Risk dials continue to decline

The Three Rivers Public Health Department’s Risk Dials continue to drop. 
 
The three-county jurisdiction of Dodge, Washington and Saunders counties went from 1.95 last week to 1.85 this week. All three counties also declined. 
 
Dodge went from 1.95 to 1.60 while Saunders decreased from 2.15 to 1.90. Washington went down from 1.95 to 1.80. 
 
All four risk dials are in yellow. 
 
Terra Uhing, executive director for Three Rivers, said the department is offering Pfizer vaccines to individuals 12 and older at all of their walk-in clinics in Dodge, Washington and Saunders counties. She noted that 50.14 percent of the district’s population that is 16 and older are fully vaccinated. 
 
“While it is exciting to have reached this checkpoint, we still have a way to go,” Uhing said. “If you have not yet been vaccinated and are able, please do so.” 
 
The walk-in schedule is as follows:
 
Dodge County — 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Fridays at the Three Rivers location in Fremont. 
 
Saunders County — 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. the first and third Mondays of each month at the Three Rivers Lake Wanahoo Clinic. 
 
Washington County — 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at First Lutheran Church in Blair. 
 
Participants are asked to register at vaccinate.ne.gov prior to arrival.