Political Coffee 4-8-2020

Where’s Kate been hiding? She’s been criticized for not being available so yesterday she holds a tele townhall with AG Rosenblum that defends her decision to stop Hydroxicloroquine from being widely dispensed. https://oregoncatalyst.com/46927-media-governor.html

After ‘Professor Hinkley’ expose on Saturday using data from OHA about the decline of Covid hospitalizations before Kate’s shut down order, miraculously Monday the OHA comes out with new data saying hospitalizations had doubled because of ‘data quality’ issues: https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/461240-374928-hospitals-not-yet-overwhelmed-by-rush-of-virus-patients-pwoff

Lawmakers blast OHA over rural hospital freefall because of Kate’s ban on elective surgery: she only cares about Portland folks: https://www.malheurenterprise.com/posts/6986/lawmakers-blast-oregon-health-authority-over-rural-hospitals-in-freefall

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