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COVID-19 Press Conference LIVE
A
B
Thank
you
very
much
kirk,
it's
nice
to
see
you
nice
to
see
everybody.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
you've
stuck
with
us
for
a
long
time
on
these
press
conferences.
So
thank
you
for
everybody
who
shows
up
week
after
week.
We
appreciate
it
not
a
whole
lot
to
report
from
the
city
today
I
will
tell
you
that
we
are
hearing
from
folks
some
concerns
about
the
confusion
between
the
governor's
orders
and
our
local
orders.
B
You
may
or
may
not
be
aware
that
the
governor
recently
made
it
no
longer
mandatory
to
wear
a
mask
in
indiana
that,
having
been
said,
the
board
of
health
here
in
monroe
county
and
certainly
within
the
city
of
bloomington,
we've
decided
that
hey.
You
know
what
the
approach
that
we've
been
taking
over
time
has
been
working
beautifully.
We're
going
to
stick
with
this.
We
know
we're
not
out
of
the
woods
so
for
those
of
us
monroe
county.
Let's
continue
to
wear
those
masks.
We
know
it's
kind
of
confusing.
B
So
to
that
end,
the
city
of
bloomington
is
deploying
some
message:
boards
cutting
in
some
critical
arteries
inside
town
to
remind
people
that
hey
here
in
monroe
county,
we're
still
wearing
those
masks,
we're
still
taking
care
of
each
other
in
that
way
and
protecting
ourselves
and
each
other
and
those
folks
who
are
visiting.
So
we
do
anticipate,
especially
at
this
time
of
year,
when
the
weather
is
so
beautiful
and
blue,
what's
more
beautiful
than
a
town
named
bloomington
at
this
time
of
year
right.
B
So
we
got
a
lot
of
people
here
who
want
to
take
advantage
of
our
beauty,
and
we
love
that.
But
we
do
need
to
remind
some
of
our
neighbors
who
may
be
visiting
that
hey
here
in
monroe
county.
We
still
mask
up
along
those
same
lines:
we've
heard
from
some
businesses
locally
who
are
concerned
that
their
employees,
some
of
whom
may
be
servers
in
the
local
restaurants
and
night
spots
that
they're
putting
being
put
in
the
position
of
kind
of
having
to
serve
as
the
masked
police
and-
and
we
don't
think,
that's
appropriate.
B
They
don't
like
it.
Obviously,
these
are
businesses
that
have
signage
on
the
doors,
letting
folks
know
hey.
If
you
want
to
come
in
and
do
business
here,
you
will
be
expected
to
wear
a
mask,
and
so
we
just
ask
everybody
to
please
mind:
those
rules
continue
to
wear
those
masks
and
don't
put
those
employees.
You
know
some
of
these
folks
are
some
people
are
professional
servers,
some
people,
you
know
work
in
these
stores
all
the
time.
B
Some
are
just
college
students
trying
to
earn
enough
money
to
stay
in
school,
so
please
don't
put
them
in
that
awkward
and
inappropriate
position
of
having
to
be
the
police
people
around
masking.
So
we
really
appreciate
your
cooperation
there,
and
I
know
that
the
folks
you
interact
with
who
work
at
these
businesses
really
appreciate
that
too.
Finally,
I'll
just
say
that
we
did
have
one
additional
positive
case
of
covid
reported
among
our
city
of
bloomington
employees
this
past
week.
B
That
brings
our
total
to
78
out
of
around
850
employees
and
that's
for
the
duration
of
the
pandemic.
We're
happy
to
report
so
far.
Everybody
has
recovered
nicely
and
we're
so
very
grateful
for
that.
We
don't
anticipate
this.
Will
be
a
source
of
spread?
This
was
an
employee
who
did
not
have
close
contacts
with
other
folks
during
their
infection.
So
we
anticipate
this
will
go
well
and
we
just
continue
to
urge
people
to
do
all
the
things
we've
been
talking
about
for
a
year,
especially
masking
and
distancing
and
washing
their
hands.
A
Well,
thank
you
mary
katherine.
You
know
I
just
came
in
from
walking
down
kirkwood
and
boy
lots
of
people
taking
advantage
of
the
open
air
restaurant
seating
along
kirkwood,
it's
a
great
day
in
bloomington,
and
we
want
to
encourage
people
to
continue
to
do
that
in
a
safe
way,
just
as
as
you've
outlined,
it's
a
great
opportunity
to
to
dine
outdoors
and
at
a
safe
distance.
A
C
Great
good
afternoon,
thank
you,
everybody
and
thank
you,
mary,
katherine
for
those
words.
We
we
agree
with
that
completely.
You
know.
If
we
will
all
just
obey
the
regulations,
then
we
can.
You
know
not
put
anyone
in
an
awkward
position
of
having
to
ask
you
to
put
your
mask
on
you
know.
Just
please
follow
the
regulations.
We
appreciate
you
helping
us
with
getting
those
signs
out
in
the
community
as
well.
Very,
very
grateful
for
that.
I
think
for
us.
C
There's
been
six
reported
cases
out
of
almost
seven
million
or
more
than
seven
million
vaccines
of
the
j
j
that
have
been
distributed
so
an
extremely
small
number,
but
they
were
kind
of
watching
for
this
and
that
system
kind
of
pinged
these
for
them
to
look
more
closely
at
there's
blood,
clot
issues
and
so
they're
investigating
those
right
now
they
do
expect
to
have
recommendations
by
the
end
of
next
week.
So
j
is
just
on
pause
for
the
moment.
C
If
you
have
received
that
vaccine
and
your
concern,
you
really
just
remain
calm,
watch
for
any
symptoms
and
really
we're
looking
at
headache,
abdominal
pain,
shortness
of
breath,
leg,
pain
or
swelling.
If
you
were
to
notice
that
when
these
adverse
reactions
have
occurred,
they've
been
in
women
between
the
ages
of
18
and
48
and
they've
typically
occurred
between
16
and
13
days
after
getting
that
back
vaccination.
C
C
So
we
are
pausing
for
us.
We
did
not
have
any
large
scale
vaccination
clinics
planned
with
jack
with
johnson
and
johnson
yet,
and
so
we
just
had
to
do
more
of
a
small
pivot.
We
were
using
johnson
and
johnson
for
some
of
our
outreach
programs
and
those
are
now
being
used
with
moderna
that
that
is
happening
all
around
the
state
and
all
around
the
country.
C
The
indianapolis
motor
speedway
clinic
has
switched
to
moderna
as
well,
and
we
just
got
an
announcement
from
the
state
that
this
weekend,
an
appointment
will
not
be
needed
at
the
motor
speedway.
So
you
can
go
there,
get
modern
vaccine
and
get
started
on
your
vaccination.
If
you
have
not
so
again,
the
system
is
working.
C
All
of
those
efforts
locally
and
across
the
state
are
making
a
difference,
so
we
want
to
encourage
everyone
to
still
consider
being
vaccinated.
It
truly
is
our
way
out
of
this,
as
well
as
continuing
to
mass
maintain
distance.
Until
we
get
to
a
point
where
we
have
enough
fats,
people
vaccinated
that
we
are
really
not
seeing
any
community
spread
and
when
I
speak
about
community
spread,
I
also
have
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
variance
the
b117.
C
The
uk
variant
is
now
the
most
common
variant
we're
seeing
in
the
united
states
and
in
indiana.
The
california
variant
is
what
we're
seeing
second
most
often
and
the
state's
dashboard
is
now
kind
of
tracking
there's
the
vaccine
tracker
tracks,
some
of
those
variants
and
the
percentage
of
the
sequence.
So
we
can
kind
of
see
what's
going
on
with
those
variants,
it
is
more
transmissible.
C
We
do
remain
in
yellow
in
terms
of
an
advisory
this
week,
and
you
know
the
difference
a
few
days
can
make,
because
I
looked
at
the
numbers
kind
of
anticipating
where
we
might
be
and
said
you
know
we're
probably
going
to
be
about
135
cases
per
hundred
thousand.
We
came
in,
I
think
at
147,
so
that
was
an
increase
that
I
kind
of
wasn't
quite
expecting
but
again
we're
hoping
that
we're
seeing
the
end
of
that
kind
of
spring
break
travel
and
those
infections
and
those
numbers
will
start
to
come
down.
C
They
certainly
can
come
down.
If
we
continue
to
vaccinate
and
follow
precautions,
we
are-
and
I
know
the
hospital
will
talk
about
hospitalizations
and
what
we're
seeing
there.
We
will
continue
to
make
decisions
based
on
the
information
and
the
science
that
we
have
not
on
feelings.
We
all
if
it
were
based
on
feelings.
We
would
all
just
say
we're
done
right.
Everybody.
D
Thank
you
so
much
kirk
and
thank
you
for
filling
in
so
italy.
This
week
we
appreciate
you
just
a
couple
of
quick
notes
with
our
funding
that
the
board
of
commissioners
and
county
council
providing
for
people
and
businesses
in
our
community,
our
last
round
of
cares
funding,
and
these
are
grants.
Not
loans
will
be
closing
at
the
end
of
april.
So
please
go
to
co.monroe.in.us.
D
If
your
business
or
social
service
organization
needs
covid,
related
assistance
non-payroll,
we
would
be
very
happy
to
review
your
claim,
but
please
do
so
soon.
We
want
to
close
this
out
at
the
end
of
april,
and
hopefully
that
is
when
the
federal
government
will
be
stepping
in
more
fully
so
this
should
be
seamless,
we
hope,
but
to
date
we
have
provided
direct,
cares,
funding
and
the
total
of
881
265
dollars
and
that's
to
ensure
that
we
have
a
vital
community
and
economy
when
we
emerge
as
soon
as
we
emerge
from
covid.
D
D
To
date,
we
have
provided
80
683
in
grant
funding,
just
direct
funds,
not
loans
to
148
households
in
monroe
county
and
we're
really
proud
of
that
and
grateful
for
the
work
of
each
and
every
township,
trustee
and
anywhere
you
live
in
monroe
county.
You
live
in
a
township,
so
you
can
go
to
ceo.monroe.ian.us
and
you
can
find
that
contact
list
at
the
emergency
management
page.
D
So
thanks
again
to
the
county
council
for
helping
to
make
this
happen,
we're
also
continuing
to
utilize
the
private
security
company
to
to
provide
mass
education
and
assistance
both
within
the
city
and
in
the
county
as
well.
Please
continue
to
wear
your
masks.
We
appreciate
those
who
do.
Please
continue
your
social
distancing
and
hand
washing
practices.
D
E
Thank
you
kirk
for
leading
today.
We
appreciate
that
and
for
all
of
those
who
join
us.
I
would
like
to
give
our
heartfelt
sympathy
to
those
families
and
individuals
affected
by
the
mass
shooting
this
morning
and
just
a
shout
out
to
our
first
responders
and
our
health
care
heroes
who
responded
in
that
situation.
E
Our
numbers
of
iu
health
covenant,
19
patients,
have
remained
fairly
level
from
the
increase
we
saw
last
week
across
the
iu
health
south
central
region.
Here
in
monroe
county,
though
we've
at
iu
health
in
monroe,
we've
shown
this
increase.
As
you
see
on
the
slide,
we
usually
while
we
usually
show
our
numbers
over
the
past
13
months.
It's
important.
We
focus
on
the
last
60
days
to
help
us
understand
the
current
increase
we
are
seeing
in
our
trends.
E
So,
as
you
see
on
the
screen
to
further
highlight
that
point,
I
wanted
to
share
this
additional
data,
which
shows
the
trends
of
inpatients.
These
are
our
very
sickest
patients
by
age
of
covet
19
testing
by
age
across
the
iu
health
system.
As
you
can
see,
our
younger
populations
continue
to
increase,
while
our
older
adults
are
declining.
E
I've
mentioned
several
times
over
the
last
month.
Continued
concerns
around
the
case
increases
within
our
bordering
state
of
michigan,
and
I
also
wanted
to
highlight
how,
concerning
their
surge,
has
been
over
the
last
month,
as
you
can
see
on
the
screen,
a
comparison
of
average
daily
cases
by
county
for
the
state
of
michigan
from
the
middle
of
march.
To
now
that's
just
one
month,
you
can
see
the
troubling
increases
of
cases
across
that
state,
and
here
in
indiana
we
have
seen
a
similar
trend
of
increased
cases.
E
E
Our
vaccine
supply
in
bloomington
continues
to
be
in
great
shape,
as
we've
utilized
52
204
of
the
55
530
vaccines
we've
received,
that
is
a
94
utilization
percentage
as
a
healthcare
provider.
It's
also
our
priority
to
ensure
our
patients
and
communities
feel
safe
and
have
assurance
in
their
health
care
decision.
So
I
want
to
take
a
moment
to
share
what
our
local
response
has
been
and
our
iu
health
response
has
been
to
the
j
j
vaccine
pause.
E
We
are
reaching
out
to
the
high-risk
clients
those
females
18
to
48,
who
received
this
small
number
of
j
j
vaccines
from
us
and
to
the
leaders
of
the
organizations
where
the
vaccines
were
given
to
remind
them
of
the
symptoms
to
watch
out
for
and
contact
their
health
care
provider.
If
needed.
The
quick
reaction
of
the
cdc
and
fda
to
temporarily
pause.
This
administration
of
the
j
j
vaccine
speaks
to
our
federal
agencies,
focus
on
safety
of
the
vaccine.
E
A
And
thank
you,
brian,
and
I
noticed
in
our
translation
at
the
bottom.
It
it
mentions
that
we
transferred
j
j
to
madonna
and
that's
probably
not
true,
it
really
is
moderna.
So
just
in
case
anybody
was
confused.
It's
really
modern
all
right!
Well
now,
let's
hear
a
report
from
our
county
emergency
management
department
and
allison
moore
the
director.
F
F
We
have
two
blood
drives
scheduled
in
april
that
we
still
have
several
spots
open
for
and
they
are
the
29th
and
the
30th,
and
because
we
have
so
many
spots
open,
the
red
cross
is
offering
a
little
incentive
if
you're
in
the
ages
of
16
to
24,
and
you
make
a
blood
donation
to
either
one
of
those
drives
at
the
convention
center.
Then
you
can
get
an
electronic
gift
card
for
a
food
industry
in
the
community.
F
They'll
have
several
different
food
options
for
you
to
select
and
you
can
make
that
donation
and
receive
that
10
card.
So
if
you
have
a
high
school
student
or
a
young
adult
and
or
if
you
are
one
of
those
individuals-
and
you
hear
this
message
today
or
or
you're
not-
and
you
know
someone-
we
encourage
you
to
spread
that
word
and
have
them
go
to
the
redcross.org
website
and
make
such
appointment.
E
F
Our
office
continues
to
work
with
those
public
safety
providers
making
sure
that
they
all
have
ppe,
and
that
way
we
can
continue
through
this,
even
all
this
time
later,
to
serve
our
public
in
whatever
whatever
capacity
or
needs
that
this
that
the
county
might
need,
and
that's
all
I
have
kirk.
Thank
you
so
much.
A
A
We
expect
an
upward
trend
to
get
us
up
to
3
900
and
then
perhaps
4
700
the
week
after
that.
So
as
long
as
supply
keeps
coming
in
the
state's
going
to
continue
to
give
us
those
appointment
slots
and
you
can
continue
to
sign
up
at
ourshot.in.gov
for
that
open
point
of
distribution
and
as
was
mentioned
just
before
we
started
it
was
announced.
If
you
looked
at
the
the
state
statistics,
monroe
county
had
the
highest
per
capita
first
dose
administered
in
the
state
on
wednesday.
A
A
That
that
yet
we
have
77
percent
of
hoosiers
that
are
yet
to
be
vaccinated.
So
that's
still
a
big
number
when
you
think
about
the
number
of
people
who
are
vaccinated,
as
opposed
to
who
aren't,
we've
still
got
a
long
way
to
go,
and
so
lots
of
lots
of
work
to
do
so.
With
that
report,
let's
get
to
questions
today
and
we'll
get
started
up
here.
Look
like
dave
askins
from
the
v
square
beacon
has
a
question
for
mary
catherine.
A
A
B
You
would
have
seen
them
deployed
on
campus
for
this
kind
of
use
already,
when
we
kind
of
identified
campus
as
being
a
a
key
area
that
we
wanted
to.
At
that
time,
we
were
reminding
people
about
the
gathering
size
that
was
set
at
15
in
the
city
of
bloomington
for
private
gatherings,
and
so
we
deployed
these
sign
boards
around
there.
B
A
And
our
next
question
is
for
penny
caudle
from
dave,
askins
and
he's
asking
about
the
goal
to
have
75
percent
of
the
population
vaccinated
and
for
measuring
progress.
Today
he
said
you
said:
24
of
those
eligible
have
been
vaccinated.
So
far
is
the
goal
also
defined
only
in
terms
of
those
who
are
eligible.
C
C
But
when
we
look
at
in
terms
of
sort
of
that
herd
immunity
that
we're
going
to
need
at
least
75
to
80
percent
of
our
population
vaccinated
plus,
then
you
add
in
those
who
may
have
recovered
from
and
have
some
immunity.
The
thing
is
that
we
know
more
about
and
will
know
more
about
the
immunity
from
the
vaccine
than
from
those
necessarily
who
have
recovered
so
the
more
people
we've
talked
about
this
before.
What
I
really
want
is
you
know
anybody
who's
eligible
to
be
vaccinated.
C
I
really
want
a
hundred
percent
of
those
people
to
be
vaccinated.
That's
what
I
want,
but
you
know
you
have
to
kind
of
set
your
goals
somewhere
and
even
when
we
look
at
normal
vaccine
numbers,
if
you
reach
90
percent,
that's
phenomenal
so
getting
to
75
when
we
get
there,
you're
gonna
hear
me
push
to
get
a
higher
number
I'll.
Just
warn
you
about
that
right
now.
That's
my
current
goal.
A
All
right
and
then
ethan
burks
from
wfiutiu
has
a
question
from
penny:
mary,
catherine
and
julie.
He
mentions
it's
still
early,
but
president
putin's
introduction
today
related
to
that
and
how
will
both
the
city
and
county
coordinate
with
the
new
administration
at
iu
on
how
to
move
forward
the
local
pandemic
efforts?
What
discussions
will
be
most
important
to
address?
A
Is
it
vaccine
requirements
for
students
increasing
capacity
at
assembly
hall
at
our
destination
site,
and
what
will
the
timeline
for
these
discussions
look
like
and
then
for
mary
katherine?
Do
you
expect
the
mayor
to
have
a
sit
down?
Perhaps
these
days,
even
virtual,
with
president-elect
wood
so
penny?
Do
you
want
to
start
with
that.
C
Certainly,
you
know
we
have
a
variety
of
contacts
that
we
use,
starting
with
kirk
white
who's
right
here
with
us,
and
we
will
continue
to
use
all
of
those
connections
and
resources
to
figure
out
the
best.
Timing
of
that.
Our
relationship
is
good,
has
been
good
and
I
have
no
doubt
will
continue
to
be
good
and,
as
the
new
president
comes
in
and
gets
situated
and
settled,
we
will
just
kind
of
fall
in
line
with
those
processes,
and
I
I
anticipate
things
will
be
a
smooth
transition.
D
D
B
Well,
absolutely
I
want
to
build
on
what
julie
said
just
just
a
little
bit.
You
know
this.
First
of
all,
I
know
mayor
hamilton
is
absolutely
going
to
want
to
roll
out
the
welcome
mat
to
the
city
of
bloomington.
This
is
an
exciting
time.
You
know
so
much
of
the
history
of
indiana
university
is
the
history
of
bloomington
and
we're
so
grateful
for.
For
that
connection,
you
know,
as
one
succeeds
does
the
other.
B
I
can
tell
you
that,
having
been
in
a
variety
of
positions
having
an
opportunity
to
to
work
both
at
indiana
university
and
various
organizations
in
bloomington,
I've
never
seen
town
gown
relations
stronger
than
they've
been
kirk.
You
and
I
have
worked
together
for
many
years
on
this
thing
on
this
of
these
kinds
of
projects
too
excellent,
excellent
relationship
and
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
build
on
that.
Of
course,
you
know
there
are
upper
level
management
groups
that
a
group
that
meets
on
a
regular
basis.
B
That
group
will
be
having
another
meeting
very
soon
and
we've
so
valued.
This
close
relationship
with
indiana
university
and,
of
course,
in
this
crisis
that
we've
been
in
the
last
year,
bringing
in
the
hospital
and
the
county,
is
part
of
that
team
as
well.
Just
I
can't
tell
you
how
valuable
that's
been
and
based
on
my
information
I
get
from
other
communities
fairly
rare.
So
truly
a
great
thing.
B
That's
been
happening
here
in
bloomington,
in
monroe
county
and
on
the
campus
of
indiana
university,
and
I
think
it's
fair
to
say
that
none
of
us
could
have
done
this
without
the
other.
It's
been
a
it's
been
a
multi
each
each
leg
of
that
needed
to
be
there
to
support
the
other.
So
we're
very
grateful
for
that.
I
hope
that
answers
the
question.
A
Yeah,
mary,
katherine,
I
I'd
echo
that
I've
worked
in
this
arena
for
36
years
at
the
university
and
I've
I've
never
seen
a
level
of
joint
operations
and
cooperation.
Unfortunately,
these
kinds
of
things
do
bring
you
together.
It's
an
unfortunate
situation,
but
the
good
side
is
that
we
are
working
as
well
as
we
could
possibly
work
together.
I
think-
and
it's
that's
that's
the
kind
of
thing
that's
helped
us
go
through
this.
A
All
right,
so
the
next
question
from
dave
askins,
that
the
b-square
beacon
is
for
penny
and
brian
shockney.
It
looks
like
the
tuesday
numbers
for
j
j
vaccine
are
close
to
zero.
That
seems
to
speak
to
the
effectiveness
of
the
communications
from
the
state
health
department
to
the
local
clinics,
about
suspending
use
of
the
j
j.
When
did
you
receive
a
notification?
A
C
E
I
will
say
you
know
iu
health's
relationship
with
the
state
we've
been
working
very
closely
on
this
whole
vaccination,
the
mass
vaccinations
and
our
team
and
our
school
of
medicine
researchers
have
been
connected,
so
that
was
a
right
write,
a
spot
on
very
soon.
We
were
also
notified
through
the
pharmacy
contact,
so
all
pharmacies
were
notified
immediately
through
a
mass
notification,
and
then
we
all
participate
in
many
list
serves
and
email
connections
that
come
out
through
the
cdc
and
directly
with
the
state
department
of
health.
E
So
there
were
numerous
ways
that
we
were
notified
and
I
would
say,
all
of
us
were
notified
by
someone
within
five
minutes
of
the
announcement
or
less,
and
then
we
were
able
to
pivot,
and
you
know
from
a
numbers-wise
in
monroe
county.
The
number
of
people
who
have
received
the
j
and
j
vaccine
are
very
low.
E
Iu
health
has
only
given
70
of
our
71
000
doses
have
been
j
and
j,
so
as
you,
we've
really
focused
our
efforts
on
those
vaccines
that
are
dual
with
our
scheduling
and
take
two
vaccines,
so
very
low
numbers
that
have
been
given
in
our
community.
But
we
did
have
plans
for
some
additional
one-time
vaccine
outreach
and
we've
moved
those
to
our
different
vaccine
brands
instead
of
j
and
j.
For
the
time
being,.
A
C
C
That
is
not
ever
our
goal,
but
it
is
the
responsibility
of
a
business
owner
to
make
sure
that
people
within
their
business
are
following
the
the
regulations,
as
are
their
staff,
and
you
know,
as
was
commented,
we
don't
want
anybody
to
be
in
that
difficult
position.
It's
not
part
of
their
normal
routine.
So
if
we
can
obey
those
signs
that
say
you
need
to
wear
a
mask
in
in
here.
C
C
We've
had
reports
from
businesses
throughout
the
year
that
we've
had
this
in
place
that
you
know
some
people
really
kind
of
want
to
argue
that
point,
but
what
we
really
try
to
do,
what
our
staff
does,
what
the
compliance
officers
do
is
try
to
work
with
those
businesses
to
use
the
skills
they
already
have
to
gain
compliance
that
we've
made
masks
available
for
people.
So
if
it's
a
you
for
it
looks
like
you
forgot
your
mask:
do
you
need
one?
C
It
is
confusing
to
people.
So
I
would
say:
pay
attention
understand
that
if
somebody
comes
into
your
business
they
may
be
unaware
so
easy
enough
to
say:
oh,
did
you
not
know
that
we
have
this
regulation
and
for
individuals,
pay
attention
to
the
signs
and
the
ask
and
follow
those
signs
and
recommendations
that
are
posted.
B
Thank
you
there's.
You
know
there's
a
very
good
article
today,
written
by
dr
richard
feldman
he's
the
former
indiana
state
health
commissioner.
In
today's
herald
times,
if
you
haven't
read
that
I
really
recommend
that
you
do
read
that
and
it
talks
about
specifically
this
mask
wearing,
but
it
relies
on
personal
responsibility,
and
so
everybody
has
to
cooperate
and
do
this
mastering
for
the
greater
good
now
relying
on
personal
responsibility,
you
know
not
always
considered
best
practice
in
a
public
health
setting.
Usually
we
have
rules
and
regulations.
B
Penny
knows
this
better
than
I
she's
a
a
public
health
professional
and
I'm
certainly
not.
However,
you
know
this
is
this
is
really
kind
of
handing
it
back
to
the
public
and
saying
look
if
this
is
gonna
work,
it's
gonna
work
because
you
make
it
work,
we're
not
gonna
we're
not
going
to
be
the
ones
forcing
you.
We
aren't
going
to
be
developing
a
mask
police.
B
This
is
on
you,
so
I
really
challenge
everybody
out
there
to
take
that
personal
responsibility
and
take
that
charge
that
we've
been
given
and
take
it
seriously.
And
you
know
what
as
penny
said,
if
you
see
somebody
go
ahead
and
say
something
you
don't
have
to
be
mean
or
unpleasant
about
it,
but
just
say
hey
just
so.
You
know
here
in
this
community
we
have
a
mass
mandate,
please
mask
up
and
I'm
sure
they're
available
in
just
about
every
storefront.
C
Well,
it
is
winding
down,
we
are
doing
primarily
second
doses.
We
did
add
a
day.
We
got
some
additional
vaccines,
so
we
added
a
vaccine
clinic
yeah.
This
is
friday,
wednesday
and
that
filled
up
very
quickly,
so
that
will
extend
our
time
at
the
convention
center
because
we
are
doing
all
second
doses
there
as
well.
So
we
will
have
some
presence
at
the
convention
center
now
in
into
may.
There
is
a
possibility.
A
And
I
guess
penny
most
of
the.
The
intent
is
to
move
most
of
that
to
simon
scott
assembly
hall,
which
we've
already
headed
down
that
road
and-
and
I
see
some
good
public
acceptance
of
that
which
is
great
and
so
david
wolf
bender
from
the
ibs
has
actually
known
as
well
about
that
goal
of
75
to
get
the
community
vaccinated.
And
when
you
say
that's
the
goal,
you
mean
that's
the
point
at
which
the
county
is
likely
to
drop
social,
distancing
and
mass
command
dates.
C
Well,
I'm
going
to
start
with
how
long
it
will
take
us
to
reach
that
goal
will
really
depend
on
every
individual
who's
eligible,
getting
an
appointment,
and
we
believe
that
vaccine
will
continue
to
come
to
us
as
long
as
we're
being
able
to
fill
those
appointments
and
and
get
those
shots
out.
So
that's
the
first
thing
in
terms
of
the
regulations
it
is,
is
and
always
has
been
a
variety
of
things
so
75
people
vaccinated
alone
will
not
change
things,
nor
will
less
than
60
75
of
people
vaccinated.
C
It
is
what's
our
positivity
rate.
What's
going
on
at
the
hospital,
what's
our
cases
per
hundred
thousand,
what
else
is
going
on
in
the
state?
It
is
all
of
that
information
together
and
even
what's
that
cooperation,
we've
talked
a
lot
about
cooperation
with
masks.
Do
we
need
it
or
will
people
do
it
on
their
own
and
we
don't
need
to
mandate
it?
Wouldn't
that
be
a
wonderful
thing,
so
lots
of
pieces
to
that
answer?
There
is
no
one
number
or
metric
that
will
make
us
change.
Those.
A
Yeah
penny,
I
I
sure,
understand
that
and
that's
kind
of
the
way
we're
looking
at
it
in
terms
of
university
events
as
well.
It's
a
big
picture
with
many
different
metrics
to
make
sure
that
we
maintain
that
safety
level
that
you
mentioned,
and
so
brian
ladwig
from
the
ht
has
a
question
as
well
about
what
share
of
the
local
infections
are
occurring
for
people
in
people
under
30
how's
that
changed
in
the
past
few
weeks
and
brian.
You
may
have
some
statistics
on
that
as
well,
but
penny,
would
you
like
to
start?
C
Well,
we
are
still
seeing
most
of
our
infections
are
in
that
kind
of
20
to
30
year
old
range,
but
they
go
through
every
age
group,
the
older
individuals
60
and
over
that
were
vaccinated
first
and
we
have
a
as
a
state.
I
think
64
of
everybody
80
and
over
has
been
vaccinated,
so
we're
seeing
less
fewer
cases
in
those
older
age
groups.
E
Yeah
so
here
with
iu
health
across
iu
health,
just
between
january
21st,
the
40
and
under
population
tested,
was
about
just
below
50
percent.
Now
on
april
21st
or
I'm
sorry
through
april,
the
16th
we
are
over
50
of
the
testing
is
in
that
40
under
40
age
group.
Then,
as
we
look
at
hospitalizations
in
january,
we
had
just
over
13
percent,
who
were
in
patients
with
covid
required
inpatient
stay
here
in
april.
A
Okay.
Well,
I
think
that's
all
of
our
questions.
For
today
we
have
reached
our
in
fact,
it's
five
minutes
over
our
normal
time,
but
I
want
to
thank
everybody
for
joining
us
today
remind
you
that
wow
we've
been
at
this
for
almost
a
year
now
and
and
it's
an
important
way
for
the
people
on
this
call
to
answer
questions
and
make
sure
the
public
knows
everything
we
do
about.