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>> IT IS TIME FOR THE OHIO DAILY CORONAVIRUS UPDATE. OHIO STARTS REOPEN THIS FRIDAY. WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON A PLAN FROM OHIO GOVERNOR MIKE DEWINE AND HIS TEAM. >> EVERYBODY HAD A GOOD WEEKEND. TODAY I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHERE WE'VE BEEN, WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND WHERE WE'RE GOING IN THE FUTURE IN REGARD TO OUR BATTLE WITH COVID-19. BEFORE I DO THAT, I LIKE TO REMIND ALL OF US, MYSELF INCLUDED OF THREE THINGS. I WOULD ASK FOR YOU TO KEEP THESE IN MIND AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS TODAY AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE FUTURE. I THINK THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT. ONE, YOU HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB. STAYING AT HOME, STAYING APART, THINGS THAT WE ASK YOU TO DO, STEPPED UP AND CANDIDLY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE TODAY, WHERE WE CAN START COMING BACK, START GETTING THE ECONOMY MOVING, START GETTING PEOPLE BACK TO WORK. WE ARE HERE BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE. YOU GOT THE JOB DONE. NUMBER TWO, SECOND FACT, THE CORONAVIRUS IS STILL HERE. IT'S JUST AS DANGEROUS AS IT'S EVER BEEN. IT IS STILL LIVING AMONGST US. THINKING ABOUT THIS WEEKEND. I THOUGHT BACK TO WHEN FRAN AND I WERE CHILDREN GROWING UP. SATURDAY MORNING, WE'D GO TO ST. DEVIL IS ROAMING THE WORLD SEARCHING FOR SOUL. I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE VIRUS IS THE DEVIL. I DESCRIBED IT AS A MONSTER. IT IS SEARCHING, IT'S SEARCHING FOR BODIES. THE WAY IT DOES IS GOING FROM ONE BODY TO THE OTHER. MANY OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DONE, YOU HAVE DRAMATICALLY SLOWED THIS PROCESS THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE TO SLOW IT DOWN IT'S STILL THE SAME. THE SPECIAL ONES, THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES ARE STILL THE SAME. DISTANCE. KEEPING THAT DISTANCE. SECOND, WASHING OUR HANDS, THIRD THE NORMAL SANITATION SURFACES AND OTHER THING THE MASK, IT'S SOMETHING TO COVER OUR FACE. THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TOP CONTINUE TO DO AS WE START MOVING FORWARD IN THE ECONOMY. I HAD A CONVERSATION, I WANT TO THANK OUR BUSINESS GROUP. WE HAD MEN AND WOMEN FROM BIGGER COMPANIES, MID-SIZE COMPANIES, SMALL COMPANIES. ASKED THEM TO COME TOGETHER AND HELP US IN COMING UP WITH THE RIGHT PROTOCOLS. FRANKLY, WE'VE LEARNED FROM THINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED WITH BUSINESSES THAT WERE ALLOWED TO STAY OPEN. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE DONE. THE PERSON THAT HEADED THAT UP WAS FRANK SULLIVAN. I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH FRANK THIS MORNING FRANK SAID TO ME, THE IDEA WE CAN'T DO TWO THINGS ONCE IN OHIO IS CRAZY. WE'RE OHIOANS. WE CAN DO TWO THINGS AT ONCE. WE CAN GET THIS ECONOMY MOVING BACK, AT THE SAME TIME, CONTINUE TO PROTECT EACH OTHER AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES. LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT. LET ME START WITH KIND OF WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED. I WANT TO TALK -- AS YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THESE THINGS I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU. THEY DIRECTLY RELATE TO GETTING US MOVING IN MAY. I'M GOING TO START WITH THE COVID-19 STATISTICS THAT WE JUST GOT FEW MINUTES AGO. I'LL START CASES. YOU CAN SEE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES. WHAT I ALWAYS LOOK AT IS OVER HERE TO THIS SIDE. 5-DAY REPORTED CASES AVERAGE. YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'VE SEEN AND WHAT'S THAT AVERAGE. LET'S START WITH CASES. FIVE-DAY REPORTED AVERAGE. GO BACK FIVE DAYS, 442 THAT WAS THE AVERAGE. LAST 24 HOURS 362. WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. DOWN. SAW A LAGGING IN DET DECATUR. IN THE LAST 24S HOURS WAS THE DEATH OF OUR CITIZENS. FIVE-DAY AVERAGE WAS 29. HOSPITALIZATIONS, SOMETHING THAT I ALWAYS WANT TO LOOK AT. THESE ARE THINGS THAT I LOOK AT EVERY MORNING. LAST REPORTED, LAST 24 HOUR REPORTED HOSPITALIZATIONS, NEW ONES, 54, FIVE DAY AVERAGE OF THE 70. AGAIN, THAT ONE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. ICU ADMISSIONS, 5-DAY AVERAGE IS 20. YOU CAN SEE WITH THESE LINES THAT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE. WE'RE NOT THERE. WE HAVEN'T HAD TWO WEEKS COMING DOWN. WE'RE MOVING. WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. IT'S BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND THAT IS JUST SO VERY IMPORTANT. LET ME SHARE WITH YOU SOMETHING ELSE. I TALKED MAY AS A CRUCIAL MONTH. WE NEEDED TO FIGHT THIS VIRUS TWO ADDITIONAL THINGS. WE NEED TWO ADDITIONAL THINGS. WE NEED TO RAMP UP TESTING DRAMATICALLY AND WE NEED IT AT THE SAME TIME TO DO THE TRACING. I WANT TO START WITH THE TESTING. REMEMBER LAST WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT EARLY IN THE WEEK, I TALKED ABOUT ASKING GOVERNOR CELESTE, FORMER GOVERNOR TAFT TO COME IN AND HELP US. THEY DID THAT. THEY PULLED TOGETHER WITH OUR TEAM. WE WERE ABLE TO GET AN AGREEMENT WITH THERMO FISHER. IN REGARD TO OTHER PROBLEM WE HAD INABILITY TO GET ENOUGH FREE AGENT. THAT WAS A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH. MANUFACTURE ALLIANCE RODE DENTAL, NOW WE HAVE COME UP WITH A METHOD TO CONSISTENTLY MAKE A LOT MORE SWABS EVERY SINGLE DAY. THOSE TWO THINGS COMING TOGETHER. THIS IS WHAT MAY LOOKS LIKE. THIS IS WHAT OUR PROJECTION IS. WE'LL START APRIL 29th, THAT'S THIS WEDNESDAY. YOU'LL SEE AT THE TOP IN WHITE, DAILY TESTING TOTALS. YOU'LL SEE EACH WEEK FROM THEN WHERE WE GO. APRIL 29th, THAT WEEK, DAILY TESTING ABOUT 7200 A DAY. THAT'S SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE WHAT WE HAD. WEEKLY TOTAL ROUGHLY 43,000. THE WEEK BEGINNING MAY 6th, WE DOUBLE IT. 14,000. AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE THE NUMBER DOUBLING DOWN BELOW. THAT'S THE WEEKLY TOTAL. WE GO TO MAY 13th, WE'RE UP TO 18. 18,000 PER DAY. THESE ARE PER DAY NOW. MAY 20th WE'RE UP TO 20,000 A DAY, MAY 27th, 22,000. THESE ARE WHAT WE THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE. WE THINK WE HAVE A REAL SHOT AT GETTING THOSE NUMBERS. BEING ABLE TO COME UP WITH THAT MUCH CAPACITY TO TEST. IN MAY LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS HAPPENING AND THINGS WE'RE WAITING FOR. LAST WEEK IT KICKED IN. LET'S GO TO TRACING. WE TALKED LAST WEEK ABOUT TRACING. TRACING AND TESTING GO TOGETHER. TRACING IS AS DOCTOR EXPLAINED, IT'S SOMETHING HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAVE DONE FOR YEARS. NOTHING NEW ABOUT TRACING. SIMPLY TRYING TO BREAK THAT, SEPARATE PEOPLE SO WHEN SOMEONE HAS IT, SOMEONE HAS BEEN EXPOSED TO IT, THEY DON'T EXPOSE SOMEONE ELSE. IT'S KIND OF BASIC THIS IS AT A SCALE WE NEVER SEEN BEFORE. IF WE MOVE THE ECONOMY FORWARD, OPEN THINGS UP, WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO DO THE TESTING. WE'VE GOT TO DO THE TRACING. YOU ALL HAVE GOT TO CONTINUE TO DO THE SEPARATION AND ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING. THIS IS A CONTACT TRACING WORKFORCE. TAKES PEOPLE. WE HAVE 685 LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE STATE OF OHIO WHO ARE TRAINED TO DO THIS. THEY ARE THERE. BUT THAT'S NOT CLEARLY NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH. WE HAVE RIGHT NOW UNDER TIER ONE, WE SEE TIER ONE, WE HAVE ABOUT 900 VOLUNTEERS. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DOING OTHER THINGS. THEY'VE SAID THEY COULD VOLUNTEER TO DO THIS. WE ARE USING SOME OF THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS USING SOME OF THE VOLUNTEERS NOW. WE KNOW THAT THIS COULD BE WITH US FOR A YEAR, 18 MONTHS AND THAT THIS TRACING IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE DONE OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. HIRING PEOPLE FOR THE LONG HAUL IS PROBABLY WHERE WE NEED TO GO. WE'RE GETTING MONEY TO GO TO EACH OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE STATE SO THEY CAN HIRE PEOPLE TO DO THIS. WE'RE GOING TO BRING IN THE TRAINING TO TRAIN THEM. AGAIN, THIS GOES BACK, PARTNERS IN HEALTH, GROUP I TOLD YOU ABOUT, THEY WILL COME IN AND HELP US TRAIN THESE WORKERS. THIS IS A POOL WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER AT THE STATE LEVEL. TIER TWO AND TIER THREE ARE OCCURRING SIMULTANEOUSLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THE MONTH. WHAT IS THAT GROUP FOR? IT'S FOR IF WE HAVE A NURSING HOME, WHERE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE VIRUS OR IF WE HAVE SOMETHING ELSE IN A COMMUNITY, A VILLAGE, SOMEWHERE ELSEWHERE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS JUST OVERRUN. WE WILL BE ABLE TO SERVE PEOPLE. OUR GOAL, ASPIRATIONAL GOAL, JUNE 1, 1750 WORKERS IN PROCESS. LOT OF THINGS WE BELIEVE WILL HAPPEN IN MAY. THE TRACING AND TESTING ENABLE US TO MOVE FORWARD TO START BACK TO OPEN UP THE ECONOMY EVEN MORE. I DON'T THINK I HAVE TO TELL ANY OHIOAN IMPORTANCE OF MOVING FORWARD. MY HEARTACHES FOR THE BUSINESSMEN AND WOMEN WHO NOT BEEN ABLE TO WORK, WHO ARE LOOKING AT SAVINGS GOING DOWN EVERYDAY. PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THOSE BUSINESSES, PEOPLE WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED, ONE CANNOT OVERSTATE THE TRAGEDY OF THIS. WE'VE GOT TO GET MOVING. WE GOT TO GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK. WE GOT TO OPEN THINGS UP. AT THE SAME TIME, WE GOT TO PROTECT OHIOANS. LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. LET ME JUST SAY, ADD ONE MORE THING AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, THE OTHER DAY DID A VERY GOOD JOB TALKING ABOUT THIS. THERE ARE MANY HEALTH RESULTS WHEN THE ECONOMY GOES DOWN. THEY'RE NOT GOOD. DEPRESSION GOES UP, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE GOES UP. I CAN GO ON AND ON. THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO PEOPLE'S WELL BEING. DIRECTLY RELATE TO THEIR HEALTH. THE ANXIETY OF NOT HAVING A PAYCHECK, ANXIETY OF NOT KNOWING HOW YOU'LL TAKE CARE OF YOUR FAMILY. THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT IMPACT PEOPLE'S LIVES. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT -- I KNOW LOT OF THE SPECULATION AND NEWS MEDIA, WHEN WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THIS UP AND OPEN THAT UP. WHAT'S IT GOING TO BE. THOSE ARE ALL LOGICAL QUESTIONS. I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION REALLY IS, HOW WE DO IT. IF WE DO IT RIGHT, WE CAN PROVIDE AS MUCH PROTECTION AS WE CAN TO OUR WORKERS, MUCH PROTECTION AS WE CAN TO EVERY ONE INVOLVED. THE HOW IS VERY IMPORTANT. LET ME START WITH OUR FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT. ON MAY 1. WE'RE GOING TO TO HAVE A HEALT OPENING. I WANT TALK ABOUT WHY WE SLOW THINGS DOWN AT HOSPITALS. ON MARCH 17th, DIRECTOR ACTON ISSUED AN ORDER IN REGARD TO NON-ESSENTIAL MEDICAL PROCEDURES. WHY WAS THAT ORDER ISSUED? IT WAS ISSUED BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT AS VIRUS CONTINUED TO SPREAD, THAT WE HAD ENOUGH HOSPITAL BEDS TO TAKE CARE OF IT, THAT WE HAD ENOUGH PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR HOSPITAL WORKERS, PEOPLE WHO IN NURSING HOMES, ETCETERA. WE ALSO WANT TO UTILIZE, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HAVING THE SOCIAL DISTANCE. YOU ALL HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. THE HOSPITALS ARE NOT FULL. WE HAVE SPACE. DONE GOOD JOB OF SOCIAL DISTANCING. ONE AREA THAT IS STILL NOT QUITE WHERE WE WANT IT IS PERSONAL PROTECTION. IT'S COMING. WE STOOD UP MORE SOURCES IN OHIO AND OTHER PLACES. WE SECURED MORE OF THIS. IT'S NOT EXACTLY WHERE WE WANT. THAT IS THE THING THAT WE REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT BUT WE HAVE A TEAMWORK THAT WORKS ON THIS ABSOLUTELY EVERY SINGLE DAY TO TRY TO SECURE MORE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. OUR ORDER THAT WE'RE ISSUING FOR MAY 1, ALL HEALTH PROCEDURES THAT CAN BE DONE THAT DO NOT REQUIRE AN OVERNIGHT STAY IN A HOSPITAL, WE WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE PROCEDURES. OPERATIONS OR PROCEDURES. I ASK YOU TO REMEMBER THAT UNDER THE OLD ORDER, WHEN SURGERIES WERE NECESSARY, EVEN IF THE PERSON STAYED OVERNIGHT, THOSE WERE STILL ALLOWED. FOR EXAMPLE, THIS IS FROM THE ORDER ISSUED BEFORE, A THREAT TO THE PATIENT'S LIFE IF SURGERY OR PROCEDURE IS DELAYED. THOSE ALWAYS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED. TWO, THREAT OF PERMANENT DYSFUNCTION EXTREMITY ORGAN SYSTEM OR POSSIBLY THE SPREAD OF CANCER. THOSE HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN ALLOWED ALL THROUGH THIS. THREE, PAIN. SOMEONE HAS SIGNIFICANT PAIN. THERE'S A PROCEDURE THAT CAN BE DONE TO ALLEVIATE THAT PAIN. THOSE ALWAYS HAVE BEEN ALLOWED. FOUR, THE PRESENCE OF SEVERE SYMPTOMS CAUSING INABILITY TO PERFORM THE NORMAL ACTIONS OF DAILY LIFE. THOSE ARE ALL BEEN THERE. WE BUILD UPON THOSE AND THAT INCLUDE ANY PROCEDURE THAT CAN BE DONE WITH A PERSON DOES NOT SPEND THE NIGHT IN THE HOSPITAL. WE ALSO, DENTIST, VETERINARIANS SHOULD BE GOING MAY 1 ABLE TO BE AT FULL STEAM AHEAD. ALL OF THIS OCCURS ON MAY 1. THE ONLY THING THAT IS LEFT IS SOME ELECTIVE SURGERIES AND AS WE SEE HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AND THE AVAILABILITY PPE, WHEN THAT TIME IS APPROPRIATE, OPEN THAT UP AS WELL. THIS IS A MAJOR CHANGE. I KNOW DR. ACTON WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAS OCCURRED NOT AS A RESULT OF OUR ORDER BUT SOMETHING THAT HAS OCCURRED BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AFRAID. AFRAID TO GO TO DOCTOR, PEOPLE AFRAID TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL. IRRESPECTIVE OF THESE ORDERS, NEVER BLOCKED THAT, WE HAVE SEEN, FOR EXAMPLE, WELL BABY VISITS GONE DOWN. MANY THINGS HAVE GONE DOWN. DR. ACTON WILL TALK ABOUT THAT IN IMPORTANCE GETTING BACK IN THE GAME IN REGARD TO MAKING SURE CHILDREN AND MAKING SURE YOURSELF HAVING YOUR APPOINTMENTS THAT YOU NEED. I WANT TO MOVE NOW TO MAY 4th. MAY 4th, MANUFACTURING, DISTRIBUTION AND CONSTRUCTION. THAT WILL BE OPENED UP. AS I SAID, WE'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM BUSINESSES THAT STAYED OPEN. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED IN THIS ORDER, WE'VE LEARNED FRANKLY FROM BUSINESS. IT GOES BACK WHAT WE'RE GOING TO REQUIRE OF THE COMPANIES THAT OPEN UP AND ANY COMPANY THAT'S ALREADY OPEN. WHEN THESE ORDERS GO IN ON MAY 4th, THAT WILL APPLY TO ANY MANUFACTURING, ANY DISTRIBUTION, ANY CONSTRUCTION WHETHER IT WAS OPEN BEFORE OR NOT. AGAIN, WHAT I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD LOOK AT IS HOW. HOW WE'RE DOING IT. WE'RE DOING IT IN A SAFE OF WAY THAT'S HUMANLY POSSIBLE BASED UPON WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED WHAT HEALTH EXPERTS HAVE ADVISED US. LET'S LOOK AT THAT CHART. BEFORE I DO THAT, LET ME CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS ONE. THIS ONE, COVID-19, RESPONSIBLE PROTOCOLS FOR GETTING OHIO BACK TO WORK. THESE WILL APPLY TO ANY COMPANY THAT WILL BE OPENED UP UNDER TODAY'S ORDERS OR FUTURE ORDERS. KIND OF DONE IT THE GOAL, THE PROTECT THE HEALTH OF EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS AND THEIR FAMILY. SUPPORT COMMUNITY EFFORT TO CONTROL THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS, LEAD AND RESPONSIBLY GETTING OHIO BACK TO WORK. PROTOCOLS FOR ALL BUSINESS. ONE, WE SUMMARIZE IT IN LOW QUOTE HERE. NO MASK, NO WORK, NO SERVICE, NO EXCEPTION. EVERY EMPLOYEE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A FACIAL COVERING. THESE WILL NOT BE FANCY. FACIAL COVERING IS VERY IMPORTANT. REQUIRE FACE COVERINGS FOR EMPLOYEES AND CLIENTS AND CUSTOMERS AT ALL TIMES. TWO, CONDUCT DAILY HEALTH ASSESSMENTS BY EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES. SELF-EVALUATION TO DETERMINE IF THATTER. IS FIT FOR DUTY. THREE, GOOD HYGIENE ALL THE TIME, HAND WASHING, SOCIAL DISTANCING. FOUR, CLEAN AND SANITIZE WORKPLACES THROUGHOUT WORK DAY AND CLOSE OF BUSINESS. OVER HERE, LIMIT CAPACITY TO MEET SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES. AT A MINIMUM, NO MORE THAN 50% OF THE FIRE CODE AND IT SAYS HERE USE APPOINTMENTS WHERE POSSIBLE TO LIMIT CONGESTION. THAT DEPENDS ON THE NATURE OBVIOUSLY OF THE BUSINESS. TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS WHEN A COVID-19 INFECTION IS IDENTIFIED, IMMEDIATELY REPORT EMPLOYER CUSTOMER TO THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT. LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT IDENTIFY POTENTIALLY EXPOSED INDIVIDUAL AND SHUT DOWN THE SHOP FLOOR IF POSSIBLE. THESE FOR PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT IT AND USE IT, PRETTY EASY TO UNDERSTAND. THESE WILL ALL BE UP ON OUR WEB PAGE BY 3:00. THEY'LL BE UP ON OUR WEB PAGE. PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT THEM. LET'S GO DIRECTLY TO THE MANUFACTURING. AGAIN, THESE ARE VERY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS ON THE MORE GENERAL -- LET ME SAY COUPLE OF THINGS. BASIC PRINCIPLES. DISTANCING. PEOPLE HAVE TO BE KEPT APART. IF THEY CAN'T PHYSICALLY BE KEPT APART, THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING THAT CAN PROTECT THEM. WE SEEN BUSINESSES, MANUFACTURING COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO EVERY SIM SI-- SINGLE ONE OF THESE REQUIREMENTS. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THESE AND UPON THE WEB PAGE, ANY MANUFACTURING COMPANY WAS LOOKING AT THAT MAY 4th DATE, DISTRIBUTION COMPANY, CONSTRUCTION COMPANY WILL HAVE ALL OF THAT AVAILABLE. LET ME SAY ON MAY 4th, GENERAL OFFICES WILL BE ABLE TO BE OPEN. THIS IS THE CHART FOR THAT OR IT WILL BE IN A MOMENT. I'LL CALL ATTENTION TO SEVERAL THINGS ON HERE. TO ME THE MOST IMPORTANT IS, COMPANIES HAVE FOUND OUT THAT MANY OF THE MEMBERS CAN WORK FROM HOME AND BE JUST AS EFFICIENT. WE ARE ASKING COMPANIES AS THEY GO BACK INTO THEIR OFFICE SPACE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT AS MUCH AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. CONTINUE TO HAVE PEOPLE WORK FROM HOME. AGAIN, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. WHAT THEY DO IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD QUICKER AS FAR AS OPENING OF OHIO. PERSONNEL WORK FROM HOME IF AT ALL HUMANLY POSSIBLE. LET ME GO TO YOU NO -- LET ME GO NOW TO MAY 12th. MAY 12th, CONSUMER, RETAIL AND SERVICES. AGAIN, THIS WILL BE UP ON THE WEB PAGE. IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE. IT'S ONE PAGE. LET ME CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO SEVERAL THINGS THAT ARE IN FACT UP THERE. ONE, ALL EMPLOYEES WILL WEAR FACIAL COVERING. THE SAME THING WILL BE TRUE IN REGARD TO CUSTOMERS. WE ENCOURAGE EVERY OHIOAN WHEN YOU'RE OUT IN PUBLIC TO WEAR A FACIAL COVERING. WE ARE NOT GOING TO MANDATE THAT. WHEN SOMEONE GOES INTO A BUSINESS, THEY WILL HAVE TO HAVE THAT FACIAL COVERING. THEY WILL BE DEALING IN A RETAIL SETTING. THEY WILL BE DEALING WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING THERE. THE THING THAT WE HAVE LEARNED, DR. ACTON HAS TALKED ABOUT, SEVERAL OF THE DOCTORS WHO WE HAD SKYPED IN HERE TALKED ABOUT, WHEN YOU PUT THAT ON, FACIAL COVERING, YOU'RE PROTECTING THE OTHER PERSON. WHEN PEOPLE DO THAT, EACH ONE IS PROTECTING THE E OTHER ONE. WE KEEP LAYERING THINGS ON. THE MORE THINGS YOU DO, THE MORE PROTECTION THAT WE PROVIDE. THIS MAYBE LITTLE DIFFERENT. WALKING IN TO A STORE BUT ALL THESE REQUIREMENTS, OF COURSE, WILL BE IN PLACE FOR COMPANIES THAT ARE ALREADY OPEN. FOR EXAMPLE THE GROCER STORES THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO BE OPEN, WHEN WE GET TO MAY 12th, EVERY RETAIL OUTLET THAT IS OPEN WOULD HAVE TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW THESE PARTICULAR PROTOCOLS. LET ME ADD COUPLE OF MORE THINGS BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. THE STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS WILL STILL BE IN PLACE. OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE MODIFIED IN THAT COMPANIES THAT ARE NOW OPEN, PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING THE COMPANIES OBVIOUSLY WILL BE ABLE TO GO THERE AND WORK. THE SAME IS TRUE WITH RETAIL. RETAIL IS OPENING UP. ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO GO TO RETAIL IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. THE GATHERINGS, TEN PEOPLE GATHERING ORDER IS GOING TO REMAIN ON. I THINK YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT WE TRYING TO DO. WE'RE TRYING TO EASE OUT. TRYING TO GET OHIO BACK WORKING. WE KNOW THERE'S MORE THINGS TO DO. WE NEED TO SEE HOW THIS WORKS. WE NEED TO MONITOR THE NUMBERS. WE NEED TO SEE HOW OUR TRACING AND OUR TESTING IS GOING. WE BELIEVE WE CAN LIVE UP TO THOSE GOALS THAT WE PUT UP THERE. LOT OF MOVING PARTS AND LOT OF THINGS GOING ON. THIS IS THE BEGINNING. BUT TO BE ABLE TO DO IT AND TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT OCCURRING SOMETHING THAT NO ONE WANTS TO SEE OCCUR. BUSINESSMEN AND WOMEN TELL ME THIS, WE DON'T WANT TO GO BACK. WE DON'T WANT TO OPEN THINGS UP AND THEN CENTER TO FALL BACK. WE DON'T WANT TO' A HUGE SPIKE IN HOSPITALIZATIONS. WE DON'T WANT TO SEE A HUGE SPIKE IN CASES. VIRUS IS STILL OUT THERE. IT'S NOT GOING TO GO AWAY. THERE ARE LOT OF THINGS WE CAN DO TO LESSEN ITS IMPACT. WE'VE BEEN DOING THOSE. WE TRYING TO GET FOLKS BACK TO WORK AND MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I WANT TO CALL SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE. DR. ACTON MAY TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. AS WE LOOK AT WHO IS THE MOST VULNERABLE. WE HAVE TO START OFF WITH IF YOU LOOK AT DEATHS, THE DEATHS HAVE NOT BEEN NEARLY AS HIGH. THEY'VE BEEN MUCH HIGHER OBVIOUSLY SOMEONE GETS AND THEY GO UP WHEN SOMEONE HAS A MEDICAL PROBLEM. ANYBODY CAN GET THIS. ANYONE CAN BE ILL. IF YOU LOOK AT NATIONAL NUMBERS YOU'LL SEE EVEN YOUNGER PEOPLE CAN DIE AS A RESULT OF IT. WE DO KNOW THAT THOSE SOUTHERN CALIFORN-- 65 ANDOLDER ARE IN MU SITUATION. WE KNOW ANYBODY WITH CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE, MODERATE TO SEVERE ASTHMA, SEVERE OBESITY, DIABETES, CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, UNDERGOING DIALYSIS, LIVER DISEASE AND ON. THOSE INDIVIDUALS AGAIN, WE WOULD MIND YOU TO BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL. YOU'RE MUCH GREATER RISK IF YOU GET IT AS FAR AS WHAT CAN HAPPEN I WANT TO THANK OHIOAN. WE'VE GOTTEN THIS FAR. WE'VE GOT A WAYS TO GO. THESE ARE FIRST STEPS. FIRST STEPS IN REGARD TO RETAIL. FIRST STEPS IN REGARD TO MOVING FORWARD WITH MANUFACTURING, WITH OFFICE, MEDICAL SIDE. THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING TO DO. BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, WE ARE NOW IN POSITION TO DO THAT. I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT ALL OF US WANT TO DO. PEOPLE WANT TO GET A HAIRCUT. PEOPLE WANT TO GO BACK TO RESTAURANTS. ALL OF THOSE THINGS WE'RE ANXIOUS TO DO AS WELL. WE'VE GOT TO SEE HOW WE'RE DOING WITH THESE NUMBERS. WE GOT TO WATCH IT FOR A FEW WEEKS. I HAD CONVERSATIONS SATURDAY MORNING WITH SOME FOLKS WHO RUN RESTAURANTS, OWN RESTAURANTS. WE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE WHO CUT HAIR AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE AND G GET THOSE ONLINE. I'M AWARE, AS A GRANDFATHER AND FATHER, THERE'S LOT OF THINGS WE ALL WANT TO DO THIS SUMMER. THERE'S SUMMER CAMP AND OTHER THINGS PEOPLE WANT TO DO. WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET. WE GOT TO SEE THIS IS GOING TO WORK. WE GOT TO SEE HOW THE NUMBERS LOOK. WE DON'T WANT TO GO BACKWARD. ONE STEP AT A TIME. I THINK WE WERE SET FOR MAY TO BE A VERY GOOD MONTH AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE TESTING THAT WE HAVE, WITH THE TRACING AND WITH ALL OF YOU DOING WHAT YOU BEEN DOING. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR? >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH GOVERNOR. I KNOW ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE ALREADY ON OUR LIST AS SOON AS WE LEAVE HERE TODAY TO KEEP THINKING ABOUT AND FIGURING OUT WHAT THE BEST WAY IS TO THINK ABOUT THEM. I KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE LOT OF QUESTION ABOUT THIS SPECIFICS AND WE'RE GOING TO ANSWER ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS. I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS AND THE THOUGHT PROCESS OF ALL THE PEOPLE WE TALKED TO. WE CERTAINLY LEARNED A LOT SINCE MARCH. WE'VE LEARNED LESSONS ON HOW WE CAN SOLVE PROBLEMS FROM CHANGING OUR HABITS TO SUPPLY CHAINS TO NEW STRATEGIES. EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO START FROM ZERO WITH A VIRUS THAT NOBODY KNEW. IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING REACTION FROM THE PUBLIC AND THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA AND THE PEOPLE OF OHIO TO COME THIS FAR IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. PLAN WE ANNOUNCED TODAY IS REALLY THE BEST ADVICE THAT WE GOT FROM A VARIETY OF VOICES. PEOPLE IN THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY, WHICH ARE CERTAINLY A LITTLE MORE CAUTIOUS BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY KNOW. PEOPLE IN THE ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY WHO ARE LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVE BECAUSE OF THE CONSEQUENCES THEY KNO EVERYBODY VOICE WAS HEARD AND THE GOVERNOR HEARD THEM. THE GOVERNOR HEARD THEM LOTS AND LOTS OF TIMES. WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE ALL OF THOSE VOICES. MANY OF THOSE VOICES RIGHTLY EXPRESSED THAT THE CONCERN ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS IS NOT GOING AWAY. IT'S GOING TO BE HERE THROUGH 2020 AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT IN OUR LIVES. IF YOU DO -- MAKE A DECISION ON THAT BASIS, YOU WOULD REOPEN NOTHING BECAUSE OF THE THREAT IS STILL OUT THERE. EVERY DECISION HAS RISKS. IT HAS HEALTH RISKS. AS SOCIETAL RISKS. IT HAS PERSONAL RISKS. IT HAS ECONOMIC RISKS. DOING NOTHING IS A RISK. IT'S THAT BALANCE, FIGURING OUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND HOW THEY FIT TOGETHER. YOU CAN'T LOOK AT IT THROUGH ONE LENS. YOU GOT TO HEAR ALL THE VOICES THAT EXIST THAT ARE IMPORTANT IN THE DECISIONS. WE TAKED TO LOTS OF PEOPLE. HE REGULARLY REMINDS ME THERE'S NOT LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE VIRUS. THERE'S NO EASY DECISION OR NO CERTAINTY WITH ANYTHING WE DO. WE ALSO HAVE LEARNED HOW TO REDUCE RISK. THAT'S WHAT THE GOVERNOR OUTLINED. THAT IS A RISK MANAGEMENT PROPOSAL THAT HELPS US REDUCE THE RISK OF CORONAVIRUS IN OUR LIVES. THE PLAN FOR OPENING YOUR BUSINESS OR REJOINING THE WORKFORCE IS ONE THAT IS GOING TO KEEP EMPLOYEES SAFE AND THEIR CUSTOMERS SAFER AS WELL. THE ONE THING THAT I LIKE ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT IN TIME IS WE'RE NOT JUST SITTING BACK. WE'RE TAKING STEPS AND WE'RE FIGHTING BACK. THE TESTING AND TRACING IS A GREAT TOOL THAT THE GOVERNOR TALKED ABOUT. WE'RE GOING TO HUNT IT DOWN. ISOLATE IT AND KILL IT. WE'RE BEGINNING TO -- WE'RE GOIN TO BE AGGRESSIVE WITH THE BEST ECONOMIC STRATEGY THAT WE CAN MUSTER. YOU COMBINE THE TESTING WITH THE DISTANCING, THE DISINFECTING AND WEARING OF THE MASKS. IT'S AN EFFECTIVE CORONAVIRUS STRATEGY. I WANT TO REFLECT ON THIS AND TAKE US BACK A LITTLE BIT A PRIMARY REASON, FOR THE AGGRESSIVE RESTRICTIONS WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T OVERWHELM OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. THANKS TO THE GOVERNOR'S EARLY D DECISIVENESS AND ACTION OF PEOPLE OF OHIO. THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. IT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN LET UP. WE CAN'T LET UP. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE SMART TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT TREND CONTINUES TO GO IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THIS CONTINUED ROLLBACK OF RESTRICTIONS IN THE FUTURE. WE NEED TO TAKE THE SAME VIGILANCE, TAKE IT ON ALL OF US TO DO WHAT WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN DOING ON SOCIAL DISTANCING, DISFIN ELECTING AND WEA WEAR -- DISINFECTING AND WEARING A MASK. I SAID THIS MANY TIMES. THE CORONAVIRUS IS WITH US. THIS IS THE NEXT PHASE IN LEARNING HOW TO LIVE WITH IT SAFELY SO WE CAN PROTECT PEOPLE'S LIVES AND LIVELIHOODS. THE STRATEGY TODAY IS THE BEST THOUGHT THAT WE CAN PUT TOGETHER. THANK YOU >> DR. ACTON? >> THANK YOU GOVERNOR. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. IT'S VERY GOOD TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN. I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF BEING ABLE TO REALLY WATCH THESE PRESS CONFERENCES MYSELF AT HOME. THERE'S SO MUCH YOU CAN'T SEE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTENSITY OF WHAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH. I TOOK SOME ADVICE FROM A MENTOR, ONE OF THE MANY MENTORS. HIS NAME IS RON HE TEACHES IN HIS CLASSES IN A CONVERSATION AND BY PROXY WITH HIM RECENTLY. YOU HAVE A HARD JOB AS A LEADER. YOU HAVE TO BE ON THE DANCE FLOOR BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU HAVE TO GET UP TO THE BALCONY AND LOOK OUT AT THE DANCE FLOOR. I HAVE TO HAVE SAY THESE COUPLE OF DAYS HELPED RECENTER ME IN THIS WORK GOING FORWARD. AS EVERYONE HAS SAID HERE, THE REAL ISSUE WE FACE, THE REAL CHALLENGE IS THIS VIRUS. GLOBAL PANDEMIC THEMSELVES CAN BE VERY CHALLENGING FOR SO MANY MORE REASONS. NOT JUST THE VIRUS ITSELF BUT DISRUPTION IT BRINGS TO OUR LIVES TO OUR SUPPLY CHAIN. IT'S ALL OF THAT THAT CAN BE EQUALLY DIFFICULT. WE KNOW WE SORT OF CLIMBED A MOUNTAIN AND WE PLATEAU AND WE'RE COMING TOWN THAT MOUNTAIN. THOSE OF US WHO HAVE CLIMBED MOUNTAINS WE KNOW SOMETIMES IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT ON THAT ROAD COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN LISTENERS AND LEARNS AND EVERY STEP OF THE WAY WE ASK HARD QUESTIONS. THAT WILL GO ON. THAT WILL NEVER STOP IN THIS PROCESS. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS WE DON'T KNOW AND ARE STILL LEARNING. THERE'S SOME THINGS WE HAVE LEARNED ON THIS JOURNEY. ONE OF THE THINGS WE KNOW IS WE HAVE TO RESPECT THE MOUNTAIN. WE HAVE TO RESPECT THIS VIRUS. IT WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO NAVIGATE. I READ SOME REMARKS BY DR. FAIRCHILD, SHE'S DEAN COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH THAT GOT ME THINKING ABOUT THIS UNCHARTERED TERRITORY. WE'RE GOING TO WISELY NAVIGATE TOGETHER. WE'RE ENTERING THE NEXT PHASE. WE'RE ENTERING IN THIS HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE WE'RE HAVING. THIS NEXT PHASE WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRESSES AND ANXIETIES AND EXCITEMENT ABOUT NEW INNOVATIONS. NEW THINGS WILL TAKE SHAPE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE WILL HAVE SUCCESSES. WE'LL HAVE OCCASIONAL SETBACKS. WE WILL LEARN FROM THOSE AND WE WILL HAVE MORE SUCCESSES. IT IS THAT JOURNEY GOING DOWN THAT MOUNTAIN AND GOING OVER THESE HILLS THAT WE KNOW ARE COMING. THAT WILL DO TOGETHER. IT REALLY HAS TO BE A COLLECTIVE EFFORT. IT REMINDED ME AGAIN OF PUBLIC HEALTH. WHEN I BECAME A PHYSICIAN, PUBLIC HEALTH TO ME WAS BEING A PEDIATRICIAN AND HELPING AN INDIVIDUAL PATIENT. THE FIELD OF PUBLIC HEALTH IS ABOUT KNOWING ALL OF US AND ALL OF US ARE THAT INDIVIDUAL PATIENT. EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US, PUBLIC HEALTH TAUGHT ME WAS ABOUT THE COLLECTIVE. HOW IT TAKES ALL SEGMENTS OF SOCIETY TO ENSURE HEALTH FROM NONPROFITS TO BUSINESSES TO GOVERNMENT TO WHAT WE DO AS INDIVIDUALS. YOU MENTIONED BEFORE THE SOCIOECOLOGICAL MODEL. IN PUBLIC HEALTHY ABOUT YOU INDIVIDUAL WELL BEING AND ALL YOUR BEHAVIORS AND YOUR VULNERABILITIES THAT SOME US HAVE. WHETHER WE HAVE PREDISPOSITIONS MORE OLDER AND MORE AT RISK. OR WE HAVE OTHER DISEASES AS WE'RE LEARNING WITH THIS VIRUS. THEN I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT YOU IN THE CONTEXT OF YOUR RELATIONSHIPS AND YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR SCHOOL AND PLACES YOU MEET UP TOGETHER. THEN I THINK OF IN TERMS OF THE NEXT LAYER CIRCLE OUT WHICH IS THE INSTITUTIONS WE ALL ARE. WHERE WE WORK, LIVE, PLAY AND MAKING SURE AS DR. WARE SHOWED YOU YOU'RE IN HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH IS PART OF HEALTH. ALL OF IS ANOTHER LAYER OUT ARE ALL THE WAYS WE BUILD THROUGH OUR INSTITUTIONS AND OUR POLICIES THAT SURROUND THAT. YOUR HEALTH AND WELL BEING IS NEVER ZERO SUNK GAME. IT'S NEVER YOUR INDIVIDUAL HEALTH PITTED AGAINST WHERE YOU WORK. IT'S NEVER YOUR HEALTH WHERE YOU DO YOUR FAITH. IT'S ALL YOU. IT'S ALL AND THE LIFE YOU LEAD. FOR ME, PUBLIC HEALTH REALLY IS ABOUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS COLLECTIVELY. TO MOVE FORWARD, WE ARE ALL GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE OUR BEST SELVES. THE WAY OHIO GOING TO BE STRONG IS ALL OF US CONTINUING TO BE OUR BEST SELVES TOGETHER. I BELIEVE WE ARE GOING TO DO JUST AS WAY WE ATTACK THIS FIRST PHASE, I BELIEVE ALL OF US IN OHIO ARE GOING TO DO THIS NEXT PHASE TOGETHER WITH ALL THAT SAME SPIRIT. IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT WE DO THIS ALL TOGETHER. WE WILL BALANCE ALL OF THIS TOGETHER. MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR COMMUNITIES WILL LEAD IN THIS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO HELP LISTEN TO YOU AND HELP YOU ALONG THIS JOURNEY. THANK YOU. >> OKAY, QUESTIONS [INDISCERNIBLE] >> NONE OF THE ABOVE. WE TALKED ABOUT RESTAURANTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. HAIR SALONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE KNOW AS A GREAT DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT. WE KNOW WE WANT TO GET PEOPLE BACK INTO RESTAURANTS. WE KNOW WE WANT TO GET TO WORKERS WHO CAN WORK AND THE FOLKS WHO OWN THEM TO GET IT GOING. DAY CARE REMAINS A BIG CHALLENGE FOR PEOPL MORE CONTROLLABLE RISK, MORE ABILITY TO CONTROL THE ENVIRONMEN >> I'M JACK WINDSOR. QUESTION FOR EITHER DR. ACTON OR GOVERNOR DEWINE. LAST WEEK DR. ACTON SAID 5% TO 15% OF US ARE INFECTED. RANDOM SAMPLING AROUND THE COUNTRY, CONFIRMS THAT INFECTION RATE. AT 5% FATALITY RATE IS .0 '01 IN LINE WITH THE FLU. AT 15% IT'S .004 ABOUT HALF THE FLU. GOVERNOR DEWINE, YOU SAID FEBRUARY 24th, THE ODDS ARE WE'LL LOSE MORE PEOPLE TO THE FLU. COMBINED YOU TWO HAD GREAT INSTINCT ABOUT THE CONTAGION AND MORTALITY. GIVEN THE CONSUMER CONFIDENCE TO ENGAGE IN COMMERCE AND CONSTITUENT CONFIDENCE TO LIVE LIFE, MY QUESTION IS, DO YOU HAVE A PLAN TO STRIKE THE PREVIOUS NARRATIVE THAT THIS IS BOTH HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS AND 20 TIMES MORE DEADLY? IS THERE A PLAN TO GET CONFIDENT THAT IT IS HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS BUT HAS A LOW MORTALITY RATE SO PEOPLE GET OUT OF FEAR. WHAT DOES THAT PLAN LOOK LIKE? >> I WILL LET DR. ACTON DEAL WITH THE MEDICAL SIDE. IT IS CONTAGIOUS. IT'S MORE PREVALENT THAN WE THOUGHT. MORE PEOPLE TEST POSITIVE THAT DON'T SHOW THE SIGNS. THAT INDICATES THAT IT'S MORE DANGEROUS BECAUSE PEOPLE, IT WOULD APPEAR, THAT PEOPLE CAN BE INFECTING OTHER PEOPLE AND THEY DON'T KNOW IT. THE PERSON WHO'S THE HOST DOES NOT KNOW THAT AT ALL. HAS NO REASON TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS OBVIOUSLY, OTHER PERSON DOES NOT KNOW THAT AT ALL. WE PUT TOGETHER IS A PLAN BASED UPON ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE ABOUT HOW DANGEROUS THIS IS WE TRY TO BALANCE THE TWO. WE CAME UP WITH A PLAN IN MAY. AS LONG AS WE'RE NOT SEEING NUMBERS THAT ARE HORRIBLY ALARMING, VERY ALARMING, WE'RE GOING TO -- WE'LL CONTINUE DOWN THAT PATHWAY. WE ARE STILL LOSING. AS YOU SAW, WE'RE LOSING LOT OF OHIOANS EVERY WEEK. THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO CONTINUE. WE DON'T WANT TO SEE MASSIVE SPIKE. DR. ACTON? >> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. I THINK ONE THING THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER IS AT EACH STEP OF THE WAY, WE'RE GOING TO LEARN MORE AND MORE ABOUT THIS VIRUS. WHAT WAS KNOWN SAY ON MARCH 10th, WHAT WE KNEW IN EACH TIME WE SAY SOMETHING OR MAKE A DECISION, ISN'T CONTEXT OF THAT DATE. LET ME TELL YOU WHAT WE KNOW NOW ABOUT MORTALITY. STILL NOT A LOT WE HAVE ESTIMATED COMING OUT OF CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES. ONE OF THE PROBLEMS YOU FACED WITH THIS VIRUS IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE WIDESPREAD TESTING. WE DON'T YET KNOW THE PREVALENCE IN OHIO OR IN MOST PLACES. WE'VE GOT SOME PRELIMINARY PREVALENCE INFORMATION OUT OF PLACES LIKE NEW YORK, THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO SOME TESTING. WE HOPE TO DO THAT HERE SOON. THE NUMERATOR AND DENOMINATOR WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE AS WE TEST MORE PEOPLE. OUR COUNTRY STILL VERY EARLY IN THIS PANDEMIC RELATIVELY TO OTHER COUNTRIES. WE LOOK TO WHAT OTHER COUNTRY SE FOR NOW WE KNOW IT'S VERY INFECTIOUS. I HAVE TO SAY SOME OF THE PERCENTAGES WERE NOT CORRECT IN THAT LAST STATEMENT. WE'LL KNOW FULLY. MORTALITY. WE'LL BE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE MORBIDITY AND THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS ON PEOPLE GETTING SICK TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T DIE LONG-TERM EFFECTS ON OUR HEALTH. ALL THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE YET TO LEARN. >> THIS IS MOLLY MARTINEZ WITH SPECTRUM NEWS. GOVERNOR YOU MENTIONED THAT DENTISTS WILL BE ON THAT MAY 1st ROLLOUT, FIRST WAVE OF PEOPLE GOING BACK TO WORK. WITHIN THE DENTAL COMMUNITY, I HEARD A LOT BACK IN MARCH WHEN WE WERE ALL HANDS ON DECK AND EVERYBODY WHO HAD PPE HAD TO DONATE IT. DENTIST WERE PART OF THAT GROUP. THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO REPLENISH THEIR PPE. THEY FEEL VULNERABLE GOING BACK TO WORK NOT HAVING PROTECTIONS AND WORKING IN A HEIGHTENED DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT WITH AERSOLS AND PEOPLE WITH OPEN MOUTH. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM? >> WE WILL CERTAINLY TRY TO HELP THEM WITH THE PPE. THE CHOICE ABOUT GOING BACK WITH ASSUMING THEY HAVE PPE, THAT CHOICE TO GO BACK IS CERTAINLY THEIRS. IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT THAT ANYBODY GO BACK. I UNDERSTAND SOMEONE WILL NOT WANT TO DO THAT. WITH THE PPE, THEY CAN MAKE THE DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD. WHAT WE'RE FACED IT, HOSPITAL AS WELL, PEOPLE DEFERRING HEALTHCARE. SOMETIMES THEY WERE DEFERRING HEALTHCARE NOT BECAUSE OF THE ORDER BUT BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID. I UNDERSTAND THE FEAR. THE HOSPITALS ARE WORKING HARD AND DOCTORS WORKING HARD TO PROTECT THAT PERSON WHEN THEY COME IN. THERE'S A PROBLEM PEOPLE DEFERRING THEIR HEALTHCARE VERY LONG. PARTICULARLY THINGS LIKE MAMMOGRAMS AND OTHER THINGS THAT SHOULD BE DONE WHENEVER THEY SUPPOSED TO BE DONE. YOU CAN DEFER THEM LITTLE BIT. YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO DEFER THEM VERY LONG. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WHEN WE LOOKED AT THIS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO IN THIS AREA, SOMETHING THAT WE FELT WE CAN OPEN BACK UP. OBVIOUSLY IT BECOMES AN INDIVIDUAL CHOIC >> GOYOU TALK ABOUT HAVING TESTI CAPACITY BY END OF MAY. 27,000 TESTS A DAY WITH A STATE POPULATION OF 11 MILLION. HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN OHIOANS THAT WILL BE ENOUGH TEST AND IS THAT ENOUGH TESTING CAPACITY OR DO YOU STILL NEED TO -- DO YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE MUCH HIGHER NUMBER THAN THAT? >> WELL, THAT'S REALLY NOT THE ENTIRE TESTING BECAUSE IT DOES NOT INCLUDE PRIVATE LABS. AS LONG AS PRIVATE LABS CAN TEST GET RESULTS BACK QUICKLY, THEY CAN ROCK AND ROLL AND DO WHATEVER -- YOU'RE ALSO SEEING PHARMACIES THAT ARE CONTRACTING WITH OTHER FOLKS TO DO TESTING. I WOULD EXPECT TESTING TO BE MORE ROBUST THAN WHAT WE SAW THERE. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH IS WHAT THE NUMBER IS THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO WITH THE EIGHT HOSPITALS AROUND THE STATE WHERE WE WERE TRYING TO DRIVE THE TWO THINGS, ONE CONTACT TESTING, AS WELL AS GOING IN AND BEING CONCERNED AND TESTING IN NURSING HOMES AND GOING IN SAMPLELY THOSE AND DOING THAT. SO WE CAN GET SOME FEEL WHAT IS GOING ON. THE NUMBERS THAT WE SEE THAT WE PUT ON THE BOARD ARE WHAT WE THINK. WE THINK THAT THAT WILL COINCIDE WITH WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO IN REGARD TO TRACING >> HOW CONFIDENT WERE YOU THIS PLAN THAT YOU OUTLINED TODAY WOULD NOT BACKFIRE? FOR DR. ACTON, DO YOU THINK STAY-AT-HOME ORDER CONFLICTS WITH YOUR OWN MEDICAL ADVICE THAT YOU GAVE EARLIER ABOUT 14 DAYS OF SEEING CASES DECREASE. THANK YOU >> AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR INDICATED. WE'RE PRETTY GOOD LISTENERS. I HAVE MY CELL PHONE AND MY E-MAIL. I HEARD FROM LOT OF THEM. I'VE ALSO HEARD FROM AVERAGE CITIZENS. WE CONSULTED LOT OF DOCTORS. WE CONSULTED LOT OF DIFFERENT EXPERTS. ALL OF THE DECISION IS MY DECISION WITH ANY DECISION THERE'S A RISK ALL THE SOCIAL INDICATORS, MEDICAL INDICATORS THAT GO THE WRONG WAY, THAT HAS TO BE FACTORED IN. WHEN YOU MAKE A DECISION LIKE THIS, THERE'S NO EASY DECISION. YOU TRY TO BALANCE ALL THE THINGS WHAT WE HAD GOING ON FORTUNELY, IS NUMBER ONE, OHIOANS DOING A MAGNIFICENT JOB. THEY GOT US HERE. NUMBER TWO, WE NOW HAVE THE TESTING. NUMBER THREE, WE NOW HAVE THE TRACING THAT SHOULD BE RAMPED UP IN MAY. IT SEEING THE TIME THAT WE CAN START DOWN THE PATHWAY. WE WILL BE CRITICIZED FOR SOME PEOPLE SAY WE SHOULDN'T OPEN UP AT ALL. OTHER PEOPLE WILL SAY, SOME SAY WE DIDN'T. WE SHOULDN'T OPEN UP AT ALL. SOME SAY WE DIDN'T OPEN UP ENOUGH. I UNDERSTAND THAT. I THINK WE FOUND THE SWEET SPOT. I THINK WE FOUND A SPOT THAT IS MOST LIKELY TO CAUSE LESS DAMAGE, MORE LIKELY TO CAUSE GOOD. IT'S A RISK AND I FULLY UNDERSTAND THE RISK. >> I WILL ADD THAT IT HAS BEEN MY ABSOLUTE HONOR TO ADVISE THE GOVERNOR ALL THROUGH THIS AS WHOLE TEAMS OF PEOPLE ARE. WHAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER HERE THAT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IS TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT THE EXACT WAY. PRIOR TO THIS, THERE WAS NO ROAD MAP. DOING THIS, WE'VE LOOKED AT EVERY PIECE OF ADVICE, SOMETHING CALCALLED ROAD MAP TO RECOVERY. A GUIDE PUT TOGETHER FOR ALL THE GOVERNORS FACING THESE INCREDIBLY HARD DECISIONS. LOOK AT ALL THE BEST DECISION FROM ALL THE BEST FOLKS IN MULTIPLE SECTORS. THERE ISN'T ONE EXACT RIGHT WAY FORWARD. I'VE ALWAYS ADVISED THE GOVERNOR TO WEIGH ALL THESE THINGS. I CAN'T TELL YOU ENOUGH WHEN YOU'RE AN ORDINARY PERSON, YOU JUST CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MUCH HAS TO GO INTO THIS. AGAIN, IT MAKES YOU HUMBLE. IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO SERVE SOMEONE WHO HAS TO MAKE THE HARD DECISIONS. THE TRUTH IS, WE NEED TO AS A GOVERNOR HAS DONE, LAYER THIS AND GO SLOWLY IN A MEASURED WAY AS HE IS TRYING PRESENT. MAKE MOVES, THAT'S MY DIMMER SWITCH AND BEING MORE SURGICAL AND THEN WE'LL LEARN FROM THAT AS WILL THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AND WORL WE'LL DO THAT LAYER BY LAYER. WE HAVE BETTER AND BETTER DATA ALL THE TIME THAT WE USE TO MEASURE IT. WE'LL WORK HARDER ON TESTING AND PPE AND WE'LL DO ALL THOSE THINGS. NOT ONE THING BUT ALL OF IT TO THE VERY BEST OF OUR ABILITY. WE'LL RELY ON YOU AT HOME. WE'VE BEEN SAYING STAY AT HOME. I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT HEALTHY AT HOME. WE STILL WANT TO LIMIT OUR MOVEMENT. WE STILL WANT TO STAY 6 FEET APART. WE STILL WANT TO SELECTIVELY GO OUT AND DO THOSE ERRANDS. ALL THOSE THINGS WILL CONTINUE TO MATTER AND ADD UP. AS WE ADD MORE AND MORE ESSENTIALNESS TO OUR LIVES, WE STILL HAVE TO KEEP DOING THAT TOGETHER. THAT'S OUR INDIVIDUAL ROLE. WE'VE BEEN GIVING ALL THE BEST ADVISE TO BUSINESSES. IT WILL TAKE ALL OF US DOING THIS AND WALKING THIS JOURNEY STEP BY STEP TOGETHER. I HOPE THAT WE REALIZE THIS IS A JOURNEY AND WE'RE ON THE NEXT STAGE OF IT. THANK YOU. >> GOVERNOR I CAN ELABORATE SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT WILL NOT REOPEN. LIKE GYM AND RESTAURANTS. EVERYTHING GOES TO PLAN, HOW QUICKLY HOW SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES START TO REOPEN? ARE WE TALKING WEEKS OR MONTH >> I DON'T THINK WE KNOW. I WISH I CAN OPEN EVERYTHING TODAY AND COME UP WITH A ROAD MAP WITH DATES ON IT. WE REALLY CAN'T DO THAT. WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS COME UP WITH THINGS WHERE WE CAN GET MORE PEOPLE BACK TO WORK AT THE SAME TIME, PROTECTING THOSE PEOPLE. IT'S A QUESTION OF PROTECTING EMPLOYEES. IT'S A QUESTION OF NOT SEEING THIS SPREAD. IT'S ALMOST LIKE CONTINUUM. WHO CAN YOU PROTECT, WHO CAN YOU GET BACK TO WORK WITH LEAST RISK. UNDERSTANDING THERE'S ALWAYS RISKS. ABOUT A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT, YOU CAN MAKE IT SAFER A COMPANY FOR EXAMPLE CAN FORCE THE SIX FEE THEY CAN KIND OF GIVE YOU A CONTINUUM. WE STARTED REALLY STARTED OVER HERE WITH THINGS THAT WE CAN CONTROL, WE'LL END UP OVER HERE. THE LAST THING THAT COMES IN IS WHEN YOU HAVE MASS GATHERINGS. UNFORTUNATELY THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE LOVE. THESE ARE CONCERTS, BALL GAMES AND THERE MAYBE, I'M NOT RULING OUT THAT YOU COULDN'T FIGURE OUT, AT SOME POINT, YOU CAN'T FIGURE OUT WAY TO DO BASEBALL GAME AND FOOTBALL GAME. YOU HAVE PEOPLE SPREAD OUT. WE'RE NOT RULING ANYTHING OUT. THAT'S SORT OF THE CONTINUUM AS WE GO FORWARD. LY LET THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR -- HE WAS WORKED ON THE TASK FORCE. JON, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? >> YOU KNOW, IT IS -- THE BEST WAY TO EXPLAIN IT IS, THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALLOWED TO BE REOPENED, THEY CAN MEET THE PROTOCOLS. WE KNOW THEY CAN DO THIS AND CREATE SAFE WORK ENVIRONMENTS. THEY'VE PROVEN IT THEY CAN DO IT OVER THE COURSE OF GLOBAL PANDEMIC. MANY OPERATED GLOBAL OPERATIONS. HAVE SAID THAT LOOK, YOU FOLLOW THESE PROTOCOLS, WE CAN DO IT. WHEN YOU START HAVING THAT CLOSE INTERACTION WITH PEOPLE. THAT'S WHEN ALL OUR HEALTH VICES ADVISORS GET NERVOUS. YOU GET A FEEL HOW SUCCESSFUL DOWNING TO THESE THINGS AND AS YOU BUILD CONFIDENCE, THEN YOU DO MORE. ALL ALONG, THE COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT THE GOVERNOR ASKING PEOPLE TO DO THAT LOWERS THOSE NUMBERS, MAKE SURE THAT THE NEXT THING COMES SOONER. WE HAVE ADDRESSED THE ISSUES. THE MORE WE DO THE THINGS THAT STOMP DOWN THE CORONAVIRUS AS I SAY, WE'RE GOING TO HUNT IT DOWN AND ISOLATE IT AND KILL IT. THE MORE WE DO THAT, THE FASTER THE NEXT PHASE COME. >> MAYBE STATE THE OBVIOUS THAT EVERY BUSINESS IS DIFFERENT. IF YOU LOOK AT RETAIL, WE CAN ENVISION, RETAIL BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE GONE INTO THAT PROBABLY DOESN'T GET A LOT OF FLOOR TRAFFIC. THERE'S SPACE AND YOU CAN SAY THAT'S LESS OF A RISK SOME OTHER RETAIL WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS, GROCER STORES HAVE REALLY DEVELOPED A WAY OF DOING THINGS. THE ONE WAY AISLE. I'M NOT SURE THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD HAVE FIGURED OUT. SOME OF THEM FIGURED IT OUT. WE LEARNED FROM THOSE THINGS. IT'S HOW YOU KEEP PEOPLE APART. EACH BUSINESS IS DIFFERENT. BY SETTING THIS DATE FOR RETAIL, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET SMALL BUSINESSES BACK IN THE GAME. WE KNOW THEY'VE BEEN OUT FOR A LONG TIME. SOME OF THEM TRAGICALLY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COME BACK AT ALL. BY SETTING THIS DATE, THEY ARE START PLANNING AND START MOVING FORWARD. >> I'M WITH THE CINCINNATI INQUIRER. MY QUESTION IS IF YOU'RE A WORKER WHO'S AT ONE THESE PLACES THAT IS REOPENING AND YOU MIGHT HAVE UNDERLYING CONDITION AND YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT KIND OF CHOOSING BETWEEN YOUR HEALTH AND YOUR LIVELIHOOD. IS THERE A RECOURSE OR OPTIONS OR PROTECTIONS OR OPTIONS FOR YOU? >> FIRST OF ALL, WE WOULD HOPE THAT THE EMPLOYER, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, WILL TRY TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR THAT VALUED EMPLOYEE WHO FOR MAYBE THE NEXT YEAR, WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG, FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, THAT WON'T LAST FOREVER, IS AT HIGHER RISK THAN OTHER EMPLOYEES. WE WOULD HOPE THIS GETS WORKED OUT. WE KNOW THINGS DON'T WALL STREET G -- ALWAYSGET WORKED OUT. THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST THING TO TAKE PLACE. I'M SURE THERE WILL BE DIFFICULT DECISIONS. >> I CAN ADD TO THAT. I KNOW THAT THE WHITE HOUSE GUIDELINES CALL FOR A PHASED IN RETURN TO WORK. THEY TALK ABOUT ACCOMMODATING OF VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS AS PART OF THE THIRD PHASE. WE'RE ENCOURAGING -- THIS IS WHAT THE BUSINESS FOLKS PART OF THIS. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE BUSINESSES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ENVIRONMENT IS COMFORTABLE FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THESE SAFETY STANDARDS. WE ALSO KNOW THAT IF YOU FURLOUGHED LOT OF PEOPLE JUST BECAUSE WE ANNOUNCED THAT YOU CAN REOPEN, IT'S NOT GOING TO JUST FLIP A LIGHT SWITCH AND EVERYBODY WILL HAVE JOB. YOU GOT TO BUILD A CUSTOMER BASE. YOU GOT TO BUILD A MARKET FOR YOUR PRODUCT. THAT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME AND PRODUCTS AND SERVICES. WE ENCOURAGE EMPLOYERS TO PHASE INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE HEALTH ISSUES OR IN VULNERABLE POPULATIONS TO PHASE THEM IN LAST AFTER WE KNOW THIS IS WORKING, WE'RE DEFEATING CORONAVIRUS AND WE CAN CREATE AN EVEN SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM. I THINK BUSINESSES -- WE JUST ASKING THEM TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS THEY'RE MAKING THESE HIRING DECISIONS. >> MY QUESTION IS FOR THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. WE'LL SEE QUITE FEW OHIOANS GO BACK TO WORK. WHICH IS GREAT NEWS. I'M STILL GETTING QUITE FEW E-MAILS AS I THINK PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND HAVE BEEN APPLYING SINCE MARCH. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO SOMEBODY WHO'S HEADED BACK TO WORK AND NEVER RECEIVED THE ASSISTANCE AND FEELS LIKE THEY ARE BEING LEFT BEHIND? >> WELL, AS WE'VE DISCUSSED ON MANY OCCASIONS, THE FOLKS AT THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION SYSTEM ARE CONTINUING TO RAMP UP. YOUR QUESTION GIVES ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE LITTLE MORE COLOR TO THIS. SO FAR, 446,000 OHIOANS HAVE BEEN SERVICED THROUGH THE UNEMPLOYMENT SYSTEM. THEY'VE PAID OUT $1.24 BILLION IN BENEFITS. FOR THE INDIVIDUAL THAT YOU DESCRIBED WHO MAYBE HEADED BACK TO WORK BEFORE THEY GET THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION, THEY ARE STILL ELIGIBLE FOR THAT COMPENSATION FROM THE DATE THAT THEY WERE FIRST DEEMED ELIGIBLE. IT WILL GET BACK DATED. IF THEY TAKE A JOB, THEY WILL BE COMPENSATED FOR THAT TIME PERIOD. WE'RE CONTINUING TO HAVE 1657 EMPLOYEES OUT AT ODJFS. I KNOW THE WAIT TIME DOWN ON TO 14 MINUTES. ANY TIME SOMEBODY IS NOT GETTING THROUGH, IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE TO US. WE CONTINUE TO URGE PATIENCE. WE KNOW THAT SYSTEM CONTINUES TO IMPROVE. IT'S NOT SERVING EVERYBODY ADEQUATELY. TO THAT PERSON THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, CONTINUE TO SEEK YOUR APPLICATION, CONTINUE THE BENEFITS IF YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR THEM, WILL BE ON THE WAY AND BACK DATED TO THE POINT THEY WERE FIRST ELIGIBLE. >> QUESTION FOR THE GOVERNOR. JIM PROVINCE WITH THE TOLEDO BLADE. DID YOU CONSIDER MORE GEOGRAPHIC APPROACH TO YOUR REOPENING ROLLOUT GIVEN THAT SOME AREAS SEEN FEWER CASES. IS IT WISE TO TREAT THE ENTIRE STATE THE SAME WAY? >> WELL, WE CERTAINLY DID CONSIDER GEOGRAPHIC ALL APPROACH. I KNOW THAT WAS SUGGESTED EARLIER IN MORNING. POSSIBLE WAY TO DEAL WITH THIS. WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. HAVING 113 HEALTH DEPARTMENTS MAKE SEPARATE INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS. I THINK WOULD HAVE BEEN A DISASTER ACROSS THE STATE OF OHIO. I THINK PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BEEN CONFUSED. YOU CAN DO THIS IN ONE HEALTH DISTRICT AND YOU GO NEXT DOOR AND YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ELSE. I'M A GREAT BELIEVER IN LOCAL CONTROL. I SUMMITED -- CONSULTED WITH OTHER LOCAL OFFICIALS. YOU TALK WITH LEGISLATORS A LOT. I UNDERSTAND LIKE I SAID, I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN LOCAL CONTROL. THOUGHT OF HAVING 113 DECISIONS MADE AS WE GO ACROSS THE STATE OF OHIO, JUST DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSATION. -- SENSE. IF YOU WERE DOING ONE THING IN ONE DISTRICT AND SOMEBODY LIVES TWO MILES OVER IN ANOTHER ONE, THEM GOING AND DOING THAT IN ONE AREA, IT WILL BE TOTAL CONFUSION. IT WOULD CAUSE, LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE MOVING AROUND. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD WORK >> WE'VE HEARD THOSE VOICES. JIM, YOU KNOW I GREW UP IN NORTHWEST OHIO. IF YOU YOU HAVE ONE STANDARD IN ONE OF THE SURROUNDING COUNTIES AND DIFFERENT ONE IN LUCAS COUNTY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE FROM ONE COUNTY GOING TO THE NEXT COUNTY. I WILL LET DR. ACTON ADDRESS THIS. THAT'S OPPOSITE WHAT WE WANT TO SEE HAPPEN. THEN YOU'RE STARTING TO MIX POPULATIONS AND YOU CAN'T ISOLATE THE CORONAVIRUS WHICH IS THE WHOLE CONCEPT BEHIND TESTING. >> THIS HAS BEEN A VERY GOOD QUESTION THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED AMONGST MY PEERS. YOU'LL SEE THIS DISCUSSION RISING. I THINK IT'S A MATTER OF TIMING. I THINK WE CAN SEE NOW THAT WE'RE SO INTERRELATED AND OUTBREAK ANYWHERE AFFECTS SOMEWHERE ELSE. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS GLOBALLY. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT TRAVEL AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THAT WILL BE AN ISSUE. WE CAN'T AVOID THAT. WE NEED CERTAIN THINGS TO BE NATIONAL THEN WE'RE GOING TO TO HAVE TO LOOK AT STATES. WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. REGION NOW WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY CASES WE HAVE OR WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. WE'LL TRY HARD TO STUDY IT. I THINK THERE'S A TIME IN THE FUTURE WHERE THERE WILL BE MORE REGIONAL APPROACHES. WE'RE JUST NOT THERE YET. I WANT TO SAY TOO THAT, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE REMEMBER, I WANT IT TO BE CLEAR THAT HEALTH ISN'T NERVOUS. WE ARE MORE DETERMINED THAN EVER. I SAY THIS MEANING THAT T EVERY ADVICE WE GIVE IS GOING TO BE BASED ON THE BEST AND AVAILABLE SCIENCE AT THE TIME THAT WE HAVE. LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ARE DOUBLING DOWN THE. GOVERNOR WAS ON THE CALL WITH THEM TODAY. WE'RE DOUBLING DOWN. ALL THE PHYSICIANS AND HEALTHCARE AND FRONTLINE PROVIDERS WHICH I'M REPRESENTING ARE DOUBLING DOWN TO DO BETTER. OUR HOSPITALS HAVE MADE NEW PARTNERSHIPS WITH NURSING HOMES AND PRISONS AND LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS HAVE NEVER EXISTED IN THE STATE. WE'RE INNOVATING AND DOUBLING DOWN. OUR FRONTLNE, FIRST RESPONDERS ARE DOUBLING DOWN. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT WE WILL DO THIS WISELY. RESPONSIBLY AND WE'LL DOUBLE DOWN OUR EFFORTS. WHEN WE MAKE THESE CHOICES WE MAKE, TO GO SLOW TO GO FAST, THAT IS THE WAY -- BEST WAY TO ENSURE OUR ECONOMY GETS GOING AND STAYS. THANK YOU. >> I WANT TO TURN TO THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ON A DIFFERENT SUBJECT. >> I KNOW THAT I GOT COUPLE OF TEXTS HERE FROM PEOPLE ABOUT ASKING ABOUT MASKS. WHAT THE GOVERNOR IS ASKING PEOPLE TO DO WITH REGARD TO MASKS. UNDERSTAND, THIS IS NOT AN IDEA THAT ACTUALLY CAME FROM US. IT'S AN IDEA THAT CAME FROM THE BUSINESS GROUP WHO SAID, LET'S US GO BACK TO WORK. WE'LL WEAR MASKS. WE WANT TO KEEP -- THIS IS THE DILEMMA THAT THEY HAVE. THEY WANT EMPLOYEES TO COME BACK. THEY WANT CUSTOMERS TO COME BACK. THEY KNOW THAT THE MORE COMFORT AND CONFIDENCE THAT YOU CAN BUILD AMONGST THEIR WORKFORCE AND AMONGST THE CONSUMERS OUT THERE. THE MORE BUSINESS THAT THEY'RE ULTIMATELY GOING TO HAVE. THE BETTER THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SERVE PEOPLE. THIS WAS A RECOMMENDATION OUT OF THE BUSINESS TASK FORCE. BECAUSE WANT TO BILL THAT CONFIDENCE. WE USED TO THE TERM FACE COVERINGS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS. I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MASKS, PEOPLE THINK OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS. THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE ONE THAT I WEAR, WHICH MY DAUGHTER MADE ME, WHICH IS OUT OF CUT UP OLD T-SHIRT THAT I WORE OVER WHEN I'M WALKING AROUND. I ALSO LAST NIGHT WHEN I WAS HOPE, CUT UP AN OLD T-SHIRT AND TOOK A SAFETY PIN AND PINNED SOMETHING OVER MY NOSE AND MOUTH. YOU CAN USE A BANDANNA. IT'S SOMETHING TO COVER YOUR NOSE AND YOUR MOUTH IS WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IN THE ORDER IS. THERE'S NOT A PUBLIC MANDATE THAT WHEN YOU WALK OUT YOUR HOUSE. WE CAN'T MAKE YOU WEAR ONE WHEN YOU'RE WALKING DOWN THE STREET OR GOING TO YOUR NEIGHBORS'S HOW. WE'RE RECOMMENDING IT. WE KNOW IT KEEPS PEOPLE SAFER. THESE ARE THE BEST RECOMMENDATIONS. THEY ARE NOT SOMETHING THAT JUST CAME FROM U I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ADDRESS IN. >> I WILL ADD ONE THING. NONE OF IS THIS GOING TO LAST FOREVER. WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THROUGH IT IN TWO WEEKS. WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS. WE WILL NOT HAVE TO DO THESE THINGS. FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PUSH FORWARD AND GET PEOPLE TO WORK, WE GOT TO TAKE THE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. NOT ONLY HAVE I HEARD FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE ABOUT THIS WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE REQUIRING. I'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE TOLD ME, I WANT TO BE SAFE WHEN I GO BACK W I HEARD LOT OF FAMILY OF EMPLOYEES WHO SAID, I WANT TO BE SAFE. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M SAFE. IT ANSWER IS I CAN'T GUARANTEE ANYBODY SAFETY. WE CAN DO THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW WILL DRAMATICALLY INCREASE THE ODDS FOR US OR FOR THE EMPLOYEES. FOR ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T THINK THAT AN EMPLOYEE WEARING FACIAL COVERING IS A GOOD IDEA, I GUESS I WOULD ASK THEM TO TALK TO THAT EMPLOYEE. TALK TO THE EMPLOYEES AND WHO ARE WORRIED, TALK TO THE ONE WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR SAFETY. ALL THE THINGS YOU SAW ON THE BOARD A MOMENT AGO, WE'LL WORK THROUGH VERY CAREFULLY. CONSULTATION WITH EXPERTS, BUT ALSO WITH BUSINESSMEN AND WOMEN WHO PUT THESE THINGS TOGETHER AND WHO SAID I WANT TO ENSURE THAT MY EMPLOYEES ARE SAFE. THE FACIAL COVERING IS NOT SOMETHING THAT I GREW UP WITH. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT MOST OF US GREW UP WITH. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING, IT'S GOING TO BE WITH US FOREVER. DURING THIS TIME OF CRISES, IF WE WANT TO GET BREAK TO -- BACK TO WORK, WE GOT TO DO THE LOGICAL THINGS TO PROTECT THEM. TO NOT DO IT, WOULD BE NEGLIGENT TO NOT DO IT, WOULD BE A MISTAKE. WE GOT TO PROTECT THESE EMPLOYEES. >> GOOD AFTERNOON BEN SCHWARTZ. GOVERNOR DEWINE, WE HAVE BEEN GETTING LOT OF QUESTIONS SENT IN FROM PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN WONDERING WHAT THEIR SUMMER WILL LOOK LIKE. I WANT TO ASK IF YOU HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OPENING THINGS LIKE POOLS OR SUMMER CAMPS WITH THE DECREASED NUMBER OF PEOPLE THERE? >> WE LOOKED AT ABOUT EVERYTHING. WE HEAR FROM PEOPLE. I GOTTEN TEXTS, E-MAILS ABOUT SUMMER CAMP. PEOPLE WHO RUN SUMMER CAMPS. PEOPLE WHO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO SUMMER CAMPS WHAT I WOULD ADVISE ANYBODY WHO RUNS A SUMMER CAMP OR ANYTHING ELSE, START THINKING THROUGH HOW YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO THE SOCIAL DISTANCING. OBVIOUSLY WITH CHILDREN IT'S NOT PARTICULARLY EASY. IF THERE'S WAYS TO DO IT AND HAVE THAT CHILD GET THE BENEFIT OF DOING WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING IN THE PAST OR KIDS DOING IN THE PAST, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING. WE'RE NOT READY AT THIS POINT, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT DECISION. AGAIN, WE GOT TO SEE HOW THIS WORKS AND KIND OF TAKE THIS ONE WEEK AT A TIME. >> MY QUESTION IS FOR THE GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. IF WE CAN RETURN TO THE FACE COVERINGS ONCE AGAIN. MANY ON SOCIAL MEDIA NOW ARE SAYING THAT THEY THINK THIS IS INEFFECTIVE. HOW ARE YOU RECOMMENDING TO THE BUSINESSES TO ENFORCE THEIR RULES WITHIN THE STORES AND HOW THEY SHOULD GO ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE REFUSING TO WEAR THEM INSIDE THEIR STORES? >> WE'LL LET DR. ACTON TALK ABOUT THE EFFECTIVESNESS. WE TALKED ABOUT IT A LOT UP HERE IT'S MORE YOU'RE PROTECTING THE OTHER PERSON, THE OTHER PERSON IS PROTECTING YOU. IF A CLERK IN A CLERK IS WEARING IT ANIM AND -- CUSTOMER WEARING THEN IT'S UP TO THE STORE TO REGULATE THAT. ULTIMATELY, BEYOND THAT, IT'S THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. WE'RE NOT ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE THINGS ONEROUS. WE'RE TRYING TO ABLE TO PROTECT PEOPLE EVERY PERSON WHO I TALKED TO WHO UNDERSTAND THE SCIENCE SAYS, YOU DO THE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND IF YOU ADD IN THAT BOTH PEOPLE OR ALL PEOPLE HAVE SOME FACIAL COVERING, YOU DRAMATICALLY INCREASE YOUR ODDS OF NOT GETTING A VIRUS IF ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE HAPPENS TO BE SHEDDING. ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE HAPPENS TO BE CONTAGIOUS. YOU'RE INCREASING YOUR ODDS. WE HAVE A SMALL ENVIRONMENT OR MAYBE A BIGGER ENVIRONMENT. DEPENDING ON SIZE OF THE STORE. IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE PERSON WHO'S WEARING IT. IT'S MORE FOR THE PROTECTION OF OTHER PEOPLE. IF YOU REQUIRE IN THAT SETTING IN THAT BUSINESS SETTING THAT BOTH PARTIES HAVE THAT, THEN YOU'VE ADDED TO THAT PROTECTION. >> I WILL ADD ONE THING AND I WILL THROW IT TO DR. ACTON TO TALK ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS. THIS IS THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM BUSINESSES. WE WERE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION. THEY SAID, WE WANT THEM BECAUSE WE WANT TO GO FASTER. WE KNOW THIS IS AN EFFECTIVE TOOL. WE CAN SLOW THE SPREAD AND THEY ALSO WORRIED ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY LIKE THE IDEA THAT WE REQUIRE IT SO IT'S N NOT NECESSARILY ON THEM TO DO IT. THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE FLARE UPS IN THEIR OWN BUSINESSES. THEY KNOW IN MANY CASES IF THAT HAPPENS, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SHUT DOWN OR IT COULD SPREAD AND IT COULD BE VERY DISRUPTIVE. MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ASKING IN HERE ARE ALREADY BEING EFFECTIVELY DONE IN BUSINESSES OPERATING. WE ALL WANT TO GET THROUGH THIS. THESE ARE TEMPORARY THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO GET THROUGH THIS SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO A LESS RESTRICTIVE WAY OF LIVING. >> I WANT TO AGREE WITH ALL OF THAT. WE WANT TO EMPOWER AS AN INDIVIDUAL TO HAVE IT TOOLS YOU NEED. WE'RE TRYING TO HELP BUSINESSES AS WELL HAVE THE TOOLS THEY NEED. THIS MASK IS -- I FEEL PEOPLE'S PAIN ON THIS ONE. I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAS A FAN GOING AT NIGHT AND WANTS LOT OF AIR MOVEMENT. OTHER CULTURES, THIS IS BECOME A SPOL OF CURT -- SYMBOL OF COURTESY TO CARE FOR EACH OTHER. THEY REALIZE GOING THROUGH THESE, EPIDEMICS OF SIMILAR VIRUSES THIS MADE A DIFFERENCE. THE SCIENCE SHOWING IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. IT IS AN ASYSTEMATICALLY TRANSMITTED VIRUS. I MAYBE CARRYING IT AND NOT KNOW IT THIS IS REALLY A COLLECTIVE THING AND IT'S HELPING US MOVE FORWARD AND MOVE OUR ECONOMY FORWARD. >> GOOD AFTERNOON HANNAH NEWS SERVICE. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE CONTACT TRACING WORKFORCE. FIRST THE NUMBERS YOU SPECIFIED WERE THOSE IN ADDITION TO THE LOCAL HEALTH WORKERS AND VOLUNTEERS. WHAT KIND OF CLINICAL SKILLS AND LANGUAGE SKILLS SOMEONE NEED TO BE ABLE TO BE PART OF OF THIS WORKFORCE? >> THE 1750 IS THE TOTAL. WHICH WOULD INCLUDE WHAT HEALTH DEPARTMENTS ALREADY HAVE. HEALTH DEPARTMENTS DO THIS EVERYDAY. THEY JUST DON'T IT IN THE BIGGEST SCALE. WE'LL ADD TO THAT. THEY WILL HIRE MORE PEOPLE. WE WILL HAVE SOME PEOPLE TO SURGE IN. THAT'S WHERE THE 1750 WILL COME FROM. AS FAR AS THE SKILL SET, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE HIRED HAVE THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE IMPACTED. IF THERE'S A LANGUAGE SITUATION, IF A COMMUNITY HAS NUMBER OF LANGUAGES SPOKEN, THEN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD CERTAINLY WANT AND WE WOULD WANT PEOPLE WHO CAN SPEAK THOSE LANGUAGES IF POSSIBLE. ONE OF THE THINGS PARTNERS IN HEALTH HAS LEARNED AROUND THE WORLD IS WHEN YOU GET A LOCAL HEALTH WORKER, MOST IMPORTANT THING IS SOMEONE THAT CAN RELATE TO THE PERSON THAT THEY ARE TALKING TO. THE PERSON THEY'RE INTERVIEWING. MOST OF THESE WILL BE OVER THE PHONE. NOT ALL OF THEM WILL BE OVER THE PHONE. MOST INTERVIEWS WILL BE OVER THE PHONE. JUST THE ABILITY TO RELATE THAT TO PERSON, TO BE ABLE TO HELP THEM, TO GUIDE THEM AND ALSO TO FIND OUT FROM THEM WHO THEY MAY HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE SKILL SETS THAT I LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS WILL BE LOOKING FOR. >> I WOULD JUST ADD THAT THIS DISEASE INVESTIGATION IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING ON ALL THE TIME FOR ALL SORTS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES TO T.B. AND MEASLES OUTBREAK. IT ALSO INVOLVE WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE AND TALENT. WE ALWAYS USED COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES. WHAT PARTNERS IN HEALTH IS DOING WITH THEIR PROGRAM VERY SPECIFIC TRAINING. JUST IF TIME TRAINING. WE CAN HELP FOLKS EXPAND THAT WORKFORCE BUT BE VERY SPECIFICALLY ABLE TO TAKE THAT SKILL SET BUT MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT AND BE A TRUSTED PERSON TO TALK TO. MY EXPERIENCE OF THIS FIELD OVER 30 YEARS, PEOPLE LOVE TALKING TO SOMEONE. THEY LOVE KNOWING THEY WERE AT RISK OR HAVE BEEN EXPOSED. THEY LOVE THE HELP AND WHAT TO DO NEXT. TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR, HERE'S WHAT YOU SHOULD LOOK FOR. CALL US IF YOU NEED HELP. THIS IS A HELPING THING. PEOPLE REALLY EXPERIENCED THIS. IT'S BEEN GOING ON ALL ALONG. AS WE GET ABOUT AND MOVE ABOUT MORE, ALL OF US WILL COME IN CONTACT WITH PEOPLE MORE. IT'S JUST A VOLUME THAT'S GREATER THAN ANYONE HAS A WORKFORCE PRIOR TO THIS. I'M SISTER EXCITED ABOUT IT. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT MEETING EVERYONE WHERE THEY ARE AT. THAT'S SO ESSENTIAL IN THIS. WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ANYONE BEHIND. THANK YOU. >> I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN TALK MORE ABOUT ENFORCEMENT. DO COMPANIES FACE A SECOND DEGREE MISDEMEANOR IF THEY'RE NOT FOLLOWING THESE RULES? HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU THAT THESE STANDARDS ARE GOING TO BE ENFORCED? >> ANDY, WE'VE HAD VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE WHEN WE ISSUED THE FIRST ORDERS. WHERE THERE ARE FEW EXCEPTIONS, WE'RE SURE. OHIOANS DID EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO COMPLY. THEY DID THAT. THESE ULTIMATELY ARE ENFORCED BY LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS. THEY CAN BE ENFORCED BY THE POLICE. WHAT WE FOUND IN THE LAST NUMBER OF WEEKS, FIRST ORDER WENT INTO EFFECT, IS REALLY HOW THEY ARE ENFORCED IS BY INDIVIDUALS EITHER IN THE WORKPLACE, WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT, IT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH IT'S NOT SAFE ENOUGH. PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC WHO SAY THIS SITUATION IS NOT RIGHT. I THINK IT'S ALMOST GOING TO BE SELF-ENFORCED IN THAT SENSE. SELF-ENFORCED IS NOT THE RIGHT WORD I GUESS. THERE'S GOING TO BE I THINK COMMUNITY PRESSURE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE PROVIDE A SAFE PLACE WITH MANUFACTURING AND FEW DAYS LATER WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT OF RETAIL, I THINK THAT -- AGAIN, I THINK PEOPLE BEGINNING TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU FOR EXAMPLE, SOMETHING ON YOUR FACE, IT IS A CURTESY TO THE OTHER PERSON MORE THAN A PROTECTION TO YOU. IT'S A MUTUAL COURTESY. PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND THAT. IT'S NOT FOREVER. WE'RE GOING TO BET BACK TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE WEARING THESE OR NOT WEAR THEM IN THE STORE. WE'RE NOT THERE YET. >> GOVERNOR DEWINE, THIS IS LAURA HANCOCK FROM CLEVELAND.COM. YOU SAID THAT THE STAY-AT-HOME ORDER IS STILL IN EFFECT BUT WHEN FAVORITE BOUTIQUES AND STORE OPEN, PEOPLE WILL WANT TO PATRONIZE THEM. AREN'T YOU MORE OR LESS LIFTING THE STAY-AT-HOME ORDER? >> I THINK THAT IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE'RE REALLY ASKING PEOPLE TO DO, WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO PRETTY MUCH WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING. BE REASONABLE, BE RATIONAL. DON'T TAKE HUGE CHANCES IF YOU WANT TO GO OUT AND WALK, THAT'S GREAT. IF YOU WANT TO GO TO STATE PARK, THAT'S GREAT. IN THE PAST THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO GO TO GROCER STORE OR PHARMACY. JUST KIND OF USE COMMON SENSE IN HOW THEY DO THAT. WEAR THE PROTECTION. TRY TO KEEP YOUR DISTANCE. IN REALITY, IT IS A COMMON SENSE APPROACH TO HOW YOU DEAL WITH THE SITUATION THAT IS STILL A DANGEROUS SITUATION. EVERYONE IS STILL JUST AS SUSCEPTIBLE TO COMING DOWN WITH COVID-19. WE DECIDED TO KEEP THE STAY-AT-HOME ORDER. AS YOU KNOW, THAT ORDER HAS MANY EXCEPTIONS AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN NOT SO MUCH WHAT I SAY, IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN WHAT OHIOANS ACTUALLY DO. NOT WHAT I SAY, WHAT REALLY WHAT OHIOANS DO. I THINK OHIOANS WILL CONTINUE TO USE COMMON SENSE. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE RATIONAL DECISIONS AND THIS IS GOING TO GIVE THEM UNDER THIS ORDER, NOT ONLY WILL IT GET THE BUSINESSES BACK GOING, IT'S GOING GIVE PEOPLE MORE OPTIONS, MORE THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO. IT'S A STEP FORWARD AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THE STAY-AT-HOME ORDER IS JUST THAT SIGNAL THAT THINGS WILL STILL DANGEROUS. WE DON'T WAVE A FLAG AND SAY, MAY 1st EVERYTHING IS SAFE. IT'S NOT. WHAT DR. ACTON AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND I HAVE PROMISED PEOPLE TO DO EVERY SINGLE DAY IS TRY TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. THE BEST WE KNEW THE TRUTH. THE BEST WE KNEW THE FACTS. WHEN I STARTED THIS PRESS CONFERENCE, I STARTED IT THE WAY I DID FOR A REASON. THERE ARE ESSENTIAL FACTS. YOU ALL HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. TWO IS THAT COVID-19 IS STILL OUT THERE AND IT'S JUST AS DANGEROUS. WE STILL HAVE THE SAME TOOLS NOW WE HAVE FOR MORE TOOLS THAN WE HAD BEFORE. WE GOT TO USE THOSE TOOLS. DISTANCING IS PROBABLY MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE. YOU FOLLOW THAT AND LAYER OVER THAT WITH THE MASK AND FACIAL COVERING. >> THIS QUESTION MIGHT BE FOR THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. THE QUESTION -- MAY 1st COMES AND NEW BUSINESS START OPENING. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED BENEFITS. NOW GOING BACK TO WORK, IT GETS ILL WITH THE CORONAVIRUS IN A FEW DAYS. WOULD THIS PERSON WOULD ALLOW TO REAPPLY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT? >> NOT SURE I HEARD YOUR QUESTION CORRECTLY. WHAT I THINK I HEARD YOU'RE SAYING, IF SOMEBODY GOES TO WORK ON MAY 1, COULD THEY STILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFITS THEY DIDN'T RECEIVE EARLIER >> IF THEY GO BACK TO WORK AND THEY GET ILL THROUGH GOING AT WORK, -- >> IF THEY GO BACK TO AND THEY GET ILL. THAT'S BEEN THE POLICY, IF YOUR EMPLOYER SEND YOU HOME AND YOU DON'T HAVE A SICK LEAVE POLICY OR BENEFITS WHICH I BELIEVE MOST EMPLOYERS CAN AND SHOULD PROVIDE YOU IN THOSE CASES, THE REASON IS, THEY SHOULDN'T WANT YOU AT WORK. IF YOU GET ILL, YOUR EMPLOYER SHOULDN'T WANT YOU AT WORK. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO DO THAT UNDER THE ORDER. TO GET YOU OUT OF THERE AND HOME AND MEDICAL CARE. UNDER OUR ORDER, IF THAT WAS GOING TO BE A SUSTAINED PERIOD AND YOU INVEST SCRIPT HAVE BENEFITS FOR YOUR EMPLOYER. YOU COULD HAVE APPLIED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS UNTIL YOU GOT WELL. THOSE RULES WON'T CHANGE AS WE GO FORWARD. >> GOOD AFTERNOON GOVERNOR RANDY LUDD LOW WITH THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH. YOU FACE LOT OF PRESSURE TO REOPEN MORE AND MORE QUICKLY THAN WHAT YOU AUTHORIZED TODAY. INCLUDING SOME YOUR REPUBLICANS SAYING REOPEN EVERYTHING FRIDAY. HOW EASY WAS IT TO HOLD OUT AGAINST THAT PRESSURE AND WHAT'S THE RATIONALE OF WAITING TWO MORE WEEKS TO OPEN RETAIL? >> THE RATIONALE FOR WAITING TWO MORE WEEKS WE DON'T KNOW THE IMPACT OF DOING ONE THING. IT TAKES A WHILE TO START SEEING THAT. IF YOU LAYER THESE THINGS IN, THEN YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD BUT WITH -- WE HAVE TO FALL BACK. I TALKED EARLIER ABOUT KIND OF CAN THE CONTINUUM. EVERY BUSINESS IS DIFFERENT. IN GENERAL, IN THE MANUFACTURING SITUATION, FOR EXAMPLE FOR CONSTRCTION, MOST CONSTRUCTION THAT WILL BE OUTSIDE, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTROL THE ENVIRONMENT. RETAIL YOU CAN CONTROL THE ENVIRONMENT BUT IT CERTAINLY IS IN A CLOSER SITUATION. THERE'S LOT OF BUSINESSMEN AND WOMEN WHO REALLY NEED TO GET BACK AND START OPENING UP. IT'S A BALANCE. IT'S A BALANCE THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH ON EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. OHIOANS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB. I THINK NOW WITH IN MAY THAT WE HAVE THE TESTING. MORE ROBUST TESTING. MORE TRACING, THOSE TWO THINGS PUT TOGETHER MAKES MAY AND THE FACT THAT YOU SAW ON THE DATA, WE'RE GOING DOWN MOST THINGS, HOSHOSPITALIZATIONS FOR EXAMPLE, MADE THIS OPPORTUNE TIME TO DO IT. THE VIRUS IS STILL OUT THERE. IT IS STILL KILLING PEOPLE. IT'S NOT GOING TO GO AWAY. WE KNOW THE MORE WE OPEN UP, THE MORE YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK, THE MORE YOU OPEN UP, THE MORE CONTACTS YOU HAVE, NO MATTER HOW CAREFUL YOU ARE, THE NUMBER INCIDENTS OF CASES IS PROBABLY GOING TO GO UP. THAT WAS PART OF YOUR QUESTION. I DON'T THINK I ANSWERED ONE ANOTHER PART. ANOTHER PART OF THE QUESTION, RANDY? >> LOT OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING FELLOW REPUBLICANS CALLING YOU TO OPEN UP EVERYTHING IMMEDIATELY. OBVIOUSLY YOU DISAGREE WITH THEM. >> THESE ARE BALANCE. TO THROW THE DOORS OPEN ON MAY 1st AND SAY, GET RID OF THE STAY-AT-HOME ORDER, GET RID OF THE DISTANCE. GET RID OF EVERYTHING. WOULD BE TOTALLY IRRESPONSIBLE. I HAVE AN OBLIGATION AS GOVERNOR OF THIS STATE TO DO TWO THINGS NOW. GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK AND KEEP THEM SAFE. THAT WOULD NOT BE CONSISTENT WITH KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE. THERE'S NOTHING THAT HAS REALLY CHANGED OTHER THAN OHIOANS WHO DONE A BANG UP JOB BUT IF OHIOANS GO BACK TO BUSINESS AS USUAL, YOU KNOW, THIS THING IS GOING TO GO STRAIGHT BACK UP. CURVE IS GOING TO GO STRAIGHT BACK UP. WE'LL HAVE MO MORE OHIOANS DIE. I WILL NOT DO THAT. I'M TRYING BALANCE THE HARM FROM THE ECONOMY. UNDERSTANDING, ALSO THAT FOR BUSINESS TO REALLY COME BACK, PEOPLE HAVE TO FEEL SAFE AND SO, OHIOANS HAVE TO FEEL SAFE. THAT MEANS EMPLOYEE HAVE TO FEEL SAFE. THAT MEANS CUSTOMERS HAVE TO FEEL SAFE. THE WAY WE ARE DOING THIS TODAY IS THE BEST GUARANTEE THAT CAN HAVE IN OHI THEY CAN GO BACK TO WORK AND THEY'RE EMPLOYER HAS GOT RULES, REGULATIONS, STANDARDS. REALLY HAS BEEN PUT FORWARD BY THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. BUT THE BEST PRACTICES THAT WE KNOW OF, SO THEY CAN GO BACK TO WORK, THAT'S HOW WE GET OHIOANS BACK TO WORK. MY FRIEND FRANK SULLIVAN TOLD ME COUPLE OF HOURS, HE SAID THIS IDEA THAT GETTING PEOPLE BACK TO WORK -- [INDISCERNIBLE] HE SAID THAT'S CRAZY. WE CAN WALK AND CHEW DUMB AT THE SAME TIME. W -- GUM ATTHE SAME TIME. WE CAN DO THEE THINGS. I'M OPTIMISTIC ABOUT OUR FUTURE. I'M NOT GOING TO BE WRECKLESS ABOUT IT EITHER. >> THAT'S THE LAST QUESTION FOR TODAY. >> WOW. ALL RIGHT WE KNOW OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS OHIOANS HAVE STEPPED UP IN SO MANY WAYS TO PROTECT EACH OTHER FROM THIS VIRUS. I'M GRATEFUL. ALL OF YOUR EFFORT REMIND ME OF A WELL KNOWN HEM WRITTEN BY A OHIO COMPOSER. WILL THOMPSON WAS BORN IN EAST LIVERPOOL IN 1847. THE LYRICS FROM HIS SONG THAT MY SON-IN-LAW, BILL, ROOMEDDED -- REMINDED ME OF. THIS IS WHAT THE SON IS "HAVE I DONE ANY GOOD" THESE LYRICS CAPTURE THE SOUL OF OHIO AND HOW OHIOANS ARE ALWAYS THERE TO HELP OTHERS IN NEED. LET ME READ YOU LITTLE BIT FROM THESE LYRICS. HAVE I DONE ANY GOOD IN THE WORLD TODAY. HAVE I HELPED ANYONE IN NEED, HAVE I CHEERED UP THE SAD AND MADE SOMEONE FEEL FLOOD. IF NOT I HAVE FAILED INDEED. HAS ANYONE BURDEN HAVE BEEN LIGHTER TODAY BECAUSE IT'S WILLING TO SHARE. HAVE THE SICK AND THE WORRY HAVE BEEN HELPED ON THEIR WAY? HAVE THEY BEEN HELPED WHEN THEY NEEDED MY HELP? WAS I THERE? THERE ARE CHANCES FOR WORK ALL AROUND JUST NOW OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT IN OUR WAY. DO NOT LET THEM PASS BY, SAYING SOMETIME I'LL TRY. BUT GO AND DO SOMETHING TODAY. THIS NOBLE MAN TO WORK AND GIVE, ONLY HE WHO DOES SOMETHING HELPS OTHERS TO LIVE TO GOD EACH GOOD WORK WILL BE KNOWN. WAKE UP AND DO SOMETHING MORE THAN DREAM IF YOUR MANSION ABOVE, DOING GOOD PLEASURE AND BLESSING OF DUTY AND LOVE. END OF QUOTE. OHIOANS HAVE DONE SO MUCH GOOD. WE SEE IT EVERYDAY. YOU FLATTEN THE CURVE, YOU KEPT HOSPITALS FROM BEING OVERRUN. YOU DONE SO MUCH TO SAVE LIVES. YOU HAVE SAVED LIVES. WE HAVE TO KEEP IT UP SO WE CAN BEAT THE SPREAD OF THIS VIRUS AND GET BACK TOI BACK TO THINGS THINGS THAT WE LIKE TO DO. COLUMBUS ZOO AND THE WILD ARE TWO FAVORITE PLACES TO VISIT. MY GRANDCHILD AND CHILDREN. FRAN AND I HAVE TAKEN NUMBER OF CHILDREN TO THE COLUMBUS ZOO. THERE'S A PICTURE OF PARKER AND LOOKS LIKE JACK THERE AND FRAN AND MYSELF. THAT WAS LAST YEAR. WE TAKEN NUMBER OF THE KID THERE. COLUMBUS ZOO AND THE WILD ARE CLOSED RIGHT NOW. THE ANIMALS ARE STILL THERE AND LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE VIDEO. ♪♪ >> TODAY OUR ENTRANCE IS CLOSE >> OUR PUBLIC SPACE IS QUIET. >> SILENCE NEED MEET OUR PASSION. >> WE'RE REMINDED OF SOMETHING THAT IS WHO WE ARE. >> WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER. >> OUR ZOO IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE INCREDIBLE WILDLIFE. >> IT'S ALSO ABOUT THE PEOPLE >> OUR COMMUNITY -- AND OUR PLANET. >> WE ARE ALL CONNECTED. >> WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY WE CAN ALL BE TOGETHER AGAIN. >> SHARING MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCES. >> CREATING MEMORIES TO LAST A LIFETIME. >> WHILE TOUCHING HEARTS AND TEACHING MINDS. >> UNTIL THEN, REMEMBER. >> WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. >> WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE SO FAR AS WE CONTINUE ON THIS JOURNEY.

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