Inslee presses message in Brewster, where nearly a quarter of residents have COVID-19
Gov. Jay Inslee flew to Brewster Thursday, an Okanogan County town of 2,300 people, 518 of whom have tested positive for COVID-19. There, Inslee met with community leaders and pressed his message that residents should adhere to masking and distancing directives to help bring the high infection rate down. Continue reading at The Spokesman-Review. (Jennifer King)
Most Americans won’t be able to get a coronavirus vaccine until well into 2021
Even if the most optimistic projections hold true and a COVID-19 vaccine is cleared for U.S. use in November, the vast majority of Americans won’t be able to get the shots until spring or summer next year at the earliest. Continue reading at The Seattle Times. (Hans Pennink / The Associated Press)
Pandemic pushes WA foster care group homes into lose-lose dilemmas
With COVID-19 spreading into Washington’s system of group homes for foster kids, operators of the homes say they are in a precarious position and fear “retaliation” by state child-welfare officials who ended state funding to a home that turned away COVID-positive youths. Continue reading at Crosscut. (Dougal Brownlie for Crosscut)
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