Don’t like Governor Brown’s handling the pandemic by mandate? Think it curtails your freedom?

Have you considered these facts?

• Baker County’s vaccination rates are among the lowest in the nation.

• Asking people to “please” get vaccinated is obviously not working.

• Over 95% of persons admitted to hospitals lately are unvaccinated, which proves that the Moderna vaccine is safe and effective, even against the surging delta variant.

• Oregon’s ICU’s are so full of unvaccinated patients, Governor Brown has mobilized Oregon National Guard units to help hospitals deal with the COVID crisis, including St. Alphonsus Hospital and Grande Ronde Hospital.

• While irresponsible unvaccinated patients are taking up ICU beds, other patients urgently needing hospitalization have to wait.

Given these circumstances, what would you do, if you were governor of Oregon?

I’d really like to hear from you via email tubingen@eoni.com or phone 541-523-6760.

Gary Dielman

Baker City