February 28 was Oregon’s first case of COVID-19, and Governor Kate Brown issued a state of emergency on March 8 and a stay-at-home executive order on March 23. Since then, her restrictions and extensions are in lock-step with the left, and she claims they are based on the “best science.”

In the August issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, the CDC reports, “There is limited evidence for [masks] effectiveness in preventing influenza virus transmission either when worn by the infected person for source control or when worn by uninfected persons to reduce exposure. Our systematic review found no significant effect of face masks on transmission of laboratory-confirmed influenza.”

Still in August Governor Brown expanded mask requirements to all common spaces where six feet distancing can’t be maintained, ignoring the “best science.”

President Trump tweets September 8, 2020 that the D’s will end their COVID-19 state lock downs the day after election day. “The shutdowns are ridiculous and only being done to hurt the economy prior to the most important election perhaps in our history.”

Did President Trump foresee Governor Brown’s decision to extend her COVID-19 state of emergency through election day November 3rd? She stated, “Now, six months after this crisis began, we have made progress. Together, we have slowed the spread of this disease. Oregon has one of the lowest mortality rates in the country. But, as students across Oregon begin a school year far different than any other before, it is clear that, at current COVID-19 levels, it will not be safe in much of the state for children to return to in-classroom instruction for months to come.” Is this really necessary? COVID-19 may not be the worse consequences of not opening schools. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released guidelines emphasizing that students get back to the classroom for the sake of their own emotional well-being.

In May the governor said. “Make no mistake, physical distancing will remain part of our daily lives until we have security of a vaccine or a treatment for the disease.” But, now that nine bio-pharmaceutical companies have announced a vaccine by the end of October, and treatments with HCQ and steroids are showing good results, the governor is silent on the need for a vaccine.

How will Governor Brown respond to the New York Times reporting that 90% of the COVID-19 PCR tests that come back positive are clinically insignificant because the people who report positive are not likely to be contagious. Because of the number of amplification cycles during testing will eventually detect such minute specks that it isn’t active or significant.

Governor Brown has followed the game plan of the left each step of the way. Now that they are back-tracking, why isn’t she? Where will she go from here?


--Donna Bleiler

Post Date: 2020-09-10 09:00:53