DOH plans to test wastewater in sewer systems, use 'equity' to ensure 'fair' healthcare, and pledges to work at "fighting misinformation" about COVID going forward.
Oregon, like WA, has its Labor and Industries 'operated' or overseen by OSHA (Feds). Oregon has already announced after the Supreme Court ruling, no vax or testing mandate for businesses.
The big issue here is the Board of Health wanting to add COVID-19 etc. to the list of existing viruses-diseases from which they can use WAC (Washington Administrative Code) to quarantine persons.
The Washington State Board of Health is considering a proposal to add COVID vaccines to the list of mandatory child vaccines required for, for example, school attendance.
Even though it’s been almost two years since the pandemic broke out, many people still don’t know how or where to get a free COVID-19 test. It might seem complicated to some, but it’s not, it’s really very simple and easy.