Health board s statement is merely politics
Leonard Rolfes Jr., Bainbridge Island
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I read the resolution carefully; it offers no evidence whatsoever in support of the assertion that the different health circumstances among various racial groups are due to racism. It is true that some minority groups are less healthy than whites, and I am all in favor of the Health District devoting extra attention and resources to help these populations become healthier. The Health District can do that without resorting to racism allegations, which are prevalent these days.
The bottom line is that the Health Board’s resolution is a political statement; it should be seen as such.
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Editor s note: Kitsap parents, how are you feeling about your kids getting a COVID-19 vaccine? Ready for your kids to get one as soon as possible? Going to wait and see? If you re interested in sharing your thoughts for a story, contact reporter Nathan Pilling at nathan.pilling@kitsapsun.com
Vaccine clinics in Kitsap County and Washington state are preparing to accommodate younger patients as U.S. regulators signed on to the expanded use of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine to children as young as 12 on Monday.
Shots could begin as soon as this week after the Food and Drug Administration signed off on expanding the emergency use authorization for the Pfizer vaccine to 12- to 15-year-olds.
Editor s note: This story has been updated to clarify the latest statistics from Kitsap Public Health District.
With COVID-19 cases on a dramatic rise in Kitsap in recent weeks, the county faces the possibility of tighter restrictions and being sent back a phase in the state’s reopening plan next week.
Counties must either keep new case rates below 200 cases per 100,000 residents over a two-week period or new hospitalizations below 5 per 100,000 over a one-week period to stay in Phase 3. In a statement to the Kitsap Sun on Friday, Kitsap Public Health District Administrator Keith Grellner noted that Kitsap’s case rate is now well above 200 and that the most recent data from the state’s Department of Health showed the hospitalization rate was just over 5, but said that the rate of new hospitalizations fluctuates from day to day, making it very difficult to project whether we will be above the state’s threshold of 5 per 100,000 for last seven days.
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