Oregon seeks to make indoor mask mandate permanent - It's like they want the state to flip red next year

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PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon is one of only a handful of states that still has an indoor mask mandate, and now the state is working to make that rule permanent.
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) convened a Rules Advisory Committee (RAC) on Thursday. The RAC provided feedback on the indoor mask rule. The point of the committee is to suggest what should and shouldn't be included in the ruling and discuss the impact it will have on the public.
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Community stakeholders, including those from the hospitality and faith sectors, joined in the meeting. People from the Seventh Day Adventists Church, the High Desert Museum, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and McMenamins were a part of the conversation.

This is the first step in making the rule permanent.
Dr. Paul Cieslak, the medical director for communicable diseases and immunizations with OHA, says making the rule permanent doesn't mean it'll be in place forever.
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"Permanent means indefinite. It doesn’t necessarily mean permanent," Dr. Cieslak said. "We can repeal it as well, but we are only allowed to have a temporary rule for 180 days, and anything that goes beyond 180 days, we cannot extend it."
Making the rule permanent allows the state to keep the mandate in place.
The RAC met with OHA for about two hours. That's the only time they'll be involved in the process, unless they choose to comment publicly.
When OHA proposes the rule formally, public comment opportunities will follow. When those will happen are still to be determined.

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Teeechnically "permanent" just means the local gov doesn't have to justify it every six months, but talk about making it easy for your opposition. There hasn't been a single credible study that masking short of a N95 significantly lowers transmissions, we have states that have been open for months now that have the same transmission rate as all these tinpot West Coast single-party states, and they're still pushing this bullshit.
Cannot wait for Jay Inslee to do the same once he can't be tarred with "ruining Christmas" over it. If they actually go through with more mandates here as the feds do nothing (or even relax mandates), I see a historic flip among all three Left Coast states being more likely than ever.

 

[eDove]

Glad I left this garbage state. I suspect this is just Cunt Brown trying to get one last jab of the knife in before she's out forever.
I don't see how this is all that enforceable, though. People definitely aren't going to be doing in their homes, and police aren't gonna have the time to fine people on this scale.

I agree with your summary at the end. Oregon is absolutely a red state if you exclude Portland, kind of like how Philadelphia fucks with all of PA's elections. I grew up in southern Oregon and the people tend to be very conservative there.

 

[Open Window Maniac]

I hope for the sake of the people of Eastern Oregon, Greater Idaho becomes a thing.

 

[Thumb Butler]

May I suggest supergluing masks to the newborn and older people?

 

[Chongqing]

Politicians in the three West Coast states do this because there's legitimately no political opposition. There's no recourse. What are people going to do, not vote?

 

[Jason Wynn]

Glad I got out as well. The cretins there deserve everything they get for being too much of a coward/dick rider to do anything about it. Oregon in a lot of ways has become worse than California and the big Cascade quake can’t come soon enough

 

[The Last Stand]

"For the people" my ass.

 

[The handsome tard]

There is nothing more permanent than " temporary" government order.

Thats why "emergency powers" should scare the fuck out of you.

 

[Lone MacReady]

I think this kind of heebery is much like the "wear two masks at the same time" psyop from a few months back. They intentionally come up with something cocoa puff-tier retarded to get you to be more "accepting" of different tyranny. "Ohh, I won't wear TWO masks, that is just ridiculous, I guess wearing ONE mask ain't so bad, I can do that."

 

[Wingnut]

Glad I left this garbage state. I suspect this is just Cunt Brown trying to get one last jab of the knife in before she's out forever.
I don't see how this is all that enforceable, though. People definitely aren't going to be doing in their homes, and police aren't gonna have the time to fine people on this scale.

I agree with your summary at the end. Oregon is absolutely a red state if you exclude Portland, kind of like how Philadelphia fucks with all of PA's elections. I grew up in southern Oregon and the people tend to be very conservative there.

It's gorgeous here but Portland is a brain tumor that makes the whole state retarded. The worst part is it's cancerous and has already spread to places like Eugene and Bend. I'm thankful every day that I live in a deeply red area of the state. I can't go a day without seeing at least one fuck Biden flag or bumper sticker at minimum.

 

[Dagobert]

Portland needs to fuck off back to clown world and leave the rest of Oregon alone.

 

[quaawaa]

Politicians in the three West Coast states do this because there's legitimately no political opposition. There's no recourse. What are people going to do, not vote?

Not just no opposition, there are no elections. Washington and Oregon are mail in voting states, and there is no chain-of-custody on the ballots. The numbers are literally whatever they say they are, and there is no way to independently verify them. Third-World dictators have more legitimate elections.

 

[Meat Target]

I'm very grateful for that dummy thicc mountain range between me and the West Coast.

 

[Frostnipped Todger]

"Permanent means indefinite. It doesn’t necessarily mean permanent," Dr. Cieslak said.

Nigga wut?

 

[kcbbq]

Nigga wut?

Newspeak bringed doubleplus good, bellyfeel, party member. It's fullwise crimethink doubleplus ungood.

 

[Snekposter]

Portland needs to fuck off back to clown world and leave the rest of Oregon alone.

Portland was a mistake, and I will die happy if the meteor that wipes us all out hits there as I will then have known life in Oregon free of Portland's fuckery, even if only for a few brief moments.

 

[murdered meat bag]

libs really hate their constituents. but the people keep voting them in.

 

[naaaaiiiiillllll!!!]

Oregon is officially out-crazy-ing California. That’s got be worth something (even here in CA, more than 50% of people don’t wear masks).

 

[Thomas Talus]

Not just no opposition, there are no elections. Washington and Oregon are mail in voting states, and there is no chain-of-custody on the ballots. The numbers are literally whatever they say they are, and there is no way to independently verify them. Third-World dictators have more legitimate elections.

WA was pulling the "keep recounting until the Democrat candidate for governor wins" game even before clown world.

 

[TowinKarz]

libs really hate their constituents. but the people keep voting them in.

Ultimate abusive relationship, they have been convinced by the abuser they can't do better so being beaten only occasionally by progressive Democrats is just how life will be unless they want beaten daily by Republicans