It was as a boy that Christopher Ylagan picked up guitar through lessons from his father. A love for The Beatles came too. Over the years, Christopher would become a Beatles fiend: He d grow a collection of anthologies, pick up magazines and merchandise. He’d name his son after John Lennon.
When Paul McCartney’s Freshen Up tour brought him to Vancouver in 2019, Christopher’s wife, Glend, bought tickets as a surprise.
“When Paul came out to the stage the first time, (Christopher) cried and said, ‘Oh my goodness,’” she recalled.
The two were to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary about a month ago on March 17. Instead, that day Glend mourned Christopher’s death at a funeral service. He died in late February after a bout with COVID-19, which Glend believes he contracted in an outbreak that occurred at an adult family home in Bremerton where the two worked, he, as a certified nursing assistant, she as a nurse.
Washington state follows feds in halting use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine
NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS
SPOKANE (AP) Washington state is immediately halting the use of the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine against the coronavirus, following the guidance of the federal government regarding the appearance of rare side effects in a handful of women across the country, the state Department of Health said Tuesday. Use of that vaccine will be put on hold until we receive further recommendations from our federal partners about how best to move forward, the agency said in a news release.
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine has been little used in Washington, and is still considered safe and effective against COVID-19, state officials said.
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With COVID-19 vaccinations climbing in Kitsap while cases are on the rise again and the identification of a virus variant looms, Dr. Gib Morrow turned to a pair of sporty metaphors.
Going through a slide deck at Tuesday s Kitsap Public Health District board meeting, the district s health officer came to a slide with a syringe and a coronavirus globe superimposed on the heads of a tortoise and a hare.
“The race is on,” Morrow told local elected officials, “and we need to put the hammer down.”
Then later: “If presumably we’re in the fourth quarter and the goal line’s in sight and we can start celebrating at some point in the not-too-distant future, now is not the time to do anything that increases the likelihood of transmitting this virus,” he said.
While many people are already eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine and everyone ages 16 and up in the state of Washington will soon join that list on April 15, it might take some hunting to actually track down an appointment. Here’s a guide to finding a shot near you.
Where should I look for an appointment?
Vaccine Locator: One of your first stops should be the state’s Vaccine Locator portal, at vaccinelocator.doh.wa.gov. There you’ll find a list of providers near you and throughout the state, along with links with information about how to contact a provider or schedule an appointment.