Tippecanoe county leaders are encouraging citizens to educate themselves about the spread of COVID-19.
They are asking that citizens watch a YouTube video they have pinned to the top of their Facebook page.
Video they have linked to their facebook page.
It explains why social distancing is so important.
The video shows how a pandemic starts - and why the importance of flattening the curve is vital to keeping saving lives.
It makes comparrison of the covid-19 outbreak to the 19-18 flu.
Tippecanoe county emergency management direcot smokey anderson says this information is important to get out to the public.
"it's good information in this time to see how things happen and the messages show that this is what we are trying to avoid."
County leaders hope that all citizens will watch the video to educate themselves about this pandemic.
You can find the video pinned to the top of the countys facebook page and a link will also be on our website w-l-f-i dot com.
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