Oregon Governor reflects on the pandemic and recovery

Oregon Public Broadcasting | By Julie Sabatier

Published July 12, 2021 at 2:17 PM PDT

“I’m very excited to see our kids go back to school in the fall, five days a week,” says Gov. Kate Brown during the Reopening Oregon Celebration held at Providence Park in Portland, Ore., June 30, 2021. Brown announced the end to mandatory mask use and social distancing.

After fifteen months of COVID-19 restrictions, Oregon is open again. But almost 2,800 Oregonians have died, and the state will never be the same. We talk about the last year and a half, and the path forward, with Oregon Gov. Kate Brown.

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