Oregon Health Authority holds media briefing with Dr. Dean Sidelinger, Sept. 17

Here are Dr. Sidelinger’s talking points, as well as a link to Thursday’s slides. Oregon Healthcare Workforce COVID-19 vaccine uptake: September update – The September update to the Oregon Healthcare Workforce COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Dashboard adds new data for all visualizations up to Sept. 5, 2021. It now includes three new license types: Psychologist at 93% vaccinated, Licensed Social Worker at 88% vaccinated and Licensed Dietitian at 80% vaccinated. All trend weeks have been updated with the most current information, which may have been previously missing due to the lag in data reporting. There has been an increase in overall vaccination rates for health care workers since the vaccine mandate was announced in early August.