Oregon Governor Kate Brown said during a news conference today the state still plans to allow teachers and other K-12 educators in Oregon to be immunized against COVID-19 beginning this month despite news that the federal government won’t significantly ramp up vaccine shipments to Oregon in the near future. Brown’s new plan calls for school employees to be eligible for vaccines starting January 25, two days later than announced earlier this week. Oregonians age 80 and older who have not been vaccinated will have to wait until February 8, about two weeks later than announced earlier this, with eligibility for those 75, 70 and 65 and older to follow in phases. Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen did say that even though the promise of reserve doses being released will not come to pass, he is generally confident about the federal government’s schedule of vaccine supply.