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The Skanner News - As Vaccine Rates in Black Community Stall, County and Faith Leaders Team Up


As Vaccine Rates in Black Community Stall, County and Faith Leaders Team Up
Published: 27 July 2021
As the state reopens, public health officials and Black leaders are ramping up efforts to remind the BIPOC community that the pandemic is far from over, especially for them.
Interim Health Department Director at Multnomah County Ebony Clarke “In Oregon, only 74% of all adults over the age of 18 have received one dose of the vaccine,” Multnomah County Interim Health Department Director Ebony Clarke told
The Skanner. “When you break that down to the Black and indigenous communities, less than 50% of adults have received one dose of the vaccine. ....

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As the state moves to reopen, Oregonians are starting to see a light at the end of the pandemic tunnel filled with summer barbecues and breezy, bustling happy hours—at least, for vaccinated, and mostly white, Oregonians. The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) predicts that 70 percent of adult Oregonians will have at least one shot of the COVID-19 vaccine by June 21, at which time almost all statewide mask, social distancing, and building capacity limit requirements. ....

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