PUBLIC BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. TONIGHT, THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT WARNS IOWANS NOT TO IGNORE PANDEMIC PRECAUTIONS THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND. KCCI’S MARCUS MCINTOSH SPOKE TO MANY PEOPLE WHOSE HOLIDAY HAS ALREADY STARTED. HE IS AT SAYLORVILLE LAKE. MARCUS EVERYONE WE SPOKE WITH SAYS THE FACT THAT THEY’RE GOING TO MAKE THE MOST OF THEIR LABOR DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND IS NOT DIMINISH HOW SERIOUSLY THEY ARE TAKING COVID-19. >> LOOK AT THAT CATERPILLAR. MARCUS: WE RAN INTO THIS GROUP OF KIDS AND THEIR MOTHERS AT THE CAMPGROUND. SOME ARE HERE FOR ONLY THE DAY BUT THEY ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PANDEMIC. THIS GROUP HAS BEEN SPENDING TIME TOGETHER FOR A WHILE THANK YOU KEEP TO THEMSELVES IN THE CAMPGROUND. SOCIAL DISTANCING AS A GROUP. TELLING US THEY ARE NOT TAKING THE PANDEMIC LIKELY BECAUSE THE SAFETY OF THEIR CHILDREN IS PRIORITY NUMBER ONE. >> WE TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY. WE WILL NOT BE RISKY WITH THIS. I FEEL COMFORTABLE. I THERE COMES A TIME WHEN WE NEED TO REEVALUATE, WE WELL. MARCUS: OTHER FRIENDS ARE SPENDING TIME TOGETHER WHILE SOCIAL DISTANCING AS MUCH AS THEY CAN. THESE GROUPS NEEDED NO REMINDERS THAT WE ARE IN A PANDEMIC. >> WE NEED TO BE VERY MINDFUL ABOUT BEING SAFE BECAUSE NONE OF US WANT TO GET SICK OR TAKE SICKNESS TO OUR FAMILIES. MARCUS: WE SPOKE TO A HEALTH OFFICIAL EARLIER THIS WEEK AND SHE STRESSED THAT PEOPLE BE SMART ABOUT THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. >> WE DO NOT GET A PASS FROM COVID-19. THINK ABOUT EVERYONE YOU ARE AROUND. MARCUS: WE ARE AT THE CHERRY GLEN CAMPGROUND RIGHT NOW. THE POLK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TELLS US THE BEST ADVICE IS TO BE VERY SMART AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING