Vaccine arriving this week; County health officials working out logistics

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PeaceHealth officials are among healthcare professionals awaiting arrival of the vaccine. PeaceHealth has hospital facilities in Springfield, above, and Cottage Grove.

Lane County health officials say nearly 100,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine will be available to qualified residents this week, and a second dose will be available in January. 

But, officials caution, the vaccine won’t be effective unless we can achieve herd immunity.

“The napkin math I saw was roughly 260,000…