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6A | APRIL 8, 2021 | Covid from A1 climbing vaccination numbers to give people a false sense of security about COVID-19. “There are a lot of les- sons learned as we start to take advantage of more liberty and a decreased sense of risk,” Davis said. “Pretty much every single one of our upward trends began with just a couple cases. And those few cas- es, even though they seem like such a relief from our high cases this winter, they can turn very rapid- ly back into those double digits — as they have. I would ask for the community’s help, and all our partners’ help, in try- ing to reverse this. Please, please, do your very best to make your gatherings as healthy as possible.” In fact, Davis considers the county to be at double the amount of infectious people than when the county was first consid- ered “low risk.” He said the case rate is 88.7 cases per 100,000, or within range to be redes- ignated as moderate risk. “Since we just moved down from moderate to low risk, we will be uti- lizing that grace period as we do our very best to reverse these trends,” Da- vis said. According to LCPH, the current rise in cases comes from three main categories: multi-house- hold gatherings, large parties and workplaces. “ O b v i o u s l y , multi-household gather- ings are completely pre- ventable. You don’t have to have them. I know it’s COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL “There are a lot of lessons learned as we start to take advantage of more liberty and a decreased sense of risk. Pretty much every single one of our upward trends began with just a couple cases... They can turn very rapidly back into those double digits. ” shouldn’t try to reduce that situation. We have the capability, we have the power, and we demon- strated as a community in the past that we are able — by using masking, distancing and prioritiz- ing our social gatherings — to really reverse these trends and be a bubble of safety and health, even amidst large-scale, state- wide and national trends on the up.” For more information, visit covidvaccine.oregon. gov and lanecounty.org/ coronavirus. — Jason Davis, Lane County Public Health Public Information Officer the time of year when the weather starts getting nic- er and you want to have a backyard barbecue, but we really urge folks to forgo those for now while we’re seeing these drastic case increases,” David ad- vised. When people do gath- er, he urged them to take steps to keep people safe. This includes meeting outdoors when possible; keeping safe distance be- tween people; wearing masks; and only relaxing those if someone is con- sidered fully vaccinated and spending time with other fully vaccinated people. To counter this, vacci- nations across the state are continuing to go up. As of press time Tuesday, Oregon had administered 2.03 million doses of vac- cine, including first or second doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, or the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine. LCPH reported that ap- proximately 32.7 percent of Lane County adults have received at least one dose of vaccine. That number will climb with Brown’s an- nouncement to expand COVID-19 vaccine eli- gibility to all Oregonians over age 16, effective April 19. “If we’re starting with 32 percent of our popula- tion going into that gen- eral eligibility, then we’re in a really great place in terms of moving towards community immunity,” Davis said. The state is rolling out additional doses of each of the vaccines, but LCPH said it was equipped to handle the increase in eligible residents. The county’s goal is to get 70- 75 percent of the overall adult population vacci- nated. “This will protect us from large-scale out- breaks and rapid case in- creases,” Davis said. To help with this, Lane County has been con- ducting mass vaccination sites, with three sites now equipped for large-scale events. These are Autzen Stadium, Lane Commu- nity College and Lane Events Center, all in the Eugene area. “Last weekend, we were able to vaccinate a little over 10,500 individuals at our mass vaccination sites,” Davis said. “A lot of good work is being done there in terms of being able to vaccinate quite a few people all at once.” The county will con- tinue to plan both mass vaccination clinics and targeted clinics. On April 12, LCPH will conduct a 1,000-dose clinic at the Cottage Grove Elks Lodge between noon and 8 p.m. People can sign up for their vaccine at lanecoun- ty.org/coronavirus or by contacting LCPH at 541- 682-1380 or email coro- na-info@lanecountyor. gov. “If you look at the map of Oregon counties, Lane County is one of a num- ber of counties of the 36 counties which are ex- periencing pretty dras- tic case increases,” Davis said. “We’re not alone, but that doesn’t mean we 541-726-7689 541-942-9635 Eugene/Springfi eld Cottage Grove The Flower Basket and Gift Boutique “A Flower Shop and so much more” Contact the Cottaeg Grove Area Chamber of Commerce (541) 942-2411 info@ cgchamber.com DENTAL Insurance Fertilizer and Amendments Available Here! Get Dental Insurance from Physicians Mutual Insurance Company. 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