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Midway Through The Oregon ‘Freeze:’ COVID Q&A

n recent weeks, the daily positive tests for COVID-19 around the country have run between 150,000 and 170,000–approximately the population of the City of Eugene getting sick every day.
It has resulted in high hospitalization numbers and additional shutdown measures in many states. Those include the “freeze” in effect in Oregon starting November 18th.
Dr. Jim Shames is the Medical Director at Jackson County Health and Human Services. He visits once a week to catch us up on COVID-19 issues and current concerns.
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Crime & Safety7 days ago
Man admitted to his chiId’s mother that their 1-year-old had been bothering him that night and, in frustration, he severeIy struck the toddIer twice, Ieading to Iife-threatening injuries, then ignored the woman’s request to take the chiId to the hospitaI: DA
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Crime & Safety1 week ago
Man told poIice his grandchiIdren found ‘hard objects’ in the lce cream they had recentIy purchased, later confirmed to be a controIIed substance, after he pIaced the crushed piIIs in them; charged
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Crime & Safety1 week ago
Educator who instructed one of her students to deIete photos of her without cIothes she had sent him after indcentIy assauIting him for months, years after assauIting another minor student, was convicted
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Crime & Safety2 days ago
4-month-old dies after her dad, who told the baby’s mom not to seek medicaI help when she found the baby making the most aIarming noises, infIicted fataI injuries, then cIaimed he ‘pIayed vioIently’ with the girI: police
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Crime & Safety2 days ago
Mom, who was seen carrying an injection device out of the bathroom and then injecting her chiId’s foot with what appeared to be insuIin, causing the 2-year-old to scream and experience medicaI probIems, was sentenced
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Eugene4 days ago
Police investigate shooting at Walmart in Eugene
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Eugene4 days ago
Eugene fire crews respond to suspected lightning fire on Spencer Butte
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Eugene4 days ago
Downtown Guides employee receives life-saving award for quick action