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urged to receive COVID-19 vaccine now as students head back to school</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":2,"335551620":2,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-size:22pt;line-height:33px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">Boise,
Idaho – Governor Brad Little held a press conference today at Nampa High School to highlight facts about unvaccinated Idahoans getting sick</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">,
strain occurring in hospitals,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span>and to urge Idahoans on the fence about receiving the vaccine to get the shot now to protect
students’ ability to learn in their classrooms this school year.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">“I</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">daho
students are headed back to their classrooms starting next week</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">. A</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">s
I’ve stated from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">,<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">our
students need to be able to learn in their classrooms with their teachers and peers.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">Our
main defense in ensuring the new school year is entirely in-person</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span>– free from o</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">utbreaks
and quarantines</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span>– is the<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">COVID-19
vaccine</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">,” Governor Little said.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">Governor
Little highlighted Idaho-specific facts about COVID activity in the state.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">9</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">8.9-percent
of<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">new<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">COVID-19
cases</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span>since
Jan. 1, 2021, were<span> </span></span></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">people
not vaccinated</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">98.6-p</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">er</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">cent
of COVID-19 hospitalizations</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span>since
Jan. 1, 2021, were<span> </span></span></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">people
not vaccinated</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<li data-leveltext="-" data-font="Calibri" data-listid="1" data-aria-posinset="0" data-aria-level="1" class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="user-select:text;cursor:text;clear:both;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif">
<p class="Paragraph SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;overflow-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;font-kerning:none;color:windowtext;text-align:left">
<span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">98.7-percent
of COVID-19 deaths</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span>since
Jan. 1, 2021, were<span> </span></span></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">people
not vaccinated</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"> </span></p>
</li><li data-leveltext="-" data-font="Calibri" data-listid="1" data-aria-posinset="0" data-aria-level="1" class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="user-select:text;cursor:text;clear:both;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif">
<p class="Paragraph SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;overflow-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;font-kerning:none;color:windowtext;text-align:left">
<span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">Since
May 15, there have been<span> </span></span></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">10-times
as many COVID-19 cases among unvaccinated<span> </span></span></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">people<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">compared
to vaccinated</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span>people</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"> </span></p>
</li><li data-leveltext="-" data-font="Calibri" data-listid="1" data-aria-posinset="0" data-aria-level="1" class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="user-select:text;cursor:text;clear:both;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif">
<p class="Paragraph SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;overflow-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;font-kerning:none;color:windowtext;text-align:left">
<span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">Since
May 15, there have been<span> </span></span></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">13-times
as many COVID-19 hospitalizations among unvaccinated</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">people<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">compared
to<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">v</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">accinated</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span>people</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"> </span></p>
</li><li data-leveltext="-" data-font="Calibri" data-listid="1" data-aria-posinset="0" data-aria-level="1" class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="user-select:text;cursor:text;clear:both;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif">
<p class="Paragraph SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;overflow-wrap:break-word;font-weight:normal;font-kerning:none;color:windowtext;text-align:left">
<span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">Since
May 15, there have been<span> </span></span></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">8-times
as many COVID-19 deaths among unvaccinated</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">people<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">compared<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">to<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">vaccinated</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span>people.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">The
vaccine slows the spread of the disease</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">, but ep</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">idemiologists<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">with
the State of Idaho s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">ay</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span>that
with low vaccination rates and the highly contagious Delta variant</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">circulating
in Idaho communities</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span>–</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span>which
is</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span>twice as contagious as the original strain –</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span>projections
indicate<span> </span></span></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">case
counts could continue to increase through the fall and exceed last year’s peak for daily case counts</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span>in</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span>as
soon as</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span>two months.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">Just
over half of Idaho’s adult population is vaccinated</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">,<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">with
the greatest share of those vaccinated over the age of 65. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">“</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">I
understand there are many who simply will not receive the vaccine under any circumstances</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">,<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">but
there are also a lot of others who are on the fence about receiving the vaccine.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">To
those friends and neighbors of ours waiting to receive the vaccine</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">,<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">the
time to get the vaccine is now</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">,<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">when
our students are going back to school</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">.<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">We
can minimize or eliminate disruptions in the delivery of education</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">as
well as sports</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">and
extracurricular activities</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">during
this school year if more Idahoans choose to get vaccinated</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span>now</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">.
Our younger population cannot receive the vaccine and<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">they need us – the adults – to<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">make
the right decision now so they can stay well and have a productive, successful school year</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">,” Governor Little said.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">Parents
of 12- to 17-year-olds are also encouraged to have<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">their</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span>children
vaccinated.<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">A<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">pediatrician
can help<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">answer questions, and parents are encouraged to<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">make
an appointment to discuss<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">the vaccine.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">Over </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">9</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">7</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span>million
Americans have received the vaccine safely.<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">T</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">he
risk of<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">serious</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">side
effects</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">is</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span>extremely
low. By comparison, the risk of death or hospitalization from the COVID-19 disease is much higher</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">, an</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">d
it’s growing.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"> </span></p>
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hospitals are once again filling up with COVID patients<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">– almost all u</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">nvaccinated</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span>–
and a</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">ccess to basic healthcare services is getting pinched for</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span>everyone</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">.</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">P</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">eople
with planned surgeries may have those surgeries delayed.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">People
with heart attacks or strokes may find there is no bed available in their local hospital.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"> </span></p>
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Little also noted the<span> </span></span></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif;font-weight:bold"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">impacts
of increased spread on our<span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">workforce.</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"> </span></p>
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<span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-variant-ligatures:none !important;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">“</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">We
cannot afford to have such a large share of our workforce out sick all at once.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span>O</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">ur
workforce cannot afford to stay home because schools and day cares shut down due to outbreaks.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span>T</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">his
threatens Idaho’s phenomenal economic success</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">,” Governor Little said. “O</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">ur
hospitals won’t be able to take in the influx of patients.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text"><span> </span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">And,
importantly, it is not fair to our students who will experience disruptions in their school year.</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-parastyle="No Spacing" style="margin:0px;user-select:text">”</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW26009110 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}" style="margin:0px;user-select:text;font-size:10pt;line-height:15px;font-family:"Segoe UI", "Segoe UI_EmbeddedFont", "Segoe UI_MSFontService", sans-serif"> </span></p>
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