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>> WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE GOVERNOR WHO IS IN CLAMS A UP -- COLUMBUS. LET'S GET AN UPDATE. >> -- DOING WE CAN TO SLOW THE VIRUS DOWN. OHIOANS ARE DOING AMAZING THINGS. I WANT TO OPEN TODAY BY SHOWING SOCIAL MEDIA VIDEOS. OUR TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN OHIO WHO YOU WILL RECOGNIZE WHO HAVE DONE SOME OF THESE. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO MOVE TO FUTURE VIDEOS OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE OUT THERE MAKING A DIFFERENCE EVERY SINGLE DAY. WE'VE REACHED OUT TO WELL KNOWN OHIOANS ASKING THEM TO RECORD MESSAGES LETTING PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, AND STAY HOME TO HELP US FLATTEN THE CURVE OF THE PANDEMIC. THESE ARE TAGGED WITH HASHTAG, INTHISTOGETHEROHIO AND #STAYHOMEOHIO. WE'RE APPRECIATIVE OF THOSE WHO HAVE DONE THIS. JENNY'S ICE CREAM, YOU WILL RECOGNIZE HER. OF COURSE, JIM TRESTLE, JEAN SMITH, OSU ATHLETIC DIRECTOR. KIM ATKINSON, COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS. J.T. BARRETT, CARDLE JONES, ANTHONY AND CHRIS GRANT. BY THE WAY, OF COURSE, HE'S THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON COACH, COACH OF THE YEAR, CONGRATULATIONS, COACH, FOR A GREAT SEASON. AND GRAHAM, INDYCAR DRIVER. TAKE A LOOK. >> HI, JIM TRESTLE HERE FROM YOUNGSTOWN UNIVERSITY. >> GENE SMITH, YOUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. >> CAM ATKINSON FROM THE COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS. THIS IS CHRIS SPIELMAN. >> THIS IS ANTHONY GRANT. >> HEAD BABBLE COACH FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON AND MY WIFE CHRIS. >> I'M JENIBAUER AND I'M HERE ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS. >> WE WANT TO BE STAYING AT HOME AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. KEEPING THAT SOCIAL DISTANCE. >> MY FAMILY HAS BEEN TUCKED AWAY AT HOME SINCE THE NHL ANNOUNCED THE SUSPENSION OF OUR SEASON. WE'RE TRYING TO DO WHAT OUR PUBLIC OFFICIALS HAVE ASKED US TO DO, TO KEEP OUR FELLOW OHIOANS SAFE. >> ONE THING I KNOW ABOUT THE BUCKEYE STATE WE GET IN THE FIGHT, FIGHT BACK AND WE WIN. >> WHEN YOU COUGH, COVER YOUR COUGH. MAKE SURE YOU DON'T COUGH ON OTHERS. WASH YOUR HANDS FOR A MINIMUM OF 20 SECONDS. THE PRACTICE WILL BE WITH US AS WE MOVE FORE. MAKE SURE YOU DO EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN. TO PROTECT THE VULNERABLE. >> WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO ENGAGE IN PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ACTIVITIES BY EXERCISING, GOING FOR WALKS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, READING, OR SIMPLY ENGAGING IN FUN FAMILY ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE CONFINES OF YOUR HOME. >> IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF FLATTENING THE INFECTION RATE CURVE OF THIS VIRUS. TO PREVENT OVERWHELMING OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. AND SAVE LIVES. >> IT'S GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US. >> BECAUSE TOGETHER WE STAND, DIVIDED YOU WILL FALL, BUT IN UNITY THERE IS GREAT STRENGTH, AND IN THIS COUNTRY AND IN THIS STATE, WE HAVE UNITY AND GREAT STRENGTH. GOD BLESS. >> I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR PARTICIPANTS TODAY AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT THERE CREATING THEIR OWN VIDEOS. I HAVE SEEN SOME AND THEY ARE JUST GREAT. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR GETTING IN THE SPIRIT AND FOR CONVEYING THAT MESSAGE EVERY SINGLE DAY. I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM A FRIEND OF MINE YESTERDAY, AND MAYBE I CAN CLARIFY SOMETHING. HE SAID, YOU KNOW, HE SAID, MIKE, I GO TO THE CEMETERY AND VISIT MY WIFE'S GRAVE ALMOST EVERY DAY. HE SAYS, I'M CONCERNED THAT PEOPLE THINK THAT THEY CAN'T GO TO THE CEMETERY. SO CERTAINLY PEOPLE CAN DO THAT. WE CAN DO THAT. USUALLY THERE IS HARDLY ANYBODY THERE. YOU CAN CERTAINLY KEEP THE SOCIAL DISTANCING. YOU CAN DO THINGS LIKE THAT. THOSE THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING EVERY DAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO STOP DOING THAT. SO JUST, I JUST THOUGHT I WOULD MENTION THAT. MY FRIEND CONTACTED ME AND BASICALLY SAID, TELL EVERYBODY IT'S OKAY. AS WE'VE WATCHED WHAT'S HAPPENED IN OTHER PLACES, WE HAVE WATCHED WHAT'S HAPPENED IN OTHER COUNTRIES, EUROPE, ITALY, WE'VE WATCHED THEM AT DIFFERENT STAGES, NOW WE'RE CERTAINLY ARE LOOKING AT NEW YORK AND OTHER STATES, WE'RE SEEING HOW THEY DEAL WITH IT. WE'RE SEEING HOW THEY PREPARED FOR THIS. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECALL WHAT OUR GOAL IS AND HOW WE ACHIEVE THE GOAL. AND ONE OF THE VERY SPECIFIC GOALS, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FLATTENING THE CURVE WHAT WE REALLY MEAN IS TO DO THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO SO THAT OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS NOT OVERWHELMED, AND THAT OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM CAN TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE WHO COME DOWN WITH THIS VIRUS, WHO NEED TO BE HOSPITALIZED. AGAIN, AS THE DOCTOR HAS SAID MOST PEOPLE WILL NOT NEED TO BE HOSPITALIZED BUT SOME WILL. WE KNOW THAT. BEING ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. BEING ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE A HEART ATTACK, A STROKE, ANY OTHER MEDICAL EMERGENCY, AND SO THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, AND WE'RE DOING THIS REALLY IN TWO WAYS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT, A MOMENT AGO, IN VIDEOS, THE SOCIAL DISTANCING. THAT'S THINGS THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US CAN DO EVER SINGLE DAY, AND WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW IT IS SO VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, AND WHAT WE DO TODAY WILL IMPACT WHERE WE ARE IN THE NEXT, NEXT FEW WEEKS AS WE GO FORWARD. THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAVE TO DO, AND WE'RE DOING THESE SIMULTANEOUSLY, THESE ARE NOT EXCLUSIVE. WE'VE GOT TO DO BOTH BUT THE OTHER THING WE'RE DOING IS REALLY WORKING ON CAPACITY, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DR. ATKIN, AREN'T GOVERNOR HUSTON, MYSELF, AND ALL OF OUR TEAM AND ALL THE TEAM ACROSS THIS STATE ARE WORKING ON EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND SO I THOUGHT I WOULD JUST SHARE WITH YOU ALL A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND HOW WE'RE APPROACHING THAT. IT IS CERTAINLY A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET THE CAPACITY UP. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CAPACITY WITH BEDS. CAPACITY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE, THE DOCTORS, AND OTHER FIRST RESPONDERS, HAVE THE PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT THAT THEY NEED. MAYBE TALK ABOUT BEDS. WE'RE WORKING EACH DAY WITH THE HOSPITALS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF OHIO, AND ANALYZING WHAT THOSE NEEDS ARE. GETTING READY. TRYING TO SEE WHAT WE NEED WHERE. AND AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN WORKED ON FOR A NUMBER OF DAYS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MANAGERS IT TODAY TO TELL YOU WE'RE WORKING ON THIS. WHAT WE'VE DONE, DR. ATKIN INDICATED THIS A FEW DAYS AGO, WE'VE TAKEN OUR HEALTH TEAM AND MERGED THEM INTO WHAT'S CALLED THE EOC. THE EOC IS THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER. IT EXISTS. IT'S EXISTED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND HAS SOME GREAT PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT THERE DOING GREAT WORK. IT EXISTS IN CASE OF ANY KIND OF EMERGENCY. IT MIGHT BE A FLOOD ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. IT MIGHT BE A TORNADO. IT MIGHT BE ANY KIND OF EMERGENCY THAT WE HAVE. SO WHAT'S HAPPENED IS, DR. ATKIN'S MEDICAL TEAM, HEALTH TEAM, IS KIND OF MERGED IN THERE. SOME OF OUR TEAM IS MERGED IN THERE, AND EACH DAY I'M ABLE, AS DI THIS MORNING, TO TALK DIRECTLY TO THEM AND GET AN UPDATE AS FAR AS HOW THINGS ARE GOING. SO THEY WORK WITH OHIO HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL EXPERTS EVERY SINGLE DAY. THEY WORK ON LOGISTICS. THEY WORK ON MOVING STUFF. AND THAT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS. PART OF THIS IS WHAT'S CALLED MODELING. YOU'VE HEARD DR. ATKIN TALK ABOUT MODELING. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF MODELING THE OHIO HEALTH DEPARTMENT, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, THE OHIO HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, HAVE ALL GONE TOGETHER. AS WE SAY WE'RE IN THIS ALTOGETHER. THEY HAVE GONE TOGETHER TO FORM THIS MODELING TEAM AND THEY ARE WORKING HARD ON THAT EVERY DAY. CLEVELAND CLINIC ALSO HAS A SEPARATE MODELING TEAM. THEY ARE COMPARING NOTES WORKING TOGETHER. IT WAS MY PLEASURE THIS MORNING TO BE ON THE PHONE WITH THE CLEVELAND CLINIC, CEO FOR PROBABLY 45 MINUTES, JUST TO SEE HOW EVERYTHING IS GOING AND THINGS ARE BEING PUSHED TOGETHER. INNOVATE OHIO, HEADED UP BY JOHN HUSTON, WHERE WE'RE BRINGING PEOPLE IN FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO COME IN AND HELP WITH US THIS MODELING. HELP US WITH ALL THE LOGISTICS, HELP US WITH THE PLANNING AS WE GET READY FOR WHAT WE KNOW IS COMING. AGAIN, WE KNOW WHAT'S COMING, BECAUSE WE HAVE TRACKED WHAT'S HAPPENED IN OTHER STATES. WE'VE TRACKED WHAT HAPPENED IN OTHER COUNTRIES, AND OUR GOAL EVERY SINGLE DAY IS TO PREPARE FOR THAT. AND WE DO IT, AS I SAY IN TWO WAYS. NUMBER ONE, WE DO IT BY SOCIAL DISTANCING, AND SECOND, IN A PARALLEL TRACK WE'RE ALSO DOING IT BY GETTING READY. PHYSICALLY GETTING READY FOR THIS. LET ME TALK FOR A MOMENT ABOUT THE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, PPE. THIS IS A TERM THAT YOU'VE HEARD A LOT IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. DR. ATKIN WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT. THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE FOCUSED ON, OUR TEAM IS FOCUSED EVER SINGLE DAY. PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, WHAT IS THAT? IT'S GLOVES, IT MIGHT BE MASS, GOWNS, FACE SHIELDS, GOGGLES, AND THEY ARE NEEDED BY OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, BY OUR MEDICAL PERSONNEL. AND I KNOW IN TALKING TO FIRST RESPONDERS AROUND THE STATE, THEY FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT, AND OUR COMMITMENT IS TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET THEM THE GEAR THAT THEY NEED IN A TIMELY MANNER. JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME PERSPECTIVE, OVER A 24-HOUR PERIOD ON AVERAGE 36 PAIRS OF GLOVES A USED TO CARE FOR ONE PATIENT WHO IS IN INTENSIVE CARE. THIS IS WHY WE'VE ORDERED NONESSENTIAL OR ELECTIVE SURGERIES. WE'VE ORDERED ELECTIVE SURGERIES TO BE POSTPONED. AND WE'RE SEEING THAT HAPPEN ACROSS THE STATE. WE'VE ASKED DENTISTS, WE'VE ASKED VETERINARIANS, TO CONSERVE THEIR SUPPLIES, AND AGAIN, NOT DO THE SURGERIES UNLESS THOSE ARE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. THIS IS WHY WE'RE ASKING PRIVATE BUSINESS TO HELP US IN REGARD TO THIS, AND WE'RE ASKING THEM IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS. WE'RE ASKING THEM, SOME OF THEM, TO GIVE US SOME OF THAT EQUIPMENT THAT THEY HAVE. CONSERVE IT. WE'RE ALSO ASKING A NUMBER OF THESE COMPANIES TO BE INVOLVED IN EITHER PROCURING IT OR ACTUALLY MAKING SOME OF THIS EQUIPMENT. AND AGAIN, ALL OF THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE OUT THERE. THERE ARE SO MANY OF YOU WHO ARE WORKING ON THIS, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AGAIN, IS CERTAINLY VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US. LET ME TALK FOR A MOMENT ABOUT OUR ECONOMY. AND WHERE WE'RE GOING. THAT'S CERTAINLY ON EVERYONE'S MIND. AND LET ME JUST SAY EVERY SINGLE DAY, I THINK ABOUT THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED. I THINK ABOUT THE SMALL BUSINESSES. I KNOW FROM FAMILY BACKGROUND AND SMALL BUSINESSES I KNOW EACH DAY THAT GOES BY THAT YOU DON'T HAVE INCOME, EACH DAY THAT GOES BY THAT YOU CAN'T MOVE FORWARD IS JUST VERY TOUGH. FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT. WHAT WE'VE DONE, WE'VE DONE, AS WE'VE SAID, TO PROTECT LIVES. I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE COME BACK. I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR ECONOMY. I'VE BEEN ASKED, I WAS ASKED THIS MORNING AS WELL AS LAST NIGHT, YOU KNOW, IF I HAD ANY REACTION TO SOME OF THE PRESIDENT'S STATEMENTS YESTERDAY. LET ME JUST SAY, I THINK THAT THE PRESIDENT AND I ARE ALIGNED. WE WANT TO GET THIS OVER WITH AS FAST AS WE CAN. WE WANT TO GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK. THE FRUSTRATION THAT HE HAS, I SHARE THAT FRUSTRATION, AND EACH DAY THAT WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD IN THAT REGARD IS A VERY FRUSTRATING THING. SO I THINK WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AND I THINK WE ALL HAVE REALLY THE SAME FEELINGS ABOUT THIS. THE TRUTH IS THAT PROTECTING PEOPLE AND PROTECTING THE ECONOMY ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. IN FACT, ONE DEPENDS UPON THE OTHER. THE FACT IS, THAT WE SAVE OUR ECONOMY. WE SAVE OUR ECONOMY BY FIRST SAVING LIVES, AND WE HAVE TO DO IT AND WE HAVE TO DO IT IN THAT ORDER. IF OUR HOSPITALS ARE OVERWHELMED, IF THOUSANDS OF OUR FELLOW OHIOANS DO NOT GET THE CARE THAT THEY NEED, IF MANY OF OUR NURSES AND DOCTORS GET SICK AND DON'T GET THE CARE THAT THEY NEED, IF THEY DIE BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE THE FACILITIES TO PROTECT THEM, THAT'S A PERSONAL TRAGEDY FOR THEM. IT'S A TRAGEDY FOR ALL OF US, AND IT'S ALSO NOT HELPFUL AT ALL AS WE LOOK TO HOW WE REBUILD THIS ECONOMY AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THAT WOULD BE TRULY, TRULY DESTRUCTIVE OF OUR ECONOMY. SO THESE TWO THINGS ARE TIED TOGETHER. AND WE'VE GOT TO GET THEM RIGHT. WE'VE GOT TO DO IT, AND WE'VE GOT TO DO IT IN THE RIGHT ORDER. LET ME ALSO SAY WHEN PEOPLE ARE DYING, WHEN PEOPLE DON'T FEEL SAFE, THIS ECONOMY IS NOT GOING TO COME BACK, SO WE HAVE TO FLATTEN THAT CURVE. WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SEPARATE OURSELVES FROM OTHERS. WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN SO THAT WHEN THIS WAVE COMES, AND WE KNOW IT'S COMING. IT'S NOT AS BIG AS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN, AND THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR IT. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY MUST DO. IF WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR ECONOMY BACK, LOOK, I SEE IT, I DRIVE AROUND, I SEE WHAT'S GOING ON OR WHAT'S NOT GOING ON, BUT WE'VE GOT TO DO THIS AND WE'VE GOT TO GET THROUGH THIS. AND WE'VE GOT TO GET THROUGH IT. WE'VE GOT TO PROTECT AS MANY LIVES AS WE CAN, AND THEN WE'VE GOT TO GET READY TO MOVE FORWARD, SO I'M ANXIOUS FOR THAT DAY. THAT DAY IS NOT, NOT YET HERE. LET ME NOW TURN TO DR. ATKIN FOR A FEW COMMENTS AND THEN TO JOHN HUSTON AND THEN WE'LL BE READY FOR QUESTIONS. >> HI, EVERYONE. GOOD AFTERNOON, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY A SPECIAL THANKS OUT TO THE ENTIRE TEAM. MY TEAM AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY SINCE JANUARY ON THIS RESPONSE. A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MY TEAM AT THE OPERATIONS CENTER. I JUST SAW WHAT WAS PUT TOGETHER IN THIS AMAZING COMMERCIAL THAT'S GOING OUT, IT JUST WARMS MY HEART AND I KNOW IT DOES YOURS. YOU'RE DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB. THE GOVERNOR HAS REALLY CREATED AN INCREDIBLE TEAM OF PEOPLE TO HELP US THROUGH THIS RESPONSE. IT'S AN HONOR TO WORK FOR HIM AND OUR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU. I FEEL LIKE MY ROLE IN THIS IS KEEPING YOU INFORMED OF THE SCIENCE BEHIND THIS AND THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE. LET ME SHARE THAT WE HAVE 564 CONFIRMED CASES. AGAIN, MY CAVEAT, THIS IS THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. THIS IS STILL I BEHIND, LAGGING IN TIME FROM GETTING TEST RESULTS, AS WELL AS STILL RAMPING UP TESTING CAPABILITY BUT WE DO KNOW FOR CERTAIN WE HAVE AT LEAST 564 CASES IN OHIO, AND NOW THOSE ARE IN 49 COUNTIES. WE HAVE AGE RANGE OF LESS THAN ONE YEAR TO 95 YEARS OF AGE, AND I'M VERY SAD TO SAY THAT WE NOW HAVE EIGHTH DEATHS IN OHIO. WE HAVE SOME NEW STATISTICS I'LL SHARE. 145 HOSPITALIZATIONS, AND OF THOSE CASES 62 IN THE I.C.U. 25 OF WHICH ARE FROM LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES. AS WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER STATES, NURSING HOMES, LONG TERM CARE, ARE PARTICULARLY HARD HIT. AGAIN, I JUST THINK WE HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM SUPPORTING THOSE OUT ON THE FRONT LINES BUT IT REALLY IS THOSE FOLKS HELPING THE PEOPLE WE LOVE THAT ARE DOING SUCH AN AMAZING JOB RIGHT NOW. I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME DATA TO SHARE WITH YOU. THIS IS THE BEGINNING. THOSE OF YOU WHOEVER HAD ME AS A PROFESSOR OF GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH WILL KNOW THAT I'M A BIG FAN OF HANS RASLING, ONE OF THE GREATEST STATISTICIANS, AND WE HAVE TEAMS OF EXPERTS AND SCIENTISTS FROM MULTIPLE UNIVERSITIES AND WE'RE WORKING AROUND THE WORLD WITH OTHER FOLKS DOING MODELING. SOME REALLY GREAT TECH PEOPLE. INNOVATIVE OHIO WAS MENTIONED. FOLKS FROM UNIVERSITIES ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY, BUT WE'RE LEARNING SOME BASIC THINGS SO I'M GOING TO START WITH BASICS TODAY AND WE'LL FILL THIS OUT IN THE DAYS TO COME. BUT SOME OF OUR GRAPHS WILL BE ON OUR WEBSITE, CORONAVIRUSOHIO.GOV. YOU CAN SEE A CASE-BY-CASE IN COUNTIES. I WANT EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND THAT CASES ARE IMPACTED BY, IF WE COULD GO BACK ON THAT SLIDE FOR A SECOND, THIS IS STILL WHERE WE HAD TESTING THE MOST QUICKLY, SO WE REALLY, IT DOESN'T GIVE MAYBE THE FAIREST REPRESENTATION OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, FOR INSTANCE IN SOUTHEAST OHIO. SOME OF THAT IS LAGGING BUT YOU CAN SEE ALSO OUR DAILY INCREASE IN CASES THAT'S BEEN GOING ON. NEXT SLIDE. WE'RE GOING TO START FOLLOWING FOR YOU A LITTLE BIT. WE'RE SEEING SOME TRENDS HERE. FIRST OF ALL, CONFIRMED CASES IN HEALTHCARE WORKERS, OF COURSE, EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING IS TO PROTECT THOSE ON THE FRONT LINE. 16% OF THE CASES HAVE COME FROM THE HAMEALTHCARE SECTOR. 25.7%, I SAID ALL ALONG THAT ABOUT 80% OF US WILL BE ABLE TO RIDE THIS OUT AS AN OUTPATIENT, BUT WE'RE SEEING A LITTLE BIT HIGHER NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZATIONS OF OUR CASES, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT TREND AROUND THE COUNTRY. AND THEN, OF COURSE, 11% OF OUR CASES HAVE NEEDED THE I.C.U., AND THE I.C.U., FOLKS, IS OUR FOCUS THROUGH THIS. IT'S ALL ABOUT CAPACITY, SO THOSE NUMBERS WE'LL FOLLOW IN THE DAYS TO COME. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS SINCE THE DAYBACK IN -- ON MARCH 8, I BELIEVE, WHEN WE RECORDED OUR FIRST CASE IN OHIO. WE'VE BEEN WATCHING OUR TRENDING LINES AND WHAT THIS GRAPH IS SAYING IS, WHAT WE'VE BEEN SAYING ALL ALONG, IT'S EXPECTED IN COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD, THAT WE'LL BE FOLLOWING MORE OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN ITALY. THAT'S CERTAINLY THE CASE IN OHIO AS IN EVERY OTHER STATE, AND WE'RE ALSO FOLLOWING, YOU CAN'T SEE VERY WELL ON THIS, I THINK, BUT NEW YORK, THE LATEST SCIENCE ON DR. MANUAL FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, HE DID GREAT ON ED IN "THE NEW YORK TIMES" BUT WHAT WE CAN EXPECT IS WE'RE ON A SEVEN TO 14-DAY LAG BEHIND NEW YORK CITY. SO THE REST OF US IN THE COUNTRY CAN SORT OF SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE PLACES WHERE THEY HAD THEIR PEAKS AND THEIR TESTING A LITTLE SOONER. AGAIN, WE KNOW WE'RE VERY CLOSE BY BUT WE'RE LAGGING IN THAT TESTING ABILITY DUE TO SUPPLIES. NEXT SLIDE. AGAIN, GUYS, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CURVE, AND SO WE'RE DOING OUR VERY BEST TO KEEP EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING WITH OUR MEASURES AND OUR POLICY IS HELPING TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT ON OUR HOSPITAL SYSTEM, AND WE'RE DEFINITELY UP THE STEEP SLOPE BUT WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT IS TO START TALKING, NEXT SLIDE, ABOUT OUR HOSPITAL CAPABILITY. NEXT, PLEASE. THE RESPONSE IS AROUND TWO MAJOR AREAS. ONE IS DECREASING THE SPREAD AND TWO, AS THE GOVERNOR SAID MUCH BETTER THAN I CAN, INCREASING OUR CAPACITY THROUGH OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS. SO THE STAY AT HOME IS STILL EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN DO AT HOME. IT MAKES A TREMENDOUS DIFFERENCE, AND I PROMISE YOU, OHIO, WHEN WE LOOK BACK AT WHAT YOU'VE DONE, YOU AS CITIZENS HAVE DONE, IT'S GOING TO HAVE MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE FOR US. WE'RE DOING POLICIES TO RELIEVE THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM BURDENS, AND THAT WAS TRYING TO GET RID OF ELECTIVE SURGERIES, GETTING OUR EQUIPMENT FROM OUT IN THE FIELD AND WE'RE DOING AMAZING THINGS CONVERTING ANESTHESIA MACHINES TO VENTILATORS. WE'RE DOING ALL SORTS OF THINGS TO INCREASE THAT SYSTEM BUT YOU SHOULD KNOW, WE WILL BE HAVING TO BUILD ADDITIONAL BEDS JUST LIKE YOU'RE SEEING IN PLACES LIKE NEW YORK. AND THEN FINALLY, PPE, NEXT SLIDE, BED AVAILABILITY IN HOSPITALS -- A COUPLE OF NUMBERS I WANT US TO START OUT WITH WE'RE AT ABOUT 60% CAPACITY IN OUR HOSPITALS. AFTER OUR ELECTIVE SURGERIES STOPPING. WE'RE AT ABOUT 60%. OUR I.C.U. BEDS, IN TOTAL IN OHIO, ARE AROUND, I BELIEVE THAT SAYS 3,600. THE BOTTOM LINE THAT WE'RE LEARNING NOW IS IT'S ALL ABOUT I.C.U. BED CAPACITY. WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, AND WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE SEEN BEING DONE IN MARYLAND. WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE THAT CAN BE ROUTINE CARED FOR, EVEN -- AND TURNING OUR HOSPITALS INTO BASICALLY EXPANDED I.C.U. CAPABILITY. ON AVERAGE WE'RE NEEDING OUR HOSPITALS TO INCREASE THAT CAPACITY BY 50%, AND OUR HOSPITALS ARE HARD AT WORK DOING THAT. AND WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THINGS. YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT IT IN THE NEWS IN THE DAYS TO COME, ABOUT HOTELS AND EVEN DORM ROOMS BEING TURNED INTO HOSPITAL UNITS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE HAVING TO DO IN OHIO. MUCH LIKE YOU'RE SEEING HAPPENING IN NEW YORK RIGHT NOW. FORTUNATELY, WE HAVE A FEW MORE DAYS TO GET THAT UP AND RUNNING AND WE'RE LEARNING FROM WHAT'S BEING DONE AROUND THE WORLD AND IN NEW YORK, AND THEN FINALLY, LAST SLIDE, WE DID DISTRIBUTE ALMOST ALL OF THE PPE WE'VE RECEIVED HAS BEEN PUT OUT IN THE FIELD. REMEMBER, PPE IS PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. THAT'S WHAT THE GOVERNOR TALKED SO ELOQUENTLY ABOUT. THE GLOVES, THE SHIELDS, THERE IS A LIMITED SUPPLY. THAT'S THE TRUTH. AND WE'VE DEPLOYED THAT BASED ON THE NEED AROUND COUNTIES AND YOU CAN SEE THAT BY THIS GRAPH. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. IS THAT THE LAST SLIDE? WE ALSO HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE WHAT ACTUAL AMOUNTS OF PPE, I THINK WE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT WHEN WE DEPLOY PPE WE'RE DOING IT IN BOXES AND CASES, NOT TRUCK LOADS BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE HAVE SOME REALLY AMAZING RESEARCHERS WORKING ON WAYS TO REUSE PPE. BOTH HERE IN OHIO AND ALSO AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA. THEY ARE LOOKING AT UV LIGHT, SO THERE ARE NEW GUIDELINES COMING OUT EVERY DAY, EVERY HOUR, OF HOW WE CAN EXTEND THE USE OF THAT PPE BUT I WANT TO SAY TO YOU AGAIN AT HOME, WHAT YOU'RE DOING BY STOPPING THE SPREAD IS ABSOLUTELY TAKING THE PRESSURE OFF OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. SAVING IT FOR THOSE OF US WHO NEED IT. THE UNEXPECTED EMERGENCIES THAT WE ROUTINELY HAVE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, FOR THE CASES THAT WE KNOW ARE TO COME. WE KNOW THAT AT SOME POINT SOON, IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO, HAD WE DONE NOTHING IN OHIO, AND WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING THE SCIENCE HAS SAID TO DO IN OHIO, BUT THEY ARE ANTICIPATING THAT THERE COULD BE UP TO 6,000 NEW CASES PER DAY IF WE AREN'T ALL ABIDING BY THESE THINGS WE'RE DOING AND IF YOU HAD 6,000 NEW CASES PER DAY CLEARLY THAT WOULD OUTPACE OUR HOSPITAL CAPABILITY AND THAT'S WHY EVERY MOVE YOU'RE DOING IS MAKING ALL THE DIFFERENCE. SO THANK Y. THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING THE GOVERNOR'S GUIDANCE. I COULDN'T EXPLAIN THE SITUATION BETTER THAN HE'S EXPLAINED IT TODAY SO PLEASE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW HIS GUIDANCE AND HIS LEAD. THANK YOU. >> JOHN? >> WELL, THANK YOU, GOVERNOR, AND DR. ACTON. I WAS THINKING AS WE WERE GETTING READY TO START, I WAS TALKING WITH THE GOVERNOR, WHAT WE DO IS, EVERY DAY, WE TELL YOU WHAT WE KNOW, AND THEN WE FINISH UP, AND WE LEAVE HERE AND WE COLLECT A WHOLE NEW SET OF INFORMATION. THE LATEST INFORMATION THAT WE CAN GET FROM OUR EXPERTS AND FROM, REALLY FROM PEOPLE ACROSS OHIO, AND WE USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT PEOPLE BRING US, AND ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT CERTAINLY HAS ARISEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER THE STAY AT HOME ORDER WAS ISSUED, IS THE DEFINITION OF AN ESSENTIAL BUSINESS. AND WE SPOKE WITH MAYORS AND BUSINESS OWNERS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 24 HOURS, AND SO I WANT TO PUT A LITTLE MORE GUIDANCE FOR YOU AND REALLY, DEFINITIVE GUIDANCE, THAT WE HOPE YOU WILL FOLLOW AS WE ALL IN OHIO, I KNOW, ARE TRYING TO COMPLY WITH THE STAY AT HOME ORDER AND THE ESSENTIAL BUSINESS LIST AND WE WANT TO GIVE YOU THE BEST POSSIBLE GUIDANCE WE CAN, TO HELP YOU COME TO THE CONCLUSIONS THAT YOU NEED TO COME TO. FIRST OF ALL, AT CORONAVIRUS.OHIO.GOV, THAT'S WHERE THE DIRECTIVE STAY AT HOME ORDER IS LOCATED. YOU CAN GO TO IT AND LOOK AT IT THAT SITE HAS ALREADY HAD 1.3 MILLION HITS TODAY. AT THE MOMENT THAT WE ANNOUNCED THIS ON SUNDAY, IN ONE MINUTE, IT HAD OVER ONE MILLION HITS. WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE USING IT. AND WE KNOW AT TIMES IT GETS OVERWHELMED, BUT OUR SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY WELL TODAY AT THAT WEBSITE. SO READ THE ORDER, AND THEN THE ATTACHED HOMELAND SECURITY DIRECTIVES OR GUIDANCE THAT'S INCLUDED WITH THAT ORDER. IT'S WRITTEN IN PLAIN LANGUAGE AND WE ASK YOU TO JUST FOLLOW THE LANGUAGE AND USE YOUR GOOD JUDGMENT ON INTERPRETING WHAT THE INTENT IS OF THE ORDER. PLEASE DON'T CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT. DON'T CALL THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT. ASKING THEM TO INTERPRET IT FOR YOU. WE WERE TALKING TO MAYORS TODAY AND THEY SAID, LOOK THAT OVERWHELMS OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THAT OVERWHELMS LAW ENFORCEMENT. IT'S NOT THEIR JOB TO INTERPRET IT FOR YOU. IT'S THEIR JOB TO ENFORCE THE ORDER. IT'S NOT THEIR JOB TO INTERPRET IT FOR YOU AND IF YOU OVERWHELM THEM, THEN THEY CAN'T DO THEIR JOBS. THEY CAN'T TAKE THE THOUSANDS OF CALLS TO INTERPRET IT FOR YOU. BUSINESSES, WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO COME TO YOUR GOOD JUDGMENT BASED ON THE PLAIN LANGUAGE OF THIS ORDER, I WANT TO REMIND YOU, YOU DON'T NEED A LETTER. YOU DON'T NED A CERTIFICATION OR A CLEARANCE THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE WITH YOU TO SHOW THAT YOU'RE IN COMPLIANCE. BUT WHAT YOU DO NEED IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A RATIONALE ABOUT HOW THAT ORDER APPLIES TO YOU. IF YOU HAVE THAT QUESTION, WE JUST ASK YOU TO READ IT, COME TO YOUR JUSTIFICATION, AND HAVE THAT JUSTIFICATION PREPARED IN CASE YOU GET ASKED BECAUSE, BECAUSE WE JUST NEED YOU TO BE PREPARED IN CASE YOU GET A QUESTION FROM AN EMPLOYEE, A LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL. ONE OF THE THINGS FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS THAT WILL HELP BUSINESSES AS THEY ARE COMPLYING WITH THIS, IS THAT YOU NEED TO FOLLOW THOSE RULES. PLEASE DON'T CREATE NEW RULES FOR BUSINESSES TO INTERPRET. WE HAVE OVER A HUNDRED HEALTH DEPARTMENTS IN THE STATE. WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A PATCHWORK OF RULES THAT ARE DIFFERENT ACROSS THAT LANDSCAPE. SO LET'S REMAIN CONSISTENT ACROSS OHIO ON HOW WE'RE ENFORCING THE RULES AND ASKING PEOPLE TO COMPLY. SO ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE, READ THE PLAIN LANGUAGE OF THE ORDER. IF YOU DON'T QUALIFY THEN CONSIDER YOURSELF CLOSED. BUT IF YOU DO QUALIFY, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, BE PREPARED TO EXPLAIN IT TO YOUR EMPLOYEES, TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR HEALTH DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS IF YOU'RE ASKED BECAUSE THAT WILL COME. IF YOU'RE SOMEBODY THAT IS, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY NOT QUALIFIED UNDER THIS ORDER YOU WILL EVENTUALLY BE CALLED ON IT BY AN EMPLOYEE, BY A COMPETITOR, BY A NEIGHBOR, SOMEBODY WILL CALL YOU ON IT, SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, DON'T FORCE IT TO COME TO THAT. JUST SIMPLY COMPLY WITH THE ORDER IN ITS PLAIN LANGUAGE AS WE ASK YOU TO DO. A REMINDER THAT EVEN IF YOU ARE AN ESSENTIAL BUSINESS, AND YOU'RE ALLOWED TO REMAIN OPEN UNDER ITEM 18 OF THIS, THERE ARE SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS YOU STILL MUST COMPLY WITH TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING A SAFE PLACE FOR YOUR BUSINESSES TO OPERATE, IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES. THE LAST THING ANY RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS WOULD WANT TO DO IS TO HAVE A VIOLATION THAT ALLOWS AN EMPLOYEE TO BECOME SICK, AND THEN SPREADS THAT THROUGH YOUR WORK FORCE. THE GOVERNOR DELINEATED, WE KNOW IT'S TOUGH ON BUSINESS BUT IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S TOUGH ON BUSINESS AND IRRESPONSIBLE, THEN, IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, YOU WOULD DECIMATE YOUR ENTIRE WORK FORCE. YOU WOULD BE COUNTERPRODUCTIVE. WOULD YOU BE SPREADING, SO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE SAFE WORKPLACE COMPONENTS OF THIS ORDER. AND I JUST ASK, REMEMBER WHAT THE GOAL IS FOR ALL OF THIS. THE GOAL IS ALL OF US TO COLLECTIVELY WORK TO SLOW THE SPREAD. THAT'S SO VERY IMPORTANT, AND IF YOU CAN STAY HOME AS HAS BEEN EMPHASIZED OR YOU CAN WORK FROM HOME DO THAT. THE VIRUS ONLY SPREADS WHEN WE SPREAD IT. IT ONLY SPREADS AS DR. ACTON SAID, IT ONLY SPREADS WHEN WE ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN THROUGH OUR BEHAVIORS. I NEVER RECALL A DAY WHERE LITERALLY EVERYBODY CAN EITHER BE PART OF THE SOLUTION OR PART OF THE PROBLEM. AND WE JUST ASK YOU TO INTERPRET THESE RULES. THE STAY AT HOME ORDER. THE ESSENTIAL BUSINESS, WITH THAT SPIRIT THAT WE WANT YOU TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION, NOT PART OF THE PROBLEM. I ALSO WANT TO ADD THAT, AS WE DO THIS, AND WE SAY THIS THERE ARE STILL BUSINESSES OUT THERE THAT ARE ESSENTIAL, AND THEY NEED THEIR EMPLOYEES TO BE ABLE TO COME TO WORK TO HELP WITH THIS. THEY ARE BEING RESPONSIBLE. THEY ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING. BUT EVERYBODY FROM FOOD DELIVERY TO GROCERY STORES AND THE LIKE, THEY ARE CALLING EVERY DAY TELLING US HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO HAVE THE WORK FORCE THAT THEY NEED TO SERVE YOU, AND SO, IF YOU'RE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU CAN WORK AT ONE OF THOSE BUSINESSES, THEY ARE HIRING, PLEASE MAKE YOURSELF AVAILABLE TO DO SO. ONE OF THE THINGS, AS A FORMER LEGISLATOR, I RECALL IN GOING THROUGH 9/11 AND GOING THROUGH THE FINANCIAL CRISIS IS THAT YOU'RE BEING ASKED, AND RIGHT NOW, THE GOVERNOR HAS A GREAT LIST OF THINGS THAT HE'S ASKING THE LEGISLATURE TO DO, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE THE WAY ALL OF YOU A PULL -- PULLING TOGETHER TO HELP SUPPORT US. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE COOPERATIVE SPIRIT THAT YOU'RE DISPLAYING AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS. I KNOW SOMETIMES YOU'RE AT AN INFORMATION DEFICIT THAT YOU'RE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO, AND I REMEMBER THAT FRUSTRATION MYSELF, WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO GET YOU THE INFORMATION YOU NEED AND WE'VE BEEN SO IMPRESSED OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS HOW YOU'RE PULLING TOGETHER TO HELP US DO THAT AND THAT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AND THANK YOU. ANOTHER QUESTION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, GOVERNOR, I KNOW WE'VE BOTH RECEIVED THIS A LOT OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS REGARDING LENDING IN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES. FIRST OF ALL, BANKS WANT ME TO REMIND YOU, AND THE CREDIT UNIONS, THEY ARE OPEN. THEY ARE OPEN AND DOING BUSINESS. MAYBE THEIR LOBBY ISN'T PHYSICALLY OPEN OVER THE SOCIAL DISTANCING COMPONENT. BUT THEY HAVE ATM'S AND DRIVE UPS, AND OTHER TYPES OF ONLINE SERVICES WHERE THEY CAN ASSIST YOU. ON MORTGAGES, LET ME REMIND THAT THE FEDERAL HOME FINANCE AUTHORITY HAS PROVIDED A SIX-MONTH OR A 60-DAY MORATORIUM ON FORECLOSURES AND 12 MONTHS OF FORBEARANCE TO HELP HOME MORTGAGE, HOME MORTGAGE -- PENILE WITH HOME MORTGAGES GET THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT TIME. ALSO ON THIS, WE'VE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT COMMERCIAL LENDERS, OKAY? EVERY STATE IS DIFFERENT ON WHAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO. MOST OF THIS IS REGULATED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, BUT I'VE RECEIVED ASSURANCES FROM THE BANKS AND THE CREDIT UNIONS, IF YOU'RE A P EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY, PLEASE CALL THEM. THEY HAVE BEEN GRANTED AUTHORITY UNDER THEIR CHARTERS TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU AT SOLVING THOSE PROBLEMS. THE COMMERCIAL LENDERS WANT TO HELP YOU SOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS. SO PLEASE USE THE RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE, TALK WITH THEM TO HELP ALIGN YOUR FINANCES AND THEIR TERMS IN A WAY THAT CAN HELP YOU GET THROUGH THIS DIFFICULT PERIOD. AND A REMINDER, ONE FINAL TIME, CORONAVIRUS.OHIO.GOV/BUSINESS HELP, THERE IS A WHOLE LIST OF INFORMATION RIGHT THERE THAT CAN GIVE YOU GUIDANCE ON WHERE YOU NEED TO GO AND FINALLY, WE TALK ABOUT BEING TRANSPARENT UP HERE, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT TROUBLED ME YESTERDAY WAS THE FACT THAT WE RECEIVED AN ORDER FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR NOT TO RELEASE THE DAILY UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS. BUT WHILE WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM DAILY, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM WEEKLY, SO EVERY THURSDAY, WE'RE ALLOWED TO SHARE THOSE, THAT DATA, AND WE'RE GOING TO SHARE THAT DATA WITH YOU EVERY THURSDAY AS SOON AS WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO IT. SO WE'LL BE PROVIDING WEEKLY, NOT DAILY UPDATES TO THAT, AND ALSO THE UNEMPLOYMENT AT OHIO WEBSITE IS RUNNING. I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY SLOWDOWNS AND WE APPRECIATE THE TECH TEAMS SUPPORTING US TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE TO ALL OF YOU OUT THERE WHO NEED THEM. THANK YOU, GOVERNOR. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR. A QUESTION ABOUT THE STAY AT HOME ORDER. WHAT'S YOUR SENSE OF THE PCOMPLIANCE RATE? HAVE YOU HEARD OR SEEN ANY VIOLATIONS ACROSS THE STATE, AND IF SO, WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO BRING MORE PEOPLE INTO COMPLIANCE? I'M TALKING ABOUT BUSINESSES, HERE. >> WELL, JIM, I THINK THE COMPLIANCE RATE IS PRETTY GOOD. AGAIN, IT'S ONLY BEEN IN EFFECT FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. WE'LL SEE, YOU KNOW. WE'RE GETTING REPORTS FROM AROUND THE STATE. WE'VE TALKED TO A NUMBER O MAYORS ABOUT IT TODAY. -- THOUGHT THE COMPLIANCE WAS REQUEST. SO, LOOK, IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS, AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHERE WE ARE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, LAURA -- DAYTON DAILY NEWS. I GUESS THIS IS FOR DR. ACTON. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD PROVIDE SOME MORE DETAILS ON THE HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY. THE 60%, IS THAT THE 40% EMPTY IS THAT ENOUGH OR NOT ENOUGH? WHEN WILL HOTELS AND DORM ROOMS WILL BE USED? WHO GOES TO THE DORM AND HOTEL ROOM? ARE WE GOING TO SEE THE CONSTRUCTION OF QUICK TENT HOSPITALS KIND OF LIKE WE DID IN WUHAN? JUST SOME MORE DETAILS WOULD BE HELPFUL. >> I KNOW IT WOULD, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE SHARING THAT MORE. WE HAVE A WHOLE TEAM PUTTING TOGETHER THAT IN A WAY THAT I CAN GIVE YOU MORE DETAIL AND DATA TO COME. I THINK THIS IS THE TREND. WE'LL NEED TO BUILD EXTRA CAPACITY. OUR HOSPITALS HAVE BEEN COLLABORATING TO WORK ON THAT ALONGSIDE THE GOVERNOR'S TEAM. WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A WHOLE STRATEGY. I'M ALSO TALKING TO OTHER STATES RIGHT NOW. UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PROBABLY WATCHING GOVERNOR CUOMO, THEY ARE USING TENTS. THEY DIDN'T HAVE AS MUCH TIME TO MAYBE USE OTHER STRUCTURES. I'M VERY INTERESTED IN USING EXISTING STRUCTURES THAT WE HAVE, AND DEPLORING SOME OF THAT STAY TUNED. I PROMISE TO GIVE YOU MORE OF THAT WHEN WE FINALIZE OUR PLANS. WE STAND READY TO USE ALL OPTIONS. >> WE CLEARLY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH CAPACITY AS IT EXISTS TODAY. BUT WE'RE OUT LOOKING FOR OTHER FACILITIES. OUR FIRST PREFERENCE IS FACILITIES THAT ALREADY EXIST, BUILDINGS THAT ALREADY EXIST. IT IS, AS SHE SAID, A WORK IN PROGRESS BUT WE FEEL WE'RE ON TRACK, AND MOVING FORWARD. AGAIN, A LOT OF THIS DOES GO BACK TO THE MODELING. MODELING CHANGES EVERY DAY, BUT IT'S GIVING US A PRETTY GOOD INDICATION OF WHE WE NEED TO G GO. >> WBNS TV. GOOD AFTERNOON, THIS IS A QUESTION FOR DR. ACTON. PHARMACISTS HAVE BEEN ENCOUNTER PATIENTS ON A DAILY BASIS THAT WITH -- WITH SYMPTOMS. PHARMACISTS HAVE ASKED FOR MORE CONCRETE GUIDANCE ON WHAT TO DO. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THEM. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I NEED A LITTLE MORE CLARIFICATION ON THAT QUESTION OF GUIDANCE FROM PHARMACISTS. BUT WE'LL REACH OUT AND TALK TO THEM MORE DIRECTLY. I HAVE HEARD AT LEAST, A LITTLE BIT, MY EAR TO THE GROUND. THERE ARE MINUTE CLINICS AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE IN F PHARMACIES WHILE THERE IS GROCERY SHOPPING GOING ON. I'VE HEARD THERE IS A NEED FOR GUIDANCE IN THAT AREA AS WELL AS WE'VE BEEN GIVING GUIDANCE TO PHARMACISTS ABOUT HOW BEST TO USE THE RESOURCES THEY HAVE IN TERMS OF THE DRUG SUPPLY. WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE ANTI-MALARIALS AS WELL AS GIVING GUIDANCE. MOST PATIENTS SHOULD BE TALKING TO THEIR PRIMARY CARE PROVIDER, WHATEVER THAT IS, AND SOMETIMES THAT'S A MINUTE CLINIC, FOR SOME FOLKS BUT WE WANT TO DO IT BY PHONE WHENEVER POSSIBLE. USING PHONE OR USING TELEMEDICINE, GOING THROUGH THOSE SYMPTOMS, SEEING IF THEY NEED TO BE TESTED AND GIVING GUIDANCE. MOST PEOPLE WILL STAY AT HOME AND OFTEN BE A PRESUMPTIVE DIAGNOSIS. I WANT TO SAY ONE MORE THING ABOUT SYMPTOMS TO FOLKS. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT WHAT TO LOOK FOR. BEING FLU-LIKE. SOME OF THE DATA WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW IS SHOWING THAT IT IS, THINGS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, THE FEVER, HEADACHE, BODY ACHES, BUT WE'RE SEEING SOME NEW SYMPTOMS EMERGE, BOTH HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, GREAT DATA THAT'S BEEN COMING OUT OF CUYAHOGA. TALKING ABOUT G.I. UPSET. FEELING MORE FATIGUED THAN USUAL AND SOMETIMES NOT SHOWING THAT FEVER BUT YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE NOT FEELING WELL. MY BEST ADVICE TO EVERYONE IS IF YOU DON'T FEEL WELL, IN ANY WAY, STAY HOME AND MAKE THAT CALL. AND WE DO HAVE ALSO, OUR LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS HAVE RESOURCES OUT THERE. THERE ARE FOLKS WHO DON'T HAVE A PHYSICIAN. WE HAVE OUR FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS TO CALL, AND WE ALSO, YOU CAN CALL AN EMERGENCY ROOM, BUT CALL FIRST. THAT HELPS THEM GET READY TO BEST TREAT YOU. THANK YOU . >> HI. I'M -- WITH THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. FOR THE GOVERNOR, I WANT TO GO BACK TO YOUR COMMENTS EARLIER, YOU AND THE PRESIDENT. THIS MORNING AT 10:10 A.M., GOVERNOR, YOU SENT A TWEET THAT SAID, BY STAYING HOME, WE CAN ALL HELP PROTECT OUR ESSENTIAL WORKERS. DOCTORS, NURSES, FIRST RESPONDERS, TRUCK DRIVERS, GROCERY STORE EMPLOYEES, ET CETERA. PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING. AT 10:16 A.M., THE PRESIDENT TWEETED, OUR PEOPLE WANT TO RETURN TO WORK. THEY WILL PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND ALL ELSE AND SENIORS WILL BE WATCHED OVER, PROTECTIVELY AN LOVINGLY. WE CAN DO TWO THINGS TOGETHER. WE JUST HEARD YOU, DR. ACTON AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF OBEYING YOUR STAY AT HOME ORDER, SO RESPECTFULLY, IT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE YOU AND THE PRESIDENT ARE ALIGNED AT ALL, WHERE OHIOANS ARE CONCERNED, IT ACTUALLY SOUNDS LIKE THESE ARE DIAMETRICALLY OPPOSED MESSAGES. SURE. >> MAYBE THE LESSON FOR ME IS NOT TO TWEET, BUT LOOK, I DON'T THINK THOSE ARE INCONSISTENT. FIRST OF ALL, AS I SAID, I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION. I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION, NOT JUST THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS, BUT THAT MY FELLOW OHIOANS, MY FELLOW AMERICANS HAVE, ABOUT WANTING THIS TO GET OVER AND GET BACK TO NORMAL, AND TO GET PEOPLE TO WORK. I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT. THE WEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF EVERY OHIOAN, I BELIEVE, IS REALLY TIED TO OUR ECONOMY. WE KNOW WHEN BAD ECONOMIC TIMES GO ON FOR A WHILE WE HAVE BAD HEALTH CONSEQUENCES. SO THOSE ARE RELATED. YOU CAN'T SEPARATE THE TWO. BUT EACH PROACTIVE STEP THAT WE TAKE TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE OF OHIO FROM CONTRACTING THE CORONAVIRUS IS ALSO A PROACTIVE STEP TOWARDS PROTECTING OUR ECONOMY FROM CRASHING. SO THEY ARE NOT INCONSISTENT. THE SHORT TERM CONSEQUENCES OF SLOWING THIS ECONOMY DOWN, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE CERTAINLY SEEING, WILL FAR OUTWEIGH THE LONG TERM ECONOMIC MELTDOWN, MELTDOWN, FROM A DEADLY VIRUS THAT'S LEFT UNCHECKED. WE CAN'T LEAVE THIS UNCHECKED. WE'RE AT WAR WITH A REAL ENEMY. WHEN YOU'RE AT WAR YOU DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN TO DEFEAT THE ENEMY. AND YOU HAVE TO PRIORITIZE THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING NATIONALLY. THAT'S WHAT OHIO IS DOING. THE SCIENCE CLEARLY INDICATES THAT WE'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH. WITH ALL OF OUR COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS, OUR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS, OF DISTANCING, STAYING HOME, ET CETERA. THESE ARE THE MEASURES THAT WILL GET US BACK TO WORK. THESE ARE THE MEASURES THAT WILL HELP PROTECT OUR ECONOMY. I'VE REFERENCED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE LESSONS OF ST. LOUIS AND THE LESSONS OF PHILADELPHIA IN THE 1918 PANDEMIC. 102 YEARS AGO. WE'VE GOT TO FLATTEN THE CURVE, AS WE'VE SAID. SO THAT OUR HOSPITAL SYSTE IS NOT OVERWHELMED. AN OVERWHELMED HOSPITAL SYSTEM, WHICH WOULD LEAVE OHIOANS DYING, NEEDLESSLY, WILL HAVE LONG TERM RAMIFICATIONS. NOT JUST IN THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO DIE, NOT JUST IN THE LIVES OF THEIR FAMILIES, BUT WILL HAVE LONG TERM RAMIFICATIONS IN REGARD TO OUR ABILITY TO RECOVER AND MOVE FORWARD. >> LEAVING OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN SHAMBLES IS NOT THE WAY TO GROW OUR ECONOMY. SO WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO NOW, BUT OUR GOAL IS, ALL OF US HAVE THE SAME GOAL. AND THAT IS SAVE LIVES AND DO WHAT WE CAN DO NOW SO THAT WE CAN GET OUT OF THIS AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN, SO WE CAN GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK, SO WE CAN GET ON WITH OUR LIVES. SO I DON'T THINK THOSE ARE -- NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. THEY ARE CONSISTENT WITH EACH OTHER. WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. >> THANKS, GOVERNOR. >> THIS IS JACKIE FROM THE CINCINNATI INQUIRER. I'M JUST GOING TO FOLLOW UPP -- ON ANDREW'S QUESTION. THE PRESIDENT SAID HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ECONOMY UP AND RUNNING IN TWO WEEKS, EASTER. IS TWO WEEKS ENOUGH TIME TO ACCOMPLISH THAT? >> LOOK, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ECONOMY UP AND RUNNING IN TWO WEEKS, TOO. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT UP AND RUNNING AS SOON AS WE CAN. I THINK WHAT WE ALL WANT IS THE SAME THING. I AS GOVERNOR HAVE TO LOOK AT OHIO. I HAVE TO TAKE ALL THE DATA THAT I HAVE IN REGARD TO OHIO. I HAVE TO LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE IN OHIO AT THIS POINT IN THE PROGRESS OF THIS INSIDIOUS INVADER THAT'S INVADED US. AND MAKE DECISIONS BASED UPON THE BEST MEDICAL EVIDENCE THAT I CAN GET. AS I SAID, I SPENT A LONG TIME ON THE PHONE WITH THE FOLKS AT THE CLEVELAND CLINIC, JUST TALKING LATER, WITH FOLKS FROM UC, FROM OHIO STATE. WE'RE PULLING IN THE BEST EXPERTS THAT WE CAN, AND THAT'S MY OBLIGATION AS THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OHIO. IS TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO SAVE LIVES, DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO PREPARE US. I TALKED ABOUT THIS AT THE BEGINNING, PREPARE US, FOR A WAVE THAT WE KNOW IS COMING. AND DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO REDUCE THAT WAVE. SO THAT OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IS NOT OVERWHELMED AND THAT WE CANNOT LEAVE IT IN SHAMBLES. WE CAN SAVE LIVES AND WE CAN GET MOVING FORWARD IN REGARD TO OUR ECONOMY. SO THAT'S -- THAT'S MY OBLIGATION FOR OHIO. I WAS ON THE PHONE THE OTHER NIGHT WITH GOVERNORS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. EACH ONE IS IN A DIFFERENT STAGE. EACH ONE HAS GOT A DIFFERENT STATE, WITH A DIFFERENT SITUATION, AND, YOU KNOW, I RESPECT ALL OF THEM. I'VE GOT TO MAKE THE DECISIONS FOR OHIO, BUT I'M NOT MAKING IT IN A VACUUM. I'M MAKING WITH IT THE BEST MEDICAL EVIDENCE THAT I CAN GET. BUT AGAIN, THE ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE IS THE SAME. THESE ARE NOT MUTUALLY -- THEY ARE NOT INCONSISTENT. THEY ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. SAVE LIVES, GET OUR ECONOMY MOVING. WE'RE DOING WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO DO BOTH. >> BUT BASED ON WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE TELLING YOU, IS TWO WEEKS, IS THAT A FEASIBLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO BUILD THIS CAPACITY AND STOP THE SPREAD? >> I >> I THINK I'VE LISTENED TO ME ABOUT THIS BEFORE AND AGAIN, WE'VE LOOKED AT WHAT'S BEEN PROJECT AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL PROJECTING THE BEST AS WE CAN THAT WE PEAK MAYBE AROUND MAY 1. THAT'S SUBJECT CONSTANTLY TO CHANGE. SO AGAIN, YOU CALL IT LIKE YOU SEE IT EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND WHAT I TRIED TO DO WITH THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OHIO IS TO TELL THEM EVERYTHING WE KNOW. AND AGAIN, THAT'S BASED UPON THE FACTS THAT WE'RE GETTING AND AGAIN, IT'S FOCUSED ON THE STATE OF OHIO. SO I WOULD LOVE TO BE ROLLING TODAY, I WOULD LOVE TO BE ROLLING IN -- IN TWO WEEKS. WE JUST ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE WHERE WE ARE, BUT, YOU KNOW, LOOK WE'RE PLANNING, BUT THIS PROBABLY IS NOT GOING TO PEAK OUT IN OHIO UNTIL I SAID ROUGHLY AND IT'S VERY ROUGHLY AROUND MAY 1. WE'VE GOT TO DO CERTAIN THINGS AND THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OHIO ARE DOING THOSE. WE'RE DISTANCING FROM EACH OTHER. AND I JUST THANK EVERYBODY FOR DOING THAT. WE'LL GET THROUGH THIS, BUT WE KNOW WE'VE GOT TO GET BACK TO WORK. WE'VE GOT TO GET THROUGH THIS FIRST. >> JIM PROVINCE WITH THE TOLEDO BLADE. I THINK THIS QUESTION IS FOR DR. ATKIN. A BILL WAS JUST INTRODUCED I BELIEVE TODAY THAT WOULD MANDATE THAT FIRST RESPONDERS BE NOTIFIED EVEN IF THERE IS A PRESUMPTIVE POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF A MANDATE LIKE THAT? AND IS THIS SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE DOING NOW ANYHOW? >> THAT IS STILL IN PROGRESS, BUT I DO HAVE MY TEAM LOOKING AT THAT. TYPICALLY, AS WE'VE ALWAYS SAID, WE'VE WORKED IS VERY HARD TO PROTECT PATIENT CONFIDENTIALITY, BUT WE HAVE A WHOLE TEAM LOOKING AT THE POLICY RELATED TO THAT. THESE ARE UNUSUAL TIMES AND AN UNPRECEDENTED SITUATION AND WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO PROTECT OUR FIRST LINE RESPONDERS AND WE'RE DOING THAT A NUMBER OF WAYS, INCLUDING GETTING THE RIGHT GEAR TO THEM AS BEST WE CAN AND KEEPING THEM HEALTHY AND WE'RE ALL DOING THAT FOR THEM BY STAYING AT HOME AND LETTING THEM KNOW OUR SITUATION BEFORE THEY EVER WALK IN OUR HOUSE. THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE, OURSELVES, LET THOSE FIRST RESPONDERS KNOW AND OUR PHYSICIANS AND PRIMARY CARE PEOPLE WHAT SYMPTOMS THEY'RE HAVING SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE THE RIGHT PRECAUTIONS ESSENTIAL TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> JAKE ZUCKERMAN FROM THE CAPITOL JOURNAL. ANOTHER FOR DR. ATKIN. THE HOSPITALIZATION RATE SINCE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS BEEN PUTTING IT OUT IS ABOUT 25% OF THE TOTAL INFECTED RATE, AND IT'S STAYED THERE PRETTY RELIABLY. IS THAT AN ACCURATE PICTURE OF THIS VIRUS IN OHIO WHERE 25% OF PEOPLE WHO GET IT OR IS THAT A PRODUCT OF NEUROTESTING? >> I THINK IT'S BOTH. AND I THINK ANYONE WHO LOOKS AT NUMBERS KNOWS WE HAVE A SMALL SET OF DATA TO WORK WITH. IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I RELY SO HEAVILY FOR NOW ON NATIONAL PROJECTIONS AND SORT OF MODELING THAT'S BEING DONE IN GENERAL. THE MORE DATA WE GET, THE BETTER AND MORE ACCURATE WE WILL BECOME AT MODELING SPECIFIC TO OHIO, BUT EVERY INDICATION IS WE'RE FOLLOWING THE SAME TRENDS THAT WE'RE SEEING AROUND THE WORLD WE'RE -- THE QUICKEST SO THAT WE DO BALANCE ALL THE HEALTH NEEDS AND DO IT RESPONSIBLY WITH THE IS VERY OTHER CONSEQUENCES WE'RE DEALING WITH RELATIVE TO THE ECONOMY AND JUST ALL THESE UNINTENDED, CASCADING CONSEQUENCES SO THERE ARE SCIENTISTS HARD AT WORK ON THAT, AS WELL. AND THE SECOND WE CAN TEST MORE, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A LEAP IN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE CAN PROJECT. >> SO IS THERE A BETTER ESTIMATION OF THE HOSPITALIZATION RATE RIGHT NOW? >> I THINK THAT HOSPITALIZATION RATE IS -- IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME TO KNOW THAT WE'RE ON THE SAME TRAJECTORY AS WE'VE SEEN WORLDWIDE AND THAT WE NEED TO START PREPARING THAT HOSPITAL CAPACITY NOW AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING >> OKAY. >> ADRIAN ROBINS, NBC 4. MY QUESTION IS FOR THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNO WE TALKED TODAY AGAIN ABOUT HOLDING BACK SOME OF THOSE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS BECAUSE OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH OBVIOUSLY KEEPING THE MARKETS FROM FALLING EVEN MORE, BUT HOW IMPORTANT IS IT OR IS IT ETHICAL TO KEEP INFORMATION FROM THE CITIZENS JUST TO PROTECT THE ECONOMY? AND COULD THAT COME UP WITH MORE INFORMATION DOWN THE ROAD WITH THIS PANDEMIC? >> I WILL TELL YOU THAT WHEN WE HAD THIS DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE MEDIA AND MYSELF YESTERDAY, I WAS VERY FRUSTRATED WITH THE FACT THAT THAT'S THE GUIDANCE THAT WE HAD RECEIVED. I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO RELEASE IT ON A DAILY BASIS, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY ASKED FOR AND LOOK, WE HAVE TO COLLABORATE, WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER. WE EXPECT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO WORK WITH US. WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. I RESPECT THEIR STRATEGY FOR RELEASING THE INFORMATION. WE'LL DO IT WEEKLY VERSUS DAILY. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S REALLY A BETTER GAUGE OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE ANYWAY, BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, DOING IT WEEK BY WEEK GIVES YOU THE WHOLE PICTURE OF WHERE THINGS -- WHERE THINGS ARE HEADED. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST DOING OUR BEST TO GET ALONG WITH EVERYBODY IN THE PROCESS. WE WILL BE AS TRANSPARENT WITH THIS, YOU WILL GET THIS DATA ON A STATE BASIS AS SOON AS WE'RE ALLOWED TO RELEASE IT. >> THANK YOU. >> HI, EVERYONE, ANDY CHOW WITH IDAHO PUBLIC RADIO AND TELEVISION STATE HOUSE NEWS BUREAU. WHEN IT COMES TO THE ORDER AND THE QUESTION OF IF A BUSINESS IS ESSENTIAL OR NOT, WE'VE HEARD FROM THE GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SORT OF TALKING ABOUT THE SIDE OF EMPLOYERS AND BUSINESSES, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE EMPLOYEES WHO MAYBE INSIST THAT THEIR BUSINESS IS NOT ESSENTIAL AND THEY WANT TO STAY AT HOME OR THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY DON'T NEED TO GO TO WORK. WHAT KIND OF EMPOWERMENT DO THE EMPLOYEES HAVE IN THIS KIND OF SITUATION? >> WELL, THE EMPLOYEES CERTAINLY HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE THAT KNOWN TO US, MAKE THAT KNOWN TO THEIR LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THEY ALSO HAVE EVERY RIGHT, IF THEY'RE WORKING, AND THEY DON'T THINK THAT THE ORDERS IN REGARD TO HOW AN EMPLOYEE PROTECTS THE -- HOW THE EMPLOYER PROTECTS AN EMPLOYEE, ARE BEING FOLLOWED. THEY HAVE -- I WOULD SUGGEST THEY FIRST TALK TO THE EMPLOYER, BUT IF THEY ARE NOT GETTING THAT SATISFACTION AND THINK THAT THOSE RULES ARE BEING VIOLATED TO THEIR DETRIMENT, THEIR HEALTH DETRIMENT, THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO CONTACT US DID THAT. >> IS THERE -- IS THERE SOME SORT OF SYSTEM WHERE THEY CAN DO THAT ANONYMOUSLY? WE'RE HEARING THAT PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO LOSE THEIR JOBS IF THEY DO SPEAK OUT. >> THEY CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. I'LL GO BACK TO MY EXPERIENCE AS A PROSECUTOR. YOU'RE ALWAYS BETTER HAVING -- BETTER INFORMATION. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE GET THE INFORMATION, WE CERTAINLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO -- TO ACT ON THIS. AGAIN, THE GOAL IS TO GET PEOPLE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT. AND SO YOU KNOW, IF WE CAME UPON A SITUATION LIKE THAT, OUR FIRST STEP WOULD BE TO NOTIFY THE COMPANY, YOU KNOW, AND ASCERTAIN WHETHER WE THOUGHT THEY WERE, IN FACT, VIOLATING THE RULES. IF WE DECIDE THAT THEY ARE, WE WOULD ASK THEM TO CHANGE AND IF THEY DON'T CHANGE WE WOULD FOLLOW UP FROM THERE WITH THE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES BUT AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HOPE PEOPLE WILL DO. I THINK THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE DOING IT. I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR DOING IT. I WANT TO THANK THE EMPLOYERS WHO HAVE DONE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO MAKE THEIR EMPLOYEES NOT ONLY FEEL BETTER, BUT ACTUALLY ABOUT BEING SAFE, BUT ALSO BE SAFE. SO I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR DOING THAT, BUT EVERYBODY HAS AN OBLIGATION TO FOLLOW THAT, ANY BUSINESS THAT IS CONTINUING ON UNDER THIS ORDER HAS TO FOLLOW THAT. >> THANK YOU. >> I'LL SHARE WITH YOU A COUPLE OF THINGS TO GIVE A LITTLE MORE TOOLS IN THE TOOL BOX FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES. FIRST OF ALL, BUSINESSES I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THIS. YOU HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY UNDER SECTION 18 OF THIS ORDER TO PROVIDE A SAFE WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES. YOU ARE IN VIOLATION OF THIS ORDER IF YOU DO NOT DO THAT. THE VAST MAJORITY OF BUSINESSES ARE GOING TO DO THAT. BUT IF YOU DON'T, THE EMPLOYEE CAN REPORT IT TO THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND BELIEVE ME, IF THAT HAPPENS, THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO COME OUT AND HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE. THEY'RE GOING TO INVESTIGATE THESE KINDS OF THINGS. SO YOU NEED TO DO THAT. I WILL ALSO -- AS WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE COME OUT OF THIS, UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN DR. ATKIN AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS EARLIER TODAY, THAT EVERY EMPLOYER IS STILL GOING TO HAVE TO FOLLOW THESE SAFE STANDARDS, EVEN AFTER WE GO BACK TO WORK BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE THROUGH THIS ENTIRELY EVEN WHEN WE DO THAT SO EVEN IF YOU'RE AN EMPLOYER WHO'S NOT AN ESSENTIAL EMPLOYER I URGE YOU TO LOOK AT THAT SECTION BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THESE STANDARDS, AT SOME POINT, IN TIME EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT OPERATING NOW. NOW, ONE ADDITIONAL TOOL. IF AN INDIVIDUAL IS IN ANY WAY FEELING ILL OR IS WORRIED ABOUT THIS, AN EMPLOYER CAN ORDER THAT EMPLOYEE HOME FOR A SELF-QUARANTINE AND THAT EMPLOYEE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE UNDER OUR RULES FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION. SO WE DON'T WANT ANY SICK PEOPLE AT WORK. WE'VE BUILT A SAFETY MECHANISM IN OUR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION SYSTEM FOR THOSE EMPLOYERS WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO DO THE RESPONSIBLE THING BY THEIR EMPLOYEES. >> THANK YOU. >> HI, MOLLY MARTINEZ, SPECTRUM NEWS. THIS IS A VIEWER QUESTION FOR THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. WHY ARE COLLECTION AGENCIES CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL RIGHT NOW? >> WELL, A COLLECTION AGENCY, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT WOULD EXACTLY MEAN. >> BUSINESSES THAT ISSUE BONDS RELATED TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, SELLING FINANCIAL PRODUCTS, CONSUMER LENDERS, PAYDAY LENDERS, APPRAISERS... >> WELL, I CAN TELL YOU IN SOME OF THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MAY BE THE ONLY RESOURCE AN INDIVIDUAL HAS FOR CASH OR ANY RESOURCES TO MAINTAIN THEIR LIVES. BUT I DON'T WANT TO -- LOOK ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO AVOID IS TO LOOK AT THE PLAIN LANGUAGE OF THIS ORDER AND IF IT APPLIES TO YOU, THEN YOU CAN REMAIN OPEN. BUT IF YOU'RE NOT COVERED UNDER THIS THEN CONSIDER YOURSELF AS SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT ESSENTIAL AND WHO SHOULDN'T BE OPEN. AND IF A CUSTOMER OR AN EMPLOYEE OR ANYBODY BELIEVES THAT THIS BUSINESS IS IN VIOLATION OF THE RULES, THEN THEY SHOULD REPORT THAT TO THEIR LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THAT'S WHY I ASKED EARLY ON. DON'T CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR INTERPRETATION OF THE RULES. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO INTERPRET THE RULES. BUT IF THERE IS A VIOLATION OF-T CAN CONTACT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THO STANDARDS. >> GOVERNOR, I HOPE YOUR FAMILY AND THOSE OF YOUR ADMINISTRATION ARE WELL AND STAY WELL. >> THANK YOU. >> YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY ANSWERED THIS QUESTION SOMETIME OR ANOTHER, BUT SINCE SUNDAY, I HAVEN'T HEARD IT IF YOU HAVE. BUT THE QUESTION IS WHY ARE -- WHY IS IT STATE LIQUOR OPERATION AND THE CONSUMPTION OF THE HARD LIQUOR GENERALLY CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL WHEN MANY OTHER BUSINESSES AND SERVICES THAT INDIVIDUALS MAY CONSIDER REALLY IMPORTANT TO THEIR ACTIVITIES ARE NOT CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL? AND I'LL JUST ADD I THINK I READ THAT PENNSYLVANIA, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST REGULATED LIQUOR AND WINE BEER STATES IN THE COUNTRY, HAS -- HAS SHUT DOWN THEIR -- THEIR OPERATIONS. >> WELL, AS YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THING THAT'S BASICALLY ALLOWED IS A CARRYOUT OF MANY DIFFERENT PRODUCTS. WE CERTAINLY SHUT THE BARS DOWN. WE SHUT THE BARS DOWN, WE SHUT THE RESTAURANTS DOWN, BUT WE ARE ALLOWING CARRYOUT SO THOSE ARE CERTAINLY THINGS THAT WE HAVE -- THAT WE HAVE DONE IN -- IN THAT AREA. JOHN, YOU WORKED ON THAT. >> LOOK, WHEN YOU LEAVE THE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN OPEN, IT'S HARD TO GO IN AND JUST PICK THINGS, CHERRY PICK THINGS. I IMAGINE THAT IF MY WIFE WERE MAKING A DECISION THERE WOULD BE A LONG LIST OF THINGS AT THE GROCERY STORE THAT SHE WOULD WANT BANNED THAT I COULDN'T BUY AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE DETERMINATIONS AND SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE LEFT THE ENTIRE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN OPEN. ALL OF THESE STORES ARE USUALLY -- USUALLY MOST OF THEM ARE WITHIN GROCERY STORES. AND THAT'S PART OF THE DETERMINATION. >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. RANDY LOUD LOW WITH THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH. A QUESTION FOR DR. ATKIN IF I MAY. >> HI, RANDY. I KNOW IT TAKES A WHILE, THE SWEEPING CAMERA. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. >> THANK YOU. >> YESTERDAY, YOU STATED YOU KNEW OF ADDITIONAL DEATHS THAT WERE NOT IN THAT DATABASE. DOES THAT HOLD TRUE TODAY? >> YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEEN SO BUSY TODAY I HAVE NOT TALKED TO THE PEOPLE ON THE FRONT LINES, BUT WHAT I'VE NOTICED THAT'S HAPPENING RANDY IS THAT SOMETIMES THAT DATA COMES RIGHT BEFORE OR AFTER 2:00. IT'S HAPPENING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL SO THROUGH ALL OF THIS I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE MEDIA REACH OUT. THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS WILL HAVE THE MOST INFORMATION AND THE QUICKEST TIME FRAME. THEY ACTUALLY ENTERED INTO SOMETHING CALLED THE ODRS, OHIO DISEASE REPORTING SYSTEM. THAT GOES TO YOUR EPIDEMIOLOGIST AT THE STATE LEVEL. IT'S THE SAME WAY WE ALSO HAVE TO GET OUT TO THE HOSPITALS THAT ARE DOING TESTING. THERE'S ALAG TIME IN JUST THE REPORTING FROM THE FRONT LINES, THEY'RE SO BUSY RIGHT NOW. IT REALLY IS AN OVERWHELMING TIME WHERE THEY'RE FOCUSED MOSTLY ON HELPING THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST SICK. SO THAT GETS IN OUR DATA SYSTEM. IT GETS TO US AND WE STILL HAVE TO CLEAR IT, SOMETIMES, THERE'S DUPLICATES. AND THAT PROCESS JUST KEEPS THAT FLOW OF INFORMATION A LITTLE SLOWER THAN YOU KNOW, WHAT THE MEDIA IS ACTUALLY ABLE TO GET OUT ON THE FRONT LINES. SO -- SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT THE DEATHS ARE GOING TO SLIGHTLY LAG WHAT YOU MIGHT HEAR AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. >> OKAY. ONE MORE. FRANKLIN COUNTY SAW ITS CASES INCREASE BY 31 OR 70% TODAY. THAT'S A RATHER DRAMATIC INCREASE IN A HEAVILY POPULATED AREA. HOW CONCERNING IS THAT? >> I EXPECT WE'RE GOING TO SEE CONTINUED UP-SLOPE AND MY GUESS AND I HAVEN'T HAD THE CHANCE TO TALK TO THE HEALTH COMMISSIONER, JUST THE AMAZING COLLEAGUES I HAVE, BUT IF THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RAMP UP SOME TESTING IN THE AREA OR SOME TESTS WERE IN LAB CORPS OR QUEST AND WE'RE TAKING FIVE OR SIX DAYS TO COME BACK. MY GUESS IS WE COULD BE GETTING SOME BATCH DATA BACK FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR THAT THEN DRIVES THOSE NUMBERS UP SO IT'S JUST -- WHEN I SHOW THOSE GRAPHS EARLIER, WE'RE GOING TO DO TREND LINES AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE NUMBERS GO ABOVE AND BELOW, BUT WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS THAT SLOPE AND REMEMBER OUR SLOPE EVEN ON OUR CURVE, WHERE WE'RE FLATTENING IT, IF YOU REALLY LOOK CLOSELY AT THE GLANULAR LEVEL, IT'S A BUNCH OF DOTS ALL OVER, BUT I'M LOOKING FOR THAT FRIEND BECAUSE THIS DATA IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO LAG. IT'S NOT EXACTLY REALTIME AND THE RESULTS ARE COMING FROM SO MANY SECTORS. SO I EXPECT YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THE SPREAD IS DOUBLING EVERY SIX DAYS IN NEW YORK. I'VE HEARD THEY SAY IT'S EVERY THREE DAYS. AS WE LEARNED AND AS THIS INFORMATION COMES TO US WE'RE GOING TO TURN IT AROUND AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN TO MAKE SENSE OF IT, TO HELP GUIDE OUR DECISIONS. BUT, YOU KNOW, I CAN SAY TO EVERYONE WE ARE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS. I AM ABSOLUTELY CONVINCED WITH EVERY BONE IN MY BODY THAT THIS GOVERNOR HAS CHARTED THE BEST COURSE FOR OHIO AND WE HAVE TO KEEP FOLLOWING THAT LEAD AND THEN WE'LL KEEP EVOLVING IT AS WE GATHER MORE DATA. >> THANK YOU. >> HI, LOUANN SOCIETIER, FOX COLUMBUS. I'M GOING TO DEAL WITH A COUPLE OF ECONOMIC QUESTIONS THAT OUR VIEWERS HAVE HAD. ONE WOULD BE ARE YOU PLANNING TO KEEP THE AIRPORTS OPEN TO PASSENGER TRAFFIC? THAT'S ONE. ANY PLANS TO EXTEND OHIO'S TAX FILING DEADLINE? AND THREE, ANY RELIEF FOR BUSINESS OWNERS, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WHO MAYBE CAN'T AFFORD TO JUST TAKE A LOAN, THAT THEY NEED LIKE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO GET THROUGH THIS TIME BECAUSE THEY HAD TO SHUT SH THEIR BUSINESSES DOWN? >> I'LL TAKE THE FIRST ONE ON AIRPORTS. LOOK WE NORMALLY LOOK AT THE AIRPORTS FROM THE NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW, THAT'S USUALLY A NATIONAL DECISION. I'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR. I DON'T THINK PASSENGERS SHOULD BE FLYING. WE STILL -- WE NEED FREIGHT. WE HAVE TO HAVE FREIGHT COMING IN. A LOT OF THINGS COME IN BY PLANE. MANY THINGS THAT COME IN, IN REGARD TO MEDICAL SUPPLIES. SO WE WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE FREIGHT, THOSE PLANES BANNED. BUT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY SHOULD BE FLYING TODAY. IT JUST SEEMS TO ME TO BE TOO DANGEROUS OF A SITUATION. JOHN? >> THANKS, GOVERNOR. TO YOUR QUESTION, FIRST OF ALL, ON TAXES, THAT WILL BE THE CONFORMITY TO WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL WILL BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ASK THE LEGISLATURE FOR THE AUTHORITY TO DO. SO THAT WILL BE IN THE LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE THAT THEY'RE CONSIDERING. AND THEN AS FAR AS ADDITIONAL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, WE HAVE THE SBA, DISASTER LOAN ASSISTANCE, WHICH IS ON THE BUSINESS HELP PAGE OF CORONAVIRUS.OHIO.GOV WEBSITE. AND I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE SOME BUSINESSES THAT MAY HAVE INDEPENDENTLY OPERATING AS 1099 BUSINESSES. I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH CONGRESSMAN TODAY AND TALKING WITH OUR VICE PRESIDENT PENCE YESTERDAY AND OUR ENTIRE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION ABOUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GIVING BOTH THE AUTHORITY AND THE RESOURCES TO BE USED FOR THAT BECAUSE UNDERSTAND HOW THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION WORKS, NOBODY PAID INTO THAT INSURANCE PROGRAM UNDER THOSE CRITERIA SO IF YOU DIDN'T PAY IN, YOU CAN'T TAKE OUT. SO THE GOVERNMENT AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WOULD HAVE TO INFUSE THE MONEY INTO THAT SYSTEM THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THOSE EMPLOYEES, THOSE BUSINESSES. WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO. >> ANY TALK ABOUT DOING THAT? >> IT IS RIGHT NOW BEING CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE FEDERAL RELIEF PACKAGE, THE THIRD PHASE OF IT AND I KNOW THAT I TALKED WITH SENATOR PORTMAN ABOUT IT, I KNOW HE'S ADVOCATING FOR IT. WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS DONE AND AGAIN, I THANK THE LEGISLATURE, I TALKED TO CONGRESSMAN TIM RYAN LAST NIGHT. WE'RE TALKING TO DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS, EVERYBODY IS REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT WE NEED FROM THEM SO I THANK OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS. >> I'M TOLD THAT I WAS THE LAST QUESTION SO JUST WANT TO SAY WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THETHINGS THAT I'VE REALLY APPRECIATED IS THE NUMBER OF YOU WHO HAVE SAID THAT YOU'RE PRAYING FOR US. YOU'RE PRAYING FOR OHIO. YOU'RE PRAYING FOR THIS COUNTRY. AND I THOUGHT I WOULD CONCLUDE WITH A PORTION OF PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT'S JUNE 6th, 1944, D-DAY PRAYER. O LORD, GIVE US FAITH. GIVE US FAITH IN THEE, FAITH IN EACH OTHER, AND FAITH IN OUR UNITED CRUSADE. LET NOT THE KEENNESS OF OUR SPIRIT EVER BE DULLED. LET NOT THE IMPACTS OF TEMPORARY EVENTS DETER US IN OUR UNCONQUERABLE PURPOSE. WITH THY BLESSING, WE SHALL PREVAIL OVER THE UNHOLY FORCES OF OUR ENEMY. MAY THAT BE OUR PRAYER, AS WELL. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW AT 2:00. THANK YO >> AND YOU HAVE BEEN LISTE

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