Deschutes County Health Services sent out their November calendar for the free COVID-19 vaccine clinics going on this month: These are all free walk-in clinics for anyone age 5 and older; if you haven’t gotten the latest booster yet, or if for some reason you haven’t been vaccinated at all, … Continue reading
Deschutes County Health Services and the Deschutes Public Library are partnering to offer weekly drop-in vaccination clinics, starting on Wednesday, June 2. Details from Facebook: We’re partnering with Deschutes Public Library to offer weekly drop-in COVID vaccine clinics at the Downtown Bend Library and Redmond Library. No appointment needed and … Continue reading
Crater Lake Spirits has been offering up free hand sanitizer during the pandemic, and posted a reminder this week with details on how to get some: As this fourth wave of Covid cases continues to spread, we want to remind you all that we have FREE gallons of hand sanitizer … Continue reading
Deschutes County Health Services and the Oregon Health Authority are partnering to offer free, drive-thru COVID-19 testing at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds, on Wednesday, January 13, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Pre-registration is encouraged, which you can do here. You don’t need to have symptoms to get the test, … Continue reading
Since the start of the COVID-19 restrictions and limitations that went into effect last March, we’ve been staying at home and only going out when necessary. That means also assiduously avoiding any dining in at restaurants, even for outdoor dining—it’s just too risky, no matter how well the restaurants are … Continue reading
I’ve let this blog lapse over the past months because as the COVID-19 pandemic has gone on unabated, on top of the protests and struggle for racial equality, massive wildfires and smoke, and everything else 2020 has piled on us, it’s increasingly difficult to go about business as normal when … Continue reading
This will probably ruffle some feathers and rub some people the wrong way, but with Deschutes County applying for Phase Two re-opening from the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown this week, I just have to say that I do not believe the County should be opening. In fact, I don’t believe Deschutes … Continue reading
Rounding up a few COVID-19 coronavirus related news as it pertains to online resources (and by extension, the social distancing and isolation we’re all going through). The Source Weekly goes all digital. This is huge, smart, and significant. This week’s paper was the last until May 20. While I think … Continue reading
The executive order came down today from Governor Kate Brown amid COVID-19 coronavirus concerns: Oregonians are ordered to stay at home, and non-essential businesses must close. It is in effect until further notice, and violation is punishable by law. The gist of it is, all non-essential gatherings of people of … Continue reading
Life is coming at us fast these past few days. Even only a week ago many of us still hadn’t fully realized the scope of the coronavirus pandemic and what was yet to come. (We still don’t, not really.) So in light of where we’re at as of March 17 … Continue reading