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As we transition to phase 2 of the Governor's Back on Track Indiana plan, we all play a part in keeping Bloomington safe and healthy. Check in with Mayor Hamilton in this week's video to learn more about how you can pledge to do your part.
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A
Hi
this
is
Mayor
John
Hamilton,
giving
another
update
it's
Monday,
May
18th,
and
thanks
for
listening
and
for
all
you're
doing,
we've
obviously
had
some
major
changes
here
in
town
as
over
the
last
weekend,
under
a
new
health
order
from
the
county,
we
have
moved
into
stage
two
of
the
Indiana
outline
we
had
held
back
a
couple
weeks
for
that.
I
just
want
to
give
you
an
update
on
that.
What's
going
on
and
what
may
come
next
and
some
thoughts
about
that.
A
So
first
recognize
there
is
a
balance
going
on
between
our
first
priority
collectively
to
protect
health
and
safety.
That's
number
one
and
the
balance
then
on
trying
to
do
what
we
can
to
open
up
the
economy.
Let
more
things
happen.
Let
jobs
return,
it
cetera
and
that
balance
is
a
difficult
and
dynamic
one,
and
it
has
been
struck
lately
over
the
weekend
by
loosening
up
and
allowing
more
activities
to
take
place,
confident
that,
under
the
health
department's
judgment
that
we
can
move
forward
and
still
protect
health
and
safety
data
drives
that
decision.
A
It
has
driven
the
decision
and
it
needs
to
drive
the
decision.
It
was
the
data
that
did
not
show
a
reduction
in
hospitalizations.
That
meant
we
didn't
move
when
the
state
moved.
The
data
did
show
reduction
in
hospitalizations
and
lower
incidence
of
the
disease
based
on
the
testing.
That
is
happening
that
led
us
and
the
health
department
advised
we
could
move
forward
into
stage
two
and
that
data
will
continue
to
drive
the
decision
making.
A
We
need
to
look
at
a
bunch
of
different
sources
of
data
from
gating
criteria
from
the
CDC
and
others
to
more
more
localized
criteria.
But
it's
what's
happening.
It's
a
dynamic
situation.
You
may
know
we
did
some
prevalence
testing
in
the
state,
the
state
and
Fairbanks
Institute,
and
found
out
that
2.8
percent
of
those
they
tested
randomly
selected
had
had
exposure
to
kovat,
either
directly
or
through
antibody
testing.
They
found
that
out.
A
That
means
that,
for
about
in
in
the
state
of
Indiana
for
every
person
we
know
has
kovat,
there
are
10
people
that
we
don't
know
that
had
kovat
and
another
significant
thing
that
came
out
of
that
was
probably
45%
or
so
the
people
who
had
been
infected
with
Kovan
were
likely
infectious
did
not
know
they
had
it.
They
had
no
symptoms,
so
those
kinds
of
data
are
really
important
to
remind
us.
A
The
challenge
were
facing
to
keep
track
of,
what's
going
on,
to
protect
each
other,
most
people
who
get
sick
do
not
get
tested
and
do
not
know,
and
we
have
10
10
or
11
times
as
many
cases
as
we
have
tested
and
know
about
in
the
state.
So
we
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
on
getting
better
data,
but
while
the
data
will
help
drive
our
decisions,
it
is
our
behavior
that
will
decide
our
future,
our
behavior
as
individuals
and
as
institutions.
A
How
we
behave
during
this
crisis
and
as
we
open
up
into
stage
two,
as
well
as
the
behavior
of
the
virus,
which,
of
course
we
can't
control,
we
can
only
try
to
affect
through
our
own
behavior.
I
will
note
that
I
am
concerned
that
we
not
move
too
fast.
We
have
opened
up
to
stage
two,
which
means
restaurants
can
be
open
at
50%.
Their
social
gatherings
are
allowed
up
to
25
people
as
opposed
to
10
a
number
of
other
changes.
A
Retail
stores,
general
stores
can
operate
with
plans
at
50%
capacity
as
well,
the
mall,
etc,
etc.
They
all
need
to
have
plans
on
how
to
operate,
but
even
more
important
than
that
I
would
emphasize.
Just
because
you
can
do
something
does
not
mean
you
should
do
something
again.
Our
behavior
will
drive
the
future
path.
We
have
many
of
us.
I
did
a
I
did
a
hand
check
on
cabinet
folks
who
were
planning
to
go
out
to
eat
when
the
restaurants
first
opened
up.
A
Only
one
out
of
20
raised
their
hand
and
said
they
plan
to
because
many
people,
not
just
those
at
risk
who
might
be
of
an
age
or
have
certain
disabilities
or
other
infirmities
that
make
them
at
risk.
But
many
people
are
making
the
judgement
to
say,
let's
be
careful,
let's
be
cautious.
That
kind
of
behavior
will
help.
Avoiding
large
crowds
will
help
as
faith
institutions
open
up
another.
So
data
will
drive
the
decision.
Our
behaviors
will
drive
what
happens
on
the
ground
and
I
encourage
everybody
to
behave
safely.
A
Take
the
pledge,
in
fact,
there's
a
Health
Department
pledge
that
I've
signed
and
we
put
out
on
the
media.
You
can
go
to
our
website
or
health
department
website.
Two
pledges:
five
things
that
you
will
do
to
help
keep
our
infection
rate
low
number
one
is
physical,
distancing,
continue
to
physical
distance
six
feet
from
anybody.
That's
not
in
your
own
household
that
you're
that
you're
close
to
number
two
wash
hands
frequently
with
soap
number
three
wear
a
face
covering
whenever
you
are
out
in
public,
particularly
if
you're,
not
physical
distance
from
somebody.
A
You
must
really
have
a
face
cloth
on
to
protect
them,
because
you
don't
know
when
you're
infectious
and
they
don't
know
when
you're
infectious
fourth
is
two.
If
you
are
sick,
don't
go
to
work,
stay
home
and
fifth,
if
you
do
have
symptoms,
get
tested.
I
encourage
you
to
sign
that
pledge,
I'm
going
to
be
urging
that
we
take
the
time
to
see
the
data
that
will
tell
us
whether
our
behaviors
will
allow
us
to
continue
to
follow
steady
and
incremental
opening
up.
A
So
our
behaviors
are
going
to
drive
this
and
I,
encourage
you
to
be
prudent,
be
careful
so
that
the
data
can
help
us
see
how
we
go
forward.
We'll
continue
to
watch
that
we
know
we're
in
this
current
status,
at
least
through
the
31st
of
May,
and
would
not
be
surprised
if
it's
longer.
Thanks
for
all
you
do
that's
an
update
contact,
my
office.
If
you
need
any
more
information
again,
I
hope,
you'll
sign
that
pledge-
and
you
all
have
a
good
week-
take
care.