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Pulling For 'Moderate Risk' In Jackson County: COVID Q&A

Communicable disease supervisor Jill Johnson draws out doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Deschutes County Public Health Department in Bend, Ore., Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021.
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Communicable disease supervisor Jill Johnson draws out doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Deschutes County Public Health Department in Bend, Ore., Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021.

Jackson County stayed in the "high risk" category in Oregon's rankings of COVID-19 management.

It's not a glowing status, perhaps, but still better than "extreme risk," which the county was in danger of sliding back into. Vaccines continue to go out as case reports continue to come in in smaller numbers.

Dr. Jim Shames is the Medical Director at Jackson County Health and Human Services. He visits once a week to catch us up on COVID-19 issues and current concerns. Ask your question at 800-838-3760 or JX@jeffnet.org.

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