SEATTLE – Seattle is ramping up vaccine distribution. On Monday, Mayor Durkan said they will launch a mass vaccination site at Lumen Field, formerly CenturyLink Field, later in March. “It's going to be one of the biggest undertakings we’ve ever done in this City, but it's the only way we get to reopen,” said Durkan, in an interview with KOMO. Caption: KOMO EVENT.
Demonstrators Call for Expanded Rent Relief Outside City Hall To Help Immigrants Amid Pandemic
On Friday, dozens of community organizers, educators, and activists stood outside City Hall to call for more support of San Francisco s immigrant communities amid the pandemic, specifically demanding increased rent relief for members of those cohorts.
In one way or another, everyone s been affected COVID-19 though it must be said that BIPOC and immigrant communities continue to suffer the most. A recent joint study by UCSF, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub (CZ Biohub), and the Latino Task Force (LTF) showed Latinx community members in San Francisco are some five-times more likely to contract coronavirus than white San Franciscans. This is especially true of low-income workers in these communities, who were among the hardest hit by the fall and winter COVID-19 surges.