OIOpublisher July 24, 2020 OHAs latest modeling report shows need to stay the course OHA updated its bi-weekly modeling report earlier this week [ https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/DISEASESCONDITIONS/DISEASESAZ/Emerging%20Respitory%20Infections/Oregon-COVID-19-Projections-2020-07-22.pdf ], showing various trajectories for COVID-19. The modeling presents…
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Coronavirus Update- New Statewide Rules Go Into Effect, New Test Site Locator
July 22, 2020 New Statewide Rules Go into Effect Today, Governor Kate Brown announced several new measures to help suppress COVID-19 in Oregon and drive transmission rates back down, effective Friday, July…
Beyond the Beach: Covid-19 Brings Challenges to North Coast State Parks
By Dan Haag for Friends of Cape Falcon Marine Reserve The summer season at some of the North Coast’s most popular parks is one of adapting to new realities for park staff….
Coronavirus- Daily/ Weekly Update
Weekly Testing Summary released OHA released its Weekly Testing Summary [ https://www.oregon.gov/oha/PH/DISEASESCONDITIONS/DISEASESAZ/Documents/Oregon-COVID-19-Testing-Summary-2020-07-20.pdf ] today showing 39,301 tests were performed July 13-18.* Of those tests, 2,292 were reported positive, for a percent positivity rate of…
Coronavirus Update 7/19/20
*July 19, 2020* Oregon reports 436 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 3 new deaths *PORTLAND, Ore. * COVID-19 has claimed three more lives in Oregon, raising the states death toll to…
Coronavirus Update
**July 18, 2020** Oregon reports 353 new confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases, 3 new deaths *PORTLAND, Ore.* COVID-19 has claimed three more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 257,…
KN95 Face Masks Available to Tillamook County Small Businesses
Lieutenant Gordon McCraw, the Tillamook County Emergency Manager and the County’s COVID-19 response Incident Commander recently received 5000 KN95 masks via Oregon Emergency Management, through an initiative with Business Oregon. These masks…
Face coverings work: CDC investigation of Missouri salon shows efficacy of masks
We continue to learn more about how wearing face coverings help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The growing evidence about face coverings, combined with our rise in cases since reopening show why…
OP/ED: Why aren’t we talking about this? Colleges/Universities “welcoming back” students in mere weeks as COVID cases rise
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here is the letter that my daughter, Kalli Swanson, wrote this week, and sent to the President of George Fox University, the state Board of Education and the Governor’s office….
WORDS OF WISDOM: Citizenship and Conversation in a Disjointed Time
By Neal Lemery In this pandemic year, our craving for “normal” pushes back against the new rules of social interaction. What lies ahead of us grows even murkier. Uncertainty is the new…