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Speaking Freely With Annette Newell

Aug 27, 2021

How did Oregon get to the point where the Delta Variant is crippling the state's hospitals? Where did the COVID 19 virus really start? And will Pfizer's new full approval of its vaccine from the FDA change the minds, of the unvaccinated people among us?
These are some of the questions that I asked of two experts...


Aug 20, 2021

This week, the COVID-19 crisis, worsened as hospitals in both Oregon and Washington continued to fill up and case counts climbed. Wildfires burned, the western drought deepened, and Afghanistan and Haiti descended into crisis. I talked to Oregon U.S. Senator Ron Wyden about all of these issues. Also, there's widespread...


Aug 13, 2021

Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury started it, Governor Kate Brown continued it. Mask mandates are back in Oregon. This week, Kafoury joined with doctors who are leaders in the major health systems in our area. They echoed her message: the Delta variant's lightning fast spread makes it necessary to bring back masks,...