Oregon's vaccine committee want people of color to be prioritized for shots 'to tackle structural racism in healthcare' Oregon's COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory Committee recommended Thursday that the next eligible group should be the state's 806,000 BIPOC people It also recommended people with underlying chronic conditions - about 1.8 million Oregonians - be next in line One committee member said people of color should come ahead of people with chronic conditions in order to tackle 'structural and systemic racism' This pits these groups ahead of some essential frontline workers and prisoners State lawmakers of color sent the committee a letter Monday saying essential workers should be prioritized instead