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00:00:03WE CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE
IN OHIO,
00:00:06CONTINUE TO HEAR FROM ELECTED
ELECTED OFFICIALS.
00:00:15WE HAVE SEEN THINGS THAT WERE
ORDERS
00:00:17THAT WERE ISSUED TODAY THAT
DR. AND WILL BE ISSUING
00:00:22THE FOLLOWING WILL ALL
BE CLOSED
00:00:26AS A BUSINESS CLOSED
TODAY.
00:00:30OUR FITNESS CENTERS AND OUR
GYMS,
00:00:34BOWLING ALLEYS.
PUBLIC REC CENTERS.
00:00:40MOVIE THEATERS, I THINK MOST
OF THEM ALREADY CLOSED,
00:00:45INDOOR WATER PARKS, INDOOR
TRAMPOLINE PARKS.
00:00:53SO THEY WILL ALL CLOSE UNDER AN
ORDER.
00:00:57THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DR.
ACTON AS OF CLOSE OF BUSINESS
00:01:01TODAY.
WE CONTINUE TO EVOLVE.
00:01:10EVERY DAY WE CONTINUE TO HAVE
MORE
00:01:12FACTS.
WE PROCESS MORE INFORMATION.
00:01:19CDC GUIDELINES.
HAVE CHANGED IN REGARD TO
00:01:25MASS CONGREGATIONS,
MASS MEETINGS, AS YOU SAW,
00:01:29THEY WERE CHANGED TO 50
FROM WHERE THEY HAD BEEN AT 100.
00:01:35WE WILL COMPLY WITH THAT
OR WE WILL CONFER A BETTER WORD
00:01:39IS
CONFORM. WE WILL CONFORM OUR
00:01:41ORDER AND
SO WE WILL MODIFY OUR ORDER
00:01:45FROM 100 TO TO 50.
THROUGHOUT THIS CRISIS,
00:01:53WE HAVE.
AS FACTS AS WE KNOW
00:01:57THEM CHANGE.
WE HAVE TRIED
00:02:02TO FOLLOW THE BEST SCIENCE
AND THE BEST INFORMATION FROM
00:02:06THE
BEST PEOPLE
00:02:09THAT WE HAVE.
AND SO THAT CONTINUES.
00:02:15IT IS CLEAR THAT TOMORROW'S
IN-PERSON VOTING.
00:02:21DOES NOT CONFORM
AND CANNOT CONFORM WITH
00:02:25THESE CDC
GUIDELINES.
00:02:31WE CANNOT CONDUCT THIS ELECTION
TOMORROW IN PERSON
00:02:34VOTING FOR 13 HOURS TOMORROW
AND CONFORM TO THESE GUIDELINES.
00:02:43WE HAVE
RECEIVED CALLS,
00:02:50LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, I HAVE
TALKED
00:02:51TO PEOPLE FROM THROUGHOUT OHIO.
WHO FRANKLY, ARE VERY
00:02:57CONFLICTED.
CONFLICTED.
00:03:01IN WHETHER THEY VOTE TOMORROW.
WE CONTINUE TO STRESS
00:03:07THAT PEOPLE 65 YEARS OF
AGE AND OLDER
00:03:11SHOULD NOT LEAVE THEIR HOME.
UNLESS ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY
00:03:17NECESSARY, AND WE
AGAIN WILL SAY THAT TODAY, DR.
00:03:20ACTON WILL TALK TODAY ABOUT
THAT.
00:03:24SO IT IS PEOPLE 65 AND OLDER.
ALSO, PEOPLE WHO HAVE ANY
00:03:31KIND OF MEDICAL, THEY'RE
COMPROMISED
00:03:33MEDICALLY.
WE KNOW FROM WHAT WE HAVE SEEN
00:03:37IN OTHER COUNTRIES IN THE DATA
THAT
00:03:39WE BEST AVAILABLE DATA
WE HAVE THAT THEY ARE CERTAINLY
00:03:43MOST AT RISK.
THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE
00:03:49CONFLICTED,
AND IT'S NOT JUST THOSE 65 YEARS
00:03:52OF AGE OR OLDER.
IS WOMEN WHO ARE PREGNANT.
00:03:58THERE'S PEOPLE WHO
ARE COMPROMISED MEDICALLY.
00:04:08WE SHOULD NOT
FORCE THEM TO MAKE THIS CHOICE,
00:04:14A CHOICE BETWEEN
THEIR HEALTH.
00:04:18AND THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS.
00:04:22AND THEIR DUTIES AS AMERICAN
CITIZENS.
00:04:27FURTHER, WE
SHOULD NOT BE IN A SITUATION
00:04:32WHERE THE VOTES OF THESE
INDIVIDUALS.
00:04:35WHO ARE CONFLICTED.
OR SUPPRESSED.
00:04:42IT IS THEREFORE, MY
RECOMMENDATION.
00:04:46AFTER TALKING WITH THE SECRETARY
OF STATE, TALKING WITH THE
00:04:50ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
00:04:53TALKING WITH THE LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR.
00:04:56THAT VOTING
BE EXTENDED.
00:05:01UNTIL JUNE 2ND
THAT NO IN-PERSON VOTING OCCUR
00:05:06TODAY, BUT RATHER
THAT IN-PERSON VOTING
00:05:10OCCUR ON JUNE 2ND.
BUT BETWEEN NOW AND
00:05:14THEN.
THAT ABSENTEE BALLOT
00:05:19VOTING.
WE PERMITTED.
00:05:23THIS SHOULD EXTEND THE PERIOD OF
TIME SO THAT PEOPLE
00:05:27WILL NOT HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN
THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND
00:05:30THEIR HEALTH.
THIS WAS NOT A DECISION THAT WAS
00:05:34EASILY MADE.
LIKE EVERY.
00:05:38WHAT WE'D LIKE MOST OF THE
DECISIONS
00:05:40THAT WE'VE HAD TO MAKE.
BUT IT IS, I BELIEVE, THE RIGHT
00:05:45THING TO DO.
I UNDERSTAND
00:05:49AND I CAN SAY THIS FROM MY
PERSONAL
00:05:51EXPERIENCE.
AS A CANDIDATE, MANY
00:05:55TIMES
THAT WIN OR LOSE, YOU'RE ALWAYS
00:06:00LOOKING FORWARD TO ELECTION DAY.
YOU OBVIOUSLY PREFER WINNING,
00:06:04BUT
YOU'RE ANXIOUS TO GET IT OVER
00:06:07WITH.
THIS EXTENDS IT AND I FULLY
00:06:09UNDERSTAND THIS CHANGES A LOT OF
PEOPLE'S PLANS.
00:06:13BUT I THINK IT IS THE RIGHT
THING TO
00:06:15DO.
NOW, I
00:06:18DO NOT HAVE
THE POWER
00:06:23TO EXTEND AN ELECTION,
AS I AM SUGGESTING.
00:06:29MY UNDERSTANDING, AND I WILL
PARAPHRASE THE STATUTE
00:06:33THAT THIS ONLY CAN OCCUR
IF WE ARE INVADED.
00:06:37I HAVE JOKINGLY AND NOT SO
JOKINGLY
00:06:40SAID TO OUR LAWYERS, I THINK
WE'VE
00:06:42BEEN INVADED.
BUT I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT
00:06:46WAS NOT
THE INTENT OF WHAT
00:06:48THE LAW SAYS.
THAT WAS NOT WHAT WAS
00:06:51ENVISIONED,
ALTHOUGH THIS CERTAINLY IS AN
00:06:53INVASION.
THEREFORE, THERE WILL BE A
00:06:58LAWSUIT FILED IN COMMON
PLEAS COURT IN FRANKLIN COUNTY
00:07:02TODAY.
BY INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
00:07:07IN THAT POSITION OR SIMILAR
POSITION TO WHAT I HAVE
00:07:12DESCRIBED.
WE WOULD HOPE
00:07:16THAT.
THAT SUGGESTION IN THAT
00:07:20IN THAT FILING AND I'LL
LET FRANK LAROSE TALK ABOUT
00:07:23THIS IN
MORE DETAIL.
00:07:25THAT FILING WOULD CONTAIN
THE ESSENCE OF WHAT I JUST
00:07:29SAID.
WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT A JUDGE
00:07:32WOULD HOLD A HEARING
AND WE WOULDN'T THEN MOVE MOVE
00:07:36ON FROM THERE.
IT IS IMPORTANT NOT ONE TURN
00:07:44OVER TO THE
SECRETARY OF STATE,
00:07:49WHO HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB
AND HIS WORKERS
00:07:53AND BOARDS OF ELECTION, AND
I WANT A MESSAGE FOR
00:07:57ALL THOSE WHO WORK IN LOCAL
BOARDS
00:07:59OF ELECTION.
YOU HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB.
00:08:04WE KNOW THAT THIS DECISION IS
DIFFICULT.
00:08:09BUT I WANT TO JUST CONGRATULATE
YOU
00:08:11FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.
A COUPLE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
00:08:18WE CANNOT TELL PEOPLE.
AS WE ARE KILLING THEM AND
00:08:23AS.
DR. ACTON WILL BE SAYING
00:08:27IN A FEW MOMENTS THAT THEY
REALLY,
00:08:29REALLY NEED TO STAY HOME.
AND THAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST
00:08:32OF
THEIR HEALTH.
00:08:35THAT THE RISK IS HIGH.
AT THE SAME TIME, TELL
00:08:39THEM TO GO VOTE.
MAY ALSO SAY THAT WE HAVE
00:08:44FRANK TELLS ME WHAT FRANK
35000 POLLWORKERS SOMETHING IN
00:08:48THAT VICINITY.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING
00:08:53TO BE
THERE 13 HOURS OR MORE.
00:08:56THESE ARE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
BE IN
00:08:57CONTACT WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE
THAT
00:08:59DAY, TOMORROW.
MANY OF THESE POLL WORKERS ARE.
00:09:04OLDER.
AND AGAIN, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT
00:09:09PUTTING THEM TOGETHER WITH SO
MANY
00:09:11PEOPLE IS FRANKLY
NOT FAIR TO THEM, EVEN THOUGH
00:09:15THEY
MANY OF THEM HAVE SAID YES.
00:09:17WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THIS AND
SOME OF THEM HAVE DONE IT FOR
00:09:20MANY,
MANY YEARS.
00:09:22WE DO NOT KNOW WHETHER
COMING THROUGH THE LINE.
00:09:28WHO'S BEEN INFECTED?
CONVERSELY, WE DON'T KNOW IF
00:09:32ANY THE
POLL WORKERS HAVE BEEN INFECTED
00:09:34BECAUSE THIS IS A UNIQUE
THIS IS A SITUATION
00:09:38WHERE THE EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT
PEOPLE
00:09:40AND DOCTOR ACT AND TALKED ABOUT
THIS
00:09:42YESTERDAY WHEN SHE WENT BACK AND
LOOKED AT THE DATES OF THE
00:09:46PEOPLE
WHEN THE ONSET FIRST
00:09:48OCCURRED.
AND THERE'S THERE'S THERE'S A
00:09:51LONG
AND AND THEN YOU GO BACK EVEN
00:09:53FURTHER THAN THAT WHEN THEY WERE
INFECTED. SO THERE'S A PERIOD OF
00:09:56TIME WHEN SOME PEOPLE DON'T EVEN
DON'T KNOW THEY'RE INFECTED AND
00:09:59SOME
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, DON'T REALLY
00:10:01KNOW IT AT ALL.
AGAIN, THESE PEOPLE ARE CARRIERS
00:10:05AND MAY NOT KNOW THAT.
I BELIEVE THAT
00:10:14WHILE THIS DECISION
IS A TOUGH DECISION, IT'S A
00:10:18DECISION
THAT I'M SURE SOMEONE MANY
00:10:20PEOPLE MAY
SAY WAS THE WRONG DECISION.
00:10:24I THINK WHEN WE LOOK BACK ON
THIS,
00:10:28WE'RE GOING TO BE GLAD WE DID
THIS.
00:10:32THE RIGHTS OF VOTERS ARE
PRESERVED
00:10:34THERE. EACH VOTER WILL BE GIVEN
AN AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE.
00:10:39THE VOTES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN
CAST HAVE BEEN CAST.
00:10:42AND FRANK CAN TALK ABOUT THIS.
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEY
00:10:46JUST
ARE NOT COUNTED.
00:10:47THEY'RE THERE.
THEY WILL STAY THERE FROZEN.
00:10:51AND THEN BUT VOTING FOR
OTHERS WILL BE ABLE
00:10:55TO BE CONTINUED.
SO LET ME NOW I DO, SIR.
00:10:59FRANK LA ROSE, WHO
HE AND HIS TEAM HAVE JUST DONE A
00:11:02PHENOMENAL JOB
ALL THE WAY THROUGH, FRANK.
00:11:08THANK YOU, GOVERNOR.
THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
00:11:11THANK YOU. DR. ACTON.
SUSPENDING IN-PERSON VOTING
00:11:16IS A SERIOUS MATTER, AND
WE HAVE TRIED TO DO EVERYTHING
00:11:20WE COULD TO AVOID THAT
ALL ALONG.
00:11:24WE HAVE TAKEN OUR ADVICE FROM
THE
00:11:26PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
AND OBVIOUSLY THIS SITUATION HAS
00:11:30EVOLVED QUICKLY IN THE LAST FEW
DAYS.
00:11:33THE ADVICE OVER THE LAST WEEK
HAD BEEN CLEAR IT WOULD BE
00:11:37SAFE FOR BOTH POLL WORKERS
AND FOR VOTERS TO COME OUT
00:11:41TO VOTE ON TUESDAY.
WE WERE PROCEEDING ON
00:11:46THAT COURSE.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT MANY
00:11:49THOUSANDS
OF VERY DEDICATED OHIOANS WERE
00:11:50WORKING HARD TO MAKE THAT
HAPPEN.
00:11:53AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK
YOU TO
00:11:54THEM FOR THEIR PATRIOTISM AND
FOR
00:11:56THEIR DEDICATION.
SOMETIMES WE TAKE
00:12:00MAYBE FOR GRANTED
WHEN ELECTIONS HAPPEN.
00:12:04IT'S JUST SORT OF THIS
UBIQUITOUS
00:12:06THING THAT HAPPENS A COUPLE OF
TIMES
00:12:07A YEAR. BUT A LOT OF WORK GOES
INTO CONDUCTING AN ELECTION.
00:12:10AND BY THE WAY, IT'S A
THOROUGHLY
00:12:12BIPARTISAN PROCESS.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
00:12:16OHIOANS
TO COME TOGETHER AS REPUBLICANS
00:12:17AND
DEMOCRATS AND DO THIS REALLY
00:12:19TOUGH
WORK OF RUNNING ELECTIONS.
00:12:21OVER THE LAST COUPLE DAYS, WE'VE
SEEN THE BEST OF OHIO ON DISPLAY
00:12:24AS OVER TWO THOUSAND
FIVE HUNDRED, PATRIOTIC, OHIOANS
00:12:28WERE STEPPING UP AND
VOLUNTEERING
00:12:30TO BE POLL WORKERS.
THEY WERE BEING TRAINED OVER THE
00:12:32WEEKENDS.
THE BOARDS OF ELECTIONS WERE
00:12:35WORKING
ON GETTING ALL THE MATERIALS AND
00:12:37SUPPLIES OUT TO THE POLLING
LOCATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT
00:12:41WE COULD CONDUCT A SAFE
ELECTION.
00:12:44BUT OF COURSE, NOW THAT THE
ADVICE
00:12:46OF OUR PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS
HAS EVOLVED WITH THIS PUBLIC
00:12:49HEALTH
EMERGENCY AND WE KNOW THAT IT
00:12:51WOULD NOT BE SAFE, AND THERE
IS ONLY ONE THING IN MY MIND
00:12:55MORE IMPORTANT THAN A FREE AND
FAIR
00:12:56ELECTION, AND THAT IS THE HEALTH
AND SAFETY OF OUR FELLOW
00:13:01OHIOANS.
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR FELLOW
00:13:03OHIOANS IS NOT NEGOTIABLE.
OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN'T STAND HERE
00:13:07AND
TELL PEOPLE OVER 65 THAT
00:13:09THEY SHOULD STAY AT HOME
AND AT THE SAME TIME TELL
00:13:12OHIOANS
THAT THEY SHOULD COME OUT TO
00:13:14VOTE.
AND AS THE GOVERNOR MENTIONED,
00:13:17THE POWER TO SUSPEND AN
ELECTION,
00:13:19THE POWER TO DELAY AN ELECTION
IS NOT ONE THAT WE HAVE.
00:13:23IT RESTS WITH THE LEGISLATURE
AND WITH THE COURTS.
00:13:28THE DECISION
THAT I MADE IS TO GET
00:13:34RECOMMENDATIONS READY,
ANTICIPATING
00:13:36THAT THERE WOULD BE A LAWSUIT
AS A
00:13:38RESULT OF THIS. I WILL BE
DIRECTING
00:13:40MY ATTORNEY, THE OHIO ATTORNEY
GENERAL, DAVE YOST, TO NOT
00:13:44CONTEST THAT LAWSUIT.
BUT WE WILL BE SUBMITTING TO THE
00:13:48COURT FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION
OUR
00:13:49RECOMMENDATION.
AND AS THE GOVERNOR MENTIONED,
00:13:51THAT
RECOMMENDATION
00:13:53IS THAT THERE BE NO IN-PERSON
VOTING
00:13:55TOMORROW, THAT
THE BOARDS OF ELECTIONS
00:13:58CONTINUE TO
RECEIVE ABSENTEE BALLOTS,
00:14:01THOUGH,
AND THAT ELECTION DAY BE
00:14:04POSTPONED
UNTIL JUNE 2ND.
00:14:07DURING THE INTERVENING SEVERAL
WEEKS, BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, WE
00:14:10WILL
CONTINUE TO ALLOW
00:14:12PEOPLE TO REQUEST AND
SUBMIT VOTE BY MAIL ABSENTEE
00:14:16BALLOTS.
AGAIN, THIS
00:14:19IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ALL
IOWANS AND IN THE SAFETY OF
00:14:22OHIOANS.
AND MY HEART GOES
00:14:24OUT TO THOSE MANY ELECTIONS
OFFICIALS THAT HAVE WORKED HARD
00:14:27TO
MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND TO THOSE
00:14:28CANDIDATES AND THEIR FAMILIES
WHO
00:14:29HAVE WORKED HARD. BUT.
BUT THIS IS THE RIGHT DECISION.
00:14:33I HOPE AND ANTICIPATE THAT THE
JUDGE
00:14:35WILL WILL AGREE WITH US.
BUT WE'LL BE SUBMITTING THAT
00:14:37FOR THE
JUDGE'S CONSIDERATION THIS
00:14:39AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU.
00:14:45THANK YOU, FRANK.
I DO WANT TO THANK SECRETARY
00:14:48LAROSE
AND ALL OF THE ELECTIONS
00:14:49OFFICIALS
WHO'VE BEEN WORKING TO PREPARE
00:14:51FOR
THIS.
00:14:52AS THE GOVERNOR MENTIONED, VERY
DIFFICULT DECISION FOR HIM
00:14:56TO MAKE, FOR THE SECRETARY TO
MAKE.
00:14:58BUT WE DID RECEIVE A NUMBER OF
CALLS
00:15:00WITH PEOPLE IN THEIR PERSONAL
REAL
00:15:02STORIES
FROM POLL WORKERS AND THE LIKE
00:15:05WHO
SAID, LOOK UP, WE'LL GO SEE
00:15:07THIS THROUGH TOMORROW IF YOU
REALLY
00:15:09WANT US TO DO THIS. BUT WE'RE
REALLY
00:15:11SCARED.
WE'RE REALLY SCARED FOR OUR
00:15:13HEALTH.
WE'RE REALLY SCARED ABOUT
00:15:16WHAT THIS MEANS.
I TALKED TO PEOPLE WHO HAD
00:15:20VOTED EVERY ELECTION
IN THEIR LIVES AND
00:15:24WE'RE GOING TO SKIP TOMORROW
OUT OF
00:15:25THEIR HEALTH CONCERNS.
THESE ARE THE VERY REAL CHOICES
00:15:30THAT PEOPLE WERE GOING TO HAVE
TO
00:15:32MAKE.
AND ULTIMATELY, IT IS NOT FAIR
00:15:35TO FORCE THEM TO HAVE TO PICK
THEIR
00:15:36HEALTH OR THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL
RIGHTS.
00:15:39AND BY EXTENDING
THE VOTING PERIOD, EVERYBODY
00:15:43WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO VOTE BY
MAIL
00:15:46SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME
IN
00:15:47CONTACT WITH ANOTHER PERSON
CONSISTENT WITH WHAT DOCTOR
00:15:50ACTING
AND THE HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE
00:15:53URGING
EVERYONE TO DO.
00:15:55THIS WINDOW OF VOTING BY MAIL.
IF THE COURT GRANTS, IT WILL BE
00:15:59OPEN
FOR EVERYONE.
00:16:01AND THAT REALLY
ACHIEVES THE GOAL OF MAKING
00:16:06SURE THAT EVERYBODY CAN EXERCISE
THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT
00:16:10SAFELY.
IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT
00:16:14EARLIER TODAY WE SPOKE
WITH THE TWO STATE PARTY CHAIRS,
00:16:18DAVID PEPPER AND JANE
TIMKIN, WHO WERE
00:16:23CONSULTED AND SUPPORTED
THE DECISION.
00:16:27AND SO WANTED TO
LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT,
00:16:33LOOK, AS A FORMER SECRETARY OF
STATE, I KNOW THE BURDEN THAT
00:16:36THIS
THIS CREATES
00:16:38FOR THE SECRETARY.
BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THE
00:16:41GOVERNOR
HAS USED SCIENCE AND THE BEST
00:16:44MEDICAL ADVICE TO MAKE
DECISIONS.
00:16:46AND WHEN THAT ADVICE CHANGES,
HE QUICKLY ADAPTS AND
00:16:51AND TRIES TO KEEP THE PEOPLE OF
OHIO
00:16:53SAFE. AND THAT'S THE
MOTIVATION FOR THE DECISION
00:16:57HERE.
LET ME JUST ADD ONE ADDITIONAL
00:16:59THING, AND I'M GOING TO ASK DR.
ACTON TO
00:17:03SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THE SITUATION TODAY IN OUR
00:17:08ADVICE.
LOOK, SOME PEOPLE WILL SAY,
00:17:10WELL, GEE, THEY COULD HAVE
VOTED.
00:17:12THEY HAD ALL THE TIME TO VOTE.
THEY COULD HAVE VOTED ABSENTEE.
00:17:16AND THAT'S TRUE.
BUT I THINK WE ALL KNOW PEOPLE
00:17:20WHO.
THEY VOTE ON ELECTION DAY IS
00:17:24WHAT
THEY DO, AND
00:17:27THE FACTS CONTINUE TO CHANGE
AND NOT THE FACTS CONTINUE TO
00:17:32CHANGE
QUITE, QUITE BLUNTLY,
00:17:35THE PUBLIC'S UNDERSTANDING OF
THE
00:17:37FACTS CONTINUE TO CHANGE.
AND SO WHAT MAY HAVE LOOKED A
00:17:42WEEK
AGO, LIKE THE RIGHT
00:17:44DECISION. I'M GOING TO WAIT ON
MY
00:17:45VOTE ON ELECTION DAY.
I ALWAYS DO.
00:17:48SOMEONE MIGHT SAY
THE REALITY AND WHAT PEOPLE ARE
00:17:53HEARING TODAY
AND WHAT THE MESSAGES ARE TODAY
00:17:57WITH
THE NATIONAL NEWS OR HERE
00:18:00IS. BE CAREFUL,
YOU KNOW. BE VERY, VERY, VERY
00:18:04CAREFUL. IF YOU'RE 65 AND OLDER,
IF YOU HAVE COMPROMISED HEALTH.
00:18:08AND SO, AGAIN, IS THAT IS
SINKING
00:18:10IN.
PEOPLE NOW HAVE THIS
00:18:13VERY, VERY CONFLICTED.
AND WHEN WE KNOW THEY'RE
00:18:15CONFLICTED
BECAUSE WE'RE HEARING FROM
00:18:18THEM.
SO I WANT TO ASK DR. ACTON TO
00:18:21TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, BECAUSE
THE MESSAGE FROM TODAY IS IT IS
00:18:26AGAIN, IS NOT JUST ABOUT THIS
ELECTION.
00:18:30WELL, I WANT PEOPLE TO HEAR WHEN
THEY WATCH THIS TONIGHT.
00:18:33THEY'RE WATCHING NOW IS
THE IMPORTANCE OF THOSE
00:18:37INDIVIDUALS
WHO ARE 65 AND OLDER
00:18:40AND THE RISKS THAT THEY TAKE
WHEN THEY LEAVE. AND I WOULD
00:18:43SAY TO
THEIR NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS, IF
00:18:45YOU
HAVE SOMEONE
00:18:48IN THAT AGE
OR THAT MEDICAL CONDITION.
00:18:52HELP THEM OUT.
VOLUNTEER TO GET THEIR
00:18:54GROCERIES FOR
THEM. VOLUNTEER TO HELP THEM.
00:18:56AND IN A WAY THAT THAT
THAT YOU CAN WE ARE ALL
00:19:00IN THIS TOGETHER.
DOCTOR ACTON.
00:19:09GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
I WANT TO START OUT, AS I
00:19:13USUALLY
DO BY SAYING
00:19:16I'LL TRY TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE
MORE OF
00:19:17THE SCIENCE TODAY.
I DO HOPE MY TEAM IS PUT
00:19:21TOGETHER.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS EVERY DAY
00:19:23IN
OHIO AND THERE'S A LOT OF
00:19:25SCIENCE AND DISCUSSIONS WE'VE
HAD.
00:19:27SO WE'VE COMPILED THOSE
ARE THE PAST PRESS CONFERENCES
00:19:30TO
HELP FOLKS SORT OF CATCH UP
00:19:32TO WHERE WHERE WE ARE, BUT WE
KNOW THAT EVERYONE ISN'T THERE.
00:19:37LET ME START OUT BY SAYING WE
DO.
00:19:40AS OF EARLIER TODAY, WITH
MANY, MANY MORE TESTS COMING IN
00:19:44EVERY MOMENT, WE DID
CONFIRM ON OUR WEB SITE 50
00:19:48POSITIVE
TESTS A WEEK AGO
00:19:50WAS OUR FIRST CASE.
SO 50 CASES
00:19:55AND AS I'VE SAID, CASES
ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN TESTED.
00:19:59OUR TESTING IS EXPANDING.
IT'S STILL CONCENTRATED A LOT
00:20:03AROUND WHAT WE CALL, YOU KNOW,
HOW
00:20:05THE BIG THREE SEES THE BIGGER
CITIES.
00:20:07A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM
COUNTIES TO THAT
00:20:11AND THAT CAPACITY IS BUILDING.
WE'LL BE TALKING MORE ABOUT
00:20:13THAT IN
DAYS TO COME.
00:20:16BUT WE KNOW THAT'S THE TIP OF
THE
00:20:17ICEBERG.
AGAIN, THE ONSET OF OUR CASES
00:20:21AS EARLY AS SYMPTOMS
OF FEBRUARY 7TH
00:20:25THROUGH MARCH 15TH.
AS WE SAID YESTERDAY, KNOWING
00:20:30THAT
FOLKS HAVE TO BE INFECTIOUS
00:20:31BEFORE
THEY'RE SYMPTOMATIC.
00:20:34SO SO WE KNOW
WITH THE CASES AND THE HISTORIES
00:20:37WE'RE GETTING NOW THAT THERE'S
JUST
00:20:39SO MUCH COMMUNITY SPREAD THAT WE
CAN'T TIE TO THE
00:20:43TRAVEL HISTORY OR TO A CONTACT,
ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME OF
00:20:46THOSE AS
WELL.
00:20:48THE AGE RANGE TODAY,
14
00:20:52TO AGE 86.
WITH A MEDIAN AGE OF FIFTY
00:20:57ONE.
20 FEMALES, 30
00:21:01MALES, HOSPITALIZATIONS,
14.
00:21:06SO WE'LL HAVE MORE
INFORMATION ON OUR COUNTIES ON
00:21:10OUR
WEB SITE.
00:21:12BUT I THINK THAT GIVES YOU A
SENSE
00:21:13IT'S IT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN
SAYING.
00:21:15IT'S WHAT WE'RE PREDICTING.
THIS SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISING TO
00:21:18FOLKS.
BUT I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO
00:21:22NOTE. 86- YEAR- OLD,
14-YEAR- OLD.
00:21:25WE DO KNOW THAT CHILDREN GET
THIS.
00:21:28WE DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE
VERY HIGH RISK GROUPS THAT WE
00:21:31HAVE TO TALK ABOUT TODAY.
AND WE DO KNOW THAT WE ARE ON
00:21:36THE UPSLOPE OF THIS CURVE.
SO TODAY, WHEN I BEGAN THIS WEEK
00:21:42AND WHEN I TALKED TO MY TEAM
AND I TALKED WITH THE GOVERNOR'S
00:21:45TEAM, I HAD THREE MAJOR
PRIORITIES INTO THIS WEEK
00:21:49AS WE TALKED ABOUT. WE MOVED A
LOT
00:21:51OF THE BIG ROCKS.
WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A VACCINE,
00:21:55WHEN YOU CAN USE THESE
EVIDENCE BASED COMMUNITY
00:21:59MITIGATION STRATEGIES THAT YOU
SEE
00:22:01BEING DEPLOYED AROUND THE
WORLD, THE
00:22:02NON PHARMACOLOGIC INTERVENTIONS.
WE MOVED A LOT OF THOSE BIG
00:22:06ROCKS.
AND AS I TOLD YOU, WE'LL GO TO
00:22:08THE
NEXT CASCADING LAYER AND WE KEEP
00:22:11WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH WHAT THE
NEXT POLICY DECISIONS ARE.
00:22:15AND SO I THOUGHT A LOT THIS WEEK
THAT I'LL BE VERY FOCUSED ON THE
00:22:18HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.
AND YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE IN
00:22:19THE
DAYS TO COME.
00:22:21EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING WITH OUR
INCREDIBLE PARTNERSHIP WITH
00:22:24OUR HOSPITALS AND OUR OUR
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS AND
00:22:28AND WE'LL BE REVIEWING A LOT
MORE
00:22:30OF THE STRATEGY THAT THEY'RE
WORKING
00:22:31ON.
I'M THINKING A LOT ABOUT OUR
00:22:34VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
AND WE HAVE TEAMS AND
00:22:37TEAMS THAT ARE DEPLOYED WORKING
ON
00:22:39THINGS FROM HOMELESSNESS TO,
YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL MEALS AND
00:22:43EVERYTHING YOU CAN POSSIBLY
THINK OF
00:22:45AND STRATEGIES AROUND THAT.
AND THEN THIRDLY, AND THIS IS
00:22:48VERY
IMPORTANT IN PUBLIC HEALTH,
00:22:49COMMUNICATION IS EVERYTHING.
WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, JUST
00:22:54AN AMAZING RESPONSE ON OUR
HOTLINE,
00:22:56OUR 8 3, 3, 4,
ASK ODH NUMBER
00:23:00ON OUR WEB SITE CORONAVIRUS DOT
OHIO DOT GOV.
00:23:04WE ARE RAMPING THAT UP RAPIDLY.
I GET LOTS OF INFORMATION JUST
00:23:08JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE HERE,
FAMILY, FRIENDS, ANYONE I'VE
00:23:12EVER
KNOWN IN MY LIFE.
00:23:14MAYORS, COMMISSIONERS, EVERYONE
HAS IDEAS WHAT MORE WE COULD DO.
00:23:18AND WE'RE RAMPING UP
COMMUNICATIONS
00:23:19AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN,
TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE
00:23:23CHANGING
NEWS.
00:23:24I REALLY APPRECIATE THE
AMBULANCE
00:23:26PATIENTS,
EVEN WHEN THEY'VE HAD TO WAIT
00:23:29FOR A
CALLBACK.
00:23:32WE HAVE TALKED THIS MORNING
WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL
00:23:36DELEGATION,
WITH OUR SENATORS.
00:23:38AND I CAN TELL YOU, THE WHOLE
COUNTRY IS MOVING TODAY.
00:23:41WE TALKED TO THE PRESIDENT AND
THE
00:23:43VISE PRESIDENT AND OTHER
GOVERNORS
00:23:45ON A CALL TODAY.
AND AS YOU'LL SEE NOW,
00:23:48EVERYONE IS SORT OF MOVING FULL
COURT PRESS INTO THIS NEXT
00:23:53STAGE.
AND WE KNOW THAT TIMING IS
00:23:54EVERYTHING.
THAT EVERY DAY AND
00:23:58EVERY PERSON MATTERS.
SO WE ARE IN THAT FOR A FULL
00:24:02COURT
PRESS MODE.
00:24:03I MEAN, SOME SOME THINGS I WANT
TO
00:24:05SHARE WITH YOU.
HIGH RISK GROUPS, WE TALK A LOT
00:24:09ABOUT THIS. AND AS WE KNOW, 65
IN OLDER ARE PARTICULARLY
00:24:12VULNERABLE, UP TO 15
TIMES THE FATALITY RATE IN OUR
00:24:16EARLY STUDIES ON THIS.
AND SIGNIFICANTLY,
00:24:20WE MUST PROTECT THIS POPULATION.
AND WITH THAT, I SAY, LIKE
00:24:24I SAY WITH EVERYONE RIGHT NOW,
IF
00:24:26IT IS NONESSENTIAL, YOU SHOULD
NOT
00:24:28BE DOING IT.
AND AND AND ESPECIALLY
00:24:32FOR THE ELDERLY.
I KNOW TALKING TO MY IN-LAWS,
00:24:35UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW,
MY FATHER HAS PASSED.
00:24:38I'M TALKING TO MY UNCLES AND
AUNTS.
00:24:40BUT, YOU KNOW, WITH MY IN-LAWS,
YOU KNOW, MY FATHER IN LAW IS
00:24:44IN HIS
MID 80S AS WELL.
00:24:46AND WE'RE MAKING ALL THESE
DECISIONS
00:24:48THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE AT HOME ARE
MAKING.
00:24:51THEY'RE NOT YOU KNOW, WE'RE
TRYING
00:24:52TO HELP THEM WITH GROCERIES.
WE'RE TRYING TO HELP THEM NOT
00:24:54HAVE
TO GO TO THE STORE.
00:24:56THE PRESIDENT AND VISE PRESIDENT
ASSURED US, YOU KNOW, WE'RE
00:24:59CLOSING
A LOT OF THINGS.
00:25:00BUT PLEASE KNOW AT HOME, FOOD.
GROCERY STORES WILL REMAIN OPEN.
00:25:05MEDICINE WILL REMAIN OPEN.
BANKS WILL REMAIN OPEN.
00:25:09SO WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO
KEEP
00:25:10THOSE LIFELINES AND EVEN IN
OTHER
00:25:12COUNTRIES, VERY HARD HIT.
THEY HAVE TIMES EVEN IN CHINA.
00:25:15EVEN IN ITALY WHERE PEOPLE CAN
RESTOCK.
00:25:18BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO
MAKE
00:25:19THOSE ELECTIVE CHOICES, YOU
KNOW, BY HELPING OUT OUR
00:25:23ELDERLY.
NOT NOT SOMETHING THEY HAVE TO
00:25:25TAKE,
BUT WE HAVE OTHER HIGH RISK
00:25:26GROUPS.
I'VE SAID BEFORE, HEART DISEASE,
00:25:29DIABETES, PREEXISTING
LUNG DISORDERS, THOSE ARE ALL
00:25:33HIGH RISK. OBESITY HAS BEEN SEEN
TO BE HIGH RISK.
00:25:36WE KNOW THIS AFFECTS A LOT OF
OHIOANS.
00:25:39I'M ALSO THINKING A LOT ABOUT
PEOPLE
00:25:41WHO ARE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED, WHO
ARE
00:25:42BEING TREATED FOR CANCER AND
OTHER DISEASES
00:25:46WHERE THEY'RE ON DRUGS THAT
ACTUALLY
00:25:48SUPPRESS THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEM.
WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE YOUNG KIDS
00:25:52WITH
CYSTIC FIBROSIS AND OTHER
00:25:54DISEASES, HEMOPHILIA.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO
00:25:57ARE
VERY HIGH RISK ON DRUGS
00:26:00THAT MAKE IT SO THAT THERE ARE
HIGH
00:26:01RISK.
SO ALL OF THOSE FOLKS HAVE HAD
00:26:05A LOT OF CONCERN
CALLS FROM FOLKS ABOUT
00:26:09PREGNANCY,
AND THEY'RE VERY, VERY NERVOUS
00:26:11ABOUT THAT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW
00:26:14THERE'S
VERY LITTLE DATA RIGHT NOW ON
00:26:16THAT.
OBVIOUSLY, GETTING ANY INFECTION
00:26:18DURING PREGNANCY, A FEVER IS
KNOWN
00:26:20TO BE HIGH RISK.
BUT THERE ISN'T SOLID DATA YET
00:26:23FOR
THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
00:26:25WE'RE GOING TO STAY VERY CLOSE
ATTUNED TO THAT
00:26:28IN TERMS OF THAT.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS OUT
00:26:31THERE
WHO ARE SCARED AND WORRIED AND
00:26:33THEREFORE, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER
THEM
00:26:35BEING ABLE TO STAY AT HOME AND
STAY
00:26:37HEALTHY AS POSSIBLE.
WE ARE WORKING AGAIN WITH
00:26:42VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, AND I'M
JUST SO PLEASED THAT THE FEDERAL
00:26:45LEVEL, OUR SENATORS ARE LEADING
AND WE ARE GOING TO WORK ON
00:26:50POLICIES
AND STAY TUNED ON ALL THAT.
00:26:51I KNOW IT'S HARD TO TOLERATE
AMBIGUITY AND NOT HAVE EVERY
00:26:55ANSWER RIGHT NOW FROM YOUR GYM
TO A BOWLING ALLEY TO.
00:26:59I'VE BEEN REACHED OUT BY THE
PERSON
00:27:01WHO CUTS MY HAIR, ALTHOUGH VERY
INFREQUENTLY. EVERYTHING
00:27:04--BECAUSE
WHO HAS TIME?
00:27:06EVEN SHE WHO IS PREGNANT RIGHT
NOW
00:27:08REACHED OUT AND SAID, WHAT DO
WE ALL
00:27:09DO? WHAT DO I.
SHOULD I KEEP DOING MY WORK?
00:27:12AND THESE ARE HARD ANSWERS AND
WE
00:27:13DON'T HAVE EVERY SCIENTIFIC
ANSWER YET. SO WE WILL KEEP
00:27:17GUIDING
YOU AS BEST WE CAN, BUT WE'RE
00:27:19ALL
HAVING TO MAKE SOME VERY HARD
00:27:20DECISIONS RIGHT NOW.
PPE REMAINS A REALLY
00:27:25IMPORTANT THING.
PART OF OUR HEALTH CARE ADVICE.
00:27:29BUT WE'LL BE GIVING THIS OUT
SOON
00:27:31FOR THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE
INDUSTRY.
00:27:33WE HAVE A LOT OF LATEX NITRILE
GLOVES.
00:27:36YOU KNOW, THE GLOVES THAT WE
WEAR IN
00:27:37PREPARING FOOD. FOLKS ARE NOT
USING
00:27:39THOSE. WE'VE BEEN ASKED.
SIMILARLY WITH THE ASKS ARE
00:27:42GOING TO
BE HEARING ABOUT DELAYING
00:27:44UNNECESSARY AMBULATORY SURGICAL
SURGERIES.
00:27:48AND DENTISTS AND VETERINARIANS
ARE GOING TO BE ASKED THIS IN
00:27:51THE
DAYS TO COME.
00:27:52IF YOU HAVE PPE, THE
PROTECTIVE GEAR, WHETHER THEY BE
00:27:56MASKS, SURGICAL N95
GLOVES, FACE SHIELDS
00:28:01THAT YOU WILL NOT BE USING.
IF YOU CAN GET THOSE TO YOUR
00:28:04LOCAL
EMA THEY WILL COLLECT THOSE.
00:28:07WE'LL BE TALKING MORE ABOUT
THAT AND
00:28:08TIME TO COMBAT. I KNOW OUR
FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY HAS
00:28:11OFFERED TO HELP WITH THAT
AS WELL.
00:28:15I JUST WANT TO SAY.
THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF
00:28:20PEDIATRICS,
WE'VE REACHED OUT TO OUR OHIO
00:28:22CHAPTER TO WORK VERY HARD,
PEDIATRICIANS WANTS
00:28:25SOME MORE GUIDANCE.
OUR PARENTS ARE WONDERING WHAT
00:28:28WHAT
YOU CAN DO, WHAT IS SAFE FOR
00:28:30YOUR YOUR CHILD.
AND WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING
00:28:33THAT
GUIDANCE WITH THE BEST, BEST
00:28:35MEDICAL
EXPERTS WE CAN.
00:28:37I WANT TO THANK THE SECRETARY
OF STATE AND HIS
00:28:41HIS TEAM.
WE'VE WORKED TIRELESSLY.
00:28:43WE WORKED FIRST ON NURSING HOMES
AND REMOVING THAT FROM THERE.
00:28:47WE'VE WORKED HARD ON MAKING SURE
THAT THE ELDERLY IN THE NURSING
00:28:50HOMES COULD VOTE.
WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY IN THE
00:28:52LAST FEW
DAYS. I'M PROUDLY WEARING
00:28:55THE VOTE PIN THAT I RECEIVED
AND I ASKED YOU.
00:28:59AND PEOPLE RESPONDED TO GO OUT
AND REGISTER TO BE A VOTE
00:29:03VOTER. AND I THANK YOU FOR DOING
THAT. WE HAVE DONE EVERY
00:29:06POSSIBLE
THING WE CAN WITH THE KNOWLEDGE
00:29:08WE'VE HAD.
AND I JUST THINK HIS TEAM
00:29:12AND I THANK YOU AT HOME AND
WE'LL
00:29:13HAVE MORE FOR YOU.
COUPLE OF THINGS THAT UPDATE AND
00:29:20EMPHASIZE,
AS
00:29:25DR. ACTON'S SAID, WE WERE ON THE
CALL WITH PRESIDENT VICE
00:29:29PRESIDENT
AND WE'RE IN
00:29:31MEETINGS WILLING TO PROVIDE SOME
REASSURANCE.
00:29:34THE GROCERY STORES ARE GOING TO
REMAIN OPEN.
00:29:36YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO
THE ESSENTIALS OF LIFE.
00:29:39THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT ELIMINATING
00:29:43THE THREATS FROM THE
NON-ESSENTIAL
00:29:45SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THE
ESSENTIAL.
00:29:48RESTAURANTS ARE AVAILABLE
TO PROVIDE CARRY
00:29:52OUT MEALS
DELIVERY.
00:29:56PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT
YOU USE THEIR SERVICES.
00:30:01YOU WILL WANT THEM TO BE THERE
WHEN
00:30:02WE GET THROUGH THIS ECONOMICALLY
AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM.
00:30:08IF YOU'RE A BUSINESS AND YOU'RE
A
00:30:09SMALL BUSINESS WHO ARE IMPACTED
BY
00:30:11THIS. REMEMBER, ASSISTANCE
IS AVAILABLE AT BUSINESS HELP
00:30:16AT DEVELOPMENT DOT
OHIO DOT GOV.
00:30:22ADDITIONALLY,
WE HAVE.
00:30:29UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
SERVICES FOR
00:30:34THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE
DISPLACED
00:30:37BY THIS
SITUATION.
00:30:41UNEMPLOYMENT DOT OHIO
DOT GOV. I WANT TO REPEAT THAT.
00:30:44UNEMPLOYMENT, DOT OHIO
DOT GOV RIGHT
00:30:48NOW. LAST CHECK.
ONE SUNDAY AGO WE HAD FIVE
00:30:53HUNDRED
AND SIXTY TWO
00:30:55APPLICATIONS.
THIS PAST SUNDAY, WE HAD 12000.
00:30:58YOU CAN SEE THAT PEOPLE ARE
BEING
00:31:00IMPACTED.
THE CALL LINE IS AN
00:31:03HOUR AND 40 MINUTE WAIT RIGHT
NOW.
00:31:05SO IF YOU CAN PLEASE USE
IF YOU HAVE THE AVAILABILITY,
00:31:10THE WEB SITE, THAT WILL HELP
MAKE
00:31:12THE CALL LINE AVAILABLE FOR
THOSE
00:31:13PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE
WEBSITE ACCESS.
00:31:18ALL OF US
WORKING TOGETHER, COOPERATING
00:31:21CAN HELP MAKE THIS PROCESS
EASIER
00:31:24FOR EVERYONE.
HOWEVER, IF YOU DO HAVE
00:31:27NO OTHER WAY TO REACH, YOU
CAN'T REACH THROUGH
00:31:31A COMPUTER.
YOU HAVE THE TOLL FREE NUMBER
00:31:341 8 7 7
6 4 4 6
00:31:385 6 2.
AND I WANT TO MENTION THIS
00:31:44AGAIN.
ONE OF THE WAYS THAT'S GOING TO
00:31:45BE
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR EMPLOYERS
00:31:47TO
HELP HELP THIS
00:31:49DOCTOR ACT AND BEEN TALKING WITH
IS TO SLOW THE SPREAD.
00:31:53IF YOU HAVE AN EMPLOYEE WHO
IS EXHIBITING SIGNS
00:31:57OF AN ILLNESS, SEND THEM HOME.
DO NOT KEEP THEM AT YOUR
00:32:01BUSINESS.
THEY ARE ELIGIBLE.
00:32:04IF YOU DON'T HAVE A PAID, IF YOU
DON'T HAVE PAID
00:32:08SICK LEAVE, THEY ARE ELIGIBLE
FOR UNEMPLOYMENT IMMEDIATELY
00:32:12UNDER
THIS PROGRAM. DO NOT KEEP A SICK
00:32:14PERSON AT WORK
BECAUSE WHETHER THEY HAVE AN
00:32:18ESSENTIAL MISSION OR NOT, SEND
THEM
00:32:20AWAY. PUT A HEALTHY PERSON IN
THERE TO DO THIS.
00:32:23ANOTHER OPTION FOR EMPLOYERS IS
TO
00:32:25REMEMBER WHEN WE GET THROUGH
THIS AND WE WILL.
00:32:29AND THE ECONOMY WILL REBOUND.
YOU'RE GOING TO NEED THOSE
00:32:32SKILLED
EMPLOYEES, TAKE CARE OF THEM
00:32:34NOW,
HELP THEM OUT.
00:32:36AND WE ALSO HAVE WAYS FOR YOU TO
DO THIS THROUGH SHARED
00:32:39WORK.
SHARED WORK IS A PROGRAM THROUGH
00:32:45THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF JOB
AND FAMILY SERVICES.
00:32:49IT CAN HELP YOU MANAGE
BOTH THE SIZE OF YOUR
00:32:53WORKFORCE AND HELP GET THOSE
WHO NEED IT INTO A TRAINING
00:32:58PROGRAM.
WE HAVE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW A
00:33:00WINDOW
OF OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE WILL
00:33:02PAY FOR
EMPLOYER TRAINING UNDER THE
00:33:04TECH CREDIT PROGRAM. DOT TECH
CREDIT OHIO DOT GOV.
00:33:09MANY OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES ARE
AVAILABLE WITH DISTANCE
00:33:12LEARNING, UPGRADING YOUR
COMPUTER
00:33:14SKILLS, LEARNING TO CODE, DOING
ALL
00:33:16THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT THE
ECONOMY
00:33:18WILL DEMAND OF YOU WHEN
WE RECOVER, ENROLL
00:33:23AND HELP UPSKILL YOUR EMPLOYEES
DURING THIS TIME PERIOD.
00:33:27SO WHEN WE REBOUND,
WE WILL BE READY TO
00:33:32RESTORE THE OHIO
ECONOMY, CREATE OPPORTUNITIES
00:33:36FOR THE WORKFORCE.
WE UNDERSTAND THE
00:33:39DRAMATIC IMPACT
THAT THAT THESE DECISIONS HAVE
00:33:43ON REAL PEOPLE, BUSINESSES IN
THEIR DAILY LIVES.
00:33:46WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD THAT
SUPPORT
00:33:47STRUCTURE AROUND YOU AS FAST
AS WE CAN.
00:33:50WE TALKED WITH THE PRESIDENT
AND THE
00:33:52VISE PRESIDENT TODAY.
WE TALKED WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL
00:33:54DELEGATION.
WE HOPE THAT FEDERAL ACTION
00:33:57WILL HELP GIVE A BOOST
TO THESE EFFORTS.
00:34:01BUT KNOW, THAT
ACTUALLY FOR PEOPLE AT OUR
00:34:05WORLD.
I FOUND IT KIND OF
00:34:08IT HIT HOME TODAY FOR PEOPLE
WITH THIS ELECTION NEWS,
00:34:12BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A
LOT
00:34:14OF PEOPLE ON OUR LINE OF WORK
WHO
00:34:15ARE REALLY IMPACTED BY THIS.
AND THEY WERE SAYING TO
00:34:19THEMSELVES,
OH, MY GOSH, THIS IS REALLY
00:34:20GOING TO
DISRUPT MY LIFE.
00:34:23PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
WE'RE ALL IN THIS.
00:34:25OK, EVERYBODY WHO'S ON THE
BALLOT,
00:34:27THESE KIND OF SAME DISRUPTIONS
ARE
00:34:29HAPPINESS. SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERS AND
00:34:31FAMILIES AND EVERYBODY ACROSS
THIS STATE. WE ARE ALL GOING TO
00:34:35EXPERIENCE THIS DISRUPTION.
AND AS WE UNDERSTAND
00:34:39THAT AND BUILD THESE SUPPORT
SYSTEMS
00:34:40AROUND EACH OTHER, WE'LL ALL GET
THROUGH THIS MUCH BETTER.
00:34:43THANK YOU.
IF WE'D JUST ADD ONE MORE
00:34:46COMMENT
ABOUT RUMORS JOHN TALKED ABOUT A
00:34:48LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GROCERY
STORES
00:34:50STAYING OPEN, THESE RUMORS
ABOUT ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
00:34:53WE'VE ALWAYS HAD PEOPLE WHO
SPREAD
00:34:54RUMORS.
TODAY WE HAVE THE INTERNET.
00:34:56SO IT'S IT BECOMES
MORE OF A CHALLENGE, BUT
00:35:00A LOT OF INFORMATION OUT THERE.
PEOPLE HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET
00:35:04THE
GOOD INFORMATION.
00:35:05SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO KNOCK
THOSE
00:35:06RUMORS DOWN ANY TIME THAT WE
HAVE
00:35:08THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT.
BUT I JUST WOULD SAY TO
00:35:12THE FOLKS AT HOME WHO ARE
WATCHING THIS, SEE THIS TONIGHT?
00:35:17YOU KNOW, IF IT'S A CRAZY
RUMOR, IT
00:35:19PROBABLY IS A CRAZY RUMOR.
AS FAR AS THE GROCERY STORE.
00:35:22PEOPLE HAVE TO EAT.
WE JUST KEPT GETTING CALLS ABOUT
00:35:24THIS. ARE YOU CLOSING THE
GROCERY
00:35:25STORES? WELL, NO.
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THAT.
00:35:27AND WE'LL KEEP THE RESTAURANTS
OPEN.
00:35:30WE'RE DOWN TO DOING WHAT
WE NEED TO DO TO KEEP PEOPLE
00:35:34ALIVE
AND KEEP PEOPLE IN
00:35:36THEIR HOMES.
AND WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH
00:35:39THIS,
BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE.
00:35:41AND THE GOAL IS TO GET
EVERYBODY THROUGH THIS.
00:35:46SO THERE WILL BE OTHER ST.
PATRICK'S
00:35:47DAY, AS I SAID, YESTERDAY.
THERE'LL BE OTHER DAYS THAT WE
00:35:50CAN
CELEBRATE. SO WE'RE
00:35:52HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS.
[QUESTION].
00:36:14PART OF IT IS AGAIN,
WE DO. WE TRY TO LISTEN TO
00:36:18PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PUBLIC
00:36:20OFFICIALS, YOU KNOW, AREN'T
LISTENING.
00:36:23BUT WE TRY TO LISTEN.
AND WE'VE HAD PEOPLE SAID
00:36:27THIS A MOMENT AGO.
WE HAD PEOPLE WHO IS JUST KIND
00:36:29OF
GOT TO THEM NOW.
00:36:31THEY UNDERSTAND IT'S I
SHOULDN'T GO OUT.
00:36:34I I'M PREGNANT OR
I'M, YOU KNOW, SEVENTY
00:36:38FIVE YEARS OLD OR
WHATEVER. I HAD THIS MEDICAL
00:36:42PROBLEM
AND NOW I GET IT. I REALLY
00:36:43SHOULDN'T
GO OUT. AND I AM NOW, NOW VERY,
00:36:46VERY CONFLICTED.
THOSE ARE STORIES WE'RE HEARING
00:36:49FROM
REAL PEOPLE AND IT IS
00:36:51TAKEN.
TWO THINGS ARE GOING ON, OUR
00:36:54UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING
ON.
00:36:58CDC CHANGING DOWN TO 50
OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
00:37:02AND WE PROCESS THESE.
I PROCESS THIS.
00:37:05OUR TEAM PROCESSES THIS.
BUT THERE ARE THINGS GOING ON
00:37:08THAT
CONTINUES TO CHANGES THE
00:37:10PUBLIC'S
UNDERSTANDING. AND SO PUBLIC.
00:37:12WE'RE GETTING CALLS.
WE GET PEOPLE WHO ARE SAYING,
00:37:15LOOK,
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
00:37:18AND SO WE HAVE A
ALTERNATIVE THAT IS
00:37:23DISRUPTIVE.
YES, BUT
00:37:26IT PROTECTS PEOPLE'S
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
00:37:30AND ALLOWS THEM TO
IF THEY'VE NOT VOTED.
00:37:34ABLEIST VOTED.
THEY VOTED.
00:37:36BUT ANYBODY WHO HAS NOT VOTED,
THEY'RE NOW GOING TO HAVE AN
00:37:39EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME AND
THEY'RE
00:37:41GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO IT FROM
THEIR HOME.
00:37:44THEY KNOW WHAT THE DEAL IS.
NOW THEY KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT
00:37:47GOING TO GET BETTER IMMEDIATELY.
AND SO THEY CAN MAKE A RATIONAL
00:37:51DECISION.
DO YOU KNOW, DO I PULL THIS DARK
00:37:53MATTER AND ADD TO I SEND THIS IN
AND GET MY BALLOT BACK AND VOTE
00:37:58AND WE'RE GIVING THEM PLENTY OF
TIME
00:37:59TO TO PROCESS THAT AND TO DO
THAT. SO IS
00:38:03IT A PERFECT DECISION?
NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
00:38:06IS IT?
BUT WE BELIEVE IT'S THE BEST OF
00:38:09BAD
ALTERNATIVES.
00:38:11AND IT DOES PRESERVE PEOPLE'S
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
00:38:13IT DOES NOT REQUIRE THEM
TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THEIR HEALTH
00:38:17AND EXERCISING THEIR
CONSTITUTIONAL
00:38:20RIGHT.
THOSE WHO DO WANT TO VOTE IN
00:38:25PERSON.
WHY DO WE THINK JUNE 2ND IS
00:38:27SAFER
THAN MARCH 17?
00:38:31THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
FIRST OF ALL, WE DON'T KNOW.
00:38:36WE DON'T KNOW. LET'S BE HONEST.
WE DON'T KNOW.
00:38:40WE AS WE STARTED TO
ANALYZE THIS AND WE TALKED TO
00:38:43THE
SECRETARY OF STATE AND ALL OF US
00:38:46WERE CONFERRING ABOUT THIS.
SAFER WOULD HAVE BEEN SEPTEMBER.
00:38:55WE HAVE ONE PROBLEM.
THERE'S A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
00:38:57YEAR.
WE HAVE TO SELECT DELEGATES, THE
00:39:00DEMOCRATS AFTER SELECT
DELEGATES.
00:39:02THE REPUBLICANS HAVE TO SELECT
DELEGATES. THAT WOULD WOULD'VE
00:39:04BEEN
TOO LATE TO DO THAT.
00:39:06SO BEST THIS WAS THE DATE THAT
SEEMED AS FAR OUT AS
00:39:10WE COULD PUSH IT.
BUT WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME AND
00:39:12I DON'T KNOW, FRANK, IF YOU
WANT TO
00:39:14TALK ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE WE HAD
RELIED ON YOU FOR THAT ADVICE
00:39:18OF HOW TO BALANCE THOSE THINGS.
SO OBVIOUSLY, WE NEED TO BE
00:39:22ABLE TO
TELL THE NATIONAL
00:39:24DEMOCRATIC PARTY WHO THE OHIO
DELEGATES ARE GOING TO BE TO
00:39:28ATTEND
THEIR NATIONAL CONVENTION.
00:39:30TIMING BACK FROM THE DATE OF
THAT
00:39:32CONVENTION AND LEAVING TIME FOR
THERE TO BE THE OFFICIAL
00:39:35CANVASS AND CERTIFICATION.
AND ALL OF THAT TAKES
00:39:39US OUT TO EFFECTIVELY THAT THAT
FIRST TUESDAY IN IN JUNE BEING
00:39:43THE TIME THAT THAT WOULD BE
THE DAY TO HOLD THE ELECTION AS
00:39:46FAR
OUT AS WE CAN AND BEYOND.
00:39:49WELL, LET ME.
GO AHEAD, FRANK.
00:39:54IN A PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY,
OBVIOUSLY, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS
00:39:57SELECTING DELEGATES FOR A
CONVENTION.
00:40:00THE DATE OF THE DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION IS IN JULY.
00:40:03THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION COMES
A
00:40:05FEW WEEKS AFTER THAT IN ORDER TO
ACCOMMODATE THAT DATE.
00:40:08WE NEED TO IN
IN ORDER TO SEND THE RIGHT
00:40:12DELEGATES
TO THAT CONVENTION.
00:40:14WE TIMED BACK FROM THAT,
GIVEN THE TIME THAT IT TAKES TO
00:40:18DO
THE CERTIFICATION TO ALLOW
00:40:20THE CONTESTS
OF BALLOTS THAT OCCUR AND
00:40:24ALL THAT KIND OF THING, TO TRY
TO
00:40:25KEEP AS MUCH OF THE NORMAL
ASPECT OF HOW WE RUN ELECTIONS
00:40:28INTACT AS WELL.
AND THAT DATE WAS WAS JUNE 2ND.
00:40:34LET ME ADD SOMETHING TO
SECRETARY LAROSE AND I SPOKE
00:40:38ABOUT THIS THIS MORNING BASED ON
GOVERNOR KIND OF TASK US TO TRY
00:40:41TO
FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO THIS.
00:40:44WHAT THIS GUARANTEES
IS THAT EVERYBODY WILL HAVE
00:40:48AMPLE
TIME. YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT
00:40:49JUNE
2ND TIMEFRAME.
00:40:51EVERYBODY WHO DOESN'T WANT
TO RUN THE RISK OF HAVING TO GO
00:40:55VOTE IN PERSON WILL HAVE
AMPLE TIME TO REQUEST THAT VOTE
00:40:59BY MAIL BALLOT
AND CAST IT SO THAT THEY DON'T
00:41:03HAVE TO PUT THAT DON'T
PUT THEMSELVES AT RISK.
00:41:06SO TO JIM'S POINT, WHY THE
DATE WE HAVE THIS ISSUE
00:41:10THAT COMES FROM THE TIMING OF
THE
00:41:12DELEGATES, BUT ALSO
ANYBODY WHO IS OF CONCERN ABOUT
00:41:16THEIR HEALTH WILL HAVE AMPLE
TIME
00:41:18TO VOTE BY MAIL
AND NOT HAVE TO COME IN CONTACT
00:41:21WITH
ANOTHER PERSON SO THAT WE'RE NOT
00:41:23PUTTING THAT CONFLICT
OF PEOPLE
00:41:27WORRIED ABOUT THEIR HEALTH AND
THEIR
00:41:28CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT.
AND AND JUST
00:41:32ON THE THEME THAT THE GOVERNOR
MADE
00:41:34ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE CONSTANTLY
CHANGING.
00:41:38YOU KNOW, DAN JUST HANDED ME A
NOTE
00:41:39THAT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS
REPORTING THAT THE TRUMP
00:41:42ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING
NO GATHERINGS OF MORE THAN 10
00:41:45PEOPLE.
AND SO WE NOT ONLY HAVE THIS, SO
00:41:49WE HAVE THE CDC,
WE HAVE THIS NEW ADVICE THAT
00:41:53WE KEEP GETTING, THE DECISIONS
THAT WE ARE MAKING ART,
00:41:58YOU KNOW, IN LINE WITH WHERE
THE COUNTRY IS GOING ON THESE
00:42:01ISSUES,
WE RECOGNIZE
00:42:06THAT THE TIMING OF THIS DECISION
IS NOT IDEAL.
00:42:10BUT I KNOW THAT
MY WIFE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING ON
00:42:13SPRING BREAK THIS WEEK, SEVEN
DAYS
00:42:14AGO.
RIGHT. THINGS CHANGE REALLY
00:42:18QUICKLY
AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THESE
00:42:20ISSUES.
AND WE HAVE TO CHANGE ALONG WITH
00:42:23THEM TO RESPOND TO THE
TO THE THE REALLY
00:42:27QUICKLY EVOLVING HEALTH, AND
SCIENCE ADVICE THAT WE'RE
00:42:31GETTING.
WELL, IF I MAY.
00:42:33CAN I ADD SOMETHING OTHER THAN
WHAT THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
00:42:37JUST
SAID IS, OF COURSE, INDICATIVE
00:42:39OF
HOW QUICKLY THIS CHANGES, AS HE
00:42:41SAID. AND JUST LAST NIGHT.
TO YOUR QUESTION, WE HAD A
00:42:44CONVERSATION.
AND THE BASIC QUESTION THAT I
00:42:48ASKED
DR. ACTON WAS, IS IT STILL-- ?
00:42:50BECAUSE OUR OUR OUR BALANCE
ALL ALONG HAD BEEN IF WE CAN
00:42:53HOLD AN
ELECTION THAT'S FREE AND FAIR,
00:42:55BUT
ALSO HEALTHY FOR OHIOANS, THEN
00:42:57WE
WOULD DO THAT. AND YOU DON'T
00:42:59CHANGE
THOSE KIND OF THINGS UNLESS YOU
00:43:00ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO.
AND SO UP UNTIL LAST NIGHT,
00:43:03CDC, OHIO, DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH, ALL THE PUBLIC HEALTH
00:43:06PROFESSIONALS THAT WE WERE
HEARING
00:43:08FROM, INCLUDING IN THE OTHER
THREE
00:43:09STATES THAT ARE CONDUCTING A
MARCH
00:43:1017TH PRIMARY, WE'RE ALL GETTING
UNANIMOUS ADVICE TO FOLLOW THE
00:43:14INSTRUCTIONS. YOU CAN STILL
HOLD A
00:43:15FAIR ELECTION AND A SAFE AND
HEALTHY
00:43:17ELECTION. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE
WERE
00:43:19MOVING FORWARD TO DO THAT.
AND OBVIOUSLY, AS OF THIS
00:43:22MORNING, THAT ADVICE IS
CHANGING.
00:43:23AND. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE
RESPONDED
00:43:25TO THAT, TO CREATE THE CERTAINTY
NOW SO THAT OHIOANS CAN KNOW
00:43:30THAT WE WILL HAVE AN ELECTION.
AND HOPEFULLY, AS LONG AS THE
00:43:33JUDGE
AGREES WITH US, THAT WE'RE
00:43:35PROPOSING
THIS TO THE JUNE 2ND WILL BE THE
00:43:36DATE OF THAT.
WILL THERE BE
00:43:48ENOUGH SIGNS?
LET ME LET ME JUST SAY,
00:43:52I LEARNED AS A YOUNG ASSISTANT
PROSECUTOR THAT NOT TO A
00:43:56GUESS WHAT JUDGES ARE GOING TO
DO.
00:43:58BUT WE WE.
AND NOR TO PUT MYSELF IN THAT
00:44:01POSITION.
SHE JUST DOES DO ONE THING.
00:44:04WE DO OTHER THING.
I DO BELIEVE THAT IN THE
00:44:10PETITION
THAT THERE WILL BE A STRONG
00:44:11CASE MADE
THAT THIS THIS IS PROTECTS
00:44:13PEOPLE'S
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
00:44:16I THINK. WHICH IS AUTOMATICALLY
THE
00:44:18QUESTION AT HAND.
FRANK.
00:44:22YEAH, HYPOTHETICALS AND TRYING
TO
00:44:24PREDICT WHAT THE JUDGE IS GOING
TO
00:44:25DO IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I'M
GOING
00:44:26TO WANT TO GET INTO. BUT I WILL
SAY
00:44:28THIS. I KNOW OHIO'S ELECTIONS
OFFICIALS. I'VE TRAVELED TO ALL
00:44:3188
OF THE BOARDS OF ELECTIONS JUST
00:44:32LAST
YEAR. I'VE SEEN THEIR DEDICATION
00:44:35AND THEIR PATRIOTISM
AND THEY ARE VERY FLEXIBLE
00:44:39AND ADAPTABLE AND CREATIVE
WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING SURE
00:44:43THAT
THEY CAN GET THEIR JOBS DONE.
00:44:45AND SO IF THAT WAS
NECESSITATED, I
00:44:46HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE PATRIOTIC
OHIO ELECTIONS OFFICIALS WOULD
00:44:49GET
THAT JOB DONE.
00:45:01WELL, MY UNDERSTANDING IS COMMON
00:45:02PLEAS COURT,OF FRANKLIN COUNTY.
I WOULD ASSUME WE DON'T KNOW
00:45:07WHO THE JUDGE WOULD BE,
OBVIOUSLY.
00:45:09ONE WOULD ASSUME BECAUSE OF THE
IMPENDING ELECTION THAT THIS
00:45:12DECISION WOULD BE MADE THE
VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
00:45:16BUT AGAIN, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR
THEM
00:45:18FOR THE JUDGE.
00:45:28THE NATIONAL GUARD IS IS ALWAYS
AVAILABLE.
00:45:32AND WHAT I'VE SAID IN THE PAST
IS
00:45:34WHEN IT'S TIME, IF IT'S TIME
FOR THE
00:45:36NATIONAL GUARD TO BE INVOLVED IN
ANYTHING, ANY
00:45:39KIND OF EMERGENCY, THEN
CERTAINLY
00:45:41THEY ARE WELL-PREPARED AND THEY
WILL
00:45:43DO THAT. BUT WE'RE NOT.
WE HAD NO ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY
00:45:47ABOUT THE NATIONAL GUARD AT ALL.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL,
00:46:02YOU KNOW THIS. THIS CAN CAN BE
ENFORCED. BUT
00:46:06MOST YOU KNOW, WE HOPE THAT
OHIO ONES WILL FOLLOW THIS
00:46:10ADVICE.
OBVIOUSLY, JUST AS
00:46:15IN ANY OTHER LAW OR RULE,
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T ENFORCE IT
00:46:20EVERY
TIME.
00:46:21BUT WE HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL
FOLLOW
00:46:23THIS. AND I THINK, AGAIN,
THIS IS A CRISIS
00:46:27THAT NO ONE ALIVE TODAY HAS
SEEN.
00:46:29THERE'S NO AMERICAN.
I DON'T BELIEVE THERE
00:46:32MAY BE SOMEBODY WHO IS
AROUND IN 1918, BUT THEY MAY
00:46:36HAVE
BEEN PRETTY YOUNG. BUT WE
00:46:38DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE WITH
THIS.
00:46:40BUT IT'S A ONCE, YOU KNOW, ONCE
IN A
00:46:42100 YEAR CRISIS.
AND SO WE HAVE TO COME TOGETHER.
00:46:47I WAS JOKING A MOMENT AGO ABOUT
BEING INVADED.
00:46:49BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN
INVADED.
00:46:52AND WE HAVE TO TREAT THIS JUST
LIKE WE WOULD ANY HUGE,
00:46:56HUGE NATIONAL CRISIS.
YEAH.
00:47:08THANK YOU.
SO WE ARE YEAH.
00:47:16SO THAT ALL THOSE CONVERSATIONS
ARE UNDER WAY RIGHT NOW
00:47:20WITHIN OUR HEALTH ADVISORY
GROUP.
00:47:23AND WE KNOW IT'S MOVING
THAT WAY. AND YOU'LL SEE
00:47:26DIFFERENT
STATES DOING DIFFERENT LEVELS OF
00:47:28THESE ALL AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WE HAVE THE
00:47:32SHORTAGE OF PPE AND WE KNOW KIND
OF DECREASES SURGE.
00:47:37AGAIN, WE'RE SPREADING IT OUT
OVER
00:47:39TIME SO THAT
WE CAN SERVE EVERYTHING FOR OUR
00:47:43HOSPITALS.
AND AND THE MOST AT RISK
00:47:46IN THE MOST SEX OR ANYTHING
THAT IS
00:47:47ELECTIVE THAT YOU COULD CHOOSE
THAT
00:47:49WOULDN'T PUT YOUR HEALTH AT RISK
TO POSTPONE WOULD BE THAT SORT
00:47:53OF PROCEDURE.
YOU KNOW, THE DOG DENTAL
00:47:56CLEANING,
FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING
00:47:58AGAIN, EVERY SITUATION, EACH
CLINICIAN WILL BE MAKING THOSE
00:48:01DECISIONS.
BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT CONSERVATION
00:48:05AND IT'S ALL ABOUT THE STRESS
ON OUR
00:48:07HEALTH CARE CAPACITY
AS WE'RE SEEING AROUND THE
00:48:10WORLD.
SO WE'RE MOVING VERY QUICKLY
00:48:12IN OHIO.
YOU KNOW, THERE IS A STOCKPILE
00:48:15AND
AND AND WE HAVE SOME
00:48:18RESERVES AND WE'LL BE GIVING YOU
MORE NUMBERS ON THAT AS WE TAKE
00:48:21BETTER ASSESSMENTS OF WHAT WE
HAVE.
00:48:22THAT WILL BE COMING THIS WEEK.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW
00:48:26THERE WON'T BE ENOUGH.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE LESSONS
00:48:28WE'LL
HAVE OUT OUT OF THIS, AS OF MANY
00:48:30LESSONS WE WILL LEARN ABOUT SO
MANY PARTS OF AND MANY BENEFITS
00:48:34WE WILL SEE. AND THE THINGS WE
FIX
00:48:36IS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT
RELIANCE ON PRODUCTION
00:48:40AND SUPPLY CHAIN PUT US, YOU
KNOW,
00:48:43IN A POSITION.
AND IN ANY PANDEMIC, THEY'VE
00:48:45ALWAYS
PREDICTED THAT YOU WOULD HAVE
00:48:47THESE
SHORTAGES. SO WE HAD PLANNED IN
00:48:49OUR PLANS, WE
DO TABLE TOPS ON WHAT DO YOU DO
00:48:52AND
YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH.
00:48:54JUST LIKE IN A WAR.
AND SO OUR HOSPITALS HAVE
00:48:57PREPARED
FOR THAT.
00:48:58AND THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THOSE
DRILLS AND THEY'RE KIND OF
00:49:00MAKING
THOSE ASSESSMENTS NOW TO
00:49:02LIMIT WHAT THEY USE.
AND YOU'LL SEE SIMILAR
00:49:05SHORTAGES OF
THINGS LIKE HAND SANITIZER AND
00:49:08TOILET PAPER, EVEN IN HOSPITALS.
SO ALL OF THAT
00:49:12IS BEING TROUBLE SHOT RIGHT NOW.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU AT HOME,
00:49:17SOAP AND WATER KILLS
EVERYTHING, EVEN, YOU KNOW,
00:49:20EVEN IN
CLEANING. SO, YOU KNOW, WE WILL
00:49:23DON'T PANIC IF YOU CAN'T FIND
WIPES,
00:49:25YOU KNOW, SOAP AND WATER
PLENTIFUL.
00:49:27I'VE SAID THAT BEFORE, BUT IT
JUST
00:49:29IT'S SORT OF REASSURING TO
MYSELF TO
00:49:30THINK ABOUT A BAR.
SOAP IS STILL BEING AVAILABLE
00:49:33TO ALL OF US.
AND AND YOU'LL SEE A
00:49:36LOT COMING IN THE DAYS ON THAT,
HOW SOMEBODY WOULD OBTAIN
00:49:41AN ABSENTEE BALLOT.
COULD YOU WALK THROUGH THAT
00:49:44PROCESS?
ABSOLUTELY.
00:49:46THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT OHIO
HAS A STANDING
00:49:50PERIOD OF EARLY VOTING AND
VOTE BY MAIL. SO OHIOANS ARE
00:49:53ACCUSTOMED TO IT. IN FACT, WE
SAW
00:49:54THIS YEAR INCREASED NUMBERS
OVER 2016 OF ADOPTION OF
00:49:58EARLY VOTE AND VOTE BY MAIL.
AND SO MANY OHIOANS ARE FAMILIAR
00:50:01WITH US. YOU VISIT VOTE OHIO DOT
GOV, WHICH IS OUR OFFICIAL
00:50:05OHIO SECRETARY OF STATE WEBSITE.
YOU CAN PRINT OFF YOUR ABSENTEE
00:50:09BALLOT REQUEST AND YOU CAN MAIL
IT
00:50:10IN. AND I'D ENCOURAGE OHIOANS
TO DO
00:50:12THAT. OF COURSE, THEY'RE ALSO
AVAILABLE AT OTHER LOCATIONS.
00:50:15BUT VOTE OHIO DOT GOV IS THE
EASIEST
00:50:17WAY TO DO THAT AND YOUR BOARD OF
ELECTIONS WILL HAVE THEM
00:50:20AS WELL. AND THEN AGAIN, THOSE
WOULD
00:50:22HAVE TO BE SENT IN PROMPTLY AND
THEN WE'D MAIL YOU YOUR ABSENTEE
00:50:25BALLOT THAN YOU CAN RETURN THAT
BY
00:50:27MAIL.
THAT'S CORRECT, EARLY VOTING.
00:50:38THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD, WHICH
HAS
00:50:39GONE ON FOR THE LAST FOUR WEEKS,
ENDED TODAY AT 2:00 P.M.
00:50:43AND SO THE EARLY VOTING
PERIOD ENDED TODAY AT 2:00.
00:50:47AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS
OBVIOUSLY EXTENDING THE VOTE BY
00:50:50MAIL
PERIOD AND THEN ENDING THAT
00:50:52PERIOD
WITH A JUNE 2ND
00:50:56IN-PERSON VOTING DAY.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE
00:50:58TABULATION
WILL BE DONE THEN, TOO.
00:50:59WE WOULDN'T BE DOING ANY
TABULATION
00:51:00UNTIL AFTER THE POLLS CLOSE
ON JUNE 2ND
00:51:05TO REVIEW SOCIAL DISTANCING.
AGAIN, FISCAL DECENCY.
00:51:09AND ALSO, IS THERE ANY
INDICATION
00:51:11IT'S WORKING? MAYBE IT'S TOO
SOON,
00:51:13BUT GIVE US SOME HOPE.
ABSOLUTELY.
00:51:15YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THIS IS
SOMETHING
00:51:18THAT ACTUALLY HAS BEEN USED
BEFORE.
00:51:20WE'VE USED IT AND OTHER SPREAD
OF
00:51:21INFECTIOUS DISEASES, ESPECIALLY
DURING THE CONTAINMENT PHASE AS
00:51:25WELL. BUT THE SOCIAL DISTANCING
MODEL IS REALLY BASED ON,
00:51:29YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DISCOVERED AND
THINGS LIKE BIRD FLU, AND H1N1
00:51:32AND MERS AND SARS AND.
AND SO THIS THIS EACH TIME
00:51:36WE'VE GONE THROUGH AN INFECTIOUS
DISEASE AND FOR VARIOUS
00:51:39REASONS, WE
DID NOT GET TO YOU KNOW, THAT'S
00:51:40A
WHOLE NOTHER LECTURE THERE.
00:51:42WHY WHY THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN
THOSE.
00:51:46BUT BUT SOCIAL DISTANCING AS
HAS REALLY BEEN STUDIED.
00:51:49AND AGAIN, I KEEP CALLING IT NOW
PHYSICAL DISTANCING.
00:51:53BUT IT IS ABOUT THIS GROUP
SPREAD.
00:51:55THERE'S A FABULOUS,
HUH?
00:51:58WAS IT NEW YORK TIMES OR
WASHINGTON
00:52:00WATCHING? THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR.
00:52:03GUESS HE SENT IT TO ME LAST
NIGHT.
00:52:04I WAS MESMERIZED BECAUSE, YOU
KNOW, IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN THESE
00:52:08CONCEPTS.
THERE'S A WASHINGTON POST
00:52:10GRAPHICS
THAT SHOWS THE SPREAD OF
00:52:12INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
00:52:13AND IT IT'S IN MOTION.
SO YOU CAN WATCH WHAT ALL THE
00:52:17DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOCIAL
DISTANCING
00:52:19LOOK LIKE AND HOW
IT WAS TRIED IN CHINA AND WHAT
00:52:22WORKED AND WHAT DIDN'T AND HOW
IT'S
00:52:24BEEN USED IN OTHER COUNTRIES
AND HOW
00:52:26QUICKLY WE IMPLEMENT IT HERE AND
WHAT DIFFERENCE THAT WILL MAKE.
00:52:29AND IT REALLY WILL SHOW YOU DOT
BY
00:52:31DOT, SORT OF WHEN I KEEP TALKING
ABOUT THIS LOGARITHMIC SPREAD OF
00:52:34ONE PERSON TO 2.8 MORE
PEOPLE TO THOSE PEOPLE TO 2.8
00:52:39AND HOW THE MEASURES WE TAKE
SHRINK
00:52:41THAT.
AND WHEN WE DON'T TAKE IT, HOW
00:52:43IT
EXPANDS. SO I THINK THAT COULD
00:52:44BE A
FASCINATING THINGSFOR THING
00:52:46FOR FOLKS TO TAKE A LOOK AT, TO
UNDERSTAND IT.
00:52:49BUT I'M SAYING FOR
MYSELF, YOU KNOW, THAT ARM'S
00:52:52DISTANCE IS SPREAD BY, YOU KNOW,
JUST EVEN IN AIR AND BREATHING,
00:52:55CERTAINLY BY RESPIRATORY
DROPLETS.
00:52:58SO THAT SORT OF DISTANCE,
SIX FEET HAS BEEN SAID.
00:53:02I KNOW SOMETIMES TO MAKE IT
QUICKER.
00:53:04THEY SAID A METER, I THINK, IN
ITALY, WHICH WAS LIKE THREE
00:53:08FEET.
BUT BUT THAT'S THE CONCEPT
00:53:11OF US NOT INFECTING EACH OTHER.
BUT IT REALLY IS ABOUT US
00:53:14LIMITING
THE EXPOSURE TO OTHER PEOPLE.
00:53:17AND I THINK WE'LL SEE SOME
CREATIVE
00:53:18THINGS.
I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MAKE
00:53:20CHOICES.
AND I CAN IMAGINE A TIME WITH
00:53:23LIKE
FAMILY CLUSTERS AND PEOPLE THAT
00:53:25WERE
GOING TO CHOOSE LIKE I WAS WITH
00:53:27I HAVE SIX KIDS
AND A GRANDCHILD.
00:53:30SO ALSO, I FORGOT MY
DAUGHTER GAVE ME ALREADY.
00:53:33SHE IS TWENTY THREE.
MATDDIES IS 23.
00:53:35BUT, YOU KNOW,
WE ARE WE ARE TOGETHER AND WE'RE
00:53:40DOING THINGS AS A FAMILY.
WE KNOW THAT WE'RE LIMITING THAT
00:53:43RISK WITH EACH OTHER.
AND WE'RE KIND OF MAKING, YOU
00:53:45KNOW,
A FEW PEOPLE IN OUR WORLD THAT
00:53:47WE
ARE GOING TO HELP EACH OTHER
00:53:48OUT.
THAT EXPOSES US, BUT IT KEEPS
00:53:51IT LIMITED TO OUR GROUP.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'D BE NOT
00:53:53HAVING
YOUR KID BE IN ALL DIFFERENT
00:53:54PLAYDATES AND DIFFERENT GROUPS.
BUT I CAN SEE NEIGHBORHOODS OR
00:53:58GROUP
OF FRIENDS DOING THAT KIND OF
00:54:00CHOICE
MAKING TOGETHER.
00:54:01IT'S COMPLICATED WITH EACH
LIFE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.
00:54:17WELL, REMEMBER, DON'T DOUBT, I
MEAN,
00:54:19AGAIN, IF I DO THIS RIGHT AND
THIS
00:54:21CAME UP RECENTLY AND I THINK DR.
FAUCI SAID IT AS WELL.
00:54:25LIKE IF WE DO THIS WELL, LIKE
EVERYTHING OUT ELSE AND PUBLIC
00:54:28HEALTH WHEN WE KNOCK IT OUT OF
THE
00:54:29PARK.
LOOK, YOU KNOW, NOBODY KNOWS IT
00:54:32BECAUSE IT'S NOT THERE.
AND WE MIGHT HAVE GREAT SUCCESS.
00:54:35AND I HOPE, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT
WE
00:54:37MOVE THIS. BUT WE ARE GOING TO
SEE
00:54:38THIS SURGE.
I MEAN, I DON'T THINK ANYONE
00:54:40WOULD
DOUBT, YOU KNOW, CANADA
00:54:42WITH THE CHOICES THEY JUST MADE
WITH
00:54:44THEIR BORDERS. YOU KNOW, THIS IS
HAPPENING.
00:54:47AND I THINK THERE WAS
SOME DATA I'VE SEEN
00:54:51WITH A PRETTY SHARP IF YOU JUST
LOOK AT THE CASES OVER
00:54:55IN THE UNITED STATES
COLLECTIVELY
00:54:56AGAINST EACH COMMUNITY WILL BE
DIFFERENT.
00:54:59I EXPECT WE'LL SEE SURGES,
MULTIPLE SHOEHORNS, BUT
00:55:03THEY'LL HAPPEN AT DIFFERENT
TIMES.
00:55:06WE WITH THE BENEFIT IN OHIO
AND THE BENEFIT OF WATCHING
00:55:10WHAT'S
UNFOLDING, HAVE MOVED
00:55:13TO ACT NOW.
AND I DEFINITELY SAY TO MY
00:55:15FELLOW
STATES, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT
00:55:18YOU'RE NOT SEEING IT RIGHT NOW
OR MAYBE YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
00:55:21TESTING TO DETECT IT, ASSUME
IT IS HERE AND ASSUME IT IS
00:55:24AMONGST
US IF THAT MESSAGE HAS NOT BEEN
00:55:26MADE
CLEAR TO YOU YET.
00:55:28WE ARE ON UPSLOPE
HOW FAR THIS WILL GO, THAT
00:55:32THE RATE OF THAT CURVE WILL
WILL VARY A LOT.
00:55:36WHAT WE DO AND JUST THE UNIQUE
CIRCUMSTANCES OF EACH COMMUNITY
00:55:39AND HOW THAT SPREAD OCCURRED.
BUT WE KNOW YOU ASSUME
00:55:44COMMUNITIES
ARE SEATED
00:55:46AND WE HAVE TO JUST ASSUME
THAT ANY ONE OF US, YOU KNOW,
00:55:51FIVE DAYS FROM NOW, 14 DAYS
FROM NOW, MIGHT BE SICK WITH IT.
00:55:54SO THE SCIENCE
WILL SHOW AND THIS WILL MAKE A
00:55:58LOT OF SENSE IN RETROSPECT,
OF COURSE.
00:56:01BUT THERE'S ALREADY DATA
SHOWING IN
00:56:02THE UNITED STATES, YOU CAN SEE A
VERY SHARP UPTICK.
00:56:05AND WE SHOULD EXPECT THAT WITH
THE
00:56:06DOUBLING TIMES THAT WE KNOW,
IT'S
00:56:08ALSO POSSIBLE HOSPITALIZED
UNTOLD STORY ROOMS.
00:56:12THOSE PEOPLE ARE.
I'M SORRY, I CAN'T GIVE YOU
00:56:14THOSE
SPECIFICS.
00:56:16LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AS
THEY GET
00:56:17THAT DATA.
IT'S TOUGH RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE
00:56:20ARE
GETTING A CLASS, A REPORTABLE
00:56:22DISEASE.
SO WE SHOULD BE GETTING THAT
00:56:24DATA,
YOU KNOW, RIGHT AWAY.
00:56:26BUT SO MUCH IS HAPPENING ON THE
GROUND SO QUICKLY.
00:56:29I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE A
COUPLE
00:56:30OF DAYS FOR US TO EVEN CATCH UP
WITH
00:56:32THE AMOUNT OF TESTING.
WE HAVE PRIVATE LABS WITH
00:56:35MULTIPLE
MEDICAL CENTERS.
00:56:36RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE DRIVE
THROUGH
00:56:38TESTING. OUR LAB IS RUNNING
THREE
00:56:39SHIFTS RIGHT NOW.
AND TO BE EFFICIENT FOR
00:56:44THE MEDIA, WE'RE SAYING ARE
USUAL,
00:56:46LIKE 2:00 P.M., WE'LL GIVE YOU
WHAT
00:56:47WE KNOW.
BUT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW MORE
00:56:49RESULTS ARE COMING AND MORE
RESULTS
00:56:50ARE COMING IN.
SO I THINK THE LOCALS KNOW THOSE
00:56:53STORIES. WE DON'T GIVE OUT A LOT
OF INDIVIDUAL INFORMATION
00:56:57TO PROTECT PEOPLE'S PRIVACY.
BUT I'LL TRY TO SEE WHAT MORE I
00:57:01CAN
GATHER. AGAIN, 14, THOSE WERE
00:57:03THE
THINGS THAT ALARMED ME TODAY.
00:57:0514 HOSPITALIZED.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID
00:57:09TO
YOU FROM THE DATA WE HAVE, YOU
00:57:12KNOW, EVEN A 40 TO 50 YEAR OLD,
ONE
00:57:13IN TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY IS A
CASE
00:57:15OF FATALITY RATIO RIGHT NOW.
IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL
00:57:20TAKE
VERY SERIOUSLY.
00:57:21AND WE KNOW THE HEALTH OF
OHIOANS,
00:57:24YOU KNOW, ON A GOOD DAY.
MANY OF US HERE HAVE HEALTH
00:57:27RISKS
THAT WE ARE LIVING WITH AND WE
00:57:29HAVE
TO TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY.
00:57:31ALL OF US, NO MATTER YOUR AGE.
ARE ARE WE ABLE TO HAVE MORE
00:57:41TESTING? YEAH, MORE HOSPITALS
ARE
00:57:42COMING ONLINE ALL THE TIME.
AND IN OUR DRIVE TO CAPACITY,
00:57:47YOU'LL BE HEARING TOMORROW A LOT
MORE DETAIL ABOUT THIS.
00:57:50THE PRESIDENT AND VISE PRESIDENT
JUST TALKED A LOT ABOUT PODS.
00:57:53YOU'RE GOING TO START HEARING
ABOUT
00:57:55HAUSE. BUT BASICALLY, THAT'S A
LOT
00:57:57LIKE DRIVE UP TESTING.
THEY'LL REMEMBER IT'S SO
00:58:00IMPORTANT
FOR PEOPLE AT HOME.
00:58:02PLEASE HEAR ME ON THIS.
THERE ISN'T.
00:58:05THIS ISN'T FOR EVERYONE.
WE ARE PRIORITIZING MOST HIGH
00:58:08RISK
FOR PEOPLE WITH PREEXISTING
00:58:10CONDITIONS.
HEALTH CARE WORKERS,
00:58:13FRONTLINE RESPONDERS,
THE ELDERLY, THE MOST AT RISK.
00:58:18MOST DOCTORS ARE GOING TO TALK
TO
00:58:20PATIENTS AND PEOPLE LIKE ME
WILL BE
00:58:21TOLD.
LET'S ASSUME YOU HAVE IT.
00:58:24AND HAVE YOU STAY AT HOME IN
QUARANTINE OR SELF ISOLATE IN
00:58:27THAT
CASE BECAUSE YOU'RE SICK?
00:58:28PROBABLY IF YOU'VE CALLED YOUR
DOCTOR AND WE'RE NOT GOING
00:58:31TO TEST YOU BECAUSE THERE
ISN'T. I MEAN, PLEASE DON'T BE
00:58:34FOOLED BY THE FACT THAT IT'S
DRIVE
00:58:36UP MCDONALD'S TESTING.
THAT IS NOT TRUE.
00:58:38YOU'LL BE REFERRED FROM A
DOCTOR,
00:58:40WHICH IS ABOUT HAVING A SITE
WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE TESTED
00:58:43WITHOUT
GOING IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM
00:58:46AND PUTTING THE WHOLE STAFF
IN THE HOSPITAL, IN THE WAITING
00:58:49ROOM
AT RISK. SO THAT IS BUILDING
00:58:51UP BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.
WE'LL HAVE A WHOLE STORY TO TELL
00:58:54THAT WAS DIFFERENT THAN TODAY.
AND THAT WILL KEEP RAMPING UP.
00:58:58BUT AGAIN, WE
DON'T EVEN NEED THAT TESTING
00:59:01TO KNOW WHAT WE SHOULD DO.
LASTLY, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT
00:59:06THE FACT THAT WE'VE ACTED MORE
AGGRESSIVELY THAN MANY STATES?
00:59:09AND THE FACT THAT
AT LEAST THREE
00:59:13STATES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO
HAVE PRIMARIES TOMORROW.
00:59:22WELL, I'LL LET DOCTOR,ACTON DO
THAT.
00:59:24BUT LOOK,
EVERY GOVERNOR IS DOING THE BEST
00:59:28HE CAN OR SHE CAN.
EVERYONE IS MAKING THEIR OWN
00:59:33CALLS.
THIS IS OUR CALL.
00:59:34I'VE EXPLAINED WHY WE'VE MADE
IT,
00:59:37BUT WE DO. YOU KNOW, WE GO BACK
AND
00:59:39FORTH.
WE'RE ON CONFERENCE CALLS.
00:59:41I HAVE A CONFERENCE CALL
TONIGHT.
00:59:42SO THE INFORMATION IS GOING
BACK,
00:59:44BACK AND FORTH.
I DID NOT TALK WITH ANY OTHER
00:59:47GOVERNOR ABOUT THIS.
I DON'T WANT TO INFER THAT.
00:59:50BUT WE ARE CERTAINLY
ARE SHARING INFORMATION.
00:59:53AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY
HAS TO MAKE THEIR OWN CALL.
00:59:57AND WHAT THEY THINK IS IS
IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
01:00:00AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, YOU KNOW,
THIS IS A TIME WHEN EVERY
01:00:05GOVERNOR UNDERSTANDS
THE GRAVITY OF WHAT
01:00:08WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW.
01:00:17THANK YOU.
AND YOU KNOW.
01:00:22WE ARE REALLY ALL
LOCKSTEP.
01:00:25I MEAN, I'M TALKING TO MY FELLOW
COLLEAGUES IN OTHER STATES.
01:00:29THE GOVERNORS ARE ALL TALKING TO
EACH OTHER.
01:00:32EACH STATE'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT
IN
01:00:33WHAT THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
EACH TIME THEY MAKE ONE OF THESE
01:00:35DECISIONS.
BUT WE'RE FOLLOWING WHAT THE
01:00:38SCIENTISTS ARE SAYING.
YOU KNOW, LISTEN TO WHAT DR.
01:00:41FAUCI
SAID.
01:00:42LISTEN TO WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS
NOW
01:00:44SAYING.
LISTEN TO, YOU KNOW, DR.
01:00:47GOTTLIEB.
OTHERS WHO ARE ALL AROUND.
01:00:49THE BEST SCIENTISTS, THE BEST
MODELERS.
01:00:51WE ARE ALL FOLLOWING THAT
ADVICE.
01:00:53IT'S A PLAYBOOK WE ALREADY HAD
IN
01:00:55SOME WAYS.
I KNOW PEOPLE THINK I'M BEING
01:00:57SUPER
PREDICTIVE, BUT
01:00:59IT'S ALL PREDICTABLE.
IT'S IMPERFECTLY PREDICTABLE.
01:01:03AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS
EVERYONE
01:01:05IS MOVING INTO THIS SPACE AS
QUICKLY
01:01:07AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN.
AND I CAN'T SPEAK TO ALL THE
01:01:11MESSAGING IN THE BEGINNING THAT
FOLKS RECEIVED.
01:01:14BUT I CAN TELL YOU THE MESSAGE
IS
01:01:16VERY CLEAR NOW.
AND EVERYONE THIS COUNTRY NEEDS
01:01:19TO MOVE AND THEY'RE MOVING
AGGRESSIVELY TO TAKE THESE NON
01:01:22PHARMACOLOGIC INTERVENTIONS.
WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE THAT
01:01:29MOMENT.
CAN I JUST QUICKLY RESPOND TO
01:01:31THE
PART OF THE QUESTION ABOUT
01:01:33WORKING WITH OTHER STATES AND
THE
01:01:35OTHER THREE STATES THAT ARE
HAVING
01:01:36AN ELECTION?
I HAVE TALKED WITH SECRETARY LEE
01:01:39IN FLORIDA SECRETARY HOBBS
IN ARIZONA, AS WELL AS THE
01:01:43TEAM AT THE ILLINOIS STATE BOARD
OF ELECTIONS.
01:01:47THEY'LL MAKE THEIR DECISIONS
BASED
01:01:49ON THE FACTS THAT ARE PRESENTED
BY
01:01:50THEIR PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS.
WE'VE BEEN TELLING OUR TEAMS ALL
01:01:53ALONG THIS IS ABOUT FACTS, NOT
FEAR.
01:01:56AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN
RESPONDING
01:01:58TO THE GUIDANCE OF OUR OHIO
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE CDC
01:02:01ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE
GROUND
01:02:02IN OHIO.
THAT'S WHY LAST NIGHT WE
01:02:05THOUGHT IT
WAS SAFE TO CONDUCT ELECTION.
01:02:06THAT'S WHY TODAY WE KNEW THAT
IT WAS
01:02:08NOT. AND SO THOSE
COLLEAGUES IN THOSE STATES WILL
01:02:11MAKE
THE BEST CHOICES THEY CAN BASED
01:02:12ON
THE FACTS ON THE GROUND THERE.
01:02:14AND I WANT TO MENTION THE WEB
SITE
01:02:16THAT WE HAVE VOTE OHIO DOT GOV
SLASH
01:02:18CORONA FACTS.
IF ANYBODY IS LOOKING FOR MORE
01:02:21INFORMATION ABOUT EXACTLY HOW WE
WILL PROCEED CONDUCTING A FAIR
01:02:24AND A HEALTHY ELECTION FOR OHIO.
THEY'LL BE POSTED THAT VOTE
01:02:27OHIO DOT
GOV SLASH CORONA FACTS.
01:02:32ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS
FOR OUR VIEWERS WERE SAYING THE
01:02:35STATE IS NOT SEEING THE
GOVERNOR'S
01:02:36REQUERST FOR UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS.
01:02:38IS EVERYONE ON BOARD ABOUT THAT?
WELL,
01:02:45LOOK, EVERY DAY WE MAKE
DIFFERENT DECISIONS EVERY
01:02:49DAY. WE ARE PEOPLE WHO NEED TO
IMPLEMENT IT.
01:02:54THEY'RE MOVING.
MOVING AS FAST AS THEY CAN MOVE.
01:02:57WHEN WE MAKE A DECISION, WE
ANNOUNCE
01:02:58THAT DECISION.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT
01:03:00WE'RE
GOING TO DO.
01:03:02JOHN, DO YOU WANT TO ADD
ANYTHING TO
01:03:03THAT ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR
DECISION?
01:03:06I GUESS IT'S
A VERY GENERAL QUESTION.
01:03:09SO I'LL GIVE YOU A GENERAL
ANSWER.
01:03:26I CAN'T ANSWER FOR WHY ANYBODY
WOULD
01:03:28HAVE RESPONDED LIKE THAT.
ON A PHONE CALL.
01:03:32EARLIER IN THE NEWS CONFERENCE,
I GAVE YOU THE WEB SITE.
01:03:35WE ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE WHO
HAVE
01:03:38WEB ACCESS TO GO AND DO THAT.
THAT WILL HELP SPEED UP THE
01:03:42PROCESS.
BUT AN INDIVIDUAL
01:03:44CALLER MIGHT JUST
KNOW THAT BASED ON THIS NEWS
01:03:48CONFERENCE, THAT THEY GAVE THE
WRONG
01:03:49ANSWER.
LOOK,
01:04:04AS DR. ACTON SAID YESTERDAY
OR THE DAY BEFORE, WE'RE TRYING
01:04:07TO
GET THE BIG ONES OUT OF THE WAY.
01:04:08WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE MOST WE
CAN
01:04:10GET.
WE CAN'T MICROMANAGE EVERYTHING
01:04:13OF PEOPLE'S LIVES, NOR SHOULD
WE.
01:04:16WE'LL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE.
WE'LL CONTINUE, FRANKLY, TO
01:04:19LISTEN
TO MAYORS AND COUNTY
01:04:21COMMISSIONERS
AND OTHERS WHO ARE SEEN THINGS
01:04:23OUT
IN THE FIELD. WE'RE GOING TO
01:04:24LISTEN
TO THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
01:04:25WE HAD A GOOD CALL THIS MORNING
WITH A GOOD CALL AND A GUARD TO
01:04:29OUR
MAYORS.
01:04:30SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
LOOK
01:04:31AT THESE. BUT ULTIMATELY,
PEOPLE NEED OUR MESSAGE, MAIN
01:04:35MESSAGE TODAY THAT PEOPLE NEED
TO BE
01:04:37CAREFUL. THEY NEED TO TAKE
CONTROL.
01:04:39THEY NEED DO EVERYTHING THEY
CAN TO
01:04:41TO AVOID THIS AND TO AVOID BEING
A A SPREADER OF THIS.
01:04:45PRESIDENT IS REPORTEDLY TELLING
STATES TO PREPARE THEIR OWN
01:04:48RESPIRATORS AND VENTILATORS.
IS OHIO PREPARED WITH ENOUGH
01:04:52EQUIPMENT IF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT
01:04:53DOESN'T COME THROUGH TO HELP?
LOOK, WE WILL ADDRESS THAT
01:04:59TOMORROW
IN AN OVERALL HEALTH CARE
01:05:01THING, AND
I'LL GIVE YOU THOSE NUMBERS AND
01:05:02WHAT
WE HAVE.
01:05:04WE HAVE A GOOD SUPPLY.
WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT KNOWS
01:05:06WHAT WE
HAVE AND WE DO HAVE SOME
01:05:08STOCKPILE.
BUT I GAVE SOME NUMBERS ABOUT
01:05:10TWO
DAYS AGO ABOUT THE NATIONAL
01:05:13NUMBERS OF WHAT'S AVAILABLE.
SO YOU MIGHT CHECK THAT AS WELL.
01:05:16THANK YOU. YOU SAID JUST JUST TO
CONCLUDE ON THAT.
01:05:19LOOK, THIS IS WHY WE'RE
DOING THESE ACTIONS.
01:05:23ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE DOING
THESE
01:05:24ACTIONS IS WE KNOW THERE'S ONLY
A LIMITED SUPPLY.
01:05:27AND SO WE HAVE TO KNOCK THIS
CURVE
01:05:29DOWN. AND WE HAVE TO NOT HAVE
THAT HUGE SPIKE.
01:05:32THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE
DOING ALL THE THINGS THAT WE
01:05:36KEEP DOING. SO THANK YOU ALL
VERY
01:05:37MUCH.
WE'LL SEE YOU ALL TOMORROW.
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