Nearly 200 Bend Senior HS students receive COVID-19 vaccines at first clinic, despite protests by opponents
(Update: Adding video, comments)
One critic says vaccine is sterilization
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) Early Thursday morning, a group of about 50 protesters gathered outside Bend Senior High School to voice their concerns at the first of several COVID-19 vaccination clinics being held at high schools around Central Oregon. But nearly 200 students received the shots anyway, officials said.
Starting Thursday, youth 16 and older, which is considered one of the fastest-growing COVID-19 positive age groups in the state, will be able to receive their vaccine for free.
(Update: Adding video, superintendent, school board comments) We have a lot of kids at home right now
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) The Bend-La Pine School Board met Tuesday night to discuss the status of school reopening and reflected many of the questions and tension seen across the community as COVID-19 case numbers rise and Deschutes County returns to the Extreme Risk category..
Interim Superintendent Lora Nordquist addressed the issue with the board. I mean my feeling is, if our case counts don t start going down fairly soon, we might need to look at a Plan B, Nordquist said. I m not quite sure what that is, but we have a lot of kids at home right now.
St. Charles says it has enough supply to vaccinate educators and seniors Deschutes County and St. Charles Health System vaccinated more than 3,000 K-12 educators and school staff at the new vaccination clinic at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center over the Jan. 23-24 weekend, Lisa Goodman, public information and government affairs officer for St. Charles told the
Source via email. This seems to have exceeded expectations. The large-scale clinic sought to vaccinate about 2,500 teachers, according to a press release from Deschutes County Jan. 21. People in Central Oregon age 75 and older are now also eligible to receive vaccines at the clinic, the County announced Jan. 25.
OHA officials did not say when those under 80 would begin receiving vaccines. However, Allen did point out that there’s cross-over between the most vulnerable seniors 65 and older and those already prioritized in “Priority Group 1A,” like seniors living in long-term care and assisted-living facilities.
The plan to vaccinate local teachers Bend-La Pine Schools will work with St. Charles Health System to provide vaccination to the district’s approximately 2,200 teachers and staff. Staff register through an app already in use by the district, Julianne Repman, director of communication and safety for BLPS, said via email. The district started using the tool to register teachers who already qualified under “Priority Group 1A,” like those who work with students in life skills and special education classrooms and those who provide critical medical care to students and staff.