23 March 2020

Plague Year Diary 4: Executive Order 20-12

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The hammer fell just after 11AM.

A quick first-pass read by your interlocutor:

Governor Kate Brown's Executive Order, #20-12, clarifies and solidifies what's allowed and what's not allowed. Just about everything having to do with entertainment is closed, no restaurant dining areas for sit-in, all social and fraternal clubs, tattoo parlors, spas and beauty salons, indoor and outdoor malls. No public gatherings of any size. Any retail business that cannot implement and enforce a strong social distancing policy are to close immediately. Offices who can need to implement telework, those who can't must implement strong social distancing policies. If one must commute into an office, one must follow social distancing best-practices, maintaining 6 feet of separation from everyone else.

Gas stations and grocery stores, places where one must get necessities, and restaurants offering take-out, seem to be allowed to operate, and all patrons need to observe social distancing as much as they can.

There is a link to the Governor's Executive Order at the Oregon Coronavirus State Resources page:

https://coronavirus.oregon.gov
This is a link directly to the press release posted at 11:30 AM approx.
This is a link directly to the PDF of the Executive Order.

Violaton of the Executive Order is a Class C misdemeanor, which carries a penalty of up to 30 days in jail, a fine of up to $1,250, or both.

Updated: Here's a graphic posted to Facebook by the Governor's office which makes it nice and neat.



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