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COVID-19
‘We’re
faced
with a
mystery’
A RIDE
IN THE SKY
Survivors struggle as
scientists race to decipher
baffling virus symptoms
BY LINDSEY TANNER
Associated Press
There was no reason to celebrate
on Rachel Van Lear’s anniversary.
The same day a pandemic was de-
clared, she developed symptoms of
COVID-19. A year later, she’s still
waiting for them to disappear. And
for experts to come up with some an-
swers.
The Texas woman is one of thou-
sands of self-described long-haulers,
patients with symptoms that linger
or develop out of the blue months
after they first became infected with
coronavirus. Hers first arrived March
11, 2020.
The condition affects an uncertain
number of survivors in a baffling va-
riety of ways.
See Survivors / A10
Paul Sancya/AP
Karla Jefferies’ persistent COVID-19
symptoms and home confinement in
Detroit led to depression. “I’m a year in,
and to still from time to time have lin-
gering effects, I just don’t understand
that,’’ she says.
Bend cyclist
struck by car,
seriously hurt
Bulletin staff report
Photo by RYAN BRENNECKE • The Bulletin
Pilot Greg Miller visits with a group of passengers while conducting a tethered flight in his
hot air balloon Tulip Topper during the Central Oregon Sportsmen’s Show at the Deschutes
County Fair & Expo Center in Redmond on Saturday. The Sportsmen’s Show — one of the
first major events held in the region during the pandemic — ended Sunday.
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High 43, Low 25
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A 59-year-old Bend man suffered
life-threatening injuries when he was
hit by a vehicle while riding his bicy-
cle at the intersection of NE Olney
Avenue and NE Third Street Satur-
day afternoon in Bend.
The cyclist, whose identity has not
been released, was riding east on Ol-
ney Avenue about 4:41 p.m. and was
struck by a Ford Focus when he en-
tered the intersection at Third Street,
Bend Police said in a press release.
The Focus, which was being driven
by an 84-year-old Bend man, was
headed west on Olney Avenue before
turning south onto Third Street and
colliding with the cyclist.
The identity of the Focus driver
has not been released.
Bystanders attempted life-saving
efforts but the cyclist had not re-
sponded by the time police arrived
and he was taken by ambulance to St.
Charles Bend, police said.
Police said the Focus driver was
cooperating with investigators and
as of Saturday, no citations had been
issued.
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