HomeMy WebLinkAbout12282020_Imper_COVIDFrom:Rachel S. Imper
To:Board of Health
Subject:Vaccination sites
Date:Thursday, December 24, 2020 12:13:01 PM
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A report in the Port Townsend Leader indicated that the Jefferson County Health Dept. Is
planning on using high school gyms as vaccination sites. This is very disturbing to me.
Because my husband and I are in a high-risk group for Covid-19, we do not enter anybuildings now. We order groceries online, shop online for other items, and do not even go to
the post office. Please consider using tents outside or, at a minimum, give those of us whoprefer to be vaccinated outside the option to use drive-through locations. I would rather wait in
line for hours than risk entering a building, even with masks and social distancing, because Ido not think the ventilation is likely to be adequate to prevent the concentration of aerosols.
If you have solid evidence that these locations are safe, please share it.
Sincerely,
Rachel S. Imper
P.S. I read extensively about the virus and follow Dr. Michael Osterholm of CIDRAP. If Dr.Osterholm says these locations are safe, I would be reassured.