ANYTHING
ANYTHING ABOUT THIS SURPRISE YOU OR ANY PIECE OF NEW INFORMATION
THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE EARLIER
TODAY? YEAH, THERE WAS JULIE.
THE GOVERNOR COVERED A LOT
HERE COVERING BOTH
THE RESTRICTIONS THAT WILL BE
PUT IN PLACE AS WELL AS HIS
REASONS FOR DOING SO. FIRST
OF ALL, I THINK WE HAVE
SOMETHING WE CAN SHOW ON
THE SCREEN THAT EXPLAINS
SOME RESTRICTIONS HERE . THERE
WILL BE A FOUR WEEK SHUTDOWN AS
WE NEW RESTAURANTS AND BARS
WILL BE CLOSED FOR FOUR WEEKS.
FITNESS CENTERS WILL BE CLOSED.
SPORTS WHICH INCLUDE YOUTH
SPORTS AND ADULT ORGANIZED
SPORTS WILL BE PAUSED FOR FOUR
WEEKS. THE PART THAT WE HAD NOT
HEARD ABOUT BEFORE WAS IN-PERSON
SOCIAL GATHERINGS OUTSIDE YOUR
OWN HOME GOING TO A PARTY AT
SOMEBODY ELSE'S HOUSE. THAT'S
INCLUDED IN THIS RESTRICTION
FOR THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS. ANOTHER
ONE IS WEDDING RECEPTIONS
AND OTHER CELEBRATIONS SIMILAR
TO THAT LAST WEEK. THE GOVERNOR
PUT SOME RESTRICTION
RESTRICTIONS ON THESE WEDDING
RECEPTIONS. BUT NOW FOR THE NEXT
FOUR WEEKS THEY ARE CLOSED
ALTOGETHER. SOME THINGS THAT ARE
NOT AFFECTED, PLACES OF WORSHIP,
RETAIL SALONS AND BARBERSHOPS
THAT THE GOVERNOR SPOKE ABOUT
HOW THEY ARE NOT SEEN. MANY
CASES TRACING BACK TO SHOPPING
AT STORES OR BY GOING TO GET
YOUR HAIRCUT DAYCARE'S
WILL REMAIN OPEN AND SCHOOLS
WILL REMAIN OPEN IF THEY
ARE HOLDING IN PERSON SCHOOL
TAKEOUT AND DELIVERY
WILL CONTINUE AT RESTAURANTS
AND GROCERY STORES WILL REMAIN
OPEN AS WELL AS OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES. SOME OF WHAT
THE GOVERNOR TALKED ABOUT
CENTERED ON THE IDEA
OF COMMUNITY SPREAD, WHICH
HE SAYS IS OUT OF CONTROL
RIGHT NOW. HE SHOWED A GRAPHIC
THAT EXPLAINS THE EXPONENTIAL
GROWTH THAT WE'RE SEEING
RIGHT NOW SAYING THAT IT TOOK 29
NINE WEEKS TO REACH 100000 CASES
AND THEN WE REACHED THE NEXT
HUNDRED THOUSAND CASES IN JUST
SIX WEEKS AND NOW WE'RE
PROJECTED TO REACH THE FOLLOWING
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND CASES
IN JUST THREE WEEKS. SO IT SHOWS
HOW QUICKLY COVID 19 IS
SPREADING THROUGHOUT MINNESOTA.
AND THE BIG THING THAT THE
GOVERNOR CENTERED ON IS HOW
THAT IS AFFECTING OUR HEALTH
CARE WORKERS. OUR HEALTH
CARE WORKERS ARE GETTING
INFECTED WITH COVID 19 OR
EXPOSED TO COVID 19 AND HAVE
TO STAY AWAY FROM WORK
IN QUARANTINE AND THEY'RE
GETTING FROM THIS COMMUNITY
SPREAD. THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY
GETTING SICK FROM TREATING
APPOVED 19 PATIENTS AT
THE HOSPITAL. HE GAVE A GRAPHIC
THAT SHOWED THE NUMBER
OF CRITICAL CARE BEDS. THERE
ARE FOUR REGIONS IN THE STATE OF
MINNESOTA THAT HAVE 85 % FULL
OF THEIR CRITICAL CARE BEDS.
THAT INCLUDES IN THE NORTHEAST
WHERE THERE ARE ONLY SEVEN BEDS
AVAILABLE IN THE
CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE THERE
ARE ONLY 11 BEDS AVAILABLE
IN THE METRO, JUST 46 BEDS
AVAILABLE. AND IN THE SOUTH
WE EAST JUST 12 BEDS AVAILABLE.
AS THE GOVERNOR SAID, THEY HAVE
WAYS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER
OF AVAILABLE BEDS, BUT THAT
BECOMES A MOOT POINT IF WE DON'T
HAVE THE HEALTH CARE WORKERS
AVAILABLE TO STAFF AND TO TAKE
CARE OF THESE PATIENTS. THAT'S
THE REASONING THAT THE
GOVERNOR GAVE BEHIND THIS ORDER
WHICH WILL GIVE US THE STRICTEST
RESTRICTIONS THAT WE'VE HAD
CONCERNING COBORN 19 SINCE WAY
BACK IN MAY
>> LOU . ONLY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN
DEALING WITH ALL OF THIS OVER
THE LAST FEW WEEKS WITH HIGH
SCHOOL FOOTBALL AND COACHES
AND ATHLETIC DIRECTORS.
HE DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY SAY
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL. HE DID SAY
OUTDOOR RECREATION. AND WHEN
I TALKED TO COACHES AND PARENTS
AND BOOSTERS, THEY SAY, WELL ,
FOOTBALL IS OUTDOORS. DOES IT
QUALIFY YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT ?
BECAUSE HE DIDN'T SPECIFICALLY
SAY THAT HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
WOULD HAVE TO BE PAUSED. I GUESS
WE'RE ASSUMING THAT'S THE CASE.
BUT WHAT'S YOUR UNDERSTANDING
OF THAT ALREADY
>>? IT'S AN EXCELLENT
OBSERVATION BECAUSE THAT WAS
SOMETHING THAT WAS BEING TALKED
ABOUT THROUGHOUT THE DAY,
WHETHER FOOTBALL BEING AN
OUTDOOR SPORT WOULD BE ABLE
TO CONTINUE. HOWEVER, THE WAY
HE PHRASED IT WAS ALL ORGANIZED
YOUTH AND ADULTS SPORTS WOULD BE
PUT ON PAUSE. SO I THINK THAT'S
ONE OF THE FIRST THING THAT'S
THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
TO CLEAR UP ONE THING TO NOTE IS
THAT THE RESTRICTIONS GO INTO
EFFECT AT ELEVEN FIFTY NINE P.M.
ON FRIDAY, WHICH MEANS THAT A
FOOTBALL GAME FRIDAY NIGHT
THEORETICALLY WOULD BE ABLE
TO BE PLAYED EITHER WAY.
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT , THAT IS
ONE THING THAT WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE TO CHECK ON RIGHT AWAY.
LOU , ANOTHER THING THAT I
NOTICED HE DIDN'T GET INTO A LOT
OF DETAIL ABOUT WAS THINGS LIKE
WEDDING CEREMONIES VERSUS
WEDDING RECEPTIONS. MY
UNDERSTANDING IS IF YOU'RE
HAVING A CEREMONY, YOU
ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE THE CEREMONY
BUT NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE
A RECEPTION. SO YOU'RE
UNDERSTANDING THAT WAS SOMETHING
THAT HE HE DID DISTINGUISH LAST
WEEK THAT THE CEREMONIES,
INCLUDING FUNERALS AND OTHER
CEREMONIES LIKE THAT ARE ABLE
TO CONTINUE. BUT THE RECEPTIONS
THAT FOLLOW LAST WEEK REMEMBER
PLACE THE RESTRICTIONS ON
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT CAN
ATTEND THIS WEEK TODAY
ALTOGETHER PUTTING A PAUSE ON
CEREMONIES. SO MY ASSUMPTION
AND AGAIN, IT'S SOMETHING
THAT WE SHOULD FOLLOW UP ON.
BUT IT SEEMED TO DISTINGUISH
THAT IT IS THE RECEPTION OR
THE PARTY OR GATHERING
THAT FOLLOWS THE CEREMONY IS
WHERE THE RESTRICTION IS
AND FROM WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE,
THE CEREMONIES THEMSELVES CAN
CONTINUE. AND LOU, JUST FOR YOUR
KNOWLEDGE, I WAS TOLD BY
OUR PRODUCER THAT THE EXECUTIVE
ORDER DOES INDEED INCLUDE
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL IN THE
STATE OF MINNESOTA. SO THERE YOU
GO. AND IT WAS IT WAS IT WAS
A MAYBE 20 MINUTE ADDRESS.
WE DID HEAR A LOT OF INFORMATION
FROM THE GOVERNOR, BUT OF COURSE
WE STILL HAVE ADDITIONAL
QUESTIONS AND HE WILL BE TAKING
QUESTIONS AT SIX FORTY FIVE.
WHAT WOULD ONE OF YOUR BIGGEST
QUESTIONS BE? WHAT'S OUT THERE
FOR YOU, LOU , THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO GET CLEARED UP ? I KNOW.
CERTAINLY. HOW QUICKLY CAN
STIMULUS CHECKS MOVE THROUGH
BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE ARE GOING
TO BE BIG QUESTIONS FOR BUSINESS
OWNERS. WHAT ELSE IS ON ON YOUR
MIND TONIGHT? WELL , I THINK
WHEN IT COMES TO JUST
THE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE
TO CLOSE NOW FOR THE NEXT
FOUR WEEKS, HEALTHCLUBS
ARE INCLUDED ON THERE. BUT THE
STATS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM
THE STATE DON'T SHOW THE SAME
TYPE OF STEADY GROWTH IN THE
RECENT SURGE IN CASES THE SAME
WAY THAT WE'RE SEEING IT
REPORTED IN SPORTS AND IN
RESTAURANTS AND BARS. AND SO
I THINK THAT THE GOVERNOR SHOULD
GIVE MORE OF AN EXPLANATION
OF WHY HE DECIDED TO CLOSE
HEALTHCLUBS AND GYMS AND OTHER
PLACES LIKE THAT WHEN
THE NUMBERS THAT THE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT GAVE US DON'T
QUITE BEAR OUT THE REASONING
IN THE SAME WAY. EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, LOU .
WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR
INSIGHT AND WE'LL HAVE