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Posted on 11/27/2020 7:03:57 PM PST by hiho hiho
As coronavirus cases surged in Oregon, county commissioners representing some of the most hard-hit areas in the state decided to travel -- two to Hawaii and one to Mexico.
While two of the trips began before Gov. Kate Brown’s “freeze” travel advisory went into effect, the optics of taking these vacations while Brown was asking Oregonians to take all available precautions to stem the tide of the disease, is causing some county workers and members of the public to wonder about a double standard.
KGW reported Monday that Multnomah County Commissioner Sharon Meieran called in to public meetings from her vacation in Hawaii earlier this month.
Meieran arrived on the Big Island of Hawaii on Nov. 10 and stayed for two weeks, arriving back in Oregon on Tuesday.
“I traveled when there was no surge, there was no advisory, before all of that happened,” Meieran told KGW.
However, by Nov. 10 cases had already begun to climb in the state. That day the state reported 754 new cases of the virus.
On the same day, another area commissioner was also on vacation in Hawaii, KGW reported.
Washington County Commissioner Dick Schouten joined a Zoom meeting that day, the TV station reported, while wearing a Hawaiian shirt and talking about how great the weather was.
He said he was three days into his vacation at that point. Schouten told KGW Tuesday that he was back from Hawaii and was quarantining for two weeks.
During the same meeting, Washington County Commissioner Jerry Wiley announced that he was leaving for Mexico on Nov. 16. KGW reported that a county spokesperson said he would be back Dec. 1.
Wiley’s trip came after the governor joined California and Washington governors on Nov. 13 in urging people not to travel unless it is essential.
All three officials are facing backlash, but possibly none as much as Meieran, a practicing ER doctor, who told Willamette Week on Nov. 12, from her Hawaiian vacation, that Brown should impose another, tougher, statewide lockdown.
“At this point, I think the only thing that’s going to work is really not a pause but a real shutdown,” Meieran told Willamette Week.
The next day, Brown issued her “freeze,” not a full shutdown.
According to KGW, Meieran’s husband flew to join her in Hawaii about a week after she got there.
Meieran didn’t appear to see any problem with her vacation, even as many Oregonians are forgoing planned trips to see family over the Thanksgiving weekend.
“I really am sorry and regret what this has become, and I should have thought it through more,” Meieran told The Portland Tribune on Tuesday. “Not because of any COVID risk, but because of the whole distraction.”
“I doubled masked, with an N95, and didn’t eat or drink” on the flight, she told the paper. “It felt much safer than going to a mall in Oregon for a few hours.”
There must be bodies everywhere.
what about Hawaii’s mandatory 14 day quarantine for incoming visitors?
Interesting how these folks, when they get caught, proffer all kinds of excuses, explain how bad they feel, blah blah blah.
“Four legs good! Two legs better!”
Tropical Vacations?
I thought you said Tropical Vaccinations.
Like for Malaria.
If they don’t believe in the pandemic, why should we?
..... This is serving as an glaring example to the masses that .... When you ammass enough of those Communist style Social Credits .... You can do just about anything .... If you are a Party Faithful Pawn ....
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I personally spoke to her husband...
All three officials are facing backlash, but possibly none as much as Meieran, a practicing ER doctor, who told Willamette Week on Nov. 12, from her Hawaiian vacation, that Brown should impose another, tougher, statewide lockdown.
“At this point, I think the only thing that’s going to work is really not a pause but a real shutdown,” Meieran told Willamette Week.
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Perfect. Literally phoning it in from a vacation in Hawaii. And recommending what will “work” is a “real shutdown”. By “work” I presume she means the full destruction of any remaining small businesses.
It’s late FR got me...
Im reading a few things my eyes are tired and in their watery blurry state I read the headline Multiple orgasms elected officials. Huh?
The elite are such hypocrites and liars.
It’s not just a double standard, but also a question about where the money came from to fund the vacation. We demand to see the income tax returns!!!!!!
bttt
How did Oregon burden itself with so many incompetent mediocrities.
And they get away with it and all is well again
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