00:00:02GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
WANT TO START TODAY WITH A
00:00:07REALLY KIND OF GOOD NEWS STORY
ABOUT
00:00:08HOW ONE FAMILY
WAS ABLE TO CELEBRATE
00:00:12A VERY IMPORTANT DAY IN
SPITE OF WHAT IS GOING ON
00:00:16WITH THE CORONAVIRUS,
STARTS WITH GREENE COUNTY
00:00:20PROBATE
JUDGE THOMAS
00:00:23O'DIAM, WHO UTILIZED
TECHNOLOGY TO
00:00:27CONTINUE THE COURT'S WORK
AND TO BRING A FAMILY TOGETHER.
00:00:32FIRST, LET'S MEET THE WICK
FAMILY.
00:00:35THEY ARE OF
COLUMBUS.
00:00:39THEY WOKE UP THIS MORNING FOR
THE
00:00:40FIRST TIME AS AN OFFICIAL
FAMILY FOLLOWING
00:00:44THE FINALIZATION OF THE ADOPTION
OF THEIR SON, JAMES HARLEY,
00:00:48OR AS THEY LIKE TO CALL HIM,
SWEET
00:00:50BABY JAMES.
TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, THEY
00:00:54USED ZOOM TECHNOLOGY.
YESTERDAY, THEY WERE ABLE
00:00:58FROM THEIR OWN HOME
TO FINALIZE THE PROCESS,
00:01:04CONSUMMATING
THE ADOPTION AND WORKING WITH
00:01:08JUDGE O'DIAM IN THE
GREENE COUNTY PROBATE COURT.
00:01:14WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT THIS
IS THAT THEIR FAMILY FROM
00:01:18ALL ACROSS THE STATE WAS ABLE TO
WITNESS THIS SPECIAL DAY
00:01:22WELCOMING SWEET BABY
JAMES INTO THE FAMILY.
00:01:26AND THEY ALL COULD DO IT WITHOUT
LEAVING THEIR HOME AT ALL.
00:01:29SO THAT'S PRETTY NEAT.
GREAT. GREAT STORY.
00:01:33SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TO
THE WICK FAMILY.
00:01:37AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
JUDGE AS
00:01:38WELL.
WE'LL TALK FOR
00:01:43A MOMENT ABOUT.
HOSPITAL CAPACITY.
00:01:48AND WHAT WE ARE DOING AND KIND
OF
00:01:50BRING YOU AN UPDATE AND WE'LL
UPDATE YOU EVERY SEVERAL
00:01:54DAYS AS AS WE MOVE
MOVE FORWARD.
00:01:59YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THE
THINGS
00:02:00THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO GET READY
FOR
00:02:02THE SURGE THAT'S COMING.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE NOT ONLY
00:02:05BUILD OUT HOSPITAL CAPACITY, BUT
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE ARE IN
00:02:08THE
PROCESS OF BUILDING OUT CAPACITY
00:02:11WITH MEDICAL PERSONNEL,
THE SAME WAY WE'RE DOING WITH
00:02:15PERSONAL PROTECTION GEAR,
EQUIPMENT FOR
00:02:20THE FOLKS WHO ARE IN OUR IN OUR
HOSPITALS.
00:02:23I'VE ASKED DR. ACTON AND
GENERAL HARRIS REALLY TO
00:02:27TO LEAD THIS, BUT THEY BOTH HAVE
GREAT TEAMS, GREAT PEOPLE WHO
00:02:31ARE WORKING ON THIS EVERY SINGLE
DAY.
00:02:39LET ME LET ME START WITH A MAP.
THERE IT IS.
00:02:45MANY PEOPLE MAY NOT REALIZE
THIS,
00:02:47BUT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
ALREADY
00:02:49DIVIDES THE STATE INTO EIGHT
SEPARATE AREAS.
00:02:53EIGHT REGIONS CALLED HEALTH
PREPAREDNESS REGIONS.
00:02:58THE HOSPITAL SYSTEMS
IN THESE DIFFERENT REGIONS
00:03:01ALREADY
WORK TOGETHER TO DO EMERGENCY
00:03:03PLANNING IN THEIR AREAS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THAT
00:03:07THEY ARE
USED TO. BUT
00:03:10THE CORONA VIRUS AND WHAT'S
HAPPENING, OF COURSE, IS
00:03:13UNPRECEDENTED IN WHAT IS GOING
TO
00:03:15HAPPEN IS UNPRECEDENTED.
AND SO AS WE LEARN MORE ABOUT
00:03:20THE
IMPACT OF THE ROTAVIRUS
00:03:22ON OUR COMMUNITIES, IT REALLY
BECAME CLEAR, I THINK, TO ALL
00:03:26OF US
THAT NOT ONLY DO HOSPITALS HAVE
00:03:28TO
WORK OUTSIDE THEIR INDIVIDUAL
00:03:30SYSTEMS, THEY MUST ALSO
WORK BEYOND THEIR TRADITIONAL
00:03:34PREPAREDNESS REGIONS AS WELL.
AND SO WE HAVE DIVIDED
00:03:39THE STATE FURTHER INTO
THREE BIG ZONES,
00:03:44CLEVELAND.
THERE IS THE CLEVELAND AREA,
00:03:49COLUMBUS.
AND CINCINNATI, DAYTON.
00:03:59AND.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO GET
00:04:03THE HOSPITALS READY, GET
EVERYONE
00:04:06READY FOR WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
WHEN THE SURGE
00:04:10HITS US.
SO A COUPLE OF POINTS.
00:04:14ONE, WHAT YOU DO TODAY
IF YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY IS THE
00:04:19SAME
AS YOU'VE ALWAYS DONE IT.
00:04:21THAT IS NOT CHANGING.
WHATEVER THAT IS, WORKING WITH
00:04:25YOUR INDIVIDUAL DOCTOR,
WORKING SOMETIMES WITH AN
00:04:29EMERGENCY
SQUAD THAT
00:04:31IS NOT IS NOT CHANGING.
IN FACT, ONE OF THINGS THAT'S
00:04:36BEEN HAPPENING IS
THAT AS WE HAVE
00:04:40ASK EVERYONE NOT TO DO ELECTIVE
SURGERIES, ACTUALLY THE SPACE
00:04:44IN THE HOSPITALS BY LARGE
IS INCREASING.
00:04:47SO THERE THEIR CAPACITY
THERE AND THERE'S MORE
00:04:53BEDS THAT ARE RIGHT AT THIS
MOMENT
00:04:55ACTUALLY OPEN.
BUT AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT
00:04:58WE
KNOW IS IS COMING, AND IF
00:05:01ANYONE WANTS TO
WONDER WHY WE'RE DOING THIS,
00:05:06I WOULD ASK THEM TO TURN ON THE
NEWS
00:05:08IN THE MORNING.
TURN ON THE NEWS AT NIGHT, WATCH
00:05:11WHAT'S HAPPENING IN NEW YORK
AND NEW YORK IS
00:05:15MUCH MORE DENSELY POPULATED.
IT CERTAINLY MAY TRAVEL QUICKER
00:05:19THERE.
BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN NEW
00:05:22YORK IS
WHAT WE WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY TO
00:05:24AVOID HERE IN THE STATE OF
OHIO WHEN THIS WAVE FINALLY
00:05:28DOES REALLY HIT US.
AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING
00:05:32TO PREPARE FOR.
SO WHEN THIS
00:05:36WHEN WE GET TO THIS, THE SURGE.
WE'RE. LET ME JUST GO BACK, IF
00:05:42WE
COULD, TO THE MAP FOR A
00:05:44MOMENT.
AGAIN, THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT
00:05:48NEEDS
OF THE DIFFERENT REGIONS.
00:05:49AND I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK
THAT IF IF YOU'RE AN
00:05:52CEDARVILLE, OHIO, YOU'RE GOING
TO
00:05:54NECESSARILY END
UP IN CINCINNATI.
00:05:58BUT THERE'S REALLY TWO
VARIABLES.
00:06:00AND THE REASON WE'VE DIVIDE
THE STATE INTO INTO THREE AREAS
00:06:05IS TO DEAL WITH THESE TWO
VARIABLES.
00:06:08ONE VARIABLE
IS CAPACITY.
00:06:12IF THE HOSPITAL THAT YOU'RE
NORMALLY
00:06:13GOING TO IS FULL,
OBVIOUSLY YOU NEED TO BE GOING
00:06:17SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND SO WE HAVE
TO BE
00:06:19ABLE TO HAVE THE ABILITY OF
THE MEDICAL PEOPLE TO DIRECT
00:06:23YOU TO THAT OTHER HOSPITAL.
SO WE CAPACITY IS ONE
00:06:28VARIABLE AND THEN THE LEVEL
LEVEL OF CARE IS THE OTHER
00:06:32VARIABLE.
SO YOU MIGHT BE IN A SITUATION
00:06:34WHEN
YOU'RE IN ONE HOSPITAL AND
00:06:36YOUR SITUATION GETS MORE
DIFFICULT
00:06:39AND IT MIGHT NECESSITATE, BASED
ON MEDICAL DECISION, A MOVE
00:06:43FROM THAT HOSPITAL TO A BIGGER
A BIGGER HOSPITAL.
00:06:47SO, AGAIN, THIS IS THIS.
THIS IS TO PREPARE FOR
00:06:50WHAT WE KNOW IS COMING.
AND IT'S NECESSARY REALLY TO TO
00:06:55HAVE
THIS BUILD OUT.
00:06:57I'VE ASKED GENERAL HARRIS TO
SEND
00:06:59SOME MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL
GUARD
00:07:00TO CLEVELAND, TO CLEVELAND,
COLUMBUS, AND TO CINCINNATI
00:07:05TO START PLANNING AND ASSESSING
THE STRUCTURES NEEDED FOR THE
00:07:08ANTICIPATED SURGE.
THE TEAMS FROM THE NATIONAL
00:07:12GUARD
ARE WORKING WITH HEALTH CARE
00:07:13EXPERTS
AND ENGINEERS TO UNDERSTAND
00:07:15WHAT'S
NEEDED, RANGING FROM UTILITIES
00:07:18SUCH AS WATER, ELECTRICITY.
THOSE KIND OF NEEDS TO ALSO
00:07:21UNDERSTANDING HOW MANY BEDS,
BATHROOM SINKS, ET CETERA, ARE
00:07:24NEEDED.
SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT
00:07:28JUST THE NATIONAL GUARD IS
DOING.
00:07:30HOSPITALS HAVE HAD PLANS FOR
SOME
00:07:31TIME ABOUT HOW TO BUILD OUT
ONE THAT WAS NECESSARY.
00:07:35SO ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE BEING
INTEGRATED TOGETHER AND THE
00:07:38HOSPITALS ARE WORKING VERY, VERY
CLOSELY WITH WITH
00:07:41THE NATIONAL GUARD ON THIS
RIGHT NOW. FOR EXAMPLE, AS
00:07:46I SPEAK TODAY, OUR OHIO NATIONAL
GUARD IS MEETING WITH COLUMBUS
00:07:49CONVENTION CENTER FOLKS,
ALSO AT THE DUKE ENERGY CENTER
00:07:53IN CINCINNATI.
THEY'RE THERE THIS AFTERNOON TO
00:07:56ASSESS A POSSIBLE BUILD
UP. AGAIN, NO FINAL DECISIONS
00:08:00WITH
EITHER LOCATION HAS BEEN MADE,
00:08:02BUT THEY ARE THERE TODAY
ASSESSING THE SITUATION
00:08:06OVER THE COMING DAYS.
THE NATIONAL GUARD WILL
00:08:08CONTINUE TO
HELP COMMUNITIES EXPAND THIS
00:08:10HOSPITAL CAPACITY AND YOU WILL
CONTINUE TO SEE THIS THROUGH
00:08:14THROUGH THE COMMUNITIES.
WHAT ARE THE POSSIBILITIES OF
00:08:18EXPANSION? WELL, PRETTY MUCH
WHAT
00:08:20YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD ON TV AND
WHAT
00:08:21YOU'VE SEEN OTHER STATES HAVE
BEEN
00:08:22DOING MIGHT BE A COLLEGE DORM,
MIGHT BE A CONVENTION CENTER
00:08:26THAT
MIGHT BE CLOSED HOSPITAL
00:08:28OR AN UNOCCUPIED MEDICAL
OFFICE, OR
00:08:30THERE MAY BE OTHER OTHER
POSSIBILITIES, BUT THEY'RE
00:08:33ASSESSING
ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO GIVE US
00:08:35INCREASED CAPACITY.
AND I THINK DR. ACTON MAY HAVE
00:08:40MORE
TO SAY ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
00:08:45WE'VE TALKED ABOUT GETTING READY
FOR THIS SURGE.
00:08:49WE TALK ABOUT CAPACITY IN
HOSPITALS,
00:08:51BUT WE KNOW THERE'S ALSO A NEED
FOR
00:08:53CAPACITY IN REGARD TO
PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT
00:08:57FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS,
FOR FOLKS WHO WORK IN NURSING
00:09:01HOMES,
FOLKS WHO ARE IN HOSPITALS
00:09:04OR MEDICAL PERSONNEL.
AND WE KNOW WE HAVE A REAL NEED
00:09:08TO INCREASE THE NUMBERS
AND WE HAVE TO INCREASE THEM
00:09:12SIGNIFICANTLY.
SO I AM PLEASED
00:09:15TO ANNOUNCE TODAY THE
ESTABLISHMENT
00:09:17OF WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE OHIO
MANUFACTURING ALLIANCE TO FIGHT
00:09:21COVERED 19
OHIO MANUFACTURING ALLIANCE TO
00:09:24FIGHT
COVID 19.
00:09:27THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE PUBLIC
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
00:09:31TASK WITH BETTER COORDINATING
EFFORTS TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE
00:09:34WORKERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS
WITH THE PPE
00:09:38AND OTHER MEDICAL DEVICES THEY
NEED
00:09:40TO SAFELY CARE FOR PATIENTS.
AGAIN, WE
00:09:44KNOW WE HAVE A SHORTAGE AND SO
WE'RE
00:09:46ASKING THE MANUFACTURERS TO
TO STEP UP, LOOK AT
00:09:50WHAT THEIR CAPACITY IS.
SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO.
00:09:53THE MAJOR PARTNERS, PARTNERS OF
THIS
00:09:55ALLIANCE ARE AS FOLLOWS.
OHIO MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION.
00:09:59THE OHIO HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION.
THE OHIO MANUFACTURING EXTENSION
00:10:03PARTNERSHIP.
AND THE MANUFACTURING ADVOCACY
00:10:06AND
GROWTH NETWORK MAGNET.
00:10:09THE NURSING HOME ORGANIZATIONS
JOBS.
00:10:11OHIO.
THE OHIO DEPARTMENT.
00:10:13ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES.
00:10:15DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT
SERVICES AGENCY AND THE OHIO
00:10:19DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
ALL HAVE COME TOGETHER TO TO
00:10:23FORM
THIS.
00:10:25AND SO HERE IS MY REQUEST.
IF YOU'RE A MANUFACTURER,
00:10:29WE NEED YOUR HELP.
WE NEED YOUR HELP RIGHT NOW.
00:10:33IF YOU ARE A MANUFACTURER AND
YOU
00:10:35THINK YOU HAVE THE POTENTIAL
CAPABILITY AND COMPETENCY
00:10:39TO CREATE ANY OF THE MATERIALS,
ANY OF THE PRODUCTS THAT WE
00:10:44NEED,
WE HAVE A NEW WEB SITE FOR YOU
00:10:46TO GO TO AND THAT IS
COMING UP.
00:10:52OR REPURPOSING
PROJECT DOT COM.
00:10:56REPURPOSING PROJECT
DOT COM.
00:11:00AND SO WHAT YOU CAN DO IS
GO TO THAT.
00:11:04WHEN YOU GO THERE, THERE'S A
PLACE
00:11:05FOR YOU TO CLICK TO SEE WHAT
WHAT WE
00:11:07ACTUALLY NEED.
AND THE LIST IS A LONG
00:11:12LIST.
BUT IF YOU CLICK THERE, YOU
00:11:14WILL SEE
ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE
00:11:17WE NEED.
YOU CAN DETERMINE THEN WHAT YOU
00:11:20HAVE THE ABILITY
TO PROVIDE.
00:11:24SO AGAIN, WE WOULD ASK YOU TO
GO TO
00:11:26REPURPOSING PROJECT DOT COM.
AND WHEN YOU GO THERE, CLICK ON,
00:11:30YOU'LL SEE ALL THE DIFFERENT
THINGS
00:11:31THAT WE NEED.
PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TO
00:11:34SEE
WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN HELP US
00:11:37MOVE FORWARD.
SOME OF THESE ITEMS INCLUDE
00:11:42SWAB SAMPLE COLLECTION TUBES,
VENNER VENTILATORS, OXYGEN
00:11:48GOGGLES, GOWNS, MASK.
AGAIN, THE FULL LIST IS ON THE
00:11:52WEB
SITE AND IT'S AN EXTENSIVE AND
00:11:54LONG LIST.
LET ME JUST SAY THAT
00:12:00THE BUNNY WILL BE THERE.
WHAT WE NEED FOR YOU TO DO IS
00:12:03TO LET
US KNOW WHAT YOUR CAPABILITY IS,
00:12:05WHAT YOU THINK YOU CAN DO, HOW
LONG IT WILL TAKE.
00:12:09SO WE NEED YOUR HELP.
PLEASE GO TO THAT WEB PAGE.
00:12:14IT'S JUST AS SOON AS YOU CAN.
LET ME NOW TALK A LITTLE BIT,
00:12:19GIVE
YOU AN UPDATE IN REGARD TO
00:12:23TESTING.
WE KNOW THAT OHIO,
00:12:26LIKE OTHER STATES,
HAS NOT HAD AS MUCH TESTING AS
00:12:30WE WOULD HAVE LIKED.
WE HAVE HAD TO RATION THAT
00:12:34TESTING
OR TARGET THAT TESTING.
00:12:39DR. ACTON WILL BE ISSUING
ORDERS TODAY
00:12:43TO ACCOMPLISH A COUPLE THINGS.
BOTH WILL HELP INCREASE OUR
00:12:47TESTING
TURNAROUND TIME TO
00:12:49REDUCE ANXIETY OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE SICK.
00:12:52THEY NEED TO GET THE RESULTS
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
00:12:57AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS
BEFORE,
00:13:00BUT TODAY WE'RE ACTUALLY TURNING
THIS INTO AN ORDER
00:13:03FOR OUR HOSPITALS.
DR. ACTON SIGNING AN ORDER
00:13:10DIRECTED AT ALL HOSPITALS
THAT DON'T DO THEIR OWN TESTING,
00:13:13WHICH IS THE MAJORITY OF THE
HOSPITALS.
00:13:17THOSE HOSPITALS THAT SEND THEIR
SPECIMENS TO A THIRD PARTY
00:13:22BEGINNING TODAY,
WHEN DR. ACTON SIGNS THIS,
00:13:27YOU WILL BE REQUIRED
TO SEND THIS TO ANOTHER
00:13:31HOSPITAL THAT IS DOING
TESTING. AND THAT CAN MAKE A
00:13:34QUICK
TURNAROUND FOR YOU.
00:13:37WE'VE ALREADY CONFIRMED, FOR
EXAMPLE, THAT OHIO STATE,
00:13:42CLEVELAND CLINIC, UNIVERSITY
HOSPITALS IN CLEVELAND AND
00:13:45METROHEALTH IN CLEVELAND
ALL HAVE CAPACITY.
00:13:49THEY ALL HAVE CAPACITY AND THEY
ARE
00:13:51WILLING TO TAKE YOUR TESTS.
SO YOU NEED TO BE IN CONTACT
00:13:55WITH THEM. SOME OF THESE LABS
HAVE A VERY SIGNIFICANT
00:14:00UNUSED CAPACITY EACH DAY.
THAT'S NOT REALLY BEEN FULLY
00:14:04UTILIZED.
AND THESE LABS ARE ABLE TO
00:14:06TURNAROUND RESULTS MUCH MORE
QUICKLY THAN THE PRIVATE LABS.
00:14:11SO BEGINNING TODAY, YOU NO
LONGER
00:14:12WILL BE ABLE TO SEND THOSE TO
THE
00:14:14PRIVATE LABS.
AND AGAIN, THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN
00:14:17TURNAROUND FOR FIVE AND SIX
DAYS, WHICH IS SIMPLY SIMPLY
00:14:20UNACCEPTABLE.
IT'S UNACCEPTABLE TO THE
00:14:23PATIENT.
IT'S UNACCEPTABLE FOR FOR THE
00:14:25REST
OF US, BECAUSE KNOWING
00:14:28WHEN SOMEONE TESTS POSITIVE OR
DOESN'T TEST POSITIVE IS
00:14:32INFORMATION
THAT WE VERY, VERY DESPERATELY
00:14:34NEED.
LET ME ALSO SAY THAT THE OHIO
00:14:42DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ITSELF WILL
CONTINUE TO ANALYZE,
00:14:46TEST AND THESE FOR THE MOST
PART.
00:14:49THERE'S ALREADY THE PROTOCOL,
THE
00:14:50HOSPITALS, NO.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THESE ARE
00:14:53CRITICAL PATIENTS,
INCLUDING HOSPITALIZED
00:14:58AND HEALTH CARE
WORKERS WHO ARE SHOWING
00:15:02SOME SYMPTOMS OF THE
CORONAVIRUS SO THAT
00:15:06THAT CRITERIA DOES NOT CHANGE
OHIO DEPARTMENT HEALTH.
00:15:09IT IS CERTAINLY OPEN FOR
BUSINESS
00:15:11AND CERTAINLY OPEN TO DO THAT.
THAT TESTING.
00:15:15WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THERE
MAY
00:15:16BE OTHER HOSPITALS WHO HAVE
CAPACITY.
00:15:19AND AS SOON AS WE KNOW IN THOSE
HOSPITALS HAVE CONFIRMED, YES,
00:15:22WE DO
HAVE CAPACITY. YES, WE CAN DO
00:15:24TESTING.
WE WILL POST THOSE AND WE WILL
00:15:26LET
YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT.
00:15:28NOW, LET ME TURN TO THE SECOND
PART ABOUT THE
00:15:33TESTING.
SECOND PART OF DR.
00:15:36ACTON'S ORDER.
YOU HAVE READ AND HEARD
00:15:40ABOUT THE RAPID TESTS THAT ARE
COMING ON THE MARKET.
00:15:44WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH SOME
OF
00:15:45THE COMPANIES THAT ARE BRINGING
THESE ON TO THE MARKET.
00:15:49WE WILL START USING THESE
JUST AS SOON AS THEY
00:15:54ARE SENT TO US IN OHIO.
SO WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THEM
00:15:58ALREADY
HAVE HOSPITALS LINED UP WHERE
00:16:00THEY'RE GOING TO SEND THOSE.
WE CANNOT CONTROL WHEN THOSE ARE
00:16:03SENT, BUT WE WOULD ANTICIPATE
THIS WOULD START WITHIN THE NEXT
00:16:06WEEK.
AND WE'RE CERTAINLY LOOKING
00:16:09FORWARD
TO THAT.
00:16:11AGAIN, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY
HOW MUCH OF THIS WE HAVE,
00:16:17WE WILL BE UTILIZING
FREESTANDING
00:16:19EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS, URGENT
CARE CENTERS, FREESTANDING
00:16:24AMBULATORY SURGERY CENTERS
AND HOSPITAL MULTI-USE HEALTH
00:16:28CARE
FACILITIES THAT HAVE
00:16:30HOUSED A LAB SERVICE.
THIS WILL BE VERY,
00:16:35VERY HELPFUL.
BUT AGAIN, STAY
00:16:38TUNED. WE'LL HAVE MORE
INFORMATION
00:16:39ONCE WE START GETTING THESE AND
SEEING THESE COME ON LINE IN
00:16:43OHIO.
WE WILL LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT.
00:16:47LET ME MOVE TO ANOTHER TOPIC TO
HELP ENSURE OUR MOST VULNERABLE
00:16:51OHIOANS HAVE ACCESS TO
FOOD. WHILE THIS IS ALL GOING
00:16:55ON, WHILE HELPING
TO KEEP POTENTIAL EXPOSURE
00:16:58TO KOVEN 19 TO A MINIMUM.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR
00:17:02FEDERAL
PARTNERS, THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:17:04AGRICULTURE, FOR EXAMPLE,
AND ALSO WORKING WITH
00:17:09GROCERY STORES ON WHAT
WE'RE CALLING A CLICK AND
00:17:12COLLECT
OPTION TO GET GROCERIES.
00:17:14NOW THOSE RECEIVING SNAP
BENEFITS
00:17:16ARE ABLE TO SHOP ONLINE AND GO
TO
00:17:18THEIR GROCERY STORES TO PICK UP
THEIR ITEMS IN THE CAR.
00:17:21SNAP RECIPIENTS WILL BE ABLE TO
SWIPE THEIR EBT CARDS FROM
00:17:24THEIR CARS NOW WITHOUT
ENTERING A STORE AT ALL.
00:17:27AGAIN, TRYING TO
KEEP PEOPLE APART FROM EACH
00:17:32OTHER.
NOW, WITH THIS NEW
00:17:34SYSTEM, A MOM
WHO DOES NOT HAVE CHILDCARE.
00:17:38THE ADULT WITH AN UNDERLYING
HEALTH
00:17:40CONDITION OR THE SENIOR CITIZEN
HIGH RISK CAN ORDER GROCERIES AT
00:17:44HOME AND JUST GO TO THE STORE
TO PAY
00:17:46AND PICK UP CURBSIDE OR
THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE
00:17:50STORES THAT DO NOT HAVE A MOBILE
POINT OF SALE DEVICE.
00:17:53A SNAP RECIPIENT CAN CONTINUE TO
ORDER ONLINE, THEN PICK
00:17:56UP THE GROCERIES AND PAY INSIDE
THE
00:17:58GROCERY STORE.
THIS OPTION REDUCES THE TIME
00:18:01SNAP
RECIPIENTS OR IN THE GROCERY
00:18:03STORE
AND REDUCES THE RISK OF
00:18:04COMMUNITY
SPREAD.
00:18:08HAPPY CENSUS DAY.
TODAY IS NATIONAL CENSUS DAY,
00:18:12THIS
IS THE DATE USED TO COUNT
00:18:14THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN
OUR
00:18:16HOUSEHOLDS FOR THE CENSUS.
IF YOU HAVE NOT YET COMPLETED
00:18:21YOUR
CENSUS, THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD
00:18:23OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
WHAT WILL THE CENSUS DO FOR US?
00:18:29IT'S IN EVERYONE'S INTEREST FOR
EVERYONE TO BE COUNTED.
00:18:32THIS IS A AS I TELL PEOPLE,
THIS IS
00:18:34ONE TIME WHEN EVERYBODY OUGHT TO
HAVE AGREEMENT.
00:18:37WHATEVER YOUR POLITICAL
PERSUASION,
00:18:39WHEREVER YOU LIVE, IT'S
IMPORTANT
00:18:42FOR THE CENSUS TO COUNT
ALL OHIOANS.
00:18:45IT WILL DETERMINE HOW SOME THE
FEDERAL FUNDS ARE DISTRIBUTED
00:18:49BACK.
IT WILL DETERMINE HOW MANY
00:18:50REPRESENTATIVES WE HAVE IN THE
UNITED STATES CONGRESS
00:18:54AND MANY OTHER THINGS.
BY NOW, YOU SHOULD HAVE
00:18:56RECEIVED A
NOTICE IN THE MAIL FROM THE U.S.
00:18:58CENSUS BUREAU WITH A CODE
YOU CAN RESPOND ONLINE
00:19:02AT 20:20 CENSUS DOT
GOV. THAT'S 2020
00:19:06CENSUS DOT GOV
BY PHONE AT 8 4
00:19:104 3 3
0 2 0 2 0.
00:19:13THAT'S 8 4 4
3 3 0 2 0 2 0 OR
00:19:18ALSO BY MAIL.
SINCE ALL OHIOANS NEED TO STAY
00:19:22AT
HOME RIGHT NOW,
00:19:24YOU CAN FILL OUT THE CENSUS
ONLINE
00:19:26OR YOU CAN DO IT OVER THE PHONE.
IF YOU LOST OR MISPLACED YOUR
00:19:30MAIL
OR YOU CAN STILL FILL OUT THE
00:19:32CENSUS
EVEN WITHOUT THE I.D.
00:19:34NUMBER, IF YOU
IF YOU WANT TO INSURE OHIO HAS
00:19:38THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED,
THAT WE
00:19:40ARE PROPERLY COUNTED.
PLEASE BE PART OF THIS.
00:19:45YESTERDAY, IT WAS ANNOUNCED
AFTER OUR PRESS CONFERENCE
00:19:50THAT WE RECEIVED A FEMA
DISASTER DECLARATION.
00:19:53WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
THIS IS A WHAT'S CALLED A MAJOR
00:19:58PRESIDENTIAL DISASTER
DECLARATION
00:20:00APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT
YESTERDAY.
00:20:03PROVIDES GRANTS FROM FEMA
BOTH TO THE STATE AND LOCAL
00:20:08GOVERNMENTS FOR COSTS
ASSOCIATED WITH THE EMERGENCY
00:20:12PROTECTIVE MEASURES SUCH AS EOC
OPERATIONS, FIRE AND
00:20:16POLICE, EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE,
SHELTERING, ETC..
00:20:20THIS DECLARATION
SHIFTS SOME FUNDING
00:20:24BURDEN FROM THE STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS TO THE FEDERAL
00:20:27GOVERNMENT, WITH THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT PICKING UP 75 PERCENT
00:20:30OF CERTAIN KOVEN 19 COSTS.
THEY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING
00:20:34EMERGENCY
OPERATIONS CENTER COSTS,
00:20:36STATE AGENCY PURCHASES IN
RESPONSE
00:20:38TO COVID, DISINFECTION
OF ELIGIBLE PUBLIC FACILITIES,
00:20:43PPE AND TEMPORARY
MEDICAL FACILITIES AND
00:20:47ENHANCED HOSPITAL CAPACITY.
ANOTHER KEY COMPONENT OF THE
00:20:51DECLARATION IS ALLOWS DIRECT
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL
00:20:54GOVERNMENTS, SUCH AS SUPPORT
NEW HILE NATIONAL GUARD, AS
00:20:58WELL AS SUPPORT FROM THE ARMY
CORPS
00:21:00OF ENGINEERS.
IN JUST A MOMENT, I WILL BE
00:21:10SIGNING
AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT SEEKS
00:21:12TO PROVIDE SOME ASSISTANCE FOR
OUR SMALL BUSINESS MEN
00:21:16AND WOMEN WHO HAVE BEEN HIT
SO HARD.
00:21:20WE KNOW THAT MANY OF THEM ARE
HURTING.
00:21:24WE KNOW THAT THEY'VE HAD TO MAKE
SOME VERY, VERY TOUGH CHOICES.
00:21:28WE ALSO KNOW THAT OUR SMALL
BUSINESS
00:21:30OWNERS ARE RESILIENT.
THEY ARE NO STRANGERS TO HARD
00:21:34WORK
AND TO SACRIFICE.
00:21:38I UNDERSTAND ABOUT SMALL
BUSINESSES
00:21:41THROUGH THIS ORDER THAT I'M
GOING TO
00:21:42SIGN.
I'M ISSUING A PLEA,
00:21:45A PLEA TO LENDERS
AND A PLEA TO LANDLORDS
00:21:49ACROSS OHIO TO WORK WITH THEIR
SMALL BUSINESSES AND SUSPEND
00:21:53PAYMENTS FOR AT LEAST
90 DAYS.
00:21:57AND LET ME SIGN THIS NOW AND
THEN
00:21:59I'LL TURN OVER TO THE LIEUTENANT
GOVERNOR TO FURTHER EXPLAIN
00:22:02EXACTLY WHAT THIS ORDER DOES.
GREAT. THANK YOU, GOVERNOR.
00:22:37THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT
EXECUTIVE ORDER.
00:22:41REALLY, THE GOAL BEHIND IT IS TO
STOP THE ECONOMIC
00:22:46SPREAD OF THE VIRUS OF
FORECLOSURES,
00:22:48TO USE THE LANGUAGE
OF OF THE CRISIS THAT WE'RE
00:22:51CURRENTLY IN FORECLOSURES.
IT CREATES CAN CREATE A HUGE
00:22:56CRISIS THROUGHOUT THE BUSINESS
LANDSCAPE. AND I WANT TO EXPLAIN
00:23:00HOW THIS IS ALL CONNECTED.
YOU KNOW THAT
00:23:04A WHILE AGO, THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT,
00:23:06THROUGH THE FEDERAL HOUSING
FINANCE
00:23:08AUTHORITY, STOPPED
THE FORECLOSURE
00:23:13ON RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGES
AND PROVIDED A
00:23:1712 MONTH FORBEARANCE FOR THOSE.
YOU KNOW THAT ALSO EARLIER
00:23:22THROUGH
ACTIONS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND
00:23:24AND WITH THE SIGNATURE OF THE
GOVERNOR, THAT THE COURTS IN
00:23:27OHIO
HAVE THE ABILITY TO SUSPEND
00:23:30EVICTIONS THROUGH JULY.
BUT THERE IS A CONNECTIVITY
00:23:36TO ALL OF THIS.
IF IF SOMEBODY CANNOT
00:23:39PAY THEIR RENT AND WE'RE NOT
EVICTING THEM BECAUSE
00:23:44THEY CAN'T PAY THEIR RENT.
WELL, THAT MEANS THAT THE
00:23:47PERSON WHO
OWNS THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX,
00:23:50WHO ALSO HAS A COMMERCIAL
MORTGAGE,
00:23:52THAT THEY AREN'T RECEIVING THE
MONEY
00:23:54THAT THEY NEED TO PAY BACK
THEIR LENDER.
00:23:57AND IF WE DON'T SOLVE
THIS CHAIN, THEN THE
00:24:01PERSON AT THE BOTTOM ALSO GETS
HURT
00:24:03BECAUSE THE PERSON WHO OWNS
THAT PARTICULAR FACILITY WILL BE
00:24:07FORECLOSED UPON AND THEN UNABLE
TO PROVIDE SERVICES DOWN THE
00:24:11LINE.
THIS AFFECTS EVERYBODY FROM
00:24:12SMALL
BUSINESSES TO TENANTS
00:24:15AND SO FORTH.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE REALLY DOING
00:24:17WITH
THIS IS CREATING
00:24:19A 90 DAY PAUSE
IN THIS PROCESS WHERE WE'RE
00:24:23ASKING THAT AND
LIKE MOST OHIO BANKS HAVE DONE
00:24:27TO ALLOW FOR THIS 90
DAY DEFERRAL TO HOPEFULLY
00:24:32GET THE LENDERS TO PUT THAT ON
THE
00:24:33BACK END OF THE LOAN WITH THEIR
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST
00:24:37AND AVOID THOSE PENALTIES.
BECAUSE IF WE DO THIS RIGHT, IF
00:24:41WE HIT THAT PAUSE BUTTON,
EVERYBODY
00:24:43IN THE PROCESS WILL
GET A CHANCE TO GET THROUGH
00:24:47THIS,
PARTICULARLY FOR SMALL
00:24:49BUSINESSES
WHO WILL WANT TO KEEP
00:24:51THAT CASH IN THEIR POCKETS, TO
KEEP
00:24:53THEIR EMPLOYEES HIRED AND TO
HAVE
00:24:55THE MONEY TO RESTART THEIR
BUSINESS.
00:24:57ONCE WE GET THROUGH
THE PERIOD WHERE WE'VE HIT
00:25:01THIS PAUSE DUE TO THE CORONA
VIRUS
00:25:03SPREAD,
THIS WILL YOU KNOW, FRANKLY,
00:25:08THIS WILL HAVE A HUGE
IMPACT ON WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
00:25:12WE TRY TO RESTART THINGS.
IT IS SO VERY IMPORTANT
00:25:16THAT WE DO THIS.
I THINK THAT WHAT WE SEE ON A
00:25:19LOT
OF THESE OCCASIONS, THIS IS A
00:25:20PERFECT, PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THIS
IN THE ECONOMY, WHETHER WE'RE
00:25:23TRYING
TO CONTROL THE SPREAD BY KEEPING
00:25:26PEOPLE APART, WHICH WE KNOW HAS
A
00:25:28HAS A A AN EFFECT
ON WHAT HAPPENS IN
00:25:32OUR HEALTH COMMUNITY
AND OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
00:25:36THIS HAS THE SAME EFFECT
ON THE ECONOMICS OF WHAT'S
00:25:39HAPPENING IN THE MORTGAGE
INDUSTRY WITH COMMERCIAL
00:25:43RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS.
SO, AGAIN,
00:25:47WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
THE EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT THE
00:25:49GOVERNOR JUST SIGNED WILL HELP
US
00:25:52GET THROUGH THIS FROM AN
ECONOMIC
00:25:53POINT OF VIEW.
ADDITIONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO
00:25:57ADD
JUST A GREAT PLUG, GOVERNOR
00:26:00ANNOUNCED. BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING
WITH THE MANUFACTURERS STEPPING
00:26:03UP
AND SAYING WE WE WE MAKE THINGS
00:26:05WE PRODUCE THINGS IN OHIO AND
WE'RE WE'RE ALL IN THIS WITH
00:26:09YOU TO STEP UP AND
TO REALLY CREATE THIS
00:26:12MANUFACTURERS
ALLIANCE? SUPER IMPORTANT,
00:26:15BECAUSE EVERY DAY,
EVERY DAY, DR. ACTON AND THE
00:26:19GOVERNOR AND I AND A WHOLE
TEAM OF PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET
00:26:23THESE TOP 10 SUPPLIES THAT
WE'RE ALL
00:26:25AFTER AS SO AS THE REST OF THE
COUNTRY, AND SO IS THE REST OF
00:26:28THE
WORLD.
00:26:29AND TO HAVE OHIO MANUFACTURERS
STEPPING UP TO START TO PRODUCE
00:26:32THESE THINGS.
YOU KNOW, WE WE REALLY
00:26:36APPRECIATE
YOU BEING PART OF THE SOLUTION
00:26:38WITH
US IN THIS.
00:26:40ANOTHER THING THAT WE EMPHASIZED
QUITE OFTEN, WE HAVE
00:26:44THE WE HAVE THE STATE HOME ORDER
AND THEN WE HAVE THE ACENTRAL
00:26:47BUSINESSES AND SOME OF THOSE
ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES, OUR
00:26:50GROCERY
STORES, MAYBE THE KROGER'S,
00:26:52THE MYERS, THE WAL-MARTS OUT
THERE.
00:26:55AND WE HAVE BEEN PRETTY,
PRETTY FORCEFUL AT TRYING
00:26:59TO TELL THEM THAT YOU NEED TO
FOLLOW
00:27:01THE SAFE WORKPLACE REQUIREMENTS
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT
00:27:05HAVING
SPREAD GOING ON EVEN IN
00:27:07OUR ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES.
AND WE'VE ASKED THEM TO FOLLOW
00:27:11THIS
AND ASK THEM WE'VE ORDERED THEM
00:27:13THROUGH THE GOVERNOR OR THROUGH
THE
00:27:14GOVERNOR AND THE DIRECTORS
EXECUTIVE
00:27:16ORDERS, BUT THEY'VE ASKED US TO
DO
00:27:18SOMETHING IN RETURN TO TALK TO
YOU BECAUSE THEY CAN
00:27:22PUT ALL OF THE RULES AND REGS IN
PLACE. BUT IF THE CUSTOMERS IN
00:27:25THE
STORES ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE
00:27:27RULES,
IT MAKES IT VERY TOUGH ON THEM.
00:27:29SO HERE ARE SEVEN THINGS THAT
THOSE RETAILERS HAVE ASKED US.
00:27:33ASK YOU KEEP
SPACE, KEEP AT LEAST SIX FEET
00:27:37BETWEEN YOU AND A FELLOW
CUSTOMER
00:27:39AND ASSOCIATE.
JUST BE MINDFUL OF THAT, THAT
00:27:42THAT YOU HAVE THAT
RESPONSIBILITY
00:27:44WHEN YOU'RE IN ONE OF THOSE
STORES.
00:27:46THEY ASK THAT YOU SHOP
PATIENTLY,
00:27:49WATCH AND WAIT FOR OTHER
CUSTOMERS
00:27:50TO BE DONE IN THE AISLE
WHILE YOU'RE STANDING THERE AND
00:27:53TO
KEEP THAT SIX FOOT DISTANCE
00:27:56LIMIT AND CONSOLIDATE SHOPPING
TRIPS.
00:28:00SHOP ALONE WHEN POSSIBLE.
STAY AT HOME.
00:28:04WHEN YOU DON'T FEEL WELL.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING WELL,
00:28:07DON'T
COME OUT TO THE STORE.
00:28:08PLEASE HAVE SOMEBODY, MAYBE
A NEIGHBOR OR A FAMILY MEMBER.
00:28:12PICK UP WHAT YOU NEED
AND THEN DROP IT OFF AT
00:28:16YOUR FRONT STEP.
WASH AND SANITIZE YOUR HANDS
00:28:20BEFORE YOU COME TO THE STORE.
AND THEN AFTER YOU'RE DONE
00:28:25SHOPPING.
AND CERTAINLY DON'T TOUCH YOUR
00:28:27FACE
AND TOUCH PRODUCTS AND ITEMS IN
00:28:29THE
STORE WHILE YOU'RE DOING
00:28:31THAT SHOPPING.
AND IF YOU CAN WEAR A MASK OR
00:28:34GLOVES
WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT, THEY
00:28:35WOULD
APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.
00:28:37AND THEN THEY ALSO ASK SHOP
ONLINE THROUGH THE
00:28:42GROCERY STORE, WHICH WILL EITHER
ALLOW CURBSIDE PICKUP OR HOME
00:28:46DELIVERY.
THESE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT
00:28:48THEY
ASK YOU TO DO TO HELP
00:28:50THEM KEEP ALL OF US SAFE
AND TO GET THROUGH THIS
00:28:55HEALTHIER
AND AND BETTER OFF.
00:28:57AND THEY ALSO REMINDED ME TO
REMIND
00:28:59YOU EVERY ONE OF THESE PLACES
IS HIRING.
00:29:02THEY'RE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME
MEETING YOUR NEEDS.
00:29:06AND PARTICULARLY IF YOU'RE MAYBE
A COLLEGE STUDENT WHO
00:29:10WAS PLANNING ON DOING SOMETHING
ELSE
00:29:12THIS SPRING, LIKE BEING AT
SCHOOL,
00:29:14YOU CAN GO GET A PART TIME OR A
FULL
00:29:16TIME JOB AT ONE OF THESE STORES
AND THEY WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE
00:29:19IT. YOU ARE BY DOING THAT
AGAIN, YOU'RE PART OF THE
00:29:23SOLUTION
TO HELPING US GET THROUGH THIS
00:29:25SAFER
AND SOUNDER.
00:29:26SO WITH THAT, WE THANK YOU FOR
ALL THE COOPERATION HERE WITH
00:29:30THIS
AND TURNING BACK OVER AND OVER,
00:29:31DWIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DOCTOR
00:29:34ACTON.
THANK YOU, GOVERNOR.
00:29:36GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
I WILL BEGIN, AS I ALWAYS DO.
00:29:41I'M GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON
OUR CASES TODAY.
00:29:47IF WE CAN GO HEAD
TODAY, WE'RE REPORTING
00:29:52TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND
FORTY
00:29:54SEVEN CASES OF
THIS MORNING.
00:29:58AND REPRESENTING 72 COUNTIES
OF OUR EIGHTY EIGHT IN OHIO
00:30:03AGE RANGE AGAIN FROM LESS THAN
ONE
00:30:05YEAR OF AGE TO NINETY NINE
WITH THE MEDIAN AGE OF FIFTY
00:30:10THREE.
WE HAD TALKED A LITTLE BIT IN
00:30:12THE
PAST ABOUT MALE AND
00:30:14FEMALE, AND WE SEE THAT BEING
ALMOST
00:30:16EQUAL NOW. IT'S FIFTY ONE
PERCENT
00:30:18FEMALES.
FORTY NINE PERCENT
00:30:21MALE.
AND ARE HOSPITALIZATIONS RIGHT
00:30:24NOW
AT 27 PERCENT OF THE CASES
00:30:28IN ICU ADMISSIONS AT NINE
PERCENT. AGAIN, THAT REFLECTS
00:30:32THE LIMITED TESTING AND THAT
TESTING
00:30:34BEING RESERVED FOR THE HIGHEST
RISK, THE SICKEST HOSPITALIZED
00:30:38AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND
FRONTLINE RESPONDERS.
00:30:43UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO
HAVE 65
00:30:46DEATHS HERE IN THE STATE OF
OHIO.
00:30:50A COUPLE OF THINGS
I WANT TO TALK FOR A MOMENT
00:30:55ABOUT THE GROUNDHOG'S DAY.
WE ARE LIVING.
00:31:00I FEEL IT MYSELF.
I AM SURE
00:31:03THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JUST
NODDED.
00:31:05THE GOVERNOR SOMETIMES
I THINK A LOT OF US AT HOME ARE
00:31:08FEELING THAT WAY AS WELL.
MY OLDEST SON, JAKE, HE
00:31:13ACTUALLY STUDIED FILM AT
HARVARD.
00:31:15AND ONE OF HIS PROFESSORS WAS
DANNY RUBIN, WHO WROTE
00:31:19GROUNDHOG DAY, WHICH IS ONE OF
MY
00:31:20FAVORITE MOVIES.
BUT IF YOU REMEMBER, THE BILL
00:31:23MURRAY
CHARACTER WENT THROUGH MANY
00:31:25STAGES
OF GRIEF, THE OLD ELIZABETH
00:31:27KUBLER-ROSS STAGES OF
DENIAL, THEN ANGER,
00:31:32BARGAINING, SADNESS
AND THEN ULTIMATELY ACCEPTANCE.
00:31:36AND I THINK A LOT OF US ARE
GOING
00:31:38THROUGH THOSE SAME STAGES
AND YOU GO IN THEM AND OUT OF
00:31:42THEM.
AND SO IF WE COULD GO
00:31:44TO MY NEXT SLIDE,
I WANT TO TALK WITHOUT WAGGING
00:31:48KOLBER, WAGGING MY FINGER TOO
MUCH.
00:31:51I WANT TO JUST TALK ABOUT
OUR SELF-AWARENESS AND
00:31:56A CONSTANT NEED FOR US
TO REMEMBER TO BE KIND.
00:32:00AND IT'S HARD.
I HAVE ADMITTED THAT
00:32:04I LOSE
MY OWN TEMPER OCCASIONALLY,
00:32:08ESPECIALLY WITH THE URGENCY I
FEEL.
00:32:11I HAVE BELEAGUERED STAFF
WHO ARE AN AMAZING TEAM AND I
00:32:16AT TIMES WANT SOMETHING AND I
WANT
00:32:18IT NOW AND FAMOUS FOR THAT.
AND AND THAT URGENCY
00:32:22SOMETIMES COMES ACROSS IN HARSH
WAYS.
00:32:25AND I HAVE TO TAKE MOMENTS.
I TRY TO TAKE SOME STILL TIME
00:32:30TO REMEMBER HOW MUCH STRESS
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US IS
00:32:35FACING.
SO MANY OF US ARE ENGAGING ON
00:32:37THE
PHONE.
00:32:37AND I WANT YOU TO CALL
AND KEEP CALLING OR ARE 1
00:32:428 3, 3, 4.
ASK ODEY H.
00:32:45BUT IN ALL THESE NUMBERS WE CALL
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE TECHNOLOGY
00:32:48IS
GLITCHING OR THINGS ARE SLOW.
00:32:51WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THERE'S
SOMEONE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
00:32:54THAT
PHONE.
00:32:55THERE'S SOMEBODY WHO MIGHT
BE TAKING CARE OF A SICK FAMILY
00:32:59MEMBER AT HOME WHO IS GOING
THROUGH A LOT OF STRESS.
00:33:02IN OUR CASE, OUR OPERATORS ARE
ACTUALLY AT HOME OFTEN
00:33:06WITH KIDS AT HOME AND OTHER
FAMILY
00:33:08MEMBERS.
AND I THINK IN THE ANXIETY
00:33:10WE'RE ALL
FEELING, SOMETIMES WE FORGET
00:33:13THAT EVERYONE WE INTERACT WITH
IS
00:33:15GOING THROUGH A LOT OF THE SAME
STRESS.
00:33:18SO THIS IS MY PLEA TO MYSELF
FIRST AND FOREMOST.
00:33:22BUT TO ALL OF US,
WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW,
00:33:26A BIT OF A GANTLET AHEAD OF
STAYING
00:33:28IN THE SAME GROUNDHOG'S DAY.
AND SO WHEN YOU FEEL YOURSELF,
00:33:32TAKE THAT CHECK.
AS DIRECTOR LAURA CRISS SAID, IF
00:33:36YOU'RE HANGRY, REMEMBER TO EAT
A LOT OF SOMETHING, TAKE A
00:33:39LITTLE
NAP AND TRY
00:33:41AGAIN.
AND DON'T BEAT YOURSELF UP TOO
00:33:43MUCH.
JUST TRY AGAIN.
00:33:45BECAUSE JUST LIKE A VIRUS IS
CONTAGIOUS, OUR MOODS ARE
00:33:48CONTAGIOUS
AND THEY SPREAD TO EVERYONE
00:33:50AROUND
US. SO THANK YOU FOR JOINING
00:33:52ME AND THAT EFFORT.
THE GOVERNOR DID A FANTASTIC
00:33:57JOB OF
TALKING ABOUT SORT OF
00:34:00THE ROLL OUT OF OUR FLEXIBLE
AND EXPANDING HEALTH CARE
00:34:04CAPACITY.
SO I'LL WAIT. TWO QUESTIONS.
00:34:06I AM GOING TO SIGN AN ORDER.
I DON'T HAVE ALL THE PENS THAT
00:34:10THE
GOVERNOR HAS. IT WILL FIND MY
00:34:12ONE NORMAL PEN HERE,
BUT I AM SIGNING CEREMONY
00:34:17HERE.
AN ORDER FOR HOSPITALS.
00:34:25AND TO MAKE IT EASIER
FOR OUTLYING HOSPITALS TO
00:34:30GET THEIR LABS RUN MORE QUICKLY.
MY TEAM BACK AT THE OHIO
00:34:34DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH HAS
00:34:36RAMPED UP OUR TESTING CAPABILITY
AND WE HAVE INFORMATION ON OUR
00:34:41WEB
SITE. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT
00:34:42THING
IS WE'RE GOING TO THREE SHIFTS
00:34:45TO HELP GET THOSE TESTS TURNED
AROUND TO MY LOCAL HEALTH
00:34:48DEPARTMENT COLLEAGUES.
WE WILL BE ROUTING SOME TESTS
00:34:52DIRECTLY FROM HOSPITALS
STRAIGHT TO
00:34:55THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
WILL BE TALKING TO YOU MORE
00:34:57ABOUT
THAT.
00:34:58THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION
AND WE'LL RUN THOSE TESTS AND
00:35:02THEN
WE WILL GET THAT INFORMATION TO
00:35:04OUR
LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS.
00:35:05ALSO, A LOT MORE QUICKLY THAN
WAITING ON SOME OF THE
00:35:10BELEAGUERED TESTING AND PRIVATE
TESTING.
00:35:12SO WE WILL GET THAT INFORMATION
TO
00:35:14YOU AT THE LOCAL HEALTH
DEPARTMENT
00:35:15TO DO THAT CONTACT TRACING.
BUT WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR
00:35:19HOSPITALS.
THERE IS A MESSAGE THAT WENT OUT
00:35:22FROM THE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
AND
00:35:23TALKING TO THE CEOS.
AND WE'LL BE PUTTING OUT A LOT
00:35:26OF
INFORMATION ON GETTING THAT TO
00:35:28OUR LABS IN PARTNERSHIP
WITH SOME OF OUR BIGGER HOSPITAL
00:35:32LABS TO TAKE THE OVERFLOW.
SO WE'LL DO OUR BEST GOVERNOR
00:35:35TO GET
THOSE TEST RESULTS AS FAST AS
00:35:37POSSIBLE SO WE CAN MAKE OUR
DECISIONS AS QUICKLY AS
00:35:40POSSIBLE.
WITH THAT, WE WELCOME YOUR
00:35:44QUESTIONS.
JACKSON,
00:35:48WHO HAS QUESTIONS.
IS THEY'RE COMING UP, I WANT
00:35:53TO KIND OF DESCRIBE THIS SCENE
AGAIN.
00:35:55YOU ALL CANNOT SEE IT OUT THERE
TV, BUT
00:36:00THE REPORTERS ARE SPREAD OUT
IN A BIG ROOM IN THE ATRIUM OF
00:36:05THE CAPITOL BUILDING AND
THEY ARE OBSERVING GREAT
00:36:10DISTANCE
BETWEEN EACH OTHER.
00:36:11AND WE'RE GONNA START WITH
MR. OTTE FROM THE WHIO
00:36:16CHANNEL 7 IN DAYTON.
00:36:18THANK YOU, GOVERNOR.
THIS IS A QUESTION FOR DR.
00:36:22ACTON.
COULD YOU EXPRESS YOUR
00:36:24PERSPECTIVE
ON WHAT'S HAPPENING AT HOSPITALS
00:36:26RIGHT NOW? SOME OF THEM IN
OUR PART OF THE STATE AND I
00:36:30EXPECT
ELSEWHERE ARE ACTUALLY PUTTING
00:36:31SOME
PEOPLE ON FURLOUGH.
00:36:33THIS SEEMS A LITTLE ODD THAT
WE'RE
00:36:35GETTING READY FOR A NATIONAL
EMERGENCY AND THAT SURGE THAT
00:36:38YOU'VE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
00:36:39BUT I'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH THE
HOSPITALS. THEY'VE EXPLAINED IT
00:36:43YET. SOME PEOPLE AT HOME CAN'T
QUITE
00:36:45UNDERSTAND THIS.
WE'RE GETTING READY FOR A
00:36:46SURGE, BUT
AT THE SAME TIME, SHORT TERM
00:36:49SETTING SOME PEOPLE HOME.
YOUR PERSPECTIVE?
00:36:52THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE
00:36:56METAPHORS OF THE HURRICANE IS
THAT
00:36:58YOU HAVE TO EVACUATE
WHEN WHEN IT'S STILL
00:37:02SUNNY OUT FOR IT TO BE REALLY
EFFECTIVE.
00:37:04AND A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN
DOING
00:37:06OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS IN OUR
HOSPITALS AND AGAIN, THIS IS
00:37:08BEING
LED BY OUR HOSPITAL CEOS,
00:37:12IS GETTING THE HOSPITALS
READY. AND SO EVERYTHING WE'VE
00:37:16DONE FROM THE ELECTIVE,
GETTING RID OF MOST ELECTIVE
00:37:19PROCEDURES,
TRYING TO GET FOLKS TO TWO
00:37:23OTHER OUTPATIENT
TRIAGING IS FREEING
00:37:28UP THOSE BEDS, FREEING
THEM UP FOR THIS SURGE
00:37:32OF CASES THAT WE KNOW IS COMING.
WE ARE BLESSED IN OHIO.
00:37:38THE ACTIONS WE'VE TAKEN
AND THE ACTIONS THAT EVERYONE IS
00:37:41TAKING AT HOME HAS SLOWED
DOWN THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE
00:37:47AND HAS LOWERED HAS TAKEN THAT
CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE
00:37:51OF SURGE AND WIND
AND STORM AND TURNED IT
00:37:55INTO WHAT WE HOPE WILL BE
A MORE OF A CATEGORY 3
00:37:59HURRICANE.
BUT NONETHELESS, IT'S A
00:38:01HURRICANE.
AND MUCH LIKE YOU DON'T WANT TO
00:38:04YOU SAW IT SOMETIMES PULL THE
FIRE
00:38:06ALARM EARLY IN A FIRE
AND MAYBE YOU GO A LITTLE BIT
00:38:10AHEAD OF IT.
YOU CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO BE
00:38:13GOING TO PUT OUT A FIRE.
ONCE THE FIRE IS OVER OR WHAT
00:38:16YOU WANT RIGHT WHEN YOU'RE IN
IT.
00:38:18SO IT IS ABOUT THAT PREVENTION
AND GETTING READY.
00:38:21AND THERE'S A LOT OF COMPONENTS
TO
00:38:23THAT. SO WE NEED ALL THAT TIME.
SO AGAIN, BLESSING THAT WE HAVE
00:38:27THE
TIME TO PREPARE.
00:38:29BUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS SOME
HOSPITAL WORKERS ARE BEING
00:38:32ASKED TO
REST UP NOW BECAUSE THEY KNOW
00:38:34THEY'RE GONNA GO. MY DAUGHTER
IS A
00:38:36PATIENT CARE ASSISTANT AT OHIO
HEALTH AND SHE'S OFF
00:38:40TODAY AND SHE'S RESTING UP
BECAUSE SHE KNOWS SHE MIGHT BE
00:38:43WORKING NONSTOP, NON-STOP
SHIP SHIFTS TO COME.
00:38:47SO SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE
SEEING.
00:38:50IT'S THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM.
BUT NO ONE SHOULD THINK THAT THE
00:38:54STORM IS NOT COMING BECAUSE
IT IS CALM.
00:38:59THIS QUESTION IS FOR GOVERNOR
DEWINE. THIS IS MOLLY MARTINEZ
00:39:02WITH
SPECTRUM NEWS.
00:39:04HOBBY LOBBY IN SEVERAL STATES,
INCLUDING OHIO, HAVE REOPENED
00:39:08IN DEFIANCE ORDERS AND THEY SAY
THAT
00:39:09THEY ARE ESSENTIAL BUSINESS.
AND IN OTHER STATES, POLICE
00:39:12OFFICERS
ARE STARTING TO FORCIBLY CLOSE
00:39:14THEM
DOWN.
00:39:15IS THERE ANY PLAN FOR THAT HERE
IN
00:39:16OHIO FOR BUSINESSES THAT JUST
REFUSE
00:39:19TO COMPLY WITH YOUR ORDERS?
I'M SORRY, WHO DID YOU SAY?
00:39:22WHO DID YOU SAY STAYS OPEN?
I'M SORRY, HOBBY LOBBY.
00:39:25LOOK, EVERYBODY HAS TO FOLLOW
THE
00:39:27LAW.
I'VE TALKED WITH OUR MAYORS
00:39:31TODAY.
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM AND
00:39:33THANK THEM.
THEY'VE BEEN VERY AGGRESSIVE.
00:39:36I KNOW ONE MAYOR SENT OUT 250
LETTERS SEVERAL DAYS AGO
00:39:41TO COMPANIES THAT WERE IN
VIOLATION.
00:39:43SO THEY HAVE EVERY
ABILITY TO SHUT THEM DOWN.
00:39:46THIS WILL BE DONE CONJUNCTION
WITH
00:39:48WITH THE LOCAL HEALTH
DEPARTMENT.
00:39:50MANY OF THE CITIES HAVE HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS. SO,
00:39:54LOOK, THIS IS A
NATIONAL EMERGENCY.
00:39:58THIS IS A STATE EMERGENCY.
WHAT PEOPLE DO IN THEIR OWN LIFE
00:40:02USUALLY IS THEIR OWN BUSINESS.
BUT WHEN THAT
00:40:07WHAT THEY DO IN THEIR OWN LIFE
ENDANGERS OTHER PEOPLE.
00:40:12WE HAVE TO TAKE ACTION.
AND THAT'S KIND OF A BASIC A
00:40:14BASIC
PRINCIPLE OF GOVERNMENT
00:40:18IS THAT WE WANT
GOVERNMENT TO LEAVE US ALONE.
00:40:22BUT IF IT'S PROTECTING ALL OF
US,
00:40:24THEN GOVERNMENT HAS HAS TO TAKE
ACTION. IT'S WHY WE HAVE
00:40:26PLACES, WHY
WE HAVE FIRE.
00:40:28IT'S SO.
THESE LAWS NEED TO BE ENFORCED.
00:40:31THE ORDER IS, IS THERE.
WE WILL BE
00:40:36ISSUING ANOTHER ORDER TOMORROW
AND
00:40:38WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT THAT
TOMORROW.
00:40:40BUT THE ENFORCEMENT IS VERY,
VERY
00:40:42IMPORTANT.
THANK YOU, GOVERNOR. THANK YOU.
00:40:48JIM PROVINCE, WITH THE TOLEDO
BLADE,
00:40:49ANOTHER QUESTION FOR DR. ACTON.
YOU SAID YESTERDAY THAT
00:40:55THIS VIRUS RECOGNIZES NO
BORDERS.
00:40:58THESE PLANS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED
TO
00:40:59THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO BUILD
OUT CAPACITY.
00:41:02DO THEY ANTICIPATE USING
ANY HOSPITALS IN OTHER STATES?
00:41:06MAYBE MICHIGAN OR KENTUCKY?
OR DO THEY ANTICIPATE PATIENTS
00:41:09COMING IN FROM MICHIGAN OR
KENTUCKY
00:41:11OR OTHER STATES?
ABSOLUTELY.
00:41:14WE KNOW THAT THE VIRUS DOES
NOT KNOW BORDERS.
00:41:17AND FORTUNATELY, IN A LOT
OF OUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
00:41:21PLANNING, THOSE THOSE
NATURAL AFFINITIES ALREADY
00:41:25HAPPEN.
HOSPITALS HAVE CONTAINMENT
00:41:27ZONES THAT CROSS BORDERS WHERE
THEY WORK WITH SMALLER HOSPITALS
00:41:31LEADING INTO LARGER WHEN THERE
EVER IS A SURGE OR AN ACCIDENT
00:41:36OR A TRAUMA.
AND SO THAT IS MOST
00:41:40NOTABLE IN THE TOLEDO
AREA.
00:41:43ACROSS THE BORDER WITH MICHIGAN.
AND IT'S ALSO VERY COMMON IN THE
00:41:47CINCINNATI AREA
WITH KENTUCKY.
00:41:50THERE ARE COLLABORATIVES AND IN
CINCINNATI. THERE'S SOMETHING
00:41:53CALLED
THE HEALTH CARE COLLABORATIVE,
00:41:55WHICH
IS A REGIONAL PLANNING
00:41:57STRUCTURE.
AND THEY ALREADY KIND OF
00:41:59NATURALLY
DO SOME OF THAT.
00:42:02IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY,
ON ONE HAND, WE DO WANT TO ASK
00:42:06PEOPLE TRAVELING
TO QUARANTINE UP
00:42:10TO 14 DAYS TO SELF-QUARANTINE
AND MAKE THAT CHOICE.
00:42:13WE'RE REALLY ASKING ALL PEOPLE
RIGHT
00:42:15NOW TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE TO
SELF-QUARANTINE.
00:42:19BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT
PEOPLE
00:42:21LIVE IN WORK AND HOSPITALS
SYSTEMS WORK ACROSS
00:42:25BORDERS. THEY'RE NOT
WALLS IN THE SAND.
00:42:29SO THOSE THOSE
THINGS ARE ALL PART OF THE PLAN.
00:42:32THEY'RE ALL TALKING.
I SHOULD ALSO ADD THAT THE
00:42:35GOVERNOR
AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO OUR
00:42:37COUNTERPARTS QUITE FREQUENTLY
IN OTHER STATES TO MAKE SURE
00:42:41THAT WE'RE ALL COMMUNICATING
THAT AS
00:42:43WELL.
THANK YOU.
00:42:49GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M BEN SCHWARTZ FROM WCPN
00:42:52IN CINCINNATI.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR GOVERNOR
00:42:55DEWINE.
GOVERNOR, I WANT TO ASK YOU
00:42:58ABOUT
CHURCHES.
00:43:00WE'VE HAD SOME CONCERNS, CALLERS
ASKING ABOUT POTENTIAL CHURCH
00:43:04CLOSINGS, PARTICULARLY
THERE'S ONE IN BUTLER COUNTY,
00:43:08WHICH
IS APPARENTLY STILL
00:43:11HOLDING SERVICES WITHOUT
PRACTICING
00:43:12SOCIAL DISTANCING.
AND WE KNOW A FLORIDA PASTOR WAS
00:43:16ARRESTED FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
AS WELL.
00:43:19SO WE WANT TO KNOW IF
YOU ARE CONSIDERING ANY TYPE OF
00:43:23ORDER INVOLVING CHURCHES AND
WHY OR WHY NOT?
00:43:26WELL, WE'LL HAVE THE ORDER
TOMORROW.
00:43:29I'M NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT.
BUT LET ME JUST SAY.
00:43:34ANYBODY WHO GOES
INTO A BIG GROUP OF PEOPLE.
00:43:38IS MAKING A VERY, VERY SERIOUS
MISTAKE.
00:43:42THEY'RE ENDANGERING THEMSELVES.
THEY'RE ENDANGERING THEIR
00:43:45FAMILY.
THEY ARE ENDANGERING
00:43:48TOTAL STRANGERS.
ANY PASTOR WHO
00:43:51BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER
IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EACH
00:43:56OTHER, A
LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE,
00:43:59IS MAKING A HUGE MISTAKE.
IT IS NOT A CHRISTIAN THING TO
00:44:05DO.
IT IS NOT IN THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN
00:44:09TRADITION TO
HURT PEOPLE.
00:44:12AND I DON'T I'M SURE NO ONE
INTENDS
00:44:14TO DO THAT.
BUT BY BRINGING PEOPLE
00:44:18TOGETHER, YOU ARE RISKING THEIR
HEALTH.
00:44:21YOU ARE RISKING YOUR HEALTH.
YOU ARE RISKING TOTAL STRANGERS
00:44:25HEALTH.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST A HUGE,
00:44:30HUGE MISTAKE.
AND SO IF ANYONE IS DOING THAT,
00:44:33YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE DOING
THAT, I
00:44:35WOULD JUST ASK THEM TO TO TO
THINK
00:44:37ABOUT THAT.
ARE OUR CHURCHES, MOSQUES
00:44:41OR SYNAGOGUES?
HOWEVER, PEOPLE WORSHIP,
00:44:45THEY HAVE ALL UTILIZED
ACROSS OHIO.
00:44:49WE HAVE GREAT EXAMPLES
OF THEM BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER
00:44:53ON THEIR DAY OF WORSHIP.
THEY CAN THEY CAN DO IT
00:44:57REMOTELY.
THEY'RE DOING IT ONLINE.
00:45:00THERE THEY ARE DOING IT IN
MANY, MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
00:45:05AND SO THANK YOU FOR DOING
THAT. THANK YOU FOR RICKY
00:45:08REACHING
OUT TO YOUR CONGREGATION.
00:45:10I KNOW THAT THIS IS WORKING.
SO WE WOULD HOPE THAT EVERYONE
00:45:14WOULD WOULD USE THOSE TOOLS
TO DO THAT AS WELL.
00:45:19THANK YOU.
KEVIN LANDERS, W.B N S,10 TV
00:45:26MY QUESTION IS FOR DR. ACTON.
I THINK FOR A LITTLE WHILE
00:45:36MY QUESTIONS FOR YOU, DR.
ACTON, AND
00:45:38WHEN WE HIT THE SURGE, DO
WE HAVE AN EXIT STRATEGY?
00:45:42HOW LONG AFTER THAT
DO YOU THINK LIFE WILL COME
00:45:45BACK TO
NORMAL? THERE ARE PARENTS WHO
00:45:46ARE
NOW THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
00:45:48THEIR
SUMMER CAMPS FOR THEIR KIDS AND
00:45:50POOLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
CAN YOU GIVE PARENTS ANY IDEA
00:45:53HOW
LONG OF A TIME YOU THINK
00:45:55THAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER THE
SURGE?
00:45:57THANK YOU.
YEAH. THIS IS SOMETHING I LIVE
00:46:00WITH
THIS QUESTION.
00:46:01I RELATE TO PARENTS.
NOT THAT MY KIDS ARE SMALL
00:46:04ENOUGH TO
BE AT HOME, BUT MY HUSBAND
00:46:06IS A TEACHER AND
HIS PRINCIPAL IS DOING THESE
00:46:11VIDEOS FROM HOME NOW
AND THEY'RE ALL GETTING A LITTLE
00:46:14ANTSY AS WELL.
AND SO I I WISH I
00:46:18COULD GIVE YOU
HOPE ABOUT YOUR SUMMER.
00:46:22BUT THE TRUTH IS, IF WE'RE
REALLY
00:46:24LOOKING AT THIS PEAKING
IN THE MAY TIME AREA,
00:46:28IF IT'S BECAUSE WE ARE
FLATTENING THAT CURVE, WHICH IS
00:46:32EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE TO DO
TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY OF
00:46:35HOSPITAL
RESOURCES THAT WE NEED FOR ALL
00:46:37OF
US, IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE
00:46:40A SLOW.
FLAT TOP.
00:46:43AND THEN IT'S GOING TO SLOWLY GO
BACK DOWN AGAIN.
00:46:46AND WE HAVE WITH THE
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, I HAVE
00:46:50CREATED A TASK
FORCE, A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
00:46:53ONLY LOOKING REALLY
AT WHAT THAT RECOVERY WILL LOOK
00:46:58LIKE OR BRINGING TOGETHER SOME
OF THE BEST RESEARCHERS AND
00:47:02DATA SCIENTISTS.
SO BOTH THE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN
00:47:04WORKING ON THE MODELING THAT
WE'VE
00:47:06BEEN USING NOW, BUT ALSO
PEOPLE THAT ARE HEALTH
00:47:09ECONOMISTS
AND SOCIOLOGISTS
00:47:11AND ALL SORTS OF FOLKS WHO ARE
SAYING, WHAT WILL THAT LOOK
00:47:15LIKE? WE KNOW YOU HAVE TO HAVE
FIVE
00:47:16KEY COMPONENTS TO
BEGIN THE SLOW REMOVAL
00:47:21OF OF OF THE SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
00:47:24AND THOSE COMPONENTS INCLUDE
THINGS
00:47:26LIKE HAVING ADEQUATE TESTING
AND A REALLY GOOD SNAPSHOT OF
00:47:30THE
CASES YOU HAVE AND THEREFORE
00:47:32BEING ABLE TO SHOW THAT THE
CASES
00:47:34ARE NOW VERY LOW.
SO THE BOTTOM PART OF THE CURVE
00:47:37AND THEN ALSO STAYING STABLE.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE GEAR,
00:47:43THE PROTECTIVE GEAR THAT YOU
NEED
00:47:45SO THAT YOUR HEALTH CARE WORKERS
STAY SAFE AND THERE AREN'T
00:47:48RESURGENCE IS IN NURSING HOMES
AND HIGH RISK AREAS.
00:47:52YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT CAPACITY
OF
00:47:54YOUR HOSPITAL STABILIZED AND
BUILT
00:47:56OUT.
AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER
00:47:58FACTORS THAT GO INTO THAT.
AGAIN, BEAUTIFUL.
00:48:02I KNOW SCOTT GOTTLIEB HAD
DONE A REPORT THAT'S RECENTLY
00:48:06OUT. PEOPLE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT
THAT.
00:48:08THERE ARE NUMEROUS FOLKS
WEIGHING IN
00:48:10ON ON THAT EXIT STRATEGY
FOR RECOVERY.
00:48:14BUT I HAVE TO SAY,
TO BE VERY REALISTIC AND HONEST,
00:48:18THIS WILL NOT BE A SWITCH THAT
YOU FLIP AND LIFE GOES BACK TO
00:48:22NORMAL. IT REALLY WILL BE
A GRADUAL RETURNING.
00:48:26AND IN SOME WAYS, BECAUSE WE
STILL
00:48:28DON'T HAVE A VACCINE OR
TREATMENT.
00:48:32LIFE WILL BE DIFFERENT
FOR QUITE SOME TIME TO COME AND
00:48:36MAYBE IN SOME WAYS THAT ARE
PERMANENT, BUT ALSO WAYS
00:48:39THAT ARE GOOD.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE
00:48:42DOING, WE REALLY
NEEDED TO BE DOING WELL TO
00:48:46PREVENT
INFECTION ALL ALONG.
00:48:47SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE GRADUAL
AND
00:48:49GRADUAL OUT.
NOW, I COULD ADD TO THAT.
00:48:55DR. ACTON AND I, AND THE
GOVERNOR
00:48:56TALK ABOUT THIS STUFF ALL
THE TIME, ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING
00:49:00TO
SOLVE THE PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE
00:49:01NOW
AND THEN HOW WE LOOK OUT THE
00:49:03FUTURE
AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEAL
00:49:05WITH THE
THINGS.
00:49:05THAT'S WHY I CONTINUE TO SAY
THAT FOR BUSINESSES, UNDERSTAND,
00:49:10EVEN WHEN WE EASE OUR WAY OUT OF
THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
00:49:13CONTINUE TO BE PART OF THE
SOLUTION
00:49:15BY BY OFFERING SAFE
WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT TO
00:49:18TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE
CLEANLINESS
00:49:20AND THE HYGIENE AND THE SPACING
AND AND THE TESTING
00:49:25AND THE TRACKING OF THIS
INFORMATION.
00:49:27THIS WILL ALL BE PART OF AN EXIT
STRATEGY.
00:49:30IT'S NOT GOING TO BE LIKE
FLIPPING A
00:49:31SWITCH. IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO
HAPPEN OVERNIGHT OR THERE'S A
00:49:35DAY
THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO GO BACK
00:49:36TO
NORMAL.
00:49:37IT'S GOING TO BE AN EASY NOW.
PROBABLY A LOT A LOT SLOWER
00:49:41THAN WE
THAN WE EASE. WE DIDN'T REALLY
00:49:43EASE
IN. WE KIND OF FLIPPED THE
00:49:44SWITCH TO
GET THIS THING GOING TO SHUT
00:49:46DOWN
THE SPREAD.
00:49:47BUT IT WILL BE AN EASING BACK IN
OVER TIME.
00:49:52HI, LAURA BISCHOFF, DAY.
DAILY NEWS.
00:49:54I HAVE A QUESTION FOR, I GUESS,
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HUSTED, AND
00:49:58GOVERNOR DEWINE.
YOU GUYS HAVE PUT OUT THE WORD
00:50:01FOR
MORE HELP ON PPE.
00:50:04IN PREVIOUS PRESSORS.
AND NOW YOU'RE KIND OF RAMPING
00:50:07IT UP
WITH THIS REPURPOSING
00:50:09PROJECT.
DO YOU HAVE SOME SENSE OF LIKE
00:50:12WHICH MANUFACTURERS ARE ABLE TO
FLIP A SWITCH TO START MAKING
00:50:17MASKS AND GOWNS AND
VENTILATORS?
00:50:20AND HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO
RAMP
00:50:22UP THAT KIND OF PRODUCTION?
WELL, THAT'S ONE OF THINGS WE'RE
00:50:26TRYING TO FIND OUT.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WORKING ON THIS
00:50:29WHO
ARE TALKING TO DIFFERENT
00:50:30MANUFACTURERS.
AS YOU SAW, WE'VE GOT A WE'VE
00:50:33GOT A
GREAT BREAK IN REGARD
00:50:36TO BATTELLE.
IT WASN'T A BREAK.
00:50:38BATTELLE HAS BEEN WORKING ON
THIS
00:50:39TECHNOLOGY FOR A LONG TIME,
BUT THAT MEANS THAT WE CAN
00:50:44BASICALLY RECYCLE
THE MOST IMPORTANT MASS.
00:50:48ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND A
DAY.
00:50:50ONCE THEY GET TOTALLY RAMPED
UP. BUT THIS IS THIS IS A
00:50:54PROCESS.
WE BROUGHT PEOPLE IN FROM THE
00:50:55PRIVATE SECTOR.
WE BOUGHT BROUGHT SOME PEOPLE
00:50:58WHO
WERE IN HERE WHO RETIRED
00:51:00AND THEY'RE WORKING WITH
MANUFACTURERS.
00:51:02I HAD A CALL THIS MORNING.
GOVERNOR, I DID.
00:51:06WITH JOBS, OHIO JOBS.
OHIO PROBABLY
00:51:10KNOWS OHIO BUSINESS
ABOUT AS WELL AS ANYONE.
00:51:13THEY KNOW WHERE WHERE THE
RESOURCES ARE.
00:51:16THEY KNOW WHERE THEIR
CAPABILITIES
00:51:18ARE. AND SO WE HAVE TASKED THEM
TO
00:51:19BE VERY, VERY AGGRESSIVE AND TO
REACH OUT AND TO
00:51:24MAKE THIS A ABSOLUTELY
TOP PRIORITY.
00:51:27SO THAT'S THAT'S THE PROCESS,
JOHN.
00:51:29YEAH, I WOULD I WOULD JUST ADD
TO
00:51:30THAT AT THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS
CENTER.
00:51:33THEY ARE KEEPING TRACK OF WHAT
THE
00:51:34NEEDS ARE.
YOU KNOW, WHERE THE SUPPLIES
00:51:37ARE,
WHAT MIGHT BE IN THE SUPPLY
00:51:39CHAIN.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF YOU KNOW,
00:51:41I SAY THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN,
THE WHOLE WORLD NEEDS THESE
00:51:46THINGS.
AND EVERY STATE IN AMERICA
00:51:48NEEDS THESE THINGS.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO
00:51:53SOURCE THEM FOR WHOEVER WE CAN.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT GETTING
00:51:57OHIO'S MANUFACTURERS
IN THIS IS THAT WE GET TO BE THE
00:52:00PRIORITY THEN.
IF YOU'RE MAKING THESE THINGS IN
00:52:03ANOTHER STATE, THEY'RE JUST
GOING TO
00:52:05YOU KNOW, THAT STATE IS, AS
WE WOULD EXPECT, OHIO
00:52:09MANUFACTURERS
TO MAKE OHIO A PRIORITY.
00:52:10IF YOU'RE BEING MAKING IT SOME
OTHER
00:52:12COUNTRY, SOME OTHER STATE,
THAT'S
00:52:13WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE
PRIORITY.
00:52:14THAT'S WHY WHAT THE GOVERNOR
ANNOUNCED AND WHAT THE
00:52:17MANUFACTURERS
ARE DOING TO GET IN THIS FIGHT,
00:52:19WHAT
JOBS OHIO IS DOING, IS REALLY
00:52:21IMPORTANT TO SUSTAIN THIS,
BECAUSE
00:52:23IT'S AS I JUST MENTIONED IN THE
ANSWER TO THE PREVIOUS
00:52:26QUESTION, WE
NEED THIS STUFF NOW.
00:52:28THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.
IT IS. IT IS.
00:52:30WE ARE AT CRISIS NEED FOR
THESE THESE PRODUCTS.
00:52:34BUT A LOT OF THESE THINGS WE'RE
GOING TO CONTINUE TO NEED AS WE
00:52:37CYCLE OUT OF THIS.
AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO BUILD
00:52:40THE SUPPLY CHAIN IN OHIO.
DO YOU HAVE ANY DIRECT CONTACTS
00:52:44WITH
COMPANIES THAT CAN MANUFACTURE
00:52:46VENTILATORS ON
THE QUICK?
00:52:50WE HAVE CONTACTS WITH ALL OF
THEM.
00:52:52HOW SUCCESSFUL THOSE WILL
ULTIMATELY
00:52:54ULTIMATELY BE AND WHERE.
YOU KNOW, WHAT TIMEFRAME THEY'LL
00:52:57DELIVER THEM. I DON'T HAVE THAT
INFORMATION. YOU'RE RIGHT OFF
00:53:00THE
TOP OF MY HEAD BY I WE'RE
00:53:01TRACKING
THAT, THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL
00:53:03COMPANIES
AND THEY'RE IN DIFFERENT STAGES
00:53:05OF THAT.
THANK YOU.
00:53:11GOVERNOR BEN GARBAREK WITH ABC
6 AND
00:53:12FOX 28 IN COLUMBUS.
MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE
00:53:15TESTING.
YOU MENTIONED HAVING SEEN THESE
00:53:17RAPID TESTS COMING POSSIBLY
WITHIN
00:53:19THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.
CAN YOU GIVE US A SENSE FOR HOW
00:53:21MANY
TESTS OF THAT SORT MIGHT BE
00:53:23COMING,
AS WELL AS HOW SHORT IS OHIO ON
00:53:26THE NUMBER OF TESTS NEEDED SO
THAT
00:53:28MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND THE
SICKEST PATIENTS NO LONGER NEED
00:53:31TO
BE THE ONLY ONES BEING TESTED?
00:53:32BUT ANYONE WHO NEEDS BE TESTED
CAN
00:53:34GET ONE.
WELL, WE'LL LET DR. ACTON ANSWER
00:53:37THAT, BUT I'LL START.
WE CAN USE ALL THE TESTING WE
00:53:42CAN
GET. BASICALLY,
00:53:44WE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
THE MORE TESTS YOU HAVE, THE
00:53:47BETTER
INFORMATION YOU CAN GET, THE
00:53:49MORE
YOU CAN DO ISOLATION, MORE YOU
00:53:50CAN
MAKE BETTER DECISIONS.
00:53:52AND SO THAT ISN'T IMPORTANT.
WE WERE ON THE ON THE PHONE
00:53:56EARLY
THIS MORNING WITH
00:53:59THE FIRST PERSON FROM ABBOTT,
AND WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ABOUT
00:54:04THIS. AND THAT'S THE QUESTION
YOU
00:54:05ASK IS THE EXACT QUESTION WE
ASK.
00:54:07AND I THINK AFTER
A HALF AN HOUR OF CONVERSATION,
00:54:12I WOULD SAY WE JUST WE'RE GOING
TO
00:54:13WAIT AND SEE.
THEY TOLD HIM TO TELL US THEY
00:54:16WERE
STARTING TO COME.
00:54:17THEY LISTED FIVE OR SIX
HOSPITALS
00:54:19THAT THEY ALREADY WERE IN LINE
TO START SENDING TO.
00:54:23BUT UNTIL WE ACTUALLY SEE
IT.
00:54:26WELL, I'M NOT SAYING WE'LL
BELIEVE IT WHEN WE SEE IT.
00:54:29BECAUSE THEY TOLD US IT'S
COMING.
00:54:31BUT AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL
NUMBERS,
00:54:33WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT
UNTIL WE
00:54:34START SEEING THOSE AND FRANKLY
SEE
00:54:36HOW FAST IT COMES OUT, BECAUSE
OHIO'S OBVIOUSLY NOT THE ONLY
00:54:38STATE
THAT IS GETTING THESE.
00:54:40THEY'VE GOT COMMITMENTS ALL
OVER THE
00:54:42COUNTRY.
HI, CAN YOU. HEY, BEN, YOU
00:54:46DIDN'T
MOVE YET. THAT'S GOOD.
00:54:50SO WE STILL HAVE FRACTIONAL
TESTING.
00:54:53AND EVEN WHEN WE HAVE THE RAPID
TESTS, THEY ARE GOING
00:54:56TO BE THERE.
IT MAKES IT GO FASTER, BUT IT
00:55:00DOESN'T GIVE US A HUGE VOLUME
MORE. I WILL WORK VERY HARD
00:55:04TO GET YOU SOME NUMBERS
ON THAT BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN
00:55:07SOME I
DON'T HAVE THEM WITH ME.
00:55:09I'M VERY EXCITED.
WE DID TALK TO ABBOTT TODAY.
00:55:12THEY HAVE SOME TECHNOLOGY THAT
WE CAN USE HERE IN OHIO.
00:55:17THERE'S SOMETHING THAT
HOSPITALS CAN
00:55:18USE THAT'S I BELIEVE CALLED
THE F TWO THOUSAND.
00:55:22THERE IS SOME TESTING THEY'RE
DOING
00:55:24THAT CAN BE OUT IN THE FIELD.
THEY CALLED IT ALMOST LIKE A
00:55:27TOASTER
SIZED. IT'S A SMALL KIT
00:55:30CALLED THE I.D..
NOW, THOSE ARE ALL GREAT
00:55:33TECHNOLOGIES. THEY'RE WORKING ON
OTHER TECHNOLOGY.
00:55:35BUT THERE ARE COMPANIES LIKE
BODY SPHERE, THOUGH YOU
00:55:40PROBABLY HAVE HEARD ABOUT THE
EXPERIMENT IN TELLURIDE,
00:55:43THE UNITED BIOMEDICAL,
TRYING TO DO A TEST WHERE
00:55:47THEY'RE
DOING IT ON A WHOLE POPULATION.
00:55:49THAT IS MY DREAM.
THAT IS MY DREAM THAT WE WILL
00:55:51GET
THAT LEVEL OF TESTING.
00:55:53THE SECOND, IT'S
VERY HARD FOR THESE COMPANIES,
00:55:57EVEN
WHEN THEY MAKE THEM TO SCALE IT
00:55:59FAST ENOUGH.
AND AS THE GOVERNOR SAID, IT'S
00:56:01NEEDED ACROSS ALL OF THESE
STATES.
00:56:04SO WE WE WE ARE MAKING
A PLAN NOW FOR THE SECOND
00:56:08SEROLOGIC TESTING, WHICH IS
BLOOD.
00:56:11ANY OF THE CURRENT TYPES OF
TESTING
00:56:13ARE AVAILABLE ON A MASS SCALE.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE SYSTEM
00:56:17BEING BUILT TO DO THAT RAPIDLY.
SO IT REACHES ALL OHIO.
00:56:21SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT SO
THAT THE
00:56:22SECOND WE HAVE
THE THE ABILITY TO TEST
00:56:26WIDESPREAD,
WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
00:56:28I HAVE TO SAY AND THIS IS ME
SPEAKING.
00:56:31YOU KNOW, WE
SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE GOING
00:56:34TO
HAVE TO WE'RE GOING TO NEED HELP
00:56:36BECAUSE WE CAN'T HAVE STATES
BEING PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER.
00:56:40YOU KNOW, THIS REALLY IS
SOMETHING
00:56:42THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE A STRONG
LOOK
00:56:43AT.
ON THE THE THE DEFENSE
00:56:46PRODUCTION
ACT, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT USING
00:56:49THE DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING
00:56:53A
LOT ABOUT IS THE NATIONAL
00:56:55STOCKPILE.
AND THIS IS A NIGHTMARE
00:56:57FOR ALL CONCERNED.
THIS ISN'T A BLAME THING, BUT WE
00:56:59HAVE TO LEAN INTO SOME SOLUTIONS
THAT ARE MORE WIDE AND SCALE
00:57:03IF WE HAVE THE PEOPLE WHO CAN
PRODUCE.
00:57:05WE JUST NEED THE HOW
TO OF WHAT TO PRODUCE.
00:57:09AND WE COULD BE DOING IT AND
ALL OF
00:57:10OUR STATES.
AND I KNOW THESE MANUFACTURERS
00:57:14THAT
DON'T MAKE THESE AMAZING
00:57:16LIFESAVING TESTS ARE HAVING THE
SAME
00:57:18WISH TO BE ABLE TO SCALE
QUICKLY.
00:57:20SO I DO THINK THIS IS A NATIONAL
CONVERSATION WE NEED TO HAVE
00:57:23ABOUT HOW TO SCALE AND
SCALE RAPIDLY.
00:57:28AND IT'S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.
BUT I THINK A LOT OF FOLKS ARE
00:57:31WILLING TO HAVE THAT.
AND WE HAVE TO DO ALL ON OUR
00:57:34SIDE TO
BE READY ONCE WE HAVE THAT.
00:57:36I WANT TO SAY ONE MORE THING
WITH
00:57:37THE NATIONAL STOCKPILE
WE HAVE, BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE
00:57:42HOT SPOTS IN OUR COUNTRY.
THEY'RE CLEARLY HOTSPOTS.
00:57:45NEW YORK IS IN A TERRIBLE
SITUATION.
00:57:47AND SO YOU'RE TRYING TO GET ALL
THE
00:57:49SUPPLIES TO THEM.
THE PROBLEM WE'RE GOING TO FACE
00:57:51WITH
THIS UNIQUE PANDEMIC IS THAT
00:57:53WITHIN TWO WEEKS, A LOT OF US
ARE
00:57:55GONNA GO OFF AT THE SAME TIME.
AND AND THERE NEEDS TO BE
00:58:00A COMBINATION STRATEGY
OF PRIORITIZING HOTSPOTS
00:58:03AS THEY EXIST.
BUT AS WE KNOW, WITH A DELAY AND
00:58:06TESTING, WE CAN'T ALL PROVE
ARE ABOUT TO BE HOTSPOTS.
00:58:10AND WE KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO
HAPPEN
00:58:12IN SIMULTANEOUSLY ACROSS 50
STATES AND TERRITORIES AS WELL.
00:58:16SO HOW DO WE DO SOME SORT OF PER
CAPITA ALLOCATION OF SCARCE
00:58:19RESOURCES IN ADDITION
TO FUNNELING?
00:58:22NOBODY WANTS TO BE SITTING THERE
WITH A IDLE VENTILATOR WHILE
00:58:25IN ANOTHER NEIGHBORING STATE.
THEY NEED IT THAT DAY.
00:58:28BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE WAY THIS
PANDEMIC IS HAPPENING ACROSS
00:58:32OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY, WE NEED
TO THINK ABOUT THE DISTRIBUTION
00:58:35OF
THESE RESOURCES IN A VERY
00:58:37THOUGHTFUL WAY.
THANK YOU.
00:58:44ERIC ALPERIN WITH NBC 4
QUESTION FOR
00:58:46THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
SO EARLIER YOU MENTIONED HOW
00:58:50A LOT OF RETAILERS ARE ESSENTIAL
STORES HAVE BEEN ASKING CERTAIN
00:58:53THINGS THEY WANT YOU TO ASK TO
GET
00:58:55THAT MESSAGE OUT TO THE PEOPLE.
SOME OTHER STATES HAVE ISSUED
00:58:58ORDERS
LIMITING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
00:58:59THAT
CAN BE INSIDE THOSE ESSENTIAL
00:59:01STORES
AT A TIME. IS THAT SOMETHING
00:59:03THAT
OHIO IS LOOKING AT?
00:59:06WE'LL HAVE THAT
MORE FOR YOU TOMORROW, JOHN.
00:59:10DON'T ANSWER IT. BUT THAT'S IT'S
A WORK IN PROGRESS AND WE'LL
00:59:14ANNOUNCE IT TOMORROW.
WHAT HE SAID.
00:59:23HI, THIS DANNY ALDRIDGE WITH
HANNAH
00:59:24NEWS SERVICE, I'M A QUESTION FOR
GOVERNOR DEWINE
00:59:27CAN YOU CLARIFY THE SMALL
BUSINESS
00:59:30ORDER THAT YOU MENTIONED?
IS IT DIRECTING LENDERS TO
00:59:33TO TAKE 90 DAYS OR IS IT JUST
ASKING THEM?
00:59:36THAT'S KIND OF BOTH, ACTUALLY.
WE'LL LET LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
00:59:39WHO'S
BEEN WORKING ON THIS, TAKE
00:59:41A STAB AT THAT.
YEAH. THERE THERE IS.
00:59:45YOU KNOW, WERE WERE
IN A SENSE, THERE'S TWO PARTS
00:59:49TO THIS IS THAT,
YOU KNOW, WE ARE I USED
00:59:53TO USE THE TERM
ESSENTIALLY IN THE ORDER.
00:59:57WE WE WANT TO AVOID
FORECLOSURES FOR THE NEXT 90
01:00:02DAYS.
AND WE CITE IN THERE THE
01:00:05AUTHORITY
IN WHICH WE BELIEVE THE
01:00:06GOVERNOR HAS
THE ABILITY TO ORDER THAT.
01:00:09BUT WE ARE REQUESTING THE
REMEDIES
01:00:12THAT ARE IN THERE UNDER
THE ORDER. SO THE REQUESTING
01:00:15PART.
THIS IS VERY CONSISTENT WITH
01:00:17WHAT
NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA DID
01:00:20THAT IN BY THE WAY, NOBODY
IS GOING TO MEAN EVERYONE WOULD
01:00:23HAVE
TO PAY. YOU HAVE TO PAY
01:00:25EVENTUALLY.
BUT WE'RE REQUESTING SOME
01:00:27REMEDIES THAT WE BELIEVE
ARE THOUGHTFUL WAYS TO GO ABOUT
01:00:31IT. BYE BYE.
DEFERRING THE 90 DAYS,
01:00:35ADDING THAT ONTO THE END OF THE
LOAN
01:00:38ALONG WITH THE INTEREST
AND THE PRINCIPAL AT THE
01:00:42END OF THE LOAN, BECAUSE THAT
WAY IT
01:00:44ALLOWS BUSINESSES TO HAVE
THE CASH FLOW THAT THEY NEED TO
01:00:48KEEP
PEOPLE EMPLOYED TO RESTART
01:00:50WHEN THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
AND IT DOESN'T CREATE THAT DAISY
01:00:53CHAIN EFFECT WHERE WE DON'T WANT
PEOPLE TO GET EVICTED.
01:00:57BUT THE APARTMENT OWNER HAS TO
PAY
01:00:58HIS MORTGAGE.
AND IF WE DON'T GIVE THEM THAT,
01:01:01THAT
ABILITY TO DEFER THAT PAYMENT
01:01:03FOR 90
DAYS, THEN THEY GET FORECLOSED
01:01:05UPON.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PEOPLE IN
01:01:07THE
APARTMENT WHO ARE THERE?
01:01:09IT'S HOW IT'S ALL
INTERCONNECTED.
01:01:11SO DON'T WANT
DON'T WANT FORECLOSURES FOR 90
01:01:15DAYS
REQUESTING AS WE HAVE IN THE
01:01:17ORDER, THE MANNER IN WHICH WE
WANT THEM TO GO ABOUT DOING
01:01:20THAT,
ALTHOUGH OBVIOUSLY
01:01:23THAT WILL ULTIMATELY BE UP TO
THE
01:01:25LENDER AND THE PERSON
WHO HAS THE MORTGAGE
01:01:29TO WORK THAT OUT.
I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION FOR
01:01:34DEWINE
ABOUT HOSPITALS.
01:01:36I THINK THE GOVERNOR HAS SAID
THAT
01:01:39SOME HOSPITALS HAVE HAD ISSUES
WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS AND
01:01:42COOPERATING. I JUST WANT TO
KNOW HOW THEY'RE WORKING
01:01:45TOGETHER ON
THIS. AND THEN ALSO,
01:01:47YOU KNOW, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO
AVOID, YOU KNOW, LOSING
01:01:50SO MUCH MONEY.
I MEAN, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, YOUR
01:01:56HOSPITALS ARE, YOU
KNOW, EVERYBODY'S WORKING
01:01:59TOGETHER,
HOSPITALS.
01:02:01WE HAVE SMALL HOSPITALS.
WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE HOSPITALS
01:02:04THAT ARE
PART OF A LARGER, LARGER
01:02:07GROUP OF HOSPITALS.
HISTORICALLY, HOSPITALS DON'T
01:02:12NECESSARILY WORK TOGETHER
UNLESS THEY'RE IN THE SAME
01:02:17GROUP,
BUT THEY'RE STEPPING UP.
01:02:19THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO
DO.
01:02:21WE BROKE THE STATE UP INTO
REGIONS.
01:02:23THEY'RE WORKING REGIONALLY,
BUT THEY'RE ALSO NOW HAVING TO
01:02:26COLLABORATE IN REGARD TO
WHAT'S THE FLOW OF A PATIENT
01:02:29WHEN A
PATIENT COMES IN.
01:02:31IF THE PATIENT
IS GOT CROWN OF VIRUS
01:02:36AND THEY'RE AT THIS STAGE, THEN
THIS
01:02:37THIS IS WHERE THEY GO.
IF THEY'RE AT THIS STAGE, THIS
01:02:39IS
WHERE THEY GO. THEY'RE WORST.
01:02:41YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM MAY END
UP,
01:02:42FOR EXAMPLE, IN ONE OF THE BIG,
BIG CITY HOSPITALS OR, YOU
01:02:46KNOW, COLUMBUS, CLEVELAND,
CINCINNATI.
01:02:49SO IT'S THAT KIND OF WORKING
TOGETHER.
01:02:51AND THE HOSPITALS, LOOK,
I THINK THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB
01:02:54THERE, WORKING WITH OUR HEALTH
DEPARTMENT.
01:02:57AND THEY'RE ALSO NOW WORKING
WITH THE NATIONAL GUARD.
01:03:01SO A LOT OF MOVING PARTS AND
PEOPLE ARE STEPPING UP AND
01:03:04THEY'RE
DOING DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO
01:03:06DO.
AND YOU HAVE A SECOND PART OF
01:03:07THE
QUESTION.
01:03:09IS THERE A PLAN TO HELP MAKE
SURE
01:03:10THAT, YOU KNOW, HOSPITALS AREN'T
HAVING TO LAY OFF WORKERS OR
01:03:14ARE LOSING SO MUCH MONEY THEY
HAVE
01:03:15TO CLOSE?
LIKE, WHAT DOES OHIO
01:03:18PLAN TO DO ABOUT THAT?
WELL, WE ARE WE CERTAINLY ARE
01:03:21SEEING
THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN BEFORE
01:03:24THE CORONAVIRUS, WE WERE SEEING
SOME SMALLER HOSPITALS,
01:03:29MID-SIZE HOSPITALS THAT WERE
CLEARLY
01:03:32STRUGGLING.
THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT
01:03:36ABOUT THAT. AND SO ONCE YOU
ONCE WE STOP THE ELECTIVE
01:03:41SURGERIES
THAT FOR MANY YEARS HOSPITALS
01:03:43HAD A
DIRECT IMPACT.
01:03:44IT IMPACTS THERE THE NUMBER OF
PATIENTS THERE.
01:03:47SO, YES, THEY'VE BEEN HIT.
ALL THE HOSPITALS HAVE REALLY
01:03:50BEEN
HIT BY THAT.
01:03:52NOW, THE BAD NEWS
IS THAT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
01:03:56IS
THERE WILL BE A SURGE.
01:03:57AND CERTAINLY THOSE HOSPITALS
ARE
01:03:59GOING TO ARE GOING TO FILL UP IF
WHAT WE THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN
01:04:03DOES DOES HAPPEN.
NOT ONLY ARE THEY GOING TO BE AT
01:04:06FULL CAPACITY FOR A WHILE,
BUT THEY'RE ALSO
01:04:10GROWING NEED MORE CAPACITY.
AND WHAT DR. ACTON, HIS POINT
01:04:14OUT,
WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS IS
01:04:15THE
AVERAGE HOSPITAL STAY TODAY IS,
01:04:17WHAT, TWO DAYS? THREE DAYS?
YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY QUICK.
01:04:21BUT THE CORONAVIRUS, IT MAY BE A
LOT, LOT, LOT LONGER THAN THAT.
01:04:25AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE GOING
TO
01:04:26FILL UP AND HIT
THAT HIT THAT CAPACITY.
01:04:30SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL
SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS.
01:04:35WE'RE NOT TOO FAR AWAY FROM.
MAYBE AS EARLY AS TWO WEEKS,
01:04:39THREE
WEEKS, WE DON'T KNOW AS FAR AS
01:04:41THIS
SURGE REALLY HITTING, BUT
01:04:43CLEARLY
THE NUMBER OF MISSIONS IS GOING
01:04:44TO
IS GOING TO BE GOING UP.
01:04:51HI, EVERYONE. ANDY CHOW, WITH
OHIO
01:04:52PUBLIC RADIO AND TELEVISION
STATEHOUSE NEWS BUREAU GETTING
01:04:55BACK TO THE LENDING ORDER.
WHAT SORT OF CONSEQUENCES
01:05:00DO LENDERS FACE IF THEY DON'T
FOLLOW THE ORDER?
01:05:03AND HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT
EXTENDING
01:05:04THIS TO RESIDENTIAL RENTERS?
JOHN.
01:05:09WELL, FIRST OF ALL, TAKE THIS.
THE SECOND PART FIRST,
01:05:13RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGES LARGELY
ARE COVERED UNDER
01:05:17THE FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE
AUTHORITY UNDER FANNIE AND
01:05:20FREDDIE.
AND THAT WAS DONE SEVERAL WEEKS
01:05:23AGO.
WE DO HAVE A PROVISION IN THERE
01:05:25THAT
DOES DEAL WITH A SMALL NUMBER OF
01:05:27RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGES THAT MIGHT
NOT BE COVERED BY THAT.
01:05:30SO THAT IS ALSO IN
IN THIS PROCESS.
01:05:33ANY FORECLOSURE PROCESS WOULD GO
THROUGH THE COURTS.
01:05:35WE HOPE THE COURTS WOULD
ENFORCE OUR
01:05:37ORDER.
SO JUST SOMEBODY WHO RENTS AN
01:05:41APARTMENT WITH A LANDLORD WITH
ANY SORT OF THOUGHT OF GIVING A
01:05:46SIMILAR ORDER, FELLOWS.
WE'VE DONE THAT.
01:05:48YEAH, WE'VE DONE THAT ALREADY
THROUGH THE LAW CHANGE THAT
01:05:51GIVES
THE COURTS UP UNTIL JULY TO
01:05:53AVOID THOSE EVICTIONS.
BUT WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T PUT A
01:05:58PUT A FULL ORDER ON IT BECAUSE
YOU
01:06:00COULD HAVE A SITUATION WHERE
SOMEBODY WAS INVOLVED IN
01:06:02DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
01:06:04WHERE YOU WANTED TO DO THE
EVICTION,
01:06:05GOVERNOR.
AND JUST LAYERED OVER THAT,
01:06:08OF COURSE, IS
OR PUT OUT INSTRUCTIONS
01:06:12PUT OUT BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE IN
REGARD TO THAT. SO A
01:06:15JUDGE CERTAINLY HAS THE ABILITY
TO TO
01:06:20KNOW IS THE TIME LIMIT THAT
JUDGES
01:06:22NORMALLY HAVE TO
HEAR. AN EVICTION IS WAIVED.
01:06:27SO THAT JUDGE DOES NOT HAVE TO
HEAR
01:06:28THAT CASE AND THAT TIME
IS REALLY SUSPENDED.
01:06:31AND THAT'S WHAT WE EXPECT THE
JUDGES TO DO UNLESS WE'RE IN
01:06:35THERE IN A SITUATION WHERE
SOMEONE
01:06:37IS COMMITTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
OR SOMETHING ELSE.
01:06:40BUT I WOULD EXPECT THROUGHOUT
THE
01:06:42STATE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE
EVEN WHEN THOSE EVICTIONS ARE
01:06:45ACTUALLY BROUGHT.
I THINK IN MOST CASES THEY'RE
01:06:48NOT
AND WILL BE BROUGHT ABOUT WHEN
01:06:50THEY ARE BROUGHT.
JUDGE, AS WELL AS THE ABILITY
01:06:52NOW
TO TO HOLD ON TO THAT.
01:06:54SO WE ALL FRANKLY, WE FELT
THAT THE RELIEF WAS IN PLACE
01:06:58FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL
TENANT.
01:07:02AND WHEN WE LOOKED
AT THE CASCADING
01:07:06EFFECT THAT COULD HAPPEN,
AS JOHN TALKED ABOUT, WE FELT
01:07:10THAT
THIS ORDER, WHICH WAS
01:07:12VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO REALLY
01:07:15UNDERSTAND THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY LOOKED AT THAT AND
01:07:18SAID,
IF WE CAN WE JUST HOLD UP ON
01:07:20THAT.
HOLD THAT FOR A WHILE.
01:07:23YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A BY OURSELF
BY A
01:07:24PROBATION TIME.
AND YOU ALL HAVE THIS DOMINO
01:07:26EFFECT
TO EVERYTHING.
01:07:28EVERYTHING FALLEN DOWN.
YEAH.
01:07:30AND IF I COULD JUST
REITERATE, A COUPLE OF POINTS
01:07:33HAD
BEEN MADE ON THIS, BECAUSE I
01:07:34THINK
IT'S IT'S REALLY
01:07:36IMPORTANT.
IT'S A PAUSE FOR 90
01:07:39DAYS. WE'D LIKE TO WE WANT TO
SEE
01:07:41THAT ACROSS ALL, ALL PLACES.
WE WANT TO SEE IT IN THE
01:07:44RESIDENTIAL
MARKET. WE WANT TO SEE IT ON
01:07:45EVICTIONS.
AND WE WANT TO SEE IT WITH
01:07:47COMMERCIAL MORTGAGES.
BUT UNLESS YOU DO THAT FOR ALL
01:07:50OF
THEM, THEN YOU'RE DISRUPTING
01:07:53THE THE CHAIN, THE
FINANCIAL CHAIN BETWEEN
01:07:57BETWEEN SOMEBODY WHO'S PAYING
THE
01:07:58RENT, THE PERSON WHO
OWNS THAT FACILITY AND HAS A
01:08:02MORTGAGE ON IT AND THEIR
ABILITY TO
01:08:04PAY THE LENDER.
SO IF YOU DON'T TAKE CARE OF ALL
01:08:06THREE OF THOSE PHASES OF
OF THE LINK LINKAGE IN THE
01:08:10FINANCIAL
CHAIN, THEN IT COLLAPSES,
01:08:13COLLAPSES DOWN.
AND USUALLY THE PEOPLE AT THE
01:08:15BOTTOM
ARE THE ONES WHO ARE HURT THE
01:08:16MOST.
AND THEN THE FIRST QUESTION,
01:08:18WHAT
WHAT KIND OF CONSEQUENCES DO
01:08:20LENDERS
FACE IF THEY DON'T FOLLOW THE
01:08:23ORDER?
WELL, THE THE YOU WOULD HAVE
01:08:25TO GO THROUGH THE COURTS, THE
COURTS
01:08:27WHERE MOST OF THESE
FORECLOSURES,
01:08:29THESE FORECLOSURE CONSEQUENCES
OCCUR. COURT WOULD UPHOLD OUR
01:08:33ORDER
AS WE SEE IT.
01:08:38THIS IS JACKIE BORCHARDT, FROM
THE
01:08:40CINCINNATI ENQUIRER.
THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME.
01:08:43I'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE
WHO
01:08:44HAVE BEEN DENIED UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS BECAUSE THEY DON'T
01:08:47MEET THE
MINIMUM QUALIFICATION
01:08:50AMOUNT.
SOME OF THESE ARE COLLEGE
01:08:52STUDENTS
WHO, YOU KNOW, RELIED ON THESE
01:08:54JOBS
TO GET WHATEVER INCOME THEY
01:08:57HAVE.
HAS THERE BEEN?
01:08:59IS THERE ANY SUPPORT FOR THE
IDEA OF LOWERING THAT MINIMUM
01:09:03BENEFIT AT THIS TIME AND OR.
AND ALSO, DO YOU SUPPORT
01:09:07MANDATING
EITHER AT THE STATE OR FEDERAL
01:09:09LEVEL
OVER TIME OR HAZARD PAY FOR
01:09:11HEALTH
CARE WORKERS, GROCERY EMPLOYEES
01:09:12AND
OTHERS WHO ARE PUTTING
01:09:13THEMSELVES AT
RISK DOING THESE ESSENTIAL JOBS?
01:09:17WELL, I CAN SAY THAT THAT
HAZARD PAY IS SOMETHING THAT
01:09:21MANY
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN A POSITION TO
01:09:23PAY
IT ARE DOING
01:09:25THERE.
THERE'S ALSO THE CHALLENGE
01:09:27THAT OUR HEALTH CARE
INSTITUTIONS
01:09:29HAVE FINANCIALLY RIGHT NOW THAT
WE HOPE WHEN WE GET THE
01:09:33RULES FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
01:09:35AND WHAT WAS IN THE CARE ACT
THAT WE
01:09:36WILL BE ABLE TO HELP
NURSING HOME OPERATORS,
01:09:40HOSPITALS
TO BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE UNDER
01:09:42DEEP FINANCIAL STRESS RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT. RIGHT NOW, WHICH WE
01:09:46REALIZE
IS IMPORTANT.
01:09:48THE CARE ACT
DID COVER TEN NINETY
01:09:53NINE OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
TYPE
01:09:55OF EMPLOYEES.
UNDERSTAND THERE'S NO MECHANISM
01:09:57OR
RULES THAT HAVE YET BEEN WRITTEN
01:10:00FOR DELIVERING THAT MONEY BACK
OUT THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
01:10:03APPROPRIATED.
SO WE ARE WAITING FOR THOSE
01:10:06RULES
AND TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHAT
01:10:08SYSTEMS
THEY WOULD LIKE US TO USE IF IN
01:10:10PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM TO GET
THAT
01:10:12MONEY BACK OUT THE DOOR.
THIS GROUP THAT YOU TALKED
01:10:15ABOUT,
I THINK THE NUMBERS THAT YOU
01:10:17HAVE TO
BE EMPLOYED FOR 20 WEEKS AND
01:10:18MAKE AT
LEAST SIX HUNDRED OR TWO HUNDRED
01:10:20SIXTY FIVE DOLLARS A WEEK
TRYING TO
01:10:22REMEMBER THIS OFF THE TOP OF MY
HEAD, THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED
01:10:25IN THE FEDERAL
PACKAGE, AS I
01:10:29UNDERSTAND IT.
AND ADDITIONALLY,
01:10:33OUR UNEMPLOYMENT SYSTEM IN OHIO
DOES NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY
01:10:37AS IT'S CURRENTLY FINANCED, TO
STRUCTURE A
01:10:42AND UNEMPLOYMENT SYSTEM FOR
THOSE
01:10:44EMPLOYEES THAT WERE NOT
ACCOUNTED
01:10:45FOR IN THE EXISTING SYSTEM.
SO IF IN THE COMING
01:10:50ACTIONS FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT,
01:10:52THE RESOURCES ARE MADE TO BE
AVAILABLE TO COVER THAT
01:10:55COMMUNITY
OF OF OF PART-TIME
01:10:58WORKERS THAN WE WOULD WE WOULD
CERTAINLY WILLINGLY APPLY THAT
01:11:01IF
THE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE.
01:11:05SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT'S HER MY
FIRST CALL. THE FIRST THING YOU
01:11:08ASKED ABOUT, YOU DO NOT SUPPORT
A
01:11:09STATE OR FEDERAL MANDATE FOR
HAZARD
01:11:11PAY AT THIS TIME.
WELL, THE CHALLENGE
01:11:16WE HAVE IS THAT SOME PEOPLE JUST
DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO PROVIDE
01:11:19IT.
AND I WOULDN'T KNOW WHERE THAT
01:11:21MONEY
WOULD COME FROM.
01:11:22WE ARE CERTAINLY ALWAYS OPEN TO
SUGGESTIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE WAYS
01:11:25THAT
WE CAN FUND THINGS THAT ARE
01:11:26IMPORTANT TO HELP OUR ESSENTIAL
WORKERS AND AND PEOPLE
01:11:30WHO ARE IN NEED.
BUT BUT WE ARE LIMITED
01:11:34BY THE RESOURCES WE HAVE,
NO MATTER.
01:11:37BUT AS WE ALWAYS SAY,
IF YOU HAVE IDEAS ABOUT HOW WE
01:11:41CAN
FUND THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW,
01:11:43WE'RE ALWAYS WILLING TO LISTEN.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
01:11:51THIS IS LOUISE GILL FROM
OHIO. LET'S, YOU KNOW, TV AND
01:11:54THESE
QUESTIONS FOR YOU, LIEUTENANT
01:11:56GOVERNOR, IN TERMS
OF TODAY'S THE FIRST OF THE
01:12:00MONTH,
MAJORITY OF TENANTS HAD TO PAY
01:12:02THE
RENT TODAY.
01:12:03AND YOU SUGGEST.
DAD, DID YOU HAVE CONVERSATIONS,
01:12:07FOLLOW PAYMENT OR DO THEY HAVE A
RESOLUTION BETWEEN TENANT,AND
01:12:11LANDLORD?
IS THERE NO OFFICIAL SITE OR A
01:12:14LETTER THAT THE TENANT CAN
SHOW THE LANDLORD?
01:12:18THIS IS THINKS THAT THAT WAS
BEING
01:12:19SUGGESTED BY THE GOVERNOR.
HOW CAN WE FIND A RESOLUTION
01:12:23THOSE
THREE MONTHS, 90 DAYS?
01:12:24ARE YOU ASKING?
ARE THEY GOING TO PUT BACK INTO
01:12:27THE
CONTRACT? THE END OF THE
01:12:29CONTRACT?
HOW ARE THINGS THEY LET
01:12:31THE TENANT SHOULD APPROACH
THE LANDLORD AND THE SITUATIONS?
01:12:35OK.
I'LL START ON THIS.
01:12:37IF GOVERNOR WANTS TO ADD ADD TO
THIS.
01:12:40I'LL TRY TO DO MY BEST TO ANSWER
THAT QUESTION AS BEST AS I CAN.
01:12:45WE WANT EVERYBODY IN THIS CHAIN,
WHETHER YOU'RE A TENANT OR
01:12:49SOMEBODY WHO PAYS A MORTGAGE OR
RENT, TO CONTACT
01:12:54EITHER YOUR LANDLORD
OR THE MORTGAGE HOLDER, THE
01:12:58BANK AND WORK
WITH THEM ON THE TERMS.
01:13:01BECAUSE WHAT THIS IS FOCUSED ON,
WHAT ALL OF THIS COVERAGE IS
01:13:04FOCUSED
ON IS PEOPLE WHO CAN'T PAY
01:13:06DUE TO THE EFFECTS OF OF
OF CORONAVIRUS COVID 19.
01:13:11IT DOESN'T COVER OTHER
CIRCUMSTANCES.
01:13:14IT'S IT'S FOCUSED ON THIS.
AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IF YOU
01:13:18AREN'T COVERED BY THAT, YOU
SHOULDN'T PAY YOUR RENT.
01:13:20BECAUSE UNDERSTAND, WE CAN'T
HAVE
01:13:22PEOPLE JUST NOT PAYING THEIR
RENT.
01:13:23WE CAN HAVE PEOPLE NOT PAYING
THEIR
01:13:24MORTGAGES IF THEY'RE CAPABLE OF
DOING IT. AND IN THEIR
01:13:28AND THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES ARE NOT
COVERED BY THE COVERED 19
01:13:33PANDEMIC.
AND SO CONTACT YOUR
01:13:36LANDLORD.
UNDERSTAND THAT
01:13:39THAT THERE IS AN EXECUTIVE
ORDER OUT
01:13:41THERE.
THERE'S ALSO A LAW THAT'S BEEN
01:13:43PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE AND
SIGNED
01:13:45BY THE GOVERNOR
ALLOWING FOR THE COURTS,
01:13:49AS CHIEF JUSTICE O'CONNOR HAS
SAID, TO TO LIMIT
01:13:53COURT ACTION ON EVICTIONS
OR FORECLOSURES AS IT RELATES TO
01:13:58CORONAVIRUS.
SO I HOPE THAT IS
01:14:01THE THAT'S THE BEST I COULD
PROVIDE
01:14:03YOU HERE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN
DO TO GIVE PEOPLE
01:14:07GUIDANCE.
TALK TO YOUR LANDLORD, TALK TO
01:14:10THE
TO THE BANK, THE MORTGAGE HOLDER
01:14:12THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO WORK WITH
YOU ON
01:14:13UNDER THESE ORDERS.
AND WANTS TO ADD SOMETHING TO
01:14:17THAT,
DOCTOR?
01:14:18OH, I'M GOING TO ADD ON A
DIFFERENT
01:14:21TOPIC.
I WANTED TO CLARIFY AN
01:14:24EARLIER ANSWER I GAVE.
APPARENTLY, I DIDN'T HEAR
01:14:28THE WORD ABOUT HOSPITAL WORKERS
BEING FURLOUGHED.
01:14:32SO I MISSED THAT AND THAT AND
THE
01:14:34QUESTIONS. I JUST WANTED TO
CLARIFY
01:14:36THAT STATEMENT BECAUSE THE
PHONES
01:14:37ARE LIGHTING UP HERE.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE
01:14:41HAVING TIME OFF LIKE
MY DAUGHTER TO REST UP.
01:14:45AND ALSO, THAT'S
NOT A FURLOUGH.
01:14:48AND SOME HOSPITALS,
SOME SMALLER HOSPITALS THAT I'VE
01:14:52SPOKEN WITH HAVE ACTUALLY,
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT DOING
01:14:55ELECTIVE
SURGERIES, HAVE STAFF
01:14:57THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR OTHER
HOSPITALS. SO THEY'VE BEEN
01:15:00GIVING
THEM OTHER ASSIGNMENTS TO DO
01:15:02SO SOMEHOW.
I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT
01:15:05FURLOUGH
IS NOT WHAT IS HAPPENING.
01:15:08THANK YOU.
IF I MAY.
01:15:10ON THAT NOTE
THAT I WAS TALKING TO WITHIN AN
01:15:13HOUR.
IF THE ORDER IS TO STAY
01:15:16HOME AND PEOPLE ARE STAYING
HOME,
01:15:19WOULD THAT BE QUALIFY FOR THE
CORONAVIRUS SITUATION?
01:15:28IN TERMS OF PAYING THE RENT AND
THE CONVERSATION I WAS HAVING
01:15:32EARLIER OF PEOPLES
HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEIR
01:15:35LANDLORDS VERSUS THE TENANT.
LOOK, WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT THAT
01:15:39CONVERSATION, BUT, YOU KNOW,
THIS
01:15:41WHOLE THING COMES ABOUT BY THE
FACT
01:15:43THAT WE HAVE THIS
DIP IN THE ECONOMY, WE HAVE
01:15:47PEOPLE
STAYING HOME, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO
01:15:49WHO ARE OUT OF WORK, ALL THE
SMALL BUSINESSES THAT, YOU KNOW,
01:15:53AREN'T ABLE TO FUNCTION.
SO ALL OF THAT BRINGS ABOUT
01:15:56THIS THIS ORDER.
OK. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
01:15:59THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON, RANDI LUDLOW
01:16:05WITH
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH.
01:16:07PERHAPS A FIRST QUICK QUESTION
TO
01:16:09THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IS HEAD
OF
01:16:11INNOVATION OHIO AND
OUR I.T. EFFORTS IN THE STATE.
01:16:15WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE HORROR
STORIES OF TRYING TO ACCESS THE
01:16:18UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS SYSTEM.
BUT WE HAVE ALSO FIELDED
01:16:23COMPLAINTS
TO OTHER PLATFORMS BEING OFFERED
01:16:26DURING THE HEALTH CRISIS.
PEOPLE SUBMITTING COMPLAINTS AS
01:16:29TO
WHAT THEY FEEL ARE IMPROPER
01:16:31MASS GATHERINGS SUCH
AS ONE GENTLEMAN IS CONCERNED
01:16:36ABOUT
GATHERING'S NOT PRACTICING
01:16:37SOCIAL
DISTANCING ON THE NEW PEDESTRIAN
01:16:40BRIDGE IN DUBLIN.
WE RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM A
01:16:43DISTRIBUTOR WHO HAS GLOVES
IN NINETY FIVE MASK AND OTHER
01:16:48MATERIALS.
HE SUBMITTED IT TO THE STATE
01:16:51THROUGH THE ONLINE PORTAL,
RECEIVED
01:16:52NO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, HAS NOT
HEARD
01:16:54FROM THE STATE.
OH, WHAT IS BEING DONE TO
01:16:57CORRECT
THESE PROBLEMS?
01:16:58WELL, FIRST, LET ME SAY THAT
IN REGARD TO
01:17:03ANYBODY WHO SEES SOMETHING
OUT THERE WHERE THEY'VE GOT
01:17:07GATHERING OF PEOPLE TOGETHER,
THEY SHOULD GO RIGHT TO
01:17:11THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
I MEAN, THAT'S ONE HUNDRED
01:17:15THIRTEEN
HEALTH DEPARTMENTS.
01:17:16WE HAVE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS.
WE HAVE COUNTY HEALTH
01:17:18DEPARTMENTS.
AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS HEALTH
01:17:20DEPARTMENTS. CITIES ARE
BEING VERY AGGRESSIVE IN THIS.
01:17:24AS I SAID, WE HAD A CONVERSATION
WITH A NUMBER OF MAYORS AT 11:30
01:17:27TODAY AND THEY WENT THROUGH
A MAYOR BY MAYOR WHAT THEY ARE
01:17:31DOING
IN THIS REGARD.
01:17:32SO THEY WOULD WELCOME THAT
INFORMATION.
01:17:35AND THAT'S REALLY THE EFFECTIVE
WAY FOR THAT TO BE ENFORCED.
01:17:40OK.
I WILL JUST DISTRIBUTOR WHO HAS
01:17:43SOME MATERIALS.
YOU BADLY NEED AND CAN'T GET
01:17:46ANY RESPONSE.
SO. WELL, FIRST, LET ME REALLY
01:17:49BACK
UP AND SAY THIS, THAT
01:17:51THE THINGS YOU DESCRIBE HAVE
NOTHING
01:17:52TO DO WITH TECHNOLOGY.
SETTING ASIDE THE UNEMPLOYMENT
01:17:55COMPENSATION SYSTEM, WHICH WE
ADDRESSED YESTERDAY,
01:17:58IT IS IT IS
THE FACT THAT
01:18:03AT SOME POINTS IN TIME, YOU
KNOW,
01:18:05PEOPLE DO GET OVERWHELMED
AND WE'RE TRYING TO BRING AS
01:18:08MANY
PEOPLE TO THESE TASKS AS WE CAN.
01:18:11IN MANY CASES, WE'RE ASSIGNING
NEW
01:18:12PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER DONE THESE
KINDS
01:18:14OF THINGS BEFORE.
WE'RE TRYING TO BRING IN THE
01:18:16PRIVATE
SECTOR. WE'RE BRINGING EVERY
01:18:18HUMAN
EVERY HUMAN ASSET WE CAN'T TO
01:18:21BEAR
ON THESE ISSUES.
01:18:23I HAVE I HAVE RECEIVED
THOSE KINDS OF COMPLAINTS, AS
01:18:27YOU SAID, WHERE SOMEBODY
CONTACTED
01:18:29AND LOOK, OUR TEAM HAS TO TRACK
THAT DOWN BECAUSE WE HAVE
01:18:33A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE OFFERING
THINGS AND YOU END UP FINALLY
01:18:37GETTING TO THE END OF IT.
AND IT'S SOMEBODY OPERATING OUT
01:18:40OF
CHINA WHO WANTS 100 PERCENT OF
01:18:42THE
MONEY UPFRONT AND THEN THEY'LL
01:18:44DELIVER THE THINGS ON THE BACK
END THAT WE HAVE TO BE VERY
01:18:47CAUTIOUS
IN HANDLING TAXPAYER DOLLARS
01:18:49THAT
THAT WE ARE NOT BEING DEFRAUDED.
01:18:52SO SOMETIMES THESE THINGS TAKE
TIME TO GET THROUGH.
01:18:56THIS TEAM IS
IS FOCUSED ON USING
01:19:00GETTING ACCESS TO EVERY ONE OF
THOSE
01:19:02TOP 10 LIST THINGS THAT THEY
CAN.
01:19:04AND IF YOU WOULD,
IF YOU WOULD TAKE THAT
01:19:08PARTICULAR
PERSON, THAT'S WHAT YOU KNOW
01:19:09ABOUT
THAT. IF YOU WOULD SEND THEM TO
01:19:11ME,
YOU KNOW HOW TO FIND ME.
01:19:13I WILL FOLLOW UP ON THAT TODAY.
OK. DISTRIBUTER, WE DO IT FOR
01:19:17THAT TO THE GOVERNOR'S PRESS
SECRETARY. SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S
01:19:19IN
THE HOPPER SOMEWHERE.
01:19:21A QUICK QUESTION, GOVERNOR
DEWINE.
01:19:24IT'S NOW IN COURT.
WE HAVE A TWO WEEK TESAURO.
01:19:27CAN YOU ADDRESS
WHETHER. WHY DO I ALWAYS GO TO
01:19:30DO AN
ABORTION WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO
01:19:31FIND
THAT ELECTIVE SURGERY OR NOT,
01:19:33WHETHER THAT'S AN ESSENTIAL
OPERATION OR NOT?
01:19:38THE ORDER
BY DR. ACTON,
01:19:43I THINK WE'VE EXPLAINED THIS
MANY,
01:19:45MANY TIMES WHY THE ORDER WAS
ISSUED,
01:19:47THE ORDER WAS ISSUED IN REGARD
TO
01:19:49ELECTIVE SURGERY SO THAT WE
COULD
01:19:51PRESERVE ALL THE PERSONAL
PROTECTION
01:19:53EQUIPMENT, ALL THEIR THINGS WE
NEED.
01:19:55WE ARE NOT THE ONLY STATE TO
HAVE
01:19:56ISSUE THIS. MOST STATES HAVE
HAVE IN
01:19:58FACT, ISSUED THIS.
THIS APPLIES TO ABORTION
01:20:03CLINICS AS IT APPLIES TO
UROLOGIST,
01:20:05AS IT APPLIES TO TO ANYONE
ELSE.
01:20:08THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AS YOU
KNOW,
01:20:09GOT COMPLAINTS ABOUT SOME
ABORTION
01:20:11CLINICS. THEY ALSO GOT
COMPLAINED
01:20:13ABOUT A ROTTENEST.
THEY HAVE DONE INVESTIGATION.
01:20:16NOW YOU
HAVE AN ACTION BY PLANNED
01:20:20PARENTHOOD
AND AN ORDER THAT'S BEEN ISSUED
01:20:22BY
THE JUDGE.
01:20:23BUT IT'S STILL.
IT CERTAINLY IS STILL IN
01:20:25LITIGATION.
WE BELIEVE THE ORDER IS CORRECT.
01:20:28WE BELIEVE THE ORDER IS IN THE
BEST
01:20:29INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF THE
STATE
01:20:31OF OHIO.
AND I'VE INSTRUCTED THE ATTORNEY
01:20:33GENERAL TO TAKE WHATEVER ACTION
HE
01:20:36NEEDS TO TAKE TO SUPPORT THE
ORDER
01:20:37THAT WAS ISSUED BY DR.
ACTON. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT
01:20:41PEOPLE, THE STATE EXPECT US TO
DO.
01:20:43THANK YOU.
THIS IS LAURA HANCOCK FROM
01:20:49CLEVELAND.COM.
AND I'VE GOT THE LAST QUESTION,
01:20:52DR. ACTON, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT
THIS
01:20:54SERUM TEST STEANE
THE FOUR ANTIBODIES.
01:20:59AND JUST LIKE IN THE LAST DAY,
THE
01:21:01FDA DID APPROVE
THAT. SO ONE
01:21:04IS, CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE
BIT THE
01:21:06PLAN LIKE WILL THERE BE RANDOM
TESTING TO FIGURE OUT WHO HAS
01:21:09ANTIBODIES, WHO'S HAD COVERED?
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT?
01:21:13THANK YOU, LAURA. SO BY
SERUM TESTING, YOU'RE TALKING
01:21:17ABOUT
LOOKING IN THE BLOOD FOR
01:21:19ANTIBODIES
AND AND, YOU KNOW,
01:21:22THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE
TO US YET IN ANY
01:21:26USEABLE FORM.
BUT WHAT THAT WILL ALLOW US TO
01:21:29DO,
ANTIBODIES DEVELOP WHENEVER YOU
01:21:30OR I
GET SICK. IT'S NOT THE BEST FOR
01:21:33TELLING YOU HAVE THE INFECTION
NOW
01:21:35BECAUSE IT TAKES A WHILE FOR
THOSE
01:21:37TO BUILD UP AS YOU'RE FIGHTING.
BUT IT IS A REMNANT OF SOMETHING
01:21:41THAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST TO LET
US KNOW THAT YOU DEVELOPED
01:21:44IMMUNITY,
BASICALLY, THAT YOUR BODY
01:21:46FOUGHT IT
OFF ON THE SAME ANTIBODIES
01:21:49ACTUALLY ARE BEING EXPLORED AS A
POTENTIAL TREATMENT.
01:21:52THAT'S A VERY OLD SCHOOL THING.
IT'S HOW WE DEVELOP SOME OF OUR
01:21:55EARLY VACCINES
AND IMMUNITY BEFORE THEY
01:21:59HAD THE VACCINES THAT WE HAVE
TODAY.
01:22:01SO I THINK THERE ARE MANY
WAYS WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO LOOK
01:22:05BACK
IN HISTORY.
01:22:07WE ARE CURRENTLY ALREADY
DOING A TYPE OF
01:22:11SOMETHING THAT'S CALLED SENTINEL
SURVEILLANCE, BUT THE
01:22:14SURVEILLANCE
IS A SCARY WORD.
01:22:15BUT ALL THAT MEANS IS TRYING
TO LOOK OUT AT THE POPULATION AT
01:22:18LARGE.
AND SO WE HAVE SOME FOR
01:22:21INSTANCE, WE'RE DOING A STUDY
RIGHT
01:22:23NOW WITH THE CDC AT THE OHIO
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, WHERE
01:22:26WE'RE
LOOKING AT PEOPLE WHO SENT IN A
01:22:28SWAB.
SAME NASAL SWAB FOR FLU.
01:22:31AND THEY TESTED NEGATIVE FOR
FLU.
01:22:34AND THAT'S THAT SYSTEM OF
LOOKING FOR FLU IS A FEDERAL
01:22:37BASED
SYSTEM.
01:22:39AND THAT'S HOW WE GENERATE A
LOT OF
01:22:40THE NUMBERS OF HOW MANY FLUS WE
HAVE IN A YEAR.
01:22:43WELL, SOME OF THOSE SAME SAMPLES
WILL BE TESTED FOR CORONA
01:22:47VIRUS TO SEE IF PERHAPS SOMEBODY
WHO BACK IN JANUARY
01:22:52OR FEBRUARY TESTED NEGATIVE
OR FLU, BUT ACTUALLY WAS HAVING
01:22:55RESPIRATORY DISTRESS LOOKS
A LOT LIKE A PNEUMONIA,
01:22:59BUT WITH FLU.
SO THESE SORTS OF THINGS WILL
01:23:02HELP
US LOOK BACKWARDS,
01:23:04PERHAPS, OR PEOPLE WHO DID GET
SICK
01:23:05DURING THIS. OBVIOUSLY, MOST OF
THE
01:23:07PEOPLE GETTING SICK WILL NEVER
HAVE
01:23:08BEEN TESTED AND IT MIGHT GIVE
US A CHANCE. YOU KNOW, I HAVE
01:23:11DREAMS
IN MY MIND OF OF,
01:23:14YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE A DIABETES
TEST.
01:23:15WE GET A PRICK OF BLOOD.
AND YOU CAN TELL VERY QUICKLY IF
01:23:18SOMEBODY HAS A HIGH GLUCOSE.
WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN FIND
01:23:22THAT
THEY HAD HIGH ANTIBODY.
01:23:24SO THAT WILL BE AN ELABORATE
STRATEGY THAT
01:23:27WE HOPE TO HAVE IN THE FUTURE.
THANK YOU, DOCTOR.
01:23:31AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANKS, EVERYONE, FOR TUNING IN.
01:23:34WE'LL SEE YOU ALL TOMORROW AT
2:00
01:23:36O'CLOCK.
THANKS A LOT.
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