Starting on September 7, King County residents 5 and older will be required to wear masks at outdoor events with 500 or more people, regardless of their vaccination status. Masks are also recommended for everyone in all crowded outdoor settings, regardless of crowd size.
The updated guidance comes as we continue to deal with the surge of the COVID-19 Delta variant. Wearing masks, social distancing, and getting vaccinated are the only way for us to end this pandemic.
New Data Dashboard Shows Risk of COVID for Vaccinated vs. Unvaccinated
We know that getting the COVID vaccine is the most important thing we can do in the fight against COVID. King County Public Health has a new dashboard that shows that the risk of getting sick, being hospitalized, or dying from COVID is much, much lower for people who are fully vaccinated compared to people who are unvaccinated.
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No vaccine is 100% effective, but the COVID vaccine is proving to provide powerful protection against the virus. The dashboard shows that, over the last 30 days, people who are unvaccinated are 7 times more likely to test positive for COVID, 49 times more likely to be hospitalized due to COVID, and 32 times more likely to die of a COVID-related illness.
If you haven't gotten your vaccination yet, do your part to protect yourself and your loved ones by finding a vaccination location here.
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District 6 Health through Housing Town Hall
Thank you to the more than 300 people who joined me last night at a town hall meeting to discuss the former Silver Cloud Inn in Redmond, which was purchased as part of the Health through Housing program and will provide permanent supportive housing to people experiencing chronic homelessness. We had a robust discussion and I listened carefully to ideas about what we can do to make the program a success for the community and program participants.
Next week, I will send out a link to the recording of the meeting and a summary of what was discussed. Until then, you can watch KING 5's coverage of the town hall.
Giving “retired” vans a new lease on life in our community
Each year, the King County Council Van Donation Program allows councilmembers to donate retired, but still useable, King County Metro Vanpool vans to local nonprofits that serve seniors, low-income people, youth, or people with disabilities.
This year, I donated a van to LifeWire, an organization that helps adults, youth, and children who have been impacted by domestic violence. Their services include support groups, survivor-driven advocacy, mental health therapy, legal advocacy, shelter, and housing. They also work with youth so that they can identify and build healthy relationships, support each other and family members, and practice leadership that promotes gender equity and challenges violent attitudes and behaviors.
LifeWire envisions a world in which every person lives in a safe environment, free from oppression and with the opportunity to thrive--a goal that I am proud to work with them to achieve. It’s always exciting to be able to provide this kind of immediate, direct support to organizations doing critical work in our community, like LifeWire.
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Sincerely,
Claudia Balducci
King County Council
District 6
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