DISTRICT
DISTRICT HEALTH HAD ANOTHER BOARD MEETING.
NOT MUCH OF
SIGNIFICANCE CAME OUT
OF IT.
ADA COUNTY IS STILL A
RED ZONE FOR COVID
CASES.
BUT ABOUT 45 MINUTES
IN...BOARD MEMBER
DOCTOR TED EPPERLY
SAID THIS.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE FOR US
TO ABSOLUTELY
COPNSIDER IS DO WE
NEED TO DO MORE, WE
COULD CONSIDER DRAFT
LANGUAGE, HAVE IT COME
BACK
BACK AT
BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING SO THE PUBLIC COULD SEE THIS, BUT IN
PARTICULAR WHAT I
WOULD BRING UP IS
DECREASING COMMUNITY
GROUPS TO LESS THAN 10
AND THE CONSIDERATION
FOR CLOSING GYMS AND
I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT
YOU
YOU DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE LEFT AT THAT, THOUGH, DID YOU?
PRIOR TO THAT
STATEMENT DOCTOR
EPPERLY BROUGHT UP THE
CORONAVIRUS REPORT
CARD THE WHITE HOUSE
ISSUED A COUPLE WEEKS
AGO ON ALL 50 STATES
AND HOW WE WERE
DOING GETTING A
HANDLE ON IT.
DR EPPERLY SAID THAT
REPORT...WITH IDAHO
CLEARLY IN THE RED
ZONE...SUGGESTED...
FURTHER RESTRICTIONS
UNDER STATE REOPENING
GUIDELINES FOR
BUSINESSES AND
GATHERING SIZES.
SPECIFICALLY ON PAGE
4."LIMIT SOCIAL
GATHERINGS TO 10
PEOPLE OR FEWER.CLOSE
BARS AND GYMS, AND
CREATE OUTDOOR DINING
OPPORTUNITIES WITH
PEDESTRIAN AREAS."
THE BARS IN ADA
COUNTY...ALREADY
CLOSED...AGAIN.
COUNTY...ALREADY CLOSED...AGAIN. HAVE BEEN FOR SIX
WEEKS.
BUT GYM OWNERS TOOK
NOTICE OF THEIR BEING
MENTIONED...AND HAVE
TAKEN EXCEPTION TO THE
POSSIBILITY OF CENTRAL
DISTRICT HEALTH
ORDERING THEM TO
CLOSE...AGAIN.
SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE
SENT OUT NOTICES TO
THEIR
MEMBERSHIP...ASKING
THEIR MEMBERSHIP...ASKING THEM TO EXPRESS THEIR
DISPLEASURE DIRECTLY TO
THE HEALTH BOARD.
AXIOM FITNESS...ONE OF
THE LARGEST LOCAL GYMS
IN THE VALLEY...SENT THIS
TO THEIR MEMBERS..
WE ARE ASKING FOR
YOUR HELP IN LETTING
THE BOARD KNOW THAT
WE DO NOT SUPPORT THE
IDEA OF CLOSING GYMS. A
HEALTHY IMMUNE SYSTEM
AND MENTAL HEALTH
HAVE BEEN PROVEN TO
HELP FIGHT DISEASE.
WE HAVE GONE TO
EXTRAORDINARY LENGTHS
TO PROVIDE ALL OF YOU
WITH THE SAFEST
ENVIRONMENT POSSIBLE
AND WE DO NOT BELIEVE
THAT GYMS ARE THE
PROBLEM. IN FACT, WE
ARE PART OF THE
SOLUTION.
THEY EVEN INCLUDED AN
EMAIL ADDRESS OF
WHERE MEMBERS CAN
SEND A MESSAGE TO
BOARD MEMBERS.
SOME EVEN INCLUDED A
PHONE NUMBER.
WE SPOKE WITH ONE
GYM OWNER TODAY
ABOUT THIS.
TAYLOR BATEMAN HAS
RUN OFF THE FIELD
SPORTS TRAINING FOR
ABOUT 10 YEARS...THE
LAST TWO IN AN 11-
THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT
FACILITY IN MERIDIAN.
THEY JUST RECENTLY
ADDED ANOTHER 16-
THOUSAND SQUARE FEET
OF OUTDOOR TURF
SPACE...A MUCH NEEDED
UPGRADE IN THE ERA OF
COVID-19.
BACK IN MARCH...WHEN
GOVERNOR LITTLE SHUT
THE WHOLE STATE
DOWN...GYMS WERE NOT
CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL
AND WEREN'T PART OF
THE RE-OPENING PLAN
UNTIL STAGE TWO...THE
MIDDLE OF MAY.
DURING THOSE SIX
WEEKS OR SO...TAYLOR
SAID THEY LOST 30-
THOUSAND DOLLARS.
OFF THE FIELD ISN'T A
NORMAL GYM THAT
RELIES ON MEMBERSHIP
DUES...BUT THEY CATER TO
ABOUT 400 CLIENTS A
MONTH, WITH ABOUT 100
A DAY COMING IN.
MOST OF THEM ARE
COLLEGE AND HIGH
SCHOOL ATHLETES FROM
ACROSS THE VALLEY.
TAYLOR SAID IF HE IS
FORCED TO SHUT DOWN
AGAIN...WELL, HE'S NOT
SURE HE CAN AFFORD
IT...AGAIN.
MAN I'M NOT SAYING YES
OR NO RIGHT NOW BUT
IN
IN MY
IN MY IM
IN MY IM NOT GONNA DO IT...AND IT'S MY LIVELIHOOD AND IT'S MY
COACHES
LIVELIHOOD...GARAGE
COACHES LIVELIHOOD...GARAGE DOORS ARE OPEN ALL THE
TIME,
TIME, I'M
TIME, I'M PAYING FOR HAND WASHING STATION...WE'VE
REORGANIZED THE WHOLE
GYM
I THINK WE'RE TAKING
EVERY PRECAUTION WE
CAN, KIDS WE FEEL LIKE
WE'RE BEING SAFE...IJUST
DON'T SEE THERE ARE
MORE PROS FOR US
SHUTTING DOWN THAN
ANY CONS 456
BUT
BUT IF
BUT IF THERE IS A MANDATE AND YOU TELL YOUR CLIENTS THAT
YOU'RE GOING TO GO
AGAINST IT, HOW WILL
THEY RESPOND OR HAVE
THEY?
I ASKED FIRST...AND EVERY
SINGLE PERSON WE ALIKE
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO
SHUT DOWN,
RIGHT?...EVERY SINGLE
PERSON...WE SEE 100
ATHLETES EVERY SINGLE
DAY...WE SPREAD IT OUT
AND NOT ONE HAS SAID IF
WE SHUT DOWN...I'M
TRYING TO MAKE THE
RIGHT CHOICE FRO THE
COMMUNITY AND FOR
OUR CLIENTS...AND
EVERYONE
IF CDH IS CONSIDERING
THIS
THIS ORDER TO MAKE IT FEWER THAN 10 PEOPLE
AND
AND CLOSING GYMS, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE TO SAY TO THEM ABOUT
THAT?
EVERYBODY'S TAKING
EVERY PROTOCOL SO
SERIOUS I THINK IF THEY
CAME BY AND LOOKED AT
WHAT WE ARE
DOING...THESE ARE NOT,
THERE'S WAY MORE
HEALTH RISKS THAN
GYMS...THERE ARE MORE
PROS THAN CONS THAN
ALMOST ANYTHING ELSE
BUT BOTTOM LINE IS IF
THEY ADD THAT
LANGUAGE TO THE ORDER,
YOU'D HAVE A SERIOUS
DECISION TO MAKE?
I DON'T HAVE THAT
ANSWER YET, I DON'T
HAVE THAT ANSWER YET
IMMA DO WHATEVER'S
BEST FOR MY CLIENTS AND
IF THAT MEANS WE HAVE
TO SHUT DOWN...I WANT
MY HIGH SCHOOL KIDS TO
HAVE A SEASON, I'M
GOING TO DO WHATEVER
IT TAKES TO DO THAT
TAYLOR...AXIOM...I EVEN SPOKE WITH A PERSONAL TRAINER TODAY...AND
THEY ALL STRESSED THE
IMPORTANCE OF BEING
ABLE TO GO TO A GYM
DURING THIS TIME...BOTH
FOR PHYSICAL
HEALTH...AND MENTAL
HEALTH.
YES, THE BOARD OF
HEALTH IS DRAFTING
LANGUAGE THAT COULD
ADD TO THEIR EXISTING
ADA COUNTY
ORDER...AND CLOSE GYMS.
THAT COULD BE POSTED
ALONG WITH THE AGENDA
AS EARLY AS TOMORROW.
BUT WHEN I ASKED
ABOUT CASE COUNTS FOR
GYMS...WHICH IS THE
REASON THEY CLOSED THE
BARS SO SOON AFTER
OPENING...THEY WERE
ABLE TO PINPOINT A
CLUSTER OUTBREAK TO
PEOPLE GOING TO BARS...I
WAS TOLD SO FAR, THEY
HAVE NOT SEEN THOSE
SAME INDICATORS WITH
GYMS.
BUT THEY SHOULD HAVE
THE LATEST INFORMATION
AT THEIR NEXT
MEETING...TUESDAY,
AUGUST 11, AT 4PM.