by Ty Davison | May 14, 2020 | News & Commentary
County fails to meet state’s already lax criteria, gets turned down. Not a great look for the commissioners. Marion County (and Polk County, too) won’t be re-opening on Friday despite the efforts of county commissioners. Next review by the Oregon Health...
by Ty Davison | May 14, 2020 | News & Commentary
One of these things is not like the other. Oregon Health Authority reported 55 new confirmed cases and four new presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 8 a.m. today, bringing the state total to 3,416. The new confirmed and presumptive cases reported today are in the...
by Ty Davison | May 13, 2020 | News & Commentary
But no, really, go ahead and re-open. As the latest Oregonian article on the subject makes clear, Marion County has no business trying to re-open. But, you know, they’re going to go for it anyway. Five Oregon counties are pushing full speed ahead to reopen at...
by Ty Davison | May 11, 2020 | News & Commentary
As Marion County appeals to the Oregon State government to re-open, there are several things to keep in mind: We do not have the virus contained. If you remove NY/NJ, the number of cases in actually increasing in the US. In fact, outside of NYC, it’s increasing in...
by Ty Davison | May 7, 2020 | News & Commentary
This is no surprise whatsoever to anyone who’s been paying attention to the OHA. I will only excerpt the lede, but the entire article lays out the case. The chief medical officer of the Oregon Health Authority recently made a surprising remark about the spread...
