{"id":7071,"date":"2021-10-21T17:02:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T17:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bienestar-or.org\/?p=7071"},"modified":"2021-11-10T17:11:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T17:11:57","slug":"washington-county-bienestar-residents-over-80-vaccination-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bienestar-or.org\/es\/washington-county-bienestar-residents-over-80-vaccination-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington County &#038; Bienestar Residents over 80% vaccination rate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/bienestar-or.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-salva-vidas-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7076\" width=\"274\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bienestar-or.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-salva-vidas-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/bienestar-or.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-salva-vidas-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/bienestar-or.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-salva-vidas-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/bienestar-or.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-salva-vidas-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/bienestar-or.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-salva-vidas-1-570x570.png 570w, https:\/\/bienestar-or.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-salva-vidas-1-500x500.png 500w, https:\/\/bienestar-or.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-salva-vidas-1-1000x1000.png 1000w, https:\/\/bienestar-or.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-salva-vidas-1-700x700.png 700w, https:\/\/bienestar-or.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-salva-vidas-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of September, Washington County released a Vaccine Equity Update to show the progress of an equitable distribution of the vaccine to the county\u2019s populations. The report shows that the vaccination rate of the county\u2019s Latinx adult residents increased from 49% in May to 59% by September.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to all the Bienestar residents who have received the vaccine. It is still the best way to help end the pandemic. Our vaccine rate is over 80% and the Bienestar community is safer and stronger for it!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other highlights of the report:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Washington County was the first to reach over 80% of adults vaccinated in Oregon<\/li><li>The county\u2019s vaccination rate in Hispanics\/ Latina\/o\/x adults is nearly six percentage points higher than the state average<\/li><li>Virginia Garcia, where many Bienestar residents got their shot, distributed over 55,000 vaccines<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There is still work to do to close the gap and get more people vaccinated. While Covid-19 cases continue to drop this month, the declines are modest and the recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/coronavirus\/2021\/10\/ohsu-forecast-says-hospitalizations-case-levels-likely-to-stay-elevated-into-december-as-covid-19-fatigue-sets-in.html\">OHSU forecast<\/a> predicts that cases and hospitalizations will stay steady into the winter. Let\u2019s all continue to be safe, wear our masks and stay informed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you need to talk to someone or need help, reach out:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Call the Bienestar Hotline at 503-693-4639<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Safe &amp; Strong Hotline &#8211; Call 1-800-923-HELP(4357) or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.safestrongoregon.org\/es\">Click here for Spanish<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.safestrongoregon.org\">Click here for English<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To read more about Washington County\u2019s progress on closing the vaccination equity gap <a href=\"https:\/\/www.co.washington.or.us\/HHS\/News\/covid-19_vacunas_y_equidad.cfm\">Click Here for Spanish<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.co.washington.or.us\/HHS\/News\/covid-19_vaccination_equity_ga.cfm\">Click Here for English.<\/a><br>For more about COVID-19, resources and more, <a href=\"https:\/\/bienestar-or.org\/faq-covid\/\">Click Here to Read the Updated FAQ!&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the end of September, Washington County released a Vaccine Equity Update to show the progress of an equitable distribution of the vaccine to the county\u2019s populations. The report shows that the vaccination rate of the county\u2019s Latinx adult residents increased from 49% in May&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resident-news","category-save-lives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bienestar-or.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bienestar-or.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bienestar-or.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bienestar-or.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bienestar-or.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7071"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bienestar-or.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7082,"href":"https:\/\/bienestar-or.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7071\/revisions\/7082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bienestar-or.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bienestar-or.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bienestar-or.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}