BREAKING: Oregon hospitals to require new masking standard for employees beginning Nov. 1
PORTLAND, OR — Legacy Health, a non-profit hospital system based in Portland, Oregon, are requiring a new mask standard for its employees beginning November 1st. An anonymous Legacy Health employee submitted a tip to OFA Media with a screen shot of the email that was sent out to employees. See below:
Legacy Health consists of six primary-care hospitals, a children's hospital, and allied clinics and outpatient facilities. The system employs about 14,000 staff members, and is the second-largest system in the Portland metro area according to Wikipedia.
Many see this as the beginning of a more robust plan to bring mask mandates back across the board for employees and visitors.
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