Oregon delayed COVID-19 vaccinations for seniors. Here’s how many have died since.
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Mack Follmer celebrating his 90th birthday with his grandson Matthew Holmes in May 2020. He died March 24, five weeks after testing positive for COVID-19 and six weeks after getting his first dose of vaccine.
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Mack Follmer, a 90-year-old living independently in Eugene, made it through more than a year of the coronavirus pandemic in good health – albeit very isolated beyond trips to the grocery store, the pharmacy and the occasional socially distanced coffee klatch with friends.
His own efforts to secure a COVID-19 vaccine through his doctor went nowhere.