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Second gentleman Doug Emhoff comes to Eugene supporting Oregon COVID vaccination effort

By Louis Krauss, The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore.
Published: April 5, 2021, 5:15pm
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Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, Chair Peter DeFazio and Governor Kate Brown applaud as a COVID-19 vaccine is administered at the White Bird Clinic community vaccination site at WOW Hall in Eugene, Ore on Monday, April 5, 2021. County health leadership and community partners discussed underserved population that have been hit disproportionately by the pandemic with Emhoff.
Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, Chair Peter DeFazio and Governor Kate Brown applaud as a COVID-19 vaccine is administered at the White Bird Clinic community vaccination site at WOW Hall in Eugene, Ore on Monday, April 5, 2021. County health leadership and community partners discussed underserved population that have been hit disproportionately by the pandemic with Emhoff. (Dana Sparks/The Register-Guard via AP, Pool) Photo Gallery

EUGENE, Ore. – Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff visited Eugene, stopping at the White Bird clinic at WOW Hall Monday, to emphasis the importance of everyone in the community getting a COVID-19 vaccination.

Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, entered the WOW Hall vaccination site at 12:57 p.m. Monday, April 5, and toured the venue with Oregon Gov. Kate Brown.

White Bird Clinic, which provides crisis services and free medical care in Lane County, partnered with WOW Hall in early March to offer COVID-19 vaccinations to all who are eligible. The community center and live music venue in downtown Eugene, which is owned and operated by the nonprofit Community Center for the Performing Arts, is set up with tables to administer shots and 20 chairs spaced out for people in their observation period after getting their COVID-19 vaccine.

Emhoff watched as Christina McClory, a registered nurse who volunteers with White Bird, administered a vaccine to a visitor to the clinic.

“It’s fast, painless, and it’s going to save the lives of your community,” Emhoff said, thanking McClory for letting him observe. “Everyone should bring attention to this. We’re so close.”

He then made comments with Brown, who thanked the administration for its response to COVID-19 and getting vaccines distributed so far.

Brown emphasized the need for equity in response to COVID-19.

“We know our communities of color have been disparities impacted disproportionately, and we have to do everything we can to put justice and equity at the center of our work.”

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