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the president brought his support, particularly on some of the travel restrictions that I think has made it easier for us. The monitor folks who have been traveling, particularly in parts of Asia, and I really appreciate the vice is the second time he's been in Florida, just lied in the past, so we really appreciate it. Support. As many of you know, you'll Florida had its first to Kobe 19 link fatalities yesterday on Dhe. So we are stressing the boats that look at how this virus impacts people, folks who are elderly and have underlying medical conditions, much greater risk of serious complications. We've been working hard with our hospitals and our nursing homes assisted living facilities, but we've also wanted to spread the message to the people as a whole. Follow the CDC Skyland guidance on this. They recommend for people who are elderly of health conditions. You know, stay at home if you need. If you need to know, avoid large crowds. Make sure you have a couple of weeks of supplies of medical, and just in case you're in a situation where you need to isolate so those air prudent steps that people can take on, and that will help our efforts here as we work to contain the spread of the virus. But thanks again for coming. We've three years. Thank you, Governor. I want I want to thank you for bringing together leaders, cruise line industry, important discussion communities they come from President's grateful operation was in this room, and I heard about how how we help you safe Governor. I want to thank you. Your leadership, while also very grateful Scott's Marco Rubio on their swift efforts, uh, passing for more than a $1,000,000,000 funding for America's response. Let me also let me thank all the public officials before here is Well, I'm pleased to be joined by the head of the CDC. A cz well, a cz acting secretary. We're really here to have a very substantive conversation with an industry that has found itself at the center so many places. I'm looking for your industries recommendations about about what you could do one more week, protect the emergency. I know it goes without saying President Trump has no higher health safety. Moral reason why, from from the first advent of Corona virus, America President launched a whole approach, but his evidence here today. It's not just the whole of government approach to resource of the federal government, clearly a whole of America. In this last week, in addition of meeting today here, that president directed me with cruise line executives. We've met with leaders of pharmaceutical industry to talk about the development of therapeutics and a vaccine. We've talked the leaders of the nursing home industry. We've talked to leaders of commercial labs, and, uh, and I know I speak for President Trump. When I said we couldn't be more great with a spirit of cooperation, all the Gage there's, I put, uh, put the health of America first, right?

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