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The Oregon Medical Board has reached a temporary agreement with Dr. Paul Thomas as an investigation proceeds.
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A state report says the facilities had a staff vaccination rate of 62% in May and that 84% of long-term care residents were inoculated.
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But the state may hit the target within a week, which would trigger a broad statewide lift of COVID-19 restrictions.
Jackson County will move down to moderate risk, with Polk County set to move to lower risk in the governor’s COVID-19 framework.
Although masks do provide some protection to the wearer, they are much better at preventing someone from spreading disease than they are at preventing someone from contracting it.
State officials still expect Oregon to reach a 70% vaccination rate for adults by the end of June.
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The state has enough supplies of Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson doses to last about 80 days at current vaccination pace.
“I was naive, certainly, in assuming that this was actually a documentary, which I would say it is not. I think that it is an advocacy piece for anti-vaxxers,” said medical historian Naomi Rogers.
The Biden administration is encouraging Oregon and other states to hold on to hundreds of thousands of soon-to-expire COVID vaccine doses from Johnson & Johnson.
Lane, Coos, and Wasco counties move to lower risk in Oregon’s COVID-19 framework but Harney County slips in its ranking.
