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A
A
Okay,
it
is
now
1
15,
so
we'll
go
ahead
and
get
going.
Welcome
again
to
our
weekly
news
conference,
dealing
with
all
things
covid19
pandemic
from
the
city
of
bloomington,
indiana,
university,
indiana,
university,
health
and
monroe
county,
as
well
with
us
always
is
mayor,
john
hamilton
and,
of
course,
with
him
as
well,
will
be
monroe
county
board
of
commissioners.
President
julie,
thomas
iu,
health,
south
central
region,
president
brian
shockney,
monroe,
county
health
department,
administrator
penny,
caudle,
monroe,
county
emergency
management,
director,
allison,
moore
and
iu's
assistant.
A
B
Thank
you
again
chuck
for
organizing
this
and
thank
you
for
for
all
attending
just
quickly
we'll
announce.
We
did
have
another
covid
case.
Positive
diagnosis
in
city,
employment
at
a
bloomington
transit
driver,
we're
following
all
the
protocols
as
we
continue
to
announce
those
and
wish
them
well
I'll.
B
They
are
not
sufficient
to
send
off
all
the
alarm
bells,
but
they
are
such
that
we
talked
about
them
on
wednesday
and
we'll
be
continuing
to
monitor
those
regularly
with
the
health
experts
at
iu
and
with
the
department
of
health
and
iu
health
and
others.
So
I
just
wanted
to
note
that
that
it's
not
shocking
that
we've
seen
a
little
bit
of
a
background
rise
if
you
will
and
that's
going
to
help
make
sure
we
keep
our
attention
high,
as
we've
seen
some
of
that
rise.
B
It
also
reminds
us
to
be
very
attentive
to
and
concerned
about
increasing
activity,
social
activity,
of
course,
there's
a
football
game.
That
iu
is
very
carefully
monitoring,
but
that
can
be
an
occasion
for
gatherings
and
we're
going
to
be
attentive
to
those
and
continue
to
remind
people
that
inside
the
city
you
shall
you
should
not
gather.
B
We
sent
a
letter
from
mayors
of
the
big
ten
to
the
big
ten
athletic
conference.
Just
noting
how
important
the
collaboration
is-
and
I
sincerely
appreciate
the
great
collaboration
we
have
here
locally-
we
just
have
to
keep
doing
what
we're
doing
and
use
common
sense.
I
I
will
I'm
just
going
to
close
by
noting
that
the
statewide
data
is
very.
Concerning
you'll
hear.
I
know,
data
from
our
local
experts
that
things
are
pretty
good
here,
we're
continuing.
B
We
we
see
some
trends,
but
the
overall
trend
is
positive,
but
we
have
to
stay
very
attentive
because
the
statewide
trend
is
not
good
and
again,
I'm
I'm
not
the
health
expert,
but
I
think
it's
important
to
note
this
publicly
available
data
the
seven
day
moving
average
of
new
cases.
That's
a
smoothed
out
the
curve.
Seven
day
average
of
new
cases
in
the
state
was
running
around
eight
or
900
in
august
and
september,
both
of
those
months,
eight,
eight
hundreds
or
nine
hundreds
for
the
seven
day,
moving
average
of
new
cases.
B
It
is
now
over
two
thousand
that
seven
day
moving
average.
Let
me
say
that
again,
it
was
eight
or
nine
hundreds
per
day,
new
cases
in
indiana
in
august
and
september.
It
is
now
over
2
000
per
day
as
a
seven-day
moving
average.
That's
not
driven
by
dramatically
changing
testing
amounts,
the
daily
deaths
in
the
state
of
indiana
hovered,
around
10,
or
so
in
august
and
september.
B
It
is
now
24
7
day
moving
average
of
deaths,
so
these
are
really
significant
negative
trends
in
the
whole
state.
It
reminds
us
how
important
it
is,
what
we're
doing
here,
the
local
efforts
that
we've
made,
even
with
the
big
student
rise,
that
that
did
show
new
cases
here.
We've
seen
a
regular
decline
since
that,
but
we
really
need
to
to
pay
close
attention
because
what
happens
around
us
affects
us.
B
A
C
Certainly
thanks
chuck
in
terms
of
the
numbers
and
locally
today
our
positivity
rate
was
3.7
percent
and
while
that
may
seem
low,
that
is
an
increase
and
a
bigger
increase
than
we've
seen.
You
know.
In
the
past
week
we
have
hovered
around
that
3
mark
and
3.
3.7
is
a
bigger
increase.
Now
in
looking
at
that,
we've
had
some
days
where
the
positivity
rate,
for
that
particular
day
was
higher
than
normal,
and
that
will
help
drive
some
of
those
individual
numbers.
C
But
we
should
not
think
that
this
virus
is
not
in
our
community
because
it
is,
and
when
you
look
around
the
surrounding
counties,
you
know
3.7
may
not.
You
know,
may
not
seem
high.
It's
not
at
this
point
something
a
red
flag,
but
it's
going
up
and
when
you
look
at
our
surrounding
counties
most
all
of
them
are
over
ten
percent.
C
So
it
is
very
important
for
us
to
think
about
that,
and
you
know
county
lines.
We
we
cross
county
lines
every
day,
people
travel
back
and
forth
to
work
to
play.
They,
you
know
for
medical
care
all
of
those
things,
and
so
we
have
to
not
just
pay
attention
to
what
our
numbers
are
locally
in
our
county,
but
what
they
are
around
us
and
in
the
state
counties
surrounding
us
they
are
going
up.
We
are
seeing
cases
in
our
community,
it's
not
just
on
campus.
I
know
we've
spent
a
lot
of
time.
C
You
know
over
the
past
month
kind
of
talking
about
the
university
and
numbers,
and
but
we
are
seeing
community
cases,
and
so
I
don't
want
anyone
to
think
about
think
that
there
are
not
cases
just
in
our
community
what
we
are
not
seeing.
We
are
not
seeing
cases
transmitted
in
the
classrooms.
C
People
and
not
necessarily
large
social
gatherings,
but
people
letting
their
guard
down,
and
this
really
isn't
the
time
to
do
that.
We
have
the
power
to
change
things
and
to
keep
our
numbers
lower
and
to
keep
them
lowering,
as
opposed
to
rising
being
positive,
does
not
mean
that
we
have
to
ignore
that
we
are
ignoring
the
negative,
but
being
positive
means
that
we
are
overcoming
the
negative.
I
saw
that
as
kind
of
a
thought
for
the
day,
and
I
thought
wow
that
really
kind
of
hits
home.
C
C
Six
foot
distancing
maintaining
that
as
best
that
we
can
make
sure
that
we
are
wearing
our
masks
and
that
we're
wearing
them
appropriately
avoiding
crowds
and
crowds
of
any
size,
especially
crowds
of
strangers,
staying
home
when
we
are
ill
and
that
illness.
When
I
talk
about
that,
it's,
whether
you
have
influenza,
whether
you
have
covid19,
whether
you
have
some
other
respiratory
infection,
stay
home.
C
C
We
are
planning
to
distribute
it
we're
making
plans
for
that.
We've
we've
had
pandemic
flu
plans,
we're
using
those
plans
to
prepare
for
that
vaccine
distribution.
So
we
do
need
to
stay
diligent
and
with
our
prevention
actions,
avoid
making
yourself
a
close
contact
and
avoid
making
somebody
else
a
close
contact
to
you
every
day.
We
continue
to
learn.
The
vaccine
is
coming.
Please
answer
the
call
from
the
contact
tracers.
C
The
trick
is,
if
you
go
into
quarantine
and
you
do
not
become
infected,
then
that's
a
good
thing.
It
means
that
your
prevention
strategies
like
wearing
a
mask,
worked
and
if
you
do
become
positive,
it
means
that
you
are
not
transmitting
that
infection
to
others
and
so
you're
slowing
that
spread,
and
my
final
thought
would
be
that
positive
actions
combined
with
positive
thinking,
results
and
success.
So
let
our
positive
actions
and
thinking
as
a
means
to
reducing
or
smashing
the
transmission
of
covid19
thanks
chuck.
A
Okay,
so
just
to
keep
everybody
on
your
toes,
I'm
gonna
mix
up
the
order
a
bit
this
week.
Kirk
penny
referred
to
the
iu
results.
Let's
go
ahead
and
talk
about
those.
It
was
good
again
this
week,
but
where
are
we.
D
Thanks
chuck
yeah,
the
general
trend
this
week
on
the
campus
has
been
good
in
our
greek
system.
We
went
from
a
1.5
mitigation
testing,
positive
rate
down
to
1.3
in
the
residence
halls
it
went
from
1.1
to
0.6,
and
the
the
greek
system
liveouts
went
from
just
a
little
bump
up
from
2.5
to
2.7,
but
overall
off
campus
went
from
0.8
to
0.5,
so
in
general
we
did.
D
We
did
pretty
well
that
that
past
week-
and
you
know
our
seven
day-
prevalence
rate
for
mitigation
testing
is
at
the
0.6
level,
rolling
average
across
the
university.
So
you
know
things
have
have
really
done
well.
We
have
started
processing
mitigation
testing
at
the
bloomington
campus
in
our
own
lab,
so
that
has
slowly
started
this
week
and
we're
gonna
get
up
to
full
speed
with
the
you
know
we
have
been.
D
We
have
been
processing
about
10
000
tests
a
week
about
10
000,
mostly
students
and
some
faculty
and
staff.
We
will
eventually
get
up
to
the
point
where
we
can
test
35
000
a
week,
which
of
course
that's
system-wide,
but
but
most
of
that
in
bloomington,
and
we
feel
like
this
will
really
up
our
game
in
the
ability
to
to
find
where
outbreaks
are
and
get
them
under
control.
In
a
hurry.
D
Switching
over
to
flu
flu
vaccines
are
going
well
as
well.
We
remind
our
students,
faculty
and
staff
that
that's
a
requirement
that
they
have
a
flu
vaccine
and
our
next
two
mass
clinics
will
be
on
october,
28th
from
6
a.m,
to
noon
and
then
on
october,
31st
next
week
from
9am
to
3pm,
and
both
of
them
are
at
simon
scott
assembly
hall,
and
you,
of
course,
can
make
your
reservation
for
a
time
block
by
accessing
the
internet
and
using
your
common
access
card.
D
I
I
also
want
to
mention.
Of
course,
we
know
that
tomorrow
is
the
iu.
Football
game
will
be
kicking
off
at
3,
30
against
penn
state.
There
will
be
no
tailgating
at
the
stadium
or
in
the
lots
around
it,
consistent
with
our
policy
of
keeping
groups
to
very
small
levels.
D
D
So
in
the
chat
box,
there
I'll
put
our
tips
for
home
gating
in
positive
ways
that
that
you
can
tailgate
at
home
and
still
celebrate.
We'll
have
some
things
going
on
on
campus
socially
distanced
as
well.
There
will
be
actually
a
tailgate
trail
from
the
clock
tower
to
various
watch
parties
and
we'll
be
making
those
done
as
safely
as
possible.
D
We
realize
that
many
of
our
students,
who
will
be
traveling
home,
would
like
to
know
if
they,
by
chance
are,
are
have
any
any
culture
in
their
virus
in
their
system,
and
this
will
allow
them
to
get
that
test.
D
We're
going
to
do
those
before
they
leave
so
be
watching
for
plans
on
that
you'll,
be
able
to
sign
up
and
and
get
mitigation
testing
and
we're
working
on
some
documentation
on
that,
because
we
know
there
are
some
because
of
the
prevalence
rate
in
indiana,
probably
not
because
of
the
prevalence
rate
in
in
the
campus
or
even
monroe
county,
but
because
the
rest
of
the
state's
on
a
bad
list
in
many
places,
some
of
our
students
who
are
leaving
will
need
some
sort
of
certification
that
they've
tested
recently
within
the
last
couple
of
days
in
order
to
avoid
a
14-day
quarantine
at
their
final
destination.
D
A
All
right,
thanks,
kirk
continuing
with
the
numbers
theme,
brian,
let's
talk
about
iu
health
and
what
you're
seeing.
E
E
If
you
look
at
the
chart
on
the
screen,
you
can
see
that
we're
at
our
highest
level,
since
in
april
of
cases
in
hospitalizations
across
the
south
central
region,
our
bedford
hospital
is
full
we're
on
incident
at
command
again
at
the
state
level
daily
and
here
at
the
regional
level,
as
well
here
in
monroe
county,
both
iu
health,
bloomington
and
monroe
hospital
have
seen
some
increases.
You
see
a
quick
dip
there,
but
continuing
to
see
more
here
and
remember
that
this
is
a
turning
of
patients.
E
So
while
this
is
hospitalizations
as
of
a
given
time,
there
are
others
as
we
discharge
them,
so
these
numbers
are
a
little
higher
than
the
total
number
of
inpatients
that
have
been
seen.
So
I
want
to
move
on
to
visitor
policies.
On
tuesday,
we
announced
that
we
are
moving
back
to
not
full
guidelines
of
no
visitors
but
to
a
little
more
restricted
in
our
guidelines,
and
so
this
change
is
due
to
the
positive
numbers
of
covet
19
in
the
area.
So
only
one
visitor
per
patient
will
be
allowed
per
day
per
24-hour
period.
E
E
The
new
policy
means
that
we
are
encouraging
anyone
who
is
an
inpatient
or
anyone
who's
scheduled
to
have
surgery
and
be
an
inpatient
to
make
sure
that
they
set
up
and
advance
who
that
one
person
is
that
would
be
their
inpatient,
their
visitor
for
that
one
inpatient
stay
and
make
sure
you
tell
us
that
when
you
come
to
the
organization-
and
we
can
make
sure
that
all
things
are
facilitated,
we
continue
to
have
virtual
communications,
just
as
we
did
before
we
have
ipads
and
and
what
we
call
you
know,
computers
on
wheels
that
can
go
into
the
rooms
and
you
and
loved
ones
can
talk
to.
E
As
many
people
as
they
want
to
talk
to
over
the
internet
through
secured
services-
and
so
we
do
have
that
available
to
all
of
our
patients
as
well,
each
visitor
will
also
be
screened
and
given
a
mass
to
be
worn
at
all
times
in
our
facilities,
as
we
have
been
doing
and
practicing
all
the
safety
measures
that
we
have
been
put
in
place
since
march.
E
So
thank
you
to
the
community
in
advance
for
your
understanding
and
having
to
to
go
to
this
one
visitor
per
24-hour
period
policy,
and
this
does
align
with
our
iu
health
visitation
policy
that
has
been
in
place
since
june
15th.
E
So,
let's
move
to
flu
shots.
We
continue
to
offer
several
free
flu
shot
clinics
across
the
il
south
central
region.
To
date,
we
have
given
over
21
000
flu
shots
in
this
this
five
county
area
and
by
the
end
of
our
flu
shot
vaccine
program.
We
will
have
given
over
50
000
flu
shots
to
this
region,
and
so
we
are
continuing
to
do
that
daily
and
if
you
do
a
flu
shot,
we
might
just
give
you
a
free
iu.
Health
mask
so
get
to
any
of
those
clinics.
E
So
let's
talk
about
masks.
So
when
we
talk
about
face
masks,
I'm
not
talking
about
the
iu
football
face
mask
this.
I
just
remind
you
of
the
game
this
weekend
and
practicing
safe.
I'm
talking
about
the
mask
face
mask
that
we
wear
to
protect
ourselves
and
we
want
to
be
sure
that
we
are
doing
not
only
wearing
a
mask
but
wearing
them
properly.
E
So
I
am
going
to
demonstrate
to
you
how
we
do
it
and
how
I
do
it
at
home
and
in
the
community
so
first
of
all
hand,
hygiene,
whether
that's
washing
your
hands,
it's
alcohol-based,
cleaner,
whatever
it
is
pick
up
a
clean
mask
by
the
individual
ties.
Put
it
over
your
face
around
your
ears,
not
touching
your
mask
and
then
tighten
around
the
nose.
E
So
that's
proper
hand.
Hygiene
do
not
touch
the
mask
when
you're
taking
it
on
and
off.
If
you've
been
in
other
circles
and
situations
make
sure
that
you're
getting
your
masks
cleaned
if
they're
cloth,
either
when
they're
soiled
they're
wet
or
if
you
have
used
them
for
the
day,
they
need
to
be
washed,
laundered,
cleaned
and
or
thrown
away
and
put
on
a
new
mask
each
time
and
then
finally,
we
want
to
be
sure
everybody
has
a
safe
halloween.
E
We
celebrate
halloween
this
next
week
and
it
is
an
enjoyable
holiday
for
many
of
us,
but
there
are
so
many
ways
we
can
do
it
without
the
trick-or-treating
and
so
on.
Our
facebook
post.
There
are
some
really
good
ideas
that
we've
posted
on
all
of
our
regional
iu
health
sites
for
how
you
can
celebrate
halloween
in
a
different
way
this
year
and
make
it
memorable
so
again
put
on
your
face.
Mask
it's
going
to
be
a
great
weekend.
It's
beautiful
the
falls.
A
A
I
said
I
I
was
I
was
saying
brilliantly
as
I
had
my
mic
muted
there,
that
I
was
trying
to
share
the
screen
that
I
didn't
share
earlier,
emphasizing
the
health
the
flu
clinic
tuesday
october
27th
1-3
from
bloomington
crestmont
there's
got
to
be
a
certification
for
operating
zoom
available.
At
some
point,
I
have
not
clearly
earned
that
next.
You
do
much
better
than
I
do
so.
Thank
you.
F
Thank
you
so
much.
I
think
some
ex
some
of
the
many
probably
hours
of
experience
you've
had
would
count
as
certifications.
So
just
a
couple
quick
notes:
the
county
has
set
halloween
hours
six
to
eight
pm,
but
please
follow
the
guidance
on
our
website.
Co,
dot
monroe
ion
ceo.monroe.ian.us,
including
a
list
of
fire
stations
that
are
participating
in
safe
halloween
activities
for
families.
F
Please
note
that
early
in-person
voting
continues
and
that's
at
401,
west
7th
street
we've
had
most
days
averaging
over
a
thousand
voters
a
day.
I
personally
waited
an
hour
and
45
to
vote
and
it
was
worth
every
moment
and
everyone
was
in
line
with,
was
wearing
a
mask.
We
were
standing
six
feet
apart,
so
it
was
really
heartening
to
see
that,
and
we
really
appreciate
that
voters
are
doing
that,
but
if
you
arrive
without
a
face
covering
one
will
be
provided
for
you.
F
F
Just
to
note
again
that
we
are
providing
funding
from
cares
money
from
the
federal
government
through
the
state
we
are
providing
cares
funding
as
grants
for
local
businesses
and
social
service
organizations
for
covid
related
non-personnel
expenses
that
have
not
already
been
covered
by
another
funding
source.
As
of
yesterday,
our
total
granted
to
businesses
and
social
service
organizations
was
one
hundred
eighty
thousand
two
hundred
seventeen
dollars
and
we've
also
granted
about
fifteen
thousand
dollars
to
local
taxing
units
that
did
not
receive
cares
money
directly.
F
So
if
you
need
information
on
that,
we've
increased
the
cap
to
20
000
per
entity.
Please
visit
co.monroe.in.us
also
for
residents
who
are
facing
evictions
or
utility
disconnections.
Please
contact
your
township
trustee
as
soon
as
possible.
F
As
of
last
week,
we
had
a
report
of
39
thousand
dollars
in
township
assistance.
Funding
from
the
county
from
cares
funding
to
the
township
trustees,
who
are
ensuring
that
people
remain
in
in
shelter
with
their
utilities
connected.
So
please
contact
your
trustee
for
information.
The
sooner
the
better
every
county
resident
has
a
trustee,
also
just
a
quick
note
and
reminders
complete
your
flu
shot
and
also
to
please
continue
to
wear
your
face
coverings.
F
It's
really
important
that
we
maintain
the
best
possible
environment
so
that
our
economy
can
recover
well
in
the
future,
but
we
need
to
keep
monroe
county
residents
healthy,
do
it
for
others,
don't
do
it
for
yourself,
but
it's
also
a
great
thing
to
do
for
yourself
and
please
get
your
and
again,
please
get
your
flu
shot
and
I
will
say
that
we
may
be
really
tired
of
covid.
I
know
most
of
us
are,
I'm
sure
all
of
us
are
but
kova's,
not
tired
of
us
and
it's
still
out
there
and
it's
increasing.
F
A
Okay
and
lastly,
to
allison
moore.
G
Thanks
chuck
I'd
like
to
mention
our
dates
for
our
blood
drives
that
we
have
remaining.
We
have
a
blood
drive
scheduled
for
october
28th
from
the
time
frame
of
two
to
seven.
There
is
one
spot
still
available
if
that
date
works,
for
you
go
to
redcross.org
and
check
out
the
time
slots
that
are
there
and,
like
I
said,
there's
one,
hopefully
that
one
time
frame
would
work
and
then
that
that
drive
will
be
fully
scheduled,
and
so
we
also
have
a
november.
The
ninth
date
scheduled
it's
from
the
hours
of
ten
to
two.
G
Both
of
those
drives
will
be
held
at
the
monroe
county
convention
center
and
I'm
very
thankful
and
appreciative
of
them
for
getting
these
drives
going,
because
that
2-7
timeframe
in
october
is
super
close
and
probably
will
be
fully
scheduled
by
the
28th.
We
will
be
opening
an
evening
time
slot
in
november,
like
I
had
announced
last
week,
and
so
by
next
week.
G
G
And
lastly,
I
just
want
to
let
everyone
know
that
tomorrow
is
make
a
difference
day,
and
I
know,
like
commissioner
thomas
said,
we're
quite
over
covid,
but
covet,
unfortunately,
is
not
quite
over
us
and
it
takes
us
all
to
make
a
difference
and
and
try
to
keep
our
numbers
smashed
and
all
of
us
to
do
our
part.
So
I
encourage
everyone
tomorrow
and
every
day
to
make
a
difference
and
be
respectful
of
others
and
follow
all
of
the
the
guidelines
that
we
have
in
place.
That's
all
I
have
chuck
thank
you.
A
Okay,
we'll
jump
into
questions
first,
one
for
mayor
hamilton
at
a
previous
news
conference
is
from
the
b-square
beacon.
You
said:
bloomington's
wastewater
coved
detection
data
would
eventually
be
released
publicly.
Could
you
review
the
timeline
for
the
planned
release
and
also
the
reason
for
not
just
releasing
the
data
as
it
becomes
available.
B
Sure,
thanks
for
the
question-
and
yes
I
I
know
it
is
a
little
frustrating
for
all
of
us-
that
this
data
that
we
do
are
collecting
isn't
just
released
directly.
Frankly,
it
was
a
condition
of
participating
in
what
is
a
relatively
experimental
effort
that
the
state
is
helping,
coordinate
and
even
fund
with
university
support.
A
few
cities
trying
this
and
one
of
the
conditions,
was
that
this
not
be
data
that
was
released.
B
I
think
primarily
because
the
science
behind
it
is
just
not
secure
yet,
and
the
scientists
and
those
who
are
urged
who
have
who
have
helped
develop
this
system
that
we
are
implementing
have
indicated.
It
is
not
to
be
released.
So
that's
kind
of
the
basic
outline
it's
experimental
and
we're
really
glad
to
be
doing
it.
B
I
have
said-
and-
and
we
have
said
to
the
extent
that
there
are
indicators
in
the
data
that
can
be
helpful
to
the
health
experts,
the
health
officials
who
are
trying
to
assess
what's
going
on
and
and
measure
what
what
is
happening
in
the
community.
We
we
are
sharing
those
with
the
with
the
health
professionals
and
will
continue
to
do
so,
and
even
this
week
I
did
share
what
I
mentioned
were
some
background
level
detections
that
were
rising.
B
B
I
know
I
don't
know
exactly
it's
not
really
in
our
hands,
but
the
the
overall
project
to
do
this,
I
think,
runs
a
few
more
weeks
and
then
they'll
be
assembling
the
data
from
bloomington
and
a
number
of
other
sites
and
we'll
be
quality,
controlling
it
and
trying
to
understand
what
it
can
tell
us
and
and
when
we
are
told
we
can
release
it
or
it
may
be
released
system-wide,
I'm
not
sure,
but
it
won't
happen
imminently,
but
I
think
I
expect
yet
this
year
it
will
happen.
A
Okay
question
from
wtiu
wfiu
this
one
and
I've
just
lost
the
thread
here
this
one
for
brian
shockney.
Here
it
is
again
the
zoom
certification
needs
to
come
quickly.
Oh.
E
Thank
you
for
the
question
and
the
like
the
mask.
By
the
way
the
white
mask
was
good
good
demonstration
on
screen.
So
thank
you.
So
we
have
right
now
we're
over
200
patients
on
a
consistent
basis
in
our
hospital
that
includes
our
mothers
and
babies
as
well
and
nicu.
E
E
So
as
we
continue
to
decompress
bedford
by
taking
some
of
their
patients,
paoli
has
been
able
to
take
some
of
the
bedford
patients
and
then
as
a
system,
as
we
saw
the
the
east
central
region
of
iu
health
increase
in
the
muncie
area.
Over
the
past
several
weeks,
they've
been
able
to
decompress
with
the
larger
system
in
methodist
hospital,
and
that
is
also
an
option
for
us
as
well.
E
If
we
get
to
that
point,
so
that's
the
beauty
of
the
the
larger
system,
but
it's
not
so
much
the
number
of
beds
that
are
available.
It's
the
types
of
patients
that
are
in
those
beds,
and
so
at
this
point
in
time
every
year
we're
trying
to
get
those
last
minute
surgeries
in
right.
E
So
everybody
wants
to
get
get
them
in
before
their
deductibles
and
so
that,
on
top
of,
when
we
add
the
covid
patients
and
isolation
requirements,
it
really
taxes
the
system
and
and
requires
us
to
to
hold
back
on
some
of
the
surgeries
that,
quite
frankly,
patients
are
wanting
to
get
in.
So
it's
all
it's
a
chess
game
and
it's
a
puzzle
but
capacity
right
now
we're
doing
well,
but
not
that's
just
bloomington
hospital,
as
I
said
before,
we're
having
to
decompress
bedford
every
day.
A
Okay,
question
from
eric
berman
at
wibc
for
mayor
hamilton
and
the
second
part
kirk,
I
think,
might
be
something
you
could
chime
in
on.
First
of
all,
regarding
the
mayor's
letter
to
the
big
ten,
what
if
any
response
have
you
received
from
the
conference
and
the
second
part?
Why
does
the
big
ten
need
to
set
a
metric
for
when
positivity
is
too
high,
as
opposed
to
the
county
or
the
state
setting
its
own.
B
This
is
a
letter
sent
from
most
of
the
mayors
of
the
cities
of
big
10
universities,
just
to
summarize
for
folks
that
basically
encouraged
and
affirmed
the
collaboration
that's
been
in
in
existence
and
and
looking
forward
to
that,
but
also
asking
a
couple
things
specifically,
one
was
to
try
to
identify
not
just
university
based
metrics
on
when
football
games
would
be
appropriate,
but
to
work
with
communities
to
develop
community-wide
metrics
in
terms
of
health
and
covid
spread.
B
B
We
continue
to
work
very
closely
with
iu
on
this
and
appreciate
the
thoughtfulness.
I
think
the
idea
of
the
metric
is
simply
to
say
that,
even
if,
in
a
circumstance
I
don't
know
but
bloomington
is
maybe
different
from
columbus,
ohio
or
or
or
certainly
in
chicago
area
for
northwestern,
but
if
there
are
city
community-wide
metrics
that
may
be
as
important
and
informative
of
a
decision
like
that
as
just
university-based
metrics
and
we're
continuing
to
talk
about
that.
B
It's
kind
of
a
week-by-week
situation
and
I'm
happy
to
have
kirk
weigh
in
too,
but
you
know
look
this
is
these
are
complicated
choices,
part
of
that
multi-dimensional
thermostat.
I
I
talked
about
that
we're
trying
to
dial
and
we
and
we
appreciate
the
continued
collaboration
on
this.
D
Chuck,
I
think,
the
the
big
ten's
taking
a
good
step
here
I
mean
you're,
always
hit
to
balance
a
a
broad
metric
as
opposed
to
one
that
best
fits
for
a
community,
but
I
think
we've
seen
in
this
pandemic
that,
following
the
best
advice
of
scientists
and
the
big
ten,
of
course,
has
the
resources
to
call
upon
some
of
the
best
scientific
minds
in
the
in
the
country.
D
I'm
sure
they
wouldn't
I'm
well,
I
shouldn't
say
that,
but
I
doubt
they
would
object
if
we
if
we
had
even
tighter
restrictions,
so
I
think
the
the
concept
they
have
is
to
keep
it
uniform
across
all
playing
fields
in
all
the
cities.
The
big
ten
plays
in.
A
Okay,
a
question
from
the
ht
for
city,
slash
county,
slash
iu:
is
there
a
plan
in
place
to
deal
with
a
possible
surge
in
issues
with
restaurant
capacities
or
private
events
or
parties
in
light
of
tomorrow's
game?
Don't
know
who
wants
to
jump
in
first
on
that
one.
B
I'll
jump
in
I'll
just
go
on
I'll,
see
the
order
city
county.
Let's
try
that.
Let
me
just
be
really
clear
to
the
public.
You
need
to
be
careful.
We
all
need
to
be
careful
as
penny
caudle
indicated
it
is
it
is.
B
It
appears
to
be
that
social
gatherings
are
a
very
possible
source
of
spread
of
this
virus
and
the
fact
that
we're
having
a
football
game
does
not
mean
the
virus
is
taking
a
weekend
to
relax
and
any
gatherings
should
be
done
with
great
care
and
with
consistent
with
all
the
guidelines
that
exist.
B
We
so
first
of
all
that
message
needs
to
be
to
everybody
in
this
community.
You
it's
up
to
us.
Our
behavior
will
determine
this.
Second,
I
will
say:
yes,
we
are
on
quite
heightened
engagement
and
alert
to
monitor
both
establishments-
restaurants
and
bars,
as
well
as
private
gatherings
tomorrow
and
through
the
weekend.
We
continue
to
appreciate
tips
if
people
think
they're
big
gatherings
that
shouldn't
be
happening.
B
Please
let
us
know
we
can
put
the
number
in
the
in
the
chat
room
again
and,
and
lastly
I'll
just
say:
look
we
are
collaborating
very
well
county
health
city.
Iu
county
offices
are
all
working
together
to
try
to
continue
to
do
what
we've
been
doing
well
in
monroe
county
to
tamp
down
the
virus.
But
this
is
a
challenging
weekend
and
it'll
be
important
and
it
is
possible
if
behaviors
aren't
good,
that
we
will
see
a
rise
that
will
cause
us
to
have
to
impose
some
other
restrictions.
C
Yeah,
so
just
going
in
in
order,
I
suppose
the
thing
that
I
would
add.
I
yes
to
everything
that
the
mayor
said,
and
I
would
just
add
that
we
will
follow
our
processes,
that
you
know
we
have
processes
in
place
for
complaints
and
non-compliance.
That
can
include
fines.
That's
never
our
first
intent,
but
if
it
comes
to
that,
we
can
certainly
use
those
other
options
if
we
need
to,
but
again
we
each
and
every
one
of
us
needs
to
do
our
part.
C
D
Chuck
I
just
echo
the
mayor's
and
penny's
comments.
Everyone
needs
to
remember
that
we
are
in
a
public
health
emergency
still.
This
did
not
end
overnight.
It's
not
gonna
end
because
of
when,
when
we
kicked
the
football,
this
is
an
emergency,
it's
one
like
we've,
never
seen
in
most
of
our
lifetimes,
and
hopefully
we
won't
again
it's
very
serious
and
we
do
not
want
to
fill
up
brian's
hospital.
D
There's
no
reason
to
do
it,
and-
and
we
don't
want
to
be
in
a
spot
like
that,
and
so
I
don't
have
any
problems
saying
the
mayor-
and
I
you
know,
are
in
sync
on
this-
I'm
sure
as
our
provost
and
other
leaders,
bloomington
police,
iu
police
are
working
closely
together
and
and
they
don't
have
any
problem,
helping
enforce
what
the
emergency
orders
are.
In
addition,
members
of
the
alcoholic
beverage
commission
in
this
county
are
keeping
an
eye
on
these
situations
as
well.
Irresponsible
activity
will
not
be
tolerated.
A
A
812-339-4477
and
speaking
of
numbers,
we
had
a
question
that
came
in
on
facebook,
regarding,
if
I
get
a
phone
call
for
tracking
how
it
show
up
on
my
iphone
and
those
of
you
who
are
watching
on
facebook
and
elsewhere,
that
would
show
up,
as
I
n
health
covid,
a
co
v
id
caller
id
number
833,
six,
seven,
zero,
zero,
zero,
six
seven!
The
text
would
be
from
eight
seven,
seven,
five,
four,
eight
three,
four
four
four
now
for
iu
kirk
has
posted
up
here.
A
The
iu
tracing
team
call
will
likely
come
from
an
855
number,
eight
one,
two,
eight
five:
five:
zero,
zero,
four
two!
So
those
those
are
the
numbers
to
look
for
if
you
are
getting
a
bracing
call.