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Gov. Inslee has steadfastly refused to rehire workers fired over refusal to get the COVID vaccination, leaving Department of Transportation and Ferry Systems short of workers.

The state employs around 119,000 workers overall, those who are paid by WA state. Includes subcontractors. Of those, 1,887 were fired over the vaccine mandate.

Such vaccine mandates are not new, Pro sports already reportedly requiring them, and some areas on West side already in place But now will go statewide.

Rumors have been circulated online and elsewhere the city was going to adopt a vaccination card program similar to Seattle. Council says "not true"

The number of calls and emails averaged at least 100 per hour, for every legislative office in Olympia, for much of last week.

Are you familiar with EUA? It's Emergency Use Authorization. It plays a huge role in this.

It appears it will (again) be up to businesses to do the heavy lifting.

Just when things were appearing to perhaps turn the corner...

Data, at least from King County Health Department, backs up what most of us thought all along about 'outdoor' transmission of COVID. Not happening.