Governor Inslee is giving an update on Washington& #39;s Stay Home, Stay Health Order and the Safe Start WA Plan.

**This thread will attempt to summarize key points.**

#COVID19 #Coronavirus https://twitter.com/GovInslee/status/1266455360744722432">https://twitter.com/GovInslee...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> Three months after we declared a state of Emergency, we are successfully moving forward
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> 26 counties have been approved to move to Phase 2
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> Decisions are based on metrics and benchmarks created by public health officials, they are targets not individual requirements
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> The DOH is monitoring these benchmarks and decisions across categories to make reopening decisions
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> First is COVID-19 Activity: Target is 25 cases or fewer per 100k residents
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> Second is Health Care System capacity: Target is less than 80% capacity
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> Third is Testing Capacity: Target is 50 times as many people per day tested as cases confirmed
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> Fourth is Contact Tracing: Target here is to contact 90% of contacts w/in 24 hours of receiving positive test result
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> Fifth is Protecting the Vulnerable: Targets here are 0-3 "outbreaks" per week, depending on county size
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> Another important piece is that we now giving counties more flexibility to move ahead in a "Modified Phase 1"
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> This is for counties who don& #39;t quite meet Phase 2 requirements but might be able to propose certain activities they can demonstrate are safe, like haircuts or outdoor classes
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> These will be judged on an individual basis.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone">As a reminder, need three weeks for counties to move b/w phases, so potentially the earliest any county could move to Phase 3 would be 6/3, given that we need three weeks between phases for counties
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> As another important step in Safe Start, we are implementing new and necessary guidance for workers to wear, at a minimum, face coverings at work except when working alone
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> This won& #39;t apply if you work alone or have no contact w/ other ppl
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> This will take effect June 8th
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable= As another important step in Safe Start, we are implementing new and necessary guidance for workers to wear, at a minimum, face coverings at work except when working alonehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> This won& #39;t apply if you work alone or have no contact w/ other pplhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> This will take effect June 8th" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> As another important step in Safe Start, we are implementing new and necessary guidance for workers to wear, at a minimum, face coverings at work except when working alonehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> This won& #39;t apply if you work alone or have no contact w/ other pplhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> This will take effect June 8th" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
Dr. John Lynch, Harborview and UW Faculty:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> What has influenced this face covering decision?
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> We& #39;ve learned a lot about the virus, we are slowly rolling back physical distancing measures...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> ...many people have minimum symptoms and can still spread the virus, virus transmits via droplets from coughing/sneezing
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> Masks protect others around you, it protects you to some degree, and it helps prevent you from touching your face
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> Masks need to stay above your nose and below your chin, fit snugly, and wash your hands before and after you take them on / off
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> Important to recognize that some people can& #39;t wear masks all the time, like kids under 2, or people with certain health concerns
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> This is one of many other things - physical distancing is still there, so is staying home when sick - this is one more piece to help reduce the result
Gov. Inslee:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> Really important for people to understand: we& #39;re just not done yet. This can increase very rapidly, as we& #39;ve seen in many places around the world.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> We can prevent this from coming back and increasing dramatically again but only if we replace what we were doing, which was having some considerable success, with another approach
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> Think of it as were were on a life boat of physical distancing, we are now getting into a new life boat of contact tracing, etc. and we need to make sure that boat doesn& #39;t have any holes in it
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> Friendly reminder, there are things we can do to stay safe - one is continue to stay home if it& #39;s not necessary to go out.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> If you can continue to avoid exposing yourself, please do so.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> Another is to try to stay local, there are lots of beautiful places to go in WA, but for the moment these communities would appreciate it if we don& #39;t overwhelm them.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> Let& #39;s try to stay home and local as much as we can.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> We also know that the COVID pandemic has exposed inequities in our society.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone"> We have lots of work to do to remedy the centuries of inequity in our society.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎙️" title="Studio microphone" aria-label="Emoji: Studio microphone">This pandemic has demonstrated this b/c we have to do things to help folks. We want to keep going in this direction.
/That concludes the summary of the briefing. Please excuse typos and brevity.
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