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ONCE AGAIN, IT’S TIME FOR OHIO’S DAILY. CORONAVIRUS UPDATE GOVERNOR. MIKE DEWINE HAS STEPPED TO THE PODIUM RIGHT NOW ALONG WITH LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, JOHN HUSTON. AND DR. AMY ACTIN. HERE’S TODAY’S PRESS CONFERENCE. CONTINUE OUR MY TRADITION OF UNIVERSITIES TODAY, I HAVE WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY. SISTER-IN-LAW ATHENE GRADUATED FROM BRIGHT STATE AND ONE SUMMER FRAN TOOK A COUPLE OF COURSES THERE WHEN WE WERE BOTH HOME FOR THE SUMMER AND GREENE COUNTY AND WE WERE BOTH STUDENTS AT MIAMI UNIVERSITY THAT WAS IN THE EARLY EARLY DAYS OF RIGHT STATE IN GREENE COUNTY WERE FORTUNATE. WE ACTUALLY HAVE FOUR EXCUSE ME, FIVE FOR ADDITIONAL BESIDES RIGHT STATE WE HAVE FIVE UNIVERSITIES IN IN THE COUNTY. GIVE A LITTLE. SHOUT OUT HERE. WE’VE SEEN A LOT OF THINGS ON. A LOT IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA THAT CHILDREN FAMILIES ARE DISPLAYING RAINBOWS IS A SIGN OF HOPE. SOME DO WITH SIDEWALK CHALK HOMEMADE ARTWORK OTHER MATERIALS THAT YOU CAN FIND IT AT YOUR HOME & AS FRAN TOLD YOU ALL THE OTHER DAY. SHE DOES HAVE A RECIPE FOR THE SIDEWALK CHALK PAINT. I GOT A CHANCE TO SEE THAT THE OTHER DAY WITH WHAT SOME OUR GRANDKIDS HAD DONE. YOU CAN FIND THAT ON FRIENDS FRIENDS WEBPAGE THE RECIPE FOR THAT. WE KNOW THAT DURING THIS TIME OF REMOTE LEARNING THAT FAMILIES AND TEACHERS ARE LOOKING FOR EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES. THAT KIDS CAN DO AT HOME THE OHIO STATE FAIR HAS PARTNERED WITH THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO FACILITATE EDUCATIONAL FRANCE FAMILY FAMILY FRIENDLY ARTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND ADULTS STATEWIDE WITH WHAT THEY’RE CALLING CRAFTED OPPORTUNITY. THIS IS KIND OF A TAKE OFF OF THE TV SHOW THE WHERE THEY GIVE THE CHEFS HAVE A BASKET FULL OF FOOD AND THINGS AND THEN THE CHEF HAS TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF THAT. WELL, IT’S KIND OF THE SAME WAY WITH THIS CRAFTED. THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT YOU CAN FIND IN YOUR HOME AND IT’S KIND OF A COMPETITION THINGS SUCH AS PAINT ROCKS MAGAZINE STICKS EVEN SOMETHING LIKE DRIED PASTA FOOD CONTAINERS CHILDREN ARE BEING INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS OHIO TEACHERS REALLY CAN TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY AS AN OPTION FOR THEIR STUDENTS AS AN ART PROJECT WHILE DOING REMOTE LEARNING AS A BONUS TEN RANDOM WINNERS FROM EACH GRADE DIVISION. THAT’S K THROUGH FIVE SIX TO EIGHT AND NINE THROUGH TWELVE AND ALSO COLLEGE / ADULT WILL EACH WIN A VIP FAMILY FOUR PACK TO ATTEND THE NEXT OHIO STATE FAIR. INCLUDING ONE PARKING PASS FOR MISSION PASSES AND FOR ROUND-TRIP SKY GLIDER PASSES YOU CAN FIND MORE ON FACEBOOK ON OHIO OHIO STATE FAIRS FACEBOOK PAGE. WHAT TALK ABOUT SOME MEDICAID WAIVERS THAT WERE REQUESTING? LAST WEEK I TOLD YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE EMERGENCY MEASURES THAT THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAID IS TAKEN TO HELP INCREASE ACCESS TO CARE FOR MILLIONS OF OHIOANS. THEY’VE WAIVED PRESCRIPTION CO-PAYS REMOVED IN-NETWORK AND OUT-OF-NETWORK PHARMACY DISTINCTIONS AND RELAXED PRIOR AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS FOR MOST PROCEDURES TODAY. WE ARE GOING ANOTHER STEP OUR ADMINISTRATION IS SUBMITTING ITS FIRST WAIVER APPLICATION TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHICH IS KNOWN AS 11:35 OR APPENDIX K APPLICATION TO PROVIDE NEEDED FLEXIBILITY TO ADDRESS THIS CRISIS AMONG OTHER THINGS THIS WHAT WAIVER WILL ALLOW US TO DO THE FOLLOWING ONE BOLSTER TELEHEALTH AND OTHER TECHNOLOGY TO BE USED TO DO HEALTH ASSESSMENTS AND CARE PLANNING SECOND WAVE SIGNATURE REQUIREMENTS FOR A VARIETY OF PROVIDERS TO ENSURE SAFE DISTANCING WITHOUT COMPROMISING ACCESS TO CARE THREE. HE’S OBSTACLES TO ACCESS NURSING HOME CARE FOR ALLOW SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED AT ALTERNATIVE LOCATIONS AND 5 REMOVING. HAVING A LEVEL REQUIREMENTS TO GET PROVIDERS MORE FLEXIBILITY TO DELIVER THE SERVICES ONCE WE GET FEDERAL APPROVAL OF THIS WAIVER, WHICH WE HOPE WE WILL IT WILL GO BACK RETROACTIVELY FROM MARCH 1ST, 2020 REMOVING RESTRICTIONS LIKE THESE DURING THIS PANDEMIC WILL ALLOW HEALTHCARE WORKERS TO FOCUS ON MEETING THE NEEDS OF THEIR FELLOW OHIOANS. AND OUR DIRECTOR WHEN WE GET TO QUESTIONS WILL BE ON THE LINE RINGING CORK AND WILL BE ON THE LINE IF ANYONE HAS ANY SPECIFI QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT THAT WAIVER. WE’RE VERY FORTUNATE TODAY TO BE JOINED BY MAYOR AND AGAIN THIR AND THE WITH ANDY YOU’RE UP THERE YET OR NOT, BUT YOU WILL HANDY. HOW YOU DOING MAYOR GOOD TO SEE YOU. THE MAYOR HAS IS IN OUR CALL EVERY DAY AND IT 11:30 WHERE WE TALKED TO MANY OF THE MAYORS OF THE STATE AND I JUST WANT TO THANK MAYOR GINTHER BUT ALSO EVERY OTHER MAYOR BIG AND SMALL SIZE COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THEY’VE BEEN VERY VERY HELPFUL AS WE AS WE GO THROUGH THIS THEY’VE BEEN KIND OF OUR EYES AND EARS OUT THERE AND REPORTING WHAT THEY’RE SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO BETTER WHAT WE’RE NOT DOING WELL AND THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE REALLY VERY VERY HELPFUL. I KNOW TO ME AND I THINK THEY’RE PROBABLY ALSO SURE HELPFUL TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OHIO AND THAT WE COME UP WITH WITH BETTER BETTER POLICIES THE MAYOR AND I FIRST WE WORK TOGETHER ON A NUMBER OF THINGS OVER THE YEARS, BUT PROBABLY THE MOST DIFFICULT THING WE HAD TO WORK ON WAS THE ARNOLD CLASSIC AND MAYOR THAT WAS NOT AN EASY DECISION FOR ANY OF US AND IT WAS EARLY ON IN THIS EPIDEMIC AND WE HAD TO MAKE THE DECISION NOT TO HAVE SPECTATORS THERE, WHICH WAS A VERY VERY DIFFICULT. DECISION THE MAYOR’S GOING TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING YOU WANTS TO TODAY, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW HE’S GOING TO TALK ABOUT IS KIND OF THE BUILD-OUT AS WE WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE HOSPITAL CAPACITY IN THE STATE OF OHIO AND MAYOR BEFORE BEFORE YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU’RE DOING. I JUST WANT TO READ THROUGH WHAT SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING IN CLEVELAND CASE WESTERN UNIVERSITY. OF EDUCATION CAMPUS IS THE PLACE WHERE THAT BUILD OUT IS OCCURRING THE DUKE ENERGY CONVENTION CENTER IS WHERE IT IS AND HAMILTON COUNTY THOSE THOSE TWO COUPLED WITH THE GREATER COLUMBUS CONVENTION CENTER IN FRANKLIN COUNTY OR WHERE YOU’RE GOING TO SEE ARE SEEING ACTIVITY GO ON JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS EPIDEMIC THERE’S NOT FLOOD OUR HOSPITALS TO THE POINT WHERE THEY LONGER HAVE SPACE CANDIDLY WE WE NEVER HAVE TO USE THESE AND THE GOOD WORK THAT ALL THE CITIZENS OF OHIO OR DOING IS REALLY REALLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE THE OTHER LOCATIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT. WE NOW STAND THE LOCATION OF THREE ADDITIONAL SITES, AND WE’RE REALLY HOLDING THESE IN RESERVE IF THEY SHOULD BE NEEDED. THIS IS SEAGATE CONVENTION CENTER LUCAS COUNTY THE DAYTON CONVENTION CENTER IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND CAVELLI CONVENTION CONVENTION CENTER IN THE MAHONING COUNTY AS WELL HEALTHCARE REGIONS IN SOUTHERN OHIO AND SOUTHEAST, OHIO HAVE DETERMINED THE EXISTING HOSPITAL FACILITIES IN THEIR AREAS. WELL WITH ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE SURGE IN PATIENTS WITHOUT GOING TO AN OFF-SITE LOCATION SO MAYOR WILL WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU. HOW ARE THINGS GOING AND THAT REGARD AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SHARE US TODAY? WELL, THANK YOU. I’VE GOT BETTER FOR THE CHANCE TO JOIN YOU AND SHARE WITH YOU AN UPDATE OF THE ALTERNATIVE CARE CENTER HERE IN COLUMBUS THE PRESIDENT OF OUR FRANKLIN COUNTY COMMISSION JOHN O’GRADY AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR THE SITE YESTERDAY AND JUST AN INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE, WE CALL IT HERE IN COLUMBUS IN CENTRAL OHIO THE COLUMBUS WAY BECAUSE WE BELIEVE WE DO PUBLIC-PRIVATE BETTER HERE THAN ANYWHERE. COUNTRY AND SO TO HAVE FOR HEALTH SYSTEMS OF THREE ADULTS SYSTEMS IN CONSULTATION WITH OUR NATIONWIDE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL TO COME TOGETHER TO HELP SANTA IN A TWO-WEEK PERIOD A THOUSAND BED ALTERNATIVE CARE CENTER IS PRETTY UNPRECEDENTED. IN FACT, WE’RE GETTING CALLS FROM COMMUNITIES AROUND THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY ON HOW WE’VE GONE ABOUT THIS AND SO INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP OF OHIO HEALTH AND OHIO STATE KARMA. AND WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT’S BEEN DONE HERE AND I GOT TO TELL YOU A LIEUTENANT COLONEL BUCHANAN HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING THE NATIONAL GUARD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY THE COUNTY AND STATE HAVE MADE A HERCULEAN EFFORT HERE. AND I THINK WE’RE WELL PREPARED BASED ON THE POSE NUMBER OF CASES BEING MUCH LOWER THAN ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED BECAUSE OF THE BOLD COURAGEOUS DECISIONS MADE BY YOU AND ACTED WITH STAY AT HOME OWNERS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING ARE OUR GREATEST. HOPE AND FULL PROBABLY OUR GREATEST VICTORY IS A COMMUNITY IS IF WE NEVER HAD TO OPEN THE ALTERNATIVE CARE CENTER, BUT IT IS INCUMBENT UPON US AS LEADERS TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE’RE PROTECTING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS HERE IN CENTRAL, OHIO AND MAYOR’S WORKING WITH YOU AND YOUR TEAM TO SET THESE SITES THROUGHOUT THE STATE. YOU KNOW ONE THING THAT WE HAVE BEEN REMINDED OF DURING THIS CRISIS IS HOW THAT COLUMBUS WAY IS SO IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW COLLABORATION AND FOCUSING ON THE COMMON GOOD YOU’VE TALKED AT LENGTH ABOUT THE INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP OF LUBE ON THAYER AND HIS COLLEAGUES HAVE PATEL, YOU KNOW WITH MY KAUFMAN AT CARDINAL HEALTH ABBOTT LABS, IOWA STATE, YOU KNOW THREE COMPANIES HERE LOCALLY. I SEE 3D IN ROGUE THAT GET IT FROM THEIR TRADITIONAL MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTION TO HELPING. TO PRODUCE PPES FOR OUR FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS TO PROTECT THEM MIDDLE WEST AND WATERSHED REMOVED FROM MAKING SPIRITS TO HAND SANITIZER AGAIN FOR OUR FRONTLINE WORKERS ARE POLICE OFFICERS OR FIREFIGHTERS. SO WE’RE REALLY REALLY PROUD OF THE WAY THAT CENTRAL OHIOANS BUCKEYES ACROSS THAT STATE HAVE REALLY TAKEN TO HEART THEIR PERSONAL ROLE IN RESPONSIBILITY AND HELP. SLOW THE SPREAD AND LET OUR PRIDE WORKERS DO THEIR JOBS AND HELP SERVE THE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY. OBVIOUSLY CITIES PARTICULARLY OUR METRO ECONOMIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE THAT HELPS DRIVE THE ECONOMY. THE STATE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE AND THEY’RE REOPENING OF OUR CITY, BUT I HAVE TO ECHO THE GOVERNOR AND DR. ACTIN AND DR. ROBERTS HAS SAID HERE LOCALLY THAT WE HAVE TO REALLY BE LISTENING TO OUR DOCTORS. OUR MEDICAL EXPERTS ARE PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERS. SURE THAT WE OPEN GRADUALLY AND THOUGHTFULLY. ONE OF OUR GREATEST RESTAURANT TOURS AT NATIVE SONS CAMERON. MITCHELL HAS SAID AND I HEARD THIS TECHNIQUE FROM BUSINESSES ACROSS THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY HAVE THE WHEREWITHAL AND THE CAPACITY TO REOPEN ONCE ED SO WE MUST BE VERY THOUGHTFUL AND REFLECTIVE AND MAKING SURE WE’RE FOLLOWING THE LEAD OF OUR MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THIS THE RIGHT WAY TO AVOID, YOU KNOW A SECOND SURGE OR OTHER THINGS IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW. GOT TO MAINTAIN OUR GOOD HYGIENE PRACTICES AND SOCIAL DISTANCING THAT IS SHOWN TO BE SO EFFECTIVE. THUS FAR WAS SLOWING THE SPREAD. UH, NO. NO, IT’S HARD. IT’S BEEN HARD ON FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE. WE KNOW MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE WE KNOW THAT DISPROPORTIONATE. NEGATIVE HEALTH IMPACT ON AFRICAN AMERICANS HERE IN COLUMBUS AND ACROSS THE STATE, YOU HEALTH DISPARITIES. ARIA HEALTH CRISIS LIKE THIS REALLY COME TO LIFE. SO TENUOUS FOCUS ON THOSE DISPARITIES AND KNOWING THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW IN OUR COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITIES AROUND THE STATE THAT ARE SUFFERING. SO WITH THIS RECOVERY, WE HAVE A MIND ISN’T JUST THE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. IT’S GOING TO ALSO BE A HUMAN SERVICE CRISIS AND THEN A RECOVERY AND SO KNOWING THAT THERE’S NOT A EVEN TIDY START AND STOP FOR THOSE ALL THREE THINGS MAY VERY WELL BE HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME, BUT IF WE DON’T HANDLE THE HEALTH CRISIS THE OTHER TWO REALLY CANNOT BE ADDRESSED AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE GOVERNOR. DR. ACTIN. DR. ASHIDA ROBERTS HERE ON A LOCAL LEVEL CONTINUING. MAKE SURE THAT WE’RE DOING EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO SLOW THE SPREAD. LISTEN AND FOLLOW, YOU KNOW OUR MEDICAL EXPERTS THAT THE LEADERS OF OUR HEALTH SYSTEMS AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THE BEST WAY TO REOPEN THE ECONOMY AND TO BRING BACK A RECOVERY THROUGHOUT THE STATE IS TO MAKE SURE WE DEAL WITH HEALTH CRISIS THAT STANDS THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT IS INSPIRATIONAL AND HOPEFUL BUT IT’S ALSO I THINK YOU LAID OUT VERY WELL. REALLY WHAT OUR CHARGE IS. SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THAT WE FACE AND I PERSONALLY LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU AND THE OTHER MAYOR’S AROUND THE STATE IN YOUR IN THAT PARTNERSHIP. IT’S BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND SO FAR SO GOOD IN THE SENSE THAT WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO SLOW THIS. WHAT’S THIS CURVE DOWN AND NOW WE’RE NOW WE’RE PLANNING TO HAVE WE WE START BACK UP. SO THE FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU MAYOR AND WE CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER IN TWO WEEKS. THAT’S QUITE AMAZING AS YOU SAY, LET’S LET’S HOPE HAVE TO USE IT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH GOVERNOR AND IT’S GREAT TO HAVE THE MAYOR WITH THIS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT THAT WE’VE HAD FROM ALL THE LOCAL OFFICIALS ACROSS THE STATE AS WE TRY TO CONFRONT THE ISSUES THAT ARE AFFECTING ALL OF OUR CONSTITUENTS ACROSS OUR COMMUNITIES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO DO TODAY IS GIVE A REPORT ON SOME OF THE SOME OF THE TOOLS THAT WE’VE IMPLEMENTED OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW WEEKS. TO HELP, YOU KNOW HOW WELL THEY’RE WORKING AND WHAT THE RESULTS OF THOSE EFFORTS ARE. LET ME START WITH THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION COMMISSION. YOU RECALL THAT UNDER THE STAY-AT-HOME ORDER. THERE WAS A PROVISION THAT THAT CALLED FOR THE OPERATION OF ESSENTIAL BUSINESSES THAT ARE OPERATING UNDER A SETS OF PRACTICES THAT THEY NEED TO OPERATE UNDER THESE ARE ENFORCED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS. BUT ON OCCASION THERE WILL BE A BUSINESS THAT OPERATES OR A SIMILAR TYPE OF BUSINESS THAT OPERATES IN ONE COMMUNITY AND ANOTHER COMMUNITY AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS HAVE DIFFERENT CONCLUSIONS ABOUT WHETHER THOSE ARE ESSENTIAL OR NOT. SO WE ESTABLISHED THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION COMMISSION TO TRY TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES SO FAR. THEY HAVE HAD A HUNDRED AND NINETY-FOUR INQUIRIES A HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO OF THOSE DID NOT MEET THE CRITERIA FOR THE COMMISSION SO THAT THOSE WERE BEST ADDRESSED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. MISSION ALLOWED THOSE THE LOCAL RULINGS TO STAND UNINTERRUPTED. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 27 OF THESE UNDER REVIEW. SO A HUNDRED NINETY FOUR OVERALL HUNDRED FORTY-TWO DIDN’T MEET THE CRITERIA 27 UNDER REVIEW 15 THAT THERE WAS A CONFLICT BUT IT ULTIMATELY GOT RESOLVED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. SO THE COMMISSION DIDN’T NEED TO MAKE A RULING AND THEN THERE WERE TEN THAT WERE INVESTIGATED WHERE THE COMMISSION DID RULE AND PEOPLES OF THOSE WERE CBD ESTABLISHMENTS PET GROOMING AND CAR WASHES. THOSE ARE KIND OF KIND OF FIT THE BILL FOR WHAT THE COMMISSION RULED AND ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE WITH THE MINUTES AND THE RULINGS FROM THE COMMISSION SO THAT IT’S TRANSPARENT AND YOU KNOW HOW THAT PROCESS IS WORKING. AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I WANT TO MAKE AN INQUIRY INQUIRY ABOUT THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION COMMISSION THAT’S AVAILABLE AT CORONAVIRUS THAT OHIO DOT-GOV AND IT’S UNDER THE RESOURCES TAB THERE AND YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT AS AT THAT LOCATION ADDITIONAL A RESOURCE THAT WAS CREATED THE OFFICE OF SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF, AS YOU KNOW STATE HAS DONE A NUMBER OF THINGS FROM MORATORIUMS ON JURORS TO INSURANCE GRACE PERIODS TO BWC REBATES THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION HAS DISASTER RELIEF LOANS AND PAYMENT PROTECTION PROGRAM LOANS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND MANY OF THOSE LOANS BY THE WAY AS A REMINDER ARE FORGIVABLE UNDER THE PPP PLAN. SO IT’S SOMETHING WORTH LOOKING INTO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT THROUGH YOUR LOCAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTION THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE. SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF ASSISTANCE OFFICE HAS HELPED 1300 BUSINESSES SO FAR AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO FIND MORE INFORMATION, IT’S CORONAVIRUS DOT OHIO DOT-GOV / BUSINESS HELP MOST OF THE INFORMATION YOU’LL NEED YOU WON’T NEED TO TALK TO AYBODY. IT WILL BE RIGHT THERE AT THAT WEBSITE ADDRESS FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TO THOSE SHOULD BE THERE FOR YOU. BUT IF NOT, IF YOU GO ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE’S A IT’S WHERE YOU CAN E-MAIL OR CALL THEIR AT THE OFFICE OF SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF. SO THOSE TWO THINGS ARE FUNCTIONING SERVING PEOPLE AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO USE THEM ADDITIONALLY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT WE ARE GETTING LOTS OF CALLS ON I LISTENED IN ON THE ECONOMIC ADVISORY PHONE CALL THIS MORNING TO HEAR WHAT BUSINESSES WHO ARE INVOLVED WITH THAT OR SAYING WE UNDERSTAND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THAT WE ARE TAKING THE ADVICE OF BUSINESSES TO WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY THAT THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT THIS NOT JUST FROM A BUSINESS POINT OF VIEW, BUT WHEN WE GET THROUGH THIS YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A PLACE TO COME BACK TO WORK TO AND AT THAT WE’LL BE SAFE AND THAT THE CUSTOMERS WILL BE SAFE WHEN THEY GO THERE AND WE’RE TALKING TO LARGE AND SMALL BUSINESSES DIVERSE GEOGRAPHICALLY EVERYWHERE FROM WHAT WEST CENTRAL OHIO UP TO THE LAKE ALL AROUND THE STATE. WE’RE HEARING IN SOME CASES FROM A VARIETY OF INDUSTRY GROUPS RESTAURANTS MANUFACTURERS RETAIL RECREATION PEOPLE WHO ARE SEEKING MORE CERTAINTY ABOUT THEIR FUTURE. WE’RE LISTENING TAKING ADVICE. AND TRYING TO PUT A PLAN TOGETHER TO HELP GIVE YOU THE ANSWERS THAT YOU NEED WE KNOW BECAUSE WE GET THIS QUESTION A LOT WHEN I ALWAYS GET THAT QUESTION. WHEN IS THIS GOING TO BE OVER? DON’T WE ALL WISH WE KNEW THE ANSWER TO THAT WE DO. WISH WE KNEW THE ANSWER TO THAT AND IT’S AND THERE WILL BE THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO THAT AND AND THE GOVERNOR. I KNOW WE’LL BE COVERING THEM IN THE COMING DAYS, BUT THE MORE IMPORTANT QUESTION THAT OFTEN GETS DISCUSSED ON THESE BUSINESS CALLS IS HOW NOT THE WIND, BUT THE HOW HOW DO WE PREPARE OURSELVES TO GO FORWARD AND AS IT’S BEEN SAID MANY TIMES AT THIS NEWS CONFERENCE. IT’S NOT GOING TO BE A LIGHT SWITCH. IT’S GOING TO BE A SLOWER PROCESS OF AN INCREMENTAL ROLL BACK, BUT THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT THE BUSINESSES ARE SHARING AND I SAY SO THAT OTHER BUSINESSES. OUT THERE WHO MAYBE AREN’T ESSENTIAL RIGHT NOW AS IT’S DEEMED UNDER THE ORDER THAT YOU WILL KNOW WHAT BUSINESSES WHO ARE SUCCESSFULLY OPERATING NOT JUST IN OHIO UNDER THAT ESSENTIAL BUSINESS OPERATION, BUT ALSO SOME OF OUR CORPORATIONS WHO HAVE OPERATED PGLOBALLY IN PLACES LIKE CHINA AND ITALY AND HAVE DONE IT SUCCESSFULLY. SO WE HAVE EVIDENCE OF HOW THIS CAN BE DONE SUCCESSFULLY AND THE BUSINESSES ARE PUTTING THESE PROTOCOLS TOGETHER THESE BEST PRACTICES TO NOT ONLY SHARE WITH US BUT TO SHARE WITH EACH OTHER SO THAT WHEN YOU RETURNED WHEN YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AND THAT WE WANT TO GET THE ECONOMY MOVING DOWN THE RUNWAY TOWARDS TAKE OFF THAT EMPLOYEES WILL KNOW BECAUSE THESE ARE IMPORTANT BUILDING CONFIDENCE IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. WE WANT THE EMPLOYEES TO KNOW THAT THE BUSINESSES THAT THEY GO BACK TO OUR PRACTICING SAFE BUSINESS PRACTICES SO YOU CAN FEEL CONFIDENT AS A MEMBER OF THAT WORKFORCE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND AND THAT IT’S SAFE AND WE ALSO WANT THIS FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. THAT’S WHAT BUSINESS. WHAT THEY WANT THEIR CUSTOMERS TO FEEL SAFE AND THAT’S ANOTHER REASON THAT THEY THAT THEY SEE THIS AS SO IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO DO. SO REMEMBER THINK ABOUT THIS AS A BUSINESS OUT THERE YOU NEED TO PLAN FOR THAT FUTURE. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT YOU WILL NEED TO SOURCE FROM CLOTH MASKS TO DISINFECTANT TO MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE STRUCTURE WITHIN YOUR ORGANIZATION OR SOMEONE’S IN CHARGE OF MAKING SURE THAT THESE PROTOCOLS ARE FOLLOWED YOU MAY NEED TO RECONFIGURE YOUR BUSINESS IN SOME WAY. SO THAT IT IS IT IS. DESIGNED TO CREATE THE SPACING THAT YOU NEED BETWEEN EMPLOYEES TO MAKE IT A SAFE WORKPLACE TO OPERATE IN AND THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE STRATEGY TO IMPLEMENT IT. AND THOSE ARE THE IMPORTANT FACTORS TO CONSIDER AND WE WERE IN THIS CALL TODAY WITH MANY OF WHAT THOSE MANY OF THOSE IN CENTRAL EMPLOYERS AND I WILL REMIND I WILL USE THIS IS AN OCCASION TO REMIND FOLKS THAT FROM HOSPITALS TO NURSING HOMES TO FOOD FOOD SERVICES INDUSTRY TO THAT SUPPLY CHAIN TO MANUFACTURING EVERYBODY. THAT’S THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE OUT THERE OPERATING TRY TO SERVE US IN THEY’RE ALL USING THESE SAFE PRACTICES THAT OUTLINED IN THE IN THE ORDER THAT THE GOVERNOR PUT TOGETHER IN DR. ACT AND SIGN AND THERE ARE 667 EMPLOYERS OUT THERE IN THAT CRITICAL AREA WITH 40 1367 JOB OPENINGS RIGHT NOW. THEY HAVE CREATED SAFE WORKPLACES FOR YOU SAFE ENVIRONMENTS FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS, AND WE NEED YOU IF YOU CAN ANSWER THE CALL TO WORK GO TO WORK WITH ONE OF THOSE COMPANIES BECAUSE THOSE SERVICES ARE CRITICAL TO BEING ABLE TO DELIVER ALL THAT WE NEED AND CONSUMED DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME. AND AND WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE’RE GETTING ON THESE ISSUES. I WANT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE GOVERNOR ALWAYS PRIDES OUR TEAM ON IS THAT WE LISTEN. WE’RE GOOD LISTENERS. WE TRY TO TRY TO SEEK INPUT FROM EVERYWHERE WE CAN TO MAKE GOOD SOUND DECISIONS AND THAT’S THE APPROACH THAT WE ARE TAKING AS THIS MOVE FORWARD. SO THANK YOU GOVERNOR. THAT GOVERNMENT. THANK YOU. GRAFTON THANK YOU GOVERNOR LIEUTENANT. GOVERNOR. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, AND IT’S GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE AGAIN. I KNOW WE ARE LIVING THAT GROUNDHOG’S DAY AND I WANT TO SAY THAT I DO FEEL A LITTLE BIT MYSELF EVEN OF SOME OF THE FRUSTRATIONS AT TIMES THE NOT KNOWING THE TOLERANCE FOR AMBIGUITY WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT WE KNOW THAT WE’RE IN THAT SORT OF FLAT SPOT RIGHT NOW AT THE TOP OF OUR PIE. OUR FIRST PEEK. HOPEFULLY THE BIGGEST THING WILL FACE, BUT I KNOW IT’S HARD TO KEEP DOING WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. BUT FIRST OF ALL, LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS TODAY. WE DO NOW HAVE 7280 CASES IN OHIO AND A TOTAL IN OHIO OF 324 DEATHS. WE DID SEE I BELIEVE APPROXIMATELY 50 DEATHS JUST IN THE LAST WE HAVE CASES NOW IN 86 OF OUR COUNTIES OF 88 AND I REALIZED THIS IS TOUGH BECAUSE AS WE ARE REALLY RELIEVED THAT WE HAVE PEAKED AT A REALLY STEADY LOW LEVEL. THAT’S NOT OVER TAXING OUR HOSPITALS ALL IN PART IN ALL OF REALLY AND DO PART TO YOU AND THE WORK YOU’RE DOING AND THE THE RESILIENCY OR SHOWING AND HOLDING OUT AND CONTINUING TO DO THE SOCIAL DISTANCING. WE DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF LOSSES AND THERE’S A LOT OF SICKNESS GOING ON. AND SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THESE ARE STILL REALLY TOUGH TIMES FOR FOR MANY OUT THERE. NEXT SLIDE AGAIN. WE’VE DONE 67,000 TEST OVER THAT IN OHIO AND OUR STATS ARE PRETTY MUCH HOLDING THE SAME AND TERMS OF AGE RANGES AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF WHO’S GETTING SICK. OBVIOUSLY WE CONTINUE TO SEE NEXT SLIDE. OUR TRENDS PRETTY STEADY WITH THE EXCEPTION, YOU KNOW, AND WE’RE GOING TO HAVE THESE SPIKES GOING TO HAVE BAD DAYS AND GOOD DAYS, AND WE’RE REALLY LOOKING FOR TRENDS WE’RE LOOKING FOR. SECTIONAL TRENDS. WE REALLY NEED TO MOVE FORWARD, YOU KNOW AND MAKE THE NEXT SET OF DECISIONS. WE NEED TO MAKE WE’RE REALLY NEEDING TO SEE THOSE TRENDS STAY DOWN AND STAY STEADY FOR SUSTAINED AMOUNT OF TIME NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT HIGH-RISK CATEGORIES. AND OF COURSE WE’VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT VULNERABLE POPULATIONS THE HOMELESS FOLKS THAT ARE LIVING IN CONGREGATE SETTINGS, BUT ALSO I JUST WANT TO TALK. OUT THE RISK FACTORS FOR EACH OF YOU. NOW REMEMBER THAT ANYONE CAN REALLY HAVE EVEN A HEALTHY PERSON A DIFFICULT TIME FIGHTING OFF THIS VIRUS, BUT CERTAIN FOLKS ARE MORE AT RISK AGAIN CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE THAT’S PEOPLE WITH COPD. ASTHMA PEOPLE WHO SMOKE OR ARE EXPOSED TO HIGHER LEVELS OF POLLUTION. WE’RE NOW SEEING THAT THAT IS A RISK FACTOR ASTHMA HEART CONDITIONS PEOPLE WHO ARE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED FOR A VARIETY OF DISEASES OR ON CANCER TREATING DRUGS. OBESITY ITSELF IS A RISK FACTOR DIABETES KIDNEY DISEASE AND LIVER DISEASE. THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR FROM THE SCIENCE OBVIOUSLY AGING MORE AT RISK FOR ANY DISEASE YOU’RE PFIGHTING OFF. SO, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THERE’S PREVALENCE IF NOT FOR US FOR THOSE WE LOVE AND SO WE’RE DOING A LOT TO KEEP THOSE FOLKS SAFE AS WELL NEXT SLIDE. OKAY, SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A NEW ORDER THAT HAS BEEN ISSUED AND AGAIN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR MAYOR’S AND LISTENING TO THE NEEDS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL AS WELL AS WITH OUR FRONTLINE RESPONDERS. WE KNOW HOW ESSENTIAL IT IS TO PROTECT OUR EMS OUR FIREFIGHTERS THE FOLKS WHO ARE FIRST ON THE SCENE. I WANT TO ADD IN THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL THEIR NEW GROUP. THAT’S PARTICULARLY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART AND REALLY IMPORTANT WITH THE LACK OF PEE PEE. WEE PEE SEE WE HAVE THE THE PROTECTIVE GEAR THAT WERE PROTECTING THOSE FRONTLINE WORKERS WHO ARE OFTEN RESPONDING WHEN SOMEONE IS NOT DOING WELL PART OF THIS ORDER IS THAT WE ARE SHARING MORE WIDELY, BUT IN A VERY CONFIDENTIAL WAY THE ADDRESSES OF FOLKS WHO ARE CASES AND THIS ORDER PROTECTS THAT AS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION FOR OUR DISPATCHERS TO MAKE SURE THAT ARE PROPERLY PROTECTED. WHEN THEY’RE TRANSPORTING SOMEONE WHO MAY HAVE COVID-19. I DO WANT TO ADD THOUGH IN THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO FOR OUR FRONTLINE RESPONDERS REMEMBER THAT ANYONE MIGHT BE CARRYING THE DISEASE EVEN SOMEONE WHO HAS RECOVERED CAN STILL BE POTENTIALLY SHEDDING THE DISEASE. IT’S SO IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE’RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT UNIVERSAL MASKING, BUT YOU HAVE TO ASSUME EVEN AS A FRONTLINE RESPONDER. I WANT TO KNOW THAT YOU HAVE AT LEAST THIS I KNOW YOU’RE GEARING UP EXTRA FOR CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES AND YOU’RE TRYING TO SAVE AND CONSERVE THAT GEAR BUT EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE THIS AND FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE AT HOME MAKING THEM FINDING ONE EVEN A SIMPLE BE INDIANA OR SCARF. THERE’S LOTS ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT WE REALLY HAVE TO PROTCT EACH OTHER AND I’LL BE SHARING MORE IN DAYS TO COME. OH, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY OHIO AND HAS HAS THIS KIND OF MASK TO THEM THAT NO ONE’S LEFT. AND SO THERE IS AN EMS ORDER THAT WAS ISSUED TODAY. I WANT TO TALK WE’RE GOING TO BE TALKING A LOT MORE, BUT I KNOW IN THE MEDIA THERE’S MUCH DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PLANS. WE’RE MAKING A PLAN HERE IN OHIO. WE’VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR WEEKS. NOT JUST ON THE RECOVERY PHASE, BUT WE’VE ALSO BUILT OUT AS MAYOR GINTHER TALKED ABOUT AND THE GOVERNOR AS WELL JUST AN UNPRECEDENTED LEVEL OF PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN OUR HOSPITALS OR NURSING HOMES AND OTHERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY OUR LOCAL HEALTH. BATMAN’S AND HOW WE RESPOND TO WHAT WE EXPECT TO BE ONGOING HOTSPOTS AND FLARE UPS THROUGHOUT OUR STATE THE WAY I TALK TO JOHNS HOPKINS A COLLEAGUE THERE WHO HELPED WRITE ONE OF THE SUGGESTED PLAN SORT OF ELEMENTS. WE’VE BEEN STUDYING EVERY POSSIBLE PLAN AND GUIDANCE OUT THERE AND HE SAID, OHIO SHOULD BE TREMENDOUSLY PROUD WE REALLY REALLY HAVE BEEN A LEADER. WE HAVE WON THE FIRST BATTLE IN A WAR. WE’VE WON THE FIRST BATTLE. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT’S HARDEST FOR ME, AND I KNOW IT’S HARD FOR YOU OUT. THERE IS THAT THIS IS A WAR WE HAVE WON THE FIRST BATTLE, BUT WE CAN’T STOP THERE. THIS IS A LONGER ROAD AND THERE ARE OTHER BATTLES YET TO FIGHT. SO WE CONTINUE TO BUILD JUST LIKE THE CONVENTION CENTER, BUT OTHER SPACES WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR CAPACITY READY IN OUR HOSPITALS BECAUSE WE’RE HEARING NOW FROM THE SAYS THAT WE COULD SEE ONGOING SPIKES UNTIL WE HAVE A VACCINE WE ARE BUILDING OUT OUR EMERGENCY COMMAND TO DEAL WITH THOSE SPIKES AND COME ALONGSIDE LOCALS TO HELP IN ANY WAY WE CAN BUT MOST OF ALL WE CONTINUE TO LOOK TO YOU AS WE TALK ABOUT THE VERY SLOW GRADUAL RESPONSIBLE WALK TO OPENING UP SOME PARTS OF WHAT WE DO DOING THAT VERY RESPONSIBLY AND YOU’LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT. THE SAME THINGS WE’VE BEEN DOING MATTER MORE THAN EVER MY OLD BOSS DOUG CHRYSLER FROM THE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION WROTE A COLUMN IN THE DISPATCH, AND HE USED THE WORDS. YOU KNOW, HOW WE’VE BEEN SAYING IT’S NOT REALLY SOCIAL DISTANCING ITS PHYSICAL DISTANCING, BUT HE TALKED ABOUT SOCIAL YEARNING IN A TIME OF PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND HE TALKED ABOUT THE ARTS AND THE WAY THEY CAN HELP SOOTHE US. I CAN TELL YOU THAT I MYSELF OVER. THE WEEKEND HAD MY FIRST TIME STANDING OUTSIDE. AND I CAME HOME TO MY HOUSE DURING ALL THIS AND FOUND FOUR OF MY CLOSE FRIENDS WEARING MASKED VERY SOCIALLY DISTANCE PLANTING SOME PANSIES IN MY YARD, AND I TALKED TO THEM AT A DISTANCE AND IT WAS THE FIRST CONVERSATION WITH THEM. I’D HAD IN MONTHS AND I REALIZED OVER THE HOLIDAY AND WHEN THE HOLIDAY ENDED THAT I WAS FEELING ALL THE SAME GROUNDHOG DAY FEELINGS, AND THE ANGER THE FRUSTRATION THE DESPAIR. WHY DON’T WE KNOW MORE? WHY DO WE STILL HAVE TO LEARN SO MUCH MORE TO HAVE THE ANSWERS WE WANT TO GIVE YOU HOW MUCH MORE DO WE HAVE TO TOLERATE OF THIS? IT’S SUCH AN UNPRECEDENTED TIME THAT IS ASKING SORT OF A MARATHON OF RESPONSE FROM US. SO WE’RE GOING TO HAVE GOOD DAYS AND BAD DAYS. WE’RE GONNA HAVE ANGER. WE’RE GOING TO WANT TO GIVE UP AND JUST HOPE THAT IT COULD GO BACK TO THE OLD WAY. IT WAS AND WE KNOW THAT WE’RE MOVING INTO A NEW WORLD. IT ISN’T THE OLD WAY, BUT WE’RE MOVING FORWARD AND WE’RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER AND WE’RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD SMARTLY IN THIS STATE, BUT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT THERE IS A SONG OUT THERE. IT WAS ON THE COLBERT FIRST SHOW. HE FIRST REVEALED IT BY MICHAEL STIPE OF REM WROTE A SONG CALLED. THERE’S NO TIME FOR LOVE LIKE NOW AND IT WAS ONE OF THOSE BITTERSWEET SONGS. REMIND ME THAT I HAVE TO DIG DEEP OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND AGAIN TO FEEL THAT LOVE AND SO I HOPE YOU’LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT SONG. IT’S SOMETHING THAT’S HELPING ME. STAY CONNECTED DURING THIS TIME. THANK YOU. DR. ACTING THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL TAKE SOME QUESTIONS AGAIN FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE AT HOME WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT IS A TV SCREEN AND I SEE JIM OTTE COMING UP HERE. HE’S EVERYBODY IN THE PRESS CORPS. IT LOOKS LIKE MEDIA HAS A MASK OF SOME SORT ON. MR. ADI HAS HIS THAT HOMEMADE? MR. ADI. YES, SIR. THAT’S MY BENEDETTO, SIR. ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD. YOU GET THE FIRST QUESTION GIAMATTI FROM WHIO TV. THANK YOU GOVERNOR FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL WAITING FOR THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT CHECKS TO COME PERHAPS. THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE THAT BILLS DOUGHNUTS IN CENTERVILLE, OHIO 50 PEOPLE APPLIED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT AFTER BEING LAID OFF, ALTHOUGH AT THIS POINT ONLY FOR HAVE RECEIVED ANYTHING. I WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU CAN WEATHER THIS SITUATION OR ANY OTHERS. DISCUSS THE DISPLAY THE DISPARITY HERE ABOUT THE TIMING OF WHEN THEIR CHECKS MIGHT CALL. I’LL START IT’S FRUSTRATING. I’VE HAD BILLS DON’T US A NUMBER OF TIMES AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THEM AGAIN. WE APOLOGIZE TO THOSE 46 FOLKS THERE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS LITERALLY BEFORE WE WALKED IN AND WE’RE GOING TO BE CONTINUING TO TALK WITH OUR TEAM. ABOUT IT IN OUR FIVE O’CLOCK CALL TODAY. SO I’LL REFER TO THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. BUT LET ME JUST SAY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY CONCERNING. IT’S VERY UPSETTING TO ME AND YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO THROUGH ALL THE REASONS WHY THAT IS HAPPENING, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT GETTING YOUR CHECK OR YOU DIDN’T WEREN’T ABLE TO GET INTO THE SYSTEM. I DON’T THINK YOU WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING. I THINK WHAT YOU WANT US TO DO. FICTION AND I HEAR YOU AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR HEARS YOU AND WE’RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO FIX IT. I CAN FIRST OF ALL EVERYTHING THE GOVERNOR SAID ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THIS IS EVERY TIME I HEAR A STORY ABOUT THIS, I I JUST GET. EVEN MORE FRUSTRATED BECAUSE IT’S NOT ACCEPTABLE AND IT’S NOT ACCEPTABLE. ON A NUMBER OF LEVELS BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING IN. THIS IS A DIFFICULT TIME AND WE FEEL THE RESPONSIBILITY TO SERVE THEM AND WHEN THEY’RE NOT GETTING SERVED. I’M NOT SATISFIED. I HAVE A FULLER ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION TOMORROW BECAUSE I WANTED TO HAVE IT TODAY, BUT I DIDN’T FEEL LIKE I GOT SUFFICIENT ANSWERS AND SO I COULDN’T ANSWER IT TODAY. I I’M WHEN I GET INTO A SITUATION LIKE THIS. I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT A QUOTE FROM MY COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACH WHERE HE USED TO SAY, DON’T TELL ME HOW ROUGH THE SEA IS JUST BRING THE SHIP IN AND THAT’S HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT. I DON’T I KNOW THERE ARE REASONS. I DON’T WANT EXCUSES. I JUST WANT US TO DOUBLE DOWN OUR EFFORTS TO INNOVATE TO GET TOUGH TO DIG DOWN AND REMEMBER THAT WE’RE GETTING THIS FIXED WE CAN SERVE PEOPLE AND UNTIL THAT HAPPENS. WE’RE NOT GOING TO BE SATISFIED. THANK YOU, JIM. HI, THIS IS MOLLY MARTINEZ WITH SPECTRUM NEWS. MY QUESTION IS FOR DR. ACTIN. DR. ASHTON, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE LONG HAUL AND YOU KNOW HOW WE’RE ALL SORT OF IN THIS MARATHON, BUT FOR CHILDREN TIME FEELS A LOT LONGER JUST BECAUSE THEY’VE HAD LESS OF IT. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THE KIDS WHO ARE SORT OF STUCK AT HOME AND DON’T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT’S GOING ON AND HOW LONG THIS IS GONNA LAST. I’VE BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT THAT. I HAVE A GRANDSON. HE’S NOT QUITE OLD ENOUGH YET TO UNDERSTAND BUT I’VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT EVEN WHEN I’M TALKING TO MY OLDER CHILDREN. WITH YOUNG CHILDREN HAVE FRIEND OF MINE YESTERDAY SENT ME SOME PICTURES HIS MOM IS THE MOM IS IN AN ESSENTIAL BUSINESS AND IS WORKING. EXTRAORDINARY HOURS AND DAD IS AT HOME. TRYING TO MAKE BECOME A SCHOOLTEACHER BECOME AN EXPLAINER TO YOU KNOW, AND AND THEIR LIFE IS UPENDED AND SHE WAS DRAWING ARTWORK THAT SHOWED. SHE SAID DADDY WE CAN DO THIS AND HE WAS JUST SO SAD AND MOM AND SAID, I MEAN, IT’S JUST THESE ARE SUCH TRYING TIMES AND AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT I DON’T YET KNOW AND I WILL TALK TO SOME OF MY FRIENDS WHO ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF TRYING HELP YOUNG PEOPLE. AND THE WORDS TO EXPLAIN THIS TIME. IT’S I THINK THEIR LIVES ARE GOING TO BE MARKED BY THIS AND I KNOW AT HOME WERE ALL TRYING TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT CREATES A NEW NORMAL AND ROUTINES AND DOESN’T CAUSE FEAR BUT OF COURSE KIDS ARE VERY PERCEPTIVE AND THEY PICK UP ON OUR EMOTIONS AND FEAR. SO THAT’S REALLY A TREMENDOUS CHALLENGE FOR ALL OF US. AND ALL THE WHILE WE DON’T KNOW EXACTLY OURSELVES WHAT WE’RE GOING THROUGH. THIS IS AN UNPRECEDENTED EXPERIENCE AND EVERY SCIENTIST AND EVERY PERSON IN THE WORLD EVERY ECONOMIST. EVERY LEADER IS TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT NEXT STEPS, BUT WE’VE NOT WE CAN LEARN FROM THE PAST WE CAN LEARN FROM WHAT WAS IT LIKE IN 1918? AND IT’S NOT A QUICK ROAD. WE KNOW IT’S A LONG ROAD, BUT WE REALLY DON’T A HUNDRED PERCENT. NO THIS JOURNEY YET. AND SO WE AS THE GROWN-UPS ARE EXPERIENCING UNPRECEDENTED AMOUNTS OF A DISRUPTION AND UNSETTLING THIS AND THEN WE’RE GOING THROUGH OUR JOB LOSSES AND THEN WE HAVE KIDS WHO WE KNOW ARE AT HOME. THAT THEY DON’T HAVE THE STABILITY THAT THEY USED TO GET FROM SCHOOL AND HARD CIRCUMSTANCES. SO MOLLY I DON’T HAVE PAT ANSWER FOR THAT YET, BUT THAT’S SOMETHING I’M GOING TO DIG DEEPER ON WHEN I SAW MY FRIENDS DRAWING YESTERDAY. MATT SENT ME. I FOUND MYSELF GOING WHAT CAN WHAT CAN WE DO SO I’LL TALK MORE TO THIS AS I EXPLORE IT AND I HOPE THE MEDIA WILL HELP ME EXPLORE IT, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY TO YOU AT HOME, YOU KNOW. WE WILL SHARE WITH YOU EVERYTHING WE KNOW AS WE KNOW IT AND IN THIS WEEK, WE’RE GOING TO BE SHARING WITH YOU THE BEST WE CAN UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE ROAD AHEAD. IT’S NOT SOMETHING I COULD LOOK UP IN A BOOK AND THERE’S A RIGHT ANSWER. IT’S SOMETHING THAT THE BEST MINDS IN THE WORLD ARE TRYING TO SOLVE BUT WE WILL KEEP SHARING IT WITH YOU AS WE OURSELVES COME TO UNDERSTAND IT AND WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THIS INFECTION WILL BE OUT THERE AND IT AND SPREAD TO MOST OF THE POPULATION AND A VACCINE THAT IS WIDELY AVAILABLE WILL BE SORT OF THE END OF THIS CHAPTER AND WE DO KNOW THAT THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE HAVE WORKED TREMENDOUSLY TO SAVE LIVES AND THAT WE’D GIVEN OUR HOSPITALS THE TIME TO START TO GEAR UP. WE DO KNOW THAT WE STILL HAVE A SHORTAGE OF PPE AND SO WE HAVE TO BE CONSERVING AND BE CAREFUL ABOUT OUR CHOICES SO THAT AVAILABLE TO THE PEOPLE ON THE FRONT LINES. WE DO KNOW THAT WE ARE STILL FAR SHORT OF TESTING THAT TESTING IS ESSENTIAL FOR OUR ABILITY TO START TO ACKNOWLEDGE CASES WHEN THEY HAPPEN DO CONTACT TRACING AND SLOW THE SPREAD AND THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE STILL EVOLVING AND ARE TRYING TO ACQUIRE THAT WILL GET US TO A PLACE WHERE WE COULD BE A LOT MORE FREE AND WE DO KNOW THAT A NEW WORLD WILL BE WITH THESE NEW. SOCIAL DISTANCING BUT IT MIGHT INCLUDE A FUNCTIONAL SOCIAL DISTANCING AND IT WILL INCLUDE PROBABLY A SLOW TRICKLE BACK TO WORK. USING THE KINDS OF PRECAUTIONS THE GOVERNOR AND OTHER TEAMS AND BUSINESSES ALL OVER THIS WORLD ARE TRYING TO PUT IN PLACE AND IT WILL INCLUDE THESE MASKS AND IT WILL INCLUDE US ALL HAVING TO BE HONEST WHEN WE’RE SICK AND STAY HOME AND TELL OUR DOCTOR. AND IT WILL HAVE TO HAVE SAFEGUARDS FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED TO STAY HOME AND BE SICK, BUT NOT LOSE THEIR JOB AND SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY VULNERABLE LIKE THE CATEGORIES. I MENTIONED WILL REALLY HAVE TO STAY MORE LIKE THE WAY WE ARE THEN MAYBE HEALTHY FOLKS. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE PRINCIPLES THAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW AND WE’RE GOING TO LAY THIS OUT AND GUIDE YOU THROUGH IT. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT BEST MINDS POSSIBLE COLLABORATING, BUT I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE. JUST HOW ABSOLUTELY HARD. THIS IS FOR YOU AND IT HARD FOR ALL OF US, BUT WE’RE GOING TO STICK WITH YOU ON IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOUR PROVINCE WITH THE BLADE ALSO A QUESTION FOR DR. ACTIN YOU’VE TALKED ABOUT DIRECTIONAL TRENDS AND YOU’VE IN THE PAST YOU’VE MENTIONED 14 DAYS AS AS KIND OF A PERIOD THAT YOU’RE LOOKING AT, BUT YOU’VE ALSO MENTIONED THAT CHINA WAITED UNTIL IT HAD ZERO UNTIL IT REOPENS. RIGHT? COULD YOU GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR? IS THERE A MAGIC NUMBER RIGHT? SO WE’RE ALL LOOKING FOR MAGIC NUMBERS HOW MUCH PPE DO YOU NEED TO HAVE? HOW MANY TESTS WOULD YOU NEED TO HAVE? SO IF YOU WATCH MEDIA RIGHT NOW. EVERYONE IS GUESSING IN THE SCIENTISTS ARE STILL TRYING TO GUESS SOME OF THESE NUMBERS WHAT WE KNOW WE NEED TO SEE WHAT’S AGREED UPON. EACH SCIENTIST SAYS IT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY IS THAT YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE A SUSTAINED DECREASE. IDEALLY WE WOULD GET DOWN TO THE POINT WHERE WE COULD CONTACT TRACE EVERYONE. I MEAN IF WE DON’T HAVE PPE DON’T HAVE TESTING THEN IF WE COULD GET TO A NUMBER WHERE WHEN WE DO DIAGNOSE THOSE CASES WE COULD AT LEAST RESPOND. THAT’S ONE END OF THE SPECTRUM SOME HAVE SAID A MONTH WITH EACH MEASURE STAYING STEADY, AND I’VE SEEN AS SHORT AS 14 DAYS. WE KNOW WE WON’T GET TO ABSOLUTE ZERO BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS INFECTION IS OUT THERE AND IF YOU OPEN IN ANY WAY AND AS YOU’RE NOW SEEING IN CHINA, YOU’LL START YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GET GOOD ACCURATE NUMBERS, YOU’LL START START TO SEE AN UPTICK. WHAT I AM BUILDING RIGHT NOW IS ABILITY TO HAVE THE BEST NUMBERS POSSIBLE AND IT’S BEEN VERY HARD. WE STILL DO NOT KNOW THE PREVALENCE OF THIS DISEASE IN OHIO OR AROUND THIS COUNTRY. WE DON’T HAVE THAT SEROLOGIC TESTING. WE DON’T HAVE EXPANSIVE ENOUGH TESTING, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE’LL BE SHARING THIS WEEK IN MORE DETAIL. OUR SCIENTISTS ARE LEADING US THROUGH A STUDY USING AS FEW AS A THOUSAND TESTS DONE RANDOMLY IN A SORTED THAT WILL START TO GIVE SOME NUMBERS AND EACH DAY YOU SEE OUR DAD GETS BETTER AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE WHY AREN’T YOU GIVING US THIS SOME OF THE DATA WASN’T NEVER OWNED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SO LITTLE BY LITTLE WE’RE GATHERING ALL THE BEST DATA WE CAN AND EACH DAY. WE’RE GOING TO KEEP LOADING UP ON MORE NUMBERS WE CAN FOLLOW AND WE’RE ACTUALLY IN OUR EMERGENCY CONTROL CENTER. WE HAVE PEOPLE WITH THEIR EAR TO THE GROUND IN EACH OF THE THREE ZONES AND OHIO THAT WILL BE CONSTANTLY WATCHING DASHBOARDS OF NUMBERS. AND WE’LL BE TALKING IN DAYS TO COME ABOUT WATCHING ALMOST LIKE TSA HIGHER RISK AND LOWER RISK SITUATIONS OCCUR, AND WE WANT TO PICK UP THE SECOND. THERE’S A FLARE SOMEWHERE WHETHER IT’S A NURSING HOME OR PRISON OR IN A NEIGHBORHOOD OR IN A WORK PLACE AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND AND PUT ALL OUR RESOURCES IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. SO THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT DID NOT REALLY EXIST IN THIS COUNTRY AND WE’VE BEEN BUILDING IT IN TWO TO WEEKS. SO IT’S MIRACULOUS. SCOPE BUT IT’S STILL BEING BUILT AND THAT’S WHY I’M SAYING THIS AS A WHAT WE ARE LIKE WORKING WORKING WORKING TO BUILD THIS OUT BECAUSE WE’RE GOING TO NEED THIS INFRASTRUCTURE UNTIL WE’VE TAME THIS VIRUS. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE IN THIS HYPER VIGILANT MONITORING STAGE JUST LIKE 911 UNTIL WE GET TO A NEW WORLD WHERE WE CAN TRULY BE SAFE AGAIN AND GET PEOPLE’S CONFIDENCE IN THAT AND SO I WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE HERE IN OHIO ARE AT THE CUTTING EDGE OF EVERY ONE OF THESE DISCUSSIONS AND WE WE WON’T LET UP. THANK YOU. KEVIN LANDERS WB NS 10TV. MY QUESTION IS BOTH FOR THE GOVERNOR AND FOR DOCTOR ACTON. BOSTON UNIVERSITY TODAY JUST ANNOUNCE IT MAY POSTPONE FALL TERM UNTIL JANUARY GOVERNOR. I’D LIKE TO KNOW WHERE YOUR HEAD IS ABOUT COLLEGES OPENING UP HERE IN THE STATE AND FOR DR. ATKIN HOW IF THEY DO OPEN WOULD COLLEGE STUDENTS BE ABLE TO PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING IF THEY’RE IN THE DORMS CAFETERIAS SHARING BATHROOMS. HOW DOES THAT LOOK TO YOU? THANK YOU. WELL, I’LL START OFF. I THINK IT’S MUCH TOO EARLY TO BE MAKING ANY DECISIONS ABOUT FALL. I DON’T THINK WE KNOW ENOUGH. I DON’T THINK WE KNOW WHERE WE’RE GOING TO BE. I DON’T THINK WE KNOW HOW MANY TESTS THAT WE WILL HAVE. UM BUT WHAT I THINK WE DO KNOW IS THAT WHETHER IT’S A BUSINESS. WHETHER IT IS A COLLEGE WHETHER IT IS K THROUGH 12. WHENEVER THEY DO OPEN AGAIN. IT’S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT. AND I THINK THAT’S THE THING THAT I WANT TO GET ACROSS TO PEOPLE BASED ON EVERYTHING THAT I KNOW. AND THIS IS THE HARDEST THING FOR ME TO ACCEPT. AND SO I SUSPECT IT’S HARD FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO ACCEPT. BUT UNTIL THERE IS A VACCINE. THIS MONSTER IS I HAVE REFERRED TO IT IS GOING BE LURKING AROUND US. AND SO WHEN WE START BUSINESSES BACK UP WHEN WE START SCHOOLS BACK UP WHEN WE COLLEGE AS BACKUP. IT’S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT. AND WHAT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE THINKING ABOUT AND THIS IS TO EVERY BUSINESS OUT THERE THAT IS CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO REOPEN. IT’S TO EVERY UNIVERSITY. EVERY COLLEGE EVERY SUPERINTENDENT YOU NEED TO BE THINKING HOW AM I GOING TO OPEN? WHAT AM I GOING TO DO EVERY SINGLE DAY TO KEEP MY EMPLOYEES SAFE? MY CUSTOMERS SAVED MY STUDENTS SAFE. MY FACULTY SAFE BY TEACHERS SAFE AND WE’RE GOING TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT. BUT THAT’S SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE THE WHEN IS ONE QUESTION, BUT HOW IS THE IS THE BIGGER QUESTION BECAUSE YOU’RE GOING TO OPEN UP. WITH A SITUATION THAT IS NOT IDEAL. THAT IS FAR FAR FROM IDEAL. CORONAVIRUS IS STILL FAR AS WE CAN TELL STILL GOING TO BE VERY MUCH HERE. STILL GOING TO BE FOR SOME PEOPLE WHO GET IT DEADLY? YOU KNOW IT IS ODD THAT YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT FOR THE LAST WEEK AND WE THINK THERE’S GOOD NEWS AND IT IS GOOD NEWS IN THE SENSE THAT THE HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS ARE SORT OF FLAT. NOW UP TODAY THE DEATHS HAD BEEN. NOT GOING UP MUCH. BUT THE TRUTH IS WE LOST 50 PEOPLE IN THE LAST 24 HOURS. 50 OF OUR CITIZENS DIED SO THIS IS A VERY VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I STILL HAVE PEOPLE SEND ME EMAILS WHO SAY THIS IS LIKE THE FLU. I WISH IT WAS IT’S NOT AND SO AS WE ALL WORK ON THIS AND WE’RE WORKING ON IT EVERY DAY BUSINESSES WORKING ON EVERY DAY, BUT THE REAL QUESTION IS WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO DIFFERENT? WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO DIFFERENT? AFTER ACTING TALKED ABOUT ABOUT THE MASK, YOU KNOW, WE’RE BUSINESSES ARE GOING TO BE HAVING THEIR EMPLOYEES WEAR THESE IT’S GOING TO BE IT’S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT. YOU KNOW, I CAN’T IMAGINE A BUSINESS THAT’S GOING TO OPEN UP WITHOUT EMPLOYEES ALL WEARING ONE OF THESE. UM MANY MANY OTHER CHANGES I TALKED TO SOMEONE I KNOW EASTERN PART OF THE STATE OF OHIO LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. I TALKED TO HIM FOR A WHILE. CALL HIM UP. SEE HOW HE’S DOING. HOW IS HIS BUSINESS? HIS IS AN ESSENTIAL BUSINESS A MANUFACTURING COMPANY AND HE TOLD ME I SAID WELL, HOW YOU DOING? AND HE WENT THROUGH AND TOLD ME EVERY SAFETY PRECAUTION THAT THEY HAD TAKEN. IT WAS QUITE EXPANSIVE. I WAS KIND OF BLOWN AWAY BY ALL THAT HE HAD DONE AND SO IT’S THAT TYPE OF DRILLING DOWN AND TRYING TO BE AS SAFE AS WE CAN THAT EVERYONE IS GOING TO IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO WHATEVER YOUR BUSINESS IS. YOU GOT TO FIGURE YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO THAT OUT AND SO LONG ANSWER AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE LONG ANSWER, BUT THAT’S WHAT UNIVERSITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHENEVER THEY OPEN. THAT’S WHAT THAT’S WHAT K THROUGH 12 IS GOING TO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT. YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU DO THAT? AND IT’S THESE ARE DIFFICULT QUESTIONS. THEY’RE NOT EASY. THANK YOU. SPENCER HICKEY WITH HAN AND HIS SERVICE. COULD YOU TALK ABOUT YOU SAID STATE AGENCY SHOULD PREPARE FOR BUDGET CUTS? CAN YOU TALK MORE ABOUT HOW THAT’S GOING TO BE AND WHAT DETERMINATIONS YOU WANT THE AGENCIES TO CONSIDER? AND WOULD THAT INCLUDE ODH FOR INSTANCE GIVEN? THEY’RE ROLLING. HANDLING THE CRISIS RIGHT NOW SURE. WE’RE NOT GOING TO MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY. YOU KNOW, WE’RE GOING TO BE CONSULTING WITH MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH THEM. UM, BUT WE WILL IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT WHAT GOING TO DO. YOU KNOW AS FAR AS WHAT IS ESSENTIAL AS FAR AS WHAT’S NEEDED TO FIGHT THE CORONAVIRUS THAT THAT OBVIOUSLY IS GOING TO BE A VERY VERY HIGH HIGH ON THE LIST OF PRIORITIES. YOU GOT TO YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS. YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. SO WE WILL HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS NEXT FEW DAYS. HEY GOVERNOR, AND EACH OUT WITH OHIO PUBLIC RADIO AND TELEVISION STATE HOUSE NEWS BUREAU A QUESTION FOR YOU AND MAYBE FOR THE GOVERNOR AS WELL. WHEN IT DOES COME TO THE IDEA OF REOPENING BUSINESSES IN THE CALL FOR EMPLOYERS TO REALLY BE THINKING ABOUT HOW TO KEEP. SAFE AND CLEAN WORKSPACE WHAT KIND OF EFFORTS ARE IS THE STATE MAKING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SUPPLIES ARE THERE RIGHT NOW IF YOU GO ONLINE AT IF YOU GO TO A STORE AND TRY TO FIND DISINFECTANT WIPES AND THERMOMETERS, IT’S ALL WIPED OUT. SO HOW CAN COMPANIES STOCK UP ON THAT NOW? IS THERE A PLAN FOR THE STATE TO HELP OUT WITH THAT VERY VERY IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW COMPANIES ARE DOING THE SOME OF THAT THEMSELVES WHERE THEY CAN WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN WE HAVE A TEAM THAT IS FOCUSED ON THE PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT FOR EXAMPLE, WHICH IS SO ESSENTIAL TO OUR FIRST RESPONDER. SO ESSENTIAL TO PEOPLE IN NURSING HOMES WHO WORKING PEOPLE IN HOSPITALS, AND SO WE KIND OF WE KIND OF BREAK THAT DOWN OF SO WE BREAK THOSE DOWN. THE VENTILATORS AND OTHER THINGS WE HEAR ON THE NEWS. EVERY STATE IS TRYING TO DO. SOMETIMES THAT IS, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK YOU HAVE SOMETHING BOUGHT AND SO THESE ARE DIFFICULT, VERY DIFFICULT TIMES. WE HAVE REALLY TURNED TO OHIO COMPANIES, OHIO MANUFACTURERS. THEY'RE DOING ABSOLUTELY SOME AMAZING WORK. I'LL LET JON TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT -- HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH SOME OF THESE COMPANIES IN REGARD TO WHAT THEY ARE DOING. BUT IT'S THE RIGHT QUESTION. PART OF COMING BACK AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE BUSINESSES REOPEN IS THEY HAVE TO HAVE WHATEVER SAFETY PROTECTION THAT THEY NEED. WE'RE WORKING ON THIS. BUT I ENVISION, AS DR. ACTON INDICATED, YOU KNOW, THAT EVERYBODY IN THIS STATE WILL HAVE A COUPLE OF THESE MASKS. WHEN YOU GO OUT INTO PUBLIC, YOU CERTAINLY PEOPLE IN BUSINESSES. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW THE PRIVATE SECTOR'S WORKING ON, WE ARE WORKING ON AS WELL. JON, YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? LT. GOV. HUSTED: SURE, GOVERNOR. THAT'S WHY WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT. SO THAT WE CAN PREPARE BUSINESS FOR WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED THE BUSINESSES OF OHIO ARE REALLY -- THEY'RE TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER. THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THOSE PROTOCOLS SHOULD BE. THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO SOURCE IT. HOW TO CREATE THE WORKSPACE IN YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO. TO IMPLEMENT IT, HOW TO PUT -- ORGANIZE, TO HAVE A PERSON IN CHARGE WHO IS DOING THESE THINGS. BUT SOURCING IT IS A CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW. AND IT IS PART OF THE DELAY IN BEING ABLE TO DETERMINE WHEN THAT ROLEBACK CAN OCCUR. BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT ADEQUATE SUPPLIES ARE AVAILABLE, PARTICULARLY FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE WORKPLACE SETTINGS BEFORE YOU CAN BEGIN TO EXPAND. THAT IS AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS DISCUSSION AND WE ARE PUSHING THROUGH OUR MANUFACTURERS AND OUR SUPPLY CHAINS THAT WE CAN ALL TOUCH -- WE HAVE SOME AMAZING COMPANIES IN THIS STATE WHO ARE GLOBALLY CONNECTED TO BE ABLE TO DO THESE THINGS. AND THEY ARE WORKING EVERY DAY TO HELP SOURCE AND STRATEGIZE ON HOW BUSINESSES CAN BE PREPARED. REPORTER: CAN I ASK A FOLLOW-UP JUST TO CLARIFY SOMETHING? SO, GOVERNOR, FROM WHAT I HEARD, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE BIG PRIORITIES ARE THE P.P.E. RIGHT NOW AND THE STATE WORKING ON BUT WHEN THE NEED FOR THAT MAYBE DECREASES, THEN THE STATE MIGHT BE LOOKING TO PRIORITIZING OTHER THINGS, LIKE THE CLEANING SUPPLIES THEN? GOVERNOR DEWINE: MY EXPERIENCE IN LIFE IS THE PRIVATE SECTOR USUALLY CAN DO THINGS BETTER THAN THE PUBLIC SECTOR. AND SO A LOT OF THIS IS GOING TO BE DRIVEN BY WHAT THE PUBLIC SECTOR -- EXCUSE ME, WHAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR CAN DO, BOTH IN SOURCING IT, FINDING IT, BUT ALSO IN PRODUCING IT. SO -- BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CERTAINLY ENCOURAGING, WE'RE TRYING TO HELP MANUFACTURERS WHO ARE PRODUCING ESSENTIAL THINGS IN THE STATE OF OHIO. SO IT'S BOTH THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER. THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, AND WHEN THOSE WORK WELL, THEY CAN WORK EXCEEDINGLY WELL. BUT EVERY COMPANY'S GOT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DO I NEED, BUT THERE ARE COMMON THINGS WE KNOW HAVE TO BE THERE. KIND OF BASIC THINGS. THE MASKS THAT CERTAINLY CAN -- AND THE HAND SANITIZER. SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS ARE UNIQUE TO THAT PARTICULAR BUSINESS. OVERALL IN REGARD TO THAT, WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE SAFER IF WE, AS WE OPEN BACK UP, IF WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO A LOT MORE TESTING. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS WITHIN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER OUR GREAT HOSPITALS IN OHIO WHO ARE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB. TESTING. SO THE MORE WE CAN HELP THEM, THE MORE ROBUST OUR TESTING CAN BE, THE MORE SAFER THE WORKPLACES CAN BE. THERE'S AN OUTBREAK SOMEWHERE, BE ABLE TO TRACE THAT AND TO QUARANTINE AND DO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW THAT HAVE TO BE DONE. AND THE GOVERNMENT CERTAINLY PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THAT. PARTICULARLY IN REGARD TO THE 113 HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AROUND THAT. REPORTER: ADRIAN ROBINSON, NBC 4. MY QUESTION IS FOR DR. ACTON. DR. ACTON: HI. REPORTER: HI. WITH FAMILY MEMBERS IN NURSING HOMES WHO ARE WAITING DAYS FOR TEST RESULTS. ARE YOU AWARE OF A BACKLOG HAPPENING AND WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND TO A FAMILY MEMBER WHO'S MAYBE WAITING FOR EITHER THEIR LOVED ONE OR ANOTHER RESIDENT IN THAT NURSING HOME FOR A TEST RESULT FOR DAYS? DR. ACTON: WELL, YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNOR'S TAKEN PRETTY AGGRESSIVE ACTION TO GET THE WORD OUT THAT THERE IS BETTER THROUGH CERTAIN HOSPITALS AND/OR LABS. IF YOU CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO US, I HAVE A TEAM, A STRIKE FORCE, THAT'S ONLY JOB IS COMING ALONGSIDE NURSING HOMES AND THINGS LIKE THIS. SO I'D LOVE TO HEAR THE DETAILS ON THAT AND WE'LL HELP OUT. WOIP WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TODAY -- GOVERNOR DEWINE: WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TODAY IN OHIO TO GET TESTS RETURNED QUICKLY. IF SOMEBODY IS NOT GETTING IT RETURNED QUICKLY, THERE IS A PROBLEM THAT WE NEED TO FIX. WE HAVE SIX DIFFERENT HOSPITALS THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO TEST AND TEST RAPIDLY. SO IF SOMEONE -- A SAMPLE IS TAKEN AND IT'S NOT GETTING BACK QUICKLY, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG. AND WE WOULD LOVE TO KNOW ABOUT IT AND TRY TO RUN THAT DOWN AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S WRONG. REPORTER: WE CAN CERTAINLY FORWARD THAT ALONG. SAME THING? IF IT'S THEM WAITING FOR THEIR LOVED ONE'S TEST? SEND THAT TO YOU? GOVERNOR DEWINE: YEAH. LOOK, IF IT'S A DAY, THAT'S ONE THING. IF IT'S FIVE DAYS, THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE. THERE'S THAT DELAY. REPORTER: GOOD AFTERNOON. BEN SCHWARTZMAN WITH WCPO IN CINCINNATI. GOVERNOR DEWINE, I WANT TO DIRECT THIS QUESTION TO YOU. BUT IF DR. ACTON WANTS TO ADD SOMETHING, I'D LOVE TO HEAR IT AS WELL. THIS IS A QUESTION SENT IN FROM AND THEY'RE WONDERING, AS WE COME OUT OF THE OTHER SIDE OF OUR STATEWIDE SHELTER-IN-PLACE AND CURVE-PLANTING MEASURE, HOW WILL WE GUARD AGAINST AND ENSURE THAT THE VIRUS ISN'T BROUGHT BACK INTO THE STATE OF OHIO'S COMMUNITIES BY WAY OF SOCIAL AND BUSINESS INTERACTIONS WITH THOSE COMING IN FROM OUTSIDE OF THE STATE? GOVERNOR DEWINE: ONCE AGAIN YOU'VE HIT THE TOUGH QUESTION. BUT A VERY, VERY GOOD QUESTION. I THINK THAT WE ALL NEED TO UNDERSTAND, AND THIS IS SO HARD TO ACCEPT, YOU KNOW, OHIOANS, AMERICANS, WE'RE USED TO GOING IT, -- WINNING AND LEAVING AND WE DID IT, SO LET'S GO ON WITH LIFE. BUT WE'VE WON A BATTLE BUT WE HAVEN'T WON THE WAR. THIS MONSTER IS STILL GOING TO BE WITH US FOR AT LEAST UNTIL WE GET A VACCINE. SO I THINK THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS, PEOPLE HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL. IF YOU'RE 80 YEARS OLD AND YOU HAVE ASTHMA, YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO GO SEE THE REDS PLAY. UNTIL WE GET A VACCINE. I MEAN, THAT'S -- YOU CAN, BUT YOU HAVE TO WEIGH BENEFIT VERSUS RISK. AND OF COURSE THAT'S MY EXAMPLE, BASEBALL. THAT'S WHAT I, YOU KNOW, WANT TO GET BACK TO. SO I THINK THAT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THEIR OWN CALCULATIONS. I THINK WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING CERTAIN THINGS. PEOPLE WEARING A MASK WHEN THEY GO OUT, TRYING TO -- YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A JOB, THAT COMPANY DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO DO THE -- NOT ONLY THE SOCIAL DISTANCING BUT DOING ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO MAKE THAT PERSON'S JOB SAFER. BUT IT'S NOT GOING AWAY. THAT'S THE SAD NEWS. MOST THINGS IN LIFE WE THINK WE CAN DEAL WITH. BUT IT'S NOT GOING AWAY UNTIL WE GET A VACCINE. WE'RE 12 TO 18 MONTHS AWAY FROM THIS GOING AWAY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT AND -- BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO -- EVERYBODY'S EITHER BOTH COLLECTIVELY AS A STATE, 11.7 MILLION PEOPLE, PLUS INDIVIDUALS, WE'RE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE RATIONAL DECISIONS AND RATIONAL CHOICES AND NOT THINK THAT THIS THING IS OVER WITH. BECAUSE WHEN WE OPEN THINGS MORE UP, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO BE EXCEEDINGLY, EXCEEDINGLY CAREFUL. REPORTER: TOM BOSCO WITH ABC 6 HERE IN COLUMBUS. THERE ARE SOME REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS WHO ARE ASKING THAT BUSINESSES BE REOPENED. WE ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME FRUSTRATION OUT THERE. WE'VE SEEN PROTESTERS HERE AT THE STATE HOUSE THE LAST FEW DAYS. GOVERNOR, ARE YOU AND DR. ACTON REALLY HAVE SOME GOODWILL BUILT UP WITH OHIOANS BUT HOW WORRIED ARE YOU THAT THERE IS A GROWING BACKLASH AND THERE WILL BE A LIMIT AS TO WHAT YOU CAN ASK OHIOANS TO DO? GOVERNOR DEWINE: WELL, I'M FRUSTRATED JUST LIKE EVERY OHIOAN IS. AND I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THAT FRUSTRATION. WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN START DOING SOME THINGS, OPENING UP IN REGARD TO BUSINESS. BUT I WOULD SAY THIS. THAT IF WE -- IF I STOOD UP HERE RIGHT NOW AND SAID PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, LET'S GO DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO. IF PEOPLE ARE STILL AFRAID, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO TO RESTAURANTS. IF PEOPLE ARE AFRAID, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO TO BARS. SOME WILL. BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WILL NOT. AND SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, IF WE WANT OUR ECONOMY TO PICK BACK UP, IF WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO BE EMPLOYED, WE HAVE TO BE AS DELIBERATE AND CAREFUL AND THIS AS WE WERE WHEN WE HAD TO MAKE THE DECISIONS TO CLOSE THINGS DOWN. AND THIS PART OF IT IS, FRANKLY, MUCH MORE DIFFICULT. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE OWE THE PEOPLE. AND I OWE, AS GOVERNOR, THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OHIO, IS A THOUGHTFUL RESPONSE IN HOW WE DO THAT. I ALSO OWE THEM THE TRUTH. AND ONE THING I'VE BEEN SAYING TODAY IS, IT WILL NOT BE LIKE IT WAS. IT WILL NOT BE LIKE IT WAS UNTIL WE GET A VACCINE. SO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS DO THE BEST WE CAN. WE'VE SEEN SOME PROGRESS, EVEN THOUGH 50 PEOPLE DIED, 50 OF OUR FELLOW CITIZENS DIED WITHIN THE LAST 24 HOURS, WE HAVE FLATTENED THIS THING OUT. IT LOOKS LIKE. WEEKS AND WE'LL SEE IF THIS TREND CONTINUES. AND THEN WHAT WE HOPE IS AT SOME POINT WE START GOING DOWN AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED GO DOWN, EVENTUALY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO DIE IS GOING DOWN. AND IS GOING DOWN LIKE THAT. BUT -- SO I SHARE THEIR FRUSTRATION. I GET IT. BUT IT DOESN'T DO -- IT'S NOT GOING TO DO BUSINESSES ANY GOOD, IT'S NOT GOING TO DO EMPLOYEES AND IF WE GET IT WRONG, WE'RE GOING TO BE -- HAVE A MEDICAL MESS, AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A MESS IN THE ECONOMY. SO THE BEST THING WE CAN DO IS GET THIS RIGHT. LAY OUT WHAT OUR STEPS ARE AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS TODAY THAT EVERY BUSINESS HAS TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE HELPING. OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL HELP THEM. BUT FIGURING OUT ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO THAT MAKE IT SAFER FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES. BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS, IF EMPLOYEES DON'T FEEL SAFE, THEY WON'T WANT TO COME TO WORK EITHER. AND SO EVERYONE'S GOT TO FEEL SAFE AND WE HAVE TO WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THIS. SO I GET IT. BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO WHAT WE THINK IS RIGHT AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. REPORTER: HELLO. THIS IS LAURA FROM CLEVELAND.COM. I JUST KIND OF WANT TO FOLLOW UP , GOVERNOR DEWINE, ON WHAT YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE NUMBERS AND THE DATA. AS YOU'VE SAID, 50% DIED -- 50 PEOPLE DIED YESTERDAY. THAT'S HIGHER THAN IN RECENT DAYS IF YOU GO BACK A FEW DAYS. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN SHARE ABOUT THE REASONS BEHIND THIS INCREASE? FURTHERMORE, DO YOU -- WILL WE SEE MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY UNTIL SUNDAY? GOVERNOR DEWINE: WE HOPE NOT. LOOK, WE KNOW THAT, AS THEY WERE SAYING IN THE STOCK MARKET, THESE ARE DEATHS, TRAGICALLY, ARE LAGGING. THEY LAG. YOUR HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS LAGS OBVIOUSLY FROM WHERE THE PERSON GOT INFECTED. BUT THE HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS ARE EARLIER IN THE PROCESS. AND THEY'RE PROBABLY A BETTER INDICATOR OF WHAT'S HAPPENING. BUT WE SAW IT GO BACK UP ON DEATHS. I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE THING TO FOCUS ON IS YOUR HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS. SEE HOW THOSE GO. UNDERSTANDING THAT PEOPLE ARE SO IT DOESN'T MEAN YOUR HOSPITAL CAPACITY STAYS THE SAME. THAT CONTINUES TO CHANGE. BUT IF YOU KEEP THE SAME NUMBERS , YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE IN THERE. BUT WE'RE SEEING IT FLATTENING -- A FLATTENING OF THAT CURVE IN REGARD TO HOSPITALIZATIONS WHICH IT'S LIKE ANY DATA, IT'S LIKE LOOKING AT THE STOCK MARKET OR ANYTHING ELSE. DON'T LOOK AT ONE DAY. WHAT YOU WANT TO LOOK AT IS A FIVE-DAY AVERAGE, A SEVEN-DAY AVERAGE, AND SEE. THAT'S WHAT WE LOOK AT EVERY DAY. WE COMPARE THAT, YOU'LL SEE ONE OF THE GRADUATE GRASS DOCTOR GRAPHS UP THERE, IT TELLS YOU THAT DATA FOR THAT DAY, BUT THEN IT HAS THE LAST FIVE DAYS. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. REPORTER: GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS JACKIE FROM THE CINCINNATI INQUIRIER. REAL QUICK FOLLOW-UP. YOU SAID 50 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN THE CORONAVIRUS WEBSITE DASHBOARD IS SHOWING REVISED NUMBERS FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT THERE WERE ONLY -- THERE ARE FAR FEWER THAN THAT, ABOUT FIVE OVER THE PREVIOUS DAY. I'M ASSUMING THIS IS BECAUSE THE DATA YOU'RE GETTING, IT'S 50 MORE THAN REPORTED YESTERDAY, BUT YOU'RE APPLYING IT TO THE DAYS THAT THEY DIED. I'M LOOKING FOR SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT. GOVERNOR DEWINE: OK. DR. ACTON: NO. AND I DON'T HAVE MY CELL PHONE HERE. BUT I THINK SOMEONE IS SENDING ME A CORRECTION. SO I'LL CORRECT. IT I THINK IT MIGHT BE A REPORTING LAG, NOT A -- SO I'LL FIND OUT. I'LL FIND OUT. GOVERNOR DEWINE: I WILL TELL YOU, I GET NUMBERS, WE GET NUMBERS LATE AT NIGHT, WHEN I GET THE FULL NUMBERS IN. BUT THOSE NUMBERS ACTUALLY SWITCH AT 11:00 A.M., IS THAT THE REPORTING TIME? DR. ACTON: YEAH. GOVERNOR DEWINE: 11:00 A.M. SO SOMETIMES I'VE COME IN HERE ACTUALLY AND BEEN LOOKING AT YESTERDAY'S NUMBER. I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED THIS TIME. BUT ONE TIME I KNOW I CAME IN HERE AND I WAS LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS I HAD THAT MORNING BUT DIDN'T HAVE THE UPDATE AS FAR AS 11:00 A.M. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN THIS ONE. WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. REPORTER: GIVEN THE DATA WE HAVE, IT'S BEEN FAR UNDER THE PROJECTION MODELS, BOTH OHIO STATE AND UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. THE LAST TIME AN O.S.U. MODEL WAS MADE PUBLIC WAS OVER A WEEK AGO. CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT KIND OF MODELING YOU'RE LOOKING AT AND WHETHER YOU STILL BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO PEAK THIS WEEKEND? GOVERNOR DEWINE: WELL, I'LL START ON THAT. FIRST OF ALL, THANK GOD THE NUMBERS ARE BETTER THAN THE MODELING. THAT'S NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, MODELING IS WHAT IT IT IS AN ATTEMPT AT SOME PREDICTION. BASED ON THE INFORMATION THAT THEY HAVE AT THAT TIME. IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE EARLIER MODELS THAT HAD THE HIGHEST NUMBERS AND THE SCARIEST NUMBERS, IT CERTAINLY SCARED ME, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS BASED ON -- THE EARLY ONES WERE BASED ON VIRTUALLY NO SOCIAL DISTANCING. BASICALLY DOING NOTHING. AND EVERY OTHER MODEL, WHEN YOU DRILL DOWN ON IT, THEY HAVE TO PROJECT WHAT THEY THINK THE SOCIAL DISTANCING CUT WILL BE. IS IT 20% DOWN, 40%, 60%? AND WHEREVER THEY SET THAT, IT DOES -- I'M NOT A MODELER. BUT IT DOES IMPACT WHAT THE RESULTS ARE. SO I THINK THE MOST -- AT THIS POINT WHAT YOU LOOK AT IS THE REAL DATA DAY TO DAY. THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT EVERY DAY. I'M LOOKING AT A FIVE-DAY AVERAGE. I'M TRYING TO SEE WHERE IT'S GOING. THAT'S WHAT I'M DEALING WITH. REPORTER: GOVERNOR, I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT I RECEIVED A NOTE HERE THAT NUMBERS ARE BEING UPDATED AT 2:00 P.M. DR. ACTON: AND, YOU KNOW, WE BASICALLY HAVE FLATTENED THE CURVE. AN IMPERSEPTIBLE PEAK, MEANING WHICH PICTURE A PEAK BEING A POINT, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN OUR NUMBERS OF ACTUAL CASES, SO OUR REALITY IS LOOKING LIKE IT'S FLAT. OVER A LONG -- I THINK WE'RE GOING TO STAY FLAT FOR A WHILE IS WHAT I'M PREDICTING. AND WE'LL SLOWLY HOPEFULLY START TO SLOPE OUR WAY DOWN. AND SO I DID JUST RECEIVE A NOTE THOSE WERE THE NUMBERS I WAS GIVEN WALKING IN. I'LL FIND OUT -- I ALSO WANT TO SAY TOO THAT I DON'T THINK PEOPLE SHOULD BE SURPRISED. DEATHS ARE GOING TO LAG. THESE INFECTIONS. AND SO I THINK SOME LOW LEVEL OF THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO EXPECT. AT THAT STEADY LEVEL. THANK YOU. GOVERNOR DEWINE: I CAN ADD JUST A LITTLE BIT TO THAT. LT. GOV. HUSTED: THEY ARE ON THE CORONAVIRUS.OHIO.GOV WEBSITE UNDER KEY INDICATORS. IT'S UNDER THAT TAB. WHERE YOU CAN SEE THOSE UPDATED NUMBERS, I BELIEVE. I BELIEVE THAT'S THE SOURCE. DR. ACTON: THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE MY TECHNOLOGY WITH ME. REPORTER: GOOD AFTERNOON. IT'S LAURA, DAYTON DAILY NEWS. YOU ALL HAVE BEEN KIND OF DESCRIBING HOW A SLOW ROPING MIGHT LOOK AND HOW IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT. GOVERNOR OR DR. ACTON, CAN YOU TELL US IF WE'LL SEE MINOR LEAGUE AND MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAMES BEING PLAYED IN CROWDED STADIUMS THIS SUMMER? AND DO YOU THINK THE BUCKEYES WILL BE PLAYING IN THE SHOE BEFORE 100,000 FANS THIS FALL? GOVERNOR DEWINE: I DON'T KNOW. ON EITHER ONE. I TOLD OUR SON, BRIAN, WHO RUNS ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, I TOLD HIM A MONTH AGO, I SAID, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE PLAYING BALL IN JULY, WE'LL BE LUCKY. BUT I DON'T KNOW. I THINK BASEBALL IS GOING TO -- MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IS MAKING DECISIONS. I'VE READ IN NEWS AND OTHER PAPERS, YOUR PAPER, LAURA, YOU KNOW, ABOUT DIFFERENT PROPOSALS MAJOR LEAGUE WAS HAVING ABOUT PLAYING IN ARIZONA OR PLAYING IN FLORIDA. AND TRYING TO SEAL EVERYBODY OFF. BUT ALL I KNOW IN REGARD TO THAT I WOULD SAY THAT AS YOU LOOK AT ANY KIND OF COMING BACK, THAT LARGE GATHERINGS OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE THE LAST THING THAT YOU CHECK OFF THE BOX AND SAY, OK, THAT'S -- WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT. AND AGAIN, I THINK THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE WHAT THE STATES DO. YOU KNOW, ONLY. IS SAFE. WHAT DO RESTAURANT CUSTOMERS THINK IS SAFE? WHAT DO PEOPLE WHO GO TO BARS THINK IS SAFE? YOU GO TO A REDS GAME, YOU THINK THAT'S SAFE? STATE'S CHALLENGE IS TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN IF POSSIBLE TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL SAFE AND IT BE THAT IT BE SAFER IN REGARD TO WHATEVER ACTIVITY THEY'RE ENGAGED IN. WHETHER THAT'S A BUSINESS ACTIVITY OR WHETHER THAT IS GOING TO A SPORTING EVENT. I WISH I KNEW THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION. I DON'T. REPORTER: GOOD AFTERNOON, GOVERNOR. COLUMBUS DISPATCH. I GET TO ASK THE FINAL QUERIES. QUICK QUESTION TO DR. ACTON. DOCTOR, YOU HAVE YET TO SIGN THE ORDER REGARDING NOTIFICATION OF RESIDENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF NURSING HOME PATIENTS WHERE COVID-19 CASES OCCUR. TO REPORT THAT INFORMATION ONLINE. WHEN WILL THAT OCCUR? DR. ACTON: I THINK I HAVE NOT SIGNED THAT ORDER YET. I'M THINKING BECAUSE I'VE SIGNED SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THE FINAL WORK IS BEING DONE ON THAT. GOVERNOR DEWINE: LAWYERS HAVE TO BE INVOLVED. I'M SORRY TO SAY. DR. ACTON: YEAH. REPORTER: I DIDN'T HEAR THAT. GOVERNOR DEWINE: LAWYERS HAVE TO BE INVOLVED, UNFORTUNATELY. WE LOVE LAWYERS. I AM ONE. DR. ACTON: I FOUND MYSELF GOING BACK THROUGH THE ORDERS. I THINK YESTERDAY WAS THE ALCOHOL SALES. REPORTER: SUFFICE IT TO SAY, YOU HOPE THAT WILL BE SOON, I ASSUME? DR. ACTON: ABSOLUTELY. GOVERNOR DEWINE: WE'VE ALSO INDICATED THAT THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE DOING. WE FULLY EXPECT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT. BUT, YES, THAT WILL BE SIGNED. REPORTER: GOVERNOR, TO WHAT EXTENT YOU HAVE WORKED WITH THE GOVERNORS IN SURROUNDING STATES ON A REGIONAL REOPENING PLAN IF IT WERE? GOVERNOR DEWINE: WE DON'T HAVE ANY FORMAL PLANS. NOR DO WE HAVE A FORMAL COALITION. BUT I HAVE TALKED A LOT TO THE GOVERNORS OF INDIANA, KENTUCKY, MICHIGAN, TALKED SOME TO THE GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA, WEST VIRGINIA. SO THE STATES AROUND US, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT IN COMMON. IT JUST MAKES SENSE FOR TO US SHARE INFORMATION. IT'S INTERESTING YOU ASK THAT BECAUSE THIS MORNING THE FIRST THING I DID ON MY CONFERENCE CALL THIS MORNING WAS TELL OUR TEAM, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WE'RE REACHING OUT TO THESE DIFFERENT TEAMS THE GOVERNORS HAVE. DR. ACTON IS IN TOUCH WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS OF THOSE DIFFERENT STATES. I TOLD MY CHIEF OF STAFF, I SAID, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE YOU GUYS AT YOUR LEVEL ARE DOING IT. WE'RE DOING IT AT THE GOVERNOR'S LEVEL. WE DO IT QUITE FREQUENTLY. I WAS ON A CALL LAST NIGHT WITH REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS, ON A CALL WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT, WITH ALL GOVERNORS. LAST FRIDAY NIGHT I HAD A CALL WITH THE GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY AND INDIANA, THE THREE OF US GOT TOGETHER ON THE PHONE. WE WERE DOING THAT ONCE A WEEK. SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR GOOD IDEAS AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING HOW TO SHARE INFORMATION. DR. ACTON: I COULD ADD TO THAT THAT THE STATE HEALTH DIRECTORS, I KNOW LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR TALKS TO HIS PEERS, BUT WE'RE PART OF SOMETHING CALLED REGION FIVE, SO WE HAVE COLLEAGUES -- WE GET THE TERRITORIES, BUT WE'VE HELPED EACH OTHER THROUGHOUT THIS. REALLY LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER. BECAUSE IT'S SO UNPRECEDENTED. A LOT OF TIMES SOMEBODY FINDS SHARE IT ACROSS -- AND I THINK THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE AN INTERCONNECTED, UNITED STATES OF ARE IN AN INTERCONNECTED WORLD WHEN DEALING WITH SOMETHING LIKE A PANDEMIC. IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY WATCHING WHAT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE AROUND US, AS WELL AS IN OUR STATEMENT THANK YOU. REPORTER: THANK YOU. GOVERNOR DEWINE: AS WE CLOSE, JUST A COMMENT. LAST SUMMER I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS. JESSE OWENS STADIUM AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE ATHLETES. INSPIRING TIME THAT I HAD THERE. OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS YEAR, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WILL NOT BE A SUMMER GAMES. HOWEVER, SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF OHIO HAS LAUNCHED A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES CONTENT SUCH AS FITNESS ROUTINES, RESOURCES FOR BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, AND NUTRITION INFORMATION FOR THE ATHLETES. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND I AND DR. ACTON RECEIVED A SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM ONE OF THEIR ATHLETES. I'D LIKE TO SHARE IT WITH YOU. THIS IS FROM JESSICA. JESSICA, I'M GOING TO BUTCHER YOUR LAST NAME. BUT IT'S KOMJATI. SO, JESSICA, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO SHARE YOUR MESSAGE WITH EVERYBODY IN OHIO. >> HI. I'M JESSICA KOMJATI AND I AM AN ATHLETE WITH SPECIAL OLYMPICS OHIO. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU, GOVERNOR DEWINE, FOR WORKING SO HARD TO KEEP PEOPLE IN OHIO SAFE AND HEALTHY. I KNOW THAT THIS CAN'T BE EASY AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU AND THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ARE DOING. I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU, DR. ACTON, FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK . I KNOW THAT YOU ARE SPENDING LONG HOURS AWAY FROM YOUR LOVED ONES TO MAKE SURE THAT OHIOANS -- [INDISCERNIBLE] -- WHILE THIS ISN'T EASY FOR ANY OF US, I UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE STAY HOME, PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND DOING OF CORONAVIRUS. SO, FOR ME AND MORE THAN 20,000 ATHLETES, SPECIAL OLYMPICS OHIO THANKS YOU. GOVERNOR DEWINE: JESSICA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU COMPETE NEXT SUMMER. AND ALL THE OTHER SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES. WE'LL SEE YOU ALL AT 2:00 THANK YOU. >> AND THERE HE IS. OHIO GOVERNOR MIKE DEWINE ENDING HIS DAILY NEWS CONFERENCE ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF, SPEAKING WITH THE MEDIA THERE. ALL MEDIA MEMBERS FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE STATE OF OHIO TODAY. MIKE: JUST TO GIVE YOU NUMBERS HERE. 7,280 CONFIRMED CORONAVIRUS CASES HOUR IN IN THE STATE OF OHIO. 324 DEATHS. EVEN THOUGH ALL OF THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING HERE IN OHIO THAT THE NUMBERS ARE FLATTENING OUT AND WE MIGHT HAVE ALREADY SEEN OUR PEAK NUMBER OF CASES, WE DID SEE ABOUT 50 DEATHS IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD OF TIME. BUT DR. AMY ACTON ATTRIBUTES THAT TO THE LAG PERIOD THAT YOU SEE WITH DEATHS. USUALLY THE DEATH NUMBERS LAG ACTUAL CASE NUMBERS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS COMING IN. ABOUT 75 OR 80% OF THE NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY DEVOTED TO WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET BACK TO NORMAL? YOU COULD ALMOST HEAR THE UNCERTAINTY AND THE IMPATIENCE OF AMERICA, OHIO, INDIANA, KENTUCKY, THROUGH THE QUESTIONS OF THE REPORTERS TODAY. THEY DISCUSSED THAT AT LENGTH DR. AMY ACTON SAYS, YES, THE CURVE IS FLATTENING. AND SHE PREDICTS THAT IT WILL BE THAT WAY FOR A LONG TIME. SHE SAYS THAT WE'VE WON THE BATTLE, THE FIRST BATTLE, BUT SHE CALLED THIS A WAR. GOVERNOR DEWINE SAYING THAT THIS IS A MONSTER THAT'S GOING TO BE WORKING AROUND US UNTIL WE AND WHEN CAN HE WWE DO GET BACK TO OPENING SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES, IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT DIFFERENT. WHETHER THAT'S THREE WEEKS OR THREE MONTHS. IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT DIFFERENT WITH PEOPLE WEARING MASKS AND ALL KIND OF PRECAUTIONS IN PLACE. HE'S ENCOURAGING BUSINESS OWNERS OUT THERE TO BE THINKING AND STRATEGIZING RIGHT NOW WHEN WE GOING TO DO TO PROTECT OUR EMPLOYEES? SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SCHOOLS, WHEN WE GET BACK TO SCHOOL, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO PROTECT OUR STUDENT, OUR TEACHERS, OUR ADMINISTRATERS? GOVERNOR DEWINE SAYS IT DOESN'T MATTER WHEN THE DECISION IS MADE TO GET BACK AND OPEN UP THE ECONOMY, IF PEOPLE ARE AFRAID, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO TO BARS AND RESTAURANTS. SO HE SAYS THE DECISION TO GET THINGS BACK AND ROLLING AGAIN, MUCH MORE DIFFICULT THAN THE VERY DIFFICULT DECISION THAT IT WAS TO SHUT THINGS DOWN IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO BASICALLY WE ARE IN THIS HOLDING PATTERN RIGHT NOW AND WE'RE ALL DOING THIS TOGETHER AND GOING THROUGH IT. SO WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE FOR YOU ON WLWT NEWS 5 AT 5:00. MY CO-ANCHOR JOINS ME. OUR CHIEF METEOROLOGIST AS WELL. FOR NOW, A QUICK TIME-OUT. ON THE OTHER SIDE, TAMRON HALL . THEN AT 4:00, THE ELLEN SHOW. WE'LL SEE YOU AT 5

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