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Multnomah County Declares Racism a Public Health Crisis “It means that my family, my children and my people will have a chance and will have an opportunity to achieve their full potential.” A Breonna Taylor memorial at Revolution Hall. (Mick Hangland-Skill) Updated 8:54 PM The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners declared racism a public health crisis Thursday, amid a pandemic that has devastated communities of color and a year of street protests that have forced many Oregonians to reckon with the state s racist history.
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Updated 6:04 PM Fifteen current and former detainees of the Multnomah County Inverness Jail, all of whom say they ve tested positive for COVID-19, filed a class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court on April 5, accusing jail staff and Multnomah County Sheriff Mike Reese of negligence for failing to mitigate the spread of the virus. The lawsuit follows an outbreak at the jail that can be traced back to late 2020. As of Feb. 17, nearly 200 adults in custody at the Inverness Jail and about 30 staffers or members of their households tested positive for the virus, according to the county s website. The reason for the outbreak is not a mystery, the complaint says. Defendants failure to require, or enforce, social distancing, PPE, increased testing, or other precautions in jails and jails known to slow the spread of COVID-19 placed plaintiffs at imminent risk of contracting COVID-19.
Pedalpalooza, Sunday Parkways, and Bridge Pedal are still figuring out how to return in 2021
By
Julia Silverman
4/6/2021 at 1:00pm
Sunday Parkways, in pre-pandemic times.
On the long list of options that a pandemic has closed off to many Portlandersâconsensually smooching a stranger at a crowded bar, going on vacation to Canada, full-time public schoolâriding a bicycle has been a continual blessing in this most bike-friendly of American cities.Â
After all, riding a bike is built-in social distancing, just like wearing a pool noodle on your head. Plus, you can do it outside, where the risk of acquiring or transmitting COVID-19 is extremely low. (A new study from Ireland released Monday found that just one in every thousand cases can be traced to outdoor transmission, or .1 percent.)Â
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