Oregon Stops COVID Reopenings: Tight Rules Remain In Multnomah County
Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting
After approving 31 Oregon counties for Phase 1 reopening four weeks ago and then allowing 26 of those counties to open further to Phase 2 last week, Gov. Kate Brown is slamming the brakes on further relaxing of rules she put in place to stem the spread of COVID-19.
Her decision comes the same day that the Oregon Health Authority announced the most new cases in a single day since the start of the pandemic, and on the eve of Multnomah Countys desired move to Phase 1. Of 178 new confirmed or presumptive cases announced statewide Thursday, nearly a quarter were in Multnomah County.
In a statement released Thursday night, as residents and business owners in Multnomah County were hoping to advance into Phase 1, Brown declared a pause of any status changes.
In order to ensure that the virus is not spreading too quickly, I am putting all county applications for further reopening on hold for seven days, Brown said in a statement. This is essentially a statewide yellow light. It is time to press pause for one week before any further reopening.
Read more: https://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-stops-covid-reopenings-multnomah-county/
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Gotta dig how female leaders handle Covid.
ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)There are even markers on the damn floors in stores and people ignore them.
McKim
(2,412 posts)Just today at the hardware story here in Portland Oregon some guy tried to get in without a mask.
He really was incredulous that only masked customers were allowed in. I was so glad he left and it did not turn violent.
MurrayDelph
(5,301 posts)to enforcing masks at the North Coast Fred Meyer.
FloridaBlues
(4,008 posts)I am amazed how many people in my area alone not wearing mask or paying attention when they get too close in stores let alone following the arrows in isles.
LisaM
(27,839 posts)In grocery store aisles. The ones in our store are too similar to the spacing signs for the checkout lanes.
murielm99
(30,765 posts)We need to put up a new pole and light on a timer in our back yard. The old pole is no longer any good, and the light has stopped working.
It was okay when he was outside looking at things.
He came into the house to replace a switch. He was not wearing a mask, and we got close to him. We were not thinking about it, because we were in our own house. Now I am going to worry for the next two weeks. The guy was basically a stranger. He should have had a mask. We should have said something.
PSPS
(13,617 posts)This is why our fear of a "second wave" is premature. We're not even past the first wave yet.
Furthermore, the mass media isn't helping. It breathlessly hypes the loosening of restrictions in the same way, hoping to juice their advertising sales. The tattoo parlor/yoga studio/gym/massage parlors/bars and all the other not-really-that-necessary "businesses" hound the governors to step on the gas too early and the newspapers and broadcast stations are eager to fill their unsold ad slots. The fundies were even able to pressure Inslee in Washington to give a "special exemption" to churches, allowing them to pack them in too soon.