The following is a summary of the presentation during the Public Health briefings at this week’s Board of County Commissioners meeting made by Jefferson and Clallam County Public Health Officer Dr. Allison Berry. Also Willie Bence, Director of Emergency Management, gave a report. The summary below was provided by and used with the permission of Jefferson County Government.

County Health Officer Dr. Allison Berry said today the U.S. will pass 1 million deaths related to COVID-19. “That’s a sobering number, but I don’t think any of us ever thought we were going to pass and many of those deaths were unnecessary,” Dr. Berry remarked.

COVID-19 rates are rising rapidly across the county, with hospitalizations up 20%. That is true for Washington state. The numbers don’t tell the whole story, however. Dr. Berry said the numbers are affected by case ascertainment – many people are taking home antigen tests. She said when looking at state numbers, to multiply them by six to gain a more accurate count. In Jefferson County, there are 66 new cases reported over the weekend for a total of 3,770 with a case rate of 646 per 100,000. With our case ascertainment rate, that gives a rough estimate of about 1,300 cases per 100,000, with 9% positivity. We have no one currently in the hospital for COVID-19 for a total of 127 hospitalizations so far in this response and 29 deaths. Last week, one person in his 70s died out of state, but he did die due to COVID-19 pneumonia so we are counting it. He’s a Jefferson County resident. “We are starting to see hospitalizations right now, but more slowly than in prior variant waves,” Dr. Berry remarked. “That is still predominantly those who are unvaccinated or unboosted elders, but we are starting to see a small rise in boosted hospitalizations for people over 65.” Dr. Berry “thinks it’s appropriate” at this time to recommend an additional booster for those over 65, and everyone should wear a high quality, well-fitting mask.

Dr. Berry said she is beginning to see small clusters of COVID-19 transmission in schools. She said it is most likely due to students not masked in a room with 25 others, and older kids walking between multiple classes. “We are likely to see additional need for masking requirements in schools. In the coming weeks just due to the amount of transmission,” she said. “The primary goal there is that we want to see our schools open and our kids able to attend school. And, if we get too much transmission in school, if we get too many teachers infected in particular, we lose the ability to keep kids in person in school.”

There is high demand for the antiviral Paxlovid for treating mild-to-moderate coronavirus. Jefferson Healthcare is administering this medication up to 5 days after first symptoms. The treatment is for people over 65, or anyone 12 and up who has underlying medical conditions like asthma, COPD, heart disease, immunosuppression, or are being treated for cancer. If you have a positive test and seek this med, call the Nurse Consult hotline at 360-344-3094. Leave a message and someone will call you back. Monoclonal antibodies are also available, and can be given up to 7 days after your first symptoms.

Dr. Berry gave the following guidance for dealing with COVID-19: If you test positive, isolate for the first five days after symptoms begin. If you’re asymptomatic or if your symptoms have gone away by the end of day five, it is okay to leave isolation and wear a high quality mask. But avoid high-risk settings. Wearing a mask around a small group of people after day five is also very reasonable if your symptoms have gone away.

Submit your Public Health questions to Dr. Allison Berry and to Willie Bence by emailing [email protected]. Note: The weekly deadline for these to be submitted is on Fridays at noon, to be answered at the following Monday’s BOCC meeting.

Even though KPTZ’s broadcast of Monday’s meeting was cut short due to technical issues, here is the complete recording of the meeting’s Public Health briefings by Dr. Berry and Willie Bence. The summary below was provided by and used with the permission of Jefferson County Government.

In today’s COVID-19 briefing, County Health Officer Dr. Allison Berry said COVID-19 cases are on the rise nationally (up 50% in the last two weeks), regionally and in Jefferson County. Hospitalizations in the U.S. are up 20%, driven by action in the northeast U.S. Currently, Jefferson’s case rate is 537/100,000 with 10% positivity. Data on hospitalizations in King and Snohomish counties show those affected are unvaccinated or are elders who have not received their first boosters.“ If your only immunity comes from prior infection, it’s really important to go ahead and get that vaccine to reduce your risk of not only getting sick but getting severe disease,” Dr. Berry said. Dr. Berry said there is a “ton of it” (highly contagious virus) circulating in our community. “The good news is we’re not seeing a rise in severe disease for those who’ve gotten vaccinated and boosted,” she explained. “But, if you’ve not gotten vaccinated yet, or if you’ve not gotten that booster, we are seeing a rise in severe disease and hospitalization and so we want to do everything we can to prevent that. The most important thing is to get that vaccine, get that booster, and to wear a high quality mask in indoor settings, when you could potentially be exposed to this virus.” Dr. Berry said that if you’re vaccinated and boosted, symptoms can be quite mild. “If you’re feeling off at all, do go ahead and get tested.”

Dr. Berry outlined protocols for dealing with COVID-19: If you test positive: isolate. Stay home for 10 days from when your symptoms start. Most people will have some symptoms but if you have no symptoms at all, it’s 10 days from when you test positive. If you have very limited symptoms and your symptoms resolve within five days, it is reasonable to test again. Take five days plus the first day that you had symptoms and test again. If you test negative, it is reasonable to leave isolation, but wear a high-quality mask for the remainder of those 10 days. Test yourself before you leave isolation. Otherwise, you could continue to spread the virus to others. If you are vaccinated and boosted: if you’re up-to-date on your vaccines, (which is actually just one booster to count as up to date), you don’t have to quarantine but we do recommend that you wear high-quality masks for at least 10 days after your exposure. That’s a good idea because breakthroughs happen. If you’re not up to date on your vaccines: we recommend that you quarantine at home for five days after your exposure and then test before you go back into public and of course continue to wear a mask for a full 10 days after your exposure. Note: Often viral loads are relatively low especially in the beginning. So if you develop symptoms, definitely do test. But if you test negative the first day and you have symptoms that go on for another day, test again. You might find that your viral load was too low to be picked up on a test the first time.

COVID-19tests are available at Public Health, libraries, pharmacies and online at: https://sayyescovidhometest.org. Home antigen tests are generally good for 15 months to a year after their manufacture date. Store them at general room temperature and don’t get them wet. Dr. Berry said that currently about 50% of recorded cases in Jefferson are from home antigen tests.

Jefferson County is starting the process of getting wastewater surveillance from the Port Townsend’s sewer system. Dr. Berry said that the County is setting up a contract with the State Health Department and the program should be going live in the next few weeks. According to the CDC’s Wastewater Survellance report: “People infected with SARS-CoV-2 can shed the virus in their feces, even if they don’t have symptoms. The virus can then be detected in wastewater, enabling wastewater surveillance to capture presence of SARS-CoV-2 shed by people with and without symptoms. This allows wastewater surveillance to serve as an early warning that COVID-19 is spreading in a community. Once health departments are aware, communities can act quickly to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Data from wastewater testing support public health mitigation strategies by providing additional crucial information about the prevalence of COVID-19 in a community.”

Submit your Public Health questions to Dr. Allison Berry and to Willie Bence by emailing [email protected]. Note: The weekly deadline for these to be submitted is on Fridays at noon, to be answered at the following Monday’s BOCC meeting.

KPTZ Program Director Ruby Fitch recently caught up with Christian Wiseman aka C-Dub, the DJ/creator of the KPTZ’s Saturday night electronic music show The Blue Room. Christian sends in the show from his home studio in Houston and is a DJ & tradition bearer in the rave and Electronic Dance Music scenes.  Find out more, (much more!) below.

RF: How did you end up at KPTZ?

CW: I was catching up with my sister, Karen, who had been volunteering at KPTZ for a little while. I thought it would be fun to put together a demo and maybe have a show every once in a while. I reached out to you, and ended up sending in an hour-long mix. I kind of figured this was a long shot, since the kind of music I am into is a huge departure from what is typically on KPTZ, and frankly on terrestrial radio in general. As it turned out, you dug my stuff and offered me a weekly slot on Saturday nights. It’s mind blowing to have a radio show dedicated to the music that I have loved on a radio station that broadcasts almost 2,500 miles from my studio.

RF: The Blue Room has been a wonderful addition to KPTZ’s Saturday night programming. Can you talk a little bit about your process of curating and creating the show?

CW: I really appreciate the kind words! I have been deep into electronic music since I was a little kid, starting with synth / new wave stuff in the 80s, and then hip-hop, and then house / techno / jungle / IDM, etc. in 1990. I really have spent a good portion of my energy seeking out stuff that’s emotive and unusual. For a really long time, there weren’t really a lot of people out there that were listening to this kind of music. Particularly in the United States, this was underground music that you really had to go out and dig for. While I love electronic music across the spectrum, I do have a special place in my heart for ambient, downtempo, and dub-flavored electronica. From time to time, I will do a show that reaches outside, but the roots of the Blue Room are broadly in that zone. What’s interesting to me is that this music provides a lot of space to work with, and allows for the combining of infinite varieties of textures and rhythmic elements. It allows me to piece together interesting sounds that might be unexpected. I try to play music that vibes well for going into midnight on a Saturday in the Pacific Northwest.

RF: I appreciate the breadth of material that you bring  to each episode. There are always surprises on The Blue Room! Can I ask about your music collection? You mentioned “digging” in the past….what did that yield? Feel free to brag!

CW: Back in the beginning, this literally meant driving to Melrose in LA every Saturday first thing in the morning and digging through stacks of vinyl records at the many underground record shops on the block, like Beat Non Stop, DMC, and later on, Wax Records. These shops had a bunch of Technics 1200s set up and you could pull whatever you want, listen to it, and then buy whatever you could afford at the time. You also had CDs from places like Aron’s in Hollywood. They didn’t stock a bunch of anything, but they had one of everything, so if you got there at the right time, you could score some great import stuff. I was mostly buying stuff on vinyl that I was going to use in DJ sets, and CDs for stuff I was going to listen to. Mixtapes were a great resource at the time as well.

As the internet has evolved, it has made the process of finding music much different, obviously. I was never into the whole Napster / Limewire thing, because it was just a big pain in the ass. What has happened with streaming services – Soundcloud and Bandcamp, in particular – has really sped up things up to the extent that if you actually find something, getting it is a piece of cake. The problem, first-world as it may be, is that music distribution has become so democratized that we have an embarrassment of riches. There is just so much music out there. So even though you would think that labels are less relevant now, that’s not the case. If a label that has put out good stuff in the past is putting out new music, I am going to check that out. Some of the music blogs are also really helpful in finding great music. There is a crowdsourced page called TWGEEMA that is a phenomenal resource for ambient and IDM stuff.

So yeah, at the end of the day you end up with endless stacks of vinyl records and binders full of thousands of CDs. I ripped all of the CDs a long time ago, and I just spent a few months painstakingly cleaning and digitizing all of my vinyl. Even with the bounty that is the internet, I still have a lot of stuff in my collection that is not available digitally anywhere. Now that everything is in the computer, I have sold my turntables and am getting rid of the vinyl. I no longer have the sentimental connection to it, and it just takes up too much room at this point.

To make a long story short: being in a city that has zero electronic music scene / presence, having a large high-quality collection from over the years, as well as a solid internet connection, has been key to assembling The Blue Room.

RF:Thanks for the deep dive, Christian! It truly is an embarrassment of riches! I feel like the unrestricted access to new and old music, through streaming services and the internet is also creating an acceleration of innovation in electronic/club music genres. There’s some bold, super-informed and hyperactive creativity happening out there and it’s happening fast. Do you sense that too?

CW: Absolutely. The technological aspect of music distribution and availability has also been a major factor in democratizing music production and DJ culture. The thing is, a lot of people who get into electronic music and hip-hop – which, as far as I am concerned is the same thing from a production perspective – decide that they want to try their hand at either making or mixing this stuff. Since the barrier to entry does not have to involve learning a traditional musical instrument, and the number of tools available has exploded over the years, everybody wants to do what they are hearing their musical heroes do. Of course, you can spend a ridiculous amount of money building a studio, but you can also use software that is cheap or free to do the same thing, so long as you have a computer that has decent processing capabilities and/or a couple of hundred dollars. Yes, it is easier to make a drum beat from a loop than it is to learn how to play the drums, and yes, auto-sync makes mixing a lot easier than learning how to beat match using a pair of turntables. But the idea that you can make a hot track or mixtape by pressing a button is simply a myth.

That being said, the amount of great creative work coming out of electronic music artists right now is staggering. In electronic music, you do have your highly formulaic big-room festival EDM stuff that rolls eyes, but you also have legends across genres still putting out music after decades, as well as new artists putting out heat using their laptops or little $200 used sample loopers or whatever. It’s very exciting!

RF: Very exciting! As f**ked up as the world feels right now, we are living in a golden age for musical artistry and creativity, thanks to digital resources. There’s this remarkable and unprecedented ease of ability to share, collaborate, and learn from one another – even at great distances. With the caveats of…if bombs aren’t falling on your head and you have the means to plug in.

Before we close up, will you talk about your own work as a producer/composer and your interest in modular synthesis?

CW: I have been making electronic music as a hobbyist for almost as long as I have been listening to the stuff. I think I have more of an affinity for working with the gear than I do trying to blow up as a musician or whatever. So I always have a studio, and I work on music more or less depending on whether or not I am inspired in that way, which seems to come in phases. In the beginning, it was all hardware, and then it went more and more into the computer, and then eventually back more into hardware as manufacturers started to get back into making analog stuff again. Really, most of the stuff I make has some sort of acid influence to it.

The story of this sound has been told a million times, but in short, the acid sound comes from the Roland TB-303, which was a commercial failure because it was not great at doing what it was designed for – that is, trying to sound like a traditional bass player. It was marketed at the time alongside the TR-606 drum machine, which wasn’t Roland’s best drum machine either. The idea was that the bedroom musician could get the 606 and the 303 and not have to get a drummer and bass player. Nice thought, but the execution was not ideal due to the fact that programming the internal sequencer with a predictable pattern of notes and steps, even if you had the manual, was extremely difficult. It also sounded nothing like a bass guitar. In the late 80s, musicians started snapping these things up from pawn shops because they were dirt cheap, and they figured that if you altered the filter settings while it was playing, it gave this amazing futuristic liquid sound. So then you have the birth of acid house, acid in techno, and eventually, acid everywhere.

There’s nothing particularly unique about the 303 as far as the actual synth voice goes – it’s just a monophonic synth with a subtractive ladder filter. So you can really use any number of synth voices to get a similar sound, if that’s what you are going for. I have had a Devilfish TB-303, which is a heavily modified stock 303, and have used many other synths over the years. Over the last few years, I kind of went down the Eurorack rabbit hole, which is essentially a bunch of purpose-built modules (oscillators, filters, gates, sequencers, etc.) that you can connect to each other in whatever way you want. For making unpredictable sounds and sequences, it’s a blast. There is obviously some predictability when patching one thing to another, but a system like this is more fun for me in discovering happy accidents than doing actual songwriting, per se. For every Steve Roach that you have who can orchestrate these machines into complete compositions, there are thousands of people like me that just enjoy messing with the gear and seeing what happens. My modular setup is really great at doing the kind of thing that I like to listen to, so in that regard, it’s successful.

RF: What a juicy response, especially for anyone who is interesed in gear. Thanks for the interview, Christian!
You can catch The Blue Room on KPTZ on Saturdays from 11pm until  midnight.

The inaugural show was set to be June 5. A week before that, George Floyd was murdered and our country said enough to police brutality. We pivoted the first show and talked to Sean Vinson, founder of Black Lives Matter of Jefferson County about how we can create change at a local level, and acknowledge the pains and cruelties of racism that continues to permeate our society.

The word of 2020 was “pivot” and, oh boy, did I pivot. I pivoted all over 2020, as did Filter.

The show was great. I hardly missed an episode until my mom died in a tragic accident on March 6, 2021.

I took a week off but then decided to process some grief through an episode of the show. It was one of the most powerful experiences of my life, that March 19, 2021 episode. I played her favorite songs and the songs that remind me most of her.

Around the time of my mom’s death, I was granted split custody of my kiddos and this was some serious light in the darkness.

But as school time rolled around and Jo, my eldest, started in Kindergarten, I was suddenly unable to make certain Fridays work for the Filter time slot from 1-3pm. Our schedule quickly devolved into every other week. The quality of the show didn’t suffer in my opinion, but we all knew that the loss of consistency was not a benefit to KPTZ or the show itself.

So now in the beginning of 2022, I decided to put it to rest. It didn’t have anywhere near the 99 year lifespan I imagined it would. When it began, I thought I’d live in Port Townsend for the rest of my natural life! I have since moved to Kingston and Edmonds. I split time between the houses with kids and stepkids and lovely fiance Louisa Cranston (a frequent guest on the show). We are proudly bicoastal.

I hope I can do some more work in radio someday. I will still be subbing for KPTZ hosts from time to time, and maybe I’ll even do a special episode of Filter once in a while.

Being asked to create Filter was one of the greatest honors of my life. I don’t think I used even close to half of the ideas I had for it. There were some periods in its lifespan where it was one of the only things keeping my head afloat. And all of you there listening with me, you were a part of that.

Thank you for listening and stay tuned!  -Paul

The following is a summary of the presentation during the Public Health briefings at this week’s Board of County Commissioners meeting made by Jefferson and Clallam County Public Health Officer Dr. Allison Berry. Also Willie Bence, Director, Director of Emergency Management, gave a report. The summary below was provided by and used with the permission of Jefferson County Government.

COVID-19 cases are falling nationwide, but 2,500 deaths are reported daily. County Health Officer Dr. Allison Berry said that different areas of the County are seeing the downturn in cases at different times, with the Northeast cities leading the way. In Washington, there is a 30% decrease in cases in the last week, in both the east and west sides of the mountains. However, cases are four times the height of any previous peak, with 2,500 cases per 100,000. In Jefferson county, current cases are 2,874, with a case rate of 743/100,000. One death was reported today for a total of 26 during the pandemic. Our percent positivity is 21%. Dr. Berry anticipates case rates to continue to decrease through February and March based on current mitigation measures. “I really want to encourage everybody to hang on a little longer,” Dr. Berry said. “There is light at the end of the tunnel and it’s closer than it has ever been. We are very likely to be able to remove many mitigation measures in March or April. So we’re going to be lifting the proof of vaccination order in March most likely, unless we see our cases drop significantly even before then. And likely we will see a lifting of mask mandates this spring as well. The exact timing of that is still being determined at the local and state level.”

Dr. Berry reported that Pfizer pulled out from FDA review of vaccines for those under 5 years old. They did not see enough efficacy with their very low-dose product. The next plan for the manufacturer is to move forward with trials of three doses for this age group to see if they get significant immune response. Moderna is also participating in clinical trials for this age group and results are expected later this spring/early summer.

The final decision on the state masking mandate is up to the governor but the State’s Health Officers will advise him. We have a local mandate for Jefferson and Clallam counties. Dr. Berry’s preference is to move with the state. “I think it will be very hard to maintain a local mask mandate alone if we if we are the only county left doing it,” she said. “Which is part of why it’s so important that when the governor picks a case threshold, that we be a part of making sure that that’s a safe case threshold.”

Dr. Berry said if you are on immunosuppressive medications, have active cancer, or have a genetic immunodeficiency, you qualify for a fourth dose of the vaccine, “and we recommend you get that fourth dose.”

With the advent of at-home test kits, Dr. Barry noted that “we are undercounting” because most cases are not being reported. She urged those who test positive to contact Public Health with this important information.

Submit your Public Health questions to Dr. Allison Berry and to Willie Bence by emailing [email protected]. Note: The weekly deadline for these to be submitted is on Fridays at noon, to be answered at next Tuesday’s meeting (because February 21 is a holiday).

The following is a summary of the presentation during the Public Health briefings at this week’s Board of County Commissioners meeting made by Jefferson and Clallam County Public Health Officer Dr. Allison Berry. Also Kate Dean gave an informal report. The summary below was provided by and used with the permission of Jefferson County Government.

Health Officer Dr. Allison Berry this morning said she expects the threshold of 200 COVID-19 cases/100,000 to be below that in Jefferson County on or before March 11 and that could impact the vaccine requirements for indoor dining in restaurants.“Most likely, we’re gonna plan on revoking the order for both counties (Jefferson and Clallam) around that same time,” Dr. Berry explained. “I think it’s helpful for our business owners to have some clarity around how long this order is going to last so they can plan their business operations….I wouldn’t revoke the order if I didn’t think it was safe to do so,” she said. Dr. Berry noted that if cases are moving down faster, she would consider revoking it sooner. She warned, however, that if hospitals are overwhelmed with cases and that modeling from the University of Washington is wrong, she would not revoke the order. Restaurants could choose, for their own safety and that of their staff and clients, to continue the vaccine requirement.

Dr. Berry’s report to Commissioners provided an update as to the latest COVID-19 reports: In Washington, cases are down 37%. The large cities feeling the most rapid decline are those in King and Snohomish counties. “The Olympic Peninsula is starting to plateau,” Dr. Berry said. ”We’re hopeful that this is the beginning of the decrease in cases that we anticipate….The good news that we’re seeing is, for those who are fully vaccinated, we are seeing rates of hospitalization and death that are similar to the flu. So we have finally reached that point that so many folks have talked about since the very beginning.” Jefferson County has 2,753 cases with a case rate of 1,069/100,000. Clallam County has 1,601/100,000, and Kitsap County is 1,700/100,000. She reported that the COVID-19 outlook is improving all across the county. Hospitalizations are decreasing around 27%, but deaths are still at the 2,500 mark daily.

Dr. Berry provided a short primer on masks: N95 masks should have a NIOSH approval stamped on it. Another option is the KF94 which is a South Korean version of the KN95. KN95 masks should be stamped with GB 2626–2006 or 2626-2019. She said if none of those fit you well or feel good, she suggests a surgical mask with a cloth mask over it to make it fit tight to your face.

Monday’s Report from Emergency Management: About 15,000 masks have been distributed throughout Jefferson County, with an estimated 5,000 arriving each week. Currently, they are available at both QFC stores and Safeway. The County Library has a supply, and the Port Townsend Library will get some this week. The Food Banks also have been stocked. And the NPREP groups received 4,500 masks for distribution in neighborhoods this past weekend.

Vaccination clinics will be held on February 12 in Brinnon: 1:30-3:30pm – Pfizer for ages 5-11 and 12+ and Moderna boosters for adults. February 19 in Chimacum: 9-11am – Pfizer for ages 5-11 and 12 + and Moderna boosters for adults. For an appointment call 360-344-9791 and leave a message. Your call will be returned within 24 hours. Or register at the Public Health website

Submit your Public Health questions to Dr. Allison Berry and Willie Bence by emailing [email protected]. Note: The weekly deadline for these to be submitted is on Fridays at noon, to be answered at the following Monday’s BOCC meeting.

The following is a summary of the presentation during the Public Health briefings at this week’s Board of County Commissioners meeting made by Jefferson and Clallam County Public Health Officer Dr. Allison Berry. Also Willie Bence, Director, Director of Emergency Management, gave a report. The summary below was provided by and used with the permission of Jefferson County Government.

County Health Officer Dr. Allison Berry told the Commissioners Monday morning that the United States is experiencing a surge of COVID-19 cases, up 43%, with hospitalizations up 23%. Most of the surge is being driven by the Midwest and Northeast, with the highest hospitalization rates in Michigan, and significant rises in the Southwest, in particular Arizona.

Washington State was bucking this trend, seeing cases decrease. However, over this last week the numbers have started to rise again. Dr. Berry said she anticipates a surge through the holiday season. Jefferson County is doing well, she reported. Case rates have dropped a bit – 165 per 100,000. Two people are currently hospitalized; neither is a local patient. No new deaths have been reported.

Dr. Berry said, as she reviews our local epidemiology, the majority of our cases are tracing back to Thanksgiving gatherings. In Jefferson County, most of those have actually been children who were either unvaccinated, under-vaccinated, or household contacts of positive cases. There are no large-scale outbreaks in Jefferson County.

“Your risk of dying due to COVID-19 if you are unvaccinated is 14 times your risk if you weren’t fully vaccinated,” Dr. Berry explained. “With the rise of Delta, we are reminding everyone about the importance of getting boosted, especially if you’re in that elder population,” she continued. “But with the new Omicron variant, we’re also recommending that the rest of us get boosted as well.”

She said 77% of our population is fully vaccinated and 67% of elders have received their boosters. Omicron has not been detected in Jefferson. Data suggests that it is more transmissible than Delta. “The data that we have really shows that if you’re not vaccinated, now is really the time to get vaccinated with the Omicron variant circulating,” Dr. Berry said. “The protection you get from prior infections alone – it’s just not holding up. If you are fully vaccinated, you do still have a protection but we do recommend that you go ahead and get a booster as well.”

Emergency Management Director Willie Bence said this Saturday, December 18, there will be a Vaccination Clinic at the Chimacum School multipurpose room. The morning session from 9 to noon will be dedicated to first and second doses for five to 11 year olds. There are 50 spaces available in that clinic. In the afternoon between 1 and 4pm, Moderna boosters will be available for anyone who is eligible -anyone who’s six months out from their Pfizer or Moderna second dose, or two months out from their one single dose of J&J. There are 125 spaces available in that clinic.

Go to the Public Health website or contact the call center at 360-344-9791 for information and appointments. This is the last and mass vaccination clinic in Jefferson for the year. More information for programming in January will be forthcoming.

Submit your Public Health questions to Dr. Allison Berry and Willie Bence by emailing [email protected]. Note: The weekly deadline for these to be submitted is on Fridays at noon, to be answered at the following Monday’s BOCC meeting.