00:00:01WELL, HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY TO
EVERYONE.
00:00:04OUR GOAL IS THAT NEXT
ST. PATRICK'S DAY, EVERYONE
00:00:07WILL BE
ABLE GO THEIR LOCAL BAR,
00:00:10PUB, RESTAURANT, WHEREVER THEY
WANT,
00:00:12TO CELEBRATE ST. PATRICK'S DAY
AND GET A GUINNESS OR.
00:00:18CORNBREAD, CORNED BEEF, LITTLE
CORNED BEEF, LITTLE CABBAGE
00:00:22AND CORNBREAD, TOO, IF THEY WANT
THAT. WHATEVER THEY WANT
00:00:26TO KIND OF TELL US WERE HOW FAST
THINGS ARE MOVING.
00:00:30IT WAS JUST TWO WEEKS AGO TODAY
THAT WE HAD OUR ANNOUNCEMENT
00:00:33ABOUT
THE AHNOLD.
00:00:35SO WHEN WE TRIED TO UNDERSTAND
WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE
00:00:39TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY,
THAT SORT OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA.
00:00:45THINGS ARE CONTENT WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE VERY, VERY QUICKLY AND
00:00:49THE WORLD WILL LOOK DIFFERENT,
SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT IN TWO
00:00:53WEEKS
THAN IT DOES TODAY.
00:00:56FOR OUR VIEWERS AT HOME,
OUR SETUP IS DIFFERENT TODAY.
00:01:02WE ARE WORKING TO COMPLY
AND ARE COMPLYING WITH THE
00:01:07SUGGESTION FROM THE PRESIDENT
IN REGARD TO NOT HAVING
00:01:11MORE THAN 10 PEOPLE IN A ROOM.
WE HAVE A MUCH BIGGER PRESS
00:01:15CORPS THAN THAT.
AND SO WE HAVE
00:01:19OUR MEDIA IN
TWO DIFFERENT ROOMS
00:01:24AND WE ARE HERE IN A SEPARATE
ROOM.
00:01:26THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT'S CALLED
THE STATE ROOM IN THE
00:01:30CAPITOL BUILDING HERE IN
IN COLUMBUS.
00:01:34LET ME.
TELL YOU WHO'S HERE.
00:01:38DR ANDY THOMAS IS
HERE, MIKE ABRAMS OF THE
00:01:41HOSPITAL
ASSOCIATION IS HERE.
00:01:44WE HAVE TAMARA MCBRIDE,
WHO IS THE HEALTH PREPAREDNESS
00:01:49DIRECTOR FROM THE DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH.
00:01:53WE ALSO, OF COURSE, HAVE DR. AMY
ACTON AND THE LIEUTENANT
00:01:57GOVERNOR, JOHN HUSTED.
LET ME START
00:02:02WITH YESTERDAY'S
ANNOUNCEMENT IN REGARD TO
00:02:07THE ELECTION.
WE HAVE.
00:02:12FIRST OF ALL, LET ME JUST KIND
OF
00:02:14OUTLINE OUR GOALS.
OUR GOAL IS THAT EVERYBODY THAT
00:02:18WANTS TO VOTE WILL BE ABLE TO
VOTE.
00:02:21OUR GOAL IS THAT NO ONE
WILL HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN
00:02:24THEIR
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND
00:02:26RISKING
THEIR HEALTH.
00:02:28THE DECISION THAT WE
MADE IN REGARD TO
00:02:33THE DOCTOR ACTING IN
HER ORDER MADE
00:02:37IS A ORDER THAT I
FULLY SUPPORT.
00:02:40IT WAS MADE IN THE BEST
INTERESTS
00:02:42OF THE PEOPLE, THE STATE OF
OHIO.
00:02:46WE HAD 35000 POLL WORKERS
WHO WERE GOING TO BE SHOWING UP
00:02:50THIS MORNING.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO
00:02:56INTO YOUR POLLING BOOTH,
MANY, MANY TIMES YOU'LL SEE
00:03:00FAMILIAR
FACES. YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE WHO
00:03:01HAVE
BEEN THERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS,
00:03:03DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN, WHO
WERE
00:03:05MAN THOSE MOVES
AND WHO RUN OUR ELECTIONS
00:03:09AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
WE'LL FIND SOME OF THEM
00:03:14OR 65 YEARS OF
AGE AND OLDER, SOME OF THEM
00:03:17EVEN SIGNIFICANTLY MORE OLDER
THAN
00:03:19THAT.
SO ONE OF OUR CONSIDERATIONS
00:03:22YESTERDAY WAS NOT TO EXPOSE
THEM.
00:03:25ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW
ABOUT
00:03:27THIS VIRUS IS THAT MANY TIMES WE
DO NOT.
00:03:31INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE THIS DO NOT
KNOW THEY HAVE IT YET.
00:03:35AND SO A PERSON IN ALL GOOD
CONSCIOUS COULD BE GOING TO VOTE
00:03:38AND THEY COULD BE SPREADING.
AND AGAIN, FOR THOSE POLL
00:03:42WORKERS
FOR 13 HOURS TO BE
00:03:44SITTING THERE,
WE FELT DR. ACTON FELT
00:03:48HEALTH DEPARTMENT FELT
WAS NOT SAFE.
00:03:52CONVERSELY, WE COULD HAVE POLL
WORKERS WHO ALSO HAD THE VIRUS
00:03:56AND DID NOT KNOW THAT AND DID
NOT
00:03:58KNOW THAT THEY WOULD BE
SPREADING
00:03:59THAT.
SO WE FELT THAT THIS WOULD BE
00:04:03A REAL, REAL DISASTER.
THAT'S WHY THE ORDER BY
00:04:08DR. ACTON WAS ISSUED LAST
NIGHT SHORTLY AFTER
00:04:12AFTER 10:00, 10 P.M.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
00:04:19THERE ARE.
VERY GOOD SOLUTIONS OUT THERE,
00:04:23EITHER BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OR BY THE COURTS.
00:04:28AGAIN, OUR GOAL MUST BE THAT
PEOPLE
00:04:30HAVE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE,
THAT THEY HAVE PLENTY OF TIME
00:04:34TO DO
THAT.
00:04:36AND AT WHATEVER ORDER
WE END UP WITH GIVES
00:04:40THEM A SIGNIFICANT
PERIOD OF TIME.
00:04:45AND THE REASON I SAY THIS IS
BECAUSE
00:04:47WE ARE ENTERING
A MORE DIFFICULT TIME AND
00:04:51WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE AND
MORE OF
00:04:52OUR CITIZENS WHO BECOME
ILL.
00:04:56AND WE NEED TO ALLOW
THOSE CITIZENS WHO BECOME ILL
00:05:02TO BE ABLE TO
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AT SOME
00:05:05POINT
TO VOTE. AND THE LONGER WE CAN
00:05:07SPREAD THAT TIME OUT,
THE BETTER THAT IS.
00:05:11WE PRESENTED A PLAN.
IT'S A PLAN THAT
00:05:17WE FELT WOULD
PRESERVE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS, EXTEND
00:05:22THOSE RIGHTS.
SET THE ELECTION AT JUNE 2ND
00:05:27WITH AMPLE OPPORTUNITY
FOR VOTING TO OCCUR
00:05:33FROM BASICALLY AFTER
THIS ELECTION OR AFTER THIS
00:05:36ELECTION
DAY ITSELF.
00:05:39MY UNDERSTANDING FROM FRANK
LA ROSE IS THEY HAVE 10
00:05:43DAYS.
THEN YOU YOU KNOW WHAT ALL
00:05:45VOTES ARE
IN AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW WHO
00:05:47IS
NOT VOTED.
00:05:48AND YOU CAN MOVE ON AT THAT
POINT OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER
00:05:52TO AN ABSENTEE BALLOT
REGIMENT, ABSENTEE BALLOT
00:05:56PROGRAMS OR SOMETHING THAT THE
SECRETARY OF STATE RUNS.
00:06:00THEY KNOW HOW TO RUN THEM.
AND OUR SUGGESTION,
00:06:05JUNE 2ND, VOTING, AN AMPLE
LONG VOTING
00:06:09IN REGARD TO ABSENTEE BALLOTS
WAS
00:06:10MADE IN CONJUNCTION WITH WORKING
WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
00:06:14AGAIN, WANT TO THANK HIM?
I WANT TO THANK ALL HIS TEAM.
00:06:18I WANT TO THANK ALL OF EVERYONE
ACROSS THE STATE OF OHIO, LOCAL
00:06:22BOARDS OF ELECTIONS
AS WE MOVE MOVE ON THROUGH THIS.
00:06:28LET ME AGAIN JUST
REITERATE,
00:06:33WE ARE OPEN FOR JUST CERTAINLY
FOR DISCUSSION
00:06:37ABOUT HOW THIS GETS WORKED OUT.
IT'S REALLY A FAIRLY SIMPLE
00:06:41THING TO
DO, AND THAT IS TO HAVE A
00:06:43SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF TIME.
AND I WILL INSIST UPON A
00:06:46SIGNIFICANT
PERIOD OF TIME SO THAT PEOPLE
00:06:49HAVE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE.
ARE NORMAL PRIMARY WOULD
00:06:55HAVE BEEN IN MAY
BECAUSE IT'S A PRESIDENTIAL
00:07:00ELECTION
YEAR IS HELD IN MARCH.
00:07:03SO WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME
TO HOLD AN ELECTION TO CONTINUE
00:07:07THIS ELECTION AND TO MOVE
MOVE US FORWARD.
00:07:11LET ME MOVE ON TO A COUPLE
OTHER ISSUES.
00:07:16I THINK ARE
SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE IN OHIO
00:07:20WHO ARE MAKING SACRIFICES AND
WHO
00:07:22ARE DOING JUST AMAZING WORK.
I WANNA THANK OUR FELLOW OHIOANS
00:07:25WHO CONTINUE EACH DAY
TO SERVE THE MOST VULNERABLE
00:07:30MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY.
THEY ARE DOING THIS AT GREAT
00:07:36SACRIFICE.
THESE ARE PEOPLE
00:07:40SOME CONTRACTED, SOME
STATE EMPLOYEES WHO PROVIDE
00:07:44ESSENTIAL DIRECT CARE,
DIRECT CARE FOR
00:07:48OUR FELLOW CITIZENS
WHO WERE DEVELOPMENTALLY
00:07:52DISABLED AS WELL
AS OUR ELDERLY COMMUNITY.
00:07:56SO A LITTLE SHOUT OUT TO THEM.
I KNOW THEY'VE HAD TO JUGGLE
00:08:00THINGS
WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
00:08:02THEY CONTINUE TO SHOW UP.
THIS IS ESSENTIAL CARE
00:08:06FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO WAVE,
CONTINUE TO LIVE IN THEIR HOMES
00:08:09AND
PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO
00:08:11GET THROUGH EACH AND EVERY DAY
AND
00:08:13HAVE THE BEST QUALITY OF LIFE
THAT THAT IS POSSIBLE.
00:08:17SO THANK YOU.
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR
00:08:20THAT
FOR THAT WORK.
00:08:24I WANT TO TALK FOR A
MOMENT ABOUT
00:08:28ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES THAT WE
KNOW
00:08:30IS COMING
AND THAT IS OUR HOSPITAL
00:08:34CAPACITY.
AND MAKING SURE THAT WHEN
00:08:38THIS HITS HARD,
WE ARE READY FOR IT.
00:08:44GO BACK TO THE DISCUSSION
ABOUT THE CURVE.
00:08:47AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO
IS
00:08:48FLATTEN THIS AS MUCH AS WE CAN
SO THAT WE DO NOT HAVE THE SPIKE
00:08:52THAT WE SEE THAT HAS OCCURRED
IN ITALY.
00:08:55SO WE DO NOT WE'RE NOT IN A
SITUATION WHERE
00:09:00WE'RE OVERRUN, WHERE
WE DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT, WE
00:09:03DON'T HAVE THE OFF THE
PERSONNEL.
00:09:06THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE
VERY,
00:09:08VERY SIGNIFICANT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WORRY
00:09:17ABOUT,
NOT HAVING ENOUGH BEDS,
00:09:21NOT HAVING ENOUGH VENTILATORS,
NOT HAVING ENOUGH PERSONAL
00:09:25PROTECTION EQUIPMENT
FOR THE INDIVIDUAL DOCTORS.
00:09:31WE ALREADY HAVE TALKED
A FEW DAYS AGO ABOUT OUR REQUEST
00:09:35TO DENTISTS
INTERVENTION AREAS, AND WE THANK
00:09:38THEM FOR THEIR WORK IN THIS
AREA TO REALLY POSTPONE
00:09:44ALL BUT THE ESSENTIAL SURGERY
THAT
00:09:46REALLY, REALLY NEEDS TO TAKE
PLACE.
00:09:48ANY ELECTIVE SURGERY
THAT PRESERVES THAT EQUIPMENT,
00:09:52PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT,
FOR
00:09:53EXAMPLE.
AND THAT MAKES MORE MORE
00:09:56OF THAT AVAILABLE
AT THIS POINT.
00:09:59I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DR. AMY
ACTON, WHO'S GOING TO TALK
00:10:04ABOUT THIS AND
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE
00:10:07GOING
TO BE DOING.
00:10:09WE ARE GOING TO BE ISSUING AN
ORDER
00:10:11TODAY THAT
IS COMPLIANT
00:10:16AND IS CONSISTENT WITH
AN UNDERSTANDING ABOUT
00:10:20SURGERIES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
IN OUR HOSPITALS.
00:10:24SO THAT, AGAIN, WE CAN PRESERVE
PERSONNEL, WE CAN PRESERVE BEDS,
00:10:28WE CAN PRESERVE THE PERSONAL
EQUIPMENT PROTECTION EQUIPMENT
00:10:32THAT'S NEEDED AS WE
MOVE FORWARD INTO A MORE
00:10:37A MORE DIFFICULT TIME.
DR. ACTON.
00:10:46GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
THERE'S THAT THERE'S SO MUCH I
00:10:50WANT
TO SHARE WITH YOU.
00:10:52BUT WE HAVE A LOT.
WE HAVE OUR GUESTS HERE TODAY
00:10:55WHO WE TALKING A LOT MORE
ABOUT WHY EVERY THING YOU'RE
00:10:59DOING, EVERY PERSON
AND EVERYTHING WE DO RIGHT NOW
00:11:03REALLY DOES MATTER.
AND TOMORROW, I'M GOING TO TALK
00:11:08A LITTLE BIT MORE. I WAS JUST
HAD A
00:11:10RADIO SHOW WITH MY HOMETOWN
OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.
00:11:14DAN RIVERS THERE.
AND WE TALKED ABOUT
00:11:17HOW DO WE GET HERE?
I KNOW THIS IS SO MUCH FOR
00:11:19EVERYONE
TO BE TAKING IN.
00:11:21AND I'M GOING TO GO BACK
THROUGH THE
00:11:23HISTORY OF THIS TOMORROW.
AND WE ARE ALSO GETTING THE
00:11:28PAST OHIO NEWS NETWORK
CLIPS OF SORT OF THE WHAT
00:11:32HAVE BECOME A LITTLE BIT OF LIKE
PUBLIC HEALTH, ONE OR ONE
00:11:35LECTURES ALL PUT TOGETHER FOR
USE.
00:11:37YOU CAN KIND OF FOLLOW THIS,
BECAUSE
00:11:39I THINK WE EACH COME TO THIS
AWARENESS AT OUR OWN TIME
00:11:42AND IN OUR OWN WAY.
BUT AGAIN, TIMING IS
00:11:46EVERYTHING.
AND.
00:11:49BUT PLEASE KNOW WE WILL GET
THROUGH
00:11:50THIS TOGETHER. AND WHAT I'M
ABOUT TO
00:11:52DESCRIBE TO YOU IS WHAT
WE SEE AS COMING.
00:11:55BUT WHEN WE MAKE THESE CHOICES
WE'RE
00:11:57MAKING AND THAT THE GOVERNOR'S
MAKING AND OTHER GOVERNORS AND
00:12:00LEADERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ARE
MAKING, THIS REALLY IS GOING
00:12:03TO GET US THROUGH IT.
AND A LOT SOONER.
00:12:07IN A SENSE, A LOT
BETTER WAY.
00:12:09BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW
THAT WHAT YOU WERE YOU'RE DOING
00:12:13IS
REALLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
00:12:16SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO SAY
THAT
00:12:17THERE WAS AN IMPORTANT STUDY
THAT CAME OUT IN THE UNITED
00:12:22KINGDOM
BY DR. FERGUSON AND WAS
00:12:24DONE BY THE IMPERIAL COLLEGE.
AND THEY'RE REALLY TAKING A
00:12:28LOOK AT
THE VERY, VERY BEST MODELING AND
00:12:30DATA WE HAVE. WE KNOW THAT OUR
SCIENCE CHANGES EVERY
00:12:33DAY, EVERY HOUR.
BUT YOU CAN SEE IN THE PRESS
00:12:37CONFERENCE THE PRESIDENT HAD
YESTERDAY. THIS IS THE VERY SAME
00:12:40DATA THAT HIS TEAM IS USING,
THE MODELS THAT THEY ARE
00:12:44LOOKING AT.
WHEN THEY CAME UP WITH SOME OF
00:12:46THE
NEW GUIDANCE, ABOUT 10
00:12:48PEOPLE IN A ROOM ABOUT
SOCIAL DISTANCING, ABOUT REALLY
00:12:52SEEKING THAT IF YOU'RE OVER 65,
TO STAY AT HOME.
00:12:56AND AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT
DATA
00:12:58BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO END TO A
CURVE
00:13:00A LITTLE MORE DEEPLY.
SO FIRST OF ALL, REMEMBER
00:13:03THAT WHAT WE'VE BEEN SAYING ALL
ALONG IS THAT WE'RE SAVING
00:13:06LIVES, EVERY ONE OF US.
THAT DOESN'T SPREAD IT TO
00:13:09SOMEONE
ELSE. LOG RHYTHMICALLY WITH
00:13:11THE DOUBLING TIME OF EVERY SIX
DAYS
00:13:14IS KEEPING LESS OF US GETTING
THIS
00:13:16SO IMPORTANT.
BUT THAT'S ONE PART OF A COUPLE
00:13:19OF
MITIGATION STRATEGIES.
00:13:21THERE'S ACTUALLY FOUR LAYERS.
WE CALL IT EARLY TARGETED
00:13:25LAYERED INTERVENTIONS.
AND I WANT TO TALK TO YOU WHY WE
00:13:28HAVE TO DO ALL OF THEM.
WE HAVE TO DO ALL OF THEM NOW.
00:13:31SO IF WE COULD BRING UP
A SECOND CHART HERE.
00:13:41BUT THIS WAS A STUDY THAT'S BEEN
DONE IN THE UK
00:13:45AND WHAT THIS STUDY LOOKED LIKE
BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT
00:13:47IN
THE MEDIA TODAY AND I DON'T WANT
00:13:48PEOPLE TO BECOME OVERLY
FRIGHTENED AGAIN.
00:13:51WE PROMISED SO LONG AGO TO TELL
YOU WHAT WE KNOW AND WE KNOW IT
00:13:55AND TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
AND SOMETIMES THIS TRUTH IS
00:13:57GONNA BE
A BIT SCARY.
00:13:59BUT THE POINT OF THIS IS
THAT THIS STUDY WAS DONE
00:14:03LOOKING AS
IF WE DID NOTHING.
00:14:05AND THEN IT LOOKS VERY CAREFULLY
AT EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING AND
00:14:09WHY
COLLECTIVELY IT WILL MAKE A
00:14:10DIFFERENCE.
SO WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN TALKING
00:14:13ABOUT
THE CURVE.
00:14:16AND IF WE DID NOTHING
AGAIN, I'LL REFER YOU TO THE
00:14:20U.K.
STUDY BY FERGUSON.
00:14:22WE WOULD SEE THAT VARIOUS
MORE SCARY, SHARP, STEEP CLIMB
00:14:27THAT WE SAW IN WUHAN.
AND
00:14:32EVERYTHING WE DO FROM DOING
NOTHING.
00:14:35TO ISOLATING CASES
AND THE CAREFUL TRAVEL MEASURES
00:14:39AND
ALL THE THINGS WE DID ORIGINALLY
00:14:41TO NOW CLOSING SCHOOLS AND
UNIVERSITIES AND
00:14:45ALL THE THINGS THAT WERE CLOSING
DOWN NOW TO THE EXTREME OF WHAT
00:14:48WE NOW SEE, I'M IN SAN FRANCISCO
WHERE MY BOYS YESTERDAY
00:14:54WERE TOLD TO SHELTER IN PLACE.
I HAVE TWO BOYS, 28 AND 26,
00:14:57JAKE AND SAM.
AND.
00:14:59AND THAT THOSE MEASURES BECAUSE
THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT FARTHER
00:15:02AHEAD
THAN WHERE OHIO IS RIGHT NOW
00:15:04AND ARE
SPREAD.
00:15:06ALL THOSE THINGS START
TO DECREASE THE TIME.
00:15:09SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO
EXTEND
00:15:11THIS TIME A LITTLE BIT.
YOU KNOW, WE ALL WANT THIS OVER
00:15:14QUICKLY, BUT WE HAVE TO EXTEND
THE TIME AND SLOW THE
00:15:17SPREAD BECAUSE THAT DECREASES
THE PEAK.
00:15:20EARLY ON, I TOLD YOU THAT
SOME OF THE EARLY MODELING WAS
00:15:24SAYING WE MIGHT PEAK AT LATE
APRIL,
00:15:26MID MAY.
AND AGAIN, MY INITIAL NUMBERS
00:15:29WERE
BASED ON NO INTERVENTIONS,
00:15:31WHICH IS WHY WE HAD TO DO OUR
INTERVENTIONS QUICKLY.
00:15:35AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THAT
PEAK,
00:15:37YOU CAN SEE THE PEAK STARTING TO
SPREAD A LITTLE BIT.
00:15:40WE WILL SLOW IT DOWN.
THERE'S NO SCENARIO NOW
00:15:43BY WHICH WE WON'T HAVE A SURGE.
BUT IF WE DID NOTHING, THE
00:15:48ESTIMATES
WERE THAT 2.2 MILLION AMERICANS
00:15:51WOULD DIE.
AND IF WE DO THESE MEASURES
00:15:54IN THE ABSOLUTE WAY THEY'RE
INTENDED, AGAIN, WE HAVE
00:15:58NO VACCINE. THERE ARE NO OTHER
THINGS. THESE ARE ONLY TOOLS.
00:16:01BUT IF WE DO THEM, WE CAN
CUT THAT HOSPITAL SURGE
00:16:04BY THESE AUTHORS EXAMPLE
BY TWO THIRDS.
00:16:09WHAT WE'RE DOING CAN EVERY ONE
OF US
00:16:11CAN HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THAT?
AND IT WILL DECREASE OUR DEATHS
00:16:15BY
HALF.
00:16:16AND AS I SAID, THE SURGE, AS
YOU'LL
00:16:17HEAR FROM THE FOLKS ABOUT OUR
HOSPITALS.
00:16:20IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE PEOPLE
WHO
00:16:21GET CORONAVIRUS.
IT'S ABOUT ALL THE REST OF US
00:16:24WHO
MIGHT NEED OUR HOSPITALS TO GIVE
00:16:27A BIRTH OR IF WE GET
IN A CAR ACCIDENT OR IF WE HAVE
00:16:30A
HEART ATTACK OR STROKE.
00:16:32AND IT'S MORE THAN THE
HOSPITALS.
00:16:34WE'RE KEEPING THE WORKERS
HEALTHY
00:16:35RIGHT NOW. WE'RE KEEPING OUR
FIREFIGHTERS AND OUR FRONTLINE
00:16:38RESPONDERS HEALTHY.
IF THEY GET SICK, THEN YOU TAKE
00:16:42OUT, AS WE DID WITH OUR ONE
FIREFIGHTER, HAD A CASE, THE
00:16:44WHOLE
FIREHOUSE, AND THEN THEY'RE ALL
00:16:46IN ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE
SUITS,
00:16:48ALL THESE RIPPLE EFFECTS THAT
WE'RE
00:16:50HAVING.
AND SO THAT IS WHY
00:16:53WHAT YOU'RE DOING MAKES ALL
THE DIFFERENCE
00:16:58HERE IN OHIO.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE,
00:17:02AS OF THIS MORNING, 67
CASES.
00:17:05AGAIN, JUST A LITTLE OVER A WEEK
AGO, WE HAD OUR FIRST CASE.
00:17:09THE ILLNESS ONSET RANGE IS STILL
FROM FEBRUARY 7TH.
00:17:13AGAIN, KNOWING THAT WE HAD
INFECTIVITY BEFORE THAT.
00:17:16AND TOMORROW, I WILL GO INTO A
WHOLE
00:17:18TIMELINE ON THAT.
AND THE LATEST ONSET WAS
00:17:22MARCH 16TH.
OUR AGE RANGE IN OHIO
00:17:26IS 14 TO 86 YEARS
NOW WITH THE MEDIAN AGE OF 48.
00:17:32AND WE KNOW THAT EVEN IN 40 TO
50
00:17:34YEAR OLDS ON THE CASE, FATALITY
RATE CAN BE 1 IN 250.
00:17:40SEX, IT IS 26 FEMALES
AND 41 MALES,
00:17:44HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE 17
AND THERE ARE MANY ICU
00:17:49HOSPITALIZATIONS INCLUDED WITH
THAT,
00:17:51SO THAT'S MORE SICK AND WE
NOW KNOW WE HAVE 16 OF OUR
00:17:56COUNTIES.
BUT SOME OF THAT COUNTY DATA
00:17:57DATA
IS INCLUDING PEOPLE FROM OTHER
00:18:00COUNTIES THAT HAVE GONE TO A
MORE
00:18:01MAJOR HOSPITAL AND
WE'RE WORKING ON THAT DATA AS WE
00:18:05SPEAK.
SO THAT THAT IS ON THE
00:18:07NUMBERS. WE KNOW, WE KNOW HAVE
MANY
00:18:09MORE IN THE QUEUE AS OUR
TESTING IS
00:18:11GOING UP.
COUPLE OF THINGS TO SAY.
00:18:15THANK YOU TO OUR VETS AND OUR
DENNIS.
00:18:18THEY ARE ALREADY DONATING THEIR
PPE.
00:18:21WE'RE GONNA TALK TODAY ABOUT OUR
ORDER TO STOP
00:18:25NON-ESSENTIAL SURGERIES OR
ELECTIVE SURGERIES.
00:18:29THEY'RE TAKING THOSE MATERIALS
TO
00:18:30THE A.M.A. AND YOU'LL BE HEARING
MORE ABOUT THAT.
00:18:34YOUR LOCAL EMH STATION, THEY'RE
GEARING UP TO TAKE ALL YOUR
00:18:37SUPPLIES. THAT'S GOING TO MAKE A
WORLD OF DIFFERENCE.
00:18:41THOSE OF YOU OUT THERE THAT HAVE
NASAL SWABS, THE ACTUAL SWAB
00:18:45YOU WOULD DO IF YOU HAVE ANY OF
THOSE, PERHAPS THAT'S
00:18:48ON THAT MIGHT BE EQUIPMENT YOU
HAVE
00:18:50OUR RESTAURANTS AND OUR FOOD
SERVICES ARE BRINGING THEIR
00:18:53LATEX
GLOVES.
00:18:54OTHER INDUSTRIES THAT HAVE
GLOVES,
00:18:56SUPPLIES, I MEAN, NO SCHOOLS
EVEN HAVE THEM THAT AREN'T USING
00:18:59THEM. THOSE MIGHT BE THINGS
THAT WE
00:19:01CAN BE BRINGING TO OUR E-MAILS
THAT
00:19:02WE HAVE MORE SUPPLIES.
WE ALSO RECEIVED AND WE'RE
00:19:07ARE BUDGETING FOR THE FIRST
FUNDS
00:19:09THAT WERE ALLOTTED TO US FOR
PUBLIC
00:19:11HEALTH.
IT WAS ABOUT 15 MILLION DOLLARS
00:19:14THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE
FEDERAL
00:19:15GOVERNMENT.
10 MILLION OF THAT WILL GO OUT
00:19:18TO
OUR LOCAL PARTNERS.
00:19:20WE HAVE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN
HEALTH DEPARTMENTS. WE'RE VERY
00:19:22DECENTRALIZED STATE IN OHIO.
THEY'RE ON THE FRONTLINES RIGHT
00:19:26NOW
DOING THESE DISEASE DETECTIVE
00:19:27INVESTIGATIONS.
AND THAT MONEY WILL BE GOING FOR
00:19:30THEIR WORK, THEIR MODEL MONITOR
DURING INVESTIGATION, THEIR
00:19:33CONTAINMENT EFFORTS IN THEIR
MITIGATION EFFORTS.
00:19:37THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
MY ELEVEN HUNDRED AMAZING
00:19:40EMPLOYEES, MANY OF WHOM
ARE WORKING FROM HOME RIGHT NOW,
00:19:44SOME OF THAT WILL GO FOR THE
WORK
00:19:45WE'RE DOING AND SURVEILLANCE AND
MONITORING AND RUNNING THIS
00:19:49INVESTIGATION.
I WANT TO DO A SPECIAL CALL OUT
00:19:52TO
OUR CALL CENTER, OUR
00:19:548 3 3 4 ASK
ODH.
00:19:59THIS IS A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING.
AGAIN, THIS IS A LOT LIKE A WAR.
00:20:02AND WE SET UP A CALL CENTER AND
WE
00:20:04SET UP A WEB SITE
A COUPLE WEEKS AGO ON WHEN
00:20:08WHEN LIFE LOOKED A LOT
DIFFERENTLY.
00:20:09AND I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE HAVE
CALLED. THERE'VE BEEN STORIES
00:20:12ABOUT
CALLING AND BEING PUT ON HOLD.
00:20:14I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS IS
A
00:20:16MASSIVE VOLUNTEER
AND EMPLOYEE WORK THAT IS GOING
00:20:19ON.
WE ARE SCALING THAT UP, TOO.
00:20:22WE'RE GETTING PROFESSIONAL
PRIVATE
00:20:24SECTOR ADVICE ON SCALING THAT
THE SAME WAY A MAJOR BUSINESS
00:20:28WOULD OPERATE A CALL CENTER.
BUT THAT TAKES A FEW DAYS AND
00:20:31WE'RE
GEARING THAT UP.
00:20:33BUT WE'RE HERE FOR YOU.
THOSE WORKERS ARE ANSWERING YOUR
00:20:35CALLS AS FAST AS THEY CAN,
BUT THAT WILL BE THE ONE STOP
00:20:39SHOP
SO THAT EVERYONE KNOWS ONE
00:20:40PLACE TO
GO.
00:20:41OUR WEB SITE, CORONA VIRUS
STARTTO
00:20:43HOW DOT GOV.
STILL HAS SOME OF THE BEST
00:20:46INFORMATION. AND WE'RE POSTING
NEW
00:20:48THINGS. WE LISTEN TO PARENTS AND
PEDIATRICIANS AND THERE'S A LOT
00:20:51MORE
GUIDANCE FOR FAMILY ON THERE
00:20:53TODAY.
AND WE ARE FOR OUR LOCAL
00:20:55PARTNERS,
WERE REDEVELOPING IT.
00:20:57SO IT'S EASIER TO FIND OUR
ORDERS
00:20:59AND EASIER TO FIND THE TOOLS
THAT
00:21:00WILL HELP YOU DO YOUR WORK.
BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK THOSE
00:21:03WORKERS AS WELL.
SO ONE LAST THING.
00:21:14AS THE GOVERNOR HAS ALWAYS SAID,
THIS IS THE BIG ONE.
00:21:18THIS IS THE 1918
SCENARIO OF THE SPANISH FLU,
00:21:22WHERE WE KNOW WE LOST MANY MORE
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY BY FAR
00:21:26THAN WE LOST IN THE WAR
AND THAT A DIFFERENCE OF TWO
00:21:31WEEKS
AND THE ABSOLUTE BLESSING THAT
00:21:32WE
HAVE IN THE STATE OF OHIO
00:21:34TO HAVE THESE TWO WEEKS WHEN WE
SEE
00:21:36OUR PEERS AROUND THE WORLD.
MAKING LIFE AND DEATH DECISIONS
00:21:40ABOUT WHO GETS A VENTILATOR.
WHEN WE SEE OUR SISTER CITIES
00:21:45AND PLACES LIKE SAN FRANCISCO,
PLACES WHERE MY BOYS ARE
00:21:48SHELTERING IN PLACE.
WE SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN NEW
00:21:52YORK
AND OTHER CITIES.
00:21:55EVERYTHING WE DO HERE IN OHIO
KEEPS
00:21:57US IN ST. LEWIS.
WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE THAT
00:22:01COLLEAGUE
OF MINE, BRIDGET HARRISON.
00:22:04FROM CLEVELAND ,CATHOLIC
FAMILY. ST. PATRICK'S DAY IS
00:22:08EVERYTHING.
SHE REMINDED ME THAT ST.
00:22:11PATRICK WAS THE GOD OF KEEPING
ALL
00:22:12THE SNAKES AND THE PESTS AWAY
AND THAT HER FAMILY HAS A 90
00:22:16YEAR
HISTORY AND ONE OF THE OLDEST
00:22:17PARISHES OF THIS DAY.
THEY'RE MISSING THEIR PARADES.
00:22:20SHE'S HERE WORKING AND NOT WITH
HER
00:22:22FAMILY.
THERE'S A CALL OUT FROM HER.
00:22:24DO YOU?
BUT THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE.
00:22:27THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE. THIS
WILL
00:22:28MAKE.
WE WANT TO BE ST. SAINT LEWIS.
00:22:32AND WE WANT TO DO THE THINGS
THAT
00:22:33THE TWO WEEKS THAT WE HAVE AND
WHAT
00:22:35THE HOSPITALS WERE TELLING YOU
ABOUT.
00:22:37SO NEXT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE
MIKE ABRAMS.
00:22:40HE IS THE CEO AND PRESIDENT
OF THE OHIO HOSPITAL
00:22:44ASSOCIATION.
WE HAVE A GIFT IN THE STATE.
00:22:46OUR HOSPITALS ARE AMAZING.
THEY'RE GOING TO COME TOGETHER.
00:22:49THEY'RE DOING THIS WORK
TOGETHER IN
00:22:51UNPRECEDENTED WAYS TO HELP
KEEP YOU SAFE THROUGH THIS
00:22:57SEARCH.
THANK YOU, DR. ACTON, AND
00:23:00GOVERNOR DEWINE.
YOU KNOW, MY OFFICE IS RIGHT
00:23:03ACROSS
THE STREET FROM HERE.
00:23:04AND AS I WAS WALKING OVER TO
THIS
00:23:06CONFERENCE, I CONTEMPLATED
THE SAME THING THE GOVERNOR
00:23:10STARTED
HIS COMMENTS WITH.
00:23:11AND THAT IS, IT WAS BARELY
TWO WEEKS AGO THAT THE GOVERNOR
00:23:14MADE
HIS ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE
00:23:16ARNOLD.
AND I CAN REMEMBER THINKING
00:23:18THAT, A,
IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO,
00:23:20BUT B,
IT WAS SUCH A DRAMATIC MEASURE.
00:23:23AND I THOUGHT MAYBE THAT WOULD
BE
00:23:24THE MOST DRAMATIC MEASURE WE
WOULD
00:23:25NEED TO TAKE.
AND CLEARLY, THAT FEELS LIKE AN
00:23:28ETERNITY AGO.
WE'VE WE'VE COME SO FAR
00:23:32JUST IN THE LAST 12, 14 DAYS.
I ALSO WILL START MY REMARKS
00:23:37BY OBSERVING THAT I WAS AS
I DO EVERY MORNING, I WAS
00:23:40READING
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.
00:23:41AND I WAS SO PROUD OF THE
COMMENTARY FROM A COLUMNIST THIS
00:23:45MORNING IN THE JOURNAL WHO
REALLY
00:23:46LOUD AT OUR GOVERNOR AND CALLED
HIM
00:23:48OUT INDIVIDUALLY AS ONE
OF THE TRUE LEADERS IN THE
00:23:51NATION
DOING A GREAT JOB FOR OUR STATE.
00:23:54CALLED HIM PRESCIENT.
AT ONE POINT. BUT I DO REALLY
00:23:57AM VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL
OF
00:23:59THE GREAT LEADERSHIP THAT
GOVERNOR
00:24:01DEWINE AND HIS TEAM
HAVE OFFERED TO THIS
00:24:05DIFFICULT SITUATION.
WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK
00:24:09THAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE LAST
COUPLE
00:24:10OF WEEKS SINCE THE ORIGINAL
ANNOUNCEMENT IS THE PUBLIC'S
00:24:13UNDERSTANDING OF THE GRAVITY
OF THE SITUATION HAS INCREASED.
00:24:17AND I WOULD
LIKE TO OBSERVE THAT I SHARE
00:24:22THE PUBLIC'S CONCERN, AS DR.
ACTON POINTED OUT.
00:24:25BUT WHAT I WANT IS FOR THE
PUBLIC TO
00:24:27SHARE MY OPTIMISM
THAT WHILE THIS IS A
00:24:31DIFFICULT SITUATION, THE HEALTH
CARE
00:24:33INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE STATE OF
OHIO
00:24:35IS QUITE STRONG.
SO YOU HAVE READ ACROSS
00:24:39THE STATE MANY HOSPITALS, VERY
LARGE SYSTEMS AND SMALL
00:24:43HOSPITALS
ALIKE HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY
00:24:45ARE
DELAYING PROCEDURES THAT CAN
00:24:47SAFELY BE DELAYED.
AND THE CHAIR ELECT OF THE OHA
00:24:51IS THE PRESIDENT OF UNIVERSITY
CINCINNATI HEALTH, DR. RICK
00:24:54LOFGREN.
AND HE ALWAYS OBSERVES WHEN WE
00:24:57TALK
ABOUT THAT ISSUE,
00:24:59IS THAT THE PUBLIC SHOULD
FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE
00:25:03PROCEDURES ARE BEING DELAYED,
NOT BECAUSE HOSPITALS ARE UNSAFE
00:25:07PLACES TO BE.
THEY ARE BEING DELAYED BECAUSE
00:25:10OF
THE IMPORTANCE OF ALLOCATING
00:25:12RESOURCES IN A WAY THAT
ALLOWS US TO FOCUS ON PRIORITY
00:25:15CASES.
AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING
00:25:19THAT WE NEED TO CONSISTENTLY AND
CONSTANTLY KIND OF REMIND
00:25:23OURSELVES.
AT THE OHIO HOSPITAL
00:25:25ASSOCIATION,
WE DEPLOYED A PROCESS WHEREBY WE
00:25:27ASK SOME OF THE FOREMOST EXPERTS
IN THE STATE AND THROUGHOUT THE
00:25:30COUNTRY HOW
WE COULD ESTABLISH GUARDRAILS
00:25:34BETWEEN WHICH OUR HOSPITALS
COULD OPERATE SO THAT THEY COULD
00:25:39APPLY SOME GUIDELINES
CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE
00:25:42STATE,
FROM COMMUNITY TO COMMUNITY,
00:25:44FROM
SYSTEM TO SYSTEM.
00:25:46AND I THINK WHAT WE WHAT
THAT RESULTED IN IS SOME
00:25:50VERY, VERY CREDIBLE GUIDELINES
THAT
00:25:51HOSPITALS WILL FOLLOW
NO MATTER IF YOU'RE IN TOLEDO OR
00:25:56DAYTON OR ANYWHERE
IN THE STATE.
00:25:58WE ALSO CONSULTED KIND OF
LEARNED ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE
00:26:02AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS AND
OTHER GROUPS THAT HAVE GIVEN
00:26:06A GREAT DEAL OF SCHOLARLY
ATTENTION
00:26:09TO HOW POLICIES LIKE THIS SHOULD
LOOK.
00:26:12AS A MATTER OF ROUTINE, HOSPITAL
LEADERS REGULARLY
00:26:16EVALUATE SITUATIONS
AND CONTINGENCY PLANS BECAUSE
00:26:20UNIQUE
SITUATIONS.
00:26:22IF YOU JUST THINK ABOUT THE
READING
00:26:24THE LOCAL MEDIA FROM TIME TO
TIME,
00:26:26UNIQUE SITUATIONS POP UP
SOMEWHAT
00:26:28REGULARLY. IT WASN'T THAT LONG
AGO
00:26:30THE HOSPITALS IN
OHIO WERE DEALING WITH
00:26:33TORNADOES.
IT WAS JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS
00:26:35AGO
THAT LANKESTER WAS DEALING WITH
00:26:37THE BOTULISM SITUATION.
SO HOSPITALS ARE REGULAR, THE
00:26:41KIND
OF PRESSURE TESTING THEIR OWN
00:26:42INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THEIR
COMMUNITY
00:26:44TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE
CAPABLE
00:26:47OF SURGING WHEN THAT NEEDS TO
OCCUR
00:26:49AND RELAXING BACK WHEN THAT
SURGE
00:26:51CAN SAFELY RELAX BACK
EVERY YEAR IN OHIO HOSPITALS.
00:26:56THERE ARE 36 MILLION
ENCOUNTERS WITH OHIO HOSPITALS
00:27:00THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
AND AT THE OHIO HOSPITAL
00:27:02ASSOCIATION, WE HAVE DATA ON
ALL OF THEM AND WE CAN DEPLOY
00:27:06THAT DATA TO KIND OF DO
ANALYTICS AND FIGURE OUT
00:27:09SOME PROPER PUBLIC POLICIES
AND MAKE SOME PROPER
00:27:13OBSERVATIONS
ABOUT WHERE WHERE THINGS ARE
00:27:15LIKELY
TO OCCUR.
00:27:17THE SITUATION TODAY IS THAT
HOSPITALS IN OUR STATE ARE ABOUT
00:27:22A LITTLE LESS THAN 75 PERCENT AT
CAPACITY INPATIENT WISE,
00:27:26WHICH IS ABOUT NORMAL FOR THIS
TIME
00:27:28OF YEAR.
OFTEN IT'S A LITTLE HEAVIER THIS
00:27:30TIME OF YEAR BECAUSE OF
INFLUENZA.
00:27:32SO THAT IS TO SAY THAT WE CAN
SAFELY SURGE ANOTHER 25
00:27:36PERCENT WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING
EXTRAORDINARY AT ALL.
00:27:39LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.
I WAS TALKING TO A HOSPITAL
00:27:41LEADER
JUST EARLIER TODAY WHO
00:27:43RIGHT NOW STAFF FOR ABOUT 60
BEDS IN HIS HOSPITAL.
00:27:47AND WITHOUT MUCH EFFORT,
HE COULD SURGE THAT TO 90 BEDS.
00:27:51HE HAS THE ABILITY,
THE THE ROOMS THAT HE COULD OPEN
00:27:56AND THE. STRUCTURE TO SURGE FROM
60 TO 90 LAST
00:28:00NIGHT HAS INPATIENT COUNT WAS
IN THE
00:28:02LOW 50S.
SO ESSENTIALLY HE COULD ADD AN
00:28:05ADDITIONAL 30 WITHOUT DOING
ANYTHING PARTICULARLY
00:28:09EXTRAORDINARY.
BUT IF HE AND OTHER HOSPITALS
00:28:12THROUGHOUT THE STATE DID NEED TO
TAKE EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES,
00:28:14THERE
ARE THOSE OPTIONS.
00:28:16I WANT TO GIVE YOU JUST A
COUPLE OF
00:28:18EXAMPLES.
HOSPITALS HAVE BEEN, FOR
00:28:20EXAMPLE, IN
DISCUSSION WITH LOCAL NURSING
00:28:22HOMES
WHERE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE
00:28:24EITHER A WING OF A NURSING HOME
OR
00:28:26A BUILDING THAT IS
OWNED BY A NURSING HOME THAT
00:28:30COULD ACCEPT A CERTAIN NUMBER OF
NONINFECTIOUS PATIENTS SAFELY
00:28:35WHERE THOSE PATIENTS COULD
SAFELY BE
00:28:36CARED FOR.
SO YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY TURNING A
00:28:38SECTION OF A NURSING HOME INTO
AN AREA THAT COULD PROVIDE MORE
00:28:44TRADITIONAL HOSPITAL SERVICES.
WHAT THAT WOULD DO IS OPEN UP
00:28:48THE
MORE TRADITIONAL HOSPITAL
00:28:50BUILDING
FOR SURGE ABILITY
00:28:52IN CASE THEY HAD COVID 19
OR OTHER PATIENTS THAT REQUIRED
00:28:56HOSPITAL CARE.
WE HAVE HOSPITALS THROUGHOUT OUR
00:28:59STATE WHO HAVE TALKED TO LOCAL
HOTELS.
00:29:02THEY COULD ACTUALLY REDEPLOY
A FLOOR OF A HOTEL
00:29:06TO TO BRING IN NONINFECTIOUS
PATIENTS WHO COULD SAFELY BE
00:29:10CARED FOR IN A HOTEL.
AND AGAIN, FREEING
00:29:14UP SPACE IN THE MORE TRADITIONAL
HOSPITAL.
00:29:17I HAVE TALKED TO HOSPITAL
LEADERS THROUGHOUT OUR STATE WHO
00:29:20HAVE BEEN IN
COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR LOCAL
00:29:24LEADERS TO TALK ABOUT REOPENING
HOSPITALS THAT HAVE RECENTLY
00:29:28CLOSED.
IF WE NEED TO DO THAT, THAT'S
00:29:30SOMETHING WE COULD DO.
THOSE ARE, IN MANY CASES,
00:29:32APPROPRIATE BUILDINGS TO TO
OPEN UP AND COULD DO
00:29:36VARIOUS THINGS THAT WOULD BE
HELPFUL.
00:29:39WE HAVE 33 CRITICAL ACCESS
HOSPITALS
00:29:41IN OUR STATE AND TRADITIONALLY
THOSE
00:29:42HOSPITALS ARE LIMITED BY
FEDERAL LAW
00:29:45TO HAVE ONLY 25 BEDS
AND HAVE ONLY A NINETY SIX HOUR
00:29:48STAY.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS
00:29:50ALREADY
RELAXED THAT RULE SO WE CAN
00:29:53SEARCH INTO CRITICAL ACCESS
HOSPITALS BEYOND 25 BEDS
00:29:56WITH STAYS LONGER THAN 96
HOURS.
00:30:00IF YOU GO TO THE SEVERAL
HOSPITALS
00:30:02THROUGHOUT OUR STATE TODAY, YOU
WILL
00:30:04MAYBE SEE TENTS OUTSIDE
THE E.R.
00:30:08AND THOSE ARE BEING AND ONE
HOSPITAL LEADER CALLED THAT A
00:30:11RESPIRATORY WAITING ROOM.
TYPICALLY, THAT IS AN AREA OF
00:30:14THE HOSPITAL THAT HAS BEEN SET
UP IN
00:30:16THE LAST FEW DAYS TO
ESSENTIALLY DO TRIES TO DO
00:30:20AN ASSESSMENT OF A PATIENT AND
A SAFER AREA SO THEY CAN TELL
00:30:24WHETHER THIS PATIENT NEEDS TO
PROCEED MORE INTO THE
00:30:27TRADITIONAL
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND MAYBE
00:30:28INTO
THE HOSPITAL, OR IF THEY COULD
00:30:30BE
SAFELY CARED FOR OUTSIDE OF THE
00:30:32HOSPITAL. SO WHEN YOU DRIVE BY A
HOSPITAL TODAY AND YOU SEE TENTS
00:30:35GOING UP, I JUST WANTED YOU TO
HAVE
00:30:37SOME FAMILIARITY WITH WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN THAT TENT.
00:30:41SPEAKING OF CREATIVITY ARE OUR
SON
00:30:44THOMAS IS A JUNIOR AT THE
UNIVERSITY
00:30:46OF DAYTON AND HE IS PROBABLY
ENJOYING A LITTLE BIT THE EXTRA
00:30:49TIME
OFF FROM UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON.
00:30:52ALTHOUGH I HAVE TO PUT A SHOT,
SHOUT
00:30:53OUT TO THE FLYERS WHO I FEEL
TERRIBLY SORRY FOR ABOUT THE
00:30:56BASKETBALL SEASON.
BUT PREMIERE HEALTH HAS
00:30:59PARTNERED WITH UNIVERSITY OF
DAYTON.
00:31:00SO NOW AT UD ARENA, INSTEAD OF
SEEING A BASKETBALL GAME, YOU
00:31:03MIGHT
SEE SAFE TESTING
00:31:05GOING ON AND THAT IS BECAUSE
THEY WANTED TO DO THAT OFF SITE
00:31:09FROM
THE HOSPITAL.
00:31:10SO THERE IS A LOT OF INNOVATION
AND
00:31:12CREATIVITY BEING OFFERED TO
THE HEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE
00:31:15RIGHT
NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN
00:31:18SAFELY
PREPARE FOR A SURGE THAT WE
00:31:20BELIEVE
WE WILL NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR.
00:31:23AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT
OVER
00:31:24TO DR. ANDY THOMAS TO PROVIDE
MORE DETAIL AROUND THE PROCESS
00:31:28THAT WE WENT THROUGH AND WHAT
THAT
00:31:30PROCESS RESULTED IN IN TERMS OF
ELECTIVE PROCEDURES.
00:31:33THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MIKE.
00:31:38AND ANDY THOMAS, CHIEF CLINICAL
OFFICER FROM THE HOUSE, THE
00:31:41UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL
CENTER.
00:31:42I HAVE A PLEASURE TO REPRESENT
THE
00:31:44MEDICAL ADVISORY GROUP FROM THE
OSHA THAT'S BEEN WORKING WITH
00:31:47THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OVER THE PAST
00:31:49COUPLE OF WEEKS.
AS MIKE SAID, WE WORKED REALLY
00:31:52ON
SOME DIRECTION THAT CAME FROM
00:31:53THE
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS,
00:31:55THE
U.S. SURGEON GENERAL.
00:31:56AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING GOING ON
IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON AND
00:32:00NOW
IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND
00:32:01OTHER
STATES TO TRY AND GET AHEAD OF
00:32:03THE
CURVE. AS DR. ACTON HAS
00:32:05BEEN EXPLAINING TO US NOW FOR
A FEW WEEKS, THE GROUP,
00:32:09THE MEDICAL ADVISORY GROUP
PUT TOGETHER A GROUP OF SURGICAL
00:32:13LEADERS FROM OUR HOSPITALS
ACROSS
00:32:15THE STATE TO WORK TO DETERMINE
WHAT CASES WOULD BE SAFE
00:32:19TO DELAY EITHER SURGERIES OR
PROCEDURES, AND HOW COULD
00:32:23WE PROVIDE GUIDANCE THAT COULD
BE
00:32:24USED UNIFORMLY ACROSS THE STATE
SO THAT WE'RE NOT CREATING
00:32:28A NEW PROBLEM BY SOLVING ONE.
AND WE DON'T WANT TO HARM ANY
00:32:32PATIENTS WHO NEED SURGERY,
BUT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DEFINE
00:32:35WHICH CASES COULD BE SAFELY
DELAYED
00:32:38SO THAT THEY CAN BE DONE TWO
WEEKS,
00:32:40FOUR WEEKS, SIX WEEKS FROM NOW
WITH NO HARM TO THE PATIENT.
00:32:44SO OUR GROUP HAS WORKED OVER THE
LAST OVER THE LAST WEEK
00:32:47TO PUT TOGETHER A SET OF
PRINCIPLES
00:32:49THAT HAVE BEEN AGREED TO BY THE
OHIO
00:32:51HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION BOARD, HAVE
BEEN SHARED WITH THE GOVERNOR'S
00:32:54OFFICE IN THE STATE
ABOUT HOW WE'LL PROCEED
00:32:58BASICALLY TO WHAT
WE DID IS CREATE CRITERIA TO
00:33:01MAKE
SOMETHING NOT ELECTIVE.
00:33:03WE COULD HAVE TRIED TO DEFINE
WHAT
00:33:05IS ELECTIVE OR TRIED TO DEFINE
WHAT IS NOT ELECTIVE.
00:33:08AND WE CHOSE THE LATTER.
SO THE WAY THAT WE WILL DEFINE
00:33:12THINGS THAT ARE NOT ELECTIVE ARE
SURGERY OR PROCEDURE THAT
00:33:15IS LIFE SAVING SURGERY
OR PROCEDURE THAT PRESERVES THE
00:33:19FUNCTION OF AN ORGAN OR
PRESERVES
00:33:21A LIMB FOR A PATIENT,
A SURGERY THAT WILL
00:33:26REDUCE THE RISK OF METASTASIS
OR PROGRESSION OF DISEASE
00:33:30FOR CANCER OR OTHER CONDITION,
AND A SURGERY THAT WILL
00:33:35REDUCE THE RISK OF PROGRESSION
TO
00:33:37SEVERE SYMPTOMS FOR THE PATIENT.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
00:33:41ANYTHING THAT FITS INTO THOSE
FOUR
00:33:43CATEGORIES PRESERVATION OF LIFE,
PRESERVATION OF ORGANS OR LIMB,
00:33:49PREVENTING PROGRESSION OF
DISEASE
00:33:51OR METASTASIS FOR CANCER
OR PROGRESSION TO SEVERE
00:33:54SYMPTOMS,
ANYTHING THAT FITS INTO THOSE
00:33:56FELT
FOUR CATEGORIES WILL STILL BE
00:33:57ABLE
TO BE DONE IN A ROUTINE BASIS
00:34:00AS IT'S BEEN SCHEDULED OR
POTENTIALLY EVEN MOVED UP
00:34:02BECAUSE
OTHER ELECTIVE THINGS ARE
00:34:04REMOVED
FROM THE SCHEDULE.
00:34:05WE FEEL THAT THIS STEP
WILL DO A NUMBER OF THINGS FOR
00:34:09US. FIRST, IT DOES HELP US
WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING AT THE
00:34:13HOSPITAL. FEWER PEOPLE IN
WAITING
00:34:14ROOMS, FEWER PEOPLE COMING INTO
OUR
00:34:16FACILITIES IS MOST LIKELY
BETTER TO
00:34:18REDUCE THE SPREAD OF INFECTION.
BUT REALLY THE GOAL OF THIS IS
00:34:22TO PRESERVE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD BE USED IN
00:34:24THOSE SURGERIES.
IT'S ALSO TO PRESERVE BEDS,
00:34:28TO PRESERVE CRITICAL CARE BEDS
OR
00:34:30EVEN ROUTINE HOSPITAL BEDS THAT
MIGHT BE TAKEN UP BY THOSE
00:34:33PATIENTS
WHEN THEY'RE RECOVERING FROM
00:34:34SURGERY.
AND ALSO, IT PRESERVES KEY
00:34:37EQUIPMENT. SO VENTILATORS,
IT ALLOWS US TO FREE UP STAFF TO
00:34:41PERFORM OTHER FUNCTIONS, WHETHER
THAT SCREENING, SWABBING
00:34:44OR REALLY CARING FOR A
MORE AND MORE PATIENTS THAT
00:34:47WE'RE
GETTING IN OUR HOSPITALS THAT
00:34:49ARE
BEING RULED OUT FOR A CORONA
00:34:51VIRUS.
SO IT WAS A VERY COLLEGIAL
00:34:54PROCESS.
GOOD AGREEMENT BOTH AT THE
00:34:56SURGICAL
LEVEL, THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER
00:34:57LEVEL AND THEN AMONGST THE
HOSPITAL BOARD LEADERSHIP AT
00:35:02THE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION.
AND WE FEEL IT'S
00:35:06A GOOD PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN
THROUGH AND THAT IT WILL MAKE
00:35:09SURE
TO PRESERVE SAFETY AND QUALITY
00:35:10OF
CARE IN THE STATE OF OHIO.
00:35:18I'M TAMARA MCBRYDE, I'M THE
CHIEF OF
00:35:19HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AT THE OHIO
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
00:35:22MY REMARKS TODAY WILL BE BRIEF,
BUT
00:35:23TO FOLLOW UP WITH DR. THOMAS
AND WHAT MIKE ABRAMS HAVE TALKED
00:35:27ABOUT IN TERMS OF STEPS THAT
ARE IN PLACE IN ORDER TO
00:35:30MAINTAIN
THE SURGE THAT WE ANTICIPATE
00:35:33SEEING.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT
00:35:34CONSERVATION OF PPE IS
PARAMOUNT.
00:35:37IF WE DON'T DO CONSERVATION
STEPS
00:35:39NOW, WE WILL NOT HAVE HEALTH
CARE
00:35:41WORKERS THAT ARE PROTECTED TO
CARE
00:35:42FOR THE MOST SICK.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE
00:35:45GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED A FEW DAYS
AGO
00:35:47WAS THAT WE DID INDEED RECEIVE
OUR ALLOCATION FOR THE STRATEGIC
00:35:51NATIONAL STOCKPILE.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE
00:35:54FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ALLOCATED
FOR EACH OF THE STATES
00:35:58A CERTAIN AMOUNT BASED ON
POPULATION
00:36:00THAT WE WILL RECEIVE.
WE HAVE RECEIVED THE FULL
00:36:03ALLOCATION
FOR OHIO.
00:36:05THAT, THOUGH, IS NOT ENOUGH.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS
00:36:09ALL OF THE INDUSTRIES
WHO ARE NOW TAKING ON
00:36:12ELECTIVE SURGERY POSTPONEMENTS
OR
00:36:14CANCELATIONS TO PLEASE CONTACT
YOUR LOCAL E.M.A.
00:36:18TO ENSURE THAT THAT PERSONAL
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT IS
00:36:21AVAILABLE
SO THAT HEALTH CARE WORKERS,
00:36:23E.M.S., FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE
WHAT THEY NEED IN ORDER TO CARE
00:36:26FOR
SICK PATIENTS AND TO PROTECT
00:36:28THEMSELVES.
CONSERVATION IN THIS
00:36:31ENTIRE SITUATION IS PARAMOUNT.
WE HAVE TO TAKE THOSE STEPS.
00:36:35IT'S ONE OF THE CRITICAL
MITIGATION
00:36:37STEPS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE
TO ENSURE THAT WE
00:36:40HAVE THE THE
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS IN
00:36:44PLACE
TO BE ABLE TO TO GO INTO
00:36:47LEVERAGE
THOSE HOSPITALS OR THOSE HOTELS
00:36:49THAT MIKE ABRAMS TALKED ABOUT.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
00:36:52ARE
PROTECTED FOR THE GUNSHOT WOUNDS
00:36:54THAT THE DIRECTOR TALKED ABOUT,
AS
00:36:56WELL AS THE BIRTHS THAT ARE
STILL
00:36:57GOING TO HAPPEN EVERY SINGLE
DAY.
00:36:59AND THOSE RISKS ARE STILL THERE.
THOSE IN THOSE INFECTIOUS
00:37:04DISEASES AND THOSE IN CONTROL
PRACTICES ARE STILL VERY MUCH
00:37:07REAL IN SPITE OF COVID 19.
SO ENSURING THAT EVERYONE IS
00:37:11PROTECTED FROM OUR FIRST
RESPONDERS
00:37:13TO OUR HEALTH CARE WORKERS IS
REALLY, REALLY CRITICAL.
00:37:16AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE
THAT OHIO HAS RECEIVED OUR FULL
00:37:20ALLOCATION OF THE STOCKPILE.
IT IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO GET
00:37:23FOR
NOW.
00:37:24I DON'T ANTICIPATE US RECEIVING
ANYTHING ADDITIONAL.
00:37:27THEY HAVE COMMUNICATED THAT AS
SUCH.
00:37:29AND SO WE ARE JUST GONNA HAVE TO
WORK TOGETHER ON THOSE
00:37:32CONSERVATION
STEPS.
00:37:33THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JOHN.
THANK YOU, GOVERNOR.
00:37:41I WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE
ON A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'VE
00:37:44BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE LAST
COUPLE
00:37:46OF DAYS, PARTICULARLY AS IT
RELATES
00:37:48TO UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
WE HAVE EXPEDITED THE PROCESS
00:37:54FOR ALLOWING SOMEONE TO QUALIFY
FOR
00:37:56UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
WE ASKED YESTERDAY
00:38:00THAT PEOPLE NOT USE THE PHONE
NUMBER
00:38:02BUT USE UNEMPLOYMENT, NOT OHIO
DOT GOV.
00:38:06THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING
TO THAT, BECAUSE UP UNTIL
00:38:10YESTERDAY WE HAD A NINETY FIVE
MINUTE WAIT ON THE PHONES.
00:38:14NOW WE'VE TRANSITION ABOUT 90
PERCENT OF THAT TO THE INTERNET.
00:38:17AND THE WAIT TIME ON THE PHONE
WAS
00:38:18DOWN TO 53 MINUTES.
ONLY 13 MINUTES ON THE WEB SITE.
00:38:21SO WE'RE GETTING
QUITE A HIGH NUMBER OF PEOPLE
00:38:25WHO
ARE BEING DISPLACED IN
00:38:27THE ECONOMY DUE TO
THE ACTIONS THAT ARE BEING TAKEN
00:38:31TO CONTROL THE SPREAD
OF THE CORONAVIRUS.
00:38:36AND WE VERY
MUCH
00:38:40APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COOPERATING
AND TRYING TO USE THE TOOLS THAT
00:38:44WE'RE PROVIDING YOU AND THE MOST
EFFICIENT WAY.
00:38:46A REMINDER TO EMPLOYERS.
WE GET CALLS EVERY DAY ABOUT
00:38:51CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF
EMPLOYERS MIGHT BE SHUT DOWN.
00:38:56LOOK, YOU CAN HELP YOURSELVES
HERE
00:38:59BY MAKING SURE THAT IF YOU HAVE
AN EMPLOYEE WHO IS
00:39:03ILL OR EXHIBITING SIGNS
THAT YOU SEND THEM HOME, THAT
00:39:07YOU
SELF-QUARANTINE THEM, THEY
00:39:09WOULD BE AT THAT POINT, IF YOU
DO
00:39:10NOT HAVE A PAID LEAVE PROGRAM,
THEY
00:39:12WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR
UNEMPLOYMENT
00:39:14BENEFITS. WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD
THAT
00:39:16SUPPORT SYSTEM AROUND PEOPLE
TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS.
00:39:20AND WE KNOW THAT THERE,
AS I'VE MENTIONED, THAT THERE
00:39:24ARE
EMPLOYERS WHO AND THEIR
00:39:26WORKFORCE WHO ARE STRUGGLING,
WHO
00:39:28ARE STRUGGLING THERE.
THERE ALSO ARE SOME PLAYERS WHO
00:39:30ARE
HIRING.
00:39:32THERE ARE EMPLOYERS WHO HAVE A
GREAT DEMAND BECAUSE OF THE
00:39:35NATURE
OF HOW THE SUPPLY CHAIN IS
00:39:38WORKING.
FOR EXAMPLE, AMAZON IS IT
00:39:40ANNOUNCED
THAT THEY WILL HIRE FORTY SIX
00:39:41HUNDRED NEW PEOPLE
JUST IN OHIO ALONE AND WAREHOUSE
00:39:46DRIVERS, CUSTOMER SERVICE
JOBS THAT ARE
00:39:50GOOD PAYING JOBS.
AND WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE
00:39:54TO LOOK AT THOSE OPTIONS.
AGAIN, I WILL REITERATE,
00:39:58THE RESTAURANTS IN THIS STATE
ARE AVAILABLE FOR
00:40:03CARRY OUT DINING
AND DELIVERY.
00:40:07THESE INSTITUTIONS,
THESE RESTAURANTS COULD
00:40:11REALLY USE YOUR SUPPORT DURING
THIS
00:40:13DIFFICULT TIME.
AND IF YOU
00:40:16CAN USE THEIR SERVICES, THEY
WOULD
00:40:18REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
LET ME
00:40:24ALSO ADD A BIT
OF NEW INFORMATION.
00:40:28I'VE BEEN ON THE PHONE, AS YOU
MIGHT
00:40:29IMAGINE, A LOT WITH SECRETARY OF
STATE FRANK LAROSE.
00:40:32WE REALLY APPRECIATE HIS
HIS WORK IN SUPPORT OF
00:40:39THE HEALTH CRISIS THAT WE ARE
ALL
00:40:40FACING.
HE MADE IT KNOWN TO ME
00:40:44THAT THE MADISON COUNTY BOARD
OF ELECTIONS VOTED TODAY TO
00:40:48CLOSE
THE BOARD OFFICES BECAUSE A POLL
00:40:50WORKER WHO HAD BEEN
IN THE OFFICE OVER THE PAST FEW
00:40:54DAYS
FOR TRAINING AND PICKING
00:40:56UP SUPPLIES AND WHO WAS AT A
POLLING
00:40:58LOCATION, EXHIBITED
SYMPTOMS OF THE CORONAVIRUS,
00:41:02AND THE POLL WORKER IS NOW
BEING TESTED.
00:41:06THESE ARE
THE REASONS THAT THE
00:41:10DIRECTOR, THE DIRECTOR OF
HEALTH AND
00:41:12THE GOVERNOR MADE THE DECISION
THAT WAS MADE BECAUSE WE WANT
00:41:15TO PROTECT PEOPLE.
AND I KNOW THAT MY
00:41:19TELEPHONE LIT UP LAST NIGHT FROM
SOME OF MY ELECTED
00:41:22OFFICIAL COLLEAGUES FROM AROUND
THE
00:41:24STATE WHO
FELT THAT THE DISAPPOINTMENT
00:41:29OF AN EXTENSION
OF THE VOTING PERIOD FOR
00:41:35ELECTIONS.
AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT
00:41:38OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO
DEMONSTRATE
00:41:39THAT THEIR PUBLIC SERVANTS,
THAT WE ARE PUTTING THE PUBLIC'S
00:41:43HEALTH INTERESTS AHEAD OF
OUR NEAR-TERM
00:41:48POLITICAL INTERESTS AND
MAKING SURE THAT
00:41:53INDIVIDUALS GET
A CHANCE TO VOTE AND THEY
00:41:57CAN DO SO WITHOUT PUTTING THEIR
HEALTH IN JEOPARDY.
00:41:59THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS
THAT
00:42:02PUBLIC SERVANTS WITH A
PUBLIC SERVANT HEART SHOULD
00:42:06REALLY
FOCUS ON TRYING TO EXHIBIT
00:42:09DURING THESE DIFFICULT TIMES.
I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT ONE
00:42:13OF THE THINGS SECRETARY LAROSE
EMPHASIZED LAST NIGHT
00:42:17IS THAT IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE
FOR
00:42:19HIM TO HAVE RUN THE
ELECTION THIS MORNING BECAUSE OF
00:42:23THE FACT THAT POLL WORKERS
AND WOULDN'T
00:42:28SHOW UP AND THAT WOULD CREATE A
BIG
00:42:29DISRUPTION.
THAT IS INDEED WHAT HAPPENED IN
00:42:33THE
STATES WHERE THEY DID TRY TO
00:42:35CONDUCT
ELECTIONS TODAY.
00:42:37MANY CASES, POLL WORKERS JUST
DIDN'T
00:42:39SHOW UP, THE POLLING
LOCATIONS COULDN'T OPEN.
00:42:43AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO
EXPERIENCE THAT TODAY.
00:42:46AND WE WILL WORKING WITH
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND
00:42:50THE COURTS, IDENTIFY A WAY
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN
00:42:54ORDERLY
OPPORTUNITY, A SAFE OPPORTUNITY
00:42:57FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE
IN THIS STATE.
00:43:04ONE MORE COMMENT IN REGARD TO
HOSPITALS.
00:43:08HOSPITALS HAVE CONTACTED US
IN REGARD TO THEIR WORKFORCE
00:43:14AND IF REQUESTED, PERMISSION
TO BE ABLE TO SET UP CHILDCARE
00:43:18FACILITIES RIGHT THERE.
WE KNOW FROM WHAT HAS HAPPENED
00:43:22IN OTHER COUNTRIES AND
WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST
00:43:26IS THAT A VIRUS LIKE
THIS CAN
00:43:30ALSO HIT VERY HEAVILY
IN REGARD TO OUR HEALTH CARE
00:43:33WORKERS. WE KNOW WE NEED THEM.
THE HOSPITALS UNDERSTAND THAT.
00:43:38WE ALSO HAVE THE SITUATION WHERE
SCHOOL IS OUT AND
00:43:43YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING
WHO
00:43:45HAVE TO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN
TAKEN
00:43:46CARE OF. SO WE WILL BE
MAKING AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON THAT,
00:43:49BUT
WE CERTAINLY WILL BE TAKING
00:43:51CARE OF
THAT AS WE AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
00:43:55ALSO, IN REGARD TO JONGE
COMMENTS ABOUT CARRY OUT,
00:44:01MY GRANDDAUGHTER CAROLINE AND
IZZY AND I WILL BE PICKING
00:44:05UP SOME IRISH FOOD TONIGHT AND
BE TAKING IT BACK TO THEIR HOME
00:44:10AND ALSO TAKING IT TO THEIR
GRANDMOTHER.
00:44:13MY WIFE, FRAN.
AND SO WE ENCOURAGE OTHER PEOPLE
00:44:16TO DO THAT.
THIS IS A WAY THAT WE CAN
00:44:18SUPPORT
THE RESTAURANTS.
00:44:20IT'S ALSO GREAT FOOD AND
IT'S A WAY THAT WE CAN, YOU
00:44:24KNOW,
TRY TO CELEBRATE ST. PATRICK'S
00:44:26DAY IN A SPECIAL WAY
THAT WE HAVE TO AFTER CELEBRATED
00:44:30TODAY.
THANK YOU.
00:44:32QUESTIONS.
AND LET ME JUST INDICATE TO OUR
00:44:35VIEWERS, I DON'T THINK I DID
THIS.
00:44:37I AM ACTUALLY LOOKING AT
MEMBERS OF THE
00:44:42PRESS CORPS, NEWS CORPS,
AND THEY WILL BE ASKING
00:44:46QUESTIONS.
I WILL ACTUALLY BE LOOKING AT
00:44:48THEM.
THOSE OF YOU ON TV, YOU WILL
00:44:49NOT BE
ABLE SEE THEM, BUT YOU WILL
00:44:51BE ABLE TO HEAR THEM AS THEY'RE
SPEAKING RIGHT DIRECTLY INTO A
00:44:55MIC.
AND I'VE GOT ONE ROOM OVER HERE,
00:44:56AND ONE ROOM OVER HERE.
AND AGAIN, I'M LOOKING AT THE
00:44:59THE TV
CAMERAS IN THEIR ROOMS ARE NOT
00:45:01VERY
FAR FROM THERE.
00:45:02ALSO IN THE IN THE CAPITOL
BUILDING
00:45:05HERE.
HELLO, EVERYBODY.
00:45:09HELLO. HAPPY ST. PATTY'S DAY,
EVERYONE.
00:45:12LOUANN STOYA, ABC 6 FOX 28.
COLUMBUS GOVERNOR, COULD YOU
00:45:16PLEASE
GIVE SOME DIRECTION?
00:45:17WE'VE HAD VIEWERS AND FUNERAL
DIRECTORS ASKING US FOR
00:45:21MORE DIRECTION ON FUNERALS.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE CONGREGATING
00:45:26IN LARGER NUMBERS AND
WANTING TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS,
00:45:29BUT
THEY ARE REACHING OUT AND
00:45:31WONDERING
IF THERE'S GOING TO BE FURTHER
00:45:33GUIDANCE ON FUNERALS AND
MEMORIAL SERVICES.
00:45:37WELL, THIS IS CERTAINLY VERY
DIFFICULT FOR FAMILIES.
00:45:42I CAN TELL YOU WE'VE BEEN --WE
WERE
00:45:44CONTACTED BY A FRIEND
OF MINE WHO
00:45:48HIS FAMILY WHO DIED.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE
00:45:51TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE DEAL
WITH
00:45:53THIS? HOW DO WE DEAL WITH A BIG
FUNERAL?
00:45:55THEY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION
THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN
00:45:58SERVICE, BUT THEY WOULD POSTPONE
THE THE PUBLIC SERVICE UNTIL
00:46:03LATER.
LOOK, THE SUN'S GOING TO COME
00:46:05OUT
AGAIN.
00:46:06WE ARE GOING TO GET BACK TO
NORMAL.
00:46:08SO WE WOULD JUST ASK
PEOPLE AND THAT'S A VERY
00:46:12DIFFICULT
SITUATION. SAME THING WITH
00:46:14WEDDINGS,
PEOPLE, A PLAN, WEDDINGS FOR A
00:46:16LONG,
LONG TIME.
00:46:17AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN,
WE WOULD JUST ASK THEM TO FIGURE
00:46:22OUT A WAY TO CELEBRATE THE
WEDDING,
00:46:24BUT MAYBE POSTPONE THE BIG THE
BIG
00:46:26CELEBRATION.
THE LAST THING THAT ANY OF US
00:46:29WANT
IS TO FOR A FUNERAL OR A WEDDING
00:46:31TO BE THE CAUSE OF SOMEONE ELSE
DYING.
00:46:35YOU KNOW, A VERY HAPPY OCCASION
AS FAR AS A WEDDING.
00:46:38YOU DON'T WANT SOMEONE IN THE
FAMILY
00:46:39TO GET SICK.
OBVIOUSLY, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR
00:46:42RELATIVES FROM OUT OF STATE NOW
TO
00:46:44GET IN.
SO, AGAIN, I THINK JUST
00:46:47COMMON SENSE.
TRY TO WORK YOUR WAY THROUGH
00:46:51THIS.
IT'S NOT EASY.
00:46:52AND I I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT YOUR ACTIONS
00:46:56WILL WILL IMPACT
THE SAFETY OF YOUR FAMILY,
00:47:00YOUR LOVED ONES, AND THOSE WHO
YOU
00:47:02DON'T EVEN KNOW.
HI, GOVERNOR MOLLY MARTINEZ,
00:47:05SPECTRUM NEWS.
I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD JUST
00:47:07TALK
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LAST NIGHT
00:47:09AND
SORT OF THE CONSTITUTIONALITY IN
00:47:11MAKING THAT CALL AND MAKING
THAT HEALTH EMERGENCY AND
00:47:14PUSHING
BACK THE ELECTION.
00:47:16SORT OF WHAT WERE YOUR OPTIONS
AND
00:47:17WHAT WAS YOUR LINE OF THINKING
LAST
00:47:19NIGHT?
WELL, WE WE FELT
00:47:22INITIALLY, AS I INDICATED
YESTERDAY
00:47:24ABOUT THIS TIME, THAT THERE
WOULD BE
00:47:26A LAWSUIT FILED,
THAT WE WOULD GO INTO COURT
00:47:30AND THAT WE WOULD GET AN ORDER
EXTENDING BASICALLY EXTENDING
00:47:33THE
ELECTION TO
00:47:37ALLOW AMPLE, AMPLE,
AMPLE TIME FOR ABSENTEE
00:47:41VOTING.
AND THEN THE ELECTION ITSELF ON
00:47:43ON
JUNE 2ND.
00:47:46THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.
AND WE HAD A JUDGE IN FRANKLIN
00:47:49COUNTY WHO MADE A DIFFERENT,
DIFFERENT DECISION.
00:47:53AND WE WERE FACED AT 10
O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT WHEN WE MADE
00:47:57THE FINAL DECISION OF
THE SITUATION THAT WE NEEDED TO
00:48:00SIGNAL VERY QUICKLY
TO POLL WORKERS, TO VOTERS
00:48:06WHAT THE SITUATION WAS.
AND IT WAS CLEAR THAT IN IN THE
00:48:09COURTS WE COULD HAVE APPEALED
IT, BUT
00:48:14THAT WOULD HAVE OCCURRED OVER
THE
00:48:15NIGHT TIME.
AND EVEN IF WE'RE LUCKY THAT
00:48:17DECISION MAY HAVE BEEN MADE IN
EARLY
00:48:19MORNING, PEOPLE WOULD NOT HAD
MUCH
00:48:21NOTICE.
SO WE HAD AN EMINENT HEALTH
00:48:25CRISIS.
WE HAD TO DEAL WITH
00:48:27THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH.
BASED UPON EVERYTHING SHE KNOWS,
00:48:31BASED UPON ALL THE EVIDENCE,
BASED UPON CONSULTATION WITH
00:48:34FRANK
LAROSE ABOUT HOW THIS
00:48:37WOULD COME DOWN, IF, IN FACT
THERE
00:48:39WAS A
ELECTION AS WE NORMALLY
00:48:43ANTICIPATED
IT AND SHE MADE THAT DECISION.
00:48:45I FULLY, FULLY SUPPORT
THAT DECISION.
00:48:49AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT
OUT, I
00:48:51THINK, BY SOME 10 O'CLOCK
NEWS ABOUT ABOUT 10, FIFTEEN
00:48:55TO 20. AND THEN, OF COURSE, FOR
THE
00:48:5611:00 O'CLOCK NEWS.
I THINK EVERYBODY ACROSS THE
00:48:59STATE
HAD HAD HAD THE STORY.
00:49:01THOSE OF YOU WHO ON THE PRINT
SIDE WERE PUTTING THOSE STORIES
00:49:05UP.
SO WE DID WHAT WE NEED TO
00:49:07DO TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE,
THE STATE OF OHIO.
00:49:10AND SO IT WAS A DECISION
THAT I FULLY SUPPORT.
00:49:13IT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION.
NOW, OUR GOAL MUST BE TO
00:49:18ALLOW PEOPLE WHAT WE SAID
YESTERDAY,
00:49:19ALLOW PEOPLE TO VOTE, GIVE THEM
AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE AND
00:49:23EITHER THROUGH THE STATE
LEGISLATURE
00:49:25OR THROUGH THE COURTS.
I'M CONFIDENT THAT THAT WILL
00:49:27THAT
WILL HAPPEN.
00:49:30GOVERNOR, JIM OTTE FROM WHIO TV
HERE IN DAYTON. THANKS.
00:49:33SO FAR ACROSS THE BOARD, IT
APPEARS
00:49:35THAT PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY
ACROSS
00:49:37THE STATE, ALTHOUGH THEY MAY NOT
LIKE WHAT EVERYTHING YOU'RE
00:49:39DOING,
THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH IT.
00:49:41YET LAST NIGHT WHEN YOU WENT TO
DELAY THE ELECTION, A COUPLE OF
00:49:44LAWMAKERS, INCLUDING ONE FROM
THE
00:49:45MIAMI VALLEY, ACTUALLY TRIED TO
STOP
00:49:47YOU. AND HAVE THIS ELECTION
ACTUALLY
00:49:48OCCUR TODAY.
DOES THAT CONCERN YOU?
00:49:51YOUR REACTION?
AND GOING FORWARD, DO YOU HAVE
00:49:54ANY
ASSURANCE THAT THE LEGISLATURE
00:49:57WILL
GO ALONG WITH YOU, WITH YOUR
00:49:59PLAN TO HAVE THIS ELECTION ON
JUNE
00:50:012ND? WHAT'S NEXT?
WELL, WE'RE OPEN CERTAINLY TO
00:50:05DISCUSS THAT.
THERE'S NOTHING MAGIC ABOUT JUNE
00:50:082ND.
THE DATE WAS PICKED BECAUSE IT
00:50:11WOULD
GIVE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR
00:50:13PEOPLE TO HAVE ABSENTEE BALLOTS
AND TO VOTE.
00:50:16IT WOULD ALSO, WE FELT WOULD
BE THE TIME
00:50:20SECRETARY OF STATE FELT IT WAS
WITHIN THE TIME IN WHICH
00:50:24WE WOULD HAVE TO PICK DELEGATES.
SO THE DEMOCRATS WOULD PICK
00:50:26THEIR
DELEGATES. REPUBLICANS WOULD
00:50:27PICK
THEIR DELEGATES. AND THAT WOULD
00:50:29THAT
WOULD BE IN TIME.
00:50:30WELL, THERE'S NOTHING MAGICAL
ABOUT
00:50:32THAT DATE.
BUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT,
00:50:35AS WE DISCUSSED THIS, IS
THAT PEOPLE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY
00:50:39TO VOTE OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD
OF
00:50:40TIME.
AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE THIS IS
00:50:44EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.
TO QUOTE ELEANOR ROOSEVELT,
00:50:50AS SHE TALKED ABOUT WORLD WAR
TWO,
00:50:52THIS IS SHE SAID THIS IS NO
ORDINARY
00:50:54TIME.
THIS IS NO ORDINARY TIME IN
00:50:56OHIO.
THIS IS NO ORDINARY TIME IN THE
00:50:58UNITED STATES.
AND SO.
00:51:01WE HAVE TO PRESERVE ALL THE
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
00:51:05IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WRONG TO
COMPEL
00:51:07PEOPLE TO MAKE A DECISION
TODAY WHETHER THEY WERE
00:51:11GOING TO RISK THEIR HEALTH.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMPROMISED
00:51:15HEALTH WISHED THEIR HEALTH.
TO EXERCISE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL
00:51:19RIGHT, THAT IS WRONG.
AND SO I THINK DEMOCRATS,
00:51:22REPUBLICANS, INDEPENDENTS,
WHOEVER YOU ARE, WE
00:51:26ALL SHOULD BE IN FAVOR OF AMPLE
OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERY OHIO
00:51:29CITIZEN
TO VOTE.
00:51:31AND THAT WILL BE.
THAT'S KIND OF THE BOTTOM LINE
00:51:34AS WE
TALK TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE,
00:51:36AS WE TALK TO THE COURTS.
THAT'S WHAT WE THINK IS IS IS
00:51:40VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
AND I AM CONFIDENT
00:51:44THAT WE CAN PROTECT PEOPLE'S
RIGHTS
00:51:46AND GIVE THEM THAT TIME AND
AGAIN.
00:51:47I WANT TO EMPHASIZE WHY
THAT EXTRA TIME IS REALLY,
00:51:51REALLY
NECESSARY.
00:51:53AND IT IS NECESSARY BECAUSE
THIS
00:51:58VIRUS INFECTION IS GOING TO
CONTINUE
00:52:00TO HIT OHIOANS.
AND SO WE DON'T WANT ANYONE
00:52:04IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY CANNOT
VOTE. WE WANT TO GIVE THEM
00:52:08PLENTY OF
TIME, AS MUCH TIME AS HUMANLY
00:52:10POSSIBLE.
UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A
00:52:14PRIMARY
AND WE'RE GOING TO AMPLE TIME
00:52:16FOR PEOPLE TO CAMPAIGN FOR THE
NOVEMBER ELECTION.
00:52:20SO GOVERNOR JIM PROVINCE, WITH
THE
00:52:22TOLEDO BLADE
LAST NIGHT, ONE OF THE REASONS
00:52:25YOU
DIDN'T GET THE DECISION YOU
00:52:26WANTED
FROM THE JUDGE WAS BECAUSE YOU
00:52:28HADN'T CALLED IN THE
LEGISLATURE TO
00:52:29CONSIDER THIS FIRST.
WAS THERE DISCUSSION YESTERDAY
00:52:32ABOUT
DOING THAT?
00:52:34AND WAS THERE EVER, EVER IN YOUR
MIND THE IDEA THAT THE
00:52:37LEGISLATURE
SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO YOUR 50 AND
00:52:39FEWER WHEN IT COMES TO MASS
GATHERINGS?
00:52:43NO.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE IF YOU LOOK
00:52:46AT
THE
00:52:48ORDERS, WE WE EXEMPTED
OUT BUSINESSES.
00:52:51WE KNOW PEOPLE GO INTO WORK,
BASICALLY, THEY'RE CERTAINLY
00:52:54GOING TO WORK.
WE'RE ALSO EXCLUDED OUT
00:52:58EXERCISING
THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
00:53:00SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THEY
WOULD HAVE TO DETERMINE HOW THEY
00:53:03COULD DO THAT.
AND I WILL NOT INFRINGE UPON
00:53:06THERE'S A SEPARATE BRANCH OF
GOVERNMENT.
00:53:08BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE CERTAINLY
ARE WAYS IF THEY WANT TO SPREAD
00:53:12OUT,
THEY COULD DO THAT AS THEY
00:53:13VOTED.
THEY COULD VOTE.
00:53:15SOME PEOPLE COME IN AND VOTE.
MY EXPERIENCES AS UNITED STATES
00:53:18CONGRESS WERE SOMETIMES OVER A
30
00:53:19MINUTE PERIOD OF TIME.
PEOPLE COME IN AND VOTE.
00:53:22AND SO YOU NEVER HAVE A HUGE
NUMBER
00:53:23OF PEOPLE IN THE CHAMBER.
SO THERE'S WAYS OF WORKING THAT
00:53:25OUT.
BUT WE WOULD NOT INFRINGE UPON
00:53:27THEIR RIGHTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
00:53:30WE EXCLUDED THEM OUT
ANYWAY.
00:53:33I WOULD JUST ASSUME THAT THE
SPEAKER
00:53:36AND THE SENATE PRESIDENT AND THE
DEMOCRAT LEADERS WOULD WANT TO
00:53:39PROTECT THEIR MEMBERS AS WELL.
AND I'M SURE THAT THEY WILL.
00:53:42THEY WOULD THEY WOULD DO THAT.
DID YOU CONSIDER CALLING THE
00:53:45LEGISLATURE IN LAST NIGHT?
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT
00:53:48EVERYTHING.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A QUESTION OF
00:53:50TIME.
AND, YOU KNOW,
00:53:52WE WOULD NORMALLY APPEAL THIS
AND WORKED ITS WAY THROUGH THE
00:53:56COURTS, BUT WE
FELT THAT WE
00:54:00HAD TO TELL PEOPLE BY 10:00.
WE ALSO FELT THAT WE HAD A
00:54:04PUBLIC
HEALTH EMERGENCY WITH
00:54:06A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.
WE COULD NOT LET THIS HAPPEN.
00:54:09WE COULD NOT HAVE PEOPLE SHOW UP
TO THE POLLS. WE COULD NOT HAVE
00:54:13POLL
WORKERS SHOW UP.
00:54:14AND SO WE MADE THE DECISION.
THE DIRECTOR MADE THE DECISION,
00:54:18WHICH I FULLY, FULLY SUPPORT.
GOVERNOR ANDY CHOW WITH OHIO
00:54:22PUBLIC
RADIO AND TELEVISION STATEHOUSE
00:54:24NEWS
BUREAU, WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT
00:54:26ISSUES COMING UP, WITH BARS AND
RESTAURANTS CLOSING IN AND
00:54:29COMPANIES
DEALING WITH ALL SORTS OF
00:54:32ISSUES.
WE'VE HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT THE
00:54:34ISSUE
OF, YOU KNOW, LOST WAGES AND
00:54:35LOST
REVENUE. DO YOU FORESEE AT SOME
00:54:37POINT YOU DIPPING INTO THE RAINY
DAY FUND TO SORT OF OFFSET SOME
00:54:41OF
THE ISSUES? AND DO YOU THINK
00:54:42THAT
THIS GIVES YOU THE AUTHORITY
00:54:44BECAUSE OF ALL THE THINGS THAT
ARE
00:54:45HAPPENING? DOES THIS GIVE YOU
THE
00:54:46AUTHORITY TO DIP INTO THE RAINY
DAY
00:54:48FUND?
WELL, THIS IS A CRISIS OF
00:54:51MONUMENTAL
PROPORTIONS.
00:54:53SO THAT MONEY IS AVAILABLE.
IT WAS SET ASIDE BY THE
00:54:57LEGISLATURE
AND THE PREVIOUS GOVERNOR,
00:54:58GOVERNOR
KASICH, FOR PURPOSES
00:55:01LIKE THIS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE
00:55:04GOING TO BE VERY PRUDENT ABOUT
HOW WE DO THAT.
00:55:07WE'VE NOT MADE THAT DECISION TO
DIP
00:55:09INTO IT, BUT
THAT MONEY IS AVAILABLE.
00:55:13IT WAS SET ASIDE FOR
DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.
00:55:17AND CERTAINLY WE'RE IN VERY
DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.
00:55:20SO THAT MONEY IS CERTAINLY
AVAILABLE.
00:55:23THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU
KNOW,
00:55:24OBVIOUSLY WE DO IN CONSULTATION
WITH EVERYONE, CERTAINLY
00:55:29INCLUDING THE THE THE
LEGISLATIVE
00:55:32LEADERS.
BUT THAT MONEY IS AVAILABLE.
00:55:36HELLO, GOVERNOR KEVIN LANDERS,
WBNS
00:55:38TV, DR.
ACTON, AND YOU SAID THAT THERE
00:55:41IS
QUOTE, THERE IS NO SCENARIO THAT
00:55:43WE DON'T HAVE A SURGE
IN ORDER TO FLATTEN THAT CURVE
00:55:47AND YOU HAVE BROAD POWERS AS A
HEALTH DIRECTOR.
00:55:50AT WHAT POINT AT WHAT THRESHOLD
YOU DECIDE TO SHELTER IN PLACE
00:55:53FOR
OUR COMMUNITY.
00:55:57THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT
QUESTION,
00:55:58KEVIN.
IT WILL BE A VERY COMPLICATED
00:56:02SET OF FACTORS
AND SOME ESSENCES, YOU KNOW,
00:56:05AND IN
TALKING TO MY SONS IN SAN
00:56:08FRANCISCO
WHAT WE'VE SAID BEFORE, YOU
00:56:10WILL BE
ABLE TO GET FOOD EVEN IN CHINA.
00:56:13EVEN IN ITALY, THERE ARE YOU
KNOW,
00:56:15PEOPLE ARE GETTING OUT.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE STORE
00:56:17STOCKED AND WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE
TO
00:56:18GET MEDICINES
AND AND THOSE BASIC NECESSITIES.
00:56:23SO WHILE PEOPLE EVEN
IN SAN FRANCISCO ARE SHELTERING
00:56:26IN
PLACE AND SHELTER IN PLACE,
00:56:29IT'S A VERY HARD TERM AS A MOM
TO
00:56:30HEAR. BUT IT ACTUALLY IS
A TERM THAT'S USED IN
00:56:34THEIR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM.
00:56:36SO FOR THEM, THAT IS THE WORD
YOU PROBABLY WON'T HEAR ME USE
00:56:40THAT
WORD. BUT IN EFFECT, THAT'S
00:56:41KIND OF
WHAT WE ARE DOING IN OHIO
00:56:44IN A VERY GENTLE WAY.
BUT AGAIN, IF WE SEE
00:56:48THAT BEGINNING RISE ON OUR
RESOURCES, ON OUR HEALTH SYSTEM,
00:56:52IF WE SEE, YOU KNOW,
WORSENING ICU UNIT USE
00:56:56THAT DOES START TO PRESS A
THREAT
00:56:58ON US, IT'S GOING TO BE AN
AMALGAM OF FACTORS,
00:57:03BUT THAT WE WOULD ASK EVEN MORE
STRICT RESTRICTIONS.
00:57:06AGAIN, WE REALLY ARE IN OHIO
RIGHT
00:57:08NOW AT A PLACE WHERE WE'RE
ASKING
00:57:09PEOPLE TO REALLY ASK US
QUESTIONS.
00:57:11IS THIS ESSENTIAL IN
EVERYTHING YOU DO?
00:57:15AND THAT INCLUDES WORK.
AND I KNOW MANY, MANY PEOPLE ARE
00:57:18FIGURE OUT WAYS TO WORK FROM
HOME.
00:57:19THAT'S NOT ALL POSSIBLE AND ARE
CENTRAL WORKERS
00:57:23AND A LOT OF LABOR SITUATIONS.
WE'RE JUST HEARING ABOUT AMAZON
00:57:26AND
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA BE GETTING
00:57:27PACKAGES OF THINGS OUT TO PEOPLE
THAT SUPPLY CHAIN STILL GOING.
00:57:31SO WE'RE GONNA NEED TO KEEP
THOSE
00:57:32FOLKS OUT THERE
AND REALLY KEEP, YOU
00:57:36KNOW, THE FEW YOU KNOW, EVEN IN
MY
00:57:37TEAM, WE ARE TAKING TURNS
BEING HERE.
00:57:40WE'RE DOING EVERY CALL WE CAN BY
CONFERENCE CALL ALSO THAT WE
00:57:43DON'T HAVE TO PULL ANY MORE OF
THOSE WHAT WE CALL TRIGGERS.
00:57:47SO WE'LL KEEP YOU ABREAST
AS WE MAKE EVERY DECISION AND
00:57:51WE'LL
LET YOU KNOW OUR THINKING AS WE
00:57:53MAKE THAT IT WILL HAPPEN
GRADUALLY.
00:57:55HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, IT WON'T BE
SOMETHING SUDDEN.
00:57:58LET ME JUST ADD TO THAT.
I KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY
00:58:00DOING
THAT.
00:58:01PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE IT MADE A
DECISION BECAUSE OF
00:58:04THEIR HEALTH SITUATION, BECAUSE
OF
00:58:06THEIR AGE
TO DO THAT.
00:58:09AND THEY'RE VOLUNTARILY DOING
THAT.
00:58:12CERTAINLY WE RECOMMEND ANYBODY
WHO
00:58:14CAN DO THAT, PARTICULARLY
PEOPLE WHO
00:58:15HAVE HAVE A PARTICULAR HEALTH
REASON TO REALLY,
00:58:20REALLY LIMIT THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE
00:58:21THEY COME IN CONTACT WITH.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I WOULD
00:58:24JUST
SAY TO MY FELLOW
00:58:26OHIOANS, WE'RE ALL NOT ALL IN
THIS TOGETHER.
00:58:29IF YOU GOT A NEIGHBOR WHO'S
ELDERLY,
00:58:31IF YOU'VE GOT A NEIGHBOR WHO
HAS A
00:58:33PARTICULAR
PARTICULAR HEALTH
00:58:37ISSUE, YOU KNOW,
GET THEM SOME FOOD, HELP THEM
00:58:41OUT.
WE'VE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF EACH
00:58:43OTHER. BUT OHIOANS ARE DOING
THIS
00:58:44AND OHIOANS WHO PARTICULARLY
THOSE
00:58:46IN THAT SITUATION, REALLY NEED
TO BE
00:58:48VERY, VERY, VERY CAREFUL.
GOOD AFTERNOON, GOVERNOR, RANDI
00:58:52LEVO
WITH THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH.
00:58:55THE CDC ISSUED ITS GUIDANCE
REVISED ON SUNDAY TO LIMIT
00:59:00MASS GATHERINGS TO 50 PEOPLE.
WHY NOT CAST THE
00:59:05PUBLIC HEALTH ORDER TO CLOSE THE
POLLS ON SUNDAY NIGHT
00:59:09OR MONDAY MORNING TO AVOID CAST
THEIR LOT WITH THE UNCERTAINTY
00:59:12OF
THE COURTS AND THE ENSUING
00:59:15CHAOS?
WELL, ALREADY THAT'S A GOOD
00:59:17THAT'S
A GOOD QUESTION.
00:59:19LOOK, WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE THESE
THINGS. WANTED WANTED TIME
00:59:23WOULD HAVE BEEN PREFERABLE TO
HAVE
00:59:25THAT DECISION MADE BEFORE IT WAS
MADE. YES, ABSOLUTELY.
00:59:30BUT YOU HAD A LOT THINGS
STARTING TO
00:59:32COME TOGETHER THAT
MORNING, ON MONDAY MORNING.
00:59:36AND LET ME JUST RECITE A COUPLE.
THAT ONE. ONE, OF COURSE, WAS,
00:59:40YOU KNOW, FIRST TIME, YOU KNOW,
WE
00:59:42STARTED SEEING THAT THE CDC
WHILE WAS ISSUED THE NIGHT
00:59:45BEFORE WE
LOOKED AT.
00:59:47THAT'S IMPORTANT.
BUT THE OTHER THING THAT,
00:59:51YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED
TALKING TO
00:59:53FRANK LA ROSE
AND THE THE
00:59:57LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR I BOTH
STARTED
00:59:59RECEIVING ON MONDAY
MORNING
01:00:03INDICATIONS FROM PEOPLE
AS THEY CONTEMPLATED WHAT THEY
01:00:06WERE
GOING TO DO THE NEXT DAY.
01:00:08AT THIS POINT, NO LONGER CAN
GET AN ABSENTEE BALLOT.
01:00:12PEOPLE WERE SAYING IT
WAS JUST STARTING TO SINK IN TO
01:00:16SOME
PEOPLE WITH ALL THE
01:00:18THINGS THAT SWIRLING AROUND
THAT IT WAS
01:00:22IT WAS NOT GOOD FOR THEM TO GO
VOTE.
01:00:24IF YOU LOOKED AT THE NEWS
MONDAY MORNING, FIRST THING I
01:00:28SAW
COMING UP ON ON ON THE NEWS ON
01:00:30TV
THAT MORNING, THE MESSAGE WAS
01:00:32COMING
OUT VERY, VERY HARD TO PEOPLE.
01:00:35IF YOU HAVE A COMPROMISED
MEDICAL
01:00:36SITUATION OR YOUR FEAR
ORDER, YOU KNOW, REALLY, YOU
01:00:40SHOULDN'T BE GOING OUT AT ALL.
AND SO THEN WE STARTED
01:00:43LOOKING AT THIS AND SAID, LOOK,
THERE'S TWO MESSAGES COMING OUT,
01:00:47MESSAGES VOTE.
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO VOTE.
01:00:49MESSAGE AT SAME TIME IS,
YOU KNOW, MANY PEOPLE SHOULD BE
01:00:53STAY
AT HOME.
01:00:54AND SO. HOW DO YOU PUT THOSE TWO
MESSAGES TOGETHER?
01:00:57AND WE'RE SENDING MIXED SIGNALS
TO
01:00:58PEOPLE AND THEY WERE
GETTING THOSE MIXED SIGNALS
01:01:02THROUGHOUT, NOT JUST FROM US BUT
FROM THEM, FROM EVERYBODY
01:01:05NATIONWIDE.
AND THEY THEN HAD TO MAKE
01:01:08A DECISION, WHICH DO I DO
THAT IS NOT HELPFUL
01:01:13FOR PEOPLE BEING ABLE
TO EXERCISE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL
01:01:17RIGHTS?
THAT IS IT REALLY
01:01:20THE MESSAGES THEY WERE GETTING
AND
01:01:22NO ONE INTENDED IT THIS WAY.
BUT THE MESSAGES THEY WERE
01:01:25GETTING
WAS THAT WAS VOTE SUPPRESSION
01:01:28AND THAT WAS GOING TO TAMP DOWN
THE
01:01:29VOTE. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING
01:01:31IS FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS, THEY
WERE
01:01:33BEING PRESENTED WITH A VERY,
VERY
01:01:34DIFFICULT CHOICE.
THE MORE WE LOOKED AT IT AND THE
01:01:37MORE WE LOOKED AT THAT, THAT DAY
CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT
01:01:41THIS ELECTION JUST
IS NORMALLY SET,
01:01:46COULD NOT TAKE PLACE AND
PRESERVE
01:01:48THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE, THE
STATE
01:01:49OF OHIO.
AND SO SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE
01:01:52EARLIER.
LOOK, WE CAN WE CAN ALL LOOK
01:01:54LOOK
BACK AND SAY, I WISH I'D DONE
01:01:57THAT. I WISH I'D MADE IT
EARLIER.
01:01:59BUT THAT'S WHEN WE MADE
THAT DECISION.
01:02:02AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
HI, GOVERNOR, THIS IS LAURA
01:02:09BISHOFF,
DAYTON DAILY NEWS.
01:02:11BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2014, DURING
THE EBOLA SCARE.
01:02:15OHIO PURCHASED
SOME 23000 SETS OF PPE.
01:02:19I'M WONDERING IF THAT MATERIAL
IS STILL AVAILABLE, WHAT
01:02:22HAPPENED TO
IT? AND IF MS.
01:02:24MCBRIDE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE US
SOME MORE INFORMATION, MORE
01:02:27DETAILS
ON THE NATIONAL STOCKPILE
01:02:30RELEASE, HOW MUCH
DID WE RECEIVE AND
01:02:34WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE NEED
IS FILLED BY THAT?
01:02:37YEAH. SO WE DO HAVE
THE CASH AND EVEN SOME FROM
01:02:42H1N1,
TO BE QUITE HONEST.
01:02:43SO THE LIMITED AMOUNT THAT
WAS PURCHASED DURING H1N1
01:02:47AS WELL AS DURING EBOLA.
THOSE RESOURCES ARE ALSO
01:02:50AVAILABLE,
BUT THEY ARE IN LIMITED
01:02:52QUANTITIES
BASED ON THE CASCADING IMPACTS
01:02:54THAT
WE ARE ANTICIPATING.
01:02:56SO THAT'S WHY THE CONSERVATION
IS
01:02:57REALLY VERY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE
EVEN
01:02:59THAT SMALL AMOUNT WILL NOT
REALLY
01:03:02FILL THE ENTIRE GAP OF WHAT WE
CAN ANTICIPATE BASED ON
01:03:06THE MODELING THAT HAS BEEN
PROVIDED,
01:03:09WHAT THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY
AND
01:03:10OUR EMS PROVIDERS AND OUR LONG
TERM
01:03:12CARE ARE GOING TO SEE.
SO THOSE RESOURCES ARE
01:03:15AVAILABLE.
WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO TRY
01:03:17TO
FIGURE OUT A WAY TO ALLOCATE
01:03:19THOSE RESOURCES OUT TO MAKE SURE
THAT ALL OF OUR WORKFORCES ARE
01:03:22BEING
TAKEN CARE OF.
01:03:24BUT AGAIN,
IT'S SIR, IT CERTAINLY ISN'T
01:03:27ENOUGH
TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM,
01:03:30WHICH IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN
WHEN THE SURGE OCCURS AND OUR
01:03:33HEALTH
CARE SYSTEM AND
01:03:35THE NATIONAL STOCKPILE.
CAN YOU TELL US SOME NUMBERS?
01:03:39YOU KNOW, THE THE READ, THE
REGIONAL
01:03:41THE STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCKPILE
ALLOCATED TO ALL OF
01:03:45THE STATES, 25 PERCENT OF WHAT
THEY
01:03:47HAD. AND SO WE RECEIVED OUR
FULL ALLOCATION OF WHAT
01:03:50WAS IDENTIFIED FOR OHIO.
I CAN GET MORE SPECIFIC NUMBERS
01:03:54FOR
YOU AT ANOTHER TIME.
01:03:57YEAH, WE'LL TRY TO PROVIDE MORE
OF THAT AS WELL AS WE DO.
01:04:00WE HAVE REGIONAL COORDINATORS
WHO
01:04:02KIND OF DO AN ASSESSMENT ON A
WEEKLY
01:04:04BASIS AS WELL.
I WANT TO SAY ON THOSE NUMBERS,
01:04:08LAURA, THEY WERE IN THE
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS,
01:04:12NOT IN THE MILLIONS.
SO THE IT IS A VERY,
01:04:16VERY SMALL AMOUNT
THAT WE RECEIVED IN THE HUNDREDS
01:04:20OF THOUSANDS WHEN I SAW THE
NUMBERS,
01:04:22NOT IN THE MILLIONS.
YEAH, WELL, WE'LL GET TO
01:04:26MORE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT
EACH STATE WAS GIVEN AN
01:04:30ALLOTMENT
PER CAPITA.
01:04:32SO THAT'S THE REALITY
WE'RE WORKING FROM.
01:04:35THANK YOU.
THIS IS LAURA HANDCOCK WITH
01:04:38CLEVELAND.COM.
GOVERNOR, DEWINE, YOU'VE
01:04:41SAID THAT MAYBE ONE OF THE
SOLUTIONS
01:04:42FOR REOPENING POLLING PLACES
AT A LATER DATE WOULD COME FROM
01:04:46THE LEGISLATURE.
ARE THEY ALLOWED TO LEGALLY
01:04:48MEET IN
PERSON AT THIS TIME?
01:04:50ARE THEY ALLOWED TO ME REMOTELY
LIKE WHAT IS THE SITUATION
01:04:55WITH THAT?
WELL, I WOULD EXPECT THAT
01:04:59THEY WOULD TAKE IN CONSIDERATION
THE SAFETY OF THEIR MEMBERS
01:05:03AND WOULD BE ABLE TO MEET AND
VOTE
01:05:05IN A MANNER THAT WAS CONSISTENT
WITH
01:05:06THAT. AS FAR AS WHAT WE HAVE PUT
OUT, AS FAR AS OUR
01:05:10OUR ORDERS, OUR REGULATIONS.
WE EXEMPTED OUT BASICALLY
01:05:14ANYBODY
EXERCISING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT
01:05:16RIGHTS. AND SO CERTAINLY THE
LEGISLATURE COMES UNDER THAT
01:05:19CATEGORY. SO, YOU KNOW, OUR
ORDER DOES NOT INCLUDE THE STATE
01:05:22LEGISLATURE. THEY'RE A CO-EQUAL
BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT.
01:05:26SO, YES, THEY WILL BE ABLE
WOULD BE ABLE TO MEET.
01:05:29WE ALSO HAVE
ITEMS ON A LIST OF ITEMS
01:05:35THAT WE WILL BE SHARING
WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE
01:05:38LEGISLATURE, OF THINGS THAT WE
BELIEVE WE NEED TO HAVE PASSED
01:05:43THAT WE CANNOT DO BY EXECUTIVE
ORDER, BUT ONLY THE LEGISLATURE
01:05:47CAN DO. BUT THEY ALL RELATE TO
THIS THIS CRISIS.
01:05:50SO WE WILL ALL IN ADDITION
TO THE ELECTION ISSUE, WE'RE
01:05:53GOING
TO HAVE GIVE THEM ANOTHER LIST
01:05:55OF THINGS THAT WE WANT THEM TO
CONSIDER.
01:05:58THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THIS IS JACKIE BORCHER FROM THE
01:06:01CINCINNATI ENQUIRER.
I'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF
01:06:04PARENTS AND
TEACHERS WHO ARE CONCERNED
01:06:06ABOUT THE
LOSS OF LEARNING DURING THIS
01:06:08TIME.
WHAT IS THE PROSPECT OF
01:06:10PICKING UP THE SCHOOL YEAR IN
THE
01:06:12SUMMER OR EVEN
REPEATING SOME OF THIS
01:06:16EDUCATION THAT SUPPOSED MUST BE
HAPPENING IN THE FALL?
01:06:19WELL, THE WAY THAT THIS IS BEING
HANDLED BY BY THE SCHOOLS
01:06:23IS THAT THESE DAYS ARE COUNTING.
TEACHERS ARE BY AND LARGE BEING
01:06:28PAID
FOR THIS.
01:06:29YOU HAVE CAFETERIA WORKERS WHO
I THINK IN MOST SCHOOL
01:06:32DISTRICTS WHO
HAVE CONTINUED TO BE PAID THAT
01:06:34FOOD
IS GOING OUT TO
01:06:37TO TO STUDENTS, TO THOSE 18
YEARS OF AGE AND UNDER
01:06:42THE SCHOOLS ARE ALL DOING
WHAT THEY CAN AS FAR AS
01:06:46LEARNING.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE FOCUS
01:06:49IS ON TO CONTINUE THAT LEARNING
DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME
01:06:53WHEN WE STOP SCHOOL
OR WE STOP IN PERSON SCHOOL
01:06:59FOR THREE WEEKS.
BUT
01:07:03THE ODDS ARE VERY HEAVY THAT
THAT
01:07:05PERIOD IS GOING TO GO ON FOR AN
EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
01:07:08AND SO WE WANT THE LEARNING
TO CONTINUE.
01:07:13THIS IS SOMETHING YOU REGARD
AS YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION,
01:07:17CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT THE
LEGISLATURE AND I WILL WOULD BE
01:07:20DISCUSSING. BUT WE'VE GOT TO GET
THROUGH THIS FIRST.
01:07:22WE'VE GOT TO SEE WHERE WE ARE.
BUT OUR MESSAGE TO THE SCHOOLS
01:07:26AND WE HAVE TEACHERS WHO ARE
JUST
01:07:27DOING A HEROIC JOB
AND IN TRYING TO DO IN
01:07:31TEACHING THEIR STUDENTS
EITHER EITHER ONLINE OR KIND
01:07:35OF THE OLD FASHIONED WAY, WHICH
IS
01:07:36SENDING ASSIGNMENTS HOME
IN THOSE AREAS WHERE THEY
01:07:40CANNOT DO
IT, CANNOT DO IT ONLINE.
01:07:41SO THANKS TO THE TEACHERS,
AGAIN, A
01:07:43SHOUT OUT TO THE TEACHERS.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT.
01:07:46WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO KEEP THESE
KIDS EDUCATED AND WE MOVE
01:07:49FORWARD.
THANK YOU.
01:07:52GOVERNOR, ANDREW WELSH HUGGINS
WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
01:07:57THIS IS SOMEWHAT OF A FOLLOW UP
TO
01:07:58ANDY'S QUESTION ON
WITH THE SURGE IN UNEMPLOYMENT
01:08:02APPLICATIONS.
WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT THE
01:08:04STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
FUND AND ITS ABILITY TO ABSORB
01:08:08THAT?
IT DID TAKE A BIG HIT, I THINK,
01:08:10DURING THE LAST RECESSION.
HOW IS IT DOING NOW AND
01:08:14WHAT ACTIONS MIGHT YOU TAKE
SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THAT FUND
01:08:18TO GET THROUGH THIS TIME?
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HAS BEEN
01:08:20WORKING
ON THAT.
01:08:21BUT LET ME LET ME JUST SAY THAT
WE
01:08:22HAVE KNOWN THAT
THERE HAS TO BE A FIX IN
01:08:26REGARD TO THE FUND.
WE'VE KNOWN THAT FOR SOME TIME,
01:08:29EVEN
BEFORE THIS CRISIS.
01:08:31THIS NEEDS NEEDS TO BE DONE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL
01:08:34HAVE TO
ADDRESS WITH THE STATE
01:08:36LEGISLATURE,
WITH WITH THE SENATE AND WITH
01:08:38THE
HOUSE. JOHN.
01:08:38AND IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING
TO
01:08:40THAT, I
GUESS, ANDREW, I WOULD I WOULD
01:08:43WANT TO ADD THAT WHILE THIS
IS A CHALLENGE ON HOW
01:08:47WE WILL FINANCE
THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
01:08:51SYSTEM
GOING FORWARD, WORKERS
01:08:53OUT THERE SHOULD NOT BE WORRIED
IT WILL BE FUNDED FOR THEIR
01:08:58NEEDS.
HEY, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HOW
01:09:01WE PUT TOGETHER THE PACKAGE
BETWEEN
01:09:03WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ULTIMATELY DOES
01:09:06AND OTHER SHORT TERM,
LONG TERM SOLUTIONS.
01:09:10CERTAINLY, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
WILL NEED TO TAKE ACTION AT SOME
01:09:13POINT IN TIME FOR THE LONG TERM
STABILITY OF THE FUND.
01:09:19THANK YOU, GOVERNOR.
MAX FILBY WITH THE COLUMBUS
01:09:22DISPATCH, WAS WONDERING IF YOU
COULD
01:09:23ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON
THE
01:09:25ORDER YOU'RE PLAYING WITH
REGARD TO
01:09:27ELECTIVE SURGERIES.
AND THEN ALSO SEPARATELY,
01:09:30WANTED TO
ASK YOU IF THERE ARE ANY UPDATES
01:09:32REGARDING DAYCARE'S OR PUBLIC
TRANSIT.
01:09:36NO UP, NO UPDATES ON ON
THE LADDER OTHER
01:09:40THAN WHAT I DID
ANNOUNCE.
01:09:43AND THAT IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO
MOVE
01:09:44FORWARD AT THE REQUEST OF
HOSPITALS
01:09:46THAT WANT TO REALLY START MOVING
IN REGARD TO DAY CARE AND
01:09:50ALLOWING
THEM TO ESTABLISH NEW DAY CARE
01:09:52THAT WILL BE RIGHT THERE, THAT
WILL
01:09:54ENABLE THEM TO HAVE THE WORKERS
WHO WHO WHO ARE THERE.
01:09:58SO THE FIRST QUESTION WAS,
COULD YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT
01:10:02MORE WITH REGARD TO THE ORDER
ABOUT
01:10:04ELECTIVE SURGERIES?
YEAH, THAT REALLY IS GOING TO BE
01:10:07CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE
HOSPITAL
01:10:09ASSOCIATION AGREED
TO. AND THAT'S WHAT MIKE
01:10:13MIKE WAS TALKING ABOUT AS WELL
AS ANDY AS WELL.
01:10:17SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY
SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THEY
01:10:20CAN
THEY CAN ADDRESS THAT, BUT THIS
01:10:22IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN WORKED
OUT.
01:10:23AND AGAIN, YOU DON'T WANT TO
DENY
01:10:25SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, A
SURGERY THAT IS NEEDED.
01:10:29LAST THING ANYBODY WANTS TO DO,
ON
01:10:31THE OTHER HAND, IF WE CAN
POSTPONE
01:10:33THAT OR ELECTIVE,
THEN THEN WE SAVE THE EQUIPMENT.
01:10:37WE SAY THE PROTECTION.
WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON
01:10:40WHAT
THESE SURGERIES MAY SAVE, SAVE
01:10:42A BED
FOR A DAY OR TWO OR A FEW DAYS.
01:10:44SO THESE ARE THINGS.
BUT BUT WE HAVE TO LET THE
01:10:47PROFESSIONALS WORK THIS OUT.
IN REGARD TO WHAT'S ESSENTIAL
01:10:51AND
WHAT IS NOT.
01:10:53THEY'VE COME TO US WITH
A A A
01:10:57RESOLUTION OF THAT.
THE DEFINITION OF THAT WHICH
01:11:00ALLOWS
STILL ALLOWS ENOUGH FLEXIBILITY.
01:11:02WE'VE ADOPTED THAT.
THAT WILL BE PART THAT WILL BE
01:11:04WHAT
THE ORDER SAYS.
01:11:07PICTURE
IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL
01:11:10CLARIFICATION.
I WOULD SAY TO PATIENTS OUT
01:11:12THERE
THAT HAVE A SURGERY SCHEDULED,
01:11:14SAY,
IN THE NEXT TWO TO FOUR WEEKS TO
01:11:16CHECK IN WITH YOUR PROVIDER,
WHETHER
01:11:17IT'S PROCEDURE OR SURGERY,
IF IT'S A GASTROENTEROLOGIST, A
01:11:21CARDIOLOGIST OR SURGEON
OF ONE OF MANY TYPES.
01:11:25I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THOSE
HOSPITALS WE WE'VE ANNOUNCED
01:11:28THAT
OHIO STATE THIS LAST
01:11:31EVENING.
WE. ANY PATIENT WHO'S GOING TO
01:11:34BE
IMPACTED BY THIS IS GOING TO BE
01:11:36CONTACTED DIRECTLY.
I DON'T WANT PATIENTS TO ASSUME
01:11:39WHICH CATEGORY THEIR PROCEDURE
FALLS
01:11:41INTO. SOME ARE OBVIOUSLY VERY
CLEAR
01:11:42CUT, SOME OR NOT.
SO I WOULD RECOMMEND IF A
01:11:45PATIENT
HAS A QUESTION, THEY SHOULD
01:11:46REACH
OUT TO THE PERSON WHO'S
01:11:47PLANNING TO
DO THEIR SURGERY OR PROCEDURE
01:11:49AND
ASK THAT PROVIDER.
01:11:52ALSO, I WILL SAY THAT THE HIGH
LEVEL
01:11:54PRINCIPLES THAT I TALKED ABOUT
ARE
01:11:55GOING TO BE APPLIED THEN AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL BASED ON WHAT
01:11:59EACH HOSPITAL OR FACILITY DOES.
SO DIFFERENT TYPES OF SURGERY
01:12:02WOULD
APPLY AT AN OUTPATIENT
01:12:04AMBULATORY
SURGERY CENTER VERSUS A A LARGE
01:12:06ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER.
SO EACH FACILITY IS GOING TO
01:12:09BE APPLYING THOSE AND CREATING A
GOVERNANCE MODEL WITHIN THE
01:12:11ORGANIZATION TO GET DOWN TO THE
DETAILED LEVEL OF WHAT'S IN
01:12:15WHICH
CATEGORY.
01:12:16SO THERE WILL CERTAINLY BE MORE
INFORMATION AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
01:12:19FROM
EACH HOSPITAL THAT YOU SHOULD
01:12:21BE RECEIVING.
AND ALSO AS A PATIENT,
01:12:25LIKE I SAID, YOU SHOULD BE
RECEIVING
01:12:26A CALL TO LET YOU KNOW IF YOUR
PROCEDURE'S BEEN CANCELED.
01:12:29THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THOMAS.
01:12:31AND JUST TO ELABORATE ON THAT A
BIT,
01:12:34WE WERE AFTER A COUPLE OF
PRINCIPLES. ONE IS THAT WHENEVER
01:12:37THE POLICY WAS ESTABLISHED, WE
DID
01:12:39NOT WANT IT TO.
WE WANTED IT TO APPLY STATEWIDE.
01:12:43SO IF THE TYPE OF PROCEDURE IS
BEING
01:12:45UNAVAILABLE AND CLEVELAND,
WE DID NOT WANT A SITUATION
01:12:48WHERE
THE SAME TYPE OF PROCEDURE WAS
01:12:50HAPPENING UNTIL ITOH OR
SOMEWHERE
01:12:52ELSE.
THE OTHER THING IS, AT THE END
01:12:54OF
THE DAY, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE
01:12:55THAT
WE LEFT LOTS OF JUDGMENT,
01:12:57OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PHYSICIAN
AND
01:12:59THE PATIENT. BECAUSE THERE ARE
GALLBLADDER, AS FOR EXAMPLE,
01:13:02THAT
CAN WAIT SAFELY.
01:13:04THERE ARE OTHER PATIENTS WITH A
SIMILAR PRESENTATION THAT CANNOT
01:13:09SAFELY WAIT.
SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS
01:13:11GOING TO BE THERE IS AN
OPPORTUNITY
01:13:14FOR THE POSITION AND A PATIENT
TOGETHER TO DO THAT ASSESSMENT
01:13:17AND
DETERMINE WHETHER THIS IS A
01:13:19PROCEDURE THAT THAT NEEDS
TO PROCEED DESPITE
01:13:23THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THESE
GUIDELINES.
01:13:27GOVERNOR, THIS IS SHANE MILLER
WITH
01:13:29HANNA NEWS SERVICE.
THERE ARE SOME IN THE
01:13:31LEGISLATURE
WHO ARE SUGGESTING THAT THE
01:13:33PRIMARY
NEEDS TO BE VOTE BY MAIL
01:13:35ONLY. DO YOU THINK THAT
WOULD BE AN OPTION FOR YOU?
01:13:38OR DO YOU FEEL THAT THERE HAS
TO BE
01:13:40SOME KIND OF IN-PERSON VOTING
DAY?
01:13:42LOOK, I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON
LAURA'S
01:13:44QUESTION.
I THINK IF IF IF
01:13:47WE PUT FORWARD A SUGGESTION,
WE PUT FORWARD AN IDEA WHICH WE
01:13:51THINK IS OF COURSE.
SO OUR IDEA, WE THINK IT'S THE
01:13:54BEST
IDEA. BUT BUT
01:13:56WE'RE OPEN TO DISCUSSION.
WHERE I'M NOT OPEN TO DISCUSSION
01:14:00IS IN REGARD TO
MAKING SURE THAT VOTERS,
01:14:04DEMOCRATS VOTING A DEMOCRAT
PRIMARY,
01:14:06INDEPENDENTS VOTING ON ISSUES
AND
01:14:08REPUBLICANS VOTING REPUBLICAN
PRIMARY ALL NEED PLENTY OF TIME.
01:14:12THEY NEED TIME TO BE ABLE TO DO
THIS.
01:14:15AND SO THAT'S NOT NEGOTIABLE.
BUT EVERYTHING ELSE, IF WE CAN
01:14:19WORK IT OUT SO THAT PEOPLE
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE IN
01:14:23IN THIS CRISIS, ONE
CRISIS OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS,
01:14:28YES, WE CAN WE CAN WORK
SOMETHING
01:14:29OUT, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE AN
EXTENDED
01:14:31PERIOD OF TIME TO VOTE.
AND THEN A FOLLOW UP TO LAURA'S
01:14:34QUESTION. YOU SAID YOU HAVE A
LIST
01:14:35OF THINGS ARE GOING TO SEND HER
TO
01:14:36THE LEGISLATURE. CAN YOU
ELABORATE
01:14:38ON ANY OF THOSE THINGS NOW?
NOT YET.
01:14:40I MEAN, THESE ARE THINGS WE'RE
STILL
01:14:41PUTTING TOGETHER, BUT THESE ARE
THINGS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT
01:14:44AS WE GO INTO THIS CRISIS,
THINGS THAT WE'RE ON NEED TO BE
01:14:47ABLE
TO DO AND
01:14:49WE NEED LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY
TO DO
01:14:51IT.
AND THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE
01:14:52THE
CRITERIA.
01:14:53AND WE'LL BE TALKING
TO THE LEGISLATURE AND WE'LL
01:14:56CERTAINLY BE SHARING THAT WITH
WITH ALL OF YOU.
01:15:02KEVIN LANDERS, 10 TV I HAVE A
TWO
01:15:03PART QUESTION FOR YOU.
WE'RE GETTING CALLS
01:15:06TO OUR STATION ABOUT WHY HAIR
AND
01:15:08NAIL SALONS REMAIN OPEN.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THOSE ARE
01:15:11STILL
OPEN? AND SECONDLY, WHEN IT
01:15:12COMES TO
PPD.
01:15:14WHEN THE SURGE HAPPENS, CAN YOU
GUARANTEE THAT EVERY ONE OF YOU
01:15:17WILL HAVE A VENTILATOR?
WHO NEEDS ONE THING?
01:15:20WHERE TO TAKE THE SECOND PART OF
YOUR QUESTION?
01:15:24WE'RE WORKING EVERY DAY
AND YOU JUST HEARD A LOT OF
01:15:27EFFORTS
THAT ARE BEING MADE, A LOT OF
01:15:29DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE
TO TRY TO MAKE SURE EVERY OHIO
01:15:32AND
HAS WHAT THEY NEED.
01:15:35WELL, THAT'S A VENTILATOR,
WHETHER
01:15:37IT'S A HOSPITAL ROOM, WHATEVER
THAT IS.
01:15:40NO ONE CAN GUARANTEE ANYTHING.
THIS IS THIS IS A HUGE, HUGE
01:15:43CRISIS.
BUT WHAT WE CAN TELL YOU IS
01:15:47WE'RE PLANNING AHEAD.
WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN
01:15:49AND
EVERYBODY GETS SICK OF HEARING
01:15:51IT.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING WE
01:15:52HAVE TO BE SAINT LEWIS
AND NOT PHILADELPHIA.
01:15:55WE'RE PHILADELPHIA.
WE'RE PROBABLY NOT.
01:15:57IF WE'RE SEEING LEWIS, WE'RE
PROBABLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO
01:16:00IT.
AND B, WELL, IT'D BE OK.
01:16:03SO THAT'S THAT'S THE GOAL.
LOOK, HAIR, NAIL.
01:16:07WE COULD PROBABLY COME UP WITH
20
01:16:08OTHER EXAMPLES.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT,
01:16:14YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN THE FUTURE
WE'RE GOING TO ASSESS THINGS,
01:16:18WE'RE
GOING TO ASSESS THINGS WHERE WE
01:16:19THINK THE RISK IS.
WE HAVE DEALT WITH THE KIND
01:16:22OF BIG THINGS
WHERE YOU GET THE MOST IMPACT.
01:16:28WE'VE DONE THAT THROUGH THE
RESTAURANTS AND DONE WITH THE
01:16:32BARS.
MEETINGS COME, PEOPLE COMING
01:16:34TOGETHER AND IN SMALL NUMBERS.
CLOSING THE SCHOOLS, MAKING
01:16:38SURE THAT
NURSING HOMES ARE PROTECTED.
01:16:45SO WE'VE DONE THE BIG THINGS,
BUT THERE ARE SMALLER THINGS
01:16:49THAT WE AS WE ANALYZE
THIS, WE MAY DO.
01:16:54BUT I WILL ONCE AGAIN SAY
THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
01:16:57ANYBODY CAN DO IS
WHAT YOU DO.
01:17:01AND THE OHIO CITIZENS, THE
ELEVEN
01:17:02HALF ELEVEN
POINT SIX SEVEN
01:17:06AMYS CORRECT ME, ELEVEN POINT
SEVEN
01:17:08MILLION OHIOANS, WHAT
THEY DO AS INDIVIDUALS,
01:17:12WHAT EACH ONE OF US DOES
EVERY SINGLE DAY.
01:17:16AND WE JUST HAVE TO BE MINDFUL
OF
01:17:18WHAT WE'RE DOING, MINDFUL OF THE
SPACE, TRY TO STAY AWAY
01:17:22FROM EACH OTHER AS MUCH
AS WE CAN.
01:17:25AND DON'T, YOU KNOW, DON'T DO
THINGS
01:17:27THAT PUT US AT RISK AND DON'T DO
THINGS THAT PUT US TO
01:17:30UNNECESSARY
RISK TO OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR
01:17:32FRIENDS.
THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING
01:17:35WE CAN DO. SO IF YOU KNOW,
PEOPLE CAN POSTPONE SOMETHING,
01:17:39DON'T DO IT. DON'T GO OUT.
DON'T HAVE THAT CONTACT.
01:17:42THEY THEY SHOULD DO THAT.
GOVERNOR MARK TAYLOR, NBC 4,
01:17:47COLUMBUS. WE'VE HEARD A LITTLE
BIT
01:17:48OF OPTIMISM FROM THE
ADMINISTRATION
01:17:50HERE AS FAR AS WE WILL GET TO
THE
01:17:52OTHER SIDE OF THIS, WE WILL
RETURN
01:17:53TO NORMAL.
DO WE KNOW ANY TIMELINE
01:17:56AT THIS POINT OR IS THIS ALL TOO
MUCH EVOLVING A SITUATION?
01:18:00NO, I DON'T THINK WE KNOW THE
TIMELINE.
01:18:02I THINK THERE'S BEEN.
DR. ACTON AND HIS HAS TALKED
01:18:05ABOUT
THIS POSSIBLY PEAKING AROUND
01:18:07MAY 1,
BUT NO ONE KNOWS THAT THOSE
01:18:09NUMBERS
FOR SURE. SO WE'VE GOT TO TAKE
01:18:11THAT.
IT'S GOT TO GO UP.
01:18:12AND THEN OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOT
START
01:18:14DOWN.
THANK YOU. YEAH.
01:18:17YOU KNOW, EVEN THE MODELING
THAT I WAS SHARING TODAY.
01:18:21THESE ARE MODELS.
THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE
01:18:24THEY'RE TAKING A BUNCH OF
ASSUMPTIONS.
01:18:25AND THE BEST DATA WE HAVE,
WHICH AS
01:18:27WE SEE NOW, IS NOW CHANGING
HOURLY
01:18:29LAST PRESS CONFERENCE.
IT CHANGED DURING OUR PRESS
01:18:33CONFERENCE. SO SO
WHAT WE CAN SAY IS SOME
01:18:37OF THE EARLY MODELING ARE SAYING
MID-MAY AND THE MORE WE
01:18:40DO, THE MORE IT SLOWS.
BUT THAT'S A GOOD THING.
01:18:43BUT YOU ALREADY SAW INDICATIONS
EVEN
01:18:45FROM THE PRESIDENT THAT
THIS IS A LONG HAUL.
01:18:49AND AND
IT IS AN UNPRECEDENTED
01:18:52SITUATION.
SO I THINK, YOU KNOW,
01:18:54WHAT WE DO IN THESE IMMEDIATE
DAYS
01:18:56HAVE THE MOST IMPORTANT
IMPACT BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING.
01:19:00THIS IS WHERE WE CAN STILL
DRASTICALLY CHANGE THAT CURVE.
01:19:04BUT THE MORE TIME GOES ON.
YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE THE
01:19:07SMALLER THINGS WE DO.
AND WE ARE LOOKING YOU KNOW,
01:19:10IT'S THE HOPE THAT THE
INDUSTRIES
01:19:12THEMSELVES ARE COMING UP WITH A
LOT
01:19:13OF GUIDANCE OR SO MANY ORDERS I
HAVEN'T WRITTEN, BUT THAT
01:19:17BUSINESSES AND OTHERS JUST TOOK
UPON THEMSELVES TO DO
01:19:21THAT. THESE AREN'T ORDERS
TO
01:19:25POLICE PEOPLE, BY AND
LARGE, ALTHOUGH WE DO HAVE THOSE
01:19:28QUARANTINE POWERS.
THIS WAS TO HELP PEOPLE.
01:19:31AND SOMETIMES THAT HELPS THE
ACTUAL
01:19:33BUSINESSES THEMSELVES.
COME AND ASK US FOR THIS
01:19:36GUIDANCE.
AND I'VE BEEN HEARING SOME OF
01:19:37THOSE
SAME QUESTIONS THAT WERE
01:19:39MENTIONED
AROUND THE PERSONAL CARE
01:19:42INDUSTRY.
AND IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE
01:19:43CERTAINLY
TAKING A LOOK AT.
01:19:46THIS IS THE ANSWER I JUST WANT
TO
01:19:48JUST ADD ONE THING WE
KEEP EMPHASIZING ABOUT HOW
01:19:51WE'RE ALL
IN THIS TOGETHER
01:19:53AND WE ARE BECAUSE FOR
EVERYBODY WHO
01:19:55SELF-QUARANTINED, WHO TAKES
EXTRA PRECAUTIONS, WHO USES
01:19:59COMMONSENSE MEANS THAT THEY SLOW
THE SPREAD MEANS THAT WE GET
01:20:03THROUGH THIS COLLECTIVELY FASTER
AND HEALTHIER, BOTH FROM
01:20:07FROM A PHYSICAL HEALTH POINT OF
VIEW
01:20:09AND AN ECONOMIC POINT OF VIEW.
WHAT DR. ACTON, THE GOVERNOR
01:20:13ASKING OF PEOPLE, WHAT WE'RE
ASKING
01:20:15OF PEOPLE, IS THAT THE
BETTER JOB YOU DO AT HELPING
01:20:19CONTROL
THE SPREAD, THE BETTER OFF
01:20:20WE'RE ALL
GOING TO BE.
01:20:22AND WE CAN'T WRITE A RULE OR
REGULATION THAT'S GOING TO SOLVE
01:20:26EVERY PROBLEM. BUT COLLECTIVELY,
WHEN WE ACT
01:20:30SMART ABOUT THIS, WE'RE GOING TO
BE BENEFITING ALL OF US IN.
01:20:37LAURA BISHOFF, DATE DAILY NEWS.
FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO THANK
01:20:41YOU ALL
FOR DOING THESE DAILY BRIEFINGS.
01:20:42THEY'RE ENORMOUSLY HELPFUL FOR
US IN
01:20:44THE PRESS.
GOVERNOR DEWINE, LIEUTENANT
01:20:46GOVERNOR, AS YOU SAID IN DR.
ACTION,
01:20:48HAVE ANY OF YOU BEEN TESTED FOR
COVID 19?
01:20:52NO, I'VE NOT BEEN.
I HAVE NOT BEEN, NO.
01:21:01NOR HAVE I.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN FANTASIES
01:21:03IN MY
MIND OF A QUARANTINE SOMEWHERE
01:21:05WARM
AND. BUT NO.
01:21:07AND WE'RE WE'RE WORKING AS HARD
AS EVERYONE ELSE AS YOU SEE US
01:21:10DANCING AROUND EACH OTHER UP
HERE AND YOU SHOULD SEE OUR
01:21:14MEETING.
I MEAN, EVEN IF VIEWERS COULD
01:21:15SEE
THE SCREENS AND THE ELABORATE
01:21:17THINGS
WERE TAKING IN ALL
01:21:19OF US, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE
IN
01:21:21A CENTRAL JOBS, WE'RE DOING OUR
VERY
01:21:23BEST TO STAY HEALTHY.
BUT LET ME ADD THAT
01:21:28IF AT ANY MOMENT ANY ONE
OF US EXHIBITED ANY SIGNS,
01:21:31WE WOULD IMMEDIATELY GO DO
SOMETHING
01:21:33LIKE THAT. THAT'S ABOUT.
GOVERNOR, I'VE BEEN TOLD THEM
01:21:37THE
LAST QUESTION, LOUANN ABC
01:21:40FOX 28 COLUMBUS
YESTERDAY, YOU SAID YOU WERE NOT
01:21:44READY TO MAKE ANY ANNOUNCEMENT
ON
01:21:45THE NATIONAL GUARD.
COULD YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT
01:21:48ABOUT WHAT THE GUARD IS DOING TO
PREPARE IN CASE THEY ARE
01:21:51NEEDED AND THAT YOU WILL
CALL THEM OUT?
01:21:55WELL, I TALKED TO
GENERAL HARRIS TODAY.
01:22:00WE HAD A DISCUSSION ACTUALLY
TODAY ABOUT THE GUARD.
01:22:04HE AND I TALK, YOU KNOW,
WHENEVER NECESSARY AND GET
01:22:08I GET BRIEFED.
BUT I WAS ASSURED
01:22:12BY THE GENERAL THAT THE GUARD
IS PREPARED TO DO WHATEVER
01:22:17THE GUARD NEEDS TO DO.
LET ME
01:22:22POINT OUT ONE THING THAT HE
POINTED
01:22:23OUT TO ME, AND THAT
IS IF WE HAVE MEMBERS
01:22:27OF THE GUARD
TO GO IN AND DO MEDICAL WORK,
01:22:33ALL WE'RE DOING IS PULLING THEM
FROM ONE SEGMENT INTO ANOTHER.
01:22:38SO THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO, YOU
KNOW,
01:22:41HAVE A HAVE A PRIVATE WORLD.
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY
01:22:45THEY GO BACK, THEY GO INTO THE
GUARD
01:22:47OR THEY OR THEY'RE IN THE
GUARD, BUT
01:22:48THEY ARE UTILIZED BY THE GUARD.
SO YOU'RE NOT GAINING ANYTHING.
01:22:52A PERSON OF MY BEEN A PHYSICIAN.
THAT PERSON MIGHT HAVE BEEN A
01:22:55NURSE,
A PARAMEDIC, AND YOU'RE MOVING
01:22:56THEM
FROM ONE POSITION TO ANOTHER
01:22:58POSITION. SO GENERALLY,
UNLESS THERE'S A REAL CRITICAL
01:23:02AREA, YOU PROBABLY DON'T GAIN
ANYTHING OR YOU DON'T GET
01:23:06ANYTHING
BY DOING THAT.
01:23:07BUT WE'VE GONE
THROUGH DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.
01:23:10AND LOOK, THE GUARD IS IS IS
PREPARED, BUT
01:23:15WE HAVE NO PLANS TO CALL
OUT THE GUARD. AND WHEN WE DO,
01:23:18WE'LL
CERTAINLY NOTIFY THE PUBLIC
01:23:20AND NOTIFY YOU ALL.
THANK YOU, SIR.
01:23:24ALL RIGHT. HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S
DAY
01:23:26TO EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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