The Washington State Board of Health (BOH) is authorized by law (RCW 28A.210.140) to decide what vaccines children in the state will be required to have for daycare and school entry (preschool-12). They go through a formal rule-making process to create rules related to the RCW and to add new shot requirements to WAC 246-105.
The BOH recently formed a Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to consider COVID-19 shots for school entry. This is a meeting intended to develop recommendations for the full Board. Their first meeting has been scheduled for:
Thursday, Feb. 10 from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time
via the Zoom Webinar platform. This webinar is open to the public but there will be no public comment time. The BOH has 9 Criteria they use to evaluate vaccines they are considering. During this first TAG meeting, they will be considering Criteria items #5 and #6. They will be voting at the end of the meeting on whether they feel COVID shots pass those two criteria.
Informed Choice WA submitted a response to all nine Criteria, available here.
The TAG agenda is now available and so are some of the meeting materials and names of presenters.
We encourage everyone who can to attend this meeting. If you will be at work, you can use the Zoom app on your smart phone, or dial in, and attend during your breaks, lunch, or whatever your work schedule allows.
Use your computer or laptop or smart phone (requires registration):
Or Dial-in using your phone:
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- Call in: +1 (253) 215-8782 (not toll-free)
- Webinar ID: 840 3824 3635
- Webinar Passcode: 390357
CHD.TV will be streaming the meeting live HERE
Please consider taking notes during the TAG meeting and emailing your comments and concerns to the TAG. The BOH has requested that all comments for the TAG be emailed to the full Board.
