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JANUARY 27, 2021
VOL. 101, NO. 4
A successful vaccine campaign QA assisted living facility put in lots of work to prepare for inoculation rollout
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When it was Aegis Living in Queen Anne on Galer resident Duane Hyde’s turn to receive his COVID-19 vaccination at a clinic earlier this month, he was ready. Hyde is one of 50 residents at the assisted living an memory care facility to receive their COVID-19 vaccination after months of planning by Aegis Living. For Hyde, choosing to receive the inoculation was easy. The 97-year-old retired physician, who estimates he has received about 70 vaccinations throughout his life, said he has seen first hand the benefits of vaccines through his career. His greatest apprehension, he said, is people who are waiting to see what happens before receiving their shots. “But we need to have them take it if we’re going to get around (the virus) and get herd immunity,” Hyde said. “It’s really selfish, as far as I’m concerned.” Aegis Living in Queen Anne on Galer General Manager Kaylan Moore said, when it was time for residents and staff to receive their vaccines, staff wanted the event to be celebra-
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Photo courtesy Aegis Living Aegis of Queen Anne at Galer resident Duane Hyde receives his first COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at the assisted living and memory care facility earlier in January. Although it was an important day, Aegis Living staff turned it into a celebratory event. tory and special. The facility has been strictly following state and federal guidelines and practices during the
pandemic, and Moore said that work has paid
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Residents share goals for District 7 council member this year Neighborhood leaders pushing for Lewis to take closer look at parks, police and homelessness QA&Mag News editor With one year behind him, District 7 Seattle City Councilmember Andrew Lewis has made inroads in acquainting himself with the neighborhoods and
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people he represents. Neighborhood leaders, however, are keeping track of his progress, as well as the issues they believe should be prioritized in the forefront. In Magnolia, one of the continued concerns is the fate of the Magnolia bridge and whether the
structure is going to be replaced. “I think that he should make sure that the in-kind, or 1-1 Magnolia bridge replacement, is identified as the preferred alternative, and that will help get us out of the limbo of wondering what we’re going to do next,” Janis Traven, a member of the Magnolia Community Council, said. Beyond that, Traven said she hopes Lewis will do what he can to lessen the financial and societal impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. “I think there’s just going to be
a ton of repair work, economic repair work, needed to get us to a better place after COVID is handled,” she said. Circumstances are dire for many people right now, Traven said. “Economically, we have a lot of problems that have only been made worse or exposed with the pandemic,” she said. Traven said one thing she would like Lewis to work on is
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