Dr. Bethany Wait, Elkhart County Health Officer, announced a county-wide leadership push to encourage citizens of all ages to receive their free COVID-19 vaccination.
“We’re all looking forward to the day when we can get back to our everyday routines,” said Wait. “We can only do that when more of us have been vaccinated. That’s what we’re trying to tell everyone with this leadership push. ‘Let’s get vaccinated so we can resume our everyday lives.’”
County Commissioners Suzie Weirick and Frank Lucchese reflect the same sentiment in videos and audio clips shared today. “I’ve always said that I love where I live, and you should live where you love,” added Weirick. “And the best way to do that is to take care of everyone.”
When it comes to hospitalizations for COVID-19 in Elkhart County, things have changed a lot in the past couple of months. “It’s not the number of people who’re getting the virus,” comments Lucchese. “It’s the number of people that need to be vaccinated to help stop the virus.”
“Almost all of the hospitalized COVID patients in Elkhart County right now, are local citizens who didn’t get a vaccination,” added Dr. Wait. “That tells us a lot. The vaccines work. And it’s why we’re asking local media to help us get the message out. With their help, we can get the majority of our citizens vaccinated and then move on with our lives.”
In one of the videos, Elkhart Mayor Rod Roberson, takes his face mask off and encourages others to get their vaccinations so that we can get back to the things we love about life in Elkhart County. “If we want to get all of our events open and going again, all we need to do is get vaccinated,’ says Roberson. “Let’s do it. Let’s all get vaccinated.”
Goshen Mayor, Jeremy Stutsman echoes Mayor Roberson’s sentiment. “Please go out and get your vaccine so that we can get past this and move on with the things we love to do in our normal day-to-day lives,” says Stutsman.
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Why do these leaders play the game on COVID?
Yes there is s urge at the hospital. But most of that surge are people who received the Darth Fauci, let the farce be with you vaccine and still got very sick.
Many of the health care professionals who are down in the trenches are refusing the vaccine. what do they know they aren’t telling us??
Once again unqualified political leaders pop off about stuff they don’t know about. Plus we have health Nazis telling us what to do without regard to any consultation with our personal physician. if they want the shot then go get one. But leave the rest of us alone to decide for ourselves. This is a lot of hoo-ha over a virus that has well over a 99% survival rate. I will listen to my own doctor. The rest of you have no agreement to treat me or mine.
If you took the shot and think your safe, fine. There is no need for those that object to it to have to have it. If you think they will all die, that is our choose, not yours. Take care of your own business. Each will care his own load. By the way, what makes any one think that things are going to go back to “normal” because you did what the powerful told you to do.