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Oregon Health & Science University opened a COVID-19 community testing site at the Portland Expo Center on Wednesday, Sept. 8. Appointments are required by calling the COVID-19 Connected Care Center at 833-647-8222 weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or sign up online. Drive-through testing is available from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday. (Erik Robinson/OHSU)

Oregon Health & Science University opened a COVID-19 community testing site at the Portland Expo Center on Wednesday, Sept. 8. Appointments are required by calling the COVID-19 Connected Care Center at 833-647-8222 weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or sign up online. Drive-through testing is available from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday. (Erik Robinson/OHSU)

Oregon Health & Science University opened a COVID-19 community testing site at the Portland Expo Center on Wednesday, Sept. 8. Appointments are required by calling the COVID-19 Connected Care Center at 833-647-8222 weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or sign up online. Drive-through testing is available from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday. (Erik Robinson/OHSU)

Oregon Health & Science University opened a COVID-19 community testing site at the Portland Expo Center on Wednesday, Sept. 8. Appointments are required by calling the COVID-19 Connected Care Center at 833-647-8222 weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or sign up online. Drive-through testing is available from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday. (Erik Robinson/OHSU)

Oregon Health & Science University opened a COVID-19 community testing site at the Portland Expo Center on Wednesday, Sept. 8. Appointments are required by calling the COVID-19 Connected Care Center at 833-647-8222 weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or sign up online. Drive-through testing is available from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday. (Erik Robinson/OHSU)

Oregon Health & Science University opened a COVID-19 community testing site at the Portland Expo Center on Wednesday, Sept. 8. Appointments are required by calling the COVID-19 Connected Care Center at 833-647-8222 weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. or sign up online. Drive-through testing is available from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday. (Erik Robinson/OHSU)

Oregon Air National Guard Senior Airman Skadi Freyer, who is temporarily deployed at OHSU during the current COVID-19 case surge, plays the piano in the lobby of OHSU Doernbecher Childrens Hospital on Sept. 1, 2021. Freyer, who has played piano for years and performs regularly at a restaurant in Astoria, Oregon, has taken to playing the piano during her breaks to help bring peace to stressed OHSU staff and patients. (OHSU/Jennifer Smith)

OHSU social worker Jennifer Smith, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., (left) has been moved by Oregon Air National Guard Senior Airman Skadi Freyer, who is temporarily deployed at OHSU during the current COVID-19 case surge and has been playing the piano in the lobby of OHSU Doernbecher Childrens Hospital during her breaks. The two met Sept. 8, 2021, to discuss how Smith was moved by Freyer's playing, which was described as "a beautiful moment of someone in uniform who was blessing us on her break with some beautiful music, which really was grounding for me, to remind me of the beauty and the good in the midst of this really hard time." (Oregon National Guard/Lt. Daniel Delgado)

Joshua Beebe, manager of the OHSU Office of Visitors and Volunteers, meets with Oregon National Guard members Aug. 30, 2021. Forty-nine guard members are being deployed to OHSU during the current COVID-19 pandemic surge and will help OHSU healthcare teams by staffing access checkpoints and serving in patient care support service roles. (OHSU/Chelsea Balumas)

Oregon National Guard members check in for duty at Oregon Health & Science University Aug. 30, 2021. Forty-nine guard members are being deployed to OHSU during the current COVID-19 pandemic surge and will help OHSU healthcare teams by staffing access checkpoints and serving in patient care support service roles. (OHSU/Chelsea Balumas)

The All4Oregon COVID-19 Vaccination Site is jointly operated by Portlands four major health systems, OHSU, Providence, Kaiser Permanente and Legacy Health. Shown here are some of the senior leaders from three of the sites partner organizations as they marked the site giving its 500,000th vaccination on May 18, 2021. From left to right are: OHSU Health Chief Medical Officer Renee Edwards, OHSU Health Chief Operating Officer Joe Ness, Providence Oregon Chief Operating Officer William Olson; Kaiser Permanente Associate Medical Director Mary Giswold, and Kaiser Permanente Chief Operating Officer Wendy Watson. Other All4Oregon leaders not pictured include Providence Oregon Chief Medical Officer Doug Koekkoek, Legacy Health Interim Chief Medical Officer Melinda Muller, and Legacy Health Chief Operating Officer Trent Green. (OHSU/Josh Andersen)

The All4Oregon COVID-19 Vaccination Site, which has operated at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland since Jan. 20, 2021, gave its 500,000th vaccination on May 18, 2021. Signs like this one were on display at the site to mark the milestone. (OHSU/Josh Andersen)

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown visited the All4Orgon COVID-19 Vaccination Site on May 18, 2021, to recognize the site giving its 500,000th dose since opening on Jan. 20, 2021. (OHSU/Josh Andersen)