Oregon Governor to Deploy 1,500 National Guard Troops to Fight the Pandemic

Oregon Governor Kate Brown (D-OR) is deploying as many as 1,500 National Guard troops to support the state’s frontline workers amid a reported surge in Covid cases and hospitalizations. “An initial deployment of 500 troops will take place on Aug. 20 to assist hospitals around the state with logistics, handling materials and equipment, administering… virus tests, and other hospital operations,” the Epoch Times reported. “I know this is not the summer many of us envisioned, with over 2.5 million Oregonians vaccinated against COVID-19. The harsh, and frustrating reality is that the Delta variant has changed everything. Delta is highly contagious,…