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Brown
particularly in our under-
served communities.”
The governor cited the
need to use science, data
and health community
expertise in taking steps
toward reopening. In par-
ticular, Brown noted plans
for more testing and trac-
ing of the virus throughout
Oregon and outlined three
goals of the state’s testing
strategy, namely: testing
should be available for any
Oregonian showing symp-
toms; testing must be avail-
able for those in vulnerable
group environments (such
as prisons, nursing homes
and farm worker housing);
and ongoing randomized
testing should take place
throughout the state.
Regarding the last goal,
Brown announced the im-
plementation of “Be the
Key,” a statewide plan in
partnership with Oregon
Health and Science Univer-
sity which will ask 100,000
random residents to volun-
tarily participate in a year-
long study to better track
the extent of the SARS-
CoV-2 virus.
“This program is a
g a m e - c h a n g e r,” s a i d
Brown.
Letter invitations to join
the program will be sent
out to Oregonians on May
11.
While officials at the
press conference pointed to
a hopeful reopening path-
way, Oregon’s state epide-
miologist Dean Sidelinger
issued a note of caution.
“I want to underscore
that the strategy is not
without risk,” he said. “Our
projections show that the
disease will increase in Or-
egon as we open up — that
more people will be hospi-
talized and possibly even
die. So, we need these mea-
sures in place to mitigate
that.”
The announcement of
the strategies follows the
governor’s April 20 release
of the state’s framework for
relaxing restrictions, “Re-
opening Oregon: A Pub-
lic Health Framework for
Restarting Public Life and
Business.” The framework
includes specific gating
criteria and preparedness
strategies that must be met
prior to moving through a
three-phase strategy of lift-
ing restrictions.
Lane County Blueprint
Based upon this frame-
work, Lane County has
recently created its own
“Blueprint for Opening
Lane County.” Coun-
ty commissioners voted
unanimously on May 5
to send a request to Gov.
Brown that Lane County
begin the first phase of re-
opening based on content
within the blueprint. With
the same vote, commis-
sioners also certified that
the county’s first respond-
ers had sufficient PPE, a
requirement from Oregon
counties as part of the gov-
ernor’s framework for re-
opening.
Lane County’s blueprint
identifies a pathway for re-
laxing restrictions in such
a way as to limit the re-
surgence of disease while
addressing the significant
economic toll of the con-
tinued stay-at-home policy.
Seven areas of consider-
ation are listed for the grad-
ual progress of reopening:
• Falling COVID-19 cas-
es over 14 days: The virus’s
incubation period lasts 14
days and a phased reopen-
ing would take this into ac-
count, allowing for a total
of two incubation periods
before moving to the next
phase.
Lane County has not re-
corded a significant growth
of cases in weeks, with data
showing that an overall
flattening of the curve was
achieved around April 15.
As of press time, the
county has recorded 55 to-
tal positive cases and two
deaths related to the virus.
• Availability of local
testing: The county’s min-
imal target is 500 tests per
day on average, though op-
timally 1,000. While testing
capacity has increased, the
county has yet to break the
200 per-day mark.
Lane County Public
Health has proposed to
partner with two local hos-
pital labs to increase test-
ing.
• Sufficient contact trac-
ing resources: Though the
county is currently meeting
worker demand to conduct
contact tracing according
to the caseload, the un-
certainty of actual cases
throughout the county has
prompted health officials
to plan for an increase in
contact tracing teams.
• Plans for a rapid scale-
up in case of a second
wave: Lane County reports
that it currently is prepared
for a 20 percent increase in
hospital bed capacity and is
well-stocked on ventilators.
• Sufficient supply of per-
sonal protective equipment
(PPE): While the county
reports sufficient on-hand
and 30-day stocks of PPE
such as masks, N95 res-
pirators and gloves, there
is an admitted shortage of
gowns and face shields.
• A blueprint for easing
restrictions: The county’s
recently-created blueprint
along with the governor’s
framework are intended to
serve as a guide to reopen-
ing.
• Oregon Health Author-
ity support for restriction
relaxation: Because coun-
ty lines are meaningless
to the virus, Lane County
is deferring to the state’s
guidance for a reopening
roadmap.
With these criteria in
mind, reopening would
take place in three phases,
gradually easing up on
restrictions which affect
business practices, social
gathering limits and access
to public institutions.
While this framework
will largely follow state
guidelines, Lane County
commissioners also ac-
knowledged in their May
5 meeting that some con-
siderations may need to be
made on a local level.
To this point, commis-
sioners also voted unan-
imously to send a letter
to Gov. Brown asking for
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flexibility to review specif-
ic situations on a case-by-
case basis and be granted
some exceptions based on
data and adequate risk as-
sessment.
Though County Admin-
istrator Steve Mokrohisky
offered a note of caution
about the practicality of
this flexibility and some
commissioners expressed
reservations about the
county’s liability, the no-
tion that some degree of lo-
cal control would ultimate-
ly be beneficial carried the
vote forward.
Cottage Grove, for its
part, will likely rely on
county and state health
authorities for reopening
guidance.
“If they say we can open,
we’ll say, ‘Okay how can we
reopen and know that we’re
safe?’” said City Manager
Richard Meyers. “It will be
relying on the health offi-
cials’ professional view and
not political bodies trying
to decide it.”
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