Clatsop County expects to start using a new shipment of six hundred doses of COVID-19 vaccine today. For the first time, some seniors—outside of those in congregate care facilities—will be eligible. KMUN’s Jacob Lewin reports. Two hundred county residents over the age of 80 are expected to get the vaccines this week—one hundred today in Seaside and one hundred Thursday in Astoria. The state had recommended prioritizing based on underlying conditions, but Vaccine Task Force head Chris Laman says almost all of those over 80 who completed a county survey have underlying conditions and so it will be oldest first. “We at...
