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Stuck in a snowstorm, Oregon health officials go car to car to ensure vaccine doses aren't wasted

Stuck in a snowstorm, Oregon health officials go car to car to ensure vaccine doses aren't wasted

FromBeat Check with The Oregonian


Stuck in a snowstorm, Oregon health officials go car to car to ensure vaccine doses aren't wasted

FromBeat Check with The Oregonian

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Length:
13 minutes
Released:
Jan 28, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Public health officials in Josephine County were headed home from a vaccine clinic in Cave Junction as a snowstorm hit Tuesday. A jackknifed semi blocked their way home, and six doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were about to expire. Up next, reporter Noelle Crombie talks to Mike Weber, Josephine County’s public health director, about the fateful trip and how staff administered the six doses to lucky travelers caught in the traffic jam.
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Released:
Jan 28, 2021
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Podcast episode

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A weekly look inside Oregon's biggest news stories with the journalists at The Oregonian/OregonLive.com.