1 00:00:00,820 --> 00:00:03,710 good afternoon . Now , Um , for those 2 00:00:03,720 --> 00:00:05,942 of you who don't know me , I'm Jonathan 3 00:00:05,942 --> 00:00:08,164 Hoffman , the head of public affairs at 4 00:00:08,164 --> 00:00:10,387 the Department of Defense . Recognizing 5 00:00:10,387 --> 00:00:12,553 the department's need . Thio do better 6 00:00:12,553 --> 00:00:14,553 communicate with people of New York 7 00:00:14,553 --> 00:00:16,720 about our efforts to support Rick Over 8 00:00:16,720 --> 00:00:18,776 19 response . We have a group on the 9 00:00:18,776 --> 00:00:20,880 line that can answer many of your 10 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:22,991 questions about what d o . D is doing 11 00:00:22,991 --> 00:00:24,936 in New York and in the surrounding 12 00:00:24,936 --> 00:00:27,200 communities with me today . Our 13 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:29,720 department and top leadership on the 14 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:32,950 ground in New York , in the Department 15 00:00:32,950 --> 00:00:36,400 of Defense recognizing that partner 16 00:00:36,540 --> 00:00:38,651 Hey , somebody needs a mute . They're 17 00:00:38,651 --> 00:00:39,707 getting feedback . 18 00:00:41,910 --> 00:00:44,980 19 Response . We have a group on the 19 00:00:44,980 --> 00:00:48,600 line that cancer . Somebody needs to 20 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:50,600 mute your phone . Or if you're on a 21 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:52,600 computer , you need thio . Turn the 22 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:56,130 volume down on find a wayto listen in a 23 00:00:56,140 --> 00:00:58,084 way that doesn't create feedback . 24 00:01:00,410 --> 00:01:03,190 So with with me today for the 25 00:01:03,190 --> 00:01:05,357 Department of Fences Top leadership on 26 00:01:05,357 --> 00:01:07,246 the ground in New York by Admiral 27 00:01:07,246 --> 00:01:09,357 Andrew Lewis Andrew Lewis , commander 28 00:01:09,357 --> 00:01:11,079 of the U S . Navy Second Fleet 29 00:01:11,079 --> 00:01:13,246 responsible for the USNS Comfort Major 30 00:01:13,246 --> 00:01:15,630 General William Bill Hall , commander 31 00:01:15,630 --> 00:01:17,519 of Joint Task Force Civil Support 32 00:01:17,519 --> 00:01:19,686 responsible for our ground forces with 33 00:01:19,686 --> 00:01:21,852 him . He has the leadership of the med 34 00:01:21,852 --> 00:01:23,797 group commander that at the Javits 35 00:01:23,797 --> 00:01:25,963 Center , Major General Geoffrey Mill , 36 00:01:25,963 --> 00:01:28,130 Horn commander and division engineer , 37 00:01:28,130 --> 00:01:27,910 North Atlantic Division of the U . S . 38 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:30,040 Army Corps of Engineers . And braider 39 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:32,280 General Michael A . Natali , dual 40 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:34,391 status commander for the state of New 41 00:01:34,391 --> 00:01:36,724 York . Let me start by saying , Clearly , 42 00:01:36,724 --> 00:01:38,891 the department offense stands with New 43 00:01:38,891 --> 00:01:40,724 York , and it's strong frontline 44 00:01:40,724 --> 00:01:42,502 medical personnel who have been 45 00:01:42,502 --> 00:01:44,724 fighting the virus for months . They're 46 00:01:44,724 --> 00:01:43,970 an inspiration for the millions of men 47 00:01:43,970 --> 00:01:46,081 and women at the D . O . D and indeed 48 00:01:46,081 --> 00:01:48,303 all Americans . The department has been 49 00:01:48,303 --> 00:01:50,760 confronting Cove it since January in 50 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:52,871 the first case is reporting near four 51 00:01:52,871 --> 00:01:54,816 deployed forces in Asia . While we 52 00:01:54,816 --> 00:01:56,760 continue to work on protecting our 53 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:58,649 personal around the globe , we've 54 00:01:58,649 --> 00:02:00,816 shifted much of our efforts supporting 55 00:02:00,816 --> 00:02:02,927 state and locals in their fight . And 56 00:02:02,927 --> 00:02:05,149 that fight begins in New York . The D . 57 00:02:05,149 --> 00:02:07,149 O D capabilities were providing our 58 00:02:07,149 --> 00:02:09,482 focus in four areas to support New York . 59 00:02:09,482 --> 00:02:11,316 More emergency sites , emergency 60 00:02:11,316 --> 00:02:13,038 supplies , emergency staff and 61 00:02:13,038 --> 00:02:15,290 emergency science with regard to the 62 00:02:15,300 --> 00:02:17,710 sites in the adding of hospital beds . 63 00:02:17,810 --> 00:02:20,020 As you know , our primary sites are in 64 00:02:20,020 --> 00:02:22,850 New York City include the Javits Center 65 00:02:22,860 --> 00:02:26,000 and the USNS Comfort . Both the woman 66 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,111 described them yesterday . Our relief 67 00:02:28,111 --> 00:02:30,278 vows for the city's hospital system at 68 00:02:30,278 --> 00:02:32,333 this time . Both are open to Cove it 69 00:02:32,333 --> 00:02:34,250 positive patients . To that end , 70 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:36,249 they're both online and receiving 71 00:02:36,249 --> 00:02:38,416 patients from reporting this morning . 72 00:02:38,416 --> 00:02:42,200 They have a combined 110 patients , 44 73 00:02:42,210 --> 00:02:45,750 a TTE , the Comfort and 66 Javits . 74 00:02:46,640 --> 00:02:48,640 We expect to increase the number of 75 00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:50,862 patients rapidly in the next few days , 76 00:02:50,862 --> 00:02:53,610 and as the governor has described , we 77 00:02:53,610 --> 00:02:55,940 can . We will be looking to reach a 78 00:02:55,940 --> 00:02:58,250 capacity of 500 uh , 79 00:02:59,940 --> 00:03:03,160 patients at the comfort and 2500 80 00:03:03,640 --> 00:03:06,340 patients non urgent coded patients at 81 00:03:06,340 --> 00:03:08,990 the Javits Center . Additionally , the 82 00:03:08,990 --> 00:03:11,050 Army Corps has been working with the 83 00:03:11,060 --> 00:03:13,760 state of New York on establishing 84 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,740 Overflow our hospital site Ah in 85 00:03:17,740 --> 00:03:20,070 Westbury , Norfolk and Nassau County . 86 00:03:21,740 --> 00:03:24,380 Our second priority is staffing were 87 00:03:24,380 --> 00:03:26,547 flooding the area with medical teams . 88 00:03:26,547 --> 00:03:28,820 The Comfort is staffed by 1000 medical 89 00:03:28,820 --> 00:03:31,042 personnel . The Javits Center currently 90 00:03:31,042 --> 00:03:34,300 has a medical staff of 917 . These 91 00:03:34,300 --> 00:03:36,578 personal come from a variety of places . 92 00:03:37,010 --> 00:03:38,954 There's a team from two Army field 93 00:03:38,954 --> 00:03:41,910 hospitals that 5 31st in 90 and ninth 94 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:44,420 Army Field hospitals . We've got 400 95 00:03:44,420 --> 00:03:46,420 personnel from a Navy exponentially 96 00:03:46,420 --> 00:03:48,950 medical facility . Today , four Army 97 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:51,350 Urban Area Medical Task Force units 98 00:03:51,740 --> 00:03:54,100 with 340 personnel are expected to 99 00:03:54,110 --> 00:03:56,166 arrive in New York , and three other 100 00:03:56,166 --> 00:03:58,360 Army urban area medical task forces 101 00:03:58,370 --> 00:04:00,037 will report to New Jersey and 102 00:04:00,037 --> 00:04:03,400 Connecticut . Additionally , 325 d o d 103 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,511 medical professionals have arrived in 104 00:04:05,511 --> 00:04:07,622 New York , and we'll start supporting 105 00:04:07,622 --> 00:04:10,310 11 public hospitals tomorrow . You know 106 00:04:10,310 --> 00:04:12,310 the hospital is better than I , but 107 00:04:12,310 --> 00:04:14,421 they're the city hospitals . New York 108 00:04:14,421 --> 00:04:16,588 City Health and Hospitals , Bellevue , 109 00:04:16,588 --> 00:04:18,699 Coney Island Home , Hearst , Harlem , 110 00:04:18,699 --> 00:04:20,770 Jacoby , Kings , County , Lincoln 111 00:04:20,840 --> 00:04:23,420 Metropolitan North Central Bronx , 112 00:04:23,430 --> 00:04:26,450 Queens and would Hole . Each hospital 113 00:04:26,450 --> 00:04:28,690 is receiving 20 to 30 medical personnel 114 00:04:28,690 --> 00:04:30,968 to augment the hospital civilian staff . 115 00:04:31,130 --> 00:04:33,510 This includes doctors , assistants , 116 00:04:33,530 --> 00:04:35,960 nurses , respiratory therapists and 117 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:38,930 other professionals . We also expect an 118 00:04:38,930 --> 00:04:41,450 additional 775 medical professionals to 119 00:04:41,450 --> 00:04:43,561 travel to New York City in the coming 120 00:04:43,561 --> 00:04:45,783 days . To further support our efforts , 121 00:04:45,783 --> 00:04:47,894 this will be a mix of Army , Navy and 122 00:04:47,894 --> 00:04:49,894 Air Force personnel , including Air 123 00:04:49,894 --> 00:04:51,960 Force reservists . As you know , in 124 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:53,904 Europe , National Guard is surging 125 00:04:53,904 --> 00:04:56,071 across the state of New York with 2800 126 00:04:56,071 --> 00:04:58,420 and 75 personnel on duty from Niagara 127 00:04:58,420 --> 00:05:00,960 Falls , the Montauk Point and lastly , 128 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:03,210 the not near a car has 270 personnel on 129 00:05:03,210 --> 00:05:05,377 site of the Javits Center has provided 130 00:05:05,377 --> 00:05:07,099 unified command , post staff , 131 00:05:07,099 --> 00:05:09,321 logistics and warehouse in support with 132 00:05:09,321 --> 00:05:11,266 regard to emergency supplies . The 133 00:05:11,266 --> 00:05:13,488 department fences released five million 134 00:05:13,488 --> 00:05:15,599 and 95 Master the state of New York . 135 00:05:15,599 --> 00:05:17,321 In addition to the hundreds of 136 00:05:17,321 --> 00:05:17,210 ventilators on the comfort and to put 137 00:05:17,210 --> 00:05:19,210 with our field hospital unit in New 138 00:05:19,210 --> 00:05:21,321 York City , 300 ventilators have been 139 00:05:21,321 --> 00:05:23,266 transferred to New Jersey FEMA for 140 00:05:23,266 --> 00:05:25,154 distribution to play to your city 141 00:05:25,154 --> 00:05:27,266 hospitals . In addition to supporting 142 00:05:27,266 --> 00:05:29,377 the Javits Center , New York National 143 00:05:29,377 --> 00:05:31,760 Guard helped deliver 35 350,000 meals 144 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:33,760 in all five boroughs . The Guard is 145 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:35,927 supporting nine testing sites that are 146 00:05:35,927 --> 00:05:38,260 seeing more than 5000 citizens each day , 147 00:05:38,260 --> 00:05:40,427 the Guard members remaining three call 148 00:05:40,427 --> 00:05:42,538 centers and speaking with one of 5000 149 00:05:42,538 --> 00:05:44,816 citizens each day on the test in front , 150 00:05:44,816 --> 00:05:46,816 the guard is helping pack more than 151 00:05:46,816 --> 00:05:49,570 11,000 test kits each day . So while D . 152 00:05:49,570 --> 00:05:51,792 O . D . Emergency science efforts don't 153 00:05:51,792 --> 00:05:53,848 physically touch New York , they are 154 00:05:53,848 --> 00:05:55,848 taking place in our labs around the 155 00:05:55,848 --> 00:05:58,014 country . U S military researchers are 156 00:05:58,014 --> 00:05:57,850 at the forefront of vaccine and 157 00:05:57,850 --> 00:05:59,906 therapeutic development with us . Am 158 00:05:59,906 --> 00:06:02,072 rid beginning nonhuman primate vaccine 159 00:06:02,072 --> 00:06:05,700 testing yesterday . So I 160 00:06:05,700 --> 00:06:08,020 apologize for attempting to cover a lot 161 00:06:08,020 --> 00:06:09,742 of ground in my opener . But I 162 00:06:09,742 --> 00:06:11,909 appreciate you listening . And at this 163 00:06:11,909 --> 00:06:14,280 point , I will now open it up Thio 164 00:06:14,450 --> 00:06:17,910 questions . So we'll start in , uh , 165 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:19,587 with , uh , lead up from 80 . 166 00:06:22,740 --> 00:06:25,690 Hi . Thank you very much . Ah , a 167 00:06:25,700 --> 00:06:28,400 couple of update questions , Jonathan . 168 00:06:28,410 --> 00:06:30,770 For the military folks as well . Can 169 00:06:30,770 --> 00:06:33,690 you tell us how quickly you're going to 170 00:06:33,690 --> 00:06:36,320 be able transition the comfort to all 171 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:39,920 cove it ? And what the risk ? Maybe to 172 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:41,864 the non Kobe people who were there 173 00:06:41,864 --> 00:06:44,810 initially and then the staff person who 174 00:06:44,810 --> 00:06:47,710 tested positive . Can you say , um , 175 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:50,150 what kind of threat that is to the ship 176 00:06:50,540 --> 00:06:52,651 and whether or not that may have come 177 00:06:52,651 --> 00:06:55,310 from a patient or some other outside 178 00:06:56,110 --> 00:06:58,340 source and then Jonathan for you ? Just 179 00:06:58,340 --> 00:07:00,820 a quick Can you also update us on the 180 00:07:00,830 --> 00:07:03,830 mercy ? Do you know if something 181 00:07:03,830 --> 00:07:06,120 similar will be done for the mercy ? 182 00:07:06,130 --> 00:07:08,680 Will that also shift to Cove it 183 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:11,320 patients ? Thank you . I'll turn this 184 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:14,230 over to Admiral Luis Thio , address 185 00:07:14,230 --> 00:07:16,508 your 1st 2 questions , and if he cares . 186 00:07:16,508 --> 00:07:18,619 He can address the third as well . If 187 00:07:18,619 --> 00:07:22,070 not , I'll take it . Yes , ma'am . Uh , 188 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:24,590 good afternoon . So in regards to 189 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:28,650 comfort transitioning to the , uh 190 00:07:29,910 --> 00:07:31,650 to trauma urgent and immediate 191 00:07:31,660 --> 00:07:34,900 Emergency emergency patients who 192 00:07:35,100 --> 00:07:37,100 regardless of their covert status , 193 00:07:37,150 --> 00:07:40,300 where have already transition , we're 194 00:07:40,310 --> 00:07:42,310 fully transitioned . We've done the 195 00:07:42,310 --> 00:07:44,254 minor configurations on tips , and 196 00:07:44,254 --> 00:07:46,470 there is no rest . Do any of the 197 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:49,880 patients that are non cove It , uh , at 198 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:53,550 this time the way we have were able to 199 00:07:53,550 --> 00:07:56,760 isolate within the ship . The non code , 200 00:07:56,950 --> 00:07:59,780 non Kobe patients from the cove . It 201 00:07:59,780 --> 00:08:03,140 positive patient . Uh , that's in 202 00:08:03,140 --> 00:08:05,307 regards to your first question . We're 203 00:08:05,307 --> 00:08:07,473 already transitioned , and we're ready 204 00:08:07,473 --> 00:08:09,529 to go in regards to the staff member 205 00:08:09,740 --> 00:08:13,250 that , uh , on the ship that , uh , 206 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:17,280 tested , tested positive . That crew 207 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:19,224 member has been isolated . There's 208 00:08:19,224 --> 00:08:22,270 absolutely no mission impact on . And 209 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:26,180 the there have been no exposure with 210 00:08:26,270 --> 00:08:30,010 patients . Uh , prior to , uh , 211 00:08:30,020 --> 00:08:33,400 the the testing of positive . The 212 00:08:33,540 --> 00:08:35,596 testing was actually done out of the 213 00:08:35,596 --> 00:08:37,890 abundance of costing . And there is no 214 00:08:37,950 --> 00:08:39,950 nobody who has had been in close 215 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:43,430 contact with isolated individual , And 216 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:46,550 but those that have in recent past 217 00:08:47,460 --> 00:08:51,380 are in a isolated status themselves 218 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:54,260 being monitored percent symptoms and 219 00:08:54,260 --> 00:08:57,090 none are symptomatic . And then in 220 00:08:57,090 --> 00:09:00,250 regard to the mercy at this time 221 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:04,610 we're not We're not looking to 222 00:09:04,700 --> 00:09:07,060 We don't do not exist . Debate looking 223 00:09:07,070 --> 00:09:09,860 thio transition to the same type of 224 00:09:09,870 --> 00:09:13,570 status . However , the procedures are 225 00:09:13,570 --> 00:09:15,514 in place to do so . And we've been 226 00:09:15,514 --> 00:09:19,110 doing that in tandem with Empty West , 227 00:09:19,260 --> 00:09:21,260 which is my counterpart on the West 228 00:09:21,260 --> 00:09:24,600 Coast that is commanding the mercy . 229 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:28,120 Thank you . All right , and lead on 230 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:30,287 that one . As we said from the start , 231 00:09:30,287 --> 00:09:32,009 we've We've been adjusting our 232 00:09:32,009 --> 00:09:34,640 operating practices with regard to the 233 00:09:34,650 --> 00:09:37,460 hospital ships A TTE . This time the 234 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:39,536 admiral mentioned we don't see it as 235 00:09:39,536 --> 00:09:41,740 necessary . But we've We've clearly 236 00:09:41,740 --> 00:09:43,684 established that if it does become 237 00:09:43,684 --> 00:09:46,050 necessary , we we will take the steps 238 00:09:46,990 --> 00:09:49,200 required to assist the communities . 239 00:09:51,130 --> 00:09:53,290 All right , the next we'll goto Lisa 240 00:09:53,290 --> 00:09:56,880 riser from CBS News . Yes . 241 00:09:56,890 --> 00:09:58,790 Hi . My question is , how are you 242 00:09:58,790 --> 00:10:01,950 keeping the crew and medical step on 243 00:10:01,950 --> 00:10:03,839 the comfort safe when they're not 244 00:10:03,839 --> 00:10:07,270 working ? And Oh , I heard that there 245 00:10:07,270 --> 00:10:09,492 possibly thing in a local hotel . Would 246 00:10:09,492 --> 00:10:11,826 you be ableto share any details on that ? 247 00:10:13,150 --> 00:10:15,039 Admiral Lewis , if you don't mind 248 00:10:18,900 --> 00:10:22,050 that them So we are what we are doing 249 00:10:22,050 --> 00:10:24,590 on the ship to keep the medical 250 00:10:25,380 --> 00:10:28,780 treatment of the order of the 251 00:10:28,900 --> 00:10:30,900 individuals who are the doctors and 252 00:10:30,900 --> 00:10:33,710 nurses . Face and isolated 253 00:10:34,130 --> 00:10:37,650 way have segregated the ship 254 00:10:38,110 --> 00:10:40,740 in a red bone in the Green Zone . And 255 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:43,790 basically the red zone is the parts of 256 00:10:43,790 --> 00:10:46,150 the ship that has patient interaction . 257 00:10:46,570 --> 00:10:48,903 That's where all the doctors and nurses , 258 00:10:49,340 --> 00:10:53,040 um , are are working on . The 259 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:55,040 Green Zone is the other part of the 260 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:56,818 ship , but we have to run . The 261 00:10:56,818 --> 00:10:58,929 auxiliary service is the plant on the 262 00:10:58,929 --> 00:11:01,180 ship and and accruing of the ship . 263 00:11:01,180 --> 00:11:03,402 From a security standpoint , that's the 264 00:11:03,402 --> 00:11:05,650 green Zone . They don't go cross back 265 00:11:05,650 --> 00:11:08,830 and forth from red to green with the 266 00:11:08,830 --> 00:11:11,052 medical professionals that are on board 267 00:11:11,052 --> 00:11:13,720 a ship . We have indeed moved them from 268 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:15,900 the ship to a local hotel that was 269 00:11:15,950 --> 00:11:18,350 previously closed . I can't talk about 270 00:11:18,350 --> 00:11:21,000 the name of the hotel , but it was 271 00:11:21,010 --> 00:11:23,232 previously closed . They opened it up , 272 00:11:23,232 --> 00:11:25,510 and the only people who are are staying 273 00:11:25,510 --> 00:11:27,732 in that hotel , our comfort personnel . 274 00:11:29,820 --> 00:11:32,380 And right now , at about 500 people 275 00:11:32,380 --> 00:11:35,450 there , we will be upwards of about 800 276 00:11:35,670 --> 00:11:38,190 by time . By the time everybody is 277 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:40,790 apprenticing from the ship . They're so 278 00:11:40,790 --> 00:11:44,090 they will be going if you if you think 279 00:11:44,090 --> 00:11:46,312 about it logically , they're going back 280 00:11:46,312 --> 00:11:48,534 and forth . They worked their ships and 281 00:11:48,534 --> 00:11:50,757 they go home to the hotel where they'll 282 00:11:50,757 --> 00:11:52,701 have single rooms in somewhat of a 283 00:11:52,701 --> 00:11:54,757 particle isolation sample where they 284 00:11:54,757 --> 00:11:58,590 can get cleaned up , get rested and 285 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:00,720 fed . And then they go back for the 286 00:12:00,720 --> 00:12:04,580 next ship 12 hours late . All 287 00:12:04,580 --> 00:12:06,580 right , thank you . We'll go next . 288 00:12:06,580 --> 00:12:10,050 Thio Shane A . Jacob's Washington Post 289 00:12:13,150 --> 00:12:16,850 Yes , Hi . Thank you . Um , so given 290 00:12:16,850 --> 00:12:18,739 all of these measures that you're 291 00:12:18,739 --> 00:12:20,961 clearly taking in order to try to limit 292 00:12:20,961 --> 00:12:23,610 the spread on the ship , are there 293 00:12:23,620 --> 00:12:26,320 still concerns that just given the 294 00:12:26,730 --> 00:12:29,100 environment on a ship in general , that 295 00:12:29,110 --> 00:12:31,277 this could potentially get out of hand 296 00:12:31,590 --> 00:12:33,701 like we've seen on some of the cruise 297 00:12:33,701 --> 00:12:36,260 ships ? And also is there is there , 298 00:12:36,260 --> 00:12:39,000 like , a strategy to try to get more 299 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,330 covert patients , two other hospitals 300 00:12:41,340 --> 00:12:44,080 and the Javits Center before they're 301 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:46,136 brought to the comfort for that very 302 00:12:46,136 --> 00:12:48,290 reason ? Because it's more . It's 303 00:12:48,290 --> 00:12:50,457 seemingly more difficult to contain on 304 00:12:50,457 --> 00:12:52,512 a on a big ship than it . Bennett is 305 00:12:52,512 --> 00:12:54,500 elsewhere . Emmylou 306 00:12:59,260 --> 00:13:00,427 first and foremost , 307 00:13:05,230 --> 00:13:08,840 first and foremost , the the safety 308 00:13:08,950 --> 00:13:12,820 and the ability of our of our crew 309 00:13:12,820 --> 00:13:16,000 members and the doctors to do their 310 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:19,150 work you ought to do the mission is our 311 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:21,980 first priority always , and we are 312 00:13:21,990 --> 00:13:25,310 taking every step possible . Two 313 00:13:25,930 --> 00:13:29,770 ensure that safety it is a shipboard 314 00:13:29,770 --> 00:13:31,881 environment is a unique environment . 315 00:13:31,881 --> 00:13:33,992 But I can tell you on this particular 316 00:13:33,992 --> 00:13:37,740 ship , this is a it's a ship . That way , 317 00:13:37,900 --> 00:13:39,990 we don't have that many merchant 318 00:13:39,990 --> 00:13:42,110 mirrors on board . The crew itself is 319 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:45,460 very small , relatively speaking , and 320 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:48,890 everybody else on the ship are military 321 00:13:49,670 --> 00:13:51,850 medicine . Purcell , who have already 322 00:13:51,850 --> 00:13:53,906 addressed they're getting on and off 323 00:13:53,906 --> 00:13:56,800 the ship . So of the 1200 more people 324 00:13:56,800 --> 00:14:00,270 on a ship , most of them are staying 325 00:14:00,270 --> 00:14:02,437 off the ship and on Lee working in the 326 00:14:02,437 --> 00:14:04,492 red zone , The Green Zone people are 327 00:14:04,830 --> 00:14:06,830 essentially isolated all the time . 328 00:14:06,830 --> 00:14:09,350 Anyway , uh , they all have their 329 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:11,416 individual state room . They'll have 330 00:14:12,110 --> 00:14:15,430 and an ability to be isolated within 331 00:14:15,430 --> 00:14:18,350 the skin of a tip . And if we ever have 332 00:14:18,350 --> 00:14:21,750 any doubt of that , we will . We will 333 00:14:22,020 --> 00:14:24,242 take him off the ship , taking them off 334 00:14:24,242 --> 00:14:27,340 the ship and be able to care for him 335 00:14:27,340 --> 00:14:29,229 with the standard of care that we 336 00:14:29,229 --> 00:14:31,960 provide to any of the patients or any 337 00:14:31,960 --> 00:14:34,980 of the service members as well . But 338 00:14:34,990 --> 00:14:38,970 I'm not . I'm not concerned whatsoever . 339 00:14:39,310 --> 00:14:42,310 And I think I think that the the one 340 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:45,880 that I know the captain and the captain , 341 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:48,580 the merchant seamen , captain and the 342 00:14:49,140 --> 00:14:52,650 command element commanding officer are 343 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:55,240 fully communicating all back to the 344 00:14:55,240 --> 00:14:57,340 crew . And they're they're , well , 345 00:14:57,430 --> 00:15:00,520 well taken care of and in order to be 346 00:15:00,610 --> 00:15:03,080 be able to do their mission And let me 347 00:15:03,090 --> 00:15:05,423 let me just follow up with that and ask , 348 00:15:05,423 --> 00:15:07,590 uh uh , General Hall , you can kind of 349 00:15:07,590 --> 00:15:09,757 way in a little bit on on the model of 350 00:15:09,757 --> 00:15:12,090 what What's taking place at the Javits 351 00:15:12,100 --> 00:15:14,130 Center with regard to the different 352 00:15:14,130 --> 00:15:16,800 type of patients were seeing in our 353 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:20,340 efforts . Thio focus on , uh , treating 354 00:15:20,340 --> 00:15:22,673 patients at the Javits Center right now . 355 00:15:23,940 --> 00:15:26,080 I think you just made you Hall 356 00:15:27,590 --> 00:15:29,860 knows we started this process to build 357 00:15:29,860 --> 00:15:31,971 out what the state of New York wanted 358 00:15:32,270 --> 00:15:34,570 in the Javits Center . The original 359 00:15:34,580 --> 00:15:36,747 thought there was a need for tier five 360 00:15:36,747 --> 00:15:38,802 level patients , basically a medical 361 00:15:38,802 --> 00:15:41,300 show shelter , um , to treat those 362 00:15:41,300 --> 00:15:44,250 patients . It became very apparent that 363 00:15:44,260 --> 00:15:46,680 do the work the governor of the Mayor 364 00:15:46,980 --> 00:15:48,980 that the hospital's has done a very 365 00:15:48,980 --> 00:15:52,860 good job of the camping . Those 366 00:15:52,860 --> 00:15:54,971 patients already . So that wasn't the 367 00:15:54,971 --> 00:15:58,040 need , um , for the Javits Center . So 368 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:00,520 starting on Saturday , we started 369 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:04,350 accepting Covic patients focused on 370 00:16:04,350 --> 00:16:07,040 covert convalescent . But we also set 371 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:10,440 up one of our 48 bed I see youse . And 372 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:13,260 they're based on the concern . Even if 373 00:16:13,260 --> 00:16:15,960 they were recovering from Covina that 374 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:19,410 there might be a relapse . We set those 375 00:16:19,410 --> 00:16:21,890 up in 48 hours . What a great story of 376 00:16:21,890 --> 00:16:24,410 how quickly everybody came together to 377 00:16:24,410 --> 00:16:26,920 do that . I got permission just a few 378 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:29,770 hours ago . We've got another 48 but it 379 00:16:29,770 --> 00:16:32,850 bet I see you . That's in route now 380 00:16:33,090 --> 00:16:36,420 from Fort Dix . It will arrive later 381 00:16:36,420 --> 00:16:38,587 today , and then another 48 hours will 382 00:16:38,587 --> 00:16:41,930 have it up . Give us 96 . I see you bed 383 00:16:42,900 --> 00:16:45,420 to be able to receive patients as 384 00:16:45,420 --> 00:16:49,120 required . So that's kind of what we've 385 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:50,953 gone through its course building 386 00:16:50,953 --> 00:16:53,720 capability for the Javits Center and 387 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:57,330 what we're doing over Great . 388 00:16:57,670 --> 00:17:01,100 Um , I will goto still suffering from 389 00:17:01,110 --> 00:17:01,990 AM 8 80 390 00:17:09,540 --> 00:17:10,220 Uh , Phil . 391 00:17:14,290 --> 00:17:16,401 All right , we'll go on toe . Brian , 392 00:17:16,401 --> 00:17:20,100 Eunice , Fox News . Hi . 393 00:17:20,110 --> 00:17:22,443 My question has to do with the protocol . 394 00:17:22,443 --> 00:17:24,666 Um , I know that , Uh , there was a lot 395 00:17:24,666 --> 00:17:27,100 of talk about how it was done before 396 00:17:27,300 --> 00:17:29,500 conversation with the hospital's . How 397 00:17:29,500 --> 00:17:31,611 has the process been streamlined when 398 00:17:31,611 --> 00:17:33,556 it comes to communication with the 399 00:17:33,556 --> 00:17:35,611 hospitals ? Are we going to has it ? 400 00:17:35,611 --> 00:17:37,611 Has it been streamlined in a way in 401 00:17:37,611 --> 00:17:39,833 which patients are going to be taken to 402 00:17:39,833 --> 00:17:41,820 the Javits Center and on board the 403 00:17:41,820 --> 00:17:43,931 comfort in a quicker fashion and what 404 00:17:43,931 --> 00:17:47,310 we've seen ? Okay , I'll ask General 405 00:17:47,310 --> 00:17:50,040 Halder to kick that one off . Um , 406 00:17:50,050 --> 00:17:53,130 before you go to others . Okay . Thank 407 00:17:53,130 --> 00:17:55,460 you . Great question . You know , it's 408 00:17:55,460 --> 00:17:57,682 amazing to me . I've been on the ground 409 00:17:57,682 --> 00:17:59,904 for two weeks here and where the Javits 410 00:17:59,904 --> 00:18:02,016 dinner started . I think I arrived on 411 00:18:02,016 --> 00:18:05,680 Day two of that cycle as we built that 412 00:18:05,680 --> 00:18:08,100 capability out . So one of the 413 00:18:08,100 --> 00:18:10,880 challenges was it was here five 414 00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:12,880 initially , and that's not what the 415 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:14,936 hospital's needed . When we made the 416 00:18:14,936 --> 00:18:18,050 transition on Saturday , um , 417 00:18:19,050 --> 00:18:21,750 the communication of that transition 418 00:18:22,510 --> 00:18:24,900 was difficult . The good news is we've 419 00:18:24,910 --> 00:18:27,870 worked past that Colonel Aiello and her 420 00:18:27,870 --> 00:18:30,220 team , and then , as well , Luis's team 421 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:33,100 we put together to personnel and no 422 00:18:33,100 --> 00:18:35,590 teams a doctor and a nurse to go out to 423 00:18:35,590 --> 00:18:37,812 the hospital . Since sit down with them 424 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:40,550 and explain what patients We were taken 425 00:18:40,830 --> 00:18:44,270 for . The Comfort Inn for the 426 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:46,850 Javits Center and then help them scream 427 00:18:46,850 --> 00:18:49,020 their records because they're working 428 00:18:49,020 --> 00:18:51,370 hard at the hospitals . And really , I 429 00:18:51,380 --> 00:18:53,940 had a hard time having the time to do 430 00:18:53,940 --> 00:18:56,107 that . So there's two personnel and no 431 00:18:56,107 --> 00:18:58,060 teams . Going out has made a huge 432 00:18:58,060 --> 00:19:01,840 difference also , as we are on the 433 00:19:01,840 --> 00:19:04,110 ground and better understand that the 434 00:19:04,110 --> 00:19:05,888 New York City health system and 435 00:19:05,888 --> 00:19:09,050 hospital system in the last 48 hours 436 00:19:09,340 --> 00:19:12,080 the level of communication is has grown 437 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:14,770 exponentially . I understand the need 438 00:19:15,050 --> 00:19:17,106 that we're currently working through 439 00:19:17,106 --> 00:19:19,272 that with the 325 providers were gonna 440 00:19:19,272 --> 00:19:21,800 send out and 20 to 30 person teams to 441 00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:23,744 support those hospitals , that the 442 00:19:23,744 --> 00:19:25,689 level of understanding of what the 443 00:19:25,689 --> 00:19:27,580 hospitals need and the level of 444 00:19:27,580 --> 00:19:30,430 understanding of what we're able to 445 00:19:30,430 --> 00:19:33,650 provide has grown . And so we're seeing 446 00:19:33,650 --> 00:19:35,920 our patient count go up , and we're 447 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:38,480 continuing to work that every day to 448 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:40,702 make sure that we can help them offload 449 00:19:40,702 --> 00:19:42,869 the patients that we can accept at the 450 00:19:42,869 --> 00:19:46,860 Javits Center over , uh would 451 00:19:46,860 --> 00:19:50,130 open that upto anybody else . Um , from 452 00:19:50,190 --> 00:19:53,750 the d o d team it is M . Lewis . 453 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,560 Just that that on what Bill 454 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:01,340 provided the thea those the teams that 455 00:20:01,340 --> 00:20:04,060 have gone out to over the last two days . 456 00:20:04,070 --> 00:20:07,290 Now , this is day three of that , uh , 457 00:20:07,390 --> 00:20:11,060 has proven usually 458 00:20:11,060 --> 00:20:14,670 beneficial , usually beneficial in 459 00:20:14,670 --> 00:20:16,559 order to stream on that process . 460 00:20:16,559 --> 00:20:18,740 Because what I've sent out I sent out 461 00:20:18,850 --> 00:20:22,240 today with doctors and nurses from the 462 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:25,690 comfort who can speak to the hira 463 00:20:25,690 --> 00:20:29,340 peut capability that we have to treat 464 00:20:29,340 --> 00:20:31,451 higher acuity patients on the comfort 465 00:20:31,820 --> 00:20:34,450 directly with the hospital doctors and 466 00:20:34,450 --> 00:20:37,140 effect the transfer there . Not have to 467 00:20:37,140 --> 00:20:40,280 go , uh , through an intermediary . And 468 00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:42,760 so that's gonna That's gonna , uh , 469 00:20:43,710 --> 00:20:47,060 relieve the any friction in the system 470 00:20:47,330 --> 00:20:49,410 completely , I think . And the other 471 00:20:49,410 --> 00:20:51,620 point I would make to once again to 472 00:20:51,620 --> 00:20:55,030 reinforce what the general said is that 473 00:20:55,390 --> 00:20:59,260 we're looking at Javits and Comfort as 474 00:20:59,260 --> 00:21:02,450 a single ecosystem a single , uh , 475 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:06,830 care provider for , uh , co 476 00:21:06,830 --> 00:21:10,350 bid , regardless of coded , uh , 477 00:21:12,340 --> 00:21:15,210 status , but at the comfort with 478 00:21:15,220 --> 00:21:19,060 emergency trauma and and , 479 00:21:19,060 --> 00:21:22,850 uh , urgent care patients , 480 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:27,300 whereas , uh , jab it primarily in 481 00:21:27,930 --> 00:21:31,300 in the in Kobe convalescence . Aziz 482 00:21:31,500 --> 00:21:34,620 Correct . And Brian , I would just add 483 00:21:34,620 --> 00:21:36,676 this job , but I would just have one 484 00:21:36,676 --> 00:21:38,842 more thing on top of that . And it's , 485 00:21:38,842 --> 00:21:40,787 uh , when you when you look at the 486 00:21:40,787 --> 00:21:42,676 timeline of us getting the Javits 487 00:21:42,676 --> 00:21:44,731 Center set up with the state working 488 00:21:44,731 --> 00:21:46,842 with the National Guard and others in 489 00:21:46,842 --> 00:21:48,842 the Army Court set that up with the 490 00:21:48,842 --> 00:21:50,953 efforts to get the comfort up there , 491 00:21:50,953 --> 00:21:53,690 the Navy expediting the maintenance 492 00:21:54,470 --> 00:21:56,980 in pulling those teams together . The 493 00:21:56,980 --> 00:21:59,202 one thing we've seen is that we've been 494 00:21:59,202 --> 00:22:01,258 early to need . So the Department of 495 00:22:01,258 --> 00:22:03,369 Defense was early to need on . Got up 496 00:22:03,369 --> 00:22:05,591 there , got set up . The goal was to be 497 00:22:05,591 --> 00:22:07,813 there so we could assist when win . And 498 00:22:07,813 --> 00:22:09,980 if the New York hospital system became 499 00:22:09,980 --> 00:22:12,570 overwhelmed and the peak was hitting on 500 00:22:12,570 --> 00:22:14,626 dso . What you've seen is we've done 501 00:22:14,626 --> 00:22:16,792 that . We've gone through the steps to 502 00:22:16,792 --> 00:22:18,737 get the sights set up . We've gone 503 00:22:18,737 --> 00:22:18,570 through the steps to get the supplies 504 00:22:18,580 --> 00:22:20,747 there . We've gone to the steps , were 505 00:22:20,747 --> 00:22:23,500 flooding in doctors and nurses and 506 00:22:23,500 --> 00:22:25,890 respiratory therapists , and then both 507 00:22:25,900 --> 00:22:28,122 General Hall and Admiral Luis mentioned 508 00:22:28,122 --> 00:22:30,610 we're working through that process that 509 00:22:30,620 --> 00:22:33,800 that system so integrating our new 510 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:37,710 hospital , the 2500 up to 2500 bed 511 00:22:37,710 --> 00:22:39,860 Javits Center and 500 bed comfort 512 00:22:39,860 --> 00:22:41,916 working those two new hospitals into 513 00:22:41,916 --> 00:22:44,110 the New York City hospital system so 514 00:22:44,110 --> 00:22:46,332 that we can , uh , we can take patients 515 00:22:46,332 --> 00:22:48,760 that that are well suited for those 516 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:52,620 hospitals and take off pressure 517 00:22:52,620 --> 00:22:54,564 where it is needed . And so that's 518 00:22:54,564 --> 00:22:56,620 taken a few days to work through and 519 00:22:56,620 --> 00:22:58,342 work out the protocols and the 520 00:22:58,342 --> 00:23:00,660 processes . But it looks like the great 521 00:23:00,660 --> 00:23:02,882 progress has been made over the last 48 522 00:23:02,882 --> 00:23:05,160 hours , and we expect that system thio , 523 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:07,520 Thio continue toe smooth out in the 524 00:23:07,530 --> 00:23:10,160 coming days , a CZ the need arises . 525 00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:14,330 So with that , we'll go to Michael 526 00:23:14,330 --> 00:23:18,100 Schwartz from New York Times after Oh , 527 00:23:18,100 --> 00:23:20,211 thank you again for doing this . It's 528 00:23:20,211 --> 00:23:22,100 really , really helpful . Um uh , 529 00:23:22,100 --> 00:23:24,267 General Hall . Admiral Lewis , I think 530 00:23:24,267 --> 00:23:26,489 if you could describe a little bit more 531 00:23:26,489 --> 00:23:28,656 of the patient classification of Louis 532 00:23:28,656 --> 00:23:30,767 you touched on this Ah , little bit . 533 00:23:30,767 --> 00:23:32,933 Am I understanding this correctly that 534 00:23:32,933 --> 00:23:34,767 the Javits Center is going to be 535 00:23:34,930 --> 00:23:38,530 primarily for Kobe patients , uh , 536 00:23:38,540 --> 00:23:40,810 suffering from less severe or suffering 537 00:23:40,810 --> 00:23:44,730 less acutely from from cove it and the 538 00:23:44,740 --> 00:23:47,520 comfort reserved for people who are 539 00:23:47,530 --> 00:23:49,752 suffering more severe symptoms . And if 540 00:23:49,752 --> 00:23:51,863 you could both if you have it off the 541 00:23:51,863 --> 00:23:54,220 top of your head , Um , I identify how 542 00:23:54,220 --> 00:23:56,710 many ventilators that you have on each 543 00:23:56,810 --> 00:23:59,032 in each of your facilities . That would 544 00:23:59,032 --> 00:24:00,421 be helpful . Thank you , 545 00:24:05,910 --> 00:24:09,040 little Goto . We'll start with , uh , 546 00:24:09,180 --> 00:24:11,291 General Hall , and then I will lose . 547 00:24:13,170 --> 00:24:15,920 Hey , I get it . Okay . My Hello . She 548 00:24:15,930 --> 00:24:18,730 runs the two hospitals force here , and 549 00:24:18,730 --> 00:24:22,090 she's gonna take that question . Thank 550 00:24:22,090 --> 00:24:24,146 you for the question . First fronted 551 00:24:24,146 --> 00:24:26,368 like cancer , we have 42 better later . 552 00:24:26,368 --> 00:24:28,368 They're currently at the Javits New 553 00:24:28,368 --> 00:24:30,423 York Medical Station . And enough to 554 00:24:30,423 --> 00:24:32,646 question the type of patients we we see 555 00:24:32,646 --> 00:24:34,590 has mentioned by General Hall . We 556 00:24:34,590 --> 00:24:36,757 spoke to we were seeing to . Your five 557 00:24:36,757 --> 00:24:38,646 are also referred to as a medical 558 00:24:38,646 --> 00:24:40,646 shelter . We've now moved to a tier 559 00:24:40,646 --> 00:24:43,060 four , which is the surgical low acuity . 560 00:24:43,060 --> 00:24:45,227 And what we mean by that , I think the 561 00:24:45,227 --> 00:24:47,282 best way to explain it . You think ? 562 00:24:47,282 --> 00:24:49,338 Think the bell shaped curve . When a 563 00:24:49,338 --> 00:24:51,449 coma patient presents to the hospital 564 00:24:51,449 --> 00:24:53,616 and they come into the e . R out of it 565 00:24:53,616 --> 00:24:55,838 out of one of four patients , more than 566 00:24:55,838 --> 00:24:58,060 likely will end up unventilated . Those 567 00:24:58,060 --> 00:25:00,004 are not the patients were actually 568 00:25:00,004 --> 00:25:02,227 vying for . We believe that they really 569 00:25:02,227 --> 00:25:04,338 need those that need to be deputation 570 00:25:04,338 --> 00:25:06,282 that stay in our hospital So we're 571 00:25:06,282 --> 00:25:06,200 actually looking at the patients to 572 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,311 take that come across , develop her . 573 00:25:08,370 --> 00:25:10,203 They've come off event because , 574 00:25:10,203 --> 00:25:12,259 typically , an individual down event 575 00:25:12,259 --> 00:25:14,426 for up to two weeks , as opposed to 48 576 00:25:14,426 --> 00:25:16,537 to 72 hours that we would be non cove 577 00:25:16,537 --> 00:25:18,759 impatient . Those that have come across 578 00:25:18,759 --> 00:25:20,926 the bell curve that come off event and 579 00:25:20,926 --> 00:25:22,981 then those that are starting towards 580 00:25:22,981 --> 00:25:25,148 the Barbary faith . They still require 581 00:25:25,148 --> 00:25:27,370 hospitalization . But not the intensive 582 00:25:27,370 --> 00:25:29,592 ventilator support , did it ? Does that 583 00:25:29,592 --> 00:25:31,880 answer your question , sir ? Yes , 584 00:25:32,120 --> 00:25:34,342 that's good . Thank you very much . And 585 00:25:34,342 --> 00:25:36,509 just a sergeant to touch base . You're 586 00:25:36,509 --> 00:25:38,564 getting more ventilators , right ? I 587 00:25:38,564 --> 00:25:40,676 think General Hall said as of today , 588 00:25:43,140 --> 00:25:45,196 because we're gonna be including the 589 00:25:45,196 --> 00:25:47,418 night hospital center . And that brings 590 00:25:47,418 --> 00:25:49,529 in intensive care unit . We will have 591 00:25:49,529 --> 00:25:51,584 39 42 additional ventilators because 592 00:25:51,584 --> 00:25:53,584 that is required for intensive care 593 00:25:53,584 --> 00:25:56,540 unit . Understood . Thank you , Admiral 594 00:25:56,540 --> 00:25:59,790 Luis . Anything to add to that ? Yeah , 595 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:03,350 Um , from from the comfort standpoint , 596 00:26:04,140 --> 00:26:07,530 the comfort has 500 bag that air fully 597 00:26:07,540 --> 00:26:11,010 staffed and fully equipped . Uh , 598 00:26:11,020 --> 00:26:14,560 now we also have 100 ice . You bed 599 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:18,960 with the same number of ventilators and 600 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,030 we're looking to provide more . 601 00:26:21,030 --> 00:26:23,600 Although we can't convert anymore to 602 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:25,840 icy beds . But we're we're still 603 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:28,770 looking to push ventilators for 604 00:26:29,360 --> 00:26:32,880 as required , if if , if , if required . 605 00:26:34,300 --> 00:26:37,030 Thio . Add on to that the what would 606 00:26:37,030 --> 00:26:39,086 the colonel was discussing about the 607 00:26:39,086 --> 00:26:41,550 level of care ? So the acuity , the 608 00:26:41,550 --> 00:26:44,760 higher acuity , acuity , patients , 609 00:26:45,310 --> 00:26:48,940 I trauma patient emergency and 610 00:26:48,950 --> 00:26:51,730 urgent care patients , regardless of 611 00:26:51,730 --> 00:26:54,480 their covert status , can be treated on 612 00:26:54,590 --> 00:26:57,050 the comfort . The medical professionals , 613 00:26:57,050 --> 00:26:59,620 the doctors and the nurses know exactly 614 00:26:59,620 --> 00:27:03,270 how how they classified it . You know , 615 00:27:03,650 --> 00:27:05,706 those those were the words that were 616 00:27:05,706 --> 00:27:07,650 used in the presidential president 617 00:27:07,650 --> 00:27:10,390 order and orders that we are , uh , 618 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:13,980 putting patients through to to the 619 00:27:14,220 --> 00:27:17,840 system four , but that those 620 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:22,120 details of those medical the medical 621 00:27:22,120 --> 00:27:25,160 requirements are well understood by all 622 00:27:25,160 --> 00:27:27,049 the hospitals . This is what that 623 00:27:27,470 --> 00:27:29,581 liaison teams they're going out doing 624 00:27:29,581 --> 00:27:32,760 communicating in order to get the light 625 00:27:32,770 --> 00:27:35,230 patients to comfort in the right 626 00:27:35,230 --> 00:27:38,660 patients to jab it . And if 627 00:27:38,860 --> 00:27:41,990 required at some point , there could be 628 00:27:42,470 --> 00:27:45,770 an opportunity or a time to 629 00:27:45,890 --> 00:27:48,470 transfer patients from Javits the 630 00:27:48,470 --> 00:27:51,190 comfort of higher acuity or from 631 00:27:51,620 --> 00:27:55,130 comfort back to jab it , and 632 00:27:55,140 --> 00:27:58,160 that that go into a cove . It , 633 00:27:59,140 --> 00:28:01,970 um , convalescence takes that full and 634 00:28:01,970 --> 00:28:05,110 their other uh , ailments that they're 635 00:28:05,110 --> 00:28:07,560 hospitalized for . Oh , they don't 636 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:09,671 longer be need to be hospitalized for 637 00:28:09,671 --> 00:28:11,616 So there's there's that ability to 638 00:28:11,830 --> 00:28:14,180 transfer back and forth between the 22 639 00:28:14,190 --> 00:28:17,870 to D O . D facility . All right , 640 00:28:18,150 --> 00:28:20,428 thank you . Um , all right , with that , 641 00:28:20,428 --> 00:28:23,700 we will go Thio Carla Bob from the away . 642 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:27,487 Hey , thanks for doing this . Um , I'm 643 00:28:27,487 --> 00:28:29,542 a little good to hear from you . I'm 644 00:28:29,542 --> 00:28:31,709 just curious . How many covet patients 645 00:28:31,709 --> 00:28:33,987 have you treated so far on the comfort ? 646 00:28:33,987 --> 00:28:36,160 Do you truly feel that the adjustments 647 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:38,271 that you have in place will keep your 648 00:28:38,271 --> 00:28:40,438 staff state and prevent this infection 649 00:28:40,438 --> 00:28:43,100 from spreading on the ship ? Mr . 650 00:28:43,100 --> 00:28:45,200 Hoffman , can you tell us why the 651 00:28:45,430 --> 00:28:47,541 stress for weeks and weeks that these 652 00:28:47,541 --> 00:28:50,030 ships were not designed for coded on 653 00:28:50,030 --> 00:28:52,197 Lee to change and solve the problem in 654 00:28:52,197 --> 00:28:54,820 less than 24 hours down the road ? I 655 00:28:54,820 --> 00:28:56,990 don't understand why we kept hearing 656 00:28:56,990 --> 00:28:59,480 that they're not coz it take of it . If 657 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:01,900 you know in the end , they are able to 658 00:29:01,910 --> 00:29:04,340 safely take over patients on them . 659 00:29:04,340 --> 00:29:06,396 Brigadier General in the Holly . Can 660 00:29:06,396 --> 00:29:08,562 you help us understand the need in New 661 00:29:08,562 --> 00:29:10,284 York right now ? Because I was 662 00:29:10,284 --> 00:29:12,507 listening to the governor . Today there 663 00:29:12,507 --> 00:29:14,780 are 17,000 patients that are 664 00:29:14,780 --> 00:29:16,950 hospitalized with coded , but he had 665 00:29:16,950 --> 00:29:19,006 mentioned a couple of weeks ago that 666 00:29:19,006 --> 00:29:21,172 there were over 50,000 beds , and they 667 00:29:21,172 --> 00:29:23,061 were trying to double that number 668 00:29:23,061 --> 00:29:25,228 within New York hospitals . So help us 669 00:29:25,228 --> 00:29:27,339 understand why there's a need to open 670 00:29:27,339 --> 00:29:30,020 up the comfort to additional risk on 671 00:29:30,020 --> 00:29:32,187 Why not speak to the original plan and 672 00:29:32,187 --> 00:29:34,187 take in trauma patients and let the 673 00:29:34,187 --> 00:29:36,840 Kobe go to the Javits Center . Right 674 00:29:36,850 --> 00:29:39,072 the animal . Luis , if you wanna take a 675 00:29:39,072 --> 00:29:40,294 first crack at that . 676 00:29:43,420 --> 00:29:45,930 Okay , First of all , right now , we 677 00:29:45,930 --> 00:29:49,040 have 55 patients onboard comfort that 678 00:29:49,050 --> 00:29:52,920 are coded positive . They they they 679 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:55,590 came on board in all cases , covert 680 00:29:55,590 --> 00:29:57,900 negative . They were hospitalized . 681 00:29:58,610 --> 00:30:02,520 Four something something 682 00:30:02,530 --> 00:30:05,760 different than Kobe . But but then and 683 00:30:05,810 --> 00:30:09,580 then , um , when they were retested or 684 00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:12,210 we tested because they had some other 685 00:30:12,210 --> 00:30:15,330 condition . It was causing a clinical 686 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:18,700 evaluation of Kobe and their remaining 687 00:30:18,700 --> 00:30:21,420 on board because it can be treated 688 00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:24,050 properly and isolated , currently 689 00:30:25,290 --> 00:30:27,457 isolated within one of the wards . And 690 00:30:27,457 --> 00:30:29,790 that's that's there's no issue in there . 691 00:30:29,790 --> 00:30:32,370 I have personally been on a ship a 692 00:30:32,380 --> 00:30:36,330 couple days ago several times , but 693 00:30:36,330 --> 00:30:38,660 a couple of days ago walking the wards 694 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:41,880 in the in the wards where we have we 695 00:30:41,880 --> 00:30:45,530 had a Kobe patient and and the , uh you 696 00:30:45,530 --> 00:30:47,920 know , I can tell you that the 697 00:30:47,930 --> 00:30:51,120 treatment is is absolutely you 698 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:55,060 first rate , but also from the 699 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:59,180 members of the ship external to you 700 00:30:59,670 --> 00:31:01,614 that they're on a ship , that crew 701 00:31:01,614 --> 00:31:03,670 members and the doctors and nurses , 702 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:06,960 they're absolutely comfortable with all 703 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:10,790 the although protocols they're meeting 704 00:31:10,790 --> 00:31:14,050 as faras , uh , remaining safe and 705 00:31:14,060 --> 00:31:17,340 treating a code pace that patients have 706 00:31:17,350 --> 00:31:20,970 recovered positive this for the comfort 707 00:31:20,970 --> 00:31:24,630 to do to really relieve the pressure , 708 00:31:24,750 --> 00:31:26,861 you know , to be a part of the relief 709 00:31:26,861 --> 00:31:28,917 of the pressure on the New York City 710 00:31:29,140 --> 00:31:32,970 hospitals . Uh , we have to be 711 00:31:32,970 --> 00:31:35,420 able to do this because this is where 712 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:37,887 there is a There are tremendous number 713 00:31:37,887 --> 00:31:41,350 of of patients in the hospital , 714 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,540 most of which are our covert positive 715 00:31:46,530 --> 00:31:50,260 and data . And of that number , 716 00:31:51,180 --> 00:31:53,430 there's a very large percentage of that 717 00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:56,050 were hospitalized for something else , 718 00:31:56,530 --> 00:31:58,890 but they're still Kobe deposits . So if 719 00:31:58,900 --> 00:32:02,260 we restrict ourselves to being , 720 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:05,330 uh , not taking that there's a very 721 00:32:05,330 --> 00:32:07,663 small number in New York City hospitals , 722 00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:11,570 uh , that are hospital life for 723 00:32:11,570 --> 00:32:15,090 something other than Kobe and our cove . 724 00:32:15,090 --> 00:32:17,970 It negative . That's the number that 725 00:32:17,970 --> 00:32:21,070 was So we're not able really to achieve 726 00:32:21,070 --> 00:32:23,600 our mission that that we were sent here 727 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:26,530 by the president to and the secretary 728 00:32:26,530 --> 00:32:29,550 of defense to do in conjunction with 729 00:32:29,550 --> 00:32:32,740 Javits uh , really get at where where 730 00:32:32,740 --> 00:32:34,920 the relief is needed . That's my 731 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:37,950 interpretation of out how it , uh , how 732 00:32:37,950 --> 00:32:40,172 it's all playing out . But we've had to 733 00:32:40,172 --> 00:32:42,580 adjust what we do and how we do it and 734 00:32:42,580 --> 00:32:45,400 reconfigure the ship accordingly . But 735 00:32:45,410 --> 00:32:47,600 I'm very confident that we have taken 736 00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:51,420 all the no requisite that do 737 00:32:51,420 --> 00:32:54,970 so and and that's , uh , and 738 00:32:54,970 --> 00:32:58,050 mitigated what risk we have incurred , 739 00:32:58,610 --> 00:33:01,220 uh , to the maximum degree possible . 740 00:33:02,430 --> 00:33:05,550 So I know you had a hard stop at 741 00:33:05,560 --> 00:33:09,120 1400 . So if if you're gonna drop off , 742 00:33:09,130 --> 00:33:11,241 feel free . Well , we've got two more 743 00:33:11,241 --> 00:33:13,297 questions and I want to give General 744 00:33:13,610 --> 00:33:15,610 General Hall an opportunity to take 745 00:33:15,610 --> 00:33:17,777 this question as well . But just being 746 00:33:17,777 --> 00:33:19,943 respectful your time just want to make 747 00:33:19,943 --> 00:33:22,110 everybody aware of that . So , General 748 00:33:22,110 --> 00:33:24,166 Hall , if you wantto take , uh , any 749 00:33:24,166 --> 00:33:25,777 additional to add on to that 750 00:33:27,740 --> 00:33:29,907 No , I don't have anything else to add 751 00:33:29,907 --> 00:33:32,073 on to that one . I mean , I think it's 752 00:33:32,073 --> 00:33:35,090 been clearly covered over OK , and the 753 00:33:35,090 --> 00:33:37,312 one thing I would just point out Carlos 754 00:33:37,312 --> 00:33:40,030 is we've talked about before is a sweet 755 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:42,207 said from the start with regard to the 756 00:33:42,207 --> 00:33:44,373 comfort and the mercy and other option 757 00:33:44,373 --> 00:33:46,490 is is that the Department of Defense 758 00:33:46,490 --> 00:33:48,712 has never said that we can't do some of 759 00:33:48,712 --> 00:33:50,934 these missions . It's just that we need 760 00:33:50,934 --> 00:33:53,157 to balance the risk and work our way up 761 00:33:53,157 --> 00:33:55,157 the risk ladder . And as the animal 762 00:33:55,157 --> 00:33:57,434 said , we have mitigated the risk a CZ , 763 00:33:57,434 --> 00:33:59,546 much as we can based on opening up to 764 00:33:59,546 --> 00:34:01,712 code patients . We've also reduced the 765 00:34:01,712 --> 00:34:04,500 number of beds available , Um , and 766 00:34:04,510 --> 00:34:06,480 taking steps to get the risk of 767 00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:09,180 exposure , particularly exposure that 768 00:34:09,180 --> 00:34:10,958 could affect ah longer terms of 769 00:34:10,958 --> 00:34:13,013 deployment . So those are all things 770 00:34:13,013 --> 00:34:14,958 that we've said throughout that we 771 00:34:14,958 --> 00:34:16,902 would have to dio . But we've been 772 00:34:16,902 --> 00:34:18,624 balancing that and have made a 773 00:34:18,624 --> 00:34:20,791 determination with the governor of New 774 00:34:20,791 --> 00:34:22,513 York and the President and the 775 00:34:22,513 --> 00:34:24,569 Secretary and General Shaughnessy to 776 00:34:24,569 --> 00:34:27,250 move forward with this path . So , uh , 777 00:34:27,260 --> 00:34:29,980 next we'll go to Ah , Tom Bowman , NPR . 778 00:34:30,720 --> 00:34:32,831 Thanks . This is for General Natali , 779 00:34:32,831 --> 00:34:35,200 but anyone else could jump in . Do you 780 00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:36,867 think New York city will need 781 00:34:36,867 --> 00:34:39,033 transportation from D o d to get these 782 00:34:39,033 --> 00:34:41,570 patients from hospitals to the Javits 783 00:34:41,580 --> 00:34:44,710 Center or the comfort . Or are there 784 00:34:44,710 --> 00:34:46,930 enough ambulances ? And also , is it 785 00:34:46,930 --> 00:34:49,100 true that New York City , New York 786 00:34:49,100 --> 00:34:50,989 state patients have to give their 787 00:34:50,989 --> 00:34:53,260 consent before heading toe either 788 00:34:53,260 --> 00:34:55,770 Javits or the company ? If that's the 789 00:34:55,770 --> 00:34:57,910 case , you know , this could clog the 790 00:34:57,910 --> 00:35:00,132 system because a lot of people may just 791 00:35:00,132 --> 00:35:02,299 decide to stay in the hospital and not 792 00:35:02,299 --> 00:35:04,980 go to those facilities . I'll actually 793 00:35:04,980 --> 00:35:06,980 turn that over to D General Hall to 794 00:35:06,980 --> 00:35:08,869 start with and then from there to 795 00:35:08,869 --> 00:35:12,330 General Natali . Yes , sir . Eight . Um , 796 00:35:12,330 --> 00:35:14,441 I think the questions you asked me on 797 00:35:14,441 --> 00:35:16,790 the transportation to the Javits Center 798 00:35:16,790 --> 00:35:19,420 in the Mercy the state is set up a 799 00:35:19,420 --> 00:35:22,270 contract to do that . We're comfortable 800 00:35:22,270 --> 00:35:24,492 with the number of ambulance , and they 801 00:35:24,492 --> 00:35:26,600 have dedicated towards that . Thio 802 00:35:26,610 --> 00:35:28,610 bring patients either to the Javits 803 00:35:28,610 --> 00:35:30,920 Center to the comfort or transport 804 00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:34,540 trance . Support the patients in 805 00:35:34,540 --> 00:35:36,707 between that . The second part of your 806 00:35:36,707 --> 00:35:38,929 question is your correct . They have to 807 00:35:38,929 --> 00:35:41,151 give their consent . Come here . One of 808 00:35:41,151 --> 00:35:43,930 the things Jonathan's opening statement 809 00:35:43,940 --> 00:35:46,140 kind of talk about how we're working 810 00:35:46,140 --> 00:35:49,940 through getting people here part of 811 00:35:49,940 --> 00:35:52,460 the outreach effort with our Ellen oh 812 00:35:52,460 --> 00:35:54,990 teams is that we're currently working 813 00:35:54,990 --> 00:35:57,790 on a pamphlet to give to the hospital 814 00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:00,090 so people know what to expect being 815 00:36:00,090 --> 00:36:02,201 generally when you go to a hospital , 816 00:36:02,201 --> 00:36:04,312 you know what to expect . And then if 817 00:36:04,312 --> 00:36:06,423 you're saying , hey , we want to move 818 00:36:06,423 --> 00:36:06,270 you to the comfort on where you want to 819 00:36:06,270 --> 00:36:08,350 move it to the Javits Center 820 00:36:09,340 --> 00:36:12,570 over overcoming that fear of that gap 821 00:36:12,570 --> 00:36:14,650 of information I think it's critical 822 00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:16,840 that them coming to these locations 823 00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:18,784 that yes , they have to give their 824 00:36:18,784 --> 00:36:21,007 consent will do you ? Do you agree that 825 00:36:21,007 --> 00:36:23,229 there could be a problem here ? Because 826 00:36:23,229 --> 00:36:23,170 if I'm sitting in Mount Sinai or 827 00:36:23,170 --> 00:36:25,392 another hospital , I have a comfortable 828 00:36:25,392 --> 00:36:27,337 room . I may not want to go to the 829 00:36:27,337 --> 00:36:29,850 Javits Center , this open air area or 830 00:36:29,850 --> 00:36:33,710 to a ship . Yeah , 831 00:36:33,710 --> 00:36:36,420 we're doing the best we can to make 832 00:36:36,420 --> 00:36:38,420 them comfortable to understand what 833 00:36:38,550 --> 00:36:41,070 they're coming to come into this two 834 00:36:41,070 --> 00:36:43,126 locations . And we know that the New 835 00:36:43,126 --> 00:36:45,500 York City hospital system will help us , 836 00:36:45,510 --> 00:36:47,730 uh , short to that and the private 837 00:36:47,730 --> 00:36:50,980 hospitals as well , General Italia , 838 00:36:50,980 --> 00:36:54,680 Anything to add to that ? No , 839 00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:57,720 Nothing to add other than we have not 840 00:36:57,730 --> 00:37:00,250 been asked to provide any d o . D 841 00:37:00,260 --> 00:37:02,620 specific capabilities to transport . I 842 00:37:02,630 --> 00:37:04,686 think that was the first part of the 843 00:37:04,686 --> 00:37:07,440 question as well . Going up more to add . 844 00:37:07,450 --> 00:37:09,506 Thank you . We're gonna get our last 845 00:37:09,506 --> 00:37:11,617 question , Jeff Showgirl from tasking 846 00:37:11,617 --> 00:37:15,340 purpose . Thank you . This is a 847 00:37:15,340 --> 00:37:17,640 question for for everyone . How many 848 00:37:17,650 --> 00:37:19,650 ventilators is the Javits Center 849 00:37:19,650 --> 00:37:21,900 getting ? And can you say when they all 850 00:37:21,900 --> 00:37:25,690 will arrive ? Thank you . So turn that 851 00:37:25,690 --> 00:37:28,660 over General Hall . And currently we 852 00:37:28,660 --> 00:37:32,660 got 40 to 48 hours , 72 hours . 853 00:37:32,660 --> 00:37:34,340 We'll have another 48 over . 854 00:37:37,930 --> 00:37:39,874 Thank you . That's all that you're 855 00:37:39,874 --> 00:37:42,097 getting . Are you getting any more ? On 856 00:37:42,097 --> 00:37:44,319 top of that ? No . That's That's what's 857 00:37:44,319 --> 00:37:46,630 currently planned right now . And I 858 00:37:46,630 --> 00:37:49,190 think , Jeff , it goes back to the plan 859 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:52,100 for for what type of patient The Javits 860 00:37:52,100 --> 00:37:54,370 Center is intended . Thio treat . So 861 00:37:54,370 --> 00:37:56,537 the Javits Center is intended to treat 862 00:37:56,537 --> 00:37:59,060 the low acuity patients , uh , who are 863 00:37:59,070 --> 00:38:02,060 in less dire situation . While the 864 00:38:02,060 --> 00:38:04,282 comfort is intended to treat the higher 865 00:38:04,282 --> 00:38:06,450 acuity , patients who may need 866 00:38:06,500 --> 00:38:09,210 intensive care on DDE can move into the 867 00:38:09,210 --> 00:38:12,290 I C . U and the stock of ventilators on 868 00:38:12,500 --> 00:38:15,530 on the comfort . So I believe that 869 00:38:15,730 --> 00:38:17,897 that's one way to describe stretch out 870 00:38:17,897 --> 00:38:20,119 a general call for anything else to add 871 00:38:20,119 --> 00:38:23,260 to that . In his admiral , Lewis said , 872 00:38:23,260 --> 00:38:26,800 We look at that . Comfort in the Javits 873 00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:29,230 Center is one ecosystem . So they have 874 00:38:29,230 --> 00:38:32,190 the ability with 100 . I see you that 875 00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:36,810 so in 72 hours we'll have almost 200 876 00:38:36,810 --> 00:38:39,730 beds combined with ventilators . So 877 00:38:39,730 --> 00:38:41,786 that's going into the calculations . 878 00:38:42,020 --> 00:38:45,270 The staffing for the beds were manning 879 00:38:45,270 --> 00:38:47,492 and making sure that we have adequate . 880 00:38:47,492 --> 00:38:49,326 I see . You bet that was why the 881 00:38:49,326 --> 00:38:51,214 decision . Daryl O'Shaughnessy at 882 00:38:51,214 --> 00:38:53,580 Northcom made the decision earlier 883 00:38:53,580 --> 00:38:55,930 today that the four deploy an employee 884 00:38:55,930 --> 00:38:58,720 that other 48 . I see . You bet that we 885 00:38:58,720 --> 00:39:01,770 need the needs of the city nor New York 886 00:39:01,770 --> 00:39:05,430 in the state of New York . Over . All 887 00:39:05,430 --> 00:39:07,920 right , guys . Thank you . For those of 888 00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:10,580 you jumping on from the New York media , 889 00:39:10,580 --> 00:39:12,747 we really appreciate it . We'll try to 890 00:39:12,747 --> 00:39:14,969 do this again soon . Um , and thank you 891 00:39:14,969 --> 00:39:17,191 to the call participants for taking the 892 00:39:17,191 --> 00:39:19,191 time to take these questions . Take 893 00:39:19,191 --> 00:39:20,410 care . Thank you .