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City of Charleston Health and Wellness Advisory Committee (Virtual)
B
Okay,
well
I'd
like
to
call
this
meeting
of
the
health
and
wellness
advisory
together
for
this
wednesday
march
3rd
2021,
so
I
can't
believe
we're
already
into
march.
It's
we
move
into
springtime,
although
it's
cold
and
rainy
this
morning,
we're
starting
to
have
some
warmer
temperatures
and
some
better
times
and
having
some
positive
news
come
back.
So
that's
all
great!
B
You
know
the
appreciation
of
the
city
for
the
time
and
expertise
that
this
council
gives
to,
or
this
committee
gives
back
to
our
our
council,
it's
very
very
appreciated
and
they
were
very
much
in
favor
of
the
of
the
heat
watch
that
we
had
that
we
brought
before
them.
You
know
that
that
was
supported
unanimously
and
they're
very
appreciative
of
the
work
that
we've
done
on
that
as
well.
So
with
that,
I
think
I'm
going
to
let
paul
start
us
off
with
a
city
report.
A
I'll
just
talk
mainly
about
vaccines.
Well,
I
will
first
of
all
say
that
and
we're
seeing
a
a
drop
in
our
our
lo
and
our
employees
on
with
the
dealing
with
covid
cases.
So
that's
a
maybe
hopefully
a
sign
for
our
community.
Although
I
think
I
saw
some
some
we
had
like
37.
I
think
people
in
charleston
county
get
infected
yesterday.
So
but
I'm
not
gonna,
that's
where
I'm
gonna.
A
Let
katie
talk
about
that
part
of
it,
but
but
the
the
two
good
things
on
the
horizon
is
that
we've
got
two
groups
that
will
be
doing
vaccines
in
in
charleston
and
becoming
next
one.
Starting
next
week
we
can't
say
enough
about
federal
health
care.
They
have
been
working
in
a
rural
community
they're
out
at
watermall
today,
and
they
will
be
at
the
city
gym
arthur
christopher
community
center
next
wednesday,
from
nine
to
two
I'm
doing
their
free
clinic,
and
I
think
they
hope
to
do.
A
I
think
it's
around
500,
but
anyways
it
will.
They
will
have
people
standing
in
line
waiting
to
do
vaccines.
So
that's
a
that's
a
good
thing
for
us
coming
up
very
shortly
and
then
on
the
15th
that
if
everything
goes
to
coordinated
plans
and
the
vaccines
arrive,
we
the
city
has
entered
a
contract
to
join
in
partnering
with
musc.
A
To
be
able
to
do.
We
are
the
rodmv
facility
there,
by
the
courts
and
by
the
police
department
will
be
opening
to
the
public
for
vaccinations
and
they
will.
That
is
not
a
one-time
affair
that
is
hopefully
a
nine
to
twelve
month,
but
I
don't
think,
there's
a
determination
of
how
long
it
will
be,
but
it
will
be
on
a
more
open
opportunity
to
to
get
vaccinations
into
our
downtown
charleston
and
that
at
least
it
looks
like
it's
going
to
be
a
six
day
a
week
operation.
A
C
A
So
well
with
that,
I
susan
johnson
was
supposed
to
be
on
our
agenda
kevin.
She
is
running
a
little
late,
so
if
we
could
maybe
jump
in
and
go
ahead,
let
dr
richardson
jump
in
and
start
with
us.
D
Absolutely
so
I
I
usually
leave
the
statistics
to
tracy
and
I
see
she's
not
on
today,
so
just
briefly
I'll
say
that
we
are
coming
up
on
our
one-year
anniversary
of
our
first
case
of
covid
diagnosed
in
south
carolina
that
was
march
6th
of
last
year
and
since
that
time,
we've
diagnosed
over
518
823
confirmed
improbable
cases
in
south
carolina
and
of
these
8
576
of
our
residents
have
died
and
just
nationwide
to
sort
of
put
that
those
numbers
in
perspective
with
over
516
000
deaths.
D
So,
although
we
are
seeing
light
at
the
end
of
the
tunnel,
especially
around
this
time
of
the
anniversary,
we
do
want
to
remember
those
who
have
lost
their
lives
to
this
infection
and
and
all
that
it
has
taken
from
our
community.
D
But
on
a
more
positive
note.
Yesterday,
across
the
state
we
only
had
592
confirmed
cases
and
paul
already
talked
about
how
many
were
in
charleston,
only
13
confirmed
deaths
and
4.6
of
individuals,
testing
positive.
D
So
someone
on
an
emergency
manager
call
last
week
you
sort
of
asked
me
what
what
date
are
we
sort
of
looking
at
sort
of
for
the
end
game?
And
we
discussed
that
and
I
think
it
it
won't,
be
any
surprise
to
those
on
the
call.
D
But
you
know
I
think
it
will
be
a
combination
of
case
rates,
so
incidence
of
new
infections
percent
positivity,
the
percent
of
our
population
that
is
vaccinated
and
then
the
zero
survey
so
sort
of
trying
to
figure
out
we've
got
to
factor
in
how
many
people
have
been
infected,
but
don't
know
that
they
were
infected
and
that
comes
from
the
cereal
prevalence
survey,
some
of
which
are
being
done
through
commercial
labs,
south
carolina's,
doing
a
specific
one
called
sc,
strong
and
and
more
increasingly
coming,
which
sort
of
look
at
at
antibodies,
as
well
as
pcrs
and
antigens
to
try
to
find
those
those
folks.
D
So
you
know
we
believe
now
herd
immunity
will
likely
come
when
somewhere
between.
Eighty
percent
of
the
population
is
immune,
either
through
infections
or
vaccination,
but
they're
they're.
D
Just
still
so
many
factors
that
contribute
to
that
about
how
long
immunity
lasts
from
both
of
those,
but
especially
from
infections,
as
well
as
the
variants
and
and
their
sort
of
move
into
our
communities
and
and
how
much
more
transport
they
will
be
and
and
the
effect,
therefore,
that
we
will
see
from
from
increased
infections
and
and
therefore
hospitalizations
and
deaths
from
there.
We
do
have
a
map
now
on
variance
on
our
dhec
website.
D
It
will
show
that
we
have
eight
identified
cases
of
the
south
african
variant
and
two
identified
cases
of
the
british
variant
in
the
low
country
region,
but
we
know
that's
very
much
an
underestimate
because
we're
still
only
doing
whole
genomic
sequencing
on
a
very
small
portion
of
our
positive
cases.
That
being
said,
we
do
want
to
in
particular
highlight
to
providers
that
if
a
case
is
diagnosed
that
that
meets
the
definition
of
a
vaccine
breakthrough
case,
so
someone
who's
fully
vaccinated.
D
It's
been
at
least
two
weeks
since
that
second
dose
and
they've
had
no
positive
in
the
past
45
days.
Then
we
do
want
to
hear
about
that
case
and
we
would
like
to
try
to
obtain
any
residual
specimen
to
send
to
our
public
health
lab
for
for
sequencing.
D
Moving
on
to
the
vaccines,
which
is
probably
the
the
brightest
star
in
what's
going
on
with
covet
these
days,
we're
now
at
nearly
2
million
doses
per
day
across
the
united
states,
and
yesterday
president
biden
announced
that
there
should
be
enough
vaccine
by
the
end
of
may
for
all
adults
in
the
united
states,
which
is
several
months
earlier
than
we
had
previously
believed.
D
South
carolina
also
hit
the
good
milestone
that
we've
given
more
than
one
million
doses
of
the
vaccine
of
this
week,
and
as
of
yesterday,
it
was
one
million
three
thousand
five
hundred
and
fifty
eight
fisa
modern,
first
and
second
doses,
given
the
cdc
estimates
that
we
now
provide
about
14
and
a
half
percent
of
a
population
with
at
least
one
dose
and
6.8
percent,
with
both
doses
with
83
of
doses
being
administered.
D
I
know
tracy
who's
now
on
and
others
have
asked
about
the
differences
in
the
the
data
on
the
cdc
website
and
the
dhec
website
about
how
many
doses
have
come
to
south
carolina
and
how
many
have
been
given,
and
I
didn't
bring
the
exact
numbers
I
did
send
those
to
tracy,
but
it's
basically
the
cdc
puts
the
number
that
they've
promised
south
carolina.
So
it's
usually
up
to
sort
of
three
weeks
ahead
to
allow
us
some
planning,
and
so
they
include
those
numbers
in
what
they
report.
D
Even
though
dhec
only
includes
numbers
for
vaccines
that
are
actually
on
south
carolina
soil.
So
only
those
who
have
actually
come
here,
and
so
we
believe
that
the
numbers
given
that
difference
given
some
delay
in
reporting
are
actually
basically
the
same
they're
just
reporting
different
things.
But
I'm
happy
to
go
into
more
detail
on
that
with
anyone
who
is
who
is
interested.
D
We
have
begun
piloting
a
program
to
get
vaccine
to
our
homebound
population.
That's
happening
in
two
rural
counties
in
the
little
country
to
start
off,
but
we
hope
to
expand
that
soon
and
that's
a
partnership
right
now
with
agape,
which
is
a
hospice
organization.
D
Hopefully
today-
and
I
know,
mayor
teclenberg
and
tracy
will
be
happy
to
hear
this.
I
believe
that
dhec
will
debut
a
new
version
of
our
vaccine
dashboard
that
will
better
refine
data
by
county
and
even
I
think,
I've
heard
by
zip
code
level
as
far
as
who
has
gotten
back
seeing
some
of
the
demographics
associated
with
those
groups,
so
that
we
can
better
plan
on
and
work
towards,
ensuring
equitable
access
and
distribution
of
our
vaccine.
D
As
of
now
we're
still
in
phase
1a
a
vaccine
distribution.
But
yesterday
governor
mcmaster
did
report
that
we
will
move
to
1b
on
monday.
So
that's
march,
the
8th
and
and
that
group
will
will
include
the
following:
it'll
include
anyone
age
55
and
over
anyone
with
increased
risk
of
severe
coveted
disease
that
are
age
16
to
54,
but
also
have
currently
chronic
kidney
disease,
chronic
lung
disease,
diabetes
down
syndrome,
heart
disease,
hiv,
solid
organ
transplant,
obesity,
which
is
considered
a
bmi
of
greater
than
30
for
these
purposes.
D
D
It
will
include
the
front-line
workers
with
increased
occupational
risk,
so
those
who
are
working
in
person
and
who,
through
their
position,
are
unable
to
socially
distance
from
others
so
unable
to
stay
more
than
six
feet
away
for
for
15
minutes
from
others.
D
So
we
really
are
defining
that
as
occupational
risk,
that
is
above
the
risk
of
the
general
population
and,
in
addition,
there's
individuals
at
increased
risk
in
settings
where
people
are
living
and
working
in
close
contact
that
will
be
workers
in
residence
in
homeless,
shelters
and
correctional
facilities
in
group
homes,
migrant
farm
workers
who
live
together
or
share
transportation
will
include
anyone
working
in
healthcare
or
community
health,
or
that
has
not
already
been
vaccinated
in
in
one
a
and
then
so.
D
That's
really
combined
sort
of
many
of
those
that
we
were
talking
about
in
both
phase
one
b
and
one
c
previously.
So
one
c
that
we
anticipate
opening
up
around
mid
april.
So
around
april
the
12th
will
include
people
45
years
of
age
and
over
essential
workers
who
are
not
included
in
n1b
and
then
finally,
we
hope
to
begin
phase
two,
which
is
all
other
south
carolinians
age
16
and
over
on
may
the
3rd,
and
then
our
best
estimate
for
this
is
not
dx.
D
Best
estimate
that
this
is
best
estimate
that
I've
seen
in
the
literature
looking
at
the
phase
three
trials,
all
trials
on
kids
younger
than
16,
is
that
likely
it
will
be
the
fall
for
older
kids,
age
12
and
over
and
late
2021
or
early
2022
for
those
younger
than
than
that,
so
people
can
make
appointments
the
same
way.
They
have
been
either
through
our
backs
locator,
which
shows
in
green
who
has
available
appointments
open
right
now
or
there
is
a
dhak
vaccine
line
that
is
available
to
help
those
without
internet
access
eligibility.
D
There
was
a
lot
of
talk
back
and
forth
about
how
people
would
would
be
able
to
prove
they
were
eligible
for
vaccinations.
We
are
going
to
rely
on
on
people's
words
for
that.
We
do
not
want
to
decrease
access
based
on
needing
a
letter
from
an
employer
or
are
certain
badges
that
say
what
their
work
is.
We
will
ask
for
an
id
to
to
confirm
age
for
those
that
that
fall
in
that
category,
and
then
we
will
also
take
people's
word
on
their
medical
conditions.
D
So
all
that
being
said,
we
are
still
asking
the
population
not
to
cut
the
line
so
to
speak,
because
we
still
want
to
prioritize
decreasing
deaths,
primarily
in
hospitalizations
in
our
state,
and
we
continue
to
say
how
many
82
percent
I
think
of
our
population's
deaths,
have
been
in
those
65
and
over
now
I
believe
it's
94
we're
in
those
55
and
over
and
also
around
65
percent,
did
have
another
medical
condition.
D
So
by
prioritizing
those
groups
in
1b
prior
to
moving
on
to
the
greater
population,
we
hope
to
continue
to
to
decrease
on
covet-related
deaths
in
our
state.
I
just
want
to
finish
by
saying
another.
Bad
good
news
is
that
johnson
johnson
did
receive
emergency
authorization
this
past
weekend
for
their
vaccine
from
the
fda.
D
This
vaccine
uses
an
adenovirus
vector
to
deliver
spike
protein
dna
and
phase
three
trials
showed
about
72
percent
overall
effectiveness
in
the
us
for
preventing
moderate
or
severe
disease.
It
is
a
single
dose
which
is
a
huge
advantage.
It
also
does
not
require
being
frozen
as
pfizer
and
moderna
do,
which
will
be
another
huge
advantage.
D
We
also
see
a
significant
reduction
in
in
symptomatic
infection
overall,
and
so
that's
certainly
a
good
sign
that
perhaps
hopefully
there
will
also
be
reduced
transmission,
not
only
reduced
dometic
infection
but
reduced
transmission
with
this
vaccine.
D
What
else
do
I
want
to
say
about
we're?
Getting
about
41,
000
doses
of
johnson
johnson
vaccine
this
week
into
south
carolina,
they've
promised
a
total
of
about
20
million
doses
by
the
end
of
march,
and
we
heard
just
yesterday
that
merck
is
going
to
assist
johnson
and
johnson
in
manufacturing
that
vaccine,
so
that
more
will
be
available
sooner.
So
this
is
the
third
vaccine
now
authorized
in
the
u.s.
It
joins
pfizer
and
moderna
that
I've
spoken
of
before
those
are
mrna
vaccines
that
have
been
available
since
december.
D
Astrazeneca
and
novavax
are
two
other
vaccines
that
are
still
completing
phase
three
trials,
but
may
apply
for
emergency
authorization
later
this
this
spring,
so
they
all
work.
Similarly,
in
that,
the
they
target
the
spike
protein
and
they
just
deliver
it
using
different
platforms,
and
so
I
think
the
message
that
we
want
to
get
out
now
that
we
have
three
options
and
really
even
if
we
have
these
additional
two
options,
is
that
all
five
of
these
vaccines
have
been
shown
to
drastically
reduce
hospitalizations
and
prevent
deaths.
D
And
one
statistic,
dr
kelly,
our
assistant
epidemiologist
likes
to
use
is
that
75
000
americans
have
participated
in
trials
for
one
of
these
five
vaccines,
with
zero
deaths
reported
in
those
trials
due
to
the
vaccine
are
due
to
coven
after
being
vaccinated,
and
when
we
compare
that
to
75
000
americans
with
coven
that
has
resulted
in
those
infections
have
resulted
in
approximately
150
deaths
and
several
hundred
more
hospitalized.
So
our
key
messages
are
really
please
get.
Whatever
vaccine
is
available
to
you.
First
having
the
vaccine.
D
Any
of
these
vaccines
is
protective
and
will
help
us
to
move
towards
hurt
immunity.
So
it's
not
only
protective
for
you,
but
for
your
friends
and
family
and
the
community
at
large
that
all
available
vaccines
have
been
proven
effective
at
preventing
serious
illness,
hospitalizations
and
and
deaths,
and
so
that
we
hope
that
that
all
will
take
advantage
of
of
the
vaccine
that
is
available
to
them.
D
That
being
said,
until
enough
of
us
get
vaccinated,
we
must
all
continue
to
wear
masks
to
stay
16
away
from
others
and
avoid
crowds,
even
after
we
have
received
the
vaccine
also
being
tested
can
continue
to
help
reduce
the
spread
of
disease
and
identify
the
presence
of
variants
as
early
as
possible.
D
So,
ultimately,
we
believe
that
we
have
a
small
window
of
opportunity
now
to
take
advantage
of
the
decreasing
number
of
cases
and
continue
with
the
public
health
measures
we
have
in
place
and
then
vaccinate
as
many
people
as
possible.
So
I
think
I'll
stop
there
and
I'm
happy
to
take
any
questions.
B
Thank
you,
dr
rich,
another
question
for
the
one
bees:
should
they
wait
until
monday
to
schedule
the
appointment,
or
can
they
schedule
now
to
have
an
appointment
after
march,
8th.
D
Well,
so
the
official
guidance
is
wait
until
march
8th
to
schedule
that
gives
those
in
phase
1a
a
few
more
days
to
to
know
that
soon
there
will
be
many
more
people
who
are
eligible
for
the
vaccine.
That
being
said,
I've
certainly
heard
from
a
number
of
people
that
provide
some
providers
have
begun
scheduling
for
phase
1b.
D
So
if
you
do
call
and
are
able
to
schedule
an
appointment,
you
know
that's
we're,
leaving
that
up
to
the
vaccine
providers
themselves
as
to
when
they
want
to
open
up
scheduling
for
phase
1b.
E
That's
okay,
yeah!
I
put
it
in
the
chat,
but
dr
richardson.
I've
had
lots
of
conversations
with
community
groups
in
the
area
and
I
continue
to
hear
the
question
around
whether
or
not
folks
who
have
already
gotten
covered
and
recovered.
D
Absolutely
there
is
still
the
it's
not
a
caveat,
but
there's
we
do
still
ask
that
consideration
be
given
for
those
individuals
who
had
coveted
within
the
last
90
days
to
consider
delaying
that
vaccine
for
about
90
days
as
long
as
demand
exceeds
supply
for
the
vaccine.
D
We
do
still
have
great
confidence
that
those
who
have
been
infected
with
covid
do
do
have
immunity
to
the
infection
for
at
least
90
days,
and
we
believe
it's
probably
longer
than
that,
and
so
this
just
allows
us
to
reach
her
immunity
faster
by
ensuring
that
those
who
don't
know
that
they've
been
infected
or
haven't
been
infected
to
get
the
vaccine.
D
D
There's
some
evidence
that
perhaps
side
effects
immediately
after
the
vaccines
may
be
slightly
higher,
but
other
than
that.
It's
it's
not
a
risk
to
the
person
receiving
the
vaccine
to
receive
it
sooner.
So
I
just
got
a
question
today
about
teachers
that
you
know
if
there's
a
vaccine
event
at
a
school,
must
the
teachers
wait
that
90
days
and
the
answer
to
that
is
no.
D
If
it's
convenient,
if
they
feel
like
that's
the
right
thing
to
do
to
move
forward,
then
they
may
get
it
at
that
point
in
time,
but
if
you're
working
to
find
an
appointment,
certainly
you
can
give
it
some
time
and
wait
to
closer
to
that
90
days
to
make
that
appointment.
C
Dr
richardson,
thank
you
for
that
informative
report
and
very
positive
looking
forward
with
all
the
news
about
vaccinations,
a
couple
of
quick
ones,
and
maybe
I
just
missed
it,
but
did
the
teachers
and
all
teachers
end
up
getting
included
in
the
new
group.
D
Yes,
so
phase
1b,
because
teachers
are
working
in
schools
or,
if
not,
we
hope
that
those
districts
that
are
not
yet
in
person
will
soon
be.
They
are
all
included
in
phase
1b,
because
they're
not
able
they
do
have.
We
believe
you
know
greater
risk
than
the
general
population
because
of
the
number
of
students
and
staff
that
they
are
around
at
school.
So
all
teachers
and
staff
at
schools
day
cares.
Colleges
and
universities
are
included
in
that
number.
C
Great
and
you
know
come
monday,
I
think
we'll
clearly
be
in
a
situation
where
the
availability
of
doses
will
be
the
limiting
factor
on
getting
folks
vaccinated
because
you're
opening
up
the
availability
so
to
speak,
just
curious-
and
this
might
be
a
discussion
for
when
this
is
all
over.
But
someone
told
me
that
even
from
the
very
beginning
of
distribution,
that
per
capita
south
carolina
was
way
down
on
the
list
in
terms
of
number
of
doses
we
were
receiving,
is,
is
that
true?
D
D
So
we
set
aside
sort
of
all
doses
that
we
thought
would
be
necessary
for
residents
and
staff
at
at
long-term
care
facilities
and,
as
we
know,
you
know
in
any
given
population,
it's
unlikely
that
100
percent
of
those
eligible
will
choose
to
take
the
vaccine,
but
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
it
was
there.
As
now,
most
of
these
facilities
have
had
two
visits,
so
me
have
had
two
doses
and
the
third
visit
is
being
planned.
D
If
not
has
already
happened,
to
sort
of
make
sure
that
everyone
gets
both
doses,
we
are
sort
of
pulling
some
of
that
vaccine
back
into
our
general
sort
of
state
supply.
D
So
the
federal
government
certainly
says
you
know
we're
providing
equitable
distribution
and
the
reason
that
it
looks
that
way
is
because
of
the
sort
of
the
way
that
we
distributed
that
vaccine
initially.
So
that's
my
understanding
and
the
the
immunization
program
has
been
pretty
consistent
in
in
reporting
that,
where
everyone
is
getting
increased
supply
both
because
of
johnson
and
johnson
now,
but
also
pfizer
moderna,
are
are
increasing
their
manufacturing
and
so
so
right,
I
don't.
D
It
will
certainly
be
some.
There
may
still
be
more
demand
than
there
is
supply
vaccine,
but
we're
working
hard
to
increase
the
number
of
vaccine
providers
to
to
help
accommodate.
You
know
that
that
increased
number
of
doses
and
and
be
able
to
continue
to
get
them
out
at
the
similar
percentages.
D
You
know
somewhere
between
80
and
85
percent
of
doses
coming
in
that
that
we
get
out
within
you
know
the
week
to
to
the
population.
A
Okay,
paul
kevin-
I
I
was
talking
about
what
we
were
doing
in
the
city,
a
couple
of
the
good
things
and
I
failed
to
say
one
of
the
best
things
that
I
I
think
is
the
is
what
laurie
and
her
staff
will
be
doing
in
recreation
with
the
education
part
of
trying
to
help
people
register
and
laura.
Do
you
want
to
just
touch
on
that.
F
Sure
paul,
thank
you
so
looking
at
the
fact
that
we've
got
some
buildings
that
have
computer
labs
and
internet
access
that
might
be
near
some
of
our
underserved
communities,
we
have
gotten
the
ability
to
train
our
staff
to
help
residents
walk
in
and
register
using
a
city,
computer
and
our
internet
for
a
vaccination,
and
so
those
facilities
there's
one
on
james
island
in
the
westchester
community
in
west
ashley,
we're
doing
it
in
forest
at
forest
park,
playground
which
is
in
the
west
oak
neighborhood,
and
then
we've
got
five
sites
downtown,
and
so
we're
very
excited
about
that.
F
We're
hoping
that
some
of
the
folks
that
live
in
nearby
housing
or
or
some
residents
that
that
use
our
facilities
will
feel
comfortable
coming
in
and
letting
a
staff
person
walk
them
through
or
even
helping
them
just
sit
down
and
do
the
the
vaccination
registration.
So
we
think
that's
another
layer
of
the
city
trying
to
work
with
our
residents
closely.
D
That
is
great
news.
I've
not
heard
that
before.
I'm
really
excited
to
hear
it
and
and
from
what
I've
heard
from
the
better
partnership
with
the
charleston
county
public
libraries
that
has
been
a
huge
benefit
to
have
library
staff
assist
residents
in
the
days
prior
to
to
the
clinic
with
their.
At
that
point,
it's
really
with
their
paperwork,
but
I
think
that
is
a
a
wonderful
model
to
to
help
increase
access,
in
particular
with
our
more
underserved
communities.
B
F
So
we
were
all
ready
to
pull
the
trigger
two
or
three
times,
but
the
vaccine
availability
has
really
kind
of
hurt
us
so
right
now
we're
working
with
the
pio
office
and
and
all
of
the
means
mike
whack
and
his
church
leaders.
You
know
we
were
paul,
set
up
a
great
phone
call
last
week
with
federer
and
we
all
kind
of
exchanged
some
information
so
we'll
we're
ready
to
pull
the
trigger.
We
just
need
to
make
sure
that
there's
enough
vaccine
available
for
folks
to
actually
come
in
and
register
for
it.
G
I
just
piggyback
one
thing
onto
what
dr
richardson
was
talking
about
from
a
pediatric
perspective.
B
All
right
and
tracy
paul
had
given
a
kind
of
a
city
report
earlier
talking
about
musc,
the
dmv
and
federer,
and
all
that
I
didn't
know
if
you
had
anything
to
to
add
at
this
point.
H
You
know
nothing
really,
but
just
just
to
get
it
on
the
record.
If
you
will
at
the
city
zip
code
level,
I
mean
our
cases
continue
to
decrease,
which
is
which
is
very
encouraging,
and
so
hopefully,
with
you
know
the
number
of
doses
of
vaccine
coming
into
this
state
on
the
rise.
Hopefully
we're
going
to
continue
down
this
path
so.
B
Great,
very
good
and
maggie
not
to
put
you
on
the
spot.
I
just
didn't
know
if
you
had
anything
from
charleston
county
schools.
I
Sure
you
know
really
exciting
day.
Yesterday,
as
we've
shared
in
previous
board
meetings,
you
know
we
do
have
an
operational
plan
for
vaccine
distribution
once
that
becomes
available
to
us.
We
have,
if
it's
a
large
number
of
doses
that
we
receive.
We
have
four
sites.
I
If
it's
smaller,
we
have
two
smaller
satellite
sites
and
then
we
would
just
simply,
you
know,
scale
it
as
appropriate,
depending
on
how
many
we
get
across
how
many
days
and
and
what
quantity,
but
our
nurses
will
be
administering
the
shots,
and
you
know
we're
just
really
excited
in
general,
so
that's
kind
of
the
big
buzz
going
on
with
us
last
time,
or
I
guess
that
was
a
call
earlier
this
week.
You
know
we
we
continued
with
our
athletics
operating
our
spring
sports.
I
I
B
A
H
B
Very
good,
thank
you
all
right
with
that.
Dr
johnson
I'll
call
on
you
now.
J
Sure
thank
you
for
being
flexible
with
the
agenda.
I
apologize
for
being
late,
so
paul
asked
me
to
provide
an
update
to
the
committee
about
our
health
and
all
policies
work,
and
so
I
wanted
to
share
with
you
with
all
of
you
that
we
convened
our
first
work
group
meeting
and
really
it
was
not
an
official
meeting
because
we
are
still
trying
to
wrap
our
our
heads
around.
J
You
know
what
it
is
that
we're
trying
to
accomplish
and
the
structure
of
this
team,
whether
it
should
be
a
subcommittee
or
just
a
work
group
and
that's
open
for
discussion,
but
I
just
wanted
to
share
with
you.
Let's
see,
I'm
looking
at
my
notes,
so
we
met
on
thursday
february
25th
at
8
30
a.m.
It
was
a
virtual
zoom
meeting
in
attendance
myself,
paul
weeders
mike
seekings
katie,
richardson,
meredith
berlinski
and
joey
currant,
so
we
first
reviewed
the
presentation
that
I
presented
to
city
council.
J
I
believe
that
was
in
january
and
that
was
approved.
It
was
basically
an
approval
of
a
motion
that
we
engage
in
the
health
and
all
policies
framework
within
the
context
of
the
city
plan,
and
so
we
reviewed
that,
and
then
I
asked
paul
and
mike
to
provide
an
overview
of
the
comprehensive
plan
for
the
city
of
charleston,
and
so
we
talked
quite
a
bit
about
that
because
we
really
didn't
understand
what
that
was
or
what
the
process
was.
J
So
that
was
really
informative.
As
we
understand
it,
it
is.
The
planning
department
is
charged
with
building
this
10-year
plan.
It
is
a
requirement
for
all
cities
and
I
believe,
we've
been
given
an
extension
we're
a
little
behind,
but
due
to
covet
and
and
some
other
challenges
and
then
as
well.
We
discussed
the
fact
that
we,
since
jacob,
has
left-
and
I
understand
that
our
new
city
planner
hasn't
yet
started,
or
or
maybe
he
just
did,
but
we
didn't
want
to
jump
on
him
immediately.
J
We
needed
to
have
a
strategy
for
how
to
engage
with
this
team,
and
so
we
talked
quite
a
bit
about
kind
of
what
next
steps
were
and
who
we
needed
to
engage.
J
J
We
also
discussed
that
we
think
it'd
be
very
valuable
for
us
to
engage
in
the
public
engagement
meetings
as
we
understand
it,
we've
already
missed
one
or
maybe
two
so
we're
going
to
try
and
do
some
catch-up
there,
because
we
think
that
it's
really
that
that
will
provide
some
great
insight
for
us
into
where
what
the
community
believes
our
priorities
and-
and
then
we
talked
about
other
folks
from
the
city
and
from
the
community
that
we
want
to
involve,
and
that
would
include
our
chief
resilience
officer,
mark
wilbert,
amber
johnson
and
to
make
sure
that
we're
addressing
the
equity
and
diversity
issue.
J
We
wanted
to
make
sure
for
our
for
our
work
group
that
we
had
representation.
So
we
talk.
I
know
that
dr
richardson
has
reached
out
to
federer
to
determine
who
the
best
representative
would
be
from
that
organization.
J
J
We
just
had
some
kind
of
ground
work
that
we
needed
to
do
before
we
planned
our
next
meeting
and
for
those
of
you
who,
maybe
I
don't
remember
if
I
presented
to
this
group,
I
know
I
shared
the
presentation
that
we
presented
to
city
council
but
just
kind
of
a
reminder
that
the
goal
of
this
health
and
all
policies
is
to
create
system
level
changes
within
city
departments
and
the
community
to
address
inequities
at
all
levels
to
eliminate
health
disparities.
And
it
really
focuses
on
the
social
determinants
of
health.
J
A
Well,
I'll
I'll
just
jump
in
real
quick,
I
did
talk
to
laurie
and
she
is
excited
about
being
a
part
of
it,
and
I
did.
I
talked
to
christopher
morgan
over
the
planning
division.
It's
it's
interesting
when
they
are
doing
this.
A
This
plan
that's
mandated
by
the
state
they
have
so
many
requirements
on
them
that
come
in
and
really
when
I
talked
to
chris,
it
really
was
the
only
was
seeing
you
know
the
biggest
part
that
the
city
gets
out
of
this
is
the
land
use
part
of
how
they're
going
to
develop
the
land
from
there
going
forward,
but
I
asked
chris
and
them
to
christopher
if
they
would
present
with
us
in
your
the
committee
shortly
just
to
to
explain
how
they're
doing
it,
because
that's
where
chris
christopher
felt
like
most
of
anything
that
we
do
with
health
is
related
to
land
use.
A
How?
How
are
we
looking
at
transportation?
How
are
we
looking
at
all
of
those
being
designed
in
any
development,
and
I
did
emphasize
to
him
that
it's
not
just
it's
not
just
looking
at
what
policies
are
it's
looking
at?
How
are
we
really
looking
at
affecting
and
changing
that
health
in
those
communities?
A
It's
interesting
yesterday
I
was
on
a
zoom
call
with
for
benefit
focus
and-
and
I
was
listening
to
dr
benjamin,
who
was
the
18th
surgeon
general,
and
she
was
talking
about
how
looking
at
it
at
a
neighborhood
and
looking
at
how
we
try
to
get
everyone
to
get
a
high
school
graduation,
because
if
we
get
a
height,
just
getting
a
high
school,
graduation
immediately
increases
a
life
expectancy,
and
it
also
gives
them
good
knowledge
for
for
for
knowing
to
deal
with
health
care,
and
it
also
gives
us
a
wonderful
opportunity
to
encourage
them
to
go
into
health
care
and
do
other
things.
A
So
there's
just
so
many
things
of
how
we
look
at
it
in
our
our
planning,
our
zoning,
our
our
our
policies
of
just
making
little
simple
changes
of
what
the
difference
can
can
do
is,
and
then
there
was
another
quote
that
came
out
of
that
is
health
is
in
everything
we
do
not
just
about
managing
health
but
being
responsible
for
improving
it,
and
just
everything
that
you
you
talked
about
in
that
little
key
point
is
what
somehow
we
have
to
figure
out.
How
do
we
ingrain
that
in
our
policy
making?
A
Just
as
how
are
we
going
to
change
that
health,
and-
and
I
hope
that,
when
we
meet
with
chris
and
christopher
and
all
we
can
get
them
to
to
think
about
how
how
there's
a
simple
sentence
that
could
be
put
into
that
that
plan
that
says,
we've
got
to
look
at
how
we
are.
How
are
how
is
one
building
going
to
change
health
in
our
community
to
to
do
things
so.
J
And
so
it's
not
always
going
to
be
an
official
policy
that
we
are
impacting.
But
it's
decision
making
at
all
levels.
F
Hey
paul
I'll
add
that
as
we're
coming
together
for
the
end
of
the
parks
and
recreation
master
plan,
which
I
know
everyone's
anxious
to
get
this
finished,
we
have
been
working
for
the
last
couple
weeks
on
our
mission
and
vision
statements
coming
in
with
all
the
other
information
that
the
consultants
have
gathered
during
the
last
nine
or
ten
months.
But
I
thought
it
was
real
important.
Our
number
one
goal
and
objective
is
the
health
and
wellness
for
our
all
residents
with
our
parks
and
rec
master
plan.
F
So
I
thought
y'all
would
be
happy
that
we
did
keep
the
word
health
and
wellness
in
as
the
number
one
goal.
Obviously
we
have
a
number
of
goals
that
we're
focusing
on,
but
I
think
it's
real
important
for
parks
and
recreation
to
continue
to
remember
that
health
should
be
our
number
one
goal.
So
I
was
happy
that
we
kept
that
there.
B
D
D
Mine
is
quick,
I
think
so
it's
it's
just
a
quick
update
about
our
tri-county
shape
initiative
and
our
fast-track
cities
initiative
that
is
trying
to
end
the
hiv
epidemic
in
in
the
city
of
charleston
and
and
in
south
carolina
as
a
whole,
and
we
just
wanted
to
let
this
group
know
that
the
tri-county
shape
initiative
has
officially
joined
the?
U
equals?
U
movement,
which
is
formerly
known
as
the
undetectable
equals
untransmitted
untransmittable
prevention
access
campaign
over
1
000.
D
Other
organizations
based
around
120
countries
have
signed
on
to
this
consensus
statement,
which
really
aims
to
address
stigma
around
living
with
with
hiv
in
order
to
to
help
bring
more
to
testing
opportunities
and
and
really
involve
those
living
with
hiv
in
in
ending
the
epidemic
and
and
sort
of
destigmatizing
the
infection,
we
hope
will
go
a
long
way
towards
doing
that.
D
So
really,
what
it
means
is
that
those
living
with
hiv
who
are
have
undetectable
viral
loads
due
to
treatment
due
to
medications
that
are
taken
regularly
for
their
hiv
infection,
are
not
able
to
transmit
that
infection
to
others
and
and
so
we'll
be
working
in
the
in
the
near
future.
D
To
to
determine
how
best
to
sort
of
present
that
message
to
our
community
and
then
we
continue
on
a
sort
of
related
but
separate
matter,
to
work
towards
developing
a
way
to
bring
more
people
living
with
hiv
and
at
high
risk
for
contracting
hiv
to
the
table,
potentially
as
community
health
workers
to
to
help
to
galvanize
those
groups
to
to
assist
us
in
developing
the
sort
of
ending
the
epidemic's
plan
for
ending
the
hiv
epidemic.
G
D
To
assist
in
ensuring
that
those
at
risk
do
get
regularly
tested
and
those
who
know
their
are
infected
are
linked
or
reeling
to
care
if
they've
dropped
out
of
care
and
that
are
able
to
maintain
that
undetectable
viral
load
with
consistent
medical
care.
So
I
I
sent
the
sort
of
official
letter
to
paul
he'll,
send
it
out
with
the
minutes.
Thank
you
paul
and
more
to
come
and
those
friends
soon.
Thanks
mayor.
B
C
So
if
I
may
add
a
little
recent
notice,
we
got,
I
think,
just
in
the
last
day
or
two
from
hud
regarding
our
cdbg
and
opwa
funding.
It
was
interesting.
The
cdbg
funds
were
about
the
same,
but
there
was
a
reasonable
little
increase
in
the
hopwa
funds.
That's
what
we
dedicate
to
our
aids
community
organizations.
C
So
I
was
just
thinking
that,
if
there's
some
particular
initiative
for
the
fast
track
initiative
that
that
needed
needed
attention
or
a
little
bit
of
funding,
we
we
might
be
able
to
accommodate
that.
D
Wonderful
I'll
I'll
bring
that
back
to
the
group
and
we'll
get
back
to
you
shortly
with
some
ideas.
Thank
you
check.
C
K
Good
morning
everybody
I
just
had
two
updates.
One
is
just
a
reminder
about
our
sc
hopes
line
where
we
have
people
can
call
it's
it's
based
on
healthcare
workers
and
anybody.
Who's
kind
of
been
affected
by
covet
or
symptoms
might
have
increased
because
of
covid,
which
is
a
lot
of
people.
We
have
funding
to
help
pay
for
services.
We
can
help
connect
people
to
services.
K
We
can
also
help
people
coming
out
of
jail,
get
30
days
of
medications
paid,
so
it's
kind
of,
but
it's
for
mental
health
and
alcohol
and
drug
treatment,
and
so
I
asked
paul,
like
I
asked
almost
every
month,
to
send
the
flyer
out
to
everybody
again
for
sc
hopes
and
we've
gotten
this
grant
extended
until
I
think
june
of
2022,
so
these
services
and
assistance
will
be
out
there
for
a
while
for
people.
So
I
just
want
to
remind
people
about
that.
K
The
number
is
one
eight,
four
four
sc
hopes
and
my
my
other
news
is
kind
of
exciting
and
different.
So,
for
the
past,
probably
eight
years
we
have
been
involved
with
the
piccolo
spallado
festival
and
had
art
of
recovery,
which
has
been
an
art
exhibit
for
artwork
from
mental
health
patients
from
around
the
state
where
we
sell
the
art.
We
also
provide
resource
information,
but
the
patients.
K
Actually
always
we
always
sold
the
pieces
and
they
got
all
the
money
and
it
ran
the
entire
time
I
think,
usually
into
may
through
early
june,
at
the
circular
church
downtown.
But
due
to
covid
this
year,
we've
been
having
issues
with
you
know.
A
lot
of
patients
aren't
coming
into
the
centers
across
the
state
they're
doing
telehealth.
Instead,
so
we
kind
of
ran
into
a
problem
of
getting
art
from
the
adult,
so
nami
came
to
us
and
said
I
have
a.
K
I
have
an
idea,
and
we've
kind
of
run
with
that,
and
so
we're
going
to
this
year
have
what's
going
to
be
called
the
art
of
discovery,
and
it's
going
to
be
kids
only
in
grade
6
to
12
it'll
be
the
whole
community,
but
it
is
an
anti-stigma
event.
It's
a
chance
for
children
to
submit
pieces
of
art
to
be
exhibited.
K
Only
we're
not
going
to
sell
it
because
it's
not
only
our
patients,
but
it's
to
talk
about
mental
health
and
the
journey
young
people
face
every
day
and
self-discovery,
so
we're
reaching
out
to
the
school
districts
and
and
maggie
I
may
email
you
also
because
we're
trying
to
get
our
now
and
it
will
be
may
28th
through
june
13th,
assuming
piccolo,
is
still
on
because
at
this
point
it
is,
but
it's
I
think,
it'll
be
a
different
twist
and
you
know.
K
Hopefully,
if
we
can
keep
doing
this,
you
know
I
was
thinking
we
could
have,
maybe
kids
playing
flutes
or
even
reading
poetry
or
things.
You
know
a
lot
of
different
things,
but
so
we're
looking
for
art
basically-
and
I
know
we're
reaching
out
to
a
lot
of
the
different
schools
and
nami's-
got
a
lot
of
contacts.
K
A
L
Is
correct,
I'll
introduce
myself?
I
know
some
of
you
are
already
on
here,
but
I'm
the
instructional
specialist
for
health
and
physical
education
for
the
whole
district.
So
I
oversee
all
86
schools
and
the
health
and
pe
teachers
in
those
schools,
but
I'm
also
the
coordinator
for
the
school
wellness
and
work
closely
with
well
with
courtney,
who
now
will
be
courtney
for
a
little
bit
while
she's
off
to
the
health
alliance
generation.
But
I
also
serve
on
the
education
committee
for
the
act
force,
drug
and
substance
abuse
with
judge
hendricks.
L
So
that's
a
big
part
of
our
curriculum
as
well,
and
I'm
also
the
facilitator
for
the
district's
health
advisory
board,
which
basically
oversees
most
of
our
all
of
our
sexual
education
programs,
but
we've
branched
out
and
we're
now
entering
into
mental
health
and
the
drug
abuse
prevention
as
well,
and
that's
something
that
they
wanted
to
do.
But
and
lastly,
I'm
also
the
president
of
skateford,
which
is
the
south
carolina
alliance
for
health
and
physical
education.
A
And
holly
has
taken
it
and
grown
it,
but
we
did
love
dave
and
now
we
we're
glad
to
have
holly
as
a
part
of
it
as
well
too.
L
B
All
right
anything
else,
paul,
do
you
have
anything
else?
No
anybody
else
have
anything
before
we
adjourn
well,
I
do
want
to
say
thank
you
again.
All
of
you
make
a
great
big
difference
and
you
really
help
the
city
of
charleston.
We
appreciate
your
time,
your
expertise
and
all
of
your
your
opinions
and
suggestions
and
just
want
to
let
you
know
how
much
you're
appreciated.
So
thank
you
on
behalf
of
the
city
and
city
council
and
the
mayor
and
everyone
else.
We
really
appreciate
it.
So
there's
nothing
else.