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From YouTube: Ames Responds to COVID-19 | Episode 3
Description
Panelists from Ames Water Plant, Story County Board of Supervisors, and Iowa State University discuss official responses to COVID-19.
A
Hi
welcome
to
aims
response
to
covet
19.
This
is
a
question
and
answer
program.
Reims
area
organizations
respond
to
kovat,
19
questions,
I'm
Susan,
Guate,
the
public
relations
officer
with
the
city
of
Ames.
We
have
several
questions
that
have
come
to
us
this
week
and
we
have
several
guests
available
to
respond.
If
you
have
a
co
bid.
19
related
question:
please
call
our
city
of
Ames
hotline
five,
one
five,
two,
three,
nine
five,
six,
seven
zero
or
you
can
always
email
us
at
kovat,
19
at
city
of
Ames
org.
A
B
Well,
tap
water
is
absolutely
safe
to
drink.
What
we
understand
about
this
Kovach
19
virus
is
that
it
belongs
to
a
family
of
viruses
that
are
known
to
be
especially
susceptible
to
conventional
disinfection
that
that's,
like
chlorine
and
in
drinking
water.
We
also
know
that
it's
susceptible
to
ultraviolet
disinfection,
which
is
the
type
of
disinfection,
that's
used
to
be
Ames
water
pollution
control
facility.
So
any
viruses
that
end
up
in
the
city's
wastewater
are
being
inactivated
before
they're,
released
back
into
the
environment.
B
B
A
huge
level
of
segregating
staff,
for
example,
at
the
drinking
water
treatment
plant,
the
operations
staff
stays
up
on
the
second
floor
and
the
administrative
staff
stays
on
the
first
floor,
they're
coming
in
completely
separate
they're,
using
completely
different
break
rooms,
so
we've
got
them
completely
segregated
we've
changed
a
lot
of
our
routine
practices,
so,
for
example,
when
we're
changing
people's
water
meters,
we're
actually
not
coming
into
private
residences.
To
do
that,
when
we're
collecting
drinking
water
distribution
samples
around
the
community,
we
stop
going
into
private
homes.
A
B
A
C
C
Because
I
was
public
health
only
reports
that
one
on
once
every
24
hours,
so
depending
on
the
time
of
day
that
that
positive
person
has
come
through
it
may
not
get
out
until
tomorrow,
and
also
a
lot
of
places
are
using
different
sites
to
send
their
tests
to
like
LabCorp,
and
sometimes
those
contain
up
to
four
to
five
days
to
get
the
results
back
and
those
are
not
necessarily
reads.
Those
don't
automatically
go
to
Iowa
Department
of
Public
Health.
C
That
would
strictly
rely
on
the
doctor
to
let
them
know,
because,
if
it's
sent
to
the
hygienic
lab,
those
automatically
goes
straight
Department
of
Public
Health.
So
they
know
about
those
right
away,
so
that
sometimes
there's
a
lag
because
it's
reporting
only
one
to
24
hours
and
also
because
they're
sent
it
off
to
different
labs
that
take
a
little
longer.
So.
A
C
To
that
and
I
feel
like
yeah
I
do
I
have
noticed.
You
know
a
little
bit,
it's
like
well,
they
they
were
tested
four
days
ago,
but
now
we
find
out
four
days
later,
and
that
was
just
because
they
sent
it
to
like
lab
core
and
I.
Think
I
said
earlier.
That
takes
a
little
longer,
but
we
are
I.
Do
feel
that
confident
that
we
are
getting
reported
up
all
the
cases
well,.
A
C
A
C
C
A
Well,
thank
you
for
that
information.
We're
going
to
go
to
Story
County
Board
of
Supervisors
Linda
Merkin
for
our
next
question
Linda.
How
does
the
Board
of
Supervisors
act
as
a
liaison
between
cities
and
the
county,
and
this
is
a
two-part
question
and
how
would
that
help
if
we
had
a
surge
in
koban,
19
patients,
we
have.
D
A
body
that
already
communicates
between
the
county
and
the
cities
and
that's
the
emerge-
the
management,
Commission
and
I,
and
the
sheriff
represent
the
county
on
the
Emergency,
Management
Commission,
and
then
all
the
mayors
of
all
the
cities
in
Story
County.
So
we
have
15
mayor's
the
sheriff
and
myself
we
meet
quarterly
in
normal
times
and
do
the
business
of
the
Commission.
We
help
guide
planning
by
our
staff
and
we
also
keep
ourselves
informed
in
know.
D
What's
going
to
you
know
what
the
plans
are
in
case
of
emergencies,
since
the
Emergency
Management
Commission
has
been
the
Emergency
Management
Agency
has
been
working
non-stop
right
now
through
the
Emergency
Operations
Center
in
planning
for
köppen
19.
Our
response.
We
have
also
had
all
the
members
of
the
Emergency
Management
Commission,
the
mayor's
the
sheriff
myself
plus
people
from
Iowa
State
University
and
from
the
storey
County
Public
Health
Department,
meeting
weekly
on
a
zoom
meeting
such
as
this
just
to
share.
D
What's
going
on
so
everybody
knows
what
are
the
challenges
that
are
being
faced
by
the
larger
communities
by
the
smaller
communities
by
the
University
by
the
county?
You
know
in
the
unincorporated
areas,
so
I
just
think
we're
fortunate.
We
already
had
a
whole
lot
of
relationships
between
the
county
and
all
the
other
other
entities
in
Story
County,
so
we're
just
building
on
that
we're
keeping
in
touch
the
Emergency
Management
administration
has
done
a
whole
lot
of
planning
with
Public
Health
and
we've
also
had
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
involved
in
some
of
our
calls.
D
So
we
can
get
information
out
to
the
communities
about
what
to
find
any
intial
packages
are
that
are
coming
through.
So
it's
it's
been
a
good
communication
and
I.
Think
that's
the
really
important
thing
you
know
in
a
time
like
this
is
that
we
communicate
what
is
going
on
in
our
own
jurisdictions,
because
we're
all
responsible
counties
responsible
for
planning
in
the
unincorporated
areas.
All
of
the
cities
are
responsible
for
emergency
plan
within
the
cities
and
I
mistake.
You
know,
had
this
emergency
operations
center
and
is
responsible
for
that,
but
we
all
know
we're
gonna.
D
E
D
Different
meetings,
I
have
never
been
on
so
many
meetings.
It
seems
like
every
time,
I
look
up
my
calendar
there's
another
one.
Coming
up.
Another
supervisor
said
something
today
about
how
many
different
kind
of
meetings
have
you
been
on
and
I
see
mostly
zoom,
but
she
go
to
meeting
on
whether
well
my
accent.
It's
amazing.
It's
just
amazing
how
we
are
getting
the
work
done
of
government
and
we're
taking
care
of
our
residents
all
over
here
in
different
ways
for
governments,
continuing
yeah.
A
A
For
our
final
question,
I'm
going
to
toss
it
over
to
assistant
vice
president
for
student
health
and
wellness
Aaron
Baldwin
with
Iowa
State
University
Aaron.
This
question
seems
to
fit
within
your
area
of
expertise.
Public
health
officials
continue
to
emphasize
the
importance
of
social
distancing,
but
how
does
this
really
help
so.
E
Even
if
we're
otherwise
healthy
we're
still
at
risk,
and
we
can
increase
that
risk
for
others.
So
by
all
of
us
doing
our
part,
we
can
help
slow
the
spread
of
koban
19
and
basically,
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
flatten
the
curve,
which
means
that
we
won't
overwhelm
the
health
care
system,
and
that
will
ensure
everyone
can
access
the
care
that
they
need
so
social
distancing
or
what
we
like
to
call
physical
distancing
can
help
facilitate.
This
makes
physical
distancing
can
be
a
bit
confusing.
E
A
E
Be
having
those
in-person
playdates
law
school
in
doubt,
however,
physical
distance
think
does
not
mean
that
we
should
avoid
staying
in
touch
with
our
friends
and
family
that
don't
live
in
our
home.
So
we
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
calling
video
chatting
and
staying
connected
using
social
media.
We
all
certainly
react
differently
to
stressful
situations
and.
E
A
E
Okay,
to
not
be
okay,
this
is
a
really
stressful
situation
that
we're
and
we're
all
expecting
challenges
and
all
sectors
of
our
lives.
So
we
want
to
encourage
everyone
in
our
community
to
focus
on
their
well-being
and
find
different
strategies
that
bring
them
joy.
Cyclone
health
org
has
lots
of
links
to
resources
from
our
student,
health
and
wellness
unit
departments,
and
even
though
that
that
focuses
a
lot
on
student
well-being,
a
majority
of
our
resources
can
be
used
by
anyone
in
the
community.
E
Specifically
I
want
to
highlight
our
cyclone
health
virtual
resources
you'll
find
lots
of
different
activities
on
there.
There
sports
virtual
fitness
classes,
our
keep
community
stay
informed,
be
well
campaign
is
up
there
and
it
has
ideas
like
how
to
host
virtual
get-together
snotzax
parties,
animal
webcams,
virtual
tours
field
trips,
coloring
pages
for
an
activities
for
our
kids
there's
also
resources
from
our
student
counseling
services.
They
have
a
video
series
of
set
has
different
mental
health
topics
such
as.
How
do
we
practice
self
compassion?
How
do
we
focus
on
our
debut
daily
rhythms?.
E
A
Are
some
great
resources
and
one
thing
a
lot
of
people
have
right
now
is
some
time
to
look
at
them,
so
a
great
idea
to
check
out
those
resources
on
the
web
and
some
just
nice
ideas
to
stay
connected
with
one
another.
Thank
you
Aaron
and
thank
you
to
all
our
panelists
john
dunn,
city
of
Ames,
water
and
pollution
control,
Teresa,
Ferrari
storey,
County,
Public,
Health,
Linda,
Merkin
storey,
County,
Board
of
Supervisors
and
Aaron
Baldwin
with
Iowa
State
University.
A
Just
a
reminder
that
Ames
responds
to
koban
19
is
an
opportunity
for
Ames
residents
to
ask
their
questions
and
get
answers.
If
there's
something
you're
curious
about,
let
us
know
we'll
put
together
another
program
for
next
week.
Call
us
with
your
questions
at
the
city's
hotline.
Again:
five
one:
five:
two:
three:
nine:
five:
six:
seven:
zero
or
email
us
at
coba,
19
at
city
of
Ames
org.
That's
our
show
for
today,
thanks
for
watching.