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HEYDAN.
HEYDAN.
HEYDAN. IT'S BIG STORY TIME >> NOW THE
OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY WE WERE
TALKING >> ABOUT IT OFF THE
TOP.
TOP.
TOP. THEY'RE CHANGING THE WAY IT
REPORTS DEATHS FOR ELEVEN
MONTHS NOW THE STATE HAS GIVEN
DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT EACH
PERSON WHO DIED.
NOW ESSENTIALLY OUT OF NOWHERE
THE STATE SAYS IT'S CHANGING
WHAT WE GET TO KNOW AND EVEN
FOR WE REPORTED THIS
DEVELOPMENT WE STARTED HEARING
FROM SOME OF YOU AT HOME LIKE
BILL WHO SAID HEYDAN I HOPE
THIS IS NOT A VEILED ATTEMPT BY
TO COVER UP THE NUMBER
OF SENIORS THAT DIE WHILE THE
GOVERNOR PRIORITIZES EDUCATORS
AND OTHERS AHEAD OF SENIORS WHO
HAVE EXPERIENCED THE GREATEST
DEATH RATE FOR THE COVID
VACCINE.
VACCINE.
VACCINE. GIVEN THAT OSHA HAS BEEN
PRODUCING THIS DATA FOR MONTHS
,WHY WOULDN'T THEY FINISH THIS
PROJECT SO THAT THERE IS
CONSISTENT DATA SET ACROSS THE
ENTIRE PANDEMIC TIME FRAME AND
IT IS A GOOD QUESTION AND OUR
CRISTEN SEVERANCE SET OUT TO
ANSWER IT >>.
WE HEARD FROM STORY VIEWERS
LIKE DENNIS GAVIN AND SARA
THOMAS AS SOON AS THE STATE
ANNOUNCED A CHANGE IN THE WAY
DEATHS WOULD BE REPORTED TO ME
THERE'S A PERCEPTION OF THAT
THEY'RE HIDING INFORMATION NOW
THEY DON'T WANT TO REPORT TO
PEOPLE OVER 65 BECAUSE THEY
HAVE DECIDED TO STAY WITH THE
SCHOOL TEACHERS EVEN THOUGH
SCHOOLS HAVE NO PLANS TO OPEN
IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
SINCE >> MARCH, THE OREGON
HEALTH AUTHORITY PROVIDED A
PERSON'S AGE COUNTY LOCATION
OF DEATH DATE WHEN THEY TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COVID AND THE DATE
WHEN THEY DIED AND IF THEY HAD
UNDERLYING CONDITIONS THE STATE
DID IS IN THE SPIRIT
OF TRANSPARANCY AFTER GOV.
BROWN TOLD THE AGENCY TO
RELEASE ALL COVERED RELATED
INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC
THAT DOESN'T COMPROMISE PATIENT
PRIVACY NOW THE AGENCY WILL
SHOW ALL THE DEATHS ON THESE
CHARTS AND AGE RANGE WILL BE
LISTED BUT NOT THE PERSON'S
GENDER WHERE THEY LIVED WHEN
THEY TESTED POSITIVE WHEN THEY
DIED AND IF THEY HAD UNDERLYING
CONDITIONS >>.
CONDITIONS >>. INFORMATION IS EASY TO COME BY,
EASY TO PUT ON SITE.
YOU DO EVERY NIGHT YOU QUOTE
STATISTICS ALL THE TIME.
IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S HARD FOR
THEM TO PUT IT ON.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR
MONTHS.
MONTHS.
MONTHS. THE OREGON >> HEALTH AUTHORITY
TOLD ME VERIFYING EACH DEATH
CERTIFICATE WAS TOO MUCH WORK
FOR THEIR EPIDEMOLOGIST THE
CHANGE HAD BEEN IN THE WORKS
FOR A WHILE AND THE DASHBOARD
WILL STILL GIVE AN ACCURATE
LOOK AT THE DATA.
SHEREEN TAGERROBY IS AN
ATTORNEY WITH A FIRST AMENDMENT
COALITION, A NONPROFIT PUSHING
FOR A MORE ACCOUNTABLE
GOVERNMENT.
GOVERNMENT. SHE SAID STATES SHOULD BE
RELEASING MORE DATA, NOT LESS
>> ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW DURING
THIS PANDEMIC.
THIS PANDEMIC. THE GOVERNMENT IS WIELDING
EXTRAORDINARY POWER RIGHT THE
POWER TO CLOSE PEOPLE'S
BUSINESSES, THE POWER TO AFFECT
THEIR LIVELIHOODS AND
ULTIMATELY THEIR LIVES.
AND SO THE GOVERNMENT AND LOCAL
AUTHORITIES OWE IT TO THE
PEOPLE TO DISCLOSE AS MUCH DATA
AS POSSIBLE ABOUT WHAT'S
DRIVING THOSE DECISIONS THAT
ARE ULTIMATELY SO AFFECTING
PEOPLE'S LIVES AND >>
ESPECIALLY WHEN BROWN IS UNDER
INTENSE CRITICISM FOR PUTTING
TEACHERS AHEAD OF SENIORS IN
THE VACCIONATION LINE, THE WAY
THE DEATHS WILL NOW BE
REPORTED, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO
SEE EXACTLY HOW MANY SENIORS
TESTED POSITIVE AND DIED WHILE
WAITING FOR A VACCINE.
I THINK >> LIKE HIM I'M
SUSPICIOUS THAT THEY'RE NOT
DOING IT BECAUSE PEOPLE GOT MAD
THAT THEY WERE THE TEACHERS
BUMPED UP OVER OLDER PEOPLE.
IT'S DISINGENUOUS TO SAY THAT
IT'S TOO MUCH WORK WHEN YOU ARE
REPORTING MAYBE A DOZEN PEOPLE
AT A TIME WHEN THEY COME.
IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE REPORTING
HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS LIKE IN
OTHER STATES.
OTHER STATES. SO IT JUST APPEARS THAT THEY'RE
COVERING UP BECAUSE WE ARE ONE
OF THE FEW STATES WHO IS NOT
VACCINATING PEOPLE OVER SIXTY
FIVE RIGHT NOW.
>> A SPOKESMAN FOR GOVERNOR
BROWN TOLD ME THIS WAS AN
INTERNAL DECISION BUT HE SAID
OSHA WILL STILL BE ABLE TO
RELEASE INFORMATION ABOUT COVID
DEATHS INCLUDING AN AGE RANGE.
THAT IS TRUE BUT NOT SPECIFIC
DETAILS LIKE HOW OLD THE PERSON
WAS WHERE THEY LIVED WHEN THEY
TESTED POSITIVE AND WHEN THEY
DIED THEN.
DIED THEN. KRISTEN >>, THANK YOU.
AND BEFORE WE MOVE ON HERE, I
DO HAVE SOMETHING REALLY QUICK
TO SAY ABOUT THIS SEE THE HEAD
OF OSHA, PATRICK ALLEN SAID IN
A STATEMENT QUOTE EVERY DEATH
FROM COVID-19 REPRESENTS A LOSS
ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO KNEW
THEM BEST FAMILIES, FRIENDS AND
LOVED ONES.
LOVED ONES. AND THAT IS WHY WE HAVE LISTED
EACH CASE AND I WAS SURPRISED
BY THAT.
BY THAT.
BY THAT. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT I THOUGHT
IT WAS SO THAT PEOPLE KNEW WHAT
YOU KNEW OSHA BECAUSE THOSE
FAMILIES ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES
INTERESTED IN THAT INFORMATION
INFORMATION THAT YOU HOLD THE
KEYS TO AND I'M NOT SURE IF
YOU'VE NOTICED BUT PEOPLE ARE
PAYING A LOT OF ATTENTION
NOWADAYS TO THE ONES HOLDING
THE KEYS RIGHT FROM BLM AND THE
RELATIONSHIP WITH POLICE TO
BUSINESS OWNERS SHUT DOWN BY
THE GOVERNOR TO HELP COVID
DEATHS ARE CLASSIFIED AND
COUNTED.
COUNTED.
COUNTED. PEOPLE HAVE MADE IT VERY CLEAR
THAT THEY WANT TRANSPARANCY AND
WE HAVE SEEN TIME AND TIME
AGAIN WHEN THE PEOPLE IN POWER
LEAVE US OUT OF THE
CONVERSATION.
CONVERSATION. MISINFORMATION WILL FILL THAT
VOID AND THAT SPREADS FASTER
THAN ANY VIRUS NOW ADMIT I'M