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From YouTube: Committee on Government Operations on March 29, 2021
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Docket #0261 - Ordinance requiring equitable COVID-19 vaccine distribution in the City of Boston
Docket #0303 - Ordinance extending paid sick leave for City of Boston employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine
A
B
A
All
right,
good
morning,
everyone,
I'm
city,
councilor,
lydia
edwards,
I'm
the
chair
of
government
operations-
and
this
is
monday
march
29,
2021
and
we're
here
today
for
a
hearing
on
docket
0261
ordinance
requiring
equitable
covid19
vaccination
distribution
in
the
city
of
boston,
referred
to
the
committee
on
january
27th
on
docket
0303,
an
ordinance
extending
paid
sick
leave
for
city
of
boston
employees
to
receive
coven
19
vaccines
referred
to
the
committee
on
february
3rd.
A
The
sponsor
of
these
dockets
is
counselor
michelle.
In
accordance
with
governor
baker's
march
12
executive
order
modifying
certain
requirements
of
the
open
meeting
law.
We
are
having
this
hearing
via
zoom.
We
are
in
order
to
balance
the
public
safety
as
well
as
the
ability
for
us
to
do
our
jobs.
The
public
may
watch
this
hearing
via
live
stream
at
www.boston.com,
slash
city
dash,
council
dash
tv
and
on
expedia
xfinity,
8,
rcna,
2
and
verizon
964..
A
It
will
also
be
rebroadcasted
at
a
later
date
for
public
testimony.
Written
comments
may
be
sent
to
the
committee
email
at
ccc.go
at
boston.gov
when
we
made
part
of
the
record
and
available
to
all
counselors
separating
the
dockets
very
quickly.
Zero
261
would
require
at
least
one
covid
vaccination
site
that
at
least
one
co-ed
vaccination
site
operating
each
residential
zip
code
and
that
the
opening
of
new
vaccination
sites
be
prioritized
in
neighborhoods
that
are
most
impacted.
A
A
Docket
0303
would
amend
the
city
of
boston
code
by
adding
section
probit
19
vaccination
paid
sick
leave.
The
chief
marty,
martinez
will
be
in
attendance
and
testifying
on
behalf
of
the
administration
regarding
o0261,
which
is
again.
The
equitable
distribution
of
vaccines
also
invited
to
participate
regarding
both
dockets
are
the
following:
senator
former
senator
diane
wilkerson
black
boston,
coburn
19
coalition
coordinator
as
well,
dr
mark
lipsich,
professor
of
epidemiology,
at
harvard
school
of
public
health.
A
A
I'm
going
to
announce
my
colleagues
who
are
here,
then
I
will
turn
it
over
to
counselor
michelle
wu
and
again,
my
colleagues
to
go
through
very
brief
opening
remarks
again.
We're
dealing
with
two
dockets
one
about
the
equitable
distribution
of
vaccines
throughout
the
city
and
the
other
about
providing
or
at
least
expanding
paid
sick
leave
to
include
vaccinations
coping
vaccinations.
So,
as
I
stated
we're
joined
today
by
my
colleagues,
counselor
wu
councillor
flynn,
councillor
bach,
councilor,
braden,
councillor
campbell,
of
course,
and
myself
as
the
chair.
C
Thank
you
very
much
chair
edwards.
Thank
you
for
prioritizing
this,
but
also
I'm
making
sure
that
we
could
have
a
comprehensive
conversation
with
both
dockets
in
the
same
space.
C
We
know
that
the
evidence
is
clear
both
in
the
what
communities
have
been
saying
prior
to
and
all
throughout
the
vaccination
rollout,
as
well
as
in
the
the
data,
in
every
way
that
you
cut
it
that
boston's
black
brown
communities
of
color
are
most
at
risk
for
coping
19
to
this
day
and
that
our
vaccination
strategy
must
prioritize
those
who
have
been
hardest
hit
by
the
pandemic.
As
of
march
23.
C
State
data
on
vaccination
rates
shows
a
persistent
and
steep
racial
disparity
in
boston,
and
we
now
have
seen
that
cases
positive
tests,
as
well
as
the
positivity
rate,
has
been
ticking
up.
C
It's
important
to
have
this
conversation
today
to
build
on
the
conversations
that
the
council
has
been
having.
So
I
want
to
thank
and
acknowledge
our
colleagues
who
had
led
the
hearing
last
month
in
in
february
to
make
sure
that
we
were
directly
addressing
and
speaking
out
and
convening
on
issues
around
access
around
vaccine
hesitancy.
So,
thank
you
so
much
counselors,
campbell
and
arroyo.
C
This
is
meant
to
check
in
and
and
analyze
the
the
many
months
of
data
that
we
have
at
this
point,
as
well
as
to
prepare
for
being
right
on
the
verge
of
all
adult
boston
residents
becoming
eligible
for
vaccinations
in
just
a
few
weeks,
and
so
we
have
a
foundation
to
work
off
of
and
really
wanted
to
push,
of
course,
on
the
specifics
of
this
legislation,
but
also
use
this
larger
moment
to
get
feedback
and
guidance
from
our
community
experts
from
health
and
and
medical
experts
and
to
make
sure
that
we're
we're
pushing
this
forward
with
clear
legislation
and
and
steps.
D
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
councillor,
edwards,
for
sharing
this
important
hearing.
Thank
you,
council
wu
for
filing
these
two
important
dockets
ordinances.
D
I
support
these
very
strongly.
It's
critical
that
we
have
equitable
distribution
of
vaccines
to
our
residents,
making
sure
that
residents
can
easily
access
vaccines,
able
to
get
an
appointment
at
a
location
and
ensuring
that
language,
access
and
digital
equity
are
also
part
of
the
process
as
well
hard-working
city
employees
should
also
be
able
to
easily
access
vaccines.
D
I
was
with
them
over
the
over
the
weekend
in
chinatown
in
the
south
end
and
south
boston,
I
saw
police
fire
teachers
isd,
I
saw
parks,
people
public
works
people
and
they
were
asking
about
this
important
this
important
ordinance.
So
I
think
it's
going
to
help
so
many
people
want
to
say
thank
you
to
council
wu
councillor
edwards,
it's
critical
and
we
stand
with
our
residents
and
we
stand
with
our
hard-working
city
of
boston,
public
employees,
because
they've
always
stood
with
us.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
madam
madam
chip.
F
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I'll,
just
be
very
brief,
say
glad
to
be
having
this
hearing.
I
think
that
having
an
efficient
and
equitable
vaccine
rollout
is
just
about
the
most
important
thing.
The
government
is
trying
to
do
right
now
and
we're
not
always
succeeding,
and
I
think
anywhere
where
we
can
find
ways
to
ways
to
optimize
that
make
it
more
equitable,
make
it
more
effective
as
we're
in
the
middle
of
it.
F
G
Thank
you,
councillor
edwards
and
thank
you
council
rule
for
bringing
these
ordinances
today
before
the
body.
Vaccination
equity
is
critically
important
to
me
and
we
do
know
that
having
a
vaccination
site
near
your
home
doesn't
necessarily
equal
equitable
access
to
the
vaccine,
but
does
require
a
multi-faceted
approach.
That,
of
course,
is
proactive
and
includes
the
intentional
engagement
and
multilingual
engagement
in
communities,
and
so
I
really
am
grateful
to
you
as
well
as
all
of
the
folks
who
are
participating
in
today's
hearing
and
for
the
work
they
do
every
day.
G
Thank
you
to
the
medical
professionals,
community
based
organizations,
the
volunteers
who
have
been
implementing
this
multilingual
community
engagement
strategy
over
the
last
few
months,
delivering
of
course,
information
about
the
vaccine,
helping
those
make
appointments,
have
access
to
the
vaccine,
really
grateful
for
their
efforts,
as
well
as
for
folks
on
this
body.
Looking
forward
to
the
conversation
today
updates
and,
of
course,
learning
more
about
the
additional
steps
the
city
could
take
in
strengthening
our
vaccination
efforts,
which
are
critically
important
for
us
reopening
and,
of
course,
protecting
the
health
and
safety
of
our
residents.
H
Hey
yes,
good
morning,
all
thank
you
to
the
chair
and
to
the
sponsor
for
calling
this
hearing.
This
is
incredibly
important
opportunity
we
have
in
order
to
safely
and
equitably
distribute
vaccines
to
residents
across
the
city.
Equitable
often
can
often
be
a
buzzword,
so
we
really
need
to
use
the
space
to
create
policy
that
actually
seeks
to
address
public
health
problems
that
continually
impact
communities
of
color,
particularly
our
elders.
H
So
I'm
really
glad
that
we're
having
this
conversation
and
we're
centered
in
on
the
lives
of
those
who
are
most
impacted
so
for
those
who
are
tuning
in
that's
what
equity
is
all
about
so
really
excited
about
this.
Also
up
for
discussion
is
an
ordinance
that
seeks
to
extend
paid
sick
leave
for
city
of
boston
employees.
H
This
is
a
crucial
workforce,
development
issue
and,
as
you
know,
I'm
the
chair
of
workforce
development
so
happy
that
we
are
also
leaning
into
this,
and
I
hope
that
the
city
can
be
seen
as
the
gold
standard
for
how
to
treat
employees
who
get
their
covet
19
vaccine.
I
also
think
it's
really
important
to
underscore
counselor
campbell's
point
about
just
because
there's
a
vaccine
site
in
our
neighborhood
that
doesn't
necessarily
mean
access
just
over.
H
I'm
gonna
tell
you
all
just
over
this
last
week,
or
so
just
having
the
reggie
lewis
center
doing
intense
outreach
in
certain
communities
to
making
sure
that
people
get
vaccinated,
there's
still
so
much
confusion
and
and
barriers
for
people
to
sign
up
to
even
get
their
appointments.
H
Some
people
don't
have
smartphones,
so
just
a
lot
of
stuff
that
we
still
need
to
unpack
in
terms
of
what
this
is
going
to
look
like
to
making
sure
that
everybody
gets
vaccinated,
and
I
don't
know
why
everybody
always
wants
to
know
which
vaccine
it
is.
Every
time
you
talk
to
people
like
which
one
is
it
is
it
with?
You
know
all
these
names
and
I'm
like
look
at
the
vaccine
just
get
it.
H
So
I
think
that
there
is
also
some
conversation
in
terms
of
how
we
educate
the
public
about,
because
I
guess,
apparently,
some
vaccines
have
side
effects,
so
I
think,
as
part
of
our
communication
and
roll
out,
that
we
also
need
to
educate
people
about
the
differences.
If
there's
a
need
for
that,
because
there
were
a
lot
of
folks
who
were
afraid
to
even
go
get
vaccinated
because
they
were
unclear
about
which
vaccine
they
were
going
to
get.
H
So
that's
all
part
of
the
conversation,
maybe
for
a
different
hearing,
but
I
just
want
to
throw
it
out
there.
While
I
have
the
floor,
thank
you,
councillor,
wu,
for
leading
in
this
space
and
and
for
bringing
this
to
the
forefront
and
counselor
campbell
and
counselor
arroyo
for
your
early
efforts
as
well.
So
thank
you
very
much.
A
Thank
you
so
just
wanted
to
be
clear,
since
we
have
two
ordinances
on
deck,
we're
going
to
deal
with
the
first
one,
which
is
about
the
equitable
distribution
first
and-
and
we
have
chief
marty
martinez,
who
has
a
some
testimony
specifically
about
that
and
what
the
city
is
doing
and
then
from
chief
from
the
chief
we'll
go
to
some
of
our
attendees,
who
have
been
invited
specifically
again
talking
about
the
equitable
distribution
of
the
vaccine.
A
After
that
kind
of
conversation,
happens,
I'd
like
to
then
turn
it
back
over
to
the
lead
sponsor
and
we're
going
to
go
on
to
the
conversation
specifically
about
the
addition
to
cover
vaccination
to
our
leave
policy.
There
will
be
no
testimony
from
the
administration
on
that.
A
We
did
receive
a
letter,
however,
from
cfo
chief
financial
officer,
emma
handy,
which
I
I
will
kick
that
conversation
off
and
she
summarizes
kind
of
some
of
the
lead
policies
of
the
city
of
boston,
all
right,
so
turning
it
over
to
chief
chief
marty
martinez,
if
you're
ready
to
go
counselor.
A
Oh,
I'm
sorry,
I
thought
the
email
said
just
the
opposite,
my
apologies.
So
there
is
a
presentation.
However,
in
the
email
I
was
someone
for
the
administration.
Gonna
walk
through
that.
So
he's.
A
C
Yes,
and
I
would
recommend,
if
I
may,
madam
chair,
that
they're
kind
of
two
groupings
and
two
topics
with
with
attendees
in
terms
of
the
sort
of
an
update
on
the
science
and
kind
of
where
that,
where
the
virus
is
headed,
with
with
particular
expertise
from
the
healthcare
community
and
then
an
update
on
the
community
side.
When
it
comes
to
efforts.
So
far
in
terms
of
accessibility
and
and
all
that.
A
So
when
you
say
update
on
the
science,
I'm
thinking
we're
going
to
folks
with
dr
in
front
of
their
names
to
do
that.
First,
let
me
get
the
doctors
ready.
Let
me
get
my
list
here.
We
go
so
with
that.
I
think
that
makes
sense
that
does
set
the
stage
a
little
bit
better
right.
So
let's
get
an
update
on
where
we
are
in
terms
of
the
virus
and
how
it's
moving
then
we'll
go
to
senator
diane
wilkerson.
A
B
A
Oh,
my
apologies
on
behalf
of
the
community
health
centers,
so
you
you
also,
if
you
would
like
stan
to
be
after
after
we
can
go
mark
cassandra
then
stand
very
well.
B
Okay,
thank
you
very
much
for
the
opportunity
to
speak,
I'm
going
to
give
an
update
on
the
variance
of
the
virus
and
their
relationship
to
vaccines,
I'm
a
boston
resident
and,
at
the
end,
I'll
make
a
brief
comment
about
my
own
experience
with
vaccine
appointments.
B
The
emergence
of
variance
of
a
virus
is
something
we
expect
and
that
we
know
happens
with
all
viruses,
the
certain
some
of
the
variants
which
arise
when
the
genetic
sequence
of
the
virus
changes
as
it
passes
from
person
to
person.
Some
of
these
variants
have
become
known
as
variants
of
concern
and
they
carry
multiple
changes
shown
here
on
the
diagram
of
the
virus
genome
in
each
of
these
variants
of
concern.
B
Why
do
we
care
about
these
variants?
Well,
a
number
of
them,
particularly
the
b117
variant,
sometimes
known
as
the
uk
variant,
are
rapidly
increasing.
Among
the
isolates
that
we
know
about
in
the
u.s,
we
don't
have
a
comprehensive
testing
program,
so
there's
not
a
an
ability
to
say
exactly
the
number
but,
as
you
see
from
the
orange
orange
part
of
this
slide
on
the
on
the
right
here,
this
b117
variant
has
become
much
more
common
in
recent
weeks
in
the
united
states.
B
Looking
specifically
at
massachusetts,
we
can
see
that
there
are
have
been
441
cases,
as
of
yesterday
reported.
There
have
also
been
16
and
nine
cases
respectively,
of
the
two
other
variants
that
I'll
mention
at
the
end,
but
I
think
right
now.
The
focus
should
really
be
on
this
first
variant
of
concern:
the
uk
variant
or
b117.
B
What
we've
seen
from
this
variant
is
that
it
can
increase
in
frequency
very
quickly
because
it
seems
to
be
more
contagious
somewhere
between
50
and
100,
more
contagious
than
the
other
variants,
and
a
study
published
in
the
journal.
Nature
from
from
the
uk
last
week
shows
that
over
the
course
of
time,
from
november
to
january,
in
each
region
of
the
uk,
the
frequency
of
this
variant
went
from
almost
undetectable
up
to
nearly
a
hundred
percent.
So
it
has
an
advantage,
we're
watching
evolution
and
process,
and
it
it
becomes
more
common.
B
B
So
the
main
concern
is
about
failure
of
control
measures
and
or
limited
effectiveness
of
control
measures.
B
In
minnesota,
what
does
this
mean
for
vaccines?
It
just
adds
really
to
the
urgency.
We
are
in
a
race
between
vaccinating
the
population
and
and
having
a
bigger
problem
on
our
hands,
as
b117
spreads
so
b117,
for
example,
has
sped
up
the
pace
of
the
epidemic
in
many
parts
of
the
us,
as
I
just
mentioned,
as
well
as
in
the
uk
and
other
countries.
B
We
have
really
good
evidence
that
the
vaccines
are
highly
effective
against
this
variant,
particularly
from
israel,
and
I
should
have
mentioned
the
uk
on
this
slide.
Vaccination
serves
two
purposes.
As
you
know,
the
first
is
to
protect
those
at
greatest
risk
of
severe
disease
and
there's
emerging
evidence
that
also
vaccines
will
reduce
transmission
and
thereby
bolster
the
impact
of
masks
and
social
distancing
and
eventually
allow
us
to
to
continue
with
reopening
society.
B
B
They
may
be
somewhat
more
difficult
to
control
with
vaccines,
but
so
far
the
evidence
suggests
strongly
for
the
south
african
variant
and
more
limited
evidence
for
the
brazilian
variant
that
vaccines
will
be
effective,
at
least
in
preventing
severe
disease
from
these
variants.
And
again
these
are
not
the
ones
that
we're
quite
dealing
with
on
in
large
numbers
in
the
us,
although
they
do
exist.
B
So
that's
the
summary
of
of
those
two
other
variants,
but
I
think
the
real
issue
is
that
we
are
trying
to
speed
up
vaccination
in
order
to
counter
the
b117
variant.
I
will
just
close
with
an
observation
in
response
to
what
some
of
the
counselors
mentioned
earlier.
B
I'm
a
boston
resident,
I'm
a
vaccine
researcher,
which
is
one
of
the
groups
that
was
was
prioritized
in
the
current
list
last
that
started
last
week,
and
I
will
say
that,
as
a
as
someone
with
a
desk
job
and
a
flexible
schedule,
it
took
me
most
of
a
whole
day
scanning
a
twitter
bot
and
and
doing
a
lot
of
things
that
reflect
access
to
digital
technology
and
flexible
time.
B
A
Thank
you
very
much,
we'll
just
turn
it
over
now
to
cassandra.
J
Hi
good
morning,
thank
you,
counselors,
william
edwards,
for
sponsoring
and
sharing
this
important
hearing
the
hyde
park
resident
who's
also
on
the
state's
health
equity
task
force.
So
this
issue
is
obviously
very
important
to
me.
We
know
that
coba
19
has
not
turned
out
to
be
the
great
equalizer.
Some
people
said
it
would
be:
we've
seen,
disparities
in
boston,
not
just
in
disease
outcomes
for
communities
that
have
been
harvested
by
covid,
our
black
and
brown
communities,
but
also
really
disappointingly
racial
disparities
in
treatment
and
now
vaccination
that
we
should
largely
have
been
able
to
avoid.
J
There
was
a
lot
of
conversation
prior
to
the
state's
vaccine.
Rollout
positioning
equity
is
a
pillar
of
the
process.
We
failed
right
from
the
start
by
declining
to
rely
on
our
existing
public
health
infrastructure
with
prior
experiences,
in
striving
for
equitable
outcomes
and
a
knowledge
of
how
basic
social
determinants
of
health,
like
transportation
have
to
be
factored
in
when
we
engage
and
try
to
reach
marginalized
communities.
J
We
also
fail
to
engage
with
trusted
and
knowledgeable
community
leaders
and
to
understand
that
the
narrative
of
vaccine
hesitancy
in
communities
of
color
was
overshadowing
and
hiding
the
true
story
of
a
community
that
was
and
is
eager
to
get
vaccinated
because
we
are
at
highest
risk
of
dying
from
coca-19
since
the
beginning
of
the
rollout.
Many
things
have
been
done
to
improve
equitable
distribution
and
its
process,
but
there's
so
much
more
to
do,
particularly
as
we
prepare
for
that
broader
phase
of
rollout.
J
That
council
alluded
to
that
determines
whether
we
will
achieve
community
immunity
in
our
black
and
brown
communities
and
the
city
as
a
whole
or
not,
and
stakes
are
high
because
as
much
as
we're
discussing
a
system
to
prioritize
vaccine
equity.
Now,
what
we're
really
creating
is
a
framework
for
what
health
equity
in
boston
could
truly
look
like.
So
what
we
need
to
do
immediately
is
to
see
health
equity
as
the
true
foundation
and
litmus
test
of
an
effective
vaccine
distribution
process
in
every
stage
of
the
process
at
every
phase
of
roll
out.
J
What
that
means
is
right
from
the
start,
resources
have
to
be
disproportionately
directed
to
communities
with
the
highest
rates
of
infection
and
social
vulnerabilities.
Local
targeted
community
organizations
should
be
engaged
in
all
aspects
of
vaccine
delivery.
We
need
to
bring
vaccines
to
where
people
are.
Although
many
more
community
vaccination
sites
exist
in
boston
and
we're
talking
about
obviously
broadening
out
to
more,
if
we
truly
want
to
negotiate
issues
with
access
and
reach
structurally
vulnerable
populations
with
the
highest
risk
of
hobit,
we'll
need
to
do
more.
J
We
need
to
expand
hours
and
days
in
which
we
vaccinate
to
ensure
a
population
of
essential
service
workers
who
are
more
likely
to
be
exposed
to
copay,
but
have
less
flexibility
in
scheduling
time
off
that
actually
have
the
ability
to
attend
a
vaccine
administration
site.
We
need
to
be
able
to
bring
vaccine
directly
to
our
communities
for
more
than
just
those
who
are
homebound,
whether
it's
to
expanding
mobile
outreach,
vaccinating
directly
at
essential
job
sites,
public
housing,
congregate,
housing
group,
home
facilities
and
other
places
where
vulnerable
populations
and
people
are
present.
J
We
also
must
be
realistic
and
realize
that
this
is
going
to
take
some
time
and
we're
not
going
to
be
able
to
engage
everyone
on
the
spectrum
of
vaccine
deliberation
right
away
or
even
the
next
few
weeks
to
months.
Many
of
these
people
who
have
who
are
on
the
spectrum
of
vaccine
liberation,
have
legitimate
concerns
about
the
vaccine,
rollout
after
generations
of
disenfranchisement
and
bias
within
the
health
care
system.
J
But
we
still,
we
can
still
work
to
protect
the
health
of
those
who
are
not
yet
ready
to
be
vaccinated,
established
right
sites
need
to
be
maintained
and
highlighted
as
spaces
for
streamlined
code
testing
and
more
than
that,
the
use
of
these
sites
should
and
can
be
expanded.
Community
health
workers
can
be
added
to
these
sites
to
screen
for
social
and
economic
needs
and
connect
people
to
needed
resources.
J
J
I
I
I
Thank
you,
boston,
city
councillors
and
councillor
wu
for
leading
this
initiative
around
vaccine
equity.
It
is
a
pleasure
to
be
here
with
you
today
this
morning
and
it's
also
an
honor
to
present
before
you
and
with
this
distinguished
panel
of
colleagues.
Community
health
centers
have
a
long
history
of
providing
care
in
the
united
states.
We
came
out
of
the
civil
rights
movement
and
by
design
health
centers
are
located
in
medically
underserved
and
low-income
rural
and
inner-city
communities.
I
I
Crucial
in
that
we
have
developed
trust
in
these
communities
and
for
years,
health
centers
have
been
in
on
the
front
lines
addressing
major
health
disparities.
These
health
disparities
present
as
medical
conditions
that
put
our
patients
at
higher
risk
for
covid19
complications
and
even
death
from
the
beginning
of
this
pandemic.
I
Health
centers
believe
that
it
was
paramount
to
respond
quickly
and
robustly
to
coven
at
harvard
street.
We
have
served
the
health
care
needs
of
the
community
for
over
50
years.
Currently
we
serve
about
10
000
patients
and
experience
a
little
over
30
000
patient
visits
each
year
we
are
multilingual
with
english
as
a
secondary
language.
Our
patients,
and
many
of
whom
are
people
and
families
from
my
community
have
hard
lives
and
are
some
of
the
poorest
in
boston.
I
I
can
personally
say
covet
has
significantly
impacted
their
lives
like
most
community
health
centers,
harvard
street
has
been
hit
hard
by
this
pandemic.
Throughout
this
process
we
have
never
closed
our
doors
from
retrofitting
our
health
center
to
ensure
the
safety
of
our
patients
and
employees
to
standing
up
testing
programs,
contact,
tracing
teams
and
vaccination
sites.
We
have
never
slowed
in
delivering
care
throughout
this
pandemic.
We
continue
to
care
for
our
patients,
many
of
them
with
chronic
conditions
like
diabetes
and
heart
disease
that
those
those
disease
diseases
didn't
stop
because
of
this
pandemic.
I
So
we
couldn't
stop
delivering
service.
When
the
vaccine
became
available,
we
spent
time
educating
our
staff
and
community
about
the
importance
of
taking
the
vaccine.
I'm
pleased
to
report
that
nearly
70
percent
of
our
employees
have
been
vaccinated
without
concerted
efforts
from
the
health
care.
Community
hesitancy
will
continue
to
present
a
problem
and
it's
ice
view.
It
is
a
serious
problem.
I
Health
centers
are
trusted
entities
in
the
community
and
we
are
currently
administering
the
vaccine
at
our
health
center,
where,
as
I
said,
we're
looking
at
we're
located
on
blue
hill
632
blue
hill
avenue.
However,
from
the
very
beginning
of
our
strategy
for
successful
implement
implementation,
we
engaged
and
work
with
our
strategic
partners
and
community
with
who
we
have
built
strong
trusted
relationships.
Throughout
the
years
with
the
support
and
partnering
of
the
boston
public
health
commission,
we
were
able
to
expand
our
mobile
testing
program.
I
Their
financial
support
enabled
us
to
purchase
a
new
van
to
expand
our
mobile
testing
throughout
the
city
of
boston,
into
schools,
housing
developments
and
diverse
churches.
We
partnered
with
the
masons
to
stand
up
a
vaccine
clinic
at
the
prince
hall,
grand
lodge
in
grove
hall.
We
partnered
with
central
boston
elderly
service
to
administer
the
vaccine
to
their
elder
paige,
dumb
clients
and
agreed
to
use
their
facts
facility
on
washington
street
roxbury
to
provide
vaccine
to
the
public.
I
We
also
reached
out
to
community-based
organizations
like
children's
services
of
roxbury
and
faith-based
organizations
and
churches
to
schedule
pop-up
vaccination
clinics
with
our
mobile
teams
as
part
of
our
community
education
campaign,
we
participated
in
co-sponsored
towns
like
town
halls
and
partnered
with
other
organizations
like
the
urban
league
to
attend
and
present
at
neighborhood
tenant
associations.
I
We've
represented
we've
presented,
we've
put
forth
representatives
at
these
functions
and
meetings
and
events
that
speak
various
languages.
Community
health
centers
have
faced
various
challenges
like
inadequate
vaccine
supplies
and
workforce
shortages.
However,
the
supply
issues
are
starting
to
improve,
as
community
health
centers
continue
to
play
a
significant
role
in
the
vaccine,
rollout
in
boston.
I
So
while
supply
is
still
an
issue,
we're
getting
more
and
more
all
the
time
community
health
centers
are
stepping
up
and
getting
these
shots
into
people's
arms
as
quickly
as
possible
and
as
supplies
are
made
available.
However,
workforce
shortages
are
still
a
concern
and,
despite
that,
community
health
centers
want
to
do
more
in
all
of
this,
there's
also
been
bright
spots
that
show
our
frontline
workers
dedication.
I'd
like
to
give
you
an
example.
I
I
They
took
it
upon
themselves
to
go
out
in
the
street
looking
for
someone
when
we
had
these
extra
doses,
because
we
don't
believe
in
wasting
any
of
the
doses
and
what
they
did
was
they
ended
up
going
into
a
barber
shop.
I
I
We
were
for
real,
because
we've
been
in
the
we've
been
in
the
in
the
community
doing
this
for
quite
some
time,
so
they
agreed
to
take
the
vaccine,
and
I
am
proud
to
say
that
today
those
patrons
that
attended
that
barber
shop
are
ambassadors,
encouraging
other
customers
and
community
members
to
get
vaccinated.
So
that
was
that's
what
happens
when
you're
out
there
into
the
community
and
you're
you're
you're
going
into
those
hard
to
reach
places,
and
this
is
what
the
mobile
testing
has
has
allowed
us
to
be
able
to
do.
I
So
we
are
working
hard
and
we
are
also
thinking
about
the
other
side
of
this
pandemic
at
harvard
street.
We
have
a
vision
all
right.
I
We
have
a
vision,
an
expansion
plan,
our
vision,
our
expansion
plan
vision,
calls
for
building
a
new
health
center
with
a
mixed
use
facility
that
includes
housing
and
retail
space,
and
I'm
saying
this
because
I
think
we
have
to
address
the
equity
issues
even
though
we're
looking
at
it
from
the
standpoint
of
the
pandemic,
we
have
to
not
only
think
about
vaccine
distribution,
but
we've
got
to
think
about
the
other
side
of
this
and
how
we
plan
to
address
inequities
and
part
of
our
vision
as
a
health
center
is
to
do
more
than
just
increase
access
to
to
health
care,
but
to
support
the
economic
mobility
and
act
as
an
economic
anchor
to
jump
start
and
revitalize
our
surrounding
area
so
counselors.
I
How
can
you
further
support
community
health
centers
in
this
work?
Well,
you
can
leverage
your
relationships
with
trusted
community-based
organizations
to
help
us
with
hesitancy,
to
help
us
with
outreach
and
to
help
us
with
even
getting
space
for
our
vaccination
sites.
As
we
go
throughout
the
community,
you
could
help
us
get
into
those
tough
neighborhoods,
like
some
of
the
housing
developments
and
challenging
blocks
in
the
city.
There's
certain
areas
it's
hard
to
get
into,
and
no
one
else
would
because
you
have
friends
and
and
and
relationships
in
those
areas.
I
You
have
access,
help
us
with
that
access.
We
could
use
resources
for
technology
we've.
We've
got
an
onslaught
of
people
calling
us
right
now
we
can't
keep
up
with
the
phone
calls
it's
very
difficult.
Typically,
our
our
our
folks
are
picking
up
the
phone
and
calling
us
there's
the
online
piece.
Even
though
we
have
it
it's
it
really.
You
know
our
clients
are
not
typically
technically
savvy.
I
A
Thank
you
so
much
really
appreciate
that
very
passionate
and
wonderful
testimony,
as
well
as
direct
examples
of
what
what
you
mean
when
you
say
go
into
the
community.
Thank
you.
We've
been
joined
by
my
counselor
at
large,
michael
flaherty
and
I've.
It's
okay.
We've
also
been
joined
by
chief
marty
martinez,
so
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
turn
the
mic
over
to
him.
A
E
Good
morning,
thank
you,
counselor
edwards,
and
thank
you
to
all
the
counselors
who
are
here.
Counselor
wu
concert,
campbell
concert,
mehia
consular
bach
concert,
flaherty.
I
think
I
saw
concert
flynn.
Thank
you
for
for
all
for
having
today's
hearing
and
being
able
to
allow
us
to
share
some
information,
and
I
was
only
able
to
hear
from
stan
so
thank
you
stan
for
the
work
you're
doing
that
you
all
continue
to
do
it's
it's
meaningful
and
we
appreciate
our
partnership
with
you.
E
So
thank
you
stan
and
I
see
concert
britain
as
well.
So
thank
you,
everyone
for
being
here.
What
I'd
like
to
do
is
just
very
briefly
share
with
you
a
couple
slides
that
will
give
you
some
background
of
where
we're
currently
at.
As
you
know,
this
is
a
we
were
together
a
couple
months
ago
and
thought
that
we
could
share
a
little
bit
about
what
we're
currently
seeing
across
the
board.
So
if
I
can
share
my
screen,
let's
see
if
I
can
do
this.
E
E
Let's
see
here,
okay,
so
let
me
let
me
show
it
this
way:
try
to
make
it
a
little
bit
bigger
here,
okay,
so
what
I
want
to
be
able
to
do
is
just
briefly
share
with
you
a
couple
pieces
and
there's
a
lot
here,
but
I
want
to
be
brief,
so
you
have
questions
in
time.
As
a
reminder,
the
city
of
boston
has
a
four-pronged
approach
of
how
we're
creating
access
to
the
vaccine
and
using
an
equity
lens
to
be
able
to
do
that.
E
We
use
four
four
models:
mass
vaccination,
clinics
group,
clinics,
community-based
public
clinics
and
then
mobile
sites,
and
all
four
of
them
are
important
parts
of
this
puzzle
and
all
four
of
them
are
playing
a
role
in
creating
equitable
access
to
the
vaccine,
the
mass
vaccination
sites.
We
know
you
know
where
they're
at
overall,
we
have
22
fixed
vaccination
sites
across
the
city
that
are
open
to
all
eligible
residents.
E
You
can
find
them
at
boston.gov
and
they're
kind
of
they're
across
the
mass
vaccination
sites,
the
community-based
public
clinics
and
the
mobile
clinics
that
priority
group
clinics
are
targeted
clinics
that
most
people
won't
know
exist,
but
they're
targeted
clinics
for
specific
populations.
So
we
have
at
least
10
additional
sites
that
are
open
to
targeted
residents.
It
can
be
patients
of
a
health
center
or
hospital,
a
specific
subgroup
like
essential
workers
or
a
specific
worker
category.
E
As
you
all
know,
we
had
a
specific
clinic
in
partnership
with
bps
for
essential
workers
working
through
our
public
schools,
and
we
have
transitioned
that
into
an
essential
worker
clinic
for
all
essential
workers,
and
then
we
have
various
mobile
efforts
which
are
both
supported
by
the
city
and
community
health
centers,
like
stan
mentioned,
and
the
work
that
whittier
is
doing.
The
work
that
east
boston,
neighborhood
health
center
is
doing
in
hospitals
that
are
creating
one
day
access.
So
these
are
various
mobile
efforts.
E
It
includes
our
efforts
by
boston
ems,
who
is
going
into
our
bha
housing
developments
to
vaccinate
individuals
on
site
in
community
rooms,
knocking
on
doors,
bringing
people
down
connecting
with
them
to
be
able
to
do
that.
There's
various
other
mobile
efforts
that
are
continuing
to
do
that
as
well.
We're
working
to
create
more
equitable
assets,
access
to
vaccines
through
a
variety
of
different
efforts
which
I
have
spoken
about,
but
set-aside
slots.
E
That
specifically,
is
targeting
a
certain
number
of
slots
at
a
mass
vaccination
site
at
the
reggie
lewis
site,
which
is
about
2
000
appointments
per
day
are
available
there.
Half
of
those
are
set
aside
community
slots,
so
community
organizations
like
the
black
boston,
coveted
coalition,
the
greater
boston
latino
network
and
a
variety
of
other
community
groups
are
able
to
help
book
set-aside
slots
for
folks.
So
we
can
ensure
folks
from
communities
of
color
and
in
neighboring
neighborhoods
close
to
the
reggie
lewis
can
get
access
to
those
set-aside
appointments
that
are
there.
E
The
same
is
true
for
the
clinic
partner,
we're
using
with
tufts
in
chinatown,
where
we
have
set-aside
slots
available
there
to
create
access
for
folks
in
the
surrounding
neighborhoods.
We
also
are
targeting
on-site
appointment
processes.
We
have
worked
to
create
in
partnership
with
the
state,
a
set-aside
card
appointment,
so
an
individual
can
get
a
card.
They
get
the
time
the
date
of
that
appointment,
they're
able
to
show
up
at
that
location
without
having
done
anything
online,
but
they
haven't
filled
anything
out
and
they
can
register
on
site.
Those
cards
are
actual
dose
appointments.
E
So
we
work
with
community
partners
to
be
able
to
do
that,
for
example,
with
essential
workers
becoming
eligible.
We
worked
with
some
of
our
unions
representing
those
essential
workers
to
be
able
to
create
access
for
folks,
whether
it's
working
in
our
grocery
stores
or
in
our
emergency
food
preparation
being
able
to
make
sure
that
they
could
create
access,
knowing
that
the
online
appointment
process
was
not
going
to
help
them
to
be
able
to
do
that,
we've
also
partnered
with
community
centered
locations
and
partnerships.
E
Many
of
you've
heard
the
great
work
of
bmc
and
us
supporting
them
to
be
able
to
partner,
find
locations
and
work
to
create
avenues
to
be
able
to
do
that
and,
of
course,
we're
creating
access
to
our
mobile
vaccination
efforts.
The
city
looks
to
greatly
expand
that
over
the
next
10
days,
with
additional
clinical
partners
and
additional
doses
coming
from
the
state,
which
has
been
an
important
part
of
this
work.
E
We
also
created
boston.gov
forward,
slash,
get
vaccinated,
it's
a
site
where
folks
can
go,
who
may
have
been
disproportionately
impacted
by
covet
we're
talking
about
folks
over
the
age
of
60
and
residents
of
color.
They
can
go
to
that
site
and
ask
for
help
to
get
an
appointment,
and
we
have
a
team
staffed
by
health
and
human
services
staff
and
and
folks,
we've
brought
on
to
help
us
get
people
appointments.
So
they
can
go
to
that
site.
They
can
also
call
617-635-5555
to
get
to
someone
who
will
help
them
figure
out.
E
E
Arranging
and
working
with
city
departments
to
create
transportation
for
folks
wrap
around
supports
that
we
know
are
needed
for
individuals
in
terms
of
interpretation
on
site,
as
well
as
outreach
in
folks
native
language,
as
well
as
looking
at
hours
of
operation.
F
E
Important
that
for
essential
workers,
we
have
hours
of
operation
that
speak
to
the
fact
that
essential
workers
can't
go
to
a
clinic
always
from
nine
to
five.
So
we've
been
partnering
with
organizations
and
we're
gonna
start
funding
some
of
our
community
partners
to
expand
their
hours
so
that
they
can
be
able
to
meet
the
need.
That's
there.
So,
while
we're
creating
equitable
access,
which.
E
Pieces
we're
also
trying
to
break
down
those
barriers
that
we
know
exist
to
prevent
folks
from
being
able
to
get
access,
and
then
public
awareness
and
education
efforts
include
partnering
with
trusted
cbos.
As
many
you
know,
we
have
funded
a
variety
of
community-based
coalitions,
direct
funding
and
support
so
that
they
can
go
out
and
outreach
door
knock
mobilize
their
communities
and
partnerships
with
others.
We've
done
dozens
and
dozens
of
community
presentations
with
cbo's
we've
done
them
in
english
and
now
we're
starting
to
do
them.
We've
done
them
in
spanish.
E
We've
done
converting
creole
we're
doing
one
in
mandarin.
I
think
this
week
and
continuing
to
do
outreach
within
specific
targeted
populations,
faith-based
organizations,
unions
and
community
groups,
and
starting
late
next
week,
we'll
launch
a
public
awareness
campaign.
That's
really
focused
on
hope.
E
You
know-
and
I
say
that
because
that's
what
we're
looking
for
we're
looking
to
to
be
hopeful
for
the
future
and
hopeful
postcovid
and
so
you'll
see
a
campaign
that
we're
going
to
launch
that's
going
to
be
connecting
access
to
the
vaccine
and
people
getting
vaccinated
to
getting
a
sense
of
hope
and
getting
beyond
covid,
so
that
public
awareness
and
education
campaign
is
super
important
to
address
some
of
the
hesitancy.
E
That's
there,
but,
more
importantly,
to
build
confidence
in
the
vaccine
and
then
last
but
not
least,
we've
been
working
with
clinical
partners
and
community-based
organizations
on
the
overall
strategy
and
planning
efforts.
We
held
a
vaccine
planning
summit
with
partners
last
week,
talk
about
what's
working
and
where
more
support
is
needed
and
how
we
can
ensure
that
the
city
very
specifically
can
support
our
four-pronged
approach
and
support
all
the
organizations
that
are
doing
what
they
need
to
do.
E
You
know
the
state
controls
much
of
this
process
and
it
has
oversight
of
this
process,
and
so
the
city
doesn't
necessarily
it's
not
necessarily
able
to
control
where
doses
go.
But
what
we
are
able
to
do
is
ensure
that
we
have
a
coordinated
approach,
an
approach,
that's
going
to
make
sure
that
we're
addressing
gaps
as
they
come
out
and
also
make
sure
that
we're
doing
everything
possible
to
create
real
access
for
folks,
not
just
in
theory
not
just
a
short
term,
but
we're
access
access
for
folks.
E
So
the
last
thing
I
wanted
to
just
be
able
to
do
was
just
briefly
share
a
couple
pieces
of
data
as
you'll
see
this
data,
which
was
released
this
morning
we
have
boston,
pacific
data,
you'll
see
we
have
about
31
of
bostonians
over
the
age
of
16
have
received
at
least
one
dose
and
that's
important.
That's
the
pathway
for
full
vaccination.
E
17.8
percent
of
bostonians
have
been
fully
vaccinated
about
103
000.
These
are
populations
based
on
folks
over
the
age
of
16.
So
that's
all
who's
currently
eligible
you'll
see
this
data
here.
These
are
population
based
rates,
so
we
can
get
a
sense
of.
Are
we
reaching
folks
if
you
compare
by
age
so
right
now,
75
100
out
of
100
000
seniors
over
the
age
of
75
have
been
vaccinated.
E
So
if
you
look
at
that,
as
a
percentage
about
75
percent
of
seniors
over
75
about
75
percent
of
seniors,
65
to
74
have
been
vaccinated.
So
we've
seen
a
large
number
of
our
as
older
bostonians
get
vaccinated,
which
is
super
important,
and
we
have
to
continue
to
monitor
that.
So
we
can
see
that
continue
to
go
up.
E
We
also
want
to
show
your
information
by
race
and
ethnicity.
We
see,
of
course,
that
when
we
look
by
race
and
ethnicity,
you're
going
to
see
that,
obviously
the
populations
that
we
want
to
focus
on
are
all
residents
of
the
city,
but
of
course
our
residents
of
color
who've
been
inequitably
impacted.
We
see
them
currently
vaccinated
at
a
lower
rate
white,
the
highest
rate
at
30
000
per
hundred
thousand
asian
twenty
eight
thousand
per
thirty
thousand
black
twenty
six
thousand
nine
hundred
out
of
a
hundred
thousand
and
latinx
nineteen
thousand
six.
E
Sixteen
and
american
indian
out,
I
lost
an
eight
of
eighteen
thousand
out
of
seven
thirty,
so
we
we
wanna,
compare
this
by
population,
so
it's
not
just
pure
number,
so
we
can
sort
of
see
and
compare
populations.
We've
seen
improvement
in
the
black
african-american
vaccination
rates,
which
is
important.
The
latin
rate
has
still
been
quite
low,
especially
when
you
compare
by
population.
E
We
do
want
to
stress
that
eligibility
impacts
this.
We
have
a
younger
latinx
population,
an
older
white
population
by
average.
So
again
we
know
not
everyone's
eligible,
but
we
want
to
have
a
sense
of
comparing
this
by
population
and
then
you're
going
to
see
this
like
two
more
slides
and
then
I'll
wrap
you'll,
see
this
is
by
race
and
age,
related
to
a
race
and
age
by
different
population
groups.
E
So
you'll
see
that
you
know
in
in
terms
of
75
and
older,
we've
actually
vaccinated
a
higher
percentage
of
black
seniors
over
the
age
of
75
compared
to
white
asian
and
latinx.
We've
vaccinated
a
higher
percentage
of
asian
seniors
65
to
74,
compared
to
the
other
categories
as
well,
and
then,
of
course,
16
to
64
still
largely
not
eligible
at
much
lower
rates.
But
again
we
want
to
be
able
to
dig
into
this,
so
we're
saying
seniors
are
getting
vaccinated
which
seniors
are
getting
vaccinated.
This
is
important.
E
We
want
to
continue
to
see
these
rates.
Go
up
and
make
sure
that
we're
getting
access
to
folks
where
they
need
it
and
then
last
but
not
least,
is
neighborhoods.
E
You'll
see
that
these
are
neighborhoods
again
population
based
rates
as
of
march
23rd,
and-
and
again
I
can't
stress
enough-
the
the
average
age
of
population
is
different
here,
so
not
incredibly
surprising
to
see
west
roxbury,
which
has
the
highest
percentage
of
seniors
in
any
neighborhood
across
the
city,
is
currently
vaccinated
at
the
highest
rate
in
the
city.
E
There
are
neighborhoods
that
are
much
younger
fenway,
for
example,
being
one
of
those
neighborhoods
that
has
a
younger
population
vaccinated
at
a
lower
rate,
since
most
folks,
obviously
younger
australians
are
currently
not
eligible,
but
again,
as
we
start
to
see
more
people
eligible,
we'll
start
to
be
able
to
see.
Are
there
gaps
in
neighborhoods
right,
and
we
want
to
be
able
to
look
at
that
today,
knowing
that
right
now,
when
you
see
east
boston,
that
rate
has
improved,
but
you
also
see
matapan.
E
That
rate
needs
to
needs
to
also
improve
so
you're
going
to
see.
We've
seen
some
progress
in
these
rates
over
short
time.
But
again,
it's
going
to
be
really
important
when
we
have
wider
spread
eligibility
that
we're
able
to
tackle
this.
We
are
releasing
this
data
and
I
don't
know
if
that
data
was
shared
with
counselors
in
advance.
I
will
make
sure
you
get
it
today.
E
If
you
didn't
we're
releasing
this
data
every
week
monday
morning,
tackling
we
get
the
data
from
the
state
we're
able
to
dive
into
it,
break
it
apart
figure
out
where
those
gaps
might
be
and
then
ensure
that
we're
creating
access
and
in
specific
places
and
locations.
E
So
that's
where
we're
at
the
city
is
focused
on
under
mayor
walsh,
we've
been
keenly
focused
on
our
coveted
response
related
to
equity
and
ensuring
those
most
disparately
impacted
could
get
their
needs
met
and
now
under
mayor
janie,
the
administration
is
doubling
down
on
that
and
continuing
that
effort
and
with
that
I'll
pass
it
back
to
you
thanks
constantine.
A
Thank
you
chief
we're
going
to
go
ahead
and
go
to
diane
wilkerson
and
then
we'll
go
to
ava
malona.
K
Good
morning,
good
morning,
good
morning,
counselor,
I
I
want
to
say
thank
you
to
all
of
you,
madam
chair
to
councillor
wu
officer
campbell,
all
of
you
who
have
been
involved
in
really
keeping
this
issue
on
the
forefront.
We
appreciate
it.
I
I
want
to
stay
within
my
five
minutes,
so
what
I
thought
I
would
do
is
to
tell
you
what
we're
doing.
Tell
you
what's
working
and
tell
you
where
the
holes
are
going
forward
as
we
get
we're
as
we're
approaching
the
april
19th
date
when
everyone
is
going
to
be
eligible.
K
So
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
the
first,
my
name
is
diane
wilkerson.
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
the
black
boston
covet
19
coalition-
and
you
know
we
just
marked
one
year
anniversary
in
march
first
week
in
march,
is
when
we
got
together.
We
had
eight
members.
We
now
have
a
little
over
420
members
and
they
represent
everything
from
elected
officials
to
churches,
to
clergy,
to
business
owners,
residents,
nonprofit
organizations,
doctors,
you
name
it
young
people.
It's
been
an
amazing
experience.
K
We
have
been
involved
in
this
from
the
beginning,
so
the
tracking
and
tracing
the
you
know
the
the
monitoring,
certainly
the
testing,
and
I
want
to
talk
about
that
too-
and
the
vaccination
now
that
we're
here,
it's
been
said
by
mr
mclaren
and
and
the
other
speakers
that
at
this
point
I
think
we're
all
thinking
about
the
after
pandemic.
What's
next,
what
do
we
do?
And
what
is
this
city
going
to
look
like
for
communities
of
color,
in
particular,
who
weren't
doing
very
well
going
into
the
pandemic?
K
And
so
we
talked
about
it
constantly.
This
this
pandemic
has
laid
bare
all
of
the
the
worst.
The
issues
black
boston
coalition,
though,
has
had
a
unique
experience,
so
so
much
so
that
there
are
now
some
14
states
that
are
looking
at
the
work
of
cic
health
relative
to
what
is
going
on
at
the
reggie
lewis
and
it's
significant
because
they
also
operate
other
mass
sites.
But
it's
the
reggie
lewis
that
has
caught
the
attention
of
philadelphia.
K
We
were
told
the
other
day
that
jamaica
country,
europe,
14
other
states,
are
asking
and
calling,
and
we've
made
clear
to
cic
healthy
operators
that
they're
not
calling
because
of
cic
health.
If
that
was
the
case,
they'd
be
asking
about
gillette
and
the
and
the
fenway
soon
to
be
heinz
they're
calling
because
there's
something
extraordinary.
K
People
would
have
to
walk
into
that
center
and
see
people
that
looked
like
them
and
when
I
say
that
I
mean
black
latino
asian,
because
this
is
the
community
that
they're
supposed
to
be
targeting
right
now.
Some
98
95
percent
of
the
people
who
roll
into
the
gillette
92
at
fenway
were
white
residents
of
massachusetts,
and
so
the
whole
purpose
of
the
of
reggie
lewis
was
supposed
to
be
to
service
people
of
color.
K
It
goes
without
saying,
I
think
dr
lipchick
said
this
and
he
said
it
in
a
different
way,
but
I
will
tell
you
is
that
part
of
the
issue
that
we've
been
having
across
the
state
is
that
the
entire
state's
vaccination
system
was
created
on
the
basis
of
access
to
be
able
to
get
online,
so
it
doesn't
work
it
and
they've
been
trying
to
dress
it
up
every
time
they
edit
it.
K
I
think
they're
on
their
tenth
iteration
of
their
sign
up
system,
and
they
continue
to
scratch
their
heads
as
to
why
they
can't
get
people
large
numbers
of
people
of
color.
K
They
also
now
think
going
to
a
zip
code
process
is
somehow
going
to
make
this
magic
they're
not
going
to
get
them
because,
as
has
been
said
by
more
than
one
testifient,
the
our
communities
tend
not
only
not
to
have
access
for
the
populations
that
were
initially
targeted,
but
are
not
trustworthy
of
putting
that
kind
of
information
online
and
sending
it
off,
and
so
what
we
did.
We
created
our
own
system
where
we
do
just
the
opposite
of
what
the
state
does,
and
that
is
we
call
people
we
called
them.
K
We
are
out
on
the
ground.
We
actually
have
flyers
all
over
the
place.
It's
funny.
We
ran
into
councilor
flynn,
we
have
photos
of
him
in
chinatown
we
were
putting
up
flyers
to
cic
and
so
you're
in
our
picture
counselor
plan
that
we
will
have
on
the
website,
but
you'll
see
them
all
of
our
flyers.
We
have
are
done
in
nine
different
languages.
We
work
with
cic
on
this.
K
We
hired
local
residents
to
translate
the
information
and
had
cic
paid
them,
and
so
we
have
it
in
somali
in
arabic,
in
cape
verde
and
haitian
creole
in
spanish,
vietnamese
and
chinese,
and
we've
been
doing
targeted
information
and
lit
drops
for
the
last
three
or
four
weeks.
I.
I
also
think
that
chief
martinez
testified
about
this,
the
the
process
or
the
ticket
process.
We
started
a
pilot
with
cic
now
three
weeks
ago,
which
culminated
in
this
past
week.
K
We
had
an
opportunity
with
550
tickets
to
target
people
black
latino
asian.
I
I
have
to
say
she
she
does
not
know
this,
but
I
sent
out.
We
sent
out
an
email
on
fri
thursday
night
friday
morning
to
a
host
of
people,
including
elected
officials,
informing
them
that
we
had
these
550
slots
available
for
the
weekend,
and
we
were
especially
concerned
that
they
make
sure
that
that
we
filled
them
with.
What's
now
called
the
public
facing
workers,
because
disproportionately
that
is
us.
A
week
ago
today,
the
city
opened
outdoor
dining.
K
K
We
had
110
names
from
her
by
the
middle
of
the
day
on
friday
and
as
of
today,
she's
almost
to
400
names,
and
so
by
far
she
has
probably
been
responsible
for
the
the
drastic
increase
that
I
think
you're
going
to
see
and
the
bump
of
numbers
for
latino
vaccinations
over
the
weekend.
K
K
We
black
boston,
covert,
19
coalition,
has
been
fortunate
in
that
we
received
not
only
two
boston
residency
fund
grants,
the
person
we
applied,
the
second
one
we
were
asked
to
apply
because
of
the
work
that
we
were
able
to
do.
On
the
first
we've
been
doing
wellness
checks,
we've
been
doing
gift
cards,
we've
been
doing
food
bank,
we
connected
with
the
food
bank
city's
food
bank
on
river
street.
We
hit
people,
we
call
people
we're
checking
on
the
seniors.
We
we
know
where
the
the
the
problem
spots
are
dorchester
and
matapan.
K
I
happen
to
live
in
o2119.
You
should
know
that
o2119
is
one
of
the
zip
codes
in
our
city,
where
the
the
testing
is
plummeting,
as
in
dorchester
o2121
testing
is
plummeting
and
as
well.
The
vaccination
rates
for
dorchester
and
matapan
are
lower,
and
you
just
saw
that
presentation
by
chief
martinez.
We
have
been
targeting
them
over
the
weekend.
One
of
the
things
that's
happening
is
that
the
while
numbers
are
changing.
K
The
one
number
that
hasn't
changed
is
that
33
of
the
deaths
from
the
time
we
started
have
been
black
residents
in
boston,
and
we
are
the
only
population
that
has
never
never
had
deaths,
measured
consistent
with
our
25
population
in
this
city,
the
only
the
only
sector
and
that's
alarming-
we're
almost
10
points
over
at
one
point
at
34
all
kinds
of
reasons.
Why
that's
the
case,
but
the
one
thing
that's
happening
now
is
that,
because
we
are
able
to
connect
with
people
to
talk
with
people,
you
know
I.
K
In
the
last
week
I've
talked
you
know
on
the
lydia
lowe,
karen
chen
with
the
lissette
lee.
They
literally
are
out
on
the
streets
and
there's
no
other
way
to
do
this.
For
us,
we
can't
wait
for
people
to
figure
out
how
to
get
online
to
figure
this
out.
I
think
that
what
we
also
are
seeing
now
is
that
there's
a
lot
of
different
opportunities.
K
Harvard
street
talked
about
this,
but
if
people
can't
access
it,
it
doesn't
matter.
If
we
do
30.,
we
already
have
more
community
health
centers
per
capita
in
boston
than
any
other
city
in
the
country,
but
there
have
been
some
who
have
been
very
active,
harvard
street
whittier
codman
square,
not
only
in
providing
vaccine,
but
even
on
the
testing
site.
Those
were
our
same
partners
doing
testing.
K
We
are
hoping
to
be
able
to
expand
the
work
that
we're
doing
at
bbcc
and
the
in
the
next
few
weeks
we
are
going
to
we,
we
received
a
very
large
grant
from
the
barf
carmen
foundation
and
we
are
looking
for
clinical
partners
to
expand.
We
like
to
be
able
to
to
supplement
what
we're
doing
with
the
reggie
lewis,
and
we
also
are
recommending-
and
I
and
sending
people
to
our
pub
our
community
locations,
because
not
everybody
reggie
lewis
is
not
close
if
you're
in
mattapan
or
roslindale.
K
So
we've
been
really
focusing
him
on
the
bmc
and
the
city
sites,
but
we
also
know
it's
clear.
We
are
in
need
of
more
mobile
vaccines
and
we
say
that
not
just
pop-up
sites,
but
literally
a
van
that
will
go
and
post
up
at
franklin
field
and
we're
looking
for
a
medical
partner,
I'm
actually
going
to
follow
up
with
mr
mclaren
today,
because
we
think
that
that
is
another
way
to
do
it.
Last
thing
I
will
say
to
you
is
that
there
isn't
one
way
to
do
this
right.
We
have
a
bitly
link.
K
We
have
a
phone
number.
We
have
a
virtual
phone
bank
20
people
who
are
sitting
in
their
house
right
now,
as
we
speak,
who
are
calling
predictive
dialing,
we
do
targeted,
calling
tropical
foods,
for
example,
because
they're
grocery
store
workers
became
eligible.
We
cut,
we
notified
them
within
a
matter
of
24
hours.
K
We
had
a
list
of
50
employees,
30
of
them
were
vaccinated
on
sunday,
20
on
on
on
saturday
and
20
on
sunday,
and
we
and
that's
what
we
we've
been
doing-
that
we
also
have
a
stationary
phone
bank
with
25
phone
bankers
physically
located
in
the
gym
at
reggie
lewis,
which
cic
is
paying
those
folks
to
do
that.
They
get
paid
20
25
an
hour.
Our
managers,
some
of
them,
are
doing
40,
40
and
50
an
hour.
We
take
this
work
seriously,
so
I
get
nothing.
I
don't
have
any
contract
with
them.
K
My
goal
is
to
make
sure
that
as
many
people
of
color
as
we
can
find,
can
get
vaccinated
and
we
don't
even
deal
with
the
trust
and
hesitancy
because
we're
we
don't
see,
our
role
is
trying
to
convince
people
who
don't
want
to
do
it
to
do
it.
It's
to
provide
access
to
the
people
who
do
and
what
we're
learning
that
is
a
very,
very
large
number.
You
can
get
400
latinos
to
sign
go
online
on
a
google.
I
know
the
name
addresses
email
addresses
and
language
preference
is
what
we
have.
K
So
we
know
of
half
safe
spanish,
that's
what
we
have
calling.
Then
we
get
some
dynamite:
spanish
speaking
haitian
creole
cape
verdean
phone
bankers,
because
we
asked
cape
verde
association,
the
haitian
multi-service
center
and
the
greater
boston
latino
network,
to
provide
them,
and
so
there's
clearly
some
opportunity
to
do
better.
The
partnerships
are
working.
K
We
actually
had
to
go
through
our
state
elected
to
get
special
permission
so
that
because
baker
administration
was
trying
to
force
us
to
abandon
our
sign
up
process
and
that
we
would
have
they
wanted
us
to
send
everyone
to
2-1-1.
So,
on
thursday
morning
we
got
the
official
email
from
our
state
delegation
senator
chain
diaz
representatives
from
russell
holmes
were
able
to
convince
them.
That's
not
gonna
happen,
you
know
what
do
you
care?
How
we
get
them
there
once
they
get
there.
K
You
do
the
registration,
so
no
one's
shortcutting,
because
they
still
have
to
fill
it
out,
but
it's
filled
out
for
them
with
them
sitting
there.
You
can
see
the
operation
in
the
gym,
so
that's
it.
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
to
what
you're
doing.
We
hope
to
continue
to
be
working
with
you
in
the
the
next
phase,
when
the
whole
community
opens
up
to
make
sure
that
our
people
get
connected
to
the
vaccinations.
But
thank
you.
L
You
good
morning,
everyone
and
thank
you
so
much
councillor,
edward
and
councillor
wu
for
for
hosting
this
hearing
to
the
esteemed
counselors
independence.
Thank
you
so
much
for
allowing
me
to
be
a
part
of
this
discussion
today.
My
name
is
eva
malone.
I
am
the
president
and
ceo
of
massachusetts,
immigrant
and
refugee
advocacy
coalition
mira,
and
I
also
have
the
privilege
of
co-chairing
the
vaccine
equity
now
coalition,
which
includes
more
than
30
organizations
committed
to
advancing
public
health,
civil
rights,
racial
justice
and
immigrant
rights
in
our
state.
L
L
These
inequities
underscore
why
our
vaccine
rollout
must
be
centered
on
those
who
have
been
most
impacted
by
the
crisis
and
unfortunately
that
has
been
the
case.
I
want
to
take
a
moment
and
give
a
shout
out
to
chief
martinez
and
his
team
for
the
incredible
work
that
they
have
done.
I
had
the
privilege
of
serving
on
the
equity
task
force
and
I've
seen
firsthand
the
incredible
enormous
work
that
the
chief,
the
whole
team
and
the
city
of
boston
has
done.
L
Statewide,
that's
not
the
case.
Unfortunately,
white
residents
have
received
14.7
times
more
doses
that
black
residents
14.1
time
more
doses
than
latinx
residents
and
16.8
times
more
doses
than
asian
residents
put
another
way.
29.4
percent
of
white
residents
have
received
at
least
one
dose
of
the
vaccine
compared
to
19.5
percent
of
black
residents,
17.6
of
asian
residents
and
12.1
of
latinx
residents.
L
L
Those
recommendations
include
direct
10
million
to
trusted
community
organizations
for
outreach
and
engagement
in
communities
of
color.
We
heard
from
previous
colleagues
and
diane
was
so
wonderful
to
see
you
and
thank
you
so
much
for
your
work,
but
the
communities
are
doing
the
work
and
they
don't
have
the
resources
that
they
need.
L
So
our
push
is
for
10
million
trust,
10
million
dollars
to
community-based
groups
and
communities
of
color
for
engagement
and
outreach
immediately
implement
the
promise
20
additional
doses
for
the
most
impacted
communities
set
clear
goals
and
benchmarks
that
mirror
the
disproportionate
impact
of
black
latinx
and
asian
residents,
and
also
improve
language
access
and
cultural
competence
across
all
aspects
of
vaccine
outreach
and
administration.
L
L
However,
we
still
have
a
number
of
concerns
and
unanswered
questions.
That's
why.
Last
week,
32
organizations
from
our
coalition
sent
a
letter
to
the
governor
requesting
an
urgent
meeting
with
him.
One
of
our
top
concerns
is
that
the
baker
administration
is
not
distributing
the
promised
additional
20
vaccine
allocation
for
the
hardest
hit
communities
in
massachusetts.
L
Additionally,
we
need
clarity
on
how
quickly
the
new
funding
will
be
distributed
to
community
and
faith-based
organization,
and
if
there
will
be
additional
investment,
we
are
very
grateful
for
what
has
been
done
but,
as
I
said,
still,
many
unanswered
questions
and
still
many
concerns
how
the
gap
will
be
closed.
Of
course,.
L
Available
and
other
advocates
are
being
heard,
but
there
is
still
a
lot
more
that
needs
to
be
done
at
state
level.
I
also
wanted
to
express
my
deep
gratitude
to
mayor
kim
jenny,
the
new
1.5
million
vaccine
equity
grant
that
was
just
announced,
and
that
will
be
enormously
helpful
to
community-based
groups
who
are
doing
the
work
on
the
ground,
who
are
our
heroes
on
the
ground
and
need
to
help
individuals
and
take
them
for
their
vaccine.
L
We
are
also
very
supportive
of
counselor
rule
ordinance,
which
strives
to
ensure
that
every
neighborhood
has
access
to
community
vaccination
site
with
flexible
hours
and
free
coffee,
19
testing.
The
ordinance
also
mandates
that
the
city
makes
make
available
to
the
public
weekly
reports
on
a
number
of
vaccine
sites,
as
well
as
information
about
their
location,
staffing
hours
and
demographics
for
those
receiving
the
vaccine.
L
We
cannot
fully
address
this
inequities
if
we
cannot
have
access
to
comprehensive
data,
which
is
why
the
provision
is
particularly
meaningful.
We
urge
the
city
council
to
adopt
the
ordinance
without
delay.
I
also
like
to
take
this
opportunity
to
emphasize
the
need
for
language,
access
and
cultural
competency
in
all
outreach
initiatives.
L
We
need
to
make
sure
that
everyone
understands
that
the
approved
vaccine
vaccines
are
safe,
effective
and
free
that
everyone
can
get
the
vaccine
when
they
are
eligible,
regardless
of
immigration
status.
There
will
be
no
immigration
consequences
for
seeking
vaccination
and
that
you
do
not
need
to
get
insurance
or
to
show
any
identification
cards.
I
think
it's
very
important
that
the
community
groups
get
the
resources
that
they
need.
They
have.
L
You
know
to
prepare
the
documentation
and
the
materials
that
are
needed,
because
it's
key
that,
especially
for
meek
status,
household
families,
that
the
concerns
are
still
real
and
the
fears
and
the
anxiety
of
the
last
four
years
is
still
present
to
make
sure
that
they
have
the
information
that
they
need.
They
have
the
support
that
they
need
to
go
and
get
the
vaccine.
L
I
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
be
with
you
today
for
allowing
me
to
to
make
these
points
and
also
looking
forward
to
any
questions
and
looking
forward
to
working
with
you
for
the
months
and
years
to
come.
Thank
you.
D
A
Over
30
years-
and
I
feel
in
terms
of
meeting
the
needs
of
many
of
the
immigrant
populations,
whether
it's
for
drivers
licenses,
whether
it's
for
education
equity,
whether
it's
for
language,
equity
now
and
a
pandemic.
So
I
just
wanted
to
acknowledge
that
work.
Mia
has
been
at
the
table
for
dealing
with
secure
communities
everything
for
years,
and
I
I
think
it's
just
an
again
and
then
just
want
to
acknowledge-
and
thank
also
on,
I
think,
she's
still
here,
diane
wilkerson
too
for
her
work
and
amplifying
all
the
things
as
well.
A
It's
just
incredibly
inspiring
to
see
people
take
the
reins
and
move
and
grow
and
meeting
this
moment
it's
11
30
right
now
and
I'm
happy
to
if
you
want
to
go
to
the
other
aspect,
which
is
the
other
ordinance
and
dealing
with
paid
leave
and
just
read
in
the
administration's
official
statement,
or
at
least
parts
of
it
counselor
wu,
and
then
we
can
turn
over
to
counselors
for
questions
and
comments.
A
I
just
want
to
make
sure,
since
we
don't
have
an
administration
on
that
part,
we
might
as
well
just
go
ahead
and
put
in
counselor.
Excuse
me,
chief
handy's
letter,
okay
again,
as
stated
the
administration
sent
in
a
letter
from
the
cfo
dated
march
29
from
chief
emma
handy
and
I'm
going
to
summarize
summarize
parts
of
it
as
it's.
A
It's
it's
a
good
long
letter
and
it'll
be
made
part
of
the
record
on
the
the
administration's
kind
of
official
stance,
or
at
least
their
thoughts
on
the
the
leave
policy,
and
so
she
thanks
us
initially
for
the
invitation
to
testify,
and
she
just
wants
to
know
that
the
city
of
boston
provides
generous
benefits
already
to
to
employees,
including
sick
leave
that
can
be
used
to
cover
time
off
needed
for
medical
events
such
as
illness,
hospitalization
vaccine
administration
and
even
recovery
from
backs
and
side
effects.
A
However,
given
the
unprecedented
public
health
emergency
presented
since
march
20,
the
city
has
made
several
temporary
modifications
and
additions.
In
march,
the
city
temporarily
modified
provisions
of
the
city's
existing
attendance
policy
to
allow
policies.
Employees
excuse
me
more
flexibility,
use
leave
types
other
than
earn
sick
time
to
cover
illness
related
leaves
they
also
in
march.
They
provide
the
city,
prioritized
services
and
made
an
adjustments
to
employees
workplace
assignments,
allowing
some
employees
to
work
remotely
when
doing
so
would
be
better
to
protect
their
safety.
A
Once
every
14
days
in
december,
we
adopted
the
optional
timing
extension
of
again
the
federal
excuse
me,
the
family's
first
corona
virus
response
act,
extending
them
from
december
31st
to
march
31st
2021
the
city
of
boston,
extended
those
provisions
without
benefit
to
federal
tax
credits
offered
to
private
employers.
A
In
march
of
2021,
the
city
again
expanded
the
benefits
available
to
our
to
the
to
our
employees.
We
added
a
new
paid
leave
benefit
for
vaccination
administration.
The
new
paid
lead
provides
that
employees
may
take
one
hour
of
paid
time
off
for
vaccination
appointment
twice
within
a
40
day
period
for
a
two
dose
vaccination
at
time
intervals.
A
Intervals
recommended
by
the
vaccination
manufacturer
and
currently
the
city
is
reviewing
the
terms
of
the
of
the
recently
passed
american
rescue
act
and
pending
state
legislation
for
the
purpose
of
ensuring
the
city's
probit
19
benefits
are
as
comprehensive
as
the
law
allows
and
helpful
to
our
workforce
as
we
can
make
them.
So.
A
The
details
for
the
policy,
modifications
and
additions
have
been
shared
with
city
staff
and
are
continually
available
at
hub
dot,
boston,
dot,
gov,
slash,
global
dash,
19-forms
dash
and
documents,
and
the
city
of
boston
remains
committed
to
doing
all
that
city
can
to
continue
to
support
employees
during
this
unprecedented
times.
We
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
share
this
information.
Thank
you
for
your
partnership,
sincerely
emma
handy
chief
of
administration
and
finance.
A
So
I
think
what
I'd
like
to
do
in
the
time
that
we
have
is
to
really
focus
on
docket
0261
and
the
equitable
standards
that
that
ordinance
would
create
for
the
distribution
of
the
vaccines
in
terms
of
the
expanding
paid
sick
leave.
I
think
that
we
could
wait
to
make
sure
that
our
the
goals
of
this
ordinance
marries
with
and
is
catching
up
and
and
working
with
us
what
the
city
is
also
doing
to
expand,
certainly
policies.
A
So
if
it's
okay,
we
might
leave
that
for
both
dockets
will
go
to
a
working
session,
but
I
wanted
to
kind
of
just
focus
on.
Oh
two,
one.
Six
excuse
me:
oh
two,
six
one
right
now
and
leave
0303
for
the
working
session.
Counselor
was
that
okay,
all
right!
So,
let's
for
my
colleagues
we're
going
to
go
back
and
look
at
the
equitable
distribution
ordinance
for
the
remaining
half
hour
for
45
minutes
I'll,
say
because
I
did
start
us
late
and
we're
going
to
focus
on
that.
A
Thank
you
so
much
all
right,
then,
so
we're
going
to
go
in
order,
starting
with
the
lead,
sponsor
counselor
wu.
C
Thank
you
very
much,
thank
you
so
much
to
everyone
for
all
of
your
incredibly
thoughtful
and
and
informative
presentations.
I'll
just
list
out
a
couple.
Questions
for
whomever
feels
moved
to
chime
in
and
thank
you
again.
I
know
some
folks
have
been
with
us
a
very
long
time
already
this
morning,
so
one
just
thinking
through
the
interaction
between
vaccinations
and
testing,
especially
in
what
the
senator
had
been
saying
and
in
what
professor
lipstick
early
on
had
been
talking
about
just
in
terms
of
variance.
C
So
how
are
we
thinking
about
how
long
the
testing
program
needs
to
be
phased
out
even
after
vaccination
gets
to
a
certain
place
and
by
community,
and
all
that
so
we'd
love
to
hear
about
that,
and
then
the
other
big
piece
I
want
to
hear
about
is
walk-in
appointments
right.
So
we
know
that,
for
example,
in
philadelphia,
they've
seen
huge
success
in
setting
aside
half
of
the
appointments
for
walk-in
residence
from
hardest
most
impacted
communities,
and
so
are
we
getting
to
that
point?
C
You
know
that
would
remove
the
ultimate
barrier
in
some
ways
of
of
all
the
pre-registration
and
and
all
that
needing
to
happen.
So
love
particularly
on
those
two
fronts,
any
insights.
E
Sure
so
I
can
jump
in
to
answer
the
two
questions
that
you
have
from
my
perspective
on
sir
wu.
In
terms
of
the
testing
program,
the
city
plans
to
continue
to
support
its
testing
protocol
and
the
efforts
that
it's
funded
throughout
the
city.
E
E
You're
already
seeing
hospitals
lay
out
that
they're,
seeing
a
lower
demand
in
testing
as
they've
been
able
to
vaccinate
so
many
of
their
employees
right.
So
you
start
to
see
that
sort
of
waiver,
but
right
now,
as
we
said,
we
have
less
than
not
even
19
of
people
vaccinated.
So
we
need
to
have
testing
widespread.
One
challenge
to
testing
and
stan
can
probably
speak
to
this.
I
think
you
sort
of
already
did
stand.
E
Many
of
our
health
centers
have
done
tremendous
work
around
testing
the
capacity
for
them
to
both
test
and
do
all
the
vaccination
is,
is
a
challenge,
and
so
we've
been
working
with
some
of
them
to
be
able
to
do
that
and
also
find
other
partners
who
might
be
able
to
just
focus
on
that
testing
piece.
So
for
us
we
plan
to
do
both,
and
I
know
health
centers
want
to
make
that
routinely
available
as
well,
and
then
the
only
other
piece
that
would
lift
up
is
related
to
the
registration.
E
There
are
some
locations
that
are,
you
know,
doing
set-aside
slots
for
walk-ins
for
people
to
just
come
in
and
who
are
eligible.
I
think
the
fact
that
not
everybody
is
eligible
makes
walk-ins
very
difficult
to
do
right
now.
I
think
once
full
eligibility
comes,
the
state
will
have
its
rules
and
restrictions
based
on
any
doses
it
provides.
It
doesn't
mean
that
there
might
not
be
the
ability
to
do
that,
but
I
agree
with
you
counselor.
I
think
senator
wilkerson
and
I
have
talked
about
this
many
times.
E
Can
we
eliminate
all
the
barriers
for
people
to
getting
in,
and
one
of
them
is
the
need
to
have
to
do
it?
I
don't
want
to
underplay
clinical
partners,
will
tell
you
the
modern
and
the
pfizer
vaccine
are
sensitive.
I
guess
that's
the
question.
What
I
would
raise
and
having
the
ability
to
have
storage
and
have
the
right
number
of
vials
and
making
sure
you
don't
waste
is,
is
a
is
a
critical
part
of
that,
but
you're
right.
The
walk-up
piece
is
important.
I
D
I
The
only
thing
I'd
add
is
that
we're
we're
one
of
the
partners,
that's
with
the
boston
public
health
commission,
so
we're
doing
a
lot
of
mobile
testing.
Still
the
issue
we
have
is,
we
are
having
folks
show
up
and
the
demand
isn't
there,
and
you
know
we
have
to
balance
trying
to
make
sure
we
have
the
resources
to
to
administer
the
vaccine
with
the
testing
and
we're
seeing
a
decline
in
demand
for
the
testing,
so
that
that's
kind
of
just
ways
on
the
resources
and
trying
to
figure
out
the
logistics
of
it.
All.
I
I
think
you
know
in
the
background
logistics
has
been
a
killer.
Through
this
whole
thing,
we
have
been
pivoting
since
this
pandemic
began,
we've
been
pivoting
to
telemedicine,
we've
been
pivoting
to
retrofitting
our
space
to
not
allowing
folks
in
them
to
figuring
out.
We
got
to
get
our
patients
in
and
trying
to
get
up
with
a
strategy
to
get
to
see
our
patients
patients,
because
we
have
some
of
the
the
most
vulnerable
populations
that
have
they
need
to
be
seen
so
walking.
I
As
far
as
the
walk-in
is
concerned,
we
hope
to
get
to
that
point.
You
know
access
to
the
vaccine
dictates
that
as
well
as
the
phasing.
So
as
that
point
arrived,
I
think
the
level
of
outreach
that
we're
currently
doing
is
going
to
be
extremely
helpful,
as
that
part
starts
to
pop
pop
up.
K
Go
ahead,
yeah
just
want
to
say
I
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
is
not
always
recognized
that
which
stan
just
mentioned
is
the
level
of
course
correcting
and
redirecting
and
switching
that's
gone
on.
It's
been
incredible,
especially
since
we
live
particularly
in
medicine,
in
a
pretty
state,
you
know
and
and
change
resistant
process.
So
one
of
the
reasons
that
we
are
convinced
that
the
testing
is
waning
is
because
we
stopped
talking
about
it,
and
so
that's
on
us.
K
So
the
messaging
has
to
be
that
a
vaccination
doesn't
mean
no
longer
need
for
testing,
and
so
I
know
that
the
bbcc
is
working
on
a
out
of
a
major
new
series
of
psa
campaigns
as
we
head
down
this
stretch,
which
is
going
to
include
testing
in
it,
and
so
we
just
have
to
be
mindful
of
that.
One
of
the
reasons
why
it's
waning
is
people
think
that
if
they
get
a
vaccine,
they
don't
need
to
get
tested
anymore,
and
so
it's
some
it's
as
much
a
messaging
issue
as
a
demand.
C
Thank
you,
my
my
last
question
was
for
chief
martinez
in
particular.
Do
you
think
that
by
the
time
we
are
at
that
april,
19th
wide
wide
eligibility
date
that
the
city
basically
will
have
implemented
the
pieces
we've
been
talking?
I
mean
it
sounds
like
it's.
It's
already,
mostly
there
in
terms
of
geographic
access
time.
Thinking
about
time
of
day
access
are
there
pieces
that
you
feel
like
everything
is,
is
going
to
basically
be
there
by
by
the
time
everybody's
eligible.
E
Yeah
I
mean,
I
think,
we're
working
towards
it's
really
about
doses
right,
so
eligibility
is
one
thing,
but
the
doses
availability
of
doses
has
to
match
that.
So
we
know
it's
coming
and.
E
There
will
be
a
time
when
we
have
more
doses
than
we
have
arms
that
want
them.
That
is
going
to
happen,
and
so
I
think
that's
important.
The
one
thing
based
on
some
of
the
things
that
we've
talked
about
or
that
I've
seen
not
every
zip
code,
I
would
argue,
needs
a
vaccination
site.
E
That
would
be
one
thing
that
the
city
likely
isn't
headed
towards,
primarily
because
what
we
want
to
do
is
create
a
lot
of
access
and
those
zip
codes
that
have
been
hardest
hit,
and
so
not
every
zip
code
has
been
impacted
the
same
and
and
to
give
you
a
sense
of
that,
some
zip
codes
people
have
the
ability
to
figure
out
how
to
navigate
these
systems
and
to
get
to
places
and
locations.
E
So
that's
the
only
thing
that
I
don't
think
we're
headed
towards
it
doesn't
mean
you
know
right
now
we
have
20
over
22
sites.
It
doesn't
mean
we're
not
going
to
have
more
sites
more
pop-up
clinics
and,
more
you
know
access.
That's
the
only
piece
that
I
just
want
to
make
sure
was
that.
C
Yeah-
and
I
mean
I
guess
what
I've
learned
in
so
many
of
the
threads
of
testimony
today,
I
think
connecting
what
senator
wilkerson
was
just
saying
about
the
importance
of
how
we
talk
about
it.
The
messaging
with
what
sam
was
saying
earlier
about
the
importance
of
proximity
in
in
neighborhood,
and
the
fact
that
you
you
were
that
you
were
right
there
and
have
been
there,
that
it
makes
a
difference,
then,
in
those
moments
for
for
bringing
people
in
and
and
making
that
connection.
C
So,
yes,
certainly,
I
think
it
was
oriented
to
make
sure
that
that
we're
combining
that
proximity
in
hardest
hit
areas
and
and
to
push
for
that
to
be
the
the
driving
force
of
it.
I
I
think
that
you
know
the
component
about.
Can
we
really
link
together
the
messaging
by
ensuring
that
there
is?
C
You
know,
if
not
outright
offering
testing
or
talking
about
testing
at
each
of
these
vaccination
sites
as
well?
Just
that
they're
sort
of
still
very
much
linked
in
people's
minds
and
and
the
the
chance
to
have
that
in
in
neighborhood
and
and
connected,
I
think,
is
also
really
important.
Thank
you
so
much
everyone.
A
H
Thank
you,
I'm
so
encouraged
by
all
the
work
that
our
community
partners
are
doing
on
the
ground.
Like
seriously,
I
can
sleep
at
night
knowing
who's
at
the
helm,
making
things
happen
and
to
hear
that
so
many
people
leaned
into
it
and
and
actually
trusted
the
process
because
again
it
goes
back
to
who
is
the
one
disseminating.
The
information
is
just
such
a
great
strategy
and
so
senator
wilkinson.
H
I
really
do
appreciate
you
creating
an
opportunity
for
us
to
be
able
to
do
just
that,
so
just
like
that
is
the
type
of
of
work
when
we
think
when
we
think
about
community
engagement
and
outreach,
I
mean
like
I'm
like
wow,
so
yes
kudos
to
you
and
harvard
street
yes,
mr
mclaren,
like
I
love
the
idea
that
you
just
rolled
up
to
a
barber
shop,
you
know
that
barber
shops
and
hair
salons
are
definitely
deeply
in
my
heart,
and
so
the
fact
that
you
all
were
able
to
do
that.
H
That
again,
it
goes
to
show
in
terms
of
innovative
strategies,
just
meeting
literally
people
where
they're
at,
and
I
think
that,
if
we're
talking
about
access
and
opportunity,
I
I
think
more
of
those
you
know
scenarios
we
need
to
see
more
of,
and
I
think
that
it
may
be
one
of
those
things
that
on
site
and
day
of
registration
I
mean,
I
think,
that
that
if
you
guys
were
able
to
do
something
like
that,
where
you
just
rolled
up
at
a
barber
shop,
maybe
we
can
look
at
how
that
looks
and
then
create
more
of
those
opportunities
for
right
now
in
the
moment
get
your
shot.
H
So
I
think
that
you
know
that
is
something
else
to
to
consider
so
great
work
on
all
that
front
and
the
boston,
public,
health,
commission,
chief
martinez,
thank
you
to
you
and
your
team
for
supporting
these
initiatives
really
encouraged
by
all
the
hard
work
that
your
team
is
doing.
H
So,
just
a
few
questions,
could
you
talk
chief
martinez?
Can
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
community-based
organizations
you've
been
working
with?
I
know
we
have
a
few:
what
plan
to
expand,
outreach
and
partnerships
with
the
community
and
community.
I'm
thinking
about
the
smaller
grassroots,
mom
and
pop
some
of
them
are
literally
no
names
are,
are
doing
great
work.
So
I'm
just
curious
what
efforts
are
being
made
to
support
some
of
those
organizations.
E
Yeah
so
confessor
we
have
continued
to
partner
with
organizations,
primarily
we're
funded
through
the
boston
resiliency
fund,
who
are
basically
coalitions
of
organizations
right.
So
there
are
immigrant
service
providers
who,
whether
it's
alpha,
whether
it's
the
brazilian
worker
center,
the
black
boston
covic
coalition
and
the
array
of
organizations
that
are
underneath
it,
the
greater
boston,
latino
network
and
the
organizations
that
are
connected
to
it.
E
So
we've
been
able
to
partner
with
some
coalitions
and
then
direct
service
providers
who
are
doing
work
on
the
ground
and
then
those
folks
who
are
you
know
a
couple
folks
that
are
working
in
neighborhood
associations
and
and
those
who
are
trying
to
do
initiatives
through
unions.
So
the
city,
the
resiliency
fund,
funded
a
bunch
of
organizations.
The
boston
public
health
commission
funded
a
bunch
of
different
organizations.
E
The
vaccine
equity
fund
that
mayor
janie
just
announced
is
intended
to
also
provide
an
additional
layer
of
funding
and
what
we're
trying
to
do-
and
this
speaks
to
something
the
senator
said
earlier-
we're
trying
to
provide
the
flexibility
for
organizations
to
implement
a
strategy
that
works
for
them
with
the
organizations
they're
partnering
with.
So
if
you,
we
don't
want
to
tell
grassroots
groups,
you
have
to
do
it
this
way,
we
do
want
to
make
sure
we're
delivering,
which
is
important.
E
We
want
to
make
sure
we're
translating
effort
into
getting
shots
into
people's
arms,
but
that
has
been
an
ongoing
effort
to
try
to
provide
resources
to
those
organizations,
so
the
resiliency
fund
bphc
together.
I
think
they
have
funded
roughly
70
different
organizations
on
the
ground
to
do
some
layer
of
work,
and
that
will
continue
with
this
next
round
of
grants.
H
Right,
okay-
and
I
have
a
quick
question-
thank
you
for
that
at
the
reggie
lewis
center.
Having
done
a
quick
little
pop-up,
you
even
feed
folks
and
you're
partnering
up
with
local
restaurants
to
help
you
know
get
people
fed,
and
I
think
that's
also
incredibly
helpful
in
terms
of
just
the
work,
and
I
do
believe
that
we
don't
have
enough
resources
to
do
all
everything
that
is
needed
to
get
people
in
there.
So
I'm
just
curious
at
what.
What?
H
How
can
we
make
this
process
continue
throughout
all
of
our
vaccine
sites?
I
mean,
I
know
you
guys
have
created
such
a
great
model
for
what
it
looks
like
so,
let's
say,
for
instance,
if
we
wanted
to
expand
the
work
into
other
parts
of
the
city
senator
wilkerson,
can
you
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
that
would
look
like.
F
A
Before
you
go
just
want
to
know
that
this
counselor
here
this
will,
just
after
the
senator
ends
we're
going
to
have
to
go
to
the
other
three
more
councillors
and
I'm
trying
to
make
sure
that
and
senator
give
time
for
the
other
counselors
to
also
get
to
chief
martinez,
as
he
has
a
hard
stop.
So.
K
A
The
chief
has
got
to
go
so
I
I
counselor
camera.
I
see,
you've
come
you're
here
and
counselor
flaherty
and
then
myself
still
had
questions.
So
if
it's
okay
for
those
all
of
us,
if
we
can
make
sure
our
account,
our
questions
are
kind
of
for
the
chief.
If
you
have
something
for
him
that
way
we
can
prioritize
and
and
he
can
go
counselor
campbell.
Are
you
available.
G
Yes,
sorry,
I'm
going
between
my
phone
and
my
laptop
having
major
zoom
issues,
not
good,
but
you
know
we're
blessed.
So,
first
of
all,
thank
you
chief.
Thank
you
to
all
of
the
panelists.
I
know
how
busy
you
guys
are
so
to
continue
to
come
up
and
give
it
to
these
hearings
and
give
us
updates
is
really
helpful,
really
appreciate
you
guys
as
work
in
the
community
stan.
It's
so
great
to
see
you.
You
know
the
work
you're
doing
in
district
four,
just
beyond
grateful
to
you,
your
board,
your
staff
and
senator.
G
Thank
you
for
always
engaging
us
just
one.
I
guess
maybe
one
question
for
the
chief
before
you
have
to
go
actually
before
I
even
ask
my
question.
I
also
want
to
thank
you
all
for
the
intentionality
on
connecting
all
communities
of
color,
particularly
our
asian
constituents,
based
on
what
we
just
recently
saw
and
what
we
learned
at
the
last
vaccination
hearing.
This
was
of
a
major
concern.
You
know
we're
all
in
this
together,
so
the
intentionality
from
all
of
you
is
remarkable
and
just
wanted
to
celebrate
that,
and
thank
you
for
that.
G
Chief,
obviously,
with
the
matapan
numbers
as
a
resident
of
matapan,
that's
a
major
neighborhood
in
my
district,
I'm
just
concerned
with
how
low
the
numbers
are,
particularly
with
morningstar
baptist
churches
online.
I
know
a
whole
host
of
residents
who
are
going
and
using
that
site,
which
is
wonderful,
folks,
call
us
about
it.
We
give
information
along
with
that
site
and
all
the
other
sites
that
are
coming
online.
So
what
are
the
barriers
to
getting
folks
vaccinated,
particularly
in
matapan
based
on
those
numbers?
G
E
Yeah,
it's
a
it's
a
great
question.
Counselor!
You
know,
I
think
you
know
it's
one
of
the
reasons
that,
although
right
now
it's
focused
on
essential
workers,
we
opened
the
site
at
the
galavan
community
center
in
matapan,
so
that
we
knew
that
we
wanted
to
make
sure
there
was
greater
access
down
there,
which
is
one
piece:
the
matapan
community
health
center,
obviously
partnering
with
bmc
to
create
access
there.
But
again,
there's
been
a
bunch
of
outreach
from
community
organizations.
E
I
do
know
I'm
pretty
sure,
so
I
know
for
sure
that
the
black
boston,
culvert
coalition
has
been
doing
outreach
into
matapan
as
well.
So
I
I
think
it's
really
about
like
making
sure
that
you
know
we're
just
creating
as
much
access
as
we
can
until
there
is
widespread
availability,
so
that
you
know
some
of
the
some
of
the
eligibility
things
does
confuse
people
right.
We
have
met
folks
even
in
our
outreach
who
are
eligible
but
they're
like
oh,
I
don't
think
I
can
get
it
yet,
but
they
were
63.
E
and
so
they
could
get
it,
but
they
didn't
know
they
could
right.
So
some
of
its
communication,
some
of
it's
the
outreach
we've
also
reached
into
the
you-
know
faith-based
community
and
the
churches
to
try
to
mobilize
as
well.
So
I
think
what
we're
seeing
and
what
we
continue
to
hear
is
that
people
just
need
to
have
an
easier
connection
to
get
an
appointment.
People
need
to
make
it.
It
needs
to
be
less
complicated.
E
That
information
needs
to
come
from
trusted
sources.
So
we
haven't
heard
you
know
much
more
than
that.
The
community
health
center
has
talked
about
patients,
saying
they're,
just
not
ready
yet
so
that
we've
heard
and
that's
been
true,
we
know
in
communities
of
color
many
people
have
said.
You
know
that
we'll
wait
until
other
people
get
it
right
and
that's.
F
E
So
in
some
neighborhoods
than
another,
so
I
don't
think
there's
one
thing:
I
think
we're
going
to
continue
that
working
and
see
what
some
of
the
challenges
might
be
from
the
city
and
create
more
access.
But
it
is
why
we're
going
to
keep
that
clinic
at
the
galaban.
As
long
as
I
can.
G
That's
wonderful
to
hear
and-
and
I
think
it's
critically
important
and
and
so
anything
we
can
do
in
terms
of
greater
investments
in
some
organizations
in
matapan
is,
is
essential,
so
anything
I
can
do
to
support,
really
appreciate
it
and
then
the
last
question,
or
maybe
it's
a
comment-
is
on
the
testing
piece
and
I
think
the
senator
and
others
have
spoken
to
this
as
well.
There
are
some
neighborhoods
where
we're
seeing
testing
shut
down
and
I've
been
reminding
folks,
even
with
the
vaccine
conversation
we
have
to
remain
vigilant.
Testing
is
still
critically
important.
G
I
had
to
get
tested
this
weekend
because
of
exposure
or
just
being
at
various
events,
and
so
really
want
to
see
testing
sites
not
close,
but
maybe
expand,
and
so
just
have
some
concern
around
some
testing
sites
that
are
closing
in
communities
as
well.
I
think
it's
a
little
early
for
that.
So
I
wanted
to
stress
that
point.
Based
on
what
I'm
hearing
around
how
difficult
it
is
still
to
get
tested.
So
there's
some
wonderful
sites.
But
what
is
it?
G
A
You
I
really
appreciate
it
council
flaherty,
did
you
have
any
questions
for
the
chief
before
I'll
have
to
go?
I.
M
M
I
I
want
to
commend
him
he's
been
in
the
frying
pan
since
day
one-
and
I
gotta
tell
you
I'm
in
this
business
a
long
time,
not
long
enough,
of
course,
heading
into
another
cycle,
but
I
have
to
tell
you
his
attention
to
detail
how
the
the
work
ethic,
the
commitment
to
our
city,
the
changing
dynamics
of
his
day
and
being
able
to
to
to
keep
us
informed
and
to
to
be
accessible
as
he
was.
M
I
I
gotta
commend
him
personally
for
that
we're
lucky
to
have
him
and
we'd
like
you
to
have
his
commitment
to
to
our
city
and
in
into
our
people.
That
said
also
want
to
recognize
that
you
know
he's
also
in
the
middle
of
a
transition
from
from
mayor
walsh
to
to
acting
mayor
janie,
and
I
really
believe
that
it
was
the
weekly
updates
that
the
chief
was
giving
us
collectively.
That
is
gonna,
make
that
a
smooth
transition.
M
It's
to
benefit
the
residents
of
the
city,
and
so
I
just
want
to
commend
the
chief
for
all
of
his
great
work
on
behalf
of
the
city
and
was
hoping
that
we'd
be
through
this.
So
he
could
actually
get
a
vacation
at
some
point.
M
But
now
my
concern
is
this
variant
that
we're
seeing
in
the
news
and
didn't
know
whether
or
not
the
chief
just
wanted
to
touch
base
on
the
variant
and
what,
if
anything,
do
we
need
to
do
as
a
city
starting
to
see
it
pop
up
in
in
different
parts
of
the
state?
And
then
other
cities
not
quite
sure
what
we
have
for
data
on
the
new
variant?
But
how
do
we
now,
as
we
obviously
we're,
increasing
our
testing
and
we're
increasing
our
vaccines,
and
also
now
we
get
thrown
a
curveball?
M
E
Yeah
something
thank
you
for
your
words
concert
florida.
I
appreciate
that,
in
terms
of
the
variant
I
mean
it's,
it's
clear
that
we
are
starting
to
see
a
presence
of
the
variant
that
was
first
identified
in
the
uk.
It's
always
been
said
that
we
thought
that
would
be
the
dominant
strain
in
the
united
states
going
into
april,
and
that's
still
believed
to
be
the
case.
I
I
think
the
reality
is
that
we
haven't
seen
huge
numbers,
but
again
not
all
samples
are
being
tested
for
the
variance.
E
So,
of
course,
the
it's
skewed
in
terms
of
what
we're
seeing
we
do
know
from
some
of
our
hospital
partners
who
are
trying
to
test
the
overwhelming
majority
of
their
samples
for
the
variant
that
they're,
seeing
about
60
of
the
variant
show
up
in
some
of
those
samples,
and
so
that
would
give
us
a
sense
that
it's
probably
all
already
more
widespread
than
than
we
than
we
know.
The
reality
is
still
the
case
that
the
efforts
to
protect
ourselves
even
related
to
the
variant.
It's
the
same.
E
It's
rare
in
a
face
mask
it's
social,
distancing,
it's
being
really
clear
by
getting
tested
to
counselor
campbell's
earlier
point,
and
it's
making
sure
that
we
do
all
the
things
we
need
to
do,
but
it
is
true
we
are
sort
of
in
a
race.
We
need
to
vaccinate
folks
and
continue
to
vaccinate
as
many
people
as
possible
to
protect
us
from
that
variant.
E
But
one
thing
I
wanted
to
stress
to
folks
is
that
you
know
you
may
have
seen
that
for
the
first
time
in
our
data
that
was
just
released,
we
went
up
to
4.2
positivity
in
the
city
as
the
first
time
we've
been
over
three
in
about
six
weeks,
that
increase
in
activity
is
related
somewhat
to
the
variant
being
more
infectious.
It's
just
also
related
to
people
are
just
more
out
and
about
people
are
more
engaged
in
things.
We've
reopened
some
things
through
the
state.
E
M
Thank
you
very
much
chief
and
thanks
for
sticking
around
for
a
couple
minutes.
I
know
you're
very
busy,
and
so
I
appreciate
your
your
time
and
then
through
the
chair.
Obviously
just
wanted
to
commend,
stan
and
all
of
our
community
health
centers
who
have
been
on
the
front
line
since
day,
one
as
well
and
stan,
and
I
had
partnered
over
the
summer
a
few
times
we
were
connecting
restaurants
to
make
sure
that
there
was
food
distribution
to
the
front
line.
M
Workers
who
were
coming
in
early
staying
late
and
dealing
with
some
very
difficult
circumstances
also
worked
very
closely
with
my
relationships
in
in
the
in
the
somali
community,
the
caribbean,
haitian
and
caverdian
community,
as
well
working
with
the
local
community,
health,
centers
and
local
restaurants,
trying
to
make
a
difference,
or
at
least
say
thank
you
to
the
frontline
workers
and
put
a
smile
on
their
face
for
the
long
hours
and
long
stressful
hours.
M
They
were
dealing
with
as
well
and
and
then
I
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
to
my
local
community
health
center.
As
as
one
of
the
network
of
community
health
centers.
I
believe
that
they're
up
to
1500
vaccines
a
week
with
capacity
to
do
more,
so
I
guess
the
question
to
someone
maybe
stan
is
the
communication
between.
A
No
problem
we
will
get
to
a
question
was
proposed
to
senator
wilkerson
and
to
stan,
but
I
wanted
to
make
sure
if
it's
okay,
I
can
get
through
my
questions,
real
quick
to
the
chief
before
he
goes.
A
Okay,
I
think
I'm
the
last
counselor
to
go
so
I
wanted
to
make
sure
I
had
just
just
some
thoughts
about
the
ordinance
in
and
of
itself,
and
I
think
some
of
some
of
it,
you
kind
of
noted
that
the
city's
already
doing
or
already
committed
to
in
some
parts,
you're
less
inclined
to
commit
the
city
to
so.
I
just
want
to
go
through
it.
So
I
see
about
like
about
eight
components,
to
this
board
men,
so
the
one
and
I'll
just
list
them
and
then
we'll
you
know
one.
A
A
Be
part
of
this
continue
to
be
part
of
this
conversation
that
the
testing
and
the
vaccination
should
be
free,
that
we
have
at
least
one
of
the
sites
be
available
throughout
the
week
and
weekends,
maybe
even
24
7.,
I
don't
know,
but
at
least
one
of
the
sites
within
this
within
the
zip
code,
be
at
a
higher
capacity
that
there
be
an
online
dashboard
that
allows
for
streamlining
for
appointments
for
the
entire
city,
and
you
can
also
see
the
entire
city
at
one
time
and
then
also
an
online
portal
for
volunteering,
so
that
if
I
wanted
to
volunteer
all
over
the
city
and
help
out,
I
could
and
then
finally
the
weekly
reports.
A
So
that's
this
is
that's.
What's
in
the
ordinance
so
far,
and
I
heard
in
earlier
testimony-
the
zip
code
may
not
be
a.
I
wouldn't
say
that
the
city
wasn't
committed
to
it
so
much
as
this,
because
it's
a
minimum
right,
it's
a
minimum.
I
think
you
probably
do
it
anyway,
but
but
of
the
things
listed,
there's
some
things
you
guys
are
already
working
on
and
doing
right
and
so,
let's
just
make
sure
we'll
start
from
the
weekly
reports.
You
just
said
you're
going
to
be
doing.
A
Okay,
the
two
online
portals,
I
the
volunteer
one
and
the
scheduling.
What
is
the
city.
E
So
the
so
currently
people
want
to
volunteer,
they
have
to
go
to
the
medical
reserve
corps
and
that's
already
the
ability
to
do
that
to
volunteer.
You
have
to
pass
a
background
check
and
and
so
that
that's
a
process,
that's
streamlined,
but
health
centers
already
are
using
that
for
people.
So
we
can
make
that
available.
There's
no
question
for
people
to
be
able
to
volunteer
on
the
online
dashboard.
E
We
couldn't
commit
to
that
in
terms
of
one
registration
system.
Some
health
centers
have
people
call
directly
the
health
center,
which
is
great.
Some
of
them
are
not
relying
on
online
tools,
some
organizations
that
do
pop-up
clinics,
they
register
people
at
their
doors
and
they
don't
want
people
calling
or
going
online.
So
we,
you
know
right
now.
E
The
city
has
one
site
where
if
people
want
to
put
their
information
on
there,
we
populate
it
with
daily
clinics,
we
populate
it
with
how
to
register,
but
the
one
portal-
it's
not
one
size
fits
all
to
be
frank,
so
we
wouldn't,
I
would
one
I
would
not
want
to
say
the
health
centers.
You
have
to
use
this
system
to
vaccinate
in
boston,
so
we
wouldn't
want
to
do
that.
E
So
right
now,
if
you
go
to
boston.gov,
I
don't
know
the
exact
address,
but
if
you
do
boston.gov
vaccine,
you
can
go
in
and
see
what
what
the
sites
are
where
they're
located
and
how
to
register.
You
cannot
see
availability
of
appointments
because
again
most
some
of
them
do
not
do
that
through
an
online
system
and
many
of
the
pop-up
sites.
Don't
do
any
pre-registration
online
or
by
phone
they
do
them
in
person.
You
could
see
that
it's
coming,
but
you
wouldn't
be
able
to
figure
out
whether
there's
appointments
there
or
not.
E
Because
again
we
want
to
give
people
the
flexibility
and
not
only
want
to.
We
don't
have
any
ability
to
tell
people
they
have
to
use,
see
that's
what
the
state
did.
The
state
said
if
you're
going
to
use
our
doses,
you
have
to
do
this
system
this
way
and
we
think
that
has
not
been
the
best
way
to
do
it.
So
that's
not
how
we'd
want
to
do
it
on
the
city.
E
F
A
It,
and
so
I
would,
I
would
hope
that
we
could
at
least
come
up
with
some
sort
of
city-wide
system.
That
shows
that
so
moving
on
then
that
at
least
one
of
the
sites
in
the
zip
codes
or
in
the
mini
districts
be
available
on
weekends.
Every
single
day
of
the
week.
E
Yeah,
so
that's
our
goal.
Our
goal
is
to
make
sure
that
that's
the
case
I
mean
the
health
centers
are
the
ones
that
are
doing
a
big
bulk
of
that
work,
and
many
of
them
are
against.
Staffing
is
a
challenge
that
we've
heard
from
almost
all
of
our
health
centers
the
ability
for
them
to
vaccinate
on
sundays
or
for
them
to
vaccinate
at
night,
which
is
why
we're
we're
going
to
try
to
put
financial
resources
to
help
folks
to
be
able
to
do
that,
but
yeah.
E
E
So
there
isn't,
as
of
yet
we've
had
a
couple:
clinical
providers
look
for,
drive,
look
at
drive-in
sites
and
the
complication
of
it
and
they've
been
able
to
do
it
in
other
other
cities
across
the
country.
The
complication
is
that
people
need
to
wait
if
you've
been
vaccinated
on
this
call.
E
You'll
know
you
have
to
wait,
50
or
30
minutes
depending
on
your
own
medical
history
and
to
be
able
to
have
cars,
come
in,
get
vaccinated
and
then
sit
and
wait
for
15
or
30
minutes
and
be
monitored
from
car
to
car.
So
some
sites
have
some
clinical
partners
have
looked
into
it.
We
have
not
yet
had
a
clinical
partner
say
they
want
to
do
that,
and
that's
the
main
thing
to
be
able
to
be
able
to
do
that.
E
E
A
And
then
the
testing
in
and
of
itself
that
I
would
assume
the
city
is
going
to
be
committed
to
testing
well
beyond
the
90
vaccination
rate,
we're
going
to
continue
to
test.
I
assume
because
variance
change,
and
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
out
of
this
completely
right,
yeah.
E
So
testing
should
become
routine
at
some
level
and
I
will
argue
it
will
become
routine
as
well
like
the
vaccination
process,
but
I
want
to
stress
testing
availability
in
a
no
consular
camera,
I'm
not
sure
she's
on,
but
when
she
raised
the
issue
about
you
know,
testing
access,
you
know
stan
said
it
pretty.
E
Clearly
it's
not
that
the
access
isn't
there,
but
when
people
go
and
create
the
access,
and
then
people
aren't
taking
advantage
of
it,
it's
hard
for
health
centers
to
keep
doing
it
when
they
have
other
needs
in
terms
of
staffing.
So
our
goal
is
to
keep
it
going
and
keep
it
accessible
across
the
city.
E
We
really
want
to
prioritize
zip
codes
that
have
been
hardest
hit
and
disproportionately
impacted.
So
we
have
many
zip
codes,
who
that's
not
the
case
that
people
been
able
to
get
vaccinated,
who
are
able
to
use
the
means
that
they
have
to
go
to
a
location
to
get
vaccinated
that
might
be
in
the
next
zip
code.
So
the
city
would
hate
to
focus
on
the
every
single
zip
code
when
we
know
that
not
every
single,
zip
code's
been
impacted.
E
The
way
that
others
have
been
so
we're
really
focused
on
the
disproportionately
impacted
zip
codes
to
make
sure
that
they
have
many
places
to
get
vaccinated.
A
I
assume,
when
I
thought
of
zip
code.
I
thought
it
was
the
minimum
right
so
that
you
could
still
prioritize
disproportionately
impacted
population.
Just
have
more
in
those
zip
codes
have
one
in
every
one.
E
Yeah,
I
mean
absolutely.
I
understand
that
piece
counselor.
I
think
what
I'm
trying
to
stress
is
that,
when
we're
trying
to
prioritize
limited
doses
and
limited
infrastructure,
we've
really
got
to
prioritize
the
zip
codes
that
are
overwhelmingly
in
communities
that
have
been
hardest
hit.
E
So
if
we
really
focused
on
other
zip
codes,
we
could,
if
we
wanted
to
ensure
every
zip
code
had
a
had
a
vaccination
site,
but
in
terms
of
the
strategy
that
doesn't
that's,
not
the
strategy
that
I'm
pushing
for
us
to
follow,
which
is
really
focusing
on
those
other
locations.
To
give
you
an
example
of
that,
the
highest
vaccinated
neighborhood
currently
is
west
roxbury
and
it
does
not
have
a
vaccination
site
in
west
roxbury.
E
A
So
would
it
be
possible
to
have
the
two
narratives
as
in
you,
prioritize
your
vaccination
sites
and
those
who
are
disproportionately
impacted
right
now,
but
by
the
certain
I
don't
know
june
or
whatever,
every
zip
code
has
a
vaccination
site.
E
So
I
hear
what
you're
saying
I
wouldn't
from
the
city's
end:
it's
not
something
that
I
would
be
comfortable
committing
to.
It
doesn't
mean
that
we're
not
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
make
sure
there's
access
in
all
neighborhoods
right.
So,
for
example,
we
reached
out
to
pharmacies
who
have
you
know,
for
example,
cvs
has
locations
in
west
roxbury
and
we
would
like
them
to
make
one
of
those
locations
a
vaccination
site,
because
we
think
that's
important.
E
What
I'm
not
what
I,
what
I
wouldn't
want
us
to
do
is
for
us
to
be
prioritizing
infrastructure,
money
and
doses
into
a
neighborhood
that
doesn't
need
our
help
to
be
able
to
do
that.
So
I
don't
think
it
has
to
be
either
or
but
with
a
limited
resources
and
limited
sort
of
capacity.
I'm
trying
to
focus
on
those
hardest
hit.
Neighborhoods
yeah.
A
A
So
if
you're,
if
you're
reaching
out
to
say
those
cbs
in
west
roxbury
and
saying,
are
you
going
to
commit
to
at
least
you
know,
one
of
you
being
a
vaccination
site
that
operates?
I
understand
the
city's
saying
we
can't
because
we
are
prioritizing
other
populations
and
rightfully
so
our
money,
our
infrastructure
from
the
city,
won't
be
going
there,
but
we
can.
We
can
say
there
is
going
to
be
and
we're
going
to
coordinate,
to
make
sure
that
there's
at
least
a
vaccination
site
operating
at
the
cbs
in
this
zip
code.
M
E
E
E
Yeah
so
counselor,
I
still.
I
would
still
disagree
with
that.
I
think
the
language
as
I
read
it
made
it
that
the
city's
effort
and
energy
should
be
focused
on
getting
a
vaccination
site
in
every
single
zip
code
and
that,
just
to
me
with
limited
energy
effort
and
resources,
that's
not
what
I
think
we
should
do
so
again.
I
think
creating
equitable
access,
it
doesn't
mean
equal
access
in
every
place,
and
so
I
think
for
us,
that's
not
that
doesn't
make
sense
for
for
the
strategy.
E
A
Right
and
I'll
just
again
read
the
language,
though,
to
make
sure
that
I'm
reading
it
as
to
give
you
the
wide
birth
that
you
can
say
that
their
vaccination
site,
so
the
health
human
services
cabinet,
should
coordinate
with
the
boston,
public,
health,
commission
and
boston
area,
hospitals,
healthcare
providers,
pharmacies
to
ensure
that
at
least
one
covid19
vaccination
state
operates
in
each
residential,
zip
code.
So
to
me
that
that
is
not
saying,
therefore,
the
city
is
the
one
that's
operating
it
it's
more
like.
A
Can
you
open
up
a
map
say
that
we
definitely
got
one
in
this
zip
code?
We
definitely
got
one
in
this
code,
but
in
terms
I
see
a
counselor
will
in
terms
of
being
able
to
maximize
our
priority,
and
I
think
this
also
requires
a
prioritization
for
money
and
so
on
and
so
forth
for
the
vulnerable
populations.
That's
where
the
city
is
going
to
do
like
20
over
here
and
so
on
and
so
forth.
A
E
C
Counselor
whoa!
No,
thank
you
so
much,
I
think
yeah.
I
do
think
we're
all
on
the
same
page
and
I
just
wanted
to
flag
that
at
the
time
this
ordinance
was
drafted
and
proposed.
This
was
a
long
time
ago
when
it
was
gillette
and
fenway,
and
so
the
goal
was
through
this
language
to
guarantee,
I
think,
where
we've
ended
up
already
through
community
groups
etc.
I
you
know,
I
do
believe
that
at
some
point
we're
going
to
need
to
get
to
every
every
zip
code
right.
C
I
I
hear
where
chief
martinez
is
going
in
terms
of
we
don't
want
to
sort
of
hamstring
ourselves
by
getting
there
first
versus
where
we
need
to
do
it
in
the
right
order.
So
I
fee
it
sounds
like
we
will
arrive
at
where
I
was
in
initially
intending
this
to
go
just
and
yeah
so
happy
to
work
on
this
language
and
follow
open
working
session.
A
Very
well
so
thank
you
chief,
so
much.
I
know
that
you
we
are
past
your
hard
stop,
so
you
you've
been
more
than
generous
with
your
time,
we'll
see
you
at
the
working
session
and
maybe
by
then
a
lot
of
this
may
be
not
obsolete,
but
can
be
changed
because
we
might
be
at
a
whole
different
level.
I
will
say
this
to
everybody:
I'd
like
to
try
and
get
the
working
session
before
april
19th.
A
I
think
we're
all
looking
at
that
drop
down
dead,
dead
deadline
is
in
terms
of
like
when
it
opens
up
massively
so
I'd
love
for
all
of
us
to
be
speaking
on
the
same
page
with
the
same
standards
with
the
same
goals
and
moving
forward
on
this.
So
I
just
want
to
again
thank
you
so
much
for
your
leadership
chief
and
thank
you
for
staying,
and
I
apologize
for
not
coordinating
with
your
your
you're
coming
in
at
temperatures.
E
A
Everyone
thank
you,
okay,
so
counselor,
I
think
we're
with
senator
wilkerson
I'll.
Just
let
folks
know
we
do
have
apparently
there's
another
hearing
coming
in
after
us,
so
I'm
going
to
try
my
best
to
make
sure
this.
We
don't
go
over
12
40,
so
that
gives
central
staff
some
time
to
breathe,
we're
at
12
15
right
now
that
gives
central
staff
some
time
to
breathe,
to
focus,
there's
a
question
pending
for
senator
wilkerson
and
then
stan.
A
K
I'm
gonna
talk
fast,
one
talking
with
the
community
health
centers
over
the
last
several
months,
even
in
the
process
of
the
transition
to
from
testing
to
vaccination.
K
First,
you
should
know
no
surprise
that
the
community
health
centers
were
hit
themselves,
that
many
of
the
employees
who
got
covered
or
had
family
with
covet,
and
so
that
clearly
impacted
their
ability
to
do
even
the
on-site,
never
mind
the
mobile
operation
and
then
the
second
is
that,
with
all
of
the
focus,
which
means
the
resources
transitioning
to
vaccine
and
not
testing,
that
the
same
staff
who
was
doing
testing
now
is
looking
now
is
involved
in
the
vaccinations
so
on
the
community
health
center
level.
K
That's
what
we're
dealing
with
right,
the
other
is
that
what
chief
martinez
was
saying-
and
I
always
I
didn't
say
today-
and
I've
probably
just
missed
it-
sometimes
to
treat
people
equitably
equitably.
You
have
to
treat
people
different,
so
the
what
is
clear
is
that
there
is
not
a
problem
with
west
roxbury
white
folks
bottom
line
across
the
commonwealth.
K
Have
if
you
go
right
now.
This
is
what
I
thought.
If
you
go
right
now
to
the
walgreens
and
blue
hill
and
quincy
you're,
going
to
see
two
lines,
if
you
go
to
the
one
eggleston
square
you're
going
to
see
two
lines,
one
is
the
pharmacy
for
the
people
who
live
in
the
community
and
that's
where
they
get
their
medicine.
The
other
is
going
to
be
the
vaccine
line.
K
They
could
not
be
more
different,
the
night
or
day
and
again
go
back
to
what
I
said
at
the
beginning
is
that
the
the
core,
the
beginning
of
this
process,
starts
with
your
ability
to
access
online.
You
just
had
a
professor,
you
know
from
harvard
doctor,
I
think
he's
gone,
lift
just
tell
you
how
difficult
it
was
for
him,
but
he
a
couple
of
hours,
so
it
doesn't
work
for
our
folks.
They
are
not
having
problem
accessing.
K
That's
why
we
had
to
do
a
reggie
lewis
and
all
those
community
sites,
and
so
just
be
mindful
of
that,
that
you
know
the
resources
are
necessary.
If
they
don't
have
them,
they
are
making
choices.
Unfortunately,
and
I
think
that
that's
why
some
of
the
testing
is
suffered.
The
second
thing
I
just
want
to
say
about
matapan
and
hyde
park
is
that
what
we're
seeing
right
now
is
the
same
thing.
K
We
saw
this
summer
that
some
of
you
were
involved
in
customer
hey
councillor
campbell,
I'm
sorry
that
she
left
that
they
have
a
two
things:
disproportionately
high
number
of
multi-generational
households
and,
second,
a
disproportionately
high
number
of
caribbean
households
who
have
been
resistant
who
have
been
resistant.
They
were
resistant
to
the
testing
and
resistant
to
the
vaccination
because,
of
course,
they
didn't
believe
the
testing
was
necessary,
and
so,
even
as
the
communities
around
them,
the
zip
codes
around
them,
like
grove
hall,
is
fine
bet.
It
was
doing
better
than
the
then.
K
The
the
residential
part,
the
homeowners,
and
so
the
gallivan
is
going
to
be
helpful
for
the
folks
who
live
there.
But
it's
the
homeowners
in
matapan,
the
caribbean
families,
where
we
are
seeing
the
resistance
like.
I
said
they
were
the
same
ones
that
rep
holmes
councilmember
councillor
campbell
had
to
like
dispatch
people
in
the
middle
of
the
night
because
they
did
raging
parties
all
summer,
and
so
that's
some
of
the
reality
so
part
of
what
we're
doing
we
got
to
match
it
with
them.
K
K
It's
not
the
low-income
population
that
we're
dealing
with
in
matapan
or
even
the
seniors,
because
we
go
after
seniors
the
seniors.
It's
that
middle,
the
folks
who
are
living
in
the
house
with
grandma,
and
you
know
who
who
who
have
not
been
receptive
to
the
testing
or
the
vaccination,
but
we're
on
it
and
any
other
ideas.
I
just
wanted
to
add
that,
because
counselor
cam
will
ask
about
it,
but
we
are
seeing
it-
we've
been
seeing
it
since
the
summer.
A
Thank
you
so
much,
and
I
agree,
I
I
think
it's
treating
everyone
equitable
doesn't
mean
you
have
to
do
everything
the
same.
I
think
you're
completely
correct
and
I
I
stand
not
so
much
corrected,
but
at
least
better
informed
as
counselor
who
did
remind
us
when
she
introduced
it.
We
were
not
having
these
conversations
that
this
you
know
the
the
the
vaccination
site
hadn't
been
opened
up
at
the
reggie
lewis
center.
We
did
not
have
a
lot
of
these
equitable
infrastructure
already
going
so
I
I
so.
A
A
You
were
also
up
next,
I
think
councilor
flaherty
was
asking
you
specifically
about
any
any
things
the
council
could
be
doing
to
help
community
health
centers,
and
I
think
you
you
had
talked
about
it
before
you
come
on
and
you
talked
about
specifically
how
we
can
we
can
go
where
we
can
show
up
and
we
can
amplify.
But
I
don't
know
if
you
wanted
to
add
to
your
your
previous
comments.
I
What
I
wanted,
I
guess
what
I
want
to
do
also
is
thank
you
thank
him,
because
when
we
were
going
through
this
in
the
beginning
he
did
he
was
one
of
the
first
ones
to
reach
out
to
us,
and
you
know,
facilitated
restaurants,
providing
lunch
for
our
staff
and
that
that
that
was
really
appreciated.
So
I
wanted,
I
want
to
say
something
about
that.
I
I
also
want
to
highlight
something
that
that
senator
the
senator
just
spoke
to
and
gave
great
examples
about,
was
the
importance
of
getting
trusted
entities
to
help
with
regards
to
the
hesitancy.
I
That's
been
our
approach
since
the
beginning
of
this,
and
I
think
it's
going
to
have
to
be
the
approach
as
we
we
get
further
along
in
this
and
you'll
find
that
residents
you
know,
are
more
resistant
to
getting
vaccinated.
So
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
those
couple
of
things.
I.
I
The
relationships
that
the
counselors
have,
because
you
all
have,
I
would
say
you
all-
have
been
doing
quite
a
bit
of
outreach
just
in
your
election
process.
You've
touched
various
areas
of
the
community.
You
know
we're
certain.
You
know
some
of
the
gatekeepers
and
everything
else.
I
think
the
example
of
of
the
councilwoman
who
was
able
to
get
listings
to
to
to
senator
wilkinson's
group.
I
I
think
that's
an
example
that
I
mentioned
earlier
just
leveraging
your
relationships
allowing
us
to
go
into
various
neighborhoods,
making
sure
that
you're
you're
part
of
the
solution
with
regards
to
communicating
where
sites
are
under
you
know,
understanding
our
issues
around
logistics
is
important,
also
know
that
you
know
offering
the
the
the
you
know
the
issue
around
testing
and
us
trying
to
balance
the
vaccination,
knowing
that
we
gotta
it's
a
race
to
get
the
vaccine
in
arms
that
helping
in
in
messaging,
I
think,
is
extremely
important.
I
So
I
think
those
things
I
think
for
me
is
mainly
leveraging
the
relationships
that
you
guys
have
space
space.
Helping
us
get
space
in
the
community.
Space
has
been
a
real
issue,
especially
when
we're
doing
the
testing,
because
you
have
to
have
a
certain
amount
of
spacing
with
folks,
and
you
still
have
to
have
that
spacing,
and
the
fact
that
we
have
to
monitor
folks
after
they
get
a
shot
for
about
15
to
30
minutes.
I
Space
has
always
been
is
an
issue,
so
those
are
the
areas
I
think
we
could
use
help
with.
One
thing
I
do
want
to
highlight
that
hasn't
been
brought
up,
that
we
have
found
that
we've
been
dealing
with
is
fact,
especially
with
the
hispanic
and
caribbean
communities
is
literacy.
I
We
have
had
some
serious
issues
with
literacy.
We've
had
staff
that
have
had
to
you
know,
recognize
and
handle
that
in
a
delicate
manner,
because
folks
are
not
necessarily
communicating
that,
but
there
has
been
a
level
of
literacy
of
the
literacy,
and
that
has
impacted
folks.
You
think
it's
hesitancy
when
it
might
not
be
so
and
having
our
staff
that
that
kind
of
looks
like
them
speak
like
them
and
have
had
years
of
relationship
with
them
has
been
helpful
in
kind
of
getting
through
that
so
so
yeah.
A
Thank
you,
I
think
again.
I
want
to
just
appreciate
your
leadership
specifically
in
this
area
and
how
it
really
does
what
we've
seen
and
if,
if
we
had
operated
trying
to
pick
the
village
from
the
ground
up
to
heal
a
community,
we
wouldn't
be
having
a
lot
of
these
conversations,
but
I'm
going
to
go
and
check
in
again.
A
H
No
just
I
wanted
to
just,
I
think
so
I
think
my
answers
were
addressed.
I
I
do
think
that
stan's
point
in
terms
of
literacy.
H
As
you
all
know,
I've
been
really
going
hard
on
the
fact
that
not
a
lot
of
people
know
how
to
read
and
write,
even
in
their
own
native
language,
and
that
there's
a
privilege
that
we
all
have
when
we
can
do
so,
and
so
I
think
that
it's
important
as
we
continue
to
talk
about
the
ordinance.
H
How
do
we
utilize
symbols
and
videos
and
audio
files
as
a
way
to
engage
with
folks
and
even
putting
people's
the
flag
of
their
country
so
that
they
click
it
and
then
there's
a
video
that
pops
up
that
you
know
just
because
I
think
I
I
think
we
need
to
do
a
better
job
on
that
literacy
front,
and
you
guys
know
that
I
I
that's
one
of
the
things
that
I've
been
going
hard
on
the
city
government
juicy
peace,
I
think,
could
be
the
signing
factor.
H
In
fact,
there
were
some
folks
that
we
were
helping
with
this
form.
I
mean,
I
think,
there's
also
a
level
of
stigma
and
embarrassment
that
some
people
don't
know
how
to
read
with
whatsapp.
They
just
do
voice
clips,
because
that's
the
easiest
way
to
communicate
for
people
who
don't
know
to.
H
How
we
can
utilize
wax
app,
also
as
a
tool
for
engagement
and
and
helping
people,
and
my
internet
is
unstable,
so
I'm
gonna
be
quiet
and
think.
Thank.
A
You
I'm
just
checking
it
looks
like
council
campbell,
council
flaherty
are
no
longer
on
counselor,
I'm
going
to
go
back
to
you,
counselor
whoa.
If
you
had
any
more
comments
or
questions
good.
Thank
you,
councilor
wu
is
good.
I
think
in
terms
of
anything,
so
my
only
first
of
all,
of
course,
I
equal
the
thanks
to
both
the
senator
and
stan
and
to
me
mira,
as
I
said
before,
while
ava
was
on
here.
A
I
think,
if
at
anything,
I'd
love
to
talk
at
one
point
about
permanent
infrastructure
and
community
outreach
for
emergencies
generally,
I
think
there
is
a
the
same
thing
I
said
to
the
school
department.
You
know
one
of
the
issues
that
couldn't
adjust
fast
enough
to
allow
for
us
to
find
different
sites
to
educate
kids.
If
we
wanted
to
have
in-person
learning
for
special,
you
know
we
didn't
look
at
the
hockey
rinks.
A
We
didn't
look
at
our
pilot
relationships
with
larger
universities
and
I
I
I
feel
like
I
understand
we're
trying
to
build
a
bike
and
run
it
at
the
same
time,
but
at
some
point
we
will
have
something:
how
do
we
make
it
permanent
and
how
do
we
have
a
spring
into
you
know
like
okay,
good
something's
been
declared,
emergencies
have
been
declared,
there's
a
health
crisis,
there's
a
such-and-such
prices,
there's
a
blah
blah
blah
crisis.
What
is
the
outreach
infrastructure?
A
That's
multilingual,
culturally
sensitive,
who
are
the
point,
people
who
are
the
organizations
who
get
who
know
code
red?
We
go
we're
going
to
go.
We
have
the
list
serves,
we
have
the
emails,
we
have
the
barber
shops.
We
have
all
these
different
things.
The
church
is
all
ready
to
go
and
that
we
move
on
that.
So
I
think
that
if
it,
if
anything,
I'd
love
for
us
to
continue
to
continue
the
conversation
about
what
does
permanent
grassroots
outreach
infrastructure
look
like
how
much
does
it
cost?
A
Let's
be
real,
put
a
dollar
sign
and
I
think
one
of
the
best
things
I've
I've
learned
from
you
senator
is
pay
people,
don't
assume
everyone's
going
to
spring
to
volunteer
they're
trying
to
pay
rent
at
the
same
time
and
also
dealing
with
this
pandemic.
So
I
think
I'd
love
to
see
that.
So
that's
my
concluding
remarks.
I'd
love
to
see
this
become
permanent.
A
Thank
you
so
much
councillor
wu
for
your
leadership
on
this
and,
if
anything,
I
guess
I'll
close
out
now
at
12
30
allow
for
central
staff
to
have
a
little
bit
of
time
before
we
spring
into
our
next
hearing.
Thank
you
guys
all
have
a
good.