Dr. Richard Fawcett, the Health Officer of Deschutes County, stated that all individuals in close contact with the resident and their pet have been reached out to and given medication to prevent illness.
Oregon health officials said late Wednesday more than 60 deaths have been tied to the heat, with the state's largest county, Multnomah, blaming the weather for 45 deaths since the heat wave began Friday.
If resilience is understood as the ability to see positives in the midst of a negative situation, then many of the study's participants demonstrated resilience during that time, the researchers said.