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So a lot of us will be moving OOS for colleges and uni so i wanted to know and share a little about places/cities everybody is going to live in.
Anybody who lives/ lived in any of the following cities please comment ABOUT what is living like in these cities as a teen or young adult and i ll edit it in andalso if you wanna add more cities , please lemme know:
NYC : NYC- FUCK THE MTA. Thats it.
local food joints are a lot cheaper and far more worth it. try going to parks if the ones around you are safe (yes, there are a lot of parks in nyc. playgrounds and small fields and whatnot). learn how to walk fast because people will be very annoyed at you (rightfully) if you walk slow
DO NOT BE TOURISTY YOU WILL WASTE SO MUCH MONEY (and im 99% sure that 99% of us will be broke college students)
I kind of only have subway advice from the days before the plague lmao but: No need to fear New Yorkers, just put on your lost tourist face and almost anyone will help you out with directions or whatever. The subway fare recently jumped an extra dollar to $3.75 which really really sucks, but most colleges are located in Manhattan so you can probably just walk to a great deal of places. Ignore the rats and they’ll probably run away; your bigger problem is dick pigeons that have no fear and stare you down in the middle of the street til you walk around them. Also, generally speaking you’re better off (more comfortable) just standing on the subway than squeezing yourself in the middle seat. Also if you’re on an evening rush hour subway packed like sardines and the poor tired conductor is yelling at people trying to get on that there’s another train right behind this train, they’re usually telling the truth. Just get off and wait, because that next train is usually so empty you can even sit down. For Christ sake don’t lean on the poles, and it’s ok to stand by the doors as long as you get out of the way when people are trying to get off.
washington DC : georgetown is lovely! there’s so many fun things to do around here and during spring when the cherry blossoms bloom it’s absolutely gorgeous! the museums are super fun (i recommend the spy museum!) and the zoo gets new baby pandas every 2 years!!!! if you’re a poli sci major or business major, the internship opportunities are endless! DC has such a vibrant community and it’s such a fun place to live. there’s never a dull moment. make sure to stay out of some more dangerous areas downtown, that’s the only thing i would say is an issue. you can take the train anywhere you want, and basically everything is accessible. the food is so great too!
I'm like 15 minutes away but im still there a lot
the metro's pretty expensive for what it is, but you can get around most of the area pretty easily without too much hassle (esp compared to trying to drive into the city)
there's a bunch of free stuff to do! all of the museums are awesome (esp the botanical gardens & the sculpture garden nearby, they have ice skating in the winter!)
there are always a ton of tourists and families around the mall (at least precovid)
some parts are actually so poorly designed and really difficult to navigate, but that's mostly the richer residential areas (almost cried doing a driving lesson there)
food's pretty good but a lot of places are crazy expensive
there are some places you should definitely avoid but it's sometimes hard to tell that you're headed into them esp if construction's going on
if you are going to georgetown uni, pls pls pls try and get out of georgetown/NW DC and explore more of the city! Georgetown (the neighborhood) is expensive af and if you spent all your time buying 15 dollar salads and shopping from the boutique stores there you will be bled dry come the end of freshman year. Seriously, DC has so much culture that isn't captured in the racially and socioeconomically homogenous region of NW DC (Adams Morgan, Georgetown, Chevy Chase, Kalorama).
Highly recommend exploring all the museums (they're free) like National Gallery of Art, Natural History Museum (a classic😌), Museum of the American Indian, and Newseum (gotta pay for this one but it's worth it imo). After the museums, check out the U Street, Shaw, Logan Circle, Petworth, and Columbia Heights neighborhoods. There're a lot of cool murals that celebrate the black history of the city (DC used to be called Chocolate City). There's food from all over the world: delicious Ethiopian food in Silver Spring, MD and literally Georgian, Uighur, Uzbek, asian fusion, mediterranean, etc. restaurants all around the city, you just gotta go look for them. Eastern and Union Markets are good places to explore with friends, as well as the Wharf (go to the fish market for hush puppies and clam chowder instead of the developed area). There're a lot of great coffee and music places (Tryst, Songbird, Black Cat, Velvet Lounge, basement concerts) for like 18+ and 21+ year olds. Idk if you like clubbing Ultrabar allows 18 year olds but there are also 40 year olds who frequent those places so watch out? You can kayak at the Navy Yard, go to Zoolights, get food and walk around the city (its a pretty walkable city) if you're going on a date.
Know that DC is very much a city that's tailored towards 20 year olds. There's animosity between locals and transplants (a lot of people from around the world not from DC live in DC) because gentrification is pushing a lot of black and brown folks into the edges of NE and SE and SW. Everything around the National Mall/GWU closes after 7pm (when all the commuters from the burbs go home from their day jobs). GET OFF THE RED LINE AND EXPLORE OTHER METRO LINES PLEASE.
Seattle: if i’m being honest it really has gone downhill in the past few years, and a LOT of people are moving out of the city to get away from it lol but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some perks! the downtown area is nice by pike place and on the water, and there is some great shopping/small businesses. the area by UW’s campus can be sketchy but U-Village is a super cool area for shopping and dining!
LA: as someone from california who has spent a lot of time in LA, i personally hate it . it’s nice if u like the city and don’t mind smog and traffic but personally, i love open spaces and nature. also a lot of LA is dirty imo and it’s very expensive
You don't have to pretend to like boba if you move to southern California. The ones that always make a big deal about it are typically the ones that do it to compensate for their lack of personality from my experience.
LA is a car dependent city, and it's pretty limited where you can go using public transit depending where you go, and what area you live in. Also be mindful of where you are going, avoid places like the "jungle" or the "projects".
Food can get pretty expensive, so try to balance it out with cooking your own food or food from the dining hall if you have a meal plan. But also check out areas like thaitown, koreatown, little tokyo and other similar areas.
If you're from out of state, stay at the dorms first, and ask other people about which apartment options are the best and affordable. But this also applies to people instate as well.
Pittsburg:
(I don’t go into the city itself much but I live in the region so I’ll give this a go) I like it but I’m kinda biased. I’ve noticed a strong sports culture and good food, and quite a bit of city pride. Driving in the city is a pain from my experience (which, admittedly, isn’t frequent), but public transport isn’t great either from what I’ve heard. Has nice parks, and if you go to CMU you get free visits to the Carnegie museums. Lastly, avoid Homewood.
Edit: forgot the weather. Yeah, not the best, it’s pretty gloomy but I’m used to it, take that as you will.
Edit 2: I’m going off of both my experience and general impressions, like how I many not go to Homewood, but have heard about it on the news for crime more than some other areas and have been told to avoid it by others.
Southern California:
Wildfires are getting worse and worse every year. Before, we would only see them on the news; now we evacuate. Even if you don't have to evacuate, the bad air quality makes it horrible.
As far as the beach goes, it can get super crowded during the summer, but honestly that doesn't bother anyone too much. If you know the right places/the secret beaches, you can get an entire beach to yourself. Honestly, the beaches here are so beautiful (except for the ones that have too much seaweed :/) and I'm going to miss the beaches so much next year when I go to college :((
There are boba shops everywhereeeeee. Everyone loves boba. Even if you don't, pretend you do.
We go crazy when it rains!!!
One critique of LA specifically: the city plan is wack in terms of public transportation. The city is too spread out to make public transportation feasible, but the streets are too narrow for traffic to be avoided. There's basically traffic all the time.
SF: you WILL need a jacket, it doesn't matter that it's the bay area, the fog is cold. Also ridiculously expensive. Still, it's really close to a lot of gorgeous areas and great hikes. There's definitely a lot of homeless people, that part isn't exaggerated. The food is the BEST, there are so many options. There's so many fun things to do in the city and nearby and you definitely won't run out of ideas.
Born and Raised here and can say I throughly enjoyed it. I will be do my best to honest about my city. There is a thinly veiled facade of anti-racism here. While there is little hate crime or overt racism, this is a city where 5% of the population is black yet 30% of the homeless population is black. The working class struggle against the rich who stagnate progress on issues from housing to policing. It is absolutely expensive here, especially if you are not local and don’t know where to find cheap food and goods. Homelessness and crime is a problem here, though not quite as big as the media portrays it. The crime and homelessness is centralized in a specific area, which is avoidable and I would absolutely not recommend going to. Beyond our faults lies an amazing city, however. We value community based organizations and locally owned business. There is an incredible amount of things to do here, as well as in the rest of the Bay Area. San Francisco has all major sports teams, and an incredibly active population. Out here, We run, we hike and we bike. We enjoy the luxury of being able to be active in such a breathtaking area. Whether you want to surf in Santa Cruz or hike in Muir Woods, they are both an hour and a half away from San Francisco. Finally, the locals love the Bay. If you want to blend in, buy a Ben Davis jacket, San Franpsycho t shirt and SF Giants hat. I hope this helped and I hope you come and make your mark on this amazing city.
Also dont call it "frisco".
BOSTON: Honestly it’s a very solid college town. Perfect size and everything. Students can easily hang out with students from nearby Universities, and it’s super easy to get around with uber and the MBTA.
Boston is very public transport friendly. Great boba/food. Easily walkable too imo. Good shopping/things to do in general. Pretty expensive in the Financial District where I lived. I never felt unsafe walking alone at night in the Financial District at least.
CHICAGO: Chicago: Love the heart of downtown and has many solid things to do, good food(absolutely love the pizza) , good people, good times, good food. There are a lot of homeless people on the streets which might seem scary at first but they won't bother you if you don't bother them! It can get a pretty sketchy in certain areas, but most of the schools truly downtown are pretty separated from it all. I absolutely love the Chicago suburbs, while it might seem like some of the smaller towns don't have much to do, its usually a quick trip to the city or larger towns.
In Chicago, there are these golden weather periods where everything is perfect and the trees are green and everyone's out (even during the pandemic, albeit safely) and I think "man, this is the best city in the world, why do I wanna leave this place" and then November hits lmao
Also, go to a Cubs game. Wrigley Field is an experience you will remember.
TORONTO: UofT is so so nice! It's got an old campus feel with nice old architecture and all but the buildings are spread out throughout the downtown area so you never feel secluded at all. Everything is within walking distance but there are also subways and buses and streetcars running everywhere if you need (although waiting for them can be a major pain sometimes). The city is so multicultural so there's every kind of food from every country you can imagine! Museums/shopping/parks/restaurants are everywhere so you'll never get bored. Winter is horrible though, it's super cold and just depressing while summer is terribly hot and humid. Toronto's pretty expensive though, depending on where you're coming from.
Vancouver: This city is actually so nice but pretty expensive. You've got the mountains, beach and big city all in one place making it perfect to do outdoorsy activities but also just wander around town. UBC is kind of isolated but there are buses that take you everywhere and it just makes it feel a bit more like a campus. Definitely some areas are a bit sketchy but overall it's a safe city with tons to do and amazing food. It rains a ton here but the temperature's mild year round.
-The UBC campus is super nice! it's really pretty and the weather there is pretty mild, both in summer and winters, although it does end up raining a LOT during winter. HUUUGE asian community, especially in the richmond area, but that also means REALLY good asian food. a lot of the recreational stuff in van is like hiking/going to the beach/biking etc, since vancouver has forests, mountains and ocean, so be prepared to be active. public transport is pretty extensive, although sometimes you end up waiting 25 minutes for a bus. downtown is also pretty nice, but there' certain areas/streets (hastings, etc) that are quite sketchy. avoid those. living costs are also quite high tbh.
Montreal: love this city so much. Awesome size, affordable, diverse. Great bike infrastructure, restaurants, summer festivals, amazing Metro system. Beautiful architecture, very LGBT friendly. Downtown is very bilingual. Lots of clubs (drinking age 18), incredibly low crime rate, lively downtown, such a happy feel everywhere as soon as the weather warms up at the end of April and the terrasses open and everyone's eating outside in their jackets loving the sunshine. Winter's cooooold, ngl. You've gotta embrace it and skate outside on campus, on the river in old Montreal, in the parks, cross-country ski on the mountain, or just hunker down and study for 4 months.

MIAMI: Miami is both amazing and horrible. The weather can be fabulous and the nature is so vibrant. When the sun is out it feels like you're living in a "indie" snapchat filter that raises the saturation. So much diversity; the cultural melting pot of America. If you want to meet people from around the world and see more cultures then come here! You better know some Spanish, because now more people speak Spanish than English down here. If you like the beaches and you can deal with the heat then Miami is perfect. Also get used to rain and you have to be comfortable with nature; ants and lizards and bugs and roaches will come into your house. Also a great place if you like art as we have many large art festivals here.
BUFFALO
ROCHESTER
ITHACA: I was born in Ithaca, but it’s been a few years since I’ve visited so take this with a grain of salt.
First of all, it’s gorgeous. Even though the town lacks in accessibility (it’s at least an hour away from major cities), it has some of the best scenery I’ve ever seen. There’s waterfalls (yes, waterfalls!) nearby and it borders Cayuga Lake as well. It gets really cold in the winter, but summers are literally perfect.
Ithaca is dominated by people associated with colleges (students, professors, etc.), and the town reflects this as well. I remember there being a lot of restaurants with options ranging all the way from vegan to Greek and there’s a pedestrian mall called the Ithaca Commons. Overall, the people are super nice, and if you decide to come here, it will definitely be 4 of the most memorable years of your life.
NEW HAVEN
ATLANTA: One thing I will say is that the roads are absolutely CRAZY. they'll be 5, 6 lane roads just running through the city and its a nightmare when you arent sure where you're going.
AUSTIN:
Austin is cool, but so many people have expectations that are just way too high. If you go and look up “best city in America” I guarantee that Austin will pull up on at least one. Austin isn’t bad, but it isn’t the idealistic wonderland that it is made out to be. It’s a real city with real issues, and just because you went for SXSW doesn’t mean that you will love it.
The Awesome: lots of interesting food choices, live music if you’re into that, excellent job opportunities after college, like a combination of Nashville, Seattle, and Texas hill country
The meh: housing prices aren’t necessarily terrible compared to places like DC or NYC, but it is much much more expensive here than in the past. Almost everyone’s houses have doubled in value in the last ten years. Do not come thinking you’re getting a cheap experience. Definitely more expensive than Houston and Dallas. Another thing that isn’t awesome is people tend to be pretentious, but not like in Dallas. It’s more pretentious in a hipster way, whereas Dallas and LA are places that are pretentious in regards to money.
The awful: traffic is terrible, because the population growth has far outpaced the infrastructure development. Another major issue is the homeless downtown. If you go to UT, expect to see several homeless people on and around campus. They are trying to solve this issue, but the crisis is worse than almost anywhere else not names Seattle or Portland. Also, tons of people wear UT merch despite never have attended the school. THE WEATHER SUCKS, in august almost every day is over 100 degrees. Winters aren’t even that mild a lot of the time like some would expect (Although it’s been warm this January). Weather is not like Miami.
Other things to know: overwhelmingly liberal downtown, suburbs tend to be mixed. Dallas, Houston and San Antonio are pretty close by, but leaving the state of Texas from Austin is at least a 5 hour affair.
DENVER
DALLAS: Uhhh Dallas is not public transport friendly at all. You need a car on campus. The DART tram goes through downtown but it can feel sketchy at times if you're alone and the stops aren't super conveniently located. Parts of Dallas also have really high crime rates but downtown and uptown aren't so bad. Oak Lawn is also a great location for nightlife/convenience in general but far ish from the universities. Rent is increasing at a relatively fast pace. Increasingly diverse foodie scene. Dallas suburbs are a better mix of lower rent but still good access to entertainment/shopping/food if you have a car and can drive (especially Plano/Frisco/Carrollton)
**PHILLY:*\*Philly is a beautiful city. If you’re going to Upenn please don’t walk off campus too far. If you’re going to Temple, rip. Go to magic gardens, every indie trendy philly teens home. Living in philly shapes you as a teen, it really is kind of like a culture. Don’t get a cheesesteak from Pat’s and don’t tell anyone you aren’t an Eagles fan.
Baltimore - The bad reputation we have is completely overblown; Baltimore is a really fun, charming quirky city that has a very distinct underdog personality to it. Charles Village, Hampden, Mount Vernon and Station North are all fun areas to explore—lots of vintage and thrift shops, trinket stores, places to eat, etc. All of these neighborhoods are extremely walkable as well. Once COVID goes away it’s always fun to see movies at either the Charles or the Parkway Theater in Station North or visit the BMA, AVAM or Walters Art Museum. Public transit isn’t great, but if you don’t have a car either the bus or the light rail can take you to the places that have the most action going on. No one goes into the Inner Harbor except tourists. Areas around JHU are completely safe as long as you aren’t doing anything stupid like looking at your phone at night with headphones in while walking around. Please make sure to be careful when you’re around roads though! We’re known to be absolutely terrible drivers haha.
Blacksburg, VA (V tech): I sent a summer on campus at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg Virginia and staying there was so nice. There are so many activities to do and on the weekends people and families visit campus to play with their dog or hangout downtown and the vibe is so amazing. There are farmers markets, hiking trails, so many farms for fruit picking. It's a college town in the middle of no where so there is just so much for Blacksburg to offer!!
ETC.
P.S all of these are comment additions so not my experiences.

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Notes and Highlights of Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s Live Update January 11, 2021

Notes and Highlights of Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s Live Update January 11, 2021
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305,707 Cases (+2,085), 2,922 Deaths (+21)
New cases by county: 358x Jefferson, 183x Fayette, 79x Kenton, 77x Boone, 68x Madison, 68x Morgan, 68x Warren, 58x Henderson, 57x Bullitt, 47x Campbell, 46x Graves, 35x Boyd, 31x Boyle, 29x Daviess, 28x Shelby, 27x Scott, 25x Clinton, 23x Barren, 23x McCracken, 22x Carter, 20x Casey, 20x Pike, 19x Caldwell, 19x Laurel, 18x Wayne, 17x Jessamine, 17x Marshall, 17x Oldham, 17x Taylor, 16x Estill, 16x Greenup, 16x Whitley, 15x Bath, 15x Crittenden, 15x Perry, 14x Harrison, 14x Mercer, 14x Nelson, 14x Pulaski, 13x Butler, 13x Calloway, 13x McCreary, 12x Grayson, 12x Hardin, 12x Marion, 12x Rowan, 11x Letcher, 11x Montgomery, 10x Allen, 10x Grant, 10x Knox, 10x Russell, 10x Trigg, 9x Christian, 9x Clay, 9x Franklin, 9x Logan, 9x Muhlenberg, 9x Spencer, 9x Webster, 8x Hopkins, 8x Johnson, 7x Edmonson, 7x Floyd, 7x Mason, 6x Bell, 6x Clark, 6x Garrard, 6x Harlan, 6x Hart, 6x Jackson, 6x Knott, 6x Leslie, 6x Todd, 6x Union, 6x Woodford, 5x Livingston, 5x Ohio, 5x Rockcastle, 4x Adair, 4x Anderson, 4x Bourbon, 4x Fleming, 4x Lincoln, 3x Hancock, 3x Henry, 3x Meade, 3x Menifee, 3x Monroe, 3x Owsley, 3x Simpson, 3x Trimble, 2x Breckinridge, 2x Carroll, 2x Elliott, 2x Green, 2x Hickman, 2x Lee, 2x Lewis, 2x Lyon, 2x McLean, 2x Metcalfe, 2x Pendleton, 2x Powell, 2x Washington, 2x Wolfe, 1x Ballard, 1x Breathitt, 1x Carlisle, 1x Cumberland, 1x Gallatin, 1x Larue, 1x Lawrence, 1x Magoffin
New deaths by county: 76 M Adair, 67 F Allen, 71 F Allen, 73 F Boone, 81 M Christian, 61 M Cumberland, 76 M Fleming, 88 F Graves, 82 M Graves, 68 F Hardin, 87 F Hardin, 86 M Hopkins, 88 M Meade, 57 M Nelson, 68 M Nelson, 69 M Nelson, 86 F Pulaski, 74 M Pulaski, 78 M Pulaski, 83 M Russell, 68 F Taylor
In regards to HB1 and CDC: Dr Redfield says the following, “It's come to my attention that there is concern regarding the Center for Disease Control and Prevention mitigation guidance. I want to make it clear that CDC guidance should not be interpreted as regulation rather they are meant as recommendations. It should be used in consideration for specific state and/or local regulations. But this guidance is meant to be flexible and adaptable,” here's the important part, “It is not meant to be prescriptive or interpreted as standards that can be regulated.”
Speaking of that, hospital capacity, we update that every Monday.
Alright, last week was the highest week ever that we have had in this pandemic with 26,799 cases. We believe that what this shows is the impact of holiday gatherings. <...>But holiday gatherings appear to have significantly increased the spread of the Coronavirus, and we also have Dr. Deborah Birx suggesting, and now we're hearing about a number of from different experts, that we believe that either the UK COVID mutation or another has hit the United States maybe as early as October, that more aggressively spreads the virus. And, in fact, I think I read today that Indiana, just identified its first case of this more aggressively spreading mutation of the Coronavirus. We have not identified it here in Kentucky<...>
Could we get your reaction to the petition for impeachment? Thank you so much. -- [...] The impeachment petition has zero grounds. It cites actions the Kentucky Supreme Court said were lawful. I understand the speaker's position that the law requires they form a committee but going anywhere on it would be trying to undo a valid election, mine, from a year ago, it would be eerily similar to other things we're seeing across the country. We don't need it, it shouldn't go anywhere, I don't anticipate it'll go anywhere. And I think that's one where everybody will rise above and put our democracy here in the state above four individuals who are upset.
With this spike that so many health leaders feared coming from the holidays happening, has there been any talk of new restrictions being put into place, and would they even really be effective considering we're hearing many of these cases are really coming from those family gatherings at homes? -- So we haven't had those discussions yet. We do believe that gatherings around the holiday, though they can happen in many different settings, have caused an increase what we need to see is, if that is a lasting increase that builds on itself, or is a bump from those one-time activities and then people go back to doing the right things. Because if they got together over the holidays, and that spread it, but since then have been wearing a mask and not gathering with other people and being real careful, then we could see this start to reduce and turn itself around.
Regarding the General Assembly bills that passed, which ones do you plan to veto? So, and of those that are overridden, which ones do you think will result will end up in a lawsuit? -- So, we'll review the text of each bill that is submitted to the office. Certainly any bill that I think will hamper our ability to effectively fight this virus we will veto. Any bill that we believe unconstitutionally removes emergency powers that are absolutely necessary to fight a pandemic like this, we would challenge in court. I don't think that's a surprise to anyone. And while that seems really really dramatic when it's on the news, that's the way that branches of government are supposed to resolve their disagreements. The other bills, we'll have to see, one by one, certainly don't think the bill about Franklin Circuit Court is constitutional. I think the Chief Justice testified to that and that's probably pretty telling.
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Good afternoon. Today, I speak to you from a Capitol where our Kentucky and our American flags fly at half staff in honor, and in mourning, for DC Capitol Police officers Brian Sicknick and Howard Liebengood passed away after defending the US Capitol from a terrorist attack, a domestic terrorist attack. This should be a stark reminder of the cost of fanning the flames of anger, of hate, of bigotry, and intolerance, and what happens when you repeatedly give people false information. The condemnations of these types of actions must be unequivocal and not just one day only, because the threat is still here. On Saturday, self-proclaimed militia groups gathered at this Capitol just three days from the domestic terror attack on the US Capitol. They were clear in what they thought and believed, taking a moment of silence for one of the domestic terrorists who broke into the US Capitol Building who died that day, and even took a lap in her honor around our Capitol. That's right, honoring someone that attacked our country. And they came prepared. See, one of the things that's been pointed out, as showing this domestic terror attack in our US Capitol, one of the ways that we absolutely know what some individuals intended to do-- in terms of kidnapping and/or harming elected officials-- were the zip ties that one of those individuals carried in the DC Capital that day. This is a picture from the-- we'll call it rally-- of the so-called militia here in Kentucky. I believe when asked, he said, “just in case”. These are not the actions of people who believe in this country and in the rule of law; it's people who believe they can take the law into their own hands and bully and intimidate other individuals. We here in Kentucky will not be bullied. Condemnations need to continue every time something like this happens because they spread. Because people end up listening to this, or to others who would fan the flames, and do other things to bully and intimidate other individuals.
Just one day after this rally yesterday someone vandalized Dr Stack’s home, spray painting “COVID is PCR fraud” on his mailbox. This wasn't about what was spray painted on the mailbox, this is about those individuals, those bullies, trying to create terror by saying we know where you live and we know how to get to you. We will not let that happen.
As our top public health official Dr Stack has stood strong in our fight against the coronavirus. Because of his work 1000s of people are alive today that wouldn't be. Whether you agree or disagree with the steps that ultimately I made the calls, trying to create fear in his family is the lowest form of low. To the cowards out there that did it, we're working to find you, it is not acceptable. This is not how we act in our society and in a democracy. And to anybody who believes that domestic terror is the way to go, we'll be ready for you, we will not back down. And to those that in their elected positions will use the words of hate, or anger, and we'll try to stir it up. Stop. Stop. Stop trying to claim elections are rigged, stop trying to claim that individuals were not elected, either this election, or a year ago. Stop it. We owe a duty to our jobs, we owe duties to the oaths that we have taken: to never fan the flames that spur these individuals and they are listening. We have a responsibility in everything that we do. So today I want to thank the real patriots, those that stand up to intimidation and bullying, that don't let these things like that vandalism, stop them from doing the right things. We’ve seen this type of action and activity, all over the country. I mean it was just six months or so ago that they went past all the impediments in front of the governor's mansion, fully armed right? They walked right up on the porch, the house and my family lives in, I know what a lot of individuals would think about people walking up on their porch and they tried to harass and demand I come outside. I wasn't even there. But to even interact with or suggest that this is okay? Nuh-uh. Right now we have a duty, an absolute duty, to restore the soul of our democracy and there can be no place for what we saw on Saturday or that attack we saw on Wednesday, for these types of bullying and anger tactics. No place, I believe in America. I know everybody else out there does too. Condemnation, it is never okay. You need, and I need you, to be very clear and making sure that this never happens again because there is zero support for those that would engage in this type of activity.
Alright. I want to move on to a very different topic, and in a very different tone. We've seen some bills move through the General Assembly that attempt to, I guess, create new ways of addressing the Coronavirus. One bill that passed attempted to put CDC guidelines into law, as the law that could be enforced, and the standards that would be used. Today I received a letter from Robert R. Redfield. Dr Redfield, the director of the CDC. Dr Redfield says the following, “It's come to my attention that there is concern regarding the Center for Disease Control and Prevention mitigation guidance. I want to make it clear that CDC guidance should not be interpreted as regulation rather they are meant as recommendations. It should be used in consideration for specific state and/or local regulations. But this guidance is meant to be flexible and adaptable,” here's the important part, “It is not meant to be prescriptive or interpreted as standards that can be regulated.” This is the CDC saying that their guidelines should not be written into law as is done, or as was done, on House Bill 1. And in fact, it appears that earlier in this pandemic, there were some other areas that tried to do something similar and the CDC put out very specific guidance after that was done on what that specific area should be doing. So, again, that is the response to that legislation from the CDC itself.
But I do want to talk a little bit about the CDC because in putting it in one of these bills I think it was recognized as the foremost experts that we ought to rely on. So a number of areas that our administration has been questioned on that CDC, I guess, is the foremost experts recognized at least in the bills that were passed, has a couple statements about things that I think are informative and can hopefully put some arguments to rest.
- Let's go to the first one: their statements on restaurants and bars. As you all know, we've had to put restrictions in place, and we know they've hurt those businesses, but absolutely necessary to stop various waves of COVID-19, it's worked every time we've done it. There's been questions on whether it spreads in those types of facilities. So, this is from the CDC, again, from guidelines that at least under House Bill 1, if it goes into law, would become a part of law. So they say this “visiting bars and restaurants can increase your risk of getting and spreading COVID-19.” and then they provide evidence. “In a recent study scientists found that adults with positive COVID-19 test results were twice as likely to have reported dining at restaurants than those with negative COVID-19 test results.”. And they even go on to talk about the why, and I thought it would be informative for everybody to see and these are just very common things that we know, we know how the virus spreads and so any area that engages in the type of activity that can spread the virus, is unfortunately a place we got to be very careful with. That's not us as an administration, picking on anybody, it's where the virus spreads. And so these are the reasons that the CDC has found, and, in looking at their evidence from their study. First, that people from different households gather in the same space, and then to eat or drink you have to remove your mask. That is the preventative measure to keep it from spreading or to keep yourself from getting it. Ventilation flow, the way that it works indoors can further spread the virus. physical distancing, very difficult in restaurants and bars and you got to talk loud for people to hear you, which causes an increase in droplets. And then the last one, the use of alcohol may alter judgment and make it a little bit harder to follow all of those practices. So it's not this administration, that's the CDC, the foremost experts that were listed in House Bill 1 as their guidelines ought to be the legal standards.
- Here's another one. I know that some have questioned whether there is evidence that COVID-19 spreads in gyms, so this is they're very explicit statement. “COVID-19 has been shown to spread at gyms, fitness classes, and studios.”
- Finally, on schools, and this is something that we've talked about a lot. The CDC guidance specifically talks about, if we want schools to be open and open safely, the locality in the state have to be able to take action to reduce community spread. Because if community spread is high enough, it can and it will get into those school buildings. And that requires us to not only have the right type of standards in place in schools, but also the surrounding community. In other words, if we don't have the authority and the flexibility to reduce cases of COVID-19 in a community, we can't make schools safe, which is what we all want to do.
- So. takeaways are the director of the CDC, that’s the guy who runs it, says these shouldn't be written into law, they're not written that way and it won't work. But number two is, if indeed by putting it in that law, we've got the legislative branch of government saying they're the experts, there are the pieces that at times we've been questioned about and hopefully that will resolve those issues, and we won't be arguing about something now that is absolute fact and that's almost expert testimony from their expert about what the facts are.
Alright, last week was the highest week ever that we have had in this pandemic with 26,799 cases. We believe that what this shows is the impact of holiday gatherings. We can see in the numbers, and what was happening with our positivity rate before, that the steps we took to stop the third wave indeed did blunted, and in fact had our cases going down. But holiday gatherings appear to have significantly increased the spread of the Coronavirus, and we also have Dr. Deborah Birx suggesting, and now we're hearing about a number of from different experts, that we believe that either the UK COVID mutation or another has hit the United States maybe as early as October, that more aggressively spreads the virus. And, in fact, I think I read today that Indiana, just identified its first case of this more aggressively spreading mutation of the Coronavirus. We have not identified it here in Kentucky but certainly, I wouldn't, at this point, the numbers as we’ve seen it, at least the last two weeks, it could be, what is happening here. Now when we get to today's report, still high, but it is less than the number of cases we had last week. If that's the case, I think it's more evidence that the bump we're seeing is from holiday gatherings and not just a continuation of that third wave. But again, I think the data shows that we stopped, but it's fragile. Every time we let our guards down, COVID finds a way we increase cases and people die, that's why we cannot let our guard down.
Of just as much concern as the number of cases that we saw this week is the positivity rate. Isn’t that startling? You’ve got to go back to May the 3rd higher positivity rate than we have right now and in fact if you go back to April 12th this is the second highest positivity rate of any month during this pandemic. Now is when it is at its most serious and where we will lose the most people, if we are not incredibly careful. And we still, if we do the right things, can stop this. We are not at capacity in our healthcare system, though again that could happen pretty quickly. This ought to be another wake up call, it ought to be a bright red warning light. It tells us that we all got to protect ourselves, we’ve got to wear those masks, we’ve got to do everything almost perfectly, under the guidance and the state rules to ensure that this thing doesn't get any further out of hand.
Speaking of that, hospital capacity, we update that every Monday. This week we have three areas in the red. That is with either inpatient beds, ICU beds, or ventilators over 80%. What you see here is in Eastern Kentucky we have our ICU beds at 80.9%. Region 10 is really concerning, because those ICU beds are at about 91.1% and region 4, 87% on ICU beds. As you can see, this is, I mean, it's concerning where some of these numbers are, but we still have room, especially if we use the other ICU beds in other regions. So we've got time, but it's got to have urgency, before we end up in a situation like we're seeing in California and we're starting to see in other places. Where, in Los Angeles County, they are not even putting somebody in an ambulance to take them to the hospital, if they don't think they're gonna make it, because they don't have a bed to put them in when they get there. I don't know if any of us out there can imagine that, because we've never seen it; but it should be of great concern for all of us.
Positive cases today: 2,085
Probable cases: 415
Total confirmed cases: 305,707
Children Under 18: 242
New cases by county: 358x Jefferson, 183x Fayette, 79x Kenton, 77x Boone, 68x Madison, 68x Morgan, 68x Warren, 58x Henderson, 57x Bullitt, 47x Campbell, 46x Graves, 35x Boyd, 31x Boyle, 29x Daviess, 28x Shelby, 27x Scott, 25x Clinton, 23x Barren, 23x McCracken, 22x Carter, 20x Casey, 20x Pike, 19x Caldwell, 19x Laurel, 18x Wayne, 17x Jessamine, 17x Marshall, 17x Oldham, 17x Taylor, 16x Estill, 16x Greenup, 16x Whitley, 15x Bath, 15x Crittenden, 15x Perry, 14x Harrison, 14x Mercer, 14x Nelson, 14x Pulaski, 13x Butler, 13x Calloway, 13x McCreary, 12x Grayson, 12x Hardin, 12x Marion, 12x Rowan, 11x Letcher, 11x Montgomery, 10x Allen, 10x Grant, 10x Knox, 10x Russell, 10x Trigg, 9x Christian, 9x Clay, 9x Franklin, 9x Logan, 9x Muhlenberg, 9x Spencer, 9x Webster, 8x Hopkins, 8x Johnson, 7x Edmonson, 7x Floyd, 7x Mason, 6x Bell, 6x Clark, 6x Garrard, 6x Harlan, 6x Hart, 6x Jackson, 6x Knott, 6x Leslie, 6x Todd, 6x Union, 6x Woodford, 5x Livingston, 5x Ohio, 5x Rockcastle, 4x Adair, 4x Anderson, 4x Bourbon, 4x Fleming, 4x Lincoln, 3x Hancock, 3x Henry, 3x Meade, 3x Menifee, 3x Monroe, 3x Owsley, 3x Simpson, 3x Trimble, 2x Breckinridge, 2x Carroll, 2x Elliott, 2x Green, 2x Hickman, 2x Lee, 2x Lewis, 2x Lyon, 2x McLean, 2x Metcalfe, 2x Pendleton, 2x Powell, 2x Washington, 2x Wolfe, 1x Ballard, 1x Breathitt, 1x Carlisle, 1x Cumberland, 1x Gallatin, 1x Larue, 1x Lawrence, 1x Magoffin. I believe Morgan has the highest incident rate in the state right now.
Total tests conducted: 3,648,158 (PCR: 3,335,482, Serology: 103,800)
Positivity Rate: 12.35% - Our positivity rate, 12.35%, is down just a little bit from yesterday, but we have 119 red counties, that means that this virus is everywhere.
Hospitalizations ICU and ventilators, all relatively flat, which is a good thing. And in fact, down a little bit from last week, that says while we're in a dangerous place, we can by modeling type of good behaviors and not getting together again. Like many apparently did over the holidays, that we can ensure that there's the healthcare resources to ultimately help those that are sick.
Total hospitalized: 14,621
Currently hospitalized: 1,709
Total in ICU: 3,234
Currently in ICU: 381
On a ventilator: 207
Now sometimes those numbers are a little low on Monday and we get a better update on Tuesday.
Total recovered: 39,020
New deaths today: 21 - We continue to see higher death totals today with 21 new deaths. They include-- oh, and today 16 of the 21, the individuals were not in long term care. So anyone who feels a false sense of security by the really tragic numbers and percentages of our deaths dealing with long term care, this could reflect a change but certainly says just because you're not in long term care doesn't mean you're not at risk.
Total Deaths: 2,922
New deaths by county: 76 M Adair, 67 F Allen, 71 F Allen, 73 F Boone, 81 M Christian, 61 M Cumberland, 76 M Fleming, 88 F Graves, 82 M Graves, 68 F Hardin, 87 F Hardin, 86 M Hopkins, 88 M Meade, 57 M Nelson, 68 M Nelson, 69 M Nelson, 86 F Pulaski, 74 M Pulaski, 78 M Pulaski, 83 M Russell, 68 F Taylor
A lot of individuals in their 60s today.
Racial breakdown of all cases: 85% White, 8.6% Black, 4.9% Multiracial, 1.2% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific Islander
Ethnicity breakdown of all cases: 93.8% Non-Hispanic, 6.2% Hispanic
Racial breakdown of all deaths: 87.4% White, 9.2% Black, 2.6% Multiracial, 0.7% Asian, 0.1% American Indian
Ethnicity breakdown of all deaths: 97.9% Non-Hispanic, 2.1% Hispanic
Long Term Care Facilities (PDF): 121 new residents and 132 new staff positive from yesterday, and 23 more deaths. This is why they are first in the vaccination schedule, and we continue to work through that.
- Total facilities: 284
- Total deaths: 1976
- Active cases: 1175 residents, 745 staff
- Total cases: 15658 residents, 11446 staff
On Mondays we're going to start just providing to the public what you can already find on https://kycovid19.ky/gov and that's the self-reports from schools from the week before. So this last week only a few school districts started back in person, with the majority of them considering whether they're going to do it this week.
K-12 Update (PDF): 1674 new students and 1062 new faculty/staff positive from yesterday. 3212 new quarantined students and 774 new quarantined staff.
Now on the dashboard, this is really important for parents trying to make an informed decision about whether their kids go in-person or not, you can look at your school district, you can look at your specific school. And thank you to the schools that are self-reporting and are doing so regularly. That, again, gives parents and others information that they need.
University Update (PDF): PDF update only
Sadly, there's one new COVID case and a veteran at Carl M Brashear Radcliffe Veterans Center. And I believe that we have lost another veteran
We'll have an update on vaccinations tomorrow, and I hope that we have some bigger news later in the week on that, that's not final enough to report on today.
Alright. So with that, I know I moved fast but lots have going on in Frankfort and in our country today. So let's open it up to questions, I've got a number of them here. Let me first address a number of questions that we've received about security at the state capitol, with the FBI coming out and suggesting that there's chatter about attacks on any or all 50 state capitals and another one for the US Capitol. We will not allow that to happen. We will protect these buildings, these grounds, and everyone in them, and we are ready to do whatever necessary, Kentucky State Police and others, to ensure the safety of everyone here. Now I'm not going to disclose our plans on how specifically we will do that because we are not going to give those that would commit domestic terror a game plan that they can try to plan around. But if those individuals are listening, first, shame on you, my goodness, you're not a patriot, you’re a thug and a terrorist. But we will not allow what happened at the US Capitol to happen here. Alright, Karen's from WUKY.

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Good afternoon Governor, thank you. That was actually my first one so I appreciate that. Two things, one, how quickly could House Bill 191 get through and funds be available to Kentuckians? And could we get your reaction to the petition for impeachment? Thank you so much. -- House Bill 191 is so important. It takes funds that we have right now, one-time funds, the money is there, and immediately would make it available to small businesses: $220M in aid to businesses across Kentucky that have been harmed by this virus, and are going to continue to see hardships in the coming months. $20M to nonprofits that have struggled to keep their doors open. It provides $100M to pay off part of the UI loan that legislators are for. This is something we should all be for. I believe a Harvard poll, and I think my numbers are close, found that 86% of Republicans nationwide and 94% of Democrats say this should be done. And they're talking about the federal level, but this should be done, this is something that everybody's for. And if information about it not moving forward right now, which it hasn't yet, you know, would reach those that are probably mainly focusing on what's happened in Washington DC. I think you would hear calls across party, across parts of the state, that this bill must be passed. We've had to take the steps we've taken during COVID, but it doesn't mean that businesses haven't suffered and many businesses have suffered that aren't a part of any regulation at all. So this is a bill that needs to be done, and there's no reason that it shouldn't be done, and it should be done now. And if they would move on it could be made available immediately. If folks say that they have questions about it-- this is a bill that could change the way the money goes out too. So the power is in their hands to help people. They just need to be willing to do it. The impeachment petition has zero grounds. It cites actions the Kentucky Supreme Court said were lawful. I understand the speaker's position that the law requires they form a committee but going anywhere on it would be trying to undo a valid election, mine, from a year ago, it would be eerily similar to other things we're seeing across the country. We don't need it, it shouldn't go anywhere, I don't anticipate it'll go anywhere. And I think that's one where everybody will rise above and put our democracy here in the state above four individuals who are upset. Shelby from WKYT.

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Notes and Highlights of Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s Live Update November 18, 2020

Notes and Highlights of Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s Live Update November 18, 2020
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144,753 Cases (+2,753), 1,712 Deaths (+15)
New cases by county: 530x Jefferson, 196x Fayette, 99x Boone, 94x Kenton, 86x Warren, 85x Christian, 78x Madison, 70x Campbell, 67x Bullitt, 66x Hardin, 59x Daviess, 52x McCracken, 48x Henderson, 45x Laurel, 44x Hopkins, 37x Boyd, 34x Lee, 34x Muhlenberg, 33x Jessamine, 33x Oldham, 33x Pulaski, 32x Nelson, 27x Barren, 25x Shelby, 24x Whitley, 22x Greenup, 22x Marshall, 22x Union, 20x Grant, 18x Knox, 18x Pike, 18x Woodford, 17x Casey, 17x Marion, 16x Floyd, 16x Graves, 16x Monroe, 15x Bourbon, 15x Carter, 15x Edmonson, 15x Perry, 15x Trigg, 14x Clay, 14x Logan, 14x Ohio, 14x Pendleton, 14x Scott, 14x Taylor, 13x Bell, 13x Breathitt, 13x Calloway, 13x Larue, 13x Lawrence, 13x Lincoln, 13x Montgomery, 12x Grayson, 12x Jackson, 12x Simpson, 11x Magoffin, 11x Powell, 11x Webster, 10x Breckinridge, 9x Caldwell, 9x Harlan, 9x Mercer, 9x Owsley, 8x Adair, 8x Elliott, 8x Franklin, 8x Harrison, 8x McCreary, 7x Carroll, 7x Clinton, 7x Estill, 7x Johnson, 7x Rowan, 6x Boyle, 6x Butler, 6x Garrard, 6x Hancock, 6x Knott, 6x Lewis, 6x McLean, 6x Spencer, 6x Washington, 6x Wolfe, 5x Anderson, 5x Clark, 5x Cumberland, 5x Fleming, 5x Meade, 4x Carlisle, 4x Fulton, 4x Green, 4x Hart, 4x Henry, 4x Leslie, 4x Letcher, 4x Livingston, 4x Martin, 4x Mason, 4x Metcalfe, 4x Russell, 4x Todd, 4x Wayne, 3x Allen, 3x Bath, 2x Crittenden, 2x Morgan, 2x Nicholas, 2x Rockcastle, 1x Ballard, 1x Bracken, 1x Gallatin, 1x Hickman, 1x Owen
New deaths by county: 15 F Ballard, 60 M Barren, 75 M Caldwell, 90 M Calloway, 91 F Christian, 78 F Christian, 87 M Clay, 43 M Fayette (Right now we don't know of any pre-existing conditions there at all), 78 M Hancock, 73 F Jefferson, 32 F Jefferson, 78 M Marshall, 68 F McCracken, 86 F Nelson, 79 F Pike
The first step is we are further limiting private gatherings. We see far too much of the virus happening at family gatherings and neighborhood events. The result is often multiple family members hospitalized, some on a ventilator, or even worse outcomes. So from this Friday November 20th at 5pm through Sunday December 13th at 11:59pm, local time, private indoor gatherings, are limited to your current household, plus one other household, not to exceed a total of eight people. Your household is who you live with on a regular basis. You can have one other household over, but again, not to exceed eight people. <...>So two, what I would call immediate families, not extended families, per gathering.
The second step involves limiting attendance at venue spaces like weddings and funerals, where we continue to see significant virus spread. These events will be limited to 25 total participants per room. Beginning Friday, and lasting again through December 13th. These recommendations do not apply to in-person services at places of worship, which I'll be making recommendations on, directly to them, tomorrow.
Also beginning Friday at 5pm and lasting until December 13th bars and restaurants will be closed for indoor service. Carry out, delivery, and outdoor seated service may continue, but only if the mask mandate and the seating rules are enforced. Packed patios will result in further changes on what these venues can and cannot do.
- This is a tough, but an important step and I realize it's also a painful one. So many of our restaurants and bars, or small businesses, have people's futures invested in them. So to attempt to provide some, albeit not enough relief, we're launching a $40M fund to assist restaurants and bars impacted by this step. Entities that qualify will receive $10,000 to use for various costs, not alone- an attempt to help with those costs.
Other new steps: Gyms will be at 33% occupancy, and masking will now be required. Group classes are prohibited. We see significant spreading through group classes.
And now let's talk for a minute about sports. KHSAA made a decision today to postpone all fall sports, and their practices until past the December 13th date we're operating.
Again, this is about a three week, or three week and several day effort, about two cycles of the virus to make sure we get this under control so that these types of events are safer when we come out of it. This occupancy also applies, 33%, to pools, bowling alleys, and similar businesses.
During the same timeframe we need our professional services, and our office-based businesses to have all employees who are able, to work from home. When possible businesses should close to the public and if open maintain 33% of their employees, at most, in their facility at one time. We're asking everybody in these targeted areas to do this at the same time, so we get our maximum impact.
So beginning this coming Monday, November 23rd all public and private K-12 schools will cease in-person instruction and move to remote learning. Middle and high schools will remain in remote instruction until at least January 4th, 2021.
Elementary schools may reopen December 7th if their county is not in a red zone and they follow the Healthy at School guidance.
Dr Stack:At the levels this disease is spreading right now, there is no place you can go out in public to avoid getting exposed to it. If you leave your home now you should assume that there's a high probability you will be exposed to this if you get close to other people. If you have Thanksgiving gatherings with large numbers of people from different households, you can almost be assured that you will have more infected people leaving that gathering than came to it. <...> As we enter the winter and people are driven indoors to stay warm and the disease is spreading so rapidly, if we allow it to spread as rapidly as it is spreading right now all of these harms are going to happen, and more. Hospitals are already curtailing their non-COVID medical and surgical care in multiple areas throughout the state, because the COVID pressure is increasing. In states like North Dakota, it's the worst place on the planet to be right now as far as COVID-19- it is hitting them so hard. And we've done a really good job here in Kentucky. We have stopped escalations in March, we’ve stopped them in July, now we need to stop it a third time.
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Good afternoon. It's four o'clock on Wednesday, a time we get together four days a week and remember that we're gonna get through this, and we're gonna get through this together. We are in very difficult times, where we are seeing a lot of cases, and a lot of loss. But there is hope. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. Today, Pfizer's vaccine was updated from 90% to 94%+ effective. That means we have two that are in that range, there is light at the end of the tunnel. We just have to make sure that as many people can get there. And we're going to do that because we are not going to surrender to this virus, we're going to fight back, because we care about one another. Let’s start today with a difficult COVID report which we have just about every day.
Positive cases today: 2,753 - Today is our fourth highest day in terms of new positives, 2,753 new cases of COVID-19.
Top five highest days ever in this virus of positive cases have all been in the last week. As Dr Stack showed you yesterday, we are in the midst of exponential growth. At the same time that we are in the midst of this growth, which means that more individuals need help, because if a percentage of cases, need hospitalization, need to be in the ICU, then they need professionals out there that can help treat them. And what we are seeing is community spread like this is impacting our health care agencies, meaning that there are less of our first-, front- and only- line workers while the need for them is greater. In fact I want to go ahead and show at the Mayo Clinic today, came out with some rough news that shows us how exponential spread decreases our health care capacity when it's needed most. They announced that they have 900 employees that have tested positive in the last two weeks alone. So our challenge isn't going to be when we run out of beds, it's going to be when we run out of people. And the amount of available people are going to go down as the virus continues to surge. So a very concerning number of cases, and what it could cause.
Probable cases: 25,091
Total confirmed cases: 144,753
Children Under 18: 292
New cases by county: 530x Jefferson, 196x Fayette, 99x Boone, 94x Kenton, 86x Warren, 85x Christian, 78x Madison, 70x Campbell, 67x Bullitt, 66x Hardin, 59x Daviess, 52x McCracken, 48x Henderson, 45x Laurel, 44x Hopkins, 37x Boyd, 34x Lee, 34x Muhlenberg, 33x Jessamine, 33x Oldham, 33x Pulaski, 32x Nelson, 27x Barren, 25x Shelby, 24x Whitley, 22x Greenup, 22x Marshall, 22x Union, 20x Grant, 18x Knox, 18x Pike, 18x Woodford, 17x Casey, 17x Marion, 16x Floyd, 16x Graves, 16x Monroe, 15x Bourbon, 15x Carter, 15x Edmonson, 15x Perry, 15x Trigg, 14x Clay, 14x Logan, 14x Ohio, 14x Pendleton, 14x Scott, 14x Taylor, 13x Bell, 13x Breathitt, 13x Calloway, 13x Larue, 13x Lawrence, 13x Lincoln, 13x Montgomery, 12x Grayson, 12x Jackson, 12x Simpson, 11x Magoffin, 11x Powell, 11x Webster, 10x Breckinridge, 9x Caldwell, 9x Harlan, 9x Mercer, 9x Owsley, 8x Adair, 8x Elliott, 8x Franklin, 8x Harrison, 8x McCreary, 7x Carroll, 7x Clinton, 7x Estill, 7x Johnson, 7x Rowan, 6x Boyle, 6x Butler, 6x Garrard, 6x Hancock, 6x Knott, 6x Lewis, 6x McLean, 6x Spencer, 6x Washington, 6x Wolfe, 5x Anderson, 5x Clark, 5x Cumberland, 5x Fleming, 5x Meade, 4x Carlisle, 4x Fulton, 4x Green, 4x Hart, 4x Henry, 4x Leslie, 4x Letcher, 4x Livingston, 4x Martin, 4x Mason, 4x Metcalfe, 4x Russell, 4x Todd, 4x Wayne, 3x Allen, 3x Bath, 2x Crittenden, 2x Morgan, 2x Nicholas, 2x Rockcastle, 1x Ballard, 1x Bracken, 1x Gallatin, 1x Hickman, 1x Owen
Total tests conducted: 2,482,404 (PCR: 2,293,694, Serology: 90,785)
Positivity Rate: 9.13% - our positivity rate continues to increase which is alarming because we have significant testing out there.
Total hospitalized: 9,052
Currently hospitalized: 1,553 - Our individuals in the hospital continues to go up it's up 32 Kentuckians in the hospital with COVID-19 just from yesterday.
Total in ICU: 2,284
Currently in ICU: 359 - is up five Kentuckians from yesterday
On a ventilator: 176 - up one from yesterday
Total recovered: 25,058
New deaths today: 15
Total Deaths: 1,712
So we've lost our first student, a 15 year old girl in Ballard County. There are some significant pre-existing conditions, but a beloved member of her community where COVID was a factor in what took her from that community. We've reached out to this family and we hope to be able to remember her when they deem that it's appropriate. I can tell you, I have friends whose kids were specifically and positively impacted by this individual.
New deaths by county: 15 F Ballard, 60 M Barren, 75 M Caldwell, 90 M Calloway, 91 F Christian, 78 F Christian, 87 M Clay, 43 M Fayette (Right now we don't know of any pre-existing conditions there at all), 78 M Hancock, 73 F Jefferson, 32 F Jefferson, 78 M Marshall, 68 F McCracken, 86 F Nelson, 79 F Pike
All losses are a loss for Kentucky. Let’s light those houses up green and let’s ring those bells at 10am. This is a reminder that we are thinking of the Kentuckians we’ve lost, their families, and their communities. It’s the color of compassion and renewal as their souls move from their bodies to a better place.
Racial breakdown of all cases: 82.65% Caucasian, 10.38% Black or African-American, 1.41% Asian, 5.17% Multiracial
Ethnicity breakdown of all cases: 91.85% non-Hispanic and 8.15% Hispanic
Racial breakdown of all deaths: 84.84% Caucasian, 11.45% Black or African-American, 0.88% Asian, 2.83% Multiracial
Ethnicity breakdown of all deaths: 97.12% non-Hispanic and 2.88% Hispanic
Long Term Care Facilities (PDF): 105 new residents and 120 new staff positive from yesterday, and 13 more deaths. Our long term care facilities, just like our contact tracers, are being overwhelmed, their defenses overrun, because with this number of cases you just can't keep it out. That's worth more testing for people who go in and work there than anywhere else. This is what happens when there are this many cases, and with how these long term care facilities are lighting up with cases, it is going to further compound our loss, as we take decisive action.
- Total facilities: 387
- Total deaths: 1108
- Active cases: 1675 residents, 987 staff
- Total cases: 8369 residents, 6026 staff
K-12 Update (PDF): PDF update only
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So that’s today’s report, now I want to address what we're going to do about it. Since March the sixth, the day that we Kentuckians had our first confirmed case, we have been under attack, we have been at war with this Coronavirus. It has upended every part of our lives. Folks, currently is the third leading cause of death in America, trailing cancer. That’s right, it's trailing cancer and it may even overtake it. It's damaged our economy. It has threatened our children's education. It's now taken more than 250,000 American lives- a quarter of a million people including 1,700 Kentuckians, that we love, that we miss, whose families and communities are heartbroken. Every day, the Coronavirus tests us. It tests our resolve. Our resolve to do what's right, our resolve to make good choices to protect one another, our resolve to defeat the virus, instead of giving in to it. Even with the difficulty and the cost and the sacrifice that fighting it takes. Our enemy, COVID-19, has come in waves. First, in March and April. 2nd over the summer. And the third, right now. Each of these waves has been deadly. The first overwhelmed the healthcare system in New York, New Jersey, Louisiana. We saw heartbreaking loss of life.
The second hit places like Florida, Texas, Arizona, where we began seeing tractor-trailer refrigeration trucks, just to hold the number of dead bodies. The third wave is hitting all of America. With places like North Dakota, having the worst rates of COVID-19 in the entire world. And cities like El Paso, losing people at unfathomable levels. Kentucky has been hit ,in part, or at least some, by each of these waves. But in response to each wave, to each attack. We did not surrender. We did not roll over. We did not say that we're going to let our people suffer and we're simply going to lose some people. No, we fought back in this battle because when addressing COVID-19, action is unpopular but inaction is deadly. To stop the March and April wave- we acted at a time, and we had to act at the time- we didn't know a lot about this virus, didn't have sufficient testing. We didn't have the basic PPE to protect the people who are trying to keep those suffering alive and healthy, when the mortality rate was far, far too high, when we didn't know the treatments that we now know about, and where it was difficult to know where the spread was happening and in fact exactly how the virus spread. So we implemented Healthy at Home, a counter-offensive that required real and significant sacrifice for all Kentuckians, and I know people are still feeling the impacts of that sacrifice. But in addressing the virus that sacrifice worked. We crushed the curve, and we stopped an early exponential growth that devastated other areas. And I remember, when we stopped that- we were all so proud of the work that we had done together, everybody doing their part.
When the second wave hit in the summer, it was concerning. Some states hitting 10,000 or more cases, I think even 15,000 in a single day. Once again, Kentucky fought back.
We knew more at this time, and we could be more targeted in our approach. We implemented a mask mandate and shut down bars and restaurants to in-person service for a limited period of time. That worked too. We were able to stop the growth level off the virus, we were able to continue to get more things open, and in fact our children back in school.
But here we are enduring our third attack, the third wave. Which means we are called to action once again. Surrender, ignoring this virus, pretending it isn't real, is not an option. Because we can, and we should, take the actions necessary to save thousands of lives. The 25 veterans we've lost to the virus at Thomson-Hood veteran Center are an example. That’s far too many, those are special people that fought for us. They would tell us to fight back against this virus. And the end, the defeat of this virus, we can see it, and almost taste it. Between Moderna and Pfizer, we have announcements of two highly effective vaccines. Where if we can just get to the point where it's approved, and it's manufactured, and enough people get it, we can be past this chapter in our history. That it won't be picking off our seniors and others. We won't be losing people around us.
It will be a day where I don't learn about a friend losing their aunt and uncle. Or, another friend who has to say goodbye to a parent and then drive to a separate house to quarantine, not being able to be back with his family at a time of what must be immense grief. With two promising vaccines on the horizon we’ve got to take action to make sure that we can save lives until we get there and to make sure that as many of our Kentuckians as possible see the end of this virus, and the new amazing day is going to be when we're past it.
So, it's time to do what it takes to finish this fight. So it's time for Kentucky's third counter attack against the coronavirus. Let me be clear about a few things. This is not, and there will not be, a shutdown. Our economy is open. And there will be no categorizing businesses as essential or non-essential and asking them to close. It is not picking and choosing based on my or Dr. Stack’s or anybody else's likes and dislikes. Instead, today we're announcing significant but surgical and targeted steps designed to slow the virus and protect our people.
These steps range from three to six weeks in duration and are designed to have the maximum impact with as little disruption, though there will certainly be disruption, as possible.
- The first step is we are further limiting private gatherings. We see far too much of the virus happening at family gatherings and neighborhood events. The result is often multiple family members hospitalized, some on a ventilator, or even worse outcomes. So from this Friday November 20th at 5pm through Sunday December 13th at 11:59pm, local time, private indoor gatherings, are limited to your current household, plus one other household, not to exceed a total of eight people. Your household is who you live with on a regular basis. You can have one other household over, but again, not to exceed eight people. We see so much spread when people get together in larger groups and get comfortable, end up taking their masks off, and every local health department could tell you heartbreaking stories about what is happening all too often at those events. So two, what I would call immediate families, not extended families, per gathering.
- The second step involves limiting attendance at venue spaces like weddings and funerals, where we continue to see significant virus spread. These events will be limited to 25 total participants per room. Beginning Friday, and lasting again through December 13th. These recommendations do not apply to in-person services at places of worship, which I'll be making recommendations on, directly to them, tomorrow.
- Also beginning Friday at 5pm and lasting until December 13th bars and restaurants will be closed for indoor service. Carry out, delivery, and outdoor seated service may continue, but only if the mask mandate and the seating rules are enforced. Packed patios will result in further changes on what these venues can and cannot do. The CDC, Johns-Hopkins, Stanford University working with others have all released recent studies showing that restaurants and bars are clearly spreading, if not the greatest spread, of COVID-19. Any effort to lessen the exponential growth we are seeing right now requires this step. And our local health departments? They agree that we are seeing spread at these facilities. Matt Hunt, the director of the Barren River District Health Department, said, and I quote, “we have 46 total clusters impacting 189 cases at restaurants and bars within our district. Currently our district has 13 open clusters impacting 52 cases.” Matt remains committed to the COVID-19 response efforts and encourages the community to remain vigilant about using masks, social distancing, and following critical guidelines. Dr. Lynn Sadler, District Director of Health at the Northern Kentucky Health Department, said they “Strongly support their local businesses and economies are urgently concerned about the transmission of COVID in crowds”. She says “some local restaurants are being proactive with igloos and outdoor dining as well as takeout or third party delivery”. Dr Samuels said “many are placing great effort on following the rules, others are not”. She said quote “a restaurant environment still has plenty of opportunity to be unmasked while sitting in a crowded environment, and therefore a greater opportunity to become infected. Anecdotally, bars and bars with food service seem to do a poor job at having those in their establishments follow their guidance. Complaints keep coming in every day from individuals concerned about businesses not following the COVID guidance while case numbers are exploding. People need to do a better job for the sake of others, and the community”.
This is a tough, but an important step and I realize it's also a painful one. So many of our restaurants and bars, or small businesses, have people's futures invested in them. So to attempt to provide some, albeit not enough relief, we're launching a $40M fund to assist restaurants and bars impacted by this step. Entities that qualify will receive $10,000 to use for various costs, not alone- an attempt to help with those costs. To share more details we have La Tasha Buckner, my chief of staff, who will run down some of the general requirements.
Thank you Governor. As the Governor indicated he's allotted about $40M from the Coronavirus Relief Fund- it's a federal fund used to help offset some of the costs and expenses related to battling the Coronavirus. This Team Kentucky Food and Beverage Relief Fund will provide assistance to qualifying restaurants and bars, it will be administered by the public protection cabinet, which is finalizing the program details. Applications will be accepted online before November 30th through December 18th, and we'll be providing additional information as the process goes along and we set up the website, but here are a few key points.
- It's available to businesses that are operating as bars and restaurants currently.
- The businesses will be eligible for 10,000 in assistance, but the maximum award, if you have more than one location, will be $20,000 per business entity.
- Businesses with at least 50% of their sales via drive throughs will not be eligible for the award.
- And you may not be owned by a publicly traded company. We really want to make sure that we target the mom and pops and individual business owners out there who may be suffering from the largest impact.
- All businesses must certify that they're going to be in compliance with the governor's orders and remain in compliance with the executive orders in public health quarters.
We know this doesn't cover the entire impact cost to your business by COVID-19, but we're hoping that it will help some in the meantime, and we'll keep you updated as we finalize more details. Thank you.
Thank you, La Tasha. We are working hard to save lives. It's not easy for anybody. We need your help to make sure we get there. We've all sacrificed so much and we don't have much farther to go; we cannot give up now.
Other new steps: Gyms will be at 33% occupancy, and masking will now be required. Group classes are prohibited. We see significant spreading through group classes.
And now let's talk for a minute about sports. KHSAA made a decision today to postpone all fall sports, and their practices until past the December 13th date we're operating. That same decision will be applied for all indoor recreation facilities. So, no indoor practices for sports teams. Think about cheerleading gyms closed to group activities, individual lessons are allowed, but masking is required. We've seen cases come out of numerous cheerleading gyms and martial arts studios. Again, this is about a three week, or three week and several day effort, about two cycles of the virus to make sure we get this under control so that these types of events are safer when we come out of it. This occupancy also applies, 33%, to pools, bowling alleys, and similar businesses.
During the same timeframe we need our professional services, and our office-based businesses to have all employees who are able, to work from home. When possible businesses should close to the public and if open maintain 33% of their employees, at most, in their facility at one time. We're asking everybody in these targeted areas to do this at the same time, so we get our maximum impact. If we're going to take a swing at this virus we want to make sure we swing hard enough to truly impact its direction, and to stop exponential growth. I want to thank everybody who has stepped up and done his or her part, but we need you now, more than ever.
And now schools. I want to thank everyone who is working so hard to continue to educate our children, and make sure they have access to healthy meals. Our children are resilient, but they are also sacrificing so much, and I see this firsthand.
My children do better when they are in-person classes and they're a lot easier to deal with at home. But this virus, at its level right now, is and will overwhelm each and every one of our schools, if we do not take action. Right now, I believe if you take the number of students who were quarantined for the first time last week, assuming a two week quarantine and what will happen through this week- I believe we will have close to 10,000 Kentucky students, K-12, at one point at the same time in quarantine. And if what holds from last week through this week about 2,000 of our faculty. And our teachers and administrators, rightfully, are very concerned as the virus continues to surge through their areas. Again, if we are going to be able to provide meaningful educational experiences, and in-person, especially, at the beginning of the next semester, we have to take action now and we've all got to do it at the same time. Steps have been taken in consultation and agreement with our commissioner of education, and our Chair of the Board of Education.
- So beginning this coming Monday, November 23rd all public and private K-12 schools will cease in-person instruction and move to remote learning. Middle and high schools will remain in remote instruction until at least January 4th, 2021. In other words, getting through this semester. It is our hope and we will make every effort to make sure that in January we have the opportunity to return to in-person instruction. But in most every one of the communities out there right now, based on the community transmission that we're trying to stop here, remote learning is already in progress. If Thanksgiving ends up being what Americans are telling people, who are asking, what it's going to be with 40% or more people having 10 or more people at their home, the impact that could happen on schools after that event could be devastating.
- Elementary schools may reopen December 7th if their county is not in a red zone and they follow the Healthy at School guidance. I also want to applaud our partners in post-secondary education, our public universities have all made the right decision to teach 100% virtually by Monday for the rest of the year. And I want to thank them for stepping up, we've asked our private universities and colleges to do the same. Most of them will certainly be there by Thanksgiving, we've asked them to move that timeline up.
So look, none of these decisions are easy. I can tell you that I'm not going to be popular. Now's the time, we make the decision on whether we are going to let our fellow Kentuckians become sick and more of them die, or we are going to take a stand against the third wave of this virus. These restrictions are necessary now and for activities I haven't listed, please follow the current guidance and others found at the Healthy at Work website. Notably, we are not asking our hospitals to curtail any of their elective procedures, they are doing it on their own when necessary. I'll tell you many of our hospital systems are already feeling the crunch and have not just concerns, but a real potential of being overwhelmed. We're also not restricting retail any further. But that is based on a commitment to re-up the mask mandate and the enforcement of it, because we need every Kentuckian to do their part.
I don't take this lightly. I know this will cause some more harm out there. We cannot continue to let this third wave devastate our families. We owe more to our seniors than some of the ageism we're seeing in saying “well they're already old” No, No, we owe it to them to those veterans at Thomson-Hood to fight for their lives. We owe more to those that are immunocompromised, that are making it through this life even though it's more challenging; than to say “Eh, they already had pre-existing conditions.” We owe more to each other than to try to deny, or explain away, something that is the third leading killer of people in the United States. We are at war and we need your help to win. We see the end. Oh, we can see the end, I can’t wait for it to be here. I can't wait to undo every order that I've had to do. I really look forward to that day.
And it's months. Just months. So from now till then, let's make sure we're doing the right things for those around us. This is our time. This may be the last counter offensive that we have to mount. Let's make sure that it's effective by everybody, and I mean everybody doing their part. With that, Dr Stack is going to make some, some brief remarks about the necessity of these steps and we will open it up to questions.
So thank you Governor I said as we've gone through this journey together over the last eight or nine months, the days I hate the most are the days we have to say what we can't do.
You know, the Department for public health exists to help people overcome their barriers and their challenges in life and to help folks achieve the fullest human potential. To overcome the things that challenge and give us difficulty, to define good health, define wellness, to find joy in life. And when we have to say no and we cause these hardships through actions, I think it's important that people understand that there's been a very thoughtful and calculated consideration for the different harms that could unfold. At the levels this disease is spreading right now, there is no place you can go out in public to avoid getting exposed to it. If you leave your home now you should assume that there's a high probability you will be exposed to this if you get close to other people. If you have Thanksgiving gatherings with large numbers of people from different households, you can almost be assured that you will have more infected people leaving that gathering than came to it.

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Notes and Highlights of Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s Live Update November 19, 2020

Notes and Highlights of Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s Live Update November 19, 2020
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148,390 Cases (+3,649), 1,742 Deaths (+30)
New cases by county: 724x Jefferson, 179x Kenton, 178x Fayette, 165x Boone, 115x Warren, 108x Hardin, 104x Campbell, 90x McCracken, 69x Lee, 64x Bullitt, 63x Graves, 62x Madison, 59x Nelson, 56x Daviess, 51x Calloway, 43x Pulaski, 41x Pike, 39x Hopkins, 39x Shelby, 38x Oldham, 37x Clay, 37x Laurel, 34x Marion, 33x Woodford, 31x Barren, 31x Christian, 31x Montgomery, 31x Muhlenberg, 30x Floyd, 29x Scott, 29x Taylor, 28x Boyd, 27x Greenup, 26x Boyle, 26x Henderson, 26x Jessamine, 26x Whitley, 24x Logan, 24x Mercer, 24x Rowan, 22x Meade, 21x Adair, 20x Washington, 19x Marshall, 18x Clark, 18x Johnson, 18x Lincoln, 18x Mason, 18x Perry, 17x Anderson, 17x Casey, 17x Grant, 17x Grayson, 17x Harrison, 17x Webster, 16x Bell, 16x Carter, 16x Harlan, 15x Bourbon, 15x Edmonson, 15x Franklin, 15x Hart, 15x Larue, 14x Lawrence, 14x Russell, 13x Knox, 13x Pendleton, 13x Spencer, 12x Garrard, 12x Morgan, 12x Ohio, 11x Livingston, 11x Owsley, 11x Powell, 10x Martin, 10x Monroe, 10x Wayne, 9x Lewis, 9x McLean, 9x Simpson, 9x Trigg, 8x Allen, 8x Breckinridge, 8x Estill, 8x Green, 8x Jackson, 8x Leslie, 8x McCreary, 8x Metcalfe, 8x Union, 7x Carlisle, 7x Clinton, 7x Cumberland, 7x Fleming, 7x Hancock, 6x Henry, 5x Butler, 5x Lyon, 5x Owen, 5x Todd, 4x Ballard, 4x Carroll, 4x Fulton, 4x Gallatin, 4x Robertson, 3x Breathitt, 3x Caldwell, 3x Knott, 2x Bath, 2x Letcher, 2x Magoffin, 2x Menifee, 2x Trimble, 2x Wolfe, 1x Bracken, 1x Crittenden, 1x Elliott, 1x Hickman, 1x Nicholas
New deaths by county: 93 M Boone, 75 M Breckinridge, 73 F Calloway, 79 M Campbell, 79 M Daviess, 94 F Daviess, 67 M Fayette, 77 M Fayette, 67 M Gallatin, 70 F Graves, 80 F Hopkins, 95 M Jefferson, 53 F Jefferson, 96 F Jefferson, 70 M Jefferson, 69 F Jefferson, 77 M Kenton, 86 F Kenton, 90 F Kenton, 96 M Kenton, 96 F Kenton, 95 F Kenton, 64 M Kenton, 75 F Kenton, 58 M Lee, 73 F Lee, 69 F McCracken, 92 F Monroe, 96 F Monroe, 89 F Rockcastle
Good News.

UPS hiring: UPS is stepping up to help Kentuckians whose livelihood have been hurt by the Global Health pandemic. In particular, UPS wants to help restaurant and bar workers who have lost employment due to the coronavirus. So heading into the holiday season UPS is planning on hiring more than 1,000 people across the Commonwealth.<...>So you can apply now online at http://upsjobs.com and enter the city where you are looking to work in the search box.

2. Donate Blood: One thing I want to make sure that we bring to people's attention are the need for blood donations, so the need for blood donations are high as we continue to battle the coronavirus here in Kentucky and across the US. So for those looking to help, please visit http://redcross.org/give-blood/ or http://kybloodcenter.org today.
3. Positive Social Media below
So the CDC came out today, urging Americans against traveling for Thanksgiving, as the coronavirus outbreak worsens. It is critically important that we do not let Thanksgiving turn into a super-spreader event. <...> Today we're going to announce the most cases we've ever had and that will pale in comparison to post-Thanksgiving, if we say 40% of people getting together, with 10 or more people at their house, removing their masks, and eating or drinking.
Also saw a news today from a study that the New York Times has done. And it seems simple, but maybe seeing it in print helps, and that's that states that impose fewer restrictions now have the worst outbreaks. I have not enjoyed, nor have I wanted, to put any type of restrictions on our daily lives to change our normal to make it difficult for some small businesses to survive and to thrive. But we've had to, because we have an enemy out there in the coronavirus that is deadly.<...>
Alright so today. The incident rate map, which we update is the highest level. I think we have now all but…...8. Yeah, we have 112 counties in our Red Zone. <...>
So we've been hearing some recommendations from you, to worship services. Can you go through some of that and the timeline of what exactly you're asking from churches? -- So I have a regular call with the Kentucky Council on churches where today we discussed where the virus is and was and we’ll be reaching out to other groups as well but this is a call I do every two weeks. [...] And so my recommendation to them was to do virtual only services through the same period that we are asking other people to certainly change the way that we're doing things. So that would be starting on Friday, and through the end of Sunday December, 13th.
Hi Governor, so I want to kind of, you know, hone in on this, the, the kind of inconsistency is that people are raised, right? That you know you've limited in person gatherings to be house to eat people are two families while 25 people can gather for a wedding. Or, you know, if somebody has a family with three kids they might not be able to meet up with their sister, who has a family with two kids. I guess my firm question here is: why set a number like eight in this situation? And also can you just address these claims of the fact that, you know, some of these restrictions are a little inconsistent across the board- you know, you're being accused of picking winners and losers? -- You know, we’re following the advice of public health experts that tell us to “pick a number”. Those that know most about this disease and fighting this disease, make those recommendations to us. And they tell us that at home we see more spread, that there is at least the opportunity for more enforcement in venues. If you look at recommendations of White House and other public health experts, they all say that we need to be specific, like we are now. Again there's rationalization and there's denial. It's different. It is different going into a restaurant taking off your mask and eating all congregated around other people, then going to Walmart to buy toilet paper and wearing your mask. it is entirely different. It's different to have 10 people over to your house where people are going to relax and take your masks off than if you are at a venue that has people working there that is constantly reminding people to keep their masks on or they have to stop the service or the event. There are practicalities behind all this, it's all thought through. And listen, we can sit here and we can try to pick out them, but we're doing our best to fight a virus that didn't exist until the end of the year, and has now killed 1,700 people. I'm trying to take action, and that action is not going to be perfect, but we're doing the best we can.
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Hi everybody, it is four o'clock on Thursday and today, I will be reporting a staggeringly high number of positive cases of COVID-19. So let's start by breathing and remembering that we're gonna get through this, and we're gonna get through this together. Today's report is tough enough to where, like I normally do, I want to start out with some good news because there is good news that's going on all around us. And it's important as we have to take difficult news that first we know we're doing something about it, we’re fighting back, like we announced yesterday, but there are also good things going on out there.
The first piece of good news is a call we got after making our announcement yesterday, especially as it related to bars and restaurants and knowing that there were going to be a lot of people that might not be able to go to work, that they would normally be going to over the next couple weeks. So we have some good news for Kentucky workers from one of the Commonwealth larger employers. UPS is stepping up to help Kentuckians whose livelihood have been hurt by the Global Health pandemic. In particular, UPS wants to help restaurant and bar workers who have lost employment due to the coronavirus. So heading into the holiday season UPS is planning on hiring more than 1,000 people across the Commonwealth. These jobs include package handlers, warehouse workers, and team members to help drivers deliver packages. Package handlers and warehouse workers will be paid $14 an hour, workers in Louisville will receive a $300 a week retention and attendance bonus. Driver helpers will be paid $20 per hour. These are opportunities, jobs, and wages, at a crucial time for many Kentuckians, who, because of the effect of the coronavirus are going to be displaced in terms of their employment. So you can apply now online at http://upsjobs.com and enter the city where you are looking to work in the search box. So I want to thank UPS for stepping up, for making these opportunities available for citizens in these challenging times, and hopefully giving people that are going to be impacted a bridge; a bridge where they can go to work, where they can earn good wages, and then be able to transition back into that former job here in the near future.
One thing I want to make sure that we bring to people's attention are the need for blood donations, so the need for blood donations are high as we continue to battle the coronavirus here in Kentucky and across the US. So for those looking to help, please visit http://redcross.org/give-blood/ or http://kybloodcenter.org today. Both these organizations have implemented enhanced safety measures so it is safe for you to donate blood, and it's important that we do it. There is a low supply and it's certainly needed right now, both from those who need it, especially during this period of time. So please donate blood, it is safe.
We have some two pretty special examples today on social media of people out there doing their part, I will smile a little bit for getting to the second half of today.
- And the first is masks that cover our faces but not our kindness. These kids are excited to support Rosa Parks elementary food drive. Pretty special, thank you Monica for this.
- And then this second one is from Philip. Philip talks about his mom texting him in the morning to see how he was doing, and he sent her this picture, because he was about to enter another isolation room. Look at him. I mean, you got to think about how tired somebody might be at this point but he says “Can't stop, won't stop PPE forever, baby, we get down we get down, trust me when I say it. We all do this daily, want to be over this way more than you do”. He's doing something heroic every day, putting himself at risk, helping other people out there so let's do our part, and make sure we wear our mask for him and for others.
Also had some news out of the CDC today. I talked previously about how concerning Thanksgiving was, yesterday we adjusted what we're asking people to do in terms of gathering to only two families. There were some who thought that that wasn't backed up by the most prestigious science group in the country. So the CDC came out today, urging Americans against traveling for Thanksgiving, as the coronavirus outbreak worsens. It is critically important that we do not let Thanksgiving turn into a super-spreader event. Because of thanksgiving- I hope our thanks isn't for getting to do whatever we want to do whenever we want to do it no matter if there is a virus here, and no matter who is hurt. I would think that that is a selfish Thanksgiving. I think a more positive Thanksgiving is thanking God for being blessed, or being blessed with the type of knowledge where we can protect those we love during this season, and ensure that we don't harm those around us. Today we're going to announce the most cases we've ever had and that will pale in comparison to post-Thanksgiving, if we say 40% of people getting together, with 10 or more people at their house, removing their masks, and eating or drinking.
Also saw a news today from a study that the New York Times has done. And it seems simple, but maybe seeing it in print helps, and that's that states that impose fewer restrictions now have the worst outbreaks. I have not enjoyed, nor have I wanted, to put any type of restrictions on our daily lives to change our normal to make it difficult for some small businesses to survive and to thrive. But we've had to, because we have an enemy out there in the coronavirus that is deadly, and that is taking people that we care about away from us. It is impacting our economy. It is impacting the education of our children. It is creating anxiety and difficulty in our lives. But it’s pretty simple. If you surrender, like some states not taking action seem to be doing, it runs rampant over you. If you fight back, you lessen the number of cases that you would otherwise have. Doing more, fighting harder, means we protect more people.
Then this last piece we've been talking about the surge and how it impacts our hospitals. So, St E's in Northern Kentucky is talking about being almost double the volume of patients with COVID from their peak in the spring and at the current rate, doubling before Thanksgiving. So like we've talked about before when we have more cases, we have more people who need help, who need a doctor and need a bed in the hospital, but the bed doesn't get them any better. They need that nurse, they need that doctor to help them to be stabilized, to get healthy, and to go home. But as our needs are getting greater the workforce, not the not the first line, the only line, the front line of health care workers, more are getting infected, more are being quarantined so as our need goes up our capacity, our ability to help people, goes down. That's why we're taking these steps right now. I was asked a question the other day about numbers. Over the last two weeks, we believe 1,359 health care workers have tested positive. That's those that have tested positive, that doesn't even take into account the many, many more that are in quarantine, or likely in quarantine right now. We've had over 8,300 health care workers throughout this pandemic who tested positive. To all of you, thank you. I know when you step into these roles, when you pull up to your place of employment every day, when you walk into that COVID wing you know the risks, and you accept those risks. Our job is to ensure that you don't have a higher risk simply in your community, because we’re not doing everything that it takes to protect you. So I hope that you, our health care workers who I know are tired, but are doing an incredible job now, our steps yesterday, are meant to make sure we're all doing our part to protect you and to make sure you are there when somebody needs help. We appreciate you. We care about you. I'm so proud of the work you're doing and we could not get through this without you. So please, continue to push through, we’ll never forget this as a Commonwealth. And I think while right now it seems like the hardest time I bet you look back on this, and it'd be the proudest time of when you were needed the most, and how you came through, and how many people you helped.
Alright so today. The incident rate map, which we update is the highest level. I think we have now all but…...8. Yeah, we have 112 counties in our Red Zone. This is how quickly this virus is spreading; we only had 94 last week. And every part of this map, with enough testing, I think would be red, and it shows how again, this isn’t isolated in different areas- it is uncontrolled spread throughout the entire Commonwealth. Like we said yesterday, the whole house is on fire, the whole state is on fire with COVID, and it takes all of us being a part of that bucket brigade doing our part to put it out.
Red Zone counties, when we look at it, we have the list here, it's probably easier to look about who is not. And so all of these counties would have been asked to follow those red county recommendations and to the extent that they are not, we need you to. The ones dealing with businesses, the government, and the rest, basically every business that can let people work virtually needs to be doing that right now, government as well, doing everything we can virtually, it is that dangerous right now.
If that doesn't solidify it...
Positive cases today: 3,649 - That is the highest that we have ever had. Our top five highest days are all in the last week. This is exponential growth. Alright? It's continuing to grow, and it will continue to grow. Our job is to stop it and that's why we have put these, these new steps into place that start Friday at 5pm.
Probable cases: 25,709
Total confirmed cases: 148,390
Children Under 18: 437
New cases by county: 724x Jefferson, 179x Kenton, 178x Fayette, 165x Boone, 115x Warren, 108x Hardin, 104x Campbell, 90x McCracken, 69x Lee, 64x Bullitt, 63x Graves, 62x Madison, 59x Nelson, 56x Daviess, 51x Calloway, 43x Pulaski, 41x Pike, 39x Hopkins, 39x Shelby, 38x Oldham, 37x Clay, 37x Laurel, 34x Marion, 33x Woodford, 31x Barren, 31x Christian, 31x Montgomery, 31x Muhlenberg, 30x Floyd, 29x Scott, 29x Taylor, 28x Boyd, 27x Greenup, 26x Boyle, 26x Henderson, 26x Jessamine, 26x Whitley, 24x Logan, 24x Mercer, 24x Rowan, 22x Meade, 21x Adair, 20x Washington, 19x Marshall, 18x Clark, 18x Johnson, 18x Lincoln, 18x Mason, 18x Perry, 17x Anderson, 17x Casey, 17x Grant, 17x Grayson, 17x Harrison, 17x Webster, 16x Bell, 16x Carter, 16x Harlan, 15x Bourbon, 15x Edmonson, 15x Franklin, 15x Hart, 15x Larue, 14x Lawrence, 14x Russell, 13x Knox, 13x Pendleton, 13x Spencer, 12x Garrard, 12x Morgan, 12x Ohio, 11x Livingston, 11x Owsley, 11x Powell, 10x Martin, 10x Monroe, 10x Wayne, 9x Lewis, 9x McLean, 9x Simpson, 9x Trigg, 8x Allen, 8x Breckinridge, 8x Estill, 8x Green, 8x Jackson, 8x Leslie, 8x McCreary, 8x Metcalfe, 8x Union, 7x Carlisle, 7x Clinton, 7x Cumberland, 7x Fleming, 7x Hancock, 6x Henry, 5x Butler, 5x Lyon, 5x Owen, 5x Todd, 4x Ballard, 4x Carroll, 4x Fulton, 4x Gallatin, 4x Robertson, 3x Breathitt, 3x Caldwell, 3x Knott, 2x Bath, 2x Letcher, 2x Magoffin, 2x Menifee, 2x Trimble, 2x Wolfe, 1x Bracken, 1x Crittenden, 1x Elliott, 1x Hickman, 1x Nicholas
Total tests conducted: 2,519,768 (PCR: 2,329,395, Serology: 91,036)
Positivity Rate: 9.18% - We're now, at least in the period of time that we've had sufficient testing, at our highest positivity rate of 9.18%.
Total hospitalized: 9,163
Currently hospitalized: 1,550
Total in ICU: 2,303
Currently in ICU: 358
On a ventilator: 199 - And I believe it's the highest number we've ever had on a ventilator with COVID, 199. That's up 23 since just yesterday.
Total recovered: 25,437
New deaths today: 30 - It's our second highest day. We've had 78 deaths in the last three days.
Total Deaths: 1,742 - 1,742 Kentuckians have lost their life. Due in part, at least to COVID-19. It's hard what this virus is doing to us, it's really hard. These are people we love and care about. These are so many people, even those that don't pass away that may have long term implications. I mean there is an enemy out there who is inflicting pain and damage and death on us. But we're fighting back.
This is our list of 30 deaths. One includes I believe a substitute teacher, we’re gonna wait to get permission from that family before we identify which one.
New deaths by county: 93 M Boone, 75 M Breckinridge, 73 F Calloway, 79 M Campbell, 79 M Daviess, 94 F Daviess, 67 M Fayette, 77 M Fayette, 67 M Gallatin, 70 F Graves, 80 F Hopkins, 95 M Jefferson, 53 F Jefferson, 96 F Jefferson, 70 M Jefferson, 69 F Jefferson, 77 M Kenton, 86 F Kenton, 90 F Kenton, 96 M Kenton, 96 F Kenton, 95 F Kenton, 64 M Kenton, 75 F Kenton, 58 M Lee, 73 F Lee, 69 F McCracken, 92 F Monroe, 96 F Monroe, 89 F Rockcastle
Remember, these are people who need your help right now, more than ever. They need your green lights, they need you to be there for them, though virtually, because these are real people.
Racial breakdown of all cases: 82.70% Caucasian, 10.34% Black or African-American, 1.40% Asian, 5.16% Multiracial
Ethnicity breakdown of all cases: 91.99% non-Hispanic and 8.01% Hispanic
Racial breakdown of all deaths: 85.06% Caucasian, 11.30% Black or African-American, 0.86% Asian, 2.78% Multiracial
Ethnicity breakdown of all deaths: 97.18% non-Hispanic and 2.82% Hispanic
Long Term Care Facilities (PDF): 130 new residents and 104 new staff positive from yesterday, and 17 more deaths. Long term care facilities continue to be overrun by this virus, because the community spread is so great now that our efforts cannot keep it out. And we lost another veteran at Thomson-Hood veteran center in Wilmore. 26 that we've lost. It's currently day six with no new COVID-19 positive cases in veterans, no positive cases among veterans in the other three Veterans Centers, but we worked so hard to protect this and the other facilities. We kept this thing out until October, but the facility can't do it on their own. They need everybody's help, and failure to help, failure to wear the mask, puts individuals like this at risk. So you don't want to do it for me, do it for our veterans, our most vulnerable. You know they sacrifice so we could have these days on Earth, how about we make sure that we don't cut short their days left on Earth. That’s the least we can do.
- Total facilities: 389
- Total deaths: 1125
- Active cases: 1656 residents, 1077 staff
- Total cases: 8577 residents, 6174 staff
K-12 Update (PDF): PDF update only
University Update (PDF): PDF update only
So yesterday we announced our first student who we’ve lost. And today we received permission to talk a little bit about her. Alexa Rose Veit was a 15 year old freshman at Ballard Memorial High School. Alexa was born February 11th, 2005 with down syndrome. However, she never let that stop her from accomplishing what she set her mind to; her strength and resiliency, always helped her overcome any challenge. Like in July of 2019 when Alexa was diagnosed with leukemia, this fall she was in remission, on day 30 of a two year treatment plan, she'd beaten cancer. But the week of Halloween 2020, Alexa started feeling sick, she tested positive for COVID-19 and managed the first few days at home, before being taken to the hospital. Those who knew Alexa asked that we’d help raise awareness of how deadly this virus is, and how important it is to follow the guidelines in place. Alexa was and is a beautiful child of God and I know, individuals that looked up to her; individuals whose kids looked up to her, for the positivity, and enthusiasm, and advocacy that she brought. This is a big loss for that community. And to her family we are so sorry that it happened. Our commitment is to do better. So, today and every day, I'll wear my mask for Alexa, and I hope you will too.
I want to finally briefly mention, I know yesterday’s steps were difficult, but necessary. You know, when we look right now where our schools are and we're, which is one of the toughest steps, and probably the toughest step I've had to take as governor. If you assume that a quarantine is two weeks and we look at the school dashboard, we have over 10,000 students currently quarantined right now. Now thankfully, that doesn't mean they're positive. I hope we're not okay with 10,000 students in quarantine. This virus is doing everything we hate. If you're upset that school is going to be virtual, you can be upset with me- but it’s the virus. If you're upset about what we're having to do with restaurants and bars, the virus has chosen that area because people take their masks off and congregate to spread, or upset about group classes at gyms, or the pause on winter sports, again, that's what this virus does. So, really, you got two choices: you can just do nothing but be upset at me or those that are making these choices. Or we can do our part, and put on the mask, tamp down the numbers, and then we can all do these things, it's really that simple. It is a tough day, but it shows why we had to take the steps. Because next week is going to be worse, week after that is going to be worse, unless we ultimately slow down this virus. I do not want this to become what happened in New York, or New Jersey, or Florida, or Texas, or Arizona, or El Paso, or God help us North or South Dakota at the moment. This is our state. And I'm not going to surrender to this virus. And we, the people of the Commonwealth, are going to fight back. It's going to be hard. It's going to continue to harm our lives. It’s going to continue to put our financial security at risk. We will not simply let people around us die without putting up a fight against this virus. So with that, we'll open it up to questions. We have a whole lot of people on the line. And I have a couple questions here as well. So let's start with Shelby from WKYT.

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Hi. Thank you Governor. So we've been hearing some recommendations from you, to worship services. Can you go through some of that and the timeline of what exactly you're asking from churches? -- So I have a regular call with the Kentucky Council on churches where today we discussed where the virus is and was and we’ll be reaching out to other groups as well but this is a call I do every two weeks. It's a group that's been really supportive and wanting to hear the information, and provide it through their congregations, and we appreciate them. The virus is spreading so fast right now and I think we have at least 35 examples in the last, oh, six weeks of spread in and around a house of worship, not just worship services but potlucks and others. And so my recommendation to them was to do virtual only services through the same period that we are asking other people to certainly change the way that we're doing things. So that would be starting on Friday, and through the end of Sunday December, 13th. I had a good conversation with those on [the call], some of whose family members are going through this as well, and almost all of which have seen loss in their congregations. It is a request but I'll tell you what, I think the vast majority of houses of worship out there first of all, they're already doing this, seeing what's going on in their community, but they want to protect their congregation. And our faith leaders have been so incredible in their leadership during this, in protecting their congregation, but in also pastoring them and helping people through the anxiety, and the difficulty and the question of “why us?” And “why this?” So we greatly appreciate their and other people's leadership. So that came up on a regular call today, but certainly we make the recommendation to any house of worship during this period of time, given this number of cases. Catherine from WLEX.
Hi Governor. I have a question about the $40M fund announced yesterday- do gyms and other businesses qualify for that assistance or is it just bars and restaurants and if they don't qualify Is there any assistance for gyms? -- So gyms have to cancel their group activities and reduce their capacity, but can still remain open. So right now we don't have a separate fund for gym assistance. Right now it is bars and restaurants, that are licensed by the state so that we can cross reference it. And for those who were watching yesterday, I think you got an idea of how the numbers work. Those who just read a tweet or so, might not. But certain ones do and do not qualify: If you're part of a publicly traded company or owned by one, you don't qualify, those organizations got a lot of the bulk of the PPP original loans. If you are a locally owned chain or non-publicly traded, you can get two- meaning $20,000, two groups of 10 for two locations. And then if you get more than 50% of your revenue regularly through drive throughs- which think primarily fast food. You've been operating and been able to operate during this virus better than certainly others. So we think that'll take from a total number of about 8,000 plus bars and restaurants down to about 4,000. So our hope is December 1st to have an easy streamlined application up, we are aiming to make it as easy as possible and to get help out there. Now we have been asked about event spaces and we are taking a look at that, trying to get a number of how many there are out there, and Natalia from Wave3.
Hi Governor. I have a question in regards to the contact tracing system. Has the state's contact tracing system itemized and identified positive cases, based on the specific type of business? Be at a restaurant, versus Churchill Downs, for example? If so, are you able to provide that data publicly to show people where these positive cases are being specifically linked to? -- So our contact tracing is done primarily through our local health departments which are semi-independent entities and we were pulling them today about what type of information they've been collecting during contact tracing. Now certainly there's the regular steps that everybody's got to take in contact tracing but, different health departments have done different amounts of say “clusters”. Now a cluster doesn't mean that those are the only people who may have got it in and around a certain location. It's just a certain number of cases that have one direct connection, and it ranges, so we're trying to compile this information. But what we're hearing is over the last couple of weeks almost nobody has been able to do this. I think it was the Barren River District had some significant information for restaurants, for instance, they had over 46 clusters. Now, Jefferson County put out different information the other day. They put out the places that people have been the most in the two days before testing positive, so that's a different kind of tracking piece of information. Some other states have used cell phone data and then the national studies do that; but you know there were concerns on privacy and government tracking up to now. So we are trying to pull together as much of that information from the local health departments as possible. I will say right now, and moving forward, it is really hard to do anything other than just call the people who are positive, because they are positive. But I want to step back for a minute, and just say, when all of the public health officials, everywhere, can tell us the most likely places to spread. We have got to be able to accept that, and not simply argue on “Well now give me this” and “now give me that”. I will tell you that people wanted the incident rate map that we put up saying “we need this on county specific detail” and “you all ought to do that” so we worked and worked and worked and put it up, and then we saw everybody argue with the tool that went up. So part of this is a desire for information and another part is for denial. But when it comes to the steps we're taking right now, let's also remember that we have proof that they work. So what happened in Texas, and what happened in Florida, when their cases were escalating? Well the White House came in and said you need to mask and you need to close restaurants and bars to in-person dining, that that was going to get you your most significant decrease, and it did. And on the calls with the Vice President, Dr Birx talked about how that has one of the most significant impacts. So that every study that's been done on what the maximum areas that we can impact show that we're doing the right things to have that maximum impact, Joe from Spectrum.
Howdy, I want to go back to the topic of gyms and the restrictions on fitness centers and that sort of thing. I'm doing a story about a business that is a smaller fitness center that only has about, you know, 13 people that could be in their normal circumstances but really operates almost exclusively in smaller classes that have to have an instructor. Do you have any advice for businesses that fall into that category that operates solely through these small groups and is there any help for them? -- At this time we don't have a fund set up for them. My wife belonged to one of those gyms and group classes are just not safe right now. We have reports from multiple local health departments about the spread in cheer gyms and martial arts studios and a lot of those same things. Some have been able to take their classes online virtually, many have a loyal following. It’s not fair, this virus is not fair to them. It doesn't impact every business equally. It impacts businesses where people get together, in gyms where you breathe heavily, and other places where you take your mask off and congregate, to eat or drink. So the way the virus spreads has unfortunately chosen different groups and businesses that yes, have been harmed. But to stop it, we have to take action. But the flip side is, know that none of us want to be operating in a way that spreads the virus. And so we need people’s help, even when it hurts. James from WKRC/Local12.

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