Practice English Speaking&Listening with: State of Ohio Governor DeWine coronavirus in Ohio full press conference 5/26/2020.

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WAS TESTED OVER TO THE

GOVERNOR TO LISTEN IN ON HIS

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE.

FROM MY FRIEND BROOKE

WILLIAMS IN HIGHLAND COUNTY.

AND PART HE SENT ME A NICE CARD

. WHEN EVERYTHING STARTED WITH

THE VIRUS, CONNIE, HIS WIFE AND

OUR DAUGHTER LAUREN BEGAN

MAKING MASKS.

THE PROJECT GREW TO INCLUDE

CONNIE'S MOM FRAN.

SO, THREE GENERATIONS WORKED

TOGETHER.

THEY MADE CLOSE TO 1200 MASKS

WHEN THEY REACHED 999 AND 1000.

WE AGREE YOU SHOULD BE THE

RECIPIENT.

WILLIAM FRAN HAS MADE SEVERAL

MASKS HERSELF BUT THOUGHT SHE

MIGHT ENJOY ONE AS A GIFT.

THIS IS THE MASK. AGAIN, MADE

BY, I GUESS RICK DIDN'T MAKE IT

BUT CONNIE, LAUREN AND FRAN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING

THAT.

I AM WEARING A TIE TODAY FROM

BLUFFTON.

BLUFFTON UNIVERSITY.

LIBERAL ARTS UNIVERSITY IN

ALLEN COUNTY.

THE BLUFFTON BEAVERS.

SHOUT OUT TO BLUFFTON

UNIVERSITY.

AS WE GET BACK TO WORK

AFTER MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, WE

REMEMBER AND OF COURSE THIS

PAST WEEKEND, THOSE THAT GAVE

THEIR LIVES IN DEFENSE OF OUR

FREEDOM.

AS WE START TODAY, I WOULD LIKE

TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE

THOSE THAT ARE CURRENTLY

SERVING OUR COUNTRY.

WE ARE VERY PROUD OF THEM.

WE ARE GOING TO START WITH A

PORTION OF THE SONG IT'S

AMERICA PERFORMED BY

CAMOUFLAGED, THE COUNTRY MUSIC

PERFORMANCE TEAM OF THE 338th

ARMY RESERVE BAND.

THEY ARE STATIONED IN WHITEHALL

AND MICHIGAN.

AND THEY PERFORMED FOR OHIO AND

MICHIGAN MILITARY MEMBERS,

VETERANS AND CIVILIANS THROUGH

A VARIETY OF CONCERTS, PARADES,

SPORTING EVENTS, EDUCATIONAL

OUTREACH EVENTS AND PROVIDING

TAPS AND HONORS FOR MILITARY

FUNERALS.

THIS VIDEO WAS CREATED USING

TECHNOLOGY TO CONTINUE MISSION

TRAINING VIRTUALLY.

IT RECOGNIZES WHAT BRINGS US

TOGETHER AS OHIOANS AND AS

AMERICANS.

LET'S TAKE A LISTEN.

[ MUSIC ]

IT'S GREAT.

WE WILL TALK THIS AFTERNOON FOR

A MOMENT A FEW MOMENTS ABOUT

TESTING AND NURSING HOMES.

AS WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH

MORE CAPACITY TO TEST, MORE

TESTS AVAILABLE, NOT ONLY

THROUGH WHICH THE STATE IS

DOING AND WHAT LOCAL HEALTH

DEPARTMENTS ARE DOING, BUT ALSO

THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

WE WOULD EXPECT THE PRIVATE

SECTOR WILL CONTINUE TO SEE

THEM EXPAND AVAILABILITY OF

TESTING IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS

AHEAD.

AS FAR AS WE ARE CONCERNED, WE

HAD TWO BIG GOALS.

ONE IS TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON

WHERE THERE ARE HOTSPOTS AND

MAKE SURE WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE

IN WITH APPROPRIATE TESTING.

THE SECOND BIG THING WE ARE

DOING IS WE ARE RAMPING UP OUR

LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS

CAPABILITY AS OUR DETECTIVES

WHO WHEN SOMEONE TEST POSITIVE

GO OUT ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS AND

TALK WITH THE INDIVIDUAL AND

TALK TO THE INDIVIDUAL ON THE

PHONE.

AND THEN DETERMINE WHO ALL THEY

HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH.

AGAIN, THIS IS GETTING MORE

AGGRESSIVE ON OUR BEHALF GOING

AFTER THE COVID-19.

TODAY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE

FIRST.

THAT IS THE HOTSPOTS.

I WANT TO TALK SPECIFICALLY

ABOUT OUR NURSING HOMES.

AS YOU KNOW, A LARGE NUMBER OF

OUR DEATHS IN OHIO FROM COVID-

19 HAVE OCCURRED IN REGARD TO

NURSING HOME PATIENTS.

NURSING HOMES CONTAIN SOME OF

THE MOST HONORABLE MEMBERS OF

OUR SOCIETY BASED ON AGE, BUT

ALSO BASED ON MEDICAL

CONDITION.

I HAVE ASKED MY TEAM AND

CHALLENGED THEM TO WORK WITH

THE OHIO NATIONAL GUARD, LOCAL

HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, LOCAL

HOSPITALS, TO GO AFTER THIS

PROBLEM.

SO, WE ARE GOING TO START THIS

WEEK.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK,

BUT WE ARE STARTING THIS WEEK A

NEW PLAN.

AND A NEW EFFORT.

AND IT INVOLVES, I AM VERY

PROUD TO SAY THE OHIO NATIONAL

GUARD.

IN GENERAL HARRIS.

WE ARE STANDING UP WHAT WE ARE

CALLING CONGREGATE CARE UNIFIED

RESPONSE TEAMS.

PLEASE WILL CONSIST OF 10

MEMBERS.

WE WILL BE UP TO 14 DIFFERENT

TEAMS THEY WILL START TESTING

IN NURSING HOMES THIS WEEK.

THE NATIONAL GUARD WILL BE

DOING THE SWAPPING.

ADVANCED WORK FOR THIS WILL BE

A COMBINATION OF LOCAL HEALTH

DEPARTMENT, OUR MEDICAID AND

HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AT THE STATE

LEVEL WILL BE INVOLVED AS WELL.

SO, WHAT THEY WILL DO IS GO

INTO A NURSING HOME INTO

ADVANCED WORK.

THEN, THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY

THE NATIONAL GUARD COMING IN

AND DOING TESTING.

IS GOING TO GET TESTED?

PEOPLE WILL TO TECH TEST ALL

STAFF.

ALL STAFF WILL BE TESTED.

THE TESTING OF THE RESIDENCE

WILL BE BASED ON ASSESSMENT.

CLINICIANS, THE ADVANCED TEAM

WILL GO OUT AND ASSESS THE

SITUATION AT THE NURSING HOME.

THEY WILL MAKE A DETERMINATION,

MAYBE IF THERE IS A CERTAIN

PART OF THE NURSING HOME TO BE

TESTED, IN SOME CASES, ALL THE

NURSING HOME SHOULD BE TESTED.

THIS WOULD BE A DECISION BASED

ON CLINICALLY DRIVEN STRATEGIES

THAT TARGETS THOSE THAT HAVE

LIKELY BEEN EXPOSED TO COVID-19

WE ARE GOING TO START WITH THE

NURSING HOMES THAT HAVE HAD AN

EXPERIENCE OF COVID-19.

IS THERE CURRENTLY ONGOING IN

THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

TO GIVE YOU THE BIG PICTURE,

THERE ARE 960 NURSING HOMES IN

THE STATE OF OHIO.

APPROXIMATELY 200 OF THESE HAVE

A COVID HISTORY.

SO, MY ONLY ORDER TO OUR TEAM

HAS BEEN TO DEPLOY THE

RESOURCES WE HAVE AS QUICKLY AS

WE HAVE AND FOCUS ON THE GOAL

OF SAVING THE MOST LIVES THAT

WE CAN.

THIS IS CLINICALLY DRIVEN, THIS

IS MEDICALLY DRIVEN.

CLINICIANS WILL BE MAKING THESE

ASSESSMENT DECISIONS.

THE GUARD WILL COME IN AND

TEST, TAKE THE TEST.

APPROPRIATELY BASED UPON THOSE

INSTRUCTIONS.

SO AGAIN, WE WILL SEE THAT

START THIS WEEK.

IT WILL BE AN ONGOING PROCESS.

WE ARE NOT SURE HOW MANY HOMES

WILL BE DONE EVERY WEEK, WE

WILL GIVE YOU A REPORT AS WE

MOVE FORWARD.

THIS WILL BE A CONTINUATION

PROCESS THAT WILL GO ON FOR A

NUMBER OF WEEKS.

AND THE TARGETING OF WHAT HOMES

TO GO INTO AGAIN IS BASED ON

WHAT CLINICIANS THINK IS THE

BEST AND MOST LIKELY THAT THEY

CAN SAVE THE MOST LIVES OUR

GOAL IS TO HAVE ALL NURSING

HOMES TESTED.

THE FULLY REALIZED DR. I CAN

ONLY SAYS THIS AND I AM SURE

SHE WILL HAVE COMMENTS AFTER I

GET DONE.

BUT, TESTING, NOTHING MAGICAL

ABOUT TESTING.

IT IS A TOOL.

IT IS A TOOL AND A SNAPSHOT IN

TIME.

SO, YOU GO IN AND PEOPLE ARE

TESTED.

IT TELLS YOU WHO IS TESTING

POSITIVE NOW.

THIS AGAIN IS PARTICULARLY

IMPORTANT.

ALTHOUGH ALL NURSING HOMES HAVE

BEEN DEPLOYING FOR SOME TIME.

ALL OF THIS SINCE WE STARTED

THIS.

THE BEST THIS IS WE HAVE TALKED

ABOUT, WITH A STAFF MEMBER FOR

EXAMPLE IS ILL.

BUT, AS WE HAVE LEARNED AND IT

HAS BEEN DRIVEN HOME TO US

EVERY DAY, THERE ARE A LOT OF

PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE

POSITIVE ON OUR LIKELIHOOD

CONTAGIOUS AND YET THEY HAVE NO

SYMPTOMS.

THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY

THIS TESTING IS IN FACT

IMPORTANT.

THIS IS A NEW PHASE.

WE BEGAN IT TODAY AT THE

BEGINNING OF THIS WEEK AND WILL

BE REPORTING BACK TO AT LEAST

ONCE A WEEK EXACTLY HOW THAT IS

GOING.

LET ME ALSO ANNOUNCE ALSO THIS

WEEK, WE WILL BE IN THE TESTING

OF ALL RESIDENTS AND STAFF

MEMBERS OF THE STATES

DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT EFFORT TO

TRY TO LIMIT THE SPREAD OF

COVID-19 IN THIS CONGREGATE

CARE SETTINGS.

AGAIN, MEDICALLY TRAINED

MEMBERS OF THE OHIO NATIONAL

GUARD WILL BE OF THE STATE

EIGHT DEVELOPMENTAL CENTERS TO

TEST RESIDENTS AND STAFF.

THAT IS IN SOMETHING THAT WILL

OCCUR THIS WEEK AND WE BELIEVE

SHOULD BE LIKELIHOOD COMPLETED

THIS WEEK.

DR. AKIN?

THANK YOU, GOVERNOR.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

WE WILL START, AS ALWAYS WITH

THE NUMBERS.

AND THEY CONFIRMED CASES RIGHT

NOW IN OUR FILES AT 33,006

CASES.

NOW IN OHIO, WE HAVE OVER 2000,

2002 AS FAR.

IS AN INCREASE IN THE LAST 24

HOURS OF 15.

AND THE REST OF OUR STAFF?

THANKS, ERIC.

I AGE RANGE HAS CHANGED

SLIGHTLY.

WE ARE GOING FROM AN INFANT

UNDER THE AGE OF ONE TO 109

YEARS OF AGE.

STILL SKEWING MOSTLY MALE.

WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TESTED

OVER 337,000 INDIVIDUALS IN

OHIO AT THIS POINT.

THE MEDIAN AGE OF CASES IS 49

YEARS OF AGE.

WE ARE HAVING ABOUT ALL OF OUR

CASES 17% RESULT IN

HOSPITALIZATION.

AND 4% AND I SEE YOU VISIT.

WE KNOW THAT WE ARE STAYING

RELATIVELY STABLE IN THE

MEMBERS OF COVID RELATED ICU

VISITS.

AGAIN, OUR TRENDS, WE ARE

LOOKING OVER A 21 DAY PERIOD.

WE ARE STILL SEEING WE ARE VERY

MUCH IN A PLATEAU PHASE.

WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DOWN

TODAY IN SOME OF OUR NUMBERS,

BASED ON A 21 DAY AVERAGE, BUT

STILL VERY CLOSE.

NEXT SLIDE.

TESTING MEMBERS CONTINUE TO

GO UP.

WE OFTEN SEE A DIP IN THE

MEMBERS OF THE WEEKEND.

NOT ALL TESTING CENTERS ARE

OPERATING EVERY DAY, ESPECIALLY

DURING A HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

WE WILL SEE A HIGH UPTAKE WITH

THE START OF THE WEEK.

OUR ARE NOT NUMBERS, AGAIN, WE

ARE LOOKING FOR THIS

REPRODUCTIVE NUMBER, THE SPREAD

OF ONE PERSON TO ONE PERSON AS

OUR GOAL.

WE ARE STILL BELOW, ALTHOUGH WE

DO SEE A SLIGHT UPTICK.

THIS IS SOMETHING WATCHING

CLOSELY.

AS WE SAID IN THE PAST, A

TYPICAL SPREAD AT THE BEGINNING

OF THIS DISEASE WAS SEEN AS ONE

PERSON BEING ABLE TO SPREAD IT

TO 2 TO 3 PEOPLE AS HIGH AS

FIVE PEOPLE.

IN OHIO, SINCE ALL THE MEASURES

WE TOOK IN OUR WORK TOGETHER WE

SAW THAT GET TO ONE OR BELOW

THE TYPICAL FLU SEASON IS A 1

TO 1.2.

THAT IS WHEN WE SEE OUR

CAPACITY AT HOSPITALS BE

TARGETED.

RIGHT NOW, WE ARE STILL AT ONE

AND KEEP AN EYE ON THAT.

THAT INDICATOR LACKS ABOUT TWO

WEEKS.

I THINK THAT IS IT FOR OUR DATA

TODAY, GOVERNOR.

THANK YOU.

WE REALLY CAN'T SAY ENOUGH

ABOUT FOLKS OF THE FRONT LINES

EVERY SINGLE DAY.

CORONAVIRUS BEGAN INVADING OUR

COMMUNITIES, OUR DOCTORS,

NURSES AND OTHER MEDICAL

WORKERS REALLY THROUGHOUT THIS

TIME HAS FACED IT REALLY HEAD

ON.

THEY HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL

JOB.

WE ARE GOING TO BE JOINED TODAY

BY JEFF BEFORE CONTRACTING

COVID-19.

JEFF A PHYSICIAN IN SOUTHWEST

OHIO WAS HEALTHY ACTIVE AND

STRONG NOW AS HE CONTINUES TO

RECOVER, THANK GOD, AFTER MORE

THAN A MONTH AND THE HOSPITAL,

HE SAYS HE ANTICIPATES HE WON'T

BE BACK TO NORMAL FOR A WHILE.

AND WE WILL HAVE THE

OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH HIM.

WE HAVE ASKED JEFF AND HIS WIFE

TINA, WHO IS ALSO A PHYSICIAN

AND ALSO CONTRASTED COVID-19 TO

TELL YOU THEIR STORY.

THE STORY REMINDS US ALL OF US

ABOUT WHY TAKING SAFETY

PRECAUTIONS FOR CELLS AND

OTHERS IS SO VERY IMPORTANT.

SO, THANK YOU BOTH FOR TALON

JOINING US.

GOOD TO SEE BOTH OF YOU.

WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL.

JEFF, I WONDER IF WE CAN MAYBE

START OFF WITH YOU AND YOU CAN

TALK A LITTLE BIT MAYBE ABOUT

YOUR EXPERIENCE.

SURE.

THANK YOU GOVERNOR FOR HAVING

US.

LIKE HE SAID, I WAS A PRETTY

HEALTHY PERSON FOR 63.

I EXERCISED, I LIVE ON A 60

ACRE FARM SO THERE IS A LOT OF

PHYSICAL LABOR TO BE DONE.

MARCH 20, I STARTED TO FEEL

FATIGUED.

AND MAYBE A LOW-GRADE

TEMPERATURE, NOTHING MUCH.

THAT WAS A FRIDAY, I BELIEVE.

AND KNOWING THE COVID PANDEMIC

WAS HAPPENING, I WENT TO URGENT

CARE.

AT THAT TIME, THAT WAS THE ONLY

PLACE THAT WOULD TEST AND I DID

NOT WANT TO EXPOSE MY PATIENTS.

AND I ULTIMATELY ENDED UP

TESTING POSITIVE.

I DID NOT REALLY NEED ANY

CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION.

THEN, I THINK I WAS ADMITTED ON

MARCH 27 THAT I WAS LAYING DOWN

I HAD A FEVER, CHILLS AND

FATIGUE.

I DID NOT HAVE MUCH OF A COUGH

AND WAS NEVER SHORT OF BREATH.

BUT I THINK I WAS NOT ALWAYS

LUCID.

MY WIFE AT THAT POINT DECIDED

TO TAKE ME TO THE HOSPITAL.

THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF THAT.

I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND

PRETTY QUICKLY, THE DOCTOR TOLD

ME THAT WAS OUR I WAS GOING TO

NEED TO BE INTUBATED.

I WOULD PRETTY MUCH TO THE ICU.

IT'S ALL A BLUR FOR ME BECAUSE

I WAS UNDER HALLUCINATION AND

INTUBATED.

MY WIFE, PROBABLY AT THAT

POINT, WAS A MESS, BECAUSE WHEN

YOU ARE DROPPED OFF AT THE

HOSPITAL, USUALLY GO INTO THE

HOSPITAL WITH YOUR SICK LOVED

ONE.

BUT THEY SAID WAIT IN THE

PARKING LOT AND WE WILL GET

BACK WITH YOU.

SO, THAT IS ONE OF THE BIG

PROBLEMS WITH COVID-19.

NOBODY THAT YOU LOVE CAN REALLY

BE THERE, TOUCH YOU AND HELP

YOU.

IT'S BOTH EMOTIONAL AND THE

PHYSICAL IN DISABILITIES YOU

ARE EXPERIENCING.

SO, THAT'S HOW IT STARTED.

TINA CAN TALK ABOUT HOW IT WAS

TO BE PUT INTO THE PARKING LOT.

THE FIRST 48 HOURS, I DID

NOT STAY IN THE PARKING LOT FOR

48 HOURS.

I FELT LIKE I WANTED TO BUT HAD

SOME OF MY ADULT CHILDREN AT

HOME I NEEDED TO CONSOLE.

THE FIRST WEEK IT WAS VERY

ROUGH.

JEFF, HIS HEART WAS AFFECTED BY

THE VIRUS.

HIS CARDIAC ENZYMES WERE WAY

UP.

HE WAS ON A VENTILATOR, LIVER

AND KIDNEY FUNCTIONS WERE

ABNORMAL.

AND A LOT OF MARKERS SHOW THAT

HE WAS IN SOMETHING CALLED

CYTOKINE RELEASE SYNDROME OR

ELEVATED INCLUDING SOME OF HIS

CLOTTING FACTORS.

AND, HIS BLOOD PRESSURE STARTED

TO DROP AND HAD TO BE PUT ON

TWO MEDICATIONS TO KEEP HIS

BLOOD PRESSURE UP.

IT WAS A REALLY LONG WEEKEND.

THEY DECIDED THAT HE WAS IN

SOMETHING CALLED CYTOKINE

RELEASE OR SOME KIND STORM AND

TREATED THAT.

AND PRETTY QUICKLY AFTER THAT

TREATMENT, THINGS STARTED TO

TURN AROUND WITHIN THE FIRST

FOUR DAYS.

HE WAS OFF THE VENTILATOR AND

HIS LABORATORY ABNORMALITIES

WERE IMPROVING AND HE WAS DOING

QUITE A BIT BETTER AT THAT

POINT.

BUT, THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF

HIS MONTH IN THE HOSPITAL.

SOMEONE THEY TAKE YOU OFF

THE VENTILATOR, GOVERNOR

DeWINE, THEY PUT YOU ON

EXTERNAL VENTILATORS.

SO, WHEN PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT

THE DISCOMFORT OF WEARING A

MASK, I HOPE THEY NEVER

EXPERIENCE THESE EXTERNAL

VENTILATORS.

ONE IS LIKE AN ASTRONAUT

HELMET.

BUT, IT IS PLASTIC.

THE PRESSURE CHANGES IN AND OUT

SO YOU CAN BREATHE.

IT IS EXTREMELY LOUD.

THE STEAM IT BUILDS UP IN YOUR

FACE.

I AM NOT A TERRIBLY ANXIOUS

PERSON, BUT IT CREATED A LOT OF

ANXIETY.

THE OTHER ONE IS CALLED A BIPAP

THAT STICKS ON THEIR FACE.

AND AGAIN, IT EXCHANGES AIR.

IT IS NOT VERY COMFORTABLE.

BOTH OF THEM WERE LIFESAVING.

, THEY WERE VERY MUCH ANXIETY

PROVOKING.

IT WAS TOUGH AT THIS POINT.

OF COURSE, I HAD NO ONE THERE

WITH ME.

HOW LONG WERE YOU ON THAT

SECOND ONE?

THAT WAS OFF AND ON BECAUSE

I RELAPSED GOING INTO ANOTHER

KIND OF STORM SEVERAL DAYS

AFTER THE FIRST ONE.

I WAS ON THOSE FOR SEVERAL

DAYS.

HE WAS ON ABOUT TWO WEEKS

AND HAD HIS THIRD WEEK IN THE

HOSPITAL.

EVERYTHING STARTED TO LOOK

DARKER AGAIN.

HIS BLOOD PRESSURE STARTED

DROPPING.

HIS TEMPERATURE WENT BACK TO

103, 102 FOR MOST OF THE WEEK.

THEY WERE CONSIDERING HE MIGHT

HAVE A SECONDARY INFECTION,

WHICH IS WORRISOME WITH COVID

PATIENTS.

WHEN THE LABS CAME BACK,

EVENTUALLY, IT LOOKED LIKE HE

HAD GONE INTO THE BEGINNING OF

CYTOKINE RELEASE AGAIN WHICH

REQUIRED MORE TREATMENT FOR

THAT.

ALL OF THIS TIME, HE HAD BEEN

USING THE BIPAP MASK AND HE

REALLY DID HAVE A LOT OF PERIOD

OF CONFUSION.

JUST SO DIFFICULT TO BE AWAY

FROM HIM AND NOT BE ABLE TO BE

UP THERE TO HELP COMFORT AND

CONSOLE HIM WHEN GOING THROUGH

THIS.

ONCE THIS SECOND WORSENING

HAPPEN, THEN HE SPEND ANOTHER

10 DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL

GRADUALLY IMPROVING AND STILL

CONTINUES TO MAKE PROGRESS HERE

AT HOME.

DR. AKIN'S HERE, I'M GOING

TO ASK HER IF SHE HAS ANY

QUESTIONS.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

IT IS AN HONOR FIRST OF ALL TO

MEET YOU BOTH.

I AM SO SORRY YOU HAVE HAD TO

GO THROUGH THIS.

I THINK ONE OF THE HARDEST

THINGS AS A PHYSICIAN I HAVE

BEEN FACING IS WE TALK A LOT

ABOUT PEOPLE DYING FROM THIS.

PEOPLE DON'T TALK ABOUT THE

THING WE TALK ABOUT IN MEDICINE

CALLED MORE ABILITY MEANING HOW

HARD IT IS TO HAVE IT AND

RECOVER.

YOUR JOURNEY STARTED MARCH 20,

HERE WE ARE IN MAY.

I CAN TELL THAT YOU ARE STILL

HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING AND

TALKING RIGHT NOW, RIGHT?

IT'S SO MUCH BETTER THAN IT

WAS.

THE FIRST TIME I STOOD UP, I

THINK THEY WANTED TO WEIGH ME.

I WENT FROM 220 TO 170 DURING

HOSPITALIZATION.

I AM ABOUT 6 FOOT 2. MOST OF

THAT WAS MUSCLE MASS.

I ALWAYS WANTED TO LOSE A

LITTLE BIT, BUT NOT THIS MUCH.

THE FIRST TIME I STOOD UP, I

SAID WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING

ON?

I FELT LIKE I WAS ON A -- I

COULD NOT EVEN DEGREES TAKING A

FEW STEPS.

I WAS LITERALLY GASPING FOR

AIR.

THAT IS SORT OF THE BIGGEST

THING NOW RESIDUAL HE IS MY

LUNGS AND PNEUMONIA AND THE

SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE IT HAS DONE.

IT IS GETTING BETTER ON A

WEEKLY BASIS.

I STILL HAVE SOME

CONVERSATIONAL TO SMIRNOV.

I FEEL BETTER.

I CAN WALK FROM ONE ROOM TO

ANOTHER.

I HAVE TO RAISE MY OXYGEN UP.

BUT, IT IS BETTER AND I AM

THANKFUL.

AS PHYSICIANS, WHAT WOULD

YOU LIKE TO TELL PEOPLE?

YOU LISTED AS FAMILY, YOU HAVE

LISTED AS PATIENT.

YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE

AND MIXING MORE.

WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU HAVE TO

US, AND WHAT MORE COULD WE BE

DOING?

CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG,

THERE IS REALLY NO FDA

MEDICATION THAT IS EQUIPPED FOR

THIS, THEY ARE STILL

RESEARCHING IT AND PROMISING

DRUGS.

BUT, THERE ARE THE LIFESTYLE

THINGS WE CAN DO.

GOOD HANDWASHING, SOCIAL

DISTANCING, WEARING A MASK WHEN

YOU'RE OUT THERE.

THE MASK IS NOT 100%, BUT WE

WANT TO PROTECT THOSE WHO ARE

MOST VULNERABLE.

AND I THINK PEOPLE HAVE THIS

CAVALIER THING, I AM YOUNG, I

DON'T NEED TO WORRY, BUT AS I

STATED BEFORE, THE RANGE OF

DEATHS IS FROM IN PERSON

INFANCY TO OVER 100.

ANY OF US ARE ON SUSCEPTIBLE.

I AM NOT ON ANY MEDICATIONS OR

BLOOD PRESSURE ISSUES.

I THOUGHT I WAS IN VERY GOOD

SHAPE.

IT TERRIFIES ME BUT I

UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TO OPEN UP.

WITH BUSINESSES OPEN AND

RESTAURANTS, IT IS SCARY FOR ME

BECAUSE I WENT THROUGH A

TRAUMATIC EVENT.

I WOULD HOPE PEOPLE WOULD DO

WHATEVER IT IS RECOMMENDED TO

PREVENT FURTHERING THIS

PANDEMIC.

WELL, THE THANK YOU, JESS

AND TINA.

BOTH DOCTORS, THANK YOU.

WE APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

YOU ARE VERY KIND TO SHARE THIS

WITH US.

WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.

WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR

PEOPLE TO SEE AND HEAR IT

REALLY FROM SOMEONE WHO HAD

EXPERIENCED THIS.

I GUESS BOTH OF YOU HAVE

EXPERIENCED IT IN A DIFFERENT

WAY, BUT TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM

YOU, SO THANK YOU.

AND I SAY ONE MORE THING?

SURE, ABSOLUTELY.

I HAD OVERWHELMING SUPPORT

FROM MY COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE I

DIDN'T NOW.

AND I WANT TO THANK THEM,

FAMILY, FRIENDS AND STRANGERS.

I WAS READING 150 CARDS TODAY,

BUT I DIDN'T HAVE THE STRENGTH

TO OPEN THEM UP.

AND THEN, JUST THE PRINT.

SO, SOME GOOD CAME OUT OF THIS.

IT SHOWS ME HOW IMPORTANT

FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL OF

THOSE PEOPLE.

IS GREAT, THANK YOU BOTH

VERY MUCH.

WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL.

WE ARE READY FOR QUESTIONS.

HEY, LAURA.

GOOD AFTERNOON GOVERNOR, THE

NEARLY 3 MONTHS INTO THIS

CRISIS AND THREE QUARTERS OF

THE DEATHS ARE LINKED TO

NURSING HOMES.

WHY DIDN'T WE HAVE MORE

COMPREHENSIVE TESTING EARLIER

IN THE CRISIS NOW THAT WE HAVE

THE BENEFIT OF 20/20 HINDSIGHT

THERE CERTAINLY HAS BEEN

SOME TESTING YOU KNOW WHEN THE

NURSING HOME KNEW THEY HAD

SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE POSITIVE.

TESTING WAS DONE.

BUT, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE

FELT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO

DEPLOY WITH THIS MUCH OF FOCUS

BECAUSE OF THE TESTING.

IT IS NOT ONLY THE TESTING WE

ARE SEEING DONE NOW, BUT, AS WE

HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS, OUR

CAPACITY IS GOING OUT.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THAT

CAPACITY UP.

AS THE GUARD GOES OUT, OUR

TESTING WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE

TO ADD CAPACITY TO GO UP.

WE ARE IN A POSITION NOW TO DO

IT.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN I

LOOKED AT THIS, AND WE KEPT

LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS AND SAID

OKAY, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO

DEPLOY THIS TESTING?

YOU TRY TO DO TWO THINGS AT

ONCE.

ONE IS YOU TRY TO KEEP FROM

THERE BEING COMMUNITY SPREAD.

THAT IS WHY WE ARE INCREASING

THE LOCAL HEALTH WORKERS WHO

WILL GO OUT AND INTERVIEW

PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO

HAVE TESTED POSITIVE.

THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TO DO

COMMUNITY TESTING.

BUT, TO SAVE THE MOST LIVES,

YOU CLEARLY HAVE TO GO AND

FOCUS ON WHERE PEOPLE ARE

DYING.