Washington not yet weighing school COVID-19 vaccine mandate
By AP News Staff
SEATTLE - 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 the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in 12- to 15-year-olds.
The state’s secretary of health, Umair Shah, said Tuesday more than 370,000 Washington teens and adolescents are in this age group.
Teens ages 16 and up are already eligible.
Like the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the two other vaccines available here from Moderna and Johnson & Johnson were also streamlined by the FDA for emergency use in response to the public health crisis. Vaccines undergo rigorous review before they’re fully approved, but the FDA can allow use under so-called emergency use authorization in instances when vaccines meet certain criteria and there are no approved alternati
Here s what you might have missed on Slog today:
Chase and I discuss four unstreamable titles read if you want a tight ass like Mickey s or have any desire to watch Steven Soderbergh s early work.
Rich Smith watched King County Executive Dow Constantine s State of the County address so you don t have to.
Matt Baume gets horny over our city s sexy trees (and the Seattle Tree Walks app).
Dr. Anthony Fauci testified in front of the Senate s health, education, labor and pensions committee this morning: In his opening remarks, he offered some optimism regarding how close a return to normality is. He also fiercely clashed with the dimwit from Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul over a baseless claim that the National Institutes of Health helped fund a Wuhan lab blamed for creating the coronavirus. America :)
Preliminary investigation suggests Spokane health district administrator may have violated state law in ousting health officer
The report finds evidence Amelia Clark terminated Dr. Bob Lutz before he could be given a hearing and put the decision before the health district board. Author: Casey Decker Updated: 1:48 AM PDT May 12, 2021
SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. A preliminary investigation conducted at the behest of the Washington State Board of Health found evidence that Spokane Regional Health District Administrator Amelia Clark may have violated state law when she ousted former county health officer Dr. Bob Lutz in fall of 2020.
The findings are only the latest development in a months-long saga that began with a tumultuous press conference in October, culminated in a public meeting in which the SRHD board fired Lutz, and continued when Spokane citizens complained to the state board of health about Clark s conduct.
Credit Spokane Regional Health District
A preliminary Washington Board of Health investigation released Tuesday found that Spokane Regional Health District Administrator Amelia Clark likely violated state law when she removed Dr. Bob Lutz from his role as health officer.
Lutz was Spokane County’s health officer until October 29 of last year. He was removed from his post because of ongoing clashes with the administrator, Clark, and differences of opinion with some health board members.
The investigation was started after a complaint over Lutz’s firing was filed with the state board of health. The investigators reviewed emails, footage from a virtual press conference, press releases and interviewed most of the people involved.