West Coast Fires Are Raising Covid-19 Risks

The Eagle Creek fire on the night of September 3rd 2017.

After struggling for months to bring down coronavirus infection rates, Western states are now seeing that progress threatened by the wildfires engulfing the region. In Oregon, thousands of people are sleeping on cots—without masks—at evacuation shelters. Smoke from the fires has forced Covid-19 testing sites to close from Los Angeles all the way to northern… Continue reading West Coast Fires Are Raising Covid-19 Risks