With fourth COVID-19 wave imminent, Inslee urges Washingtonians to take it outside

Gov. Jay Inslee hosted reporters for an in-person news conference in sunny Olympia on Thursday, where he urged residents to take social activities outdoors as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise yet again.

“We have knocked down this virus, already, three times,” Inslee said. “But we have to knock it down a fourth time, because unfortunately we are now experiencing significant growth of this virus in our beautiful state. That’s hard to say on a sunny day, but it is the medical, scientific truth. And we have to face it.”

Unfortunately, Inslee said, there is strong evidence of a developing “fourth wave.”