Wednesday, August 18, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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COVID-19: St. Charles
issues urgent plea
to wear masks
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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
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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.
KN95s provide the same
level of filtration as N95s
but are certified differently.
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that masks meet require-
ments set by the National
Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health.
Surgical masks: Fit is
important; look for masks
with adjustable cords, ear
loops, and nose wires to
help improve fit.
The effectiveness of
cloth masks depends on
how porous the fabric is.
Look for cloth masks made
of multiple layers of tightly
woven, breathable fab-
ric. Test a cloth
mask by holding
it up to a light
source and see-
ing if the mask
blocks the light.
Sluka offers the
option of dou-
bling up with a
cloth mask over
a surgical mask for
extra protection.
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