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Vaccination rates are falling COVID cases are rising Will Pierce County ever reopen?

Vaccination rates are falling. COVID cases are rising. Will Pierce County ever reopen? News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 5/8/2021 Debbie Cockrell, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) May 8 Pierce County, you have a COVID vaccine problem: Not enough people are showing up to get it. The why to the story is complicated. There is an abundance of places to get vaccinated, but appointment slots are going unfilled. Amid steadily rising cases, the county seems to have hit what one health department representative described as the tipping point of supply and demand. Kayla Scrivner, immunization branch director for the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, told the Board of Health on Wednesday that mass vaccine sites started to see a noticeable drop-off in recent weeks.

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Young people driving another COVID-19 surge in Pierce County, health officials say

Young people driving another COVID-19 surge in Pierce County, health officials say Josephine Peterson, Debbie Cockrell, and Allison Needles, The News Tribune © Provided by KIRO Seattle Screengrab from Tacoma-Pierce County Health website Pierce County is grappling with another COVID-19 case surge as it reverts to Phase 2 and as the larger population becomes eligible for vaccinations. Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department director Dr. Anthony Chen said vaccines are a long-term strategy to fight the coronavirus, but masking, social distancing, washing hands and limiting gatherings are the first line of defense. “There’s no way we can vaccinate our way out of this,” Chen told The News Tribune on Thursday, given the current vaccine supply constraints in the state.

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Technical glitch left Pierce County under-ordering COVID-19 vaccines, state says

Technical glitch left Pierce County under-ordering COVID-19 vaccines, state says News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 4 hrs ago Josephine Peterson and Debbie Cockrell, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) Apr. 9 Pierce County has been previously under-ordering COVID-19 vaccines, and the state blames a technical glitch, after initially faulting the county. A text from Gov. Jay Inslee s staff to Pierce County staff said that all that we offered has not been accepted, according to Pierce County Executive Bruce Dammeier. When The News Tribune asked the Washington State Department of Health for details, the state said a malfunction led to Pierce County unknowingly under-ordering vaccines.

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Debbie Cockrell: Pierce County economy will bounce back from COVID-19, but it will take time, experts say

Debbie Cockrell: Pierce County economy will bounce back from COVID-19, but it will take time, experts say News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 1/28/2021 Debbie Cockrell, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) Jan. 28 The message from the 2021 Pierce County Economic Index is that things could be worse but have a ways to go before getting better. Popular Searches The index, produced by Neil Johnson of Sound Resource Economics and presented Wednesday morning by the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber s annual Horizons Economic Forecast breakfast, showed that federal stimulus payments gave a 5.2 percent boost in the annual index amid the coronavirus pandemic. That counts as the 11th consecutive year of growth for the county.

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