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Multnomah County Isn’t Sending Vaccine Clinics to Schools The opportunity is slipping away for health officials to reach teenagers who aren’t actively seeking a COVID-19 vaccination. Updated 5:30 AM One of the most diverse school districts in Oregon asked Multnomah County this month for a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at its high school and was rejected. David Douglas School District, which covers much of East Portland, sent 95 students via school bus to the vaccination clinic at the Oregon Convention Center on Friday, May 7, a week before vaccinations became available to kids between the ages of 12 and 15. (Portland Public Schools has also sent buses from its high schools.) But county officials turned down the request for a clinic at David Douglas High School.
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New COVID Cases Plunge 25% or More as Behavior Changes
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COVID-19 cases drop sharply nationally, likely from careful behavior not vaccines
Updated Jan 28, 2021;
Posted Jan 28, 2021
Experts say it’s too early to see improvement from the vaccine rollout that started with health care workers in late December. Also, we re nowhere near herd immunity, which would be 70% of the population having had the disease or been vaccinated. Brooke Herbert/The Oregonian
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By Christina Jewett, Kaiser Health News
A dozen states including Oregon are reporting drops of 25% or more in new COVID-19 cases and more than 1,200 counties have seen the same, federal data released Wednesday shows. Experts say the plunge may relate to growing fear of the virus after it reached record-high levels, as well as soaring hopes of getting vaccinated soon.