Pool photo / Courtesy of UW Medicine
The initial deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines to Oregon, Washington state and Idaho are spoken for at least well into next month. High-risk health care workers, EMT/paramedics and nursing homes have top priority to get the vaccine jab. But then who?
Outgoing Washington Secretary of Health John Wiesman said many, many industry groups sent him emails to make their case. Likewise, the Oregon Health Authority reported getting lots of entreaties from industry, labor unions, interest groups and other entities. We feel torn, Wiesman said during a briefing last week. There is limited vaccine and we need to do the best decision making we can with the data we have and the values that are out there in terms of trying to share equitable access.
The first shipment of COVID vaccines arriving at the UW Medical Center in Seattle on December 14, 2020. Credit: Courtesy of UW Medicine
Teachers, grocery workers, prison guards, and oldest Americans may be next in line for Covid vaccine Dec 22, 2020
The initial deliveries of Covid-19 vaccines to Oregon, Washington state and Idaho are spoken for â at least well into next month. High-risk health care workers, EMT/paramedics and nursing homes have top priority to get the vaccine jab. But then who?
Outgoing Washington Secretary of Health John Wiesman said many, many industry groups sent him emails to make their case. Likewise, the Oregon Health Authority reported getting lots of entreaties from industry, labor unions, interest groups and other entities.