YOU, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. AND
YOU'VE BEEN LISTENING TO A
LIVE NEWS CONFERENCE FROM
GOVERNOR WHITMER IN WHICH HE
ANNOUNCED NEW CORONAVIRUS
RESTRICTIONS IN OUR STATE. THE
GOVERNOR SAYING THIS IS THE
WORST MOMENT OF THIS PANDEMIC
TODAY. MICHIGAN'S CHIEF
MEDICAL EXECUTIVE ADDING THAT
COVID-19 IS SPREADING LIKE
WILDFIRE. THE GOVERNOR ADDING
THAT CASES WILL INCREASE AS WE
HEAD INSIDE BECAUSE OF THE
WEATHER. NOW THE LEADING
MODEL. SHE ALSO SHARED SHOWS
THAT IF WE DON'T TAKE
AGGRESSIVE ACTION THAT WE
COULD SEE A 1000 DEATHS PER
WEEK. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 8,000
TOTAL TO KIND OF GIVE YOU SOME
PERSPECTIVE ON THAT. ALSO WAS
DISCUSSED THANKSGIVING. THE
GOVERNOR ASKING PEOPLE FROM
OUTSIDE THE HOUSEHOLD TO AVOID
GATHERING REQUESTING THAT
FAMILIES LIMIT THANKSGIVING TO
JUST WITH PEOPLE THAT YOU LIVE
WITH ADDING WE NEED TO WORK
TOGETHER TO FIGHT THIS
PANDEMIC, PUTTING THESE NEW
RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE TO AVOID
ANOTHER STATE HOME ORDER AND
THE RESTRICTIONS ANNOUNCED
TODAY GO INTO EFFECT ON
WEDNESDAY AND WILL LAST 3
WEEKS. HERE THEY ARE AGAIN.
TAKE A LOOK. HERE'S WHAT'S
CHANGING HIGH SCHOOLS AND
COLLEGES WILL NO LONGER BE
ABLE TO DO IN PERSON LEARNING
INDOOR DINING AND BARS ALSO
ENDING AND YOU SHOULD WORK
FROM HOME IF YOU CAN. ALSO
CLOSING OR ALL OF THESE ON
YOUR SCREEN, INCLUDING
THEATERS, CASINOS BOWLING
ALLEYS, INDOOR WATER PARKS AND
GROUP FITNESS CLASSES. YOU
WILL BE ABLE TO GATHER INDOORS
WITH GROUPS OF 10 OR FEWER AND
OUTSIDE IN GROUPS OF 25 OR
LESS RETAIL SHOPPING. SO PUN
PRESCHOOL THROUGH 8TH GRADE.
WE'LL HAVE. WE'LL CONTINUE
WITH IN PERSON CLASSES AND
CHILDCARE WILL REMAIN OPEN.
ALSO OPEN MANUFACTURING
CONSTRUCTION, PUBLIC TRANSIT
HAIR SALONS AND OTHER PERSONAL
SERVICES GYMS AND POOLS ALONG
WITH OUTDOOR DINING TAKEOUT
AND DELIVERY ALL ALLOWED TO
REMAIN OPEN. PROFESSIONAL
SPORTS AND COLLEGE SPORTS WILL
BE ABLE TO PLAY WITHOUT
SPECTATORS, THOUGH FUNERALS
AND HEALTH CARE SERVICES ALSO
OPEN. BUT WITH RESTRICTIONS
FUNERALS ALLOWED WITH UP TO 25
PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. WE WANT
TO GO NOW TO POLITICAL
REPORTER RICK ALBIN. HE JOINS
US LIVE FROM HOME WITH SOME
ANALYSIS OF THE GOVERNOR'S
ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY WRECK.
I THINK VERY IMPORTANT TO
TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS IS NOT
THE GOVERNOR HERSELF MADE THE
POINT AT LEAST TWICE, MAYBE 3
TIMES AS SAYING THIS IS NOT A
STAY AT HOME OR GO IF YOU GO
BACK TO SPRING. AND REMEMBER
ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE
BEING TOLD. THEN IT MEANT A
WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE WERE
FORCED TO STAY HOME BECAUSE
THEIR BUSINESSES WERE CLOSED.
THEIR JOBS HAVE DRIED UP AND
THE ECONOMY WAS TAKING A REAL
HIT. WE DID A SPECIAL WITH THE
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WAS
ASKED HIS LOOK GOVERNOR ON OUT
OF WORK. I CAN'T DO ANYTHING
ELSE. CAN I AT LEAST TAKE MY
MOTORCYCLE AND TAKE A RIDE AND
HER ANSWER WAS NO, THAT YOU
COULDN'T GO ANYWHERE FOR ANY
REASON EXCEPT FOR VERY
SPECIFIC THINGS LIKE THE
GROCERY STORE THE DRUGSTORE.
THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. SO
THAT'S WHAT IT IS NOT WHAT IT
IS IS ANOTHER WARNING FROM THE
GOVERNOR AND THE
ADMINISTRATION THAT AS THIS
PROGRESSES THAT REMAINS A
POSSIBILITY JUST PASS THIS
PAST THURSDAY. IF YOU GO BACK
AND LISTEN TO NOT WHAT THE
GOVERNOR HAD TO SAY. BUT WHAT
THE LEADERS OF OUR BIG MEDICAL
SYSTEMS HAD TO SAY. THEY WERE
WORRIED ABOUT BEING
OVERWHELMED. AND WHEN THEY
CAME OUT AND GAVE THE KIND OF
WARNINGS THEY WERE GIVING. IT
WAS PRETTY CLEAR THE GOVERNOR
WAS GOING TO WEIGH IN AND SHE
DID. AND SHE SAID THAT THAT
SHE WOULD TAKE ACTION TO SLOW
THE SPREAD BECAUSE THE SPIKE,
AS SHE SAID HAD GONE STRAIGHT
UP THE LINE WAS NOW A STRAIGHT
LINE AND IT WAS GOING STRAIGHT
UP AND SHE WANTS TO PUSH THAT
THIS SMACKDOWN THE ORDERS IN
PLACE FOR 3 WEEKS. BUT
REPEATEDLY WE HEARD FROM
DOCTOR CALDERON AS WELL AS
FROM THE GOVERNOR THAT WE'RE
IN FOR A MONTH'S LONG PROBLEM
WITH THIS PANDEMIC. AND I
THINK THE EXPECTATION IS THAT
EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE A
STAY AT HOME ORDER. NOW AND
THAT SHE IS TRYING TO
IMPLEMENT. SHE ALONG WITH
DIRECTOR OF THE MICHIGAN
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES TRYING TO IMPLEMENT
THESE ACTIONS THAT THEY HOPE
WILL SLOW THE SPREAD THAT THEY
HOLD IN RESERVE THAT
POSSIBILITY IF THINGS DON'T
START TO SLOW DOWN AND NOT
STATED. BUT I THINK PRETTY
OBVIOUS THAT IF WE GET 3 WEEKS
INTO THIS AND WE HAVE SEEN
SOME PRETTY GOOD RESULTS THAT
SOME OR ALL OF THESE
RESTRICTIONS MAY BE EXTENDED
AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT
HOLIDAY SEASON SIMPLY BECAUSE
GATHERINGS OF PEOPLE FOR
MULTIPLE HOUSEHOLD OR ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE REALLY
WORRIED ABOUT. HEATHER. AND
THEN THERE WAS THAT
CONVERSATION, AS YOU SAID,
ABOUT THANKSGIVING AND THEY
MADE IT VERY CLEAR. DON'T. IF
YOU CAN AVOID IT ALL JUST
DON'T HAVE OTHER PEOPLE FROM
OUTSIDE YOUR HOME. SO I THINK
ALL OF THESE WARNINGS, ALL OF
THESE RESTRICTIONS, ALL THESE
NEW REGULATIONS STEM FROM THIS
NOW WEEKSLONG RISE IN THE
ACTIVITY AND CERTAINLY DOES
COINCIDE WITH.
GOING BACK TO SCHOOL AND
PEOPLE BEING BACK IN CONFINED
QUARTERS AND THE TEMPERATURES
STARTING TO COOL OFF SO WE
DON'T HAVE AS MANY
OPPORTUNITIES OUTSIDE. AND AS
THE GOVERNOR AND IN FACT, ALL
3 PRESENTERS TONIGHT SAID WE
ARE FOR AN INTERESTING LONG,
DIFFICULT CHALLENGING YOU
CHOOSE YOUR WORD NEXT 2, MAYBE
3 MONTHS. THIS IS REALLY THE
FIRST SOUND WILL THAT WE'RE
SEEING AS WE HEAD INTO THAT.
HEATHER.
YEAH, I RECKON I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT. LIKE YOU SAID,
PUTTING THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE
THAT THIS IS NOT A STAY AT
HOME ORDER. YES, THESE ARE