It has been a busy week for yours truly.  Because I am a volunteer news blogger I am sometimes a bit behind, so this is one example.  Fishers hit a very important point this past week – the city has a Community Risk level for COVID-19 down to a moderate level and it is on a good trajectory downward.

What that means is the vaccination rates we have seen locally have contributed to a safer COVID environment for all of us living in the city of Fishers.

I know Mayor Scott Fadness was attacked politically for creating a city health department more than one year ago, a move that is rare in the state of Indiana.  But the mayor saw a serious health risk to his population and acted in creating his own health operation.

The lowering of the risk would appear to be data indicating the creation of the Fishers Health Department was a good idea.  Health departments do a lot more than provide COVID vaccinations and testing and the local department has been working to get all that up and running the past year or so.

It should be noted that the COVID pandemic is at lower risk of spreading locally as things stand now, but the pandemic is not over, based on what I am reading from health experts.  My recommendation is to get a vaccination, not just for your sake, but for those close to you.