Oregon Health Authority advises employers to be flexible in enforcing Oct. 18 vaccine mandate

Patrick Allen, director of the Oregon Health Authority (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

SALEM - The Oregon Health Authority has advised the state and employers of health care staff, educators and others facing the Oct. 18 vaccine mandate not to fire employees over the deadline.

“Everybody doesn’t need to turn into a pumpkin on the 18th,” said Patrick Allen, director of the Oregon Health Authority . . .

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