Political Coffee 4-20-2020

Kate lays out her conditions for reopening the economy but it lacks two things: advice from business and compassion for the mental health of people.

https://www.opb.org/news/article/kate-brown-reopen-oregon-unemployment-budget-covid-19-interview/

Testing in Oregon could expand immediately, but Kate won’t allow it even though it’s one of her conditions to open the economy: one phone call could change it: https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/04/coronavirus-testing-could-expand-in-oregon-right-now-instead-tests-sit-idle-amid-restrictive-guidelines.html

Professor Hinkley is back with long but stunning post about the un necessary lockdown and it’s impact: https://www.professorhinkley.com/blog/coronavirus-isnt-killing-oregons-economy-the-lockdown-is-1

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