Oregon vaccine committee to send final priority recommendations to Gov. Brown
People under 65 with underlying conditions, frontline essential workers, people in custody and those in low-income and congregate senior living would get priority.
Author: Galen Ettlin
Updated: 7:26 PM PST January 28, 2021
OREGON, USA — Oregon's Vaccine Advisory Committee is poised to send its final priority recommendations to Gov. Kate Brown's office.
After nearly a month of meetings, the 27 committee members met Thursday and voted on a list of groups they want vaccinated first after health care workers, educators and seniors.
"We're prioritizing hundreds of thousands of people, which far outstrips the supply of vaccine," said member Laurie Skokan of Providence Health & Services. "It could create negativity and additional mistrust in the sense they may have been prioritized but don't have access."