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Kankakee County COVID-19 Update 7/22/2020 3:00 PM
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Amita
Lindsey
Wilson
and
John
Beavis
from
the
Health
Department,
the
Kankakee
County
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
economic
alliance
for
their
continual
updates,
getting
those
resources
and
highlighting
and
trying
to
get
businesses
information
to
make
sure
they
know
how
to
operate,
protect
their
employees
and
the
public.
You
know
we
put
this
data
together,
we
updated
it
as
I
mentioned,
we
passed
it
on
and
a
big
thank.
You
goes
out
again
to
Senator
Joyce
and
the
representative
Parkhurst.
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You
know
I
note.
Rather
than
fist,
pounding
and
and
reckless
reopening
policy
and
rhetoric.
We
chose
the
path
of
reason
and
respect
and
I
think
that
that
that
passion
was
backed
up
by
data,
and
it
appears
this
path
is
something
that
we
should
revisit
for
other
difficult
issues,
whether
it's
here
at
keiki
County
around
the
state
of
Illinois.
It
seems
that
bipartisan
effort
in
developing
and
executing
a
plan
as
a
lost
art,
but
not
here
in
this
county.
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Thank
him
for
putting
us
in
a
region
with
will
County
and
Grundy
has
moved
to
a
region
to
the
west.
So
we've
got
a
good
opportunity
here
that
the
one
message
that
I
want
to
say
also
is
to
stay
vigilant.
I.
Thank
all
the
people
that
have
been
involved
in
this
Riverside
I
made
the
st.
Mary's,
the
Health
Department
chairman
wheeler,
a
coordinated
effort
got
us
where
we
are
and
a
coordinated
effort
needs
to
stay
in
place.
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We
are
currently
seeing
a
new
small
spike
at
Shapiro,
Center
and
Chapelle,
but
Developmental
Center
was
kind
of
the
epicenter
of
where
our
coronavirus
cases
started
earlier
on
so
with
30
I
think
it's
32
cases
there
now
that's
still
a
positivity
rate
of
under
3%
when
you
take
all
the
employees
and
then
individuals
that
are
at
your
peril.
So
that's
kind
of
where
we
are
State
but
be
vigilant
because
1,100
people
that
work
at
Shapiro
are
amongst
us
and
as
we
reopen
make
sure
you
wear
your
mask,
wash
your
hands.
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C
Hello,
my
name
is
Jessica
Jessica,
nervously,
I'm,
District
Director
for
state
representative,
Lindsey,
Parker's
and
I'm
just
here
to
share
some
remarks
on
her
behalf,
so
Kankakee
County
and
the
business
community
are
working
together
to
ensure
our
area
reopen
safely.
We
need
to
continue
to
protect
the
health
of
our
most
vulnerable,
but
we
must
also
protect
the
health
of
our
local
educational
system
and
the
health
of
our
economy.
Rep
Parkhurst
is
working
hard
to
be
involved
in
decisions
at
the
state
level
that
affects
our
community.
C
She
has
and
will
continue
to
push
for
legislative
involvement
to
represent
the
area.
The
state
health
regions
were
recently
redesigned
something
that
Rep
Parkhurst,
along
with
Senator
Patrick
Joyce
advocated
for
since
the
restore
Illinois
plan
was
announced,
which
is
positive
for
the
semi
ninth
district,
as
it
puts
our
community
in
our
own
health
region.
So
we
can
move
forward
at
our
own
pace
in
economic
recovery.
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Our
office
continues
to
work
hard
to
listen
to
feedback
for
our
constituents,
local
elected
officials
and
other
key
players
on
how
we
continue
to
continue
to
respond
at
the
state
level.
We
look
forward
to
continuing
to
work
together
with
you.
We
also
want
to
be
sure
to
thank
chairman
Miller
for
your
hard
work
and
dedication
to
the
community,
to
Senator
Patrick
Joyce,
to
the
Kankakee
County
Health
Department,
and
to
represent
in
the
media,
health
and
all
other
members
who
have
been
a
part
of
the
healthy
business
alliance.
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The
first
one
is
the
current
overall
assessment
for
Kankakee
County,
the
health
department
from
the
beginning
and
with
the
healthy
business
alliance
has
been
through
our
website
and
our
social
media
and
then
sharing
that
out
to
all
the
other
collaborative
agencies
that
we've
worked
with,
have
been
putting
out
the
information
daily
in
regards
to
our
current
numbers
here
in
Kankakee
County,
and
then
also
information
that
pertains
to
the
state.
So
in
Kankakee
County,
as
of
today,
we've
posted
our
numbers.
D
We
are
at
1628
positive
cases,
we're
at
63
deaths
locally
and
I
am
pleased
to
announce
that,
as
of
now,
we've
not
had
a
deaths
since
June
26.
So
that
is
something
that
is
trending.
We
feel
in
a
positive
light.
We
have
1133
recovery,
so
we've
seen
a
number
of
people
recovering
from
the
illnesses,
which
is
a
positive
thing.
We
have
432
active
cases
right
now
in
in
10
that
are
currently
hospitalized.
D
According
to
our
records,
our
staff
have
been
amazing
at
the
Health
Department,
our
CD
nurses,
especially
they
continue
to
do
amazing
work
with
the
contact
tracing
that
they
need
to
do
on
a
day
to
day
basis.
There
were
many
days
when
they
were
making
over
500
calls
a
day
for
individuals
either
for
their
first
initial
contact
or
follow-ups,
and
that's
going
to
continue,
as
the
cases
continue
with
new
ones
each
day
until
the
old
ones
drop
off.
I
also
wanted
to
briefly
really
quick
ly.
D
Announce
I
know
that
this
has
been
talked
about
in
the
community,
but
as
of
yesterday,
the
Illinois
Department
of
Public
Health
approved
the
Kankakee
County
Health
Department's
contact
tracing
grant,
so
that
is
in
place
now.
So
I
know
that
we
have
there's
2.8
million
dollars
that
was
awarded
to
Kankakee
County
overall,
and
we
reached
out
to
a
number
of
agencies
that
we
collaborate
with
to
assist.
It's
going
to
allow
us
to
hire
contact
tracers,
it's
going
to
allow
us
to
work
with
the
hospitals
and
the
testing
agencies
within
the
community.
D
It's
going
to
help
us
to
find
the
vulnerable
populations
that
need
potentially
isolate
isolation
or
quarantine,
room
board
food
medicine.
Things
like
that,
so
this
is
much-needed
money
that
comes
at
a
perfect
time
for
us,
so
we're
definitely
grateful
for
all
the
assistance.
Senator
Joyce
and
representative
Parkhurst
did
in
helping
us
get
that
money,
so
that
has
been
approved.
Really
quick.
Then
I
wanted
to
talk
about
the
website.
D
So
obviously,
through
this
coalition
and
healthy
business
alliance,
we
decided
that
one
of
the
key
things
to
keep
the
communication
simple
was
to
go
ahead
and
link
up
the
information
through
the
health
department's
website
so
that
it
wouldn't
confuse
the
public
that
they'd
have
more
than
one
place
to
go.
So
obviously,
we've
got
the
website
here
pointed
up,
and
so
we'll
go
through
a
couple
of
things
to
just
show
you
how
easy
is
this
is,
but
if
you
click
on
services
which
I
believe
he's
done,
then
thank
you,
Andy.
D
You
can
see
that
there's
some
statistics
on
there
and
it'll
list
Kankakee
County's
numbers,
and
then
it
will
compare
them
to
Illinois
numbers.
If
you
go
down
a
little
bit
more,
then
you
can
see
another
information,
so
you
can
click
on,
for
example,
maybe
the
cases
by
race
and
II.
So
if
you
click
on
that
now,
if
you
hover
over
any
one
of
that
on
that
pie,
chart
you'll,
see
the
percentage,
and
so
that
shows
the
individuals
by
race.
We
also
have
cases
by
age
cases
by
gender.
D
D
So
if
you
click
on
businesses,
then
that
provides
information
and
guidelines
and
toolkits
for
all
kinds
of
businesses.
Basically,
if
you're
a
restaurant
or
a
bar,
you
can
click
on
what
your
category
is
if
you're
a
school,
if
your
I
think
so
you
can
see
what
the
guidelines
are,
we
had
phase
three
in
there.
We
also
now
have
phase
4
in
there,
so
there's
a
lot
of
information
on
there.
D
So
if
you
go
to
Kankakee
health.org,
that
is
the
website
and
then
you
will
find
that
and
then
also
we
have
a
Facebook
page
which
there
so
that
is
the
healthy
business
alliance.
So
now
the
third
thing
that
I
wanted
to
talk
about
was
the
governor
recently
in
the
Illinois
Department
of
Public
Health
has
created
these
metrics
that
they
help
each
of
the
counties
kind
of
grade
their
status,
their
current
status
by
county,
and
so
this
one
is
pulled
up.
D
So
if
you
go
to
WWE
pile
of
County
metrics,
but
we
also
have
a
LinkedIn
on
our
website
that
will
speed
that
up
for
you,
you
will
see
these
metrics
and
you
can
put
in
each
County,
but
for
Kankakee
County.
Then
what
you'll
see
is
what
our
current
status
is
and
it
runs
about
a
week
behind
in
the
numbers.
But
you
can
see
that
Kankakee
is
a
hundred
and
thirteen
cases
per
100,000,
and
that
puts
us
right
now
in
a
warning
level.
D
But
this
changes
from
week
to
week
and
it
just
sort
of
depends
so
as
Senator
Joyce
said,
we've
kind
of
had
a
spike.
Sometimes,
when
you
see
a
spike
such
as
we
saw
after
Father's,
Day
or
a
holiday
or
an
outbreak
that
occurs
at
a
facility,
then
what
can
happen
is
it
can
cause
that
number
to
go
up?
And
then,
if
we
get
improvement
over
the
next
week,
then
the
number
goes
back
down
and
really
it
doesn't
mean
anything
about
us
having
to
move
back
into
a
different
phase.
D
Our
current
level
is
four
point:
nine
percent.
The
state
target
rate
is
eight
percent,
so
we're
well
within
that
rate,
with
the
amount
of
testing
that's
going
on,
but
there's
a
number
of
other
things
on
there.
It
gives
new
cases
it
talks
about
deaths,
test,
reported
emergency
department
visits
and
hospitalizations
I'll.
Let
the
the
next
speakers
maybe
talk
about
that.
F
Well,
good
afternoon,
everyone
I
am
dr.
kaliesha
Hillel
I'm,
the
chief
medical
officer
at
st.
Mary's
and
KK
key
I
am
standing
in
for
Chris
Wright.
He
unfortunately
could
not
be
here
today,
but
I'm
always
excited
and
thrilled
to
talk
about
our
hospital
and
talk
about
our
community.
I
personally
have
been
very
proud,
with
the
way
that
our
community
and
our
staff
has
responded
to
this
pandemic,
so
it
truly
has
been
a
blessing
not
only
to
our
community
but
before
all
of
the
people
who
actually
travel
to
our
community
to
work.
F
So
first
I'd
like
to
thank
you,
chairman,
wheeler,
for
having
me
here
today.
I
made
us
health
st.
Mary's
Hospital
here
in
Kankakee,
as
you
all
know,
has
been
very
committed
to
this
community
for
over
100
years.
We
are
grateful
for
the
trust
that
our
patients
have
in
our
Hospital
and
we
don't
take
that
trust
lightly.
We're
thankful
to
be
part
of
the
Kankakee
collation,
County
Coalition
for
Responsible
reopening
and
will
continue
to
provide
guidance
to
our
medical
experts
in
a
well-thought,
safe
plan
to
return
to
normal
operations.
F
Since
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic,
amita
health,
st.
Mary's
Hospital,
has
had
the
privilege
of
treating
more
than
275
patients
diagnosed
with
koban
19
and
as
a
system
amita
health
has
treated
more
than
10,000
patients.
As
you
may
know,
our
system
treated
the
second
known
person
in
the
nation
to
have
been
infected,
so
we've
been
on
the
front
lines
since
this
pandemic
started.
They
said
st.
Mary's.
Currently
we
are
running
a
4.3
percent.
Positivity
rate
we've
been
proud
to
provide
testing
to
the
communities
since
the
pandemic
began
and
most
proudly.
F
We
now,
as
of
today,
have
discharged
over
70
patients
healthily
home
or
to
a
health
care
facility
for
continued
care,
so
the
strip,
through
the
strength
of
our
health
system
and
our
nation,
a
tional
sponsors.
We
continue
to
Maine
a
full
stock
of
necessary
personal
protective
equipment
to
keep
our
patients
and
our
staff
safe.
So
some
of
the
things
that
I
personally
have
been
proud
of
in
our
hospital
and
in
our
system
when
the
pandemic
started,
we
heard
a
lot
in
the
news
about
not
having
enough
PPE.
F
F
Another
thing
that
I'm
very
proud
of
I
happen
to
have
a
mother
who's,
a
retired,
MICU
nurse
and
I
know
that
when
times
are
difficult
in
the
hospital,
pay
cuts
come
and
it's
very
common
throughout
hospitals,
and
not
unheard
of
so
not
surprising
that
people
had
to
tighten
their
belt
during
this
pandemic.
But
we
were
very
proud
that
we
did
not
have
to
cut
staff
salary
for
physicians
or
nurses
or
any
of
our
other
associates
in
the
hospital.
F
So
we
were
very
proud
of
that
and
continue
that,
for
all
of
the
capital
needs
that
we
needed
equipment,
negative
pressure
rooms,
we
were
able
to
secure
all
of
that
to
care
for
every
patient
that
came
to
our
Hospital
and
not
just
that.
We
all
strive
for
excellence
I.
Personally,
as
a
physician
since
I
came
out
of
residency,
my
goal
was
to
bring
academic
medicine
to
whatever
community
I
practiced
in
and
I
still
hope.
F
So
because
of
all
of
that
effort,
we've
had
a
very
high
success
rate
in
care
of
our
patients.
Safe
and
effective
prevention
of
our
associates
and
medical
staff
getting
sick
confidence
and
coming
to
work
and
knowing
that
we're
doing
the
right
things
for
our
community
and
one
of
the
proudest
things
we've
had
are
the
patients
that
have
had
long-standing
in
our
Hospital.
F
We
had
a
patient
that
was
there
for
43
days,
and
our
physicians
did
everything
they
could
to
keep
the
person
from
being
on
a
ventilator
because,
as
you
know,
based
on
stats
once
you're
in
ICU
and
once
you're
on
a
ventilator,
your
risk
of
death
goes
up
significantly
and
they
cared
so
well
for
that
patient.
The
patient
finally
was
discharged
a
few
days
ago
after
43
days
in
the
hospital
and
is
doing
well.
F
So
those
are
the
kind
of
stories
that
really
make
us
committed
and
even
more
committed
every
day
as
patients
are
being
treated
in
terms
of
us
as
a
community
and
our
businesses.
There
I
think
the
previous
speakers
said
it
eloquently.
The
only
way
we
can
stay
safe
is
to
continue
to
make
sure
that
we're
communicating
to
the
public
to
stay
safe.
Wear
your
mask.
I
know
everyone
is
missing.
Everyone
I,
too
AM.
The
same
way,
but
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
social
distancing,
we're
not
gathering
in
large
groups,
that's
very
important.
F
You
get
comfortable,
you're,
kids,
I'm
gonna,
see
my
friends
and
your
friends
bring
their
friends
over
and
then
you
have
an
outbreak.
We
don't
want
that
happening.
Virtual
meetings
and
zoom
and
facetiming
family
and
friends
is
still
very
appropriate,
even
though
we're
months
into
the
pandemic.
So
we
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
all
taking
it
seriously
so
that
we
don't
get
our
loved
one
city
and
also
in
terms
of
our
numbers
here.
As
previously
stated,
we've
done
very
well
now
that
we're
grouped
with
Will
County,
their
numbers
have
been
very
stable.
F
They
too
had
very
rough
start
and
we
were
actually
able
to
help
our
sister
hospitals
say:
juliette
work
through
some
of
their
challenges,
and
now
there
everything
seems
to
be
stabilizing
and
their
numbers
are
stabilizing.
So
I
think
we
don't
have
to
worry
about
at
this
time
a
major
impact
to
our
business
of
reopening
a
strategy
and
plan
at
this
time,
so
I
think
we'll
County
and
pinkie
will
continue
to
work
together
very
well
in
terms
of
our
hospitals.
I
can
also
share
that
Amina
st.
Mary's
is
working
with
our
local
schools
to
do
testing.
F
This
is
a
very
touchy
point
about
kids
going
back
to
school.
This
fall
I'm
actually
have
twins,
one
is
going
back
to
college,
one,
isn't
that's
the
decision
of
the
schools
and
the
goal
is
whatever
the
decision
is
made.
It
has
to
be
made
safely
and
it
has
to
be
made
with
a
plan
and
that's
very
important.
F
So
we
are
very
helpful
that
we
are
working
with
the
local
schools
to
provide
testing
for
whatever
mechanism
they
utilize
for
their
children
to
go
back
to
school
in
the
fall
and
to
keep
the
parents,
the
students
and
the
teachers
safe.
So
in
terms
of
testing
we
are
still
providing
between
sixty
to
eighty
drive-by
tests
per
day
in
our
annex
and
I
am
very
pleased
as
the
pathologist
and
laboratory
medical
director.
F
F
So
overall
we're
very
proud
of
how
the
community
has
faced
and
addressed
this
Kovach
outbreak,
even
though
things
seem
to
be
getting
a
little
bit
better
than
the
initial
we're
still
encouraging
virtual
visits
when
important
when
it
necessary
and
our
positions
are
still
doing
that,
but
they
are
seeing
patients
in
person
and
also
want
to
make
sure
that
people
know
that
the
hospital
is
safe.
The
physician
offices
are
safe.
This
is
not
the
time
to
sit
at
home
when
you
know
that
you're
feeling
ill
so
come
to
the
hospital
amita
st.
F
G
G
C
G
About
Fox
News,
MSNBC
ABC,
the
New,
York
Times
right.
All
of
those
organizations
are
big
business
right
and
and
what
are
they
in
business
for
they're
in
business?
To
make
money
right?
That's
the
American
Way,
that's
a
capitalistic
society,
but
all
of
them
are
in
it
for
reader
viewer
ratings
right.
They
want
people
to
read
their
newspaper.
They
wanted
viewers
to
watch
their
TV
channel.
They
want
listeners
to
listen
to
their
radio
broadcasts,
all
of
them
sensationalize,
what's
actually
happening
out
there.
Every.
G
All
of
them
highlight
the
extreme,
not
the
commonplace,
and
all
of
them
have
their
political
biases,
whether
they're,
Republican
or
Democrat,
conservative
liberal,
doesn't
matter
they
all
have
their
biases
and
the
sad
thing
for
this
country
is
that
you
don't
know
who
to
believe
or
who
to
listen
to
right.
Mark,
Twain
right,
wrote,
Tom,
Sawyer,
Mark,
Twain,
a
great
American
author.
He
had
a
quote,
there
are
three
kinds
of
lies,
lies,
damned
lies
and
statistics,
and
that's
probably
more
appropriate
today
than
it
was
when
he
said
it
over
a
hundred
years
ago.
G
Statistics
can
be
very
deceiving,
and
so
you
hear
statistics
on
the
on
the
radio
or
on
TV
or
in
the
newspaper
all
the
time.
What
do
those
statistics
mean
and
what
statistics
do
you
pay
attention
to
the
positivity
rate
right?
We
hear
a
lot
about
that.
That's
on
our
website,
hospitalizations,
available,
ICU
beds,
available
events
right.
You
hear
lots
of
things
that
people
who
are
not
in
health
care
are
going
to
be
confused
about
right.
G
Does
every
death
is
tragic
and
you
hear
statistics
about
death
and
it
sounds
horrible
and
it
is
horrible
but
which
ones
do
you
believe?
What's
good,
what's
bad
PPE
available
PPE
and
do
we
have
it?
Don't
we
have
it
again?
If
you
listen
to
the
news
media,
everybody
is
out
of
PPE
and
and
etc.
So
a
great
example
of
statistics
there
was
a
colleague
of
mine
was
walking
by
and
said:
oh
did
you
hear
Northwestern's
at
95
percent
occupancy
and
their
ICU,
that's
terrible.
I
said
well.
Why
is
that
terrible?
G
G
G
Stand
alone,
Community
Hospital,
dedicated
to
this
community
focused
on
this
community.
We
purchased
equipment
to
be
able
to
do
testing
in
this
community
back
in
April,
that's
the
first.
We
could
get
it.
We
called
and
we
begged
almost
every
vendor
out
there
to
be
able
to
to
be
able
to
have
the
privilege
to
buy
their
equipment
right
and
it
took
a
long
time
right.
G
So
we
got
it
April
21st
just
about
90
days
ago,
and
the
co
bid
pandemic
had
been
going
on
for
about
a
month
and
a
half
at
that
point
right
in
that
time
period
we've
tested
and
these
numbers
were,
as
of
Monday
night
xx,
1854
tests.
That's
a
lot
of
tests.
We
have
a
current
10,000
and
15,000
people
in
the
county.
We
tested
over
20,000
people
in
the
past
three
months
of
that
1,500
and
three
were
positive.
So
a
six
point,
eight
eight
percent
positivity
rate
right
is
that
good
or
bad?
G
Well
what
I
look
at
her
trends
and
that
continues
to
trend
downward
right.
So,
in
the
last
seven
days
our
trend
was
three
percent
early
on.
It
was
much
higher
right.
We
peaked
in
this
county
back
in
mid-april
right
from
any
hospitalizations
points.
So
again,
the
positivity
rate
continues
to
decline,
which
is
a
good
thing
at
Riverside
we
have
24
to
48
hour
turnaround
time.
I
know
that
all
of
those
tests
were
doing
in-house.
We
just
were
able
to
acquire
another
piece
of
equipment
about
a
few
weeks
ago,
where
we
can
do
a
rapid
test.
G
We
can
have
a
one
hour
turnaround,
we're
reserving
that
for
our
emergency
department
and
people
who
come
in
in
in
an
emergency
who
need
a
test
immediately,
because
we
have
limited
capability
with
that.
But
again
we
can
do
a
Turner.
We
can
do
a
test
in
one
hour
to
date
from
from
March
until
last
Monday
we
had
about
a
hundred
admissions
at
Riverside.
Again,
a
statistic
is
that
good
or
bad?
Well,
Riverside
is
a
300
vet
hospital
right.
Our
average
daily
census
for
kovat
patients
has
been
running
around
four.
We
have
300
beds.
G
We
have
about
four
patients
in
house
on
average.
Over
the
past
few
weeks
we
peaked
out
in
the
20s,
maybe
2024,
still
not
horrible,
and
we've
gotten
as
low
as
one
kovat
patient
inpatient
right
and
we
have
about
four
today,
Ric
use
we've
been
down
to
zero
patients
in
our
ICU
right
and
we've
been
up
to
two
or
three
patients
in
the
past
ten
days.
Here
so
again,
statistics
in
and
of
themselves,
don't
tell
you
a
lot
right.
You
have
to
have
a
comparison.
G
You
have
to
have
a
trend
what's
good
or
bad
from
a
stat
standpoint,
but
we
have
made
some
changes
at
Riverside
recently
there
has
been
uptick
in
people
wanting
to
get
tested
right.
We
peek
back
in
in
mid-april
from
a
hospitalization
and
then
we
kind
of
were
kind
of
running
flat.
Well,
we've
seen
a
surge
and
people
wanting
to
be
tested.
Again
you
hear
on
the
national
media,
there's
hot
spots
in
Florida
and
Texas,
and
and
what
have
you
and
so
more
people
want
to
be
tested.
So
what
Riverside
did
this
past
week?
G
Is
we
reopened
our
drive
up,
testing
right,
and
so
our
drive-thru
is
open
on
our
main
campus,
we've
been
seeing
so
far
about
200
patients
a
day
going
through
that
drive
up.
It's
very.
It
runs
very
well,
it's
open
from
7:00
in
the
morning
until
1:00
o'clock
and
you
have
24
to
48
hours,
turnaround
time
on
those
tests.
So
again,
if
you
need
a
covert
test,
it's
very
simple
and
easy
to
do.
For
those
folks
who
live
in
some
of
the
other
areas
of
our
service
area.
We've
got
a
facility
in
Qom
in
coal
city.
G
You
can
get
Kovac
testing
on
a
coal
city.
There's
a
separate
entrance
for
our
patient
safety
and
protection.
You
can
get
an
mone.
You
can
get
it
in
Frankfort
at
those
locations
as
well.
A
change
is
you
will
need
a
physician
order
to
have
a
COBIT
test.
All
the
insurances
have
changed,
or
many
of
them
have
changed
as
of
July
1.
They
are
requiring
a
physician
order
if
they
are
going
to
cover
it.
G
So
again,
if
you
want
a
Cova
test
and
you
go
to
your
primary
care
physician
and
get
a
physician
order,
so
you
can
come
to
come
through
a
drive
up
and
get
it
to
speed
up
the
process
at
Riverside
you
can
you
can
pre-register
on
my
chart.
You
can
pick
out
your
phone
call
up
your
my
chart
account
it's
simple
easy
to
do
and
you
can
register
right
on
your
phone,
so
you
can
kind
of
zip
through
line
pretty
quickly.
So
again,
lots
of
changes
happening
just
some
final
thoughts.
G
One
is
we
have
learned
a
lot
in
the
past
four
months.
Right
from
this
whole
Co
vid
pandemic
last
pandemic
was
1918
over
a
hundred
years
ago
right
the
the
Spanish
flu.
We
have
learned
a
tremendous
amount
across
the
board
from
about
this
pandemic
and
how
to
respond
better.
We
have
better
testing
more
available
testing.
We
have
better
tracing,
we
have
better
treatments
for
our
patients
who
come
through
the
hospital
setting
or
in
the
outpatient.
Setting
I
tell
people
this
and
they
cringe
here's
a
reality.
Kovac
is
not
going
away.
G
Let's
hope
and
pray
there's
a
vaccine.
Even
if
that
vaccine
comes
out,
you
still
have
to
produce
a
lot
of
vaccine.
There
are
seven
billion
people
in
this
world
and
and
who
needs
it,
the
most
our
seniors
need
it
the
most
right,
that's
something
that
we
learned.
Kovan
19
is
especially
hard
on
our
seniors
and
those
people
with
chronic
conditions
right
and
so
again,
if
I'm,
the
government,
which
I'm
not
I,
would
probably
be
eret.
G
The
thing
we
learned
is:
how
do
we
best
protect
our
seniors
and
the
people
who
have
chronic
conditions?
Our
seniors,
especially
who
live
in
congregate,
living
and
buy
congregate
living
that
is
Shapiro,
that
is
our
nursing
homes,
whether
it's
Miller,
whether
it's
Our
Lady
of
Victory,
whether
it's
Citadel
the
people
out
in
the
VA.
Those
people
are
most
at
risk
and
we
need
to
be
very
cautious
and
protecting
those
folks.
So
how
do
you
do
that?
Well,
you've
heard
it
over
and
over
and
over
again.
A
G
Do
you
protect
yourself,
your
loved
ones
and
others
wear
a
mask
in
public
guys
again,
I'm,
not
a
politician.
Maybe
it's
an
infringement
on
your
personal
human
rights
I.
Don't
really
care
I,
wear
masks
in
public
because
I
don't
want
to
infect
you
wear
a
mask
in
public,
so
you
don't
infect
me.
Please
write
where
my
family
or
my
loved
ones.
If
you're
gonna
go
to
visit
your
grandma
or
your
grandpa
or
your
great-aunt
wear
a
mask
for
their
sake
right,
not
for
not
for
yours,
but
for
their
sake,
because
you
killed
it
infect
them.
G
We
are
seeing
just
a
tremendous
amount
of
the
people
who
have
Kovan
19
they're
asymptomatic
I
mean
they
don't
have
any
symptoms
at
all.
You
could
be
walking
around
with
it.
You
could
be
a
carrier,
you
don't
even
know,
but
you
get
with
a
senior
or
you
get
with
someone
who
has
recovering
from
cancer
or
a
chronic
condition,
even
even
severe
diabetes.
You
can
infect
them
very
easily.
So
please,
please
wear
a
mask.
Secondly,
you
heard
it
over
and
over
wash
your
hands
right.
That
is
a
great
precaution.
Don't
touch
your
face
right!
G
Wear
a
mat,
wear
a
mask:
wash
your
hands,
don't
touch
your
face
and
social
distance
right.
If
you're,
not
if
you
don't
have
a
mask
on
make
sure
you're
6
feet.
Apart
make
sure
your
social
distancing,
common-sense
stuff
we've
been
saying
since
March.
Please
do
those
things
but
I'm
gonna
add
a
few
extra
things
on
there
to
your
list.
One
is
get
your
flu
shot
this
year
right,
so
the
flu
has
nothing
to
do
with
covet
right.
I
know
that,
but
the
healthier
you
are,
the
less
likely
you
are
to
get
Koba
19.
G
So
again,
you're
gonna
be
able
to
get
a
flu
shot
at
Riverside
at
Amita,
at
at
Walgreens
at
Walmart,
wherever
the
jewel
get
a
flu
shot
right,
keep
yourself
healthy
as
healthy
as
you
can,
as
we
go
into
the
winter
months
here,
don't
delay
your
routine
care
and
wellness
right.
If
you
have
a
chronic
condition,
the
best
way
to
protect
yourself
is
make
your
doctor's
appointment
right.
G
Dr.
King
talked
to
dr.
hill
talked
about
amita
physicians.
Riverside
physicians
have
done
the
same
thing.
All
of
our
offices
are
cleaned.
We
do
social
distancing.
We
do
spacing
our
physicians
and
our
office
staff
are
wearing
masks,
you're
required
to
wear
a
mask
when
you
come
in,
get
your
routine
care
because
that's
going
to
keep
you
healthy
as
you
go
into
the
fall
right
and
you
want
to
be
as
healthy
as
you
can,
as
you
go
into
the
winter
months
here,
so
get
you
a
routine
care.
G
I
will
say
this
and
I'll
probably
get
bashed
for
it.
Don't
listen
to
the
fear
mongers
right.
There
are
people
out
there
who
want
who
want
a
fear
monger
who
want
the
extreme
right.
Take
these
precautions.
Do
these
things
and
you're
gonna,
protect
yourself
and
we're
gonna
be
okay,
so
stay
calm
and
we'll
get
through
this
together
as
a
community.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
time.
H
We've
also
been
able
to
ask
those
questions
up
to
our
local
health
department's
and
are
able
to
filter
those
responses
back
to
the
group
of
superintendents
that
continue
to
meet
with
us.
We
are
very
lucky
to
have
health
departments
that
are
willing
to
come
to
these
meetings
and
share
directly
with
our
district
superintendents,
so
they
can
be
as
informed
as
possible.
H
Other
things
that
we're
doing
is
we're
sharing
resources
directly
with
our
schools,
whether
that's
from
the
Illinois
Department
of
Public
Health,
the
Center
for
Disease
Control
or
our
local
health
departments
in
the
Illinois
State
Board
of
Education.
And
finally,
we
we
try
to
coordinate
with
being
certain
that,
when
school
districts
need
PPE
that,
if
they're
having
difficulty
that
we
can
reach
out
and
ask
through
the
county
resources
to
know,
can
we
assist
our
school.
So
the
PPE
is
there
for
employees
and
as
they've,
been
working
with
our
students.
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The
second
piece
that
you're
going
to
see
that
is
a
central
tenant
in
the
guidance
is
that
they're
that
face
coverings
are
required
for
students
when
they're
indoors
and
at
school
and
social
distancing
is
to
the
extent
possible
when
we
have
those
tenants.
It's
it
brings
a
natural
question
of.
Why
do
we
see
differences
at
school
districts
that
may
even
be
neighboring
school
districts
and
and
quite
frankly,
it's
because
each
one
of
our
school
districts
is
unique.
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They're
they're
unique
in
size
of
buildings,
they're
unique
in
number
of
staff,
they're
unique
in
total
student
population
just
to
name
a
few,
and
when
you
look
at
those
individual
criteria,
what
we
are
finding
is
that
we
have
administrative
teams
that
are
working
diligently
to
take
the
unique
characteristics
of
their
own
school
district
and
develop
a
plan.
That's
actionable
and
safe
for
students
in
the
fall,
and
that's
what
we're
seeing
right
now,
plans
that
are
locally
determined
and
and
able
to
be
monitored
at
the
local
level
as
opposed
to
coming
down
as
a
one-size-fits-all.
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So
as
I
look
around
the
region,
what
I
am
seeing
are
those
district
teams
that
are
putting
the
plans
together,
I'm,
seeing
families
that
are
engaging
with
the
school
asking
good
questions
listening
to
the
whys
and
the
reasoning
behind
decisions
that
are
making.
But
at
the
same
time
we
we're
going
to
need
to
have
to
accept
that
this
school
year
will
be
different.
We
will
be
doing
things
differently
than
we
have
in
the
past
and
that's
okay,
and
we
will
continue
to
make
decisions
as
the
year
goes
on.
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That
is
in
the
best
interest
of
the
student,
the
child
and,
as
we
continue
to
work
with
with
our
schools
with
our
districts.
The
the
goal
is
that,
through
all
of
this,
our
students
feel
supported
by
their
parents
by
the
school
by
the
district
and
by
the
public,
and
that's
the
community
reaction
that
we're
seeing
as
we
approach
the
coming
school
year,
so
I'm
very
proud
of
the
work
that
I'm
seeing
in
each
one
of
our
districts.