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City of Charleston Health and Wellness Advisory Committee (Virtual) 8/4/2021
A
Oh
shoot,
okay,
all
right
we're
good
to
go.
I
lost
my
agenda
here.
It
went
away
all
right,
well
I'll,
go
ahead
and
call
this
me.
You
said
we're
good
paul,
we're
ready
to
go.
Yes,
all
right,
I'll,
go
ahead
and
call
this
august
4th
health
and
wellness
advisory
committee
together,
and
I
want
to
thank
each
of
you
for
taking
your
time
for
being
leaders
in
our
community
and
helping
the
city
of
charleston
with
our
decisions
on
health
and
wellness.
A
Just
let
you
know
the
city
of
charleston
knows
how
fortunate
we
are
to
have
the
expertise
and
the
leadership
that
we
have
for
me.
Chevy,
so
just
want
to
say.
Thank
you.
I
think
paul
sent
out
a
a
lot
of
things
on
monday,
but
I
think
part
of
that
was
our
minutes
and
I
think
we
need
to
approve
those.
Can
I
get
a
motion
to
approve
the
minutes
from
our
last
meeting.
A
All
in
favor
aye
any
opposed
okay,
so
we
have
approved
the
minutes
and
I
don't
know
what
happened.
But
my
agenda
just
went
away.
A
You
do
okay,
great,
okay,
very
good,
all
right!
So
if,
if
ashley
hank
would.
D
So
thank
you
for
having
me
back
and
I
you
know
I
have
some
some
slides
and
and
presentation
information,
but
I
think
we
might
just
want
to
talk
today
because
I
think
I've
I've
come
and
done
a
lot
of
presentations
to
the
mayor's
office,
but
I
think
that
it's
better
to
just
convey
what
is
happening
in
our
city
and
the
need
for
investment
and
support
from
the
city.
D
So
we
started
our
hospital-based
violence
intervention
program.
It
went
essentially
live
this
last
month
and
for
those
of
you
who
might
need
an
update
on
what
this
looks
like
it's
a
comprehensive
program
that
provides
wrap-around
services
to
victims
of
violence.
Our
focus
is
on
youth
and
young
adults
between
the
ages
of
12
and
30.
That
experience
mostly
gunshot
wounds
that
are
victims
of
community
violence,
that
includes
drive-by,
shootings,
retaliation,
conflict-related
and
and
we
are
serving
additional
victims
of
violence
as
well.
That
might
fall
outside
of
that
criteria.
D
We
have
the
fifth
highest
homicide
rate
in
the
country.
We
know
that
violence
has
been
going
up
across
the
country
this
last
year,
however,
in
the
state
of
south
carolina,
our
homicide
rate
has
increased
40
percent.
In
the
last
decade,
our
state
has
been
on
a
very,
very
poor
trajectory
for
a
long
time.
D
D
These
individuals
show
up
in
our
trauma
bay
when
we
have
victims
that
come
in
after
they've
been
victimized
by
a
violent
injury,
and
so
we
have
mr
or
dr
ronald
dickerson,
who
is
born
and
raised
in
the
east
side.
He
has
a
phd
and
a
master's
in
social
work,
he's
been
involved
in
education,
starting
high-risk
community
organizations
that
support
high-risk
individuals
and
has
just
been
a
really
fantastic
member
of
our
community
serving
in
this
realm.
D
For
a
long
time,
we
have
mr
donomichi
singleton,
who
has
been
involved
in
grassroots
organizations,
with
anti-violence
messaging,
supporting
at-risk
youth
and
being
heavily
involved
in
our
community
before
stepping
in
our
doors
and
we're
so
incredibly
grateful
to
him.
And
then
we
have
mr
keith
smalls,
who
is
a
survivor?
He
lost
his
son
from
gun
violence
and
has
been
involved
heavily
in
in
creating
a
non-profit
mentoring
group
to
support
high-risk
youth
in
our
community.
D
D
D
D
These
are
evidence-based
programs
that
have
been
supported
and
implemented
across
the
country,
they're
gaining
more
popularity
because
they
have
evidence
behind
them
because,
right
now
the
federal
government
is
telling
communities
telling
cities
telling
states.
Look.
You
need
to
do
something,
because
these
are
evidence-based
programs
and
are
actually
providing
support.
American
rescue
plan
money
can
be
used
to
do
this
and
is
being
encouraged
for
cities
and
counties
to
use
this
money.
D
In
this
way,
some
of
these
programs
are
in
the
budgets
every
single
year,
because
they're
demonstrated
to
reduce
repeat
injury,
reduce
recidivism
and
improve
social
and
economic
outcomes
for
individuals,
because
these
gentlemen,
when
they
show
up
they,
put
together
an
action
plan
for
the
patients
and
their
families,
employment,
housing,
mentorship
whatever
it
is
that
they
need
helping,
get
an
id
helping
leave
a
gang
whatever
it
is
that
they
need
they
put
together.
These
action
plans
for
them
to
help
address
the
underlying
risks
and
roots
of
violence.
D
In
addition
to
sending
anti-retaliation
messaging
messaging
about
firearm
carrying
they
work.
Alongside
of
other
community
groups,
they
were
alongside
of
our
police
right
in
the
trauma
bay
when
they
showed
up
the
other
day.
They
follow
and
work
with
individuals
for
months
after
injury,
sometimes
upwards
of
a
year.
D
This
is
a
service
that
is
not
expensive
and
has
the
opportunity
to
save
lives
and
actually
demonstrate
to
the
community
that
charleston
and
its
surrounding
neighborhoods
are
actually
doing
something.
The
police
cannot
do
this
alone
and
they
say
that
publicly
violence
is
complex
and
we
have
to
address
it
as
a
complex
public
health
issue,
and
this
is
how
it's
done
since
these
gentlemen
have
showed
up
and
started
working
with
our
patients
and
families
and
alongside
of
our
staff
members,
there's
an
overwhelming
sense
of
relief
because
all
of
our
nurses,
doctors,
everyone
says.
D
We
we
don't
have
social
workers
in
dss
to
help
18
year
olds
who
get
shot.
We
do
not
have
coordinated
services
that
are
evidence-based,
that
wraps
around
these
individuals
and
these
young
people
and
their
families
to
actually
address
the
underlying
risk
and
roots
of
violence.
Studies
show
that
the
cost
of
homicide
to
society
is
anywhere
from
13
to
17
million
dollars,
okay,
putting
money
into
prevention,
even
if
you
prevent
one
or
two
homicides,
and
our
goal
is
to
prevent
a
lot
more
and
certainly
a
lot
more
non-fetal,
firearm
injuries
and
other
forms
of
violence.
D
That's
a
profound
return
on
investment
and
these
programs
have
shown
that,
for
every
dollar
invested,
you
save
four
dollars
a
loan
in
health
care.
Most
of
these
patients
that
we
care
for
do
not
have
health
insurance.
So
it's
a
significant
burden
on
the
health
care
system
as
well,
not
to
mention
they're,
less
likely
to
re-enter
employment.
D
There's
profound
effects
on
their
family
if
they
have
disabilities
right
ptsd.
The
trauma
of
this
the
trauma
that
children
and
people
in
the
neighborhoods
are
seeing
and
experiencing
right,
and
so
this
program
and
this
team,
which
we
hope
to
grow
with
more
support,
has
the
ability
to
do
so
much
incredible
work
in
our
community,
it's
being
done
elsewhere.
D
D
There
are
other
states
that
are
getting
medicaid
and
other
institutions
to
help
pay
for
this,
because
they're
recognizing
the
value
of
this
work
and
the
return
on
investment,
but
south
carolina
currently
does
not
have
a
real
investment
or
concentrated
effort
to
really
do
something
about
gun
violence
and
about
youth
violence.
Even
though
we're
leading
the
country
right
now
in
homicide-
and
it's
now,
the
leading
cause
of
death
for
children,
cities
are
taking
this
on
charlotte.
They
are
funding
a
program,
atlanta,
they're
funding,
a
program.
D
This
has
all
been
happening
over
the
last
few
months,
some
of
which
is
using
their
budget
money,
some
of
which
is
using
arp
money.
This
is
happening
all
over
the
country,
uab
and
alabama
they're,
using
public
health
money
to
start
one
as
well.
This
is
not
something
that's
just
happening
in
the
northeast,
but
the
southeast,
including
south
carolina,
has
the
highest
burden
of
violent
injury.
D
This
is
an
opportunity
to
do
something
in
addition
to
funding
community
violence,
interruption,
work,
which
is
also
gaining
a
lot
of
attention
and
popularity
to
help
prevent
retaliation,
and
so
I'll
say
this
we're
so
excited
to
have
this
program.
We've
already
started,
helping
and
serving
a
number
of
patients
and
their
families
and
have
enrolled
approximately
six
people
for
long-term
follow-up.
D
In
addition
to
providing
homicide,
support,
counseling
to
other
individuals
that
we've
been
encountering
and
helping,
and
so
over
the
next
year
we
anticipate
serving
80
to
100
people
directly
with
those
long-term
services
and
that's
a
huge
trickle
down
effect
when
you
think
about
their
families
and
their
communities.
We
need
long-term
support
and
sustainability.
D
This
program
will
disappear
if
we
don't
have
that,
and
so
this
is
an
opportunity
for
the
city
to
step
up.
North
charleston
is
entertaining
this.
I've
already
presented
to
their
city
council
a
couple
of
weeks
ago
and
a
meeting
with
their
mayor
this
week
as
they
are
entertaining
supporting
a
portion
of
this
over
75
of
the
patients
we
serve
are
from
charleston
and
north
charleston
about
34
are
from
north
charleston
and
more
more
than
that
are
from
the
charleston
area.
D
This
is
an
evidence-based
investment
that
could
actually
demonstrate
that
the
city
is
committed
to
doing
something
and
supporting
an
effort
like
this,
and
so
we're
so
happy
to
have
this
off
the
ground.
It's
already
making
a
difference.
We've
had
patients
get
jobs,
get
safe,
housing
leave
bad
environments,
open
up
bank
accounts.
D
D
You
know
some
of
our
evaluation
data,
because
our
job
too
is
to
be
able
to
report
what
we're
doing
and
some
of
its
long-term
evaluation,
and
we
re-evaluate
our
patients
every
3,
6
and
12
months
after
enrollment
to
make
sure
they're
getting
services
and
staying
free
of
violence
and
to
assess
some
of
their
other
outcomes.
But
again
this
is
modeled
and
supported
after
national
organizations
that
have
demonstrated
efficacy
in
other
places,
and
so
I
certainly
welcome
any
questions
and
thank
you
for
the
update.
D
But
I
think
it's
important
to
have
a
strong
message
of
this
is
still
happening
in
our
community
and
we
certainly
need
more
support
and
I
think
dedication
from
the
city
to
say
that
we
care
that
our
youth
are
dying
and
that
we
need
to
do
something
to
support
these
evidence-based
efforts
in
the
community.
So,
thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
dr
hank,
very
good
report.
I
appreciate
that
and
you
know
I
guess
you
know
we're
very
concerned.
Obviously
the
increase
in
violence
lately
with
the
city
of
charleston.
I
mean
it's
it's
one
of
our.
You
know
one
of
our
top
priorities
right
now,
and
can
you
give
me
a
little
more
information
on
exactly
what
the
city
of
north
charleston
is
doing?
You
said
you
brought
it
to
them.
D
Yeah,
so
they
asked
for
a
proposal
to
help
potentially
fund
this
effort,
and
so
I
have
been
in
contact
with
youth
advocate
programs.
D
You
know,
youth
teens
in
the
community
first,
in
addition
to
providing
violence,
interruption
in
hot
spots
of
violence,
so
they've
identified
four
specific
neighborhoods
in
north
charleston
that
are
hot
spots
and
would
provide
violence
interruption
there,
and
so
we
have
proposed
to
them
to
north
charleston
that
they
support
a
third
of
our
budget,
because
I
have
very,
very
rigid
data
about
the
patients
that
we
care
for.
D
That
demonstrates
that
a
third
of
them
come
from
north
charleston,
and
so
I
can
report
that
to
them
and
ask
for
them
to
help
pay
for
a
third
of
our
budget.
Our
budget
runs
about
325
to
350
000
a
year,
and
so
really
it's
a
small
sum
of
money
for
a
potentially
very
large
impact
and
they're
entertaining
having
youth
advocate
programs
have
a
more
substantial,
it's
more
costly
because
they're
providing
direct
services
within
the
neighborhoods
and
schools
to
more
people,
and
they
have
to
employ
more
people
and
so
they're
entertaining
supporting
them
as
well.
A
Okay,
well,
thank
you
yeah,
I
mean
I.
I
definitely
think
that
this
is
something
that
we
should
probably
bring
before.
City
council,
you
know
and
and
discuss,
and
maybe
have
you
even
give
a
little
bit
of
a
report
if
you'd
be
willing
to
dr
hank,
you
know
to
to
our
city
council.
I.
D
E
Mr
chairman,
if
I
may
interject
first
of
all
thank
you
and
dr
andrews
for
your
continuing
efforts
along
these
lines
and
we
we
got
out
of
the
community
assistance
business
in
2021
based
upon
our
budget
shortfalls
from
covid,
but
I'm
going
to
recommend
the
council
that
we
reinstitute
that
using
some
of
our
arp
money.
So
I
hope
in
the
next
30
days
or
so
we'll
have
a
little
rfp
for
community
assistance.
E
Requests
for
grant
requests,
if
you
will
for
for
things
that
are
relative
to
covid,
and
this
and
and
it's
pretty
broad
so
this
would
qualify.
But
but
I
will
share
with
you-
and
you
probably
know
this,
but
charleston
county
got
a
heck
of
a
lot
more
money
than
than
the
city
did
and
and
even
north
charleston
got
more
than
the
city.
Did
it's
something
to
do
with
their
formulas.
But
kendra
stewart
with
you
might
have
seen
with
the
riley
institute
is
making
recommendations
to
charleston
county.
E
They
have
80
million
dollars.
We
got
10.,
that's
a
good
bit
of
money,
but
we
had
a
40
million
shortfall,
so
that
might
be
a
good
opportunity
and
then
I
I
just
wanted
to
share
with
you
and
and
and
the
folks
here
on
the
committee
that
the
city
has
been
addressing
this
through
other
venues.
Our
office
of
the
mayor's
office
of
children
and
families
has
built
a
coalition
of
mentoring
groups
this
year
and
we're
supporting
them
and
building
mentorship
in
our
community
and
through
our
police
department.
E
So
we
we
do
have
other
activities
that
we
are
trying
to
influence
and
mentor
youth.
I
got
to
be
honest
with
you
16
18
year
old
kids.
E
If
you
will,
unfortunately,
are
at
the
point
where
they
are
as
hardened
as
as
you
can
imagine,
and
you
know
we-
we
got
a
real
kind
of
crisis
situation
with
those
individuals
I
understand
from
the
shooting
last
week,
and
maybe
there
was
a
bit
of
retribution
involved,
but
you
know
they
were
playing
a
game
of
dice
and
I
don't
know
if
the
role
went
wrong
or
you
know,
but
just
resolving
simple
disputes
with
with
pulling
out
the
guns
and-
and
it
was
like
a
shootout
at
the
o.k
corral
a
few
weeks
ago,
a
gentleman
from
out
of
town
had
an
incident.
E
He
was
murdered
when
he
asked
some
some
young
adults.
You
know
to
be
quiet
and
they
didn't
like
being
told
to
be
quiet.
They
followed
him
up
to
the
apartment
and
killed
him.
I
mean
it's,
it's
it's
really
sad
and
scary
y'all
and
we
got
to
catch
kids
earlier
than
what
we've
been
catching
them
and
we
hadn't
been
we've
been
dropping
dropping
them.
You
know
to
start
with
so
anyway.
It's
thank
you
for
the
work
we
you
do
and
and
please
send
us
a
proposal
when
we,
when
we
open
that
back
up.
A
And
mr
mayor
is
this
something
we
would
also
want
to
bring
over
to
to
the
public
safety
committee
or
just
come
come
right
out
of
here
to
city
council
with
it.
E
I'm
going
to
be
bringing
it
to
the
budget
ad
hoc
committee
actually
in
in
the
next
few
weeks
and
and
then
we'll
we'll
be
able
to
open
up
for
applications.
I
think.
A
Okay
and
and
dr
hink
argham
next
council
meeting
is
august
17th.
If
you
want
to
just
kind
of
put
that
on
your
on
your
calendar
and
we'll
see
if
it
gets
on
the
agenda
and
maybe
have
you
make
a
little
presentation
if
that's
acceptable
to
you,
mr
mayor.
E
Mindy
sturm
she's,
head
of
our
office
of
families,
youth
and
children,
mindy
stern
paul,
can
connect
y'all,
maybe
great.
Thank.
B
A
A
So
we
will
move
on
to
number
four
on
our
agenda:
the
south
carolina
d-hec
homicide
and
suicide
death
presentation
that
susan
jackson's
going
to
give
us.
I
believe.
G
Okay,
so
susan
jackson
comes
to
us
today
as
the
program
manager
for
the
south
carolina
violent
death,
reporting
system
and
state
unintentional
drug
overdose
reporting
system,
and
I
I
connected
with
susan
around
the
time
that
this
committee
was
working
on
the
grant
to
address
social
determinants
of
health
in
several
zip
codes,
primarily
29403
29405
here
in
charleston,
as
a
way
to
address
the
disparities
in
life
expectancy
that
we
have
talked
about
frequently
in
this
meeting
and
as
part
of
that,
susan
and
and
her
group
led
by
emma
kennedy
who's
also
on
the
call
today
graciously
agreed
to
look
at
the
drill
down
to
look
at
the
data
for
these
zip
codes
and
and
when
she
sent
it
to
me
last
week
and
I've
been
sent
it
to
paul.
G
We
thought
this
would
be
important
time
to
bring
this
important
data
to
our
group.
So
thank
you
for
giving
time
for
this
presentation
and
susan
it's
the
floor
is
yours.
H
Thank
you
so
much
dr
richardson.
We
appreciate
this
opportunity
and
we've
got
added
just
a
few
slides
to
the
to
this
presentation.
I
think
from
the
ones
that
were
sent
out,
but
we
are
grateful
for
getting
this
data
out
to
you
all,
just
a
quick
acknowledgement.
H
We
are
funded
through
cdc
and
then
this
program
would
it's
absolutely
made
possible
by
the
terrific
support
from
our
county
coroners
and
then
the
the
county
and
municipal
law
enforcement,
the
sheriffs
and
the
police
departments,
and
then
the
deaths
are
those
that
contribute
to
the
death
certificates
and
our
work
internally
with
getting
that
information
from
biostatistics
here
at
dhak.
So
a
little
just
background
about
the
program.
H
South
carolina
was
one
of
the
first
states
funded
back
in
2002
and
we
began
collecting
data
in
2003
and
we
collect
data
and
homicide
suicides,
undetermined
intent,
deaths,
unintentional
firearm
deaths
and
legal
intervention
deaths
as
well,
and
one
thing
unique
about
this
system
is:
we
do
collect
information
from
that
death
certificate
and
combine
that
with
information
from
the
corner
report
and
then
the
the
law
enforcement
reports
with
we
also
combine
incidences.
H
So
when
you
have
a
multiple
victim
homicide,
it's
not
you
know.
We
won't
just
look
at
an
individual
to
see
that
we'll
combine
those
those
victims
into
one
incident
and
specifically
we're
looking
for
circumstances.
What
happened
prior
to
that
homicide,
where
you
know
that
data
that
we
can
get
out
to
our
prevention
partners
and-
and
you
know
what
can
we
do
to
prevent
homicides
and
suicides
as
well,
and
we
information
there
about
the
manner
of
death
and
we
rely
on
those
icd-10
codes
and
then
throughout
the
throughout
the
presentation.
H
The
injury
zip
refers
to
where
that
homicide
or
that
suicide
occurred,
and
then
the
resident,
as
if,
of
course,
is
where
that
decedent
lived,
and
my
colleague
within
our
bureau
of
population
health
data
analytics
and
for
math
informatics,
the
ms
ko
shields
is
going
to
take
it
from
here.
I
I
I
Slide
here
you
can
see
a
breakdown
of
each
of
the
zip
codes
with
homicides
and
suicides.
So
you
can
see
that
zip
code,
29405
residents,
saw
the
largest
number
of
homicides
and
suicides
suicides
combined
out
of
all
the
charleston
zipkas,
and
this
is
largely
due
to
the
number
of
homicides.
You
can
see
that
in
29405
of
the
186
homicides
and
suicides
that
occurred
between
2003
to
2018,
147
of
them
were
homicides,
whereas
39
of
them
were
suicides.
I
Here
is
some
homicide
and
suicide,
combined
demographics
for
age
and
regardless
of
the
zip
code,
29403
or
29405,
the
largest
rates
that
we
saw
was
among
the
20
to
39
year
age
group,
and
they
saw
that
highest
rate,
including
the
two
nine
four
zero
three
and
two
nine
four
zero
five
with
two
nine
four
zero:
five
having
that
by
far
the
highest
rate
with
the
thousand
two
hundred
and
seventy
five
point,
eight.
I
Now,
when
we
look
at
it
by
sex,
when
you
combine
female
or
look
at
females
and
males
with
both
homicides
and
suicides
combined,
you
see
that
males
have
a
6.6
times
average
higher
homicide
and
suicide
death
rate
per
100
000
residents
in
the
charleston
city
sits
when
compared
to
females,
and
this
is
consistent
without
we
usually
see
males
having
that
higher
rate
of
homicide
and
suicide.
I
Next
we're
going
to
look
at
it
just
based
on
homicide
deaths,
so
not
combined
with
suicide
to
see
if
there's
any
differences.
So
here
we
have
by
the
numbers
so
percent
of
homicides
among
residents
in
charleston,
two
zips,
four
zero,
three
and
two
nine
four
zero
five.
I
And
this
just
shows
about
residence
and
the
location.
So
in
that
first
tap
or
the
first
row,
you
see
29405
and
there's
148
homicides
and
21
of
those
occurred
outside
of
south
carolina,
seven
of
those
occurred
outside
of
the
city,
and
then
you
can
see
the
various
locations,
so
72
of
those
did
occur
in
29405
19
occurred
in
29403
and
then
two
other
zip
codes
that
popped
in
and
then
with
29403.
You
can
see
that
16
occurred
outside
of
south
carolina.
40
occurred
in
their
zip
code
and
11
occurred
in
that
29405.
I
So,
as
you
can
see,
most
of
those
are
either
occurring
in
29403
29405
and
then
we
did
have
some
outside
of
south
carolina,
and
this
is
a
homicide
trend,
a
five-year
rolling
average
for
homicides
in
charleston,
two,
nine,
four
zero,
three
and
two
nine
four
zero
five.
So
two
nine
four
zero
five
is
that
darker
blue
color
and
they
saw
the
higher
homicide
rates
throughout
2003
and
2018
when
compared
to
charleston
city
zips
as
a
whole.
And
then
you
can
see
that
29403,
for
the
most
part,
also
sees
higher
rates
than
charleston
city.
I
I
This
is
a
homicide,
death
rate
map,
I'm
using
this
2003-2018,
and
you
can
see
that
29405
saw
the
highest
homicide,
death
rate
at
526.8
and
that's
that
darkest
shade
of
blue
and
then
the
surrounding
areas
are
lighter
and
then
29403
is
the
second
highest.
So
both
of
these
zip
codes
are
definitely
areas
of
concern
when
looking
at
homicide
deaths
in
the
city.
I
When
you
look
at
it
by
age,
this
is
similar
to
when
we
looked
at
it
with
homicides
and
suicides
combined,
so
that
20
to
39
year
age
group
is
seeing
the
highest
homicide.
Death
rate
in
the
city,
followed
by
the
less
than
19
for
two
nine
four
zero.
Five,
two
nine
four
zero
three
saw
40
to
59,
with
a
slightly
higher
death
rate
than
the
less
than
19.
I
among
sex.
This
is
once
again
you
see
males
are
having
an
average
homicide
rate
6.72
times
higher
than
their
female
residents
of
that
zip
code.
So
you
can
see
that
among
the
residents
of
29405,
they
have
a
homicide.
Death
rate
of
eight
males
have
a
homicide,
death
rate
of
876.5
per
100
000
residents,
which
is
a
lot
higher
than
their
female
rate
at
130
and
the
city
set,
which
was
at
326.9.
I
And
then,
when
we
look
at
it
by
race
here,
you
can
see
that
black
or
african
american
see
the
highest
homicide
death
rate
compared
to
their
white
two
or
more
races
and
the
total
counter
total.
So
you
see
that
blacks
have,
on
average,
have
a
higher
homicide
death
rate
that
was
10.3
times
higher
than
their
white
counterparts,
and
this
is
a
similar
trend
for
both
29403
29405
and
the
city.
I
And
like
susan
mentioned,
nvdrs
is
able
to
capture
some
of
those
mechanisms.
So
how
are
these
homicides?
What
mechanism
is
being
used
and
this
one
on
the
left
shows
charleston
city
residents,
so
75.1
percent
of
homicides
were
used
with
a
firearm
and
then
in
29405
that
percentage
increases
to
83.1
percent
using
a
firearm
and
then
within
29403.
I
People
so
a
little
summary
just
looking
at
homicide,
you
can
see
that
44.1
percent
of
homicides
among
residents
in
charleston
zips
are
in
29403
and
29405
zip
codes.
The
29405
zip
code
did
see
the
highest
homicide
death
rate
at
526.8
per
100
000,
the
20
to
39
year
age
group
was
consistently
higher
in
the
number
of
homicides,
regardless
of
zip
code,
the
most
common
weapon
that
was
used
as
a
mechanism
was
firearm,
regardless
of
the
location
of
injury
or
the
residency
firearms
is
the
leading
one
and
the
circumstance
was
an
argument
that
was
preceding
death.
H
I
And
once
again,
we
show
just
this
by
the
numbers
piece
and
we
can
see
that
this
is
a
little
bit
lower
than
the
homicide.
So
we
see
11.4
of
suicides
among
residents
were
from
those
who
were
living
in
29403
and
29405,
with
29405
making
up
7.1
percent
of
all
suicides
in
the
city
and
29403
making
up
4.3
percent,
and
this
is
once
again
that
cross
tab.
I
So
you
can
see
if
they're,
if
the
suicides
actually
occurring
in
the
zip
code
of
residence
and
so
for
the
leading
five,
the
leading
top
five
residents
with
the
number
of
zip
codes
was
two
nine
four
one:
two
four,
oh
seven
406
and
four
one
four
and
four
one
eight.
So
none
of
two
nine
four
three
and
29405
weren't,
even
in
the
top
five
leading
zip
codes
for
suicides.
I
Here's
a
rolling
average
of
the
suicide
rate
per
100
000
and
like
it
was
implied
in
the
last
slide.
Both
29403
and
29405
have
lower
rates
of
suicide
compared
to
charleston
city
and
they
have
been
29403,
have
been
on
a
declining
trend.
But
then,
more
recently
we
have
seen
an
uptick
beginning
in
2016
and
suicides
in
both
29403
and
29405..
I
I
When
looking
at
suicide
demographics
by
age,
you
see
29403
and
two
nine
four
zero,
five,
so
a
slightly
lower
suicide
death
rate
and
then
the
60
plus
year
age
group
is
where
you
see
a
higher
number
than
that
20
to
39,
especially
in
charleston
city.
You
see,
40
plus
has
a
higher
rate
than
those
less
than
40.,
and
this
is
pretty
consistent
throughout
as
well.
I
Whites
again,
we
can
look
at
mechanism
of
injury
with
suicide
and
you
can
see
that
compared
to
around
three-fourths
of
homicides
that
were
using
a
firearm
suicides,
around
roughly
half
of
suicides
were
using
a
firearm.
It
was
still
the
leading
mechanism
for
suicides,
but
just
a
little
less
of
a
percentage.
The
next
was
suffocation
or
strangulation
was
the
second
leading
mechanism
for
all
zip
codes.
I
H
Thank
you
katie
and
just
quickly.
So
so
we
do
follow
david
suppression
rules
and
you
saw
some
of
that
more
so
in
the
suicide
death
information
and
then
we
we
are,
you
know
we
are
lagging
so
we
so
this
data
reflected
again
year
2003
through
2018.
H
We
just
finished
data
collection
for
2019
and
that's
usually
available
sometime
in
the
fall
or
winter.
And
then
you
know
we
don't
collect
place
of
death.
Zip
code
and
I
know
that's-
that's
been
a
point
of
interest
from
some
other
data
requests.
But
currently
we
don't
collect
that
information.
But
again,
thank
you
all
so
much
for
this
opportunity
to
present.
A
Thank
you,
susan
and
katie.
I
appreciate
that
any
questions
for
susan
or
katie
on
here,
I
I
didn't
know
if
you
could
go
back
to
there
was
a
slide
on
there
that
broke
out
by
zip
code
inside
city
and
outside
city
for
the
homicides.
A
When
you
when
you
first
started,
I
just
wanted
to
see
if
we
could
glance
at
that
again.
If
we
possibly
can
it
was
way
back
toward
the
toward
the
beginning
of
the
presentation.
So
I
apologize.
A
Yes,
let's
see
all
right
so
on
there
you
have
outside
the
city
of
charleston
was
seven
on
there
and
I'm
and
I'm
trying
to
figure
out
here
29405.
A
I
Yeah,
I
think
it
was
outside
both
cities,
since
we
didn't
do
a
proportion
of
the
zip
code
that
fell
within
charleston
city
limits
and
north
charleston
city
limits.
A
E
Thank
you,
mayor
tecklenberg,
so
a
comment,
if
I
will
mr
chairman
and
thank
you
katie
and
susan
for
for
that
report,
boy,
that's
something
for
us
to
chew
on
and
I'd
love
to
get
a
copy
of
of
your
information.
If
you
don't
mind
sharing
it
with
us,
but
it
certainly
bears
out
what
we've
been
tracking
for
some
time.
As
dr
richardson
mentioned,
the
life
expectancy
of
our
region
is
the
lowest
in
29403
and
2
29
405,
generally
speaking,
and
it's
clear,
an
impact
on
on
that
life
expectancy
is
is
is
homicides.
E
I
I
do
want
to
point
out
that
you
know
two
nine
four,
oh
five,
and
this
is
why
I
reached
out
to
mayor
summey
by
the
way
and
to
some
council
members
up
in
north
charleston,
that
I
that
I
know
and
interact
with
to
be
a
part
of
this
effort
going
forward
and
they
they
will
be
a
part
of
it.
Most
of
29405
population
is,
is
technically
in
the
city
of
north
charleston,
but
this
is
a
regional
issue.
It's
it's
a
national
issue.
For
that
matter.
E
I've
heard
that
suicide
is
now
the
second
highest
cause
of
death
among
young
people,
up
to
age,
40
or
so
in
the
country,
not
just
some
in
29403
and
29405.
This
is
this
is
everywhere.
The
homicides
is,
is
the
big
number
in
those
in
those
two
zip
codes
so
anyway,
I
just
wanted
to
share
that.
We
we
need
to
continue
to
draw
in
our
our
partners,
colleagues,
up
in
north
charleston,
to
be
a
part
of
this
effort
and
they
will
be.
A
All
right,
thank
you,
mr
mayor.
If
there's
no
other
question
meredith.
F
Yeah,
I
got
just
a
quick
question
from
some
of
the
some
of
the
numbers
when
you
indicate
poisoning
anything
been
or
any
data
brought
up,
that
y'all
researched
concerning
the
deaths
of
either
warranted
or
accidental
opioid
overdose.
Has
that
been?
Has
that
been
thought
of
or
brought
in
to
the
equation?.
H
We
do
currently
collect
some
information
and
overdoses,
but
we
just
began.
We
were
recently
funded
for
it's
called
suitors
to
begin
collecting
information
and
unintentional
and
undetermined
overdose
deaths.
That
date
is
actually
due
in
august
well
august
and
throughout
the
fall.
So
we
hope
to
have
data
on
that
sometime
again
in
the
winter
that
we
could
certainly
bring
back
to
you
all,
but
south
carolina
was
just
funded
within
the
last
two
years
to
to
begin
sort
of
expand.
H
So
it's
it's
what
you
see
here,
but
then
there's
another
module
within
that
system.
That
will
help
us
look
at
the
overdoses
occurring
here
in
south
carolina.
A
Any
other
questions
before
we
move
on
okay,
I
want
to
call
on
dr
katie
richardson
to
give
us
our
community
health
update.
If
she
would
please.
G
Thank
you
kevin,
and
I
just
want
to
thank
susan
katie
and
emma
my
apologies
for
not
introducing
katie.
I
work
with
her
closely.
She
is
a
real
data
guru
for
covin,
as
well
as
as
injuries,
and
so
thank
you
for
joining
us
as
well
today,
katie
and
mayor
teklenberg.
I
can
certainly
get
you
any
of
their
contact
information
if
you
would
would
like
to
to
contact
them
directly.
G
So
thanks
for
having
them,
I
just
wanted
to
spend
a
few
minutes
talking
about
coven.
I
know
everyone's
tired
of
coping
but,
as
many
people
have
said
now,
you
know
we're
we're
done
with
the
pandemic,
but
the
pandemic
is
not
done
with
us.
So
paul.
G
Do
you
want
to
bring
up
the
slides
that
you
shared
with
me
so
tracy
mckee,
unfortunately,
could
not
join
us
this
morning,
but
she
and
paul
pulled
together
a
few
slides
on
the
data
we
likely
all
sort
of
know
the
general
take
home
of
the
data,
which
is
that
the
delta
variant
musc
has
just
published
their
most
recent
numbers.
That's
not
the
slide,
but
that
this
goes
through
june,
but
their
july
numbers.
G
The
latest
sequencing
shows
that
90
of
the
cases
that
they
have
diagnosed
are
the
delta
variant
now,
and
so
that
is
no
doubt
driving
some
of
what
we've
seen
for
very
high
transmission
rates.
Lots
of
clusters
in
our
community.
G
But
basically
I
know
I
don't
have
too
much
time
today,
but
but
what
I
want
to
really
emphasize
is
that
the
delta
variant
is
not
a
major
threat
to
everyone
in
the
u.s.
It's
largely
a
threat
to
the
unvaccinated.
G
G
So
you
can
go
the
next
slide
paul,
and
this
really
looks
at
the
numbers
and
again
this
is
from
musc's
epidemiology
intelligence
project,
but
basically
what
it
shows
and
what
we've
always
known
to
be
the
case
is
that
breakthrough.
Infections
of
cova
19
do
remain
possible
and
such
reports
have
become
more
frequent,
but
that's
because
the
vaccines
are
not
a
hundred
percent
effective.
G
So
the
vast
majority
of
the
vaccinated
people
who
do
get
cova
19
are
recovering
and
continue
to
continue
to
recover
with
no
real
issues,
and
so
why
are
we
worried?
Why
are
we
talking
about
mass
again
and
that
sort
of
thing-
and
the
reason
we're
not
celebrating,
is
that
none
of
this
is
true
for
the
unvaccinated
for
them,
the
pandemic
has
really
not
changed.
Hospitals
are
filling
up
again,
especially
in
states
like
south
carolina
where
vaccination
is
low
and
in
those
places
more
people
are
now
going
on.
Ventilators
and
more
again
are
dying.
G
You
can
go
to
the
next
slide
for
me
paul.
So
at
this
point
I
think
this
slide
says
47
cases
we're
now
up
to
53
cases
per
day
per
100
000
population.
Our
cases
in
the
charleston
area
have
not
been
this
high
since
february
and
they
more
than
doubled
last
week.
We
also
see
that
that
re,
effective
reproduction
number
is
still
1.64
are
greater
than
one,
which
means
our
cases
are
expected
to
continue
to
increase
from
here
into
the
near
future.
G
You
can
go
the
next
slide
paul,
so
we
know
that
hospitalizations
and
deaths
are
also
rising
in
south
carolina,
and
this
is
not
on
this
slide,
but
but
I
I
just
want
to
sort
of
put
out
there
weekly
hospitalization
day,
death,
weekly,
hospitalization,
sorry
we're
302
weeks
ago,
450
last
week,
and
now
the
most
recent
week
that
just
ended
yesterday
were
865.
G
so
rapidly
rising,
likewise
deaths.
Two
weeks
ago,
we're
16
last
week
up
to
25,
also
rising
more
than
600
000
americans
have
died
of
program
19,
but
vaccines
can
prevent
more
loss
and
getting
vaccinated
is
an
absolute
necessity.
To
ending
this
pandemic
can
go.
The
next
line.
G
So
so
what
we
know
is
that
across
the
country
a
vast
majority
of
the
severe
illness
and
deaths
are
among
the
unvaccinated.
Now
fewer
than
twelve
hundred
vaccinated
people
have
died
of
cova
19
as
of
the
middle
of
july,
and
over
97
of
people
who
are
hospitalized
for
coca-19
are
unvaccinated
according
to
the
cdc.
G
So
yes,
breakthrough,
infections
and
cases
should
be
addressed
to
avoid
possible
transmission
and
we're
still
learning
about
how
vaccinated
people
who
get
infected
may
contribute
to
spread,
but
they
are
not
the
most
important.
This
is
not
the
most
important
metric
for
measuring
the
end
of
the
pandemic.
If
most
breakthrough
infections
call
cold
cause,
colds
or
other
limited
illnesses,
they
really
aren't
the
main
concern
here
unless
they
start
resulting
in
more
serious
illness
and
deaths
and
for
the
most
part
we
are
not
seeing
that
yet
go
to
the
next
slide.
For
me,
please
paul.
G
So
what
we
know
is
that
cova
vaccines
work
incredibly
well
and
more
than
160
million
fully
vaccinated.
Americans
are
proof
of
that.
Whether
the
skepticism
among
the
still
unvaccinated
is
rooted
in
political
misgivings
or
conspiracy
theories,
or
lack
of
accurate
and
timely
information,
there
are
still
millions
of
americans
unwilling
to
take
the
simplest
of
steps
to
end
this
pandemic.
G
So
this
is
looking
at
charleston.
The
57
percent
have
at
least
one
vaccine,
but
you
know
we
don't
believe
that
that
only
with
the
full
vaccination
series,
the
two
for
modern
advisor
and
the
one
for
johnson
johnson
and
two
weeks
after
that,
we
assume
full
vaccination
and
we
are
not
yet
to
the
50
mark
for
that
full
vaccination
in
our
communities
and
that
the
bottom
really
looks
at
age.
And,
yes,
we
do
have
less
vaccinated
better
young
people.
G
We
are
seeing
some
improvement
in
those
age
groups,
but
that
is
definitely
both
our
school-aged
children
and
our
young
adults
that
we
need
to
do
a
better
job
in
reaching
and
providing
information
answering
their
questions
about
the
vaccine.
G
I
also
think
that,
ultimately
we're
going
to
need
to
talk
about
vaccine
mandates-
and
I
know
some
businesses
are
already
doing
that
and
we're
going
to
need
to
begin
to
focus
more
on
incentives,
because
what
we
know-
and
I
know
I've
said
this
several
times
before-
but
I
just
want
to
say
it
one
more
time
is
the
kova
19
is
not
even
close
to
a
crisis
for
those
who
are
vaccinated,
but
it
is
a
true
danger
to
those
who
are
unvaccinated
in
our
communities.
G
G
But
I
want
to
briefly
provide
this
message
because,
unfortunately,
it's
difficult
to
deal
with
all
the
other
public
health
issues
that
that
we
need
to
address
until
we
can
get
this
pandemic
under
control.
In
our
communities,
thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
dr
richardson.
Any
questions
before
we
move
on
all
right,
seeing
none.
We
will
ask
for
dr
kimberly
butler
butler
willis
for
her
health
disparities,
environmental
justice
subcommittee
report.
Please.
J
A
C
Sorry
can
I
go
back
and
katie
and
ask
a
question
katie
the
flu
season
coming
up
in
october?
When
should
we
really
be
looking
at
trying
to
to
talk
about
vaccinations
for
flu.
G
Yeah,
that
was
one
of
the
things
I
wanted
to
discuss
today
and-
and
I
will
try
to
try
to
put
that-
hopefully
we'll
be
able
to
not
be
behind
a
whole
bunch
about
covid
next
month,
but
on
dhec
is
again
going
to
be
going
into
schools
to
provide
flu
vaccines
this
year
across
the
state,
and
so
we
are
working
on
getting
sort
of
all
of
the
things
in
place.
To
make
that
happen,
we
are
going
to
definitely
stress
flu
vaccines.
G
This
year
we
had
a
very
mild
season
last
year,
at
least
in
part,
to
all
the
preventive
measures
we
were
taking
for
covin,
but
that
does
make
us
very
nervous
about
the
flu
season
this
year
and
so
flu
vaccines
should
be
coming
out
in
the
fall.
We
don't
believe
they'll
necessarily
be
out
earlier
than
you
know
previously,
but
we
will
recommend
people
to
to
think
about
getting
that
vaccine
as
soon
as
they
see
their
provider
or
the
pharmacies
beginning
to
have
those
available.
E
Thank
you,
dr
richardson.
I
I
think
numbers
of
cases
among
young
children
are
on
the
rise.
I
know
I
have
a
niece
who's
positive
right
now
and
there's
a
lot
of
concern
about
kids
wearing
masks
and
schools.
The
state
has
basically
disallowed
it.
E
I
saw
yet
in
this
morning's
paper
that
the
city
of
columbia
is
is
considering
trying
to
override
that
somehow,
but
you
just
mentioned,
given
flu
vaccine
in
schools,
I
I
I
guess
is
the
covet
vaccine
just
still
not
authorized
for
kids
under
12.,
I
mean
can't.
We
do
covet
vaccines
for
kids
in
schools.
G
Well,
so
charleston
county
school
district
is
actually
a
leader
in
the
state
and
in
the
nation
for
being
able
to
provide
vaccines
in
the
school
systems,
and
maggie
can
certainly
tell
us
more
about
ellen
knitts
and
her
team
have
been
having
vaccine
clinics
in
the
spring
to
those
12
and
over,
as
well
as
for
students
and
parents
and
staff
and
the
community
this
summer,
leading
up
to
the
beginning
of
school.
G
So,
yes,
we
certainly
hope
that
it
is
not
yet
approved
for
kids
under
the
age
of
12,
none
of
the
vaccines,
but
certainly
when
it
is
approved,
we
will
do
our
best
to
make
it
as
accessible
as
possible
for
those
kids
to
be
vaccinated.
So
so,
yes,
certainly
in
the
schools
in
providers,
offices,
musc
and
roper
doing
a
great
job,
helping
feather
to
get
the
vaccine
out
there.
Now
we
just
need
the
community
to
come
to
these
events,
these
clinics
and
get
vaccinated.
C
And
if
I
could
add
in
you
talked
about
vaccines
versus
the
non-vaccinated
versus
vaccinated,
just
a
cdc
updated
there.
So,
even
if
you
were
vaccinated,
if
you're
exposed
to
a
positive
case,
they're
suggesting
you
mask
and
then
get
tested
in
three
to
five
days,
and
then
you
can
take
your
mask
off
if
you're
negative,
where,
if
you're
unvaccinated
you're
going
on
seven
day,
quarantine
and
you're
gonna
be
pulled
away
and
sent
home,
don't
have
to
take
sick
leave
or
be
pulled
out,
so
vaccination
really
does
more
than
just
protect
you.
C
It
also
keeps
you
from
having
to
take
off
work
all
the
time,
because
you,
you
haven't
looked
out
on
the
bigger
picture.
Sometimes
so
that's
one
of
those
issues
that
is
really
worrying
us
is
that
we're
starting
to
see
it
pop
back
up
more
and
and
what
it's
going
to
do
to
our
workforce.
If
it's
not
vaccinated,
it
makes
a
big
difference.
G
It
does
and
as
we're
working
through
clusters
right
now,
those
that
are
fully
vaccinated
are
much
more
quickly
getting
back
to
doing
what
it
is.
They
want
to
do,
whether
that
is
sports
or
work,
or
you
know,
being
camp
all
those
sorts
of
things,
whereas
those
who
are
unvaccinated.
We
still
recommend
14
days
of
warranty
as
the
most
safe
way
to
go.
There
are
the
other
options,
like
you
said,
the
10
days
or
the
seven
days
with
testing
but
yes
to
be
vaccinated.
A
Right,
thank
you
any
other
questions
for
dr
richardson,
okay
and
I
appreciate
jason
kronsberg
being
on
here,
jason.
I
know
you're
extremely
busy.
I
wanted
to
ask
you
if
you
don't
mind,
because
we
are
at
right
at
10
o'clock.
If
we
could
defer
your
report
to
the
next
time,
would
you
be
okay
with
that
jason.
E
That's
fine
with
me
just
want
to
make
your
respectful
everybody's
calendar.
So
that's
that's
fine!.
A
All
right,
I
appreciate
it
jason.
I
know
you've
been
extremely
busy.
I
appreciate
you
being
on
here.
It's
just.
I
know
that
everybody's
time
is
very
valuable
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
we
respect
that
in
this
meeting.
So
if,
if
we
could
I'd
like
to
move
on
to
community
updates
real
quickly-
and
I
guess
I'll
start
off
with
with
maggie
in
charleston
county
schools,.
K
Hi
y'all,
thank
you
so
much
for
the
opportunity
to
share
what
we
have
going
on.
Currently.
As
dr
richardson
shared
earlier,
we
have
been
holding
series
of
vaccine
clinics,
beginning
in
march
of
this
year
with
our
staff
and
then
moving
into
regional
sites
as
the
fda
allowed.
The
use
of
pfizer's
vaccine
for
younger
individuals
now
12
and
up
we've
had
several
community
clinics
at
our
middle
schools
and
other
areas
that
are
open
not
only
to
eligible
students
but
also
to
their
parents.
K
Anyone
that
came
in
essence,
and
we
also
have
a
series
of
vaccine
clinics
paired
up
with
our
fact
and
fee
nights
at
schools
that
started
in
the
past
week
or
so
and
will
continue
up
until
the
beginning
of
school
as
well.
So
we
are
still
actively
providing
those
opportunities
to
those
that
would
like
to
take
the
vaccine
ages,
12
and
up
as
well
as
their
family
members
as
we
move
into
the
beginning
of
the
school
year
paired
with
our
established
back
to
school
activities.
K
Continuing
to
have
our
schools
cleaned
frequently
like
we
did
last
year,
as
well
as
our
hvac
filtration
levels,
to
continue
to
be
extremely
high
and
having
those
filtration
systems
kept
up
to
date
and
replaced
with
the
highest
quality
filters
that
that
we
can
get
as
well
as
our
contact
tracing
efforts.
Those
will
also
continue,
and
those
have
continued
throughout
the
summer
in
our
summer
programs,
as
well
because
of
the
state
proviso
1.108
face
coverings
are
not
currently
required,
you
know,
so
we
will.
K
We
will
be
continuing
to
evaluate
things
as
we
lead
up
to
the
beginning
of
the
school
year.
However,
you
know
masks,
we
can
be
strongly
encouraged,
but
you
know
officially,
for
that
proviso,
for
the
state
mandate
face
coverings
are
not
required
at
this
time.
K
Other
things
that
are
currently
under
review
are
our
frequency
and
type
of
coded
testing
for
staff
and
students
for
this
upcoming
year,
as
well
as
some
of
our
fine
arts
program
requirements
in
our
event,
seating.
So
we're
still
evaluating
what
those
pieces
would
look
like
for
this
upcoming
school
year.
A
L
I'll
just
be
very
brief,
so
our
students
are
starting
to
return
to
campus.
We
have
about
500
leadership
students
returning
tomorrow
and
we'll
have
the
next
couple
thousand
returning
over
the
next
two
and
a
half
weeks.
A
public
health
question
I've
been
asked
recently
is:
will
we
institute
any
kind
of
mass
mandate
and
maggie
already
brought
this
to
attention,
but
based
on
the
proviso
from
this
past
summer?
We
cannot.
L
So
if
anyone
saw
the
story,
the
university
of
south
carolina
had
implemented
a
fall
mass
mandate
last
week
for
faculty
staff
and
students,
and
then
yesterday
repealed
that
mandate,
based
on
the
attorney
general
of
south
carolina,
recommending
that
the
proviso
prevents
a
mass
mandate.
So
it
seems
like
the
citadel
as
well
as
most
state-funded
colleges
in
the
state
will
not
have
the
ability
to
institute
any
kind
of
mass
mandate.
L
This
fall,
but
just
like
charlton
county
schools
will
be
maintaining
preventative
measures,
hygiene
measurements
to
the
highest
efforts,
we'll
likely
be
offering
vaccine
clinics
throughout
the
year
to
faculty
staff
and
students.
We've
had
a
couple
over
the
summer
for
faculty
and
staff
that
were
around
the
area
and
yeah.
That's
our
biggest
updates
and
we'll
still
likely
have
quarantined
housing
availability
for
students
that
might
eventually
get
sick
discipline.
So
thank
you
for.
A
That
appreciate
that
meredith
balinsky
anything.
F
Actually,
I've
had
a
had
like
quite
a
few
things
represented
francis
is
doing
for
the
community
and
other
things
involved,
but
I
kind
of
wanted
to
throw
the
applause
and
the
appreciation
of
dr
richards
for
katie,
putting
that
out
there
that
that
that
we're
we're
seeing
that
flow
right
now
in
the
river
st
francis
system
of
recovered
patients
of
our
hospitals,
filling
up
of
getting
getting
additional
help
coming
in
to
to
assist
our
staff
and
to
assist
our
our
system
as
a
whole.
F
So
the
big
thing
is
is:
is
a
vaccine
and
that,
like
you,
said,
like
you
said
before,
we've
offered
it
to
when
it
when
the
first
came
out
the
mandates
for
different
ages
and
whatnot,
and
we
went
down
the
line.
We
went
to
the
the
parking
garage
at
the
north
charleston
coliseum
and
we
gave
man
we
gave
vaccines
there.
We
we're
pushing
it
as
far
as
we
can.
It's
just
a
matter
of
of
our
of
our
people
coming
in
and
getting
it.
F
We
are
free
at
now,
at
all
of
the
urgent
care
centers
represent
francis
urgent
care.
You
can
call
and
make
an
appointment.
You
can
show
up,
you
can
talk
to
somebody
there
it's
available,
so
all
the
other
opioid
related
things,
the
things
we're
doing
with
the
community.
F
The
things
that
robert
saint
francis
is
trying
to
help
is
everything's
running
as
planned,
but
I
think
the
biggest
emphasis
we
just
want
to
put
is
just
for
our
community
to
to
grab
and
understand
this
vaccine
and-
and
just
like
dr
dr
richardson,
said
it's
it's
it's
worth
it
it's
safe
and
we
need
it.
F
A
You
appreciate
it,
let's
see
stacey
mathis
did
you
have
anything
you
wanted
to
add.
M
Or
just
real
briefly,
following
up
on
the
discussion
about
suicide
earlier,
I
just
wanted
to
let
you
know
that
department
of
mental
health
has
had
a
zero
suicide
initiative
for
years
that
looked
at
training,
our
employees
and
our
admin
staff
and
our
therapists
with
the
goal
of
preventing
all
suicide
through
a
grant
with
blue
cross
blue
shield
of
south
carolina
foundation.
M
M
It'll
have
some
contact
information
if
anyone
is
interested,
unfortunately,
charleston
county
is
has
one
of
we're
in
the
top
10
for
suicide
risk
in
south
carolina.
So
charleston
county
has
been
offered
the
opportunity
to
train
community
members.
M
So
if
anyone
is
interested
I'd
love
to
connect
you
with
the
folks
that
are
rolling
out
this
project
and
I'll
try
and
send,
do
I
send
it
to
you
paul
some
information
great
and,
if
anybody's
interested
you
can
reach
out
to
me
or
there's
also
contact
information
on
these
flyers.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you
so
much
appreciate
it.
Nick
osborne,
you
have
anything
you
would
like
to
share.
N
Yeah
thanks
very
much
kevin
just
very
quickly.
I
guess,
in
terms
of
as
expected,
I
mean
the
the
need
and
demand
for
for
food
assistance
continues
and
we're
still
seeing
the
continued
need
across
various
positions
for
support,
and
we
are
putting
in
place
a
number
of
different
approaches
and
continue
to
pivot
in
terms
of
being
able
to
meet
that
need
in
terms
of
looking
at
opportunities
for
up
distributions,
for
example,
but
I
think
you
know,
given
the
situation
at
the
moment,
and
the
uncertainty
with
regards
to
the
removal
of
certain
benefits.
N
What
does
that
mean
in
terms
of
vulnerability
to
covid
and
therefore
choices
as
to
whether
to
return
to
work
or
not
just
in
terms
of
our
own
precautions
here
in
the
food
bank?
Obviously,
we
want
to
continue
to
be
able
to
provide
whatever
service
that
we
can.
We
have
instituted
the
the
wearing
of
masks
again
in
the
facility
here.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
Joey
curran.
O
Thanks
so
much
yeah,
so
trident
united
way
has
just
really
been
working
hard
to
facilitate
conversations
around
vaccine
hesitancy
amongst
our
our
community
members.
I
want
to
acknowledge
and
thank
kim
butler-willis
for
moderating
our
most
recent
conversation
where
we've
been
working
with
community
members
to
try
to
you,
know,
educate
and
alleviate
any
any
potential
hesitancy
that
that
folks
may
have,
and
so
just
wanted
to,
let
this
group
know
and
and
mayor
takenberg,
if
there
are
any
other
groups
that
you
would
like
for
us
to
help
facilitate
that
conversation
with.
O
We
are
prepared
and
practiced
in
our
ability
to
do
that.
All
right.
A
P
Hey
sorry,
I've
been
having
to
stay
muted,
but
I
did
wanted
to
share
a
quick
update.
I
was
tied
up
until
10,
but
I
just
wanted
to
share
an
update
on
the
kappa
heat
watch.
We
were
successful
in
collecting
data
across
the
city
on
saturday,
which,
fortunately
or
unfortunately,
depending
on
how
you
look
at
it
was
we
did
have
a
heat
advisory.
So
I
think
our
efforts
to
pinpoint
the
best
day
in
working
with
our
local
noaa
folks
paid
off.
P
There
were
some
storms
later
that
afternoon,
but
I
think
we
really
captured
some
great
data
that
will
not
only
go
into
the
pool
of
22
other
cities
across
the
country
that
participated,
but
will
also
really
help
the
teams
in
our
in
our
local
areas
and
then
the
heat
health
coalition
between
north
and
south
carolina,
the
researchers
from
our
higher
ed
institutions
that
are
working
on
this
issue,
and
then
we
also
wrapped
up
the
other
heat
study
that
we
were
doing
with
our
grounds,
workers
and
security.
P
P
I
don't
know
if
you're
still
on,
but
I
did
have
a
conversation
with
the
president
of
the
charleston
tours
association
and
they
are
very
interested
in
supporting
our
efforts
and
we're
would
like
to
fund
some
hydrating
stations,
maybe
in
some
parks
in
the
city
that
they
tend
to
visit
with
their
tour
groups.
So
we
can
take
that
offline.
But
I
just
wanted
to
share
that,
because
I
think
that
it
is
something
that
this
group
has
discussed
and
it
to
me
it's
very
similar
to
what
we
did
with
the
sunscreen
dispensers.
A
Great,
thank
you
so
much
for
all
your
work.
On
that
I
appreciate
it.
I
see
laurie
yarborough
popped
on
mr.
Q
I
just
would
like
to
say
that
we're
we
ramp
back
up
our
testing,
so
we're
offering
testing
at
all
of
our
locations
five
days
a
week,
and
we
have
definitely
seen
an
increase
in
the
amount
of
people
testing.
Last
week
we
saw
about
a
17
positivity
rate,
so
we
increased
our
hours
this
week
and
then
we're
also
doing
vaccines
every
day
at
all
of
our
locations.
E
So
if
I
may
just
kind
of
close
a
comment
with
about
the
vaccines
and
I'm
gonna
say
that
one
of
the
saddest
things
that
happened
in
our
country
over
the
last
year
and
a
half
is
that
a
major
public
health
emergency,
if
you
will
became
a
political
issue
and
unfortunately
that
continues
to
play
out
even
in
this
conversation,
ongoing
about
wearing
masks
still-
and
you
know
be
it
politics
or
just
folks-
in
columbia,
knowing
better.
What
what's
for
our
lives?
And
we
do
you
know
you
can
have
your
opinion.
E
We
can
have
our
opinions
on
that.
So
so
here's
the
thing
I
I
I
think,
rather
than
you
know,
worrying
about
mass
everybody's
calling
me
and
the
thing
in
the
paper
this
morning.
Mayor
needs
to
put
another
mask
or
let's
not
worry
so
much
about
mass.
Let's
get
everybody
vaccinated,
and
I
know
everybody
here
is
on
this
team
and
you
all
have
you're
giving
out
the
vaccines
and
all
like
that.
E
The
awareness
right
now
is
is
elevated
because
of
what's
going
on
with
the
cases
and
all
like
that
and
the
news,
so
can
we
all
commit
in
the
month
of
august
to
double
down
our
efforts?
Everybody
have
another
clinic
put
the
word
out
again,
all
your
social
media.
Every
way
that
we
can
try
to
communicate
with
people
come
on
y'all
come
in
and
get
you
get
the
damn
get
get
vaccinated.
That's
the
bottom
line!
That's
how
we're
going
to
control
this
pandemic
is
to
get
vaccinated.
E
It's
not
going
to
be
by
wearing
a
mask,
I'm
going
to
recommend
it,
but
we
just
need
to
double
down.
This
is
the
perfect
month
to
do
it
in
august
before
school
starts-
and
I
know
you're
all
working
as
hard
as
you
can
already,
but
just
let's
give
it
the
extra
extra
effort
in
the
next
few
weeks
in
the
next
month
to
try
to
get
more
people
vaccinated.
So.
A
Thanks,
thank
you,
mayor
tuckenberg,
laurier,.
R
Thank
you,
councilmember
shealy.
I
have.
I
have
listened
the
whole
time
and
I,
like
susan,
tried
to
keep
my
mic
off
because
I
knew
if
I
started
talking,
I
wouldn't
stop.
But
I
was
very
disheartened.
The
first
40
minutes
of
this
meeting
to
hear
all
of
the
news
in
terms
of
violence
and
gun,
gun,
violence
and
murders
and
suicide,
and
I
just
linked
that
I
know
it's
all
a
big
public
health.
R
We've
got
to
get
them
in
our
parks
at
five
and
six
and
seven,
and
that's
especially
true
in
those
area,
codes
of
29403
and
29405
and
in
parts
of
west
ashley
and
james
island,
where
we
have
a
lack
of
of
fathers
and
role
models
and
and
kids
or
raising
kids
and
I
could
go
on.
R
But
this
gets
at
the
heart
of
parks
and
recreation,
and
so
I'm
going
to
continue
to
bang
that
drum
until
I
drop
and
and
say
that
parks
and
recreation
have
to
be
a
part
of
that,
we
have
to
figure
out
how
to
get
great
mentors
the
mayor's
doing
an
excellent
job
of
stirring
that
up
with
mindy
and
getting
that
going.
We've
got
to
have
mentors
working
with
our
children,
especially
our
children,
in
the
areas
that
need
us
the
most.
R
So
I'm
going
to
shut
up,
we've
got
about
5,
000
kids
signed
up
for
fall
sports,
it
looks
like
parents
are
ready
to
go
again,
we'll
be
as
safe
as
we
can
possibly
be.
We've
had
very
few
outbreaks.
This
summer
last
couple
of
weeks
been
a
little
more
dicey,
but
anyway
it's
been
a
good
summer
in
recreation,
and
I'm
appreciative
of
the
mayor's
continued
support
for
parks
and
recreation
through
the
parks
and
rec
master
plan
through
trying
to
get
funding
and
through
keeping
that
emphasis
there.
Thank
you,
sir.
A
A
I
apologize
to
jason
and
laurie
for
not
being
able
to
get
them
in,
but
we
will
get
you
in
on
the
next
meeting
and
just
want
to
tell
you
how
much
I
appreciate
your
expertise
and
your
time
that
you
commit
to
the
city
of
charleston
and
to
this
committee.
So
if
there's
nothing
else,
I
will
call
this
meeting
adjourn.
Thank
you
so
much.
Thank
you.