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Masks And More: COVID-19 Q & A With Jackson County Medical Director

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Most Oregon counties got up to the 2nd phase of "reopening" from the COVID-19 stay-home orders. Then the governor announced a one-week pause, because the numbers of new cases were beginning to climb again.

Jackson County watched its total case number shoot past 80 by mid-June, thanks in part to an outbreak at the Harry & David food processing facility.

Might the second wave be building? This is one question we put to Dr. Jim Shames, Jackson County Medical Director.

He joins us for a weekly catch-up Q & A on the pandemic situation.

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