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Borough Assembly approves amended COVID-19 vaccination resolution
Posted by Maria Dudzak | Dec 23, 2020
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly on Monday approved an amended resolution regarding COVID-19 vaccinations.
There were two separate COVID-19 resolutions up for consideration. The first, proposed by Borough Mayor Rodney Dial, asked businesses not to deny services based on a person’s COVID-19 vaccination status or refusal to provide that information. That resolution failed Monday night due to lack of motion.
The second, proposed by assembly members Judith McQuerry and Austin Otos, encourages citizens to get the COVID-19 vaccine. They argued vaccinating the Ketchikan community would help the economy reopen, while also recognizing an individual’s right to choose.
Posted by Eric Stone | Dec 18, 2020
Ketchikan’s borough offices are located in the White Cliff building. (Maria Dudzak/KRBD)
Health officials say it’ll be months before a COVID-19 vaccine is available to the general public. But in the meantime, Ketchikan’s elected officials have introduced two resolutions that cut to the heart of a debate over vaccines.
The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines is already here. So far a small group of pharmacists and nursing home residents have received the first dose of the Pfizer treatment.
Ketchikan Borough Mayor Rodney Dial says he’s concerned that people who choose not to be vaccinated could be publicly shunned.