To help ensure our hospitals and clinics remain as safe as possible for the long term, OHSU requires all members – employees and learners institution-wide – be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or receive an approved medical or religious exception. The deadline was set for Oct. 18, 2021.
The latest data on the delta variant of COVID-19 and its predicted impact on Oregon is dire. By Labor Day, OHSU predicts that the state will be short 400-500 needed staffed hospital beds.
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