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From YouTube: COVID-19 Press Conference LIVE: July 16, 2021
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COVID-19 Press Conference LIVE: July 16, 2021
A
Okay,
I
have
115
straight
up,
so
we
will
get
going.
I'm
chuck
carney
director
of
media
relations
for
indiana
university
and
welcome
to
our
bi-weekly
during
the
summer
gathering
to
discuss
everything
with
the
covid19
pandemic.
With
the
city
of
bloomington,
monroe,
county,
indiana,
university
and
indiana
university
health.
We
will
begin
with
opening
comments.
Mayor
john
hamilton
had
a
scheduling
issue
at
the
last
moment.
So
sitting
in
today
is
the
mayor's
communication
director
yael
cassandra.
B
So
from
the
city,
I'd
like
to
report
that
we
did
have
our
first
case
in
three
weeks
reported
yesterday,
our
first
employee
coveted
case
in
three
weeks
from
the
parks
department
bringing
our
total
up
to
88
since
the
start
of
the
pandemic,
88
employees
who
have
reported
positive,
coveted
viral
tests,
so
we
that
is
88
cases
and
one
death.
Unfortunately,
that
was
attributed
to
covid
in
in
among
those
those
numbers.
B
So
far,
536
city
employees
have
done
so
and
received
their
100
incentive,
so
that
represents
about
56
percent
of
of
our
workforce.
That
number
has
unfortunately,
been
plateauing
somewhat
recently
in
order
to
try
to
continue
to
encourage
city
employees
to
get
vaccinated.
We
have
been
brainstorming
ways
to
do
so.
B
We
are
continuing
to
have
a
mask
policy
in
place
for
all
city
employees
wherever
they
work
that
that
continues
in
place.
Of
course,
I
will
let
the
health
experts
on
this
call
discuss
this
more
fully.
But,
as
we've
all
heard,
this
more
contagious
delta
variant
of
the
coronavirus
is
circulating
and
a
number
of
localities,
including
just
announced
yesterday,
los
angeles
county,
has
put
a
mask
mandate
back
in
place.
So
all
of
us
have
to
be
nimble
and
light
on
our
feet.
B
As
far
as
these
kinds
of
policies,
our
city
government
does
have
a
group,
the
continuity
of
city
government
group
that
has
contingency
plans
in
place,
and
we
are
monitoring
data
very
closely
to
make
sure
that
we
are
doing
the
right
thing
to
protect
employees
and
to
protect
the
broader
community
and,
as
we
do
we're
extremely
grateful
to
iu
and
iu
health
for
all
the
policies.
You
have
in
place
and
for
the
way
you
continue
to
reinforce
and
work
work
with
us.
B
B
You
can
also
call
the
general
number
812-349-3400
for
any
business.
You
might
need
to
do
with
the
city
and
the
you'll
notice.
When
you
come
into
city
hall,
things
look
a
little
different
and
have
done
for
the
last
gosh
half
a
year
year.
It's
been
a
while
time
has
a
strange
shifting
aspect
over
the
last
16
months,
but
you
can
do
whatever
you
need
to
do
by
going
to
our
website,
calling
that
number
349
3400
or
coming
in
to
the
atrium
and
you
will
be
directed
so
as
we
continue
to
navigate
this
pandemic.
B
Now
that
we
have
a
lovely
canopy,
that's
been
put
in
place
above
kirkwood
and
if
you
are
so
inclined,
come
on
down
and
patronize
our
our
many
local
businesses
on
kirkwood.
We
have.
We
have
a
beautiful
scene
down
there
with
a
sort
of
a
pedestrian
mall,
that's
in
place
through
october,
on
a
couple
of
the
blocks,
and
we
thank
very
much
downtown
bloomington
and
cassidy
electric
for
your
partnership
there.
B
D
Good
afternoon,
thanks
for
those
updates,
I
I
always
appreciate
hearing
from
all
of
our
partners,
even
though
we
talk
all
the
time,
it
is
always
informational
for
us
on
these
fridays
as
well.
I'm
going
to
start
with
our
vaccine
efforts
and
that
we
they
do
continue.
I
don't
think
that
should
be
a
surprise
to
anybody
our
homebound
program.
We
do
continue
to
vaccinate
people
who
are
unable
to
get
two
vaccine
sites
who
are
homebound
to
date.
We
have
done
over
150
of
those.
D
There
is
a
slight
change
at
one
point.
Up
until
now,
area
10
was
handling
those
schedules,
but
that
has
moved
to
2-1-1.
So
if
you
or
a
family
member
are
homebound,
you
have
not
yet
been
vaccinated
and
you
need
that
vaccine.
Then
please
call
211.
Let
them
know
they
will
get
you
on
the
list
and
our
public
health
nurses
will
make
sure
that
they
arrange
for
you
to
be
vaccinated.
D
There
are
plenty
of
sites
available
for
you
to
be
vaccinated
and
you
can
go
to
our
shop.in.gov
for
a
full
list
of
vaccine
options.
The
vaccine
is
effective,
it
is
safe
and
it
is
free.
You
will
not
be
charged
a
fee
for
it.
Your
insurance,
if
you
have
insurance,
may
be
charged
for
an
administration
fee
for
the
vaccine
for
administering
it,
but
that's
it.
There
should
not
be
a
charge
for
the
vaccination.
D
D
Those
that
are
coming
up
relatively
soon
include
banneker
community
center.
You
can
register
at
our
shop
for
that
as
well.
That
will
be
on
the
23rd
of
this
month
from
6
to
8
p.m,
and
they
will
have
johnson
and
johnson
and
pfizer
vaccine
available.
Tentatively.
We
are
planning
to
be
at
the
children's
expo
at
switch
yard.
There's
still
some
fine
details
to
work
out
about
that,
but
we
are
working
on
it.
D
We
will
be
at
redeemer
church
on
7,
20
or
7
31
from
11
to
1
and
I
believe,
that's
another
type
of
expo
that's
going
on
and
that
will
have
johnson
and
johnson
vaccine.
So
there
are
lots
of
opportunities
outside
of
the
normal
provider
pharmacy,
those
kinds
of
things
we
continue
to
do
those
things
and
I
was
reminded
today
I
had
almost
forgotten,
but
I
was
reminded
that
today
the
state
department
of
health's
mobile
unit
is
back
in
harrisburg.
D
They
are
doing
those
second
doses
from
when
they
were
here
in
june
and
they
are
here
until
6
pm.
They
have
johnson
and
johnson
and
pfizer.
So
you
can
go
to
our
shot
and
make
an
appointment.
You
can
show
up
if
you
got
your
first
dose
of
vaccine
pfizer
there.
You
can
get
that
second
dose
there.
Today.
D
Please
don't
forget,
and
if
you
are
wanting
johnson
and
johnson
and
don't
haven't
done
that
yet
or
you
want
to
get
your
first
dose
of
pfizer,
they
can
accommodate
you
and
they
will
help
you
find
where
you
can
go
to
get
that
second
dose
of
pfizer
when
that's
due.
Currently,
our
vaccination
rate
for
monroe
county
is
at
56
fully
vaccinated.
D
All
of
our
major
zip
codes
have
reached
that
50
percent
mark.
So
that's
that's
some
improvement,
but
we
are
not
anywhere
near
where
we
want
to
be.
We
still
have
lots
of
room
for
growth.
The
state
has
reported-
and
I
this
is
true
for
us
as
well.
The
12
to
15
year
olds
are
the
lowest
group,
the
lowest
vaccination
among
that
group,
and
obviously
they
have
also
been
eligible
for
vaccine
the
least
amount
of
time
and
they
need
their
parent,
their
parents
consent
and
helping
getting
that
vaccine.
D
So
please
encourage
everybody
that
you
know
to
get
that
vaccination
schedule
in
terms
of
infection.
We
have
seen
that
with
new
guidance,
people
have
eased
their
precautions
even
when
they
are
unvaccinated
and
we're
also
seeing
an
increase
in
cases
our
cases
are
rising,
they're
not
coming
down.
This
week's
cases
per
hundred
thousand
were
at
39.,
so
we're
going
in
the
wrong
direction.
Folks,
we
want
to
turn
that
back
around.
D
There
is
still
a
need
for
isolation
and
quarantine
for
those
who
are
ill
or
for
those
who
are
close
contacts
and
not
fully
vaccinated.
That
has
not
changed.
So
if
you
test
positive,
even
if
you
think
that
you
may
be
infected-
and
you
know
you
have
symptoms
and
you've
not
been
tested,
please
isolate
for
that
10
days
until
your
fever
is
gone
until
your
symptoms
have
improved
until
you
get
a
negative
test.
D
If
you
are
close
contact
and
not
fully
vaccinated,
then
you
need
to
quarantine,
ideally
14
days,
10
days.
If
you
have
no
symptoms,
you
could
resume
activity
if
you
are
masked
and
still
monitoring
for
symptoms,
and
we
are
getting
reports
from
our
contact
tracing
interviews
that
people
have
somehow
forgotten
those
two
pieces
of
information.
D
If
you
are
sick,
you
need
to
stay
home,
isolate
yourself
from
others,
so
you
are
not
spreading
the
infection.
If
you
are
unvaccinated,
you
are
a
close
contact.
You
need
to
quarantine
because
you
may
become
contagious
at
any
point
if
you're
fully
vaccinated,
then
all
you
have
to
do
is
monitor
for
symptoms.
D
You
do
not
have
to
quarantine.
We
know
that
it
can
be
a
challenge
to
isolate
and
quarantine
correctly,
but
it
is
extremely
important.
The
cdc
has
website
has
information
on
how
to
do
that.
We've
talked
about
that
a
lot
this
time
last
year
when
vaccination
wasn't
available
and
we
didn't
have
more
people
who
are
not
as
susceptible
but
please
visit
that
website
so
that
you
know
how
to
isolate
or
quarantine.
D
We
have
received
some
information
from
the
department
of
health
for
our
locale
for
our
county.
Remember
that
not
every
specimen
is
tested
for
variants.
So
this
is
just
an
indicator.
It
is
not
absolute
numbers,
but
about
75
of
our
tests.
Out
of
the
variants
that
have
come
from
monroe
county
over
75
percent
have
been
the
alpha
or
the
b117,
but
almost
20
percent
are
delta,
so
the
delta
variant
is
here.
D
If
you
are
eligible
for
vaccine
plan
that
visit
sooner
rather
than
later,
if
you
need
to
talk
to
your
provider,
we
encourage
you
to
do
that
fully
vaccinated
people
watch
for
guidance.
We
know
that
over
the
past
year
and
a
half
guidance
continues
to
change
and
we
will
also
watch
circumstances
as
well
use
extra
precautions
if
you're
in
crowded,
enclosed
areas
with
people
who
you
may
not
know
if
they're
vaccinated
or
may
not
be
vaccinated.
D
And
lastly,
I
would
say
two
things:
school
will
be
starting
soon.
Many
of
our
students
are
unable
to
be
vaccinated,
so
we
can
vaccinate
so
that
we
can
protect
them
and
that
we
have
a
good
school
year.
Testing
is
still
available
and
I,
the
morton
street
site,
is
still
set
to
close
july
31st
and
I
wanted
to
just
share
my
screen.
If
I
can
there
we
go
okay,
so
you
can
go
to
the
state's
website
and
you
can
get
a
list
of
all
of
the
places
that
you
can
go
to
get
testing.
D
D
D
A
D
Okay,
she
was,
I
think,
on
here
for
a
moment,
and
she
had
a
conflict
and
needed
to
to
leave
the
additional
township.
Assistance
has
been
extended
through
the
end
of
the
year,
so
those
who
are
struggling
with
rent
mortgage
payments
and
utilities
can
still
seek
help
through
their
township
trustees,
and
then
they
just
wanted
to
note
that
if
there
was
a
rise
in
covid
cases,
if
those
numbers
continue
to
go
up
that
the
county
may
once
again
have
to
close
county
buildings
to
the
general
public,
and
that's
it.
Okay,.
E
Hello,
everyone
thank
you
again
for
joining
us
on
this
friday
afternoon.
If
someone
could
stop
the
rain,
that
would
be
really
a
great
thing.
So
copen
19
virus
continues
to
be
prevalent
among
our
communities
requiring
admission
for
our
sickest
neighbors
and
family
members.
As
you
can
see,
in
the
number
of
admissions
we
haven't
been
able
to
make
any
further
headway.
E
E
You
can
see
on
the
screen
here
how
that
lays
out,
while
monroe
county
is
leading
the
way
with
almost
56
right
at
56
percent,
the
eligible
population
that
can
be
vaccinated,
it's
important
to
remember.
We
are
still
impacted
greatly
by
those
surrounding
counties.
We
still
have
opportunities
for
increasing
vaccination
rates,
so
if
you
work
or
socialize
or
have
a
house
of
worship
or
anything
with
someone
from
another
county
who
is
not
vaccinated,
encourage
them,
encourage
them
and
challenge
them
to
get
their
county
where
our
county
in
monroe
is.
E
E
E
I
saw
that
this
week
with
a
women's
location
where
some
women
were
talked
to
by
our
community
health
leaders
and
50
percent
of
those
in
attendance
received
their
vaccine.
It
is
possible
and
we're
welcome
to
come
and
help
you
also,
if
you're
not
vaccinated,
do
your
part
get
your
vaccine
as
soon
as
possible.
E
C
Well,
good
afternoon,
everyone
right
now
the
university's
focus
is
on
planning
for
fall.
This
will
be
here
before
we
know
it
with
the
return
of
students.
In
fact,
we
expect
to
start
the
influx
of
a
lot
of
our
support
staff,
residence,
assistants
and
also
international
students.
As
early
as
the
second
of
august,
the
freshman
induction
ceremony
will
be
the
18th
of
august,
and
the
fall
semester
will
begin
on
the
23rd
of
august.
C
C
C
On
january,
the
6th
indiana
university
announced
that
masks
are
now
optional
in
campus
buildings
for
those
who
are
fully
vaccinated.
This
is
another
incentive
to
get
that
vaccination
done
and
we
feel
like
this.
This
has
been
successful,
so
we're
we're
going
to
have
optional
mask
policy
for
the
time
being.
C
C
We
do
have
plenty
of
appointments
available,
and
this
next
week,
on
monday
july,
to
the
9th
and
19th
will
be
open
from
two
to
seven
you're
welcome
to
make
an
appointment
or
just
walk
in
from
the
north
side
of
assembly
hall.
That's
on
july,
19th
and
monday
july,
24th
saturday,
monday
july
26th
or
let's
see
saturday
july
31st.
C
Those
two
saturday
hours
on
the
24th
and
31st
are
from
10
to
3
p.m.
Now,
when
that
site
does
cease
operations,
there
are
plenty
of
other
opportunities
in
the
community
to
get
a
free,
coba
vaccination.
So
I
encourage
everybody
to
go
to
the
our
shot.ian.gov
site
and
find
the
the
best
fit
for
your
schedule.
As
I
say,
there's
there's
opportunities
all
over
the
place
at
grocery
stores,
pharmacies,
iu
health
belong
to
hospitals,
retail
pharmacy
as
well
and
other
places
where
you
can
get
a
vaccine
plenty
available,
and
it's
still
free
of
charge.
C
A
All
right
thanks
kirk,
and
thank
you
for
doing
double
duty
a
couple
of
weeks
ago
again
that
nobody
may
have
noticed,
but
I
was
not
here
two
weeks
ago
and
kirk
filled
both
roles.
I
appreciate
that
we
have
a
question
that
came
in
on
facebook
as
really
of
sort
of
a
follow-up
brian
to
something
that
you
alluded
to
about
young
people,
testing
positive.
The
question
is:
are
any
children
20
and
under
testing,
positive
and
or
in
the
hospital
and
penny
may
want
to
elaborate
on
that
as
well.
E
A
Yeah
and
if
I
may
follow
up
on
that,
just
a
tad,
as
you
mentioned,
20
to
29
being
a
really
big
growth
and
we're,
of
course,
assuming
a
lot
of
that
has
to
do
with
the
delta
variant
as
well.
Dr
aaron
carroll
at
iu
is
very
fond
of
saying
that,
when
people
focus
on
the
idea
that
well
20
to
29
and
younger
the
the
death
rate
is,
is
virtually
nil.
It's
not
zero,
but
it's
virtually
it's
very
small
but,
as
he
likes
to
say,
death
is
not
the
only
outcome
so
ryan.
E
Yeah
we're
seeing
that
more
and
more
research
around
there's
been
some
concerns.
Even
people
expressing
concerns
around
younger
people
getting
the
vaccine,
and
so
you
know
very
very
few-
are
getting
reactions
or
any
kind
of
negative
effects.
If
you
compare
that
with
the
the
long-term
effects
and
the
ill
effects
that
these
younger
adults
are
experiencing,
when
they
get
coveted,
those
percentages
are
much
much
higher
and
you
know
they
live
with
these
results.
A
Question
from
dave
askins,
the
b-square
beacon
for
iail.
The
mass
policy
at
the
city
was
one
of
the
points
of
friction
that
was
revealed
in
the
city
of
bloomington
employees
survey.
There
seems
to
be
a
strong
sentiment
that
those
who
are
vaccinated
should
not
have
to
wear
masks
when
employees
said
they
would
not
have
gotten
vaccinated
if
they
knew
they
would
still
have
to
wear
a
mask
and
work.
So
he
asks.
Why
does
the
city
just
say?
Look
it's
on
the
honor
system.
If
you've
been
vaccinated,
then
you
don't
have
to
wear
a
mask.
B
B
At
the
same
time,
the
the
infection
rate
locally,
as
I
mentioned
earlier
in
many
localities
around
the
country,
mass
mandates
are
coming
back,
for
example,
in
los
angeles,
as
I
mentioned
before,
we
have
not
wavered
on
our
mask
mandate
yet
because
we
feel
it
is
more
important
to
er
if
we
are
going
to
err
on
the
side
of
caution
and
protection
than
on
on
on
the
other
side,
so
we're
trying
hard
to
keep
everyone
safe.
At
the
same
time,
we
recognize
it
is
an
inconvenience.
B
We
will
we,
we
hope,
to
be
able
to
extend
more
benefits
to
folks
who
are
vaccinated
and
to
implement
a
system
whereby
people
can
tell
their
supervisor
and
then
within
a
department.
For
example,
there
can
be
a
an
agreement
if
it's
a
small
department,
for
example,
and
everyone
shows
that
they've
been
vaccinated.
B
A
Question
again
from
dave
for
brian
shockney
last
friday,
chris
bach
said,
the
key
thing
to
talking
to
people
who
don't
want
to
get
vaccinated
is
to
not
be
judgmental
when
you
say
to
encourage
your
friends
and
co-workers
to
get
vaccinated
and
to
challenge
them
to
get
vaccinated.
What's
your
favorite
technique
for
approaching
this
without
being
judgmental.
E
E
When
I
began,
I
pulled
my
mask
off
in
front
and
said
I
am
fully
vaccinated.
I
am
socially
distanced.
I
am
glad
to
be
able
to
take
my
mask
down
if
you're
fully
vaccinated.
I
would
encourage
you
to
do
the
same,
and
so
those
are
the
things
that
you
we
can
do.
The
two
things
that
I
do
in
the
work
setting
and
in
the
social
setting
that
keeps
the
keeps
the
focus
on
me
and
not
shaming
or
pointing
the
finger
at
someone
else.
E
A
Okay,
a
question
from
dave
for
kirk
white.
How
close
is
the
university
to
being
able
to
give
us
a
percentage
of
students,
faculty
and
staff
who
are
documented
documented
as
vaccinated?
It
sounds
like
it's
at
high
at
a
level
high
enough
that
it
will
in
fact
be
a
normal
semester
and
is
that
in
fact,
the
case.
C
Well,
you
know
that
is
the
good
news
story
really
of
of
this
month.
That
we've
been
able
to
work
on.
I've
got
to
say
that
I've
been
just
really
heartened
by
what
our
students,
faculty
and
staff
have
done
and
how
they've
answered
the
call
we've
worked
so
hard
to
explain
the
importance
of
vaccinations.
Of
course,
we
have
the
requirement
and
we've
reminded
all
of
our
students,
faculty
and
staff.
How
soon.
E
C
Need
to
get
their
their
report
into
us
and
attest
that
they've
that
they've
received
the
vaccine
and
so
system
wide.
Now
from
all
of
our
campuses,
the
number
is
very
high.
It's
up
to
about
80
percent
the
faculty
staff
numbers
are
the
higher
part
of
that
the
the
student
numbers
aren't
quite
there
yet,
but
that's
because
not
everybody's
enrolled.
Yet,
and
so
that's
why
we
haven't
really
broken
it
out.
A
D
Certainly,
you
know
it's
a
very
good
question
and,
as
we
know,
all
of
the
information
continues
to
change
and
we
continue
to
monitor
it.
There
is
no
magic
number
because
we
have
to
look
at
our
vaccination
rates.
Numbers
are
increasing.
What
are
they
related
to?
You
could
have
a
facility
that
had
an
outbreak
and
that's
where
your
increase
in
numbers
were.
You
could
have
it
related
to
something
else
where
you
don't
necessarily
have
to
think
what
do
we
need
to
do
community-wide
right,
in
terms
of
say,
a
mass
mandate?
D
It
could
be
that
we
have
to
deal
with
a
facility
whether
it's
a
school
or
you
know
a
housing
facility
or
an
event
on
an
individual
basis.
So
at
this
point
I
have
to
say
that
we
don't
have
a
specific
when
we
hit
this
number.
This
goes
back
in
place
because
we
have
to
look
at
what
our
situation
is
at
that
time.
What's
our
vaccination
level,
how
many
people
are
susceptible?
D
All
of
those
things
will
play
a
part
in
that
and
again
the
county
commissioners
may
decide
that
they
want
to
do
something
for
their
county
buildings.
That
may
be
different
than
what
we
may
choose
to
do
county
wide
if
on
a
community
level,
so
businesses
may
choose
to
do
that
differently
as
well.
We
know
that
schools
school
boards
have
the
the
parameters
to
make
those
decisions
for
their
schools
this
year.
They're,
not
you
know,
state
mandates
in
place
for
how
schools
will
handle
a
lot
of
these
situations.
C
C
All
that
back
up
again
we're
going
to
wa
we've
got
the
monitoring
systems
in
place
and,
as
as
director
caudle
mentioned
work,
we
continue
to
watch
the
community
numbers
along
with
the
president
shockney
and
the
community,
along
with
the
campus
numbers.
Together,
we
watch
that
daily
and
as
conditions
change,
we
can
adjust
the
posture
of
the
campus
to
maintain
the
safety
that
we
need
to.
B
Chuck,
I
would,
I
would
add,
to
that,
that
the
city
continues
to
coordinate
with
the
health
department
and
iu
and
iu
health
in
our
in
our
weekly
meetings,
and
we
definitely
take
our
cues
from
the
health
experts
and
appreciate
that
coordination.
As
you
remember,
the
city
did
have
its
own
rule.
That
was
in
place
for
about
10
months
regarding
gatherings
within
the
city
limits,
and
there
was
that
15
person,
private
gathering
limit
that
was
only
lifted
once
other
local
restrictions
went
up
because
of
the
numbers.
A
Okay,
I
will
hang
on
here
just
a
second.
If
anybody
has
a
last
minute
question
a
reminder
about
the
schedule
of
these,
we
will
be
back
again
in
two
weeks.
I
never
know
if
bi-weekly
means
two
a
month
or
every
two
weeks
or
does
it
matter,
because
it
would
still
work
out
the
same.
Numerically,
someone
will
tell
me
so
if
there
is
a
question
you
can,
let
us
know
quickly
here
in
the
chat.