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Santa Clara County Public Health officials provide a vaccine update as Santa Clara County reaches a milestone with one million people receiving at least one dose of vaccine. Officials stress the importance of continuing local vaccination activities, including strategies to ensure that communities most impacted by COVID-19 have access to the vaccines.
Recorded April 23, 2021 in San Jose.
The City of Cupertino would like to express its thanks to the County of Santa Clara for the use of their video materials during the COVID-19 pandemic.
For more information regarding the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in Cupertino, please visit https://www.cupertino.org/coronavirus
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C
We
will
start
this
press
conference
in
english
and
american
sign
language.
We
will
then
move
into
a
section
of
questions
and
answers
and
where
speakers
will
repeat
the
question
before
answering
for
the
purpose
of
our
facebook
live
audience.
We
will
then
move
into
the
statements
from
the
podium
in
spanish,
chinese,
vietnamese
and
tagalog
without
any
further
ado.
It
is
my
honor
to
introduce
president
mike
wesserman.
D
Good
morning,
everyone
thank
you
all
for
being
here
with
2
million
residents.
Santa
clara
county
is
one
of
the
largest
and
most
diverse
counties
in
the
nation,
creating
an
infrastructure
practically
overnight
to
vaccinate
this
many
people
was
a
herculean
task,
but
we
did
it
through
a
vast
network
of
partnerships
like
the
one
with
the
49ers.
D
I
appeal
to
the
community
members
who
haven't
already
to
please
schedule
your
vaccination
as
soon
as
possible,
simply
go
to
www.scc
freevax.org
help
us
get
to
the
next
milestone
and
the
restoration
of
normalcy
in
santa
clara
county.
Thank
you
again
for
being
here
and
now
I
yield
my
time
to
dr
sarah
cody.
E
Thank
you
supervisor,
wasserman
and
good
morning.
Everyone
I'm
dr
sarah
cody.
It's
lovely
to
be
with
you
all,
as
always,
and
I'm
really
thrilled
to
be
here
today,
because
it's
such
an
important
milestone
over
one
million
of
our
county
residents
have
received
at
least
one
dose
of
the
vaccine,
which
is
phenomenal,
and
we
need
to
take
a
moment
and
take
a
deep
breath
and
really
celebrate.
E
This
is
a
really
big
deal,
especially
because
the
vaccine
hasn't
been
available
in
our
community
for
that
long
and
remember
it
started
in
mid-december,
but
with
just
a
trickle,
and
it's
just
recently
that
we've
had
plenty
of
doses
to
go
around
so
after
so
many
long
and
difficult
months.
We
can
now
see
a
very
clear
path
out
of
this
pandemic,
so
vaccination
is
critical.
E
It's
critical
to
keeping
our
coveted
rates
low
and
it's
critical
to
keeping
those
new
variants
at
bay
at
the
county.
We
will
continue
to
focus
our
efforts
on
equity,
and
that
is
ensuring
that
everyone-
everyone,
no
matter
who
you
are-
has
equal
opportunity
and
equal
access
to
vaccines,
and
we
are
committed
to
ensuring
that
we
remove
whatever
barriers
exist,
to
ensure
that
everyone
eligible
for
a
vaccine
receives
a
vaccine.
E
So
with
the
increase
in
supply,
we
have
plenty
of
appointments
available
and
I
really
encourage
everyone
who's
eligible
and
has
not
yet
been
vaccinated
to
get
vaccinated,
and
I
know
that
some
people
are
still
unsure
and
a
little
bit
on
the
fence
and
just
waiting
to
decide
whether
to
get
vaccinated
and
here's.
What
I
want
to
share.
E
So
one
please
reach
out
to
people
who
are
ready
sources
have
information
that
might
be
helpful
to
you.
It
might
be
the
county.
Our
website
sccfreevax.org
has
a
lot
of
information.
Perhaps
community
partners,
health
care
organizations,
faith,
communities
or
other
organizations
might
have
information.
That
would
be
helpful
to
you.
E
E
Why
did
I
get
vaccinated?
I
got
vaccinated
because
I
was
concerned
about
my
county
family
here
with
whom
I
spend
a
lot
of
time.
I
didn't
want
to
introduce
the
virus
to
my
loved
ones
right
here.
I
didn't
want
to
introduce
the
virus
to
the
family
that
I
live
with
to
my
spouse
and
my
children,
or
to
my
mom
who's
in
her
80s
or
to
her
her
husband,
who's,
also
older.
I
wanted
to
protect
them.
That's
why
I
got
vaccinated.
E
The
vaccines
are
quite
safe,
incredibly
effective
and
now
widely
widely
available,
so
they're
our
path
towards
our
pre-pandemic
life
being
able
to
relax
a
little
bit
and
go
back
to
the
activities
that
we
so
cherish.
E
So
if
you're
one
of
the
one
million
that's
already
started
your
vaccination
series,
fantastic,
thank
you
and
if
you're
someone
who
is
still
waiting,
ask
a
lot
of
questions
and
then
schedule
your
appointment.
Now
I
want
to
pass
this
over
to
dr
marty,
fenstersheim
our
covid
vaccine
and
testing
officer
and
our
former
health
officer,
dr
fencersheim.
F
F
We
still
have
a
ways
to
go.
This
is
and
we're
celebrating
today,
but
we
still
have
a
ways
to
go.
As
we
always
say,
the
first
million
is
easy
and
the
next
500
000
is
going
to
be
a
little
tough.
We
know
that
people
are
concerned
about
the
effectiveness
of
the
vaccine.
The
safety
of
the
vaccine
they've
been
waiting,
but
I
I
say
to
them:
wait:
no
longer
join
the
million
of
your
community
family,
your
neighbors,
your
friends
and
get
vaccinated.
F
This
has
been
a
herculean
effort.
Not
just
the
county
is
doing
this,
although
the
county
has
led
and
doing
the
bulk
of
the
vaccines,
but
we
appreciate
our
partners.
Our
community
health
clinic
partners,
as
well
as
our
larger
providers,
kaiser
pamp,
el
camino
hospital,
also
because
it's
a
it's
a
it's
an
effort
for
all
of
us.
F
We
also
have
a
lot
of
the
retail
pharmacies
joining
the
effort
and
we
encourage
people,
as
was
mentioned,
to
go
on
the
vaccine
website,
scc,
freevax.org
and
look
for
your
provider
or
pick
any
providers,
as
we
have
a
no
wrong
door
policy
again.
Also,
you
can
find
a
link
to
the
rito
pharmacies
there.
Also,
maybe
one
of
your
neighborhood
cvs,
costco,
walmart
or
walgreens
are
also
providing
vaccine.
F
So
again,
I
want
to
join
dr
cody
and
supervisor
wasserman
to
again
celebrate
this
moment,
but
to
also
realize
it's
been
a
joint
effort.
It's
a
community
effort.
We
appreciate
the
patience
of
the
people
in
the
community
that
have
waited
for
their
turn
and
have
followed
the
directions
and
eligibility
criteria,
as
we
have
come
a
long
way.
F
We
hope
that
we
will
be
able
to
continue
our
effort,
and
hopefully,
by
early
in
the
summer,
we
will
complete
our
effort
but
again
urging
everyone
please
please
get
vaccinated,
especially
those
16
and
17
year
olds,
who
are
also
eligible
at
this
point,
come
on
down,
bring
your
family
and
get
vaccinated
and
I'll
now
turn
this
over
to
dr
rocio
luna.
G
G
We
know
that
structural
barriers,
such
as
discrimination,
racism,
xenophobia,
access
to
technology,
transportation
and
linguistic
and
cultural
barriers
have
meant
that
this
is
a
much
much
harder
vaccine
to
access
for
many
of
our
residents,
because
of
that
our
county
has
centered
equity.
As
a
central
component
of
our
vaccine
strategy,
more
than
16
000
community
members
have
received
their
vaccination
through
our
door-to-door
outreach
efforts
in
our
hardest-hit
census
tracks.
G
G
H
Well,
good
morning,
everyone-
and
I
wanted
to
just
say
that,
how
much
I
appreciate
president
wasserman
reminding
us
that
this
was
an
opportunity
to
tell
you
how
far
we've
come,
and
thank
you
very
much
for
that,
and
I
also
just
want
to
say
to
all
the
folks
who've
been
working
to
get
folks
vaccinated.
A
very,
very
sincere
thank
you
and
for
all
of
you
who
got
vaccinated
a
very,
very
sincere
thank
you.
Here's
what's
exciting
about
where
we
are
today
when
we
look
at
49er
stadium.
H
That
has
the
capacity
the
capacity
to
vaccinate
15
000
people
a
day.
We've
got
that
in
santa
clara,
we've
got
our
partners
at
stanford,
vaccinating
in
north
county
and
in
the
east
side,
and
in
gilroy
we've
got
mobile
sites,
pop-up
sites
locations
at
churches
and
schools.
You
almost
have
to
avoid
getting
a
vaccine.
Now
you
got
to
get
in
there.
Now
here's
what's
great
about
where
we
are
now.
H
We
have
enough
vaccines
to
not
only
make
sure
that
those
big
sites
are
taken
care
of,
but
every
site
in
our
community
has
appointments
right
now
and
you
can
get
an
appointment
as
early
as
7
30
in
the
morning
and
I
think
the
latest
we're
offering
is
still
7
30
at
night.
You
can
get
them
on
saturdays
and
you
can
get
them
on
sundays.
If
you
go
to
sec
freevax.org,
what
you're
going
to
see
are
lots
of
opportunities
and
options.
We
want
to
make
it
as
easy
for
you
to
get
vaccinated
as
possible.
H
I
just
want
to
close
with
this
point.
I
love
living
here
and
I
think
mike
you
said
it
best
when
you
said
like
we're.
One
of
the
most
diverse
places
in
the
whole
country
to
live
and
the
fact
that
we've
gotten
a
million
shots
into
people's
arms
is
just
it's
beautiful,
but
we
know
that
in
order
to
beat
covet
19,
we
have
to
get
everybody
across
the
finish
line.
So
we
need
everybody's
help
in
encouraging
the
people
who
are
still
in
need.
People
who
need
a
ride,
we
even
have
free
rides.
H
J
E
What
I'll
say
is
this:
in
santa
clara
county
we
are
pretty
much
aligned
with
the
state
and
with
the
cdc,
so
we're
not
going
to
have
local
guidance,
that's
different
than
the
state
and
the
cdc.
I
think
the
the
issue
of
we're
in
it.
I
will
say
that
we
are
in
a
transition
phase,
as
more
people
become
vaccinated.
E
We
can
begin
to
peel
off
some
of
the
other
prevention
measures,
but
not
too
soon.
So
it
is
true
when
you
are
outdoors,
it
is
much
safer
because
the
virus
can
disperse
in
the
air
the
more
people
that
are
vaccinated,
the
less
chance
that
someone's
going
to
be
infectious,
and
so
there
is
going
to
come
a
time
where
it's
going
to
be
feel
safer
and
safer.
E
My
recommendation
today
is
always
err
on
the
side
of
keeping
your
mask
on.
However,
if
you're
outside
and
there's
someone
around,
that's
not
wearing
a
mask
you're,
probably
at
very
low
risk
right,
because
one
you're
outside
two,
our
vaccination
rates
are
going
up
and
three
our
covered
rates
are
going.
E
The
question
is
around
the
j
vaccine.
Today,
acip
is
meeting,
I
think,
they're
in
fact,
meeting
right
now.
I've
not
heard
that
there's
any
result
from
their
meeting
as
yet.
We
will,
of
course,
embrace
whatever
guidelines
and
recommendations
the
acip
provides
to
us
regarding
vaccine
supply
in
santa
clara
county.
We
now
have
plentiful
supply.
K
Dr
cody
or
dr
marty,
one
million
doses,
can
you
give
us
an
idea
how
that
fits
into
the
context
of
her
the
community
when
I
was
talking
with
dr
claudia's
favorite,
really
struggling
because
there
seemed
to
be
so
many
different
factors
that
you
can
include
or
not
include,
including
youngsters,
etc?
How
does
this
million
doses
fit
into
reaching
the
goal
of
bird
immunity.
E
E
So
the
question
is
regarding
herd
immunity
and
how
does
our
1
billion
million
people
having
launched
on
the
vaccination
fit
into
herd
immunity?
So
the
estimates
of
how
like
what
is
herd
immunity?
What
percentage
of
the
population
needs
to
be
vaccinated
changes?
The
estimates
have
been
anywhere
from
70
percent
to
85
percent.
E
So
it's
not
crystal
clear
exactly
what
that
number
is.
What
we
know
is
that
a
third
of
people
16
and
over
are
fully
vaccinated
and
about
two-thirds
of
people
16
and
over
have
at
least
one
vaccine.
E
We
also
know
that
younger
age
groups
are
less
likely
to
spread
the
virus,
so
maybe
it's
you
know
more
okay,
that
they're
not
eligible
to
be
to
be
vaccinated,
so
I
don't
have
a
definite
number.
Dr
marty.
F
I
don't
have
any
additional
information
as
to
what
the
actual
percentage
for
herd
immunity
is,
and
but
I
do
know
that,
at
the
rate
that
we're
going,
we
could
actually
get
everybody
vaccinated
by
the
end
of
june.
However,
it
worries
me
that,
as
I
mentioned,
the
second
part
of
the
the
40
left
is
going
to
be
much
more
challenging.
We
have
people
that
are
hesitant
about
getting
vaccine.
People
are
worried
for
various
reasons.
People
also
have
issues
with
access
to
getting
the
vaccine.
For
various
reasons.
F
There
are
other
barriers
and
also
issues
around
making
sure
people
get
their
second
shot,
that
they
come
and
get
their
second
dose
so
in
all
possible
in
all
best
worlds.
We
would
get
finished
by
the
end
of
june.
It's
going
to
take
us
longer
again
with
adding
additional
age
groups.
Eventually
we
can
get
up
to
at
least
85,
but
again
the
more
the
more
people
that
get
vaccinated
the
safer.
It's
going
to
be
the
less
chance
for
viral
spread,
the
less
chance
for
mutations
and
additional
variants.
F
K
F
F
Having
hurt
immunity
in
our
county
is
not
good
enough
because
we
live
in
a
state
and
her
immunity
is
not
good
enough
in
the
state
because
we
live
in
the
united
states,
so
I
mean
it.
It
grows
it's
a
global
issue,
and
so
we
have
to
work
globally
to
get
as
many
people
vaccinated
and
not
just
rest
on
what
we
can
do
in
our
own
community
in
order
to
be
safe.
L
They
told
one
is
that
they
said
that
the
appointments
available
are
doing
their
good
thing
and
that
they
push
the
word
more
performance
or
at
least
that
they
don't
know,
there's
appointments
available
after
five
or
six
pm.
One
of
the
questions
would
any
change
in
the
strategies
to
have
appointments
available
for
people
who
work
like
a
normal,
95
and
they're
not
available
during
that
time
to
go
with
the
vaccine,
specifically
for
the
hispanic
community.
E
Thank
you
for
the
question.
The
question
is
around
basically
vaccine
appointment
availability
during
non-working
hours.
We
are
working
to
make
those
that
time
available.
We
do
know
that
evenings
and
weekends
are
really
critical
time
to
have
vaccination
available.
Rocio.
Do
you
have
any
particulars
you
want
to
add
or
share
regarding
vaccine
availability.
G
Hi,
thank
you
for
the
question.
We
absolutely
know
that
our
latinx
community
is
back
at
work.
They
never
stop
working
and
we
absolutely
are
moving
to
ensure
that
vaccine
appointments
are
available
in
the
evening
and
on
the
weekends
we'll
be
doing
focusing
in
south
county
and
in
east
san
jose,
and
our
fairground
site
also
will
be
having
appointments
available.
Walk-Up
appointments
until
like
nine
o'clock
at
night,
starting
late
going
into
the
evening
again,
making
it
really
easy
for
people
that
are
working
during
the
week
to
get
vaccinated.
D
E
The
question
is
around
excess
vaccine
and
pop-up
and
walk-up
sites.
Our
strategy
is,
we
have
lots,
we're
doing
lots
and
lots
of
outreach,
including
going
door-to-door
to
see
whether
there's
anyone
in
the
home
that
hasn't
been
vaccinated.
That
would
like
to
be
vaccinated
lots
of
different
ways
that
we're
that
we're
spreading
the
word.
So
when
we
do
see
that
there's
you
know
excess
capacity
in
a
pop-up,
we
usually
go
back
and
redouble
our
efforts
to
ensure
that
we
increase
outreach
to
to
get
those
slots
filled.
J
Kpix,
yes,
dr
the
modern,
the
pfizer
vaccine
readily
available
here.
But
how
much
has
the
johnson
and
johnson
being
placed
on
hold?
How
much
has
that
hurt,
if,
at
all,
in
terms
of
people
feeling
safe
about
vaccines
in
general,.
E
E
E
I
want
to
just
say
that
I
think
that
the
caution
with
the
j
j
vaccine
to
pause
until
there's
more
conversation
and
more
data
gathered,
is
really
really
important,
and
this
is
part
of
the
commitment
to
ensuring
that
there
are
safe
and
effective
and
carefully
evaluated
vaccines
available
to
the
public.
So
I
think
the
pause
is
a
really
good.
K
Question
from
in
terms
of
the
one
million
doses,
do
we
know
how
many
the
people
outside
santa
clara
county
may
be
part
of
that
group?
Is
it
a
significant
amount?
I
can't
remember.