{"id":1282267,"date":"2022-02-08T15:23:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T20:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1282267"},"modified":"2022-02-08T15:23:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T20:23:43","slug":"oregon-to-lift-mask-requirement-no-later-than-march-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-to-lift-mask-requirement-no-later-than-march-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon to Lift Mask Requirement &#039;No Later than&#039; March 31"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foregon-to-lift-mask-requirement-no-later-than-march-31%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1282267&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Oregon officials plan to lift the state\u2019s indoor mask requirement \u201cno later than\u201d March 31, 2022, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) announced on Monday, amid its recent decision to give the \u201ctemporary\u201d indoor masking rule for schools \u201cpermanent\u201d status.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cOregon will remove general mask requirements for indoor public places no later than March 31, state health officials announced today,\u201d a February 7 bulletin <a href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/ORDHS\/bulletins\/3098e7d\">reads<\/a>, noting that health officials say individuals must remain masked for now \u201cas COVID-19 hospitalizations crest and Oregon\u2019s health care system strains to treat high numbers of severely ill patients.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This coming change coincides with officials changing the state\u2019s school masking rule from temporary to permanent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/07\/oregon-health-authority-adopts-permanent-rules-for-masking-in-schools\/\">forcing<\/a> students to mask \u201cunless the State Public Health Director or State Public Health Officer issues an order stating that the some or all requirements in this rule are no longer necessary to control COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">According to the bulletin, moving the rule to a \u201cpermanent\u201d status was the \u201conly way health officials could extend the current temporary mask rule past its expiration date and until mask rules would no longer be needed to reduce transmission of SARS-CoV-2 \u2013 the virus that causes COVID-19 \u2013 to save lives and prevent the Omicron crisis from further overwhelming Oregon\u2019s health care system.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16420418\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16420418\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Students-wearing-masks-classroom-ap.jpg\" alt=\"Students in fifth grade wear masks as they wait for their teacher in the classroom at Oak Terrace Elementary School in Highwood, Ill., part of the North Shore school district, on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. An analysis conducted by The Associated Press and Chalkbeat shows that race is a strong predictor of which public schools are offering in-person instruction to start the year and which aren&#039;t. (AP Photo\/Nam Y. Huh)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students in fifth grade wear masks as they wait for their teacher in the classroom. (AP Photo\/Nam Y. Huh)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cState health officials said they would consider lifting the general indoor mask requirement earlier than March 31, if hospitalizations decline to the levels projected by the end of March sooner than expected,\u201d the bulletin continued.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cIn the meantime, health experts strongly recommend high-risk individuals continue wearing masks in indoor public settings after mask requirements are lifted,\u201d it continued. Notably, officials consider unvaccinated individuals to be \u201chigh risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u201cOnce requirements are lifted, employers and businesses may continue to establish their own mask requirements to protect employees and customers,\u201d the release continued, noting that school mask requirements will also be lifted on March 31.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The news comes as other blue-state leaders, including&nbsp;New Jersey Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/07\/some-blue-states-end-mask-mandates-joining-bidens-pivot-midterms\/\">Phil Murphy<\/a> (D), Delaware Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/07\/delaware-gov-john-carney-announces-end-indoor-mask-mandate\/\">John Carney<\/a>&nbsp;(D), and&nbsp;Connecticut Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.ct.gov\/Office-of-the-Governor\/News\/Press-Releases\/2022\/02-2022\/Governor-Lamont-Announces-Plan-To-Eliminate-Statewide-School-Mask-Requirement\">Ned Lamont <\/a>(D), announced plans to lift school mask mandates as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oregon officials plan to lift the state\u2019s indoor mask requirement \u201cno later than\u201d March 31, 2022, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) announced on Monday, amid its recent decision to give &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1282267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1282267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1282267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1282267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1282267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1282267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1282267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}