Latino groups rebuke state’s coronavirus vaccine drive, state stands chastened
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Latino advocacy groups fired a frank and emotional broadside at state health officials Thursday, claiming Oregon has all but ignored their pleas to ensure more Latinos get vaccinated against the coronavirus.
While short on quantifiable requests for funds, vaccine doses or clinics, the speakers at a news conference organized by the Latino Network displayed a sense of urgency, citing disheartening statistics and warning of the impending doom riding in on the coronavirus pandemic’s fourth wave.
They pointed blame
in one principal direction: at the state and its alleged failure to work with and sufficiently fund the groups most in touch with the Latino community.
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