Air quality in Lane County continues to be affected by wildfire smoke blowing in from the east, so residents should stay indoors when and where they can.
“Many in the community have expressed concerns that the vaccine was created too fast to be safe and reliable,” Brooks said, “The mRNA platform … that's been around for 11 years or so; it was developed when we had SARS CoV-1 so a lot of people forget because it didn't go pandemic and then MERS, which was Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome, which similar, so we use that mRNA platform.” | Maxim Elramsisy | California Black Media California has started administering updated COVID-19 booster shots after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approved the use of new versions of boosters of the vaccine for people aged 12 and older. The Western State Scientific Safety Review Workgroup independently reviewed the boosters and recommended that they