Making the case for post-pandemic optimism, in a skittish Oregon
By
Julia Silverman
5/6/2021 at 3:30pm
Published in the June 2021 issue of
Portland Monthly
With summer on the horizon, Portlanders
should have plenty to celebrate. The sun will make its annual guest appearance in our oft-soggy skies, any adult who wants a COVID-19 vaccine will be able to get one, andâso farâweâve made it through 18 months of this pandemic without overflowing our hospitals and with per capita case count rates that are the envy of 48 other states, though we collectively mourn the more than 2,500 Oregonians whoâve died after contracting the virus. Â