Jan 8, 2021 | COVID-19, The MockingJay Project
View PDF Version Oregon reported 1,388 COVID-19 deaths as of December 20, 2020.1 To understand the relevance of this number, it is important to have a solid understanding of how overall deaths from 2020 compare to historical data, how deaths are reported, what...
Dec 10, 2020 | COVID-19, The MockingJay Project
View PDF version Oregon Governor Kate Brown is using results from PCR tests to determine public policy in Oregon. The current metric (as of December 2020) is calculated using positive tests divided by total tests given. Is this an effective or accurate way to...
Nov 9, 2020 | COVID-19, Press Releases
CLICK FOR PDF VERSION October 29, 2020 Patrick Allen Director of Oregon Health Authority 500 Summer Street NE, E-20 Salem, Oregon 97301 Dear Mr. Allen, Government institutions are not immune from spreading misinformation. Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and Governor...
Mar 2, 2020 | COVID-19, News
With conflicting messages in the media surrounding the novel coronavirus outbreak, it’s hard to know how concerned we should be. We reached out to James Lyons-Weiler, Ph.D., a research scientist and author of three books, the latest of which is “The Environmental and...
