Community responds to possible statewide ‘Stay at Home’ order

Members of the community have spoken out about how they would feel if this order was implemented throughout Oregon.

Stay at home order has been a controversial topic for days now.

Some say its long overdue while others believe its impractical.

Kezi 9 news reporter kennedy dendy spoke to residents in the area about how*they would feel if the order becomes a reality.

We need to do this for our community?

(0:00- community speaks out lower) some residents in lane county believe...a stay at home order is exactly what is needed right now...because, as they say, it*not worth the risk.

(11:00- paul nagay, resident, lower)?i have a friend who i just saw on facebook who is sick because they don't have enough protective gear?

There are concerns about how the growing number of covid-19 cases will affect the state going forward.?i really hope that the governor does put in a stay at home order.

It essential for the safety and health of our community and our hospital and healthcare workers?

(38:00-kennedy dendy- lower)- bridge: in this letter written by three local leaders....they encourage governor brown to make any policy implemented statewide&.

But some community members i spoke with say they're not on the same page.

(51:00- pat kapsa, resident- lower)?i really think that they may want to rethink putting that kind of restriction on us?

Pat kapsa says he already feels sorry for those whose businesses are affected.?it just traumatic, it really is.

I have friends in the restaurant business and there no way for them to even know where this is going to go?

The letter is calling for a?stay at hom?

Order to be put in place, along with clear guidelines on what that would really look like for the community.

Reporting in eugene, kennedy dendy kezi 9 news.