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Flu Shot Bill Would Cost Oregon Prisons $114,000 And Significantly Increase Vaccination Rates

Senate Bill 488 would make Oregon prisoners “opt-out” of flu shots and likely increase vaccination rates within the state’s prison system.

Legislators To Remove Jails from Bill Proposing New Vaccination Requirements for Incarcerated Oregonians

“Preventive care like flu shots saves money in the long run, both in and out of our correctional facilities.”

Murmurs: Women’s Prison Pays For Poor Care

In other news: Uber man joins Portland Business Alliance.

Murmurs: Oregon Grew Too Much Weed Again

In other news: Gordon Sondland blasts the French.

Oregon Senator Proposing a Bill That Requires Every Inmate Talk To a Doctor About Flu Shots Each Year

If passed, the proposed legislation would require the Oregon Department of Corrections to schedule an appointment with every prisoner to get a flu shot each year.

Family Of Oregon Woman Who Died In Prison Flu Outbreak Sues for Wrongful Death

“Tina Ferri would be alive today if the prison did its job,” says Michael Fuller, one of the lawyers representing the Ferri family in the suit.

Oregon Women’s Prison Adopts New Vaccination Practices For Upcoming Flu Season

The prison has a new message: “Health Services cares about you staying healthy and recommends getting the flu vaccine annually.”

Murmurs: Oregon Lawmakers Will Take Another Crack at Auto Thefts

In other news: Coffee Creek adopts flu reforms.

The Dialogue: What Readers Had to Say About the Woman Who Died at an Oregon Prison After Not Receiving a Flu Vaccine

Last week, WW revealed that the Oregon’s women’s prison, Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, failed to provide flu shots to most of its inmates. One prisoner, Tina Ferri, contracted the virus and died after not receiving a vaccination (“A Bug in the System, WW, March 21, 2018).

Oregon Failed to Provide Flu Vaccinations to Most of Its Prison Inmates. One Woman Died.

Experts say the state’s choices left prisoners defenseless in a confined space as the virus spread.

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