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Young Kwak photo Staying home had a noticeable impact on carbon emissions, which plummeted globally last year by nearly 2 billion metric tons in 2020. F
rom her home, under the flight path to the Spokane International Airport, Amber Lenhart usually hears the recurring roar of airplanes overhead. But that stopped a year ago. When the pandemic hit, days would go by without her hearing that familiar roar. It wasn t just that people weren t flying anymore. They weren t driving either. The streets were emptier. Parking lots were vacant. We saw that people can work remote, that we can do our jobs from home, says Lenhart, who at one time worked for Pew Charitable Trusts, a nonprofit that aims to improve public policy. In that job I would travel all over the country to Wisconsin, Hawaii, California, and I d drive across three or
WSU’s Foley Institute hosted a virtual meeting Tuesday to discuss the technology and misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 vaccine.
There are three major types of vaccines, said Dr. Bob Lutz, member of the Washington State Department of Health. There is a protein-based vaccine, an mRNA vaccine and a viral vector.
The mRNA vaccine technology has been around for a very long time, but this is the first vaccine of its kind to be produced, he said. It is also the main COVID-19 vaccine, which is produced by Moderna and Pfizer.
Lutz said this type of vaccine allows the body’s own mRNA in the cell to create proteins against the virus.
How is Washington State responding to the pandemic? What issues are facing the state in terms of vaccine availability, and equity of delivery? And how will the state deal with vaccine hesitancy? Join our experts, who will discuss these and other issues around Washington State s pandemic response.
Amber Lenhart most recently served as a Health Policy Specialist at Spokane Regional Health District. Bob Lutz is a member of the Washington State Department of Health s COVID-19 Response Team. Followed by live Q&A.