The Baker County Board of Commissioners approved an emergency declaration on Wednesday, Sept. 22 stating that Gov. Kate Brown’s vaccine mandate for health care workers could leave fire departments in the county so understaffed, as workers quit rather than take the vaccine, that they won’t be able to respond to traffic crashes and other emergency calls.

The declaration also stated that the mandate could render Saint Alphonsus Medical Center-Baker City unable to provide basic hospital care.

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