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HE MENTIONED YESTERDAY. LET'S GET SOME DETAILS ON HOW THAT WILL WORK. LET'S LISTEN IN. GOV. DEWINE: FIRST I WANT TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR DAUGHTER ANNA. ANNA IS A JOURNALIST REPORTER AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HER AS WE ARE PROUD OF ALL OF OUR CHILDREN. CONTINUING OUR MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TRADITION, I'M WEARING, EXCUSE ME I'M WEARING A PIN FROM THE TOLEDO MUD HENS. THEIR OPENING DAY SHOULD HAVE BEEN YESTERDAY AND I'M WEARING A TIE FROM THE AKRON RUBBER DUCKS. THEIR OPENER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TODAY. THEY ARE ACTUALLY HAVING A VIRTUAL HOME OPENING AND YOU CAN WATCH THAT AT 7:00 TONIGHT, VIRTUAL OPENING ON THEIR, THE AKRON RUBBER DUCKS YOUTUBE CHANNE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO WATCH THAT BECAUSE I'M THROWING OUT THE FIRST PITCH. SO IT'S, AS I SAY, IT'S A VIRTUAL GAME THEY ARE PLAYING THE RUMBLE PONIES AND I'M TOLD THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE NOT ONLY MY PITCH, BUT YOU'LL HEAR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, THERE WILL ACTUALLY BE A VIRTUALLY GAME PLAYED. I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK, BUT, ANYWAY, THAT SHOULD BE FUN AND I SUSPECT THERE MAY EVEN BE SOME ARGUING WITH AN UMPIRE, WHOKNOWS. TUNE I OHIO HAS PLAYED A CENTRAL ROLE IN THE HISTORY OF FLIGHT. THE WRIGHT BROTHERS WHO INVENTED FLIGHT TO ASTRONAUTS NEIL ARMSTRONG, JOHN GLENN AND MANY MORE. THERE ARE CERTAINLY ANOTHER PART OF OHIO'S AVIATION CHAPTER, ON THIS DAY IN 1964, COLUMBUS RESIDENT NATIVE LANDED AT PORT COLUMBUS AIRPORT. SHE WAS A HISTORY MAKING FLIGHT AS THE FIRST WOMAN TO FLY SOLO AROUND THE WORLD, SHE WAS IN MANY WAYS AN UNLIKELY HERO WHOSE TENACITY AND HER COURA PROPELLED HER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENT. THE TINY TWO PASSENGER CESSNA 180 WHICH SHE NAMED THE SPIRIT OF COLUMBUS IS NOW HOISTED HIGH ABOVE IN THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., BUT THE LEGACY OF HER FLIGHT REMAINS DEEPLY ROOTED HERE IN OHIO. IN 2013, THE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION CREATED THE SPIRIT OF COLUMBUS AWARD TO HONOR HER GREAT ACHIEVEMENT. THE AWARD RECOGNIZES THOSE WHO EXHIBIT EXEMPLARY COMMUNITY SPIRIT THROUGH THEIR OWN ACCOMPLISHMENTS. THIS YEAR IT'S GOING TO SOMEONE WHO HAS SHOWN EXTRAORDINARY COMPASSION, COMMITMENT AND COURAG DUE TO THE IMPRESSIVE CHALLENGE OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. LET'S WATCH THE VIDEO. ♪♪ ♪ >> ACCOMPLISHMENT. >> RISK TAKING. >> COMMITMENT. >> EMPATHY. >> CHARACTER. >> FORTITUDE. >> DETERMINATION. >> HUMILITY. >> WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE TO YOU THE 2020 SPIRIT AWARD WINNER -- >> DR. AMY -- >> DR. AMY ACTON. >> DR. AMY ACTON! ♪♪ ♪ GOV. DEWINE: DR. ACTON, CONGRATULATIONS. THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC WELL DESERVED AND RECONGRATULATE YOU A RECONGRATULATE ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS WHO ARE OUT THERE MAKING A DIFFERENCE RIGHT NOW AT THIS VERY, VERY MOMENT SO WE'RE DELIGHTED TO SEE THAT YOU WON THE AWARD. IT'S ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. DR. ACTON: THANK YOU. GOV. DEWINE: LET ME START BY KIND OF FOLLOWING U A LITTLE BIT FROM YESTERDAY IN MY -- I DID A RADIO INTERVIEW A LITTLE WHILE AGO WITH BILL CUNNINGHAM, WLW AND HE STARTED GETTING CALLS AFTER THE PRESS CONFERENCE AND HE SAYS, SOME PEOPLE SAID THE STATE WAS GOING TO BE WIDE OPEN ON MAY 1 AND SOME PEOPLE SAID NOTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE ON MAY 1. HE WONDERED WHICH WAS THE TRUTH. I SAID, WELL, A LITTLE BIT IN-BETWEEN, I GUESS. SO LET ME KIND OF MAYBE TRY TO RECAP A LITTLE BIT, BUT I THOUGHT THE WAY I WOULD DO IT TODAY IS WE LOOK TOWARDS WHERE WE'RE GOING AND BY THE WAY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE HERE TOMORROW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE HERE SUNDAY UNLESS SOMETHING COMES UP SATURDAY OR SUNDAY. WE WILL BE WORKING ON THE PLAN AND KIND OF HOW WE EXPLAIN THE PLAN AND NEXT WEEK WE'LL BE STARTING TO, IN DIFFERENT DAYS TALK ABOUT HOW THAT PLAN IS ACTUALLY GOING TO WORK. I THOUGHT TODAY MIGHT BE A LITTLE, TALK A LITTLE ASPIRATIONAL OF WHAT WE HOPE THIS PLAN IS GOING TO BE. I THINK IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO GET BACK TO BASICS, GET BACK TO WHAT THE BASIC PRINCIPALS ARE AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE. WE'RE TRYING TO GET OHIOANS BACK TO WORK, AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT OHIOANS. WE DO NOT THINK THOSE ARE MUTUALLY INCONSISTENT. WE THINK BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, YOU HAVE FLATTENED THIS CURVE, YOU STAYED HOME, DONE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO DO. WE'RE NOW IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SLOWLY DO THIS. NOW WE'RE READY TO MOVE INTO THE NEXT, INTO THE NEXT PHASE. I THINK AS WE TALK ABOUT BUSINESSES OPENING AND THIS IS GOING TO BE SEQUENTIAL, IT'S GOING TO BE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, AS WE TALK ABOUT THESE BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING TO OPEN, WHAT ARE THE GOALS. AND THE GOALS ARE KIND OF COMMON SENSE A PRETTY EASY TO STATE. PROTECT EMPLOYEES AND THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, RETAIL, PROTECT THE CUSTOMERS. PROTECT THOSE WHO ARE COMING IN. SO THAT'S IT. I MEAN THAT'S EVERYTHING KIND FLOWS FROM THERE. I THINK WE ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE, ALSO PROTECTING PEOPLE PROTECTING CUSTOMERS AND PROTECTING WORKERS IS ALSO GOOD BUSINESS BECAUSE QUITE CANDIDLY, THE MARKET FORCES IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT, BUT MORE SO THAN ANY ORDERS THAT STATE GOVERNMENT OR THAT I MIGHT PUT OUT OR DR. ACTON MIGHT PUT OUT. WHAT DO I MEAN BY THAT? WELL, NO COMPANY IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO ATTRACT EMPLOYEES IF THEY DON'T THINK IT'S SAFE FOR THEM TO WORK THERE. EMPLOYEES HAVE TO THINK IT'S SAFE EVERY DAY. THE SAME IS TRUE WITH CUSTOMERS. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO TO A PLACE AS A CONSUMER, A RETAIL PLACE IF YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE NOT SAFE THERE, IF YOU THINK THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING THE SOCIAL DISTANCING WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT OR IF THEY'RE PACKED IN SO MUCH THAT YOU'RE RUBBING UP AGAINST OTHERS. SO A LOT OF THIS IS JUST COMMON SENSE AND IT'S GOOD BUSINESS AND IT'S TAKING WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED SO FAR AND TAKING THOSE BEST PRACTICES AND PUTTING THEM INTO EFFECT. SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU MIGHT SEE IF YOU GO, WOULD GO INTO A RETAIL BUSINESS OR WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IF YOU WOULD GO INTO A MANUFACTURING COMPANY THAT WOULD BE OPENED AFTER MAY 1 OR WHAT WE WOULD HOPE YOU WOULD SAY IN THOSE ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES THAT ARE OPEN NOW. DISTANCING, THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR DISTANCE. THE SIX FOOT IS THE NORM. OBVIOUSLY MORE DISTANCING IS ALWAYS BETTER. I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE PEOPLE WORKING THERE WEARING A MASK. I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BECOME VERY COMMON AND WE WANT IT TO BE VERY COMMON IN PUBLIC PLACES, YOU GO INTO A BUSINESS. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE BARRIERS WHERE BARRIERS ARE APPROPRIATE. I TOLD YOU ABOUT A FRIEND OF MINE OF A MANUFACTURING COMPANY, HE HAS PUT SOM BARRIERS TO PROTECT PEOPLE WHERE THAT WAS NECESSARY WHERE THEY COULDN'T ACHIEVE WHAT THEY NEEDED TO ACHIEVE, THEY NEEDED PROTECTION IN ANOTHER WAY. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SURFACE SANITIZED, CLEANED QUI FREQUENTLY. YOU ARE GOING TO SEE PEOPLE WEARING GLOVES, AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES, AMPLE OPPORTUNITY IF IT'S RETAIL, YOU HAVE CUSTOMERS FOR THEM TO WASH THEIR HANDS, SANITIZE THEIR HANDS, STAGGERED ARRIVALS FOR EMPLOYEES WOULD BE SOMETHING YOU MIGHT SEE, STAGGERED LUNCH WHERE NOT EVERYBODY IS GATHERED TOGETHER. EMPLOYEES WHO CAN WORK FROM HOME WILL WORK FROM HOME. THOSE WHO CAN'T WON'T, BUT THOSE WHO COULD WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT, THEY WILL DO THAT. YOU'LL SEE CHECKING OF THE EMPLOYEES WHEN THEY COME IN, THE TEMPERATURE OF EMPLOYEES, MAKING SURE THE EMPLOYEE IS NOT, IN FACT, SICK. IF SOMEONE IS SICK, THEY OBVIOUSLY GO HOM RETAIL BUT ALSO IN WHOLESALE OPERATIONS WHERE THEY AREN'T MEETING THE PUBLIC, SO SPACE IS THE KEY. RETAIL, YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE A LIMIT TO THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ALLOWED IN A STORE, IN A PLACE OF BUSINESS. THAT WILL VARY BY PLACE TO PLACE. SO THESE ARE ALL JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE. JON IS GOING TO TALK A LITTLE MORE IN A MOMENT ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING, BUT WE'RE ENCOURAGING EACH INDUSTRY, EACH GROUP OF BUSINESSMEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE DIFFERENT COMPANIES, DIFFERENT TYPE BUSINESSES TO COME TOGETHER AND GET THE BEST PRACTICES. VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. AFTER MAY THINGS WILL CHANGE SOME, BUT THE ESSENTIAL REALITY OF THE FACT THAT THIS VIRUS WILL REMAIN OUT THERE AND SO OUR LIFE HAS TO BE GUIDED BY THAT AND O OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY INDIVIDUAL, WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS IN THE FUTURE HAS AS MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR OWN CONDITION AND WHAT RISKS THERE ARE AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE, SO IT'S ONE REASON WE DO THIS EVERY DAY, IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THE MEDIA HAS COVERED THIS SO EXTENSIVELY AND SO VERY, VERY WELL THAT PEOPLE CAN CALCULATE SOME OF THEIR OWN RISK. OPENNESS IS IMPORTANT. TESTING, WE'RE GOING TO SEE TESTING THAT IS GOING TO EVOLVE WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE DONE OVERNIGHT, BUT WHAT, WHETHER OR NOT THEY MAY HAVE HAD THIS WHEN THEY HAD NO IDEA THAT THEY HAD IT. AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO THIS WORLD, SOME THINGS AS I SAID DO NOT CHANGE. ONE OF THEM IS THAT WE HAVE TO ASSUME THAT EVERYONE WE MEET IS CARRYING THE VIRUS BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE A WALKING AROUND AMONG US AND DON'T KNOW THEY'RE CARRYING THE VIRUS. IN THE CONFERENCE CALL I HAD THIS MORNING WITH A PRISON DIRECTOR, AND THIS ANECDOTAL, BUT IT TELLS YOU SOMETHING. WE ARE DOING SOME TESTING, WE ARE DOING A LOT OF TESTING IN OUR PRISONS. THERE IS ONE TOONE. 152 PEOPLE TESTED POSITIVE, WE'RE DOING EXTENSIVE TESTING. OVER THAT 152, I'M TOLD 60 OF THEM HAD NO SYMPTOMS. 60 HAD NO SYMPTOMS. IT'S NOT SCIENTIFIC, NOT BIG ENOUGH NUMBERS TO COME UP WITH THE FACT THAT WE CAN'T SAY THAT 39% OF THE POPULATION, 39% OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE IT DON'T HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS, WE CAN'T SAY THAT, BUT IT SORT OF TELLS YOU THAT WE HAVE TO -- WHY WE HAVE TO ASSUME THAT EVERYONE THAT IS OUT THERE IS IN FACT POSITIVE BECAUSE MANY, MANY TIMES THEY WILL NOT KNOW THAT. IN SOME CASES, IT WOULD APPEAR THEY WILL NEVER REALLY KNOW THAT UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A TEST. WE HAVE A CHART, I KNOW THAT DR. ACTON IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT, PUT THAT ONE - >> ON THIS SIDE. GOV. DEWINE: THERE YOU GO. TO RESTART, IT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO, PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES COMPLIANCE IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THAT. WE HAVE TO PROTECT THE MOST VULNERABLE. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY. AND THEN BUSINESS OPERATING SAFELY WITH SAFEGUARDS. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND GIVING SOME EXAMPLES ABOUT THAT, BUT BOTH OF THEM WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS I AM TOD GRANTIN SEVEN COMMUTATIONS TO PRISONER. I'M DENYING 84. GET TO, PUT THIS IN SOME PERSPECTIVE, WE GET HUNDREDS DIRECTLY OUT OF PRISON AND MANY OF THEM ARE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE SERIOUS OFFENSES, SO THE SEVEN THAT WE ARE GRANTING, THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO BE SHARED WITH THE NEWS MEDIA DURING THIS PRESS CONFERENCE. LET ME CONCLUDE WITH WE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW DO WE CONFORM OR HOW DO WE LOOK, WHEN WE DID THIS PRESS CONFERENCE AT 2:00, AT 3:00, WE HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE WITH THE PRESIDENT. AT 6:00, THE PRESIDENT HAD HIS PUBLIC PRESS CONFERENCE AND ROLLED OUT HIS PLAN. IT'S A GOOD PLAN. THE PRESIDENT DID SAY AND I THINK HE IS RIGHT, THAT EVERY STATE IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT. EVERY STATE IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO THIS DIFFERENTLY. WE HAVE SET UP A COUPLE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF GOVERNORS. WE'RE IN A GROUP, KIND OF SELF-DEFINED GROUP WITH KENTUCKY, INDIANA, AND OHIO, GOVERNOR HOLCOMB, GOVERNOR BESHEAR AND I TALK A LOT. THIS IS A GROUP THAT WE'RE KIND OF COMPARING NOTES AND OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE COMPARING NOTES AS WE ARE GOING FORWARD. WE ARE ALSO IN ANOTHER GROUP OF MOSTLY GREAT LAKE STATES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF KENTUCKY K INDIANA, KENTUCKY, MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN, ILLINOIS, AND MINNESOTA AND OHIO AND AGAIN WE HAVE A LOT IN COMMON WITH THOSE STATES. BUT AS THE PRESIDENT INDICATED ULTIMATELY EVERY STATE HAS GOT TO FASHION A PLAN FOR THE PEOPLE OF THAT STATE. SO AS WE REACH OUT TO PEOPLE AND AS WE PUT THE DIFFERENT GROUPS TOGETHER AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I CAN JUST ASSURE YOU THAT OHIO'S PLAN IS GOING TO BE BY OHIOANS FOR OHIOANS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THE UNIQUENESS OF THE STATE OF OHIO. AT THE SAME TIME AS WE REACH OUT TO OUR FRIENDS IN OTHER STATES AND TRY TO GET AS MUCH GOOD INFORMATION AS WE CAN AND SHARE WHAT WE HOPE ARE GOOD IDEAS. LIEUTENANT GOVERNO LT. GOV. HUSTED: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GOVERNOR. PGOOD AFTERNOON. I KNOW THAT AS THE GOVERNOR HAS ASKED ME TO DO, I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING WITH BUSINESS OFFICIALS, BUSINESSES BIG AND SMALL, HEALTH OFFICIALS, EVERYBODY, EVERY THOUGHTFUL PERSON THAT WE CAN BRING IN IN THE TIME WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE RESTART AND MAY 1 AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE CAN EXPECT. THERE WILL BE MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS COMING IN THE DAYS AHEAD AS WE DISCUSS, THIS WILL COME IN PHASES. THERE WILL BE BUSINESS PRACTICES THAT EVERYBODY WILL BE EXPECTED TO IMPLEMENT, BUT LET ME JUST SAY THAT INCLUSIVENESS IS VERY INEFFICIENT. WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY INVOLVED WHO DESERVES TO HAVE A VOICE IN THIS, YOU GET A LOT OF INFORMATION AND YOU GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MOVE THAT INFORMATION INTO AN ACTIONABLE PLAN AND WE HAVE THE ECONOMIC ADVISORY GROUP WHICH IS REACHING OUT AND TRYING TO BE INCLUSIVE. WE HAVE HEALTH OFFICIALS THAT DR. ACTON AND MANY OTHERS ARE ENGAGING IN THIS CONVERSATION, WE HAVE BUSINESSES WHO ARE BIG, WHO HAVE CERTAIN CAPACITIES AND NEEDS AND WE HAVE BUSINESSES THAT ARE SMALL THAT WE ALSO NEED TO HEAR FROM AS IT RELATES TO MAKING THESE DECISIONS. WE HAVE SECTORS, MANUFACTURING, RETAIL, RESTAURANTS ALL HAVE UNIQUE SITUATIONS THAT THEY NEED TO CONFRONT AND THERE ARE UNIQUE HEALTH APPLICATIONS THAT NEED TO BE PUT IN PLACE TO PUT THEM TOGETHER AND THEN WE ALWAYS HAVE IN OUR GREAT STATE THE REGIONAL DIVISIONS ABOUT WHAT SOMEBODY IN CINCINNATI WILL THINK BORDERING TWO OTHER STATES VERSUS TOLEDO VERSUS CLEVELAND. YOU HAVE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT KINDS OF ISSUES THAT NEED TO GO INTO THE MIX TO DEVELOP THE STRATEGY. AND IT WILL -- AND IT'S BEING DEVELOPED AND IT WILL BE UNVEILED IN MORE GREATER SPECIFICITY AS WE GO THROUGH NEXT WEEK, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE CAN'T HAVE A PLAN ON MAY 1 THAT WE WAIT UNTIL MAY 1 TO DELIVER. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE THIS INFORMATION IN ADVANCE. WE HAVE ADDITIONALLY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THIS OCCURS THAT IT'S CLEAR TO BUSINESS WHAT THEIR ROLE IS. IT'S CLEAR TO EMPLOYEES WHAT BOTH OF THEIR BUSINESS, THE BUSINESS OWNER AND THEY ARE EXPECTED TO DO, WE WANT THAT ALSO FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. WE WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND IT AND FEEL CONFIDENT IN IT. THE GOVERNOR ALLUDED TO THIS CHART A LITTLE EARLIER AND DR. ACTON AND I ACTUALLY HAD A REALLY THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS BEFORE WE CAME IN. YOU KNOW, WHAT IT IS, WE TALK ABOUT RESTART, BUT THESE ARE THE VOICES THAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE GET TO THIS POINT BECAUSE THAT'S A SAFE PLACE THAT WE WANT TO GO. THAT'S THE PLACE THAT WE CAN HAVE CONFIDENCE, EVERYBODY'S INPUT IS INCLUDED IN THIS AND YOU KNOW, IT'S BUILT OUT OF FEAR BECAUSE YOU TALK TO EVERYBODY, AND I KNOW THAT DR. ACTON AND THE HEALTH COMMUNITY FEELS A GREAT SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS DONE RIGHT, THE PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES INCOMPLIANCE. THAT'S THEIR JOB. AND THOSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW. BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT BUSINESSES HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF FEARS AS WELL, THAT MANY OF THEM ARE WORRIED THEY'RE GOING TO GO OUT OF BUSINESS, THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO REALLY SURVIVE THIS PANDEMIC FROM AN ECONOMIC POINT OF VIEW AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND EVERYONE OF THOSE ISSUES AS WELL AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. I CAN TELL YOU THIS. YOU DON'T HAVE A GOVERNOR WHO IS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT YOU. THERE IS NO ONE IN THE COUNTRY THAT IS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT YOU THAN MIKE DEWINE. AND WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THIS ALL TOGETHER SO THAT WE GET TO THAT PLACE THAT EVERYBODY CAN HAVE CONFIDENCE IN, THAT VOICES ARE HEARD, THAT WE GET THERE AND THAT OHIOANS CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT WHEN MAY 1 COMES THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE MOST THOUGHTFUL RESTART WE CAN POSSIBLY HAVE. I HAVE HEARD THIS SAID A NUMBER OF TIMES IN THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN IN OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS IS THAT CORONAVIRUS IS GOING TO BE WITH US FOR A WHILE AND WE NEED TO LIVE WITH IT SAFELY. BUSINESSES, EMPLOYEES AND THEIR CUSTOMERS, THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THERE IS A SAFE STRATEGY. THE PUBLIC, THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THE YOUNG HAVE TO THE OLD AND VULNERABLE, ALL OF THESE THINGS, THERE ARE MORE STRATEGIES NOW, WE KNOW MORE ABOUT IT THAN WHEN HE DID WHEN THIS STARTED SO WE CAN BUILD CONFIDENCE IN KNOWLEDG AND THE RESULTING STRATEGIES THAT COME WITH THAT KNOWLEDGE. I WILL SAY, THOUGH, WHETHER IT'S APRIL 17, MAY 1, OR JUNE 1, GOVERNMENT ORDER OR NOT, THAT CORONAVIRUS IS JUST AS DANGEROUS AS IT'S EVER BEEN AND WHAT WE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE THOUGH NOW IS THE KNOWLEDGE FROM PUBLIC OFFICIALS, THE SAFE OPERATING PRACTICE FOR BUSINESS, THE UNDERSTANDING AS A SOCIETY AND A CULTURE THAT WE KNOW HOW TO PROTECT THE LIVES OF THE VULNERABLE AND WHAT EVERYBODY'S RESPONSIBILITY IS IN THIS AND THAT'S THE GOAL. THAT'S THE GOAL WHERE WE'LL END UP BEING. AND WE DO WANT TO FIND THAT BALANCE BETWEEN LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS, THAT'S OUR MISSION. THE GOVERNOR HAS CALLED US, CALLED A GREAT TEAM TOGETHER TO WORK ON THIS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO DELIVER THIS TO THE PEOPLE OF OHIO IN THE COMING DAYS. GOVERNOR. GOV. DEWINE: DR. ACTON. DR. ACTON: THANK YOU, GOVERNOR. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. GOV. DEWINE: CONGRATULATIONS. DR. ACTON: THANK YOU. I THINK I'LL ADDRESS THIS INCREDIBLE HONOR. I'LL SHARE NUMBERS FIRST AND THEN I DO HAVE A FEW WORDS I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IN RECEIVING THIS REALLY INCREDIBLE HONOR. SO JUST FOR OUR MEDIA FRIENDS OUT THERE, I DO WANT TO SHARE THAT WE DO HAVE 9,107 CASES IN THE STATE OF OHIO AND WE HAVE LEARNED OF 693 NEW CASES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT DO NOT BE SURPRISED AS WE EXTEND OUR TESTING, WE KNOW WE HAVE ONLY TESTED A FRACTION OF THE CASES THAT ARE ACTUALLY OUT THERE AND AS THAT TESTING GETS A LITTLE MORE EXTENSIVE WITH EACH DAY, WE'LL START TO SEE SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS GO UP AND WE'LL KEEP WATCHING OUR TRENDS. WE DO HAVE 87 OUT OF 88 COUNTIES AT THIS POINT WITH CASES AND WE HAVE 418 DEATHS IN OHIO SINCE THIS BEGAN, KNOWING AGAIN THAT THAT'S PROBABLY AN UNDERCOUNT. WE DID GET 29 NEW CASES IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE MORE, ERIC, DO WE HAVE -- AGAIN, INTERESTINGLY WE ARE NOW COMPLETE EQUAL AT MALES AND FEMALES. OUR AGE, FROM 1 TO 106 WITH TH MEAN AGE OF 54. WE SEE A LOT OF FOLKS IN HEALTHCARE AND ALSO FOLKS ASSOCIATED WITH NURSING HOME SO I JUST NEED TO, GOOD THING ALWAYS, I GET A FEW, I NOTICE THAT THEY CONVENIENTLY PUT A LITTLE BOX OF TISSUES, GOVERNOR, THAT AREN'T USUALLY HERE, SO IT TAKES ME A LITTLE BIT TO COMPOSE MYSELF AND THEY GAVE ME A GRACE PERIOD HERE. I JUST WANT TO SAY TO EVERYONE OUT THERE, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR THIS HONOR. I DON'T THINK YOU EVER FEEL WORTHY. IT MADE ME WONDER IF EVER THE PEOPLE WHO YOU SAW IN THAT VIDEO SOMETIMES HAVE THAT VIDEO OF I'M JUST LIVING MY LIFE AND THESE SORT OF THINGS JUST HAPPEN AND I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE OUT THERE WATCHING THIS. SO I WANT TO TELL A FEW THINGS THAT LINK THE TWO TOGETHER HAVING KIND OF COMPOSED THESE THOUGHTS NOWSPONTANEOUSLY, FIRST MY COLLEAGUES AT THE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION, WHO I HAVE KNOWN IN THE PAST, AND WERE MENTORS FOR ME, AND THE PEOPLE YOU SAW, A LOT OF THE FOLKS YOU SAW AND A VIDEO ARE THE PEOPLE I LOOK TO THAT ARE REALLY ROLE MODELS FOR ME THAT I HAVE BEEN INSPIRED BY, AND NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH I JERRY. I HAVE A SPIRIT OF COLUMBUS AIRPLANE IN MY OFFICE, LITTLE MODEL OF IT, AND I REMEMBER THINKING OF HER STORY, SHE IS THIS MOM GOING AROUND THE WORLD. FOR ALL OF US OUT THERE HAVING THESE SLOPPY LIVES WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN AT WHATEVER WE’RE DOING AT THE TIME, HOW IT ALL COMES TOGETHER AND THE STORY IS THE MIRACLE YOU SEE TOWARD THE END, BUT AT THE TIME, YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS ADDING UP TO. IT IS NOT SOMETHING YOU INTEND, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS IN COLUMBUS THAT IS REALLY FAMOUS AND YOU OFTEN HEAR IT IS THE COLUMBUS WAY. REALLY, WHAT I THINK HAS HAPPENED IS WE HAVE REALLY DISCOVERED AN OHIO WAY. ALL OF US AT HOME AND HERE, AND WHAT THE COLUMBUS WAY WAS ABOUT AS IT IS LED BY BUSINESSES, MUCH LIKE THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WAS JUST SAYING, IT IS THIS COLLABORATIVE NATURE THAT WE HAVE, AND IT IS ALL THE SECTORS. IT IS THE BUSINESSES, BIG AND SMALL, UPSTARTS AND NEW ONES AND ONES THAT ARE BEEN HERE FOREVER. IT IS PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS, AND HOW THEY COME TOGETHER. IN COLUMBUS, IT IS CALLED THE HUMAN SERVICES CHAMBER, BUT HOW THEY GET TOGETHER. HOW HOSPITALS ARE WORKING TOGETHER IN UNPRECEDENTED WAYS. HOW PHILANTHROPY AND SCHOOLS IN ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS THAT IT IS TAKING TO DO SOMETHING IN THIS, AND IT IS PEOPLE. IT IS ALL OF THE INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS. THAT IS WHAT THAT SPIRIT IS ABOUT. IT IS THAT PARTNERSHIP UP ALL OF US THAT CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS. AND YOU KNOW, WHEN I STARTED OUT , BEFORE I TOOK THIS JOB, WE WERE WORKI ON SOMETHING CALLED A FLOURISHING FRAMEWORK. AND THAT WAS THE VISION OF ALL OF US LEADING HEALTHY LIVES AND BEING OUR BEST MOST VITAL CELLS WAS SOMETHING I BROUGHT INTO THIS JOB, AND I CREATED OUR MISSION STATEMENT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, CREATING THE CONDITIONS IN WHICH ALL PEOPLE CAN LEAD FLOURISHING LIVES AND CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. AND NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE OR WHERE THEY COME FROM, RICH OR POOR, WHATEVER COMMUNITY, THAT WE ALL HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE, AND IT IS THAT VITAL SPARK, AND SOMETHING THAT DOUG SAID, SHARED WITH ME THIS POSTER THAT I ALSO KEEP NEARBY ABOUT THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE. IT IS THAT ART OF THE POSSIBLE SPIRIT THAT IS GOING TO TAKE US THROUGH THIS NEXT PHASE WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH TOGETHER, AND EVERY ONE OF US IS INNOVATING AND CREATING NEW SPARKS, AND FOR YOUNG PEOPLE OUT THERE WATCHING THIS, YOU KNOW, EACH OF US REALLY IS A SPARK, AND WHETHER SOMEONE SEES IT OR DOES NOT SEE IT, I HAVE JUST ALREADY IN THIS JOURNEY SEEN SO MANY THINGS MADE POSSIBLE THAT WE -- MADE POSSIBLE THAT WERE NOT MADE POSSIBLE BEFORE, AND WE WILL NOT BE THE SAME WHEN THIS IS OVER. THERE WILL BE SO MANY THINGS THROUGH THE HARDSHIPS WE ARE GOING THROUGH TOGETHER THAT WILL BE MADE POSSIBLE BY EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US, AND SO, I JUST REALLY HOPE YOU WILL LET THE SPARKS OF YOURSELF CONTINUE TO SHINE, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE OUT THERE, WHETHER IT IS OUR BUSINESSES AND HOW THEY ARE GOING TO SOLVE THE NEXT THINGS, WHETHER IT IS OUR NONPROFITS OR PHILANTHROPIES, ALL OF US COMING TOGETHER, I KNOW YOU ARE ALL DONNING THE CAPES AND BIG WAYS AND SMALL WAYS, AND THAT WILL BE A OHIO WAY. I AM SO VERY HONORED. I DON’T FEEL WORTHY, BUT I AM HONORED TO BE AMID THE SPIRIT IN THIS LONGCHAIN US. YET,. THANK YOU -- IN THIS LONGCHAIN OF SPIRITS YET TO COME. THANK YOU. >> MY QUESTION IS FOR DR. ACTON. CONGRATULATIONS, FIRST OF ALL. MY QUESTION IS, 77,000 TESTS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED IN THE STATE, BUT WE WERE TOLD ONLY THE SICKEST ARE GETTING TESTED. SO, DOES 9000 CONFIRMED CASES, DOES THAT SEEM LOW WHERE ALL OF THE OTHER TESTS NEGATIVE? WHAT IS -- WAS AT THE REGULAR FLU SOME OTHER ILLNESS? DR. ACTON: THAT’S RIGHT. WE ARE TRYING TO GET NUMBERS SO WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT POSITIVITY RATES, BUT WE JUST DON’T HAVE GREAT DATA IN A WAY TO COLLECT THAT YET, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL REALLY LOOK AT. AND OF COURSE, THE MORE TESTING YOU DO, THE MORE NEGATIVES. WE ARE TESTING PEOPLE THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT AT A HIGHER RISK, AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME AT RISK PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN TESTED, BUT IN OUR CASE BECAUSE WE HAVE A SHORTAGE ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY, WE HAVE REALLY TRIED -- IN THE BEGINNING, IT WAS MORE WIDE OPEN, IN THE FIRST DAYS WHEN WE HAD DRIVE-THROUGH TESTING, THERE WAS THIS THOUGHT THERE WAS AN ENDLESS SUPPLY, BUT WE QUICKLY LEARNED WE WERE RUNNING OUT OF ALL DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF THE TEST. SOME REAGENTS, SOME CASSETTES, YOU KNOW, SO WE HAD TO HAVE A WAY TO SAY, IF WE HAVE SCARCE RESOURCES, HOW DO WE BEST USE THEM. WE HAVE THREE TIERS OF TESTING THAT SHOULD BE ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT IT WAS THOSE HIGHEST RISK PEOPLE, PEOPLE WITH REALLY -- PEOPLE WITH PRE-EXISTING HEALTH CONDITIONS, OFTEN IN A HOSPITALIZED SETTING, AND AS WE MOVE OUT OF THOSE TEARS, WE TRY TO GET TESTING IN OUR COVER GET SETTINGS. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET MORE TESTING INTO NURSING HOMES. WE HAVE OVER 75,000 PEOPLE LIVING IN A NURSING HOME OR ASSISTED LIVING JUST ALONE, JUST SO THAT HIGH-RISK POPULATION, IF YOU THINK OF IT THAT WAY. I WILL GIVE YOU EXACT NUMBERS, BUT 750 NURSING HOMES AND THEIR -- AND THERE IS 600 ASSISTED LIVING. IF YOU THINK ABOUT HOW TO TARGET HIGH RISK MOST, HOW’D -- IF YOU THINK ABOUT HOW TO TARGET HIGH RISK FOLKS, THAT IS HOW YOU DO YOUR TESTING. WHAT THE GOVERNOR SHARED, WHICH I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT, WE HAVE ALWAYS HEARD NOW THAT UP TO 25% OF PEOPLE CAN TEST POSITIVE BUT BE ASYMPTOMATI BEGINNING OF THEIR ILLNESS, BUT THEY HAVE NOT YET SHOWN SYMPTOMS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE LEARNED LOOKING BACKWARDS IS THAT WAITING FOR SIGNS OF A SYMPTOM IS NOT WHO IS CONTAGIOUS. THAT IS WHAT MAKES THIS VIRUS SO DANGEROUS BECAUSE PEOPLE, LIKE MYSELF, ARE WALKING AROUND ASYMPTOMATIC. AND JUST WITH OUR TESTING IN THE PRISON, WE QUICKLY SEEN THAT MANY OF THOSE PRISONERS WERE NOT SHOWING A TEMPERATURE OR SYMPTOMS. SIMILARLY, THERE ARE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW WHO HAVE ALLERGY SYMPTOMS OR ARE HAVING OTHER ILLNESS. WE ARE STARTING TO MOVE OUT OF FLU SEASON, BUT HAVE SOMETHING ELSE, AND BOZO BE YOUR NEGATIVES, EVEN IN THOSE HIGH-RISK POPULATIONS. VERY IMPORTANT AS I SEE YOU WEARING THE MASK RIGHT NOW, PART OF OUR CAMPAIGN MOVING FORWARD IS GOING TO BE WHAT I SAID EARLY ON. EACH OF US SHOULD TREAT EVERYONE, NOT IN A SCARED WAY, BUT BY THE FACT WE MIGHT CARRYING IT. AND WE -- AND WHEN WE LOOK AT WEARING A MASK, I AM PROTECTING YOU AND YOUR PROTECTING ME. AS WE SLOWLY, SLOWLY WALK OUR WAY BACK INTO LIFE AND WATCH VERY CAREFULLY HOW WE DON’T HAVE ANY SPIKES, AND DO A LITTLE MORE, THOSE MASKS AND THOSE SOCIAL-DISTANCING AND WASH HER HANDS AND KEEPING SIX FEET, THOSE OF THE WAYS WE ARE HONORING EACH OTHER BECAUSE ANYONE OF US COULD BE CARRYING SOMETHING THAT WE DON’T KNOW. THANK YOU. >> GOVERNOR, THIS IS A QUESTION TO YOU. HAPPY FRIDAY. BETWEEN NOW AND THE RETURN TO NORMAL, WHENEVER THAT HAPPENS TO BE, A LOT OF BUSINESSES AND PUBLIC ENTITIES WILL BE HURTING. FOUND OUT IN THE LAST 24 HOURS THAT THE DAYTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WILL BE LAYING OFF A COUPLE THOUSAND PEOPLE. THAT IS EVEN WITH THE FEDERAL HELP. THOSE FURLOUGHS BE HAPPENING. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP, BUT MORE IMPORTANT LIEN THE LONG RUN TO MAKE SURE THERE IS NO LONG-TERM DAMAGE TO THOSE PUBLIC ENTITIES, CAN YOU DO ANYTHING? GOV. DEWINE: THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION. YOU KNOW, I HAV EXPRESSED MY CONCERN TO OUR TWO SENATORS, SENATOR BROWN AND SENATOR PORTMAN. WE APPRECIATED HELP THAT IS COMING BACK TO OHIO FOR INDIVIDUALS. ONE OF THE CONCERNS WE HAVE IS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVIDE FOR BASIC SERVICES THAT WE EXPECT, THE GOVERNMENT CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE. AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT CANNOT PROVIDE BASIC ESSENTIA SERVICES , NOT ONLY OF THE INDIVIDUALS HURT, NOT ONLY DO WE FEEL LESS SAFE, BUT IT IS HARDER FOR BUSINESS TO MOVE FORWARD. SO AS WE LOOK AT OHIO’S RECOVERY , BUSINESS MOVING FORWARD, THAT IS A GOAL. IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE BASIC SERVICES THAT SUPPORT THOSE BUSINESSES, THAT SUPPORT ALL OF US, ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, TOTALLY RAVAGED, AND SO, IN REGARD TO IF THERE IS ADDITIONAL BILLS THAT COME OUT OF CONGRESS, I HAVE EXPRESSED TO THEM, THE SENATORS, AND TO OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THERE BE MONEY THERE AND THE DISCRETIONARY MONEY THAT CAN BE USED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO PROVIDE THOSE BASIC SERVICES. HAVE YOU FOCUSED ON THE AIRPORT? GOV. DEWINE: I AM NOT FOCUSED ON THE AIRPORT. THE MOST IMPORTANT SEEING WE ALL CAN DO IS TO GET THIS ECONOMY MOVING FORWARD. THE AIRPORT IS A DIRECT -- IT TOOK A HARD HIT FOR OBVIOUS REASONS AND THAT WAS PEOPLE WERE AFRAID TO FLY. AND SO, THE MORE WE CAN DO TESTING, THE MORE WE CAN GET PEOPLE’S CONFIDENCE UP, THE MORE PLACES LIKE THE AIRPORTS, AIRLINES, ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK. BUT WE CANNOT DO THAT WITHOUT PEOPLE HAVING CONFIDENCE. SO MUCH OF WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DOING, WHAT WE WILL BE DOING, BEGINNING MAY 1, GOES BACK TO TRY TO BUILD UP THE CONFIDENCE TO GO OUT. AND SO, SOME OF THIS WILL DEPEND ON WHEN WE GET ABUNDANT TESTING. WHEN WE ULTIMATELY, OF COURSE, WHEN WE GET A BAD SCENE SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO COME TOGETHER AND THAT IMPACTS AIRPORT, THE AIRLINES AND SO MANY OTHER BUSINESSES. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, GOVERNOR. LINDLEY LUDLOW -- RANDY LUDLOW. GOV. DEWINE: I ALMOST DID NOT RECOGNIZE YOU. WHAT KIND OF HAD DO YOU HAVE ON? -- WHAT KIND OF HAT DO YOU HAVE ON? >> DISPATCH. GOV. DEWINE: IT LOOKS GOOD. IT LOOKS GOOD. >> GOVERNOR, YOU SAID YESTERDAY, YOU LOOK AT THE STATE’S REFUSAL TO RELEASE A NUMBER OF DEATHS OF NURSING HOMES. WHAT HAVE YOU CONCLUDED, AND ALSO, WE HAVE HOME OPERATORS TELLING US THE STATE DOES NOT REQUIRE REPORTING OF DEATHS. WHY NOT? GOV. DEWINE: LET ME PUT THIS, RANDY, AND SAY FIRST OF ALL, WE’RE STILL DIGGING INTO IT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE ALL THE FACTS, SO IOU AN ANSWER -- SO I OWE YOU AND ANSWER. I CANNOT GIVE YOU AN ANSWER TODAY, BUT I AM A BIG BELIEVER IN FACTS, A BIG BELIEVER IN INFORMATION WHY ONE OF MY GOALS IS GOVERNOR IS TO GET MORE FACTS OUT TO THOSE WHO HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS, BUT ALSO OUT OF THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE BECAUSE I BELIEVE MORE INFORMATION RESULTS IN BETTER VISIONS, WHETHER PUBLIC POLICY DECISIONS OR INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS IN LIFE. SO, DURING THE TIME I HAVE BEEN GOVERNOR, WE HAVE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY REPORTED TO THE PUBLIC. BOTH FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND OTHER AGENCIES. WE ARE NOT THERE WHERE WE NEED TO BE YET. THAT IS ONE. TWO, THERE IS A CONSIDERATION FOR PEOPLES’ PRIVACY, AND SO, WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO WEIGH THAT. THAT IS A FACTOR THAT ALWAYS HAS TO BE WEIGHED IN. THREE, WE DON’T CONTROL ALL OF THE DATA. MOST OF THE INFORMATION, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE FOR HOSPITALS, HAS BEEN BY THE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION. AND BECAUSE OF THIS CRISIS, THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS, WE HAVE STARTED PULLING MORE DATA OUT FROM THEM. THEY HAVE BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE, BUT THAT HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN DATA THEY HAVE HELD. SO, THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. I OWE YOU AN ANSWER. BUT THOSE ARE FACTS THAT I WANTED TO MENTION. SOME OF THESE DECISIONS ARE PUBLIC POLICY DECISIONS ABOUT PEOPLES’ PRIVACY. IN GENERAL, I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT MORE INFORMATION OUT IS BETTER. I OWE YOU AN ANSWER AND WE WILL HAVE AN ANSWER ON MONDAY. >> WITH 75,000 PEOPLE IN NURSING FACILITIES, HOW DOES RELEASING A NUMBER IDENTIFY A PERSON IN? -- HOW DOES RELEASING A NUMBER IDENTIFY A PERSON? GOV. DEWINE: AGAIN, I CANNOT ANSWER THAT TODAY BECAUSE I WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT THE HISTORIC POLICY HAS BEEN. THE HISTORIC POLICY HAS NOT BEEN TO RELEASE THAT. AGAIN, WE CONTINUE TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE. DON’T MIND DOING IT, BUT WHEN THERE HAS BEEN A POLICY IN PLACE FOR SOME TIME, I GOT TO AT LEAST LOOK AT IT AND HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO ADVOCATE FOR CONTINUATION OF THE POLICY. SO, I OWE YOU AN ANSWER AND I WILL GET BACK TO YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> KEVIN LANDERS. MY QUESTION IS FOR DR. AMY ACTON. DR. ACTON: HI, KEVIN. >> CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR AWARD. DR. ACTON, YOU SAID FOR QUITE SOME TIME, WE STILL DON’T HAVE ENOUGH TESTING, ENOUGH PPE, WE DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW PREVALENT COVID-19 IS IN OUR STATE. GIVEN YOUR CONCERNS, DOES OPENING BUSINESSES WITH SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY IS THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC, AND WHAT ARE YOUR -- WHAT IS YOUR TEAM TELLING YOU ABOUT THE RISK OF A SECOND OUTBREAK? DR. ACTON: ABSOLUTELY. SO, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU JUST ENGENDER ABSOLUTELY TRUE. RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS WE HAVE A FLATTEN THE CURVE IN THAT IS HANGING PRETTY STEADY RIGHT NOW. IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO BE VERY REALISTIC FOR THE PUBLIC. WE HAVE A JOURNEY AHEAD. WE OFTEN SAID WE WON THE FIRST BATTLE, BUT WE KNOW AS A GOVERNOR MENTIONED TODAY, IT IS A LONG TIME UNTIL WE HAVE THAT VACCINE IN HAND, OR POTENTIALLY HERD IMMUNITY WHERE MOST OF THE POPULATION IS NOW IMMUNE. THERE IS A JOURNEY BETWEEN NOW AND THAT TIME. WE HAVE A ROAD TO TRAVEL, AND THIS IS A ROAD THAT IS UNPRECEDENTED. IT HAS NOT REALLY BEEN TRAVELED BEFORE, AND THIS IS THAT ONCE IN A YEAR PANDEMIC. I THINK WHAT YOU SEE AND YOU SEE THIS IN THE PRESIDENT’S PLAN THAT WAS RELEASED YESTERDAY EVENING, BUT YOU SEE IT IN ALL THE PLANS, AND I HAVE STUDIED ALL OF THEM. I HAVE STUDIED EVERY RECOMMENDATION MADE BY ANYONE WHO HAS LOOKED AT THIS, AND WE ARE IN CONSTANT CONVERSATION, IS THAT THIS HAS TO BE DONE AND I REALLY RESPONSIBLE WAY, AND WHERE WE TRY TO LOOK AT THE BEST DATA THAT WE HAVE. I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE TONS MORE TESTING. I AM WORKING ON A WORKFORCE FOR ULTIMATE CONTACT TRACING, AND REAR BUILDIN ALL OF THAT AS WE GET IT. BUT EACH DECISION WE MAKE GOING FORWARD HAS TO BE MADE WITH THE BEST SCIENCE, AND AS A GOVERNOR SAID, WE HAVE TO LOOK A -- AS A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SAID, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL ASPECTS OF THE HEALTH SYSTEM AND WE HAVE TWO INCH OUR WAY FORWARD. -- W HAVE TO INCH OUR WAY FORWARD. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A PHASED APPROACH. I DON’T THINK PEOPLE THINK IT IS WIDE OPEN TO GO OUT ON MAY 1. WE ARE NOT GOING BACK TO SIX MONTH AGO. THAT IS NOT THE REALITY WE ALL FACE, BUT WE ARE BUILDING A NEW POSSIBILITY OF MOVING FORWARD, AND WE WILL DO THAT, YOU KNOW, AND THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE, TELLING YOU EVERYTHING WE ARE DOING AS WE ARE DOING IT. AND I KNOW THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, GOVERNOR, AND I WILL REAL WHAT OUR STUDIES SAY -- AND I WILL REVEAL WHAT OUR STUDIES SAY. EVEN INTO WEEKS, WE HAVE TO KEEP WATCHING WHAT HAPPENS. THERE MAY BE A N SCIENCE ADVANCEMENT WE ARE NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT YET. TWO WEEKS AGO, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT USING BLOOD TESTING AS A SIGN OF IMMUNITY, AND AND THAT MAY HAVE BEEN PART OF OUR PLAN, BUT WE ARE NOT SURE TWO WEEKS LATER AS THE SCIENCE NUMBS OUT IF THAT IS THE BEST THING TO USE, SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AS THE SITUATION EVOLVES, JUST LIKE THE GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SAID, WITH ALL THE BEST KNOWLEDGE ON THE TABLE. WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THINKING, EVEN AS HE MADE THESE VERY HARD ORDERS, THERE WAS NO WAY TO NOT DIG ABOUT ITS IMPLICATIONS OF HAVING CHILDREN OUT OF SCHOOL, OR HAVING A SMALL BUSINESS". AND ALL OF THE HEALTH AND ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF THAT, THESE ARE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES, AND IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT TOGETHER, WE REALLY, REALLY WALK THAT WAY FORWARD. THE VIRUS IS STILL HERE. IT IS STILL A THREAT. IT IS EVEN A THREAT TO BUSINESSES BECAUSE FOR A BUSINESS TO HAVE AN OUTBREAK THAT IS OUT OF CONTROL COULD BE A DEATHKNELL FOR A BUSINESS. SO WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO INCH OUR WAY FORWARD ON THIS NEW TRAVELING TOGETHER. THANK YOU. >> JIM PROVINCE. A QUESTION FOR THE GOVERNOR. HELLO, GOVERNOR. TODAY, ONE OF THE INMATES THAT YOU COMMUTED. WHAT DOES THAT SEND TO THE PUBLIC ONE THE GOVERNMENT GRANT CLEMENCY TO THE CENTRAL FIGURE IN ONE OF OHIO’S BIGGEST PUBLIC CORRUPTION CASES? ALSO, AMONG THE CONDITIONS, IF THERE ARE ANY PLACED ON HIS RELEASE, DOESN’T DO ANYTHING TO TRY TO GET THE ROUGHLY $30 MILLION IN RESTITUTION HE STILL LOADS THE STATE? -- HE STILL OWES THE STATE? GOV. DEWINE: FIRST OF ALL, WE ARE NEVER GOING TO GET RESTITUTION FROM HIM SITTING IN PRISON, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS. I SA BEFORE THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT PEOPLE WHO HAD MEDICA PROBLEMS. WE HAVE AN UNPRECEDENTED SITUATION WITH THE CORONAVIRUS. HE HAS SERVED, I BELIEVE, 13.5 YEARS. HIS PRISON RECORD IS SPOTLESS. HE WILL BE SUPERVISED BY THE PAROLE AUTHORITIES, AND PART OF THE CONDITION IS HE WILL HAVE TO START MAKING RESTITUTION. THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE, AS I SAID, THERE WERE SEVEN DIFFERENT PEOPLE -- THERE ARE PROBABLY TWO PEOPLE OF PARTICUL INTEREST, AND I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THE OTHER ONE. YOU ASKED ABOUT THE FIRST. THE OTHER ONE WAS ALEXIS MARTIN. SHE WAS 15 YEARS OF AGE WHEN SHE COMMITTED THE CRIME. 17 WHEN SHE WENT TO PRISO SHE IS A CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING SURVIVOR. SHE WILL BE SENT TO AN APPROPRIATE GROUP HOME, AND SHE WILL BE UNDER SUPERVISION FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. FACTS PER CASE ARE PARTICULARLY UNIQUE -- THE FACTS OF HER CASE ARE PARTICULARLY UNIQUE. THE DECISION UNDER THE OHIO GUSSET TOUCHE IN HIS MIND. I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY -- THE DECISION UNDER THE OHIO STATE CONSTITUTION IS MINE. I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. I TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY. I THINK ABOUT IT A LOT. IT MADE MY OPINION -- IT MAY BE MY OPINION THAT IN THESE TWO CASES, THIS WAS APPROPRIATE AFTER THE PERIOD OF TIME THEY HAVE SERVED IN PRISON TO ISSUE A COMMUTATION. THAT DOES NOT MEAN THEY WALK AWAY FREE. THAT MEANS THEY ARE UNDER SUPERVISION. TOM L.A. FOR EXAMPLE HAS REPORTED EVE -- TOM HAS TO REPORT EVERY SIX MONTHS AND HAS TWO HAVE A DEBTORS EXAM OF THE MONEY HE HAS, AND THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY, WE HOPE, THAT HE WILL BEGIN PAYING THIS MONEY BACK. AND THAT IS SOMETHING CERTAINLY THAT WE HOPE. I FELT THAT ENOU TIME HAD PASSED THAT HE HAD BEEN IMPRISONED FOR A LONG TIME. HE DID NOT -- HE COMMITTED A SERIOUS ACT, A SERIOUS ACT. HE HAS BEEN PUNISHED FOR IT. AND I FELT THAT THAT WAS ENOUGH TIME. >> DOES THAT MEAN YOU BELIEVE HE WAS WORTHY OF CLEMENCY, EVEN REGARDLESS OF CORONAVIRUS? GOV. DEWINE: YOU KNOW, IT IS KIND OF HARD WHEN YOU DISSECT AN ISSUE, LOOK AT AN ISSUE, A DECISION YOU MAKE. WAS IMPACTED WITH ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT? AND I THINK I TOLD YOU THE OTHER DAY, THAT THE CORONAVIRUS, YOU KNOW, MADE US GO LOOK PEOPLE WHO WERE OVER 60, WHO HAD COMPROMISED MEDICAL SITUATIONS. SO, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS CERTAINLY PART OF THE CONSIDERATION THAT WENT INTO MY DECISION. >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I WANTED TO GET SOME CLARITY ON SOME OF THE TESTING QUESTIONS. YOU TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR TESTING AS A CONDITION TO GOADING BACK TO WORK -- TO GOING BACK TO WORK. HOW WILL WE RAMP UP THE TESTING CAPACITY, AND WHEN WILL WE KNOW THAT WE ARE AT THAT POINT? SECONDLY, DRC TEST RESULTS ARE ABOUT 76% POSITIVE, AND THE TESTING OF EVERYBODY IN THE REGULAR POPULATION IS ABOUT 11% POSITIVE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THERE IS SUCH A DRASTIC DIFFERENCE? GOV. DEWINE: LET ME TAKE THE FIRST ONE AND THEN I WILL REFERENCE TO DR. ACTIVE. I CAN ONLY TELL YOU WHAT THE DIRECTOR HAS TOLD ME WHEN HE FIRST STARTED TESTING PEOPLE WHO THEY THOUGHT WERE POSITIVE. THEY WERE NOT GETTING THE REPORTS BACK. OHIO STATE HAS BEEN VERY, VERY COOPERATIVE AND HELPFUL, AND THIS COULD NOT HAVE TAKEN PLACE WITHOUT OHIO STATE. SO WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR THEM. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THOUGH THAT THE NEGATIVES WERE NOT COMING BACK. IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT THEY WERE DOING WAS VERY UNDERSTANDABLY, SOON IF THEY GOT A POSITIVE, THEY WANTED TO TELL THAT THIS PERSON IS POSITIVE. I THINK THE NUMBERS WILL BE MORE ACCURATE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. I THINK YOU WILL SEE A CHANGE IN THOSE NUMBERS. THE OTHER THING THOUGH IS YOU ARE DEALING WITH A CONGREGATE SETTING. YOU ARE DEALING WITH A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ARE CLOSE TOGETHER, AND IT SHOULD NOT BE A SURPRISE THAT ONCE YOU GET COVID-19 IN THAT SPACE, THAT AMONG THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE, THAT IT WAS SPREAD VERY QUICKLY. THAT IS WHAT IT DOES. SO, I THINK WE’RE REALLY KIND OF COMPARING APPLES TO PEANUTS BUT I THINK IT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION, AND YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS I SHOULD HAVE SHED A LITTLE LIGHT ON IT. IF YOU, DR. ACTON HAVE ANY MORE ON AND TAKE LAURA POTTER OTHER QUESTION AS WELL? DR. ACTON: WE KNOW THAT, GET SETTINGS ARE VERY, VERY HIGH RISK ALL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY -- WE KNOW THAT CONVERT GET SETTINGS ARE VERY, VERY HIGH RISK ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. DIRECTOR CORCORAN WILL BE PRESENTING NEXT WEEK TO COME. EVEN WHEN WE ARE WORKING UP A NURSING HOME, EVEN IF WE HAVE A FEW TESTS POSITIVE, WE JUST ASSUME IT IS EVERYWHERE, EVEN IF WE HAVE NOT HAD THE TESTING. YOU JUST HAVE TO ASSUME IT IS THERE, AND TREAT EVERYTHING AS SUCH, AND MAKE ALL OF YOUR ARRANGEMENTS AROUND THAT. SO I THINK WHENEVER PEOPLE ARE TOGETHER, IT STARTED OUT, IF YOU REMEMBER, IN BOSTON, IT WAS THE BIOS DIDN’T CONFERENCE AND THE END WHEN THEY LOOKED AT IT, TWO PEOPLE WALK IN AND DAYS LATER, 70 PEOPLE TESTED POSITIVE. THIS IS A VERY INFECTIOUS VIRUS, AND UNDER THE RIGHT CONDITIONS, CAN REALLY SPREAD RAPIDLY. MY ASSUMPTION IS, IF YOU WENT INTO THE GENERAL POPULATION ANYWHERE WHERE THOSE GROUPINGS ARE POSSIBLE, THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER CONGREGATE SETTINGS AS WELL. YOU CAN SEE THAT KIND OF SPREAD, AND AGAIN, WHEN WE HAVE ENOUGH TESTING -- WE ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW ON DOING SOME SURVEILLANCE WHERE WE O OUT INTO THE GENERAL POPULATION, AND TRY TO GET THAT PREVALENCE, AND I THINK THOSE WILL BE FASCINATING NUMBERS. IF YOU CAN VISIT A VIRUS THAT WAS GOING TO BE YOUR SILENT ENEMY, YOU CANNOT SEE IT, SO SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON’T BELIEVE IT IS THERE, WHICH IS SO HARD. YOU CAN’T SEE YOUR ENEMY, AND IS THE LONGEST INCUBATION PERIOD POSSIBLE. IT SHEDS EVERYWHERE. WE ARE NOW LEARNING IT CAN SHED LONG AFTER SOME PEOPLE. AND IT IS VERY INFECTIOUS IN IT IS ASYMPTOMATIC. IT SPREADS WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW YOU HAVE IT, AND YOU MIGHT BE ONE OF THOSE LUCKY PEOPLE WHO DON’T HAVE A LOT OF SYMPTOMS AND SHRUG IT OFF AS A LITTLE BIT OF ALLERGIES OR SOMETHING. WE ARE SEEING A WHOLE SPECTRUM WITH THIS, AND I THINK OUR TESTING AS IT BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD WILL SHED A LOT MORE LIGHT ON THAT. GOV. DEWINE: GO AHEAD. >> I HAVE NOT HEARD AN ANSWER OF HOW WE WILL RAMP UP TESTING CAPACITY. AND HOW WE WILL KNOW WE ARE THERE? GOV. DEWINE: LET ME DESCRIBE THE PROBLEM AS I SEE IT AS GOVERNOR BECAUSE I AM LOOKING AT THIS EVERY SINGLE DAY AND EVERY MORNING AT 8:00, I’M GETTING A NUMBER OF REPORTS, ONE IS ON TESTING. AND SO IT IS FRUSTRATING. WE HAVE AT LEAST SIX OF OUR MAJOR HOSPITALS THAT HAVE PRETTY DECENT CAPACITY TO DO TESTING. BUT -- AND THEY ARE DOING A LOT OF TESTING, BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS HOLDING THEM BACK, AND THEREFORE HOLDING US BACK. ONE IS, THESE HOSPITALS ONLY GET SO MUCH A REAGENT EVERY SINGLE WEEK. AND SO, THEY ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THAT, HOW MUCH REAGENT THEY HAVE HATING THE MEASURING, WE CAN ONLY DO X NUMBER TODAY. UNTIL THAT SUPPLY INCREASES, THEY ARE HELD DOWN. THE OTHER THING THAT HOLDS IT DOWN, A EVERYONE HAS STARTED TO FIX IS WHE PEOPLE ARE TAKING THE SAMPLE FROM THE INDIVIDUAL. THEY DON’T HAVE THE SWABS OR THE TUBES TO PUT THE SWAB IN. OHIO STATE AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT G TOGETHER AND THEY ARE STARTING TO EITHER PRODUCE THESE THINGS, OR PROCURE THEM AND FIND THEM AND SHIP THEM OUT TO THE SMALLER HOSPITALS AND TO THE OTHER PLACES AROUND THE STATE. AS I LOOK AT IT, I OIL IT DOWN TO THOSE COMPONENTS THAT ARE A PROBLEM. YOU KNOW, ONE THING I WILL DO I TODAY WORK ON THE REAGENT ISSUE A LITTLE BIT. AGAIN, WE ARE WAITING FOR THE FDA TO APPROVE OTHER METHODS OF COMING UP WITH HIS AGENT. AND SO, I WILL DELVE INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT AND SEE IF WE CAN MAKE THAT GO FASTER, BUT THOSE OF THE VARIABLES HOLDING US BACK ON THIS. TH QUICK TEST, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY ARE ROLLING THEM OUT, BUT THEY ARE NOT ROLLING THEM OUT NEARLY AS FAST AS WE WOULD LIKE. DR. ACTON? DR. ACTON: LAURA, I DID NOT MEAN TO AVOID YOUR QUESTION. THIS IS A NATIONWIDE ISSUE. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST FRUSTRATING THINGS WE DEAL WITH. IT IS BEING RATIONED. I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS THAT -- I JUST HEARD FROM A COLLEAGUE IN DAYTON, A CEO OF A HOSPITAL, THAT THE RATIONING IS HAPPENING FEDERALLY, AND I THINK WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO IS BARELY GET OUT THE LIMITED SUPPLY ACROSS STATES, AND I AM NOT QUITE AS I THINK THE GOVERNOR IS INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT THERE ARE MANY, MANY COMPONENTS, AND IT IS ABOUT SCALING UP. AND WE DON’T KNOW THE ANSWER TO HOW SOON WE WILL HAVE MORE. IF THERE IS ANY PART OF THIS TESTING WE CAN MAKE OURSELVES, WE MADE IT ALREADY. FIGURED OUT A WAY TO DO IT. BE MADE SWABS. -- WE MADE SWABS. AND MADE THE LITTLE VIRAL WE PUT TUBES IN, BUT DOING IT IN A SCALED WAY IS A SOLUTION THIS COUNTRY DESPERATELY NEEDS. IT WILL MAKE US MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE AT THIS AND PHASE WE GO THROUGH -- MORE EFFECTIVE AT THIS NEXT PHASE WE GO THROUGH IN IDENTIFYING SOMEONE RIGHT AWAY, ISOLATING, QUARANTINING, AND GOING BACK TO CONTACT TRACING, EVERYONE THEY HAVE BEEN WITH, AND ISOLATING THEM BECAUSE WE KNOW WE WILL HAVE THESE BOMBS IN THE ROAD. WE KNOW WE WILL HAVE AN OUTBREAK IN A NURSING HOME, AND OUTBREAK ANYWHERE, AND WE CANNOT SQUASH THAT HAVE PUT THAT LITTLE FIRE OUT, THOSE FLAREUPS, THAT WILL BECOME A BIGGER AND BIGGER COMMUNITY SPREAD, SO OUR WHOLE GOAL MOVING FORWARD IS HAVING EVERY TOOL TO KEEP THOSE VIRUSES LIMITED FROM SPREADING. >> THANK YOU. ADRIAN ROBINSON, NBC KNOW FOR -- NBC FOUR. THE WHITE HOUSE’S PLAN INCLUDED GATING CRITERIA. MANY PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THAT, SAYING OHIO IS NOT TAKING OFF THOSE BOXES, HOW IT IS A SAFE FOR OHIO TO BE OPENING UP? DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT CRITERIA, OR IS THERE A REASON WHY OHIO SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CHECK OFF THOSE BOXES? DR. ACTON: I THINK YOU BROUGHT UP A GREAT POINT. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS IN AN IDEAL WORLD YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, AND I HAVE BEEN ON THE PHONE WITH ME ON MY COLLEAGUES IN OTHER STATES, WHO ARE IN THE SAME POSITION AS ME, AND ARE WEIGHING ALL OF THE THINGS AT THEIR DISPOSAL. SO -- FOR THOSE OF YOU AT HOME, WHAT GATING CRITERIA MEANS IS HAVING THE ABILITY TO DO THAT CONTRACT TRACING. HAVING TESTING AVAILABLE. IT IS ALSO SEEN DECREASE IN YOUR NUMBERS. A NUMBER OF OTHER MEASURES THAT WERE IN THAT WHITE HOUSE REPORT, LIKE INFLUENZA-LIKE ILLNESS TRACKING AND SURVEILLANCE. AND THE THING THAT IS SUBTLE IN THIS IS, WHEN WE DID THESE ORDERS TO CLOSE DOWN, WE DID IT ON A DIME AND IT WAS A MIRACLE WHAT WE DID, ESPECIALLY AND THE MIDWEST HERE. WE REALLY, REALLY FLATTENED THAT CURVE, AND IT WAS KIND OF A BLUNT, NOT SURGICAL INSTRUMENT. FOR WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING IN THE DAYS TO COME IS GOING MUCH MORE NUANCED. WE WILL BE A LITTLE MORE SUBTLE AND WHAT WE DO. THERE COULD BE THINGS WITHIN OUR EXISTING -- THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE A STILL COMPONENTS OF A, BUT FOR INSTANCE, ARE THERE SOME THINGS, LIKE A MAMMOGRAM, OR ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO ALLOW US TO DO SOME PREVENTATIVE HEALTH CARE THAT DOESN’T USE PPE? AND THAT COULD BE DONE SOCIALLY-DISTANCED. WE ARE GOING TO GO VERY NUANCED INTO IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE FEEL SAFE AT MOVING FORWARD ON? AND THOSE BE THE FIRST THINGS TO HAPPEN, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT. AND WE WON’T RUSH BECAUSE IT WOULD BE VERY DANGEROUS FOR US TO RUSH, AND THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THIS AMAZING TEAM OF MINES. NONE OF THIS EXCESS IT HAPPENED. IT WAS OVER A TWO-WEEK PERIOD, BUT NOW, WE HAVE THE TIME TO BE SUPER THOUGHTFUL, AND MAXIMIZE EVERYTHING, WHETHER IT IS TESTING THEM OR ANY OF THE OTHER THINGS. BUT YOU ARE RIGHT. EVEN THE PRESIDENT’S PLAN SAID YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY CAUTIOUS. IT WILL BE A VERY FALSE NARRATIVE IN THIS COUNTRY, AND A VERY DAIRY -- AND A VERY DANGEROUS NARRATIVE TO THROW THE DOORS WIDE OPEN, AND GIVE PEOPLE A SENSE THAT YOU CAN JUST GO BACKWARD TO NORMAL. THAT IS UNFORTUNATELY NOT APART OF OUR REALITY, BUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS MAXIMIZ WITH THE REALITY WE HAVE. >> CAN NINE ADD MORE THING TO THAT -- CAN I ADD ONE MORE THING? THERE ARE MANY BUSINESSES WHO ARE OPERATING IN A -- OPERATING UNDER THE ESSENTIAL BUSINESS PRACTICE, WHO HAVE FOLLOWED THE PROTOCOLS, AND HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AT CREATING SAFE WORK PLACES FOR PEOPLE. IT IS THE COMBINATION, AND IT IS GETTING BACK -- IT IS WHAT WE ARE LEARNING HERE, WHAT WE ARE LEARNING THERE, THAT GETS US TO THIS POINT WHERE WE CAN HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS A SAFER WAY THEN WE WOULD OTHERWISE NORMALLY DO IT. AND THAT IS PART THE BUILDING OF THE CONFIDENCE THAT YOU HEAR THROUGH ALL OF WHAT WERE SAYING HERE IS THAT, WE LEARN, WE GET SMARTER, WE BUILD STRATEGIES AROUND A, AND YOU CAN BEGAN TO ALLOW MORE THINGS TO HAPPEN WITH THOSE SAY PRACTICES IN PLACE. SO, THAT IS HOW YOU GET THERE. WE JUST KNOW SO MUCH MORE NOW TODAY THAN WE DID 40 DAYS AGO. WE WILL BE BRINGING MORE RATIONAL IN THE DAYS TO COME. GOV. DEWINE: THERE ARE BUSINESSES OUT THERE TODAY BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY PRODUCE DEEMED AS NON-ESSENTIAL. OR THEY DID NOT QUALIFY TO BE CENTRAL. AND -- BUT SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES, THEIR AUTHORITY TO PROTECT THEIR EMPLOYEES IS THE SAME AS COMPANIES THAT ARE OPERATING TODAY. SO, WHEN WE START LOOKING AT WHICH COMPANIES START -- WE WILL LOOK EARLY ON AT THE ONES THAT WE CAN TAKE THE PRACTICES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN LEARNED IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND APPLY THOSE TO THOSE COMPANIES. WE HAVE NO REASON TO THINK THAT THEY WILL BE -- THAT THEY WILL NOT BE SAFE FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES. THE SAME WAY COMPANIES THAT ARE OVER HERE MAKING SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE DEEMED TO BE ESSENTIAL, WHAT THEY ARE DOING. SO WE THINK THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO THE SAM THING, AND AS THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SAID, WE LEARN FROM WHAT HAS BEEN DONE SUCCESSFULLY. >> THANK YOU. HELLO, THIS IS BEN GARVER. MY QUESTION IS FOR YOU, GOVERNOR. LOOKING FOR MORE CLARIFICATION WITH YOUR ORDER TO REOPEN PARTS OF THE ECONOMY STARTING ON MAY 1. WE HAD PEOPLE ASKING FOR SOME DETAILS. WILL THE STATE BE APPROVING WHICH BUSINESSES CAN OPEN? WILL ANYONE BE ENFORCING? AND WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO EMPLOYEES WHO THEIR EMPLOYER MAY BE REOPENING, BUT THEY DO NOT FEEL IT IS SAFE TO GO BACK TO WORK? GOV. DEWINE: THIS IS GOING TO BE ENFORCED BY THE EMPLOYEES AND BY CUSTOMERS. CUSTOMERS BY STAYING AWAY. EMPLOYEES BY PICKING UP THE PHONE AND CALLING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SO, IT IS NO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON TODAY. WE ARE SEEING THAT TODAY. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS THERE. WE HAVE 130 HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE STATE. OBVIOUSLY, THEY CANNOT BE EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME. BUT IF YOU GET COMPLAINTS, THEY WILL GO CHECK IT OUT. SO, AGAIN, I WILL GO BACK TO WHAT I SAID EARLIER. GOOD SAFETY IS GOOD BUSINESS. AND VICE VERSA. AND COMPANIES ARE GOING TO HAVE AN ECONOMIC INCENTIVE. MOST BUSINESSES WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING ANYWAY. WE ARE RELEASING THE GREAT EFFORT THEY HAVE MADE. THOSE HAVE BEEN DEEMED ESSENTIAL IN THE GREAT JOB MANY OF THEM, MOST OF THEM HAVE DONE. THERE WAS NO REASON TO THINK THAT OTHER BUSINESSES CANNOT DO THE SAME THING. >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, GOVERNOR. BEN SCHWARTZ. I WANT TO ASK, I KNOW YOU ARE PLANNING ON LAYING OUT THE STATE’S PLAN TO REOPEN IN THE COMING DAYS. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM TEACHERS WHO SAY THEY ARE GETTING MIXED MESSAGES ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT SCHOOLS WILL REOPEN THIS YEAR. I AM WONDERING IF THAT IS GOING TO BE APART OF YOUR PLAN? AND IF YOU DON’T SEE SCHOOLS OPENING THIS YEAR, WHAT THE PLAN WOULD BE, IF YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT YET? GOV. DEWINE: WE WILL HAVE MORE OF THAT NEXT WEEK. I AM ON THE PHONE THIS WEEKEND WITH SOME SUPERINTENDENTS, HAVING SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT, AND WE WILL HAV -- IF YOU CAN BEAR WITH US FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, WE WILL HAVE ANSWERS ABOUT SCHOOLS AND WHERE WE NEED TO BE GOING. >> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR. GOV. DEWINE: THANK YOU. >> AM ALEXANDER WELCH HUGGINS. THIS IS FOR GOVERNOR DEWINE. HI, GOVERNOR. SORT OF A FOLLOW-UP TO ADRIAN’S QUESTION ON THE PRESIDENT’S PLAN. EARLIER TODAY, YOU CALLED IT A GOOD PLAN, BUT COULD YOU DRILL DOWN MORE ON THAT. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE GUIDELINES? WHAT YOU THINK IS GOOD ABOUT THEM. -- WHAT TO PUSH BACK ON IT? IN TERMS OF THE PHASES HE IS TALKIN ABOUT, IS PHASE ONE A PHASE ONE OPENING FOR US, AND IF NOT, WHAT WITH T TIMEFRAME WOULD BE TO GET TO A PHASE THREE OPENING? GOV. DEWINE: WHAT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID IS THAT EVERY STATE IS DIFFERENT. IT IS THE GOVERNOR’S RESPONSIBILITY. IT IS NOT JUST DECISIONS I MAKE IN A VACUUM. I MAKE THEM IN CONJUNCTION WITH DR. ACTON, THE LIEUTENANT, BUT BE REACHED OUT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS, AND SO, WE ARE SEEING OHIO’S ECONOMY HURT OBVIOUSLY AS ECONOMY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN, SO TRY TO GET BACK TO BUSINESS WHERE WE CAN, HOW WE CAN, WHICH SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE. THAT IS WITHIN THE SPIRIT OF WHETHER PRESIDENT HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT, BUT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A WALK OUT AND YOU KNOW, OPEN THE DOOR, AND WE ARE ALL BACK TO WHERE WE WERE BECAUSE BE CAN’T GO BACK TO WHERE WE WERE. WE CAN’T GO BACK TO WHERE WE WERE UNTIL THIS MONSTER LEAVES OUR STATE, AND THAT IS NOT GOING HAPPEN PROBABLY UNTIL WE HAVE THE VACCINE, AND WE CAN TAKE CARE OF IT IN THAT MANNER. SO, WE START A PROCESS AND WE HAVE A LONG, LONG WAY GO, BUT YOU KNOW, OPENING UP SOME BUSINESSES THAT FIT, YOU KNOW, THE SAME KIND OF MOLD OF BUSINESSES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN OPEN, SO IT IS EASY TO TRANSFER WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED, AND WE LOOK AT THAT, AND THEN WE SEE HOW IT IS GOING. IT IS NOT GOING TO BE OVERNIGHT. THE CHALLENGE IN ALL OF THIS IS THAT THE DATA -- IS NOT THAT THE DATA IS BEHIND. IT IS JUST, IT IS UNDERSTANDING FACTS. IF YOU LOOK AT HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS, WHICH IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING TO LOOK AT, YOU GOT TO BACKDATE THAT WAY, WAY BACK A FEW WEEKS TO SEE WHEN THAT FIRST PERSON GOT INFECTED. THEN THEY GOT SICK, AND THICKER AND THEN GOT SICK ENOUGH TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. THE POINT IS, WHEN WE LOOSEN THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT WITH NEW BUSINESSES COMING IN, WE ARE NOT GOING TO KNOW IMMEDIATELY WHAT IMPACT THAT HAS. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. WE DON’T WANT TO EVER GO BACK. WE DON’T WANT TO WAKE UP AND SAY, OK, OUR NUMBERS ARE STARTING TO GO UP, AND NOW WE HAVE TO PULL BACK. I DON’T THINK BUSINESSES WANT TO SAY THAT. I HAVE BEEN TOLD I SMALL BUSINESS THAT IS THE LAST THING WE WANT ONCE WE START, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO STAY OPEN. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT WILL WE BE DOING WILL BE IN THE SPIRIT OF WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS SAYING HE HAS IN HIS WISDOM SAID THAT EACH STATE IS DIFFERENT, AND GOVERNORS AND PEOPLE ADVISING GOVERNORS WILL HAVE TO CHART YOUR OWN COURSE, AND WE WILL DO THAT. WE WILL BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL, RESPECTFUL OF PEOPLES’ HEALTH AS WE ROLL THIS. SO ONE STEP AT A TIME IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING. >> THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN TWEETING AT STATES INDIVIDUALLY, TELLING STAVES TO PICK UP THEIR TESTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS THAT THAT MIGHT UNDERMINE HIS OWN REPORT FOR GOVERNORS? GOV. DEWINE: WELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD EVERY DAY TO INCREASE TESTING. AND THERE WAS NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT AS WE GO FORWARD AND AS WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN COME BACK AS A STATE THEN TO INCREASE THE TESTING. ONE, AS I INDICATED, ONE OF OUR PROBLEMS FOR HOSPITALS DOING TESTING IS LACK OF REAGENTS. THIS DOES LIVE -- THIS DOES LIVE WITH THE FDA. WE WANT TO SEE WHERE THAT IS. AND BROUGHT IN THE ABILITY TO MAKE THE REAGENT THAT IS NECESSARY. IF WE HAD AN UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF THE, THAT WOULD SOLVE -- IF WE HAD AN UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF REAGENT, THAT WOULD NOT SOLVE EVERY PROBLEM, BUT IT WOULD HELP WITH THE CAPACITY. THE REAGENT IS BEING REALLY RATION. WHILE WE HAVE STARTED MAKING SWAPS AND WE HAVE DONE OTHER THINGS I OHIO, THE REAGENT IS A PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE TO GO TO WASHINGTON AND SEE THE FDA REGARDING APPROVAL. THE TESTING IS VITALLY IMPORTANT AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT THIS BATTLE EVERY DAY. YOU KNOW, I’M THE OPTIMIST. I’M CONVINCED WE WILL HAVE MORE AND MORE TESTING. WE JUST GOT TO ACCELERATE THE RATE OF MORE TESTING. >> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR. >> HELLO, GOVERNOR. I AM SHANE. FOLLOWING UP ON BEN’S QUESTION WILL YOU ANY PROTECTIONS IN YOUR GUIDANCE AND ORDERS TO OPEN UP EMPLOYEES WHOSE EMPLOYERS ARE YOUR OPENING, BUT MAYBE THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT GETTING THE VIRUS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE IN THE HIGH RISK CATEGORY? GOV. DEWIN YEAH, I MEAN, THE PROTECTION IS GOING TO COME FROM THAT EMPLOYEE HIMSELF OR HERSELF. YOU KNOW, EVE WITH ALL THE PROTECTIONS THAT SHOULD BE PUT IN PLACE, EMPLOYEES STILL HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION, AND IF THEY HAVE A HEALTH SITUATION THAT PUTS THEM AT PARTICULAR RISK, THEY WILL HAVE TO CALCULATE THAT IN MAKE THAT DECISION, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE WORLD WE LIVE IN TODAY WITH A CORONAVIRUS. -- LIVE IN TODAY WITH THE CORONAVIRUS. AN EMPLOYEE OR AN EMPLOYER WITH A PARTICULAR HEALTH PROBLEM, WE WILL ENCOURAGE COMPANIES TO DO, IF THAT EMPLOYEE CAN WORK IN A PLACE WHERE THEY ARE NOT IN CONTACT WITH AS MANY PEOPLE -- I KNOW COMPANIES I TALKE TO THAT HAVE DONE THINGS LIKE THAT, SO THIS IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. , AND NOW, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HOPE COMPANIES WILL BE VERY OPEN TO MOVING PEOPLE AROUND. AGAIN, THERE ARE CERTAIN TYPE -- AGAIN, THERE IS A CERTAIN TYPE OF WORK YOU CAN DO FROM HOME AND NOT WORK SHOULD CONTINUE. THAT WORK SHOULD NOT END COMPANIES CAN FIGURE OUT THAT THAT TYPE OF WORK CAN CONTINUE AT HOME AS WELL AS IN THE OFFICE. WE REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE COMPANIES TO DO THAT, AND WE EXPECT COMPANIES TO DO THAT. THIS IS A DELICATE SITUATION, AND IT WILL COME DOWN TO THAT INDIVIDUAL AND YOU KNOW, HOW THEY APPROACH A, WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THEIR OWN HEALTH. >> WILL THERE BE AN OUTLET FOR THEM IF THEY HAVE A COMPLAINT? GOV. DEWINE: THE OUTLET IS ALREADY BUILT IN AND WE ARE USING AT, AND WE ARE EARING FROM THEM, AND THAT IS THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS THE ABILITY TO GO OUT. IF THE EMPLOYEE SAYS, LOOK, THERE IS NOT THE DISTANCE THERE SHOULD BE. OR WHATEVER THE COMPLAINT IS, THEY CAN COME OUT. WHAT WE ARE HOPING AND WHAT WE BELIEVE IS GOING TO HAPPEN IS GOING TO HAPPEN AS THE VAST MAJORITY OF COMPANIES, WANTING TO START UP, WANTING TO DO THE RIGHT THING, WANTING TO BE ABLE TO RETAIN THEIR EMPLOYEES AND TRACK MORE EMPLOYEES, WILL DO ALL THE THINGS THEY CAN TO MAKE THAT EMPLOYEE FEEL SAFE. ULTIMATELY, THAT SH ABOUT SAFENESS UNTIL WE HAVE A VACCINE WILL BE A DECISION THAT THAT EMPLOYEE WILL HAVE TO WEIGH AND MAKE THAT DECISION. AS I SAID, TRIED AND MAYBE MAKE THE DECISION WHERE HE OR SHE CAN BE PUT INTO A SAFE POSITION THEN EVEN BEING IN A COMPANY THAT IS DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT. >> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR. >> HI, GOVERNOR. I KNOW YOU SAID YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE AN ANSWER ON K-12 NEXT WEEK . FOR PARENTS WHO ARE OUT THERE IN A RELATE THIS MESSAGE TO US, THEY HAVE A EAR ABOUT SENDING THEIR KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL IN TWO WEEKS. WHAT MESSAGE DO YOU HAVE HER PARENTS WHO ARE CONVEYING THAT TYPE OF FEAR? GOV. DEWINE: M MESSAGE, AND WE ARE NOT READY TO ANNOUNCE IT TODAY AND WE WILL DO IT NEXT WEEK, BUT MY MESSAGE IS, WE HAVE EIGHT CHILDREN, 24 GRANDCHILDREN, WE UNDERSTAND. >> THANK YOU. >> HI, GOVERNOR DEWINE JUST WONDERING HOW YOU WOULD RESPOND TO YOUR CRITICS ONLINE ARE SAYING YOU FOLDED TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE LIKE, WE NEED TO OPEN NOW? GOV. DEWINE: I WOULD ASK THEM TO WATCH WHAT I DO AND WATCH WITH THE STATE DOES. AND WATCH HOW WE DO THIS. AND THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO THINK THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WRONG, BUT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGHOUT THIS, WE HAVE BEEN EXCEEDINGLY MINDFUL OF HUMAN LIFE AND PROTECTING THE PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF OHIO. SINCE THE DAY I TOOK OFFICE, THAT HAS BEEN MY NUMBER ONE CONCERN. HOW DO I PROTECT THE PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF OHIO? IT IS THE ESSENTIAL FUNCTION OF GOVERNMENT IS TO PROTECT PEOPLE. AND TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO DO THAT. GOVERNMENT DOES A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. AND SOMETIMES, MAYBE THINGS THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE DOING OR MORE THAN WHAT IT SHOULD BE DOING IN SOME CASES, BUT I THINK WHAT WE ALL CAN AGREE ON, WHEREVER WE ARE IN THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM, THE ESSENTIAL FUNCTION OF GOVERNMENT IS TO PROTECT PEOPLE, AND SO, FOR ANYBODY WHO IS CONCERNED, JUST WATCH WHAT WE DO, AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WRONG, LET US KNOW. LET THE NEWS MEDIA NO, BUT WATCH HOW WE DO THIS. WE WILL DO IT WITH THE SAME RESPECT FOR LIFE, THE SAME RESPECT FOR OUR FELLOW OHIOANS THAN WE HAVE DONE, AND EVERYTHING ELSE WE HAVE DONE THROUGHOUT THIS FROM THE TIME WE HALTED THE ARNOLD CLASSIC AND WERE THE FIRST STATE TO REALLY HALT A MAJOR EVENT, ALL THE WAY THROUGH TODAY, WATCH WHAT WE DO. >> THANK YOU. HELLO, GOVERNOR. THIS QUESTION IS IN REFERENCE OF GOING THROUGH THE NEW PHASE. AS THIS IS THE START TO OPEN, AND PARTICULAR, RESTAURANTS. SINCE EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO BE POLICING THE OWNERS AND STARTING TO MAKE DECISIONS, AND THE OWNERS HAVE TO DO THE BEST THEY CAN WITH THE PROTOCOL, HOW WILL THE STATE HANDLE MULTIPLE VIOLATIONS WHEN THEY GET PHONE CALLS? ARE THEY GOING INTO EDUCATING THE RESTAURANTS -- ARE THEY GOING TO EDUCATE THE OWNERS OF THE RESTAURANTS? GOV. DEWINE: I THINK ALWAYS, EVEN BEFORE THE CORONAVIRUS, CUSTOMERS, EMPLOYEES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO BLOW THE WHISTLE ON SOMETHING THEY THINK IS A HEALTH PROBLEM. RESTAURANTS LIVE AND DIE BY THE REPUTATION OF BEING SAFE PLACES TO EAT. NOW, IT HAS JUST BEEN ENHANCED. NOW WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL THING TO ALL THE SAFETY THINGS THAT RESTAURANTS HAVE TO DO TO MAKE SURE THE FOOD IS GOOD, WHOLESOME, AND IS NOT DANGEROUS, IS ADDED TO THE CORONAVIRUS. SO THOSE PROTECTIONS ARE GOING TO BE THERE, JUST LIKE THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE, AND THAT MECHANISM IS GOING TO BE THERE. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN HISTORICALLY INVOLVED IN RESTAURANTS. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED NECESSARILY IN A HARDWARE STORE, BUT IN A RESTAURANT, THEY ARE ALWAYS INVOLVED. WE MAY GET TO THE RESTAURANTS WE ARE NOT THERE YET, BUT WHEN WE GET TO RESTAURANTS, THAT WILL BE THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM, AS IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN. >> INCLUDI SOCIAL-DISTANCING AND WEARING A MASK AND SO ON? GOV. DEWINE: ABSOLUTELY. IT WILL BE DIFFERENT. WE’LL WALK INTO A RESTAURANT, AND YOUR WAITER IS GOING TO HAVE A MASK ON. AND YOU KNOW, YOU WILL SEE THAT TABLE IN A CORNER MAY STILL BE THERE, BUT YOU WILL NOT BE CLOSE TO ANYBODY ELSE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESS PLAN OF THESE RESTAURANTS IS GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE, AND THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY ARE GOING TO MAKE IT BY HAVING THOSE CHANGES. THE INGENUITY OF AMERICAN, SMALL BUSINESS IS ALWAYS GREAT, AND I THINK THEY WILL FIGURE IT OUT. BUT MUCH MORE CHALLENGING, AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT FOREVER. THIS I UNTIL WE GET A VACCINE. THIS IS A FREE PERIOD OF TIME WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH THIS. AFTER THAT, WE HOPE WE CAN GET BACK TO NORMAL. >> SOUNDS A LITTLE LENIENCY THERE IF THT WILL GO ON. GOV. DEWINE: IT WILL BE UP TO THE LOCAL DEPARMENT ON HOW IT IS ENFORCED. WE HOPE THEY WILL ENFORCE AT ANY REASONABLE WAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I HAVE BEEN TOLD ON THE LAST -- I BEEN TOLD I AM THE LAST QUESTION. I HAVE HEARD FROM SOME READERS WHO ARE QUESTIONING THE NEXT PHASE WHEN WE ARE STILL SEEING SOME PRETTY HIGH NUMBERS, EVEN THOUGH MAYBE WE ARE NOT PEAKING, PEEKING THE PLATEAU PEAKING. SEEING THESE NUMBERS COMING IN, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE DISCONNECT AND WHY YOU FEEL CONFIDENT WE WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO THE NEXT PHASE ON MAY 1? GOV. DEWINE: THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE ASKING THAT. IT IS INTERESTING. I TOLD YOU ABOUT M CONVERSATION . OR TRYING TO GET IT RIGHT. AND WE ARE TRYING TO DO THE EVERY SINGLE DAY. WE DON’T GET IT RIGHT EVERY DAY, BUT WE TRY. LOOK, IT IS TIME TO LOOK AT BUSINESSES THAT CAN COME BACK AND WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE SAFE. IT WILL I DEFINITION, BUT OUR DEFINITION AT LEAST, TAKE A WHILE BUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS TO TAKE PLACE. IT WILL NOT OCCUR OVERNIGHT. AND THE NEXT RESISTANCE I WILL GET I GUARANTEE YOU IS PEOPLE SAYING, WELL, HOW ABOUT ME? WHY CAN’T WE OPEN UP? THAT IS GOING TO BE THE PUSH, BUT WE HAVE TO SET THE DATE AND WE HAVE TO START MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE READING NUMBERS EVERY SINGLE DAY AND WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE. IF IT IS TIME TO PULL BACK AND STOP THE EXPANSION, WE WILL DO THAT AND WILL NOT HESITATE TO DO THAT. >> MAY BE DR. ACTON CAN FOLLOW UP ON WHAT NUMBERS YOU WILL BE LOOKING AT IT AS YOU ARE CONSIDERING THOSE POTENTIAL DECISIONS? GOV. DEWINE: WE ARE LOOKING AT THE SAME NUMBERS. WE ARE LOOKI AT HOSPITALS. OUR TIME IS ALMOST UP. BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT HOSPITALIZATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE. I LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS EVERY DAY. THAT TELLS US -- THAT IS A FIRM FIGURE, AND THAT TELLS US WHERE WE GOING. ARE WE GOING UP OR DOWN? THEN YOU LOOK AT THE FIVE DAY AVERAGE. DR. ACTON: YES, AND YOU KNOW, DOING THIS PREVALENCE STUDY WILL HELP US A SOME OTHER THINGS. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT SOMETHING CALLED R0, WHICH IS A ACTIVITY RATE. NONE OF THESE NUMBERS ARE PERFECT BECAUSE WE JUST DON’T HAVE ENOUGH DATA TO CALCULATE, BUT IT IS LOOKING AT CASES, LOOKING AT INFLUENZA-LIKE ILLNESSES AND OTHER FORMS OF SURVEILLANCE. YOU WANT TO SEE THAT YOU ARE ON THE DECLINE AND YOU WANT TO SEE THAT BASICALLY YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SIGNS WE ARE HAVING COMMUNITY SPREAD. SO, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF NUMBERS. I HAVE ASKED MY TEAM TO DIG DEEPER AND SEE WHAT OTHER INDICATORS COULD WE HAVE. YOU SAW SOME IN THE PRESIDENT’S -- THERE ARE MANY, MANY GUIDES TO THIS, SO WE ARE TRYING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN REALISTICALLY FOLLOW IN OHIO. WE WILL SHARE MORE OF THAT AS WE UNVEIL THE PLAN FURTHER AND FURTHER OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE WILL TRY TO GET THE VERY BEST SORT OF INDICATORS. THANK YOU. GOV. DEWINE: BECAUSE WE ARE NOT DOING A PRESS CONFERENCE THIS SUNDAY, MITT -- SUNDAY, LET ME RECOGNIZE THE OHIOANS O THE ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN FAITH CELEBRATING THIS WEEKEND. THIS WILL BE DIFFERENT WHI WE PRACTICE SOCIAL-DISTANCING. APRIL IS THE MONTH OF THE MILITARY CHILD, THE MOM TO RECOGNIZE MILITARY FAMILIES AND CHILDREN FROM THE DAILY SACRIFICES THAT THEY MAKE. IT WAS PROUD TO BE HOME TO MORE THAN 33,000 CHILDREN WHO HAVE MILITARY CONNECTIONS. TODAY IS PURPLE UP DAY ACROSS THE STATE OF OHIO TO RECOGNIZE THE MILITARY CHILD. WE THANK THE CHILDREN OF MILITARY PARENTS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, AND WE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE SERVICE OF ALL OHIOANS WHO ARE APART OF OUR ARMED FORCES. LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF OHIO’S MILITARY CHILDREN. ♪ >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. >> AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. >> ONE NATION, UNDER GOD >> IN THIS INVISIBLE FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> I AM A SENIOR AND MY DAD I A CHEAP SWORN OFFICER FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD OF ENGINEERS DIVISION. WHAT IT MEANS TO ME TO BE A MILITARY CHILD, ONE WORD WOULD BE HONORED. I FEEL HONORED AND EVERYTHING MY DAD DOES FOR HIS JOB, FOR MY FAMILY, AND FOR THE COUNTRY IN GENERAL. AND EVERYBODY IN BETWEEN. I THINK THAT EVERY SINGLE SERVICE MAN OR WOMAN IS DOING ACTUALLY EVERYTHING THEY CAN AND I TAKE GREAT HONOR AND LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES FR THAT REASON. PURPLE UP. WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER, OHIO. GOV. DEWINE: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT WAS GREAT. WE WILL SEE YOU ALL, UNLESS SOMETHING UN

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