About This Site

The COVID19 virus arrived in the United States in early 2020, courtesy of China, and because it was a new virus, the initial response from everyone - citizens, politicians, and public health officials - was almost complete panic. The restrictions initially started with a ban on travel from China by President Trump, escalating quickly to complete, draconian lockdowns across the country. Schools and businesses were shut down, millions of people lost jobs, businesses, and livelihoods, and bad mental health statistics - depressions, suicides, etc. - skyrocketed.

One of the worst, and most poorly thought out, decisions that was made in the panic was the shutdown of schools. Initially, the length of spring break was extended, and then eventually, it was determined that the rest of the school year would be spent in "distance learning" (a euphemism for forcing kids to sit in front of a computer and try to learn). The end result was two months of unnecessarily lost education for millions of students, because there was no way that our educational system could handle the abrupt transition from in person to online education in such a short amount of time.

Unfortunately, this poor decision making has continued into the current 2020-2021 school year, with all public schools starting out with the "distance learning" and no sports. Meanwhile, many other states around the country - usually with Republican governors - have both in-person classes and also played fall sports, while Oregon students watched forlornly, while their school years slowly circled the toilet bowl. Some families moved to states such as Idaho and Utah so that their students could go to school and play sports.

On top of that, as anticipated, as people moved indoors as fall and winter come, test results - as inflated and full of crap as they are - increased, and with it, more authoritarianism and lockdowns from Comrade Governor Brown. This is in spite of a complete lack of evidence for the efficacy of mask wearing and lockdowns, but that's how Kate Brown rolls.

The purpose of this site, therefore, is to document both the past and current horrific management of the COVID19 crisis in Oregon by Governor Kate Brown, as helped by our two most worthless "public health" leaders, Patrick Allen and Dean Sidelinger of the newest lawmaking agency in Oregon, the Oregon Health Authority. It includes blog posts and articles about various aspects of COVID, and news items regarding Brown's ongoing poor decisions.