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From YouTube: COVID-19 Community Update on August 23, 2021
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Hello,
it's
mayor,
john
hamilton,
it's
monday
august
23rd,
2021,
quick
update
to
the
public
about
things
pandemic
related
we're
just
in
a
serious
surge.
I
I
really
am
sorry
to
have
to
report
this.
It's
a
dangerous
surge
going
on.
It's
not
getting
better.
It's
getting
worse,
we're
seeing
serious
statistical
indications
of
how
bad
this
is,
including,
for
example,
locally.
Our
our
case
rate,
the
number
of
people
who
are
diagnosed
has
about
tripled
in
the
last
few
weeks.
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Hospitalizations
locally
here
in
this
region
have
actually
gone
up
about
five-fold
in
the
last
several
weeks
and
are
really
numbers
that
we
really
are
sorry
to
see.
We
are
doing
better
in
this
county
than
the
state
as
a
whole.
The
state
has
seen
actually
much
worse
numbers
their
case.
Numbers
are
up
about
tenfold.
Their
hospitalizations
are
up.
Similar
death
rates
at
the
state
have
have
more
than
doubled.
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It's
very
rare.
Otherwise,
the
vast
majority
of
people
who
are
getting
seriously
sick
are
those
who
did
not
choose
to
get
the
vaccine
or
or
potentially
some
who
cannot
take
the
vaccine.
All
of
us
who
can
take
the
vaccine
really.
I
just
can't
urge
you
more
strongly
how
important
it
is.
The
pfizer
vaccine
was
formally
fully
approved
today
for
all
use
as
been
as
it
was
emergency
used
before.
That's
not
a
surprise.
These
are
very
safe,
very
effective
vaccines.
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I
hope
you
will
consider
doing
that
if
you
haven't
thank
all
of
you
who
do
get
vaccinated,
have
gotten
vaccinated,
and
please
talk
to
each
other
about
how
important
this
is
to
protect
our
kids,
to
protect
our
economy,
to
protect
our
community
I'll
hope
you
do
that.
In
the
meantime,
we
have
to
keep
masking
up.
That's
a
local
order,
it's
what
will
protect
us
in
addition
to
the
vaccine,
and
the
numbers
are
just
really
concerning
I.
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So
please
keep
taking
care
of
yourself
and
each
other
with
the
vaccine
and
with
masking
and
this
week
we
will
be
focused
each
evening
in
the
budget
preparations
for
2022,
with
public
hearings
in
front
of
city
council,
if
you're
interested
in
that,
as
we
think
ahead
for
that
year,
available
from
6
pm
on
each
night.
But
in
the
meantime,
please,
please,
please
pay
attention
to
this
pandemic
and
the
threat
it
poses
to
all
of
us
to
our
schools
and
economy
jobs
each
other.
So
thanks
for
taking
care
of
each
other
and
do
the
right
thing.