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From YouTube: City Council: Covid19 Report – March 10, 2020
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March 10, 2020
COVID-19 presentation to Asheville City Council on March 10, 2020, by Asheville Fire Assistant Chief Barry Hendren, Buncombe County Interim Medical Director Dr. Jennifer Mullendore and Buncombe County Emergency Services Director Van Taylor Jones.
A
B
You
mayor,
we
have
some
representatives
from
both
city
of
Asheville
Fire
Department,
as
well
as
from
the
County
Public
Health
Office,
but
before
we
start
I
just
wanted
to
just
make
a
couple
of
comments
in
terms
of
maybe
an
expression
of
gratitude
for
the
amount
of
collaboration
and
coordination.
That
I
think
is
happening.
B
I've
been
here
year
and
I've
heard
that
that
didn't
happen
a
couple
of
years
ago,
so
I'm
I'm
so
glad
and
want
to
come
in
this
county
manager,
Avril
Pender
for
the
work
that
she
is
doing
to
ensure
that
there's
a
heightened
level
of
collaboration
and
information.
That's
given
out
to
to
the
community.
So
with
that
I
will
ask
our
representative
from
the
basketball,
Fire,
Department
and
the
county
to
come
up
and
provide
you
with
some
extremely
important
information.
B
This
presentation
will
not
answer
all
the
questions
about
this
unfortunate
situation
that
we
have
in
our
country
and
quite
frankly,
globally.
But
what
we
hope
we
will
do
is
to
provide
you
with.
When
you
do
have
questions.
There
are
sources
that
you
can
go
to,
may
not
give
you
complete
responses,
but
will
provide
you.
Hopefully,
with
enough
information
to
make
good
decisions
about
your
health
and
families,
health
and,
more
importantly,
or
equally,
as
importantly,
your
neighbors
help.
So
with
that.
Thank.
C
C
Just
very
briefly.
The
first
and
foremost
is
Miss.
Campbell
mentioned
Macomb
County
Public
Health
is
lead
agency.
In
this
event,
they
are
doing
a
phenomenal
job
in
in
preparation
and
will
lead
the
response
to
the
outbreak
in
our
and
our
community.
If
and
when
it
does
occur,
some
some
information
that
has
just
occurred,
State
North
Carolina,
has
declared
a
state
of
emergency
to
assist
with
the
response
and
preparation
efforts
for
local
governments.
C
That
will
really
aid
us
in
a
number
of
areas
that,
as
it
relates
to
accessing
response,
resources
from
the
state
federal
level
also
will
assist
with
some
messaging
to
to
better
prepare
the
community
and
also
will
help
with
some
of
the
supply
chain
issues
that
that
the
medical
community
is
currently
experiencing
right.
Now
there
are
seven
confirmed
cases
in
North
Carolina.
There
have
not
been
any
confirmed
cases
in
Western,
North
Carolina.
There
is
one
confirm
case
in
Spartanburg:
that's
the
closest
one
that
that
has
been
noted
right
now
to
us.
C
I
think
the
state
of
South
Carolina
has
seven
cases
as
well.
We
are
still
really
focusing
on
prevention
in
preparation,
for
our
community.
I
feel
like
that
is,
is
what
we
need
to
to
do
to
help
our
community
be
prepared
and
withstand
an
outbreak.
If
it
does
occur,
risk
within
the
community
as
a
whole
remains
slow.
C
There
obviously
are
some
high
risk
populations
within
our
community,
but
but
overall
our
community
risk
is
low
and
getting
accurate
information
to
the
community
is
our
priority
and
again
I
want
to
speak
very
highly
of
what
Buncombe
County
Public
Health
Buncombe
County,
Emergency
Management
has
has
been
doing
in
collaborating
with
with
us,
and
other
municipalities
and
parts
of
local
government
call
a
Fletcher
to--if.
He
is
lead
for
the
EPI
team
from
Buncombe
County
Public
Health.
He
end
up.
Mollendorf
have
have
some
more
information.
E
D
What
I
would
like
to
say
again
is
that
we
do
not
have
any
confirmed
cases
in
Buncombe
County
at
this
time.
We
are
working
closely
with
again
health
care
providers
to
identify
people
who
might
be
at
risk
who
might
need
testing
and
then
working
with
our
emergency
services
to
make
sure
that
we
can
respond
appropriately,
working
with
Mission
Health,
another
liberal
hospital
system,
so
that
we're
ready
to
respond
if
needed.
D
If
you
don't
have
a
medical
provider,
call
us
at
County,
Health
and
Human
Services
communicable
disease
and
we'll
talk
it
out
with
you
determine
if
you
meet
criteria
for
testing
and
then
work
that
out,
we
don't,
we
don't
want
to
potentially
expose
people
unnecessarily
and
in
terms
of
the
the
emergency
order
that
came
down
from
the
the
governor
today,
the
guidance
was
again
focused
on
high-risk
persons
and
so
statewide.
The
recommendation
now
is
that
people
at
high
risk-
this
is
people
who
are
over
65
who
have
underlying
health
condition.
F
Evolving
situation,
so
the
guidance
we
have
today
could
very
well
change
later
today
or
tomorrow,
but
to
adapt
to
that
evolving
situation.
We've
taken
a
couple
of
steps.
First,
we
have
a
County
step,
standing
epidemiology
team
for
the
last
month.
We
moved
that
to
a
weekly
operational
cycle
to
keep
up
with
the
pace
of
events
and
information
coming
down
from
CDC
and
the
State
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services.
F
We've
also
greatly
expanded
participation
in
that
epidemiology
team
to
include
County
municipalities
such
as
a
black
mount
and
Woodfin,
which
not
a
lot
of
hospitals,
both
City
and
Cal,
City
County
school
systems,
the
airport.
So
we
have
a
much
larger
team
than
usual
to
address
this
threat,
so
we
have
that
we
convened
every
week.
You
know:
we've
got
over
a
thousand
years
of
experience
in
Public
Health
and
emergency
preparedness
in
school
and
government
administration.
We
also
on
Monday
establish
a
joint
information
center
and
this
is
not
a
traditional
ICS
chick
at
this
point.
F
It
is
based
off
that
model,
so
that
data
is
throughout
the
county
and
the
jurisdiction
as
we
receive
media
requests
or
requests
when
a
concern
public.
It
all
comes
to
one
joint
information
center,
so
we
can
address
that
and
make
sure
any
messages
coming
go
into.
The
public
has
one
strong,
unified
voice,
making
sure
we're
giving
the
same
guidance
pointing
people
to
the
same
resources,
we're
not
confusing
people.
F
The
other
thing
we're
doing
is
having
a
weekly
press
availability
on
Thursdays
at
2:30,
we're
in
our
third
iteration
of
that
making
ourselves
available
with
the
media
as
partners
in
our
this
efforts
to
get
accurate
information
into
the
public
might
turn
over
to
a
tailor.
Our
emergency
services
director.
G
Some
members
of
council
mayor
on
scene
manager,
I'd
like
to
thank
y'all
for
allowing
fear
to
speak
to
this,
so
I've
been
here
for
a
little
over
a
month
and
the
emergency
services
stretchers
position
during
that
month.
I've
seen
phenomenal
cooperation
and
unity
in
our
community
as
far
as
the
service
that
we're
providing
to
our
citizens,
I
think,
chief,
hidden
and
cheaper
net
for
the
warm
welcome
and
all
the
cooperation
that
they've
given
us
through
some
of
the
snow
preparedness
that
we've
had
with
closures
and
also
as
we
face
the
coronavirus
process.
G
So
the
key
to
this
in
our
response
is
actually
pulling
together
all
of
the
county
in
a
workforce
that
is
all
prepared
and
all
we
serve
our
citizens
but
and
so
I
see
phenomenal
cooperation,
coordination,
critical
thinking,
skills,
that's
went
into
this
process
across
all
of
Monmouth
County
and
I'm,
really
proud
and
forth.
That
you
said
I
think
because
of
that
was
better
prepared
and
better
situated
is
the
state,
as
the
governor
has
declared
his
state
of
Mercy
in
the
state,
starts
to
wrap
her
on
an
EOC
doing
judgment
public
health.
G
We
already
pre
position
to
do
that.
The
county
has
put
together
a
strike
team
folks
that
will
work
together
in
the
planning
process
in
the
Emergency
Operations
Center
to
support
public
health.
The
city
has
been
working
with
us
close
with
that
model
and
providing
the
joint
information
center
and
fire
departments
been
working
with
us
in
responses,
and
we've
also
been
looking
at
a
response
model
to
do
what
dr.
Mullen
Dora
was
talking
about
earlier
to
limit
people
going
to
the
ER.
G
Team
out
that
will
take
care
of
those
patients
and
in
their
homes
we're
looking
at
models
to
continue
that
care
say
that
protocols
are
given
so
that
they
have
a
standardization
in
care,
and
if
that
care
is
focused
on
keeping
them
out
of
hospital,
we
will
do
welfare
checks
to
me
to
make
sure
that
there's
like
getting
worse
and
we'll
do
that
through
foam
and
actually
sign
response
efforts.
So
this
all
of
that
was
not
created
vacuum.
G
C
So
many
of
you
will
remember
that
we
we
had
the
h1n1
and
SARS
scares
over
the
past
few
years,
so
so
we're
utilizing
those
experiences
to
to
be
as
prepared
as
we
absolutely
can
be
and
again
just
want
to
say
it
one
more
time.
The
high
level
of
collaboration
between
county
e/m,
public
health
has
has
been
a
you
know,
a
real
real,
strong
opportunity
and
has
really
I
think
changed
the
dynamic
within
our
community
too,
for
preparedness,
a
few
resources
that
we
highly
recommend
is
above
Public,
Health
website.
C
There
they're
updating
it
almost
daily
and
we
are
utilizing
their
information
to
find
towards
our
folks,
North
Carolina
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services
CDC.
Again,
we
encourage
folks
to
seek
credible
information
there.
There
is
a
lot
of
myths
still
circulating
so
so
these
are
some
really
good
resources
and
again
prevention
is
really
the
key.
You
know
social
distancing,
good
hand-washing,
all
of
those
things
that
that
our
parents
told
us
when
we
were
kids.
We
need
to
be
do
it
so
with
that.
E
E
So
it
sounds
like
we've
got
our
act
together
here
in
Buncombe,
County
and
high
level
of
coordination.
How
about
regionally
is
there?
Is
there
communication
happening
between
and
among
emergency
response
directors,
regionally
and
other
departments
of
Health?
We're
we're
very
well
resourced
here
and
probably
other
counties
that
are
not
as
well
resourced
as
we
are.
C
F
Ma'am
I
get
speak
to
you,
specifically
the
public
health
emergency
preparedness,
that's
step
through
a
state
organization,
public
health
preparedness
and
response.
We
have
every
county
as
a
preparedness
coordinator
such
as
myself
or
any
County
consortium.
We
have
a
regional
team
for
Western
North
Carolina,
we're
in
constant
communication
and
median
sharing
resources
make
a
run
the
same
page.
That
is
something
we
discuss
as
a
region.
Us
being
you
know,
actual
city
and
boehmem
county
have
more
resources
sometimes,
and
so
you
know
sharing
our
resources
as
people
reach
out
for
them.
Mussa.
F
H
You
just
a
couple
of
questions
so
in
terms
of
in
terms
of
I.
Think
what
a
lot
of
folks
watching
at
home
or
have
these
questions
is
what
should
they
be
doing?
What
should
employers
be
doing
right
now
and
where
should
they
be
looking
in
terms
of
the
information
that
you
guys
talked
about
that
website?
H
If
you
know
folks,
we'd
be
looking
for
kind
of
like
one
point
of
contact,
they're
gonna
be
looking
to
us,
we've
already
gotten
a
couple
of
emails,
you
know
just
just
while
you
have
the
floor
here
right
and
while
you've
got
the
press
here,
who's
gonna
be
reporting
on
it
as
well.
You
could
just
take
the
opportunity
to
say
where
you
know
where
specifically
should
folks
will
be
looking.
What
specifically,
should
folks
be
doing
at
this
moment
and
if
things
change,
where
will
they
find
out
and
how
will
they
find
out?
Yes,.
F
Sir,
so
what
I'll
do
is
we'll
walk
us
through
from
a
national
level
to
local
level
some
resources,
so
nationwide
cdc.gov
is
going
to
be
the
best
resource
in
or
if
you
go
to
at
cdc.gov.
They
have
a
big
banner
across
the
top
for
coronavirus.
We've
been
down
to
the
state
level,
the
North
decline,
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services
also
has
a
coronavirus.
F
Buncombe
County
that
will
work
and
specifically
Buncombe
County
or
slash
BC
ready,
is
our
local
preparedness
site
and
we're
constantly
updating.
You
know
digesting
guidance
from
the
CDC
from
the
state
posting
that
they're
giving
you
know,
information
we're
targeting
that
information
as
well.
So
we're
you
having
specific
information
for
local
business
leaders
for
faith
groups
for
schools,
so
we're
aware
of
you
know.
Different
groups
might
have
different
messages
they're
trying
to
get
across.
F
We
also
will
encourage
everybody
to
sign
up
for
BC
alerts,
which
is
a
system,
a
mass
notification
system,
and
you
can
do
that
by
texting
on
your
phone
bc
alerts
to
eight
eight,
eight,
seven,
seven,
seven,
you
should
get
a
notification
message
back
that
you've
successfully
enrolled.
We've
also
established
an
email
accounts
for
non-medical,
related
questions
concerning
Kovan
19,
and
that
is
ready
at
bunker
ready,
org
re
ad
Y
at
Buncombe,
County
org,
and
we
feel
that
again,
that's
for
non-medical,
related
questions
may
be
people.
F
H
Terms
of
those,
so
in
terms
of
what
you
know
you
went
through
that,
but
in
terms
of
what
folks
should
be
doing
now,
so
you
talked
about
the
folks
who
are
over
65
have
a
pre-existing
health
condition.
You
know
what
about
the
rest
of
folks,
what
about
kind
of
general
employers
in
other
cities?
New
York,
is
talking
about
getting
folks
to
kind
of
telecommute
and
work.
F
It
might
sound
repelled
at
this
point,
but
there
is
because
they're
the
most
fundamental
things
we
can
do
and
very
simple,
making
sure
we're
washing
our
hands
routinely
and
thoroughly
warm
water
and
soap
for
20
seconds
between
your
fingers
back
of
hands.
Trying
to
stop
touching
our
face
can
be
difficult,
especially
as
we're
aware.
We
realized
how
much
we
touch
our
face:
you're,
not
throughout
the
day
using
proper
cough
and
sneeze
etiquette.
You
know
covering
our
coughs
and
sneezes
with
our
elbow
or
freeze
that
tissue.
Don't
keep
don't.
F
Increasing
the
frequency
in
which
we
wipe
down
high
contact
surfaces
such
as
door
handles
phones
and
things
like
that.
We
want
to
practice
social
distancing
where
we
can.
So
if
you
have
to
be
in
a
group
setting
and
try
to
maintain
at
least
three
feet
from
your
face
in
another
person's
face,
if
you
can't
afford
those
settings,
particularly
if
you
are
in
that
high-risk
age
group,
to
do
this
do
so,
those
are
just
fundamental
steps
that
every
one
community
can
take
to
combat
the
spread
of
a
corona
virus,
specifically
for
high-risk.
F
If
you
looked
at
governor
Cooper's
address
today,
we
just
declared
a
state
of
emergency.
He
really
focused
on
the
high-risk
group.
Ages,
65
and
older
have
a
pre-existing,
particularly
to
have
a
pre-existing
health
conditions.
So
really
those
that
group
is
to
take
an
assessment
of
whether
they're,
traveling
or
going
through
some
kind
of
event
be
a
concert,
a
sport
in
events,
even
even
a
service
on
the
weekends.
You
need
to
make
assessment
an
individual
determination
knowing
that
the
threats
or
whether
they
don't
expose
themselves
with
that
and.
H
It
so
the
final
question
I
have
this
is
less
for
you,
oh
and
I.
Think
more
for
just
us
generally
is
I
mean
you
all
are
talking
about.
Obviously,
the
the
public
health
impact
which
is
critical,
and
that
is
the
primary
thing
we
want
to
be
focused
on
the
other
thing
that
we're
realizing
here
is.
This
is
gonna,
have
an
economic
impact
as
well
right
we're
seeing
that
across
the
country,
Airlines,
you
know,
are
seeing
significant
bookings
reduced
we're
an
area
here
that
relies
pretty
heavily
on
the
tourism
industry.
H
You
know
this
is
this
is
this
is
not
actually
for
your
coordination,
but
perhaps
you
know
other
thoughts
here.
Is
you
know
ensuring
that
we're?
You
know
at
least
monitoring
what's
going
on
in
terms
of
the
economic
impact
for
for
what
we're
seeing?
You
know
not
only
just
hit
us
as
the
city
and
our
revenues,
but
just
generally
fruit
for
the
public
and
I'm,
not
sure
if
that's
a
conversation
we're
having
with
TDA
or
a
conversation.
H
We
have
with
ateliers
we're
just
just
generally
around
with
employers,
but
you
know
if
what
happens
here
is
similar
to
what
is
happening
in
other
parts
of
the
country.
It's
it'll
have
a
still
have
a
big
impact,
and
a
lot
of
people's
lives
will
be
impact
in
a
in
a
pretty
dramatic
way.
So
I
appreciate
the
fact
Jill
I've
come
here.
I
appreciate
the
coordination
you
know,
I
know,
that's
important.
I
will
tell
you
sitting.
H
So
we're
thinking
what's
happening,
we
also
expected
of
you
and-
and
we
were
counting
on
you
counting
you
as
citizens,
we
kind
of
use
elected
officials.
We
want
to
have
the
right
information,
we'll
be
looking
to
you
all
to
do
that,
and
when
we
get
information
when
we
get
requests,
what
I'm
gonna
do
is
I'm
gonna,
send
them
to
the
Buncombe
County
Health
Department
website,
what
you
guys
talked
about
here
and
that's
where
I'm
gonna
get
the
information
from
as
well.
H
So
the
more
you
can
update
that
the
more
you
can
take
from
the
CDC
and
from
the
state
and
put
it
in
one
place.
So
when
I'm
looking
for
three
different
places,
you
know
get
us
the
information.
We
need
that
folks
need
to
know
what
a
day-to-day
basis
and
we
thank
you.
It's
going
to
be
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
work.
We
thank
you
all
for
for
being
as
well
organized
as
you
are
now
in.
I
B
Still
working
on
an
opportunity
for
you
to
connect
with
elected
officials,
electronically,
I,
think
YouTube
side
are
even
meeting
at
some
of
our
remotely
at
rec
centers.
Our
challenge
will
be
the
opportunity
when
we
have
the
public
comment
and
to
engage
you
with
that
steal.
Some
details
that
corporate
communications
director
is
looking
at
me
like
what
so
just
some
things
that
we've
got.
We've
got
to
work
out,
but
that
is
certainly
our
goal
and
we
want
to
do
this
even
beyond
this
kind
of
state
of
emergency.
B
In
conclusion,
again,
thank
you
and-
and
please
please,
please
utilize
those
resources,
because
one
what
you
heard
was
the
most
important
thing
about
where
we
are,
is
accurate
and
updated
information.
That's
how
we
can
at
least
manage
our
way
through
this
issue.
So
thank
you.
Looking
for
kind
of
appreciated.