By Kathi O Shea May 12, 2021 10:09 am
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) The board that oversees vaccine policies in Washington says it won’t consider a requirement for COVID-19 vaccines in schoolchildren until a vaccine is fully approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
On Monday, the agency signed off on emergency use of the Pfizer vaccine in 12- to 15-year-olds.
The Seattle Times reports that more than 370,000 teens and adolescents are in this age group.
The Washington State Board of Health say they won’t consider adding it to the list of required immunizations until it gets formal approval.
Washington not yet weighing school COVID vaccine mandate
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A second grade student wears a mask while reading a book during Freedom School, a six-week summer academic enrichment program for Marin County students held at Bayside Martin Luther King Jr. Academy in Marin City, Calif. Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Jessica Christian / The Chronicle
SEATTLE (AP) Authorities say schools in Washington state won’t consider a requirement to mandate COVID-19 vaccines in schoolchildren until a vaccine is fully approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The FDA on Monday signed off on emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in 12- to 15-year-olds.
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Lentz is a member of the Clark County Board of Health as the county council serves and functions as the county’s board of health
VANCOUVER – Washington State Governor Jay Inslee last month appointed Clark County Councilor Temple Lentz to the Washington State Board of Health. Councilor Lentz fills the position of an elected official who represents state counties and is a member of a local board of health.
Clark County Councilor Temple Lentz (center) is shown here with Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle and Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler during a recent visit to the Tower Mall vaccination site. File Photo
McKinney Nominated for State Board of Health
Yakima and Eastern Washington remains under phase 1 of the state s reopening plan. The Yakima County Commissioners continue to push Governor Jay Inslee to open up Eastern and Central Washington in phase 2. As that work continues Yakima County may soon have a voice on the Washington State Board of Health. The Board of Directors of the Washington State Association of Counties has formally nominated Yakima County Commissioner Amanda McKinney on behalf of Washington State Association of Counties for consideration and appointment to the State Board of Health. Local officials say having a voice on the Washington State Board of Health could help the area open up more because McKinney could explain and possibly help the board understand the unique circumstances facing Eastern and Central Washington State.
SPR s Doug Nadvornick talks with Dr. Bob Lutz.
Dr. Bob Lutz will soon begin a new public health role. The former Spokane County Health Officer will assume a Covid-related job with the Washington Department of Health.
Doug Nadvornick recently talked with him.
Bob Lutz is going to the Washington state Health Department at an interesting time. The week of Christmas, state Health Officer Kathy Lofy is leaving her position. Then, on January 10, Health Secretary John Wiesman will move on, to be replaced by Umair Shah, the top public health official in Houston.
A few weeks ago, after he was fired by the Spokane County health board, Lutz says one of the department’s deputy secretaries reached out to him.