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I think it's a it's a testament to the outreach and work that we're doing across the state to make sure that those who've been impacted by COVID most deeply get vaccines now. Today I'm excited to have had a chance to get vaccinated with the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, but I'll tell you that any vaccine that you have a chance to get is the right vaccine for you. Johnson and Johnson one shot convenience is is a nice thing. I certainly like it, but it's I think an important milestone for myself. A number of the other leaders, health leaders at the state level are Surgeon General, our new director of public health, Dr. Thomas Aragon, our state epidemiologist, Dr. Erica Pahn, all getting vaccinated today with the Johnson and Johnson vaccine. Highly effective, effective at present preventing the worst complications of COVID, severe disease, hospitalization death 100% reduction, avoiding death. So really high quality vaccine that that drives just like the other two Pfizer and Moderna drives us to believe that we're on the cusp here in California, just like we are across the nation knocking on the door of 11 11 million vaccines statewide over 7 million Californians that I joined today who've received a vaccine and counting seeing that supply increase coming into the state over the next many weeks into the month of April, delivering on the president's promise that by the end of May that all eligible Americans Californians can get access to the vaccine on the cusp of another important milestone when those with serious underlying conditions and severe disabilities become eligible to receive vaccines next Monday. Really exciting moment in in our state's path through this pandemic recognizing that getting people vaccinated is the way through this getting communities that been hardest hit through this vaccinated first is the quickest way through this. We announced last week our focus on equity our focus on dedicating a significant supply of vaccine 40% to some of the hardest hit communities in the state making sure that we deliver on that promise not because it's only the right thing to do not because it's the way to prevent huge surges again in some of the hardest hit communities but statewide away through this. So really proud to have a chance to get this vaccine today. Watch the cake, watch the cake, watch the cake, watch the cake. Can I lift these up? You guys okay? You guys all right? All right there we go. Yeah okay so uh uh first off thank you Dr. Ramos for being with us today and and available for additional questions in Spanish and and uh Mr. Lawson thank you for you the Urban League all of the commitment uh that we see to this community and across uh across LA uh it's been a while it's it's great to see you again um you know no doubt the Urban League and so many other community-based organizations I often have said the governor has said that a key strategy to not just crawl back but roar back as the governor said as a state is not just the message around vaccine but the messenger having individuals like Mr. Lawson who aren't in clinical medicine who have looked at the information and believe it and are able to communicate to his community as a leader that this is a vaccine that uh is safe that all three of our choices are ones that people should receive is really really important so the message matters the messenger also matters working in counties like Los Angeles in places like south Los Angeles the south side coalition a collection of really important community-based clinics here in south LA um out there beating the pavement not just getting vaccine in their own patients arms but also throughout the communities they serve little by little block by block California is committed to doing that and it takes the right message the right messengers and the supply of vaccine and sites like this to make it happen certainly yeah I mean for me this is an important day uh as a health care provider making sure that we protect those who are vaccinating those who are on the front lines but also a message clearly that those who've been tracking the information the science very closely at the state level listening what's coming out of our vaccine manufacturers the FDA the CDC and looking at it we believe it's important that we step up and and get the vaccine ourselves it sends a signal that look it's not just safe for California it's safe for ourselves our families and that's uh as a physician I often say I never want to give advice to people that I'm not willing to take myself and this is an example of that and I think having other state leaders other physician leaders other clinical leaders across the state doing the same thing on days before like Dr. Ramos on this same day with my other state colleagues I think is a very important message your message is that this vaccine is as good as Pfizer and Moderna and it's not being as some have written about being given here in the African American community because it's somehow not as good as the other ones. No I mean Johnson and Johnson's going to be distributed widely across the state it's available in all parts of the state it's just increasingly available the FEMA sites did receive it earlier but are just starting now just like sites across the entire state and yes I believe that this is a great vaccine like the other two and that's why our message is get the vaccine that's available for you now so it's starting to come now and each county based on those hardest hit communities are going to see some you know some little bits of increases others with a larger supply but the important point is those doses are meant to target those hardest hit communities so it's not just at large send them to the counties with the hardest head but really getting them targeted into those communities not just the providers who serve those communities but actually the people who live in those zip codes just like we're doing here today yeah it's a great question we've been talking about what does this look like once we hit a level of vaccines for the state that is meaningful that gives us a broad range of protection keeping in mind that yes we may still need to be wearing masks yes there'll be some scenarios where we'll still need to keep physically distanced as we get through and learn more and more about the virus but we look forward to that day and what are going to be the triggers what are going to be some of those milestones definitely led by the level of vaccine penetration in not just our hardest hit communities but statewide and then looking at those case numbers looking at the impact of COVID in our hospitals we have a sense of what flu does across California getting closer to scenarios where we're able to feel confident that we're not going to see extensive surges like we've seen in the past with COVID that's when we enter that green tier yeah you know from my look at the numbers actually don't think LA county is behind I think LA county's done a tremendous job remember we started early vaccinating just health care workers and people in skilled nursing facilities long-term care facilities and now over the last many weeks with an expansion of who's eligible more individuals who live live throughout our communities I see LA like many many other counties really doing a good job but I think we need to be continued focus on our equity principles making sure that we get vaccine into some of our hardest hit communities and I think focusing vaccine in that way is something all of us need to do more of the numbers show that but we're seeing some improvements little by little well the state's position is and you've seen it all along that there are some things that begin to happen in the red tier I also acknowledge I said it a couple days ago that every county's going to make decisions as to how far and fast they move through the state structure of the blueprint and I think some of those decisions are going to be made here in in Los Angeles a little different than maybe what the state the state says and very different than maybe some other counties in the north so we'll see