Delta variant cases increase ten-fold in past two weeks.

(KTVZ) -- In response to a large jump in cases and hospitalizations and new national guidance calling for masking measures to prevent the spread of the highly transmissible delta variant, the Oregon Health Authority announced late Tuesday it is recommending universal mask use in public indoor settings throughout the state to protect Oregonians from COVID-19.

“Today’s reported sharp rise in cases and hospitalizations in Oregon are sobering reminders that the pandemic is not over, especially for Oregonians who remain unvaccinated,” said Dr.

“The highly contagious delta variant has increased ten-fold in the past two weeks in Oregon, and it is now estimated to be associated with 80% of the new cases in Oregon.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, people who are vaccinated with currently available vaccines are protected from the virus and the circulating variants, including the delta variant that is now seen in the majority of Oregon’s new cases.

OHA’s recommendation aligns with the CDC’s new guidance issued Tuesday that everyone, including fully vaccinated persons, wear a mask in public indoor settings.

OHA’s recommendation applies statewide, and not just in areas with higher infections and high transmission, as cases have increased across the state in recent weeks due to the delta variant.

OHA is continuing to call on local community and public health leaders, and businesses, to encourage vaccination and masking to prevent new outbreaks in areas of substantial and high transmission.

"The delta variant is spreading across the country," she wrote.

Sidelinger—vaccinated or unvaccinated, let's mask up to protect our friends, family members, and neighbors from COVID-19," Brown said.

This will be fun this time!

And you’ll all be removed from stores, banks, etc just like last time.

You targeted and re-directed my posts a dozen times.

We don’t limit posts, except for ones that violate TOS, and posting 2 dozen 1-letter 1-word posts fits the definition of offensive, as does posting the same thing a dozen or more times in the same story.

But not redundant ones, wasting my time and others.

You are guilty as hell of targeting my posts- the evidence mounts- your inability to rein in your own bias and prejudice has taken over- you are now acting independently and outside your service agreement with the FTC… what you are doing is false advertising… and it can get you shut down.

This would be the second time you have admitted in public to targeting my posts- “This works both ways”… You got number three in you ??.

It means you can accuse me of harassment and I accuse you of the same – not in court or some other venue, what a waste of time.

I have never targeted your posts, you are treated the same as everyone else, despite your 1,000s and 1,000s of falsehoods about me and my organization.

No Barney I am not being treated like everyone else.

You chime in and want to debate (see Olympic coverage)- you don’t like my fact based data/numbers and the next thing I know- my posts are being removed.

I expect to be treated like all other posters who are within the TOS- that is not happening- for five weeks now.

You waste enough of my time without me trying to come up with civil replies to nasty false accusations intended only to hurt me and waste my time?

Time to stand up and cut this crap out.

Did any of you little tools even notice that when he mask mandate was lifted your ugly governor extended her emergency powers until December.

Because she knew if the virus flared back up there would be idiot science deniers and antimaskers like the ones on these forums that she would have to help protect the rest us from?

A lot more anti maskers this time around.

Zero chance people are going to put masks on again.

There are more vaccines than people so if anyone decides not to get vaccinated, let Darwin do his work.

Let the responsible people live and those who chose not to suffer the consequences.

Keep up the good work on making people scared.

We are doing this to protect you from yourself?

Why mask to protect someone that doesn’t give a rip?

Even worse than that- the shocker out of LA earlier today… “Consider this: In Los Angeles County last month, vaccinated people made up one out of five new COVID cases.”… Yes- read that again- here’s the link… https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2021/07/26/covid-vaccination-california-counties/… CBS in Sacramento has blown the lid of the vaxer-anti-vaxer debate… it is ********* who are unknowingly spreading this virus to surging levels.

https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2021/07/26/covid-vaccination-california-counties/… This will set you free… 1 in 5 vaccinated people in California got kovid- didn’t know it- and spread it like wild fire.

The breakthrough cases are now through the roof- the Delta doesn’t care about Biden’s silly ol vaccine program- ‘Merika in free fall.

Please don’t let these jokers get you down, a large majority of us are with you and will continue to protect your children from this virus any way we can

The dorks here arguing against masks and vaccines will either get the Delta variant, or are already vaccinated (like the entire FOX News organization is) and don’t want to admit it

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