Gov. Mike DeWine daily briefing on COVID-19, April 9, 2020

Says he understands the conversations and questions taking place around the models and that the curve seems to be flattening.

“It’s good news, things are not as bad as they might have been.”

DeWine: Why are the projections lower than before?

“The answer lies with each and everyone of you and what you’ve done...you’re getting the job done”

Says social distancing has made a big difference in flattening the curve of coronavirus

DeWine: “Candidly” Modelers didn’t assume

Referencing “Back To The Future” says there are alternative tracks, one move or another can determine a different result

“Is it time to celebrate? No, the game is not over.”

That should’ve said modelers didn’t predict Ohioans would do as good a job as they did to practice social distancing

DeWine: “We’re working on fairly sophisticated plan”...to get things moving along

To talk about where we go once it’s over

Says “we’re in the middle of the ball game. It’s not over.”

DeWine: “We need each and every one of you to continue doing what we’re doing”

DeWine on the data on deaths and hospitalizations

“We’re still seeing hospitalizations go up”

Says hospitalizations and death tend to lag behind when cases are confirmed

Lt Gov Jon Husted talks about a plasma protocol that could determine if someone is at a higher risk of death due to coronavirus

Says group now has FDA approval and is going around to different hospitals in Ohio to be used

Husted: Talked with SOS Frank LaRose and Ohio Democratic Party Chair David Pepper about mail-in absentee voting

Encourages people to vote

Reminds people the ballot must be postmarked by April 27

“Please act early”

http://Voteohio.gov 

Husted: On unemployment
696,519 jobless claims in Ohio over the past 3 weeks

Dr. Amy Acton, Ohio Department of Health Director

Says they’re going to start bringing more stories to the forefront of people who are working in the medical field to treat patients of COVID-19

Acton: Still struggling with the lack of testing

Says there’s hope on the horizon with teams working on gathering more tests

Acton: Says they’re going to start putting out more trend data on indicators they’re monitoring to figure out when they can start lifting social distancing restrictions

Acton: Addresses the shouting that can be heard from the briefing

It’s the sound of protesters

Acton Says it’s a hard mountain to climb to get out of a pandemic but they have to rely on the science, the research people have done, and it needs to be done together

Acton: Says a 14-day decrease of cases is a good indication that the virus is tappering off

Acton says it’s possible to see a squiggly line of spikes instead of the gradual spike upwards we’re seeing now

DeWine on the protesters: They have every right to be outside and to voice their opinions

Says his job is to be upfront with Ohioans about what’s going on

“I’m asking you to hang in there...if we don’t it’s going to cost a lot of lives” and create a bigger problem down the road

DeWine: “My assurance to them today is that we’re not going to keep this going one day longer than we have to”

DeWine says the Stay At Home order excluded infringing on Free Speech so this protest is not breaking the order

DeWine adds that he encourages people to try to stay safe

“I know you’re shouting...try not to shout on each other”