Casper addresses COVID-19 vaccine, upcoming projects and more during State of the City address
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Mayor Rebecca Casper giving the State of the City address Thursday evening. | Screengrab
IDAHO FALLS Idaho Falls Mayor Rebecca Casper delivered the annual State of the City address Thursday evening via a video broadcast on the city’s website. In it, she gave special thanks to the first responders and city employees for their work last year. She also honored the 116 residents of Bonneville County who have passed away due to complications related to COVID-19.
Near the end of the address, the mayor spoke about the COVID-19 vaccine, saying, “I expect the coming months to bring what we have been waiting for since those first weeks last March. We really can’t celebrate enough the scientific minds and the enormous global effort that has resulted in vaccines that will confer needed protection from COVID-19. But we are not there quite yet.”