Federal officials told Brown and Oregon Health Director Pat Allen that there had been a miscommunication.
Actually, no additional vaccine at all would be on its way. I thought I was losing my mind, Allen said, I went back and reviewed the actual C-SPAN video of Secretary Azar, and the words he used were releasing the entire supply. He talked about physical inventory. It was incredibly clear.
In response, Brown on Jan. 15 said the state would have to revise its priority list for the second time in one week.
The new rollout also underlined an already controversial decision by the governor to place teachers and staff above the elderly on the priority list.
January 12 2021
Recent changes in school COVID metrics have opened the door to Crook County School District offering full-time, in-person education for all grades
Recent relaxations by state government in school attendance guidelines has opened the door for grades 6-12 to join other students in attending school full time.
Crook County School District Superintendent Sara Johnson announced the possibility of going full time during the second semester, which begins Jan. 26, after the governor announced a change in school mandates in late December. State officials announced (recently) that they re relaxing statewide mandates and returning decision-making authority to local school boards and school districts, Johnson stated. The COVID-19 health metrics, which determine if schools can open, are now advisory instead of mandatory starting Jan. 1.
Brown calls out National Guard to help vaccination push
Efforts are underway to speed up the slow start to inoculate Oregonians against COVID-19.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is calling out the National Guard to help speed up the state s rocky start to vaccinating residents against the COVID-19 virus.
The troops will provide vaccination support at inoculation events beginning Tuesday, Brown said during a news briefing Friday, Jan. 8.
A clinic planned for this weekend in Salem hopes to vaccinate about 250 people per hour to buck up Oregon s slow start to inoculating the first groups against the virus. The first group eligible for the shots includes health care workers, first responders and residents in congregate living situations, such as nursing homes.