WILL
WILL START TO SEE THAT DECLINE. >> AND CORONAVIRUS KILLED 50
TEXANS YESTERDAY.
TEXANS YESTERDAY. >>> I'M JOINED BY THE GOVERNOR
TO TALK ABOUT THE
WAYS THE STATE IS TRYING TO
+@STOP THE SPREAD AND
REOPEN AT THE SAME TIME.
THANK YOU FOR +@BEING HERE,
GOVERNOR.
GOVERNOR.
GOVERNOR. >> MY PLEASURE.
THANK YOU ALL.
>> THE WHITE HOUSE RECOMMENDS
THE NUMBER IN CASES
TREND DOWN FOR 14 DAYS BEFORE
+@WE REOPEN.
+@WE REOPEN. WE PLOTTED THOSE NUMBERS FOR
THE LAST 14 DAYS
STATEWIDE.+@
STATEWIDE.+@ THEY ARE UP AND DOWN DAILY.
ACCORDING TO THE NUMBERS WE ARE
NOT SEEING THAT
DECREASE.
DECREASE.
DECREASE. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO PEOPLE WHO
ARE WORRIED ABOUT
REOPENING TOO SOON
>> VERY IMPORTANTLY THE
DECISION TO REOPEN WAS MADE
+@
+@ ON
+@ ON THE
+@ ON THE BASIS OF ADVICE FROM
DOCTORS INCLUDING DOCTOR
BURKES FROM THE WHITE HOUSE WHO
+@
BURKES FROM THE WHITE HOUSE WHO LOOKED AT OUR PLAN,
+@AT THE NUMBERS WHO SAID THAT
TEXAS WAS PERFECTLY
+@
TEXAS WAS PERFECTLY FINE TO GO HEAD +@AND OPEN.
UN+@DERSTANDING THIS FACT AND
THAT IS THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WHO WERE TESTED AND
TESTED POSITIVE IS NOT
THE RELEVANT INFORMATION.
ALL THE DOCTORS SAY WHAT IS
IMPORTANT IS THE NUMBER
OF THOSE WHO TEST POSITIVE.
REMEMBER THIS.
REMEMBER THIS. WE ARE TESTING MORE PEOPLE.
MORE PEOPLE WE TE+@ST THE MORE
PEOPLE WILL TEST
POSITIVE.
POSITIVE.
POSITIVE. IF YOU WERE TO BE TOLD WE WERE @
TO TEST 2,000
POSITIVE TOMORROW, THAT FACT
WOULD BE IRRELEVANT.
WHAT WOULD MATTER IS THE
PERCENTAGE.
PERCENTAGE. IF WE TESTED 100,200 TESTED
POSITIVE THAT'S GREAT
NEWS.
NEWS.
NEWS. USING THAT AS THE FORMULA, WHAT
IS IMPORTANT IS THAT
THE NUMBERS ACTUALLY WILL
INCREASE AS WE MOVE
FORWARD BECAUSE WE ARE TESTING
MORE PEOPLE.
MORE PEOPLE. WHAT IS HAPPENING FROM MID-
APRIL UNTIL NOW, THE
PERCENTAGE HAS BEEN CUT IN
HALF.
HALF.
HALF. THE
HALF. THE TREND LINE IS GOING IN THE
+@
+@ RIGHT
+@ RIGHT DIRECTION.
RIGHT DIRECTION. ALL THE DOCTORS TALK ABOUT THIS
AND SAY THE TWO
FACTOR THAT MATTER THE MOST IS
THE PERCENT WHO TEST
POSITIVE AND THE
HOSPITALIZATION RATE.
HOSPITALIZATION RATE. OUR HOSPITALIZATION RATE HAS
CO+@NTINUED TO DECLINE
UNLIKE NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY,
LOUISIANA, ALL THESE
OTHER PLACES, TEXAS HAS NEVER
HAD ANY CHALLENGE WITH
OUR HOSPITAL SYSTEM.
OUR CAPACITY HAS BEEN
PLENTIFUL.
PLENTIFUL. WE NEVER HAD+@ TO TAP INTO OUR
VENTILATORS, OUR ICU
UNITS, OUR HOSPITAL BEDS HAVE
BEEN+@ ABUNDANT.
BEEN+@ ABUNDANT. WE HAD TO LET DOCTORS AND
NURSES GO BACK TO TREATING
EVERY DAY MALADI ES.
>> MANY ARE AFRAID TO RETURN
TO WORK BUT DON'T MEET
THE CRITERIA THIS HE WOULD
LOOS+@E UNEMPLOYMENT
LOOS+@E UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
BENEFITS.
BENEFITS. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THEM
>> WHAT THE TEXAS +@WORK FORCE
COMMISSION CAME OUT
AND ANNOUNCE IS THE THERE ARE
MULTIPLE CAT GORIES OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE EXEMPTED FROM
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. UNDERSTANDING THAT SOME PEOPLE
+@
+@ MAY
+@ MAY NOT BE ABLE TO
GET BACK TO WORK.
+@
+@ LET
+@ LET ME
+@ LET ME GIVE YOU SELFOF THE
CATEGORIES.
CATEGORIES. FOR YOUR AUDIENCE THESE
CATEGORIES CAN BE FOUND ON
THE TEXAS WORK FORCE COMMISSION
WEBSITE OR ON THE
GOVER+@NOR'S WEBSITE.
GOVER+@NOR'S WEBSITE. BECAUSE WE WANT TO PROTECT OUR
MOST AT RISK.
IF YOU ARE 65 OR OLDER, YOU ARE
NOT R+@EQUIRED TO
RETURN TO WORK AT THIS TIME OR
IF YOU LIVE WITH
SOMEONE WHO IS 65 OR OLDER
BECAUSE WE DON'T -- WE
+@ DON'T WANT SOMEON+@E GOING TO
WORK, MAYBE BRINGING
CORONAVIRUS BACK HOME TO A
PERSON WHO WAS 65.
SECOND+@LY IF YOU HAVE
CORONAVIRUS YOU ARE NOT
REQUIRED TO RETURN TO WORK OR
IF YOU LIVE WITH
SOMEONE WHO HAS CORONAVIRUS YOU
ARE NOT REQUIRED TO
RETURN TO WORK.
IF YOU ARE SUBJECT TO A
QUARANTINE STATUS OR THERE'S
ALWAYS THESE OTHER EXCEPTI+@ONS
THAT MEAN AT THIS
PARTICULAR TIME, THE STANDARD
WORK FORCE RULES DO
NOT APPLY THAT WOULD REQUIRE
YOU TO HAVE TO RETURN
TO WORK OR OTHERWISE LOOSE YOUR
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.
BENEFITS.
BENEFITS. >> WE KNOW TESTING IS KEY TO
REOPENING.
REOPENING. WE SPOKE TO SEVERAL DOCT+@OR
TREATING PATIENTS.
TREATING PATIENTS. THEY SAY THAT THE TESTING NOT
THERE YET.
THERE YET. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THOSE
ME+@DICAL PROFESSIONALS ON
THE FRONTLINES.
THE FRONTLINES. >> R+@EMEMBER THIS.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS WHO+@
AUTHORIZE US TO REOPEN +@
INCLUDE, THE DOCTOR, A FORMER
HEAD OF THE FDA.
FORMER HEAD OF US MEDICAID AND
MEDICARE, WE HAVE THE
DOCTOR IN CHARGE OF TRACING AND
TRACKING CORONAVIRUS
TRACKING CORONAVIRUS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
+@ HEALTH SYSTEM.
HEALTH SYSTEM. THEY ALL SAY THAT WHAT WE HAVE
IN PLACE RIGHT NOW IS
FINE.
FINE.
FINE. THEY+@ ALSO KNOW WHAT I KNOW AN
THAT IS WH+@AT IS
COMING.
COMING.
COMING. WH+@AT HAPPENED EARLIER THIS WE
IT WAS ANNOUNCED
THAT THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA IS PROVIDING
20 MILLION NASA+@L SWABS +@THIS
MONTH.
MONTH.
MONTH. THE MONTH OF MAY OF WHICH TEXAS
WILL GET IN AN
+@
+@ AMOUNT
+@ AMOUNT THAT THROUGH THE SWABS
ALONE WE WOULD BE ABLE
TO TEST ABOUT 30,000 PEOPLE PER
DAY AND THAT'S JUST
A MALL FRACTION OF THE TOTAL
TESTING BECAUSE THE
TOTAL TESTING WOULD INCLUDE ALL
THE PRIVATE SECTOR
TESTING WHICH INCLUDES THESE
MASSIVE AMOUNT OF
ABBOTT LABS QUICK RESPONSE
TESTING, THAT'S TAKING
PLACE IN INCREASING AMOUNTS AND
THEN ON TOP OF THAT,
THE TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD IS
GOING OUT THROUGHOUT THE
ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS+@ AND THE
ARE DOING ABOUT 3,000
TESTS PER DAY IN THE MORE RURAL
+@REGIONS OF THE
STATE.
STATE.
STATE. ALL THESE NUMBERS ADDING UP
WHICH IS WHY WE GO BACK
TO MY POINT EARLIER THAT +@IS Y
ARE GOING TO FIND
MORE PEOPLE+@ ARE BEING TESTED
AND AS A RESULT MORE
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SHOW UP
TESTING POSITIVE, WHAT
+@
TESTING POSITIVE, WHAT +@MATTERS IS THE PERCENTAGE OF
@ PEOPLE WHO TEST
POSITIVE.
POSITIVE.
POSITIVE. >> SPEAKING OF WHAT'S COMING,
DR. FAUCI SAID A
SECOND WAVE IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> THAT NEXT SURGE LIKELY
WOULD HAPPEN IN THE FALL
OR OTHERS WE MOVE TOWARD WINTER
WHEN YOU HAVE THE
REGULAR FLU AND COVID.
WHAT TEXAS IS DOING.
WE ARE DOING SEV+@ERAL THINGS.
WE ARE STOCKPILING OUR PPE.
WE HAVE OUR OWN DAILY SUPPLY OF
PPE THAT COMES IN
AND THAT WE GIVE OUT ACROSS THE
STATE OF TEXAS.
WE HAVE AVERAGED ABOUT A+@
MILLION FACE MASKS PER DAY
OVER THE PAST WEEK, +@GIVEN
ACROSS THE STATE OF TEXAS.
WE WILL SOON BE ABLE TO BE
STOCKPILING THAT IN LARGE
PART BECAUSE OF A COMPANY
LOCATED THERE IN FORT
WORTH THAT'S MANUFACTURING
THESE FACE MASKS FOR US.
WE WILL HAVE A CONSTANT SUPPLY
OF FACE MASKS, OF PPE
AND THEN WE WILL MAKE SURE WE
HAVE AVAILABLE ALL THE
HOSPITAL BEDS THAT WE NEE+@D, A
THE VENTILATORS WE
+@NEED.
+@NEED.
+@NEED. ANY TYPE OF EQUIPMENT WE WOULD
NEED TO MAKE SURE WE
ARE ABLE TO TRE+@AT ALL +@THE N
OF EVERYBODY WHO
TESTS POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS.
>> I WANT TO KNOW IF YOU WILL
BE OUT DINING AT
RESTAURANTS AND HEADING BACK TO
+@
RESTAURANTS AND HEADING BACK TO CHURCH NEXT WEEK
>> I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
I HA+@VEN'T GOTTEN OFF TODAY BU
I HA+@VEN'T GOTTEN OFF TODAY BU@ I'M LOOKING FORWARD
TO IT.