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State’s Reopening Plan Falters On Weak Links

Gov. Kate Brown's prevention strategy to prevent community spread has proven ineffective amid testing delays and some residents’ unwillingness to cooperate with investigators.
August 5, 2020
 
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Lisa Ferguson (in the front in this June photo) manages Multnomah County's COVID-19 disease detection team./Courtesy of Multnomah County

In early May, two weeks before Oregon counties started reopening their economies from COVID-19 lockdowns, Gov.