Prospects for the president’s proposal are uncertain. Republicans decry its cost and argue that much of what the plan contains doesn't count as real infrastructure.
Apr 12, 2021
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Mardell Reed says she wasn’t sure she’d get the vaccine originally but she changed her mind “once we all started hearing from actual scientists rather than politicians.”Heide De Marco/Kaiser Health News
With limited computer skills and transportation, some of the elderly worry they are being sidelined in the race to grab appointments at vaccination sites.
Feb 23, 2021
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Glitchy websites, jammed phone lines and long lines outside vaccine clinics put the oldest Americans at a disadvantage./Lydia Zuraw/KHN Illustration
The first wave of vaccinations for health care workers in health care settings went comparatively smoothly but now elderly people are pitted against one another, competing on an unstable technological playing field for limited shots.
Feb 8, 2021
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Oregon Health & Science University is vaccinating people at PDX airport.
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Oregon needs to respond to new information about variants as most other states have, by adjusting the current priority to begin vaccinations for 65+ immediately.
Jan 26, 2021
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Gov. Kate Brown displaying a mask at a May 7, 2020 news conference.
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The governor’s Commission on Senior Services became the latest group to make an appeal, saying, “We implore you to reverse your latest decision immediately.”