by Rich Smith • Feb 18, 2021 at 1:10 pm We got an update on this little freak's Washington travel plans. CDC At a press conference Thursday morning, Washington state health officials acknowledged the "still fairly high" daily coronavirus case counts statewide (nearly 314,000 confirmed cases and 4,759 deaths) but painted an optimistic portrait of the days ahead, albeit one complicated by winter storms that continue to slow vaccine deliveries and send Texas senators fleeing to Cancún. (Sorry, still cackling.) Sponsored • 90% of this week’s vaccine allocation will arrive late due to the snowstorms. Yesterday a spokesperson for the Centers for Disease Control said bad weather across the country would lead to "widespread delays in COVID-19 vaccine shipments and deliveries over the next few days," and they were not lying. WA DOH acting assistant secretary Michele Roberts said the department expects 200,000 doses to arrive late, adding that the Moderna vaccines hadn't yet shipped and the Pfizer vaccines "are limited." In response to delays, the state closed the mass vaccination site in Kennewick and started the process of rescheduling those who signed up for a jab in the Tri-Cities area over the weekend. Roberts said the DOH will launch "a push" to get all that vaccine distributed when it all finally arrives, and they "might open up lanes" at mass vaccination sites to achieve that end.