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From YouTube: Mayor Hamilton's Message to Community on April 27
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Check in with Mayor Hamilton with this week's message to the community.
The Covid-19 Weekly Virtual Press Conference will continue this Friday at 1:15p.m. on the City's Facebook page.
The City's COVID-19 Resource page can be found at bloomington.in.gov/covid19
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Hi,
this
is
Mayor
John
Hamilton,
sharing
a
message
with
you
all
on
Monday,
April,
27th,
I,
hope,
you're
doing
well.
I
just
wanted
to
give
some
updates
to
our
community.
You
may
know
that
our
family
has
had
direct
involvement
with
the
coronavirus.
Over
the
last
few
weeks
we
actually
lost.
My
mother-in-law,
who
lived
at
Belle
trace
for
over
seven
years,
lost
her
two
coronavirus
last
week
a
terrible
blow
to
us.
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This
happened,
while
my
wife
Dawn,
was
in
the
hospital
for
ten
nights,
fighting
kovat
and
thank
you
to
the
wonderful
staff
of
IU,
Health,
Bloomington
hospital,
and
so
many
people
who
are
helping
people
like
Don
get
through
this
disease.
They
saved
her
life
and
she's
back
home,
which
were
very
grateful
for,
but
the
loss
of
my
mother-in-law,
like
many
thousands
across
the
country
and
the
disease
that
Don
struggled
against
remind
us
how
serious
this
is.
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This
disease
takes
people
from
us
and
it
is
among
us
getting
people
sick
here
in
Bloomington
and,
of
course,
across
our
area.
So
I
do
want
to
remind
you
that
this
is
a
very
real
danger
and
your
attention
to
it.
Your
physical
distancing,
you're,
washing
your
hands
you're
staying
home
if
you're,
sick,
you're,
making
sure
that
you
don't
take
unnecessary
trips
are
all
really
important
because
people
are
being
affected
by
this
every
day.
Now.
I
do
want
to
thank
you,
because
I
believe
that
the
measures
that
we're
taking
here
locally
have
indeed
really
helped.
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Our
Hospital
has
not
been
overwhelmed
with
cases
we've
been
able
to
flatten
the
curve
and
keep
our
health
system
protected
in
volume
so
that
they
are
able
to
provide
the
use,
the
incredible
care
that
they
can
provide
as
long
as
we
keep
that
curve
flat.
So
continuing
the
physical
distance
in
continuing
the
steps
to
protocols
of
not
taking
unnecessary
trips
is
really
important.
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So
keep
that
good
work
up.
We're
not
done
we're
not
out
of
the
woods.
We
have
helped
flatten
the
curve,
and
so
we
need
to
keep
doing
what
we're
doing
now.
We
are
starting
to
think
about.
How
does
this
evolve?
We're
in
a
marathon
not
a
sprint?
Maybe
we're
done
with
the
sprint
phase,
we're
in
the
marathon
phase
and
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
as
a
community.
How
do
we
keep
moving
forward?
Will
there
be
opening
up?
Yes,
there
will,
when
is
the
question
and
how
almost
certainly
it
will
be
incremental.
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We're
going
to
follow
the
science
we're
going
to
work
together
as
a
community
to
do
that
and
I
just
appreciate
your
attention
to
that,
keep
doing
what
you're
doing
it
matters.
It's
helped.
It's
it
stamped
and
flatten
the
curve,
and
we
need
to
keep
doing
that
and
it
I
can
tell
you
personally.
The
stakes
are
really
high.
A
Families
face
these
challenges
every
day
and
our
commitment
to
continuing
to
stop
the
spread
of
this
disease.
Our
continuing
commitment
to
that
is
really
Orton.
So,
thanks
for
all
you're
doing
stay
touch
to
stay
in
touch
with
the
media
and
each
other
online
I
believe
in
physical
distancing.
It
doesn't
mean
you
need
to
be
socially
distant.
You
can
call
and
email
and
be
in
touch
with
people
to
keep
those
social
connections.
Thank
you
so
much
for
so
many
volunteers.