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Human services update: vaccine uncertainty, tick surveillance and local funding debate for Island Home
Summary
Staff reported uncertainty about federal vaccine supply for next fall, plans to expand arbovirus surveillance and outreach on tick repellents, and council members spent significant time on local funding and advocacy for a proposed Island Home project and related tax-exemption proposals.
Council staff provided a brief human services update covering contingency planning for next fall's COVID and flu vaccinations, expanded surveillance for mosquito- and tick-borne illnesses, and outreach plans for tick repellents and symptomatic surveillance.
Jared (staff member) said vaccine procurement is uncertain because most COVID and flu vaccine supply is allocated through the federal government and federal planning timelines remain unsettled. "Almost all vaccine for both COVID and flu is ultimately sourced from the federal government," Jared said, and staff are preparing multiple contingency plans for fall vaccination clinics.
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