A4 The BulleTin • SaTurday, april 3, 2021
COVID-19
“The goal of Oregon’s
vaccination strategy
is to make sure we are
doing this fast and
doing this fairly,” Gov.
Kate Brown said.
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OHA reports cases are aver-
aging 392 per day, while hospi-
talizations are up and the per-
centage of tests that come back
positive is 3.7%. That is still be-
low the 5% level above which
OHA has said growth of the vi-
rus becomes exponential.
The rise comes despite the
arrival of three vaccines that
can inoculate people from the
virus. But only 18% of Orego-
nians are currently completely
vaccinated, slightly higher than
the national average.
OHA had hoped to have at
least one shot of vaccine given
to every Oregonian over age 16
who wanted one by late May.
Due to vaccine delivery issues,
OHA is now looking at early
June to reach the goal.
The state is getting an aver-
age of about 30,000 new shots
of vaccine into people’s arms
per day, though mostly the
Moderna and Pfizer vaccines
that require two shots spaced
out over about a month.
OHA had been hoping for a
surge of new one-shot Johnson
& Johnson vaccines. But the
company announced this week
that a subcontractor in Balti-
more had improperly mixed
ingredients, ruining as many
as 15 million doses set to go
out to states over the next few
weeks.
Johnson & Johnson vaccines
that are currently being given
are not from this batch and are
safe and effective, the U.S. Cen-
ters for Disease Control and
Prevention reported earlier this
week.
Oregon has over 35,000
doses of Johnson & Johnson
vaccine available now, but it
will receive between 200,000
and 300,000 fewer doses than
expected in coming weeks.
The inoculation campaign
comes amid concern of the
growth of new, more conta-
gious and likely more lethal
versions of COVID-19.
Researchers have found that
those who are inoculated will
most likely be spared severe ill-
ness or death compared to the
unvaccinated.
“This is a race between the
vaccines and the variants,”
Brown said.
Washington will become
the latest state to offer vaccines
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Keeping the counties from
bouncing around on the risk
categories is important for the
community and businesses,
churches and other places
where people gather in order
to avoid the yo-yo of opening
and closing, said Katy Brooks,
Bend Chamber of Commerce
CEO.
“Many businesses in town
are dreading moving backward
to more restrictions,” Brooks
said. “This can literally mean
whether their businesses sur-
vive. And it’s possible that after
spring break this may be the
case.”
Heider said for counties with
populations larger than 30,000
people, the state looks at the
positivity rate and the case rate
per 100,000.
For the most current week
data are available, March 14-
27, the positivity rate for De-
schutes County was 2.5%,
higher than the previous time
period of March 7-20 when it
was 1.9%. The rate is above the
Feb. 28-March 13 rate of 2.2%,
according to Oregon Health
Authority data.
For the same time periods,
Oregon as a whole had a posi-
tive rate of 3.3% for the week of
March 14-27 and 3.3% for the
week of March 7-20.
The case rate in Deschutes
County was 99.5 cases per
100,000 population for the
week of March 14-27, accord-
Cathy Cheney/Portland
Business Journal pool, file/
Tribune Content Agency
to everyone age 16 and above
earlier than the federal May 1
deadline. Gov. Jay Inslee has
announced all eligibility re-
strictions will be lifted April 15.
Brown said Oregon would
stay with its current plans that
would not lift restrictions until
May 1, though some counties
could petition to open vaccina-
tion to more people in the last
week of April.
Oregon was fighting to make
vaccination equitable across
economic and ethnic groups,
Brown said.
“The goal of Oregon’s vacci-
nation strategy is to make sure
we are doing this fast and do-
ing this fairly,” she said.
Brown announced that ef-
fective immediately, people
with several additional un-
derlying medical conditions
would be added to the ad-
vanced eligibility list, including
smokers. A full list will be re-
leased by OHA.
The state will also allow
workers who are currently el-
igible for the vaccine — such
as farmworkers — to bring all
adults in their household to be
vaccinated at the same time.
OHA is also working with
the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency to create
pop-up and mobile vaccina-
tion centers in rural parts of
the state, including Morrow
County.
Not on OHA’s agenda is any
loosening of business restric-
tions.
OHA officials said they
would be sticking with the
four-tiered county risk level
system, with the next changes
announced April 6 to go into
effect April 9.
Among the issues that OHA
is facing in its goal to maximize
inoculations is what OHA Di-
rector Pat Allen called “a soft-
ening of demand” for vaccine
among targeted senior groups,
particularly in southwestern Or-
egon and portions of rural East
Oregon.
Sidelinger said evidence is be-
ing to Oregon Health Author-
ity data.
To be in the moderate risk
category, counties with more
than 30,000 people need to
have a rate less than a 100 cases
per 100,000 people over a 14-
day period, have fewer than
45 cases over a 14-day period
and have a test positivity rate
less than 8% over a two-week
period.
Deschutes County moved
from the high risk to the mod-
erate risk category on March
12, which enabled the county
to have indoor dining at 50%
capacity or a maximum of 100
people, whichever is smaller.
Oregon’s risk framework calls
for four categories based on
COVID-19 spread: extreme
risk, high risk, moderate risk,
and lower risk.
The current increase in the
number of cases has been
caused by travel-related cases,
outbreaks and close contact,
said Emerson. In addition,
cases are spreading from gath-
erings and social events, she
said.
Last year, there was a spike
in cases after spring break and
the Easter holiday, Emerson
said.
“Every single day, we make
great progress in vaccinating
Oregonians,” Gov. Kate Brown
said in a press conference Friday.
“Your actions and your smart
choices have saved lives. Let’s
keep it up these last few miles.”
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ginning to show an unfortunate
relaxed attitude toward mask
wearing and social distancing
as the warmer spring weather
brings people together.
“Mask use is going down,
while travel is going up,”
Sidelinger said.
A report on Friday by the
New York Times of travel vol-
ume at airports included statis-
tics showing Portland Interna-
tional Airport passenger traffic
is up 43% compared to Febru-
ary 2020. Air traffic in Eugene is
up 60% , while Redmond is up
62% and Medford is up 63% .
A CDC report this week said
that air travelers who wear their
masks throughout a flight do
not have an increased level of
exposure to the virus.
Nationwide, just under 3
million doses of COVID-19
vaccine are being administered
daily.
The pandemic has caused
129.97 million cases and over
2.83 million deaths worldwide,
according to the Johns Hop-
kins Coronavirus Resource
Center. The United States has
had over 30.57 million cases and
553,691 deaths, the center says.
More information on the
COVID-19 situation in Oregon
and how to find vaccinations
can be found at getvaccinated.
oregon.gov.
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Jurors were also instructed
on two instances when use
of deadly force is authorized
— when one fears for his or
her life or the life of another
person, and to stop a burglary.
The defense argued both in-
stances apply.
Among other witnesses, the
defense called character wit-
nesses who testified to Wirk-
kala’s supposed easygoing and
peaceful nature. Experts in
body mechanics spent hours
parsing the “sooting” marks
on Ryder’s body left by the
shotgun blast, and whether
his left arm could have been
covering himself defensively,
as the state suggests, or mov-
ing to attack Wirkkala, as the
defendant claimed.
On Friday, Assistant At-
torney General Kristen Hoff-
meyer gave the state’s closing
argument.
Technical issues have so far
bedeviled the proceedings,
which are held with social dis-
tancing in mind in a refitted
exposition barn. Hoffmeyer’s
statement was paused by the
judge several times for issues
with poor audibility and mi-
crophone feedback.
“Fun times at the fair-
grounds,” she said, resuming
her closing argument after a
delay.
Throughout the trial, pros-
ecutors have referred to the
victim as “David,” whereas the
defense has called him by his
first and last name — “Da-
vid Ryder” — as well as other
words, like, “predator,” “in-
truder” and “psychopath.”
Dean Guernsey/Bulletin
Luke Wirkkala is seen March 19
during his retrial.
“We have a situation here
where there are two admit-
tedly very drunk men and
perhaps you will know based
on your common sense and
experience that very drunk
people often make decisions
that they regret,” Hoffmeyer
said.
Both Wirkkala and Ryder
were in heterosexual relation-
ships at the time of the shoot-
ing, and Wirkkala has said
he’s always been straight. But
DNA evidence suggests the
two had sexual contact the
night in question: Wirkkala’s
saliva was found on Ryder’s
penis.
Wirkkala’s explanation is
that after passing out on his
living room couch, he awoke
to Ryder sexually assaulting
him. They struggled violently
and Wirkkala went to his
room, retrieved his shotgun
and shot Ryder only after he
refused to leave and charged
at Wirkkala, he testified.
DNA evidence also shows
skin from Wirkkala’s neck
under Ryder’s fingernails,
which suggests there was in
fact a struggle between the
two men.
In her closing, Hoffmeyer
suggested another scenario.
“It’s possible it was a con-
sensual encounter, (Wirkkala)
stopped it and felt ashamed,”
she said. “This smacks of a re-
taliation murder, if you want
to believe what he told you,”
Thad Betz delivered the de-
fense’s closing argument and
characterized the shooting as
a “desperate reaction to a vio-
lent threat.”
“It was ultimately a reason-
able use of force,” he said.
Once again, video footage
of Wirkkala’s time in police
custody factored heavily in
the case. The footage from af-
ter the shooting shows Wirk-
kala quizzing a pair of Bend
Police officers about their
lives, like whether they skied
or snowboarded and why they
moved to Bend. At several
points, he breaks into country
songs.
“He’s visibly intoxicated, I
would submit,” Hoffmeyer
told jurors. “It’s surreal.”
Betz said the footage shows
a man in shock experiencing
the “full gamut” of human
emotions and was avoiding
the event in his head.
“Cast aside your assump-
tions and presumptions about
male sexual assault — they
might not behave like you’d
imagine a victim would. They
don’t necessarily curl up into a
ball,” he said.
The jury, which has been
winnowed to seven men and
five women, will resume its
deliberation at 9 a.m. Monday.
All 12 jurors must agree on a
guilty verdict, though only 10
votes are needed for finding
of not guilty.
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Barry Campbell, Lead Pastor
Sunday gathering times:
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sins through the Gospel and thereby
grant eternal life. St. John 20:21-23,
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Redmond, Oregon 97756
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Temple Beth Tikvah
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