>>>
>>> The
>>> The governor in Tampa 4@ today.
today.
today. I'm going to take you live to
the news conference today.
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>>
>> PEAK
>> PEAK HOSPITALIZATION WAS 70 ON APRIL 4@8th.
100,000 RESIDENTS IN HILLSBORO
IS 2.5.
IS 2.5.
IS 2.5. THAT IS ONE OF THE LOWEST RATES
YOU ARE GOING TO 4@FIND 4@ANYWH
I 4@THINK THAT'S 4@A TESTAMENT.
MY HATS OFF YOU.
I THINK YOU'VE DONE A
TREMENDOUS JOB IN SHOWING THE
WAY.
WAY.
WAY. YO4@U LOOK AT 4@SOME OF THE THI
WHERE WE WERE 4@TOLD JUST 4@SIX
WEEKS AGO THE HOSPITALS WOULD
BE OVERRUN AND PEOPLE WOULDN'T
BE ABLE TO GET CARE AND THERE 4@
WAS A LOT OF STORIES BEING PUT
OUT ABOUT HOW PEOPLE WERE
REALLY UNDERSTANDABLY WHEN YOU @
HEAR THAT VERY, VERY4@ SCARED.
THEY'RE ON A VENTILATOR, NOT 4@
GETTING THE CARE THEY NEED.
IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA WE 4@HA
6,000 4@408 VENTILATORS SITTING
IDOL.
IDOL.
IDOL. THE
IDOL. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PATIENTS
ARE ABOUT 400 ON VENTILATORS.
FACT OF THE 4@MATTER IS PEOPLE
ARE GETTING GREAT 4@CARE AND A
LOT OF THOSE DOOMSDAY 4@SCENARI
ARE GETTING GREAT 4@CARE AND A LOT OF THOSE DOOMSDAY 4@SCENARI@
HAVE 4@NOT COME TO PASS.
THEY'RE PROBABLY UP TO 4@CLOSE
12,000 DOCUMENTED 4@4@SESSIONS.@
EVEN MIAMI-DADE WHICH IS KIND
OF THE PLACE THAT SEEN THE MOST
IN FLORIDA, 4@YOU TALK 4@ABOUT
HOSPITAL RESOURCES AND ICU BEDS
AS OF LAST 4@NIGHT, 45% OF THE
ICU BEDS ARE AVAILABLE.
THIS IS THE PART OF THE STATE
THAT'S SE4@EN 4@THE MOST CASES.
THIS IS THE PART OF THE STATE THAT'S SE4@EN 4@THE MOST CASES.@
I THINK THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO 4@
THE FACT OF SIX WEEKS AGO 4@WE
HAVE A STATEWIDE 4@UNDER 2200
CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW BUT YOU'VE @
SEEN THE HOSPITAL SYSTEM PULL
UP.
UP.
UP. THERE'S BEEN CAPACITY THAT'S 4@
NEVER BEEN AN ISSUE DURING
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. I
THIS. I TH4@INK IT'S 4@IMPORTANT FOR
PEOPLE TO KNOW AND IMPORTANT IN
HILLSBORO COUNTY FOR PEOPLE TO @
LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND 4@SAY
MAN, WHO WOULD PREDICTED SIX
WEEKS AGO.
WEEKS AGO. MY4@ HATS OFF 4@TO FOLKS.
WE TALKED A LOT AND GEMMING TO
LET SOME OF 4@THE OTHERS GO INT
DETAIL.
DETAIL.
DETAIL. WE'RE ALL FOCUSED ON 4@TESTING.
WE'VE DONE A LOT ON TESTING 4@I
THE 4@STATE OF FLORIDA.
THE STATE DECIDES WHAT THEY RUN
WITH SWABS AND 4@ABUNCH OF
SUPPLIES THROUGHOUT THE LAST
SIX WEEKS.
SIX WEEKS. THE GOOD THING IS THEY'RE ABLE
TO SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE,
PATIENTS GO THROUGH THERE.
THEY4@ DON'T 4@ALWAYS GET 4@THE
DEMAND.
DEMAND.
DEMAND. MAYBE THERE'S NOT AS MANY
SYMPTOMATIC.
SYMPTOMATIC. MOST OF THE PEOPLE TESTING IN
THE STATE OF FLORIDA ARE
TESTING NEGATIVE 4@WHICH IS A
GREAT THING.
GREAT THING. SOME HAVE 30, 40, CLOSE TO 50% @
TEST TAKERS COME BACK POSITIVE.
IN FLORIDA WE HAD 6%, 5%, 4.5%
AND 6% IN TERMS OF THE T4@EST
RESULTS AND PERCENTAGE OF 4@NEW
CASES POSITIVE VERSES NEGATIVE.
THAT'S BEEN A DOWNWARD TREND.
WE WERE NEVER THAT HIGH
COMPARED TO SOME OTHER PARTS 4@
THE 4@COUNTRY.
THE 4@COUNTRY. WE'VE GONE FROM THAT 10% NOW 4@
DOWN INTO A 5% AND 6% RATE
WHICH 4@IS A GOOD SIGN.
HILLSBORO, CERTAINLY HERE 4@
THEY'RE OVERWHELMINGLY COMING
BACK 4@NEGATIVELY. I 4@4@
MENTIONED SOUTH 4@FLORIDA.
THE DRIVE THRU SITES WE'RE
GOING TO HAVE TO 4@CONTINUE TO
DO.
DO.
DO. I
DO. I WAS
DO. I WAS TALKING TO DR. LOCKWOOD, @
THE CDC AND OTHER 4@CRITERIA,
THOSE DAYS ARE 4@4@GONE.4@4@
YOU HAVE ACCESS TO TESTING.
EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE SYMPTOMS
AND SOMEONE YOU KNOW TESTED
POSITIVE 4@YOU WERE WITH
PREVIOUSLY.
PREVIOUSLY. YOU 4@MAY 4@WANT TO COME IN.
WE ARE 4@WELCOMING 4@PEOPLE IN
DOING THAT.
DOING THAT. WE'RE ALSO DOING THINGS IN
HILLSBORO AND OTHER COUNTIES 4@
AROUND THE STATE.
THE 4@DRIVE THRU SITES ARE GOOD
THE DRIVE THRU SITES ARE
CONVENIENT FOR 4@A LOT OF PEOPL
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS NOT
EVERY PERSON IF FLORIDA OWNS A
VEHICLE AND NOT EVERY PERSON
HAD ACCESS TO GO TO THE DRIVE
THRU SITES.
THRU SITES. WE THOUGHT IT WAS 4@IMPORTANT T
DO A WALK-THRU TYPE CONCEPT.
IT STARTED IN JACKSONVILLE AND @
NOW GOING TO DIFFERENT AREAS
THROUGHOUT FLORIDA WHICH MAY BE
UNDERSERVED.
UNDERSERVED. WE'RE GETTING IN THE
COMMUNITIES OFFERING TESTING ON
A WALK UP BASIS.
JUST IN THE LAST WEEK AND A
HALF4@ WE 4@STARTED TO BE DONE.
THEY'VE DONE 5,000 TESTS AND
WE'RE GOING 4@TO CONTINUE 4@TO
MANY MORE.4@4@4@
MANY MORE.4@4@4@ YOU ADOPT SEE THAT IN FLORIDA.
CLOSELY IT MAY 4@GO UP HERE OR
THERE DEPENDING 4@ON THE
SITUATION.
SITUATION. SOME OF THESE 4@AREAS ARE
OVERWHELMINGLY OUT OF WHACK.
HAVING THESE CONCEPTS HELP 4@
PREVENT IN THAT DIRECTION 4@LIK
IN SOME OTHER 4@STATES.
JOHN AND I EARLY ON, WE KNEW
HOW THE DISEASE EFFECTED THE
ELDERLY AND GOING 4@4@TO THE ST
IN 4@FLORIDA.4@4@4@4@4@
IN 4@FLORIDA.4@4@4@4@4@ >>> THEY'VE 4@BEEN ABLE TO CAUS
IN 4@FLORIDA.4@4@4@4@4@ >>> THEY'VE 4@BEEN ABLE TO CAUS@
OUTBREAKS.
OUTBREAKS. BUT EVENTUALLY SPREAD 4@4@IT TO
STAFF.
STAFF.
STAFF. THEY'VE ALREADY 4@DONE 4@OVER 6
TEST TRYING TO DETERMINE 4@
PERSPECTIVE 4@PROACTIVELY 4@
EVIDENCE OF AN OUTBREAK AND
THROUGHOUT THE 4@COUNTRY ALL TH
PROBLEMS THEY'VE HAD 4@WITH THE
NURSING 4@HOMES.4@4@4@
NURSING 4@HOMES.4@4@4@ THEY SHOWED EMPHASIS ON THAT
WITH THE RIGHT EMPHASIS.
WE'RE ALSO INCREASING TEST4@ING
CAPACITY SO WE HAVE UNDER
CONTRACT TWO OF THE LABS FOR AN
ADDITIONAL 18,000 SAMPLES PER
DAY AND WE WANT TO EXPAND
FURTHER.
FURTHER.
FURTHER. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND I
THINK THE 4@DOCTORS THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT BUT I 4@WILL SAY WE
CURRENTLY DO NOT EXHAUST OUR
CAPACITY JUST AT OUR DRIVE THRU
SITES.
SITES.
SITES. WE
SITES. WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO MORE
WITHOUT THE ADDITIONAL LABS TO
CONTACT.
CONTACT.
CONTACT. PEOPLE WANT TO BE TESTING THE
CAPACITY THERE.
4@4@
PLEASE
PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF4@ THAT IT CAME4@ 4@4@ONLINE.
THEY4@'RE ALSO BUYING THE
MACHINES FOR 4@THE THREE STATE
LABS.
LABS.
LABS. THAT WILL, THE STATE LABS,
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO 4@PRIVA
CONTRACT 4@18,000 4@A DAY. 4@
THE STATE OF FLORIDA ALLOWING
WALGREENS AND CVS TO BE ABLE TO
ADMINISTER THE TEST.
THEY 4@ARE AUTHORIZED TO DO IT.
THEY'RE 4@WILLING TO.
THAT WOULD BE VERY WELL.
TALKING ABOUT THE ANTIBODY
TESTING 4@WE'RE GOING TO HAVE O
FIRST BIG SHIPMENT OF ANTIBODY @
TEST ON MAY 1st.
THAT'S A LAB IN MIAMI BASED ON
WHAT THE SURGEON GENERAL'S
ESTIMATE IS.
ESTIMATE IS. WE ALSO HAVE OTHER TESTS COMING
IN FROM THE FEDERAL 4@GOVERNMEN
AND PRIVATE 4@COMPANIES.
THOSE WILL BE VERY HELPFUL.
THEY'RE ABLE TO DO A STUDY
ABOUT THE SOCIETY AS A WHOLE
AND DETERMINE WHAT HAS THE
ANTIBODIES.
ANTIBODIES. THAT GIVES US A SENSE 4@OF HOW
THE VIRUS 4@4@MOVED THROUGH THE
GIVEN4@ 4@COMMUNITIES.4@
GIVEN4@ 4@COMMUNITIES.4@ ALSO THE HOSPITALIZATION 4@
FATALITY RATES ARE MUCH 4@LOWER
THE PREVALENCE OF ANTIBODIES.
WE FIXED IT 4@FOR STAFF 4@AND L
TERM CARE4@ 4@FACILITIES.
WE SENT 4@SUPPLIES TO TAMPA AND
RESIDENTS TO JUST 4@THE LONG TE
CARE FACILITIES.
CARE FACILITIES. A LOT OF THEM DON'T HAVE THE
PPE.
PPE.
PPE. SO
PPE. SO THE DIVISION OF THE 4@
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS SENT
ALMOST 7 MILLION MASKS TO THE
LONG TERM 4@CARE FACILITY AND
MORE THAN A HALF MILLION FACE
SHIE4@LDS AND 160,000 GOWNS.
THAT'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF 4@
SUPPLIES AND THAT'S DIRECTING
SUPPLIES WHERE THE RISK IS
GREATEST AND I THINK THAT MAKES
A LOT 4@OF SENSE 4@THAT WE'RE D
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. FOLKS SEE A LIGHT AT THE END OF
THE TUNNEL FOR THE STATE OF
FLORIDA.
FLORIDA.
FLORIDA. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING
THAT A SWITCH 4@IS GOING TO BE @
THRIPPED.
THRIPPED.
THRIPPED. THIS IS GOING TO BE SLOW 4@AND
DATA DRIVEN AND SOME WILL THINK
IT'S TOO SLOW AND I GET THAT.
THE COUNTRY HAS NEVER GONE 4@
THROUGH ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
GO B4@ACK TO 1918 SPANISH FLU,
THEY DIDN'T HAVE A SUCCESSION
OF A 4@LOT OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
THEY DIDN'T HAVE A SUCCESSION OF A 4@LOT OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY@
LIKE THAT.
LIKE THAT. THIS IS ON CHATTERED TERRITORY.
WE USED THE DATA AND THE FACTS.
THE FACT IS NOBODY KNOWS WHAT 4@
THIS WILL DO OR THAT WILL DO.
SO YOU GO SLOW 4@AND YOU MEASUR
AND GO STEADY AND THEN YOU MAKE
THE BEST DECISIONS THAT YOU
CAN.
CAN.
CAN. I
CAN. I CAN TELL YOU 4@IF WE GO BACK @
TWO MONTHS AND 4@SOMEONE SAID B
THE LAST 4@WEEK IN APRIL THERE
WOULD BE 35 PEOPLE.
HOSPITALS 4@WILL BE PACKED THE
PATIENTS AND THEY WOULD BE
STRESSED AND THE SYSTEM WILL BE
BREAKING DOWN.
BREAKING DOWN. THE FACT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN AND
BREAKING DOWN. THE FACT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN AND@
THE FACT WE HAVE CAPACITY AND
THE FACT WE4@ HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
TEST