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00:00:01
Governor Mike DeWine
00:10:45
Dr. Amy Acton, MD, MPH - The Ohio Department of Health
00:22:57
Mike Abrams - Ohio Hospital Association
00:31:35
Andrew Thomas, MD, MBA - The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
00:35:17
Tamara McBride, Ohio Department of Health
00:37:36
Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted
00:43:02
Governor Mike DeWine
00:44:32
Q&A
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WELL, HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY TO
EVERYONE.
00:00:04
OUR GOAL IS THAT NEXT
ST. PATRICK'S DAY, EVERYONE
00:00:07
WILL BE
ABLE GO THEIR LOCAL BAR,
00:00:10
PUB, RESTAURANT, WHEREVER THEY
WANT,
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TO CELEBRATE ST. PATRICK'S DAY
AND GET A GUINNESS OR.
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CORNBREAD, CORNED BEEF, LITTLE
CORNED BEEF, LITTLE CABBAGE
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AND CORNBREAD, TOO, IF THEY WANT
THAT. WHATEVER THEY WANT
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TO KIND OF TELL US WERE HOW FAST
THINGS ARE MOVING.
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IT WAS JUST TWO WEEKS AGO TODAY
THAT WE HAD OUR ANNOUNCEMENT
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ABOUT
THE AHNOLD.
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SO WHEN WE TRIED TO UNDERSTAND
WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE
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TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY,
THAT SORT OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA.
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THINGS ARE CONTENT WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE VERY, VERY QUICKLY AND
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THE WORLD WILL LOOK DIFFERENT,
SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT IN TWO
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WEEKS
THAN IT DOES TODAY.
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FOR OUR VIEWERS AT HOME,
OUR SETUP IS DIFFERENT TODAY.
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WE ARE WORKING TO COMPLY
AND ARE COMPLYING WITH THE
00:01:07
SUGGESTION FROM THE PRESIDENT
IN REGARD TO NOT HAVING
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MORE THAN 10 PEOPLE IN A ROOM.
WE HAVE A MUCH BIGGER PRESS
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CORPS THAN THAT.
AND SO WE HAVE
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OUR MEDIA IN
TWO DIFFERENT ROOMS
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AND WE ARE HERE IN A SEPARATE
ROOM.
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THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT'S CALLED
THE STATE ROOM IN THE
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CAPITOL BUILDING HERE IN
IN COLUMBUS.
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LET ME.
TELL YOU WHO'S HERE.
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DR ANDY THOMAS IS
HERE, MIKE ABRAMS OF THE
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HOSPITAL
ASSOCIATION IS HERE.
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WE HAVE TAMARA MCBRIDE,
WHO IS THE HEALTH PREPAREDNESS
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DIRECTOR FROM THE DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH.
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WE ALSO, OF COURSE, HAVE DR. AMY
ACTON AND THE LIEUTENANT
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GOVERNOR, JOHN HUSTED.
LET ME START
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WITH YESTERDAY'S
ANNOUNCEMENT IN REGARD TO
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THE ELECTION.
WE HAVE.
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FIRST OF ALL, LET ME JUST KIND
OF
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OUTLINE OUR GOALS.
OUR GOAL IS THAT EVERYBODY THAT
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WANTS TO VOTE WILL BE ABLE TO
VOTE.
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OUR GOAL IS THAT NO ONE
WILL HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN
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THEIR
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND
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RISKING
THEIR HEALTH.
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THE DECISION THAT WE
MADE IN REGARD TO
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THE DOCTOR ACTING IN
HER ORDER MADE
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IS A ORDER THAT I
FULLY SUPPORT.
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IT WAS MADE IN THE BEST
INTERESTS
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OF THE PEOPLE, THE STATE OF
OHIO.
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WE HAD 35000 POLL WORKERS
WHO WERE GOING TO BE SHOWING UP
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THIS MORNING.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO
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INTO YOUR POLLING BOOTH,
MANY, MANY TIMES YOU'LL SEE
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FAMILIAR
FACES. YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE WHO
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HAVE
BEEN THERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS,
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DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN, WHO
WERE
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MAN THOSE MOVES
AND WHO RUN OUR ELECTIONS
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AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
WE'LL FIND SOME OF THEM
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OR 65 YEARS OF
AGE AND OLDER, SOME OF THEM
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EVEN SIGNIFICANTLY MORE OLDER
THAN
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THAT.
SO ONE OF OUR CONSIDERATIONS
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YESTERDAY WAS NOT TO EXPOSE
THEM.
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ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW
ABOUT
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THIS VIRUS IS THAT MANY TIMES WE
DO NOT.
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INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE THIS DO NOT
KNOW THEY HAVE IT YET.
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AND SO A PERSON IN ALL GOOD
CONSCIOUS COULD BE GOING TO VOTE
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AND THEY COULD BE SPREADING.
AND AGAIN, FOR THOSE POLL
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WORKERS
FOR 13 HOURS TO BE
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SITTING THERE,
WE FELT DR. ACTON FELT
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT FELT
WAS NOT SAFE.
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CONVERSELY, WE COULD HAVE POLL
WORKERS WHO ALSO HAD THE VIRUS
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AND DID NOT KNOW THAT AND DID
NOT
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KNOW THAT THEY WOULD BE
SPREADING
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THAT.
SO WE FELT THAT THIS WOULD BE
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A REAL, REAL DISASTER.
THAT'S WHY THE ORDER BY
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DR. ACTON WAS ISSUED LAST
NIGHT SHORTLY AFTER
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AFTER 10:00, 10 P.M.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
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THERE ARE.
VERY GOOD SOLUTIONS OUT THERE,
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EITHER BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OR BY THE COURTS.
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AGAIN, OUR GOAL MUST BE THAT
PEOPLE
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HAVE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE,
THAT THEY HAVE PLENTY OF TIME
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TO DO
THAT.
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AND AT WHATEVER ORDER
WE END UP WITH GIVES
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THEM A SIGNIFICANT
PERIOD OF TIME.
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AND THE REASON I SAY THIS IS
BECAUSE
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WE ARE ENTERING
A MORE DIFFICULT TIME AND
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WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE AND
MORE OF
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OUR CITIZENS WHO BECOME
ILL.
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AND WE NEED TO ALLOW
THOSE CITIZENS WHO BECOME ILL
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TO BE ABLE TO
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AT SOME
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POINT
TO VOTE. AND THE LONGER WE CAN
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SPREAD THAT TIME OUT,
THE BETTER THAT IS.
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WE PRESENTED A PLAN.
IT'S A PLAN THAT
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WE FELT WOULD
PRESERVE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS, EXTEND
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THOSE RIGHTS.
SET THE ELECTION AT JUNE 2ND
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WITH AMPLE OPPORTUNITY
FOR VOTING TO OCCUR
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FROM BASICALLY AFTER
THIS ELECTION OR AFTER THIS
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ELECTION
DAY ITSELF.
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MY UNDERSTANDING FROM FRANK
LA ROSE IS THEY HAVE 10
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DAYS.
THEN YOU YOU KNOW WHAT ALL
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VOTES ARE
IN AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW WHO
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IS
NOT VOTED.
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AND YOU CAN MOVE ON AT THAT
POINT OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER
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TO AN ABSENTEE BALLOT
REGIMENT, ABSENTEE BALLOT
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PROGRAMS OR SOMETHING THAT THE
SECRETARY OF STATE RUNS.
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THEY KNOW HOW TO RUN THEM.
AND OUR SUGGESTION,
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JUNE 2ND, VOTING, AN AMPLE
LONG VOTING
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IN REGARD TO ABSENTEE BALLOTS
WAS
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MADE IN CONJUNCTION WITH WORKING
WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
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AGAIN, WANT TO THANK HIM?
I WANT TO THANK ALL HIS TEAM.
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I WANT TO THANK ALL OF EVERYONE
ACROSS THE STATE OF OHIO, LOCAL
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BOARDS OF ELECTIONS
AS WE MOVE MOVE ON THROUGH THIS.
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LET ME AGAIN JUST
REITERATE,
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WE ARE OPEN FOR JUST CERTAINLY
FOR DISCUSSION
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ABOUT HOW THIS GETS WORKED OUT.
IT'S REALLY A FAIRLY SIMPLE
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THING TO
DO, AND THAT IS TO HAVE A
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SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME.
AND I WILL INSIST UPON A
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SIGNIFICANT
PERIOD OF TIME SO THAT PEOPLE
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HAVE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE.
ARE NORMAL PRIMARY WOULD
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HAVE BEEN IN MAY
BECAUSE IT'S A PRESIDENTIAL
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ELECTION
YEAR IS HELD IN MARCH.
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SO WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME
TO HOLD AN ELECTION TO CONTINUE
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THIS ELECTION AND TO MOVE
MOVE US FORWARD.
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LET ME MOVE ON TO A COUPLE
OTHER ISSUES.
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I THINK ARE
SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE IN OHIO
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WHO ARE MAKING SACRIFICES AND
WHO
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ARE DOING JUST AMAZING WORK.
I WANNA THANK OUR FELLOW OHIOANS
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WHO CONTINUE EACH DAY
TO SERVE THE MOST VULNERABLE
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MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY.
THEY ARE DOING THIS AT GREAT
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SACRIFICE.
THESE ARE PEOPLE
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SOME CONTRACTED, SOME
STATE EMPLOYEES WHO PROVIDE
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ESSENTIAL DIRECT CARE,
DIRECT CARE FOR
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OUR FELLOW CITIZENS
WHO WERE DEVELOPMENTALLY
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DISABLED AS WELL
AS OUR ELDERLY COMMUNITY.
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SO A LITTLE SHOUT OUT TO THEM.
I KNOW THEY'VE HAD TO JUGGLE
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THINGS
WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
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THEY CONTINUE TO SHOW UP.
THIS IS ESSENTIAL CARE
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FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO WAVE,
CONTINUE TO LIVE IN THEIR HOMES
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AND
PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO
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GET THROUGH EACH AND EVERY DAY
AND
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HAVE THE BEST QUALITY OF LIFE
THAT THAT IS POSSIBLE.
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SO THANK YOU.
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR
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THAT
FOR THAT WORK.
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I WANT TO TALK FOR A
MOMENT ABOUT
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ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES THAT WE
KNOW
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IS COMING
AND THAT IS OUR HOSPITAL
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CAPACITY.
AND MAKING SURE THAT WHEN
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THIS HITS HARD,
WE ARE READY FOR IT.
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GO BACK TO THE DISCUSSION
ABOUT THE CURVE.
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AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO
IS
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FLATTEN THIS AS MUCH AS WE CAN
SO THAT WE DO NOT HAVE THE SPIKE
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THAT WE SEE THAT HAS OCCURRED
IN ITALY.
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SO WE DO NOT WE'RE NOT IN A
SITUATION WHERE
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WE'RE OVERRUN, WHERE
WE DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT, WE
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DON'T HAVE THE OFF THE
PERSONNEL.
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THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE
VERY,
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VERY SIGNIFICANT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WORRY
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ABOUT,
NOT HAVING ENOUGH BEDS,
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NOT HAVING ENOUGH VENTILATORS,
NOT HAVING ENOUGH PERSONAL
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PROTECTION EQUIPMENT
FOR THE INDIVIDUAL DOCTORS.
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WE ALREADY HAVE TALKED
A FEW DAYS AGO ABOUT OUR REQUEST
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TO DENTISTS
INTERVENTION AREAS, AND WE THANK
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THEM FOR THEIR WORK IN THIS
AREA TO REALLY POSTPONE
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ALL BUT THE ESSENTIAL SURGERY
THAT
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REALLY, REALLY NEEDS TO TAKE
PLACE.
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ANY ELECTIVE SURGERY
THAT PRESERVES THAT EQUIPMENT,
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PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT,
FOR
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EXAMPLE.
AND THAT MAKES MORE MORE
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OF THAT AVAILABLE
AT THIS POINT.
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I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DR. AMY
ACTON, WHO'S GOING TO TALK
00:10:04
ABOUT THIS AND
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE
00:10:07
GOING
TO BE DOING.
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WE ARE GOING TO BE ISSUING AN
ORDER
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TODAY THAT
IS COMPLIANT
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AND IS CONSISTENT WITH
AN UNDERSTANDING ABOUT
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SURGERIES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
IN OUR HOSPITALS.
00:10:24
SO THAT, AGAIN, WE CAN PRESERVE
PERSONNEL, WE CAN PRESERVE BEDS,
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WE CAN PRESERVE THE PERSONAL
EQUIPMENT PROTECTION EQUIPMENT
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THAT'S NEEDED AS WE
MOVE FORWARD INTO A MORE
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A MORE DIFFICULT TIME.
DR. ACTON.
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GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
THERE'S THAT THERE'S SO MUCH I
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WANT
TO SHARE WITH YOU.
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BUT WE HAVE A LOT.
WE HAVE OUR GUESTS HERE TODAY
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WHO WE TALKING A LOT MORE
ABOUT WHY EVERY THING YOU'RE
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DOING, EVERY PERSON
AND EVERYTHING WE DO RIGHT NOW
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REALLY DOES MATTER.
AND TOMORROW, I'M GOING TO TALK
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A LITTLE BIT MORE. I WAS JUST
HAD A
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RADIO SHOW WITH MY HOMETOWN
OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.
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DAN RIVERS THERE.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT
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HOW DO WE GET HERE?
I KNOW THIS IS SO MUCH FOR
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EVERYONE
TO BE TAKING IN.
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AND I'M GOING TO GO BACK
THROUGH THE
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HISTORY OF THIS TOMORROW.
AND WE ARE ALSO GETTING THE
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PAST OHIO NEWS NETWORK
CLIPS OF SORT OF THE WHAT
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HAVE BECOME A LITTLE BIT OF LIKE
PUBLIC HEALTH, ONE OR ONE
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LECTURES ALL PUT TOGETHER FOR
USE.
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YOU CAN KIND OF FOLLOW THIS,
BECAUSE
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I THINK WE EACH COME TO THIS
AWARENESS AT OUR OWN TIME
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AND IN OUR OWN WAY.
BUT AGAIN, TIMING IS
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EVERYTHING.
AND.
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BUT PLEASE KNOW WE WILL GET
THROUGH
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THIS TOGETHER. AND WHAT I'M
ABOUT TO
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DESCRIBE TO YOU IS WHAT
WE SEE AS COMING.
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BUT WHEN WE MAKE THESE CHOICES
WE'RE
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MAKING AND THAT THE GOVERNOR'S
MAKING AND OTHER GOVERNORS AND
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LEADERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ARE
MAKING, THIS REALLY IS GOING
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TO GET US THROUGH IT.
AND A LOT SOONER.
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IN A SENSE, A LOT
BETTER WAY.
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BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW
THAT WHAT YOU WERE YOU'RE DOING
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IS
REALLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
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SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO SAY
THAT
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THERE WAS AN IMPORTANT STUDY
THAT CAME OUT IN THE UNITED
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KINGDOM
BY DR. FERGUSON AND WAS
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DONE BY THE IMPERIAL COLLEGE.
AND THEY'RE REALLY TAKING A
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LOOK AT
THE VERY, VERY BEST MODELING AND
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DATA WE HAVE. WE KNOW THAT OUR
SCIENCE CHANGES EVERY
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DAY, EVERY HOUR.
BUT YOU CAN SEE IN THE PRESS
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CONFERENCE THE PRESIDENT HAD
YESTERDAY. THIS IS THE VERY SAME
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DATA THAT HIS TEAM IS USING,
THE MODELS THAT THEY ARE
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LOOKING AT.
WHEN THEY CAME UP WITH SOME OF
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THE
NEW GUIDANCE, ABOUT 10
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PEOPLE IN A ROOM ABOUT
SOCIAL DISTANCING, ABOUT REALLY
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SEEKING THAT IF YOU'RE OVER 65,
TO STAY AT HOME.
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AND AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT
DATA
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BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO END TO A
CURVE
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A LITTLE MORE DEEPLY.
SO FIRST OF ALL, REMEMBER
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THAT WHAT WE'VE BEEN SAYING ALL
ALONG IS THAT WE'RE SAVING
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LIVES, EVERY ONE OF US.
THAT DOESN'T SPREAD IT TO
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SOMEONE
ELSE. LOG RHYTHMICALLY WITH
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THE DOUBLING TIME OF EVERY SIX
DAYS
00:13:14
IS KEEPING LESS OF US GETTING
THIS
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SO IMPORTANT.
BUT THAT'S ONE PART OF A COUPLE
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OF
MITIGATION STRATEGIES.
00:13:21
THERE'S ACTUALLY FOUR LAYERS.
WE CALL IT EARLY TARGETED
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LAYERED INTERVENTIONS.
AND I WANT TO TALK TO YOU WHY WE
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HAVE TO DO ALL OF THEM.
WE HAVE TO DO ALL OF THEM NOW.
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SO IF WE COULD BRING UP
A SECOND CHART HERE.
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BUT THIS WAS A STUDY THAT'S BEEN
DONE IN THE UK
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AND WHAT THIS STUDY LOOKED LIKE
BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT
00:13:47
IN
THE MEDIA TODAY AND I DON'T WANT
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PEOPLE TO BECOME OVERLY
FRIGHTENED AGAIN.
00:13:51
WE PROMISED SO LONG AGO TO TELL
YOU WHAT WE KNOW AND WE KNOW IT
00:13:55
AND TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
AND SOMETIMES THIS TRUTH IS
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GONNA BE
A BIT SCARY.
00:13:59
BUT THE POINT OF THIS IS
THAT THIS STUDY WAS DONE
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LOOKING AS
IF WE DID NOTHING.
00:14:05
AND THEN IT LOOKS VERY CAREFULLY
AT EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING AND
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WHY
COLLECTIVELY IT WILL MAKE A
00:14:10
DIFFERENCE.
SO WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN TALKING
00:14:13
ABOUT
THE CURVE.
00:14:16
AND IF WE DID NOTHING
AGAIN, I'LL REFER YOU TO THE
00:14:20
U.K.
STUDY BY FERGUSON.
00:14:22
WE WOULD SEE THAT VARIOUS
MORE SCARY, SHARP, STEEP CLIMB
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THAT WE SAW IN WUHAN.
AND
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EVERYTHING WE DO FROM DOING
NOTHING.
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TO ISOLATING CASES
AND THE CAREFUL TRAVEL MEASURES
00:14:39
AND
ALL THE THINGS WE DID ORIGINALLY
00:14:41
TO NOW CLOSING SCHOOLS AND
UNIVERSITIES AND
00:14:45
ALL THE THINGS THAT WERE CLOSING
DOWN NOW TO THE EXTREME OF WHAT
00:14:48
WE NOW SEE, I'M IN SAN FRANCISCO
WHERE MY BOYS YESTERDAY
00:14:54
WERE TOLD TO SHELTER IN PLACE.
I HAVE TWO BOYS, 28 AND 26,
00:14:57
JAKE AND SAM.
AND.
00:14:59
AND THAT THOSE MEASURES BECAUSE
THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT FARTHER
00:15:02
AHEAD
THAN WHERE OHIO IS RIGHT NOW
00:15:04
AND ARE
SPREAD.
00:15:06
ALL THOSE THINGS START
TO DECREASE THE TIME.
00:15:09
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO
EXTEND
00:15:11
THIS TIME A LITTLE BIT.
YOU KNOW, WE ALL WANT THIS OVER
00:15:14
QUICKLY, BUT WE HAVE TO EXTEND
THE TIME AND SLOW THE
00:15:17
SPREAD BECAUSE THAT DECREASES
THE PEAK.
00:15:20
EARLY ON, I TOLD YOU THAT
SOME OF THE EARLY MODELING WAS
00:15:24
SAYING WE MIGHT PEAK AT LATE
APRIL,
00:15:26
MID MAY.
AND AGAIN, MY INITIAL NUMBERS
00:15:29
WERE
BASED ON NO INTERVENTIONS,
00:15:31
WHICH IS WHY WE HAD TO DO OUR
INTERVENTIONS QUICKLY.
00:15:35
AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THAT
PEAK,
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YOU CAN SEE THE PEAK STARTING TO
SPREAD A LITTLE BIT.
00:15:40
WE WILL SLOW IT DOWN.
THERE'S NO SCENARIO NOW
00:15:43
BY WHICH WE WON'T HAVE A SURGE.
BUT IF WE DID NOTHING, THE
00:15:48
ESTIMATES
WERE THAT 2.2 MILLION AMERICANS
00:15:51
WOULD DIE.
AND IF WE DO THESE MEASURES
00:15:54
IN THE ABSOLUTE WAY THEY'RE
INTENDED, AGAIN, WE HAVE
00:15:58
NO VACCINE. THERE ARE NO OTHER
THINGS. THESE ARE ONLY TOOLS.
00:16:01
BUT IF WE DO THEM, WE CAN
CUT THAT HOSPITAL SURGE
00:16:04
BY THESE AUTHORS EXAMPLE
BY TWO THIRDS.
00:16:09
WHAT WE'RE DOING CAN EVERY ONE
OF US
00:16:11
CAN HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THAT?
AND IT WILL DECREASE OUR DEATHS
00:16:15
BY
HALF.
00:16:16
AND AS I SAID, THE SURGE, AS
YOU'LL
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HEAR FROM THE FOLKS ABOUT OUR
HOSPITALS.
00:16:20
IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE PEOPLE
WHO
00:16:21
GET CORONAVIRUS.
IT'S ABOUT ALL THE REST OF US
00:16:24
WHO
MIGHT NEED OUR HOSPITALS TO GIVE
00:16:27
A BIRTH OR IF WE GET
IN A CAR ACCIDENT OR IF WE HAVE
00:16:30
A
HEART ATTACK OR STROKE.
00:16:32
AND IT'S MORE THAN THE
HOSPITALS.
00:16:34
WE'RE KEEPING THE WORKERS
HEALTHY
00:16:35
RIGHT NOW. WE'RE KEEPING OUR
FIREFIGHTERS AND OUR FRONTLINE
00:16:38
RESPONDERS HEALTHY.
IF THEY GET SICK, THEN YOU TAKE
00:16:42
OUT, AS WE DID WITH OUR ONE
FIREFIGHTER, HAD A CASE, THE
00:16:44
WHOLE
FIREHOUSE, AND THEN THEY'RE ALL
00:16:46
IN ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE
SUITS,
00:16:48
ALL THESE RIPPLE EFFECTS THAT
WE'RE
00:16:50
HAVING.
AND SO THAT IS WHY
00:16:53
WHAT YOU'RE DOING MAKES ALL
THE DIFFERENCE
00:16:58
HERE IN OHIO.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE,
00:17:02
AS OF THIS MORNING, 67
CASES.
00:17:05
AGAIN, JUST A LITTLE OVER A WEEK
AGO, WE HAD OUR FIRST CASE.
00:17:09
THE ILLNESS ONSET RANGE IS STILL
FROM FEBRUARY 7TH.
00:17:13
AGAIN, KNOWING THAT WE HAD
INFECTIVITY BEFORE THAT.
00:17:16
AND TOMORROW, I WILL GO INTO A
WHOLE
00:17:18
TIMELINE ON THAT.
AND THE LATEST ONSET WAS
00:17:22
MARCH 16TH.
OUR AGE RANGE IN OHIO
00:17:26
IS 14 TO 86 YEARS
NOW WITH THE MEDIAN AGE OF 48.
00:17:32
AND WE KNOW THAT EVEN IN 40 TO
50
00:17:34
YEAR OLDS ON THE CASE, FATALITY
RATE CAN BE 1 IN 250.
00:17:40
SEX, IT IS 26 FEMALES
AND 41 MALES,
00:17:44
HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE 17
AND THERE ARE MANY ICU
00:17:49
HOSPITALIZATIONS INCLUDED WITH
THAT,
00:17:51
SO THAT'S MORE SICK AND WE
NOW KNOW WE HAVE 16 OF OUR
00:17:56
COUNTIES.
BUT SOME OF THAT COUNTY DATA
00:17:57
DATA
IS INCLUDING PEOPLE FROM OTHER
00:18:00
COUNTIES THAT HAVE GONE TO A
MORE
00:18:01
MAJOR HOSPITAL AND
WE'RE WORKING ON THAT DATA AS WE
00:18:05
SPEAK.
SO THAT THAT IS ON THE
00:18:07
NUMBERS. WE KNOW, WE KNOW HAVE
MANY
00:18:09
MORE IN THE QUEUE AS OUR
TESTING IS
00:18:11
GOING UP.
COUPLE OF THINGS TO SAY.
00:18:15
THANK YOU TO OUR VETS AND OUR
DENNIS.
00:18:18
THEY ARE ALREADY DONATING THEIR
PPE.
00:18:21
WE'RE GONNA TALK TODAY ABOUT OUR
ORDER TO STOP
00:18:25
NON-ESSENTIAL SURGERIES OR
ELECTIVE SURGERIES.
00:18:29
THEY'RE TAKING THOSE MATERIALS
TO
00:18:30
THE A.M.A. AND YOU'LL BE HEARING
MORE ABOUT THAT.
00:18:34
YOUR LOCAL EMH STATION, THEY'RE
GEARING UP TO TAKE ALL YOUR
00:18:37
SUPPLIES. THAT'S GOING TO MAKE A
WORLD OF DIFFERENCE.
00:18:41
THOSE OF YOU OUT THERE THAT HAVE
NASAL SWABS, THE ACTUAL SWAB
00:18:45
YOU WOULD DO IF YOU HAVE ANY OF
THOSE, PERHAPS THAT'S
00:18:48
ON THAT MIGHT BE EQUIPMENT YOU
HAVE
00:18:50
OUR RESTAURANTS AND OUR FOOD
SERVICES ARE BRINGING THEIR
00:18:53
LATEX
GLOVES.
00:18:54
OTHER INDUSTRIES THAT HAVE
GLOVES,
00:18:56
SUPPLIES, I MEAN, NO SCHOOLS
EVEN HAVE THEM THAT AREN'T USING
00:18:59
THEM. THOSE MIGHT BE THINGS
THAT WE
00:19:01
CAN BE BRINGING TO OUR E-MAILS
THAT
00:19:02
WE HAVE MORE SUPPLIES.
WE ALSO RECEIVED AND WE'RE
00:19:07
ARE BUDGETING FOR THE FIRST
FUNDS
00:19:09
THAT WERE ALLOTTED TO US FOR
PUBLIC
00:19:11
HEALTH.
IT WAS ABOUT 15 MILLION DOLLARS
00:19:14
THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE
FEDERAL
00:19:15
GOVERNMENT.
10 MILLION OF THAT WILL GO OUT
00:19:18
TO
OUR LOCAL PARTNERS.
00:19:20
WE HAVE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN
HEALTH DEPARTMENTS. WE'RE VERY
00:19:22
DECENTRALIZED STATE IN OHIO.
THEY'RE ON THE FRONTLINES RIGHT
00:19:26
NOW
DOING THESE DISEASE DETECTIVE
00:19:27
INVESTIGATIONS.
AND THAT MONEY WILL BE GOING FOR
00:19:30
THEIR WORK, THEIR MODEL MONITOR
DURING INVESTIGATION, THEIR
00:19:33
CONTAINMENT EFFORTS IN THEIR
MITIGATION EFFORTS.
00:19:37
THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
MY ELEVEN HUNDRED AMAZING
00:19:40
EMPLOYEES, MANY OF WHOM
ARE WORKING FROM HOME RIGHT NOW,
00:19:44
SOME OF THAT WILL GO FOR THE
WORK
00:19:45
WE'RE DOING AND SURVEILLANCE AND
MONITORING AND RUNNING THIS
00:19:49
INVESTIGATION.
I WANT TO DO A SPECIAL CALL OUT
00:19:52
TO
OUR CALL CENTER, OUR
00:19:54
8 3 3 4 ASK
ODH.
00:19:59
THIS IS A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING.
AGAIN, THIS IS A LOT LIKE A WAR.
00:20:02
AND WE SET UP A CALL CENTER AND
WE
00:20:04
SET UP A WEB SITE
A COUPLE WEEKS AGO ON WHEN
00:20:08
WHEN LIFE LOOKED A LOT
DIFFERENTLY.
00:20:09
AND I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE HAVE
CALLED. THERE'VE BEEN STORIES
00:20:12
ABOUT
CALLING AND BEING PUT ON HOLD.
00:20:14
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS IS
A
00:20:16
MASSIVE VOLUNTEER
AND EMPLOYEE WORK THAT IS GOING
00:20:19
ON.
WE ARE SCALING THAT UP, TOO.
00:20:22
WE'RE GETTING PROFESSIONAL
PRIVATE
00:20:24
SECTOR ADVICE ON SCALING THAT
THE SAME WAY A MAJOR BUSINESS
00:20:28
WOULD OPERATE A CALL CENTER.
BUT THAT TAKES A FEW DAYS AND
00:20:31
WE'RE
GEARING THAT UP.
00:20:33
BUT WE'RE HERE FOR YOU.
THOSE WORKERS ARE ANSWERING YOUR
00:20:35
CALLS AS FAST AS THEY CAN,
BUT THAT WILL BE THE ONE STOP
00:20:39
SHOP
SO THAT EVERYONE KNOWS ONE
00:20:40
PLACE TO
GO.
00:20:41
OUR WEB SITE, CORONA VIRUS
STARTTO
00:20:43
HOW DOT GOV.
STILL HAS SOME OF THE BEST
00:20:46
INFORMATION. AND WE'RE POSTING
NEW
00:20:48
THINGS. WE LISTEN TO PARENTS AND
PEDIATRICIANS AND THERE'S A LOT
00:20:51
MORE
GUIDANCE FOR FAMILY ON THERE
00:20:53
TODAY.
AND WE ARE FOR OUR LOCAL
00:20:55
PARTNERS,
WERE REDEVELOPING IT.
00:20:57
SO IT'S EASIER TO FIND OUR
ORDERS
00:20:59
AND EASIER TO FIND THE TOOLS
THAT
00:21:00
WILL HELP YOU DO YOUR WORK.
BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK THOSE
00:21:03
WORKERS AS WELL.
SO ONE LAST THING.
00:21:14
AS THE GOVERNOR HAS ALWAYS SAID,
THIS IS THE BIG ONE.
00:21:18
THIS IS THE 1918
SCENARIO OF THE SPANISH FLU,
00:21:22
WHERE WE KNOW WE LOST MANY MORE
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY BY FAR
00:21:26
THAN WE LOST IN THE WAR
AND THAT A DIFFERENCE OF TWO
00:21:31
WEEKS
AND THE ABSOLUTE BLESSING THAT
00:21:32
WE
HAVE IN THE STATE OF OHIO
00:21:34
TO HAVE THESE TWO WEEKS WHEN WE
SEE
00:21:36
OUR PEERS AROUND THE WORLD.
MAKING LIFE AND DEATH DECISIONS
00:21:40
ABOUT WHO GETS A VENTILATOR.
WHEN WE SEE OUR SISTER CITIES
00:21:45
AND PLACES LIKE SAN FRANCISCO,
PLACES WHERE MY BOYS ARE
00:21:48
SHELTERING IN PLACE.
WE SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN NEW
00:21:52
YORK
AND OTHER CITIES.
00:21:55
EVERYTHING WE DO HERE IN OHIO
KEEPS
00:21:57
US IN ST. LEWIS.
WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE THAT
00:22:01
COLLEAGUE
OF MINE, BRIDGET HARRISON.
00:22:04
FROM CLEVELAND ,CATHOLIC
FAMILY. ST. PATRICK'S DAY IS
00:22:08
EVERYTHING.
SHE REMINDED ME THAT ST.
00:22:11
PATRICK WAS THE GOD OF KEEPING
ALL
00:22:12
THE SNAKES AND THE PESTS AWAY
AND THAT HER FAMILY HAS A 90
00:22:16
YEAR
HISTORY AND ONE OF THE OLDEST
00:22:17
PARISHES OF THIS DAY.
THEY'RE MISSING THEIR PARADES.
00:22:20
SHE'S HERE WORKING AND NOT WITH
HER
00:22:22
FAMILY.
THERE'S A CALL OUT FROM HER.
00:22:24
DO YOU?
BUT THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE.
00:22:27
THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE. THIS
WILL
00:22:28
MAKE.
WE WANT TO BE ST. SAINT LEWIS.
00:22:32
AND WE WANT TO DO THE THINGS
THAT
00:22:33
THE TWO WEEKS THAT WE HAVE AND
WHAT
00:22:35
THE HOSPITALS WERE TELLING YOU
ABOUT.
00:22:37
SO NEXT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE
MIKE ABRAMS.
00:22:40
HE IS THE CEO AND PRESIDENT
OF THE OHIO HOSPITAL
00:22:44
ASSOCIATION.
WE HAVE A GIFT IN THE STATE.
00:22:46
OUR HOSPITALS ARE AMAZING.
THEY'RE GOING TO COME TOGETHER.
00:22:49
THEY'RE DOING THIS WORK
TOGETHER IN
00:22:51
UNPRECEDENTED WAYS TO HELP
KEEP YOU SAFE THROUGH THIS
00:22:57
SEARCH.
THANK YOU, DR. ACTON, AND
00:23:00
GOVERNOR DEWINE.
YOU KNOW, MY OFFICE IS RIGHT
00:23:03
ACROSS
THE STREET FROM HERE.
00:23:04
AND AS I WAS WALKING OVER TO
THIS
00:23:06
CONFERENCE, I CONTEMPLATED
THE SAME THING THE GOVERNOR
00:23:10
STARTED
HIS COMMENTS WITH.
00:23:11
AND THAT IS, IT WAS BARELY
TWO WEEKS AGO THAT THE GOVERNOR
00:23:14
MADE
HIS ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE
00:23:16
ARNOLD.
AND I CAN REMEMBER THINKING
00:23:18
THAT, A,
IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO,
00:23:20
BUT B,
IT WAS SUCH A DRAMATIC MEASURE.
00:23:23
AND I THOUGHT MAYBE THAT WOULD
BE
00:23:24
THE MOST DRAMATIC MEASURE WE
WOULD
00:23:25
NEED TO TAKE.
AND CLEARLY, THAT FEELS LIKE AN
00:23:28
ETERNITY AGO.
WE'VE WE'VE COME SO FAR
00:23:32
JUST IN THE LAST 12, 14 DAYS.
I ALSO WILL START MY REMARKS
00:23:37
BY OBSERVING THAT I WAS AS
I DO EVERY MORNING, I WAS
00:23:40
READING
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.
00:23:41
AND I WAS SO PROUD OF THE
COMMENTARY FROM A COLUMNIST THIS
00:23:45
MORNING IN THE JOURNAL WHO
REALLY
00:23:46
LOUD AT OUR GOVERNOR AND CALLED
HIM
00:23:48
OUT INDIVIDUALLY AS ONE
OF THE TRUE LEADERS IN THE
00:23:51
NATION
DOING A GREAT JOB FOR OUR STATE.
00:23:54
CALLED HIM PRESCIENT.
AT ONE POINT. BUT I DO REALLY
00:23:57
AM VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL
OF
00:23:59
THE GREAT LEADERSHIP THAT
GOVERNOR
00:24:01
DEWINE AND HIS TEAM
HAVE OFFERED TO THIS
00:24:05
DIFFICULT SITUATION.
WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK
00:24:09
THAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE LAST
COUPLE
00:24:10
OF WEEKS SINCE THE ORIGINAL
ANNOUNCEMENT IS THE PUBLIC'S
00:24:13
UNDERSTANDING OF THE GRAVITY
OF THE SITUATION HAS INCREASED.
00:24:17
AND I WOULD
LIKE TO OBSERVE THAT I SHARE
00:24:22
THE PUBLIC'S CONCERN, AS DR.
ACTON POINTED OUT.
00:24:25
BUT WHAT I WANT IS FOR THE
PUBLIC TO
00:24:27
SHARE MY OPTIMISM
THAT WHILE THIS IS A
00:24:31
DIFFICULT SITUATION, THE HEALTH
CARE
00:24:33
INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE STATE OF
OHIO
00:24:35
IS QUITE STRONG.
SO YOU HAVE READ ACROSS
00:24:39
THE STATE MANY HOSPITALS, VERY
LARGE SYSTEMS AND SMALL
00:24:43
HOSPITALS
ALIKE HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY
00:24:45
ARE
DELAYING PROCEDURES THAT CAN
00:24:47
SAFELY BE DELAYED.
AND THE CHAIR ELECT OF THE OHA
00:24:51
IS THE PRESIDENT OF UNIVERSITY
CINCINNATI HEALTH, DR. RICK
00:24:54
LOFGREN.
AND HE ALWAYS OBSERVES WHEN WE
00:24:57
TALK
ABOUT THAT ISSUE,
00:24:59
IS THAT THE PUBLIC SHOULD
FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE
00:25:03
PROCEDURES ARE BEING DELAYED,
NOT BECAUSE HOSPITALS ARE UNSAFE
00:25:07
PLACES TO BE.
THEY ARE BEING DELAYED BECAUSE
00:25:10
OF
THE IMPORTANCE OF ALLOCATING
00:25:12
RESOURCES IN A WAY THAT
ALLOWS US TO FOCUS ON PRIORITY
00:25:15
CASES.
AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING
00:25:19
THAT WE NEED TO CONSISTENTLY AND
CONSTANTLY KIND OF REMIND
00:25:23
OURSELVES.
AT THE OHIO HOSPITAL
00:25:25
ASSOCIATION,
WE DEPLOYED A PROCESS WHEREBY WE
00:25:27
ASK SOME OF THE FOREMOST EXPERTS
IN THE STATE AND THROUGHOUT THE
00:25:30
COUNTRY HOW
WE COULD ESTABLISH GUARDRAILS
00:25:34
BETWEEN WHICH OUR HOSPITALS
COULD OPERATE SO THAT THEY COULD
00:25:39
APPLY SOME GUIDELINES
CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE
00:25:42
STATE,
FROM COMMUNITY TO COMMUNITY,
00:25:44
FROM
SYSTEM TO SYSTEM.
00:25:46
AND I THINK WHAT WE WHAT
THAT RESULTED IN IS SOME
00:25:50
VERY, VERY CREDIBLE GUIDELINES
THAT
00:25:51
HOSPITALS WILL FOLLOW
NO MATTER IF YOU'RE IN TOLEDO OR
00:25:56
DAYTON OR ANYWHERE
IN THE STATE.
00:25:58
WE ALSO CONSULTED KIND OF
LEARNED ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE
00:26:02
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS AND
OTHER GROUPS THAT HAVE GIVEN
00:26:06
A GREAT DEAL OF SCHOLARLY
ATTENTION
00:26:09
TO HOW POLICIES LIKE THIS SHOULD
LOOK.
00:26:12
AS A MATTER OF ROUTINE, HOSPITAL
LEADERS REGULARLY
00:26:16
EVALUATE SITUATIONS
AND CONTINGENCY PLANS BECAUSE
00:26:20
UNIQUE
SITUATIONS.
00:26:22
IF YOU JUST THINK ABOUT THE
READING
00:26:24
THE LOCAL MEDIA FROM TIME TO
TIME,
00:26:26
UNIQUE SITUATIONS POP UP
SOMEWHAT
00:26:28
REGULARLY. IT WASN'T THAT LONG
AGO
00:26:30
THE HOSPITALS IN
OHIO WERE DEALING WITH
00:26:33
TORNADOES.
IT WAS JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS
00:26:35
AGO
THAT LANKESTER WAS DEALING WITH
00:26:37
THE BOTULISM SITUATION.
SO HOSPITALS ARE REGULAR, THE
00:26:41
KIND
OF PRESSURE TESTING THEIR OWN
00:26:42
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THEIR
COMMUNITY
00:26:44
TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE
CAPABLE
00:26:47
OF SURGING WHEN THAT NEEDS TO
OCCUR
00:26:49
AND RELAXING BACK WHEN THAT
SURGE
00:26:51
CAN SAFELY RELAX BACK
EVERY YEAR IN OHIO HOSPITALS.
00:26:56
THERE ARE 36 MILLION
ENCOUNTERS WITH OHIO HOSPITALS
00:27:00
THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
AND AT THE OHIO HOSPITAL
00:27:02
ASSOCIATION, WE HAVE DATA ON
ALL OF THEM AND WE CAN DEPLOY
00:27:06
THAT DATA TO KIND OF DO
ANALYTICS AND FIGURE OUT
00:27:09
SOME PROPER PUBLIC POLICIES
AND MAKE SOME PROPER
00:27:13
OBSERVATIONS
ABOUT WHERE WHERE THINGS ARE
00:27:15
LIKELY
TO OCCUR.
00:27:17
THE SITUATION TODAY IS THAT
HOSPITALS IN OUR STATE ARE ABOUT
00:27:22
A LITTLE LESS THAN 75 PERCENT AT
CAPACITY INPATIENT WISE,
00:27:26
WHICH IS ABOUT NORMAL FOR THIS
TIME
00:27:28
OF YEAR.
OFTEN IT'S A LITTLE HEAVIER THIS
00:27:30
TIME OF YEAR BECAUSE OF
INFLUENZA.
00:27:32
SO THAT IS TO SAY THAT WE CAN
SAFELY SURGE ANOTHER 25
00:27:36
PERCENT WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING
EXTRAORDINARY AT ALL.
00:27:39
LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
I WAS TALKING TO A HOSPITAL
00:27:41
LEADER
JUST EARLIER TODAY WHO
00:27:43
RIGHT NOW STAFF FOR ABOUT 60
BEDS IN HIS HOSPITAL.
00:27:47
AND WITHOUT MUCH EFFORT,
HE COULD SURGE THAT TO 90 BEDS.
00:27:51
HE HAS THE ABILITY,
THE THE ROOMS THAT HE COULD OPEN
00:27:56
AND THE. STRUCTURE TO SURGE FROM
60 TO 90 LAST
00:28:00
NIGHT HAS INPATIENT COUNT WAS
IN THE
00:28:02
LOW 50S.
SO ESSENTIALLY HE COULD ADD AN
00:28:05
ADDITIONAL 30 WITHOUT DOING
ANYTHING PARTICULARLY
00:28:09
EXTRAORDINARY.
BUT IF HE AND OTHER HOSPITALS
00:28:12
THROUGHOUT THE STATE DID NEED TO
TAKE EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES,
00:28:14
THERE
ARE THOSE OPTIONS.
00:28:16
I WANT TO GIVE YOU JUST A
COUPLE OF
00:28:18
EXAMPLES.
HOSPITALS HAVE BEEN, FOR
00:28:20
EXAMPLE, IN
DISCUSSION WITH LOCAL NURSING
00:28:22
HOMES
WHERE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE
00:28:24
EITHER A WING OF A NURSING HOME
OR
00:28:26
A BUILDING THAT IS
OWNED BY A NURSING HOME THAT
00:28:30
COULD ACCEPT A CERTAIN NUMBER OF
NONINFECTIOUS PATIENTS SAFELY
00:28:35
WHERE THOSE PATIENTS COULD
SAFELY BE
00:28:36
CARED FOR.
SO YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY TURNING A
00:28:38
SECTION OF A NURSING HOME INTO
AN AREA THAT COULD PROVIDE MORE
00:28:44
TRADITIONAL HOSPITAL SERVICES.
WHAT THAT WOULD DO IS OPEN UP
00:28:48
THE
MORE TRADITIONAL HOSPITAL
00:28:50
BUILDING
FOR SURGE ABILITY
00:28:52
IN CASE THEY HAD COVID 19
OR OTHER PATIENTS THAT REQUIRED
00:28:56
HOSPITAL CARE.
WE HAVE HOSPITALS THROUGHOUT OUR
00:28:59
STATE WHO HAVE TALKED TO LOCAL
HOTELS.
00:29:02
THEY COULD ACTUALLY REDEPLOY
A FLOOR OF A HOTEL
00:29:06
TO TO BRING IN NONINFECTIOUS
PATIENTS WHO COULD SAFELY BE
00:29:10
CARED FOR IN A HOTEL.
AND AGAIN, FREEING
00:29:14
UP SPACE IN THE MORE TRADITIONAL
HOSPITAL.
00:29:17
I HAVE TALKED TO HOSPITAL
LEADERS THROUGHOUT OUR STATE WHO
00:29:20
HAVE BEEN IN
COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR LOCAL
00:29:24
LEADERS TO TALK ABOUT REOPENING
HOSPITALS THAT HAVE RECENTLY
00:29:28
CLOSED.
IF WE NEED TO DO THAT, THAT'S
00:29:30
SOMETHING WE COULD DO.
THOSE ARE, IN MANY CASES,
00:29:32
APPROPRIATE BUILDINGS TO TO
OPEN UP AND COULD DO
00:29:36
VARIOUS THINGS THAT WOULD BE
HELPFUL.
00:29:39
WE HAVE 33 CRITICAL ACCESS
HOSPITALS
00:29:41
IN OUR STATE AND TRADITIONALLY
THOSE
00:29:42
HOSPITALS ARE LIMITED BY
FEDERAL LAW
00:29:45
TO HAVE ONLY 25 BEDS
AND HAVE ONLY A NINETY SIX HOUR
00:29:48
STAY.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS
00:29:50
ALREADY
RELAXED THAT RULE SO WE CAN
00:29:53
SEARCH INTO CRITICAL ACCESS
HOSPITALS BEYOND 25 BEDS
00:29:56
WITH STAYS LONGER THAN 96
HOURS.
00:30:00
IF YOU GO TO THE SEVERAL
HOSPITALS
00:30:02
THROUGHOUT OUR STATE TODAY, YOU
WILL
00:30:04
MAYBE SEE TENTS OUTSIDE
THE E.R.
00:30:08
AND THOSE ARE BEING AND ONE
HOSPITAL LEADER CALLED THAT A
00:30:11
RESPIRATORY WAITING ROOM.
TYPICALLY, THAT IS AN AREA OF
00:30:14
THE HOSPITAL THAT HAS BEEN SET
UP IN
00:30:16
THE LAST FEW DAYS TO
ESSENTIALLY DO TRIES TO DO
00:30:20
AN ASSESSMENT OF A PATIENT AND
A SAFER AREA SO THEY CAN TELL
00:30:24
WHETHER THIS PATIENT NEEDS TO
PROCEED MORE INTO THE
00:30:27
TRADITIONAL
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND MAYBE
00:30:28
INTO
THE HOSPITAL, OR IF THEY COULD
00:30:30
BE
SAFELY CARED FOR OUTSIDE OF THE
00:30:32
HOSPITAL. SO WHEN YOU DRIVE BY A
HOSPITAL TODAY AND YOU SEE TENTS
00:30:35
GOING UP, I JUST WANTED YOU TO
HAVE
00:30:37
SOME FAMILIARITY WITH WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN THAT TENT.
00:30:41
SPEAKING OF CREATIVITY ARE OUR
SON
00:30:44
THOMAS IS A JUNIOR AT THE
UNIVERSITY
00:30:46
OF DAYTON AND HE IS PROBABLY
ENJOYING A LITTLE BIT THE EXTRA
00:30:49
TIME
OFF FROM UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON.
00:30:52
ALTHOUGH I HAVE TO PUT A SHOT,
SHOUT
00:30:53
OUT TO THE FLYERS WHO I FEEL
TERRIBLY SORRY FOR ABOUT THE
00:30:56
BASKETBALL SEASON.
BUT PREMIERE HEALTH HAS
00:30:59
PARTNERED WITH UNIVERSITY OF
DAYTON.
00:31:00
SO NOW AT UD ARENA, INSTEAD OF
SEEING A BASKETBALL GAME, YOU
00:31:03
MIGHT
SEE SAFE TESTING
00:31:05
GOING ON AND THAT IS BECAUSE
THEY WANTED TO DO THAT OFF SITE
00:31:09
FROM
THE HOSPITAL.
00:31:10
SO THERE IS A LOT OF INNOVATION
AND
00:31:12
CREATIVITY BEING OFFERED TO
THE HEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE
00:31:15
RIGHT
NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN
00:31:18
SAFELY
PREPARE FOR A SURGE THAT WE
00:31:20
BELIEVE
WE WILL NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR.
00:31:23
AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT
OVER
00:31:24
TO DR. ANDY THOMAS TO PROVIDE
MORE DETAIL AROUND THE PROCESS
00:31:28
THAT WE WENT THROUGH AND WHAT
THAT
00:31:30
PROCESS RESULTED IN IN TERMS OF
ELECTIVE PROCEDURES.
00:31:33
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MIKE.
00:31:38
AND ANDY THOMAS, CHIEF CLINICAL
OFFICER FROM THE HOUSE, THE
00:31:41
UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL
CENTER.
00:31:42
I HAVE A PLEASURE TO REPRESENT
THE
00:31:44
MEDICAL ADVISORY GROUP FROM THE
OSHA THAT'S BEEN WORKING WITH
00:31:47
THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OVER THE PAST
00:31:49
COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AS MIKE SAID, WE WORKED REALLY
00:31:52
ON
SOME DIRECTION THAT CAME FROM
00:31:53
THE
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS,
00:31:55
THE
U.S. SURGEON GENERAL.
00:31:56
AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING GOING ON
IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON AND
00:32:00
NOW
IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND
00:32:01
OTHER
STATES TO TRY AND GET AHEAD OF
00:32:03
THE
CURVE. AS DR. ACTON HAS
00:32:05
BEEN EXPLAINING TO US NOW FOR
A FEW WEEKS, THE GROUP,
00:32:09
THE MEDICAL ADVISORY GROUP
PUT TOGETHER A GROUP OF SURGICAL
00:32:13
LEADERS FROM OUR HOSPITALS
ACROSS
00:32:15
THE STATE TO WORK TO DETERMINE
WHAT CASES WOULD BE SAFE
00:32:19
TO DELAY EITHER SURGERIES OR
PROCEDURES, AND HOW COULD
00:32:23
WE PROVIDE GUIDANCE THAT COULD
BE
00:32:24
USED UNIFORMLY ACROSS THE STATE
SO THAT WE'RE NOT CREATING
00:32:28
A NEW PROBLEM BY SOLVING ONE.
AND WE DON'T WANT TO HARM ANY
00:32:32
PATIENTS WHO NEED SURGERY,
BUT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DEFINE
00:32:35
WHICH CASES COULD BE SAFELY
DELAYED
00:32:38
SO THAT THEY CAN BE DONE TWO
WEEKS,
00:32:40
FOUR WEEKS, SIX WEEKS FROM NOW
WITH NO HARM TO THE PATIENT.
00:32:44
SO OUR GROUP HAS WORKED OVER THE
LAST OVER THE LAST WEEK
00:32:47
TO PUT TOGETHER A SET OF
PRINCIPLES
00:32:49
THAT HAVE BEEN AGREED TO BY THE
OHIO
00:32:51
HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION BOARD, HAVE
BEEN SHARED WITH THE GOVERNOR'S
00:32:54
OFFICE IN THE STATE
ABOUT HOW WE'LL PROCEED
00:32:58
BASICALLY TO WHAT
WE DID IS CREATE CRITERIA TO
00:33:01
MAKE
SOMETHING NOT ELECTIVE.
00:33:03
WE COULD HAVE TRIED TO DEFINE
WHAT
00:33:05
IS ELECTIVE OR TRIED TO DEFINE
WHAT IS NOT ELECTIVE.
00:33:08
AND WE CHOSE THE LATTER.
SO THE WAY THAT WE WILL DEFINE
00:33:12
THINGS THAT ARE NOT ELECTIVE ARE
SURGERY OR PROCEDURE THAT
00:33:15
IS LIFE SAVING SURGERY
OR PROCEDURE THAT PRESERVES THE
00:33:19
FUNCTION OF AN ORGAN OR
PRESERVES
00:33:21
A LIMB FOR A PATIENT,
A SURGERY THAT WILL
00:33:26
REDUCE THE RISK OF METASTASIS
OR PROGRESSION OF DISEASE
00:33:30
FOR CANCER OR OTHER CONDITION,
AND A SURGERY THAT WILL
00:33:35
REDUCE THE RISK OF PROGRESSION
TO
00:33:37
SEVERE SYMPTOMS FOR THE PATIENT.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
00:33:41
ANYTHING THAT FITS INTO THOSE
FOUR
00:33:43
CATEGORIES PRESERVATION OF LIFE,
PRESERVATION OF ORGANS OR LIMB,
00:33:49
PREVENTING PROGRESSION OF
DISEASE
00:33:51
OR METASTASIS FOR CANCER
OR PROGRESSION TO SEVERE
00:33:54
SYMPTOMS,
ANYTHING THAT FITS INTO THOSE
00:33:56
FELT
FOUR CATEGORIES WILL STILL BE
00:33:57
ABLE
TO BE DONE IN A ROUTINE BASIS
00:34:00
AS IT'S BEEN SCHEDULED OR
POTENTIALLY EVEN MOVED UP
00:34:02
BECAUSE
OTHER ELECTIVE THINGS ARE
00:34:04
REMOVED
FROM THE SCHEDULE.
00:34:05
WE FEEL THAT THIS STEP
WILL DO A NUMBER OF THINGS FOR
00:34:09
US. FIRST, IT DOES HELP US
WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING AT THE
00:34:13
HOSPITAL. FEWER PEOPLE IN
WAITING
00:34:14
ROOMS, FEWER PEOPLE COMING INTO
OUR
00:34:16
FACILITIES IS MOST LIKELY
BETTER TO
00:34:18
REDUCE THE SPREAD OF INFECTION.
BUT REALLY THE GOAL OF THIS IS
00:34:22
TO PRESERVE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD BE USED IN
00:34:24
THOSE SURGERIES.
IT'S ALSO TO PRESERVE BEDS,
00:34:28
TO PRESERVE CRITICAL CARE BEDS
OR
00:34:30
EVEN ROUTINE HOSPITAL BEDS THAT
MIGHT BE TAKEN UP BY THOSE
00:34:33
PATIENTS
WHEN THEY'RE RECOVERING FROM
00:34:34
SURGERY.
AND ALSO, IT PRESERVES KEY
00:34:37
EQUIPMENT. SO VENTILATORS,
IT ALLOWS US TO FREE UP STAFF TO
00:34:41
PERFORM OTHER FUNCTIONS, WHETHER
THAT SCREENING, SWABBING
00:34:44
OR REALLY CARING FOR A
MORE AND MORE PATIENTS THAT
00:34:47
WE'RE
GETTING IN OUR HOSPITALS THAT
00:34:49
ARE
BEING RULED OUT FOR A CORONA
00:34:51
VIRUS.
SO IT WAS A VERY COLLEGIAL
00:34:54
PROCESS.
GOOD AGREEMENT BOTH AT THE
00:34:56
SURGICAL
LEVEL, THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER
00:34:57
LEVEL AND THEN AMONGST THE
HOSPITAL BOARD LEADERSHIP AT
00:35:02
THE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION.
AND WE FEEL IT'S
00:35:06
A GOOD PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN
THROUGH AND THAT IT WILL MAKE
00:35:09
SURE
TO PRESERVE SAFETY AND QUALITY
00:35:10
OF
CARE IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
00:35:18
I'M TAMARA MCBRYDE, I'M THE
CHIEF OF
00:35:19
HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AT THE OHIO
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
00:35:22
MY REMARKS TODAY WILL BE BRIEF,
BUT
00:35:23
TO FOLLOW UP WITH DR. THOMAS
AND WHAT MIKE ABRAMS HAVE TALKED
00:35:27
ABOUT IN TERMS OF STEPS THAT
ARE IN PLACE IN ORDER TO
00:35:30
MAINTAIN
THE SURGE THAT WE ANTICIPATE
00:35:33
SEEING.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT
00:35:34
CONSERVATION OF PPE IS
PARAMOUNT.
00:35:37
IF WE DON'T DO CONSERVATION
STEPS
00:35:39
NOW, WE WILL NOT HAVE HEALTH
CARE
00:35:41
WORKERS THAT ARE PROTECTED TO
CARE
00:35:42
FOR THE MOST SICK.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE
00:35:45
GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED A FEW DAYS
AGO
00:35:47
WAS THAT WE DID INDEED RECEIVE
OUR ALLOCATION FOR THE STRATEGIC
00:35:51
NATIONAL STOCKPILE.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE
00:35:54
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ALLOCATED
FOR EACH OF THE STATES
00:35:58
A CERTAIN AMOUNT BASED ON
POPULATION
00:36:00
THAT WE WILL RECEIVE.
WE HAVE RECEIVED THE FULL
00:36:03
ALLOCATION
FOR OHIO.
00:36:05
THAT, THOUGH, IS NOT ENOUGH.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS
00:36:09
ALL OF THE INDUSTRIES
WHO ARE NOW TAKING ON
00:36:12
ELECTIVE SURGERY POSTPONEMENTS
OR
00:36:14
CANCELATIONS TO PLEASE CONTACT
YOUR LOCAL E.M.A.
00:36:18
TO ENSURE THAT THAT PERSONAL
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT IS
00:36:21
AVAILABLE
SO THAT HEALTH CARE WORKERS,
00:36:23
E.M.S., FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE
WHAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO CARE
00:36:26
FOR
SICK PATIENTS AND TO PROTECT
00:36:28
THEMSELVES.
CONSERVATION IN THIS
00:36:31
ENTIRE SITUATION IS PARAMOUNT.
WE HAVE TO TAKE THOSE STEPS.
00:36:35
IT'S ONE OF THE CRITICAL
MITIGATION
00:36:37
STEPS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE
TO ENSURE THAT WE
00:36:40
HAVE THE THE
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IN
00:36:44
PLACE
TO BE ABLE TO TO GO INTO
00:36:47
LEVERAGE
THOSE HOSPITALS OR THOSE HOTELS
00:36:49
THAT MIKE ABRAMS TALKED ABOUT.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
00:36:52
ARE
PROTECTED FOR THE GUNSHOT WOUNDS
00:36:54
THAT THE DIRECTOR TALKED ABOUT,
AS
00:36:56
WELL AS THE BIRTHS THAT ARE
STILL
00:36:57
GOING TO HAPPEN EVERY SINGLE
DAY.
00:36:59
AND THOSE RISKS ARE STILL THERE.
THOSE IN THOSE INFECTIOUS
00:37:04
DISEASES AND THOSE IN CONTROL
PRACTICES ARE STILL VERY MUCH
00:37:07
REAL IN SPITE OF COVID 19.
SO ENSURING THAT EVERYONE IS
00:37:11
PROTECTED FROM OUR FIRST
RESPONDERS
00:37:13
TO OUR HEALTH CARE WORKERS IS
REALLY, REALLY CRITICAL.
00:37:16
AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE
THAT OHIO HAS RECEIVED OUR FULL
00:37:20
ALLOCATION OF THE STOCKPILE.
IT IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO GET
00:37:23
FOR
NOW.
00:37:24
I DON'T ANTICIPATE US RECEIVING
ANYTHING ADDITIONAL.
00:37:27
THEY HAVE COMMUNICATED THAT AS
SUCH.
00:37:29
AND SO WE ARE JUST GONNA HAVE TO
WORK TOGETHER ON THOSE
00:37:32
CONSERVATION
STEPS.
00:37:33
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JOHN.
THANK YOU, GOVERNOR.
00:37:41
I WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE
ON A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'VE
00:37:44
BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE LAST
COUPLE
00:37:46
OF DAYS, PARTICULARLY AS IT
RELATES
00:37:48
TO UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
WE HAVE EXPEDITED THE PROCESS
00:37:54
FOR ALLOWING SOMEONE TO QUALIFY
FOR
00:37:56
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
WE ASKED YESTERDAY
00:38:00
THAT PEOPLE NOT USE THE PHONE
NUMBER
00:38:02
BUT USE UNEMPLOYMENT, NOT OHIO
DOT GOV.
00:38:06
THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING
TO THAT, BECAUSE UP UNTIL
00:38:10
YESTERDAY WE HAD A NINETY FIVE
MINUTE WAIT ON THE PHONES.
00:38:14
NOW WE'VE TRANSITION ABOUT 90
PERCENT OF THAT TO THE INTERNET.
00:38:17
AND THE WAIT TIME ON THE PHONE
WAS
00:38:18
DOWN TO 53 MINUTES.
ONLY 13 MINUTES ON THE WEB SITE.
00:38:21
SO WE'RE GETTING
QUITE A HIGH NUMBER OF PEOPLE
00:38:25
WHO
ARE BEING DISPLACED IN
00:38:27
THE ECONOMY DUE TO
THE ACTIONS THAT ARE BEING TAKEN
00:38:31
TO CONTROL THE SPREAD
OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
00:38:36
AND WE VERY
MUCH
00:38:40
APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COOPERATING
AND TRYING TO USE THE TOOLS THAT
00:38:44
WE'RE PROVIDING YOU AND THE MOST
EFFICIENT WAY.
00:38:46
A REMINDER TO EMPLOYERS.
WE GET CALLS EVERY DAY ABOUT
00:38:51
CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF
EMPLOYERS MIGHT BE SHUT DOWN.
00:38:56
LOOK, YOU CAN HELP YOURSELVES
HERE
00:38:59
BY MAKING SURE THAT IF YOU HAVE
AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS
00:39:03
ILL OR EXHIBITING SIGNS
THAT YOU SEND THEM HOME, THAT
00:39:07
YOU
SELF-QUARANTINE THEM, THEY
00:39:09
WOULD BE AT THAT POINT, IF YOU
DO
00:39:10
NOT HAVE A PAID LEAVE PROGRAM,
THEY
00:39:12
WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR
UNEMPLOYMENT
00:39:14
BENEFITS. WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD
THAT
00:39:16
SUPPORT SYSTEM AROUND PEOPLE
TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS.
00:39:20
AND WE KNOW THAT THERE,
AS I'VE MENTIONED, THAT THERE
00:39:24
ARE
EMPLOYERS WHO AND THEIR
00:39:26
WORKFORCE WHO ARE STRUGGLING,
WHO
00:39:28
ARE STRUGGLING THERE.
THERE ALSO ARE SOME PLAYERS WHO
00:39:30
ARE
HIRING.
00:39:32
THERE ARE EMPLOYERS WHO HAVE A
GREAT DEMAND BECAUSE OF THE
00:39:35
NATURE
OF HOW THE SUPPLY CHAIN IS
00:39:38
WORKING.
FOR EXAMPLE, AMAZON IS IT
00:39:40
ANNOUNCED
THAT THEY WILL HIRE FORTY SIX
00:39:41
HUNDRED NEW PEOPLE
JUST IN OHIO ALONE AND WAREHOUSE
00:39:46
DRIVERS, CUSTOMER SERVICE
JOBS THAT ARE
00:39:50
GOOD PAYING JOBS.
AND WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE
00:39:54
TO LOOK AT THOSE OPTIONS.
AGAIN, I WILL REITERATE,
00:39:58
THE RESTAURANTS IN THIS STATE
ARE AVAILABLE FOR
00:40:03
CARRY OUT DINING
AND DELIVERY.
00:40:07
THESE INSTITUTIONS,
THESE RESTAURANTS COULD
00:40:11
REALLY USE YOUR SUPPORT DURING
THIS
00:40:13
DIFFICULT TIME.
AND IF YOU
00:40:16
CAN USE THEIR SERVICES, THEY
WOULD
00:40:18
REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
LET ME
00:40:24
ALSO ADD A BIT
OF NEW INFORMATION.
00:40:28
I'VE BEEN ON THE PHONE, AS YOU
MIGHT
00:40:29
IMAGINE, A LOT WITH SECRETARY OF
STATE FRANK LAROSE.
00:40:32
WE REALLY APPRECIATE HIS
HIS WORK IN SUPPORT OF
00:40:39
THE HEALTH CRISIS THAT WE ARE
ALL
00:40:40
FACING.
HE MADE IT KNOWN TO ME
00:40:44
THAT THE MADISON COUNTY BOARD
OF ELECTIONS VOTED TODAY TO
00:40:48
CLOSE
THE BOARD OFFICES BECAUSE A POLL
00:40:50
WORKER WHO HAD BEEN
IN THE OFFICE OVER THE PAST FEW
00:40:54
DAYS
FOR TRAINING AND PICKING
00:40:56
UP SUPPLIES AND WHO WAS AT A
POLLING
00:40:58
LOCATION, EXHIBITED
SYMPTOMS OF THE CORONAVIRUS,
00:41:02
AND THE POLL WORKER IS NOW
BEING TESTED.
00:41:06
THESE ARE
THE REASONS THAT THE
00:41:10
DIRECTOR, THE DIRECTOR OF
HEALTH AND
00:41:12
THE GOVERNOR MADE THE DECISION
THAT WAS MADE BECAUSE WE WANT
00:41:15
TO PROTECT PEOPLE.
AND I KNOW THAT MY
00:41:19
TELEPHONE LIT UP LAST NIGHT FROM
SOME OF MY ELECTED
00:41:22
OFFICIAL COLLEAGUES FROM AROUND
THE
00:41:24
STATE WHO
FELT THAT THE DISAPPOINTMENT
00:41:29
OF AN EXTENSION
OF THE VOTING PERIOD FOR
00:41:35
ELECTIONS.
AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT
00:41:38
OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO
DEMONSTRATE
00:41:39
THAT THEIR PUBLIC SERVANTS,
THAT WE ARE PUTTING THE PUBLIC'S
00:41:43
HEALTH INTERESTS AHEAD OF
OUR NEAR-TERM
00:41:48
POLITICAL INTERESTS AND
MAKING SURE THAT
00:41:53
INDIVIDUALS GET
A CHANCE TO VOTE AND THEY
00:41:57
CAN DO SO WITHOUT PUTTING THEIR
HEALTH IN JEOPARDY.
00:41:59
THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS
THAT
00:42:02
PUBLIC SERVANTS WITH A
PUBLIC SERVANT HEART SHOULD
00:42:06
REALLY
FOCUS ON TRYING TO EXHIBIT
00:42:09
DURING THESE DIFFICULT TIMES.
I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT ONE
00:42:13
OF THE THINGS SECRETARY LAROSE
EMPHASIZED LAST NIGHT
00:42:17
IS THAT IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE
FOR
00:42:19
HIM TO HAVE RUN THE
ELECTION THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF
00:42:23
THE FACT THAT POLL WORKERS
AND WOULDN'T
00:42:28
SHOW UP AND THAT WOULD CREATE A
BIG
00:42:29
DISRUPTION.
THAT IS INDEED WHAT HAPPENED IN
00:42:33
THE
STATES WHERE THEY DID TRY TO
00:42:35
CONDUCT
ELECTIONS TODAY.
00:42:37
MANY CASES, POLL WORKERS JUST
DIDN'T
00:42:39
SHOW UP, THE POLLING
LOCATIONS COULDN'T OPEN.
00:42:43
AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO
EXPERIENCE THAT TODAY.
00:42:46
AND WE WILL WORKING WITH
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND
00:42:50
THE COURTS, IDENTIFY A WAY
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN
00:42:54
ORDERLY
OPPORTUNITY, A SAFE OPPORTUNITY
00:42:57
FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE
IN THIS STATE.
00:43:04
ONE MORE COMMENT IN REGARD TO
HOSPITALS.
00:43:08
HOSPITALS HAVE CONTACTED US
IN REGARD TO THEIR WORKFORCE
00:43:14
AND IF REQUESTED, PERMISSION
TO BE ABLE TO SET UP CHILDCARE
00:43:18
FACILITIES RIGHT THERE.
WE KNOW FROM WHAT HAS HAPPENED
00:43:22
IN OTHER COUNTRIES AND
WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST
00:43:26
IS THAT A VIRUS LIKE
THIS CAN
00:43:30
ALSO HIT VERY HEAVILY
IN REGARD TO OUR HEALTH CARE
00:43:33
WORKERS. WE KNOW WE NEED THEM.
THE HOSPITALS UNDERSTAND THAT.
00:43:38
WE ALSO HAVE THE SITUATION WHERE
SCHOOL IS OUT AND
00:43:43
YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING
WHO
00:43:45
HAVE TO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN
TAKEN
00:43:46
CARE OF. SO WE WILL BE
MAKING AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON THAT,
00:43:49
BUT
WE CERTAINLY WILL BE TAKING
00:43:51
CARE OF
THAT AS WE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
00:43:55
ALSO, IN REGARD TO JONGE
COMMENTS ABOUT CARRY OUT,
00:44:01
MY GRANDDAUGHTER CAROLINE AND
IZZY AND I WILL BE PICKING
00:44:05
UP SOME IRISH FOOD TONIGHT AND
BE TAKING IT BACK TO THEIR HOME
00:44:10
AND ALSO TAKING IT TO THEIR
GRANDMOTHER.
00:44:13
MY WIFE, FRAN.
AND SO WE ENCOURAGE OTHER PEOPLE
00:44:16
TO DO THAT.
THIS IS A WAY THAT WE CAN
00:44:18
SUPPORT
THE RESTAURANTS.
00:44:20
IT'S ALSO GREAT FOOD AND
IT'S A WAY THAT WE CAN, YOU
00:44:24
KNOW,
TRY TO CELEBRATE ST. PATRICK'S
00:44:26
DAY IN A SPECIAL WAY
THAT WE HAVE TO AFTER CELEBRATED
00:44:30
TODAY.
THANK YOU.
00:44:32
QUESTIONS.
AND LET ME JUST INDICATE TO OUR
00:44:35
VIEWERS, I DON'T THINK I DID
THIS.
00:44:37
I AM ACTUALLY LOOKING AT
MEMBERS OF THE
00:44:42
PRESS CORPS, NEWS CORPS,
AND THEY WILL BE ASKING
00:44:46
QUESTIONS.
I WILL ACTUALLY BE LOOKING AT
00:44:48
THEM.
THOSE OF YOU ON TV, YOU WILL
00:44:49
NOT BE
ABLE SEE THEM, BUT YOU WILL
00:44:51
BE ABLE TO HEAR THEM AS THEY'RE
SPEAKING RIGHT DIRECTLY INTO A
00:44:55
MIC.
AND I'VE GOT ONE ROOM OVER HERE,
00:44:56
AND ONE ROOM OVER HERE.
AND AGAIN, I'M LOOKING AT THE
00:44:59
THE TV
CAMERAS IN THEIR ROOMS ARE NOT
00:45:01
VERY
FAR FROM THERE.
00:45:02
ALSO IN THE IN THE CAPITOL
BUILDING
00:45:05
HERE.
HELLO, EVERYBODY.
00:45:09
HELLO. HAPPY ST. PATTY'S DAY,
EVERYONE.
00:45:12
LOUANN STOYA, ABC 6 FOX 28.
COLUMBUS GOVERNOR, COULD YOU
00:45:16
PLEASE
GIVE SOME DIRECTION?
00:45:17
WE'VE HAD VIEWERS AND FUNERAL
DIRECTORS ASKING US FOR
00:45:21
MORE DIRECTION ON FUNERALS.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE CONGREGATING
00:45:26
IN LARGER NUMBERS AND
WANTING TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS,
00:45:29
BUT
THEY ARE REACHING OUT AND
00:45:31
WONDERING
IF THERE'S GOING TO BE FURTHER
00:45:33
GUIDANCE ON FUNERALS AND
MEMORIAL SERVICES.
00:45:37
WELL, THIS IS CERTAINLY VERY
DIFFICULT FOR FAMILIES.
00:45:42
I CAN TELL YOU WE'VE BEEN --WE
WERE
00:45:44
CONTACTED BY A FRIEND
OF MINE WHO
00:45:48
HIS FAMILY WHO DIED.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE
00:45:51
TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE DEAL
WITH
00:45:53
THIS? HOW DO WE DEAL WITH A BIG
FUNERAL?
00:45:55
THEY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION
THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN
00:45:58
SERVICE, BUT THEY WOULD POSTPONE
THE THE PUBLIC SERVICE UNTIL
00:46:03
LATER.
LOOK, THE SUN'S GOING TO COME
00:46:05
OUT
AGAIN.
00:46:06
WE ARE GOING TO GET BACK TO
NORMAL.
00:46:08
SO WE WOULD JUST ASK
PEOPLE AND THAT'S A VERY
00:46:12
DIFFICULT
SITUATION. SAME THING WITH
00:46:14
WEDDINGS,
PEOPLE, A PLAN, WEDDINGS FOR A
00:46:16
LONG,
LONG TIME.
00:46:17
AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN,
WE WOULD JUST ASK THEM TO FIGURE
00:46:22
OUT A WAY TO CELEBRATE THE
WEDDING,
00:46:24
BUT MAYBE POSTPONE THE BIG THE
BIG
00:46:26
CELEBRATION.
THE LAST THING THAT ANY OF US
00:46:29
WANT
IS TO FOR A FUNERAL OR A WEDDING
00:46:31
TO BE THE CAUSE OF SOMEONE ELSE
DYING.
00:46:35
YOU KNOW, A VERY HAPPY OCCASION
AS FAR AS A WEDDING.
00:46:38
YOU DON'T WANT SOMEONE IN THE
FAMILY
00:46:39
TO GET SICK.
OBVIOUSLY, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR
00:46:42
RELATIVES FROM OUT OF STATE NOW
TO
00:46:44
GET IN.
SO, AGAIN, I THINK JUST
00:46:47
COMMON SENSE.
TRY TO WORK YOUR WAY THROUGH
00:46:51
THIS.
IT'S NOT EASY.
00:46:52
AND I I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT YOUR ACTIONS
00:46:56
WILL WILL IMPACT
THE SAFETY OF YOUR FAMILY,
00:47:00
YOUR LOVED ONES, AND THOSE WHO
YOU
00:47:02
DON'T EVEN KNOW.
HI, GOVERNOR MOLLY MARTINEZ,
00:47:05
SPECTRUM NEWS.
I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD JUST
00:47:07
TALK
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LAST NIGHT
00:47:09
AND
SORT OF THE CONSTITUTIONALITY IN
00:47:11
MAKING THAT CALL AND MAKING
THAT HEALTH EMERGENCY AND
00:47:14
PUSHING
BACK THE ELECTION.
00:47:16
SORT OF WHAT WERE YOUR OPTIONS
AND
00:47:17
WHAT WAS YOUR LINE OF THINKING
LAST
00:47:19
NIGHT?
WELL, WE WE FELT
00:47:22
INITIALLY, AS I INDICATED
YESTERDAY
00:47:24
ABOUT THIS TIME, THAT THERE
WOULD BE
00:47:26
A LAWSUIT FILED,
THAT WE WOULD GO INTO COURT
00:47:30
AND THAT WE WOULD GET AN ORDER
EXTENDING BASICALLY EXTENDING
00:47:33
THE
ELECTION TO
00:47:37
ALLOW AMPLE, AMPLE,
AMPLE TIME FOR ABSENTEE
00:47:41
VOTING.
AND THEN THE ELECTION ITSELF ON
00:47:43
ON
JUNE 2ND.
00:47:46
THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.
AND WE HAD A JUDGE IN FRANKLIN
00:47:49
COUNTY WHO MADE A DIFFERENT,
DIFFERENT DECISION.
00:47:53
AND WE WERE FACED AT 10
O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT WHEN WE MADE
00:47:57
THE FINAL DECISION OF
THE SITUATION THAT WE NEEDED TO
00:48:00
SIGNAL VERY QUICKLY
TO POLL WORKERS, TO VOTERS
00:48:06
WHAT THE SITUATION WAS.
AND IT WAS CLEAR THAT IN IN THE
00:48:09
COURTS WE COULD HAVE APPEALED
IT, BUT
00:48:14
THAT WOULD HAVE OCCURRED OVER
THE
00:48:15
NIGHT TIME.
AND EVEN IF WE'RE LUCKY THAT
00:48:17
DECISION MAY HAVE BEEN MADE IN
EARLY
00:48:19
MORNING, PEOPLE WOULD NOT HAD
MUCH
00:48:21
NOTICE.
SO WE HAD AN EMINENT HEALTH
00:48:25
CRISIS.
WE HAD TO DEAL WITH
00:48:27
THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH.
BASED UPON EVERYTHING SHE KNOWS,
00:48:31
BASED UPON ALL THE EVIDENCE,
BASED UPON CONSULTATION WITH
00:48:34
FRANK
LAROSE ABOUT HOW THIS
00:48:37
WOULD COME DOWN, IF, IN FACT
THERE
00:48:39
WAS A
ELECTION AS WE NORMALLY
00:48:43
ANTICIPATED
IT AND SHE MADE THAT DECISION.
00:48:45
I FULLY, FULLY SUPPORT
THAT DECISION.
00:48:49
AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT
OUT, I
00:48:51
THINK, BY SOME 10 O'CLOCK
NEWS ABOUT ABOUT 10, FIFTEEN
00:48:55
TO 20. AND THEN, OF COURSE, FOR
THE
00:48:56
11:00 O'CLOCK NEWS.
I THINK EVERYBODY ACROSS THE
00:48:59
STATE
HAD HAD HAD THE STORY.
00:49:01
THOSE OF YOU WHO ON THE PRINT
SIDE WERE PUTTING THOSE STORIES
00:49:05
UP.
SO WE DID WHAT WE NEED TO
00:49:07
DO TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE,
THE STATE OF OHIO.
00:49:10
AND SO IT WAS A DECISION
THAT I FULLY SUPPORT.
00:49:13
IT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION.
NOW, OUR GOAL MUST BE TO
00:49:18
ALLOW PEOPLE WHAT WE SAID
YESTERDAY,
00:49:19
ALLOW PEOPLE TO VOTE, GIVE THEM
AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE AND
00:49:23
EITHER THROUGH THE STATE
LEGISLATURE
00:49:25
OR THROUGH THE COURTS.
I'M CONFIDENT THAT THAT WILL
00:49:27
THAT
WILL HAPPEN.
00:49:30
GOVERNOR, JIM OTTE FROM WHIO TV
HERE IN DAYTON. THANKS.
00:49:33
SO FAR ACROSS THE BOARD, IT
APPEARS
00:49:35
THAT PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY
ACROSS
00:49:37
THE STATE, ALTHOUGH THEY MAY NOT
LIKE WHAT EVERYTHING YOU'RE
00:49:39
DOING,
THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH IT.
00:49:41
YET LAST NIGHT WHEN YOU WENT TO
DELAY THE ELECTION, A COUPLE OF
00:49:44
LAWMAKERS, INCLUDING ONE FROM
THE
00:49:45
MIAMI VALLEY, ACTUALLY TRIED TO
STOP
00:49:47
YOU. AND HAVE THIS ELECTION
ACTUALLY
00:49:48
OCCUR TODAY.
DOES THAT CONCERN YOU?
00:49:51
YOUR REACTION?
AND GOING FORWARD, DO YOU HAVE
00:49:54
ANY
ASSURANCE THAT THE LEGISLATURE
00:49:57
WILL
GO ALONG WITH YOU, WITH YOUR
00:49:59
PLAN TO HAVE THIS ELECTION ON
JUNE
00:50:01
2ND? WHAT'S NEXT?
WELL, WE'RE OPEN CERTAINLY TO
00:50:05
DISCUSS THAT.
THERE'S NOTHING MAGIC ABOUT JUNE
00:50:08
2ND.
THE DATE WAS PICKED BECAUSE IT
00:50:11
WOULD
GIVE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR
00:50:13
PEOPLE TO HAVE ABSENTEE BALLOTS
AND TO VOTE.
00:50:16
IT WOULD ALSO, WE FELT WOULD
BE THE TIME
00:50:20
SECRETARY OF STATE FELT IT WAS
WITHIN THE TIME IN WHICH
00:50:24
WE WOULD HAVE TO PICK DELEGATES.
SO THE DEMOCRATS WOULD PICK
00:50:26
THEIR
DELEGATES. REPUBLICANS WOULD
00:50:27
PICK
THEIR DELEGATES. AND THAT WOULD
00:50:29
THAT
WOULD BE IN TIME.
00:50:30
WELL, THERE'S NOTHING MAGICAL
ABOUT
00:50:32
THAT DATE.
BUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT,
00:50:35
AS WE DISCUSSED THIS, IS
THAT PEOPLE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
00:50:39
TO VOTE OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD
OF
00:50:40
TIME.
AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE THIS IS
00:50:44
EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
TO QUOTE ELEANOR ROOSEVELT,
00:50:50
AS SHE TALKED ABOUT WORLD WAR
TWO,
00:50:52
THIS IS SHE SAID THIS IS NO
ORDINARY
00:50:54
TIME.
THIS IS NO ORDINARY TIME IN
00:50:56
OHIO.
THIS IS NO ORDINARY TIME IN THE
00:50:58
UNITED STATES.
AND SO.
00:51:01
WE HAVE TO PRESERVE ALL THE
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
00:51:05
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WRONG TO
COMPEL
00:51:07
PEOPLE TO MAKE A DECISION
TODAY WHETHER THEY WERE
00:51:11
GOING TO RISK THEIR HEALTH.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMPROMISED
00:51:15
HEALTH WISHED THEIR HEALTH.
TO EXERCISE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL
00:51:19
RIGHT, THAT IS WRONG.
AND SO I THINK DEMOCRATS,
00:51:22
REPUBLICANS, INDEPENDENTS,
WHOEVER YOU ARE, WE
00:51:26
ALL SHOULD BE IN FAVOR OF AMPLE
OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERY OHIO
00:51:29
CITIZEN
TO VOTE.
00:51:31
AND THAT WILL BE.
THAT'S KIND OF THE BOTTOM LINE
00:51:34
AS WE
TALK TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE,
00:51:36
AS WE TALK TO THE COURTS.
THAT'S WHAT WE THINK IS IS IS
00:51:40
VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
AND I AM CONFIDENT
00:51:44
THAT WE CAN PROTECT PEOPLE'S
RIGHTS
00:51:46
AND GIVE THEM THAT TIME AND
AGAIN.
00:51:47
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE WHY
THAT EXTRA TIME IS REALLY,
00:51:51
REALLY
NECESSARY.
00:51:53
AND IT IS NECESSARY BECAUSE
THIS
00:51:58
VIRUS INFECTION IS GOING TO
CONTINUE
00:52:00
TO HIT OHIOANS.
AND SO WE DON'T WANT ANYONE
00:52:04
IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY CANNOT
VOTE. WE WANT TO GIVE THEM
00:52:08
PLENTY OF
TIME, AS MUCH TIME AS HUMANLY
00:52:10
POSSIBLE.
UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A
00:52:14
PRIMARY
AND WE'RE GOING TO AMPLE TIME
00:52:16
FOR PEOPLE TO CAMPAIGN FOR THE
NOVEMBER ELECTION.
00:52:20
SO GOVERNOR JIM PROVINCE, WITH
THE
00:52:22
TOLEDO BLADE
LAST NIGHT, ONE OF THE REASONS
00:52:25
YOU
DIDN'T GET THE DECISION YOU
00:52:26
WANTED
FROM THE JUDGE WAS BECAUSE YOU
00:52:28
HADN'T CALLED IN THE
LEGISLATURE TO
00:52:29
CONSIDER THIS FIRST.
WAS THERE DISCUSSION YESTERDAY
00:52:32
ABOUT
DOING THAT?
00:52:34
AND WAS THERE EVER, EVER IN YOUR
MIND THE IDEA THAT THE
00:52:37
LEGISLATURE
SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO YOUR 50 AND
00:52:39
FEWER WHEN IT COMES TO MASS
GATHERINGS?
00:52:43
NO.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE IF YOU LOOK
00:52:46
AT
THE
00:52:48
ORDERS, WE WE EXEMPTED
OUT BUSINESSES.
00:52:51
WE KNOW PEOPLE GO INTO WORK,
BASICALLY, THEY'RE CERTAINLY
00:52:54
GOING TO WORK.
WE'RE ALSO EXCLUDED OUT
00:52:58
EXERCISING
THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
00:53:00
SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THEY
WOULD HAVE TO DETERMINE HOW THEY
00:53:03
COULD DO THAT.
AND I WILL NOT INFRINGE UPON
00:53:06
THERE'S A SEPARATE BRANCH OF
GOVERNMENT.
00:53:08
BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE CERTAINLY
ARE WAYS IF THEY WANT TO SPREAD
00:53:12
OUT,
THEY COULD DO THAT AS THEY
00:53:13
VOTED.
THEY COULD VOTE.
00:53:15
SOME PEOPLE COME IN AND VOTE.
MY EXPERIENCES AS UNITED STATES
00:53:18
CONGRESS WERE SOMETIMES OVER A
30
00:53:19
MINUTE PERIOD OF TIME.
PEOPLE COME IN AND VOTE.
00:53:22
AND SO YOU NEVER HAVE A HUGE
NUMBER
00:53:23
OF PEOPLE IN THE CHAMBER.
SO THERE'S WAYS OF WORKING THAT
00:53:25
OUT.
BUT WE WOULD NOT INFRINGE UPON
00:53:27
THEIR RIGHTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
00:53:30
WE EXCLUDED THEM OUT
ANYWAY.
00:53:33
I WOULD JUST ASSUME THAT THE
SPEAKER
00:53:36
AND THE SENATE PRESIDENT AND THE
DEMOCRAT LEADERS WOULD WANT TO
00:53:39
PROTECT THEIR MEMBERS AS WELL.
AND I'M SURE THAT THEY WILL.
00:53:42
THEY WOULD THEY WOULD DO THAT.
DID YOU CONSIDER CALLING THE
00:53:45
LEGISLATURE IN LAST NIGHT?
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT
00:53:48
EVERYTHING.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A QUESTION OF
00:53:50
TIME.
AND, YOU KNOW,
00:53:52
WE WOULD NORMALLY APPEAL THIS
AND WORKED ITS WAY THROUGH THE
00:53:56
COURTS, BUT WE
FELT THAT WE
00:54:00
HAD TO TELL PEOPLE BY 10:00.
WE ALSO FELT THAT WE HAD A
00:54:04
PUBLIC
HEALTH EMERGENCY WITH
00:54:06
A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.
WE COULD NOT LET THIS HAPPEN.
00:54:09
WE COULD NOT HAVE PEOPLE SHOW UP
TO THE POLLS. WE COULD NOT HAVE
00:54:13
POLL
WORKERS SHOW UP.
00:54:14
AND SO WE MADE THE DECISION.
THE DIRECTOR MADE THE DECISION,
00:54:18
WHICH I FULLY, FULLY SUPPORT.
GOVERNOR ANDY CHOW WITH OHIO
00:54:22
PUBLIC
RADIO AND TELEVISION STATEHOUSE
00:54:24
NEWS
BUREAU, WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT
00:54:26
ISSUES COMING UP, WITH BARS AND
RESTAURANTS CLOSING IN AND
00:54:29
COMPANIES
DEALING WITH ALL SORTS OF
00:54:32
ISSUES.
WE'VE HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT THE
00:54:34
ISSUE
OF, YOU KNOW, LOST WAGES AND
00:54:35
LOST
REVENUE. DO YOU FORESEE AT SOME
00:54:37
POINT YOU DIPPING INTO THE RAINY
DAY FUND TO SORT OF OFFSET SOME
00:54:41
OF
THE ISSUES? AND DO YOU THINK
00:54:42
THAT
THIS GIVES YOU THE AUTHORITY
00:54:44
BECAUSE OF ALL THE THINGS THAT
ARE
00:54:45
HAPPENING? DOES THIS GIVE YOU
THE
00:54:46
AUTHORITY TO DIP INTO THE RAINY
DAY
00:54:48
FUND?
WELL, THIS IS A CRISIS OF
00:54:51
MONUMENTAL
PROPORTIONS.
00:54:53
SO THAT MONEY IS AVAILABLE.
IT WAS SET ASIDE BY THE
00:54:57
LEGISLATURE
AND THE PREVIOUS GOVERNOR,
00:54:58
GOVERNOR
KASICH, FOR PURPOSES
00:55:01
LIKE THIS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE
00:55:04
GOING TO BE VERY PRUDENT ABOUT
HOW WE DO THAT.
00:55:07
WE'VE NOT MADE THAT DECISION TO
DIP
00:55:09
INTO IT, BUT
THAT MONEY IS AVAILABLE.
00:55:13
IT WAS SET ASIDE FOR
DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.
00:55:17
AND CERTAINLY WE'RE IN VERY
DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.
00:55:20
SO THAT MONEY IS CERTAINLY
AVAILABLE.
00:55:23
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU
KNOW,
00:55:24
OBVIOUSLY WE DO IN CONSULTATION
WITH EVERYONE, CERTAINLY
00:55:29
INCLUDING THE THE THE
LEGISLATIVE
00:55:32
LEADERS.
BUT THAT MONEY IS AVAILABLE.
00:55:36
HELLO, GOVERNOR KEVIN LANDERS,
WBNS
00:55:38
TV, DR.
ACTON, AND YOU SAID THAT THERE
00:55:41
IS
QUOTE, THERE IS NO SCENARIO THAT
00:55:43
WE DON'T HAVE A SURGE
IN ORDER TO FLATTEN THAT CURVE
00:55:47
AND YOU HAVE BROAD POWERS AS A
HEALTH DIRECTOR.
00:55:50
AT WHAT POINT AT WHAT THRESHOLD
YOU DECIDE TO SHELTER IN PLACE
00:55:53
FOR
OUR COMMUNITY.
00:55:57
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT
QUESTION,
00:55:58
KEVIN.
IT WILL BE A VERY COMPLICATED
00:56:02
SET OF FACTORS
AND SOME ESSENCES, YOU KNOW,
00:56:05
AND IN
TALKING TO MY SONS IN SAN
00:56:08
FRANCISCO
WHAT WE'VE SAID BEFORE, YOU
00:56:10
WILL BE
ABLE TO GET FOOD EVEN IN CHINA.
00:56:13
EVEN IN ITALY, THERE ARE YOU
KNOW,
00:56:15
PEOPLE ARE GETTING OUT.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE STORE
00:56:17
STOCKED AND WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE
TO
00:56:18
GET MEDICINES
AND AND THOSE BASIC NECESSITIES.
00:56:23
SO WHILE PEOPLE EVEN
IN SAN FRANCISCO ARE SHELTERING
00:56:26
IN
PLACE AND SHELTER IN PLACE,
00:56:29
IT'S A VERY HARD TERM AS A MOM
TO
00:56:30
HEAR. BUT IT ACTUALLY IS
A TERM THAT'S USED IN
00:56:34
THEIR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM.
00:56:36
SO FOR THEM, THAT IS THE WORD
YOU PROBABLY WON'T HEAR ME USE
00:56:40
THAT
WORD. BUT IN EFFECT, THAT'S
00:56:41
KIND OF
WHAT WE ARE DOING IN OHIO
00:56:44
IN A VERY GENTLE WAY.
BUT AGAIN, IF WE SEE
00:56:48
THAT BEGINNING RISE ON OUR
RESOURCES, ON OUR HEALTH SYSTEM,
00:56:52
IF WE SEE, YOU KNOW,
WORSENING ICU UNIT USE
00:56:56
THAT DOES START TO PRESS A
THREAT
00:56:58
ON US, IT'S GOING TO BE AN
AMALGAM OF FACTORS,
00:57:03
BUT THAT WE WOULD ASK EVEN MORE
STRICT RESTRICTIONS.
00:57:06
AGAIN, WE REALLY ARE IN OHIO
RIGHT
00:57:08
NOW AT A PLACE WHERE WE'RE
ASKING
00:57:09
PEOPLE TO REALLY ASK US
QUESTIONS.
00:57:11
IS THIS ESSENTIAL IN
EVERYTHING YOU DO?
00:57:15
AND THAT INCLUDES WORK.
AND I KNOW MANY, MANY PEOPLE ARE
00:57:18
FIGURE OUT WAYS TO WORK FROM
HOME.
00:57:19
THAT'S NOT ALL POSSIBLE AND ARE
CENTRAL WORKERS
00:57:23
AND A LOT OF LABOR SITUATIONS.
WE'RE JUST HEARING ABOUT AMAZON
00:57:26
AND
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING
00:57:27
PACKAGES OF THINGS OUT TO PEOPLE
THAT SUPPLY CHAIN STILL GOING.
00:57:31
SO WE'RE GONNA NEED TO KEEP
THOSE
00:57:32
FOLKS OUT THERE
AND REALLY KEEP, YOU
00:57:36
KNOW, THE FEW YOU KNOW, EVEN IN
MY
00:57:37
TEAM, WE ARE TAKING TURNS
BEING HERE.
00:57:40
WE'RE DOING EVERY CALL WE CAN BY
CONFERENCE CALL ALSO THAT WE
00:57:43
DON'T HAVE TO PULL ANY MORE OF
THOSE WHAT WE CALL TRIGGERS.
00:57:47
SO WE'LL KEEP YOU ABREAST
AS WE MAKE EVERY DECISION AND
00:57:51
WE'LL
LET YOU KNOW OUR THINKING AS WE
00:57:53
MAKE THAT IT WILL HAPPEN
GRADUALLY.
00:57:55
HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, IT WON'T BE
SOMETHING SUDDEN.
00:57:58
LET ME JUST ADD TO THAT.
I KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY
00:58:00
DOING
THAT.
00:58:01
PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE IT MADE A
DECISION BECAUSE OF
00:58:04
THEIR HEALTH SITUATION, BECAUSE
OF
00:58:06
THEIR AGE
TO DO THAT.
00:58:09
AND THEY'RE VOLUNTARILY DOING
THAT.
00:58:12
CERTAINLY WE RECOMMEND ANYBODY
WHO
00:58:14
CAN DO THAT, PARTICULARLY
PEOPLE WHO
00:58:15
HAVE HAVE A PARTICULAR HEALTH
REASON TO REALLY,
00:58:20
REALLY LIMIT THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE
00:58:21
THEY COME IN CONTACT WITH.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I WOULD
00:58:24
JUST
SAY TO MY FELLOW
00:58:26
OHIOANS, WE'RE ALL NOT ALL IN
THIS TOGETHER.
00:58:29
IF YOU GOT A NEIGHBOR WHO'S
ELDERLY,
00:58:31
IF YOU'VE GOT A NEIGHBOR WHO
HAS A
00:58:33
PARTICULAR
PARTICULAR HEALTH
00:58:37
ISSUE, YOU KNOW,
GET THEM SOME FOOD, HELP THEM
00:58:41
OUT.
WE'VE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF EACH
00:58:43
OTHER. BUT OHIOANS ARE DOING
THIS
00:58:44
AND OHIOANS WHO PARTICULARLY
THOSE
00:58:46
IN THAT SITUATION, REALLY NEED
TO BE
00:58:48
VERY, VERY, VERY CAREFUL.
GOOD AFTERNOON, GOVERNOR, RANDI
00:58:52
LEVO
WITH THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH.
00:58:55
THE CDC ISSUED ITS GUIDANCE
REVISED ON SUNDAY TO LIMIT
00:59:00
MASS GATHERINGS TO 50 PEOPLE.
WHY NOT CAST THE
00:59:05
PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER TO CLOSE THE
POLLS ON SUNDAY NIGHT
00:59:09
OR MONDAY MORNING TO AVOID CAST
THEIR LOT WITH THE UNCERTAINTY
00:59:12
OF
THE COURTS AND THE ENSUING
00:59:15
CHAOS?
WELL, ALREADY THAT'S A GOOD
00:59:17
THAT'S
A GOOD QUESTION.
00:59:19
LOOK, WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE THESE
THINGS. WANTED WANTED TIME
00:59:23
WOULD HAVE BEEN PREFERABLE TO
HAVE
00:59:25
THAT DECISION MADE BEFORE IT WAS
MADE. YES, ABSOLUTELY.
00:59:30
BUT YOU HAD A LOT THINGS
STARTING TO
00:59:32
COME TOGETHER THAT
MORNING, ON MONDAY MORNING.
00:59:36
AND LET ME JUST RECITE A COUPLE.
THAT ONE. ONE, OF COURSE, WAS,
00:59:40
YOU KNOW, FIRST TIME, YOU KNOW,
WE
00:59:42
STARTED SEEING THAT THE CDC
WHILE WAS ISSUED THE NIGHT
00:59:45
BEFORE WE
LOOKED AT.
00:59:47
THAT'S IMPORTANT.
BUT THE OTHER THING THAT,
00:59:51
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED
TALKING TO
00:59:53
FRANK LA ROSE
AND THE THE
00:59:57
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR I BOTH
STARTED
00:59:59
RECEIVING ON MONDAY
MORNING
01:00:03
INDICATIONS FROM PEOPLE
AS THEY CONTEMPLATED WHAT THEY
01:00:06
WERE
GOING TO DO THE NEXT DAY.
01:00:08
AT THIS POINT, NO LONGER CAN
GET AN ABSENTEE BALLOT.
01:00:12
PEOPLE WERE SAYING IT
WAS JUST STARTING TO SINK IN TO
01:00:16
SOME
PEOPLE WITH ALL THE
01:00:18
THINGS THAT SWIRLING AROUND
THAT IT WAS
01:00:22
IT WAS NOT GOOD FOR THEM TO GO
VOTE.
01:00:24
IF YOU LOOKED AT THE NEWS
MONDAY MORNING, FIRST THING I
01:00:28
SAW
COMING UP ON ON ON THE NEWS ON
01:00:30
TV
THAT MORNING, THE MESSAGE WAS
01:00:32
COMING
OUT VERY, VERY HARD TO PEOPLE.
01:00:35
IF YOU HAVE A COMPROMISED
MEDICAL
01:00:36
SITUATION OR YOUR FEAR
ORDER, YOU KNOW, REALLY, YOU
01:00:40
SHOULDN'T BE GOING OUT AT ALL.
AND SO THEN WE STARTED
01:00:43
LOOKING AT THIS AND SAID, LOOK,
THERE'S TWO MESSAGES COMING OUT,
01:00:47
MESSAGES VOTE.
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO VOTE.
01:00:49
MESSAGE AT SAME TIME IS,
YOU KNOW, MANY PEOPLE SHOULD BE
01:00:53
STAY
AT HOME.
01:00:54
AND SO. HOW DO YOU PUT THOSE TWO
MESSAGES TOGETHER?
01:00:57
AND WE'RE SENDING MIXED SIGNALS
TO
01:00:58
PEOPLE AND THEY WERE
GETTING THOSE MIXED SIGNALS
01:01:02
THROUGHOUT, NOT JUST FROM US BUT
FROM THEM, FROM EVERYBODY
01:01:05
NATIONWIDE.
AND THEY THEN HAD TO MAKE
01:01:08
A DECISION, WHICH DO I DO
THAT IS NOT HELPFUL
01:01:13
FOR PEOPLE BEING ABLE
TO EXERCISE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL
01:01:17
RIGHTS?
THAT IS IT REALLY
01:01:20
THE MESSAGES THEY WERE GETTING
AND
01:01:22
NO ONE INTENDED IT THIS WAY.
BUT THE MESSAGES THEY WERE
01:01:25
GETTING
WAS THAT WAS VOTE SUPPRESSION
01:01:28
AND THAT WAS GOING TO TAMP DOWN
THE
01:01:29
VOTE. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING
01:01:31
IS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS, THEY
WERE
01:01:33
BEING PRESENTED WITH A VERY,
VERY
01:01:34
DIFFICULT CHOICE.
THE MORE WE LOOKED AT IT AND THE
01:01:37
MORE WE LOOKED AT THAT, THAT DAY
CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT
01:01:41
THIS ELECTION JUST
IS NORMALLY SET,
01:01:46
COULD NOT TAKE PLACE AND
PRESERVE
01:01:48
THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE, THE
STATE
01:01:49
OF OHIO.
AND SO SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE
01:01:52
EARLIER.
LOOK, WE CAN WE CAN ALL LOOK
01:01:54
LOOK
BACK AND SAY, I WISH I'D DONE
01:01:57
THAT. I WISH I'D MADE IT
EARLIER.
01:01:59
BUT THAT'S WHEN WE MADE
THAT DECISION.
01:02:02
AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
HI, GOVERNOR, THIS IS LAURA
01:02:09
BISHOFF,
DAYTON DAILY NEWS.
01:02:11
BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2014, DURING
THE EBOLA SCARE.
01:02:15
OHIO PURCHASED
SOME 23000 SETS OF PPE.
01:02:19
I'M WONDERING IF THAT MATERIAL
IS STILL AVAILABLE, WHAT
01:02:22
HAPPENED TO
IT? AND IF MS.
01:02:24
MCBRIDE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE US
SOME MORE INFORMATION, MORE
01:02:27
DETAILS
ON THE NATIONAL STOCKPILE
01:02:30
RELEASE, HOW MUCH
DID WE RECEIVE AND
01:02:34
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE NEED
IS FILLED BY THAT?
01:02:37
YEAH. SO WE DO HAVE
THE CASH AND EVEN SOME FROM
01:02:42
H1N1,
TO BE QUITE HONEST.
01:02:43
SO THE LIMITED AMOUNT THAT
WAS PURCHASED DURING H1N1
01:02:47
AS WELL AS DURING EBOLA.
THOSE RESOURCES ARE ALSO
01:02:50
AVAILABLE,
BUT THEY ARE IN LIMITED
01:02:52
QUANTITIES
BASED ON THE CASCADING IMPACTS
01:02:54
THAT
WE ARE ANTICIPATING.
01:02:56
SO THAT'S WHY THE CONSERVATION
IS
01:02:57
REALLY VERY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE
EVEN
01:02:59
THAT SMALL AMOUNT WILL NOT
REALLY
01:03:02
FILL THE ENTIRE GAP OF WHAT WE
CAN ANTICIPATE BASED ON
01:03:06
THE MODELING THAT HAS BEEN
PROVIDED,
01:03:09
WHAT THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY
AND
01:03:10
OUR EMS PROVIDERS AND OUR LONG
TERM
01:03:12
CARE ARE GOING TO SEE.
SO THOSE RESOURCES ARE
01:03:15
AVAILABLE.
WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO TRY
01:03:17
TO
FIGURE OUT A WAY TO ALLOCATE
01:03:19
THOSE RESOURCES OUT TO MAKE SURE
THAT ALL OF OUR WORKFORCES ARE
01:03:22
BEING
TAKEN CARE OF.
01:03:24
BUT AGAIN,
IT'S SIR, IT CERTAINLY ISN'T
01:03:27
ENOUGH
TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM,
01:03:30
WHICH IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN
WHEN THE SURGE OCCURS AND OUR
01:03:33
HEALTH
CARE SYSTEM AND
01:03:35
THE NATIONAL STOCKPILE.
CAN YOU TELL US SOME NUMBERS?
01:03:39
YOU KNOW, THE THE READ, THE
REGIONAL
01:03:41
THE STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE
ALLOCATED TO ALL OF
01:03:45
THE STATES, 25 PERCENT OF WHAT
THEY
01:03:47
HAD. AND SO WE RECEIVED OUR
FULL ALLOCATION OF WHAT
01:03:50
WAS IDENTIFIED FOR OHIO.
I CAN GET MORE SPECIFIC NUMBERS
01:03:54
FOR
YOU AT ANOTHER TIME.
01:03:57
YEAH, WE'LL TRY TO PROVIDE MORE
OF THAT AS WELL AS WE DO.
01:04:00
WE HAVE REGIONAL COORDINATORS
WHO
01:04:02
KIND OF DO AN ASSESSMENT ON A
WEEKLY
01:04:04
BASIS AS WELL.
I WANT TO SAY ON THOSE NUMBERS,
01:04:08
LAURA, THEY WERE IN THE
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS,
01:04:12
NOT IN THE MILLIONS.
SO THE IT IS A VERY,
01:04:16
VERY SMALL AMOUNT
THAT WE RECEIVED IN THE HUNDREDS
01:04:20
OF THOUSANDS WHEN I SAW THE
NUMBERS,
01:04:22
NOT IN THE MILLIONS.
YEAH, WELL, WE'LL GET TO
01:04:26
MORE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT
EACH STATE WAS GIVEN AN
01:04:30
ALLOTMENT
PER CAPITA.
01:04:32
SO THAT'S THE REALITY
WE'RE WORKING FROM.
01:04:35
THANK YOU.
THIS IS LAURA HANDCOCK WITH
01:04:38
CLEVELAND.COM.
GOVERNOR, DEWINE, YOU'VE
01:04:41
SAID THAT MAYBE ONE OF THE
SOLUTIONS
01:04:42
FOR REOPENING POLLING PLACES
AT A LATER DATE WOULD COME FROM
01:04:46
THE LEGISLATURE.
ARE THEY ALLOWED TO LEGALLY
01:04:48
MEET IN
PERSON AT THIS TIME?
01:04:50
ARE THEY ALLOWED TO ME REMOTELY
LIKE WHAT IS THE SITUATION
01:04:55
WITH THAT?
WELL, I WOULD EXPECT THAT
01:04:59
THEY WOULD TAKE IN CONSIDERATION
THE SAFETY OF THEIR MEMBERS
01:05:03
AND WOULD BE ABLE TO MEET AND
VOTE
01:05:05
IN A MANNER THAT WAS CONSISTENT
WITH
01:05:06
THAT. AS FAR AS WHAT WE HAVE PUT
OUT, AS FAR AS OUR
01:05:10
OUR ORDERS, OUR REGULATIONS.
WE EXEMPTED OUT BASICALLY
01:05:14
ANYBODY
EXERCISING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT
01:05:16
RIGHTS. AND SO CERTAINLY THE
LEGISLATURE COMES UNDER THAT
01:05:19
CATEGORY. SO, YOU KNOW, OUR
ORDER DOES NOT INCLUDE THE STATE
01:05:22
LEGISLATURE. THEY'RE A CO-EQUAL
BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT.
01:05:26
SO, YES, THEY WILL BE ABLE
WOULD BE ABLE TO MEET.
01:05:29
WE ALSO HAVE
ITEMS ON A LIST OF ITEMS
01:05:35
THAT WE WILL BE SHARING
WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE
01:05:38
LEGISLATURE, OF THINGS THAT WE
BELIEVE WE NEED TO HAVE PASSED
01:05:43
THAT WE CANNOT DO BY EXECUTIVE
ORDER, BUT ONLY THE LEGISLATURE
01:05:47
CAN DO. BUT THEY ALL RELATE TO
THIS THIS CRISIS.
01:05:50
SO WE WILL ALL IN ADDITION
TO THE ELECTION ISSUE, WE'RE
01:05:53
GOING
TO HAVE GIVE THEM ANOTHER LIST
01:05:55
OF THINGS THAT WE WANT THEM TO
CONSIDER.
01:05:58
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THIS IS JACKIE BORCHER FROM THE
01:06:01
CINCINNATI ENQUIRER.
I'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF
01:06:04
PARENTS AND
TEACHERS WHO ARE CONCERNED
01:06:06
ABOUT THE
LOSS OF LEARNING DURING THIS
01:06:08
TIME.
WHAT IS THE PROSPECT OF
01:06:10
PICKING UP THE SCHOOL YEAR IN
THE
01:06:12
SUMMER OR EVEN
REPEATING SOME OF THIS
01:06:16
EDUCATION THAT SUPPOSED MUST BE
HAPPENING IN THE FALL?
01:06:19
WELL, THE WAY THAT THIS IS BEING
HANDLED BY BY THE SCHOOLS
01:06:23
IS THAT THESE DAYS ARE COUNTING.
TEACHERS ARE BY AND LARGE BEING
01:06:28
PAID
FOR THIS.
01:06:29
YOU HAVE CAFETERIA WORKERS WHO
I THINK IN MOST SCHOOL
01:06:32
DISTRICTS WHO
HAVE CONTINUED TO BE PAID THAT
01:06:34
FOOD
IS GOING OUT TO
01:06:37
TO TO STUDENTS, TO THOSE 18
YEARS OF AGE AND UNDER
01:06:42
THE SCHOOLS ARE ALL DOING
WHAT THEY CAN AS FAR AS
01:06:46
LEARNING.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE FOCUS
01:06:49
IS ON TO CONTINUE THAT LEARNING
DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME
01:06:53
WHEN WE STOP SCHOOL
OR WE STOP IN PERSON SCHOOL
01:06:59
FOR THREE WEEKS.
BUT
01:07:03
THE ODDS ARE VERY HEAVY THAT
THAT
01:07:05
PERIOD IS GOING TO GO ON FOR AN
EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
01:07:08
AND SO WE WANT THE LEARNING
TO CONTINUE.
01:07:13
THIS IS SOMETHING YOU REGARD
AS YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION,
01:07:17
CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT THE
LEGISLATURE AND I WILL WOULD BE
01:07:20
DISCUSSING. BUT WE'VE GOT TO GET
THROUGH THIS FIRST.
01:07:22
WE'VE GOT TO SEE WHERE WE ARE.
BUT OUR MESSAGE TO THE SCHOOLS
01:07:26
AND WE HAVE TEACHERS WHO ARE
JUST
01:07:27
DOING A HEROIC JOB
AND IN TRYING TO DO IN
01:07:31
TEACHING THEIR STUDENTS
EITHER EITHER ONLINE OR KIND
01:07:35
OF THE OLD FASHIONED WAY, WHICH
IS
01:07:36
SENDING ASSIGNMENTS HOME
IN THOSE AREAS WHERE THEY
01:07:40
CANNOT DO
IT, CANNOT DO IT ONLINE.
01:07:41
SO THANKS TO THE TEACHERS,
AGAIN, A
01:07:43
SHOUT OUT TO THE TEACHERS.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT.
01:07:46
WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO KEEP THESE
KIDS EDUCATED AND WE MOVE
01:07:49
FORWARD.
THANK YOU.
01:07:52
GOVERNOR, ANDREW WELSH HUGGINS
WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
01:07:57
THIS IS SOMEWHAT OF A FOLLOW UP
TO
01:07:58
ANDY'S QUESTION ON
WITH THE SURGE IN UNEMPLOYMENT
01:08:02
APPLICATIONS.
WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE
01:08:04
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
FUND AND ITS ABILITY TO ABSORB
01:08:08
THAT?
IT DID TAKE A BIG HIT, I THINK,
01:08:10
DURING THE LAST RECESSION.
HOW IS IT DOING NOW AND
01:08:14
WHAT ACTIONS MIGHT YOU TAKE
SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THAT FUND
01:08:18
TO GET THROUGH THIS TIME?
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAS BEEN
01:08:20
WORKING
ON THAT.
01:08:21
BUT LET ME LET ME JUST SAY THAT
WE
01:08:22
HAVE KNOWN THAT
THERE HAS TO BE A FIX IN
01:08:26
REGARD TO THE FUND.
WE'VE KNOWN THAT FOR SOME TIME,
01:08:29
EVEN
BEFORE THIS CRISIS.
01:08:31
THIS NEEDS NEEDS TO BE DONE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL
01:08:34
HAVE TO
ADDRESS WITH THE STATE
01:08:36
LEGISLATURE,
WITH WITH THE SENATE AND WITH
01:08:38
THE
HOUSE. JOHN.
01:08:38
AND IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING
TO
01:08:40
THAT, I
GUESS, ANDREW, I WOULD I WOULD
01:08:43
WANT TO ADD THAT WHILE THIS
IS A CHALLENGE ON HOW
01:08:47
WE WILL FINANCE
THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
01:08:51
SYSTEM
GOING FORWARD, WORKERS
01:08:53
OUT THERE SHOULD NOT BE WORRIED
IT WILL BE FUNDED FOR THEIR
01:08:58
NEEDS.
HEY, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HOW
01:09:01
WE PUT TOGETHER THE PACKAGE
BETWEEN
01:09:03
WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ULTIMATELY DOES
01:09:06
AND OTHER SHORT TERM,
LONG TERM SOLUTIONS.
01:09:10
CERTAINLY, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
WILL NEED TO TAKE ACTION AT SOME
01:09:13
POINT IN TIME FOR THE LONG TERM
STABILITY OF THE FUND.
01:09:19
THANK YOU, GOVERNOR.
MAX FILBY WITH THE COLUMBUS
01:09:22
DISPATCH, WAS WONDERING IF YOU
COULD
01:09:23
ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON
THE
01:09:25
ORDER YOU'RE PLAYING WITH
REGARD TO
01:09:27
ELECTIVE SURGERIES.
AND THEN ALSO SEPARATELY,
01:09:30
WANTED TO
ASK YOU IF THERE ARE ANY UPDATES
01:09:32
REGARDING DAYCARE'S OR PUBLIC
TRANSIT.
01:09:36
NO UP, NO UPDATES ON ON
THE LADDER OTHER
01:09:40
THAN WHAT I DID
ANNOUNCE.
01:09:43
AND THAT IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO
MOVE
01:09:44
FORWARD AT THE REQUEST OF
HOSPITALS
01:09:46
THAT WANT TO REALLY START MOVING
IN REGARD TO DAY CARE AND
01:09:50
ALLOWING
THEM TO ESTABLISH NEW DAY CARE
01:09:52
THAT WILL BE RIGHT THERE, THAT
WILL
01:09:54
ENABLE THEM TO HAVE THE WORKERS
WHO WHO WHO ARE THERE.
01:09:58
SO THE FIRST QUESTION WAS,
COULD YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT
01:10:02
MORE WITH REGARD TO THE ORDER
ABOUT
01:10:04
ELECTIVE SURGERIES?
YEAH, THAT REALLY IS GOING TO BE
01:10:07
CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE
HOSPITAL
01:10:09
ASSOCIATION AGREED
TO. AND THAT'S WHAT MIKE
01:10:13
MIKE WAS TALKING ABOUT AS WELL
AS ANDY AS WELL.
01:10:17
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THEY
01:10:20
CAN
THEY CAN ADDRESS THAT, BUT THIS
01:10:22
IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN WORKED
OUT.
01:10:23
AND AGAIN, YOU DON'T WANT TO
DENY
01:10:25
SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, A
SURGERY THAT IS NEEDED.
01:10:29
LAST THING ANYBODY WANTS TO DO,
ON
01:10:31
THE OTHER HAND, IF WE CAN
POSTPONE
01:10:33
THAT OR ELECTIVE,
THEN THEN WE SAVE THE EQUIPMENT.
01:10:37
WE SAY THE PROTECTION.
WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON
01:10:40
WHAT
THESE SURGERIES MAY SAVE, SAVE
01:10:42
A BED
FOR A DAY OR TWO OR A FEW DAYS.
01:10:44
SO THESE ARE THINGS.
BUT BUT WE HAVE TO LET THE
01:10:47
PROFESSIONALS WORK THIS OUT.
IN REGARD TO WHAT'S ESSENTIAL
01:10:51
AND
WHAT IS NOT.
01:10:53
THEY'VE COME TO US WITH
A A A
01:10:57
RESOLUTION OF THAT.
THE DEFINITION OF THAT WHICH
01:11:00
ALLOWS
STILL ALLOWS ENOUGH FLEXIBILITY.
01:11:02
WE'VE ADOPTED THAT.
THAT WILL BE PART THAT WILL BE
01:11:04
WHAT
THE ORDER SAYS.
01:11:07
PICTURE
IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL
01:11:10
CLARIFICATION.
I WOULD SAY TO PATIENTS OUT
01:11:12
THERE
THAT HAVE A SURGERY SCHEDULED,
01:11:14
SAY,
IN THE NEXT TWO TO FOUR WEEKS TO
01:11:16
CHECK IN WITH YOUR PROVIDER,
WHETHER
01:11:17
IT'S PROCEDURE OR SURGERY,
IF IT'S A GASTROENTEROLOGIST, A
01:11:21
CARDIOLOGIST OR SURGEON
OF ONE OF MANY TYPES.
01:11:25
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THOSE
HOSPITALS WE WE'VE ANNOUNCED
01:11:28
THAT
OHIO STATE THIS LAST
01:11:31
EVENING.
WE. ANY PATIENT WHO'S GOING TO
01:11:34
BE
IMPACTED BY THIS IS GOING TO BE
01:11:36
CONTACTED DIRECTLY.
I DON'T WANT PATIENTS TO ASSUME
01:11:39
WHICH CATEGORY THEIR PROCEDURE
FALLS
01:11:41
INTO. SOME ARE OBVIOUSLY VERY
CLEAR
01:11:42
CUT, SOME OR NOT.
SO I WOULD RECOMMEND IF A
01:11:45
PATIENT
HAS A QUESTION, THEY SHOULD
01:11:46
REACH
OUT TO THE PERSON WHO'S
01:11:47
PLANNING TO
DO THEIR SURGERY OR PROCEDURE
01:11:49
AND
ASK THAT PROVIDER.
01:11:52
ALSO, I WILL SAY THAT THE HIGH
LEVEL
01:11:54
PRINCIPLES THAT I TALKED ABOUT
ARE
01:11:55
GOING TO BE APPLIED THEN AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL BASED ON WHAT
01:11:59
EACH HOSPITAL OR FACILITY DOES.
SO DIFFERENT TYPES OF SURGERY
01:12:02
WOULD
APPLY AT AN OUTPATIENT
01:12:04
AMBULATORY
SURGERY CENTER VERSUS A A LARGE
01:12:06
ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER.
SO EACH FACILITY IS GOING TO
01:12:09
BE APPLYING THOSE AND CREATING A
GOVERNANCE MODEL WITHIN THE
01:12:11
ORGANIZATION TO GET DOWN TO THE
DETAILED LEVEL OF WHAT'S IN
01:12:15
WHICH
CATEGORY.
01:12:16
SO THERE WILL CERTAINLY BE MORE
INFORMATION AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
01:12:19
FROM
EACH HOSPITAL THAT YOU SHOULD
01:12:21
BE RECEIVING.
AND ALSO AS A PATIENT,
01:12:25
LIKE I SAID, YOU SHOULD BE
RECEIVING
01:12:26
A CALL TO LET YOU KNOW IF YOUR
PROCEDURE'S BEEN CANCELED.
01:12:29
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THOMAS.
01:12:31
AND JUST TO ELABORATE ON THAT A
BIT,
01:12:34
WE WERE AFTER A COUPLE OF
PRINCIPLES. ONE IS THAT WHENEVER
01:12:37
THE POLICY WAS ESTABLISHED, WE
DID
01:12:39
NOT WANT IT TO.
WE WANTED IT TO APPLY STATEWIDE.
01:12:43
SO IF THE TYPE OF PROCEDURE IS
BEING
01:12:45
UNAVAILABLE AND CLEVELAND,
WE DID NOT WANT A SITUATION
01:12:48
WHERE
THE SAME TYPE OF PROCEDURE WAS
01:12:50
HAPPENING UNTIL ITOH OR
SOMEWHERE
01:12:52
ELSE.
THE OTHER THING IS, AT THE END
01:12:54
OF
THE DAY, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE
01:12:55
THAT
WE LEFT LOTS OF JUDGMENT,
01:12:57
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PHYSICIAN
AND
01:12:59
THE PATIENT. BECAUSE THERE ARE
GALLBLADDER, AS FOR EXAMPLE,
01:13:02
THAT
CAN WAIT SAFELY.
01:13:04
THERE ARE OTHER PATIENTS WITH A
SIMILAR PRESENTATION THAT CANNOT
01:13:09
SAFELY WAIT.
SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS
01:13:11
GOING TO BE THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY
01:13:14
FOR THE POSITION AND A PATIENT
TOGETHER TO DO THAT ASSESSMENT
01:13:17
AND
DETERMINE WHETHER THIS IS A
01:13:19
PROCEDURE THAT THAT NEEDS
TO PROCEED DESPITE
01:13:23
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THESE
GUIDELINES.
01:13:27
GOVERNOR, THIS IS SHANE MILLER
WITH
01:13:29
HANNA NEWS SERVICE.
THERE ARE SOME IN THE
01:13:31
LEGISLATURE
WHO ARE SUGGESTING THAT THE
01:13:33
PRIMARY
NEEDS TO BE VOTE BY MAIL
01:13:35
ONLY. DO YOU THINK THAT
WOULD BE AN OPTION FOR YOU?
01:13:38
OR DO YOU FEEL THAT THERE HAS
TO BE
01:13:40
SOME KIND OF IN-PERSON VOTING
DAY?
01:13:42
LOOK, I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON
LAURA'S
01:13:44
QUESTION.
I THINK IF IF IF
01:13:47
WE PUT FORWARD A SUGGESTION,
WE PUT FORWARD AN IDEA WHICH WE
01:13:51
THINK IS OF COURSE.
SO OUR IDEA, WE THINK IT'S THE
01:13:54
BEST
IDEA. BUT BUT
01:13:56
WE'RE OPEN TO DISCUSSION.
WHERE I'M NOT OPEN TO DISCUSSION
01:14:00
IS IN REGARD TO
MAKING SURE THAT VOTERS,
01:14:04
DEMOCRATS VOTING A DEMOCRAT
PRIMARY,
01:14:06
INDEPENDENTS VOTING ON ISSUES
AND
01:14:08
REPUBLICANS VOTING REPUBLICAN
PRIMARY ALL NEED PLENTY OF TIME.
01:14:12
THEY NEED TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO
THIS.
01:14:15
AND SO THAT'S NOT NEGOTIABLE.
BUT EVERYTHING ELSE, IF WE CAN
01:14:19
WORK IT OUT SO THAT PEOPLE
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE IN
01:14:23
IN THIS CRISIS, ONE
CRISIS OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS,
01:14:28
YES, WE CAN WE CAN WORK
SOMETHING
01:14:29
OUT, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE AN
EXTENDED
01:14:31
PERIOD OF TIME TO VOTE.
AND THEN A FOLLOW UP TO LAURA'S
01:14:34
QUESTION. YOU SAID YOU HAVE A
LIST
01:14:35
OF THINGS ARE GOING TO SEND HER
TO
01:14:36
THE LEGISLATURE. CAN YOU
ELABORATE
01:14:38
ON ANY OF THOSE THINGS NOW?
NOT YET.
01:14:40
I MEAN, THESE ARE THINGS WE'RE
STILL
01:14:41
PUTTING TOGETHER, BUT THESE ARE
THINGS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT
01:14:44
AS WE GO INTO THIS CRISIS,
THINGS THAT WE'RE ON NEED TO BE
01:14:47
ABLE
TO DO AND
01:14:49
WE NEED LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY
TO DO
01:14:51
IT.
AND THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE
01:14:52
THE
CRITERIA.
01:14:53
AND WE'LL BE TALKING
TO THE LEGISLATURE AND WE'LL
01:14:56
CERTAINLY BE SHARING THAT WITH
WITH ALL OF YOU.
01:15:02
KEVIN LANDERS, 10 TV I HAVE A
TWO
01:15:03
PART QUESTION FOR YOU.
WE'RE GETTING CALLS
01:15:06
TO OUR STATION ABOUT WHY HAIR
AND
01:15:08
NAIL SALONS REMAIN OPEN.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THOSE ARE
01:15:11
STILL
OPEN? AND SECONDLY, WHEN IT
01:15:12
COMES TO
PPD.
01:15:14
WHEN THE SURGE HAPPENS, CAN YOU
GUARANTEE THAT EVERY ONE OF YOU
01:15:17
WILL HAVE A VENTILATOR?
WHO NEEDS ONE THING?
01:15:20
WHERE TO TAKE THE SECOND PART OF
YOUR QUESTION?
01:15:24
WE'RE WORKING EVERY DAY
AND YOU JUST HEARD A LOT OF
01:15:27
EFFORTS
THAT ARE BEING MADE, A LOT OF
01:15:29
DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE
TO TRY TO MAKE SURE EVERY OHIO
01:15:32
AND
HAS WHAT THEY NEED.
01:15:35
WELL, THAT'S A VENTILATOR,
WHETHER
01:15:37
IT'S A HOSPITAL ROOM, WHATEVER
THAT IS.
01:15:40
NO ONE CAN GUARANTEE ANYTHING.
THIS IS THIS IS A HUGE, HUGE
01:15:43
CRISIS.
BUT WHAT WE CAN TELL YOU IS
01:15:47
WE'RE PLANNING AHEAD.
WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN
01:15:49
AND
EVERYBODY GETS SICK OF HEARING
01:15:51
IT.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING WE
01:15:52
HAVE TO BE SAINT LEWIS
AND NOT PHILADELPHIA.
01:15:55
WE'RE PHILADELPHIA.
WE'RE PROBABLY NOT.
01:15:57
IF WE'RE SEEING LEWIS, WE'RE
PROBABLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO
01:16:00
IT.
AND B, WELL, IT'D BE OK.
01:16:03
SO THAT'S THAT'S THE GOAL.
LOOK, HAIR, NAIL.
01:16:07
WE COULD PROBABLY COME UP WITH
20
01:16:08
OTHER EXAMPLES.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT,
01:16:14
YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN THE FUTURE
WE'RE GOING TO ASSESS THINGS,
01:16:18
WE'RE
GOING TO ASSESS THINGS WHERE WE
01:16:19
THINK THE RISK IS.
WE HAVE DEALT WITH THE KIND
01:16:22
OF BIG THINGS
WHERE YOU GET THE MOST IMPACT.
01:16:28
WE'VE DONE THAT THROUGH THE
RESTAURANTS AND DONE WITH THE
01:16:32
BARS.
MEETINGS COME, PEOPLE COMING
01:16:34
TOGETHER AND IN SMALL NUMBERS.
CLOSING THE SCHOOLS, MAKING
01:16:38
SURE THAT
NURSING HOMES ARE PROTECTED.
01:16:45
SO WE'VE DONE THE BIG THINGS,
BUT THERE ARE SMALLER THINGS
01:16:49
THAT WE AS WE ANALYZE
THIS, WE MAY DO.
01:16:54
BUT I WILL ONCE AGAIN SAY
THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
01:16:57
ANYBODY CAN DO IS
WHAT YOU DO.
01:17:01
AND THE OHIO CITIZENS, THE
ELEVEN
01:17:02
HALF ELEVEN
POINT SIX SEVEN
01:17:06
AMYS CORRECT ME, ELEVEN POINT
SEVEN
01:17:08
MILLION OHIOANS, WHAT
THEY DO AS INDIVIDUALS,
01:17:12
WHAT EACH ONE OF US DOES
EVERY SINGLE DAY.
01:17:16
AND WE JUST HAVE TO BE MINDFUL
OF
01:17:18
WHAT WE'RE DOING, MINDFUL OF THE
SPACE, TRY TO STAY AWAY
01:17:22
FROM EACH OTHER AS MUCH
AS WE CAN.
01:17:25
AND DON'T, YOU KNOW, DON'T DO
THINGS
01:17:27
THAT PUT US AT RISK AND DON'T DO
THINGS THAT PUT US TO
01:17:30
UNNECESSARY
RISK TO OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR
01:17:32
FRIENDS.
THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
01:17:35
WE CAN DO. SO IF YOU KNOW,
PEOPLE CAN POSTPONE SOMETHING,
01:17:39
DON'T DO IT. DON'T GO OUT.
DON'T HAVE THAT CONTACT.
01:17:42
THEY THEY SHOULD DO THAT.
GOVERNOR MARK TAYLOR, NBC 4,
01:17:47
COLUMBUS. WE'VE HEARD A LITTLE
BIT
01:17:48
OF OPTIMISM FROM THE
ADMINISTRATION
01:17:50
HERE AS FAR AS WE WILL GET TO
THE
01:17:52
OTHER SIDE OF THIS, WE WILL
RETURN
01:17:53
TO NORMAL.
DO WE KNOW ANY TIMELINE
01:17:56
AT THIS POINT OR IS THIS ALL TOO
MUCH EVOLVING A SITUATION?
01:18:00
NO, I DON'T THINK WE KNOW THE
TIMELINE.
01:18:02
I THINK THERE'S BEEN.
DR. ACTON AND HIS HAS TALKED
01:18:05
ABOUT
THIS POSSIBLY PEAKING AROUND
01:18:07
MAY 1,
BUT NO ONE KNOWS THAT THOSE
01:18:09
NUMBERS
FOR SURE. SO WE'VE GOT TO TAKE
01:18:11
THAT.
IT'S GOT TO GO UP.
01:18:12
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOT
START
01:18:14
DOWN.
THANK YOU. YEAH.
01:18:17
YOU KNOW, EVEN THE MODELING
THAT I WAS SHARING TODAY.
01:18:21
THESE ARE MODELS.
THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE
01:18:24
THEY'RE TAKING A BUNCH OF
ASSUMPTIONS.
01:18:25
AND THE BEST DATA WE HAVE,
WHICH AS
01:18:27
WE SEE NOW, IS NOW CHANGING
HOURLY
01:18:29
LAST PRESS CONFERENCE.
IT CHANGED DURING OUR PRESS
01:18:33
CONFERENCE. SO SO
WHAT WE CAN SAY IS SOME
01:18:37
OF THE EARLY MODELING ARE SAYING
MID-MAY AND THE MORE WE
01:18:40
DO, THE MORE IT SLOWS.
BUT THAT'S A GOOD THING.
01:18:43
BUT YOU ALREADY SAW INDICATIONS
EVEN
01:18:45
FROM THE PRESIDENT THAT
THIS IS A LONG HAUL.
01:18:49
AND AND
IT IS AN UNPRECEDENTED
01:18:52
SITUATION.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW,
01:18:54
WHAT WE DO IN THESE IMMEDIATE
DAYS
01:18:56
HAVE THE MOST IMPORTANT
IMPACT BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING.
01:19:00
THIS IS WHERE WE CAN STILL
DRASTICALLY CHANGE THAT CURVE.
01:19:04
BUT THE MORE TIME GOES ON.
YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE THE
01:19:07
SMALLER THINGS WE DO.
AND WE ARE LOOKING YOU KNOW,
01:19:10
IT'S THE HOPE THAT THE
INDUSTRIES
01:19:12
THEMSELVES ARE COMING UP WITH A
LOT
01:19:13
OF GUIDANCE OR SO MANY ORDERS I
HAVEN'T WRITTEN, BUT THAT
01:19:17
BUSINESSES AND OTHERS JUST TOOK
UPON THEMSELVES TO DO
01:19:21
THAT. THESE AREN'T ORDERS
TO
01:19:25
POLICE PEOPLE, BY AND
LARGE, ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE THOSE
01:19:28
QUARANTINE POWERS.
THIS WAS TO HELP PEOPLE.
01:19:31
AND SOMETIMES THAT HELPS THE
ACTUAL
01:19:33
BUSINESSES THEMSELVES.
COME AND ASK US FOR THIS
01:19:36
GUIDANCE.
AND I'VE BEEN HEARING SOME OF
01:19:37
THOSE
SAME QUESTIONS THAT WERE
01:19:39
MENTIONED
AROUND THE PERSONAL CARE
01:19:42
INDUSTRY.
AND IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE
01:19:43
CERTAINLY
TAKING A LOOK AT.
01:19:46
THIS IS THE ANSWER I JUST WANT
TO
01:19:48
JUST ADD ONE THING WE
KEEP EMPHASIZING ABOUT HOW
01:19:51
WE'RE ALL
IN THIS TOGETHER
01:19:53
AND WE ARE BECAUSE FOR
EVERYBODY WHO
01:19:55
SELF-QUARANTINED, WHO TAKES
EXTRA PRECAUTIONS, WHO USES
01:19:59
COMMONSENSE MEANS THAT THEY SLOW
THE SPREAD MEANS THAT WE GET
01:20:03
THROUGH THIS COLLECTIVELY FASTER
AND HEALTHIER, BOTH FROM
01:20:07
FROM A PHYSICAL HEALTH POINT OF
VIEW
01:20:09
AND AN ECONOMIC POINT OF VIEW.
WHAT DR. ACTON, THE GOVERNOR
01:20:13
ASKING OF PEOPLE, WHAT WE'RE
ASKING
01:20:15
OF PEOPLE, IS THAT THE
BETTER JOB YOU DO AT HELPING
01:20:19
CONTROL
THE SPREAD, THE BETTER OFF
01:20:20
WE'RE ALL
GOING TO BE.
01:20:22
AND WE CAN'T WRITE A RULE OR
REGULATION THAT'S GOING TO SOLVE
01:20:26
EVERY PROBLEM. BUT COLLECTIVELY,
WHEN WE ACT
01:20:30
SMART ABOUT THIS, WE'RE GOING TO
BE BENEFITING ALL OF US IN.
01:20:37
LAURA BISHOFF, DATE DAILY NEWS.
FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO THANK
01:20:41
YOU ALL
FOR DOING THESE DAILY BRIEFINGS.
01:20:42
THEY'RE ENORMOUSLY HELPFUL FOR
US IN
01:20:44
THE PRESS.
GOVERNOR DEWINE, LIEUTENANT
01:20:46
GOVERNOR, AS YOU SAID IN DR.
ACTION,
01:20:48
HAVE ANY OF YOU BEEN TESTED FOR
COVID 19?
01:20:52
NO, I'VE NOT BEEN.
I HAVE NOT BEEN, NO.
01:21:01
NOR HAVE I.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN FANTASIES
01:21:03
IN MY
MIND OF A QUARANTINE SOMEWHERE
01:21:05
WARM
AND. BUT NO.
01:21:07
AND WE'RE WE'RE WORKING AS HARD
AS EVERYONE ELSE AS YOU SEE US
01:21:10
DANCING AROUND EACH OTHER UP
HERE AND YOU SHOULD SEE OUR
01:21:14
MEETING.
I MEAN, EVEN IF VIEWERS COULD
01:21:15
SEE
THE SCREENS AND THE ELABORATE
01:21:17
THINGS
WERE TAKING IN ALL
01:21:19
OF US, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE
IN
01:21:21
A CENTRAL JOBS, WE'RE DOING OUR
VERY
01:21:23
BEST TO STAY HEALTHY.
BUT LET ME ADD THAT
01:21:28
IF AT ANY MOMENT ANY ONE
OF US EXHIBITED ANY SIGNS,
01:21:31
WE WOULD IMMEDIATELY GO DO
SOMETHING
01:21:33
LIKE THAT. THAT'S ABOUT.
GOVERNOR, I'VE BEEN TOLD THEM
01:21:37
THE
LAST QUESTION, LOUANN ABC
01:21:40
FOX 28 COLUMBUS
YESTERDAY, YOU SAID YOU WERE NOT
01:21:44
READY TO MAKE ANY ANNOUNCEMENT
ON
01:21:45
THE NATIONAL GUARD.
COULD YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT
01:21:48
ABOUT WHAT THE GUARD IS DOING TO
PREPARE IN CASE THEY ARE
01:21:51
NEEDED AND THAT YOU WILL
CALL THEM OUT?
01:21:55
WELL, I TALKED TO
GENERAL HARRIS TODAY.
01:22:00
WE HAD A DISCUSSION ACTUALLY
TODAY ABOUT THE GUARD.
01:22:04
HE AND I TALK, YOU KNOW,
WHENEVER NECESSARY AND GET
01:22:08
I GET BRIEFED.
BUT I WAS ASSURED
01:22:12
BY THE GENERAL THAT THE GUARD
IS PREPARED TO DO WHATEVER
01:22:17
THE GUARD NEEDS TO DO.
LET ME
01:22:22
POINT OUT ONE THING THAT HE
POINTED
01:22:23
OUT TO ME, AND THAT
IS IF WE HAVE MEMBERS
01:22:27
OF THE GUARD
TO GO IN AND DO MEDICAL WORK,
01:22:33
ALL WE'RE DOING IS PULLING THEM
FROM ONE SEGMENT INTO ANOTHER.
01:22:38
SO THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO, YOU
KNOW,
01:22:41
HAVE A HAVE A PRIVATE WORLD.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY
01:22:45
THEY GO BACK, THEY GO INTO THE
GUARD
01:22:47
OR THEY OR THEY'RE IN THE
GUARD, BUT
01:22:48
THEY ARE UTILIZED BY THE GUARD.
SO YOU'RE NOT GAINING ANYTHING.
01:22:52
A PERSON OF MY BEEN A PHYSICIAN.
THAT PERSON MIGHT HAVE BEEN A
01:22:55
NURSE,
A PARAMEDIC, AND YOU'RE MOVING
01:22:56
THEM
FROM ONE POSITION TO ANOTHER
01:22:58
POSITION. SO GENERALLY,
UNLESS THERE'S A REAL CRITICAL
01:23:02
AREA, YOU PROBABLY DON'T GAIN
ANYTHING OR YOU DON'T GET
01:23:06
ANYTHING
BY DOING THAT.
01:23:07
BUT WE'VE GONE
THROUGH DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.
01:23:10
AND LOOK, THE GUARD IS IS IS
PREPARED, BUT
01:23:15
WE HAVE NO PLANS TO CALL
OUT THE GUARD. AND WHEN WE DO,
01:23:18
WE'LL
CERTAINLY NOTIFY THE PUBLIC
01:23:20
AND NOTIFY YOU ALL.
THANK YOU, SIR.
01:23:24
ALL RIGHT. HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S
DAY
01:23:26
TO EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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