An Introduction to the COVID-19 Vaccine

An Introduction to the COVID-19 Vaccine

COVID-19 rages on in Oregon and across the nation. We are all tired of being careful, having to think and rethink every basic routine. Adapting to new realities and understanding of how we stand to contract and spread this disease. Please, give yourself a pat on the back for how compliant and diligent you have been. But keep in mind that our risk of overrunning our hospitals, killing our front-line medical workers, and harming the people we love is as high as it has ever been. The same protective measures we are all so familiar with are still our best--do not gather indoors with people outside your household, wear a mask when you leave the house, and wash your hands. We cannot afford to let our guard down, for the safety of what matters most.

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Q&A with OHA: Oregon's Public Health Conversation

Q&A with OHA: Oregon's Public Health Conversation

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has been spearheading dozens of efforts to quell the COVID-19 pandemic--massive data collection, testing expansion, policy changes, guidance development, standing up the field of contact tracing, research into emerging medical evidence from here and around the world, and so much more. In addition to that work, they have created regular ways to communicate this work with various communities in Oregon. As part of the community service array in Oregon, OSSA has been joining the weekly Community Partner information calls that OHA has hosted. We have also joined a few of the media conferences hosted by OHA for media questions and answers. Today we'll share some of the interesting discussions we've heard regarding COVID-19 in Oregon.

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