Aug 05, 2021 Special Commission Meeting

[Call To Order]

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I'M ULA CLARK, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA. CALLING TO ORDER THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE STUART COMMISSION. OF THE 54 30 P. M STEWART CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 1 21, SOUTH WEST FLAGLER. AVENUE IN STUART, FLORIDA. WE WELCOME YOU TO OUR MEETING.

HER. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? MAYOR CLARKE. YES, VICE MAYOR MATHESON HERE, COMMISSIONER BRUNER. COMMISSIONER MCDONALD COMMISSIONER MEYER HERE. STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. MEMBER OF TIME OF EMERGENCY YOU IN THE SUMMER WITH HURRICANES AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT. FOR LETTUCE BE HOPEFUL. AS WE SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY OUR VICE MAYOR MARRIED MATHESON. WHICH IT SAYS ONE. YEAH. MEDIUM. SIDE OF THE UPTAKE WITH THE LITTLE BIT. VIRUS AND THE VARIANCE. PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A STATE OF EMERGENCY? WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA? WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR CITY OF STEWART? IS A RATE IN OUR CITY OF STEWART. THINGS GOING IN MARTIN COUNTY.

HOW WE DOING LOCALLY? HELP. PROTECT THE WELFARE. OUR RESIDENTS. I'VE BEEN ASKED TO THE CLEAREST STATE OF EMERGENCY. I'VE BEEN ASKED TO ALL KINDS OF THINGS. HAVE A SUMMIT. DO THIS START A NEW VACCINATIONS. UM AREA. OUR NEW TESTING AREAS, ALL KINDS OF THINGS. AND I MADE THE DECISION. ASKED THE COMMISSIONERS. AND OUR PUBLIC TO GET AS MUCH INPUT AS POSSIBLE. HAVE THIS MEETING TODAY TO DISCUSS. COVID AND HOW WE CAN DEAL WITH IT, ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY OF STEWART ON OUR CITY PROPERTIES. AND TO HEAR WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO WE LIKE TO BE ADVICE BY OUR. EXPERTS AND I BELIEVE THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY WE HAVE. THESE TWO SETS OF HEALTH EXPERTS THAT WE'VE CALLED ON HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AND OUR CLEVELAND CLINIC, WHICH IS THE ONLY HOSPITAL WITHIN OUR CITY OF STEWART AND CLEVELAND CLINIC ACTUALLY HAS TWO HOSPITALS WITHIN OUR CITY AND STEWART NOW. TWO FACILITIES, SO I'D LIKE FOR MISS RENEE ROUSE AND EVERYBODY AFFILIATED WITH

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MARTIN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION

SO WHAT IS HAPPENING THROUGH THE MARTIN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT? WHAT IS AVAILABLE? AND UM, JUST BRING US UP TO DATE. REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN OUR COMMUNITY. HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE MARTIN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. ELSE ON THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFF. SURE YOU'RE SPEAKING ALL THE WAY UP. YOU CAN HOLD THE MIKE AS CLOSE TO YOUR MASK AS POSSIBLE. OKAY, IS THAT BETTER? IS IT ON? WE'RE NOT SURE IF IT'S SONGS MM. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS MY NAME IS RENEE ROUSE. I AM THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FOR THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN MARTIN COUNTY. WE ARE. VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TONIGHT. ACTUALLY, OUR HEALTH OFFICER. ME. CAROL ANN PATANI WILL BE PRESENTING OUR DATA THIS THANK YOU, MR AL. YOU PLEASE SAY YOUR NAME AND SPELL YOUR NAME FOR US. CERTAINLY CAROL AND BATON E C A. R O L. AM N. THE I T A. M I THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE. WHAT'S HAPPENING. ARE IN MARTIN COUNTY. AS YOU KNOW.

HOPE IT IS RAGING THROUGHOUT OUR NATION. OUR STATE. AND HERE IN MARTIN COUNTY AS WELL. THIS PICTURE HERE WILL GIVE YOU, UH. THIS CAN BE FOUND ON THE CDC COVID DATA TRACKER. THIS IS A GREAT SITE YOU CAN PUT IN OUR COUNTY. IT WILL GIVE YOU ALL SORTS OF INFORMATION THERE.

IT'S RELATIVELY USER FRIENDLY, I WOULD SAY SO. THAT'S A GOOD THING ON NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO

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THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PANDEMIC OVER 1700 CASES HERE IN MARTIN COUNTY. AND AS WE KNOW THINGS STARTED TO OPEN UP. UH, MASK STARTED TO COME OFF. SOCIAL DISTANCING BECAME SOMEWHAT I'M NOT AS COMMON PEOPLE STARTED TO TRAVEL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. LET'S LOOK AT OUR AGE GROUPS SO THIS WILL GIVE YOU A QUICK SNAPSHOT, TOO. OF WHERE WE'RE SEEING OUR CASE. AND UH, YOU'LL SEE THE MAJORITY OF THE CASES ARE IN OUR 15 YEAR OLD TO 64 YEAR OLD. ALTHOUGH YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE SOME IN THE FIVE TO YEAH. 5 TO 13 YEAR OLDS. I THINK THAT IS 14 YEAR OLD. SO THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, A PICTURE OF WHAT WE'RE NOTICING. NOW. IT'S DEFINITELY OUR YOUNGER AGE GROUP. AS THE MAJORITY OF OUR OLDER AGE GROUP 65 OLDER ARE VACCINATED. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO PREVENTION MEASURES, OF COURSE FROM THE CDC. ARE TO GET VACCINATED. YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS OUR BEST DEFENSE AGAINST THIS VIRUS, WHERE A MASK ESPECIALLY ENDORSED SETTINGS, BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE IS VACCINATED. AND AS WE KNOW THIS IS A RESPIRATORY VIRUS. SOCIAL DISTANCE, OF COURSE. AND AVOID CROWDS AND POORLY VENTILATED SPACES. OF COURSE, WASH YOUR HANDS. COVER YOUR MOUTH WHEN YOU COUGH. STAY HOME WHEN YOU'RE SICK, CLEAN AND DISINFECT. AND OF COURSE, MONITOR YOUR HEALTH. AND IF YOU START CHECK, WE HAVE COVID LIKE SYMPTOMS WELL AND GET TESTED. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OKAY, SO VACCINES. LET'S TALK ABOUT VACCINES. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT VACCINES. WE HAVE THREE VACCINES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR US OUT THERE. THEY ARE SAFE AND THEY ARE EFFECTIVE. NOT 100% FOOLPROOF AND YOU CAN STILL POSSIBLY GET. THE VIRUS, BUT THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT YOU WON'T BE SEVERELY ILL. IT WILL PREVENT HOSPITALIZATIONS AND OF COURSE, DEATH. EFFECTIVE AGAINST THE VARIANCE. YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT. AND THE ONE THAT WE'RE SEEING. MOSTLY IS THAT DELTA VARIANT? IT IS MUCH MORE VIRULENT THAN THE ALPHA VERY IN. VACCINES WE HAVE THEM READILY AVAILABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE PROVIDE THEM AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT BY APPOINTMENT. AND THEY'RE AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE. AGE 12 AND OLDER PFIZER VACCINE HAS BEEN APPROVED EARLY AGE 12 AND OF COURSE THEY'RE FREE. BYE, PLEASE. SO VACCINATION RATES HERE IN MARTIN COUNTY.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. SO WE'RE AT 61% OF THOSE 12 AND OLDER WHO HAD ONE OR CHEW VACCINE. UM. SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT MY GLASSES TONIGHT. JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU. THAT WE GO. OKAY, UM. SO YOU CAN LOOK A LITTLE MORE CLOSELY AND YOU'LL SEE THAT ARE OLDER POPULATION IS HAS A MUCH HIGHER PERCENT. WE'RE LOOKING AT 83% 80% OF COURSE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE 65 TO 69 AT 90. LET'S LOOK DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT, AND YOU CAN SEE OUR 12 TO 14 YEAR OLDS.

THAT THEY'VE HAD ONE OR TWO. VACCINE AND THAT'S A 26% AND THEN WE GO UP FROM THERE 15 TO 1937. AND SO ON. SO YOU CAN SEE HOW WE'RE AT A LOWER PERCENTAGE RIGHT THERE IN THOSE AGE

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THERE'S HIS UNVACCINATED, UM AND. THE CHANCES OF THE NEXT MUTATION BECAUSE BECAUSE MY.

REAL FEAR. BESIDES ONE MONTH, KIDS GETTING IT WHO ARE UNDER 12 AND CAN'T BE VACCINATED. IS THE CHANCE. THAT ONE OF THE MUTATIONS HAS A HIGH MORTALITY RATE. FOR THOSE THAT ARE ALREADY VACCINATED WITH THE TAXING WOULD CREATE MHM. WOULD YOU OR OR ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO KIND OF. GIVE US THAT THAT RUN DOWN BECAUSE THAT'S. THAT'S WHAT I THINK ABOUT IS ALL RIGHT. WHAT IS THE NEXT MUTATION? THE FEAR THAT THE NEXT MUTATION UM. HAVE SIGNIFICANT HARM TO THOSE THAT ALREADY VACCINATED. WHY DID IT CHANGE? YEAH, AND I ABSOLUTELY,

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THANK YOU. ALL 17 ONES. SOUTH WEST PALM CITY WROTE. WHAT. VACCINES WHEN WE'RE OFFERING THE FREE ONES THEY'RE ALL LIKE WHO WAS PUTTING THEM OUT? BECAUSE I WILL TELL YOU, MY 25 YEAR OLD WENT AND GOT THE VAX BECAUSE SHE'S DOING HER BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEL TRIP, SHE NEVER WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THE FACTS. IT BLEW UP HER LEG AND SHE'S 25. SHE'S IN ORLANDO.

WONDERING THE FREE VACCINES THAT ARE BEING AT. WHAT COMPANY? WHAT PHARMACEUTICALS IS OFFERING IT. SO FOR OUR PEOPLE, BECAUSE IF PEOPLE WANT TO GO GET IT. THE PFIZER VACCINE, THE MODERNA VACCINE AND THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE. AND ALL THREE OF THOSE ARE FREE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'RE

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PRESENTATION FROM CLEVELAND CLINIC ON COVID

MAYOR. YES, SIR. IT'S ALWAYS PRIVILEGED TO BE HERE. MY NAME IS ROBERT LORD R O V E R T. L O R. D. 50 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY AND FOR 23 24 YEARS I'VE BEEN WITH CLEVELAND. IS IT APARTMENT WITHOUT MR LET IT IN YOUR HAND. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. IS THAT BETTER? YEAH.

STEADY. I AM THE PRESIDENT OF CLEVELAND CLINIC, MARTIN HEALTH AND THE THREE HOSPITALS WE HAVE MHM. HONORED THAT YOU WOULD INVITE ME HERE TODAY. I WISH I WERE GIVING A LITTLE DIFFERENT REPORTS THAT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU. BUT FOR COVID UPDATE, WE ARE SETTING NEW RECORDS FOR THE NUMBER OF COVID PATIENTS IN OUR HOSPITAL EVERY DAY. TODAY IS NO EXCEPTION. CURRENTLY AT MARTIN NORTH HOSPITAL. THERE ARE 78 COVID PATIENTS ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL. OVERALL. BETWEEN MARTIN NORTH AND TRADITION. WE HAVE 141 COVID PATIENTS. IT IS BY FAR THE HIGHEST NUMBER THAT WE HAVE HAD AT ANY POINT DURING THE PANDEMIC. BEFORE THIS SEARCH THE PREVIOUS HIGH. THERE ARE HOSPITALS COMBINED WAS 111 PATIENTS THAT OCCURRED ON JANUARY THE 25TH OF THIS YEAR.

LESS THAN A MONTH AGO. THAT NUMBER WAS CONSISTENTLY UNDER 20. OVER A STRETCH OF WEEKS WE WERE RUNNING IN THE TEENS. THAT NUMBER HAS GONE UP IN A MONTH TO 141. THE AVERAGE STAY OF A COVID PATIENT IN OUR HOSPITALS. RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT 10.8 DAYS. THAT'S A VERY LONG HOSPITAL.

STAY THIS DAY AND AGE. IT MAKES IT INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO MANAGE. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PATIENTS ARE GOING TO COME TOMORROW. BUT I KNOW I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DISCHARGE AS MANY AS I WOULD LIKE TODAY. LONGEST LENGTH OF STAY WE HAVE IN THE HOSPITAL FOR A COVID PATIENT RIGHT NOW. IT'S JUST UNDER 60 DAYS. DURING THIS SURGE. OVER 90% OF THE PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED ARE UNVACCINATED. MHM. WHEN YOU HAVE OVER HALF OF YOUR POPULATION VACCINATED AND

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EVERY HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY IS CHALLENGED WITH STAFF. WE ARE NO DIFFERENT. VERY DIFFICULT TO GET NURSES. I EXPECT 50 TRAVELING NURSES TO ARRIVE NEXT WEEK OR JUST UNDER 50. TREMENDOUS EXPENSE. TO COME AND AUGMENT OUR EXISTING NURSING STAFF. I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE THIS IS AUGUST. THIS SHOULD BE OUR SLOWEST MONTH OF THE YEAR IN OUR HOSPITAL. BED SPACE IS LIMITED. HIS LONG LENGTH OF STAY THAT I MENTIONED MAKE MANAGING BED SPACE IN THE SEARCH EXTREMELY COMPLICATED. THERE'S NO GOOD WAY TO PREDICT HOW MANY BEDS I'M GONNA HAVE TOMORROW. I DON'T KNOW IF A PATIENT WILL COME IN FOR ONE DAY OR FOR 30. WE'RE CANCELING SOME ELECTIVE CASES NOW. ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT REQUIRE LONG HOSPITAL STAYS AGAIN TRYING TO FREE UP AS MANY BEDS AS POSSIBLE. WE CONTINUE TO TAKE CARE OF ALL EMERGENT AND URGENT SURGERIES, INCLUDING MANY CANCER SURGERIES RELATED TO DIAGNOSTICS THAT MIGHT NOT BE CONSIDERED AN EMERGENCY, BUT I'M SURE TO THAT PATIENT THEY ARE. THEY ARE QUITE URGENT. WE HAVE CONTINGENCY PLANS TO EXPAND OUR CAPACITY TO DOUBLE UP ON ROOMS. THAT'S LESS THAN IDEAL. OUR ABILITY TO STAFF AT THOSE LEVELS IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE. THE MESSAGE I WOULD WANT EVERYBODY TO HAVE AND THIS IS TRUE NOT JUST IN THIS COMMUNITY, BUT IN EVERY COMMUNITY ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. YOUR HOSPITAL IS NOT AN INEXHAUSTIBLE RESOURCE. IT IS NOT A GUARANTEE THAT IT WILL BE THERE TO TAKE CARE OF YOU. WE CAN OVERWHELM THE SYSTEMS. I'M WORRIED THAT IF THIS TREND CONTINUES, ALL FLORIDA HOSPITALS ARE IN DANGER OF THAT. WE HAVE STRICTLY LIMITED VISITATION ONCE AGAIN, AND I APOLOGIZE TO OUR COMMUNITY. I WISH THAT WASN'T NECESSARY. WE'VE GONE BACK TO THE CODE RED STATUS BECAUSE OF THE INFECTION RATES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THE LIKELIHOOD VISITORS WILL BRING COVID INTO OUR FACILITY.

MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE COMING INTO OUR HOSPITAL. I WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE COOPERATE WITH US. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOT WANTED TO COOPERATE WITH THAT, BUT THAT'S NECESSARY FOR US. WE HAVE TO DRAW A FIRM LINE IN THE SAND ON THAT. NO VISITORS ARE ALLOWED FOR COVID PATIENTS. WE DO HAVE SOME MECHANISM TO TRY AND ALLOW FACE TO FACE TYPE OF COMMUNICATION USING IPADS AND THAT SORT OF THING. OTHER PATIENTS ARE ALLOWED ONE DESIGNATED VISITOR LENGTH OF THEIR HOSPITAL STAY. FINALLY UH, WAS MARRIED. I'D LIKE TO TOUCH ON THE DELTA VARIANT QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. AND I WANT TO PREFACE THIS BY SAYING I'M AN ATTORNEY BY TRAINING, UNDERSTOOD, AND SO I PROFESS TO BE A DOCTOR, BUT IT'S A DOCTOR OF LAW, AND THAT'S THE WRONG KIND OF DOCTOR. BUT I'VE LEARNED A LITTLE BIT ALONG THE

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IT WAS ABOUT 1.3. I THINK THIS MAY BE BETWEEN FIVE AND NINE, IS WHAT THE ATTORNEY, THE SURGEON GENERAL SAID IN A TELEPHONE CONFERENCE. I WAS ON YESTERDAY. MM. WE HAVE A LOT OF PATIENTS THAT HAVE BEEN IN OUR HOSPITAL THAT BUT I HAD COVID LAST YEAR. SHOULD BE IMMUNE. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE NATURAL IMMUNITIES THAT WERE ACQUIRED LAST YEAR GOING TO PROTECT YOU FROM THIS VARIANT. PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT. CHILDREN ARE GETTING SICK. CHILDREN ARE TRANSMITTING IT. PREGNANT WOMEN ARE MORE AT RISK. THE BATTLE HAS JUST BECOME FAR MORE CHALLENGING. ABOUT THE MUTATIONS. WHAT I WAS TOLD BY LEADING RESEARCH SCIENTISTS WHAT IN A CALL THAT I WAS ON IN EACH INDIVIDUAL. THIS VIRUS GETS IN YOUR BODY, AND IT REPLICATES THAT WHAT THEY SAID WAS A BILLION TIMES IN ONE PERSON. AND EVERY TIME IT REPLICATES, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THERE WILL BE A MUTATION. WHETHER THAT MUTATION WILL BE GOOD OR BAD OR INDIFFERENT, MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE AT ALL THE BALLS ALL GO UP IN THE AIR. OBVIOUSLY EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, ONE OF THESE THINGS COMES OUT. AND IT'S LIKE THIS DELTA VARIANT. YEAH. SO. AND I'VE HEARD, AS WAS INDICATED BY MY COLLEAGUES AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AND I'D BE REMISS IF I DID NOT SAY WHAT AN HONOR AND PLEASURE IT HAS BEEN TO WORK WITH CAROLINA. THAT ENTIRE TEAM AND THE JOB THAT THEY HAVE DONE FOR THIS COMMUNITY CANNOT BE OVERSTATED. AND THE COLLABORATION THAT HAS OCCURRED BETWEEN OUR ORGANIZATION IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS, I THINK EXEMPLARY. OTHERS SHOULD FOLLOW US AS AN EXAMPLE. BUT WHAT I'VE HEARD IS THAT THERE ARE AS MANY AS FIVE NEW VARIANTS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT, BUT WE DON'T KNOW THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT. WILL THEY BECOME DOMINANT STRAINS LIKE THE DELTA VARIED HAZARD WHERE THEY JUST GO AWAY. WE JUST DON'T KNOW. BUT THIS IS LOOKING MORE AND MORE TO ME. LIKE IT MAY BECOME A NEW WAY OF LIFE FOR US. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THIS DONE AND WE'LL BE DEALING WITH THIS INDEFINITELY. AND IF I WERE IN YOUR POSITION, I WOULD LOOK AT THIS AND. MAKE MY DECISIONS WITH THAT SORT OF A THOUGHT IN MIND, AT LEAST AT THIS TIME. BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR LORD. I'M JUST HOLDING FOR US. AND. TO THE MANAGER. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AREN'T GONNA WAIT? NO, MA'AM, I HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. MR MCDONALD'S HOW MANY? HOW MANY ICU BEDS DO YOU HAVE? AND HOW MANY DID YOU SAY WE'RE FULL RIGHT NOW AND USE WITH CLUB WE'VE CREATED A NUMBER OF I'D HAVE TO GET YOU THAT NUMBER OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE TAKE. I DIDN'T MENTION THIS. WE'RE CONVERTING. FLOORS WITHIN THE HOSPITAL TO COVID FORCE WHEN YOU GET TO THESE KINDS OF NUMBERS, UM. AND THE SAME IS TRUE WITH ICU BEDS. WE'VE WE'VE ACTUALLY INCREASED OUR INTENSIVE CARE CAPACITY.

WHILE IT MIGHT NOT BE IN AN ICU ROOM, I CAN GET YOU THOSE NUMBERS, BUT IT'S A FLUID NUMBER. WE. WE'RE NOT LIMITING OURSELVES TO WHAT? UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD BE OUR MEDICAL. I SEE YOU ARE A SURGICAL I C U THOSE BARRIERS HAVE COME DOWN. OKAY, LET ME REPHRASE THE QUESTION. AND AS, UH. AS OFTEN LAWYERS DO, UH, THE, UH UM, HOW MANY DID I C U BEDS DID YOU HAVE PRIOR TO COVID? MAYBE THAT'S A NEED. I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER. OKAY I'M JUST CURIOUS. I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU KNEW, AND WE, UH. WELL, AND WE WERE THERE ALSO BECAUSE THIS IS ON COVID, OUR OTHER PATIENT. IS STILL THE POPULATION IS STILL THERE AND STILL TAKING UP. I SEE YOUR BEDS, AND IN FACT, WE'RE BUSIER THAN WE WOULD EXPECT TO BE WITH THOSE PATIENTS AS WELL. WE THINK THAT COULD BE RELATED TO PEOPLE DEFERRING. CARE OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS, AND THOSE THINGS ARE CATCHING UP WITH PEOPLE NOW, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE YOU KNOW, DON'T NOT COME TO THE HOSPITAL WHEN YOU HAVE CHEST PAINTERS. THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT ANSWER. YOU NEED TO COME. WELL, WE'VE WE'VE. WE'VE BECOME QUITE GOOD. I THINK IT AT PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THIS WITHIN OUR OWN FACILITIES, AND YOU'RE SAFE IF YOU COME TO OUR HOSPITAL.

YOU GUYS. DIDN'T HAVE THE CAPACITY IS NEEDED THEN? YES. OKAY WE WERE JUST WE'RE CONSTANTLY MOVING RESOURCES AROUND. THANK YOU, MR MEYER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JOHN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH ADMIRE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS THAT MAYBE COULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR EITHER PARTY OR BOTH TOGETHER. MM. FIRST IS AROUND. MESSAGING AND STORYTELLING. UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK. NOBODY IN THIS ROOM. NOBODY HERE WATCHING OR LISTENING OR WE'LL WATCH THIS IN THE FUTURE. IS NOT AWARE THAT. WE HAVE A CRISIS OF

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HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND OUR LOCAL LEAD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THESE STORIES AND SHARE THEM WITH THE COMMUNITY TO SAY, LISTEN. I'M SOMEBODY I'M REAL. I'M NOT PAID ACTOR BY YOU KNOW THE BOOGEYMAN SHADOW GOVERNMENT. I AM. HERE. I WAS SICK AND I'M GOING TO GET VACCINATED OR. THERE ARE SOME OF THOSE STORIES OUT THERE AND I COULD NOT AGREE WITH YOU MORE. I THINK THAT WE LEARNED FROM STORYTELLING. THAT'S HOW JUST THE HISTORY OF MANKIND WE'VE LEARNED. TO GET BACK TO THAT, IN FACT, AND I THINK IT'S COMPELLING. THERE ARE SOME LOCALLY. I THINK A LOT OF THE PEOPLE, THOUGH. I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT IS I THINK THERE'S ELEMENTS OF PEER PRESSURE AND ALL KINDS OF OTHER THINGS POTENTIAL EMBARRASSMENT. WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT TO ANYBODY. OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T BRING ANYTHING FORWARD WITHOUT THE PATIENT'S CONSENT, RIGHT.

BUT IF A PATIENT VOLUNTEERS THAT WELL KNOW THAT OUR PEOPLE WILL TRY AND WORK WITH. THE FOLKS IN THE MEDIA AND ELSEWHERE TO GET THAT STORY OUT THERE. THOSE STORIES ARE COMPELLING. OKAY I THINK IF THERE'S A WAY TO HIGHLIGHT THAT I'M SURE YOU ARE. UM. YEAH, WELL, I'VE SEEN IT IN LOCAL THE LOCAL NEWS, BUT JUST COMING FROM THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW IT'S PEOPLE. WE'RE A SMALL COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE KNOW EACH OTHER. AND IF IT'S A FAMILIAR FACE THAT'S SAYING HEY, GUYS, THIS IS REAL. I GOT I GOT VERY SICK. AND I SHOULD HAVE BEEN.

YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO GET VACCINATED. SHOULD HAVE BEEN OKAY. SO THEN MOVING ON. I KNOW THAT, UM IN MY, YOU KNOW, AND IN MY CIRCLE OF FRIENDS AND IN MY FAMILY AH! VACCINATED FOLKS ARE BEGINNING TO TEST POSITIVE. AND SO. WHAT SORT OF MESSAGING ARE WE PUTTING OUT THERE? OR WHAT'S THE GUIDANCE? I GUESS FOR FOLKS NOW WHO HAVE BEEN VACCINATED. WE JUST SAW THE CASE FROM PROVINCETOWN. WHAT SHOULD WE BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR OURSELVES AND OUR FAMILIES, SNIFFLES COUGHS. WHAT SORT OF SYMPTOMS SHOULD BE BE LOOKING OUT FOR THAT WE KNOW TO GO GET TESTED, EVEN IF WE'VE BEEN VACCINATED. HEADACHE THE COUGH THE SAME SYMPTOMS THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH ALL ALONG. UH, PREVENTATIVE MEASURES ARE THE SAME. THE INFECTION CONTROL TECHNIQUES AS I SIT HERE WITH MY HANDS ON THIS PODIUM. UH, OLD HABITS DIE HARD. BUT, UH.

AND, UH, MARK, CAN YOU RESTATE YOUR QUESTION? SURE SO YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT SHOULD TRIGGER SOMEBODY IN THE COMMUNITY WHO IS VACCINATED? UM AND IS MAYBE FEELING. SNIFFLE OR A COUGH. I MEAN, SHOULD WE BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THAT MORE NOW? AND TO START GOING AND GETTING TESTED, AND THEN THEY GET QUARANTINE OR DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO? YES, THERE ARE BUT THERE I SHOULD NOTE THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE BUGS THAT ARE GOING AROUND IN THE COMMUNITY, THEIR RESPIRATORY TYPE CONDITIONS AS THEY NORMALLY ARE HERE IN THE SUMMERTIME WERE COLD SUMMER COLDS, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. SO I WOULDN'T BE ALARMED AT IT. AND IF YOU'RE VACCINATED AGAIN.

WHAT SEEMS TO HAPPEN WITH THIS, AND THIS IS THE REASON FOR THE NEW GUIDANCE, I THINK ON THE MASKS. WHAT WE'VE FOUND IS THAT VACCINATED PEOPLE. THE VIRUS STILL GETS INTO OUR SYSTEM AND THE ONE THING ABOUT THE DELTA VIRUS VARIANT AS I'VE HEARD IT DESCRIBED TO ME AS ITS IT HIDES IN YOUR SYSTEM A LITTLE BETTER THAN THE PRIVATE PRIOR VARIANTS, SO YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM DOESN'T REALIZE IT'S THERE. RIGHT. SO WHILE IT'S THERE, IT'S REPLICATING IN YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM. IF YOU'RE VACCINATED IS READY TO GO. AS SOON AS IT REALIZES IT'S THERE. IT GOES AFTER IT. BUT MEANWHILE, YOU COULD BE SPREADING THAT VIRUS EXACTLY SO WITH YOUR VACCINATED POPULATION, YOU CREATE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO COULD BE CARRIERS ON WINNING ONE SO THAT'S THE REASON I THINK THEY'VE ASKED, VACCINATED PEOPLE MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE TO WEAR. THE MASK IS TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF IT. IT CAN PROTECT YOU FROM GETTING IT AS WELL. OBVIOUSLY. BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE PATIENTS HAD MINOR SYMPTOMS IN A DAY OR TWO. IT TENDS TO WRITE TO GO DOWN AGAIN. THERE ARE A FEW EXCEPTIONS TO THAT. IF YOU'RE IMMUNE COMPROMISED, IT'S POSSIBLE WHEN YOU GOT THE SHOT. IT DIDN'T. DEVELOP THE ANTIBODIES TO THE FULL EXTENT BUT AGAIN, YOU'RE STILL PROTECTED, BUT WE'RE STILL SEEING IS THAT THOSE PATIENTS EVEN IF THEY COME TO THE HOSPITAL, THERE WERE ABLE TO GET THEM OUT AND WITHOUT WHAT LOOKED TO BE LONG TERM CONSEQUENCES. BUT BUT I WOULD LOOK FOR YOU KNOW THE SAME SYMPTOMS. WE LOOKED FOR THE COUGH, THE SNEEZE THE HEADACHES. THE. ANYTHING YOU'D

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I RECOMMENDED THEY GET A TEST AND THEY ALL CAME BACK NEGATIVE. THEY HAD SOME OTHER UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT KIND OF PROBLEM, OKAY, AND AS FAR AS TESTING IS CONCERNED, ARE WE STILL OFFERING TESTING? AT CLEVELAND LOCATIONS AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. WHAT'S HOW IS TESTING AVAILABLE TO WE NO LONGER HAVE THE DRIVE THROUGH THE DEMAND JUST WASN'T THERE FOR THAT. THE TESTS ARE AVAILABLE AT SO MANY OTHER LOCATIONS. YOUR WALGREENS, YOUR CBS, UH, PHYSICIAN OFFICES. THERE'S A VARIETY OF OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO GET THAT THERE.

SAME THING WITH VACCINES. WE OFFER VACCINES BUT GENERATES A PATIENT WHO HAS BEEN A POPULAR HAS AN APPOINTMENT OR ARE HAS REQUESTED THIS ESTABLISHED PATIENT. THERE'S PLENTY OF AVENUES OUT THERE. AND IF SOMEBODY CAN'T FIGURE OUT THOSE AVENUES, I'M SURE IF THEY CONTACT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR SOMEBODY. YEAH, SOMEBODY HERE WE'LL WE'LL FIND A WAY TO GET THEM CONNECTED. WHERE, IF THEY NEED TO BE THANKS, MR LORD. IT'S I THINK THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WANTED TO AFTER THAT, MR OTANI DID YOU WANT TO JUST WAS JUST GOING TO ADD ABOUT THE TESTING? SO YES. UM, YOU CAN CALL THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND WE'LL HAVE AVAILABILITY. EARLY IN THE MORNING BECAUSE WE HAVE A COURIER THAT COMES BY 11. SO WE'LL BY APPOINTMENT YOU CAN CALL AND, UH AND WE'LL HAVE YOU TESTED BETWEEN EIGHT AND 10.

MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAYS, RIGHT AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT BRINGING IN SOME, UM, A STATE REGIONAL. TESTING MOBILE UNIT SO THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE AS WELL. SO WE'RE THE PROCESS OF THAT AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN NUTS. I THINK AS TO YOUR POINT EARLIER, MR LORD ABOUT IS PERHAPS BEING A NEW. A NEW NORMAL SAID THAT SEVERAL TIMES NOW OVER THE LAST YEAR. BEST THING IS, WE'RE LOOKING NOW AGAIN AT TESTING IS BEING A CRITICAL PART OF LIVING WITH THAT NEW NORMAL, I THINK, BECAUSE AS A VACCINATED PERSON, PERHAPS YES, I'M LESS AT RISK OF SEVERE ILLNESS AND DEATH. BUT WITH THESE NEW VARIANTS, I CAN BE SPREADING IT ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND SO. THINKING ABOUT TESTING AGAIN. THAT'S WHY I BRING IT UP. GREAT THINKING ABOUT TESTING AGAIN. IF YOU SEE THOSE SYMPTOMS, TRY TO GET TESTED BECAUSE YOU MIGHT BE POSITIVE AND MASK OR NOT. I MEAN, WEARING A MASK. YOU TRANSMIT IT LESS, BUT. YOU OUGHT TO MAYBE STAY AT HOME AND NOT GO OUT AS MUCH AS YOU WERE. IF YOU TEST POSITIVE SO THAT YOU DON'T SPREAD IT AS MUCH AS YOU WOULD SO. IT'S GREAT TO HEAR ABOUT THE MOBILE TESTING UNIT. THERE. NO THANK YOU, MR BRUNER. AND THEN I THINK. MUCH TO MATHESON. AND THEN I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS TO MR LORD COMMERCIAL, BRUNER. WOULD, UM. DEVELOP. YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT TO BE MORE OF IT. ARE DIFFERENT STRANDS. WHAT ABOUT US THAT HAVE HAD SHOTS? WILL THERE BE A THIRD SHOT THAT WE CAN TAKE? DO YOU SEE THIS COMING? YES, MA'AM. I THINK THAT WHAT WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THE DATA SUGGESTS THAT THEY'RE STARTING TO SEE A DROP OFF IN IN THE. THE IMPACT OF THE VACCINES FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE TEST GROUPS, SO IT'S EVERYTHING SUGGESTS TO ME THAT THERE WILL BE BOOSTERS AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE. NOW THAT'S OBVIOUSLY DISPUTED. THERE'S SOME INTERNATIONAL NEWS WHERE OTHER COUNTRIES. I FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD ALL GET THEIR FIRST SHOT BEFORE WE GET OUR BOOSTERS. UM MY MESSAGE TO PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY WOULD BE. WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS. LET'S TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. I AGREE. YOU READ IN THE. IN THE PAPER ABOUT THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES THAT CAN'T EVEN GET SHOT. YES, MA'AM. THEY GO TO THE HOSPITAL. THEY CAN'T GET THE MEDICINE THE OXYGEN. AND THEY DIE I READ WERE ONE JOURNALIST IN PERU. IT COMMITTED SUICIDE. UM I UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU SING. TO COME TO THE HOSPITAL AND TAKE NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE, BUT.

THEY'RE ALL THIS THAT'S GOING ON. WE HAVEN'T HAD THE SHOT. WE LIVE IN THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. WE HAVE THE BEST HOSPITALS DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR HOSPITALS. UNTIL YOU'RE SICK. UM. IT'S JUST IT'S SO WE REALLY NEED TO GET PEOPLE VACCINATED. WE REALLY DO. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MR RACHEL. COMING. THANKS PLACE. YES, UM MR. LORD I'M INTERESTED IF YOU COULD SHED SOME LIGHT ON THE MORTALITY RATE BETWEEN THE DELTA VARIANT AND THE ALPHA VARIANT OR HAS WON. THE MEDICAL. INDUSTRY GOTTEN BETTER AT TREATING. ALL THE VARIANTS OF COVID, OR WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TUBE IN TERMS OF MORTALITY RATE? WE DO HAVE BETTER TOOLS AT OUR DISPOSAL. NOW WE HAVE BETTER SUPPLY. OUR SUPPLY LINES ARE BETTER RIGHT

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WHAT I HAVE IS ANECDOTAL. AND I WOULD SAY ANECDOTALLY, WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS. A UH WE'VE HAD MORE DEATHS WITH THIS VARIANT THING WE HAD WITH THE PRIMARY. THAT EVEN THAT DOESN'T TELL THE WHOLE STORY. BECAUSE THESE PATIENTS ARE YOUNGER. THESE PATIENTS ARE HEALTHIER. THAN THEY WERE BEFORE THOSE 85 YEAR OLD PATIENTS THAT WE WERE GETTING THE FIRST TIME AROUND.

THEY MOST OF THEM ARE VACCINATED. YOU SAW THE DATA THAT WAS UP THERE. PEOPLE 65.

IT'S A 90. MHM. ARE LARGELY VACCINATED. SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS A MUCH LARGER GROUP OF PATIENTS AND AGAIN THAT DATA THE COUNTY DATA IS REFLECT. WE MIRROR THAT WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF PATIENTS THAT ARE IN THEIR TWENTIES AND THIRTIES AND FORTIES. GETTING VERY SICK. AND SOME OF THEM DIE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HIM AND THINKING OKAY IN THE PAST WHEN WE HAD A DEATH. MOST OF THE TIME, I COULD POINT TO SOMETHING AND SAY THAT THIS WAS A FRAIL PATIENT THAT HAD OR HAD A CONDITION THAT MADE THEM AT RISK. EVEN THE YOUNGER PATIENTS, MOST OF THEM HAD THERE WAS ASTHMATIC OR HEART DISEASE OR SOMETHING. AND SO. BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT BROKEN DOWN BY DATA TO SAY HERE'S THE DEATH RATE FOR. UH FOR THE DELTA, VARY IT. I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT. BUT SO IT'S JUST ANECDOTAL. BUT YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE WE'VE LOST A NUMBER OF PATIENTS. THIS VARIANT? UH HUH. UM OH, GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD, MR TANI. IS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT DOING PEDIATRIC TESTING, OR ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE TO SEE THEIR PEDIATRICIAN? UH HUH. YEAH. WE RECOMMEND THEM GOING TO THEIR PEDIATRICIAN. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THEN THE IF THEN, THE PEDIATRICIAN CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, DECIDE WHAT KIND OF TREATMENT THEY WOULD NEED. BUT WE DO TESTS PEDIATRICS, OKAY? THANK YOU. YES. MM. MR MR. AT DONALD ROB A COUPLE THINGS FIRST YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, I THINK MIKE BROUGHT UP STORY TELLING AND YOU MENTIONED IT, AND I RECENTLY WAS TOLD THE STORY BY A FRIEND OF MINE GROWING UP IN THE SIXTIES. AND THE POLIO VACCINE AND HOW HOW EFFECTIVE IT WAS AND HOW EVERYBODY WAS SO AFRAID OF GETTING POLIO. AND I NEVER I I'M OLD ENOUGH FOR. I GUESS I DIDN'T HAVE THAT FEAR OR YOUNG ENOUGH. I SHOULD SAY THAT OLD ENOUGH YOUNG ENOUGH. UM SO WE KNOW THAT VACCINES WORK AND I UNDERSTAND I BELIEVE THE LAST POLIO CASE THE UNITED STATES WAS LIKE 1979. SO I WAS RECENTLY FLEETING DISCUSSING MAYBE PLEADING A LITTLE BIT WITH A VERY CLOSE RELATIVE THAT I BELIEVE IS AT HIGH RISK STATE ABOUT GETTING THE VACCINE. AND THE RESPONSE WAS, THEY'RE DANGEROUS AND THEY KILL MORE PEOPLE THAN THEY SAVE. NO. NO. THE DATA I BELIEVE SHOW SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO THAT ARE. IS THERE ANY DATA OUT THERE THAT SHOWS THE VACCINES ARE DANGEROUS. THAT THEY'RE CAUSING HARM TO PEOPLE THAT THERE'S I'VE HEARD EVERYTHING FROM FERTILITY ISSUES TO WHO LARGE HEARTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE TO WHO TWITCHES TO, UH, SWITCH TINGLING SKIN, TOO. YOU YOUR WHOLE WHOLE ARRAY OF ISSUES. UH, SO WHAT IS THE DATA SHOWING FAR AS THE SAFETY OF THESE BECAUSE I KNOW I HAVE NOT SUFFERED ANY THINK SO. THERE'S A LACK OF SCIENTIFIC DATA TO SUPPORT THE PROPOSITION THAT VACCINES OR HARM. THERE'S A WEALTH OF SCIENTIFIC DATA TO SHOW THAT THEY'RE HELPFUL. YOU MENTIONED POLIO. WOULD BRING UP SMALLPOX. TETANUS, HEPATITIS B HEPATITIS A RUBELLA. MEASLES. TEXAS. PNEUMOCOCCAL DISEASE, ROTAVIRUS CHICKEN POX, DIPTHERIA AND MOPS. IS ALL DISEASES THAT WERE LARGELY ELIMINATED. VACCINATIONS AND THAT. MOST OF US WHEN WE WENT TO SCHOOL WERE REQUIRED TO GET THEM BEFORE WE COULD SHOW UP THE FIRST DAY, SO THAT'S THAT'S HOW I SEE VACCINES AND FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH. UH, I'M MY. MY WIFE AND MY CHILDREN AND MY GRANDCHILDREN, BUT EVERYBODY THAT'S ELIGIBLE HAS A VACCINATION. I WOULDN'T ASK HIM TO DO THAT IF I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS SAFE. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS DRIVING THE FEAR OF VACCINATIONS? MISINFORMATION AND, WELL, I MEAN, THERE'S A VARIETY OF. HEARD EVERYTHING FROM, UM AS YOU SAID VACCINES

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YOU'RE NOT YOU KNOW THAT THAT THAT INFRINGES ON MY FREEDOM. I GUESS I NEVER LOOKED AT IT THAT WAY. MM. THE REALITY, I THINK, IS THAT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS A SOCIETY WE JUST HAVE TO COME TO GRIPS WITH. YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON RELIGIOUS GROUNDS. I HAD RELATIVE MINE THE OTHER DAY. TELL ME THAT I HAD TAKEN THE MARK OF THE BEAST. SO AND THAT'S THAT'S I WISH. THAT WASN'T SO. I'M GOOD, BUT THERE'S A VARIETY OF THINGS AFTER THERE'S SOME DISTRUST. I WILL TELL YOU. I'VE WORKED ON THIS A BIT, AND I UNDERSTAND IT IN OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. THERE'S A DISTRUST OF HEALTHCARE AT TIMES, AND IT'S EARNED. OUR INDUSTRY EARNED THAT SOME OF THIS EXPERIMENTATION AND THINGS THAT WERE DONE. WE HAVE TO. WE HAVE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THAT. I THINK AND DEAL WITH THAT, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT WHEN I'VE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND GO ON TO THAT COMMUNITY, I'VE BEEN WELCOMED AND THEY WERE RECEPTIVE TO WHAT I HAD TO SAY. THAT'S NOT TRUE ACROSS THE BOARD. AND IF YOU ENTER INTO THIS WITH A CLOSED MIND, THEN YOUR MINDS CLOSED AND WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE ANY HEADWAY. BUT IF WE LISTEN TO LOGIC AND LOOK AND DO RESEARCH, I KNOW THERE'S SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE, SAYING.

I NEED MORE INFORMATION. I WOULD VERY RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT TO THEM THAT WE HAVE MORE DATA.

CERTAINLY ON THE MODERNA AND THE FIGHTER VACCINES THAN WE'VE EVER HAD ON ANY VACCINE BEFORE IT WAS APPROVED FOR USE. LOOKS LIKE FIRES WILL BE FINALLY APPROVED IN, UH, SEPTEMBER.

WHAT I HEARD. SO IT WON'T BE EXPERIMENTAL ANYMORE. UM, AND, UH AND THAT WILL. HOPEFULLY, THAT WILL BE A BIG THING, AND THAT WILL BRING ANOTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE IN BUT I WOULD I WOULD ASK THAT THEY GO OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE STUDIES. THE. THE DATA THAT'S OUT THERE NOW IS PRETTY COMPELLING. THESE ARE THESE ARE THE FIGHTER IN THE MODERN IN PARTICULAR AMONG THE SAFEST VACCINES WE'VE EVER WE'VE EVER HAD IN OUR SOCIETY FOR ANYTHING. ALL RIGHT. I APPRECIATE APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, MR LORD, AS YOU KNOW THAT WE WE'VE HAD. UM, UH, FACE COVERING MANDATE THROUGH THE STATE THAT WAS TERMINATED. WE'VE HAD IT LOCALLY. WE'RE HERE TODAY. WE'RE GOING TO BE CONSIDERING, UH RESOLUTION. AS A PROFESSIONAL AND AS SOMEBODY WHO HAS REPRESENTED IT TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE. PROFESSIONALS IN OUR AREA AND THOSE WHO YOU'VE PROBABLY BEEN ON ZOOM WITH OTHER GROUPS. ZERO IN A SPECIAL RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU CAN GIVE US TO AID US TOO, SO THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO HELP OR RESIDENTS WHETHER IT BE. FACE COVERINGS OR ENCOURAGING FOR THE VACCINES OR. VARIOUS AGE GROUPS THAT NEED TO GET SPECIAL ATTENTION. HOW I THINK MR MEYER TALKED ABOUT TRYING TO SOMEHOW GET THE WORD OUT TO TWO PEOPLE, EVEN THOUGH WE THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE, UM. VERY OBVIOUS AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT. ARE WE TRULY TRULY ABSOLUTELY. FACING A CRISIS. UH AS VICE MAYOR ASKED ABOUT THE VARIANTS AND POSSIBLY SUBSEQUENT VARIANTS. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP? OUR COMMUNITY HELP THOSE WHO ARE EMPLOYED THROUGH OUR CITY SYSTEM. TO, UM.

DEAL WITH THIS SITUATION AT THIS TIME. MADAM MAYOR. UH FIRST I'VE READ THE RESOLUTION IS UNDER CONSIDERATION. AND I COMMEND YOU FOR DOING THAT, UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, IT'S OBVIOUSLY LIMITED WHAT YOU CAN DO. AND AND THAT'S A GOOD STEP STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

OBVIOUSLY ENCOURAGING EVERYONE TO GET VACCINES. I SUSPECT THAT MY WORDS HERE TODAY HAVE MADE MY VIEWS ON THAT. ALL TOO CLEAR. MHM. TO DO WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN THIS ROOM. CREATE A SITUATION WHERE THERE IS GOOD. DISTANCES. AND TO MY FRIENDS WHO AND COLLEAGUES WHO ARE VACCINATED AS YOU SEE, I'M WHERE I'M VACCINATED. I'M WEARING A MASK. MANY OF YOU I'M SURE VACCINATED AND WEARING A MASK. BUT THAT WE ALL NEED TO GO BACK TO THAT. I KNOW IT'S I WAS REJOICE DID NOT WEARING A MASK. AND I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT ONE BACK ON. BUT IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO, AND I'M WILLING TO PAY THAT PRICE AND TO SACRIFICE A LITTLE BIT FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY. AND I WOULD ASK THAT WE ALL BE WILLING TO DO THAT. THIS IS NOT. QUESTION IN MY MIND OF ONE'S PERSONAL LIBERTY, BUT IT'S MORE QUESTION OF BEING A GOOD CITIZEN AND TRYING TO HELP MY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. I THINK WE OUGHT TO TRY AND PRESENT IT THAT WAY. IF WE CAN YEAH. BUT, UH. THEN OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S UM. LET'S TRY AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE

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IT'S SOME MORTAL. YEAH. WE HAVE AN ITEM. OOPS. MY COMPUTER IS COMPLETELY DONE. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE WE GOT COMMENTS AND THEN COMMENTS, OKAY? SOME COMMENTS BY CITY COMMISSIONER THOUGHT WERE UP TO MR MARTEL. COMMENTS BY CITY COMMISSIONERS, UM. RIGHT NOW. AND THE NEW

[COMMENTS BY CITY COMMISSIONERS]

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OVERWHELMING THAT THE BEST WAY FOR US TO MOVE PAST AND NOT HAVE TO LIVE WITH THIS AS A NEW NORM. IS TO LISTEN TO THE PROFESSIONALS TO GET VACCINATED IF THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR SOCIETY GETS VACCINATED AND WE START BEATING THE VIRUS BY NOT ALLOWING IT TO REPLICATE AS MUCH AND MAYBE WE WON'T HAVE THIS AS A NEW NORM. UM. I JUST WANTED TO TELL MY STORY. WHY I'M WEARING TWO MASKS WHILE BE WEARING NO. THE BEST MESS I CAN COME UP WITH. UM IF I DO GO OUT IN PUBLIC, UM AND I THINK COMMISSIONER MEYER HIT THE NAIL RIGHT ON THE HEAD. WE NEED PEOPLE RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN COMMUNITIES SHOCKED. I KNOW MULTIPLE PEOPLE THAT HAVE FOUGHT THE VACCINE THAT ARE YOUNGER AND HEALTHIER THAN I AM. THEY ARE NOW IN THE I C U.

OR THAT ARE BEING POSSIBLY TRANSFERRED FROM CLEVELAND TO OTHER HOSPITALS. UM NO. THAT ARE YOUNG, HEALTHY PEOPLE. UM AND IT JUST GOES TO SHOW MY WIFE WAS A BREAKTHROUGH CASE.

UM BUT SHE HAD A HARD COLD. AND THOSE WERE THE SYMPTOMS. NO, BECAUSE SHE CHOSE TO GET VACCINATED. EVEN THOUGH SHE CAUGHT THE VIRUS, THERE IS STILL AN OPEN HOSPITAL BED FOR SOMEONE WHO NEEDS IT. I CAN STILL SEE HER AT NIGHT AND MY CHILDREN CANT. MY FEAR IS FOR THOSE IN SOCIETY THAT CANNOT GET VACCINATED RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE OF EITHER AN UNDERLYING CONDITION OR THEIR AGE. THOSE ARE THE ONES WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT RIGHT NOW. NO.

MOVING FORWARD BESIDES THE RESOLUTION TONIGHT. I'D LIKE TO SEE THE CITY GO BACK TO DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE THAT WE DID. THE SPRING OF 2020 TO ENCOURAGE OUTDOOR DINING. MHM.

AND WAIVE ANY PERMIT FEES. IN THAT REQUIREMENT SO THAT WE CAN TRY. I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT.

ALLOWING RESTAURANTS TO SPACE OUT AND ADD MORE CAPACITY. I'M TALKING ABOUT IS ENCOURAGING OUTDOOR DINING, REMOVING ANY BARRIERS. BETTER. ENACTED FOR THAT SO THAT THEIR CAPACITY COULD STAY THE SAME OR HOPEFULLY WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO REDUCE THEIR CAPACITY BUT SPREAD OUT OUTDOORS. TO SOCIALLY DISTANCE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE WOULD NEED A MOTION BY THE COMMISSION ON THAT. OR MADAM MARY, YOU NEED TO AMEND THE CODE. YEAH, EITHER HAVE TO AMEND THE CODE OR DO A STATE OF EMERGENCY TO BYPASS THE CODE. THERE. IS THERE NOTHING WE COULD DO WITH EMOTION RIGHT NOW. BESIDES DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY. THE SENATE BILL 2000 AND SIX SAID THAT. THE CITY COMMISSION COULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO INTERFERE WITH OR ADDRESS ANY BUSINESSES WITHOUT MAKING SPECIFIC FINDINGS OF FACT AS TO THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THOSE BUSINESSES FROM WHAT IT DID AND WOULD BE 100% RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CLAIM DAMAGES. NOT TALKING ABOUT REDUCING THEIR CAPACITY AND I KNOW YOU'RE REDUCING BURDENS SO THAT THEY CAN BE UNDER DIRECT. WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE SEATING CAPACITY WITHOUT ADDING PARKING PURSUANT TO THE CODE. WE CAN'T DO IT THROUGH A STATE OF EMERGENCY. WE HAVE TO AMEND THE CODE TO DO THAT. THAT AMERICAN I JUMP IN. TO PLACE MAYORS. YEAH, RIGHT. I THINK WHAT I HEARD FOR THE VICE MAYOR SAY WAS, UM YOU KNOW, HE'S IN. JUST SHOOTING OUT THERE. I THINK, UM. IS THERE WAY TO DO IT WHERE WE'RE NOT ALL NOT INCREASING SEEDING. LET'S SAY A

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YEAH, BUT SURE. BUT HOW? REQUIRES THE CODE MIKE. I MEAN, LIKE, YES, WE COULD DO THAT.

BUT HOW DO WE DO IT? THE COMMISSION TAKES ACTION. BY AMENDING THOSE PORTIONS OF THE CODE. LIKE THE CODE RESTRICTS THOSE THINGS OR WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED, OR WHAT THEIR THINGS ARE. NOW YOU COULD SAY WE HAVE, LIKE THE CITY COMMISSION COULD SAY WE ARE GOING TO ENTER A CODE FOR 2000 AND FOUR UNTIL 2 2023 THAT SAYS. ANYBODY THAT WANTS CAN HAVE OUTDOOR DINING.

BUT WHERE IS THE OTHER DINING IF IT'S IN THE RIGHT AWAY? ARE YOU WAVING THE, UM. PERMITTING FOR THE RIGHT AWAY AND THEN ALSO. IF, IN FACT SOMEONE HAD 100 SEATS, AND THEN THEY PUT 50 OUTSIDE. ARE YOU TAKING THE 50 AWAY FROM INSIDE? NO AGAIN. IT'S NOT TAKING AWAY LIKE YOU SAID. IT'S 100 SEATS STILL, SO THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF THAT RIGHT. BUT. THAT'S I MEAN, THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS LIKE A STATE OF EMERGENCY MIGHT BE THE ALSO POINT OUT THE OBVIOUS HERE WITHOUT A RESTRICTION OF INDOOR DINING. NOBODY'S USING OUTDOOR DINING. IT'S TOO HOT. THERE YOU GO OUT TO EAT EVERY DAY EVERY NIGHT. RIGHT NOW THERE'S OUTDOOR DINING, AND NOBODY'S USING IT BECAUSE IT'S TOO HOT TO BE OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW. SO YOU CAN EXPAND ALL THE OUTSIDE DINING YOU WANT TO. THERE'S NO RESTRICTION ON EATING INSIDE. PEOPLE ARE GONNA GET INSIDE.

I'M ALSO LOOKING AT ALL RIGHT. IT'S GONNA WE'RE GOING TO MEET EVERY TWO WEEKS UNLESS WE DO THIS UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY. THIS MIGHT TAKE MID SEPTEMBER. IT TO HAPPEN. UNDER STATE OF EMERGENCY AFTER GIVE HIM MAXIMUM 42 WAYS EVERY WELL, THEN WE HAVE TO READ EVERY DAY EVERY WEEK, SEVEN DAYS TRYING TO AVOID THE STATE OF EMERGENCY, BUT IN A WAY. REMOVE ANY BARRIERS TO ENCOURAGE RESTAURANTS. WITH WHAT WE CAN DO WITH OUR HANDS TIED. JUST JUST PROPERLY SOCIAL DISTANCE. WE HAVE HAD RESTAURANTS COME WE HAVE HAD RESTAURANTS COME AND WANT TO EXPAND THEIR OUTSIDE AND WE'VE DONE IT IN THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO ADMINISTRATIVE VARIANCES AND SO FORTH, SO IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE RESTRICTING AND WERE HINDERING THEM. IT'S. THOSE HAVE WANTED TO DO IT HAVE HAVE DONE IT. YEAH, OKAY. IN FACT, NANCY STILL HAS OUTDOOR DINING. YEAH. OH YEAH, AND NOBODY IS USING AT THIS TIME OF YEAR BECAUSE IT'S.

DIA SAID. IT IS EXTREMELY HOT. THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE US TO CONSIDER, UM, AS A CITY WITH OUR OWN EMPLOYEES. IS. TO LOOK AT OPTIONS FOR REWARDING THOSE. THAT HAVE GOTTEN VACCINATED AND INCENTIVIZING. UM. THOSE THAT ARE STILL RELUCTANT IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT GIVING PEOPLE MONEY AND BONUSES FOR CHECK IN THE BLACK SEA NOW OR INCREASING THEIR INSURANCE OR UM, I THINK I'M I'D LIKE. TO CONSIDER ALL OPTIONS. I HAVE MULTIPLE FRIENDS WHO ARE WORKING FOR PRIVATE BUSINESSES THAT ARE GETTING EXTRA HOURS ON THEIR PAY STUMPS IF THEY CAN SHOW. PROOF OF VACCINATION BECAUSE IT'S BENEFICIAL FOR THAT COMPANY JUST LIKE US. TAKE TO NOT HAVE YOUR EMPLOYEES SPEND 10 DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL. NO.

AND THAT'S ONE, UM NO. OR A LOTTERY THAT EVERYONE THAT CAN PROVE THAT THEY'RE VACCINATED IS ABLE TO ENTER INTO A LOTTERY, WHETHER IT'S FINANCIAL OR WHAT THE REWARD IS AT THE END OUTCOME OF THAT LOTTERY. YEAH. THERE ARE WAYS TO INCENTIVIZE AND REWARD THOSE FOR MAKING THAT DECISION. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PRIVATE COMPANIES IN SOME PUBLICS WHO HAVE PUBLIC COMPANIES WHO HAVE DONE UM ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE DONE. INCENTIVES LIKE THAT. AND SO I CAN, UM, TALK THAT OVER WITH STAFF. I HAVE TALKED OVER A LITTLE BIT WITH STAFF ON THOSE INCENTIVES. FOR A VERY NOMINAL TYPE INCENTIVE. THERE'S BEEN SOME THAT GIVE OUT, YOU KNOW, GROCERY STORE GIFT CARDS OR SOME WHO GIVE OUT FINANCIAL BONUSES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. I WOULD BE CAREFUL ABOUT. DANGLING A CARROT. THAT'S THAT'S LARGE LIKE A LOTTERY TYPE SYSTEM. IT COMES WITH OTHER ISSUES AROUND IT THAT I WOULDN'T REALLY WOULDN'T WANT TO GET INTO. BUT THE NOMINAL FOR ALL WHO VACCINATE IS SOMETHING THAT MANY OTHERS HAVE DONE THAT WE CAN LOOK AT. AND WHEN I SAID TWO MEN THE CODE I'M NOT. I'M NOT SAYING TO DO IT TO BLOCK WHAT YOU GUYS ARE PROPOSING. I'M JUST SAYING, THAT'S WHAT WE COULD DO. IT'S NOT HARD TO AMEND THE CODE. WE COULD BRING BACK AN AGENDA ITEM AND AMEND THE CODE. IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL. QUESTION REGARDING THE MCDONALD'S VACCINES IS WITH. I GUESS WITH, UH, THE LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED THIS YEAR. WHERE. YOU CAN'T ASK PEOPLE IF THEY'VE BEEN. ARE WE

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QUESTION THOSE ARE MY MAIN MISSION. MAYA. YOU HAD SOMETHING MORE PUNISHMENT.

ADVICE. MAYOR WAS SAYING SOMETHING. NO, I HAVE SOMETHING EVERY MINUTE. UH BUT I'M WORKING THEM OUT IN MY HEAD, SO I'M GOOD NOW. OKAY WAS THAT WHERE WE ON COMMISSIONER COMMENT? STANCE? YES YES, MA'AM. OKAY, SO, UM YOU HAVE NO COMMISSIONER COMMENTS SOON. UM.

YEAH, MY ONLY COMMISSIONER COMMENT IS THAT I'VE HEARD SO MUCH FROM PEOPLE. AND I'VE TALKED TO HER CITY MANAGER ABOUT THE IMPACT OF POSSIBLY HAVING, UH. A STATE OF EMERGENCY, AND WE KNOW THAT THE SITUATION AS MR MORTAL HAS OUTLINED THE LAW TO US. AND OF COURSE, WE KNOW WHAT IMPACTS WOULD BE, AND SO WE'RE WE'RE JUST TRYING TO WRAP OUR HEADS AROUND DEALING WITH THIS. PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS. UM. AND TRYING THE BEST THAT WE CAN, UH.

I JUST ASKED, AND I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT YOU KNOW WHERE KIDS ARE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL. AND THIS SATURDAY. I THINK AT THE STEWART POLICE SUPPORT MINT. YOU'RE GOING TO BE GIVEN ITEMS TO STUDENTS WERE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL. IF YOU HAVEN'T DONATED TO THAT YOU CAN STOP WITH THE STUART POLICE DEPARTMENT AND DONATE SOMETHING THAT A STUDENT CAN USE. PUT IN A BACKPACK AND TRY TO GET IT OUT TO THE STUDENTS. UH, I THINK THAT'S ABOUT IT. THEY'RE DOING VACCINATIONS THERE AT THAT PICTURE, AND THEY'RE DOING VACCINATIONS. ALSO ON SATURDAY.

SO PRETTY SURE PUT THE STUART POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, UM FROM 11 TO 2 P.M. 11 TO 2 PM AND THERE'LL BE FOOD AND. AND EVERYBODY WILL PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND PRACTICE A WHOLE. WON'T HAVE FOOD WHERE WE I DON'T THINK SO. I'M NOT SURE I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT'S ON THE FLARE. BUT MADAM MAYOR, CAN I THIS UP? I WAS GOING TO GO TO THE ITEM OR YOU WANT TO COMMENT.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK REGARDING THE EVENTS I SAW ON THE TIMETABLE UP THERE THAT WE HAVE SAINT PAUL AND ME TOMORROW. VACCINATION DRIVE IS THAT IS THAT BEING MARKETED? YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THAT THE CHURCH IS OKAY. AGAIN BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO GET. I THINK THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS COME THERE BEFORE AND DONE THINGS THERE. AND PAUL AND ME. WELL, THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT, MADAM MAYOR, I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH READING INTO THE RECORD JUST SO THAT THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND ANYBODY WATCHING THIS MEETING KNOWS. WHERE THE COMMISSION IS RESTRICTED. IT'S ONLY A ONE PARAGRAPH. STATUTE AND IT'S THEY THAT THIS YEAR THE STATE OF FLORIDA ADOPTED. FLORIDA STATUTE. 381.3. TITLED COVID 19 VACCINE DOCUMENTATION.

SUB PARAGRAPH TWO, SAYS A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY MAY NOT REQUIRE PERSONS TO PROVIDE ANY DOCUMENTATION CERTIFYING COVID 19 VACCINATION OR POST INFECTION RECOVERY. TO GAIN ACCESS TO ENTRY UPON OR SERVICE FROM THE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES OPERATIONS IN THIS STATE.

SUBSECTION DOES NOT OTHERWISE RESTRICT GOVERNMENT ONLY THE LEAST FROM INSTITUTING

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COVID-19 FACE COVERINGS:

WHEREAS THE CDC RECOMMENDS EVERYONE 12 YEARS AND OLDER SHOULD GET A COVID 19 VACCINATION TO HELP PROTECT AGAINST COVID 19. WHEREAS THE CDC ENCOURAGES LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY, WORKPLACE AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO BE VACCINE CHAMPIONS AND PROMOTE OTHERS TO RECEIVE THE COVID 19 VACCINE. I STRONGLY RECOMMENDING THE VACCINE AND CLARIFYING AND RESPONDING TO QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NEED FOR THE VACCINE. WHEREAS THE CDC RECOMMENDS THAT ONCE YOU ARE FULLY VACCINATED, YOU CAN PROVIDE MAXIMUM PROTECTION FROM THE DELTA VARIANT AND PREVENT POSSIBLY SPREADING IT TO OTHERS BY WEARING A MASK INDOORS WHILE IN PUBLIC AREAS OR IN AN AREA OF SUBSTANTIAL OR HIGH TRANSMISSION. MARTIN COUNTY, FLORIDA HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AS AN AREA OF HIGH COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION. WHEREAS WEARING A MASK IS IMPORTANT. IF YOU HAVE A WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEM, OR IF SOMEONE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD HAS BEEN UNABLE TO OBTAIN THE VACCINATION. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF STUART, FLORIDA THAT SECTION ONE CITY COMMISSION URGES ALL RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF STEWART TO VOLUNTARILY WEAR FACE COVERINGS IN ALL PUBLIC SPACES OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOMES, INCLUDING SIDEWALKS. PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY, BOARDWALK AND OPEN PARKS. INCLUDING WHILE ATTENDING PUBLIC MEETINGS OR HEARINGS. AND SECTION TO THE CITY COMMISSION REQUIRES THAT ANYONE ENTERING A CITY BUILDING IS REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK. THE REQUIREMENT APPLIES TO THOSE THAT ARE VACCINATED AS WELL AS THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY PREVIOUSLY. EXCUSE ME, PREVIOUSLY DIAGNOSED WITH COVID 19. IT ALSO APPLIES TO THOSE THAT HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO OBTAIN THE VACCINE AGAINST THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL RECOMMENDATIONS. SECTION THREE. THE CITY COMMISSION URGES EVERYONE TO RECEIVE THE VACCINE. AND IF YOU'VE BEEN VACCINATED TO MAKE EFFORT TO HAVE OTHERS TO OBTAIN THE VACCINATION. IF THE NUMBER OF VACCINATED PEOPLE WAS SUFFICIENT HERD IMMUNITY WOULD PREVAIL AND THE NEED FOR MASKS AND OTHER LIMITATIONS WOULD END. SECTION FIVE EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS RESOLUTION SHALL TAKE PLACE IMMEDIATELY UPON ADOPTION. THANK YOU. LET'S

[DISCUSSION AND DELIBERATION]

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THEN STOP IT ANOTHER DAY AND STARTED THE NEXT DAY. BUT IF YOU NEED MORE GUIDANCE CITY MANAGER LET US KNOW. BUT. AGAIN. IT DOESN'T HURT UNTIL FURTHER ORDER OF. THIS COMMISSION. WE CAN ALWAYS BE CALLED OR COME BACK, OR WE MEET OFTEN ENOUGH THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENS SO. I THINK THAT IF WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO IT FOR TWO WEEKS, I THINK IT'S A WASTE. I THINK WE NEED TO AT LEAST CONSIDER THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION AND KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THIS FOR AT LEAST A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD BASED ON HOW THESE. THE VIRUS, TRANS MEDICINE AND. YOU KNOW, WE SEE WE SEE THE RESULTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO. IS IT HELPFUL TO YOU SEE THE MANAGER TO HAVE. YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY THAT YOU CAN KIND OF LIKE OFF THE UNICEF CITY? WELL, WHAT? I JUST HEARD WHAT YOU SAY WAS HE WANTED BASICALLY FOR YOU GUYS HAVE THAT AUTHORITY. WHAT? I GOT OUT OF THAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID THEY'RE WELL, THEY'RE SAYING THAT IF WE LEAVE IT UP TO YOU, THEN YOU CAN FROM YOU CAN CHANGE IT AT SOME POINT.

WITHOUT ACTUALLY SAYING THAT IT'S. IN PLACE FOR UP TO 30 DAYS OR FOR SEVEN DAYS OR TWO

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MOVED. FAST IN ANY DIRECTION AND IN A GOOD WAY. FEEL LAZY. HOW'S THIS? NO YOU'RE STRONG AND STEADY AND SO AND YOU KNOW, AND WE CAN ALWAYS WE CAN ALWAYS BUG HIM. RIGHT, SO I'M FINE, EMPOWERING HIM. IF YOU KNOW, BY LETTER OF THE CODE IF WE NEED TO. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S NECESSARY. BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S FINE. WE DO MEET EVERY TWO WEEKS. I DON'T SEE THIS. I MEAN, THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE. WE DO HAVE WAVES, BUT THEY'RE FAIRLY GRADUAL. UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD HESITATE FOR US LIKE MR DEISS SAID. I'D HESITATE FOR US TO TRY TO PUT ANY SORT OF STATISTIC OR GUIDE POSTS IN THERE BECAUSE THEY CHANGE IS IT WHETHER THE CDC, IT SAYS WE'RE A HIGH TRANSMISSION. COMMUNITY WELL, WE MIGHT BE TODAY WE MIGHT NOT BE IN A WEEK, BUT THEN WE MIGHT BE AGAIN REALLY FAST. SO YOU KNOW, I THINK. I THINK ALL OF OUR GUIDANCE WITH HIM. WE TALKED TO HIM ALL THE TIME. WE CAN HAVE THAT I WOULD BE OPEN TO THAT EDIT. I HAVE ONE AS WELL. I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST. YES, SIR. UM, SO FOR SECTION ONE. UM, I WAS I WAS I WAS. SURPRISED TO SEE THAT WE REALLY I MEAN, I GUESS THE INTENT WAS TO SAY THAT WE WEAR FACE COVERINGS IN ALL PUBLIC SPACES. OUTSIDE HOMES. I GUESS THAT WOULD SUBSUME ENDURE. PUBLIC AND PUBLIC SPACES OR PRIVATE SPACES, BUT FOR SOME REASON, ALL WE SPECIFY HERE ARE OUTDOOR SPACES, SIDEWALKS, PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY BOARDWALKS AND OPEN PARKS. AND IF WE'RE FOLLOWING THE SCIENCE, I WOULD MUCH RATHER FOR US TO BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO DRIVE THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO WEAR A MASK NUTS. HERE THEY GO.

THEY'RE TELLING US TO WEAR A MASK OUTSIDE THE CDC GUARD AND STILL SAYS, WHERE IT INDOORS, SO IF WE COULD CHANGE SECTION ONE TO SAY. THE CITY OF STORE URGES ALL RESIDENTS, CITY COMMISSIONERS, ALL RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF SORT OF VOLUNTARILY, WE'RE FACE COVERINGS INDOORS.

PERSON WITH THE CBC RIGHT? BECAUSE THIS IS JUST SAYING WEAR THEM OUTSIDE, WHICH COME ON. SO IF WE CAN CHANGE THAT, TO JUST SAY INDOORS BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE TRANSMISSION IS, AND SHOULD WE INCLUDE BACK SOCIAL DISTANCE IN YEAR WE JUST DEALING WITH THE FACE COVERED. SURE. MEAN WE'RE ENCOURAGING IT? YEAH YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THAT RIGHT THERE.

LITTLE BIT, BUT MAYOR. MAY I, UH, DAVID, HAVE YOU BEEN GETTING ANY PHONE CALLS FROM MANY OF THE BUSINESSES? NO. I BE WITH YOUR CHANGES. OKAY MR MYRON COMMISSION. MCDONALD, UM.

YOU'LL MEET HIM. I'LL MAKE A MOST OKAY. TO PROVE, UM ADDING. MR MCDONALD SPECIFICATION OF GIVING THE CITY MANAGERS THE FLEXIBILITY TO WITHDRAW AND REENACT. THE RESOLUTION. AS WELL AS. COMMISSIONER MYERS STATEMENTS CHANGING SECTION. ONE TWO. INDOORS PER CDC GUIDELINES. SECOND. AND I WANTED TO SAY, I THINK THAT'S REALLY GOOD IDEA, BECAUSE NOW DAVE PROBABLY WILL BE GETTING SOME CALLS FROM BUSINESSES AND IT CAN HANDLE THIS. CAN I JUST CAN I JUST BE CLEAR THAT THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION? WE'RE NOT FINDING ANY. ANYBODY OKAY? EVERYBODY TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE NOT INTERFERING WITH BUSINESS. IT'S MANDATORY IN CITY BUILDINGS, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PUBLIC. UM AND I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I DON'T. LIKE DOING THIS. I FULLY SUPPORT THIS. I KNOW THAT. WERE THERE. I LOVED NOT HAVING TO WEAR A MASK AND I'M FRANKLY, I LOVE GOING TO GET VACCINATED BECAUSE I KNEW THAT LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL THAT DIDN'T WORRY ME MUCH TRUSTED THE SIDE. MM. BUT. WERE ELECTED OFFICIALS LOWEST LS ABOUT ALL WE COULD DO. BUT. EVERYONE HAS THEIR BREAKING POINT AND ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS.

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IT'S CLEAR. FLORIDA DOESN'T WANT THAT. IT'S CLEAR US SOCIETY AS A WHOLE DOESN'T WANT THAT. NONE OF US WANT THAT. SO THE OPTIONS AND WHAT WE CAN DO? YES. HIGHLY RECOMMEND AS MUCH AS WE CAN POSSIBLY DO IT. FOR PEOPLE TO PUT A MASK ON. TO GET VACCINATED. IT CAN BE INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE OUR SCIENCE HAS DONE. IT HAS SHOWN US A WAY OUT OF THIS AND YET. SOCIETY IS FIGHTING IT AS A WHOLE. UM. SO YOU KNOW, WE'LL PASS THIS RESOLUTION. IT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT TO DO. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. IT'S NOT MUCH AT ALL OF WHAT WE CAN DO. THANK YOU, MR MEYER. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT, UM WE. WE'LL ASK A QUESTION. IF I'M PRETTY SURE I'M CLEAR ON THIS. WE CAN REQUIRE MASKS IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS, BUT WE MAY NOT WE ARE UNABLE. TO FINE. ANYBODY CORRECT LIKE WE CAN'T. I MEAN, THERE'S NO PUNISHMENT. THERE'S NO PUNISHMENT MENTIONED THAT PART. I KNOW, BUT THAT'S THAT'S I MEAN, THIS IS THE REALITY.

SO, UM, WELL, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR AS WELL. WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MASKS AT THE FRONT DOOR OF OUR BUILDINGS AND, YOU KNOW, SINGLE USE DISPOSABLE MASKS.

OKAY? NAME ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD. WE HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE WE VOTE.

SURE WAS THEIR EMOTION. IS IT MR SECRETARY, VICE MAYOR, MOTION AND I SECONDED. THANK YOU. TOM MCBRIDE. FLAMINGO. WHAT HAVE YOU. THIS IS CLEAR AS MUCH SO NOW WHEN YOU CAN. YOU COME INTO THIS BUILDING. YOU HAVE TO WEAR A MASK? YES. IS IT GOING TO BE ENFORCED? BECAUSE OF THESE MEETINGS, I'VE COME HERE. THE CHAIRS WERE YOU BUT I THINK WE ALL WHO BELIEVE IN THIS WERE UNMASKED. LIKE AT THAT LAST MINUTE INTO TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. HOW MANY PEOPLE DID NOT HAVE MASK ON? THEY ALL CAME AND TOOK TWO YEARS AND FAT WHEREVER THEY WANTED TO SET. THE CHIEF TRIED VERY HARD TO GO AROUND. MASK OUT. YEAH. I AM A FIRM BELIEVER. IF YOU MAKE A RULING OR RESOLUTION OR ALTHOUGH I SHOULD ENFORCE IT, BECAUSE WHAT'S THE SENSE OF SPENDING ALL THIS TIME DOING IT AND NOBODY PAYS ATTENTION. SO LIKE NEXT MONDAY NIGHT, WE'RE HAVING THAT MEETING AND YEAH. I'M GOING TO WEAR MY MASTER ALL BE WEARING YOURS THAN THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW. LIKE TO BE A LITTLE FEEL MORE SAFER WHEN I COME TO THESE BUILDINGS IN THESE MEETINGS BECAUSE I'VE HAD BOTH SHOTS. YOU KNOW, BUT I DO HAVE MY AGE IS UP THERE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE RESOLUTIONS OR THINK, PLEASE TRY TO ENFORCE THEM. SO WE WHO BELIEVING VICTOR DOING HAVE CONFIDENCE. YOU'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THROUGH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I KNOW THAT IN IN THE CITY. I THINK IT'S IN CITY OF GALLERY BEAT YOUR MAYBE WHAT'S FORM THEY DID PUT IN THERE. UM. MOST RECENT RULING THAT THEY. HAD FINES OR PEOPLE WOULD BE REMOVED. IF THEY DID NOT. WE'VE SEEN AT THE TIME BEFORE THE.

THE STATE FOR THE GOVERNOR HAD INSTITUTED. UM. SOME GUIDELINES AND OUR COUNTY HAD ADOPTED SOME GUIDELINES. FOR A SHORT TIME. THAT THERE WAS A VERY, VERY MASS HYSTERIA AGAINST MASS IN THIS COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A LARGE PUBLIC CLEARING, WHICH SHOULD BE COMING UP ON THE NINTH. AND I MR MCBRIDE. THAT IS SOMETHING IF WHATEVER IS PASSED TONIGHT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH IN YOUR RIGHT IF WE'RE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOT IN A CITY BUILDING. IT'S IN A COUNTY BUILDING. WE UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I'M SAYING THAT THERE ANY MEETINGS, ANYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING? UM IT'S LIKE, SHE SAID. IT MIGHT BE CONFUSING TO

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WHICH WAS THE SAME AS WHEN HE STATED TO RESCIND AND EDIT AS NEEDED IS WHAT MR MACDONALD HAD SAID. ORIGINALLY ITSELF TO RESCIND AS NEEDED, UH, SISTER BETTER THAN JUST TO WITHDRAW AND ADD YEAH. BIG TO WITHDRAW AND RE INVOKED WANT BUT. WALTER THAT LANGUAGE. BUT THEY SAID THAT SUITS YOU, MERA. OKAY, MADAM CLERK. MISSIONER MEYER. YES, COMMISSIONER BRUNER. YES COMMISSIONER MACDONALD VICE MAYOR MATHESON. YES. MAYOR CLARK? YES? I THINK ON MY AGENDA THERE ARE. NO OTHER ITEMS FOR THE MEAT CHECK. NO, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION OR DELIBERATION. THIS MEAT THANK YOU. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.