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DESCHUTES COUNTY
COVID-19 data for Friday, June 18:
Deschutes County cases: 9,986 (12 new cases)
Deschutes County deaths: 82 (1 new death)
Crook County cases: 1,289 (4 new cases)
Crook County deaths: 23 (zero new deaths)
Jefferson County cases: 2,363 (2 new cases)
Jefferson County deaths: 38 (1 new death)
Oregon cases: 206,299 (315 new cases)
Oregon deaths: 2,750 (5 new deaths)
COVID-19 patients hospitalized at
St. Charles Bend on Friday: 17 (6 in ICU)
129 new cases
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110
74
new
cases
100
90
(April 10)
80
50
new
cases
(Nov. 14)
(July 16)
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7-day
average
(Nov. 27)
120
(May 8)
(Feb. 17)
28 new cases
115 new
cases
(Jan. 1)
47 new cases
8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri.
130
(April 29)
108 new cases
90
new
cases
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125 new cases
(Dec. 4)
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SOURCES: OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY,
DESCHUTES COUNTY HEALTH SERVICES
New COVID-19 cases per day
*Jan. 31: No
data reported.
June 10:
Number
includes several
days of data
due to a
reporting delay.
70
60
50
40
31 new cases
(Oct. 31)
30
16 new cases
(Sept. 19)
9 new cases
20
(May 20)
1st case
10
(March 11)
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Anti-vaccine pediatrician agrees to license restrictions
BY DOUGLAS PERRY
The Oregonian
541-385-5804
PORTLAND
Portland pediatrician Paul
Norman Thomas has agreed to
significant restrictions on his
medical practice that prevents
him from discussing vaccina-
tions with patients, according
to an “interim order” issued
June 3 by the Oregon Medical
Board.
The board had suspended
Thomas’ license in December,
saying he had failed to ade-
quately vaccinate patients and
had repeatedly misled patients
about vaccinations. It cited a
case where a nonimmunized
6-year-old boy contracted tet-
anus, requiring a harrowing
two-month stay at Oregon
Health & Science University
Hospital.
Such severe tetanus cases are
extremely rare because there’s a
vaccine to prevent the bacterial
disease.
The medical board stated
that Thomas had published
an “alternative vaccination
schedule” that “fraudulently
asserts that following his vac-
cine schedule will prevent or
decrease the incidence of au-
tism and other developmental
disorders.”
This schedule, the board
wrote, exposed children to
“multiple potentially debili-
tating and life-threatening ill-
nesses.”
The medical board this
month withdrew Thomas’ li-
cense suspension, replacing
it with the interim order as
it continues its investigation.
The board said Thomas will
“voluntarily limit his prac-
tice to acute care; refrain from
engaging in consultations or
directing clinic staff with re-
spect to vaccination protocols
questions, issues or recom-
mendations; and refrain from
performing any research in-
volving patient care pending
the completion of the Board’s
investigation into his ability to
safely and competently practice
medicine.”
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DEPARTMENT HEADS
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to media Friday morning.
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Deschutes County to form hemp panel
Oregon State University
The U.S. Senate confirmed Rick Spinrad, a professor at Oregon State University, as head of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on June 17.
OSU professor named
head of U.S. agency
BY JASON SAMENOW AND
JULIET EILPERIN
The Washington Post
WASHINGTON — The
Senate confirmed on Thurs-
day a professor of oceanogra-
phy at Oregon State Univer-
sity as the next leader of the
National Oceanic and Atmo-
spheric Administration.
Rick Spinrad nominated
on April 24 by President Joe
Biden, becomes the 11th ad-
ministrator in the agency’s
history.
“I am thrilled to be back
and am ready to hit the
ground running,” Spinrad
said in a NOAA news re-
lease. “I am humbled to lead
NOAA’s exceptional work-
force on a mission so relevant
to the daily lives of people
across America and to the fu-
ture health of our planet. And
I will ensure that trust and
scientific integrity will con-
tinue to be the foundation for
all of our work.”
The NOAA release lists
Spinrad’s top three priorities
as he takes the helm at the
agency: 1) developing prod-
ucts and services to support
climate change work inside
the agency and with its fed-
eral and nonfederal partners,
2) building programs and
policies that enhance envi-
ronmental sustainability and
foster economic development
and 3) creating a more diverse
and inclusive workforce.
Spinrad, who was con-
firmed Thursday, becomes
the agency’s first Senate-con-
firmed administrator since
Kathryn Sullivan, who served
under President Barack
Obama into 2017.
Spinrad, served as chief sci-
entist at NOAA under Obama
“I am thrilled to be back and am ready to hit the ground
running. I am humbled to lead NOAA’s exceptional
workforce on a mission so relevant to the daily lives of
people across America and to the future health of our
planet. And I will ensure that trust and scientific integrity
will continue to be the foundation for all of our work.”
A surveillance
photo shows
the person
wanted by
Central Ore-
gon law en-
forcement
agencies.
The Deschutes County Planning Commis-
sion is forming a panel to discuss the county’s
hemp industry, following a request from rural
residents.
The panel will feature representatives from the Deschutes
County Farm Bureau, Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, Oregon
Department of Agriculture, Oregon Water Resources Department
and hemp farmers who will share their expertise related to hemp
production, processing and land use.
The panel will meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Deschutes
Services Center, located at 1300 NW Wall St. in Bend. The public
is invited to attend in-person or virtually. Instructions for virtual
participation will be posted online at www.deschutes.org/meet-
ings in the Planning Commission meeting agenda for June 24.
The panel plans to discuss a variety of topics, including the
hemp growing seasons, seasonal variations of hemp production,
why hemp production can be controversial, how hemp produc-
tion differs from other farm crops and if there are any legal issues
with hemp production.
— Bulletin staff reports
— Rick Spinrad, the next leader of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
and before that led the agen-
cy’s research arm and ocean
service. He has also held
ocean leadership positions in
the Navy.
Named on Earth Day to
lead the agency, Spinrad has
been a champion of fund-
ing research to advance the
understanding of climate
change, a top priority of the
Biden White House.
The agency, whose budget
has stagnated for the past de-
cade, has a diverse, complex
and demanding portfolio. It
oversees the National Weather
Service, conducts and funds
weather and climate research,
and operates a constellation of
weather satellites as well as a
climate data center. It also has
responsibilities in monitoring
and protecting the nation’s
coasts, oceans and fisheries.
Leading an organization
the size of NOAA, with about
11,000 employees, will be a
first for Spinrad, as will be
overseeing a budget of around
$5 billion, which may swell to
$6.9 billion if Biden’s request
to increase spending is ap-
proved by Congress.
Spinrad will face numerous
challenges that include im-
proving the agency’s flagship
weather prediction system,
which lags behind its coun-
terparts in Europe, launching
a new generation of weather
satellites, and upgrading the
National Weather Service’s ag-
ing and declining information
technology infrastructure.
His work also probably
will involve addressing ille-
gal, unreported and unregu-
lated fishing, marine litter and
ocean plastics, the health of
corals, and keeping fisheries
sustainable, while advanc-
ing the nation’s “blue econ-
omy” of goods and services
the oceans provide to coastal
communities.
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