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Katia Riddle/Katia Riddle toggle caption Katia Riddle/Katia Riddle Linn County Emergency Manager Neva Anderson and her husband, Erik Anderson, say they ve never wasted a shot, but it s getting harder to find people who want a COVID-19 vaccination. Katia Riddle/Katia Riddle In Linn County, Ore., public health officials have worked tirelessly to build an efficient mass vaccination clinic at the County Fairgrounds. They have the ability to vaccinate eight people per minute, thousands each day. Hundreds of volunteers work there. Some drive hours in order help direct the flow of traffic or give shots. One retired doctor even road-tripped from San Francisco to work his shift. ....
Many counties in Oregon have a team of organizers that have overseen their vaccination campaigns and other areas of response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In Linn County, much of it has come down to one tireless employee and a rotation of medical volunteers. The employee s name is Neva Anderson, and between working 12-to-16-hour days and trying to keep up with the ever-changing landscape of pandemic response, sheâs managed to oversee efforts that have led to about 42,000 people being vaccinated in Linn County (at the time of writing this story). During the earliest months of the pandemic, Anderson also oversaw the early efforts to get masks and other personal protective equipment to those who need it most â coordinating with schools, hospitals and assisted living facilities to deliver PPE to at-risk locals. ....
Rural residents of Linn County and other folks who may not be able to make it to the mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Albany are still getting shots thanks to the mobile vaccination van thatâs been rolling for weeks. The van, a Mercedes Sprinter bought this year for $100,000 with federal CARES Act funds, has been driving to various locations around Linn County since March 5. The Linn County Board of Commissioners last week approved $35,000 to resupply it with medical equipment. The van was parked at Albany Helping Hands on Wednesday, doling out Johnson & Johnson vaccines to unhoused individuals. Mar.29 Julia Cheek, founder and CEO of EverlyWell Inc, discusses the importance of maintaining a wide-scale Covid-19 testing level in the U.S. to contain and track the disease despite the ongoing mass vaccination efforts. The provider of home testing kits is said to be valued at $2.9 billion after making its first two acquisitions. Cheek speaks to Emily Chang on Blo ....
North Albany resident Karen Fitzgerald had many rewarding moments during her 42 years as a registered nurse, serving communities from New Hampshire to Oregon. But Fitzgerald says her volunteer work at the Linn County Public Health Departmentâs COVID-19 vaccination clinics the last two months has been extremely gratifying. âI just want to help,â Fitzgerald said. âI love it. Everyone is so grateful they can get immunized. It really makes people happy, and they frequently thank the volunteers.â Fitzgerald retired in 2019 and signed up with the State Emergency Registry of Volunteers (serv-or.org) this January. Thursday morning Fitzgerald was one of more than 50 volunteers assisting with a clinic at the Linn County Fair & Expo Center, one of four clinics held during the week. Her job for the day was filling syringes with vaccine doses. ....
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