| Excerpt: | The Pacific Northwest is trying to determine the best combination of restrictions to slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2 without going back to a full scale lockdown. |
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| Published at: | 8:21 PM on Tuesday, July 28th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, COVID-19 Update, Personal Wellness |
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Category Archives: Healthcare
COVID-19 Update: Business, social activities restricted as region struggles to combat virus
COVID-19 Update: Governor Jay Inslee’s emergency powers affirmed by federal judge
| Excerpt: | While new cases of COVID-19 proliferate, the right wing continues to hamper efforts to fight the virus, despite losing a major legal challenge. |
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| Published at: | 7:30 PM on Monday, July 20th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Categories: | Healthcare |
| Tags: | 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, COVID-19 Update, Personal Wellness |
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COVID-19 Update: Rolling, rolling, rolling…
| Excerpt: | The Pacific Northwest faces increased rate of infection from the pandemic and considers its options. |
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| Published at: | 12:30 PM on Friday, July 17th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Categories: | Healthcare |
| Tags: | 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, COVID-19 Update |
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Tim Eyman says he’s worried about facial recognition. So why won’t he wear a mask?
| Excerpt: | Throwing on a face covering can help frustrate the very technology that Tim Eyman says is a danger to our personal liberty. But Eyman has likened mask wearing to tyranny. |
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| Published at: | 10:17 AM on Thursday, July 2nd, 2020 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Technology |
| Tags: | 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, Personal Wellness, Privacy |
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COVID-19 Update: Pacific Northwest embraces mandatory mask directives
| Excerpt: | As British Columbia makes additional moves to reopen its economy, Washington has mandated the wearing of masks in public and Oregon has completed a special legislative session focusing on COVID-19 and police reform. |
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| Published at: | 10:30 PM on Monday, June 29th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Other Categories: | Civil Liberties, Core Encyclopedia Topics, Legislative Advocacy, Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, COVID-19 Update, Criminal Justice, Personal Wellness |
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COVID-19 Update: States grapple with rise in new coronavirus cases in rural communities
| Excerpt: | Seeking to avoid squandering the hard won progress of the spring, Pacific Northwest governors and public health officials are exhorting and even ordering their constituents to wear masks. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 PM on Sunday, June 21st, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Other Categories: | Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | COVID-19 Update, Personal Wellness |
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The Pandemic is Personal: Patti Dailey on adjusting to not going out during COVID-19
| Excerpt: | A Pierce County activist and public servant reflects on keeping up a strict physical distancing regimen to avoid contracting COVID-19. |
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| Published at: | 4:30 PM on Saturday, June 20th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Patti Dailey |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | Personal Wellness, The Pandemic is Personal |
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COVID-19 Update: Districts accelerate their planning for the 2020–2021 school year
| Excerpt: | A return to in-person classroom learning is being contemplated by school administrators across the region, but students and faculty will need to observe physical distancing protocols. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 PM on Sunday, June 14th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Education |
| Tags: | COVID-19 Update, Facilities & Class Size, Personal Wellness |
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The Pandemic is Personal: Rituja Indapure on how COVID-19 has changed everyday life
| Excerpt: | One of NPI's Advisory Councilmembers describes her spring with the pandemic in a series of journal entries recorded at one month intervals. |
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| Published at: | 4:30 PM on Saturday, June 13th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rituja Indapure |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Public Service, Series & Special Reports, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | Personal Wellness, The Pandemic is Personal |
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COVID-19 Update: Food, transparency, and the fallout in our hardest hit communities
| Excerpt: | Food processing facilities remain a primary coronavirus outbreak nexus. We look at the fallout in that industry and highlight two areas within the Pacific Northwest hard hit by the pandemic in this installment of COVID-19 Update. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 PM on Sunday, June 7th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Other Categories: | Series & Special Reports, World Commmunity |
| Tags: | 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, COVID-19 Update, Global Health, Personal Wellness |
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The Pandemic is Personal: Nadine Brumbaugh on giving up her massage therapy practice
| Excerpt: | A longtime massage therapist writes about what it's like when you have to leave your career, which you love, for the sake of your patients. |
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| Published at: | 4:30 PM on Saturday, June 6th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Nadine Brumbaugh |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | COVID-19 Update, Personal Wellness |
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COVID-19 Update: Pacific Northwest states gingerly move forward with reopening plans
| Excerpt: | Pacific Northwestern states are moving towards reopening their economies at different speeds. Idaho is on the fastest track, followed by Oregon, and then Washington. |
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| Published at: | 10:51 PM on Sunday, May 31st, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics |
| Tags: | 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, COVID-19 Update |
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COVID-19 Update: Food, fraud, the homeless, strikes, the courts and miscalculations
| Excerpt: | In Washington, food processing plants are becoming hotspots for both disease and dissatisfaction, Oregon's Supreme Court has told a circuit court judge to explain at length why he thinks Governor Brown overstepped her authority, and Idaho is implementing a new plan for testing and tracking. |
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| Published at: | 10:45 PM on Wednesday, May 27th, 2020 |
| Written by: | Rich Erwin |
| Other Categories: | Core Encyclopedia Topics, Series & Special Reports |
| Tags: | 2019-2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, COVID-19 Update, Criminal Justice, Global Health, Personal Wellness |
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COVID-19 Update: Many school districts plan to open for the fall in remote-only mode