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A
Hi
this
is
Mayor
John
Hamilton
wanting
to
give
an
update
generally.
This
is
Monday
May
4th.
First,
thanks
to
everybody
for
all
you're
doing
in
the
community
to
help
keep
our
people
safe,
our
community,
safe
from
health
care
workers
to
government
workers
to
private
sector
folks
who
make
the
city
work.
A
Thank
you
for
all
you're
doing
and
thanks
all
the
residents
for
continuing
to
support
and
comply
with
basics
of
physical
distancing
and
keeping
hygiene
safe
at
home,
we're
not
going
to
work
if
you're,
sick
and
not
taking
none
essential
trips
and
those
kinds
of
things
we
really
appreciate
it.
It
has
helped.
We
have
flattened
the
curve
locally.
A
I
thought
it
might
be
helpful
today
to
give
a
little
update
on
what
the
state
and
the
governor
actions
that
were
taken
last
week
and
then
the
local
reaction
to
that
just
to
give
an
update,
it
can
get
kind
of
technical,
but
let's
jump
into
it
a
little
bit
the
governor
first.
Let
me
say
I
appreciate
that
our
governor
has
explicitly
acknowledged
that
local
governments
may
take
a
different
approach
to
this.
Then
the
state
does
and
that
that's
okay
and
encouraged.
A
In
fact,
recognized
several
counties
with
different
situations
and
encouraged
others
to
consider
things
locally
and
I
appreciate
that
from
the
governor
the
I
would
say
late
Friday
afternoon
last
week
the
governor
announced
a
number
of
very
substantial
changes
and
plans
and
made
us
hustle
and
jump
around
trying
to
respond
to
them.
He
basically
outlined
four
key
indicators
that
the
state
is
looking
at
on
deciding
how
to
stage
the
reopening.
A
The
four
indicators
were:
more
testing,
strong
contact,
tracing
abilities,
hospitals
and
healthcare
systems
that
showed
they
were
not
being
overwhelmed,
that
they
had
significant
capacity
and
then
finally,
and
maybe,
most
importantly,
a
two
week
decline
in
the
cases
in
the
hospital
from
Kovan.
He
reported
all
of
those
indicators
meant
to
the
state
that
they
should
start
moving
down
a
reopening
path.
A
Now
we
don't
actually
I,
don't
know
the
hospitalization
numbers
statewide,
those
are
not
a
public
data
and
that
data
doesn't
line
up
with
the
CDC
gaiting
criteria
that
they
use,
which
focus
not
on
hospitalizations
but
on
overall
case
numbers
and
others.
So
one
of
the
issues
we
face
locally
was
we
just
couldn't
see
the
data
more
important
locally.
Was
that
the
data
that
we
do
have
locally
did
not
suggest
to
us
that
locally
we
see
a
two-week
decline
in
cases
or
hospitalizations.
A
We
haven't
seen
a
an
explosion,
but
we
have
not
seen
a
two-week
decline
in
those
cases
or
hospitalizations
and
to
us
locally.
That's
what
we
need
to
see.
That's
what
the
best
health
experts
in
the
country
and
locally
here
also
want
to
see
and
when
we
did
not
see
that
that
meant
locally,
hey,
wait,
a
minute,
we're
not
ready
to
change
the
protocols
that
we
have.
I
would
also
add
that
it's
very
difficult
getting
word
at
3:30
on
Friday
afternoon
and
saying
things
should
be
open
on
Monday.
A
It
gives
very
little
chance
to
work
with
the
local
community,
so
those
factors,
the
fact
that
we
don't
have
a
two-week
decline,
the
primary
one
and
that
we
need
time
to
open
up
rationally
and
and
thoughtfully
and
intentionally
those
factors
lead
County
City
and
it
led
by
the
County
Health
Department
to
say.
Last
week,
we're
gonna
hold
on
two
weeks:
keep
the
status
quo
locally.
That's
all
to
protect
public
safety.
We
are
all
committed
to
figuring
out.
How
do
we
open
up
reopen
revitalize
that's
critically
important,
but
we've
got
to
do
it
safely
so
locally.
A
We're
going
to
continue
to
watch
to
see
that
we
have
the
indicators
that
show
our
caseloads
are
declining.
Our
health
care
systems
are
protected.
We
have
adequate
contact
tracing,
we
have
adequate
testing,
we
won't
have
adequate
testing.
We
have
better
testing,
but
we're
going
to
continue
to
work
on
that
over
the
next
couple
weeks.
There's
a
lot
of
work
going
on
to
work
with
the
small
businesses
and
organizations
and
faith
organizations
and
and
governments
to
explore.
A
How
do
we
start
to
open
up
it's
going
to
be
incremental,
it's
going
to
be
based
on
science
and
health
and
it's
going
to
be
done
in
a
collaborative
way
locally.
So
that's
why
we
separated
from
the
state
the
governor,
encouraged
that
to
happen
and
I
appreciate
him
doing
that
I'm
concerned
a
little
bit
about
how
fast
the
state
is
moving
I
think
they've
set
some
artificial
guidelines
but
locally
we're
gonna,
be
driven
by.
How
do
we
protect
the
public
health
and
monitor
the
data
to
see
that
as
each
step
is
available,
we
take
it?
A
We
move
forward,
we
monitor,
did
we
cause
a
backslide,
or
can
we
keep
moving
so
you're
welcome
to
reach
out
to
our
office
at
the
office
of
the
mayor,
as
we
continue
to
work
on
this
I'll,
keep
you
updated,
you
can
check
out
our
website
and
other
things,
but
we're
gonna
keep
doing
what
we
can
locally
to
protect
the
health
and
to
recover,
and
thank
you
all
so
much
for
what
you're
doing
in
that
regard,
keep
taking
care
of
each
other
and
keep
taking
care
of
Bloomington.
Thank
you.