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Wednesday, August 18, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon CLASSIFIEDS COVID-19: St. Charles issues urgent plea to wear masks Continued from page 1 Help Wanted Please send an email to sistersfencecompany@gmail.com with letter of interest. ISO Full- or Part-time Employment for Teen Fit, young man looking for work in and around Sisters Country. Easygoing spirit, takes direction well, good follow-through. Available now. Call or text 541-316-9643. Part-time companion/caregiver for very functionable younger adult with short-term memory loss. Client goes to caregiver residence. 541-419-2204 AQUA CLEAR SPA SERVICE Hot tub servicing technician needed. Training provided with opportunity for advancement. Competitive pay. Clean driving record required. Serious applicants only. Call or email for interview: 541-410-1023; aquaclearoregon@gmail.com. The Garden Angel is now filling landscape supervisor and maintenance crew member positions. LCB #9583. 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T LIS forward to welcoming its members on our hospital campuses to help see our health system through this public health crisis as we continue to work every pos- sible avenue to secure more clinical resources to care for our patients at the bedside.= To support care, St. Charles has opened an urgent-care clinic and drive- through COVID testing on their Bend campus. The urgent-care clinic is in the Bend East Family Care building at 2600 NE Neff Rd. Drive-through COVID- 19 testing is available in the back of the parking lot of the 2600 NE Neff Rd. building. To access drive-through test- ing, please follow directional signs. Initial hours of operation for both will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, to be expanded as need arises and resources allow. The hospital notes that <It is critical that patients who do not need an emer- gency level of care avoid the emergency department at this time. Community provid- ers are encouraged to send appropriate patients to pri- mary or urgent-care facilities first when at all possible.= Sluka expressed concern about resistance to mask- wearing and the mandate issued last week by Governor Kate Brown, reinstating a requirement to mask up in indoor spaces. <Unfortunately, I think we can expect compliance with Governor Brown9s mask mandate to be significantly lower this time around, for many reasons: People are tired of wearing them, they believe the danger has passed, they9ve dug in their heels in opposition,= Sluka said. <Some people may sim- ply be confused, or they may believe that if they9re vacci- nated there is no need to wear MILLION DOLLAR VIEWS! 16825 Varco Rd., Bend a mask. Today, I want to urge each and every person read- ing this to wear a mask in indoor public spaces and in crowded outdoor spaces. In fact, I would say it9s never been more important to wear your mask during this pan- demic than it is right now.= Mask mandates have become a flashpoint of social conflict, with vocal opposition expressed at school board meetings across Central Oregon 4 including Sisters 4 to a K-12 mask mandate for fall. Sluka emphasized that the matter is not political for him. <The delta variant of COVID-19 is highly transmis- sible and it is endan- g e r i n g thousands of unvacci- nated Central Oregonians 3 includ- ing children who aren9t yet eligible for a shot. To protect them, it is absolutely vital that we get people vacci- nated, and that all of us wear masks,= he said. <I have no political agenda here. I am not trying to curb your free- doms or control your life in any way. I am simply trying to keep people from getting very sick, from dying, and from needing care in our hospitals, which are already in crisis.= In recent weeks St. Charles has canceled surger- ies to make room for COVID patients and others who are ill. Earlier this month, Dr. Jeff Absalon, St. Charles9 chief physician officer, noted that the hospital is facing a <cascading effect= that involves factors other than COVID-19, including: people facing the conse- quences of deferred preven- tative care; more injuries in a growing, active popula- tion; staff shortages due to retirements and burnout; and strains on the broader health- care <ecosystem.= St. Charles ranks masks in order of effectiveness N95s offer the best pro- tection against COVID-19 and the delta variant. Joe Sluka, president and CEO of St. Charles Health System, noted that healthcare work- ers and others who work in hazardous conditions should have priority for them. 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