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City of Charleston Health and Wellness Advisory Committee (Virtual) 2/3/2021
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B
Okay,
yep
we're
we're,
live
and
ready
to
go.
I
want
to
thank
everybody
for
joining
us
for
the
the
what
is
it
january
3rd,
I'm
sorry
february
3rd
meeting
of
the
health
and
wellness
committee.
Thank
you
for
all
for
all
of
you
taking
your
time
to
be
here.
We
appreciate
all
of
your
work
and
appreciate
your
time
and
and
want
to
thank
you
for
being
here
on
this
cold
morning.
B
When
evidently
punk's
tiny
phil
has
said
we're
gonna
have
six
more
weeks
of
winter,
hopefully
not
and
we'll
see
what
we'll
see
what
happens,
but
I
do
want
to
call
us
the
order
for
this.
For
this
meeting
and
paul
sent
out
minutes
from
our
last
meeting,
I
think
monday
late
afternoon
early
evening,
can
I
have
someone
make
a
motion
to
approve
those
minutes.
B
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you
jennifer.
So
the
minutes
were
approved
and
seconded
all
in
favor.
Please
say:
aye
aye
any
oppose
okay,
so
the
minutes
have
been
approved.
Thank
you
and
so
we'll
move
on
to
our
community
health
and
wellness
updates
and
we're.
Now,
in
the
month
of
february,
which
is
a
red
month.
As
most
of
us
know,
we
see
red
and
we
see
lots
of
hearts
and
we
see
beautiful,
ladies
in
red
dresses
on
sundays
as
well.
So
I'm
going
to
call
on
garcia
williams.
E
E
We
use
a
number
of
different
resources
in
order
to
introduce
health
and
wellness
opportunities
to
our
community,
one
of
which
is
red,
dress
sunday
and
I'll
share
some
details
with
you
about
our
events
that
are
coming
up
for
the
month
of
february,
but
I
do
want
to
take
a
few
minutes
to
share
with
you
the
focus
of
the
medi
community
resource
center.
Our
website,
www
media,
will
show
you
a
technology
platform
that
exists
upon
entry
to
our
website.
E
Any
user
dialing
into
our
website
can
type
in
their
zip
code
and
by
typing
in
their
zip
code
they
will
learn
a
variety
of
resources
that
are
available
to
them
at
no
cost
or
a
reduced
cost.
So
our
focus
has
been
to
spread
this
information
to
the
community
so
that
they
will
understand
if
there's
housing,
utility
support
foods,
goods
and
services
that
they
can
dial
in
to
see
what
is
prevalent
within
their
area
and
their
zip
code
area.
But
what's
more
important
about
this
process
is
that
it
provides
an
electronic
referral
system.
E
Many
social
service
organizations
in
our
vicinity
have
those
resources,
but
it
is
of
a
based
upon
a
manual
referral
process,
so
we'd
like
to
say
that
the
medi
is
that
technology
that
provides
the
glue
to
connect
the
users
to
the
resources
that
can
best
serve
them.
So
our
platform
serves
to
provide
referral
resources,
but
we
also
serve
as
an
educational
resource
as
well.
So
I
would
like
to
extend
an
opportunity
to
the
wellness
and
advisory
council
during
the
month.
E
E
So,
during
the
month
of
february
two
years
ago,
we
joined
forces
with
a
concept
called
red
dress,
sundays
and
in
2005
it
was
very
prevalent
in
the
mid-atlantic
area.
I
am
from
the
mid-atlantic
area
and
when
I
thought
of
this
idea
and
how
we
could
implement
it
in
charleston,
we
came
up
with
a
charleston
modified
version
in
the
original
context
of
it.
E
There
was
one
sunday
during
the
month
of
february,
where
everyone
celebrated
dawned
in
red,
ladies
in
red
men
with
red
accents,
but
the
idea
is
that
we
brought
awareness
to
women's
health
and
the
heart
disease
factor.
Many
people
don't
know
that
heart
disease
is
the
number
one
killer
of
women,
so
we
wanted
to
draw
attention
to
educate
and
provide
the
resources
to
do
that.
So,
in
its
original
form,
red
dress
sunday
was
that
to
share
information
with
various
houses
of
worship,
drawing
attention
what
they
can
do.
E
Preventive
measures,
some
even
created
health,
fair
events
that
each
member
could
participate
in
to
learn
more,
but
the
charleston
flavor
of
this
said
we
don't
want
to
dictate
that
it
had
to
be
one
sunday.
We
invited
houses
of
worship
to
decide
which
sunday
they
wanted
to
celebrate,
and
we
would
provide
speakers,
educational
resources
and
tools
that
they
could
disseminate
to
their
congregants
or
their
members.
E
This
spawned
a
great
awareness
and
we
were
fortunate
that
we
were
able
to
have
as
an
honorary
chair
of
this
event,
mrs
teklenberg,
and
as
a
result,
we
had
the
benefit
of
being
able
to
share
information
throughout
the
city,
and
we
then
determined
that
one
event
would
be
a
centralized
event
and
that's
where
reverend
sears
comes
in,
because
she
was
our
focus
worship
service
at
greater
saint
luke.
They
hosted
us
and
she
shared
with
us
a
very
important
and
timely
message
relative
to
women's
health.
E
Many
of
you
that
know
reverend
sears
know
that
she's
the
technology
guru,
so
we've
benefited
tremendously
from
her
resources,
not
only
from
technology,
but
her
focus
on
health
and
wellness
as
well.
So
one
would
well
imagine
that
when
we
look
at
2021
we're
not
going
to
be
able
to
gather
as
we've
in
the
past,
but
we
had
to
come
up
with
a
virtual
celebration
platform.
So
today
I
just
want
to
share
briefly
with
you.
E
What
that
technology
platform
well,
what
our
modified
virtual
version
of
red
dress
will
be
we're
going
to
be
conducting
a
virtual
cooking
demonstration.
Many
of
you
are
aware
of
chef
kimberly
brock
brown,
chef
kim
will
educate
listeners
on
healthy
cooking
techniques
and
the
latest
trends
that
they
can
use
in
order
to
be
able
to
prepare
meals
for
themselves
and
for
their
families.
We
will
be
conducting
that
via
a
technology
platform,
it
will
be
taped
and
rebroadcast
throughout
youtube,
as
well
as
our
social
media
platforms.
E
The
third
item
is
the
technology
seminars
and
that's
where
you
may
come
in,
we
will
be
conducting
a
series
of
seminars
to
support
leaders
within
our
community
and
organizations
on
how
to
use
the
medi
platform.
The
platform,
as
I
said
before,
if
you
log
into
our
website
by
typing
in
your
zip
code,
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
to
enable
churches
and
houses
of
worship
to
use
as
an
extension
of
their
outreach
ministries
or
their
outreach
services.
E
We
will
bring
in
leaders
to
acquaint
them
on
how
this
can
be
used,
and
this
is
extremely
important
and
I'll
just
pause
for
one.
Second,
I
participated
in
a
users
group
in
the
delaware,
washington
and
maryland
area,
and
the
city
of
richmond
has
taken
a
very
aggressive
stance
on
using
this
technology
to
be
able
to
support
that.
E
So
during
this
seminar,
we'll
be
sharing
examples
of
how
it
has
been
implemented
in
other
cities
similar
to
charleston,
where
we
may
be
as
effective
and
I
dare
say,
more
effective
and
how
we
serve
the
citizens
of
our
area
and
then,
finally,
we
will
be
using
a
social
media
thrust
to
have
worship.
Houses
of
worship
share
their
success
stories
who,
among
your
members,
has
had
a
success
in
terms
of
how
they
overcame
heart
disease
or
who
put,
in
a
very
aggressive
plan
to
ward
off
the
effects
of
the
heart
disease.
E
So
our
focus
for
red
dress
sunday
is
going
to
be
a
little
different
than
it
has
been
in
previous
years,
but
we
intend
to
be
as
effective
in
sharing
information
with
our
users.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
for
allowing
me
this
opportunity.
An
invitation
will
be
forthcoming
on
two
days
february,
16th
at
10
a.m
or
february
24th
at
4,
30
pm,
where
and
we're
inviting
community
leaders
to
understand
more
about
the
medi,
our
technology
resources
and
how
we
intend
to
change
the
lives
of
the
citizens
of
the
city
of
charleston.
Thank
you.
So
much.
B
E
It's
m-e-d-I
the
medi
and
it's
not
an
acronym,
it's
just
a
reference
to
the
medical
neighborhood
and
there's
a
visual
or
graphic
on
our
website
where
it
shows,
through
the
resources
of
johnson
and
johnson
the
pharmaceutical
company.
During
one
of
our
conferences,
their
artists
captured
resources
that
were
conducted
so
you'll
see
the
medical,
medical
neighborhood
example,
but
the
medi
is
just
a
derivative
of
the
medical
neighborhood
and
that's.org
yes,
www.themedi.org.
E
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
So
much
I'm
available
reverend
sears
has
my
information.
I
will
share
that,
but
I
would
like
to
extend
an
invitation
for
the
two
seminars
one
is
in
the
morning
and
one
is
in
the
evening.
We
try
to
make
it
convenient
for
all
of
our
schedules
because
we're
probably
technology
or
zoomed
out,
but
we
do
the
best
we
can
to
hang
on.
Thank
you
so
much.
F
There
so,
mr
chairman,
if
I
may
just
thank
garcia
and
reverend
sears,
and
I
got
to
tell
you
the
red
dress
sunday
event
at
greater
st
luke-
was
really
remarkable.
If
you
look
down
the
aisle
from
from
the
pulpit,
it's
almost
like
that
aisle
is
the
opening
of
the
red
sea
was.
There
was
so
much
red
on
both
sides
of
the
aisle
and
a
remarkable
sermon,
also
by
reverend
sears
but
I'll.
I
just
sent
an
email
to
whack
mike
wack
and
and
let
him
connect
whatever
link.
F
B
Great,
thank
you
again
appreciate
it
all
right
and
it's
no!
It's
no
secret!
That
everything's
been
a
challenge,
obviously,
for
the
recreation
department
for
for
charleston
and
lori.
Yarbrough
has
done
an
incredible
job
of
being
able
to
continue
to
provide
recreation
in
a
safe
manner.
She's
been
a
great
leader,
and
so
I'm
going
to
call
on
lori
to
give
us
a
report
on
the
recreation.
G
Thank
you,
councilmember
shealy.
Let
me
start
by
saying
that
the
any
of
the
efforts
that
the
recreation
department
were
able
to
pull
off
to
get
our
kids
and
our
families
back
active
were
because
of
the
work
of
folks
on
this.
This
phone
call
dr
richardson,
has
been
huge.
Jan
park's,
been
huge,
paul's,
been
huge.
The
connections
just
understanding
the
the
guidelines
and
protocols
that
we
needed
to
be
looking
at
it's
the
only
way
we've
been
able
to
do
this,
so
I'm
very
appreciative
of
all
those
efforts.
G
I'm
proud
of
what
we're
doing.
I
believe
that
our
recreation
department,
here
at
the
city
of
charleston,
has
taken
the
mayor's
leadership
in
leading
this
community
in
terms
of
the
coved
movement,
I'm
proud
to
be
in
a
city
where
we're
wearing
masks
and
our
numbers
are
lower
than
other
places
and
that
we're
all
trying
to
take
care
of
one
another,
so
that's
kind
of
bled
over
into
into
recreation.
G
So
if
you
live
west
ashley
and
your
child's
between
five
and
eight
we're
going
to
put
you
in
a
group
of
like
four
other
five
to
eight
year
old
groups,
we're
not
going
to
have
you
going
to
daniel
island
and
downtown
and
all
the
other
areas.
So
we've
really
tried
to
do
those
things.
Our
coaches
have
been
great.
Our
staff's
been
good.
G
We've
limited
the
number
of
spectators
in
and
around
our
facilities,
trying
to
keep
social
distancing
down,
we've
continued
to
use
temperature
checks,
but
probably
the
best
tool
we've
had
and
we've
gotten
the
most
cooperation
from
is
our
families
have
agreed
to.
Let
us
know
if
there
is
an
illness
in
their
family.
In
other
words,
if
there
is
a
teenager
that
is
exposed
and
gets
sick,
they're
letting
us
know
so
that
we
can
allow
the
other
families
on
those
teams
to
know
hey.
G
G
I
want
to
wait,
but
we
have
had
very
few,
I'm
very
proud
to
say
cases
where
we've
had
to
put
entire
teams
on
freeze,
we're
running
indoor
basketball
right
now
and
outdoor
flag
football
to
the
tune
of
3,
200,
kids
across
the
city
of
charleston
and
the
only
team
I
have
right
now.
That's
frozen
and
they'll
become
unfrozen
tomorrow,
because
their
time
limit
will
be
up
is
actually
on
daniel
island,
which
is
berkeley
county
and
not
charleston
county
school
district.
G
So
we've
been,
we've
been
really
careful
in
doing
those
things
I
I've
had
some
folks
say
well,
north
charleston
is
not
doing
it
that
way
or
so,
and
so
is
not
doing
it
that
way.
Well,
that's!
Okay!
We're
going
to
do
it
the
way
it
works
for
our
kids
and
our
staff
and
our
families
to
continue
this,
so
we've
not
had
to
stop
an
activity.
It's
gone
really!
Well.
We
have
a
meeting
next
week
with
the
school
district.
G
I
think
the
district
wants
to
make
sure
that
any
uptick
they're
seeing
in
their
schools
is
is,
you
know,
is
not
anything
related
to
what
we're
doing.
There
are
a
lot
of
travel
leagues,
paul-
and
I
talked
about
this-
there's
a
lot
of
travel
soccer
right
now,
there's
a
lot
of
travel,
volleyball
right
now,
the
trident
basketball
league,
which
is
not
run
by
the
wreck
departments,
all
of
that's
ongoing,
obviously
they're
school
teams.
So
there's
a
lot
of
activities
going
on
right
now
with
school-age
children
that
a
lot
of
people
say.
G
Oh
that's,
wreck
sports!
Well,
it
might
be
a
wreck
sport,
but
it's
not
being
run
by
especially
our
city,
so
we'll
continue
to
explore
all
of
the
things
that
are
working
in
other
communities.
But
again
I
think
the
mayor's
leadership
in
saying
this
is
what
we
have
to
do.
We
have
to
listen
to
our
health
care
professionals.
We
have
to
follow
these
practices
and
if
you
do
them,
you
can
be
safe.
G
So
anyway,
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
Channel
5
did
a
nice
little
piece
this
morning
on
what
the
city
is
doing.
So
that
was
good.
It's
just
kind
of
nice
to
get
out
there
in
a
positive
way,
but
the
main
thing
is:
we
need
to
keep
these
kids
active
and
and
doing
things
they're,
not
getting
a
lot
of
physical
activity
and
obviously
social
social
is
being
social
with
their
peers
and
being
able
to
just
blow
off
some
steam.
G
B
G
In
the
parks
and
recreation
master
plan,
thanks
paul,
so
we
had
a
great
meeting
with
our
consultant.
Last
week
we
brought
in
a
number
of
staff
members
in
planning
and
parks
and
in
recreation
to
have
some
some
further
discussions
about
some
of
the
results
that
are
already
coming
in
initially,
so
the
consultant
is
going
to
be
going
back
to
the
steering
committee.
I
know
council
member
sheila
you're
on
that.
G
That
committee
expects
something
from
them,
but
we
definitely
think
we'll
have
a
something
ready
to
go
forward
after
that
meeting
as
early
as
eight
the
beginning
of
april.
I
know
the
mayor's
anxious
to
see
it,
but
it's
going
to
be
a
really
good
tool
to
show
us
what
areas
need
more
land
need,
more
parks
where
we
need
more
programs
so
paul.
I
look
for
that
to
be
out
in
the
next
two
months
and
they've
done
a
great
job.
G
F
Mr
mayor,
mr
chairman,
I
I
just
want
to
comment
on
you
lori
you're,
so
kind
to
shout
out
to
me,
but
it's
really
been
such
a
team
effort.
It's
been
remarkable
over
the
last
year
with
with
all
of
our
city
staff
and
all
of
you
and
other
community
members,
but
I
just
remember
one
instance.
Last
may
I
think
it
was
and-
and
we
were
all
just
trying
to
figure
this
thing
out
right.
F
We
were
listening
to
katie
and
and
musc
and
and
others,
but
we
were
all
trying
to
figure
this
thing
out
and
and
laurie
wanted
felt
so
strongly.
We
needed
to
continue
to
engage
our
kids.
They
were
virtual
learning,
they
weren't
you
know
connecting
and
that
can
lead
to
all
other
kind
of
issues,
and
so
she
she
asked
me
well
mayor,
can,
can
we
keep
our
summer
camp
program
going?
F
And
you
know
there
wasn't
a
guidebook
out
there
as
to
how
to
conduct
a
summer
camp
safely
with
the
advent
of
covet
19,
and
you
know
they
just
figured
it
out,
they
figured
out.
They
were
resolved
to
try
to
do
the
right
thing
and
do
it
safely,
but
also
give
our
kids
that
opportunity
last
summer
to
to
have
have
the
engagement
and
activity.
So
my
hat's
off
to
you.
But
once
again
this
was
an
incredible
team
effort.
G
B
All
right,
well,
thanks
again,
laurie
appreciate
all
that
you
do.
Thank
you
very
much
and
so
we'll
move
on
to
our
city
updates.
I
know
that
that
paul
wants
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
ron
branson
in
his
little
article
that
he
put
out
and
the
discrepancy
of
helped
by
zip
codes
and
areas
and
and
and
all
of
that,
so
I'm
going
to
call
on
paul
for
that
now.
A
Thanks
thanks
kevin,
I
I,
the
mayor,
shared
an
article
with
me
that
I
sent
to
you
in
an
email
on
monday.
That
said,
commentary
charleston
neck
is
livable
thanks
to
one
man's
anti-pollution
fight
and-
and
I
hope
you
had
a
chance
to
read
it,
and
my
only
takeaway
from
that
that
note
was
was
the
fact
that
doing
something
does
make
a
difference
and
and
just
a
little
bit
of
something
he
did
with
looking
at
pollution
knocked
at
it.
3.6
years
of
life
to
that
was
gained
in
just
two
years
in
that
community.
A
So
as
we're
talking
about
and
next
month,
susan
and
her
the
group
that
was
going
to
help
work
on
that
health
and
all
policies
to
what
we
can
do
in
the
city.
I
just
think
we
need
to
be
thinking
about
that
about
what
one
one
little
one
little
being
bold
enough
and
doing.
One
little
thing
can
really
make
that
difference
and
I
wanted
to.
A
I
was
looking
to
see
if
I
had
my
screens
that
I
could
share,
but
I
don't
see
that
right
now,
but
but
we
looked
at,
I
had
my
intern
pull
up
some
data
from
the
from
the
the
the
city
dashboard
you.
You
know
what
that
one
looks
like
that
had
that
new
york,
city
or
new
york
university
pulled
together
the
medical
side
and
we
were
just
looking
in
those
zip
codes
and
it
and
if
you
look
at
everything,
that's
going
on
high
blood
pressure
is
very
prevalent.
A
The
life
expectancies
are
around
that
79
or
70
to
80
age
group,
obesity,
25
to
30
percent.
In
all
our
areas,
the
cardiovascular
disease
in
the
2941
area
was
like
179
to
every
211
out
of
100
000
of
have
it
and
by
diabetes,
is
ranging
from
the
low
low
percentages
up
to
25
percent
in
some
of
our
neighborhoods.
So
it's
just
one
of
those
items
that
we
once
we
start
health
and
policies.
We
we
really
have
to
look.
A
F
Well,
well,
it
was
ron
brinson
who's
on
north
charleston
city
council,
who
shared
that
with
me.
He
also
writes
for
the
post
and
courier,
and
apparently
he
had
written
the
article
a
few
years
ago
about
dr
jacobs,
who
apparently
was
a
remarkable
man.
I
did
not
know
him,
but
when,
when
I
read
the
article
it
it
reminded
me
once
again,
I
know
we've
talked
about
it
numerous
times
about
this,
this
zip
code
map
and
the
life
expectancies.
Thank
you
katie
for,
for,
I
think,
we've
improved
this,
but
but
it's
iron.
It's
more
than
ironic.
F
The
areas
on
this
map
that
have
the
lowest
life
expectancy
are
still
that
same
area
that
dr
jacobs
worked
on,
that
had
the
environmental
issues
and
and
those
plants
are
no
longer
there.
So
there
are
other
underlying
disparities
that
exist
among
these
communities
and
once
again,
and
it
really
probably
most
of
the
population,
is
on
the
southern
part
of
north
charleston
rather
than
but
but
some
of
it's
in
the
northern
part
of
of
of
our
city
as
well.
So
it
was
a
great
opportunity.
F
F
B
H
Yeah,
just
a
just
a
quick
comment
that
absolutely
right
just
doing
a
little
bit
can
make
a
big
difference
and
that
as
we
as
we
think
about
the
health
and
all
policies
effort,
you
know
there
are
some
really
nice
tools
out
there
to
also
measure
not
that
I'm
not
interested
in
improving
life.
You
know
life
quality
and
quantity.
H
But
but
there
are
ways
for
us
to
measure
that,
and
I
just
wanted
to
put
that
out
there,
as
maybe
a
proximal
thing,
that
we
can
measure
that
may
be
meaningful
to
to
individuals
who,
frankly
and
or
sadly
may
not
care
that
much
about
health
disparities,
but
may
care
about
economic
impact.
That's
it!
Thank
you.
H
A
Yeah
I
was
having
a.
I
figured
it
out,
okay,
but
that's
a
just
a
a
little
this,
the
what
we
were
talking
about
those
age
groups
and
you
see
the
red
areas,
mostly
in
29403,
into
29405
areas
of
is
where
we're
really
showing
the
areas
that
we
I
mean
just
it's
up
to
us
to
help
make
that
difference,
and
so
I
I
just
like
to
keep
it
in
front
of
us
that
we
there's
there's.
A
F
A
F
Well,
it
was
still
the
overall
region,
but
it
just
did
a
it
focused
in
a
little
closer
on
the
peninsula
and
north
charleston
areas
and
showed
you
how
it
broke
down
into
even
the
60s
amongst
those
areas
where
you're,
showing
72
and
74.
Actually
the
averages
go
down
to
66.6
the
lowest
I
see
and
and
that's
like
rose
mount
and
there
you
go.
F
D
C
I
was
just
to
add
one
additional
driver
of
these
disparities
that
we
haven't
mentioned
yet,
which
is
gun
violence.
You
know
which
disproportionately
affects
our
black
and
brown
communities
and
we
have
been
working.
You
know
you
all
heard
from
dr
hink
the
trauma
surgeon
here
at
musc
about
her
plan
for
a
hospital-based
violence,
intervention
program
that
will
serve
all
of
these
communities
and
I
meant
to
email
paul
before
this
meeting,
but
we
did
find
out
that
we
will
be
funded
and
that
program
is
going
to
start
to
offer
services
to
our
community
this
spring.
B
C
That
sure
yeah
there's
intersectionality
there
for
sure,
but
that's
another
opportunity,
as
the
mayor
was
mentioning
partnering
with
north
charleston.
You
know
the
program
will
be
housed
at
musc,
but
it
will
serve
the
north
charleston
community
as
well.
So
we're
continuing
to
work
on
ways
to
bring
them
into
the
fold.
H
H
J
J
K
Yeah
healthy
tri-county
was
mentioned
earlier,
and
I
think
it's
clear
that
this
is
a
topic
that
each
of
us
are
passionate
about,
and
each
of
us,
in
our
own
respective
organizations
and
places
of
influence
are,
are
trying
our
best
to
to
tackle
right
and
solve,
and
there's
so
many
facets
to
this,
and
even
just
looking
at
life
expectancy
you
can.
You
can
imagine
that
there
are
a
range
of
factors
that
affect
that
from
your
behavioral.
K
If
there
are
things
related
to
zoning,
if
there
are
certain
certain
things
the
city
has
control
over
that
we
can.
Hopefully
we
know
will
move
the
needle
on
these
things,
maybe
not
immediately
but
down
the
road,
and
so
that
is
what
the
health
and
all
policies
kind
of
subcommittee
is
hoping
to
to
do.
But
if
folks
have
are
interested
in
looking
at
programming,
specifically
working
in
our
in
our
communities
of
faith
and
in
these
zip
codes
at
29405
and
others,
please
let
me
know
we
are
happy
to
partner
with
you.
K
We
already
have
some
great
programs
in
the
works
partnering
with
folks,
like
the
american
heart
association
and
even
some
homegrown
programming
within
our
church.
Communities
like
at
mount
moriah,
missionary
baptist
and
others.
So,
just
let
me
know
if
you
guys
have
any
specific
ideas,
I'm
happy
to
share
out
with
the
group
what
we're
working
on.
Thank
you,
joey.
B
L
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
good
morning,
everyone
I'll
be
brief
and
hopefully
just
set
the
table,
maybe
for
dr
richardson
to
to
give
us
some
more
in-depth
updates
at
the
charleston
kind
of
zip
code
level,
charleston
city,
zip
code
level.
Anyway,
you
know,
we've
seen
a
decrease
in
the
number
of
cases,
so
our
seven
day
average
has
gone
down
about
roughly
at
13
over
the
past
couple
weeks.
So
so
that's
good
and
roughly
the
same
decrease
in
the
tri-county
area.
L
So
if
they're
moving
about
offices
times
that
they
would
normally
wear
a
mask,
we're
actually
encouraging
them
to
to
double
mask
at
this
point,
just
a
little
kind
of
doubling
down
and
trying
to
make
sure
that
we
have
less
hosts
for
this
thing
to
keep
mutating
on
us
and
so
really
quickly,
just
about
vaccinations.
Just
some
observations.
You
know
we're
kind
of.
I
think
next
week
is
nine
weeks
into
getting
having
vaccinations
out
on
the
streets.
L
Looking
at
dx
reporting,
95
percent
of
those
of
the
pfizer
that's
been
distributed
to
south
carolina
has
actually
been
administered,
and
I'm
not
sure
if
this
is
just
we're
not
seeing.
Maybe
the
moderna
utilization
isn't
coming
back
as
quickly
to
dhec,
but
we're
kind
of
only
showing
like
17
of
those
first
doses
of
moderna
have
actually
been
administered
and
just
kind
of
fyi.
L
So
when
we
do
when
something
breaks
loose-
and
we
start
to
get
more
doses,
especially
when
it
exceeds
musc's
capacity
and
those
pharmacies
to
actually
administer
so
we'll,
have
those
stations
set
up
and
ready
to
go
to
to
to
accommodate
that
need,
and
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
Anyone
might
have.
B
B
I
I
South
carolina
is
still
second
in
the
nation,
for
a
number
of
new
cases
per
population
and
south
carolina
is
charleston
is
doing
better
than
much
of
the
rest
of
the
state,
but
we
still
have
a
long
way
to
go
and
we
look
at
our.
We
sort
of
look
at
recent
disease
activity
by
county.
That's
done
sort
of
averaging
the
last
two
weeks
and
charleston,
along
with
every
other
county
in
our
state,
is
still
in
that
high
category
for
percent
positivity,
as
well
as
for
incidence
rate
over
the
two
weeks.
I
You
know
in
a
short
amount
of
time,
dhec
and
cdc
are
not
yet
specifically
recommending
double
masking,
but
I
do
think
it
is
a
good
idea
when
around
winning
crowds
or
when
you're
unable
to
physically
distance
or
social
distance.
So
that's
not
an
official
recommendation
yet,
but
it
certainly
doesn't
hurt
and
and
just
that
attention
to
everyone
masking
at
least
with
one
mask
and
the
city's
doing
a
great
job.
I
My
own
kids
have
played
tennis
and
soccer
and
flag
football
this
year
with
the
rec
department
in
the
city,
and
I've
been
really
impressed
when
on
the
field
and
observing
practices
and
and
gains
and
so
kudos
to
them
and
lori.
I
look
forward
to
joining
you
next
week
on
the
call
with
with
ccsd
and
others.
I
I
Counties,
but
we
have
not
really
usually
been
cracking
that
with
greenville
and
spartanburg
and
myrtle
beach
and
columbia
in
there,
but
we
are
now
at
least
for
yesterday.
We
are
in
that
sort
of
top
three.
I
did
want
to
talk
briefly
that
we've
changed
the
way
we
calculate
percent
positivity,
so
you
will
see
a
drop.
I
think
two
days
ago
it
was
20
percent.
I
I
I
I
thought
I
would
just
touch
a
little
bit
on
the
variance
so
late.
Last
week,
south
carolina
did
diagnose
the
first
two
cases
of
the
south
african
variant.
We
now
have
a
third
case
of
that
variant
and
low
country
also
diagnosed
the
first
case
of
the
uk
variant
late
last
week,
and
while
we're
still
learning
about
these
variants,
what
we
do
believe
is
that
the
vaccine
will
remain
effective,
but
not
quite
as
effective
against
at
least
some
of
these
variants.
I
We
do
believe
the
diagnostic
test
will
pick
up
these
variants.
The
variants
seem
to
be
more
contagious
and
I
think
that
the
evidence
is
still
out
whether
they
may
be
may
cause
somewhat
more
severe
disease,
not
sure
about
that.
Yet.
But
we
know
that
they're,
probably
50
to
70
percent,
more
contagious
and-
and
so
we
we're-
they
are
used
for
diagnostic
purposes.
I
They
do
take
a
while
to
return,
and
so
we're
not
changing
sort
of
our
case
investigation
or
contact
tracing
or
mitigation
efforts
around
that
particular
positive
case,
but
are
beginning
to
rethink,
and
I'm
not
sure
who
on
this
call.
I
have
talked
about
this,
but
there
was
some
movement
towards
saying
that
those
who
were
vaccinated
fully
would
not
need
to
quarantine.
I
Cdc
and
dhec
now
have
backed
away
from
that
guidance,
which
was
never
actually
put
out
officially
to
say
we,
we
are
still
recommending
quarantine
for
those
who
are
deemed
close
contacts
of
a
positive
case,
even
when
fully
vaccinated
and
after
that,
one
to
two
week
period.
So
I
don't
think
jan's
on
the
call
paul,
but
I
think
that
I
did
relay
that
guidance
previously
to
her
around
city
employees.
So
just
have
her
reach
out
to
me.
If
she
wants
to
discuss
that
further,
what.
D
I
They
have
finished
first
rounds
of
all
nursing
homes
and
should
sometime
this
month
finish
first
round
or
first
doses
for
assisted
living.
The
the
last.
The
last
information
I
heard
is
that
somewhere
between
60
and
75
percent
of
residents
to
date
have
chosen
to
receive
the
first
dose,
but
only
about
40
percent
of
staff.
I
So
so
that's
certainly
something
that
all
who
interact
with
long-term
care
facilities.
We
are
working
to
to
address
vaccine
hesitancy
in
those
communities
as
well
as
as
generally,
but
that
does
mean
that
there
are
many
more
doses
sitting
in
that
program
and
there
is
talk
now
about
whether
we
should
sort
of
reallocate
them
back
to
the
sort
of
general
statewide
supply
and
then
give
them
to
others
who
can
can
use
them
more
quickly.
I
With
the
caveat
that,
of
course,
we
want
staff
and
residents
in
long-term
care
facilities
to
be
covered
if
and
when
they
they
choose
to.
For
that
to
happen,
we
have
rolled
out
a
new
phone
number
for
for
vaccine
questions.
There
was
certainly
a
lot
of
difficulty
in
the
beginning
weeks
of
getting
through
to
our
caroline
in
the
next
few
days.
We,
if
not
already
it,
may
be
official.
I
We
are
also
rolling
out
a
new
online,
appointing
system
for
vaccinations
to
assist,
especially
with
our
elderly,
and
being
able
to
find
a
local
location
close
to
them.
As
far
as
moving
on
to
additional
populations,
the
governor
would
like
us
to
move
to
those
65
and
over
down
from
70
and
over,
and
we
are
working
to
to
make
that
happen.
Also
phase
there's
many
questions
from
phase
1b
and
paula.
I
I
Then
and
then
told
note
that
it's
not
going
to
work
for
them
and
then
I
don't
know
I
could
go
on,
but
I
think
the
last
thing
is
that
there
will
be
some
direct
shipments
to
pharmacies
from
the
federal
government
beginning
next
week.
That's
already
sort
of
happened
like
to
walmart's
to
date,
but
there
will
be
more
and
south
carolina
is
also
getting
some
more
modern
vaccine
being
this
week
than
we
had
before
about
16
000
extra
doses.
So
we
hope
to
con
continue
to
see
our
allotment
increase.
G
I
have
a
question,
dr
richardson,
it's
lori,
so
I
noticed
yesterday
that
we
had
gone
from
a
30,
almost
a
30
positivity
rate
to
8.8,
and
I
thought
wow.
This
is
awesome.
We
made
great
inroads,
so
tell
me
what
this
new
scale
is
and
what
I
should
be
looking
for.
So
is
it
still.
Anything
under
five
is
good.
I
Yes,
so
what
the
sort
of
messaging
around
this
is,
there's
really
no
change,
as
you
can
imagine
from
you
know
from
two
days
ago
to
yesterday.
It's
just
a
change
in
how
we
calculate
it,
but
our
website
has
gone
back
and
retroactively
calculated
the
percent
positivity
using
the
the
new
formula,
so
you
can
still
see
trends
and
the
trends
are
should
be
the
same.
I
But
yes,
as
far
as
I
know,
the
goal
of
the
less
than
five
percent,
although
some
states,
you
know
once
they
get
to
five
percent,
say
well,
now
we
want
three
percent
or
one
percent
certainly
lower
is
better,
but
that
that
is
still
the
goal
is
the
five
percent
and
that's
one
of
the
reasons
for
changing
the
formulas
we
felt
like.
I
think
south
carolina
is
now
ranked
third
in
the
nation
for
percent
positivity.
I
Well,
you
know
we
wanted
to
to
accurately
reflect
how
is
our
percent
positivity
compared
to
other
states
in
the
us
not
compared
to
what
we
were
presenting
previously?
So
that's
why
all
those
calculations
have
been
redone.
We
do
feel
like
there's
been
some
decrease
since
the
peaks
you
know
right
after
the
holiday
season
in
percent
positivity,
but
certainly
that
large
drop
is
just
a
difference
in
calculation.
F
Mr
mayor
so
katie,
if
you
will,
I
know
that
sometimes
data,
coagulates
or
or
delays,
and
then
you
report
it
at
one
time
and
so,
a
week
or
so
ago,
when
I
saw
the
first
death
reports
over
200,
I
I
believed
that
it
was
just
that
kind
of
thing,
but
then
I
saw
three
or
four
days
later.
Another
day
you
reported
over
200
is
this:
is
it
more
deadly?
I
mean
it
seems
like
the
death
rate
has
has
increased
significantly
lately.
I
So
I
also
think
that
that
is
a
result
of
a
data
dump
and
not
necessarily
I
mean
we
have
see.
We
know
the
deaths
lag
hospitalizations,
which
lack
you
know
positive
tests,
and
so
there
certainly
have
been
increase
in
deaths
to
our
highest
levels,
in
south
carolina
and
and
in
the
low
country
in
recent
weeks.
But
those
large
dumps
of
two
times
of
over
200
really
were
related
to
a
change
in
our
vital
records
system
and
that
caused
a
delay
in
reporting
deaths.
I
So
our
website
does
sort
of
take
that
number
of
deaths
and
then
apply
it
to
how
many
how
many
deaths
occurred
per
day
and
you'll
see
that
that
when
it's
200,
those
debts
are
really
spread
out
over
a
several
week
week,
time
period.
So
while
it's
it's
not
good
news,
it's
not
as
bad
as
those
sort
of
very
large
numbers
would
initially
indicate.
I
Sometimes
the
probable
deaths
are
often
when
a
provider
will
say
on
a
death
certificate
that
that
it
was
due
to
covet
19,
but
there's
actually
no
lab
test
to
confirm
that.
So
if,
if
a
lab
test
isn't
done
and
it
can
even
be
done
as
part
of
an
autopsy
or
post-mortem,
then
we
will
reclassify
based
on
that
lab
result.
But
but
if
no
lab
result
comes,
then
they
stay
probable.
D
I
N
I
I
I
K
Oh
dr
richardson
yeah,
just
real
quick
if
you
could
help
clarify
the
messaging
again
for
folks
who
are
fully
vaccinated.
I
think
there
is
still,
I
think,
a
lot
of
confusion
out
there
as
we
we
message.
We
share
this
message
out
to
our
constituents
about
so
we're
hearing
today
that,
even
if
you
are
fully
vaccinated,
if
you're
in
contact
with
someone
who
tests
positive,
you
still
need
to
quarantine.
Is
it
still
important
for
people
who
are
fully
vaccinated
to
social
distance
and
wear
masks.
I
So
yes,
the
general
answer
is
yes
to
all
of
those
and
that's
because
they're
they're
not
very
many
other
people
that
are
fully
vaccinated
in
our
communities
right
now.
I
think
that
so
I
think
that's
the
the
general
messaging
that
we
do
want
to
get
out
there
number
one,
as
you
said
that
that
while
there
was
some
some
thought
or
some
movement
towards
no
more
need
to
quarantine
because
of
these
variants,
primarily
and
just
trying
to
understand
better,
what
is
the
trajectory
that
we're
going
to
see?
I
I
That
being
said,
we
don't
want
those
most
of
the
people.
Who've
gotten
the
vaccine
are
higher
risk
and
we
don't
want
those
individuals
to
let
their
guard
down
too
much
because
they
may
be
able
to
transmit
to
others,
even
though
they're
asymptomatic,
or
they
may
be
more
at
risk
if
the
vaccine
is
found
to
be
less
effective
against
some
of
the
variants.
So
so
I
think
that
is
the
the
general
messaging
to
the
public.
That
being
said,
I
think
you
know
101
the
two
people
who
are
fully
vaccinated
and
have
waited
there.
I
I
N
I
appreciate
your
answers
and
I
appreciate
your
passion.
Dhec
made
a
recommendation
about
in-hospital
patients,
65
and
older,
getting
the
vaccine.
It
appears
that
musc
is
the
only
local
provider
actually
doing
that.
I'm
curious
about
your
reaction
to
that,
and
is
there
a
way
to
make
a
stronger
recommendation
to
these
providers
so
that
this
very
vulnerable
population
of
people
are
getting
the
vaccine.
I
Well,
we're
always
working
on
better
communication,
so
that
would
certainly
be
the.
The
first
thing
is:
have
we
communicated
that
sufficiently
to
all
of
our
hospital
providers?
And
we
can
always
do
more
of
that
and
then
the
second
part
is,
we
know
our
health
systems
are
working
very
hard
to
to
help
get
the
public
vaccinated,
and
so
this
is
yet
one
more
process
that
they
will
need
to
put
in
place,
and
so
I
I
do
believe
that
they
should
be
doing
it.
I
B
J
J
I
So
I
can
elevate
that
request,
which
I
think
is
reasonable
to
our
vaccine
advisory
committee,
who
right
now
is
working
on
finalizing
the
phase
1b
criteria
you
I've
actually
gotten
this
request
from
several
other
members
of
the
clergy
in
the
low
country
region
and
have
elevated
those
requests.
There's
also
an
email
address,
acc
dash
back
the
ac
dhak.sc.gov,
where
you
yourself
and
your
colleagues
can
send
an
email
directly
making
this
this
request.
I
Phase
1b
has
not
been
finalized,
so
I
don't
know
whether
clergy
are
included
or
are
not,
but
certainly
I
would
say
that
that
you
are
a
frontline
essential
worker.
It's
just
a
matter
of
you
know
how
how
we
know
we've
got.
You
know,
limited
vaccine
right
now.
We
just
we're
trying
to
make
the
best
decisions
possible
for
for
how
to
distribute
that
in
an
equitable
way.
I
C
I
was
just
going
to
add
that
live
five
news
covered
the
story
just
to
raise
awareness
about
misc,
which
is
the
covet
complication
that
children
can
experience
and
that
our
state
had
its
first
child
death
from
misc.
So
I
just
encourage
folks
to
look
up
that
story
and
be
aware
and
spread
that
knowledge,
although
it's
still
exceedingly
rare,
it's
something
we
all
need
to
be
vigilant
about.
B
Thank
you
all
right,
and
then
I
know,
let's
see
maggie
dangerfield
on
here.
I
know
that
charleston
county
is
halfway
through
the
school
year.
I
think
this
week
I
think
exams
are
taking
place
the
first,
but
the
second
quarter.
First
semester
is
coming
to
an
end
and
the
second
half
will
start
on
monday.
I
guess
so.
I
I
saw
where,
where
it
was
decided
that
charleston
county
will
stay
open
now
through
the
way
that
it
was
regularly
planned
and
not
stop
early.
M
Sure,
thank
you
so
much
councilman,
just
a
few
things.
We've
had.
You
know
a
really
exciting
week,
if
you
all
have
seen
the
news
about
principal
darby
and
some
of
the
things
that
he
is
doing
in
his
spare
time
to
support
his
students
so
that
you
know
that's
been
a
nice.
You
know
kind
of
heartwarming
piece
of
news
that
has
been
shared
across
national
platforms
and
locally
here
as
well
for
those
students
in
north
charleston
high
school.
M
As
you
mentioned,
there
was
a
discussion
held
last
week.
There
were
some
parents
that
had
brought
to
the
district's
attention
their
desire
to
end
the
school
year
earlier
than
june
18,
and
so
we
wanted
to
engage
parents,
teachers
and
principals
about
the
feasibility
in
which
that
could
potentially
happen.
M
So
we
wanted
to,
of
course,
inform
our
board
of
that
request
and
then
engage
our
stakeholders
on
their
thoughts
about
the
trade-offs
that
may
need
to
occur
to
make
that
happen,
and
then
it
was
just
through
those
conversations
deemed
to
be
too
disruptive
to
just
continue
to
make
any
modifications.
So
we
informed
our
families
of
that
monday
evening,
and
so
that
will
remain
the
same
and
we
are
currently
in
development
of
our
school
year
calendar
for
next
year,
so
that
will
be
coming
out
here
in
the
next
couple
of
weeks.
M
You
know
we
we
routinely
engage
the
public
with
voting
on.
You
know
at
least
two
options
for
that,
so
that
will
be
coming
out
soon.
Our
school
choice
window
and
our
cd,
our
our
4k
program
in
head
start
programs,
applications
opened
last
week
january
26th
and
they
run
for
the
whole
month.
They're
not
first
come
first
serve.
Those
can
be
digitally
submitted
on
our
website.
There's
a
link
to
the
school
choice.
M
M
M
Another
thing
that
we
started
last
week
with
email
notification
to
elementary
families.
If
there
is
a
positive
covet
case
in
a
child's
class,
just
a
very
high
level
email
that
would
go
out
to
the
class
saying
there
were,
there
was
a
positive
cova
case
in
your
child's
class,
and
certainly
if
that
child
was
a
close
contact
deemed
to
close
contact
through
our
contact
tracers,
they
would
be
notified
ahead
of
that.
So
they
would
know
you
know
their
personal
level
of
exposure
or
not.
M
M
So
you
know
determining
the
feasibility
of
doing
that,
but
those
plans
are
almost
nearly
finalized
to
enable
that
notification
to
let
a
student
know
that
there
was
a
positive
case
in
a
class
that
they
attended
so
that
you
know
more
on
that
will
be
coming
out
in
the
next
couple
of
days
and
then.
Lastly,
our
varsity
athletics
resumed
competition
on
january
25th
and
our
jv
started
practicing
again
going
for
the
jv
will
just
play.
M
Games
interdistrictly,
but
you
know
varsity,
basketball
and
wrestling
can
still
compete
in
regional
competitions
and
things
of
that
sort.
So
those
are
the
big
things
going
on.
We
also
have
a
really
great
app.
I
just
wanted
to
share.
We
push
out
all
of
our
notifications
on
that
app.
You
can
download
it
out
of
the
google
play
store,
or
you
know,
in
the
app
store
on
your
iphone.
M
So
you'll
get
all
of
our
district
notifications
there.
You
can
set
your
preferences
to
your
child's
school
if
you
have
a
child
in
our
district
and
we
also
have
something
called
a
ccsd
minute,
which
is
like
a
one
minute.
Video
recap
of
all
the
news
that
week
so
trying
to
just
expand
our
ways
in
which
we're
reaching
families
and
quick
snippets
of
all
of
these
many
things
going
on
that
we
can
figure
out.
B
B
Out
we
all
thank
you
so
much
for
your
time.
I
appreciate
everybody's.
You
know
commitment
to
this
committee.
It
helps
us
a
lot
so
to
have
this
committee
good
things
come
out
of
this
committee,
so
we
know
your
time's
valuable
and
we
appreciate
it
so
with
that,
if
we
don't
have
anything
else,
I'll
call
the
meeting
to
adjourn.