Oregon may have enough vaccines by April 21 for all willing adults

Those still waiting for a COVID-19 vaccine have brought good news over the past two weeks.

First, on February 26, Governor Kate Brown announced that by July 1, every Oregonian would be eligible for a vaccine. On March 2, President Joe Biden announces that by the end he will have enough doses for every adult in the country. of May.

But there’s another date the Oregon health authority has been quieter about: April 21st.

This is when the state expects to have enough doses on hand for 70% of adult Oregonians to receive their first dose. (The projection assumes that the current projections for supply are constant.)

Since a significant portion of Oregonians are hesitant or inconsistent in receiving a vaccine, this may mean that anyone interested should be able to find approximately one dose.

‘Based on the current federal forecasts of vaccines received, we should actually be in a place on April 21 where we would receive enough vaccines to hit 70% of the adult population, and as the president said yesterday towards the end of May said, 100% of the the adult population, “the director of Oregon’s health authority, Patrick Allen, told the Oregon subcommittee on COVID-19 on March 3.” We think this is a fairly reliable prediction of where we should be. “