A10 The BulleTin • Monday, april 5, 2021
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TODAY
TUESDAY
TONIGHT
HIGH
55°
LOW
29°
Sunshine and patchy
clouds
Mainly clear
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
67°
34°
61°
28°
56°
27°
Mostly sunny and warmer
Mostly sunny and pleasant
Sunshine and some clouds
ALMANAC
SATURDAY
64°
28°
Partly sunny and nice
OREGON WEATHER
Bend Municipal Airport through 5 p.m. yest.
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday Normal
Record
63°
54° 82° in 2000
34°
29° 11° in 1955
High
Low
WEDNESDAY
PRECIPITATION
24 hours through 5 p.m. yesterday
0.00"
Record
0.24" in 1940
Month to date (normal)
0.00" (0.09")
Year to date (normal)
1.18" (3.44")
Barometric pressure at 4 p.m.
30.06"
SUN, MOON AND PLANETS
Rise/Set
Today
Tue.
Sun
6:39am/7:37pm 6:37am/7:38pm
Moon
4:00am/12:59pm 4:40am/2:07pm
Mercury 6:22am/6:23pm 6:22am/6:28pm
Venus
6:52am/7:48pm 6:50am/7:50pm
Mars
9:34am/1:10am 9:32am/1:09am
Jupiter
4:48am/3:02pm 4:44am/2:59pm
Saturn
4:15am/1:57pm 4:11am/1:54pm
Uranus
7:36am/9:36pm 7:32am/9:32pm
New
First
Full
Last
Apr 11
Apr 19
Apr 26
May 3
Tonight's sky: Orion, the Hunter, is fading
into the west before midnight.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
UV INDEX TODAY
10 a.m.
Noon
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
3
5
5
3
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index ™ number,
the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low,
3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme.
ROAD CONDITONS
For web cameras of our passes, go to
www.bendbulletin.com/webcams
I-84 at Cabbage Hill: Snow showers this
morning; storm total 2-4 inches.
US 20 at Santiam Pass: Sunshine and patchy
clouds today. Partly cloudy tonight.
US 26 at Gov't Camp: Sunshine and patchy
clouds today. Mainly clear tonight.
US 26 at Ochoco Divide: Partly sunny today
with a passing shower.
ORE 58 at Willamette Pass: Sunshine and
patchy clouds today. Clear to partly cloudy
tonight.
ORE 138 at Diamond Lake: Partly sunny and
cold today. Mainly clear tonight.
SKI REPORT
EAST: Skies will be
sunny Monday with
winds out of the north-
west at 5-15 mph.
Seaside
51/39
Cannon Beach
51/40
Hood
River
NATIONAL WEATHER
0s
10s
20s
30s
40s
50s
60s
70s
80s
90s
100s
110s
NATIONAL
EXTREMES
YESTERDAY (for the
T-storms
Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Rain
Showers
Snow
Flurries
Ice
Warm Front
Stationary Front
Cold Front
Source: OnTheSnow.com
Yesterday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec.
Abilene
68/56/0.00
Akron
68/43/0.00
Albany
57/26/0.00
Albuquerque
80/51/0.00
Anchorage
40/33/0.06
Atlanta
73/40/0.00
Atlantic City
66/45/0.00
Austin
75/47/Tr
Baltimore
72/39/0.00
Billings
77/41/0.00
Birmingham
74/39/0.00
Bismarck
77/31/0.00
Boise
73/47/0.00
Boston
62/33/0.00
Bridgeport, CT 62/33/0.00
Buffalo
56/37/0.00
Burlington, VT
54/28/0.00
Caribou, ME
40/21/0.22
Charleston, SC 74/37/0.00
Charlotte
76/36/0.00
Chattanooga
75/37/0.00
Cheyenne
75/38/0.00
Chicago
76/43/0.00
Cincinnati
74/45/0.00
Cleveland
61/39/0.00
Colorado Springs 79/45/0.00
Columbia, MO
80/48/0.00
Columbia, SC
75/35/0.00
Columbus, GA
73/37/0.00
Columbus, OH
73/38/0.00
Concord, NH
59/19/0.00
Corpus Christi
78/61/0.01
Dallas
75/59/0.00
Dayton
73/45/0.00
Denver
80/43/0.00
Des Moines
83/46/0.00
Detroit
68/38/0.00
Duluth
66/42/0.00
El Paso
87/52/0.00
Fairbanks
35/28/0.89
Fargo
71/35/0.00
Flagstaff
73/35/0.00
Grand Rapids
71/33/0.00
Green Bay
66/32/0.00
Greensboro
74/38/0.00
Harrisburg
72/41/Tr
Hartford, CT
61/25/0.00
Helena
72/36/0.00
Honolulu
78/69/0.21
Houston
76/50/0.00
Huntsville
73/40/0.00
Indianapolis
74/43/0.00
Jackson, MS
77/46/0.00
Jacksonville
73/41/0.00
Today
Tuesday
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
80/62/s
88/58/pc
66/52/t
75/57/pc
59/36/s
59/36/pc
82/51/pc
75/43/s
27/8/c
25/9/s
76/51/s
77/55/pc
63/47/s
61/47/pc
79/63/pc
84/66/c
71/49/s
70/50/pc
46/35/r
48/34/sn
77/51/s
78/57/pc
63/31/c
58/31/r
53/36/pc 63/39/pc
57/42/c
55/42/pc
62/43/s
60/42/pc
59/38/pc
64/45/c
55/36/s
55/38/c
42/37/sn 48/38/sn
79/51/s
82/54/pc
76/49/s
79/52/pc
77/48/s
78/53/pc
73/36/pc 48/33/pc
75/59/t
76/58/pc
74/53/s
74/56/pc
64/50/t
73/56/pc
80/47/pc 68/34/pc
77/59/pc 77/61/pc
79/49/s
82/52/s
77/48/s
79/53/s
74/53/s
76/56/pc
54/37/s
59/35/pc
78/68/pc 82/71/pc
79/62/c
81/66/pc
74/52/pc 76/56/pc
80/42/pc 56/35/pc
78/60/pc
72/60/t
64/46/t
74/54/pc
55/43/t
55/39/pc
91/61/s
88/59/s
11/-7/sf 13/-10/pc
73/34/t
61/40/c
69/38/s
64/28/s
69/53/t
72/57/c
69/55/sh
67/45/c
74/50/s
78/52/pc
70/46/pc 68/50/pc
62/41/s
63/40/pc
43/32/sh
58/32/c
79/68/c
79/67/pc
79/64/c
82/70/pc
75/50/s
76/56/pc
74/54/pc 75/56/pc
76/54/s
81/62/pc
77/49/s
81/52/s
Amsterdam
Athens
Auckland
Baghdad
Bangkok
Beijing
Beirut
Berlin
Bogota
Budapest
Buenos Aires
Cabo San Lucas
Cairo
Calgary
Cancun
Dublin
Edinburgh
Geneva
Harare
Hong Kong
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Johannesburg
Lima
Lisbon
London
Madrid
Manila
42/34/sn
67/55/pc
72/63/c
83/57/s
90/78/t
65/47/c
72/64/s
43/30/sn
66/51/t
59/35/pc
78/70/s
83/67/s
88/61/s
56/31/s
80/74/pc
42/29/c
44/28/sf
61/31/r
82/58/pc
78/72/s
49/45/sh
75/62/s
79/56/s
77/67/pc
72/51/s
44/31/pc
71/40/s
95/80/pc
47/41/Tr
70/55/0.00
68/57/0.00
79/53/0.00
91/82/0.18
69/37/0.00
65/55/0.00
51/29/0.00
68/55/0.02
52/34/0.01
73/68/0.04
93/64/0.00
79/57/0.00
43/27/0.13
82/73/0.02
55/32/0.02
51/39/0.08
57/39/0.00
80/57/0.00
81/76/0.00
57/54/0.31
66/40/0.00
74/54/0.00
83/69/0.00
72/54/0.00
59/36/0.00
70/39/0.00
93/77/0.01
Vaccines
The mean BMI of an American man or
woman is almost 30 — with the average 5-foot-9
man weighing about 200 pounds and average
5-foot-4 woman weighing about 171 pounds,
according to the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
Given the governor’s Friday announcement,
people age 45 and older with any of the above
newly listed conditions are immediately eligi-
ble for vaccinations, too. Pregnant people age 16
and older also are eligible now.
Who else is eligible by Monday?
Which jobs fit the definition of “frontline”?
Oregon is adopting the job categories set forth
by the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion. To put it simply, the list is huge.
It includes people who work in grocery and
retail stores, restaurants, vocational and trade
schools, universities, community colleges, real
estate, hotels, construction including contrac-
tors, energy extraction and delivery, gas stations,
public transit, the U.S. Postal Service, beverage
manufacturing, banking, child protective ser-
vices, public health, news media, government,
members of the Oregon Legislature and court
staff as well as judges and attorneys. The list
even includes people who make paper and card-
board, install cabinets or countertops or rent or
repair cars.
A full list is available at www.cdc.gov/vaccines/
covid-19/categories-essential-workers.html.
The one caveat is that Oregon officials say
frontline workers are only eligible if they can’t do
their jobs unless they get within six feet of some-
one outside their households for more than 15
minutes.
State officials are trying to avoid a repeat of
December and January, when they didn’t explic-
itly say that people who can work entirely from
home shouldn’t get vaccinated. Back then, an
untold number of Oregonians with jobs in the
healthcare industry and who worked entirely
from home got vaccinated — including admin-
istrators, accountants and IT specialists. That
drew a fair amount of public criticism.
Why should I get vaccinated?
Oregon cases appear headed toward a fourth
COVID-19 surge, with cases rising 42% in the
10 days leading up to this past Friday. The gov-
City
Juneau
Kansas City
Lansing
Las Vegas
Lexington
Lincoln
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Louisville
Madison, WI
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Newark, NJ
Norfolk, VA
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Orlando
Palm Springs
Peoria
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Richmond
Rochester, NY
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Fe
Savannah
Seattle
Sioux Falls
Spokane
Springfi eld, MO
Tampa
Tucson
Tulsa
Washington, DC
Wichita
Yakima
Yuma
Yesterday
Hi/Lo/Prec.
39/34/0.16
82/48/0.00
69/33/0.00
91/62/0.00
70/41/0.00
89/47/0.00
75/41/0.00
76/52/0.00
77/43/0.00
75/34/0.00
73/44/0.00
77/67/0.00
71/41/0.00
77/46/0.00
75/39/0.00
75/53/0.00
65/45/0.00
67/42/Tr
75/39/0.00
73/46/0.00
88/47/0.00
75/52/0.00
99/62/0.00
77/44/0.00
69/45/Tr
98/67/0.00
67/42/0.00
58/23/0.00
61/29/0.00
74/36/0.00
80/37/0.00
77/41/0.00
76/35/0.00
56/31/0.00
67/43/0.00
80/52/0.00
79/54/0.00
75/57/0.06
73/56/0.00
62/53/0.00
63/50/0.00
79/39/0.00
73/37/0.00
52/44/0.04
84/48/0.00
54/44/0.09
75/44/0.00
75/55/0.00
96/59/0.00
77/51/0.00
72/44/0.00
77/48/0.00
61/41/0.00
98/65/0.00
Today
Hi/Lo/W
40/33/c
80/61/pc
67/51/t
90/60/s
72/50/s
82/59/s
75/56/pc
73/55/pc
77/54/s
73/58/t
74/58/s
78/63/pc
70/57/t
81/53/t
77/53/s
77/62/pc
66/45/s
67/44/s
71/56/s
77/59/s
82/58/pc
78/53/s
96/65/pc
78/57/c
68/46/s
96/68/s
65/49/pc
49/40/c
60/42/s
76/51/s
71/36/s
66/35/pc
74/51/s
56/32/pc
70/44/pc
80/60/pc
72/40/pc
79/64/pc
67/57/pc
61/49/pc
66/44/pc
79/42/s
79/50/s
56/38/s
84/48/s
56/33/pc
73/57/pc
78/60/s
93/60/s
79/63/s
72/53/s
79/60/pc
65/33/s
99/63/s
Tuesday
Hi/Lo/W
38/29/sn
77/61/c
76/56/c
79/58/s
72/54/pc
74/54/t
77/63/pc
73/54/pc
77/58/pc
70/55/c
79/64/pc
80/64/s
69/51/c
65/52/c
78/57/pc
78/67/sh
65/46/pc
67/47/pc
67/52/pc
77/55/pc
74/58/t
82/56/s
92/65/pc
76/59/pc
68/48/pc
90/61/s
72/55/pc
54/40/pc
58/42/pc
79/54/pc
43/32/sn
68/38/s
75/52/pc
58/41/pc
74/45/pc
81/63/pc
50/39/c
87/67/c
69/56/pc
62/50/pc
67/45/pc
72/34/s
83/54/s
58/41/pc
60/47/r
60/39/pc
75/61/pc
80/60/s
87/56/pc
75/60/c
69/54/pc
76/49/pc
69/39/s
92/59/pc
42/35/c
69/54/pc
73/59/pc
90/60/s
91/78/t
70/45/s
81/66/s
43/30/sn
65/50/c
47/28/sh
78/70/s
81/64/s
92/67/s
59/32/s
83/75/pc
43/30/sn
41/27/sf
45/28/sn
81/55/pc
80/72/s
65/52/pc
82/60/s
76/55/t
76/67/pc
73/51/s
44/30/c
73/39/s
95/79/s
Mecca
Mexico City
Montreal
Moscow
Nairobi
Nassau
New Delhi
Osaka
Oslo
Ottawa
Paris
Rio de Janeiro
Rome
Santiago
Sao Paulo
Sapporo
Seoul
Shanghai
Singapore
Stockholm
Sydney
Taipei City
Tel Aviv
Tokyo
Toronto
Vancouver
Vienna
Warsaw
96/72/0.00
75/44/0.00
55/34/0.00
41/32/0.00
77/60/0.10
73/65/0.02
97/66/0.00
67/61/0.96
48/28/0.14
55/32/0.00
55/37/0.00
84/73/0.04
68/50/0.00
66/52/0.00
75/63/0.00
47/39/0.08
61/50/0.00
62/46/0.00
85/77/0.24
54/34/0.02
84/67/0.00
66/64/0.00
71/49/0.00
70/54/0.92
59/29/0.00
50/41/0.04
48/37/0.00
48/30/0.00
98/71/pc
75/51/t
55/35/pc
47/38/pc
78/62/t
77/65/pc
100/72/pc
59/46/pc
45/33/sn
54/31/s
50/30/c
81/72/pc
60/48/s
73/49/pc
76/62/pc
50/32/s
63/43/s
63/51/s
87/76/t
41/31/sn
78/68/pc
68/59/pc
78/65/s
64/46/r
55/37/pc
51/38/s
63/32/pc
54/28/r
102/71/s
74/52/t
55/38/pc
50/40/c
76/62/r
78/67/s
101/74/pc
64/46/pc
45/32/pc
57/37/s
45/30/sh
81/71/pc
65/38/sh
76/49/s
75/62/t
49/34/s
65/42/pc
66/51/pc
89/77/t
46/32/sn
77/67/pc
75/64/s
89/63/s
57/48/pc
56/42/c
51/42/c
44/31/sn
43/29/sn
Britain eyes testing COVID-19
passports at mass gatherings
Continued from A1
People in multigenerational households,
which state officials define as at least three gen-
erations such as children, parents and grand-
parents living together. State officials also define
multigenerational households as a relative living
with and caring for someone who is not their
child, such as a niece, nephew or grandchild.
Frontline workers also are getting the official
OK to get the shot. The governor announced
Friday that anyone 16 or older living in the
households of frontline workers will be eligible
to get vaccinated, as well.
Sunny
INTERNATIONAL
48 contiguous states)
National high: 103°
at Ocotillo Wells, CA
National low: 10°
at Clayton Lake, ME
Precipitation: 0.16"
at Junction, TX
In inches as of 5 p.m. yesterday
Ski resort
New snow
Base
Anthony Lakes Mtn
0
80-80
Hoodoo Ski Area
0
0-95
Mt. Ashland
0
53-70
Mt. Bachelor
0
100-115
Mt. Hood Meadows
0
148-212
Mt. Hood Ski Bowl
0
68-93
Timberline Lodge
0
0-189
Willamette Pass
0
0-45
Aspen / Snowmass, CO
0
52-73
Mammoth Mtn. Ski, CA
0
60-95
Squaw Valley, CA
0
0-111
Park City Mountain, UT
0
53-58
Sun Valley, ID
0
45-72
Rain or snow showers
possible in the a.m.
NATIONAL
Yesterday
Today
Tuesday
Yesterday
Today
Tuesday
Yesterday
Today
Tuesday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Astoria
51/46/0.00 52/38/s 52/41/pc
La Grande
62/36/0.00 49/28/sf 64/33/pc
Portland
59/48/0.00 61/37/s 63/41/pc
Baker City
65/34/0.00 51/25/c 65/29/pc
La Pine
61/23/0.00 52/23/s 64/30/s
Prineville
61/25/0.00 58/25/pc 64/31/s
Brookings
54/47/Tr
60/41/pc 56/41/pc
Medford
68/41/0.00 65/36/pc 71/41/s
Redmond
64/29/0.00 56/24/pc 69/30/s
Burns
69/25/0.00 51/20/sh 64/26/pc
Newport
50/37/0.00 51/35/s 51/39/pc
Roseburg
66/41/0.00 62/33/pc 67/39/pc
Eugene
61/38/0.00 59/33/s 62/37/pc
North Bend
54/47/Tr
54/38/pc 54/41/pc
Salem
60/40/0.00 59/33/s 62/36/pc
Sisters
58/25/0.00 57/27/s 68/35/s
Klamath Falls
67/22/0.00 57/23/pc 67/29/s
Ontario
76/45/0.00 57/35/c 67/34/pc
The Dalles
62/44/0.00 63/37/s 68/40/s
Lakeview
68/24/0.00 53/20/pc 63/28/s
Pendleton
63/39/0.00 58/36/pc 67/41/pc
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, Tr-trace, Yesterday data as of 5 p.m. yesterday
-0s
60°
24°
TRAVEL WEATHER
Umatilla
65/38
Rufus
Hermiston
60/38
64/39
63/38
Arlington
Hillsboro Portland
Meacham Lostine
64/37
61/32 61/37
48/25
Wasco
46/26 Enterprise
Pendleton
The Dalles
CENTRAL: There will
Tillamook
43/25
59/35
58/36
Sandy
63/37
McMinnville
53/36
be plenty of sunshine
Joseph
Heppner
La
Grande
59/35
Maupin
Government
63/34
Monday with winds
49/28
43/25
Camp
59/34 Condon 54/35
Union
Lincoln City
out of the north at
53/31
48/28
50/26
Salem
52/39
Spray
10-20 mph.
Granite
Warm Springs
59/33
Madras
57/27
Albany
43/23
Newport
Baker City
60/27
60/28
Mitchell
51/35
58/31
51/25
WEST: There will be
Camp Sherman
51/30
Redmond
Corvallis
John
Yachats
Unity
plenty of sunshine
57/27
56/24
56/33
Day
Prineville
51/38
50/27
Monday with winds
Ontario
Sisters
58/25
Paulina
50/27
57/35
out of the north at
Florence
Eugene 57/27
Bend Brothers 50/23
Vale
5-10 mph.
53/38
59/33
55/29
48/22
Sunriver
58/36
Nyssa
53/25
Hampton
Cottage
La Pine
57/38
Juntura
Oakridge
Grove
52/23
49/22
OREGON EXTREMES Coos Bay
Burns
55/28
57/32
60/33
Fort
Rock
54/36
51/20
Riley
YESTERDAY
Crescent
53/20
51/22
High: 77°
52/23
Bandon
Roseburg
Christmas Valley
Jordan Valley
at Rome
Beaver
Frenchglen
Silver
54/39
62/33
51/21
45/25
Low: 22°
Marsh
Lake
49/25
Port Orford
52/21
53/22
at Klamath Falls
Grants
Burns Junction
Paisley
55/42
Pass
49/25
Chiloquin
53/24
67/35
Rome
Medford
57/26
Gold Beach
65/36
51/25
56/44
Klamath
Fields
Ashland
McDermitt
Lakeview
Falls
Brookings
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Medical professionals from Oregon Health & Science University load syringes with the Moderna COVID-19
vaccine at a drive-thru vaccination clinic in Portland in January.
ernor on Friday pleaded with residents to do
their part by getting inoculated as soon as they
are eligible — stating that Oregon is in a neck-
and-neck race between the vaccines and the
variants.
Some experts estimate 70% to 90% of Amer-
icans need to be vaccinated in order to reach
herd immunity, the point that the virus has so
much trouble finding hosts to spread that it dies
off.
But 18% of Oregonians — or 766,000 people
— are younger than 16, making them ineligible
to receive any of the vaccines until more studies
about their safety and efficacy on children are
complete.
That means we need every or nearly every
Oregonian who’s eligible to get vaccinated to do
so in order to achieve herd immunity. A recent
study on vaccine hesitancy outlined the chal-
lenge: Only 62% of American adults said they’re
sure they want to get vaccinated or already have
been.
The longer it takes society to reach herd im-
munity, the more chances the virus has to repli-
cate to forms that are more contagious, resist the
current vaccines or are deadlier. That especially
puts people who can’t get vaccinated or haven’t
yet gotten vaccinated — including children with
serious conditions — at greater risk.
When can I schedule my appointment?
David Baden, chief financial officer of the Or-
egon Health Authority, told The Oregonian that
residents in Group 7 are free to start scheduling
ahead of time for vaccination dates that fall on
Monday or later.
The same holds true for May 1, Baden con-
firmed: Oregonians who become eligible in the
last wave of the rollout can start booking ap-
pointments before May 1 — as long as their ac-
tual vaccination dates are May 1 or later.
State officials say even though some websites,
such as those for pharmacies or some mass vac-
cination clinics say people aren’t eligible to sign
up ahead of time, they actually are.
Britain is planning to test a series of measures
including “coronavirus status certifications” over
the coming weeks to see if they can allow people
to safely return to mass gatherings at sports are-
nas, nightclubs and concerts.
People attending a range of events this month
and in May, including a club night and key FA Cup
soccer matches, will need to be tested both before
and after. The trials will also gather evidence on
how ventilation and different approaches to social
distancing could enable large events to go ahead.
Officials are also developing plans to test out
COVID-19 passports that are expected to show
if a person has received a vaccine, has recently
tested negative for the virus, or has some immu-
nity due to having had coronavirus in the previ-
ous six months.
The issue of vaccine passports has been a
hotly debated topic around the world, including
in the United States and Israel. The question is
how much governments, employers, venues and
other places have a right to know about a per-
son’s virus status.
Some critics also say such vaccine passports
will enable discrimination against poor people
and impoverished nations that do not have ready
access to vaccines.
Authorities in Britain have said the passes
could involve the use of an app or paper certifi-
cates for those who don’t have access to the dig-
ital option.
— Associated Press
How do I schedule an appointment?
You have several options, including:
• Register at getvaccinated.oregon.gov, which
will enter you into a lottery.
• Go to vaccinefinder.org, which will pro-
vide links to pharmacies with available appoint-
ments.
• Visit covidvaccine.oregon.gov and click on
“Vaccine Information by County” to learn if you
can book appointments. The state fairgrounds, for
one, is vaccinating thousands of Oregonians each
week regardless of their counties of residence.
Which vaccine will I get?
Sites across Oregon are administering doses of
Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen
vaccines. Many websites tell you which vaccine
they’re offering before you schedule.
Medical experts say all three vaccines are
good choices.
Researchers who studied the real-world pro-
tection offered by the two-dose regimens of the
Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have found them
to be 90% effective — similar to 94% to 95%
found in clinical trials.
A trial estimated the efficacy of Johnson &
Johnson’s Janssen vaccine, which requires only
one dose, at 72% in the United States, 64% in
South Africa and about 66% overall. But experts
say the vaccine can’t be directly compared with
the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines because their
trials were held at a time when the South Afri-
can variant played no role in the United States.
How hard is it to get an appointment?
Although state officials say they can’t provide
an exact estimate, it’s safe to say hundreds of
thousands of Oregonians will become eligible
no later than Monday as part of Group 7. So it’s
wise to prepare yourself for the possibility that
you might not get an appointment right away.
But there are indicators that demand might not
be as high as it was in February and early March,
when seniors 65 and older became eligible.
One day last week, a surprising 22 hours
passed before a batch of freshly released ap-
pointments at OHSU’s drive-thru sites were re-
served. That compares to the 10 minutes it took
for appointments to vanish when seniors first
became eligible.
Another example: Just one day after Group
6 — which includes people 45 to 64 with under-
lying conditions and some frontline workers —
became eligible, the Oregon Convention Center
already was inviting people in Group 7 to start
booking appointments for dates after Monday.
State officials said that appears to be because
demand in Group 6 had already been met.
Baden, who is overseeing the vaccine rollout
for the Oregon Health Authority, said these ex-
amples might be indicators that younger, gen-
erally healthier people feel less urgency to get
vaccinated.
“I think seniors’ appetite for going and find-
ing that vaccine,” Baden said, “was very, very
strong.”