Latino groups rebuke state’s coronavirus vaccine drive, state stands chastened – oregonlive.com

by Ty Davison | Apr 16, 2021 | News & Commentary

Latino groups rebuke state’s coronavirus vaccine drive, state stands chastened – oregonlive.com:   So many things here: Latino advocacy groups fired a frank and emotional broadside at state health officials Thursday, claiming Oregon has all but ignored their...

Oregon can’t produce written evaluation of long-delayed COVID-19 exposure app

by Ty Davison | Mar 30, 2021 | News & Commentary

Oregon can’t produce written evaluation of long-delayed COVID-19 exposure app – oregonlive.com: The Oregon Health Authority cannot produce a written evaluation of a long-delayed phone application intended to slow COVID-19 by warning people about exposure...

Portland-area residents tried 400,000 times to book 3,400 COVID vaccine appointments

by Ty Davison | Feb 27, 2021 | News & Commentary

Portland-area residents tried 400,000 times to book 3,400 COVID vaccine appointments, prompting change to despised system – oregonlive.com: The electronic system for booking COVID-19 vaccinations in the Portland area reached its boiling point this week —...

Oregon Health Authority is in the ad business

by Ty Davison | Feb 26, 2021 | News & Commentary

“Social distancing ad depicting man thrown overboard pulled by Oregon Health Authority” isn’t a headline I expected to read today. But it’s the OHA, so anything is possible. I mean, you might think that the Oregon Health Authority would be a...

The secret to good vaccine rollout is keeping it simple

by Ty Davison | Feb 3, 2021 | News & Commentary

Some states are racing ahead of others with their covid vaccine rollouts. Their secret? Keeping it simple: Yet if there’s one thing the states moving most quickly have in common, it is that they have tried to bring at least some measure of order and simplicity...