Video: Our Joint COVID-19 PSA With Local Health Systems

In the face of a record uptick in COVID-19 cases and community spread, our regional health systems are partnering to share a joint public service announcement featuring real voices from the frontlines. These are your providers, your neighbors, your friends.

Two years into this pandemic, COVID-19 is still a major threat to our community. We’re treating more hospitalized COVID-19 patients than we ever have—the vast majority of whom are unvaccinated. In addition to treating preventable illness, this takes beds and resources away from other sick patients who desperately need them.

It doesn’t have to be this way. Our communities can take action and slow the spread of the virus.

This most recent wave of COVID-19 infections has tested our region’s emergency departments, strained our health care workers and filled hospital beds. The public knows our message—wear a mask, wash your hands, stay socially distant, get your vaccine and booster—and we hope these PSAs will act as a reminder that our teams are still here, and they still need everyone's help.

We want to thank the hundreds of thousands of people in our community who received a vaccination and booster. If you know someone who is still hesitant about getting the vaccine, please encourage them to talk to their trusted health care provider to answer any questions.