Warner enthused about COVID-19 vaccine progress By Jacob Clary - jclary@aimmediamidwest.com Highland County Health Commissioner Jared Warner was ecstatic about the county’s vaccine treatment progress, in an update posted Saturday on the Highland County Health Department’s Facebook page. The health department spent Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of last week vaccinating people at the Highland County YMCA gymnasium thanks to a new partnership between the two, with the department vaccinating K-12 school staff on Friday. “And finally, the happiest place in Highland County this week was the Highland County YMCA gymnasium… We talked to seniors who have been waiting for months to hold their great-grandchildren,” Warner said. “We talked to adult children who have been waiting to visit their homebound parents. The emotional toll of COVID-19 has impacted so many people in our community. This week our community worked together to give seniors new freedom, helped parents protect their medically fragile children, protected our school community and we brought families back together. I can’t stop smiling. This was a good week.”