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DESCHUTES COUNTY
Deschutes County cases: 6,504 (35 new cases)
Deschutes County deaths: 71 (1 new death)
Crook County cases: 822 (2 new cases)
Crook County deaths: 19 (1 new death)
Jefferson County cases: 2,024 (2 new cases)
Jefferson County deaths: 32 (1 new death)
Oregon cases: 167,658 (544 new cases)
Oregon deaths: 2,427 (33 new deaths)
130
(Dec. 4)
What is COVID-19? It’s an infection caused by a new coronavirus.
Symptoms (including fever, coughing and shortness of breath)
can be severe. While some cases are mild, the disease can be fatal.
108 new cases
120
(Jan. 1)
7-day
average
90
new
cases
7 ways to help limit its spread: 1. Wash hands often with soap
and water for at least 20 seconds. 2. Avoid touching your face.
3. Avoid close contact with sick people. 4. Stay home. 5. In public,
stay 6 feet from others and wear a cloth face covering or mask.
6. Cover a cough or sneeze with a tissue or cough into your elbow.
7. Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces.
(Nov. 27)
110
*No data
available on
Jan. 31
due to state
computer
maintenence
90
80
50
new
cases
70
60
47 new cases
50
(Nov. 14)
28 new cases
(July 16)
40
31 new cases
(Oct. 31)
30
16 new cases
(Sept. 19)
9 new cases
20
(May 20)
1st case
100
(Feb. 17)
COVID-19 patients hospitalized at
St. Charles Bend on Tuesday: 4 (1 in ICU)
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Prisoners still lack access in vaccine rollout
Oregon is one of four states
to offer shots to its entire
adult inmate population
Associated Press
This week, Florida expanded eligibil-
ity for COVID-19 vaccines to all resi-
dents 16 and older. But across the state,
more than 70,000 people still don’t have
access to the vaccine. Those men and
women are state prisoners.
More than half the country has
opened up vaccine eligibility, vastly ex-
panding the ability for most Americans
to get the shots, whatever their age or
medical conditions. But inside prisons,
it’s a different story: Prisoners, not free
to seek out vaccines, still lack access on
the whole.
Nationwide, fewer than 20% of state
and federal prisoners have been vac-
cinated, according to data collected by
The Marshall Project and The Associ-
ated Press. In some states, prisoners and
advocates have resorted to lawsuits to
get access. And even when they are el-
igible, they aren’t receiving important
education about the vaccine.
And it’s not just the prisoners. Public
health experts widely agree that people
who live and work in correctional facili-
ties face an increased risk of contracting
and dying from the coronavirus. Since
the pandemic first reached prisons
in March 2020, about 3 in 10 prison-
ers have tested positive and 2,500 have
Aaron Lavinsky/AP
A red tag hangs on a cell door Jan. 4, signifying an active COVID-19 case for its inhabitants
at Faribault Prison, in Faribault, Minnesota.
died. Prisons are often overcrowded,
with limited access to health care and
protective gear, and populations inside
are more likely to have preexisting med-
ical conditions.
“This is about a public health strategy,”
said Jaimie Meyer, an associate profes-
sor of medicine and public health at Yale
University. “If you want to see an end to
the pandemic, you’ve got to vaccinate the
people in the places where there are the
largest clusters and the most cases.”
In some facilities, basic supplies like
soap and toilet paper have been scarce,
and mask-wearing is inconsistently
enforced among both prisoners and
guards, including in Oregon.
In some states, vaccine supplies for
prisons have been limited by infrastruc-
ture and by political demands. Even as
more vaccines start to become available
to correction systems, prison officials,
public health experts and prisoner ad-
vocates say there is widespread hesi-
tancy among prisoners over receiving
the vaccine.
According to the CDC, 40% of adults
in the United States have gotten at
least one vaccine shot, and President
Joe Biden has promised that all Amer-
icans will be eligible for vaccination
in April . But vaccination rates behind
bars still trail the general population in
two-thirds of states.
The four states that say they have of-
fered the vaccine to every adult in their
state prisons — Oregon, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island and Virginia — have
seen more prisoners take it, averaging
about 70%. Meyer said that was a posi-
tive sign but likely to be lower in many
other states.
In Georgia, roughly 700 prisoners
had been vaccinated by March 30, ac-
cording to Department of Corrections
spokesperson Joan Heath. That num-
ber, about 1.5% of the state’s prison
population, is expected to jump by mid-
April, when the agency anticipates re-
ceiving 2,000 doses per week.
“Our goal is to ensure every offender
in our custody is offered and receives
a COVID vaccine,” she said, adding
that the state is asking anyone with
“incarcerated friends or loved ones, to
encourage them to accept the vaccine
when offered.”
In some states, prisoners and advo-
cates have resorted to lawsuits to speed
up the pace of vaccinations. In February,
a federal judge ordered Oregon officials
to offer the vaccine to all state prison-
ers, which the state says it has now done.
Washington state prisoners filed a sim-
ilar lawsuit in late March, demanding
additional protection from correctional
staff who refused the vaccine. Last week,
a New York Supreme Court justice ruled
that the state must vaccinate all people
incarcerated in prisons and jails.
LOCAL BRIEFING
Power restored in Bend
after squirrel trips outage
Pacific Power has restored
electricity to more than 1,400
homes and businesses in down-
town Bend following an outage
on Tuesday morning that lasted
from 8:21 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Tom Gauntt, a spokesperson
for Pacific Power, said a squir-
rel caused the outage, and its
remains were found by work
crews conducting repairs.
Squirrels, birds, rats and
even snakes can get into equip-
ment and cause damage or
harm work crews, said Gauntt.
“All critters who get too close
to equipment can essentially
become a connection between
two wires that are kept sepa-
rate,” said Gauntt. “One claw
on one wire and another claw
or beak or mouth on another
and the unlikely connection
can be made.”
Gauntt said Pacific Power
does take precautions against
animals chewing on wires,
such as installing special
sleeves and clearing vegetation
near power lines, but animals
can still infiltrate equipment.
“Squirrels are pervasive,”
said Gauntt. “Our work with
vegetation management helps
keep them away from lines, but
climbing a pole is nothing to a
squirrel.”
Jefferson County sheriff
Adkins to retire
Jefferson County Sheriff Jim
Adkins has announced his up-
coming retirement.
Adkins, 57, confirmed he in-
tends to step down June 30.
He told The Bulletin he has
no big plans for retirement but
thought it better to allow a suc-
cessor to assume control ahead
of what’s expected to be an-
other tough fight to win voter
approval for an operations levy
for the Jefferson County jail. In
2019, voters approved a tempo-
rary levy intended to keep the
jail functioning for three years.
“It’s just going to take a real
energetic person,” he said.
Adkins is recommend-
ing that Undersheriff Marc
Heckathorn be appointed to
replace him, then run for elec-
tion in November.
Jefferson County commis-
sioners must vote to approve
Heckathorn’s appointment.
Adkins started at the Jeffer-
son County Sheriff’s Office in
1986 as a deputy assigned to
boat patrol. He also worked
as a corrections deputy, pa-
trol deputy, supervisor of the
patrol division and, for four
years, undersheriff. He was ap-
pointed sheriff in 2010, then
won election later that year.
Redmond man killed in
two-vehicle crash
A 79-year-old Redmond
man was killed Monday in a
two-vehicle crash south of NW
Sixth Street and NW Quince
Avenue in Redmond.
Redmond Police and fire
and rescue agencies responded
at 8:17 a.m. to the crash, which
involved two pickup trucks, ac-
cording to a release from Red-
mond Police.
An investigation found
Archie Carrol was driving a
black 2000 Toyota Tundra north
on NW Sixth Street when he
crossed the road and collided
head-on with a blue 2004 Ford
F-150, which was driven by Ma-
rio Ortiz Lopez, 38, of Prineville,
Redmond Police said.
Carrol died at the scene.
Fire crews freed Lopez from
the Ford, and he was flown by
Life Flight to St. Charles Bend
with serious injuries. His pas-
senger, Rodolfo Ortiz Lopez,
41, of Prineville, was trans-
ported to St. Charles Bend for
an evaluation.
NW Sixth Street between
NW Oak Tree Lane and NW
Quince Avenue was closed for
about six hours.
The case remains under in-
vestigation. Any witnesses are
asked to contact Redmond Po-
lice at (541) 693-6911.
— Bulletin staff reports