COVID-19 vaccines are in Oregon and more are on the way. What you need to know: Q&A
Updated Dec 19, 2020;
Posted Dec 18, 2020
Jessica Daniels, immunization program coordinator for Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, first-bumps Kelley Callais after Callais administered her COVID-19 vaccination shot on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (Dave Killen/The Oregonian)Dave Killen
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The arrival of the first COVID-19 vaccines in Oregon this week offers good reason to celebrate.
It appears this is the very beginning of the end of the pandemic. But there’s still so much hard work left to be done on the long road ahead.
There will be public education campaigns meant to address the worries of Oregonians reluctant to get vaccinated. There are scientific questions about how long immunity after vaccinations will last. And there are important decisions to be made about who will be vaccinated after healthcare workers and long-term care residents.
Oregon immunizes its first healthcare workers against COVID-19 Wednesday, 2 days after vaccines arrived
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
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Five healthcare workers at a North Portland hospital on Wednesday ceremonially were billed as the first people in Oregon to be injected with the new COVID-19 vaccine marking the beginning of a massive effort to inoculate at least 3 million Oregonians in the coming six to nine months.
“3 - 2 - 1 - GO!” said a spokesman at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center, as five medical workers sitting in a row of seats were simultaneously injected with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at 11:08 a.m.
Masked onlookers erupted in applause and cheers.