The first guy got back $5,000 and the money went towards breast surgery for his wife.

I found the area way too plastic and prefab for my tastes so I moved to the bucolic and pristine PNW.  15 years on we are now experiencing much of the same thing in Portland as you well know, so I just recently bought a house an hour outside of Portland which I feel is right on the path of string appreciation and temporarily allows me to escape the displaced Bay Area invaders 

Sorry I have been a little distant these last few weeks I had surgery and have been a bit out of it. 

They've already taken several positive steps forward including banning plastic straws.

It's like the adult version of juice pouches that are nothing but liquid sugar in a metal pouch with a plastic straw wrapped in more plastic that always ends up on the floor and never, ever in the garbage can.

They feel Dentist and others in elective surgery field are going to be affected in a big way.. 

The US saw a smallish outbreak in New York, that put a strain on their healthcare system and taxed their ability to perform routine clinic functions, routine surgeries, and other roles.

My dad was Chief of trauma surgery for a major hospital in Chicago.

It's harder to learn brain surgery than it is to learn to tie your shoe laces. 

Also, with lower income, sometimes people are paycheck to paycheck, and life happens, tenants have breakdowns, surgeries, job switches, lay offs, stuff happens remember-- these are real people you're dealing with.