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Mexican pride
Andrea Meza of Mexico crowned the new Miss Universe > 15
STATE: State on track to fully SPORTS: Sounders beat HEALTH: Some aren’t ready to give
reopen by June 30 > 14 LAFC 2-0 > 14 up their masks > 12
15 You Decide – A Bilingual Newspaper May 20th, 2021
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ENTERTAINMENT 15 ENTERTAINMENT: Andrea
Andrea Meza of Mexico crowned the new Miss Universe Meza of Mexico crowned
HOLLYWOOD, Florida (AP) the new Miss Universe
A 14 STATE: Washington
ndrea Meza of
Mexico has been governor: State on track to
crowned Miss Uni-
verse. fully reopen by June 30
Meza, who has a software
engineering degree, beat out 14 SPORTS: Sounders beat
out Miss Brazil at the end of LAFC 2-0 to improve to
the night, screaming Sunday
when the announcer shouted
5-0-1
“Viva Mexico!” She became the
third winner from Mexico in 13 FINANCIAL LITERACY:
the competition’s history. How to Teach Kids About
Previous winner Zozibini Money
Tunzi fit the crown on Meza’s
head and waited to make sure
it would stay in place as Meza 12 HEALTH: Some aren’t
beamed and took her first walk ready to give up masks
to the front of the stage. This image released by Miss Universe Organization shows Miss Universe Mexico 2020 Andrea Meza who was crowned despite new CDC guidance
Tunzi, a public relations Miss Universe at the 69th Miss Universe Competition at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida,
professional who became the on Sunday, May 16, 2021.
12 STATE: Washington
first Black woman from South From the beginning of the contest it Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico,
Africa to win the contest, had held the seemed that the crown would stay this Nicaragua, Peru, Puerto Rico and the schools to open full time in
title since December 2019. Last year’s year on the American continent. In the Dominican Republic. Curacao, the fall
ceremony was canceled due to the pan- first group of semi-finalists there were United States and Jamaica completed the
demic. nine Latin Americans: Miss Argentina, group of candidates from the continent. 11 LATIN AMERICA: El
Making it to the top 10 were contes-
tants from Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Salvador donates vaccines
The American Rescue Plan via India, Peru, Australia, Puerto Rico, Thai- to desperate Honduras
HUD allocated additional vouchers land, Costa Rica, Mexico and Brazil. towns
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STATE
Washington governor: State on track to fully reopen by June 30
OLYMPIA, Washington (AP) and 95% of the passengers are vaccinated.
And weddings and funerals can have full
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ashington is on track to capacity if all attendees are vaccinated.
fully reopen its economy by Inslee said that his decision does not
June 30, and a full reopen- mean the state of emergency sparked
ing could happen even sooner if 70% or by the coronavirus pandemic will end
more of residents ages 16 and older have on June 30, and he said that if statewide
gotten at least one dose of vaccine by then, intensive care capacity reaches 90% at at
Gov. Jay Inslee said Thursday. any point, he will roll back activities again.
And Inslee said Washington would All state residents age 16 and up have
immediately adopt new guidance offered been eligible for a coronavirus vaccination
by the federal Centers for Disease Control since April 15. As of this week, more than 6
and Prevention, which eased most indoor million doses of vaccine have been admin-
mask-wearing for fully vaccinated people. istered, with more than 57% of those age
Businesses will retain the right to require 16 and up getting at least one dose. Also
customers to wear masks, and masks will as of this week, youth aged 12 to 15 are eli-
still be required in hospitals, schools and gible to receive the Pfizer vaccine.
on public transportation, he said. Nearly Trends suggest 70% of those 16 and up
44% of people age 16 and up are fully vac- in Washington will get at least one vaccine
cinated in Washington state. dose by late June, Inslee’s office said.
“This is a heck of a benefit,” Inslee said. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks before signing a bill into law in Tukwila, Washington, on Tuesday, May Vaccination rates vary significantly by
4, 2021. county, however. Ferry County has 29%
“People who have been annoyed by this
mask ... that shot is a ticket to freedom reopening plan will join the 35 other Inslee said that the state will stay at of people 16 and up fully vaccinated while
from masks.” counties that are in Phase 3. In Phase 3, 50% capacity for most indoor activities San Juan County is at 75%, and Inslee
Next Tuesday, Inslee said, the four coun- restaurants, bars and gyms can operate until it moves to full capacity at the end said local health authorities can still “act
ties that are currently in the more restric- at 50% indoor capacity. At Phase 2, that’s of the June. Small cruise ships with fewer accordingly” in response to COVID-19
tive second phase of the state’s current reduced to 25%. than 250 passengers can sail if the crew outbreaks.
SPORTS
Sounders beat LAFC 2-0 to improve
to 5-0-1
Seattle Sounders defender Xavier Arreaga celebrates after scoring a goal against Los Angeles FC during the
second half of an MLS soccer match, on Sunday, May 16, 2021, in Seattle, Washington.
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HEALTH
Some aren’t ready to give up masks despite new CDC guidance
(AP) ing whether to continue because of the black mask cov-
wearing face masks, which ering his nose and face, but he
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ike more than 120 million other were both a shield against was more at ease that way.
Americans, Jan Massie is fully infection and a point of “I certainly feel a lot more
vaccinated against COVID-19 heated political debate over comfortable, and I think I’m
and can pretty much give up wearing a the last year. People have enjoying myself a lot more
mask under the latest guidance from the myriad reasons for decid- here being fully vaccinated and
Centers for Disease Control and Preven- ing to stop, or continuing to feeling that, you know, kind of
tion. But she’s still covering her face, even wear, a mask. regardless of my mask that I’m
as the temperature rises in her native Many are ready to put covered,” he said.
Alabama, because of benefits she says are aside the sadness, isolation The CDC last week said fully
too great to give up. and wariness of the pan- vaccinated people — those who
The retired educator didn’t catch the demic. Ditching face masks are two weeks past their final
illness caused by the new coronavirus, — even ones bedazzled with dose of a COVID-19 vaccine
and she also didn’t get the flu or her twice- sequins or sports team logos — can quit wearing masks out-
yearly colds while masked during the pan- — is a visible, liberating way Madeline Raskay, right, and Aldany Diaz, third from left, wear face masks while doors in crowds and in most
demic. Unlike some, she’s not gotten any to move ahead. Yet others walking along the Atlanta BeltLine in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward community, on indoor settings and give up
hostile blowback in public for wearing a are still worried about new Friday, May 14, 2021. social distancing. Partially vac-
mask. So why quit now? virus variants and the off- “I’ve always been against masks, and I cinated or unvaccinated people
“I’ve worn a mask where it really wasn’t chance they might contract the virus and think all their rules have been hypocrit- should continue wearing masks, the
required,” Massie, who lives in subur- pass it along to others, though the risks ical, and they’ve been confusing,” said agency said.
ban Birmingham, said Saturday. “Many of both are greatly reduced for those who Duckworth, visiting from Kansas City, The guidance still calls for masks in
people, more than I expected, still are, are fully vaccinated. Missouri. crowded indoor settings including buses,
too.” Denise Duckworth was among the Like most others, Duckworth wasn’t airplanes, hospitals, prisons and home-
With COVID-19 cases on the decline unmasked as she strolled through a wearing a face mask on an upbeat Friday less shelters. But it clears a path toward
after more than 580,000 deaths and with revived French Quarter in New Orleans, that made the Quarter feel more normal reopening workplaces, schools and other
more than a third of the U.S. popula- where jazz musicians and tourists have than it had in months. Alex Bodell of venues that went dark during the pan-
tion fully vaccinated, millions are decid- returned to the streets. Ithaca, New York, stood out in the crowd demic.
STATE
Washington schools to open full time in fall
OLYMPIA, Washington (AP) removing the need for The Washington
masks or social distanc- state schools direc-
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ashington authorities said ing for those who are tive for fall calls for
Thursday all schools in fully vaccinated. all people in K-12
the state must provide full- Currently people over schools to wear
time, in-person education for students the age of 12 are eligible masks indoors – as
for the 2021-22 school year and that stu- for COVID-19 vaccines well as outdoors if
dents and staff will still be required to in Washington state. six feet of distancing
wear masks. About 1.1 million can’t be maintained.
The Washington state Department of students attend public The other miti-
Health released guidelines that included schools in Washington gation measures
mitigation efforts they said were designed state. include requiring
to stop the spread of the coronavirus. “Schools are funda- basic ventilation,
The mask directive could prove con- mental to child and ado- cleaning and infec-
troversial, as the federal Centers for lescent development and tion control plans,
Disease Control and Prevention on well-being. They provide recommending
Thursday moved to ease indoor mask- children with academic physical distancing
wearing guidance for fully vaccinated instruction, support for of at least 3 feet in
people. developing social and In this February 2, 2021, file photo, hand sanitizer, wipes, and surgical masks rest on a desk in a classrooms and six
fourth-grade classroom at Elk Ridge Elementary School in Buckley, Washington.
The new federal guidance still calls emotional skills, safety, feet outside of class-
for wearing masks in crowded indoor reliable nutrition and public K-12 schools to provide an in- rooms.
settings like buses, planes, hospitals, more,” said Dr. Umair A. Shah, the person learning option for all students by State authorities are recommending
prisons and homeless shelters, but will Washington secretary of health. April 19. In March of 2020, at the begin- COVID-19 vaccinations and testing pro-
help clear the way for reopening work- Gov. Jay Inslee signed an emergency ning of the pandmemic, Inslee ordered grams but are not requiring them for in-
places, schools, and other venues — even proclamation in March requiring all all schools to close. person instruction in the fall.
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Health Ministry workers carry coolers of COVID-19 vaccines that El Salvador’s government is donating to
Honduras as they load trucks that will depart San Salvador, El Salvador, on Thursday, May 13, 2021.
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) to their respective populations.
El Salvador has given at least a single
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l Salvador’s president sent 34,000 dose to nearly 1 million people, less than
doses of coronavirus vaccine a quarter of its target population, but it
to seven towns in Honduras on is far ahead of its two Northern Triangle
Thursday, responding to video pleas from neighbors in obtaining vaccine. It already
their mayors posted to social media. received 1.9 million doses and expects
The small-scale diplomacy by Presi- more shipments in the coming days.
dent Nayib Bukele raised eyebrows in El Honduras, by contrast, had gotten only
Salvador and Honduras, but most people about 59,000 vaccine doses before Thurs-
agreed that ultimately it would benefit a day’s donation.
population in desperate need of vaccine. Ida Berenice Molina, the Honduran
El Salvador has been more successful than official in charge of the country’s vacci-
neighboring Honduras and Guatemala in nation program, told local media that the
obtaining vaccine, though all lag in vacci- government had not received any official
nating their people. information about the vaccine donation,
The highly public move also provided a including the type and expiration date.
distraction at a time of growing concern El Salvador’s health secretary, Francisco
among some Salvadorans and interna- Alabí, supervised the vaccines’ depar-
tional observers over the consolidation ture. “We hope that in the coming hours
of power in El Salvador’s three branches our Central American brothers can begin
of government by the party led by Bukele, applying this immunization model we are
who is highly popular domestically. sharing,” he said.
On Tuesday, the same day Bukele met “To a certain point it is a humanitar-
with White House Special Envoy Ricardo ian act,” said Mario Gamero, head of the
Zúñiga, who expressed the U.S. govern- El Salvador Infectology Association. “In
ment’s reservations about developments
in El Salvador, the president received the
the medical field we are more human
than political and so we see it from a Special enrollment
seven Honduran mayors and told them more human point of view.” He added
his government would help.
“When I saw your videos, what I saw
though that the government can’t “ignore
our patients who urgently deserve the period now through
was a little desperation,” Bukele told them. vaccine.”
“I said to the minister and the vaccine
people in El Salvador: ‘How can we help?’”
Amílcar Santillana, a cab driver in San
Salvador, had a similar view. August 15th.
Early Thursday, seven refrigerated “You have to help your neighbor, but
trucks left for Honduras carrying the first you have to vaccinate all Salvador-
doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. The ans,” said Santillana, a 55-year-old await-
towns were to divide the doses according ing his second dose.
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OPINION
For everyone's sake, it's time to get vaccinated
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s your mayor, I know it has been able to hug and embrace your family and a U.S. citizen. country.
a challenging last four years, loved ones with less worry. The City of I hope that you are motivated to get vac-
and an extremely difficult past That’s why I urge you to get vaccinated as Seattle also cinated as soon as you are able. We know
year. From the prior federal government’s soon as you are able. All residents regard- wants to bring that Seattle’s road to recovery starts with
anti-immigrant policies to this past year’s less of immigration status can receive any the vaccine to vaccinations, and we won’t be able to truly
COVID-19 pandemic, the Latinx com- of the COVID-19 vaccines for FREE. The you. Are you reopen and gather safely until the vast
munity has been hit particularly hard. My government of the City of Seattle operates a Mariners or majority of us are vaccinated.
administration has been closely monitor- three vaccination sites: Sounders fan? If you are more comfortable schedul-
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community has experienced significantly open on Wednesdays and Saturdays from offering free Seattle Mayor Jenny A. someone in Spanish about your concerns,
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from COVID-19 in King County. Rainier Beach Community Vaccination cinations to anyone who attends Mariners munity Fund has launched a COVID-19
But I truly believe hope is on the Hub (8702 Seward Park Ave S, Seattle, WA and Sounders home games. The Johnson Vaccine Community Helpline. You can
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The good news is that this new federal 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. available to the fans as soon as the doors p.m. any day of the week, and someone
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undo the anti-immigrant policies from the Hub (2801 SW Thistle St, Seattle, WA our home teams and get vaccinated at the You can also find reliable information in
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munities. And that the good news doesn’t For all of these sites, you don’t need to only thing we can look forward to once All Seattle residents can do their part
end there: Seattle has an abundance of make an appointment, you don’t need to more of us are fully vaccinated. The faster and help people in their life get vacci-
COVID-19 vaccines for our entire com- bring proof of insurance, and you don’t we get vaccinated, the more job oppor- nated. We can’t beat this pandemic unless
munity. Getting vaccinated protects our need to bring ID. Receiving the vaccine tunities can quickly return to the city. we work together. Thank you. I am proud
most vulnerable family members, like will not affect your ability to become a U.S. And with more employment opportu- to serve you as your mayor.
our elders and those who are pregnant. citizen, and receiving the vaccine will not nities comes a return to Seattle’s vibrant Viva Sounders and get vaccinated!
Getting vaccinated also means you will be affect a family member's ability to become economy, the envy of cities across the - Mayor Jenny A. Durkan
Vaccines Bring
Us Together!
Getting vaccinated protects
our most vulnerable family
members, like our elders and
those who are pregnant.
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