Week in Review: Covid vaccinations, homelessness and crime, and Alaska Airlines

Visitor host Zaki Hamid discusses the week’s information with Seattle Instances Patrick Malone, Geekwire’s Mike Lewis, and Undivided’s Brandi Kruse.

The Washington State Board of Well being voted unanimously Wednesday towards including the Covid-19 vaccine to the record of required immunizations for teenagers in colleges and childcare settings within the state. The board was not debating the security and efficacy of the Covid-19 vaccine for kids however deciding whether or not it must be required for varsity and childcare entry.

Regardless of use of drive by Seattle cops seeing a major lower final 12 months, a overview launched this week reveals that Black and Native American individuals proceed to be disproportionately represented when drive is used, and that Asian and Black individuals make up an inordinate variety of the victims of police shootings.

After receiving information that he requested from police, Seattle Metropolis Councilmember Andrew Lewis, who runs town’s committee on homelessness, discovered that 18% of all shots-fired incidents had been related to homelessness. Lewis mentioned that homeless encampments are “large magnets for crime.” How true is that?

Alaska Airways has lower its spring schedule by two p.c after the cancellation of lots of of flights. The airline mentioned pilots are in brief provide. Pilot scarcity is a matter for the trade as an entire, but it surely has been particularly acute for Alaska.