All right. It is monday at four o'clock time for our covid update. Uh, specifically focused on the delta variant. Today's top lines are that it appears that new cases are not only plateau in, but we may be seeing a decrease decrease in cases decrease in the positivity rate decrease in uh, folks in the hospital with covid. That's the good news. The tough news is, we are still seeing far too many deaths with 85 combined deaths between Saturday Sunday and today. So to quickly run through cases on Saturday, New cases, 37 deaths On Sunday 1563 new cases, 31 new deaths Today, new cases 19 new deaths. Now at a positivity rate of 10.55%. And the positivity rate does appear to be inching down just about every day. But let's remember over 10 is still a place we do not want to be. So I want to remind people that this strain is killing more and more younger Kentucky ins. Um, primarily unvaccinated Kentucky ins. So if you are in your thirties or in your forties in your twenties or below, you do need to get vaccinated as quickly as possible On Saturday. Our report included a 39 year old woman from Bell County, 47 year old man from Bullitt County. A 46 year old man from Floyd County and a 42 year old man from Harlan County. Sunday's report. Similar, 45 year old man from Elliott County, 32 year old man from Harlan County, 44 year old man from Hopkins County, 46 year old man from Madison County. So younger Kentucky is losing their life to the delta variant all across the commonwealth and remember it can hit communities really hard. Sunday's report had four separate deaths from Letcher County, all of which have occurred in september. So please get vaccinated. It's critically important. This thing is deadlier than anything we've ever seen. And remember, uh, deaths trail cases. And so we are going to see at least a couple of very tough weeks. Uh, let's look at our overall trends are stair stepper chart as you can see this last week, um, does show a decline from really the three previous weeks. Uh, what we'll want to see is what this next week brings to see how steep are decline is or whether or not we reach a new plateau which happened uh, in, in many of our other surges. Um, it's a good sign The case numbers are going down. We do need them to go down a lot faster though. Remember even at 22,560 cases, which is A great improvement from when we had over 30,000. It's still, uh, one of the higher weeks that we have had in the course of this pandemic and that number of cases still creates challenges for our hospitals. We could see this continue to go down, especially at the rate between last week and and this week. Um It would be good for Kentucky. Um Again this shows it a little differently. This is just this surge. Remember the up and down week was labor day. Uh And and we don't think that that we think that the holiday threw off the data a little bit but at this point uh worst cases plateau, best case is decline and we hope we will see that week over week. The positivity rate shows the same again, we are way way too high on our positivity rate but we like to see it going down and and each day we have seen it go down at least just a little bit. This is typically the leading indicator if you want to show the next one. Um This shows in a little more graphic detail um the decline that we're seeing in positivity uh Next one we hope continues at this rate. That's the inpatient census. Um That is the real decline. We have to see with our hospitals hit as hard as they have been. Uh Remember a couple of states to our south saw a little bit of a decline and a spike again. Um There's nothing suggesting that's the case here. But we got to keep up the work, the work in vaccinating the work in masking. That's how we ensure that that line continues to decrease. Um I see you census is a little more troubling. Um It's not that that um line moving downwards like we saw in the in patient. Um it's still at way too high of A. Level. Uh This still has regional hospitals and others using emergency rooms as I see us. And and ultimately having people on ventilators in hospitals that don't normally have people on ventilators. And then as we look at our ventilator census um want to see what the next couple days bring sometimes right at the end of the week based on reporting uh We see a decreased number. But again if we can see this number go down uh That suggests we will lose fewer people as we move forward. Our hospitals. Uh and where we are today. 104 I. C. U. Beds currently available in the commonwealth. At least 16 kids in the hospital with covid six in the I. C. U. Five on ventilators, 68 of our 96 hospitals reporting critical staffing shortages. Uh Two yeah two as a reminder support we're providing to our hospitals out their first National Guard support. And I can't tell you how positive the feedback is on how incredible the guardsmen are, how they lift the spirits um in the hospital. How it has Even from the very first moment is this uh response in people that have been working for 18 months. Uh that is so positive and that people can can feel and how hard this group works always looking for that next thing uh, that they can do. So currently we have over 500 National Guard members At 27 area hospitals offering support um schools. These are nursing schools. We also have 27 hospitals receiving support from Galen College of Nursing, E K U W K U J C T C S and regional Casey TCS campuses ST Clair. Now receiving support from two separate schools, Galen and Casey TCS Maysville testing um remains the same areas. Again, this alleviates pressure on the hospitals do not go to the emergency room if what you need. Um, is a covid test and then of course AmeriCorps members at multiple hospitals throughout the commonwealth setting a model that nationally they are looking to replicate. So I stood here in recent weeks and discuss the importance of testing not only getting tested, but finding locations in your community outside of hospitals for when you or a loved one needs to get tested because of this. We have re partnered with organizations like gravity diagnostics and wild health or drive through testing locations across the commonwealth. Today, we'll hear from gravity's Jordan Kelsey, a clinical specialist helping to run that site in Danville. That was located there to ease the pressure on Ephraim McDowell which has has gone through some really rough times, but amazing people working there through some of the most challenging conditions. This video shows how quick and easy the process is. The sites are so important to help stop the spread in our communities. And I hope when people watch this they'll say, okay I can get a regular test to, it doesn't take any time and it will help protect me and my family. So with the recent spike of the delta variant um it seems to be pretty contagious. So we really had to help the communities that are in need with providing a quick appropriate test for them so they can stay on top of this because if they don't have testing people gonna spread this even worse than what is being spread currently. So this will really help alleviate um you know that need for for the local communities to get tested and really try to slow down the spread of Covid. The main thing between here in the emergency room is that web provide a safer environment. Um You know, there could be other sick people in the emergency room and there are people there that have real emergencies that need to be um you know seen by the physician, the doctor immediately here were able to get people in and out really quickly and actually relieve those the er of things that they need to take care of that don't revolve around covid. This site is specifically for testing. You'll have a line of other patients that are basically competing for your attention. I'm never here more than 10 minutes. You literally drive up, drive through and get the test done fill out some paperwork and you're gone. We just had all four of our Children tested for Covid. Well they were exposed and so we want them to be able to go to school and we want to um, Be confident that they're not sick and we're not, we're not going to give it to any of our family members. And so we just went ahead and got them tested. We get results back in 24 hours other clinics. You're looking at 2-3 days. A lot of times. We appreciate the help of all of our partners And I'm going to show my kids that video for how to be brave when getting tested, moving to vaccines. Remember vaccinations are the way we defeat covid once and for all over the weekend, 16,537 New Kentucky ins got their first shot of hope. That brings us now to 2,688,800 And 29 Kentucky ins. So of all Kentucky ins across the Commonwealth, that's 60%,, 60% of everybody who lives in Kentucky has gotten at least one shot of those that are eligible. That's 12 and older. Every time we increase the percent here it is a big deal and we did now up to 71%. Originally we thought that uh, this could start moving us towards herd immunity. Obviously the delta variant is more aggressive. Um, and and it's going to take more 18 and up. These are folks that get to make their their own choice. Also up a percent to 73%. So those are all good things. Yes, we got to get a lot more people vaccinated. But to be able to do this in the time period that we have something that we ought to be proud but certainly not satisfied with the next one we're going to put up. I'm incredibly excited about 65 and up. Remember this was 91%. We talked about how hard it is to move When there was only 9% of, of that age group left that hadn't been vaccinated. We're now up to 92%. Every percentage point that we claw Um four in this age group protects the most vulnerable among us. And we're gonna talk about booster shots Uh here at the end. So that is a good sign. 50-64 still 80%. 40-49 just moved up 270%. 30-39, proud of this one. Up 1% as well. And then we hit our two age groups where we're seeing the most infection, uh, and the most spread 18-29 and 12 to 17 neither which have moved again. This is the area where, um, over half or close to half Of everyone in this age group has not been vaccinated. So folks, please, if you are 12-29, go out there and get the shot. We're losing people in that age group. But remember, it's not just if you're going to die of an illness, it's, if it's going to make you incredibly sick, if it's going to have long lasting implications, if you can spread it to someone else that you love that would get really sick. So please get vaccinated. We also show vaccinations geographically. We've moved our thresholds because we've got to do better, uh, to over 50% and over 60% now. So new to the over 50% group is Hopkins Hopkins and Grant counties. You want to be in the blue. Um, in this graph and as you see more and more getting there. Now, Let's look at the over 60% because really we need to be even higher than that. All right, we're gonna change the colors the next time we do, this is the first time we've shown this because the last graph you wanted to be in the blue and in this graph you don't want to be in the blue and that is more confusing than it should be, But we are going to do better. So of those that are above 60% um great job again, continue to do more, but they are. Anderson boil Perry scott, jefferson kenton Boone, Campbell fe it franklin and Woodford and here is how aggressive the delta Varian is. Perry County has been hit really hard. A lot of people very sick and they jumped out of the gates and vaccinations like a rocket at one point uh leading even the state at different times. Um but this shows you that 60 is not enough. I don't think anybody wants to live through what they're living through and so many other areas right now, but I'm proud of them at how hard they have worked in that county. Keep it up. That's to the to the mayor uh Judge alexander, you know, keep it, keep it up. Alright, some good news today. More help on the way um from the federal government beginning today, the federal government will be sending teams to assist with monoclonal antibody injections. A team of three RNS nurses arrived today at baptist health corbin actually came two days early. We're expecting additional teams for Highlands, a Rh Regional Medical center and Floyd county and the primary care centers of Eastern Kentucky on september the 29th teams will consist of 2 to 4 Rns and or paramedics, Taylor regional hospital in Campbellsville and Middlesborough a Rh hospital in Middlesborough should receive teams on october the first basically these are trained folks from the federal government that are going to come in and are going to take over doing those monoclonal antibody treatments that frees up just like we do with testing and the guard and the nursing student. It frees up other people in those hospitals to tend to patients. This Thursday, we're going to have our website up showing uh everywhere. It's going to be 50 plus locations that you can get monoclonal antibodies. Uh It's going to meet the legislature's requirement that we assist in setting those up and that they will be in each and every uh area development district. Now, there is not going to be enough though, Kentucky is doing better um than the original allocations we believed we would receive. We have been aggressive, we've argued are cause uh Department of Public Health and others have pushed and we are receiving more than the original ration that we thought we would receive. Now over time, that probably won't be the case. And at our current rates of infection, there still will likely not be enough for everybody. But I did want to give credit um to our folks are hospital folks that are pushing DPH which is pushing um really making a strong case for Kentucky and why it is so important. Um We get caught up sometimes in politics and in the federal government they sent us now five E. M. S. Strike teams to separate medical strike teams at different times. Uh now all of these monoclonal antibody uh strike teams as well as paying for everything we do with the National Guard and a number of other steps. So we are greatly appreciated of the remember um okay, delta variant and and Covid doesn't doesn't care. Your party doesn't care red or blue. It just wants to kill you. And let's make sure that we know our adversary is not each other. It's a one in every 100 year virus that has already killed over 600 plus 1000 people. Maybe we're closer to 800,000 people in the United States, certainly over 8000 Kentucky and the enemy is clear, it's not us, it's the virus. Alright. And last booster shot updates. I know this has been a little confusing. Certainly there has been um the White House initiative, there's been the FDA advisory group, the C. D. C. S. Group and then ultimately the C. D. C. Director herself. None of these calls are easy, none of them. And no group is constructed in the exact way that you would need in a pandemic, right? You have um sometimes practitioners, sometimes you have academics and others, but in a pandemic. That's killed this many folks. Sometimes you gotta make decisions with urgency to, so what I want to do is make sure we clear up any confusion that's out there, let you know who can get the boosters and if you are eligible, go get them, there's plenty boosters out there. We actually have enough to where if they come out and approve kids which we hope will happen. 5 to 11, sometimes soon we have enough for that. We have enough for boosters and we have enough for everybody out there that hadn't gotten there first shot. So go on Ky Covid 19 dot ky dot gov. You can get an appointment tomorrow to get a vaccine. So who needs a booster dose? Let's start out with those that are have weakened immune systems. We sometimes call immuno compromised. This applies to to uh separate vaccines and this is the only one that does. So if you got Pfizer or Madonna and you have a weakened immune system and you got your second shot. Remember because these are two shot vaccines. So a booster is a third shot. So if you have gotten two shots of Pfizer or two shots of Moderna and you have a weekend immune system doesn't matter how old you are, Go get your booster, it needs to be 28 days after your second shot but you should go get it. If you're undergoing cancer treatment. If you are on immuno suppressants, if you have major health conditions that your doctor says uh means that you should get this, then go get it. This is you're concerned about your immune system. And again either fighter or Madonna for this one and this is the only one, the boosters, We're going to talk about next, which are third shots for a broader population are only Pfizer. They are only if you got Pfizer, if you got J and J. First of all, there is no second or third shot at the moment. They're working on it and they need to if you got Moderna um, only approved thus far. If you are immuno compromised. Now, if you're waiting on that uh, third shot, if you're not for Moderna, I get it. But Madonna right now is proving to be the most effective vaccine even against the delta variants. So hold on, give it the time and we will get there. All right. So, we went over Pfizer and Moderna. If you have a weekend immune system and it's been 28 days since your second shot, go get your third shot. All you have to do is check a box. All right. Now for everybody out there that got the Pfizer vaccine and you have gotten both doses. The first shot And three weeks later the second shot. All right. So, if your second shot was six months ago and again, you took the Pfizer vaccine, you can and should go get your third shot if You are 65 years and older. So, I want to start that again. If you got Pfizer and you're over 65 and it's been six months since your second shot, go get the third dose. If you're living a long term care facility. We've already proved you here in the commonwealth. We did that on the weekend. Uh immune system for skilled nursing but certainly assisted living um ought to be on this one as well. So those are those are the absolutes right? And and we believe strongly that you should go get the third dose 65 and up again Pfizer and spend six months since your second shot. Now, if you are 50 to 64 and you have any medical condition that puts you at risk covid remember heart, lung kidney disease. If your B. M. I. Is over a certain level, then yes, you ought to go get it too. So if you got Pfizer and you've gotten both of your first two shots and it's been six months, You're 50-64 and you have any of these health conditions then go and get that third shot. All right. Now finally again on Pfizer, if you received Pfizer vaccine and you've got your first two doses And it has been six months since your 2nd dose. And you are 18 to 49 and you have any medical condition again, then you can get Your 3rd dose of fighter. That is a permissive recommendation. It was a little different. And how the CDC put that out there. But again, if you have uh diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease, you will be eligible only if you got Pfizer. And then if you have a job where you are exposed to large numbers of people and would be at a heightened risk of infection. This is what the CDC director authorized that was argued between different groups. I agree with this recommendation. I'll just point out to health care. three front line workers education. We think those are all areas where if you had Pfizer and you've got in your first two shots and it's been six months, go get another one. Now you're exposed to a lot of people. And finally, if you're living in a congregate care setting um Again, this could be assisted living uh nursing homes have already done that but but if you live in congregate care settings, um we think you know it. So again that is Pfizer finally, just to just to be clear if you got J and J, let's go to the last one, there's no booster dose at all. Right now they're working on it. Um and I believe that if you got J and J, you're gonna need a booster but we expect in weeks at least at most to get the Moderna if not the J. And J booster. So I know that's probably painful. I know we went through it and and talked about all the different pieces but I want to make sure that there's no confusion on this and that will all be on the website. You can talk that through with your doctor. But if you qualify, we really believe that you ought to get this booster but hurt the guidelines. I'll just do one more time. Pfizer and moderna. If you got your first two doses and your immuno compromised, then you want to get that booster at the right time. All the rest is just for Pfizer recipients. And again, all of that will be up on the website. All right with that because I have a parent teacher conference here coming up in a little bit. Uh, we're gonna turn it over to questions. Um, and I'm not sure last time we did that in under 30 minutes. So to celebrate tom latex from Kentucky today. All right. Um, can you tell me the purpose of the stage and all the other things that are out on the front of the capital? What are we gonna see there? And when are we going to see it? Uh, There is a stage being constructed at the front of the capital. I cannot comment on its purpose yet, but I would say stay tuned. It is incredibly exciting. Uh, and folks are going to know about it very, very soon. Going to be historic chad really fast in terms of the booster shots. We talked to some health Harvard today so that they were waiting for guidance from you all before they started rolling out. Are they getting that today? And then also going back to the younger traffics of vaccination race. What's the plan to try to reach out to them in those, well for the younger demographics. One thing we, we focus on a lot is schools and our schools are making a real strong effort to to get there. Um, We're also working on ways to communicate directly to them. That's a lot more digital advertising than than others. And trying to to get folks to be able to tell their story um directly and what was the first one? Uh Oh yes. The info should be getting out to all the local health departments. Hopefully this clarified uh for each of them and and these boosters can keep, can can get out there. I know that it also had to go through a process for some of the major providers. You're Kroger, your CBS, your others. But we believe those are up and running because we don't want people to wait if they qualify mike 1st. Just curious are your parents hurt them? Uh My parents I anticipate will receive the booster dose if they haven't already. They haven't uh we haven't had that conversation yet in the second far as 49 Great third our providers expected right. Figure out who qualifies you go to a, I believe that if you, if you go in right now to get your booster, it's gonna primarily be uh the honor system but they are going to be able to see which vaccine you previously got. So do not mix. Um uh the fighter booster with Moderna or J. And J. We we will have more news soon. But right now we believe that would be a bad idea that no one should do. Um And again remember um, We all got to make it through this. I don't believe there's gonna be a rush on vaccines like there were before. But let's let's at least make sure we get those 65 and up that got the Pfizer vaccine in and able to get it drew last week you talked about three hospitals that were questioned the uh medical strike teams. Were those uh, the three hospitals that were sent the monoclonal antibodies assistance or did you get a response on those three requests and any other hospitals? Yeah. I don't know about new requests since those we are on our second hospital which is Rh hazard that has one of those uh teams. I'd have to go back and compare the monoclonal teams. I don't think that they are the same. Um, if I remember right, taylor regional was one that had requested the famous strike team. Um, and and does not have a monoclonal team yet though, I think we read that they will soon. So these are all different requests that come through. But this one um, this one really helpful and exciting and anything that we can do to try to free up space and people, but we are in daily communication with our hospitals and they are doing an incredible job. A lot of a large part of our story coming through this. They're going to be the incredible men and women that showed up for twice as long as we had expected. That saw twice as much trauma as any of us could ever imagine and kept going because they love us all right on the line virtually Karens are. Mhm. We think Karen's are Hi Governor, can you hear me? I can now, sorry governor. Based on the current trends knowing that things could change tomorrow. How long do you anticipate that hospitals are going to need extra assistance? And also in the interviews I've done recently, there's been a huge spread between, obviously we talk about unvaccinated and vaccinated but there's also a spread between unvaccinated vaccinated and those who have only gotten one dose. Are there any campaign plans to reach the people who have only gotten that first dose and need their second. Thank you. Well we're constantly refining um our our communications um and indeed um working on what the legislature asked us to do as well. But you are right that the delta variant um is first of all hitting fully unvaccinated people the hardest. But then they are hitting partially vaccinated people the next hardest and when you think about um which vaccines have proven the most effective versus the delta variant. Um You can definitely see the difference there. Um uh It is really hard to predict. Uh COVID And the variants that are out there. I certainly anticipate that our hospitals will need help uh to some degree for the next 30 days, which hospitals when and where can can move. But I certainly don't anticipate um, a shorter timeline than that. Because when we look, the sickness follows the cases and and the deaths follow the sickness. And we're still seeing hospitals that are having a rough time. So we're gonna stay with them to make sure we're providing all the help we can. But I would, I would think, you know, the next the next month is still going to be very tough. But we really hope it continues to decrease. Like we are seeing uh that's a silver lining. Karen Boyer. Hi, Governor. I'm sort of following up with Karen's question. Uh even after Covid is under control. Um Do you imagine because of the staffing shortages, that more assistance from like the National Guard will be needed just to sort of fill those positions that are still open. But once Covid is under control, I don't anticipate that we will need regular assistance from the National Guard. But what we are going to need our changes, changes in, in some of our regulatory schemes, changes in a number of our approaches, especially dealing with the nursing shortage before Covid we had, I think 6000 openings that pay on average. What? About $50,000? More than 1000 of those spots available in Eastern Kentucky that we could fill with folks from Eastern Kentucky. Uh, so we're gonna have to see some significant changes on the state level. I believe we're committed to it and the legislature is committed to it. So we're gonna, we're gonna we're gonna have a number of new initiatives to make sure that ultimately our hospitals can get the assistance that they need. There can be short term. Uh with that it could be uh you know, regular recognition of those trained and licensed out of state could include more foreign born nurses and doctors. And then it's more long term. We've gotta have more spots open in our nursing programs. We've gotta be graduating more people from them. And we got to make it happen sooner rather than later. Sarah lad from the Courier Journal. Yeah, thank you. Kind of on a similar note, I wanted to ask NPR put out these projections the other day showing that by next March daily cases should be around or right under july levels. Um, that was that projection was assuming that we don't get new Delta like variants and kids vaccinations take off. So, I know like the charts he showed in the beginning of this presser made it seem like that might even be sooner than March for us if things keep going the way they're going. But just kind of wondering if we would should expect a similar trajectory in Kentucky if those same assumptions happen. Thank you. Right. So, so none of us have ever been up against Covid or the delta variant before, but what we're really going to see is, I mean, how much of ST louis versus philadelphia. Previously, uh, we've been ST louis this time, sadly we were much more like philadelphia we've endured. Um, it's burned so hot here and we have had so many cases uh, if we beat those projections, that's going to be the reason it's going to be a combination of vaccinations. But also how many people have had covid and then to keep from getting another surge after that, we're going to need to get those that hadn't been vaccinated, that got covid and survived uh to get vaccinated afterwards. Uh and so a whole lot of it, we can look back on the spanish flu and see how long different things took, depending on how steep the curve and in cases, uh, positivity rate and and the like are, but I have found that these projections uh sometimes helpful and give us a goal, sometimes give us a false sense of security. So I'm really glad we seem to see decline in cases, but I want to make sure I'm clear that they're way too high. Uh and and we we gotta, we gotta stay at it. We gotta wear masks, don't start taking it off because you see cases starting to tail, we got a lot more people we need to get vaccinated and I'm ready for that approval of 5-11. When that happens, I will take my 11 year old daughter to get vaccinated because it is safe. It is effective. It's how I protect her. That's how we get through this christian hauser WKRC. Good afternoon governor. It's actually James filter with W care. So what are you doing today? Good. Um two quick questions. One what? Um I'm sure you saw the Ohio came out with another one of its incentive programs. Is there any thought or planning into doing something like that or doing another incentive vaccination program in Kentucky. And secondly, can I get your reaction to the judge's ruling on the temporary restraining order in the ST Elizabeth's vaccination case. Right? That's a decision where at least uh in the T. R. O. Stage a federal judge said ST Elizabeth can go ahead requiring vaccinations. I think that's the law. Look at all the other required vaccinations we have whether you're a school age child or or whether you work in a number of of other locations. I I think that it's been the law for a long time. It's still the law and how we would defeat um viruses worse than this in the future without it. I mean that could endanger the the human race. So I've always believed that that peace is is the law and I can never remember the first questions. No oh vaccine incentives. Um we still have our tourism of vaccine incentives that are going on right now and then looking at other possibilities. You know, I feel that, um, our shot at a million and, and scholarships, uh, worked to stop the decline. But do want to be very thoughtful with the very hard to reach populations whether it's really incentives at this point that work. I think I've been very open in that. I think it's breaking the thanksgiving dinner rule and asking Kentucky ins and, and Ohioans to have tough conversations with people that they love that have not gotten vaccinated right now. That's what we are seeing work. And it's honestly partly because of the risk, right? That you are having that conversation because you love the person so much that you're willing to put your relationship on the line. I truly believe that that's where we are and that people are gonna respond to incentives as much and they're not going to respond to to, uh, to governors as much. They're not even gonna respond to doctors as much. But having somebody that cares about you that much take that big of a risk. I think people do respond to and last but not least melissa patrick Kentucky health news. Hi Governor. Um, So the Washington Post's numbers show that, uh, the week to week vaccination rate in Kentucky dropped 11% last week. And as you well know, mass remain statewide masking remains optional And you open the the case numbers basically saying we have to get these case numbers down fast. So how do we get them down fast. What what is the plan to get them down fast or do we just have to ride this out to the end? Well, if I'd had the authority um month more than a month ago, we would be all wearing masks and and not suffering from so much of the harm that we're seeing, but that is no longer an option. And so I'm going to continue to promote and push as many people and as many businesses uh to uh ultimately wear masks inside when you're out of the home and in public. I will say, I think our businesses are doing a great job, especially the largest ones where many people may work on a floor or in an area. But we're to the point where encouragement is now key. Now I do think uh, that masking in schools is making a difference. Uh, it's certainly we would not be where we are today without that. And so I'm grateful for all the school districts that are doing it. Um, but now what we have the, what I have the authority to do is encouraged vaccinations, encourage masking and then do everything I can to make sure that there are treatments for people who get covid and that our hospitals have as much support as possible. All right. Um, almost record time. I hope everybody has a good week, stay safe where that mask reach out to the person that you love, encourage them to get vaccinated. Your voice is the one they'll listen to. Thank you.