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Northeast Oregon TV Weekly December 5 - 11, 2021 l 19 What’s Available NOW On “Welcome to Earth: Season 1” (Dec. 8) From National Geographic comes this documentary series that follows host Will Smith as he ventures to far-flung locations worldwide to do a deep dive into often-overlooked phenomena in nature such as how flocks of birds can move in unison, the role the sense of smell plays in South Pacific sea turtle reproduction and how deserts move slowly beyond human perception. “Snow Buddies” (Available now) This 2008 spinoff of the “Air Bud” franchise follows five pups who as they trail a shipment of ice cream to a transport plane. Accidentally trapped aboard the flight to Alaska, they wind up helping a canine friend and a boy who need five dogs for a big race. COVID-19 “Duck the Halls: A Mickey Mouse Christmas Special” (Available now) Vaccine Drive Through Event Information: This 2018 episode from the Disney Channel series “Mickey Mouse” finds Donald going against his instincts to fly south for the winter, instead opting to stay home for the holiday. To celebrate the occasion, Mickey endeavors to make Donald’s first Christmas the greatest ever. “The Search for Santa Paws” (Available now) When Santa loses his memory during a trip to New York, it’s up to Paws, an orphaned girl and a group of talking dogs to save him and show the world what Christmas is about in this 2010 prequel to 2009’s “Santa Buddies” from director Robert Vince (“MVP: Most Valuable Primate”). Kaitlyn Maher, Madison Pettis and Richard Riehle star. BY JOHN CROOK Jerks Questions: 1) Jeremy Strong won an Emmy Award for his portrayal of a media mogul’s insecure, inept son on what HBO hit drama? 2) Wayne Knight delivered lots of laughs as a cunning, mean-spirited mail carrier named Newman on what 1990-98 comedy series? 3) On “Ugly Betty,” Michael Urie starred as the manipulative assistant of villainess Wilhelmina Slater. What is his character’s name? 4) On what hit cable series would you find a character named Sgt. James Doakes, a cop obsessively driven to find dirt on the show’s title character (who happened to be a serial killer)? 5) What actor won four consecutive Emmys as lecherous assistant district attorney Dan Fielding on “Night Court”? 1) “Succession” 2) “Seinfeld” 3) Marc St. James 4) “Dexter” 5) John Larroquette Answers: Jeremy Strong www.chdinc.org 541-962-8800 Event date: 12/5-12/10 Event times: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Event Location: 3604 N 2nd Street at the La Grande Fair Grounds Mt. Emily/4-H Building Vaccines offered: 1st dose, 2nd dose, 3rd doses and booster vaccines. All Covid vaccine configurations will be available including pediatric vaccination. Registration: Will be completed at vaccine site North Powder Vaccine Event: Event date: 12/8 Event time: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Event location: 333 G Street, North Powder Charter School, North Powder, Oregon 97867 Vaccines offered: 1st dose, 2nd dose, 3rd doses and booster vaccines. All Covid vaccine configurations will be available including pediatric vaccination. Registration: Will be completed at vaccine site Other vaccine events offered in December: Location: Center for Human Development Time: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm every Friday with the exception of New Year’s Eve in addition to Christmas Eve. Additional options: Scheduled appointments available throughout the week. Vaccines offered: 1st dose, 2nd dose, 3rd doses and booster vaccines. All Covid vaccine configurations will be available including pediatric vaccination. Other pediatric and adult immunizations also available at CHD. CDC General Vaccine Info: COVID-19 vaccines are effective COVID 19-vaccines are effective and can reduce the risk of getting and spreading the virus that causes COVID-19. Learn more about the different COVID-19 vaccines. COVID-19 vaccines also help children and adults from getting seriously ill even if they do get COVID-19. While COVID-19 tends to be milder in children than adults, it can make children very sick, require hospitalization, and some children have even died. Children with underlying medical conditions are more at risk for severe illness compared to children without underlying medical conditions. Getting children ages 5 years and older vaccinated can help protect them from serious short- and long-term complications. Getting everyone ages 5 years and older vaccinated can protect families and communities, including friends and family who are not eligible for vaccination and people at increased risk for severe illness from COVID-19. Booster Information from CDC: Fast Facts Everyone age 18 and older is eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine booster beginning Nov. 20, 2021. Some people are strongly advised get a booster dose to protect themselves and others. You can choose which vaccine to get. The COVID-19 vaccines are extraordinarily effective at preventing serious illness, hospitalization and death. That said, we are seeing immunity drop over time, especially in people over age 50 and those with compromised immune systems who are more likely to experience severe disease, hospitalization and death. For these people, another dose boosts their immunity, sometimes greater than what was achieved after the primary, two-dose series. Health experts strongly recommend people over age 50, people over 18 who live in long-term care facilities, and anyone who received one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine get a booster dose. Younger, healthy people may also get a booster dose to protect themselves and others. A booster will re-build neutralizing antibodies that strengthen the body’s ability to fight getting a breakthrough case. Even if you’re not at high risk, you could be infected and then pass it on to others, such as children too young to be vaccinated, the elderly, or people who are immunocompromised. Booster doses help people maintain strong immunity to disease longer. The first vaccine series built up the immune system to make the antibodies needed to fight the disease. Over time, the immune response weakens. A booster dose stimulates the initial response and tends to result in higher antibody levels that help people maintain their immunity longer. Boosters take about two weeks to bring up the immune response. This continues to be studied, but we can reliably say it takes two weeks to bring the immune response up to or better than that after the primary series.