
have
dropped
off
um
so
there'd,
be
one
round
ask
the
questions
until
you
feel
satisfied
um
in
terms
of
how
we
do
this.
A
C
um
Thank
you,
council
royal,
and
thank
you
to
this
last
group
of
panelists.
You
know,
obviously
you
guys
have
busy
schedules
you're
out
there
saving
lives
and
to
stay
on
this
long.
I
am
grateful.
um
I
will
tell
you
and
I
I
was
telling
council
royal
this
offline,
I'm
a
little
disappointed
that
the
you
know
the
administration
had
to
jump
off,
because
I
want
them
to
hear
what
you
guys
are
seeing
and
experiencing
on
the
ground,
so
it
can
inform
changes
to
their
strategy
right
or
get
them
to
think
outside
the
box.
C
C
You
know
all
kinds
of
folks
that
can
play
a
role
through
this
peer-to-peer
contact
to
get
folks
information
to
be
a
point
of
contact
to
give
them
transportation
and
everything
else.
They
need
to
get
that
vaccine
and
get
back
home
and
continue
to
have
that
follow-up
to
check
in
on
them
resources,
but
I'm
also
hearing,
in
addition
to
granting
organizations
some
level
resources
and
monetary
resources.
C
We
also
need
to
be
thinking
about.
Who
actually
is
best
to
coordinate
all
of
these
players,
because
one
of
the
things
I
do
not
think
we're
doing
well
is
coordinating
all
the
players.
I
think
that's
just
evident
from
this
hearing
everyone's
doing
some
wonderful
things
we
all
had
to
reach
out
to
you
individually
to
say,
join
our
meeting,
um
but
we're
not
coordinating.
I
don't
think
we
always
do
that
best
internally,
at
city
hall,
we're
all
working
on
it.
We
all
we're
working
on
it,
but
then
externally.
C
So
I'm
curious
to
hear
from
your
perspective,
and
maybe
it's
not
the
city
that
should
be
doing
this
right.
Maybe
it's
offering
up
more
grants
and
resources
to
organizations
externally
to
help
us
do
the
marketing
campaign,
the
organization
operations,
but
I'm
curious
to
hear
your
response
to
that
question,
because
I
just
do
not
think
that
we're
doing
an
effective
job
of
coordinating
all
these
stakeholders
of
ensuring
we're
delivering
the
same
message,
responding
to
the
same
fears,
maintaining
data
sharing
data
with
each
other.
C
V
So
counselor,
I
would
say
that
uh
if
I
could
yeah
um
our
relationships
and
our
connects
have
been
different
in
phases
when
kovic
first
started,
uh
when
we
were
trying
to
figure
out
the
what
we're
trying
to
figure
out
the
uh
you
know,
the
impact
you
know
school
much
of
our
conversations
was
was
with
the
city
and
we
were
frustrated
because
we
did
not
think
they
had
answers
right.
um
The
testing
was
this
kind
of
the.
What
was
the
testing
tracking
and
tracing
was
the
next
phase.
V
You
know
in
um
uh
uh
charlestown,
south
boston,
brighton,
you
know
what
I
mean
it
didn't
make
any
sense,
and
so
that
fight
then
became
us
and
the
city
against
the
state
and
the
city
ended
up
responding,
and
so
just
as
an
example
when
we
finally
worked
out
the
relationship
with
wither
street
and
harvard
street
to
have
them
do
the
testing
we
had.
We
got
a
flyer
the
night
before
in
june
that
they
were
we're
going
to
do
testing
in
washington
park
mall.
We
the
and
I
say,
the
boston
black
culvert
19
coalition.
V
We
sent
it
everywhere.
We
could
think
of.
They
had
755
people
who
showed
up
the
next
day
on
less
than
24
hours
notice
to
get
tested.
It
was
a
two
days
in
that
first
week
and
between
the
wednesday
and
thursday
they
had
1400
people,
and
you
know
they
kept
saying.
Well,
you
know,
you
know
black
community,
they
don't
want
to
be
tested
yeah,
they
were
looking.
We
have
such
a
major
lack
of
information.
V
The
vaccine
conversations
has
been
more
an
attempt
to
deal
with
the
state
because
they're
controlling
so
much
of
it,
but
what's
happened
now.
Is
that
because
you
know
we,
we,
the
boston
black
covert,
19
coalition,
got
a
resiliency
fund
grant,
because
the
city
knew
that
they
weren't
able
to
kind
of
be
on
the
ground,
knocking
on
the
doors
talking
about
the
testing
and
so
um
consistent
with
what
joseon
said.
You
know
we
have
we
actually
empowered
several
different
partners,
so
we
have
the
cape
verdean
association
responsible
for
that
population.
V
We
have
um
the
haitian
community
baptist
church.
We
have
a
uh
this
is
for
claire
louise.
I
wanted
her
to
know.
We
have
a
partnership
with
the
activated
massage
massachusetts
african
community
because
they
have
a
different
dialects
that
we
hadn't
really
thought
about.
So
that's
their
role.
Martin
vinay
is
our
point
person
for
the
churches.
The
black
churches,
um
dr
martin
and
elmer
friedman
are
dealing
with
our
wellness
checks.
They
both
have
teams
of
young
people
who
are
we're
on
the
call
we
call
the
seniors
every
day.
V
Shirley
schillingford
was
is
one
of
our
partners
from
the
caribbean
american
carnival
association
because
of
their
reach
with
the
caribbean
community,
and
she
has
been
our
food
partner
because
that
food
insecurity
is
real.
So
as
we're
checking
on
people,
we
have
priscilla
uh
banks
from
bg,
they
are
doing
they're
distributing
gift
cards,
so
we
have
a
form,
it's
very,
very
sophisticated.
V
If
you
haven't
seen
the
the
website,
please
go.
Take
a
look
at
the
black
boston
coalition,
black
boston
coalition
website.
It's
it's
fabulous
it
it's
very.
Every
day
we
update
it
but
you're
absolutely
right.
The
black
scene
piece
has
proven
to
be
so
problematic.
I've
learned
so
many
other
people
were
involved
in
this
process.
I'm
not
surprised
about
that.
I
understand
it.
It
could
be
more
coordinated,
but
I
think
the
point
is
that
if
we
have
a
hundred
people
out
there
just
trying
to
get
everybody,
we
can
vaccinate
it.
V
Then
then
we'll
be
successful
and
I
think
that
it
would
have
been
nice
to
be
able
to
do
it.
I'm
not
sure
we
could
reel
that
in
uh
counselor
campbell.
I
totally
agree
with
you
uh
because
we're
seeing
it
right
now
and
I
would
love
to
be
stepping
over
people.
There
is
a
fundamental
lack
of
a
communication
process
on
the
ground.
People
across
the
street
from
the
reggie
lewis
did
not
know
that
it
was
opening.
V
We
many
of
our
people
found
out
when
they
saw
the
newspaper
article
that
95
of
the
people
who
showed
up
on
february
2nd
were
white
people
from
out
of
the
community
or
out
of
boston.
So
the
governor
has
made
a
commitment
that
they're
going
to
have
days
set
aside
for
black
and
latino
communities.
So
we
will
be
the
exclusive
users
for
reggie
lewis,
how
we're
doing
that?
Cic
is
developing
a
whole
new
registration
system
and
a
process,
because
even
they
understand
that
the
one
they
have
now
doesn't
work.
V
C
So
it's
like
senator,
you
know
whether
it's
the
black
cobot
coalition,
folks
in
in
various
communities,
the
apia
community
right
who
counselor
flynn
was
lifting
up
and
we
were
trying
to
get
some
representation
here.
Everyone
is
doing
incredible
work,
but
the
you
know:
what
is
the
overarching
strategy
right
who's,
the
point
of
contact?
What's
the
timeline
attached,
how
do
we
hold
each
other
accountable
right
to
what
we
commit
to
doing
in
respective
communities
and
I
think
there
is
a
gap
and
so
for
me
it's
there.
Is
europe
as
a
city
resource
that
right.
C
If
we
cannot
do
that?
Well,
because
these
are
things
we
can
be
doing
now,
while
of
course
advocating
for
the
state
to
change
criteria,
to
give
us
the
resources
etc,
to
step
it
up.
um
So
that's
the
piece
I
really
this
want
to
hear.
You
know
some
more
on
is
what
we
can
do
jose
and
I
saw
your
hand
raised
yeah.
They
motivate
each
other.
W
I
mean,
I
think,
there's
a
real
opportunity
here
to
provide
again
structure
and
management
to
you
know
the
strategy
that
I
mean
everybody
agrees
that
we
have
to
get
you
know
to
our
community
organizations
and
and
partners
out
there,
so
they
can
amplify
the
message.
But
I
don't
think
I
mean
this
this.
These
organizations
are
already
limited
with
you
know:
management
resources.
So
there's
got
to
be
an
intentional
approach
to
manage
this
process.
W
You
know-
and
this
is
an
opportunity
to
get
them
together-
train
them
on
something
that
they
didn't
know,
giving
new
skills
right
and
maybe
these
people-
I
know
some
of
these
people
after
our
campaign
were
able
to
find
jobs
with
the
community
organizations
right
because
they
didn't
have
those
skills
right.
So
there's
a
workforce
development
opportunity
here
to
train
folks
in
the
community
to
empower
people
in
the
community,
so
they
can
go
out
there.
You
and
me
would
not
know
exactly
where
to
go
in
certain
neighborhoods,
but
they
would
know
they
know.
W
H
W
H
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
I
don't
know
that
I
could
agree
more
um
than
with
ms
martinez
around
what
she
has
just
said
and
and
so
to
the
extent
that
you
know
to
the
extent
that
ymca
could
be
a
a
contributing,
a
partner
in
that
work.
uh
You
know
I
we
we
would
love.
We
would
love
to
to
uh
to
do
that
with
you.
um
I
I
I
also
I'm
looking
at
pamal,
uh
um
I
like
what
she
had
to
say
earlier
about.
H
C
A
R
I
um
I
just
wanted
to
talk
about
one
strategy
that
people
have
been
talking
about,
that.
I
really
think
it's
going
to
work
um
as
a
medical
provider.
Also
who's
able
to
give
the
vaccine
is
really
connecting
um
so
many
people
talked
about
smaller
organizations
um
and
really
connecting
an
organization
with
a
medical
partner,
and
I
know
like
in
many
cases
that's
happened
on
large
scales.
It
sounds
like
with
some
of
the
larger
hospitals
and
health
centers,
but
I
know
there
um
are
so
many
smaller
organizations.
R
One
group
that
I
am
really
trying
to
work
with
is,
as
I
mentioned
before,
early
child
care
providers
and
teachers.
They
are
going
to
be
up
soon
and
what
is
a
coordinated
effort
for
us
to
get
it
done,
and
I
think
if,
like
I
again
as
I
talked
about,
we
have
a
plan
where
we
could
get
this
done
and
we
could
get
it
done
quickly.
R
What
I
don't
have
is
any
vaccine-
and
I
um
you
know,
have
not
been
able
to
get
that
as
a
small
medical
institution,
I'm
new,
I'm
small,
and
but
I'm
able
to
kind
of
do
a
lot
of
things
quickly.
If
I
were
to
get
it,
but
I
don't
have
it
so
I
could
work
with
um
senator
wilkinson's
groups
and
say
look
what
group
can
come
this
day
is
saturday
better,
for
you
is
this
day
evenings
you
know
I
can.
R
So
if
we
do
it
in
a
coordinated
way,
we
know
who's
coming
in.
We
actually
can
even
get
resources
to
people
at
the
same
time
that
they
need,
and
so
how
do
we
think
about
doing
that
all
at
once,
so
I
you
know,
I
just
want
to
say
that
I
am
willing
to
work
with
the
city,
the
state
and
you
know
all
of
the
city
councils,
so
many
organizations
and
I'm
excited
to
do
so,
um
and
I
look
forward
to
that
opportunity.
R
U
Thank
you.
I
wanted
to
reflect
the
question
back
when
we,
when
we
talk
about
coordination,
because
there's
so
many
dimensions
to
this
conversation,
there's
vaccine
access,
there's,
vaccine
information
and
education,
and
you
know,
there's
also
the
social
determinants
of
health
that
go
underneath
that
um
and
kind
of
underpin
the
whole
thing.
The
question
for
me
is
to
what,
at
what
levels
do
we
need
coordination
and
how
are
those
subsumed
within
an
infrastructure
that
isn't
creating
more
bureaucracy
so
that
we
are
not
um
getting
multiple
layers
of
reporting
or
multiple
connections?
U
I
mean
one
potential
solution
in
community
organizing
there's
a
snowflake
model
in
which
we
could
say
there's
a
hub,
but
then
there's
autonomy.
You
know
acro
in
different
ways
where
the
community
of
matapen,
the
community
of
east
boston,
the
community
of
dorchester.
However,
that
works
has
an
infrastructure
that
leverages
um
channels
that
are
already
working,
and
so
I
think
it
was
uh
like
uh
ms
martinez
suggested.
U
If
we
already
know
what's
working
in
these
communities
to
get
information
out,
um
the
vaccine
is
is
separate.
This
is
just
one
in
a
litany
of
other
things
that
we're
going
to
need
to
build
trust
around
it's
just
the
current.
It's
just
the
current
flavor
of
the
moment
that
we're
trying
to
to
work
on,
and
so,
if
we're
thinking
about
it
in
that
perspective,
identifying
the
right
community
partners
empowering
them
with
information.
U
U
S
Yep
um
joe
fantastic
points
made
by
shalini-
and
I
just
want
to
add
on-
I
think
that
that,
as
the
city
council,
uh
you
guys
had
the
power
to
bring
us
all
together
today
and
I
think
that
um
going
forward
what
we
need
to
do
is
get
everybody
into
one
room.
To
have
some
of
these
broader
conversations,
because
it
looks
to
me
uh
based
on
everything
I've
heard
you
know.
Obviously
I
didn't
know
everything
that
was
going
on
with
the
community
work.
S
um
If
you
look
at
who's
been
vaccinated
across
the
state,
a
lot
of
people
have
brought
up
numbers,
but
massachusetts
releases,
the
the
the
number
of
people
that
have
been
vaccinated
in
in
different
communities,
and
it's
only
three
percent
for
black
people
and
three
percent
for
uh
our
latinx
population.
um
And
and
if
you
look
at
that
that
that
says
that
we're
we
are
now
talking
about
just
equitable
distribution,
where
we
should
be
talking
about
actually
overcompensating
at
this
point.
S
So
we
need
to
have
these
conversations
exactly
sooner
rather
than
later,
and
so
we
need
to
you
guys,
have
the
power
to
bring
us
together
and-
and
I
would
love
to
see-
a
committee
where
we
all
get
together
and
just
have
these
discussions.
We're
able
to
split
off
like
a
like
shalini
suggested
into
into
the
snowflake
pattern.
Do
community
work?
Do
healthcare
work,
recruit
people
into
from
these
communities
into
the
jobs,
to
distribute
and
education
and
give
out
the
vaccines.
U
C
C
But
there's
a
strategy
attached
and
that
we
don't
feel
like
we're
out
on
our
own
and
what
I
was
hearing.
It's
not
just
about
granting
organizations
resources,
and
we
should
definitely
be
doing
that,
but
we
should
also
be
making
more
resources
available
to
an
awareness
campaign
and
to
other
organizations
that
have
maybe
an
operation
strategy
in
certain
communities
of
color.
That
track
record
of
doing
that.
Well,
that
we
should
be
making
resources
available
for
those
type
of
organizations
too,
to
help.
V
Us
so
counselor-
uh
and
this
is
to
you,
mr
chairman,
as
well.
The
thing
that's
different
here
is
that
we
have,
because
you
have
different
funding
sources.
You
have
different
power
sources
and
that's
really
unusual,
but
so
so
by
that
I
mean
this.
There's
money
coming
from
the
state
there's
money
coming
from
the
hospitals,
the
hospitals
right
at
the
beginning,
when
in
june,
when
the
announcement
was
made
about
vaccines,
um
we
actually
went
to
brigham
and
women
and
then
fenway
community
health
center
who
partnered
with
astrazeneca.
V
They
came
to
us
so
we're
meeting
with
them
separately.
Then
we
get
a
call
from
beth
israel.
They
are
connected
with
johnson
and
johnson
and
I
think
bmc
is
with
pfizer
right
and
so
you've
got
to
have
a
conversation
with
each
of
those
hospitals
and
then
the
commonwealth
has
their
funding
source
and
they
are
putting
it
out
there
in
different
ways.
So
so
you
gotta
run
and
then
the
city
has
a
funding
source,
but
I
think
the
power
source
is
in
government
because
at
any
time
that
you
all
call
people
together,
they
have
to
come.
V
They
may
not
like
it
and
they
may
not
like
they
may
walk
slow,
but
eventually
they
have
to
come,
and
so
you
have
a
power
to
do
something
that
we
can't
do
and
that's
the
same.
You
know
my
same
thought
about
the
gov,
the
governor's
totally.
He
says
out
to
lunch
on
this,
and
I
don't
know
if
we're
going
to
be
able
to
change
that.
I
really
don't,
but
um
we
have
so
much
at
stake
here
like
it.
V
It
doesn't
get
any
more
serious
than
life
and
death
for
real,
and
so
um
I
would
really
really
really
implore
you
to
flex
that
that
that
muscle
we've
been
working
with
council
mejia
we've
been
working
with
you
on
different
aspects
of
this
around
just
the
response
I
mean,
I
I
tell
people
about
the
experience
that
we
had
over
the
whole
summer
when
people
were
bucking,
the
the
the
you
know,
no,
no
get
no
big
gathering
the
compliance
and
the
masking,
and
you
saw
what
happened.
They
had
a
big
party
in
cohasset.
V
They
had
a
big
party
in
chatham,
they
had
a
party
in
in
lincoln
and
then
the
kids
came
back
over
labor
day
at
bc
and
they
had
like
an
emergency
public
health
meeting.
The
state
of
massachusetts
called
the
mayor
of
newton
and
the
mayor
of
boston
and
the
public
health
commissions
from
both
towns,
both
cities
and
brought
the
state
department
of
public
health
and
and
had
a
meeting
because
17
students
got
caught
at
a
party.
Over
labor
day.
We
had
4
000
people
on
talbot
avenue
the
week
before,
and
the
governor
calls
the
state
police.
V
Cohasset
they
sent
their
public
health
folks
chatham.
They
sent
the
public
health
folks,
boston,
harbor,
remember
the
big
boat
crews,
they
you
know
they
talked
about
a
fine,
but
they
met
with
them.
They
sent
and
ended
up
talking
with
people
who
were
there
about
public
health
for
for
dorchester
for
the
black
and
latino
communities
that
were
that
were
celebrating
that
week
they
sent
the
state
police.
V
That's
always
been
my
issue
and
the
governor's
response.
When
the
press
said
communities
of
color
little
concerned
because
they
seem
like
you,
you
didn't
treat
them
differently.
He
said
he
said.
Given
the
tension
nationally
in
these
communities,
I
he
said
you
he
said
you
would
think
that
what
we
did
was
exactly
what
you
would
have
wanted.
That's
what
he
responded
to
a
reporter.
V
So
when
he
says
right
now
that
they're
gonna
open
up
they're
opening
up
the
we're
going
to
phase
three,
because
the
number
because
we're
doing
testing
and
the
numbers
are
down
yeah,
except
for
black
and
latino
people,
everything
is
except
for
black
and
latino
people
and
when
they
do
that
understand
what
happens,
the
people
who
have
to
be
get
called
into
service
to
to
accommodate
the
increase
of
40
percent
right
in
the
gyms.
It's
all
us.
So
our
folks
have
that
that's
their
job
and
they
got
to
go
because
they
need
income.
V
They
don't
have
any.
They
don't
have
any
choice.
But
to
say
I
gotta
go
to
work
so
we're
the
ones
who
then
get
put
in
bigger
danger.
Every
time
they
do
that,
which
is
why
we've
never
been
able
to
get
lower
than
twice
the
city's
average,
so
so
when
they
say
that
right
now,
roxbury
02119
02121
in
grove
hall
they're
at
10.1
percent
we're
at
9.8
percent
a
month
ago.
This
time
we
were
at
14.7
percent
and
the
city
says
we
get
to
you
know.
V
I
Yeah,
wait
until
you
get
to
one
of
my
committees
that
I'm
going
to
chair
you'll
see
what
I'm
going
to
pay
back
now,
I'm
just
joking,
so
um
so
real
quick!
You
know
I,
this
is
what
I
said
in
the
beginning.
Is
that
what
what
lessons
have
we
learned
from
the
first
rollout,
because
what
I
have
seen
in
my
time
in
city
hall
in
the
last
10
months,
is
that
we
are
coordination
um
poor,
but
resource
rich
and
we're
not
really.
I
I
So
I
think
that
I
love
counselor
campbell's
question
in
terms
of
what
we
can
do,
because
you
all
are
the
experts
you're
living
the
realities,
you're
doing
the
work,
we
should
be
developing
our
rfps
alongside
you
all
right,
because
you
know
exactly
what
is
needed
and
I
don't
think
that
that's
how
the
city
functions,
and
I
think
that
this
is
where
the
opportunity
for
growth
exists.
So
I
really
do
appreciate
all
of
the
amazing
ideas
that
came
out
especially
andrew.
I
Like
I
love
the
idea
of
having
a
retreat
right,
there
needs
to
be
all
hands
on
deck
everyone,
even
if
it's
virtually
but
like
unpacking
this
from
a
best
practice.
What
can
we
do
moving
forward?
So
really
do
appreciate
that
one
thing
that
I'd
like
to
ask
josian
um
in
particular
and
and
also
senator
wilkinson.
um
You
could
just
elaborate
on
this.
You
know
I
love
the
fact
that
you
talk
about
translation
and
interpretation.
I
That's
just
one
part
of
it,
but
you
know
I
think,
about
a
lot
of
folks
who
don't
know
how
to
read
and
write,
even
in
their
own
native
language,
my
mother,
being
one
of
them
that
struggles
with
reading
um
and
and
so
and
writing.
So
I'm
just
curious
in
terms
of
a
of
a
cultural
competency
piece
aside
from
just
being
able
to
communicate
with
literature.
I
W
You
may
not
know
how
to
read
a
russian
counselor
mejia,
and
uh
you
know
this
is
you
know
something
that
I
have
been
working
for
many
many
many
years
so
to
make
sure
that
you
know
messages
are
accessible.
Not
just
you
know
uh
in
multiple
languages
I
would
say
yeah,
I'm
pretty
sure
your
mom
doesn't
miss.
You
know
tv
shows,
you
know
in
spanish,
right
and
radio,
uh
so
those
are
things
that
you
know
can
still
communicate.
You
know
the
message
right.
I.
W
I
Yeah,
thank
you
for
that
and
I
I
wanted
to
um
jaylene
you
kind
of
really
kind
of
talked
about
the
snowflake
effect.
Can
you
share
with
us
in
just
in
your
own
experience
and
journey
um
ways
that
government
has
kind
of
prevented
things
from
moving
forward
like
you
know,
because
I
know
we
tend
to
be
bureaucrats
right,
so
that's
everything
all
this
red
tape
and
when
we're
trying
to
save
lives,
like
senator
wilkinson,
says
literally
we're
dying
out
here.
I
U
Well,
so
so
one
exam.
So
when
you,
when
you
mentioned
um
the
word
rfp,
that
was
like
a
trigger
word
for
me,
because
that
for
me
already
separates
out
people
who
are
doing
the
work
and
then
from
those
who
have
the
time,
the
resources,
the
energy
to
be
able
to
respond
to
those
rfps
to
draft
them
to
know
the
kind
of
language
to
use
the
the
ways
in
which
to
present
a
proposal
that
is
acceptable
for
receiving
grants
and
funding.
U
U
But
it's
all
on
my
own
individual
time
and
during
that
time
I
was
approached
by
the
city
um
arts
council
to
apply
for
a
re,
reimagine
justice,
a
reimagined
justice
grant,
and
they
said
you
know,
there's
money
that
can
be
allocated
to
support.
Perhaps
the
folks
that
are
um
reaching
out
to
you
for
um
with
uh
need
for
aid
um
that
apply
to
the
artist
economy,
the
creative
economy,
the
the
people
who
are
um
entrepreneurs,
for
example.
U
And
if
you
apply
to
this,
perhaps
you
can,
you
know,
dedicate
some
of
the
redistribution
funding
within
your
infrastructure
to
those
folks.
um
The
ways
in
which
that
becomes
a
hassle
is
when,
if
you
miss
the
deadline
by
a
day,
you
don't
get
eligible
for
for
funding
if
it's
not
um
aligned
with
the
specific
goals
or
the
specific
um
infrastructure
requirements
um
or
budget
allocations-
and
you
know
xyz
whatever
specifications
there
are,
then
you
kind
of
miss
the
boat
on
that.
U
So
there
is
a
pace
I
think
at
which
government
moves
that
sometimes
is
too
slow.
There's
also
a
level
of
literacy
around
government
speak
and
engagement
that
people
need
to
have,
which
doesn't
all
isn't
always
requisite
for
successful
community
models.
I
think
that
there
are
so
many
successful
examples
of
community
engagement
and
uh
network
development
that
don't
necessarily
abide
by
the
ways
in
which
government
functions,
and
so
those
are
just
that's
one
example
and
two
I
think
pieces
there
for
how
I
think
it
becomes
uh
more
of
a
hindrance
than
a
benefit.
I
I
This
is
not
the
first
rodeo.
You
know
we're
going
to
be
going
through
a
lot
more
um
and
and
what
we
learn
and
how
we
grow
from.
What
we
learn
is
what
is
going
to
set
the
stage
in
terms
of
how
successful
we
are
for
the
next
go
round,
and
I
think
that
you
all
hear
today
in
the
question
that
counselor
campbell
asked
and
and
how
eloquently
you
each
talked
about
what
could
be
done.
I
think
the
answer
is
here
so
now.
The
question
is:
build.
I
That
committee
create
the
commission
if
we
have
to
put
some
money
behind
it
and
fund
it
so
that
it
could
be
sustainable
beyond
covet,
because
I
think,
when
we're
dealing
with
issues
that
are
impacting
black
and
brown
communities,
we
can't
just
keep
thinking
about
band-aids
um
for
bullet
wounds
right.
We
need
to
be
more
thoughtful
in
terms
of
how
we're
utilizing
these
resources
and
the
um
you
all
have
the
experience
so
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
what
the
conversation
looks
like
beyond
this
and
really
building
that
infrastructure
for
for
um
real
change.
I
And
so
thank
you
all,
I'm
sorry
uh
for
rambling
on
as
much
as
I
did,
but
I
stayed
here
this
long
to
be
heard.
So
you
know
I
have
to
be
heard
and
thank
you
all
for
everything
that
you
do
um
and
and
looking
forward
to
continuing
the
work,
not
the
conversation,
because
I'm
tired
of
the
conversation
thank.
A
A
Specifically
it's
it's
coming
up
a
lot
with
covid,
but
it's
something
that
we
need
to
deal
with
period
is
cultural
competency
and
addressing
racism
within
our
medical
institutions
and
how
they
treat
our
our
constituents,
our
residents,
our
folks
of
color,
uh
whether
it's
microaggressions
or
or
in
the
ways
in
which
they
create
race,
neutral
policy
that
isn't
actually
race
neutral.
And
I
know
that
uh
your
organization
has
done
a
lot
to
work
on
this.
And
so
my
question
is
one:
what
are
those
efforts
that
you're
doing
internally
or
you're
trying
to
get
done
internally?
A
That
could
use
some
outside
amplification
and
what
are
the
ways
in
which
the
group
of
folks
here
who
are
deeply
invested
in
that
kind
of
work,
can
can
pitch
in
and
can
help
and
can
start
to
really
push
on
that
fight,
because
this
is
going
to
go
further
than
this
is
further
than
just
culver.
This
is
how
folks,
in
this
city,
receive
treatment
for
for
the
rest
of
their
lives
right.
A
S
A
S
One
of
the
things
that
I
really
like
about
brigham
and
women's
hospital
in
my
department
is,
is
how
committed
they
have
been
recently
to
putting
internal
money
into
external,
facing
uh
kind
of
kind
of
efforts
to
address
health
and
equity.
um
You
know
whether
this
is,
uh
as
was
mentioned
earlier,
partnering
with
places
in
the
community
where
people
actually
go
right.
S
We
mentioned
sportsmen's
tennis
center,
which
is
a
in
dorchester,
which
is
where
people
like
a
lot
of
kids
go
to
to
learn
to
play
uh
tennis,
where
a
lot
of
adults
go
to
exercise
and
it's
a
place
of
like
community
education.
um
These
are
places
that
uh
internally
we're
putting
funding
into
um
in
order
like
amplifying
this
message,
uh
pointing
people
to
these
resources.
Giving
like
providing
more
money
to
these
um
community
centers
uh
would
also
always
be
really
helpful
um
as
far
as
like
you
know,
improving
the
medical
treatment
of
patients.
S
S
I
focus
heavily
on
technology
right.
One
of
the
things
that
I
think
about
is
how
algorithms
can
bias
uh
providers-
and
uh
you
know
we
think
about
like
judges
and
we
think
about
um
anybody
who
uses
big
data
at
this
point-
bias
against
uh
minorities
right
and
if
there's
nobody
in
the
room
saying
that
hey
we
need
to
test
this
um
or
hey.
We
need
to
really
like
uh
look
at
how
this
is
affecting
a
certain
population
of
certain
socioeconomic
status.
S
Then
we're
not
going
to
have
those
conversations,
so
I
I
think
that
um
it's
a
really
really
hard
ask,
but
we
need
more
funding
for
pipeline
programs.
uh
More
funding,
for
you
know
like
educating
like
I,
I
like
to
focus
on,
like
mentorship
and
and
um
and
thinking
about,
educating
the
the
young
community
to
put
position
them
to
be
in
these
positions,
and
we
also
need
to
think
of
people
of
color
first
for
getting
on
these
task
force
to
to
organizing
these
events
and
getting
more
opportunities
to
have
their
voice
heard.
A
A
We
wanted
to
do
this,
it's
difficult
for
february,
9th
2021
that
we
we're,
which
is
putting
calling
centers
like
this
is.
These
are
basic
things
and
I
think
you
know
there's
a
question
about
whether
or
not
I
think
another
counselor
said
you
know
cranky
or
whatever
and
glass
half
full.
My
glass
isn't
half
full
because
people
are
dying
and
so
for
me
the
reality
here
is.
A
I
know
that
these
ideas
exist
and
I
hope
that
this
amplifies
them
to
the
folks
who
who
can
move
it.
uh
I
will
tell
you,
I
think
every
counselor
who's
been
here
and
I
and
I'm
you
know,
I'm
speaking
for
counselor
campbell,
but
I'm
sure
it's
true
as
well
and
for
councilor
mejia.
These
are
the
kinds
of
things
we're
trying
to
amplify.
That
was.
A
um
I
will
leave
it
to
counselor
campbell
to
make
a
closing
statement
for
for
the
folks
that
are
here
uh
for
the
attendees,
because
I
see
we
still
have
eight
folks
over
there.
If
you
raise
your
blue
hand,
uh
then
I
will
know
you
have
public
comment
and
I
will
go
to
you
for
public
comment,
uh
but
for
closing
statements.
A
C
No
I'll
be
a
quick
counselor
arroyo
because
just
looking
at
people's
time,
this
was
a
long
hearing.
So
I
appreciate
each
and
every
one
of
you
and
the
work
you're
doing
every
day,
and
you
know
the
goal
of
this
hearing
is
just
that
to
bring
people
together
who
are
doing
the
work
every
day.
So
we
can
hear
from
you
where
we
can
do
better,
and
I
put
myself
in
the
we
right.
C
You
know
no
ego
here
to
say
we
could
always
do
better
as
public
servants
right,
um
and
so
what
I
heard
today
took
a
lot
of
notes.
Is
that
one,
the
city
absolutely
needs
to
be
granting
organizations
resources
to
be
able
to
do
this
work,
and
I
know
chief
martinez
talked
about
some
resources
that
might
come
out
next
week,
but
I
really
want
to
know
more
about
what
are
the
specifics
around
that
grant
process
to
that
point
about
a
complicated
rfp?
C
Yes,
we
have
design
systems
in
different
ways
to
allow
folks
to
go
through
an
easier
application
process,
whether
it's
with
the
youth
development
fund
or
other
funds,
so
they
would
have
to
go
through.
You
know.
20
pages
of
documents
and
get
the
resources
quickly
to
do
their
work,
so
we
can
design
that
process
differently,
but
also
design
it
so
that
more
folks
can
apply
and
that
we're
being
representative
you
know,
I've
just
been
actually
exchanging
some
messages
with
folks
who
represent
the
aapi
community.
C
I
have
a
large
vietnamese
constituency
in
my
district
in
dorchester
that
is
having
a
disproportionate
effect
as
well.
How
we
lift
up
organizations
that
are
also
doing
the
work
in
other
parts
of
the
city
for
certain
constituencies
is
really
important,
but
also
making
sure
that
they
are
getting
resources
to
do
their
work
because
they
have
the
trusted
relationships
in
some
pockets
of
the
city
is
important.
Also
we'll
be
pushing
for
more
resources
on
the
operation
side.
C
You
know,
I
think
we
think,
as
a
city,
we
can
do
everything
we
may
not
have
the
expertise
of
human
capital
and
that's
okay,
but
folks
in
the
community
do,
and
I
think,
how
do
we
bring
them
into
the
fold
to
help
us
develop
those
plans
and
strategies?
So
we
have
a
transportation
plan,
so
we
have
points
of
contact
available
to
folks.
C
C
B
I
I
I
I
I
J
I
Then
I
really
do
think
that
um
we
can
walk
out
of
this
feeling
like
there
is
some
movement,
so
I'm
looking
forward
to
taking
counselor
campbell's
lead
on
this
and
and
looking
forward
to
supporting
that
process,
whatever
that
looks
like,
but
I
do
think
that
we
are
getting
to
a
point
where
we
need
to
move
beyond
the
dialogue
here
and
I'm
anxious
for
that.
So
to
see
that
happen,
and
thank
you
all.
A
V
V
I
don't
want
to
do
it
now
because
I'll
belabor
it,
but
you
should
know
you
should
know
um
it
is
happy
to
have
that
conversation,
and
we
should
do
it
because
they're
making
decisions
now
like
they
hired
a
meta,
a
site
manager,
medical
director,
um
the
cic
was
required
to
have
a
hospital
partner
and
their
hospital
partner
is
brigham
and
women,
uh
and-
and
so,
but
the
weird
thing
is
that
their
um
labor
and
workforce
partner
is
transformative.
Healthcare
who
happens
to
own
fallon
ambulance.
V
Those
are
the
people
who
they
have
they
had
planned
was
going
to
be
doing
the
vaccinations,
so
we
met
with
them
and
said:
uh
no.
We
have
black
doctors,
we
have
latino
doctors,
we
have
black
nurses,
we
have
latino
nurses,
we
want
our
folks
to
come
in
and
see
them,
and
so
they
also
hire
dmse
to
yeah.
It's
crazy
josie
and
that's
what
they
also
hired.
Dmse
sports
was
the
logistics
manager
for
the
operation
and,
if
that
sounds
familiar
to
you,
dmsc
sports
organizes
the
boston
marathon
and
their
rationale
was.
V
We
know
they're
good
at
organizing
large
groups
of
people,
so
we
thought
they
would
be
good
for
this.
So
we
just
like
no
uh
okay
time
out.
No,
do
you
do
you?
Do
you
do
business
with
any
black
and
latino
people?
They
said
no
well,
okay,
that's
got
to
change
and
like
so
so
we're
so
we're
literally
we
sent
them
the
list
of
translators.
Today
uh
we
sent
we,
we
put
them
in
touch
with
the
urban
league
because
they
wanted
they.
So
we
have
our
own
call
center.
Really.
V
Where
is
it
because
I
have
a
feeling
your
call
center
doesn't
look
like
the
call
center
that
we
would
put
together
if
we
wanted
to
call
people
in
via
victoria
or
in
bromley
gromley
right
like
so.
The
whole
thing
is
a
little
crazy
because
they
got
a
big
check,
multi-million
dollar
contract
with
the
state
to
come
in
and
do
us
that's
where
we
need
your
help,
because,
obviously
this
is
crazy.
O
A
A
No
uh
real
human
lives
are
in
the
balance,
and
so
I
appreciate
the
work
you're
doing
in
the
urgency
with
which
you
carry
it
out.
uh
As
I
look
at
my
attendees
and
you're
all
free
to
go
now
by
the
way,
unless
you
would
like
to
stay
to
listen
to
public
comment,
you
are
all
free
to
to
go
and
enjoy
the
rest
of
your
day.
Thank
you.