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City of Charleston Health and Wellness Committee 8/3/22
A
B
B
D
Well,
thank
you.
Everyone
for
joining
us
I
want
to
welcome
you
to
our
August
3rd
2022
health
and
wellness
advisory
committee,
meeting
I
hope
everybody
has
had
a
good
summer.
So
far,
things
are
getting
ready
to
transition
a
little
bit
we're
going
to
have
school
starting
this
month
and
we're
going
to
have
a
little
more
traffic
in
the
mornings
and
college
football
starts
this
month.
So
some
good
things
happening
some
things
to
look
forward
to
and
I
just
want
to
tell
you
how
much
I
appreciate
everybody's
time
and
being
here.
D
I
know
your
time
is
very,
very
valuable
and
your
time
is
also
very
valuable
to
the
City
of
Charleston,
and
we
appreciate
you
being
here
so
I'm
going
to
jump
right
into
the
agenda
here
and
if
we
could
I'm
going
to
call
on
Jennifer
she's
going
to
talk
about
the
national
988
suicide
and
crisis
Lifeline
mental
health
update
so
Jennifer
Roberts,
if
you
would
take
it
from
here.
Thank
you.
C
But
988
is
not
just
about
the
call
centers.
Actually
it's
it's
really
about
a
Continuum
of
Crisis
Care
that
the
federal
government
wants
the
nation
to
have
so
the
988.
The
call
centers
is
kind
of
the
beginning,
part
of
it,
and
then
the
other
parts
is
having
crisis
stabilization
units
around
rural
States,
mobile
crisis
teams,
24
7
and
for
people
have
access
to
and
follow-up
care
after
people
have
been
in
crisis
stabilization
units
and
it's
an
effort
to
get
people
out
of
emergency
rooms,
avoid
health
hospitalizations.
C
C
C
So
it
was
decided
since
our
Mental
Health
Center
here
in
Charleston
already
does
the
mobile
crisis
State
call
center,
where
we
get
all
the
calls
coming
in
from
mobile
crisis
from
all
46
counties,
and
we
triage
the
calls
here
safety
plan
with
people
if
possible
and
if
not
possible,
we
are
the
ones
who
deploy
the
mobile
crisis
teams
around
the
state,
so
kind
of
they
said.
Well,
you
already
have
a
call
center,
you
sort
of
know
what
that's
about.
C
Let's,
let's
add
the
988
call
center
to
Charleston,
so
we
are
in
the
process
of
opening
the
second
988
call
center
to
be
the
backup
to
mental
health.
Greenville
Mental
Health
America
Greenville
we're
going
to
try
to
get
it
off
the
ground.
In
January
we
we
asked
for
5.3,
recurring
million
dollars
for
our
call
center
and
to
help
support
the
Mental
Health
America
call
center.
We
did
not
get
that
funding.
We
got
1.3
million
one
time
dollars
which
will
basically
just
get
our
call
center
off
the
ground.
C
So
if
we
don't
get
more
funding
from
the
legislature
or
samsa
or
somebody
we'll
open
a
call
center
and
then
we'll
have
to
close
it
back
right
up,
because
we
won't
be
able
to
continue
to
pay
for
it.
So
that's
kind
of
been
an
issue.
We
were
really
hoping
for
recurring
funds
for
that,
but
we
didn't
get
it.
I've
been
looking
for
space
and
I-
probably
even
mentioned
it
on
this.
This
with
this
group
been
looking
for
space.
We
don't
have
any
any
space
in
our
building
to
put
another
call
center.
C
Unfortunately,
the
Mental
Health
America
system
that
they
bought
so
we've
been
they've,
been
mental
health
has
been
funding
them
in
the
preparation.
So
a
lot
of
the
Sampson
money
that
came
in
most
of
it
went
to
them
and
then
they've
also
had
other
grants,
but
basically
they
have
loads
of
equipment,
but
they
don't
have
staff.
In
my
opinion,
they
probably
should
have
bought
a
little
less
equipment.
C
They
have
a
room
with
50
computers
and
each
with
three
screens
each
in
there,
and
they
really
only
have
four
or
five
people
working
at
a
time,
which
is
a
little
odd
to
me,
I'm,
going
to
see
if
they'll,
maybe
just
give
us
some
of
the
equipment
but
yeah
the
other
part
for
them,
because
it's
new
and
all
the
states
are
kind
of
doing
it
different
there's,
not
even
a
software
package.
It's
like!
Oh
here's,
the
best
one
to
get
everybody
get.
C
This
Samson's
been
working
on
one,
but
we've
gotten
some
feedback
from
some
of
the
test.
Centers.
It's
not
the
best
so
kind
of,
unfortunately,
everybody's
scrambling
Across
the
Nation
to
figure
out
how
to
do
this,
and
and
what's
the
best
software
to
use.
We've
been
meeting
with
a
couple
companies
that
are
providing
software
for
other
states
for
the
988
call
center.
C
So
we've
got
a
lot
of
things
in
in
play
right
now.
We
will
probably
hire
the
same
amount
of
people
for
this
new
call
center.
You
really
can't
mix
the
two
call
centers
at
least
it's
not
in
the
beginning,
because
our
mobile
crisis
call
center
is
kind
of
very
we're,
trying
to
triage
figure
out
what
to
do
whether
to
send
mobile
crisis
or
law
enforcement
or
9-1-1
kind
of
all
as
quickly
as
possible,
so
that
we
can
free
up
the
phones
for
other
emergencies.
C
A
988
is
it's
a
crisis
line,
but
it's
also
a
warm
talk
line,
so
you
they
do
expect
people
to
stay
on
the
phones
longer.
They
also
expect
we.
We
get
a
chat
and
a
text
line
to
be
able
to
answer
people's
calls
for
that
too.
So
that's
something
we
haven't
done,
but
we've
been
meeting
a
lot
about
988
with
a
lot
of
Partners
around
the
state,
and
so
the
big
question
is
how
to
how
to
Market
this
to
folks
in
the
community,
because
how
do
you
know
when
to
call
9-1-1?
C
How
do
you
know
when
to
call
988,
and
how
do
you
know
when
to
call
mobile
crisis?
That's
what
we're
trying
to
figure
out,
because
you
know
we
don't
want.
Unfortunately,
we
don't
have
a
seamless
system
where
you
can
just
literally
pass
a
call
and
be
able
to
read
the
information
that
was
said
to
the
other
people.
If
there,
if
it's
not,
you
know
if
9-1-1
gives
it
to
us
or
if
988
gives
it
to
us,
we
can't
read
their
information,
which
is
unfortunate.
C
If
we
had
a
really
cool
system
that
we
could
see
their
their
past
our
conversation
or
half
an
hour
conversation.
We
wouldn't
have
to
ask
all
the
questions
over
again,
but
you
know
it's
everybody's
trying
to
figure
this
out
as
we
go,
and
hopefully
we're
gonna
land,
some
really
good
equipment
to
track
everything
and
to
help
make
the
job
easier
and
seamless
as
possible.
C
So
it's
exciting
I
think
it's
gonna
definitely
help
people
I
can
say
when,
when
988
went
live
in
on
the
17th
of
July,
they
did
have
a
huge
increase
in
calls,
but
they
were
also
doing
a
lot
of
media
about
it.
So
and
a
lot
of
the
calls
that
they
get
aren't
actually
crisis
calls.
So
you
got
to
kind
of
weed
those
out
just
just
like.
C
With
our
mobile
crisis
call
center,
we
get
a
lot
of
calls
from
patients
looking
for
appointments
and
medications,
and
things
like
that
they
get
counted
into
the
cause,
but
I
think
as
far
as
the
Continuum
of
Care
here
gmh
has
been
trying
to
get
funding
from
our
legislature
for
seven
more
crisis
stabilization
units
across
the
state.
We
did
not
get
funding
for
that
again,
but
that
is
part
of
what
this
is
about.
C
C
In
the
middle
of
our
Mental
Health
crisis,
so
that's
kind
of
my
update
on
on
988,
but
we're
excited
about
it
and
I
do
think
that
you
know
our
Center
will
hopefully
do
a
good
job
if
we
can
hire
people
and
get
our
salaries
up
so
that
we
can
keep
people
to
work
in.
But
do
you
know
anybody
looking
for
work
on
a
call
center
line
to
either
level
crisis
or
988?
B
C
If
we're
not
busy,
we
go
into
their
database
or
you
know
their
information
too
online,
but
they
are
separate,
but
one
of
one
of
the
good
things
I
don't
know
if
y'all
are
familiar
with
Charlotte
Anderson,
but
she
kind
of
ran
211
here
in
Charleston
for
many
years
well,
Joey
probably
does-
or
at
least
heard
of
her
so
she's
been
she's
on
the
kind
of
planning
committee
also
for
the
988,
Center
and
I.
Think
she's
got
a
lot
of
experience.
Some
the
211
used
to
take
those
lines.
C
Those
calls
here
in
Charleston
until
it
kind
of
got,
moved
about
I,
don't
know
10
years
ago.
So
that's
another,
that's
more
of
an
information
resource
line.
It's
not
really
meant
to
be
a
crisis
line,
but
I
guess
they
kind
of
use.
The
word
warm
warm
line
where
people
can
call
and
talk
to
folks,
but
if
it
becomes
an
emergency
they
would
likely
be
passing
it
to
988
911
or
mobile
prices.
C
C
Thank
you
and
it's
833.
I'll
put
it
in
the
text.
833
dmhccri,
which
is
it
used
to
be
called
Community,
crisis
response
and
intervention.
When
we
were
expanding
mobile
crisis
across
the
state,
unfortunately,
we
you
know,
we
decided
to
change
it
back
to
mobile
crisis.
We
kept
ours
named
mobile
crisis.
We
said
nobody
can
remember
that
it's
too
it's
too
hard
of
a
name.
So
but
it's
how
I
remember
the
phone
number,
but
I
will
put
that
in
the
chat
chat
for
you
guys
very.
C
Oh
no
I'll
just
say
the
art
conference.
Well,
I
guess
I
do
our
conference
was
last
week
and
it
was
really
successful
and
if
Paul
came
I
think
we
had
about
1600
people
there,
either
in
person
or
virtual
mayor
tecklenberg
welcomed
it
and
it
was
awesome.
We
played
the
piano
and
talked
about
mental
health
and
it
was.
We
were
really
happy
with
it
and
kind
of
mostly
went
off
without
a
hitch.
B
C
That's
right
thanks
thanks
for
reminding
me,
so
we
just
found
out
that
South
Carolina
hopes
is
we're
not
going
to
be
able
to
take
any
new
referrals
for
SC
hope.
So
anybody
who
has
already
part
of
SC
hopes
will
still
have
their
counseling
either
with
Charleston
Center
or
with
us,
or
any
other
drug
and
alcohol
around
the
state
or
mental
health
paid
for,
but
apparently
I
think
samhsa's
in
charge
in
charge
of
that.
C
One
too
and
they're
changing
the
this
assessment
tool
for
it
and
because
of
the
change
they
wanted
to
go
ahead
and
they're
going
to
start
that,
like
in
December.
So
they
wanted
to
not
accept
any
new
patients
so
that
we
just
found
that
out
the
other
day
and
they
said
the
kind
of
effective
three
days
from
now.
D
Very
good
well,
thank
you
very
much
for
for
all
that,
any
other
questions
before
we
move
on
well.
Thank
you
again.
Jennifer
appreciate
that
thank
y'all
I'm,
going
to
jump
a
little
bit
out
of
order.
I
want
to
bring
Maggie
Dangerfield
in
because
a
lot
of
you
know
that
schools
are
very
close
to
starting
back
up.
D
A
A
Today
we
have
about
400
teachers
attending
great
teachers,
great
leaders,
it's
a
program
that
we
have
at
West,
Ashley,
high
school
and
so
we're
there
welcoming
them
and
getting
them
excited
for
the
new
year
here
and
then,
of
course,
this
Sunday,
in
partnership
with
the
city,
we
have
the
annual
First
Day
Festival
and
we'll
have
several
of
our
departments
as
a
part
of
that
celebration.
Here
at
the
Gilyard
providing
information
helping
students
get
registered,
we'll
have
our
nursing
Services
Department.
A
Then
the
following
week,
we
kind
of
are
gearing
up
as
we
welcome
our
teachers
back
officially.
They
all
come
back
on
contract
the
week
of
the
11th
and
12th,
and
so
we'll
have
some
professional
development
days
and
some
of
our
annual
back
to
school
media
tours
where
we
showcase
some
of
our
Capital
programs,
projects
that
have
been
taking
place
this
past
year
that
are
now
ready
for
families
again
to
join
us.
C
A
Then
we
have
our
inaugural
CCSD
football
Jamboree
that
unfortunately
was
canceled
last
year
due
to
the
spread
of
covids
in
all
of
our
teams.
Ultimately
I
think
anything
up
in
quarantine
or
coming
off
of
quarantine
or
not
having
enough
players.
So
we
are
excited
to
be
able
to
host
that
event
this
year
and
that
is
at
the
Bob
Hayes
field,
at
our
district
2
Regional
stadium
in
Mount
Pleasant,
where
all
of
our
football
teams
will
play
one
another
at
the
high
school
level
and
I
believe
Bishop
England,
as
well
as
joining
that
event.
A
So
there
they
will
no
longer
be
free,
but
we
are
encouraging
all
of
our
families
to
complete
an
online
application
that
will
review
your
families
status
and
see
whether
or
not
you
qualify
for
a
free
or
reduced
rate,
and
so
that's
really
informative
for
All
Families
to
complete
at
schools,
and
that
will
give
kind
of
a
total
snapshot
of.
What's
going
on
at
the
school
level
in
terms
of
how
many
students
will
be
eligible
for
that,
so
that's
just
a
new
change
and,
of
course,
on
our
nutrition
services
website.
A
We
have
our
menus
for
the
month
of
August
and
in
the
new
rates
for
this
year
for
lunch
and
breakfast
our
transportation
department
is
finalizing
bus
routes
for
this
year.
We
encourage
everyone
to
go
to
our
transportation.
Webpage
they've
got
all
the
information
about
how
students
and
families
can
get
set
up
to
ride
the
bus,
as
well
as
where
the
bus
stops
will
be.
A
What
times
that
pickups
going
on
they
have
a
really
great
I
was
actually
looking
myself
yesterday,
an
interactive
tool
where
you
can
go
down
to
your
school
level
and
your
neighborhood
and
see
all
of
the
multiple
stops
and
the
estimated
pickup
and
drop-off
times
every
day.
So
that's
a
really
wonderful
feature,
and
it
also
gives
guidelines,
especially
if
you
have
younger
students
riding
the
bus.
What
the
requirements
are
there.
A
And
just
scanning
through
some
of
our
notes
here
you
know
going
into
every
school
year.
We
have
teacher
vacancies,
that's
prevalent
across
the
state
and
of
course
you
know,
CCSD
isn't,
you
know,
isn't
necessarily
beyond
having
vacancies
as
well.
I
believe
the
last
count
we
had
in
mid-july
was
about
140,
but
we
know
even
that
week
that
at
least
20
or
30
have
been
filled
and
so
we're
slowly
closing
that
Gap
to
reduce
the
number
of
teacher
vacancies.
We
have,
and
we
probably
will
have
an
updated
number
this
week.
A
So
we
continue
with
our
teacher
recruitment
efforts
and
ensuring
that
all
of
our
students
have
the
teachers
and
staff
needed
to
help
them
have
a
great
excellent
school
year
and
I
think
that
completes
I'm,
trying
to
make
sure
I
didn't
miss
out
on
any
other
important
updates.
I.
Think
that
completes
the
the
gist
of
what
we
have
going
on
back
to
school-wise.
D
All
right,
great
Maggie,
thank
you,
so
much
I
know
you've
been
busy.
Let
me
just
to
be
clear:
ask
you
all
right
so
the
breakfast
and
lunch
I'm
assuming
there's
emails
or
something
being
sent
to
people,
but
if
someone
did
not
get
that
information,
how
do
they
find
it
or
where?
Where
do
they
need
to
do.
A
Absolutely
that
that
is
a
great
question.
Yes,
we
have
been
communicating
with
families
about
that
I
know,
particularly
at
the
school
level.
They
have
been
asking
all
of
our
families
to
complete
that
application,
but
if
they
did
not
receive
that
communication
on
our
web
page
on
the
home
page,
if
you
scroll
down
below
our
Banner,
it
says
School
menus
and
you
can
click
on
that.
Icon
and
that'll.
A
Take
you
to
our
nutrition
services
page
where
they
have
information
about
what
the
school
meals
are
for
the
next
school
year,
as
well
as
a
link
to
the
meals
applications,
prepayment
options
for
families
who
know
that
they're
going
to
be
purchasing
lunch
throughout
the
year
to
get
their
accounts
ready
and
other
things
like
nutrition
information
ingredient
lists.
Allergy
lists
things
like
that:
okay,.
D
A
E
Maggie,
thank
you
for
mentioning,
first
day
of
this
Sunday
and
I'm,
going
to
ask
Paul
to
distribute
a
flyer
about
that
everyone,
because
there
are
some
vendors
there
that
focus
on
health
and
wellness
and
nutrition.
We
have
the
we're
using
the
gillyard
now,
so
people
can
come
inside
and
and
discover
resources
available
to
them.
It's
really
a
great
family
event.
Kids
can
get
in
the
aquarium
for
free.
E
F
Maggie
quick
question:
you
mentioned
that
nursing
Services
was
going
to
be
on
site
for
the
back
to
school
event.
I'm
just
curious.
Is
there
going
to?
Is
there
any
attempt
to
check
on
vaccine
requirements
for
for
students
at
that
time,
or
at
least
make
sure
that
parents
know
kind
of
what
is
what
is
required
for
school.
A
So
normally,
when
you
matriculate
into
a
grade
level
like
you
enter
kindergarten,
you
register
initially
and
you
provide
all
of
the
required
documentation
and
then
you're
in
your
school
for
the
next
several
years,
and
then
you
typically
wouldn't
register
again
unless
you
change
schools
or
you
matriculated
up
to
the
next
grade
band
like
middle
school
and
so
this
year
in
in
an
effort
to
better
support
our
students
get
as
much
up-to-date
contact
information
as
possible.
We
are
having
all
students
complete
the
registration
process,
new
students
and
returning
students.
So
it's
a
big
effort.
F
E
A
Medical
religious
other
things
like
that.
But
there
is
a
standardized
list
of
required
vaccines
to
enter
public
schools
in
the
state
of
South
Carolina.
So
we
would
follow
that
that
list
and
I
do
believe
there
were
updates
to
that
this
year
with
some
additional
I.
Don't
think
it's
new
vaccines,
but
additional
doses
of
vaccines
at
different
age
levels
that
weren't
previously
required.
A
G
You're
interested
in
the
details
that
was
going
to
be
something
on
my
list.
That
is
true.
We
have
no
new
vaccines
that
are
required
this
year.
The
covid
vaccine
is
not
required
to
matriculate
in
schools,
but
we
are
requiring
some
of
the
same
vaccines
from
previous
years
in
additional
grades
so
that
if
a
student
comes
in
at
a
different
grade
than
their
maybe
moves
in
to
our
district
that
will
still
ensure
that
they
have
those
vaccines.
G
The
newest
vaccine
to
be
added
was
actually
I
believe
last
year,
that
was
the
hepatitis
A
vaccine
and
that
is
on
two
doses
are
required
of
That
vaccine.
So
in
eighth
grade
now
two
doses
of
varicella,
the
chickenpox
vaccine,
are
required
in
10th,
Grade
Three
doses
of
the
polio
vaccine
are
required
and
in
second
grade
those
two
doses
of
the
hepatitis
A
vaccine
are
required.
So
those
are
vaccines
that
have
always
been
required
just
for
different
grades,
and-
and
that
is
so,
we
are
asking
schools
to
collect
those
vaccination
records.
G
D
You
very
much
all
right,
well,
I
appreciate
you
letting
me
kind
of
jump
outside
of
our
agenda
there
and
allow
Maggie
to
give
us
a
report,
a
lot
of
good
information
there
and
again
we
appreciate
all
that
you're
doing
Maggie.
Thank
you
so
much
so
we're
going
to
move
on
now
we're
going
to
call
on
Joey
current
the
health
programs
manager
for
the
Trident,
United
Way
and
he's
going
to
give
us
a
little
Community
highlight
on
the
community.
Health
needs
assessment,
so
Joey.
If
you
would.
F
Thank
you
so
much
I'll
try
to
keep
this
brief.
Just
wanted
to.
Let
folks
know
once
again
that
we
are
in
the
midst
of
getting
our
community
health
needs
assessments
distributed
out
to
as
many
community
members
as
possible
within
our
Tri-County
region,
which
includes
Charleston
I,
want
to
thank
I.
Think
Quentin
Thompson
is
on
the
Tompkins
is
on
the
call
as
well
from
MUSC.
F
We
want
to
make
sure
we
have
a
full
understanding
of
what
the
biggest
Health
needs
are
for
our
community
members,
and
we
take
that
information.
We
aggregate
it
and
we
take
a
look
at.
We
look
at
it
by
ZIP
code
and
in
some
cases,
by
a
census
track
and
we're
able
to
see
where
we
are,
where
folks
have
identified
the
highest
areas
of
need.
Our
plan
is
to
take
all
of
this
information
aggregate.
F
It,
like
I,
said
put
it
in
a
report
and
then
also
spend
some
time
going
around
to
those
communities
which
we've
collected,
that
information
from
to
share
back
and
to
check
back
with
communities
to
find
out.
If
everything
that
we've
collected
makes
sense-
and
it
is
it
with
with
what
folks
are
seeing
is
the
biggest
Health
needs
for
them
and
their
families,
and
then
we
spend
the
next
three
years
after
each
of
these
Cycles,
like
I,
said
focusing
on
those
areas
so
for
everyone
on
this
call
and
everyone
listening.
F
If
you
are
interested
in
in
helping
us
to
spread
this
survey
out
in
the
community,
please
contact
me
I'm,
happy
to
send
out.
We
have
paper
copies
in
English
and
in
Spanish,
and
we
also
have
digital
QR
code
copies
that
folks
can
scan
with
their
phones
and
take
that
assessment.
It
takes
about
10
minutes
to
fill
out.
F
It's
going
to
ask
questions
about
folks,
Health
beliefs
and
information
about
what
services
that
they
may
or
may
not
know
are
available
to
them
in
our
community
and,
most
importantly,
like
I
said
what
are
those
biggest
Health
priorities
for
folks.
So
thanks
Paul
for
sharing
that
on
the
screen
and
for
anybody
who's
interested
in
getting
a
copy
of
this
to
distribute.
Please
let
me
know
and
I
appreciate
your
time.
F
F
F
E
Well,
if,
if
you're
not
planning
on
being
there
on
Sunday,
send
some
information
now
we'll
put
it
somewhere
at
the
goyard,
but
Paul
can
can
share
this
with
our
neighborhood
and
Business
Services
Group.
They
have
like
a
weekly
email
that
they
could
put
it
out.
Maybe
every
month
for
the
next
couple
of
months
and
and
our
our
Pio
office,
does
our
social
media
we'd
be
happy
to
put
it
out
on
our
social
media
and
our
email
blasts
over
the
next
couple
of
months.
F
B
Yeah
and
mayor
I
think
it's
important
Joey
might
have
touched
on
it,
but
all
the
information
to
collect
is
really
they
can
look
at
our
ZIP
codes
and
give
us
that
information
back
at
a
later
date.
So
it's
more
on
the
on
the
more
we
can
get
it
into
our
community
you're
exactly
right.
The
better
we'll
have
for
information
also
to
help
us
with
planning
too
so
do.
F
We
do
we
have
an
English
and
a
Spanish
version,
so
the
online
version
where
we
have
that
QR
code
that
folks
can
scan.
The
very
first
question
is
a
language
question
and
then
from
then
on,
the
survey
is
in
the
language.
That's
that's
selected.
The
paper
versions
We
have
in
both
and
whenever
we
go
hand,
those
Distributors
out,
we
give
a
big
stack
of
both.
So
just
let
us
know
we
can
print
out
as
many
as
we
need
yeah.
E
D
B
Yeah,
you
know
we're
we're
having
this
variant.
The
Omicron,
the
the
the
variants,
are
hitting
us
pretty
hard
right
now,
but
it's
a
it's
interesting
that
it's
coming
in
through
a
lot
of
family
members
and
and
so
I
I
hope
that
when
you
touch
on
you'll
touch
on
maybe
a
little
bit
about
the
need
for
testing
with
symptoms
and
and
even
what
we
should
do
is
we're
coming
back
into
the
workforce.
Maybe
you
could
touch
on
that
a
little
bit
more.
B
G
Feel
free
feel
free,
I
feel,
like
I've,
been
talking
about
this
for
years
now.
I
have
been
talking
about
this
for
years
now,
so
we
are
doing
some
updates
to
our
surveillance.
Systems
of
the
data
I
have
to
share
today
is
actually
about
a
week
old,
but
we
do
know
that
we
continue
to
see
increases
in
cases
as
well
as
hospitalizations
here
in
the
Low
Country.
G
We
had
about
a
21
increase
in
case
says
two
weeks
ago
last
week
compared
to
two
weeks
ago
and
and
as
far
as
hospitalizations,
that
was
about
a
13
increase.
So
our
case
is
now-
and
this
is
only
the
cases
reported
to
us.
So
this
does
not
include
the
home
antigen
test.
The
cases
are
about
where
we
were
in
mid-February,
so
they
served
decrease
from
mid-February
and
and
then
began
increasing
again
and
we're
about
at
that
place.
G
Dhec
and
the
CDC
do
recommend
wearing
masks
when
indoors
around
other
are
in
high
risk
settings.
Also
I
registered
my
own
kids
at
CCSD
yesterday
and
I
was
happy
to
see
that
rapid
antigen
tests
were
being
given
out
for
free
there
to
all
parents
who
were
interested
in
in
picking
them
up
so
I
would
encourage
parents.
The
police
take
advantage
of
those
free
home
tests
available
at
registration
and
even
after
school
starts.
I
believe
that
the
schools
should
have
more
antigen
tests
to
provide
to
families
if
they
would
like
to
pick
them
up.
G
The
federal
government
is
also
providing
free
tests
through
the
postal
service
and
D
hack.
Any
DHEC
health
department
will
give
out
10
free
antigen
tests
to
anyone
who
comes
into
a
Health
Department
per
day.
So
please
I
encourage
everyone
to
take
advantage
of
those
to
have
them
around
really
for
for
testing
and
two
times
one
with
any
symptoms
and
two
with
a
known
exposure.
When
someone
is
told
that
they
were
around
someone
with
infectious
with
coven,
while
they
were
infectious
those
two
times,
we
do
recommend
testing
and
staying
home
when
ill.
G
We
continue
to
recommend
hand,
hygiene
and,
of
course,
vaccination
is
the
best
way
to
prevent
transmission,
as
well
as
the
severe
consequences
the
for
those,
particularly
at
high
risk
for
for
coven.
So
that's
sort
of
the
school
specific
Guidance
with
the
hospitalizations.
Those
continue
to
be
seen,
mostly
in
older
age
groups,
and
mostly
in
those
who
are
not
up
to
date
on
their
vaccines,
and
that
includes
two
boosters
for
those
who
are
50
years
of
age
or
older,
as
well
as
those
who
may
be
immunocompromised
one
booster
for
for
others.
G
We
do
not
have
a
specific
date
nor
specific
population
for
which
these
will
be
recommended,
but
I
suspect
it's
going
to
be
a
larger
group
than
just
those
50
and
over
in
the
immunocompromise
when
is
available.
So
when
I
have
more
information
on
that,
I
will
certainly
share
it.
What
others.
So
there
are
two
transmission
levels:
there's
a
community
transmission
level
and
a
community
level
and
I
wish.
The
names
were
a
little
further,
a
little
more
different,
but
the
community
levels
are
really.
G
There's
also
the
community
transmission
level
and
that's
really
used
for
clinical
settings
to
decide
whether
masking
is
recommended
in
hospitals,
long-term
care
facilities
and
other
high-risk
congregate
settings,
and
for
that
our
Counties
have
been
in
the
red
for
some
time
and
many
of
our
hospitals
and
other
health
care
facilities
have
moved
back
to
masking
as
a
result
of
of
those
levels.
Both
of
those
sort
of
maps
and
and
charts
are
available
on
the
CDC
and
the
DHEC
website
and
they're
two
just
because
they
use
slightly
different
metrics
but
I.
G
G
If
you
are
diagnosed
with
covid
I
know
that
in
the
news
you
know,
President
Biden
has
had
coveted
and
he
did
receive
Pax
labid,
which
is
sort
of
the
most
common
treatment,
most
effective
right
now
for
covid
he
did
have
what's
called
rebound
covid,
which
is
seen
only
at
about
six
percent
or
less
of
cases
in
those
who've
taken
paxilvid.
But
it
is
a
thing
that
happens,
which
is
people
take
Paxil.
G
G
So
if
symptoms
do
reappear,
a
test
is
taken
and
that
test
is
positive
again,
the
recommendation
is
for
that
person
to
isolate
again
at
that
point
in
time,
so
definitely
can
significantly
affect
time
away
from
school
or
work,
but
the
recommendation
still
is
for
the
use
of
paxilavin
in
high
risk
populations
to
decrease
the
risk
for
a
hospitalization
or
or
death.
So
that's
that's.
My
covid
update
any
questions
about
that
before
I
just
mention
a
few
other
things.
Yes,
Jim.
C
G
So,
there's
all
there's
not
a
recommendation
past
the
two
boosters
right
now
for
those
50
and
over.
So
it's
not
just
every
six
months
right
now,
it's
just
two
boosters,
if
you're
eligible
for
that
one
booster,
if
not
50
or
over
or
immunocompromised
I,
am
going
to
recommend
this
bivalent
vaccine
when
it
becomes
available.
G
We
really
don't
know
very
much
about
how
many
doses
we'll
have
how
soon
or
exactly
what
that
date
will
be,
but
that
certainly
will
be
a
recommendation.
We
look
forward
to
seeing
what
the
CDC
and
the
FDA
recommend
as
far
as
how
long
you
know,
since
that
second
booster
will
will
people
be
recommended
to
wait
to
receive
sort
of
the
third
or
after
the
first
or
those
less
than
50?
G
How
long
to
wait
so
more
to
come
on
that,
but
I
do
think
it's
it's
going
to
be
a
good
thing,
and
it's
going
to
be
more
specific
to
the
sub-variants
that
we're
seeing
at
this
point
in
time.
That
being
said,
there
is
good
data
that
our
current
vaccine
continues
to
be
very
effective
against
our
current
variants,
for
preventing
severe
consequences
and
and
death.
So
I'm
not
recommending
that
anyone
hold
off
on
that
booster
if
they're
eligible
for
it
right
now.
D
G
G
G
However,
there's
also
guidance
that
says,
if
you
choose
to
do
a
test
on
day
five
or
day
six
or
if
your
symptoms
return,
a
test
is
recommended
that,
if
that
test
is
positive,
that
you
do
continue
to
isolate
at
home,
and
so
the
CDC
explains
that
that
it
really
was
an
access.
You
know
decision
about
having
enough
at
home
tests.
G
I
do
recommend
testing,
because
I
don't
want
to
give
it.
To
my
you
know,
family
friends
and
colleagues,
if
I'm
positive
I
would
continue
to
isolate
until
that
test
becomes
negative.
That
being
said,
there
are
some
people
who
are
immunocompromised
that
may
test
positive
even
after
the
10
days,
and
that
would
be
a
discussion
certainly
to
have
with
your
provider.
G
G
That
is
the
CDC
and
DHEC
guidance.
So
if
you
test
whether
having
symptoms
or
not-
and
that
test
is
positive,
we
believe
there
is
a
good
correlation
between.
Are
you
contagious
to
others
and
is
that
antigen
test
positive?
It
gets
more
complicated
with
a
PCR
test.
That
test
can
stay
positive
for
longer,
even
with
just
viral
fragments,
it's
a
much
more
sensitive
test,
so
we're
not
recommending
a
PCR
shortly
after
diagnosis.
D
G
G
D
G
Certainly,
if
someone
that
you
have
been
in
close
skin
to
skin
contact
with,
let
you
know
that
they
have
had
a
similar
rash
and
certainly
if
they've
been
diagnosed
with
monkey
pox,
we
do
encourage
you
to
seek
medical
attention
and
have
that
rash
tested
for
monkey
pox.
Also
those
who
are
at
high
risk.
We
do
have
vaccine
available
to
to
prevent
the
spread
of
monkey
pox.
G
And
so
that's
that's
sort
of
what
I
wanted
to
say
about
monkey
box.
We
certainly
have
information
on
our
website,
as
does
the
CDC
about
that,
and
then
I
just
wanted
to
mention
that
that
I've
gotten
Paul
involved
in
a
meeting
we
are
beginning
to
have
around
being
proactive
on
the
opioid
settlement
funds
that
will
be
coming
to
our
municipalities
and
States
from
the
legal
settlements
that
happened.
G
We
want
to,
as
part
of
this
committee,
certainly
think
about
evidence-based
ways
to
use
those
one-time
funds
to
address
substance,
use
disorder
in
our
communities
and
we'll
bring
back,
certainly
any
thoughts
on
that
as
as
we
begin
to
meet.
And
lastly,
our
Fast
Track
cities
Community
chats
around
the
ending
the
HIV
epidemic.
G
E
Just
want
to
to
reiterate
that
the
City
of
Charleston
will
be
receiving
some
of
those
funds,
and
so
I
would
welcome
any
suggestions,
recommendations
from
this
committee
on
the
opioid
funds
that
we
will
be
receiving.
Of
course,
we've
talk
mostly
on
the
the
Charleston
Police
Department,
a
law
enforcement
side.
E
D
Right
I
want
to
thank
you
again.
We
appreciate
all
your
time
everything
that
you
do
for
the
City
of
Charleston.
We
are
very,
very
fortunate
to
have
this
group
of
people
who
help
us
with
with
the
city
and
and
our
decisions
and
as
far
as
health
and
wellness
is
concerned
and
I
want
to
wish
you
a
very
good
rest
of
the
day
and
thank
you
again.
We
are
adjourned.
B
Kevin
one
one
last
item:
the
kids
run
for
the
Bridge
Run
is
going
to
be
October,
the
2nd
at
Stony
field
on
a
Sunday
afternoon,
and
we
want
to
invite
all
the
children
in
this
in
the
community
to
come
out
and
have
a
good
health
and
wellness
day
on
Stony
field.
The
new
field
that
we're
getting
ready
to
open
downtown
for
the
school
district
and
for
our
city.
So
we're
excited.
We.
D
Councilman
Sheely:
this
is
Quentin
at
MUSC.
We're
also
supporting
two
events
that
the
city
is
doing.
August
11th
over
at
Gaston
green
is
a
back
to
school
event
and
then
August
13th
is
an
event
over
on
Wilson
Street,
which
is
also
a
back
to
school
event.
So
we're
bringing
out
some
of
our
folks
from
Sean
Jenkins,
Children's
Hospital,
we're
also
providing
vaccines
and
I
think
there's
a
host
of
other
community
groups
that
are
involved,
but
we're
supporting
the
police
department
in
the
City
of
Charleston
with
those
events
so
great.