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Oregon Hospital Association Sounds Warnings About the Governor’s Vaccine Timeline As Gov. Kate Brown held a press conference to defend her decision to vaccinate seniors, a key health care group warned of ongoing confusion.
COVID-19 vaccine doses in Multnomah County. (Motoya Nakamura)
Updated January 25
The Oregon Association of Hospitals & Health Systems expressed concern Friday about whether health care providers could vaccinate as many people as quickly as Gov. Kate Brown has instructed.
The governor says school staffers can get COVID-19 vaccines as soon as tomorrow, Jan. 25. Oregonians over 80 can get doses beginning Feb. 8—and the age minimum goes down five years every week after that.