Oregon may have enough vaccinations for all adults by April 21

For those still waiting for the COVID-19 vaccine, the past two weeks have brought good news.

First, on February 26, Governor Kate Brown announced that all Oregon residents would be eligible for a vaccine by July 1. Then, on March 2, President Joe Biden announced that he hoped to have enough doses for all adults in the country by the end of May.

But there is another date on which the Oregon Health Authority has been quieter: April 21.

That’s when the state expects to have enough doses for 70% of Oregon’s adult inhabitants to receive their first dose. (The projection assumes that current projections for supply will remain stable.)

With a significant portion of Oregon’s inhabitants hesitating or totally opposed to vaccination, it could mean that all concerned should be able to find a dose around that date.

“Based on current federal vaccine forecasts received, we should be at a location on April 21, where we would have received enough vaccines to reach 70% of the adult population and as the President said yesterday at the end of May 100% of the adult population “Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen told the Oregon House Subcommittee on Covid-19 on March 3.” We think this is a reasonably reliable prediction of where we should be. “