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>> GOOD AFTERNOON. GOVERNOR DEWINE AND HIS TEAM IS READY WITH THE UPDATE. GOV. DEWINE: THE TIE OF THE DAY. A LITTLE TRIVIA, BASEBALL TRIVIA, TALKED YESTERDAY ABOUT MY DAD IN THE 1939 WORLD SERIES WHERE HE SAW GAME THREE AND STOOD IN LINE FOR I GUESS ABOUT 16 HOURS. A LITTLE TRIVIA. THE RUNNING TIME, THE COMPLETE RUNNING TIME FOR THAT WORLD SERIES, ALL FOUR GAMES WITH SEVEN HOURS, FIVE MINUTES. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. THE GAME DAD SAW WAS, LOOKED IT UP AND IT WAS TWO HOURS AND ONE MINUTE. THE FIRST GAME THAT WAS IN YANKEE STADIUM WAS AN HOUR AND 33 MINUTES, BASEBALL GAME. RED ROUGHING PITCHED FOR THE YANKEES. THEY PITCHED A COMPLETE GAME. IT WAS 2-1 THE YANKEES THREE THE LITTLE TRIVIA. MOVING TO FOOTBALL. FRAN HAD THE IDEA, AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR FLYING THE FLAG. I HAVE GOT SO MANY PICTURES AND WE HAVE SEEN SO MANY THINGS ON FACEBOOK. THANK YOU, OHIO STRONG, FLY THE FLAG, IT IS GREAT. THIS PICTURE IS FROM THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME IN CANTON. I AM TOLD IT IS 500 FLAGS. YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE HALL OF FAME VIRTUALLY. I INVITE ANYONE TO DO THAT. THIS IS THE HALL’S I LOVE AMERICA PROGRAM AND THANKS TO FREEDOM FOR THE FLAGS. APPRECIATE EVERYONE PUTTING THEIR FLAGS UP. WE HAVE THE SIGNING OF A BILL. SOME OF YOU HAVE NOTHING THIS, THE SIGNING OF A BILL. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HISTORICALLY DO IS YOU WILL SEE ME WITH A NUMBER OF PATENTS. GIVE THEM TO PEOPLE WHO ARE INFLUENTIAL IN THE BILL ITSELF. IT MAY TAKE ME A MOMENT TO ACTUALLY SIGN IT. I WANT TO THANK THE SENATE PRESIDENT AND THE MINORITY LEADER, SPEAKER, ALL FOUR OF THEM. THIS BILL PASSED BIPARTISAN. I WANT TO THANK THE STATE LEGISLATURE FOR STEPPING UP. THIS BILL DOES SOME THINGS WE FELT NEEDED TO BE DONE IN THIS CRISIS, TO HELP US GET THROUGH THIS CRISIS WE ARE IN. SOME OF THE THINGS ARE TEMPORARY . WE WILL ONLY LAST DURING THE CRISIS. I THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. THEY PASSED IT IN A BIPARTISAN WAY LAST YEAR. THE BUDGET AS WELL AS THE TRANSPORTATION BILL. THIS CONTINUES A GREAT TRADITION OF EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER. I AM GRATEFUL FOR THEM FOR DOING THAT. THIS BILL DOESN’T NUMBER OF THINGS. LET ME HIGHLIGHT THOSE OF YOU THINK WILL IMPACT YOUR LIVES. IT WAIVES THE STATE TESTING REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN FOR THIS YEAR. WE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR THAT. IT EXTENDS THE PROFESSIONAL LICENSING OF NURSES AND OTHERS WHO DURING THIS CRISIS DON’T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET LICENSES ARE NEW TO. THOSE WILL BE EXTENDED -- LICENSES RENEWED. THOSE WILL BE EXTENDED. THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO ABIDE EITHER NO BIG PUBLIC GATHERINGS BUT WE WANT THEM TO ABIDE BY SUNSHINE LAWS AND SO PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT THEY ARE DOING. IT MAKES IT SPECIFIC, THEY CAN DO VIRTUAL MEETINGS. THE PRESS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT IS GOING ON. AND THE INCOME TAX DEADLINE, EXTENDED TO JULY 15. THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE IN THIS BILL. IT IS QUITE A LENGTHY BILL. AND I WILL SIGN IT. [CAMERA SHUTTERS] THAT WAS THE MIC. [LAUGHTER] THAT IS IT. SO THAT IS NOW DONE. I WANT TO THANK OUR OHIO CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD, SENATOR PORTMAN AND SENATOR BROWN. THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE THAT REPRESENT OHIO, WE HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THEM. THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT. THEY HAVE BEEN REPORTING BACK TO US AS HAVE THE TWO SENATORS. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON LEGISLATION THAT YOU HAVE BEEN READING ABOUT. CONGRESSMAN -- GIBBS, DAVIDSON, STIVERS, GONZALES, JOYCE, RYAN, JORDAN, WHEN STRUCK, I THANK YOU. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR FINE WORK. TOMORROW WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AT 2:00 WHEN WE DO THIS TO HEAR FROM SENATOR SHERROD BROWN. BUT NOW WE ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM SENATOR BROWN-FORMAN. THANK YOU -- SENATOR ROB PORTMAN. COULD YOU GIVE THE PEOPLE OF OHIO REPORT -- A REPORT ON WHAT IS GOING ON THAN ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SHARE? >> THANK YOU, MIKE. I APPRECIATE IT. I WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND STRONG LEADERSHIP DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME. LIKE MANY OTHER OHIOANS, I HAVE BEEN GLUED TO THE TV FOR THESE 2:00 PRESS CONFERENCES. IT IS GOOD TO PUT OHIO IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE. OBVIOUSLY THIS CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC IS POSING UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES AND THAT IS WHY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUST MOMENTS AGO PASSED UNANIMOUSLY UNPRECEDENTED LEGISLATION. THIS IS WHAT THE SENATE PASSED THE NIGHT BEFORE LAST. I WOULD IMAGINE THE PRESIDENT WILL SIGN IT INTO LAW. IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS THE RESCUE PACKAGE WHILE WE HAVE GOT THESE HUGE CHALLENGES ON THE HEALTH CARE FRONT, WE HAVE GOT BUSINESSES CLOSING, PEOPLE OUT OF WORK, SCHOOL CLOSED AND THE SOCIAL SAFETY NETS ARE BEING TESTED. THAT IS WHAT THIS LEGISLATION IS MEANT TO ADDRESS. I KNOW EVERYBODY ON THE CALL IS AFFECTED AND WE HAVE GOT TO PULL TOGETHER. I WANTED TO BRIEFLY OUTLINE SOME THINGS THAT ARE IN THE LEGISLATION. IT IS ALMOST $2 TRILLION AND IT IS VERY COMPLEX. I THINK THERE ARE THREE MAJOR ASPECTS TO IT WHICH WILL HELP OHIO. ONE IS AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP PEOPLE AT WORK. I HAVE A LOT OF CALLS INCLUDING CONFERENCE CALLS WITH BUSINESSES THAT ARE MOST AFFECTED, THE HOTEL PEOPLE, RESTAURANT PEOPLE, THE NONPROFITS TRYING TO HELP. THEY’D HELP RIGHT NOW TO KEEP PEOPLE AT WORK. MANY OF THEM HAVE -- THEY NEED HELP RIGHT NOW. SECOND IT HELPS THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR JOB THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN TO PROVIDE A CUSHION, SAFETY NET. WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT IS. IT HELPS A LOT OF OHIO FAMILIES WE NEED THE HELP. WE ALL KNOW SOMEBODY IN THAT SITUATION. AND THEN THIRD, AND MAYBE THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART, IT HAS GOTTEN THE LEAST AMOUNT OF ATTENTION, AND THAT IS THE HEALTH CARE SIDE OF THIS. IT DOES PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT FUNDING FOR OUR HOSPITALS, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, AND ENSURES WE ARE DEALING WITH THIS PANDEMIC IN THE APPROPRIATE WAY WHICH MEANS MORE TESTING, ANTIVIRAL MEDICATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE FUNDING, $115 BILLION FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, $100 BILLION IN GRANTS, $50 BILLION FOR INCREASES TO MEDICARE AND MEDICAID. I TALKED TO OUR HOSPITALS TODAY, MAJOR HOSPITALS IN CLEVELAND AND CINCINNATI. WE HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH OUR HEALTH CARE COMMUNITY. THIS WILL HELP. IT MAY BE ENOUGH, IT MAY NOT. MANY HOSPITALS ARE SUFFERING ECONOMICALLY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT DOING ELECTIVE SURGERIES WHICH TEND TO BE SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE REVENUE AND SOMETIMES THE ONLY PROFITABLE BUSINESS. IT IS RIGHT TO NOT DO THIS ELECTIVE SURGERY. THERE IS THE INITIAL STRESS THEY ARE FEELING WITH REGARD TO THEIR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. ALSO HAS $4.3 BILLION FOR CDC AND STATE AND LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS. DR. ACTON CAN TALK ABOUT THIS. OUR LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ARE ON THE FRONT LINES AND THEY NEED MORE HELP NOT JUST TO HELP WITH THE TESTING, ALONG WITH OUR HOSPITALS AND OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS BUT TO GET THE DATA TO TRACK THIS VIRUS. IN PHASE ONE PART OF THE BILL WE HAD SOMEONE GO DIRECTLY TO THE STATES. WE HAVE $1.1 BILLION. LOCAL COUNTIES CAN APPLY TO THE STATE FOR THESE DOLLARS. IT HELPS SPECIALTY HOSPITALS, CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS, CANCER HOSPITALS. THEY ARE SUSPENDING ELECTIVE PROCEDURES TO BE ABLE TO PRESERVE THE PPE, THE MASKS, COUNTS AND EQUIPMENT THAT IS NEEDED. -- GOWNS, AND EQUIPMENT THAT IS NEEDED. IT DOES ALL OF THIS THAT BUILDS ON AN EXISTING MEDICARE PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS FOR THESE HOSPITALS TO GET WHAT ARE EFFECTIVELY LOANS TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF FOUR MONTH GRACE PERIOD ON THOSE. WE HAVE FUNDING FOR THE STATES. I WILL LET THE GOVERNOR SPEAK ABOUT THAT. THIS GOES TO STATES TO DETERMINE HOW IT IS ALLOCATED. THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE STATE BUDGETS NOW. THE SECOND PART OF THIS I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IS PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS. THIS PROGRAM IS UNPRECEDENTED BECAUSE IT HAS A NEW UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SYSTEM THAT IS EXPANDED, $600 PER WEEK AND ALSO EXPANDING ELIGIBILITY. PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY SELF-EMPLOYED OR INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS CAN GET THAT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE. THIS IS IMPORTANT TO OHIOANS WHO CONTACTED ME WHO ARE LAID OFF NOW. THE INSURANCE BENEFITS ARE HOPEFUL TO MAKE ENDS MEET. FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER YOU ARE WORKING OR NOT, THERE IS A CHECK. THIS IS THE DIRECT PAYMENT WE HAVE BEEN HURTING -- WE HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT. REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS SUPPORTED THIS EARLY ON. IF YOU REPORTED TO THE IRS OR YOU FILED IN 2019 AND YOU HAVE LESS THAN $75,000 A YEAR REPORTED, YOU WILL RECEIVE A CHECK OF $1200 ONE-TIME DIRECT PAYMENT. YOU CAN MAKE UP TO $99,000 AND STILL GET SOME PART OF THAT. IF YOU ARE A COUPLE MAKING $150,000, YOU WILL GET A CHECK OF $2400. THAT PHASES OUT WHERE YOU WILL GET A LESSER AMOUNT OF TO $98,000 IN INCOME. ON TOP OF THAT, EVERY CHILD WOULD RECEIVE $500. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS ESSENTIAL NOW TO GIVE PEOPLE CASH QUICKLY. THIS WILL BE THE FASTEST IMPLEMENTATION. WE HOPE NEXT WEEK WE CAN SEE CHECKS START TO GO. IF YOU ARE GETTING A REFUND, THAT IS WHERE THIS CHECK WILL GO. IT IS AUTOMATICALLY SENT OUT. IF YOU FILED INCOME TAXES FOR YOUR 2018 RETURNS OR THIS YEAR, IT IS AUTOMATICALLY SENT OUT IF YOU RECEIVE SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS. YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. IF YOU DON’T RECEIVE A CHECK WHEN OTHER PEOPLE HAVE, PORTMAN. SENATE.GOV. WE WILL SEE IF THIS CAN BE TRACKED DOWN. MOST INDIVIDUALS ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE TO USE THE IRS FREE FILE PROGRAM. IF THEY GET A CHECK THEIR YOU CAN CHECK OUT IRS.GOV/FREEFILE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. THE FINAL PART I HAVE TALKED ABOUT AND THERE IS MORE TO THIS, BUT I WANT TO TOUCH ON THE HIGHLIGHTS. TO KEEP PEOPLE WORKING AND KEEP THEM AT THEIR JOB IS IMPORTANT. WE HAVE HEARD FROM A LOT OF COMPANIES, SMALL BUSINESSES IN OHIO WHO SAID I HAVE HOLDING ON BUT BARELY -- I AM HOLDING ON BUT BARELY. GIVE US A RESCUE. THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR EMPLOYEES TO BE HELD ONTO. WE WANT TO KEEP PEOPLE CONNECTED TO WORK BECAUSE IT ENABLES US TO GET THE ECONOMY MOVING MORE QUICKLY ROUND THE BEND WHEN WE BEGIN TO SEE SUCCESS AND -- WE WANT OUR ECONOMY TO COME BACK STRONG. PEOPLE AT WORK IS IMPORTANT. THERE IS ONE NEW INNOVATIVE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM UNDER THE LOANS. OVER 800 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT OFFER SBA LOANS BE ABLE TO OFFER THIS EXPANDED LOAN FOR COMPANIES. -- WILL BE ABLE TO OFFER THIS EXPANDED LOAN FOR COMPANIES. IF THEY USE IT FOR PAYROLL OR THE USER TO PAY THE RENT, THE MORTGAGE OR UTILITIES -- THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO KEEP THEIR PEOPLE AND HAVE THEIR FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, WHATEVER IT IS, REGIONAL BANK OR MAYBE A LOCAL COMMUNITY BANK OR A SAVINGS AND LOAN AND CREDIT UNION, GO TO THEM AND TALK ABOUT THIS. MAKE SURE YOU KNOW -- THEY KNOW YOU ARE INTERESTED. YOU WOULD LIKE TO USE THIS TO KEEP YOUR EMPLOYEES. THIS IS BASED ON FEBRUARY PAYROLL. UP TO $10 MILLION PER BUSINESS. THIS IS A BIG DEAL. I HAVE A CALL WITH DOZENS OF SMALL BUSINESSES ORGANIZED BY NIFB. I ALSO HAD CALLS PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK AND A LOT OF QUESTIONS. GO TALK TO YOUR FINANCIAL INSTITUTION OR YOU CAN GO TO SBA.GOV. TALKING TO THESE BUSINESSES, I ASKED THEM TO DO A SURVEY BY WE WERE ON THE CALL. 50% OF THE BUSINESSES, FROM OUR VERY SMALL, -- SOME ARE VERY SMALL, OTHER BUSINESSES UP TO 300 OR 400 PEOPLE AND THIS AFFECTS ALL BUSINESSES 500 EMPLOYEES OR LESS, 50% SAY THEY ARE GOING TO DO IT. THE OTHER 50% WILL LOOK INTO IT. THERE IS A NEW TAX CREDIT CALLED A RETENTION TAX CREDIT FOR BUSINESSES TO BE ABLE TO GET A TAX CREDIT IF THEY KEEP THEIR PAYROLL. THESE TWO CAN WORK TOGETHER IF YOU USE THE SBA LOAN FOR OTHER THINGS LIKE RENT OR MORTGAGE OR UTILITIES. THIS IS A COMBINATION I THINK THAT COULD BE VERY HELPFUL. IF YOU HAVE 500 EMPLOYEES AND FOR THAT MATTER ALL EMPLOYERS, YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR OTHER LOANS, THE MORE MARKET RATE LOANS, YOU CAN’T GET A LOAN FROM YOUR COMMERCIAL BANK, YOU CAN GET ONE FROM WHAT IS CALLED THE 13 THREE PROPOSAL, THROUGH THE FEDERAL RESERVE AND TREASURY DEPARTMENT. THAT WILL BE HELPFUL FOR SOME OF OUR BUSINESSES IN OHIO THAT ARE RIGHT NOW BLEEDING CASH, HAVING A TOUGH TIME GETTING A LOAN. THEY WILL HAVE A CHANCE HERE. THERE IS A FUND FOR NATIONAL SECURITY COMPANIES AND THE AIRLINES AND CARGO LINES. THERE WERE EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE IN THE CARGO BUSINESS WHO WILL BE MEETING THIS. ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE AN EFFORT TO TRY TO HELP PEOPLE WEATHER THE STORM. IN MY VIEW, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS THE HEALTH CARE PART. IF WE DON’T SET UP A ROBUST SYSTEM FOR TRACKING THESE NEW CASES AND BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME STANDARDS PEOPLE CAN LOOK TO, METRICS THAT THE TRUST, PEOPLE LIKE DR. ACTON AND OTHERS AT THE CDC AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS SAYING WE HAVE TURNED THE CORNER -- AND I SAW THE CHART AND YOU PROPOSED, PRESENTED YESTERDAY WHICH WAS AGGRESSIVE AS TO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IN OHIO VERSUS WHAT WE HAVE HAD IF WE HAD NOT CLOSED DUMP -- CLOSED DOWN PLACES WHERE PEOPLE GATHER. GOING FORWARD WE NEED TO GET PEOPLE SOME DATA POINTS TO UNDERSTAND WHEN IS SAFE TO SEND KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL AND GO BACK TO WORK. I HOPE THIS DECISION BECAUSE IT FUNDS IS KINDS OF EFFORTS, WILL BE HELPFUL IN PROVIDING THAT AT A NATIONAL LEVEL. PERHAPS IT CAN BE REOPENED REGIONALLY. THERE ARE WAYS TO DEAL WITH FOLKS WHO ARE VULNERABLE, FOLKS WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS SEPARATELY. MY HOPE IS THIS LEGISLATION CAN ENSURE PEOPLE INCLUDING HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES AND ALL OF THE FAMILIES IN OHIO HAVE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO WHETHER THIS ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME CRISIS. I THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE. WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS AND WE WILL TOGETHER. WE HAVE GOT A ROLE TO PLAY. YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT RECENTLY. I HEARD A STORY ABOUT A FRIEND OF MINE ORGANIZING KIDS TO MAKE MASKS USING THEIR MOM’S SEWING MACHINE. I HAD GROCERY STORE OWNERS SAYING THEY NEED MASKS. I CONNECTED THEM TO THIS VOLUNTEER AND THERE ARE PEOPLE DOING AMAZING THINGS. WE HAVE A LISTSERV WHERE PEOPLE TALK TO ONE ANOTHER AND VOLUNTEERS ARE STEPPING UP, SAYING WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE OUR SENIORS STAY HOME. WE WILL GO GROCERY SHOPPING FOR YOU. THAT IS HAPPENING IN EVERY COMMUNITY. PEOPLE ARE GIVING BLOOD. I WILL BE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER GIVING BLOOD IN DAYTON. EVERYBODY HAS GOT A ROLE TO PLAY. IF WE STICK TOGETHER, WE WILL COME TOGETHER STRONG AT THE OTHER END. I APPRECIATE THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND DR. ACTON, WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND GIVING CLEAR RULES TO FOLLOW. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME JOIN YOU TODAY. GOV. DEWINE: THANK YOU, ROB. WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING. THANK YOU FOR THAT VERY GOOD REPORT. APPRECIATE IT. EACH ONE OF US HAS LOCAL SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS THAT ARE OUR FAVORITES. WE CAN’T GO THERE -- CAN’T GO IN PERSON, AT LEAST TO SHOP OR SIT DOWN AND EAT. WE CERTAINLY CAN STILL SUPPORT THEM. THE STATE IS LAUNCHING AN EFFORT TO HELP SUPPORT THESE SMALL BUSINESSES THROUGH A CAMPAIGN THAT WOULD ENCOURAGE OHIOANS TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE MANY LOCAL RETAILERS AND RESTAURANTS BY SHOPPING ONLINE, CHOOSING LOCAL, OR DRINK CARRY OUT FROM THEIR FAVORITE RESTAURANT OR TAKING VIRTUAL TOURS OF WELL-KNOWN ATTRACTIONS AROUND THE STATE. THERE ARE MORE THAN 250 LOCAL RESTAURANTS, SHOPS BEING FEATURED ONLINE. TO FIND A LOCAL SHOP OR RESTAURANT TO SUPPORT, GO TO OHIO.ORG. OHIO.ORG/SUPPORTLOCALOHIO. THESE CERTAINLY ARE CHALLENGING TIMES FOR THE STATE BUT WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER. IF WE CAN SUPPORT OUR LOCAL SHOPS, RESTAURANTS, THAT IS GREAT. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE TRY TO DO THAT. THROUGHOUT THE PRESS CONFERENCES WE HAVE HELD SINCE THE BEGINNING PRESS CONFERENCE, WE HAVE COMMITTED TO YOU THAT WE WOULD TELL YOU WHAT WE KNOW WHEN WE KNOW IT. TODAY, WE CONTINUED THAT. THIS MORNING, I HAD A CALL WITH THE CLEVELAND CLINIC. THE FOLKS AT THE CLEVELAND CLINIC, AND THEY GAVE US THE NEW INFORMATION THEY HAVE IN REGARD TO THEIR MODELING AND PROJECTIONS. I WILL GIVE YOU THAT -- THE BASIS OF THAT MODELING OR WHAT THE RESULT WAS IN A MOMENT. THROUGHOUT THIS CRISIS, WE HAVE SAID THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT VARIABLES WE ARE TRYING TO IMPACT. ONE IS THE DISTANCING THAT WE TALK ABOUT SO MUCH. I AM SURE PEOPLE ARE SICK OF THINKING ABOUT IT, TALKING ABOUT IT AND US TALKING ABOUT IT. THAT IS SOMETHING EACH ONE OF US CAN CONTROL. WE HAVE ISSUED ORDERS, BUT ULTIMATELY EACH ONE OF US CAN CONTROL THAT. BY MORE DISTANCING, BY PEOPLE STAYING AT HOME, BY NOT BEING IN CLUSTERS, WE SLOW THE SPREAD OF THIS VIRUS. WE KNOW IT IS HERE, WE SEE THE DATA. SLOWING THAT PROCESS DOWN BY CZAR HOSPITALS -- BUYS OUR HOSPITALS MORE TIME TO GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE. TWO VARIABLES, ONE IS WHAT WE ARE DOING AND ONE IS HOW WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD UP OUR MEDICAL SYSTEM, PARTICULARLY OUR HOSPITALS, TO MAKE SURE WE ARE READY WHEN THE SURGE COMES. A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT COMES FROM THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT WE WERE TOLD THIS MORNING BY THE CLEVELAND CLINIC. FIRST OF ALL, WITHIN ABOUT TWO WEEKS, AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO SEE IT GO UP, WITHIN ABOUT TWO WEEKS IT WILL KICK IN MUCH HARDER AND WE WILL START GETTING HIT VERY HARD IN OUR HOSPITALS AND OUR HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS. THEY PROJECT WE MIGHT NOT HIT MODELING IS A SCIENCE, AND ARTS, BUT THIS IS THE BEST INFORMATION, THE NEWEST INFORMATION I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY ARE TELLING US THAT WE NEED TO LOOK TO TWO TIMES OR THREE TIMES BUILD OUT OF WHAT WE HAVE TODAY FOR OUR HOSPITAL BEDS, ICU BEDS. WE LOOK AT THE CHART UP HERE AND THIS IS THE CHART THE DOCTOR HAS BEEN SHOWING YOU. THIS IS THE PROJECTED PEAK. AT THAT PROJECTED PEAK, IF WE ARE LOOKING AT -- WE NEED TO GO UP THREE TIMES IN OUR CAPACITY, THAT MEANS OUR CAPACITY IS SOMEWHERE IN THIS AREA HERE. THEY ARE TELLING US TWO TO THREE TIMES, AND WE REALLY OUGHT TO PLAN FOR THREE TIMES. WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. THAT IS THE STARK REALITY. THE GOOD NEWS, OUR HOSPITALS HAVE ALL BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS, PLANNING FOR THIS AND ARE BEGINNING TO MOVE FORWARD. IN THAT REGARD, WE ARE NOW CLOSING UP THE PLANNING AND MOVING TO THE ACTION. SOME OF THEM ARE ALREADY TAKING A LOT OF ACTION. WE WILL HAVE TO ACCELERATE THIS VERY QUICKLY. WE HAVE BEEN ON THE PHONE TODAY WITH A NUMBER OF HOSPITALS, WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER CALL LATER, BRING THEM UP-TO-DATE IN REGARD TO THIS. I HAVE ASKED, WE HAVE DIVIDED THE STATE INTO EIGHT REGIONS AND I HAVE ASKED EACH REGION TO HAVE THEIR COLLECTIVE PLAN ON MY DESK BY TOMORROW MORNING AT 8:00, AS FAR AS A ROUGH DRAFT. A ROUGH DRAFT BY 9:00 TOMORROW MORNING. I HAVE ASKED THEM TO HAVE A FINAL DRAFT, AND I SAY FINAL, IT IS ALWAYS A WORK IN PROGRESS, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOME CHANGES, WE UNDERSTAND THAT. A COMPLETED DRAFT TO US BY 12 NOON -- BY 12:00 NOON ON MONDAY. I HAVE ASKED THE OHIO NATIONAL GUARD TO OVERSEE THIS BUILDUP. MANY OF THE HOSPITALS HAVE PLANS. IN REGARD TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE PLANS. GENERAL HARRIS IS NOT IN HIS CAPACITY AS HEAD OF THE GUARD BUT IN A NEW CAPACITY. I HAVE ASKED HIM TO APPEAR ON THE SCREEN FROM OUR EMERGENCY CENTER AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT HE IS DOING AND HOW HE SEES THIS. I WANTED TODAY TO BRING EVERYONE UP TO DATE AND TRY TO SHARE WITH YOU THE INFORMATION WE HAVE, AS WE HAVE IT. WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. I DON’T WANT ANYONE TO BE ALARMED BUT I ALSO WANT EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE FACE. AGAIN, TWO THINGS WE HAVE TO DO, WE HAVE TO DO THEM SIMULTANEOUSLY. ONE IS THE SOCIAL DISTANCING, TO SLOW THIS DOWN. THE OTHER IS TO BUILD UP AND BUILD UP VERY, VERY, VERY QUICKLY. WE DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF TIME. THE PROJECTION IS WE START GETTING SLAMMED INTO WEEKS. WE MIGHT NOT HIT THE PEAK UNTIL MID-MAY. OUR GOAL, WHAT WE WANT FOR EVERY OHIOAN IS THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO BE CARED FOR, NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE. URBAN, SUBURBAN, THAT THERE BE A PATHWAY FOR THEM IF IN FACT THEY GET SICK. MOST OF US, WE HOPE WE WILL STAY AT HOME. 20% OF US WILL NOT BE IN A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE WILL END UP IN THE ICU. HOSPITAL STAYS ARE A LOT LONGER THAN WE ARE USED TO AND THAT WILL PUT IMMENSE PRESSURE ON OUR HOSPITALS. WE WILL SHARE PLANS IN BROAD TERMS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE CERTAINLY CANNOT DO THAT TODAY. EACH REGION IS WORKING AND HAS BEEN WORKING FOR THIS MOMENT AND WE NOW MOVE INTO REALLY HIGH GEAR. WE PUT THE ACCELERATOR DOWN, WE GO AS FAST AS WE CAN. WE ARE NOW IN BUILDING BOAT, WE ARE NOW IN EXECUTION AND GETTING IT DONE. WE WILL ALSO TALK TOMORROW ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THE NEEDS ARE AND SOME OF THE OTHER EQUIPMENT. WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TOMORROW TO TALK ABOUT THAT. LET ME NOW TURN TO THE DOCTOR TO FILL YOU IN ON OTHER DETAILS AND GIVE YOU MUCH MORE SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT WE HAVE IN STORE FOR US IN OHIO. >> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. IT IS VERY GOOD TO SEE YOU TODAY. HONESTLY, I DON’T THINK I CAN DO MUCH BETTER THAN HOW THE DOCTOR JUST DESCRIBED THE SITUATION. I WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE DATA WE HAVE AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE ABOUT OUR DASHBOARD. I WILL GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT WE HAVE. ON OUR WEBSITE STARTING YESTERDAY, WE CREATED A NEW DASHBOARD PAGE THAT IS INTERACTIVE. YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT AGE RANGES, DEMOGRAPHICS, WHICH HAVE REMAINED FAIRLY STEADY. ALSO BY COUNTY, BUT WE WANT TO SAY WE HAVE CASES, AS OF TODAY, WE KNOW THIS IS A BIG UNDERESTIMATE BECAUSE OF OUR LIMITED TESTING, BUT WE HAVE 1137 CASES TODAY AND HOSPITALIZATIONS OF 276. I AM SAD TO SAY WE HAVE 19 DEATHS HERE IN OHIO TO REPORT TO YOU. THE AGE RANGE ON THE DEATH -- I ASKED FOR AN AGE RANGE AND THAT IS FROM 58 YEARS OF AGE TO 93. WE ARE VERY MUCH IN THE HEAVY PART OF THE STORM AND GOING INTO THE EYE OF THE STORM. WE ARE ON THE UP RAMP OF OUR SLOPE. I WANT YOU TO TAKE ALL OF THE PRECAUTIONS WE HAVE GIVEN YOU SERIOUSLY. CORONAVIRUS.OHIO.GOV IS A GREAT RESOURCE TO LEARN ABOUT SOCIAL DISTANCING, CLEANING AND ANY NUMBER OF CIRCUMSTANCES. WE KEEP UPDATING THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU. WE APPRECIATE WHAT SENATOR PORTMAN SHARED. AS HE SAID, HAVING THAT TRUSTED DATA AND TRUSTED LOCATION IS SO IMPORTANT AT A TIME LIKE THIS. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE. OUR AGE RANGE REMAINS FROM LESS THAN ONE YEAR TO 96, WITH A MEDIAN AGE OF 52. WE ARE WORKING TIRELESSLY TO RAMP UP TESTING AS SENATOR PORTMAN SAID. A LOT OF WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO AND NO WILL COME FROM THE AVAILABILITY OF TESTING AND WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON TO TAKE ADVANTAGE WHEN THAT IS AVAILABLE. HEALTH CARE WORKERS, VERY IMPORTANT, TRYING TO KEEP THEM HEALTHY FOR THE SURGE TO COME. 16% OF OUR CASES ARE PEOPLE ON THE FRONT LINES AND EVERYTHING WE ARE DOING IS TO PROTECT THEM. OUR PIE GRAPH IS STAYING VERY CONSTANT. THE MORE DATA WE GET EVERY DAY IS MAKING OUR ANALYSIS BETTER, WE ARE STAYING STEADY EVEN WITH THE INCREASE IN CASES. IT RANGES FROM 25% TO 28% REQUIRING HOSPITALIZATION. I DO WANT TO SAY FOR YOU AT HOME , ANYONE OF US COULD END UP NEEDING THESE SERVICES. WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT OUR HIGHEST RISK POPULATIONS, THOSE ARE FOLKS WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS. WE ARE SEEING INCREASING A LOT OF MORBIDITY. WE TALK ABOUT MORTALITY, WHICH IS DEATH. THERE IS A LOT OF MORBIDITY WITH THIS DISEASE. PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING IT, WHILE MOST OF US ARE RIDING IT OUT AT HOME, MANY OF US DON’T KNOW HOW OUR BODY WOULD REACT TO IT. THIS IS ANOTHER TAKE ON OUR CURVES AND OUR GRAFT. -- GRAPH. SOMETIMES, DEPENDING ON YOUR TV, IT MIGHT BE HARDER TO SEE. YOU CAN SEE A SHADOW. THIS IS UNMITIGATED -- IF WE HAD DONE NOTHING, IF WE HAD NOT TAKEN SUCH AGGRESSIVE, DECISIVE ACTION, BUT WE DID, WE HAVE SHIFTED OVER TO THE MODEL WE WANT TO SEE. THIS LESS STEEP CURVE. THERE IS A SHADOW HERE, IT SHOWS THAT EVERY MOVE WE HAVE TAKEN HAS MOVED THE MODEL. WE ARE TRYING TO SLOW THIS AND STEADY IT. ON THIS Y AXIS OF A CURVE, WE HAVE OUR CASES PER DAY. YESTERDAY, OUR MODELING IS SHOWING THAT AT THE PEAK OF THIS CURVE, WE ARE PROJECTING WE HAVE AS MANY AS 10,000 NEW CASES PER DAY. THAT IS THE NUMBER. AS THE GOVERNOR JUST SAID, WE HAVE BUILT UP HOSPITAL CAPACITY IN THIS COUNTRY AND I WANT TO SAY TO YOU, THERE IS NO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN THE WORLD THAT COULD TAKE ON THIS VIRUS AS IT WAS BUILT. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE CLEVELAND CLINIC OR SOME OF OUR GREAT HOSPITALS IN OHIO, THESE ARE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. THEY ARE SOME OF THE BEST HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTRY. IN TALKING TO THE CEO TODAY, WE KNOW THERE IS NO SYSTEM IN THE WORLD THAT WAS PRE-EXISTING WE BUILT TO WITHSTAND WHAT IS A ONCE IN 100 YEARS PANDEMIC. EVERYTHING WE ARE DOING IS TO BUILD UP CAPACITY NOW. IF YOU DRAW THAT HOSPITAL LINE ON HERE YOU WILL EVENTUALLY DRAW IT WHERE THE NUMBERS GET MORE STUDY. OUR HOSPITAL CAPACITY PRE-EXISTING IS ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THAT. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE THIRD OF THIS. IT IS ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THIS CURVE. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING IN OUR PLANS ALL ALONG, BUT WE ARE RAMPING UP OUR BUILD UP NOW. WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH A PLAN AND MORE OF THOSE DETAILS. I HAVE THE HONOR AS THE LEAD AGENCY OF OUR EMERGENCY OPERATING SYSTEM AND OUR CENTER TO BE THE INCIDENT COMMANDER. MY JOB IS MORE OF STRATEGY AND SERVING THE GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND HIS TEAM. I AM SO HONORED TO BE WORKING ALONGSIDE GENERAL JOHN HARRIS. HE WILL BE RUNNING THE OPERATION SIDE OF ALL OF THIS, TAKING WHAT WE NEED AND PUTTING IT INTO ACTION. YOU WILL SEE THAT HAPPENING ALL AROUND THE STATE. HE AND I HAVE WORKED TOGETHER IN THE PAST. PWE DO MEDICAL OPERATIONS TOGETHER. HIS TROOPS IN OHIO NATIONAL GUARD, ALONGSIDE MY PUBLIC HEALTH FOLKS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, WILL GIVE FREE CARE OVER A LONG WEEKEND. I HAVE HAD THE HONOR OF WORKING WITH HIM BEFORE. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HIM IN THE DAYS TO COME. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING, THE GOVERNOR SAID THERE ARE TWO SIDES TO THIS. MORE THAN EVER, THAT AND DOWN THE HATCHES, STAY AT HOME, EVERYTHING WE DO INDIVIDUALLY PUSHES THIS A LITTLE MORE AND A LITTLE FLATTER AND THAT WILL MAKE THEM MORE OF OUR HEALTH CARE FACILITIES THAT WE ARE BUILDING. IN THE PEAK OF THIS, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT 6000 TO 10,000 CASES PER DAY WHEN WE GO UP TO THE PEAK, YOU COULD FILL THE ICUS IN THREE DAYS. WHAT WE ARE BUILDING IS THAT CAPACITY. EVERYTHING YOU DO MAKES THAT NEED A LITTLE LESS SHARP AND IT HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE. WE HAVE BOUGHT TIME IN OHIO AND THAT ALLOWS THESE AMAZING HOSPITALS TO GEAR UP. WE HAVE BOUGHT THAT TIME AND WE NEED TO KEEP BUYING THAT TIME. DO NOT LIGHTEN UP. TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. WE KNOW THAT NOT EVERYONE IN OHIO IS SEEING THESE NUMBERS, WE NEED TO SPREAD THE WORD. HELP EDUCATE PEOPLE, TELL MORE PEOPLE ABOUT THIS THAT MAY BE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR US AT 2:00 P.M. EVERY DAY. I WANT TO SAY TO YOU THAT WE ARE DETERMINED, THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS ARE DETERMINED, GENERAL HARRIS IS MORE DETERMINED THAN EVER AND I NEED YOU TO BE DETERMINED. I WANT TO SHARE ONE HIGH SPOT THAT HAS TOUCHED ME LATELY. MY HUSBAND SHARED WITH ME -- THINGS ARE HAPPENING VERY FAST, I AM FOCUSED ON WORK -- HE SHARED SOMETHING WITH ME THAT WAS POSTED TO ME. IT WAS A VIDEO OF AN A CAPPELLA GROUP. THEY SANG THE SONG BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER, THE SIMON AND GARFUNKEL SONG. IT IS BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER AND WE TOGETHER OUR BUILDING THAT BRIDGE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, GOVERNOR. AND THANK YOU DR. ACTON. AS I WAS LISTENING TO THE TWO OF YOU SPEAK, WE HEAR A LOT OF NATURAL DISASTER METAPHORS. WE ARE GRATEFUL -- WE APPRECIATE THE SWIFT ACTION YOU TOOK. THE CURVE WE ARE SEEING, COULD HAVE BEEN DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT. WE ARE STILL GOING TO GO THROUGH TOUGH TIMES BUT UNDERSTAND THE DIRECTION YOU HAVE PROVIDED AND THE THINGS THAT OHIOANS ARE DOING ACROSS THE STATE, TO STAY HOME, TO PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING, PERSONAL DISTANCING AND SANITARY HABITS, ARE HELPING WITH ALL OF THIS. WE JUST HAVE TO STAY THE COURSE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS PART OF THE HEALTH CRISIS WE ARE EXPERIENCING, THERE IS NOT ONLY HEALTH ANXIETY BUT ECONOMIC ANXIETY. I KNOW WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT JUST PAST GIVES US THE RESOURCES TO WEATHER THAT STORM -- THE ECONOMIC STORM WE ARE ALL FACING. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE ANXIETY THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED OR 1099 WORKFORCE -- THE ANXIETY WHO ARE EXPERIENCING. WE HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED GUIDANCE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON HOW 1099 OR INDEPENDENTLY EMPLOYED PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO GO ABOUT APPLYING FOR THESE BENEFITS, BUT THAT HAS NOT STOPPED US. WE HAVE ALREADY ENGAGED THE PRIVATE SECTORS AND TECH COMPANIES THAT WE HAVE BUILT RELATIONSHIPS WITH, TO ENGAGE IN BUILDING, GETTING PREPARED TO BUILD THAT SYSTEM SO YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THOSE RESOURCES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. JUST LIKE WE ARE BUILDING THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM, WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD THE TECH SYSTEM. FOR THOSE OF YOU UNDER THE TRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT SYSTEM, WE KNOW BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME IT HAS NOT GONE AS FAST AS YOU HAD WISHED -- AND I HAD WISHED, FRANKLY -- I WANT YOU TO KNOW, YOU WILL NOT MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY. IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT THAT, KNOW THAT IT WILL BE BACKDATED AND IT WILL BE BACKDATED TO THE POINT YOU ARE ELIGIBLE. YOU WILL GET YOUR BENEFITS. JUST KNOW THAT SERVICE IS THEREFORE YOU AND WE WILL MAKE SURE YOU GET SERVED. A LOT OF TIMES, YOU ARE GETTING MESSAGES ABOUT HAVING TO MEET DEADLINES. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO MEET THEM TO APPLY. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED TODAY IT IS RUNNING PRETTY EFFICIENTLY, ALTHOUGH DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE AND WHAT YOUR INTERNET SERVICE QUALITY YOU HAVE AT YOUR HOME, YOU WILL GET A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE. ALSO SOME OF YOU AFTER YOU APPLY , YOU WILL GET A BANNER MESSAGE THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO APPLY FOR WORK TO MAINTAIN THESE BENEFITS. YOU DO NOT NEED TO DO THAT. THOSE WAIVERS HAVE BEEN GRANTED TO US. YOU MAY SEE A SPINNING CIRCLE THAT SHOWS IT IS PROCESSING. PLEASE RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO KEEP CLICKING TO REENTER. IN A TECH SENSE, YOU ARE SENDING YOURSELF BACK TO THE END OF THE LINE WE DO THAT. DON’T DO THAT. IT OVERLOADS THE SYSTEM AND WILL BE SLOWER FOR YOU. FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, SENATOR PORTMAN OUTLINED WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DOING. WE WILL POST THAT AS SOON AS IT IS MADE AVAILABLE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AT CORONAVIRUS.OHIO.GOV. THE FEDERAL PACKAGE, AS SOON AS THAT IS AVAILABLE, WE WILL GET IT PLACED THERE. WE ALSO KNOW THIS -- THAT FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR BUSINESSES PROBABLY WILL NOT BE ENOUGH FOR SOME OF YOU. THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF WHAT THE BUSINESS WORLD IS LIKE DURING A TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE LIKE THE ONE WE ARE EXPERIENCING THAT STILL NEED TO BE FIGURED OUT. WE KNOW THAT THROUGH THE FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCING AUTHORITY THAT WE HAVE SET UP THEIR A 60 DAY MORATORIUM ON CLOSURES. WE ALSO HAVE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE ISSUES. I WAS TALKING THIS MORNING WITH A BANK CEO. MANY OF THE BANKS IN THIS STATE HAVE TAKEN THE STEPS TO AVOID THOSE PROBLEMS. WHAT THEY HAVE DONE -- WE ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO DO THIS -- THEY HAVE EXTENDED A 90 DAY FORBEARANCE -- ACTUALLY, A DEFERRAL IS A BETTER WAY TO DESCRIBE THAT -- AND ADDED THAT ON TO THE END OF A PARTICULAR LOAN AGREEMENT. MANY BANKS IN OHIO HAVE DONE THIS, AND THAT INCLUDES PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST. THAT WILL HELP BUSINESSES MAINTAIN THEIR CASH FLOW. IF EVERYONE DOES THIS, IS BANKS AND LOAN SERVICERS PUT THAT 90 DAY DEFERRAL OUT THERE, WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THE COMMERCIAL REALTORS THEN DON’T FEEL THE PRESSURE TO HAVE TO PAY THE BANKS. THEY CAN EXTEND THAT GRACE TO THE BUSINESSES WHO ARE LEASEHOLDERS AND HAVE OBLIGATIONS TO THEM AND THAT THROUGH THE SYSTEM WILL MAINTAIN CASH FLOW FOR EVERYBODY SO THEY NOT ONLY CAN KEEP EMPLOYEES ON THE PAYROLL, BUT ALSO PAB TO COME OUT OF THIS BECAUSE THEY WILL NEED CASH TO COME OUT OF THIS AT THE END. IF EVERYONE IN THE SYSTEM DOES THAT, WE WILL COME OUT OF THIS MUCH BETTER THAN WE WOULD OTHERWISE. WE BELIEVE THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR CAN BEST HANDLE THIS. MOST OF THEM ARE DOING THAT, WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO DO THAT. IT WILL GET WORKED OUT MUCH BETTER THAN IF WE HAVE TO PASS A GOVERNMENT MANDATE, WHICH WE ARE WILLING TO CONSIDER. ALL OF US WILL BE BETTER IF WE COME OUT OF THIS COLLABORATIVELY. I WANT TO REMIND FOLKS THAT THE BILL THAT THE GOVERNOR JUST SIGNED ESTABLISHES A VOTE COUNT DAY FOR APRIL 28. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CAST AN ABSENTEE BALLOT, YOU CAN DO THAT AT OHIO.GOV. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PRINT THAT OUT OR GET AN ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATION, YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL BOARD OF ELECTIONS SO YOU ARE ABLE TO VOTE. REMEMBER, WE HAVE A CENSUS. YOU CAN FILL OUT YOUR SENSES, WE NEED EVERYONE TO DO THAT. -- YOU CAN FILL OUT YOUR CENSUS, WE NEED EVERYONE TO DO THAT. WE HAVE AT ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH MAYORS AND POLICE CHIEFS. WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING. I GOT A MESSAGE TODAY -- A COUPLE OF MESSAGES FROM THE MAYOR IN DAYTON AND THE MAYOR OF COLUMBUS, THEY ARE WORKING TO ENFORCE THE STAY-AT-HOME ORDER IN A COMMONSENSE WAY TO MAKE SURE BUSINESSES ARE DOING WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO KEEP A SANITARY WORKPLACE FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES. THEY ARE OUT THERE ENFORCING IT, THEY ARE TRYING TO USE COMMON SENSE. WE ASK YOU TO USE COMMON SENSE. THE LAST POINT I WOULD LIKE TO COVER IS THAT WHILE WE TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE JOBLESSNESS, WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES OUT THERE THAT ARE CRITICAL TO OUR SUPPLY CHAIN THAT NEED YOUR HELP. I GO THROUGH THIS -- KROGER IS HIRING 10,000 PEOPLE, WALMART, 5700. GIANT EAGLE IS DOING THE SAME. AMAZON IS TRYING TO HIRE UP TO 4600 PEOPLE. HONEYWELL, 3M AND GM ARE RAMPING UP EFFORTS TO PRODUCE HOSPITAL SUPPLIES. THEY NEED SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE FROM THEIR EMPLOYEES. HAND SANITIZER IS BEING MANUFACTURED. SO ARE MANY DISTILLERIES THAT SWITCHED OVER FROM MAKING WHISKEY OR VODKA TO MAKING HAND SANITIZER. THIS IS AN INNOVATIVE GROUP OF PEOPLE WE HAVE IN OHIO, BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMING TOGETHER TO TRY TO HELP US GET THROUGH THIS, CHANGING, IN SOME CASES, WHAT THEY DO. WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF PHARMACIES IN FOOD DELIVERY AND CALL CENTERS THAT NEED HELP. ROGUE FITNESS IS PRODUCING VENTILATORS AND PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. OHIO DENIM COMPANY IS SWITCHING OVER TO MAKING SUPPLIES FOR MEDICAL MASKS. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MATTEL, ONE OF THESE GREAT INNOVATIVE INSTITUTIONS THAT HIS MADE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR THE MILITARY FOR PROTECTING AGAINST BIOLOGICAL ATTACKS, THEY HAVE BUILT NEW DEVICES THAT WILL HELP STERILIZE MASKS AND ALLOW THOSE MASKS TO BE REUSED IN HOSPITALS AND PROTECTIVE SETTINGS. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE FDA -- WE ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP ADD MORE PPES TO THE MIX. THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE IS TRYING TO PITCH IN, RAISE THEMSELVES TO THE MOMENT. IT IS AN IMPORTANT THING TO DO. I REMEMBER DURING THE BLIZZARD OF 1978 -- I GREW UP OUTSIDE MONTPELIER, OHIO AND IT WAS TERRIBLE THERE. A LOT OF PEOPLE COULD NOT GET OUT FOR WEEKS. WE HAD SNOWMOBILES AND MY DAD WOULD DRIVE A SNOWMOBILE ALONG WITH OTHER PEOPLE WHO VOLUNTEERED TO TAKE FOOD AND MEDICINE TO PEOPLE WHO WERE IN NEED WHO COULD NOT GET IT ANYWAY ELSE. I ASK YOU, PARTICULARLY IF YOU ARE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT OR A COLLEGE STUDENT WHO HAD OTHER PLANS -- YOU HAD A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PLAN FOR THE SPRING OF 2020 AND NOW YOU MAYBE FIND YOURSELF WITH LITTLE TO DO. MAYBE GO WORK AT THE GROCERY STORE OR SOME OTHER PLACE THAT NEEDS TO, THAT REALLY NEED YOU TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION BECAUSE YOU ARE IN A LOWER RISK PORTION OF THE POPULATION IN TERMS OF HEALTH ISSUES AND YOU CAN STEP UP. WE WILL ALL LOOK BACK AT THIS PANDEMIC OF 2020 AND REMEMBER WHAT WE DID. WE WILL REMEMBER WHAT WE DID TO DO OUR PART TO GET THIS DONE. IF YOU ARE IN A POSITION TO BE PART OF THE ESSENTIAL SUPPLY CHAIN, PLEASE DO IT. WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT THINGS OHIO IS DOING TO PULL TOGETHER. >> WE CAN TAKE SOME QUESTIONS FROM THE NEWS MEDIA THAT IS STILL IN THE ATRIUM. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE IN THE DARK A LITTLE BIT. >> THIS IS LAURA FROM CLEVELAND.COM. TRUMP HAS FLOATED THE IDEA OF LOOSENING SOME RESTRICTIONS BY APRIL 12. IT LOOKS LIKE OHIO WILL STILL BE ON THE UPSWING DURING THAT TIME. ARE YOU GOING TO LISTEN TO YOUR HEALTH ADVISORS OR WILL YOU GO WITH WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAYS? I AM SURE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE LETTER. HOW WILL YOU MOVE FORWARD WHEN YOU HAVE TWO CONFLICTING SETS OF GUIDELINES? GOV. DEWINE: I AM NOT SURE OF THE DETAILS FROM THE PRESIDENT. I HAVE NOT SEEN THE DETAILS AND THE MODELING AS FAR AS OHIO IS CONCERNED. I LAID OUT TODAY WHAT WE ARE GETTING FROM THE CLEVELAND CLINIC. WE HAVE ALSO LOOKED AT MODELING FROM OHIO STATE. WE HAVE OUTLINED WHERE WE THINK WE ARE AT THIS POINT. WE HAVE TO BUILD OUT OUR HOSPITAL CAPACITY. WE ARE ETERING THAT PHASE TO DO THAT. WE ARE ASKING EVERYONE TO CONTINUE TO HELP. BY FOLLOWING PHYSICAL DISTANCING THAT WE ASK EVERYONE TO DO. THAT IS REALLY WHERE WE ARE. >> THANK YOU. >> THIS QUESTION CAN BE FOR THE GOVERNOR OR DR. ACTON. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBERS GOING UP STEEPLY IN THE COMING TWO WEEKS, MICHIGAN AND PENNSYLVANIA HAVE SEEN GREAT INCREASES IN THE NUMBER OF CASES. PENNSYLVANIA HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED WHERE WE WERE, MICHIGAN THREE TIMES GREATER THAN WHERE WE ARE. WHAT HAS BEEN THE DIFFERENCE IN OHIO? THEY HAVE DONE PRE-MUCH THE SAME ORDERS YOU HAVE DONE. WHAT HAS BEEN THE DIFFERENCE? GOV. DEWINE: I AM GOING TO REFER THAT TO THE EXPERT. WE EACH HAVE DIFFERENT SITUATIONS. WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT VARIABLES. WHAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON IS WHAT WE CAN DO IN OHIO. I WAS ON A CALL LAST NIGHT WITH REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS. WE CONTINUE TO SHARE INFORMATION. EACH ONE OF US AS GOVERNOR HAS TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED UPON THE PARTICULAR UNIQUE FACTS OF OUR STATE. OBVIOUSLY, EVERY STATE IS DIFFERENT. I DON’T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? DR. ACTON: AS THE GOVERNOR SAID, WE STAY VERY CLOSE WITH THEIR SISTER STATES. IT IS A UNITED STATES. THE WORD UNITED HAS STOOD OUT TO ME. I HAVE COLLEAGUES IN THE SAME POSITION IN ALL OF THESE STATES THAT I KNOW WELL AND LEAN ON. THERE ARE MANY VARIABLES. THERE IS THE DIFFERENT TIMING OF TESTING. MICHIGAN WAS IN THE SAME BOAT WE WERE. THEY GOT TESTING A LITTLE BIT LATER, AS WELL. I AM NOT SURE WHEN PENNSYLVANIA HAD THEIR TESTING UP AND RUNNING. SOME OF THE EARLY AND AGGRESSIVE MITIGATION STRATEGIES WE USED IN TERMS OF HOW WE HANDLED RETURNING TRAVELERS -- WE HAVE BEEN IN A CONSISTENT POLICY. THE OTHER NIGHT I WAS THINKING BACK, THE ARNOLD CLASSIC, HOW ABSOLUTELY HARD THESE DECISIONS WERE TO MAKE AT THE TIME AND NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT SAME CONVENTION CENTER BEING USED TO HOUSE HOSPITAL PATIENTS. ALL OF THIS HAS HAPPENED IN SUCH RAPIDFIRE, I FEEL WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE. WE HAVE USED THE TESTING WE HAVE VERY SURGICALLY AND THAT HAS HELPED US QUICKLY -- OUR LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS 113, IT IS NOT ME, THEY ARE OUT ON THE FRONT LINES. THEY HAVE BEEN MONITORING, QUARANTINING PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN EXPOSED. THANK YOU TO THE CITIZENS WHO LISTENED TO THAT GUIDANCE INVOLUNTARILY STATED HOME. THE STORY FOR ME GOES BACK TO NEW YEAR’S DAY, WHEN I FIRST LEARNED OF THIS VIRUS FROM GLOBAL HEALTH COLLEAGUES. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT THAT LONG. THE ACTIONS WE WERE TAKING VERY EARLY ON, I FEEL, HAVE GIVEN US THE BEST CHANCE, IT HAS BOUGHT US THE MOST TIME. WE ARE NOT IMMUNE FROM THIS. WE WILL SEE OUR NUMBERS GO UP AND I THINK ALL STATES WILL EXPERIENCE THIS. >> THANK YOU. DR. ACTON: THANK YOU. >> SPEAKING OF OTHER STATES, WHAT ABOUT TRAVEL? WE KNOW FLORIDA AND MASSACHUSETTS WHO -- ASKING PEOPLE WHO ARRIVED IN THE STATES TO SELF-QUARANTINE FOR 14 DAYS. DO YOU ANTICIPATE ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN OHIO? ARE WE ON THE MOST STRICT LOCKDOWN? DO YOU FORESEE ANY MORE STRICT ORDERS COMING? GOV. DEWINE: WE WILL DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO PROTECT OHIOANS, THAT IS NUMBER ONE. WE DON’T HAVE ANY PLANS TO DO ANYTHING IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE HAVE DONE. WE HAVE ASKED THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS -- AND I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE CHIEFS OF POLICE, AS WELL. ONE OF MY MESSAGES TO THE POLICE, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING OUT THERE THAT YOU THINK BOTHERS YOU, THAT THERE IS A HOTSPOT WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE GATHERING TOGETHER, VERY NICELY, GO OVER AND TELL THEM THEY CANNOT DO THAT. I WAS TALKING TO A LOT OF CHIEFS. I AM SURE NOBODY KNOWS THEIR COMMUNITY BETTER THAN THE CHIEF AND THE MAYOR. WE THINK THEY CAN BE VERY HELPFUL TO MAKE SURE WE DON’T HAVE PARTICULAR HOTSPOTS OUT THERE WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE GATHERING TOGETHER. AS FAR AS PEOPLE ENTERING THE STATE, WE HAVE NOT ISSUED AN ORDER. BUT SOMEONE COMING IN FROM FLORIDA, PLEASE, PLEASE, WE WOULD ASK YOU TO QUARANTINE YOURSELF FOR 14 DAYS. I KNOW PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE THIS VOLUNTARILY. I AM COMING IN FROM ANOTHER AREA, I AM GOING TO QUARANTINE. WE WOULD ASK PEOPLE TO DO THAT. WE HAVE NOT PUT THAT INTO A FORMAL ORDER. THERE IS NOBODY OUT THERE WHO IS WATCHING THIS WHO WOULD WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SOMEONE ELSE’S DEATH. THERE IS NO ONE OUT THERE WHO IS WATCHING THIS WHO WOULD WANT TO UNINTENDED LEAD DO SOME ACTION THAT WOULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT SPREAD OF THIS. IF YOU ARE COMING IN FROM OUT OF STATE, IT IS A DIFFERENT SITUATION, YOU HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE, YOU ARE OBVIOUSLY BRINGING SOMETHING IN HERE. IT MIGHT NOT BE COVID-19 BUT WE ASK PEOPLE TO QUARANTINE FOR 14 DAYS AND THAT IS SOMETHING I THINK PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY DO THAT WILL CERTAINLY HELP. >> THANKS, GOVERNOR. >> I AM FROM COLUMBUS BUSINESS FIRST. DR. ACTON, YOU HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT HOW YOU ARE HEARING DAILY FROM THE FRONT LINES. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD SHARE SOME MORE SPECIFIC ANECDOTES ABOUT WHAT HOSPITALS ARE DOING TO PREPARE. I THINK YOU JUST MENTIONED THE CONVENTION CENTER COULD BE REPURPOSED AS A HOSPITAL. I WAS TOLD TODAY THIS COLLECTIVE PROCEDURES ORDER HAS EVAPORATED 30% OF THEIR REVENUE -- A COLLECTIVE IMPACT OF $1.2 BILLION PER MONTH. BEYOND THE FEDERAL PACKAGE, CAN THE STATE HELP THESE HOSPITALS FINANCIALLY? DR. ACTON: I WILL LET MY COLLEAGUES TALK MORE ABOUT THE BUSINESS ASPECT, BY DOING THE DECREASE IN ELECTIVE SURGERIES, THEY HAVE BROUGHT OUR HOSPITAL CURRENT CAPACITY DOWN. IT WAS ABOVE 70%. THEY HAVE BROUGHT IT DOWN TO 56%. ESPECIALLY AT MORE RURAL AREAS OF THE STATE TO TALK TO HOSPITAL CEOS ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE FACING, HOW THEY REPURPOSED THEIR STAFF TO PREPARE FOR THE SURGE. THESE ARE VERY REAL, HARD REALITIES. I TALKED ABOUT THE CASCADING CONSEQUENCES AND HOW WE WILL COME UP AROUND THAT. WE HAVE NEVER DONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS BEFORE BUT THEY ALL UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A WAR AGAINST A SILENT ENEMY. THEY ARE POISED TO DO ALL THEY CAN EVEN AT A TIME IT HURTS THEIR BOTTOM LINE TO TAKE THE ACTIONS THEY ARE TAKING. THERE IS A MYRIAD OF SOLUTIONS. WE DO TABLETOPS AROUND HOSPITALS AND A PLAN FOR SOME OF THIS. THEY ARE WORKING THE FINAL ENDS OF THOSE PLANS AND WE WILL REVEAL MORE ONCE THEY HAVE FINALIZED THAT. THEY LOOK AT ALL TYPES OF OPTIONS. WE WOULD RATHER HAVE PEOPLE IN BRICKS AND MORTAR AND NOT IN TENTS, WE ARE COMING UP ON RAINY SEASON. WE ARE USING THOSE TENTS WISELY. WE ALREADY HAVE TENTS FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES. WE WOULD RATHER USE BRICKS AND MORTAR. WE HAVE EXISTING STRUCTURES, WE HAVE HOSPITALS THAT ARE NO LONGER IN BUSINESS AND THE BUILDINGS ARE BEING LOOKED AT. WE HAVE DORMS THAT ARE EMPTY BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES WE HAVE MADE. SOME OF THOSE CHANGES, HOTELS HAVE OFFERED UP THEIR SPACES, PART OF THE SOLUTION WILL BE HOSPITAL WORKERS WHO ARE FATIGUED OR TIRED BUT MIGHT NOT WANT TO GO HOME AND EXPOSE THEIR FAMILY TO WHAT THEY ARE BEING EXPOSED TO, WE MIGHT USE HOTELS FOR HOSPITAL WORKERS. IN HOSPITALS, WE ARE REPURPOSED THING EXISTING SPACES AND USING ERS AS ICUS. THERE IS A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS. THERE IS A WHOLE HOST OF CONSERVATION PRACTICES ALREADY IN PLAY. WE WILL DETAIL MORE OF THAT FOR YOU. I DO FEEL WHAT THE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION HAS DONE, THEY ARE DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB HELPING US WORK WITH ALL THE HOSPITALS AND THESE ARE VERY, VERY HARD TIMES. THESE HEALTH-CARE WORKERS IN HOSPITALS ARE ALSO GOING THROUGH WHAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH WITH OUR BUSINESSES AND LIVELIHOODS. IT IS ALL OF US GOING THROUGH THIS TOGETHER. I WOULD LIKE TO LET OTHERS COMMENT. GOV. DEWINE: I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THE HOSPITALS. THEY HAVE COOPERATIVE WITH US AND INCREASED CAPACITIES. AS WE GET READY FOR THIS SURGE TO COME IN, IT MATTERS A LOT. WE ARE STILL ANALYZING THE FEDERAL BILL. THERE IS ASSISTANCE FOR HOSPITALS IN THERE. WE WILL HAVE TO SEE WHERE THAT GOES AND I THINK IT WOULD BE -- I SHOULD NOT BE MAKING ANY COMMITMENTS ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO IN REGARD TO THE STATE. WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE HOSPITALS AND WE APPRECIATE VERY, VERY MUCH WHAT THEY ARE DOING. >> I HEARD THE GOVERNOR TALK ON A CONFERENCE CALL THIS MORNING, KEEPING UP WITH THE SURGE, PPES NEED TO COME ALONG TOO. THAT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. YOU CAN’T BUILD MORE CAPACITY IN THE HOSPITAL WITHOUT HAVING THE PROPER SAFETY EQUIPMENT WE ARE PUSHING EVERYONE OF THESE SUPPLY LINES TO GET WHAT WE NEED. WE WANT TO PROVIDE THE REASSURANCE THAT WE GET WHAT ALL OF THESE PIECES ARE THAT NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND WE ARE PUSHING EVERY RESOURCE WE CAN. >> THANK YOU. >> HELLO, GOVERNOR. JULIE FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. YOU, THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND THE SECRETARY OF STATE ADVOCATED FOR A MUCH LONGER VOTER PERIOD THAN WHAT IS CONTAINED IN THE BILL YOU SIGNED TODAY. VOTERS WILL BE CONFUSED OR DISENFRANCHISED BY THE TIMELINE THAT IS IN THE BILL? GOV. DEWINE: THE TIMELINE WAS NOT THE TIMELINE WE WANTED. WE WANTED A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. I SPOKE TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE. MY UNDERSTANDING IS HE IS GOING TO SEND A POSTCARD OUT THAT WILL NOTIFY PEOPLE THAT WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO APPLY FOR ABSENTEE BALLOT. PEOPLE HAVE ONE MONTH AND WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO AHEAD AND FILL OUT THE APPLICATION, SEND IT IN, GET THEIR BALLOT AND GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THIS IS A PERIOD OF TIME, PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT. WHEN IT SINKS IN THAT THERE WILL BE NO IN PERSON VOTING, THAT THIS WHOLE THING WILL BE BY ABSENTEE BALLOT, PEOPLE WILL FILL THEM OUT AND GET THEIR BALLOT AND VOTE. >> LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING? >> ONE OF THE THINGS THE SECRETARY IS URGING PEOPLE TO DO IS IF YOU DON’T HAVE ACCESS TO A PRINTER, YOU CAN CALL YOUR LOCAL BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND REQUEST ONE OVER THE PHONE. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING YOU WOULD TYPICALLY BE ALLOWED TO DO. BUT THIS ELECTION CYCLE, THAT WILL BE AN OPTION FOR YOU AND THAT WILL CREATE SOME EFFICIENCIES THAT WE OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE IN THE SYSTEM THAT WE HOPE WILL HELP PEOPLE. REQUEST IT AND GET IT OUT TO YOU AS SOON AS YOU CAN SEE YOU CAN CAST YOUR BALLOT. >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, RANDY WITH THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH. GOVERNOR, QUESTION FOR YOU. YESTERDAY, THE STATE PUT OUT PROJECTIONS THAT DAILY NEW CASES COULD REACH 6000 TO 8000 PER DAY WEEKS OUT. THAT NUMBER HAS BEEN BUMPED UP TO 10,000. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO OHIOANS WHO ARE INCREDULOUS ABOUT THAT NUMBER AND DO NOT BELIEVE THAT COULD HAPPEN? GOV. DEWINE: THROUGHOUT THIS, WE HAVE TRIED TO DESCRIBE WHAT THE BEST SCIENCE TELLS US. WE HAVE TRIED TO DESCRIBE WHAT THE BEST MEDICAL ADVICE IS. I CAN TELL YOU, IN THE PHONE CONVERSATION WE HAD TODAY WITH SOME OF OUR HOSPITALS, WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING AT THE MODELING, THERE WAS A SENSE OF GREAT URGENCY. THEY TRULY BELIEVE THAT THIS IS COMING. EVERYTHING WE SEE ON THE GROUND INDICATES THIS IS COMING. IT IS ALREADY HERE. EVERY PIECE OF EVIDENCE WOULD INDICATE THIS DOUBLES SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 4, 5, 6 DAYS. WHATEVER NUMBER WE SEE TODAY, IT WOULD DOUBLE IN SIX DAYS AND DOUBLE AGAIN IN ANOTHER SIX. THIS IS A TRAIN THAT IS MOVING. WHEN I WORKED LOADING FOR OUR FAMILY COMPANY, YOU WOULD SPOT A BOXCAR AND WE WOULD LOAD THE BOXCAR. IT IS KIND OF LIKE THAT. YOU START PUSHING AND PUSHING IT STARTS TO MOVE AND MOVE VERY SLOWLY AND IT KEEPS GETTING FASTER AND FASTER AND FASTER AND FASTER. SOMEBODY WRITE DOWN 100 AND AND SEE HOW FAST IF YOU DOUBLE THAT EVERY SIX DAYS, SEE WHERE YOU ARE AT AFTER A MONTH. THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING AND THAT IS THE MULTIPLIER EFFECT THAT WE KNOW IS INHERENT. I THINK ALL PEOPLE HAVE TO DO TO BE CONVINCED OF THIS IS LOOK ON THE NIGHTLY NEWS OR THE MORNING NEWS OR ANY OTHER NEWS AND LOOK AT THE NEWS COMING OUT OF NEW YORK, LOOK AT THE NEWS THAT IS STARTING TO COME OUT OF LOUISIANA, EVERY STATE IS DIFFERENT BUT THIS VIRUS DOES NOT RESPECT STATE LINES AND IT MULTIPLIES AS WELL. NO MATTER WHAT STATE IT IS IN. IT IS COMING. THERE IS SOME VARIATION IN THE MODELING. WHAT I SHARED WITH YOU ALL TODAY IS NEW MODELING, CLEVELAND CLINIC HAS TAKEN PENNSYLVANIA’S MODELING THAT THEY USED IN THE PAST. THEY CONTINUE TO TRY TO BRING IT UP-TO-DATE BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW. THEY CAME UP WITH IT COULD TAKE A THREE TIME BUILDOUT OF OUR HOSPITAL CAPACITY. IT COULD BE TWO. PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH MODELING IS WE ARE NOT TOTALLY AWARE, WE HAVE SOME IDEA, BUT WE ARE NOT TOTALLY AWARE OF ALL OF THE ACTIONS OHIO IS TAKING -- THE FULL IMPACT OF THAT DISTANCING. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF VARIABLES HERE. THE BEST EVIDENCE WE CAN GET IS EXACTLY WHAT DR. ACTON HAS SAID. WE HAVE SHARED THIS INFORMATION, WE WILL CONTINUE TO SHARE IT AND I CAN TELL YOU, IF YOU WOULD LISTEN TO OUR CALLS THIS MORNING WHEN I AM TALKING TO OUR EMERGENCY CENTER, AND IF YOU WOULD LISTEN TO MY VOICE, YOU WOULD HAVE FELT A REAL SENSE OF EMERGENCY. AND A REAL SENSE OF URGENCY. THERE IS AN URGENCY TO WHAT I AM DOING EVERY DAY AND WHAT OUR TEAM IS DOING. WHETHER IT WILL TAKE DOUBLING OUR HOSPITAL CAPACITY FOR TRIPLING OUR HOSPITAL CAPACITY, EITHER WAY, WE HAVE A LOT OF FOR TO DO AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO STAY FAR APART. DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT? DR. ACTON: I KNOW WE HAVE SAID ALL ALONG THAT THIS IS HARD FOR PEOPLE TO GET THEIR HEADS AROUND. JUST AS THE GOVERNOR SAID, WATCH WHAT IS HAPPENING IN NEW YORK CITY. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1990 DURING MY RESIDENCY DURING THE PEAK OF THE CRACK COCAINE EPIDEMIC NEVER MEMBER WHAT A BATTLEFIELD IT WAS THERE. THEY WERE RUNNING OUT OF SUPPLIES QUICKLY, THEY WERE WEARING GARBAGE BAGS AS GALLANTS. IT WAS NOT A GOOD SCENE. -- GARBAGE BAGS AS GOWNS. NO BETTER HOW DEVELOPED THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS, THIS IS A UNIQUE THREAT. BILL GATES HAS SPENT A FORTUNE BUILDING UP THE PREVENTION FOR THIS SORT OF THING. IF YOU LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAS TO SAY, THIS IS THAT WORST NIGHTMARE OF A PANDEMIC. IT IS A PERNICIOUS DISEASE. IF YOU LOOK IN LOUISIANA, NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY, AND AS IT SPREADS YOU WILL SEE VERSIONS OF THIS, A LITTLE BIT LIGHTER, A LITTLE BIT HEAVIER. IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME, THE DOUBLING TIME, SOME AS SHORT AS THREE DAYS. I AM PROUD OF OHIOANS. WE ARE FIGHTING BACK. WE ARE DETERMINED. WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER IN THE SAME WAY WE BUILD OUT OUR HOSPITAL SYSTEM. WHEN YOU TALK TO A CEO OF THE CLEVELAND CLINIC, IT IS AN INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL SYSTEM. HE HAS BEEN HEARING FROM HOSPITALS ALL OVER THE WORLD. HE IS SAYING TO US, THE WORST CASE SCENARIO -- THAT IS WHAT OUR MODELING IS DOING -- AND I AM PLANNING FOR THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO AND I HOPE I AM WRONG. I HOPE IT IS LESS THAN THAT. WE OWE IT TO OHIOANS TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN FOR THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO. WE OWE IT TO OUR HOSPITALS TO HELP THEM THROUGH THIS. >> THANK YOU. >> NBC 4. COULD I GET A CLARIFIER ON WHEN WE THINK THE PEAK WILL COME? THE GOVERNOR MENTIONED MID-MAY. I KNOW IT IS A MOVING TARGET. I WAS HOPING YOU COULD CLARIFY. DR. ACTON: MY ORIGINAL PROJECTION -- THESE MODELS ARE BEING DONE OF OHIO AND IN OHIO. THESE MODELS GET BETTER ALL THE TIME. MY EARLY PREDICTION ON THIS WAS THE END OF APRIL TO MID-MAY. I FEEL THAT HOLDS TRUE. WE HAVE TWO WEEKS TO BUILD UP, MONDAY WILL BE A WORSE SITUATION THAN TODAY. IT GOES ON AND ON. IT IS NOT LIKE WE GO ON HOLD FOR TWO WEEKS. THIS KEEPS MOVING OUT. THE CLEVELAND CLINIC THOUGHT THE WORST OF IT MIGHT BE MID-MAY. OHIO STATE MODELING THAT MY TEAM HAS BEEN DOING HAD BEEN A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN THAT. WE KNOW IT IS SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE. JUST TO GIVE PEOPLE A SENSE OF IT, IT IS NOT JULY, IT IS CLOSER AT HAND. >> FOR THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, WE ARE GETTING QUESTIONS FROM PEOPLE WHO WERE ON UNEMPLOYMENT BEFORE THIS AND ARE NOW WORRIED ABOUT THEIR BENEFITS POSSIBLY RUNNING OUT. DO YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THOSE PEOPLE? IT IS A HARD CLIMATE TO FIND A JOB IF THEY ARE OFF THOSE BENEFITS. LT. GOV. HUSTED: THEY WILL BE ABLE TO REAPPLY FOR AN EXTENSION OF THOSE BENEFITS. THEY WILL NOT LOSE THOSE BENEFITS. THEY WILL BE APPROVED ASSUMING THEY MEET ALL OF THE CRITERIA, I AM SURE MOST OF THOSE FOLKS WILL IF NOT EVERYONE OF THEM. >> THANK YOU. >>WHIO. QUESTION FOR EITHER DR. ACTON OR GOVERNOR DEWINE. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A BUILD OUT OF THE HOSPITALS AT TWO OR THREE TIMES OF WHERE THEY ARE, WHERE ARE OUR HOSPITALS WHEN IT COMES TO STAFFING? GOV. DEWINE: STAFFING IS CERTAINLY A MAJOR ISSUE. WE ARE WELL AWARE OF THAT. THE HOSPITALS ARE WELL AWARE OF THAT. THAT IS PART OF WHAT GOES INTO THE INGREDIENTS OF ALL OF THIS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DR. ACTON AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS FULL PEOPLE IN. PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN RETIRED, LET’S AY YOU HAVE A DERMATOLOGIST, MAY BE THAT PERSON CAN FILL A DIFFERENT ROLE IN THE HOSPITAL OPERATION. DR. ACTON: WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT BUILDING OUT HOSPITAL CAPACITY, YOU THINK ABOUT A COUPLE THINGS. YOU THINK ABOUT BEDS -- A PHYSICAL PLACE. ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT SURROUNDS THAT, AND IT IS THE PEOPLE, THE DOCTORS AND NURSES. IT IS ALSO MAKING SURE WE MAXIMIZE THE EQUIPMENT WE HAVE. FOR INSTANCE, VENTILATORS WILL BECOME AN INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS EQUATION. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME INNOVATIVE NEW TECHNOLOGIES, STUDIES DONE ON USING ONE VENTILATOR FOR MULTIPLE PATIENTS WITH EXTRA TUBING. THERE ARE INNOVATIONS UNDERWAY. TO SAY AN X NUMBER OF VENTILATORS, WE ARE TURNING THE NUMBER WE HAVE INTO MORE. OUR HOSPITALS HAD ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON STAFFING AND THEY ARE REDEPLOYING PEOPLE -- MY DAUGHTER WORKS AT OHIOHEALTH AT RIVERSIDE AND SHE WORKS ON ONE UNIT AND THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING TO TRAIN HER TO MOVE TO A DIFFERENT UNIT. SIMILARLY, YOU HAVE SEEN MODELS WHERE SURGEONS ARE BECOMING NURSES. WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL MED STUDENTS ABOUT EARLY GRADUATION. WE HAVE SURGEONS, MAYBE YOU WERE A PLASTIC SURGEON BUT WE NEED YOU TO DO SOMETHING IN TERMS OF INTENSIVE CARE. THERE IS A WHOLE PLAN UNDERWAY AND I WILL HAVE MORE DETAILS TO SHARE WITH YOU. WE ARE LOOKING AT WAVING SOME OF THE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS. THERE ARE MANY MOVING PIECES TO THE STAFFING ISSUE. WHEN WE SAY BUILDING OUT CAPACITY, IT IS HUMAN BEINGS AND KEEPING THOSE HUMAN BEINGS HEALTHY, WHICH IS WHAT ALL OF US TO WE ARE NOT EXPOSING THEM TO US. ALL OF THAT IS PART OF THE STAFFING EQUATION. >> THANK YOU. DR. ACTON: THANK YOU. >> THIS IS A QUESTION FOR EITHER THE GOVERNOR OR THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. WITH SO MANY BUSINESSES PUSHING EMPLOYEES TO WORK REMOTELY, IS THERE ANY CONCERN THAT WE MIGHT SEE BUSINESSES BE HIT BY AN ABNORMAL AMOUNT OF CYBERCRIME? GOV. DEWINE: IT IS ALWAYS A CONCERN ABOUT CYBERCRIME. THAT IS ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT IS A CONCERN. PEOPLE OUT THERE IN DIFFERENT PLACES AROUND THE WORLD WILL TRY TO ATTACK US. SURE, IT IS A CONCERN. >> THANK YOU. GOV. DEWINE: EVERYONE IS AWARE OF IT AND I KNOW BUSINESSES THAT ARE DOING THIS NOW ARE TAKING ACTIONS TO MAKE SURE TO DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO STOP THAT FROM HAPPENING. LT. GOV. HUSTED: THE ONLY THING I COULD ADD TO THAT -- CYBERCRIME IS ALWAYS A THREAT, WE SHOULD ALWAYS TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. SOMETIMES, PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE IN A FRAGILE STATE OF MIND OR ANXIOUS ABOUT SOMETHING MIGHT BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO CLICK ON SOMETHING OR RESPOND TO SOMETHING THAT THEY OTHERWISE MIGHT NOT. EVEN OURSELVES, WE HAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE PITCHING US -- WE HAVE PPES, SEND US THE MONEY IN ADVANCE AND WE WILL SEND YOU THE MASKS, WE KNOW IN MANY CASES THAT IS A FRAUDULENT ATTEMPT TO GET US TO SEND THE MONEY. THERE WILL BE THINGS LIKE THAT, WE HAVE SEEN THAT WITH JOB HIRINGS. YOU REALLY HAVE TO BE CAREFUL, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU HAVE A SENSE OF ANXIETY, OR YOU MIGHT URGENTLY NEED SOMETHING, TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT HOW YOU INTERACT ON THE DIGITAL PLATFORMS THAT ARE OUT THERE. >> THANK YOU. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, LAURA, DAYTON DAILY NEWS. IS A MAP OF THE EIGHT REGIONS IN WHICH THE HOSPITALS WOULD BE COOPERATING, WILL THAT BE POSTED ONLINE? WILL THE ROUGH DRAFT PLANS BE POSTED ONLINE? GOV. DEWINE: I DON’T KNOW THAT WE WILL POST THE ACTUAL PLANS. WE WILL POST THE REGIONS AND WE WILL MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE NEWS MEDIA EXACTLY THE BROAD OUTLINE OF WHAT PEOPLE IN THAT REGION CAN EXPECT TO SEE. THERE WILL BE SECURITY REASONS WE DON’T WANT TO PUT ALL OF THE DETAILS UP THERE. WE WILL LET PEOPLE KNOW IN EACH REGION EXACTLY WHAT WILL BE HAPPENING AND WE WILL DO THIS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE WILL BE VERY OPEN ABOUT IT AND MAKE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE. AS AMY SAID, WE DON’T HAVE THE PLANS YET. WE WILL NOT GET THE ROUGH DRAFT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING AND WE WILL NOT GET THE FIRST COMPLETE DRAFT UNTIL NOON ON MONDAY BUT WE WILL BE MAKING THAT AVAILABLE FOR THE PRESS. >> GOVERNOR, EITHER YOU OR DR. ACTON GIVE US AN UPDATE, I BELIEVE THERE IS A NEW METHOD FOR CLEANING. GOV. DEWINE: JON HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT. IT IS VERY EXCITING. WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE THE COMPANY IN THE STATE. THEY SHOULD BE READY TO GO. WE EXPECT FEDERAL APPROVAL ANY DAY. DO YOU WANT TO SHARE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT? LT. GOV. HUSTED: IT IS AN AMAZING TIMING FOR THAT QUESTION. DURING THE MIDDLE OF THIS PRESS CONFERENCE I STEPPED OUT AND TOOK A CALL FROM THE FDA WHO IS LOOKING AT WE ARE KEEPING OUR FINGERS CROSSED THAT WE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING ON THAT THIS EVENING AND IF THAT APPROVAL IS GRANTED THE WAY EXPLAINED TO ME THEY WOULD BE DEPLOYING MACHINES, THEY WOULD HAVE TWO IN OHIO THAT COULD STERILIZE UP TO 160,000 PPE MASKS A DAY. THAT WOULD REALLY BE SUPER VALUABLE TO KEEPING THE SUPPLY CHAIN YOU NEED. IF YOU CAN'T KEEP UP WHAT THE GOVERNOR AND DR. ACTON HAVE BEEN URGING BY SUPPLYING PPEs, WE WILL FALL BEHIND. THE TWO HAVE TO GO IN CONCERT. WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO OHIO AND THE COUNTRY, THEY WILL DEPLOY MACHINES IN OTHER PLACES, AS WELL, IF WE GET THIS DONE. WE ARE KEEPING OUR FINGERS CROSSED IT WILL GET APPROVAL HOPEFULLY TODAY. AND THIS WILL BE IMPORTANT GOING FORWARD, WE'LL NEED SUPPLIES, EVEN AS WE RESTART THE ECONOMY, SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PRACTICE SAF. >> JOHN, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, HOW MANY MACHINE DOS THEY HAVE AND WHAT KIND OF MAGIC DO THEY USE? LT. GOV. HUSTED: AS I UNDERSTAND, TWO IN OHIO, THEY WOULD DEPLOY, TWO TO NEW YORK, I BELIEVE, DEPLOY TO NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON, D.C. I DON'T, WHAT I KNOW SO FAR, NONE OF THAT CAN HAPPEN UNTIL THE F.D.A. APPRO

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