Portland Monthly Looks Back on One Year with the Coronavirus
Marty Patail, Fiona McCann, Margaret Seiler, and Katherine Chew Hamilton talk about how weâre coping, overcoming, and changing.
By
Gabriel Granillo
2/26/2021 at 12:30am
The Oregon Health Authority announced the first presumptive case of coronavirus in the state on February 28, 2020. Since then, businesses have been shattered, mutual aid groups and volunteers have stepped up, a racial reckoning simmered to a boil, and hundreds of thousands of Americans have perished. 2020 has revealed the cracks in our healthcare system, brought out the kindness in us for those in need, and has individually and collectively shaped us into a different community.Â