Oregon's COVID-19 Disaster

Documenting Governor Kate Brown's horrific handling of the COVID pandemic in Oregon.

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New CDC Data Shows Asymptomatic People Don't Spread COVID, Undercutting Rationale Of Lockdown Proponents
If the contagiousness of people without symptoms does not drive the spread of SARS-COV-2, then restrictions like lockdowns and mask mandates on the general public don't make sense.
How to Look Good While Pretending To Care About Kids, School, and Sports, But Kill It All Behind The Scenes With Tons of Regulations
The crushing of high school football for many high schoolers in Oregon is a demonstration of how Kate and Pat try to appear magnanimous in allowing the peasants to have things like sports, but then pile on cowardly and over-the-top regulations so that actually playing sports is impossible.
Kate Brown Finally Allows High School Football, With Typical Condescension and Blaming
Queen Kate finally decides to grant her serfs the privilege of playing high school football, and does it with her typical condescension and blaming of everyone else but her.
The Babylon Bee Details Teachers' Unions Demands For Returning To the Classroom
The Babylon Bee, a well-known satire site, details the demands from the Chicago teacher's union for returning to the classroom, However, as has been obvious to anyone reading the news, these are the type of demands made by all teachers' unions.
The Oregonian's John Canzano Calls out Kate Brown - "Let Them Play High School Sports!"
John Canzano, sports columnist for The Oregonian, calls out Kate Brown for her idiocy in not letting Oregon high schoolers play sports this spring.
Debunking The Lies From a Kate Brown Form Letter - Part I
As with all politicians, Kate Brown responds to constituents with a form letter. And as would be expected, a letter from Kate Brown is filled with easily debunked lies.
Wall Street Journal Notes How Job Losses Are Tied Directly To States Like Oregon With Strict Lockdowns
The Wall Street Journal documents the simple fact that states with the tightest lockdowns have the worst job numbers.
Kate Brown and Pat Allen Decide To Obfuscate Oregon's Bloated "COVID19 Death" Stats Even More
Kate Brown and Pat Allen whitewash the daily reporting of COVID stats to stop disclosure of basic biological data for each fatality that is helpful, and moves to only publishing aggregated data by age range, county, and gender.
Teachers Unions Responsible For Keeping Kids Out Of Class; Jay Inslee Explains Why Teachers Unions Need To Quit Whining
At a press conference this week, Washington Governor Jay Inslee does a great job explaining why teachers and their unions should quit whining about everything not being "safe" for them to return to the classroom.
Las Vegas Pushes To Get Kids Back In School After Spike In Suicides
Schools in Las Vegas are making a push to get their kids back to in-person school after the see a spike in student suicides.
Another Oregon Business Is Destroyed By Kate Brown's Paranoid Overreach To COVID-19
The Ashland Street Cinema, a long time movie theater in Ashland, OR, closes down because, like many. many businesses in Oregon, Kate Brown won't let it open based unsubstantiated fears and data models.
Kate Brown Keeps Lid On Sports In Oregon, Shows that Money Talks For D-I College Sports
Kate Brown continues to prevent kids from playing sports in Oregon, in spite of the fact that sports have been played safely for months in a majority of other states. However, somehow it is pefectly safe for D-I athletes to play, and for one reason - money.
News Story About High School Football Players Who Went To Utah to Play Shows The Cowardice of Kate Brown and the OSAA
A news story about Westview High School football players who went to Utah just so they could play football demonstrates not only how unnecessary it was to cancel scholastic sports this year, but the cowardice demonstrated by Kate, Pat Alle, and Pete Ward from the OSAA.
New Stanford Study Shows Lockdowns Provide No Benefit In Stopping COVID-19 Spread
A new study recently published by Standord University demonstrates what was already obvious - lockdowns have no effect on slowing the spread of COVID, while less severe measures, actually do have an effect.
Kate Brown Says It's "Politics" To Feed Your Family And Pay Your Bills
According to a quote from Kate Brown, people wanting to open their restaurants so they can feed their families, pay their bills, and allow employees to do the same is political.
Two Other Governors Demonstrate What Kate Brown Lacks - Balance And Caring About Kids
Two other governors, Doug Ducey of Arizona, and Kim Reynolds of Iowa, have recently demonstrated two characteristics sorely lacking from Kate Brown's COVID response - balance, and compassion for kids and their education.
Oregonian Editorial Stresses Importance Of Getting Kids Back In Classroom Now, Contrary To Kate Brown and Teachers' Unions
An editorial from the Oregonian stresses the urgency of getting kids back in school without waiting for all of the excuses used by the teachers unions.
Kentucky Does What Oregon Desperately Needs To Do - Limit Governor's Emergency Declaration Powers
The Kentucky Legislature is set to approve a bill that will limit the governor's executive orders under a state of emergency to 30 days unless extended by the Legislature.
Kate Brown Uses Threats To Destroy Yet Another Long Time Oregon Business
Comrade Kate Brown has destroyed yet another Oregon business using threats and her power, this time an ice rink in Sherwood that has been serving the public for 20 years, and was one of the few ice rinks in the area.
Study Shows That 900,000 Excess Deaths Expected In Next 15 Years From Pandemic Unemployment
A new study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research estimates that there will be close to 1 million excess deaths in the U.S. because of the economic strain of rising unemployment due to our disastrous and cowardly pandemic response.
JAMA Study Shows Kids Better Off In School, Counts Years Of Life Lost Due to Closed Schools
A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on November 12th shows that kids are better off in school than doing "distance learning", and calculates the years of life lost by this missed instruction.
Mike Rowe Writes About "Non-Essential Workers"
On Facebook, Mike Rowe writes about the workers that our "leaders" such as Kate Brown have labeled as "non-essential", along with the complete lack of logic used in creating rules that allow some favored businesses of the political elite to stay open, while other small businesses are forced to close.
Oregon Has The 4th Fewest COVID19 Cases In United States, But Among Strictest Lockdowns
Even though Oregon has one of the lowest number of virus cases in the United States, we are under the seventh strictest level of worthless and dangerous lockdowns in the country. That says everything you need to know about Kate Brown and her goal of control vs. the well-being of Oregonians.
Patrick Allen of Oregon Health Authority Hides Cycle Threshold Values For Overused And Worthless PCR Tests
PCR test results are the weapon of choice for Kate Brown in justifying her never-ending extensions of her "emergency powers." However, they are terrible as a diagnostic tool, and what's worse, the results can be manipulated via cycle thresholds to make it seem someone is contagious when they're not. Howwever, Pat Allen and Kate Brown refuse to disclose how many cycles Oregon uses in generating its test results.
Kate Brown Threatens and Bullies Businesses Who Dare Open Without Her Permission
Kate Brown issues a statement on the "planned defiance of COVID-19 Executive Orders", stating she will deploy OSHA and OLCC to bully and threaten businesses who dare to open without her express permission.
Sandy Mayor Pulliam Writes Op-Ed On Business COVID19 Protest, Kate Brown Threatens Fines, License Loss
Sandy Mayor Stan Pulliam writes an op-ed in the Daily Dead Fishwrapper (aks The Oregonian) about the businesses who will be opening up on January 1st, 2021, because they will not survive if they don't open soon.
Lawsuit Details Kate Brown's Retaliation Against Salon Owner And Family For Opening
A new lawsuit filed by Lindsey Graham, the owner of Glamour Salon, details how Comrade Kate Brown came after her and her family with Child Protective Services for daring to open so she could earn a living in spite of Kate's COVID lockdown.
Two Quotes That Exemplify Kate Brown and Patrick Allen's Totalitarian Approach To "Controlling" COVID19
Two recent quotes from different sources do a great job of describing Kate Brown's totalitarian response to "controlling" COVID19 virus in Oregon.
Letter To Kate Brown From Bi-Partisan Group Of Oregon Legislators Requests Evidence For Closing Gyms
An open letter to Kate Brown from a bi-partisan group of Oreogn legislators refutes Pat Allen's flimsty evidence and excuses for shutting down gyms in Oregon and requests answers to a number of questions.
Thomason Hospitality Group - Our 45 Restaurants Will Go Out Of Business Thanks To Kate Brown
The owner of the Thomason Hospitality Group in Grants Pass pleads with Kate Brown in an open letter to loosen restrictions on restaurants by January 1st, or his 45 restaurants will go out of business, taking many jobs with them.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Shows Kate Brown How To Show Balance and Compassion For Everyone With COVID19 Response
In a speech made at a restaurant in Okeechobee, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis defends his decision to keep restaurants open in spite of the constant barrage of hatred from the media and the left (but I repeat myself) for not implementing worthless, Communistic lockdowns.
McMenamins Tells Kate Brown and Jay Inslee COVID19 Restrictions Are Driving Them Out Of Business
The owners of Oregon and Washington hospitality stalwart McMenamins tell Comrades Kate and Jay that they will go out of business very soon if they doesn't ease her draconian restrictions on restaurants.
Hypocrite Democrat Shemia Fagan - Mask Rules For Thee, Not For Me
New elected Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan flaunts Kate Brown's mask mandate at a private birthday party.
Another Example of Bloated State and CDC "COVID Death" Statistics
The categorization of two deaths via shotgun from Grand Junction, Colorado, that are categorized as "COVID19 deaths" demonstrates how bloated and worthless the statistics are.
NBC News - COVID Is Having a Devastating Impact On Children
An NBC News article points out the devastating impact that our paranoid overreaction to COVID19 is having on our children, especially in regards to their education.
An Example of The Destruction Of Our Kids Caused By "Distance Learning"
A Facebook post of a response to a school survey by a student is a clear demonstration of the destruction of the mental health and education caused unnecessarily by Kate Brown.
Unlike Oregon, Rhode Island Prioritizes Getting Kids Back In the Classroom
Like Oregon, Rhode Island is temporarily shutting down gyms, casinos, movie theaters, and bowling alleys. Unlike Oregon, however schools are staying open.
Kate Demands Giving Up Freedoms and Liberties to "Control" A Virus
In the past, Americans did not give up their liberties and freedoms when facing the smallpox epidemic. There is no reason to do it now.
Data Shows Illinois Schools Are Not COVID19 Superspreaders
According to data analyzed by the Chicago Sun-Times, there is minimal spread of the virus in school buildings even as transmission rises in the surrounding community.
Unlike Oregon, Chicago Gets Their Kids Back in the Classroom
Unlike Oregon, Chicago is yet another example of a school distrcit that recognizes the failures of "distance learning", and is making it a priority to get their students back in the classroom.
Dissent From the Orthodoxy Of the Mask Is Not Allowed
The medical license of an Oregon doctor who said he doesn't wear masks is indefinitely suspended by Kate Brown's Oregon Medical Board.
A Perfect Description of Kate Brown's Need For Complete Control
An article on practical atheism offers a perfect explanation of why Kate Brown feels that she needs to control us as much as humanly possible, whether it's the right thing to do or not.
OHSU Pediatrician - Kids Don't Spread COVID-19
An OHSU pediatric infectious disease specialist talks about about how data shows kids are not the primary drivers of COVID-19 transmission.
Oregon Death Shows OHA Twisting Of COVID Death Stats
The recent death of a Newport man raises questions about the Oregon Health Authority's abuse of the "covid death" statistic.
Johns Hopkins University Pulls COVID Stats Study
Johns Hopkins University student newsletter pulls a COVID death stats study because it "contributes to misinformation about the pandemic."
Kate Brown Satirized in Babylon Bee For Thanksgiving Crackdown Attempt
The Babylon Bee again targets Kate Brown for her authoritarian overreach in trying to "keep people safe" by threatening them.