Speaker 1 00:01:35 Welcome back. This is <inaudible> from Somali link radio at K F a I 90.3 FM sub-only link radio is the only English speaking Somali program in the whole country. We love to say that all the time. Um, here, uh, today we have, uh, two wonderful programs. First of all, I'm very excited. We are seeing more young and very intelligent, highly educated, um, members of the Somali American community are running for offices all over across the country, not the whole country, but a lot of major cities. Uh, today we have <inaudible> and Mohammed Abdi, both running for opposites in Seattle, Washington, and they are the sort of the, the, also the addition to this story is that they will be right here in the twin cities, um, uh, uh, soon as in Friday, uh, to participate a community welcoming of them and support on the upcoming Saturday or Sunday. Uh, they will share that story with us over. Are you online?
Speaker 2 00:02:44 Uh, yes. Thank you for inviting us. We're
Speaker 1 00:02:48 So excited. We are so excited to talk to you. Uh, is Muhammad online too?
Speaker 2 00:02:53 Yes, brother. I'm on the line. Thank you so much.
Speaker 1 00:02:56 Thank you. Thank you. Um, w uh, I how's the weather like in Washington, Seattle
Speaker 2 00:03:03 Today. It's what we celebrate in Seattle. It's really warm, I think, in the eighties.
Speaker 1 00:03:10 Yeah. Wow. The same thing here. It's not eighties yet, but, uh, the weather is good. So over we are at Mohamad. We are very excited to welcome you to, to, uh, to the twin cities, um, this weekend. And, uh, we are going to participate in the welcoming, the Somali American community asks you to visit them in order for them to show your welcoming, encouragement, and support both of you. So tell me what position are you running for? What's your, that you're running for?
Speaker 2 00:03:41 Yes, I am running for king county council district nine. Uh, it includes, uh, about seven series, uh, Southeast Bellevue, which is in the east side Renton. Uh, it parts of Keds, Covington, black diamond, and M claw. It's a very diverse city, uh, county, uh, district. It includes actually urban, suburban and rural areas of the county.
Speaker 1 00:04:09 Okay. So it's not a city council. It's a county council. Yes, that's, that's a big area. Um, over what made you run for this office?
Speaker 2 00:04:21 Uh, I, um, I've been living in this king, uh, this county, since I was 15 years old. I am gonna date myself when I say I've been here for 25 years, but I have seen how this county, uh, is in one hand, seen as an urban hub for like commerce and leader in progressive politics. But also in the other hand, it's like a battle ground for people of color and low income communities. Uh, and, uh, since I have the lived experience, the policy expertise, as well as the organizing skills, I decided to jump into it right now, especially given that, uh, a lot of, uh, impacts the choices that have been made by, uh, in the county council right now have impacted our community. My community and government sometimes can cause more harm by failing to design policies and allocate investments without those most impacted at the table called code. Co-designing it. So, um, I I'm jumping into this race because I do think that I bring the expertise and a policy chops, and we really need to impact this in a positive way that results in inequality, in our economy, our housing crisis, health care infrastructure and the educational system. Um, and I'm raising three children here myself, and I want them to grow up and see, um, uh, economy, you know, not only benefits them, but benefits all children of king county, regardless of race or socioeconomic background.
Speaker 1 00:06:05 That's amazing. Um, do you sometimes feel that policies are being made without the input of the people of color or people of low income?
Speaker 2 00:06:17 I don't feel it. I see it. I have seen it. Uh, I have worked both for the non-profit sector and government right now. Actually, my job is I work for the city of Seattle, the planning department leading an equitable economic development program there. And, uh, and I think, uh, there's somebody that said, if you are not on the, uh, the table, you're on the menu. And that means like, uh, we just do business as usual design, these policies investments without the people who have going to be impacted being at the table, informing that. And co-design it.
Speaker 1 00:06:53 Thank you very much, Mohammed. We're very glad to have you as well in the twin cities. And the good thing is it's not snowing this time. Uh, so tell me what city are you running for?
Speaker 2 00:07:07 Yes, brother. Um, thanks for having me again. I'm running for, uh, Tula city council position five.
Speaker 1 00:07:14 Okay. And, um, what made you also run for a tequila? Uh, um, a sit fight.
Speaker 2 00:07:23 Yeah. So, uh, the reason why I wanted to run for twists to council position five is, uh, I believe that we needed a fresh new voice for advocacy when it comes to, you know, centering the needs around immigrants and our marginalized people of our community. And, uh, a lot, you know, many times, you know, when it comes to these types of positions, historically, you don't have a lot of young voices. You know what I mean? Especially someone who's young as 24, uh, whether it's a male or a female. So I take very, uh, you know, big pride in that, um, to change that stigma, to change that, you know, that stereotype that this is just an adult, uh, position, um, uh, that only those can only do. I think that the youth is not only just today, not just the president, but I think we're also the future.
Speaker 2 00:08:10 A lot of times people say the users, the future, but I also believe there was a present. It was so I'm running for 12 city council because again, I want to bring a fresh new advocacy for, you know, the needs of immigrants, Marshall, our people, our community. And I want to help them fulfill a promising life for high quality of life for all the residents. And, you know, I look forward to representing everyone in my school community at 12, for a lot of people that don't know it's one of the most diverse cities in the whole world. And so, uh, you know, uh, it's almost as if like the white people are the minority, uh, that's how diverse the community isn't Nicola. And so, you know, I, I plan on hopefully running an impactful campaign, one in which all the sprayed, you know, integrity and honesty and all of my interactions that I achieved with everyone. And, uh, you know, I will treat them with almost respect and love. So, you know, I'm looking forward to, you know, this, uh, this journey,
Speaker 1 00:09:02 Wonderful Mohammed, since you are carrying the voice of the youth, uh, what are the most pressing issues facing young people?
Speaker 2 00:09:12 Well, I there's, so yeah, there's a lot of issues that I personally use. Um, well, for one, I want to mention, you know, the COVID has impacted everyone, uh, not just adults, but also the youth, you know, um, that's something I definitely want to advocate for is to, uh, how can we center around better opportunities, uh, healthier opportunities for not just the adults and the senior citizen, but also for the youth, uh, because you know, COVID, uh, does take an impact on you, uh, throughout the trajectory of your life. So I want, wanna, I want to help out, you know, advocating better, uh, healthy ways, uh, that we could, uh, stay healthy during the, you know, us recovering from the pandemic. Um, also, uh, some of the visions I'm actually trying to fight for things like horrible housing, you know, uh, you know, that's not something that just impacts, you know, adults as they are the ones that are caretakers for us, but it also affects, you know, the youth a lot, some of us, you know, we come from troubled, uh, you know, very unfortunate environments where we have to constantly move a lot.
Speaker 2 00:10:17 We have to go to a lot of schools because we can not stay stable and affordable housing. You know what I mean, because of gentrification and, you know, higher ownership when it comes to add-on people and how they tax the revenues and, and all that stuff, you know, so it affects us in the long run. Uh, another thing is community safety and justice. Uh, as you will know, uh, many of you guys as viewers and you, my brother, um, you know, whether it's Minnesota, whether it's Seattle, you have a lot of, uh, crimes that happen. Yes. You know what I mean? Um, and so that heavily affects you, cause us as Africans, as, as Somalis, uh, us as Africans in general and black people, we make up most of the incarceration in America, which is very, very sad. And so we, we want to slowly see that change.
Speaker 2 00:11:01 We want to, we as a community, as a world, need to offer more opportunities and more mentorship for our young ones, for a young, uh, you know, brothers and sisters, so that we can steer away from the system and not get to just pile up. You know what I mean? And just look at, be looked at as a statistic. And so I'm going to be five for the criminal justice system and help better in that, so that we could, um, you know, have more rehabilitations, uh, have more, uh, you know, youth to them, the programs that there's just a way. And that puts us back into the system that these, these white people have created, um, intentionally to do. And so, yeah, those are just a few, but I have many other powers that I, you know, hope to, uh, you know, five, four.
Speaker 1 00:11:44 Thank you, Diane, uh, for the last, um, uh, comment, um, what are you planning to achieve once you get elected? Uh, what are your top, some of your priorities.
Speaker 2 00:11:58 Yeah. It's Uber. No,
Speaker 1 00:12:02 No, I'm sorry. I was reading the contact person for the flyer here. I am
Speaker 2 00:12:07 Our console. Sorry, I guess, sorry about that. Yes. So I think, um, I talked about economic mobility. Uh, so my, um, platform is divided into four parts. The first one being around economic wellbeing and building a regenerative and restorative economic transformation for all. Uh, so obviously really making sure that all of king county benefits from the growth, like I said, I think one of the things that I will push for through supporting hyper-local community-driven solutions like community enterprises that will true community power and then sharing wealth around that. And, and, and, uh, such as like, you know, corporate teams and employee owners owned businesses with the ultimate outcome of not only supporting the economic recovery that we're in right now, but also making sure that everybody benefits that second piece is around, you know, I I'm work in housing and health as a human rights.
Speaker 2 00:13:12 Uh, just making sure that I know I've had that families and individuals in my district, uh, facing housing struggles because of, again, the re uh, our region's added jobs and people more quickly than it's adding new homes. So I think really, uh, using a new deal and housing and health as a human rights as a lens, I I'm gonna push for community opportunity and local, like looking at things like Kutcher's policy that gives tenants and qualified, uh, other folks, the first right to purchase properties in foreclosure. But in that, in the short term, you know, there's a lot of people who are behind in rent and things like that. So ensuring that, you know, that they pay for that, and then also supporting smaller landlords and then going towards, uh, ownership. And then the other piece I'm really interested in is, like I mentioned earlier that we have a very diverse county that includes urban, suburban and rural areas.
Speaker 2 00:14:18 So really pushing for a green, new deal and environmental justice, uh, focusing on access to parks and open space, um, and, uh, in, in conjunction with anti-displacement strategies, that the first thing I want to actually really, uh, in an impact is, you know, racial equity governing and transforming from policing and punishment towards healing and community investments. We know that as Hamad mentioned, uh, in BiPAP, black indigenous and people of color, especially black folks are disproportionately impacted. So how are we making sure that those barriers that have long-term these communities lifted and that we are not only, uh, investing in policing, but we are also investing in, uh, community, uh, investments, community led. Uh, and I think, uh, your city is probably the leader in this right now, given that, uh, the ratio, um, and, and the ratio, uh, sorry, I was getting another call. So I got a little bit distracted, but it last year, what happened?
Speaker 2 00:15:33 You guys were at the center of all that, right? So I think just making sure that we reaffirm black brilliance, uh, and, um, strengthen our democracy and, uh, really the county itself does the work that they're doing on the policies or investments that they are putting in place from a racial equity perspective at a minimum, answering the three questions about any policy program or investment that you put in place who benefits who's bad in bytes, and how do you mitigate any of that? So those are the four things I am going to be focusing on and making sure that we are investing in our social safety net, uh, and, uh, making sure that, uh, uh, we're not investing in mass incarceration and criminalization.
Speaker 1 00:16:20 Thank you very much. Wonderful plan, um, uh, Muhammad, when we come back from hearing this important message, I will ask you the same question. What is your platform after we listen to this message
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Speaker 1 00:17:10 Welcome back. This is <inaudible> from Somalia link radio at K F a I 90.3 FM. If you are anywhere in the world, you can always listen to K F a K F a I radio a community radio 24 7 by tabbing K F a i.org. Uh, today we have two wonderful and amazing guests from Washington, Seattle, actually on the line, and that they are both running for important seats in, uh, king county, Seattle, uh, council, and also to Quill us seat five council, both in Washington state, um, that's over and Mohammed Abdi, and amazingly, they accepted the invitation of the Somali-American community leaders here on the public to visit Minnesota, which the seed of the community and in order to get, encourage it and be supported, uh, if, uh, Muhammad, uh, let's finish this up and Mohammed, what's your platform.
Speaker 2 00:18:16 Yes, but so my platform that'd be five. Four is, uh, you know, it's breaking out a few parts. Uh, we're going to start with business stabilization and economic mobility, well being, I think that, you know, it's all about trying to, you know, support, um, our people of color and having more stable, you know, business communities where they are trying to attempt to, you know, uh, help, you know, help serve the community. And, uh, you know, my mother and my aunt, they used to own a small business. So I understand the challenges and the opportunities when it comes to opening up a small business, you know? Um, and so we, we need small businesses to have securing capital understanding, you know, that, you know, they need as much, uh, skills, uh, support, uh, you know, as possible so that they can thrive and help better the community.
Speaker 2 00:19:10 So I definitely want to work on business stabilization and economic mobility, and so that everyone benefits, uh, the other thing I wanted to fight for is affordable housing, which I mentioned earlier, you know, and my aunt, she did a great job of, you know, talking about, you know, it's about helping the smaller landlords. It's about, it's about, you know, making sure that, that all of our residents that live in our community, that we're fighting for have the accessibility and the support of in home, in home ownership. Um, and you know, that they are, you know, in a better, you know, opportunity of trying to make sure that they have, uh, the other support for the social, not social economic background. Uh, because again, a lot of times people of color, we don't have that type of support, uh, going in because some of us are immigrants and refugees.
Speaker 2 00:19:59 And, uh, we come from low income communities. So, you know, we, we need as much, um, assistance and service when it comes to affordable houses that we can have stable families, uh, stable, uh, households, uh, for our families. And another thing I wanted to fight for is environmental justice. You know, the world, um, you know, we have to do a better job as people, as a nation, uh, to make our, our, uh, our earth a lot more safe, a lot more clean. And so, you know, I think that's something very important, you know what I mean? Like we have to try to advocate for, um, you know, things like recycling and, you know, making our air a lot better if we're constantly, you know, you know, littering and, you know, not doing our jobs and our roles, the, you know, the earth will not be as clean.
Speaker 2 00:20:44 It's not going to be as safe. So I think, you know, environmental, you know, having more green, uh, lifestyle, a healthier lifestyle, that's very important because health as well. And, um, and another thing I wanted to touch upon is community less services, whether that's, uh, intergenerational, um, uh, youth centers, where again, you know, I think the youth are very important. We need a lot of development programs. We need a lot of, uh, you know, programs, which they can resonate with, you know, the troubles, uh, their, uh, their adversity that they faced, you know, coming to America or living in a low income, you know, environments, you know, there's a lot of stigma, a lot of stigmas, oppression and trauma that we have to live with daily. So I think that it's very important for the youth to, uh, we have to help them with their very young, so that when they get older, they have that support.
Speaker 2 00:21:34 They, they, they know that they can try to strive for greatness, um, to the best of their abilities. And so we have to invest in our youth at a very young age, not when they get older, not when they become adolescents in middle school, but at a very, very young age. So I really want to hone in on that and, um, try to help support the youth and have development programs. And, uh, yeah, you know, I think education, um, is also very important. Um, you know, I graduated, uh, university of Washington, Seattle, you know, to respond to Saturday. So I'm the first to graduate in my family. And I'm proud to say that, but, you know, in one hand I'm very proud of that. And another hand is very unfortunate that, um, we're living in 2021. And a lot of us, we are still trying to break down these barriers in our families.
Speaker 2 00:22:21 And what's what, and what I want to instill. And what I want for our future is we want a lot more kids to be successful. You know, whether that's, you know, them finishing school, what is that? Whether that's getting their master's degree, whether that's in their PhDs, we need a lot more kids to be a better positions that they could make their family proud, make their, uh, their, you know, their environment and their culture proud. But to continue to, you know, we got to break down these, uh, these barriers so that, you know, we can ultimately make a big impact on this world. So those are a few things I appreciate you asking about.
Speaker 1 00:22:54 Thank you very much. We are really very excited, excited to welcome you here to Minnesota, um, um, for the audience, if you want to participate, um, in the welcoming of these two amazing individuals who are running for important seats in Seattle, Washington, um, please join us June 27 does Sunday, Sunday, six to 9:00 PM. Uh, it's free. It's open to the public. Every one is welcomed, um, June Sunday, six to 9:00 PM. Uh, and that is the courtyard by Marriott in downtown Minneapolis. And the contact person is, uh, Yan Abdi 6 1 2 2 3 5 6 7 9. If you need any further information, please contact a Yan Abdi. Who's organizing this 6 1 2 2 3 5 6 3 7 9 1 brief question for, for each of you over and Mohammed. Um, if people want to donate and support you, what's your website all about first,
Speaker 2 00:24:07 Uh, WW dot, uh, elect.com. Um, and, um, yeah, that, that's my website. And thank you again for inviting us. Thank you for
Speaker 1 00:24:19 Actually talking to us and, uh, agreeing to, um, have a conversation with us. Thank you. And Muhammad, what about you?
Speaker 2 00:24:27 Yes, brother. So my website is www Muhammad and then the number four counsel.com. That is my website. And I want to thank you again, brothers so much for giving us the platform to share, you know what I mean? Um, our passion and you know what we're doing with our, with our work. So I really appreciate it, brother. Thank you.
Speaker 1 00:24:45 Thank you. On, uh, I personally and the community are, we are all looking forward to meeting with you sent this Sunday 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. The courtyard hotel by Marriott, um, uh, in downtown Minneapolis. Thank you very much. Thank you.
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Speaker 1 00:26:07 Hello, welcome back. This is <inaudible> from Somali link radio at K F a I 90.3 FM. Our second part of the show is our second part of the show is, uh, an important person, uh, has, has been on this show before. And, uh, I think I have, so yes, I have to works for the Minnesota department of health in the health risk intervention unit, serving as a black elite, uh, black lead, um, data specialists. But since the band DEMEC has started, have started to work with COVID-19, um, uh, uh, program is as an African ball community liaison to help bridge gaps between the community and the state by addressing the needs of the community, supporting local organizations, doing a lot of ground, a lot of, um, uh, ground work and providing resources. Uh, today we are going to talk to Hafsa Ali again, and, uh, we'll be talking about the new questions about the vaccine, about what's happening, the numbers and everything. So right now, have sir welcome back to the radio.
Speaker 5 00:27:30 Hi, thank you so much for welcoming me. I'm more than happy to be here and share information with you guys today. Thank you very
Speaker 1 00:27:38 Much. You've been very useful. Um, you and, uh, Ayesha from the all soil, Minnesota health department, I should accolade, uh, both brilliant young ladies, very helpful in helping the community get the important information about COVID-19 resources. Vaccination is. And thank you for continuing with the work. My first question today is, um, where are we with vaccinating, um, in Minnesota?
Speaker 5 00:28:09 Yeah, so currently, um, we're just a little bit over 3 million Minnesotans who have gotten their first dose and about 2,000,800 who have, who are fully vaccinated and in terms of percentage of how that will look like for those that are eligible from, um, to get vaccinated, which was 12 and above, um, it's 64% that have gotten their first dose and about 60% that are fully vaccinated. Um, and I know the last time we were, we spoke, um, eligibility was a little bit more restricted based off of like priorities. Um, and at the time it was 65 plus healthcare providers, essential workers and et cetera. But, um, since those eligibilities have been that, um, the, um, vaccine has expanded to, you know, vaccinating a lot more folks. And I know what the 65 and plus population, um, currently within Minnesota, it's at 88.1% that are fully vaccinated.
Speaker 5 00:29:07 Um, and just to share some data with, for the black in the African-American population, um, 50, um, one, I mean, 50.1% have gotten their first dose and then 42.2% are fully vaccinated. Um, and with, within that, um, the 65 and plus for black and African-American populations are, um, highly vaccinated, about 87.5% are fully vaccinated. And then around the ages of 45 and 64, 50 9% are fully vaccinated and four 15 through 44 within the black and African American community, 30.3% are fully vaccinated. Um, and so since the eligibility has extended to 12 and above, um, we are hoping to feel like an increase within the next couple of months within the youth. Um, seeing as their percentages aren't as high as like 65 plus, but, um, their numbers have highly increased since, um, it was illegible to them.
Speaker 1 00:30:12 Oh, that's, that's answered a lot of questions about numbers on where we are. My second question is, are there any current restrictions because it seems like everybody is out there right now.
Speaker 5 00:30:25 Yeah. So since may 20, uh, May 28th, nearly all the skate coordinating restrictions have come to an end, um, that includes how to do limits as well as socially distance requirements. Um, another big one was the mass mandate being lifted. Uh, MDH is still strongly recommending that you still wear your mask if you're not fully vaccinated, but those that are fully vaccinated, um, are not required to wear a mask, um, except institutions such as schools, health care setting, correctional settings, um, shelters, and there might be some businesses and communities that set their own face covering rules. So just respecting that, um, is what the situation is like. But outside of that, there aren't really any restrictions. Um, and since, uh, if you have them looking at the COVID-19 numbers, they have been decreasing, um, as a lot of Minnesotans are getting vaccinated, um, and it has like helped pull back some of the restrictions to kind of allow people to give back to what they've missed. Um, uh, but we as a stair still, um, making sure that we're getting testing, making, testing available as well as making vaccines available for those that want to do it. And we are going to continue to monitor, um, COVID-19 in the near future.
Speaker 1 00:31:40 Wonderful. Um, but the now at this moment, as we speak today, who are eligible to get vaccinated.
Speaker 5 00:31:51 Yeah. So, um, since eligibility has expanded, um, it also has expanded for a younger age groups right now, everyone in Minnesota can get back to needed if you are 12 and above. Um, and obviously the main three types of vaccinations that are still being given within the U S are Pfizer Madrona and Johnson Johnson. Um, Pfizer Madrona are the two vaccines that require two doses. Whereas Johnson Johnson is just a one dose. Um, but if you are under 18, um, and you are older than 12, the vaccine that you are eligible for is the Pfizer. And that is two doses. Um, however from Madrona and Johnson, Johnson, um, they can go as low as 18, um, and above, um, you can always still get the Pfizer if you're 18 as well, but, um, it is more so, um, it is only alleged Pfizer will be the only vaccine that's eligible for 12 and talk through 18.
Speaker 1 00:32:51 Um, you know, you will aware of, um, this is your job and you're doing a wonderful job. Um, there are a lot of farm stories out there in the community. One, a couple of them is what about pregnant woman can break them, women get vaccinated and that's that, or the vaccination does it cause infertility?
Speaker 5 00:33:11 Yeah. So, yeah, that has been a continuous conversation that we've also been hearing from the community. Um, what we know is that, you know, pregnant people are at a higher risk for COVID-19, um, uh, the severity of COVID-19 illness, um, compared to people that are not pregnant. Uh, but if you are pregnant, you can receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Uh, but you can have conversations with your healthcare provider to really decide, um, when the best time is for you in terms of getting vaccinated. Um, and then based on COVID-19 vaccine work, um, based off of like how the vaccines work in the body medical researchers don't think that the vaccine, um, puts people are people who are pregnant at risk. Um, however, to answer like the infertility question, that also been something we've been hearing a lot about. And currently there's like, there's no evidence that shows, um, that the vaccine that the COVID-19 vaccines cause infertility problems are problems of getting people, uh, for people getting pregnant, um, uh, and many, um, and like many, uh, vaccine scientists are still studying COVID-19 vaccines carefully for side effects now, and we'll report on findings if they become available.
Speaker 5 00:34:25 So there's still monitoring. Um, if there are cases, um, like that, you know, it will be known, but as of right now, um, even through the monitoring, there have not been, um, there hasn't been any evidence to show that vaccines are causing infertility.
Speaker 1 00:34:42 Okay, great. Um, what, uh, what else are you hearing from the community about crazy theories or ideas? Yeah,
Speaker 5 00:34:50 So another, yeah, so another thing that we've been hearing is people are a little bit reluctant and a bit fearful about getting their second dose because of the, um, the side effects, um, and some people just missing their, um, second vaccine appointment. Um, and if, you know, when you do get the COVID-19 vaccine, you might experience some side effects, which can be like pain in the area where you got your vaccine. Um, you might have body aches, you might get tired. Um, you might even have a headache and some people experienced chills and fever. Um, and this just tells you that your body is building protection. Um, but I understand, like it might be a little bit difficult for people to get time off work and also deal with side effects, but in order to get the full from the COVID-19 vaccine, it's really important to take both. And as we know, COVID-19 has more severe implications. Um, and if you do happen to miss your second dose, um, you can still, um, you know, get your vaccination. You just have to look up, um, local vaccine sites that are offering the same vaccine that you are taken. And if you're having a hard time looking for, um, vaccine clinics, you can just go on the Minnesota gov website and write vaccine, um, clinics. And hopefully you're able to find one that is closest to you.
Speaker 1 00:36:11 Thank you. Ah, hubs, as you know, someone who started, I think it was yesterday officially, um, and, um, people are traveling, families are traveling and, uh, there's a lot of far excitement is true test to get out and enjoy life. And, um, how come people traveled safely during this Ben DEMEC, uh, especially when you hear about the new variants to be concerned about,
Speaker 5 00:36:39 Right. Yeah. So as the summer I started, yes, a lot of people are going to want to travel. Um, one of the best ways to try to keep yourself safe and the process is to get vaccinated. Um, and if you could try to delay your travel until you are fully vaccinated and to be fully vaccinated, that means that you will have gotten your first goal, and then you bind your second dose and it's been two weeks after. Um, but if for whatever reason you can not delay travel, um, in order to get vaccinated. Um, once some of the things that, you know, we're recommending is to try to stay home as much as possible, and the 14 days before you try to travel. Um, and I know with a lot of places, if you're traveling internationally, they're going to require you to get tested one to three days before your travel.
Speaker 5 00:37:29 Um, and this is just helpful to kind of really limit the spread of COVID-19. Um, but once you do come back, um, from your travel, you want to just stay at home and away from others. And, um, you should get tested about three to five days after coming back. And during those three or five days, you want to be quarantining including two more days. So I'm totally going to be quarantined for seven days. Um, and once you get your negative results and symptoms, you should be good, but quarantine for 10 days, if you, if you don't get tested and continue to just monitor your symptoms 14, um, within the 14 days of coming back, just to see if you have had any symptoms. And if you, do you want to just go and get tested and make sure that it is not COVID, but yes, there have been new variants that have been circulating, um, and popping up within, um, Minnesota as well.
Speaker 5 00:38:18 Um, and the thing about these variants is they can spread more easily and are more, um, severe in terms of the effects of it. Um, and there has been an increase in of the Delta variant within this state, uh, you know, and there has been an increase of hospitalization as well since June 14th. Um, so, um, what we do want to do is, uh, or some of the things that we do know is that an overwhelming, overwhelming number of people experiencing serious COVID illnesses recently, regardless of whether or not it's a Delta strain, or if it's a different variant, or if it's the current variant. Um, most of the people that are, um, experiencing some of the serious illnesses are people who are not vaccinated, um, which is why vaccination is so important. And, um, it really does also help reducing the overall spread of like new variants as well as just COVID itself. Um, and so that is just another reason why, you know, to just mitigate the spread of these new variants and to avoid, um, outbreaks or just hospitalization, if you are eligible to get vaccinated to go ahead and do so
Speaker 1 00:39:29 Great. That's a good news. Um, my other question is what are the next steps? One is you are faxing it in, for example, I got my two Madonna shots and it's still, I still can do without my mask. So one of the next steps, what is you get vaccinated fully?
Speaker 5 00:39:52 Yes. I also got the Madrid a vaccine. Um, but yeah, so once you are fully vaccinated and it's been at least two weeks since your final dose, um, that means you are fully protected. So, um, in terms of wearing a mask, that's not going to really apply to you, but, um, an early dealer has shown that, um, vaccines not only prevent you from getting, um, COVID-19, but also it helps limit spreading it to others. Um, and you can, you know, go back to resuming some of the activities that you were doing before COVID-19 or the pandemic was a thing. Um, but you want to just keep in mind that there are some places that still are requiring, um, asks. So just be mindful to have maybe an extra one in your car or something, depending on if a store business might still want you to wear it. Um, and then if you are traveling to just follow the CDC recommendations, um, and if you are sick, um, and you are having, COVID like symptoms, you want to just go ahead and get tested, um, and you know, where am I stay at home and just all of their regular recommendations, um, that we give for people.
Speaker 1 00:40:58 Amazing, amazing. Um, please share upcoming community vaccination and transport, transportation resources. I wasn't aware that there are transportation, um, uh, resources that, uh, I don't know if that means people are getting rides to vaccination spots.
Speaker 5 00:41:17 Yeah, yes. Yeah. So currently I'm actually this next week, there are a couple of organizations we are working alongside with that RMR hosting vaccine events. Um, well, a couple of, some of them are Briova health is hosting a vaccine clinic to, and they actually host a vaccine clinics often on Tuesdays and Saturdays at their office on lake street. Um, and that vaccine and the vaccine that they administered is Madonna welfare has a vaccine clinic on Wednesday, which is tomorrow at the new city church in Minneapolis from 10:00 PM to 2:00 PM. And they are also giving Medina. And then, um, African immigrant community services AICF has a vaccine clinic this Wednesday, tomorrow. No, oh no, this was not in Brooklyn park. Um, the, uh, they are actually hosting their vaccine clinic at 24 mall four malls mosque, um, from four to eight and they're going to be administering Pfizer.
Speaker 5 00:42:18 So if you are 12 and above, if you have kids and they're 12 and above, you can bring that, bring them with you as well. And then I Ana is hosting two vaccine events, um, on Saturday this Saturday, when it will be at a look at a severe Islamic center in shareable from 11 to 2:00 PM. And then the other one is going to be held at the <inaudible> and Minneapolis from two to 6:00 PM, both are going to also administer Pfizer. Um, so children are, um, more than, um, children that are both called are more than willing to come. And then, um, there are no walk-ins, uh, I mean, sorry, there are walk-ins so there's no appointments needed. You can just show up to these events. Um, and that, it's also important that parents come with their children too, because they will ask for consent. Um, and in terms of transportation resources, we're enlist are offering rides to, and back from, uh, vaccination sites.
Speaker 5 00:43:18 Um, and you can sign up with Lyft online, um, and then with Uber, you can find out for that through their app. And then also some of the organizations, I just mentioned, Briova health, welfare, international, AICF such as African immigrant community service and Ayana are all, um, they all have hotlines, um, where they, you know, help with, um, language assistance, whether it's the Molly auto mall, um, headache and other languages, um, so that, you know, if you need to sign up for a ride share and there might be a language barrier, um, you can go ahead and call them and you can find their, um, information if you just type in CCC or COVID community coordinators, um, Minnesota department of health, um, you just search that you should be able to find, um, each of their designated, um, numbers.
Speaker 1 00:44:07 Amazing. You're as good as last time. Always ready? Uh, my, uh, last question. Um, um, my last question is, uh, oh, before my last question is, uh, could you please, um, email me a list of all the, um, resources of all the vaccination and the spots that's taken bliss this week or next week, I'll be more than to share with a lot of neighbors. Uh, and also I'll be posting that on Somali link radio, Facebook of K F uh, somebody link radio of K F E I Facebook. Uh, the list will be there too. Um, my last question is what are the Summerfest? No actress number last, I have another one, but this one, what are the summer facts in incentives? I heard there are incentives. Boy, I didn't get any, there were no incentives when I was getting the shot, but I heard that great incentives right now for people who are going to get fascinated.
Speaker 5 00:45:13 Yes, yes, I too am missed. Um, I didn't get the chance to be a part of this, um, incentive, but right now, um, right. So if we, uh, there's like a date like cutoff. So unfortunately if you are before may 27, you will not be able to participate in this, in this incentive, but there might be new opportunities. We don't know about that yet, but for right now on the first hundred thousand minutes, full ends, eight to 12 and older, um, who have gotten their, um, COVID vaccine between may 27 and June 30th are eligible for like special rewards. Um, and some of them vary from like a $25 visa gift card, MOA, Nickelodeon, universal pass value, fair day path, um, Minnesota zoo admissions. And there's many more, you can just search up summer incentives and Minnesota gov, and it will just list a whole bunch more. Um, the rewards has, or, uh, there's like a request form that you'll need to fill out and complete before June 30th. Um, uh, and then once you do that, they will follow up with you about, um, whichever incentive you ended up choosing. Um, but yes, there are summer incentives on getting vaccinated.
Speaker 1 00:46:30 I had one of the incentives are tickets free tickets to the fair?
Speaker 5 00:46:35 Oh, yes. To the state fair the up there are free tickets to stay for as well.
Speaker 1 00:46:38 I love that blessed. We never missed it. Um, yeah, so I'd really have to encourage a lot of, um, people's souls so they can win those tickets for me. Well, way I have someone to say you're really amazing. Thank you very much for always sharing. Um, um, uh, I'm stay on the line. Um, my producer, uh, not Annie, but my cohost, uh, the decom, uh, wants to talk to you. So please stay on the line. Uh, now we're going to hear a message have that was half Sally from Minnesota health department, department of health. And, uh, we are very grateful and Hafsa has been on this show alarm and also Asia Glade, uh, both of them sharing between them sharing throughout the pandemic, most important information from the state department of health and sharing with the community, guiding us to fascination spots, um, educating about the vaccine.
Speaker 1 00:47:35 And today also talking about almost we are, post-fact seen, we're getting close there. So always encouraging the communities to get faxing gated. It's real folks. It's real disease. This bandaid kills people. I've known so many people that really succumbed to this disease and did not survive. I know fit a few people who survived this. It's a real, please take the vaccination and it's safe. I myself have set herself and everyone, I know DECA, Annie, the producer, everyone took this vaccination and we are still here. We life. We didn't see, for example, I was lucky enough that I didn't even feel. Um, yeah. So how about you? So I, uh, my, my, my, my second shot, which almost some people had, you know, fever on a body ache. Luckily I did not feel anything at all. I didn't feel anything for the both shots. No, I just got one. So you get getting the second one. Oh, Charleston, Charleston. Oh, you took the easy way. I know you, so thank you again. Thank you very much. We really do appreciate, uh, people are listening. People are getting the shots and, uh, keep continuing to come up and, uh, take care of all of us. Thank you. Yes.
Speaker 5 00:49:04 Thank you so much for having me. Thank you.
