New Mexico in Focus; 1432; COVID in the Roundhouse, Vaccines and Schools Reopening, President Biden’s Climate Plan, Vaccine Ethics, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
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  >> Narrator: FUNDING FOR NEW         THE MCCUNE CHARITABLE            >> Gene: THIS WEEK ON           NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS, WE          THE BIDEN CLIMATE PLAN          >> Peach: WE NEED TO GET          AND WE NEED TO DO THAT           AND THE WAY TO DO THAT           >> Gene: PLUS THE FIRST            NATION TALKS ABOUT                INDIGENOUS WOMEN.         NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS STARTS NOW. THANKS FOR JOINING US THIS WEEK.             COVID-19                    AT THE ROUNDHOUSE A            HOUSE REPUBLICANS RILED          ENVIRONMENT AND VACCINE            AMBITIOUS PLANS TO               PARTS OF THE STATE.            BOTH OF THOSE ISSUES AS         FOR IRRIGATION SEASON IN          WE HAVE A GREAT SET OF     
      THE CLIMATE PLAN AND               INDIGENOUS WOMEN.              ETHICS OF DELIVERING                  NEW MEXICO.                  AND CAUTIOUS STEPS             THERE IS HARDLY ANYONE             WHO IS ARGUING KIDS           SO NEW MEXICO IS ANXIOUS              THE CLASSROOM.              PROMISED WITHIN 100 DAYS          TO LET STUDENTS RETURN                   MONDAY.                 MORE IMPORTANTLY, CAN IT         HERE TO PARSE THAT ISSUE                  PANEL.                      AND PUBLIC SAFETY              GOOD TO SEE YOU, ED.              GARRITY AND SOPHIE                    AS WELL.                    ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC             DECIDED TO KICK THE CAN          ANOTHER TWO WEEKS WHILE            STATE THAT TO STILL             COMPETE WHILE VIRTUAL            HERE IS MY QUESTION.            THE GO-AHEAD TO SCHOOL     
     HAVE THE DATA THEY NEED         >> Ed: THERE IS A LOT OF            YOU'RE HEARING BOTH            DEPENDING WHO YOU TALK          THAT REALLY WANTS TO GET          AND FOR THOSE SCHOOLS,              AND THOSE GROUPS,                 WHO ARE REALLY               SCHOOLS TO SOME DEGREE,            DATA AS POSITIVE ON           SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT           TESTS THAT HAVE BEEN            PROBABLY .04% ACTUALLY            THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE            APS, THEY ARE JUST NOT                   THERE.                   WE ARE SEEING FROM THE          MAYBE IT IS NOT THAT BIG           WHEN IT COMES TO THE              REOPEN SOME OF THE             THAT IS THE ARGUMENT ON    
        THE OTHER SIDE IS              SAYING, HOLD ON HERE,            IN TOGETHER EVEN WITH               STILL AT RISK.               ARE AT RISK, WE COME TO         AND MAY EXPOSE OTHERS TO          THERE IS THE CONCERN ON          THE SHORT OF IT IS, YOU           DEPENDS WHICH SIDE OF                     ON.                      ARE AT WITH THE APS            >> Gene: I REALLY LIKE          OBVIOUSLY, WHEN I SAY --               CUTE HERE --                 OBVIOUSLY THE WORD OF                  TEACHERS.                  MOVED TO THE FRONT OF               FOR PARENTS AND              >> Sophie: THERE IS AN             NEEDS TO BE STRUCK              IT MAKES ME THINK OF           INTERESTING PIECE IN THE           SANTA FE PREP, WHICH      
       MORE RESOURCES THAN           HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT IN           SEEMS PRETTY RATIONAL           GOING ON THERE IS THEIR                VACCINATED.                TEACHERS VACCINATED IN            I THINK THAT MAKES A            THERE IS SOMETHING I DO         EDUCATION WEEKLY HAS HAD          THIS WEEK, EARLIER THIS           THE BEGINNING OF THE           THINGS THAT HAS COME OUT          DOES POORLY WITH REMOTE          OF CHILDREN ACTUALLY DO         GRADES ARE IMPROVING, MY         I AM NOT WASTING TIME IN                  SCHOOL.                     MOTIVATED CHILD.                   AT THAT TOO.                FOR EVERYONE BUT ONE OF          GIVE NEW MEXICO CREDIT              I HEAR SOME OTHER               GOVERNOR, YOU KNOW,      
           WILL OPEN.                  SCHOOLS, YOU HAVE AN                PLANS TOGETHER.                IN NEW MEXICO, LAS              SAYING, YEAH, NOT FOR                    YEAR.                            NOW.                     LOOKING AT DIFFERENT            SORT OF WAVE A WAND AND          THERE IS A LOT THAT HAS          PARTICULAR DISTRICT CAN          GOING BACK TO VACCINES,           OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD             TERMS OF THE COMFORT                  EDUCATORS.                  THE BUS DRIVERS, THE             WORKS IN THAT SYSTEM.           I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT             ARE TALKING ABOUT               ALSO TALKING ABOUT             IN TO WORK TO MAKE THE            >> Gene: GOOD POINTS             TOM, WHEN I READ THE                 THE CRITERIA.         
    LIKE APS JUST MENTIONED,          WILL HAVE TO BE TESTED          SCHOOLS YELLOW AND GREEN         CURRENTLY IS HARDING AND           WOULD BE TESTED EACH            THE PROBLEM IS THEY ARE         TO 10% ON THE TESTING AT           CAN WE REALLY RAMP UP          READY TO GO WITH THIS IN          >> Tom: I THINK IN SOME          LARGE PART, WHAT WE SAW         DECLARATION IN THE STATE          OPENED UP THE BRIDGE TO         AS FAR AS SAYING, GREAT,           UP SCHOOLS AND REALLY            RESPONSIBILITY TO THE           OH, HEY, HOW ARE WE HIT           HOW DOES RED, YELLOW             WHERE DO WE FIND 1200              AS FAR AS IN THE                     SCHOOLS.                 LOT OF ITEMS THAT SCHOOL    
        WITH BECAUSE THEY             TO HAVE ADDITIONAL TIME           RAMPED UP AND BACK UP           THEY HAD SOME TIME BUT            BASICALLY TAKEN AWAY                 OPPORTUNITY.                JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR           REALLY GOING TO TEST,           FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO          WITH THEIR TEACHERS BUT          COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE           EXPECTATION THAT THE             LEARNING IS ABOUT TO            SCHOOL DISTRICTS BIG OR           MANAGE THAT NARRATIVE            OR THEY WILL HAVE THE            SET THE NARRATIVE FOR            >> Gene: I TELL YOU,                    THERE.                  SOPHIE, WE ARE TOP THREE            TESTING RIGHT NOW.                DOES THAT MAKE A                WE ARE DOING OKAY,       
     >> Sophie: WE ARE DOING          REALLY WELL, MORE THAN             WELL ON VACCINATION            THIS STATE HAS BEEN OUT          SINCE THE START OF THE             3, BEING UP THERE,               WE HAVE ALL THAT WE                WHY IS TESTING                IT HELPS TO GIVE US A            OF THE POPULATION IS              EPIDEMIOLOGISTS CAN            FROM THE SMALLER SAMPLE          MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE IT,                THE STATE.                   EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM,                  OTHER WAYS.                 FOR SCHOOLS THAT OPEN            YOUR CLASSROOM, FOUR            I AM ADMITTING I CAN'T        >> Gene: I BET IT IS SCHOOLS.        >> Sophie: THERE IS A         THRESHOLD AT WHICH EVERYONE       IF THERE IS NOT TESTING,    
      NECESSARILY THAT YOU            THAT LEAVES EVERYONE AT           >> Gene: HEY, ED, WE                     HERE.                   THAT AS WELL. PRESIDENT          THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE                  DAY TALK?              >> Ed: PLEDGE FOR WHAT, GENE?   >> Gene: TO HAVE EVERYONE BACK        >> Ed: WELL, I GUESS,           MOVE TOO QUICKLY BUT WE         I THINK THERE IS STILL A                   HERE.                  QUESTION AS FAR AS WHERE          LOOK BACK TO A MONTH OR           WERE SPIKING AND HAD              I THINK THE TESTING             WHICH TO MAKE SOME OF          TO BE MADE, BUT WE DON'T                 QUICKLY.                 PUSH TO IT BUT I FEEL WE           FAR AHEAD, WE WANT TO     
       I LIKE THE PLEDGE.              A PROMISE BUT SETS A             I THINK THE PLEDGE IS             LET'S MOVE IN THAT             TO FOLLOW THE DATA AND          >> Gene: HAVE TO WRAP IT           THIS GROUP IS BACK TO       ROUNDHOUSE AND THE CONTENTIOUS     >> Peach: DIVERSIFYING THE                   OFF               IT HASN'T OCCURRED TO THE EXTENT        PEOPLE WOULD LIKE.              >> Gene: NEW MEXICO'S            MISSING AND MURDERED             RELATIVES TASK FORCE           REPORT OUT OUTLINING ITS          RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE                LEGISLATURE.                CREATED A TASK FORCE IN          ADDRESSING THE CRISIS.           REPORT SHOWS A NEED FOR    
       RESOURCES, IMPROVED             NUMBER AREAS OF NEED                   FAMILIES.                  AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING           CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO          INDIGENOUS PEOPLE CASES         NEW MEXICO'S 19 PUEBLOS,           NATION ARE WORKING ON                   ISSUE.                   GONZALES TALKS WITH THE         NATION ABOUT HER WORK ON           MEMBERS NEED FROM THE        >> Antonia: JOINING US NOW IS    THE FIRST LADY OF THE NAVAJO       THANK YOU FOR JOINING US                 IN FOCUS.                      >> Nez: YES.               MY NAME IS PHEFELIA NEZ.                LANGUAGE.)                   THE NAVAJO NATION.          >> Antonia: I WANTED TO SHARE      ABOUT THE VERY IMPORTANT        MURDERED INDIGENOUS PEOPLE.  
       THE NAVAJO NATION,            PEOPLE ACROSS THE UNITED             IT IS ALSO A VERY              CAN YOU SHARE SOME OF           ON TASK FORCES BOTH IN           >> Nez: FOR NEW MEXICO          I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH             AND WAS APPOINTED             WE ENDED TASK FORCE FOR                 OF 2020.                    AND FOR THE NAVAJO              OF THE FIRST LADY AND              OUR EFFORTS HAVE              EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON             HUMAN TRAFFICKING                CONNECTION THERE               BUT IT IS NOT ONE AND          THE ARIZONA HUMAN -- THE    
       TO IS STATE ARIZONA           TRAFFICKING AND ADVISORY            AND THEN NEW MEXICO                    FORCE.                    EFFORTS OF PARTNERING                 PUBLIC ON.               HERE IN NEW MEXICO RECENTLY        RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE             STATE LAWMAKERS.                THAT THE TASK FORCE            DONE TO ADDRESS MISSING           PEOPLE IN NEW MEXICO?                   >> Nez:                   WE ARE TALKING ABOUT             PUEBLOS IN NEW MEXICO            TRIBES AND PUEBLOS WE               JUSTICE SYSTEM.        
              LAWS.                    NATION, IT REALLY IS              BE ADDRESSED ALMOST            COURSE, WE WANT TO KEEP          NEW MEXICO SO IT WOULD       JURISDICTIONS AND ALSO WITH THE     >> Antonia: AND HOW DOES          LAW ENFORCEMENT LOOKING            BECAUSE THERE ARE A              MEXICO, THE NAVAJO                 AND THE PUEBLO               SOVEREIGN NATIONS, LIKE         LAWS, LANGUAGE, CULTURE,          THEN, WORKING NOT ONLY             STATE AND NATIONAL                WORKING WITH LAW              KEY IN ADDRESSING THIS             >> Nez: A LOT OF IT            AND THE SECOND STEP IN            CLASSIFICATION AND SO     
      DIFFERENT DATA BASES,              THE SAME TYPES OF             OTHER IMPORTANT FACTOR          WHO GETS ACCESS TO THESE             AND HOW ARE THEY             THAT HAS REALLY BEEN THE          THINK, FROM THE REPORT           SO, WHEN WE ARE TALKING           PARTNERING, WE CAN'T             JURISDICTION OR, YOU              BORDER TOWNS LIKE,            WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO LIKE           TOWN OR ANY COUNTY OR              OR PD TO GIVE US                HAS TO BE DONE IN A           THAT HAS BEEN -- I THINK         GREATEST BARRIER, MAYBE.                    >>               
     IS A LACK OF RESOURCES,            ARE NEEDED TO LOOK,            BASE AND JUST KEEP THE            OTHER MISSING PERSONS       >> Nez: THE TRENDS OF THE DATA    OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE       TRIBAL MEMBERS, THEY HAVE       MARRIED OR HAVE CHILDREN IN         SO, WHEN YOU HAVE TWO            DON'T SHARE THE SAME              REALLY HARD TO EVEN            SO, MAYBE THAT IS WHERE           SHARED AGREEMENTS TO            OTHER'S RECORDING DATA          IMPORTANT, BUT THE OTHER    
    HAND, I GUESS, ON TRIBAL            RELUCTANCE TO EVEN                LAW ENFORCEMENT.             WOULD JUST BE THERE IS A                EDUCATION,                   PUEBLOS ON HOW THE             OPERATES ON EACH TRIBAL         COURSE, YOU HAVE TO LOOK            OFF THE NATION, IF             IS INCIDENTS THAT OCCUR             LOOKING AT EITHER             COUNTY OR STATE JUSTICE         COURSE, WHEN THE FEDERAL         INVOLVED THAT IS A WHOLE                  ITEMS.                   ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE              THERE IS A LOT OF            PLACE AND WHERE A LOT OF             THERE NEEDS TO BE             AMOUNT OF EDUCATION TO           >> Antonia: WHAT IS THE    
    FAMILIES INVOLVED IN THE          WHAT KIND OF THINGS ARE                 FAMILIES?                TALKING ABOUT JUST OLDER          THE NAVAJO NATION VERY           ASHLYNN MIKE WHICH WAS           AND THE COMMUNITY CAME           AND IT WAS SUCH A HARD          NAVAJO NATION, BUT OTHER           COUNTRY, RELATING TO            CASES, SO, WHAT ARE YOU        >> Nez: FOR FAMILIES, IT IS         SERVICES, WRAP-AROUND        SERVICES THAT REALLY IS WHAT      AN INCIDENT OCCURS AND THEN        SERVICES FOR RETURNING             SO FAMILIES DO NEED             THEIR FAMILY RETURNS      
     SOMETIMES THAT IS LEFT           BUT WE DEFINITELY HEAR            STRUGGLING WITH THAT              >> Antonia: CAN YOU            ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK           PARTICULAR, IS DOING ON            INDIGENOUS PEOPLE?            EDUCATION AND PREVENTION           YOU SEE A LOT MORE ON           IN THE FUTURE, WE WOULD            TERMS OF, I GUESS,             COURSE, FOR ANYBODY TO          BE -- TO KNOW WHAT IT IS            FOR AND HOW SOME OF              SO, I THINK THAT IS            THE REASON WHY WE DON'T          REPORTING BECAUSE THEY            THAT THEY ARE REALLY            HAPPENING IN THEIR OWN          >> Antonia: IS THERE ANY    
     SHOULD REACH OUT TO OR             NEED OF ASSISTANCE?            POSTING RESOURCE LINKS           THE OFFICE OF FIRST AND          THAT IS WHERE A LOT OF            DEFINITELY BE MAKING           DURING THE VIRTUAL EVENT            THEY'LL ALWAYS HAVE            >> Antonia: FIRST LADE,          JOINING US AND TALKING          IMPORTANT AND HARD ISSUE             TRIBES ACROSS THE                NAVAJO NATION ARE               >> Nez: THANK YOU.         >> Gene: IT HAS BEEN A STRANGE       JUST BEFORE LAST WEEK'S          LEARNED A MEMBER OF THE            TESTED POSITIVE FOR                THE GROUP OF 25                 HAS BEEN THE MOST             GOVERNOR'S RESPONSE TO     
    LARGELY ONLINE NATURE OF           THAT DIDN'T SIT WELL              OF THE HOUSE BRIAN             REPUBLICANS WITH BEING               PUBLIC HEALTH.              WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR            ON THE HOUSE RULES,             HERE WE ARE NOT EVEN                   SESSION.                  SURPRISING THING ABOUT               THEY HAVE BEEN                        KNOW.                   THE THREE PEOPLE IN THE          HALF REPUBLICANS SHOWED         WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS          IS THIS LIKE, YOU CAN'T           ARE JUST GOING TO DO            >> Sophie: SOME OF THIS           SOME OF IT IS SORT OF                   SIDES.                  REALLY HAS CONTROL OVER,             PANDEMIC ITSELF.              FOR ALL OF US, FOR THE              DEALING WITH THE        
       PANDEMIC ON TOP OF               HAVE TO DO, IN THIS             SESSION, IT WAS JUST               CONFLICTS, EXTRA               POUNDING, ET CETERA.            MESSAGE TO LEGISLATORS,          GENERAL PUBLIC AND NEW             WANT TO SEE ACTION.            HAPPENING AND THIS KIND             THAN UNFORTUNATE.              THE WORK THAT REALLY             WILL SAY THAT WORK IS              WE HAVE SEEN SOME               RIGHT OFF THE BAT A              DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN             THE GOVERNOR'S DESK,            THAT THEY COULDN'T GET             AND GOVERNOR LUJAN                   WILL SIGN.                  SOME MORE PROGRESS ON                  EARLY ON.           
      BUT THE BIG WORK, THE             CETERA, THAT IS, I                FOCUS OF WHAT THE             HAPPEN AND THAT HAS GOT           >> Gene: GOOD POINTS.              JUST UNDER 2,000              CONDUCTED AT THE ROUND               SITE TESTING ON               AS WE KNOW NOW, AS OF           HAVE HAD FIVE POSITIVE              DOES THAT MAKE A               DOES THAT SAY TO YOU            TAKING CARE BECAUSE IF            HAVE A WHOLE LOT MORE            I'LL REMIND FOLKS OUR            VERSUS 0.4% WE SEE IN            >> Ed: GENE THIS IS A             IS NOT PART OF THE            THEY CAN BE THE STARTING         IF WE RECALL BACK TO THE           BACK IN MARCH, APRIL,           MANY PEOPLE KNEW ANYONE    
             VIRUS.                    AND MORE PEOPLE KNEW                HAD THE VIRUS.                   NOT TO GET TOO               FACT THAT ONLY SO MANY          SO MANY PEOPLE, THE 0.4%            COME BACK POSITIVE.             ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND           POSITIVE WAY BUT NOT TO             LOOSEN UP ON THE                   NEED TO TALK.                WE TAKE SOME COMFORT            LOW AND THEN WE MOVE IN             BY NOT TAKING THE               GOING TO KEEP THAT                    RESULTS.                  ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE             TESTING, WE ARE NOT             ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS               LEGISLATORS IN         
    BACK AGAINST THE TESTING         SAY.04, TWO THINGS, THIS          COLLAR GROUP THAT, NOT           GENERAL LEGISLATORS AND          EXPECTED TO REFLECT THE          PEOPLE WHO ARE ABLE TO             HOME, ET CETERA, AS             LINE WORKERS WHO ARE            WE SEE PEOPLE OF COLOR              UNDER REPRESENTED                RISK FOR COVID-19            BUT I HAVE TO POINT OUT,            COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.              TO OPT OUT OF BEING            AS WE KNOW MANY PEOPLE             I AM NOT SURE THAT              >> Gene: I APPRECIATE              >> Ed: JUST VERY               LOOK AT THE DATA, THE             ONE PERSON TESTING                 IS ENORMOUS AND        
        CAUTION, CAUTION,              DON'T TAKE COMFORT IN            >> Gene: YOU GUYS ARE            WHERE BRIAN EGOLF IS              THERE IS NO END OF                AND SOMETIMES THE             ABOUT THIS SORT OF GET          ME ASK YOU, THIS IS ALSO           IT CAME OUT LAST WEEK              THREE DAYS OF THE              POSITIVE CASE THERE.                 AND THE GIVEN                 BE IN THE CAPITOL,               HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED              >> Tom: IN THIS AGE                     KEY.                         THAT THE MORE                 THERE, THE BETTER.                 ANSWER TO THAT.              THINK THAT WHAT WE HAVE             HAS BEEN SO FAR A            NOW, I AM NOT SAYING THE          REPUBLICANS ARE WRONG.             HAVE A LOT OF GREAT              BEFORE THE SUPREME       
     THEY JUST DIDN'T RAISE                  POSSIBLE.                  FAR AS GOING REMOTE,            RESIDENTS IN THE RURAL            TEND TO BE MORE RIGHT               TRUE ACCESS TO                  THE PROCEEDINGS.                AS FAR AS, JUST YOU            SANTA FE, WHAT HAPPENED            CONVENTION CENTER?             SUPPOSED TO OPEN UP THE           MAKE EVERYTHING A LOT            SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK             CONFUSION OUT THERE             I THINK EVERYBODY IS            CHILL PILL AND IS KIND            WE HAVE ALL MADE OUR             FOCUS ON LEGISLATION.           THAT THERE WILL BE JUST          CONSISTENCY IN THE RULE                AND SENATE.                THE CONSISTENT RULES AS          BIND THE SENATE ARE THE          HOUSE WILL HELP TO KIND    
    OF SENSE OF ANXIETY THAT           >> Gene: ED, A LITTLE           UNDER A MINUTE, A QUICK             SUPREME COURT YOU              WHAT IS YOUR SENSE OF            THIS IDEA THAT IT IS            PHYSICALLY BE IN SANTA           >> Ed: IT REALLY LOOKS               LIKE THE COURTS              DIFFERENT CASES, AND I           FOLLOW IT HERE IS THAT               CREATED UNIQUE               MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY             HAVE TO MAKE THOSE               INTEREST OF PUBLIC                     HEALTH.                  ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH AND            PARTICIPANTS IN THE            LEGISLATORS AND STAFF,           LIKELY UPHOLD ANY ISSUE            IN THE INTEREST OF            >> Gene: WE HAVE TO HOLD           IN A SIMILAR VEIN AND     
     SHORTAGE, FIGURING OUT              NEEDS TO WAIT IS             DOING THAT JOB EQUITABLY               CHALLENGING.                MADE SOME EMBARRASSING          ITS VACCINE REGISTRATION                HAVE READ.                   FRIENDS OF MEDICAL                    EARLY ON.                   QUESTION AS TO HOW             OF CO-MORBIDITY -- YOU            TRYING TO SAY -- ARE            RECENTLY MEGAN KAMERICK          A GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY             BIOETHICIST TERESA              WORK THROUGH SOME OF            >> Megan: TERESA, THERE            DISTRIBUTION OF THE              BE AS EQUITABLE AND            BIOETHICISTS WOULD HAVE           AS YOU SEE IT, IS THE            DISTRIBUTED ETHICALLY          ARE THERE ANY GROUPS YOU                  OTHERS?                         QUESTION.                 PRIORITIES THAT THE CDC    
       ETHICAL PRIORITIES.                   DETAILS.                  COURSE, WE ALL WANT TO              SERIOUS DISEASE.                  SOCIETY TO KEEP              CONCERN FOR MANY PEOPLE         BURDEN THAT COVID HAS ON            ALREADY BEING MORE              AND SO ONE THOUGHT IS                POPULATIONS?                   WHO ARE OF LOWER              THEY ARE POOR, MAY LIVE           HOUSES, THEY MAY NOT                 OTHER THINGS.                ALSO OFTEN DON'T HAVE           INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE          SO WHERE ARE THE VACCINE            HOW DO WE GET THIS            POPULATIONS AND ARE THEY         THESE ARE BIG PRIORITIES    
     >> Megan: LET'S SAY YOU            GOT THE VACCINE AND            THE VACCINATION EFFORTS       >> Burke: THAT IS SUCH A GOOD        OF COURSE, IT IS NOT            IF I WERE TOLD I COULD           MYSELF, I WOULD ASK AND         POPULATION WHO FEEL THAT            DISREGARDED BUT ONE             IMPORTANT TO DO IS TO          SITES LOCATED, BUT MAYBE          IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE?           VACCINES IN PARTICULAR            COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE           VACCINE LOCATIONS THAT          PEOPLE NOT JUST IN TERMS           LINE, DO PEOPLE HAVE             THERE, BUT ALSO WHAT                 DISABILITIES?               DEAF PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT    
       BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE            DO WE HAVE ENTRANCES AND               THAN STAIRS.                PROBLEM WITH ONE OF THE          I WAS JUST NOTIFIED OF           DO WE HAVE INFORMATION           BEFORE THEY GET ON SITE            EXPECT AND WHAT TO              THESE ARE SOME OF THE          PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES         CONSIDERED NOT JUST HERE            NEW MEXICO IS DOING           >> Megan: WE TAKE IT YOU         HAVE A COPY OF PRESIDENT                 RESPONSE.                PROMISING IN THE PLAN OR       >> Burke: I AM EXCITED ABOUT         IT DOES TAKE SPECIFIC           WHAT WE CALL UNDER THE               INDEX CATEGORY.        
     ASSIGNED CERTAIN KINDS            DEPENDING WHERE THEY              RESOURCES THEY HAVE            AND THE BIDEN PLAN HAS          EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT         ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED ARE             THERE IS A LOT OF               THOSE COMMUNITIES.             OF THINGS I LOOK AT ARE          VALUES OF THE AMERICAN               SUCH DOCUMENT.                  MANIFESTED IN THE            AND WHOSE LIVES AND WELL           WHEN THERE IS SO MANY          WHETHER IT IS ECONOMICS,          COURSE, HEALTH AND WELL          >> Megan: YOU FEEL LIKE       >> Burke: SO, IT IS 200 PAGES    LONG PLUS AND I READ THROUGH                 AGO.              
     SO, I AM ENCOURAGED AND          I WILL LATER THIS WEEK            A FINE TOOTH COMB AND           TO VARIOUS PEOPLE ABOUT          IN PARTICULAR, SINCE I           DISABILITY COMMUNITIES,           SUPPORTS AND PROVIDES            NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH            >> Megan: LET'S COMPARE            MEXICO VERSUS OTHER            IS THERE ANYTHING THAT            ANYTHING WE SHOULD BE       >> Burke: ACTUALLY I THINK NEW                JOB.                    WHAT IS HAPPENING IN DC         VIRGINIA BECAUSE THAT IS          SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND                COMMUNITY.                     MEXICO HAS DONE             OF STATES IS IN THE MOST          ALLOCATION PLAN, WHICH     
      MEXICO ACTUALLY MAKES               VERIFICATION OF              QUALIFYING CONDITIONS.           BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THIS            WOULD COME UP AND I           THE COUNTRY AND GOT SOME               INTERNATIONAL               WHAT THEY SAID IS THIS               SYSTEM IN MOST              WHETHER THAT WILL CHANGE           BECAUSE THESE VACCINE            SHIFTING AS WE LEARN            AND WHAT DOESN'T WORK.             TO SEE THAT IN NEW               BE VERIFICATION OF              ALSO THAT PEOPLE WITH            SHOULD BE PREPARED TO            THEIR CONDITIONS ARE.           TRICKY BECAUSE IT GETS                 PRIVACY. WE          
      >> Megan: THERE HAVE            BEEN REPORTS OF PEOPLE            VACCINATION PROCESS.            EVENTS CODES MEANT FOR           THE REGISTRATION PORTAL          THE SYSTEM DOES RELY ON            DO YOU THINK THESE                 WE'LL FIND OUT.               THEM HERE BUT THAT IS             UNIVERSAL RIGHT NOW         >> Burke: NOT AT THIS POINT.         NUMBER OF COLLEAGUES                THE NORTHEAST,                   AND MIDWEST AND             RECEIVED SAID, SO FAR IT           NOW, LINE JUMPING, I             THE CONTEXT IS, WE'LL                WHO DO THAT.                 PROBLEM, IF YOU WILL,              TO WAIT AND SEE.               IS A SYSTEMIC ISSUE?                SHOULD FIX IT.         
             THING?                   ONCE-IN-A-WHILE IS THIS         ALLOCATE OUR VERY LIMITED            >> Megan: RIGHT.           Burke: IT IS A MATTER HOW DO    HAVE IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY   USE OF RESOURCES AT THIS POINT      >> Megan: VERIFYING ALSO      >> Burke: YEAH AND IT TAKES IT     AWAY FROM THE WORK THAT OUR     HEALTH WORKERS AND THOSE ARE              ARE DOING.                        >> Megan:                VACCINATE PEOPLE WITH AT          CONDITION IN THE STATE.           THAT COULD BE HARD TO          YOUR BMI, YOUR BODY MASS           SHOULD WE BE PUTTING                AS ONE OF THOSE             SOMEONE WHO HAS A SERIOUS        >> Burke: SO, I AM NOT A              MEDICAL DOCTOR.        
     AM NOT GOING TO BE ABLE         WHICH MEDICAL CONDITIONS           CDC HAS DONE THAT AND               FOR VACCINATION                HAS LOOKED AT THESE           MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT          WE GET MORE SCIENTIFIC           THAT IS A QUESTION FOR           QUESTION YOU JUST ASKED         CONDITIONS THAT ARE HARD            WEIGHT SHOULD WE BE             OF THEIR SELF REPORT?           IS GOING TO BE -- IT IS          I THINK IT IS A MATTER           RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.              OUR RESOURCES.                     TO DO THIS?                   IT IS A SYSTEMIC        
      WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT          WHO ARE DOING THIS, THEN             OTHER SAFEGUARDS.             BECAUSE I COULDN'T FIND              OF THE VACCINE              MIGHT BE WORTH EXPLORING           VERIFICATION LANGUAGE           EARLIER DRAFTS OF THIS              AND I DID NOT SEE            VERIFICATION IN THE MOST                 VACCINES.                 THERE BUT I LOOKED FOR           IT SO PERHAPS THIS WILL             >> Megan: AS THEY            RESPOND TO IMPERFECTIONS          WELL TERESA, THANK YOU               US ABOUT THIS.                >> Burke: ABSOLUTELY      
     >> Gene: CLIMATE CHANGE         FOR NEW MEXICO BUT SO IS              THE OIL AND GAS              IN THE COMING WEEKS, WE           PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN'S            CLIMATE CHANGE MIGHT              CORRESPONDENT LAURA            MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY          ABOUT THE PAUSE ON NEW            SOME FEDERAL LAND AND             DIVERSIFY AWAY FROM             >> Laura: WELCOME JIM            LAST WEEK, PRESIDENT                EXECUTIVE ORDER                      CHANGE.                   DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF            THIS ORDER BUT TODAY WE         PAUSE ON NEW OIL AND GAS                   LAND.                   MEXICO'S ECONOMY IN THE                LONG-TERM?                    >> Peach: IT IS A             I'LL BE QUICK ABOUT IT.           EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT             ABOUT IS SECTION 208             NEW LEASES ON FEDERAL     
      THERE WAS A PREVIOUS            OF THE INTERIOR, ACTING          TALK ABOUT THAT LATER,              DOES NOT ADDRESS               IT DOES NOT RESTRICT            97% OF THE FEDERAL LAND          HAS ALREADY BEEN LEASED         ORDER WON'T HAVE MUCH OF           WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE              SECRETARY OF THE             60-DAY MORATORIUM ON NEW          SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT           I WOULD ASSUME THAT THE          OVERRIDES THE SECRETARY             BUT THERE MAY BE              AND, SO, I DON'T THINK     
    HUGE IMPACT IN THE SHORT           IN THE LONG RUN, YOU            FROM NOW, WE DON'T KNOW         WHAT ELSE IS COMING DOWN            >> Laura: THESE ARE                  THE LEAST.                    PANDEMIC, CLIMATE                CHANGE, ECONOMIC                CAN NEW MEXICO ALSO             DIVERSIFY ITS ECONOMY              FROM OIL AND GAS          IF SO, WHY SHOULD THE STATE BE         >> Peach: THE STATE           DEPENDS FOR 35 OR 40% OF                 AND GAS.                     TERRIBLE KIND OF               BECAUSE, OIL AND GAS                     LOT.                      THE LEGISLATURE AND            IN SANTA FE HAVE KNOWN     
       ABOUT FOUR DECADES.                   ABOUT IT.                  IS SOMETHING THAT HAS           STRATEGY IN NEW MEXICO            IT HASN'T OCCURRED TO             PEOPLE WOULD LIKE.              GOING TO DIVERSIFY IN            WE NEED TO GET OFF OF           WE NEED TO DO THAT NOW             IS CHANGING THE TAX           >> Laura: WHENEVER THESE          HAPPENING ABOUT WHETHER          OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY OR          THERE IS A LOT OF TALK              FIRST OIL AND GAS            DIVERSIFYING THE ECONOMY.      YOU SEE OPPORTUNITY IN ALL OF    >> Peach: OPPORTUNITIES WOULD 
   BE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE      FUTURE REGULATIONS ON THIS.        PORTION OF THE PERMIAN           THE HOTTEST SHALE PLAY           AND, THE OIL COMPANIES                    THAT.                          PROCESS.                 PRIVATE LAND AND FEDERAL                 TOGETHER.                     CHECKER BOARD.                     SPAGHETTI.                  THE OIL COMPANIES DO              PROBLEMS IN GETTING            DRILL BUT FOR PIPELINES    
       NEW MEXICO HAS DONE                NEW MEXICO OIL               ROCKETED OVER THE LAST             IN 2008 NEW MEXICO              62 MILLION BARRELS OF              ABOUT HALF OF ITS              LAST YEAR -- WELL, IN            330 MILLION BARRELS.            ARE NOT IN YET BUT WE.            A LITTLE BIT IN 2020.          KNOW, FOR OPPORTUNITIES,         OIL IN THE GROUND THERE.               ENVIRONMENTAL               SHIFT FROM FOSSIL FUELS    
           INSTANTLY.                GOING TO COME OUT OF THE              STILL PLENTY OF                 MEXICO FOR THAT.                DOING THEIR BEST ON             DIVERSIFY THE MIX OF            THEY ARE SIGNING LEASES           THE LIKE BUT IT IS A           >> Laura: 20 OR 30 OR 50          CHANGE, CHANGES IN SORT          THESE DIFFERENT THINGS,            INDUSTRY STILL BE A           INDUSTRY THAT WILL BOOST          >> Peach: MY BEST GUESS           FROM NOW IT WILL BE A     
     THE NEW MEXICO ECONOMY,            OF THE ENERGY MIX.                     COMING.                         IS HERE.                    BE FIVE OR 10 YEARS             ON THE ROAD TO MAKE A          AND CERTAINLY FOR A LONG           HAVE A DEMAND FOR JET           IT IS JUST HARD TO MAKE           AND I KNOW PEOPLE ARE          AIR BUS IS EXPERIMENTING          CELLS FOR AIRPLANES AND           HAPPEN BUT THE OIL IS                   WHILE.                   NOW OR FAIRLY SOON, WE          THE PEAK DEMAND FOR OIL.         >> Laura: ALL RIGHT. JIM    
     MUCH FOR JOINING ME, I       >> Peach: YOU'RE QUITE WELCOME.       >> Gene: THIS IS A LA           STORMS NOTWITHSTANDING           GOOD SITUATION FOR NEW           SNOW PACK IS LIKELY TO             WATER FLOWING THIS                   AND FIELDS.               AVERAGE SNOW SEASON LAST         DRIED FOR LONG STRETCHES            EVEN INTO THE FALL.            BEEN COVERING IT AS YOU          JOURNALISTS AROUND THE              ALREADY LAURA IS             BELOW ELEPHANT BUTTE ARE              ALLOTMENT YEAR.              FRONT OF THE INTERSTATE            WATER OFFICIALS ARE            FARMERS NOT PLANT CROPS            ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO.            NOT POSSIBLE BUT, YES,          TOM, EVEN A COUPLE YEARS                SNOW PACK.              IT SEEMS THINGS ARE CHANGING  
    >> Tom: YOU WERE TALKING         ABOUT THE FARMERS IN THE            STATE, SPECIFICALLY              AND THERE ARE THOSE            SURFACE WATER AND THEN                 WELL WATER.                 WELL WATER OBVIOUSLY           IS GOING TO BE COMING IN               WHERE ARE THE              AS FAR AS IT IS GOING TO         DEVELOPMENT OR SOMEWHERE            I HAVE NOTICED THAT             ANTONIO HAS NOT BEEN            IT IS NOT HIS STYLE, I          TO REALLY KIND OF START,             WHAT HE VIEWS AS              SPECIFIC AREAS, I THINK             WHETHER IT IS THE                 ENGINEER OR THE              YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO          OR IDENTIFYING, ANYWAY,           THE WATER BATTLE AND      
     IDENTIFYING WHERE THOSE         >> Gene: SOPHIE, PICK UP            THAT IS A BIG DEAL.            WHERE FOLKS SAY YOU CAN         TALKING ABOUT THE MIDDLE     STATE-WIDE. WE ARE TALKING RIGHT     >> Sophie: THAT IS RIGHT.        IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE,         TO YOUR STATEMENT AND IT           BEING TOLD IF YOU CAN            PLANTING DON'T PLANT,                   FALLOW.                     FARMS AS SOMEWHAT            A NUMBER OF FARMS IN NEW          OF DAY IN DAY OUT, THIS              WORKERS SUPPORT               THERE ARE SOME FARMS             OPTION, LET'S SAY, TO                   FALLOW.                  ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO           TOM'S POINT, IS LESS                  WELL WATER.                WHAT ARE -- ONCE AGAIN,           INTENSIVE CROPS, WHAT              INTENSIVE CROPS.        
     TIME THAT ALFALFA, FOR          WATER INTENSIVE, SORT OF           GIANT ALFALFA FIELDS                     THIS.                      WATER IS A PUBLIC            TEND TO TALK ABOUT WATER           LEGAL STRUCTURE THAT              ACCESS, PARTICULAR              HAVE KNOWN FOR A LONG                   COMING.                    UNFORTUNATELY, AS A          ADDRESSED WHAT IS NECESSARY        >> Gene: ED PEREA, WHEN          I LOOK AT THE ACTIVITY           HAVE ALL KINDS OF BILLS             PRESCRIBED FIRE,                GAS REDUCTIONS, ALL              DURING THE MARTINEZ            ALMOST NO BILL DROPPED             GOT TO HER DESK, IT             HAVE WE PUT OURSELVES              A SIGNIFICANT WAY              UP WITH THIS OVER THE     
     >> Ed: I THINK WE HAVE.          AND TOMORROW THINKING.             ADMINISTRATION WERE             NOW WE ARE TRYING TO              MISSED A FEW YEARS.             IF YOU FOLLOW AND YOU          THERE IS CLEAR EMPIRICAL           HAVE A PROBLEM IN OUR             GOING TO GET BETTER                    STEPS.                   BEHIND AGAIN DEPENDING          SOME PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT            COUPLE OF INCHES OF             THAT IS FINE, BUT IF             MENTIONED, WE HAVE TO                  OR WATER.                 WE REALLY NEED TO START          SOME ARE TAKING IT FOR           YOU TURN ON THE FAUCET.                  WATER.                  MORE ABOUT IT, BUT IT IS           NEED TO THINK ABOUT.        >> Gene: HAVE YOU BEEN DOWN TO          RECENTLY, CRUCES.       
    THERE WAS AN INTERESTING          AMERICANS USE TINY BITS            AND LOTS OF CROPS.              INTERESTING DISPLAY.            ARE FACING A SITUATION             INNOVATION MOMENT.             TAKE A HARD LOOK ABOUT          IRRIGATE, AND REALLY GET          WATER, YOU KNOW, HOW WE            IS THIS WHAT WE ARE           >> Tom: YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.         AND I DON'T THINK THAT            YOU CAN SAY THAT ONE            YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL          YOU LOOK AT A SITUATION          PICKING UP WHAT SOPHIE            ALFALFA, IS THAT, YOU            RIGHT NOW ONE OF THE            LIKELY WILL GET PASSED             WITH LEGALIZING OF              CANNABIS AND ALFALFA             AMOUNT OF WATER USE.               SAME TYPE OF CROP                 SO IT SHOULD BE        
       IF ALL OF A SUDDEN              NEW MEXICO, FOR WATER            >> Gene: THAT CAME UP             EVERYBODY SAID WHAT             AND EVERYBODY KIND OF           WE ARE OUT OF TIME THIS           THANKS ALWAYS TO OUR             I AM BACK IN A MOMENT                  THOUGHTS.                 OUT AND ABOUT RECENTLY             UNSEASONABLY WARM.             FOR A NUMBER OF DAYS AT             IT IS BARELY INTO             COUNT ME IN WITH THOSE          SEEING WITH OUR OWN EYES              IT IS TOO WARM.                  WHEN NEW MEXICO               FARMERS NOT TO BOTHER          DOUBLE TAKE HEADLINE YOU         THEN I WOULD SAY WE HAVE           CLIMATE CHANGE IS NO            THREAT FOR NEW MEXICO.           INTERESTED IN THE OTHER            CAUGHT MY EYE THAT            HAVE ITS ENTIRE FLEET OF          ELECTRIC POWER BY 2035.          QUESTION, REMAINS TO BE    
      MANUFACTURERS FOLLOW            IS A SIGNIFICANT STEP.            POSITION HERE IN THIS           AREA IS GROUND ZERO FOR          AND I HAVE ALREADY SEEN             SO-CALLED CLIMATE             AREA IN ANTICIPATION OF          A PRESIDENTIAL PLAN IS           ALL HAVE TO DO OUR PART         THANKS AGAIN FOR JOINING          ENGAGED, WE'LL SEE YOU                  IN FOCUS.           
- Series
 - New Mexico in Focus
 
- Episode Number
 - 1432
 
- Producing Organization
 - KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.)
 
- Contributing Organization
 - New Mexico PBS (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
 
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    - Description
 - Episode Description
 - *Please Note: this file contains content that may be sensitive for some viewers* On this episode of New Mexico in Focus, COVID continues to circumscribe the boundaries of life in 2021. At the Roundhouse, a positive case among House Republicans riled an already rancorous environment. Vaccine shortages have reigned in ambitious plans to reopen schools in some parts of the state. Plus, a grim outlook for irrigation season in the Rio Grande, and the Biden climate plan. We will also investigate missing and murdered indigenous women as well the ethics of delivering vaccines in a state like New Mexico. Guests: Edmund E. Perea (Attorney & Public Safety Analyst), Sophie Martin (Attorney), Tom Garrity (The Garrity Group PR), Phefelia Nez (Navajo Nation First Lady), Teresa Blankmeyer Burke (Bioethicist and Professor), and Jim Peach (Economist and Professor emeritus, NMSU). Hosts: Gene Grant (NMiF Correspondent), Antonia Gonzales (Correpsondent), Megan Kamerick (Correspondent), and Laura Paskus (Correspondent).
 - Broadcast Date
 - 2021-02-05
 - Asset type
 - Episode
 - Genres
 - Talk Show
 - Media type
 - Moving Image
 - Duration
 - 00:57:47.598
 
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      Executive Producer: McDonald, Kevin
 
Producer: Grubs, Matt
Producer: Dix, Bryce
Producing Organization: KNME-TV (Television station : Albuquerque, N.M.)
 
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 - Chicago: “New Mexico in Focus; 1432; COVID in the Roundhouse, Vaccines and Schools Reopening, President Biden’s Climate Plan, Vaccine Ethics, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women ,” 2021-02-05, New Mexico PBS, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed November 4, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-31097bcdd01.
 - MLA: “New Mexico in Focus; 1432; COVID in the Roundhouse, Vaccines and Schools Reopening, President Biden’s Climate Plan, Vaccine Ethics, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women .” 2021-02-05. New Mexico PBS, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. November 4, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-31097bcdd01>.
 - APA: New Mexico in Focus; 1432; COVID in the Roundhouse, Vaccines and Schools Reopening, President Biden’s Climate Plan, Vaccine Ethics, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women . Boston, MA: New Mexico PBS, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-31097bcdd01