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"Go to work if you must but hunker down if your'e abe. Postpone anything you can. Treat the next 2 weeks as a period of self-quarantine to protect yourself and the lives and health of your loved ones." -- @kcexec .https://vimeo.com/397518720
Citing war bonds as way to help econ during WWII, @kcexec encourages us to patronize their local restaurants and coffee shops at a safe distance. "If this pandemic is symbolized by the medical mask then perhaps our resilience will be represented by the takeout box." #coronavirus
"Hours count… this is our only weapon available to us right now. We are not powerless against this virus, but we have one effective means of defeating it and that is distancing ourselves from virtually everyone else in the state of WA. -- @GovInslee #coronavirus
"The supply chain is strong today," he says, saying our grocery infrastructure is supported. (Read @mmsecaira on local food deserts already struggling before the virus: https://crosscut.com/focus/resetting-the-table …)
. @GovInslee "You need to figure out how not to have meetings of any size [if you can't ensure virus mitigation]."
On maintenance of personal protective equipment (PPE), fed stockpile "has been responding to our orders but we are gonna have to increase our orders fairly significantly." Says feds have granted request for changes in PPE priority distribution to states. @GovInslee #coronavirus
"You need to self-isolate starting right now." @GovInslee to people in high-risk groups. "This is not a legal statement by the gov but it is as strong of a recommendation as I can possibly make." Tells people to enforce this with our loved ones in those groups. #coronavirus
For low-risk groups: "You oughta look at your life and think, what do I really have to do… for my family's health or general living? If the answer is you really don't have to do it, stay home."
"This is tough. We're social animals. I've spent 69 years offering my hand to everybody I meet but we can't do that anymore." -- @GovInslee
Re: surge capacity at hospitals: "Everyone has to pitch in, and "if you have non-necessary surgery… you're probably not going to be having those procedures for some time." Convos w hospitals about that this afternoon. (Many hospitals have already postponed elective surgeries.)
. @snocounty Dave Summers up next. Emphasizes science-based decision making, and that science supports the recommendations being made rn. Mentions #FlattenTheCurve, need for personal action.
"It's gonna be a beautiful week this week so get out… WA is the only dry state this week… order some takeout… and practice your personal distancing." ????? Did I hear that right?
. @DocJeffD up. (TY FOR TWEETING REGULARLY DR. DUCHIN.) Mentions need to cut off chains of transmission, decreasing the peak and spreading out infections over time (#flattenthecurve).
"This is not just for older adults and people who have underlying health conditions." Says that even young people, even if they "don't care about their own health," should be aware not to increase number of cases even "inadvertently" by engaging with other rn. -- @DocJeffD
. @DocJeffD says that area hospitals are still seeing ER visits and pneumonia at levels similar to the peak of flu season, and that waiting for our health systems to get overloaded isn't an option.
. @DocJeffD announces his new orders, which align w @GovInslee's w additional guidance for gatherings smaller than 50 people. (Need to be able to show they're mitigating viral spread.)
I'm on a media call right now where I can't hear a lot of the officials' responses when we're all muted. Anyone else getting this? @sydbrownstone etc.
. @GovInslee responding to whether there will be penalties for defying the order: "State does have ability to take legal action," notes injunctions, "it is a crime to disobey this order but we need to rely on our love for each other much more than our fear of the law."
. @DocJeffD, on what things will let them know they're effective. “Whatever we do today, we wouldn’t expect (to know) that impact for at least a month." Wouldn’t be able to look at number of cases two weeks from now to know. If effective. Be prepared for long haul.
I have multiple questions I'm unable to ask bc they're closing the question queue for the call, but I will do what I can to ask those. Thank you @chasegallagher for setting this up and helping us access new information.
"Going for a bike ride is okay. Going for a run is okay," don't take a long drive if you'll need to use a public bathroom. "It's critical that you check in on others. Isolation is going to be very difficult for people." I believe that was @kcexec
Okay that’s it! It means so much that public officials are responding to media questions during a crisis. Ty @KCPubHealth @DocJeffD @WADeptHealth @GovInslee @chasegallagher @kcexec for making this happen.
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