WEBVTT 00:34.630 --> 00:37.530 you know the guard . As the governor of 00:37.530 --> 00:40.000 this state , Thagard is super valuable 00:40.010 --> 00:41.899 to the state of Oklahoma . To our 00:41.899 --> 00:43.899 citizens , there are ready and able 00:43.899 --> 00:46.570 workforce . They can bring just a 00:46.570 --> 00:50.310 multitude of different talents to 00:50.310 --> 00:52.477 fill in where we need him in a time of 00:52.477 --> 00:53.477 crisis . 01:00.240 --> 01:03.970 The guard really is a like a Swiss Army 01:03.970 --> 01:06.026 knife . You know , there are so many 01:06.026 --> 01:08.081 things that we could do . There's so 01:08.081 --> 01:10.248 many ways that we could feel gaps that 01:10.248 --> 01:12.414 out , that have become apparent in the 01:12.414 --> 01:12.210 community 01:19.090 --> 01:21.410 to some degree now . But certainly 01:21.420 --> 01:23.880 start . There's a I felt there was a 01:23.890 --> 01:26.210 tremendous amount of anxiety . There 01:26.210 --> 01:28.099 was a lot of unknowns people were 01:28.099 --> 01:30.154 dealing with . But when the governor 01:30.154 --> 01:32.210 decided to use this in large numbers 01:32.210 --> 01:33.988 across Oklahoma , I thought the 01:33.988 --> 01:35.988 presence of the National Guard is a 01:35.988 --> 01:37.877 known commodity for most citizens 01:37.877 --> 01:39.710 across state of Oklahoma . And I 01:39.710 --> 01:41.821 thought , for the most part is a very 01:41.821 --> 01:44.043 reassuring ports , and I was very happy 01:44.043 --> 01:46.050 that we could be a part of that 01:46.050 --> 01:48.870 response to lend a little stability toe 01:48.870 --> 01:51.092 all these communities across Oklahoma . 01:51.092 --> 01:53.148 They didn't know what it was and how 01:53.148 --> 01:55.370 they were going to get through it . but 01:55.370 --> 01:57.370 they know gardist there , so things 01:57.370 --> 01:59.481 they're gonna be okay . And so I just 01:59.481 --> 02:01.314 wanted to get organized with our 02:01.314 --> 02:03.370 information , and I wasn't getting a 02:03.370 --> 02:05.592 good , consistent flow of information . 02:05.592 --> 02:07.970 So we talked to the tag and we talked 02:07.970 --> 02:11.100 to the General . Nancy . No . And so we 02:11.100 --> 02:13.300 called up the guard to set up a 02:13.310 --> 02:15.477 information brief . Eat . It's like it 02:15.477 --> 02:17.810 strategically put National Guard around . 02:17.810 --> 02:19.699 The state always stood up a multi 02:19.699 --> 02:21.890 agency council at our TIA over a 02:22.180 --> 02:24.236 regional training to be brought in . 02:24.236 --> 02:26.440 All these agency heads try toe 02:26.450 --> 02:29.870 collaborate . How do we best combat 02:29.880 --> 02:32.102 this ? How do we best respond to this ? 02:32.102 --> 02:35.050 So really what ? That was organic 02:35.060 --> 02:38.130 outgrowth of Are you really just 02:38.130 --> 02:40.074 looking and evaluating the state's 02:40.074 --> 02:43.640 ability to coordinate the actions of 02:43.650 --> 02:46.000 all of the agency from state under the 02:46.000 --> 02:48.278 direction of the government ? You know , 02:48.278 --> 02:50.278 the White House ? We had calls with 02:50.278 --> 02:52.333 them every single week from the vice 02:52.333 --> 02:54.222 president , the president , their 02:54.222 --> 02:55.944 leadership . It's advising the 02:55.944 --> 02:57.833 president , and consistently they 02:57.833 --> 02:59.722 wanted to talk to me about how we 02:59.722 --> 03:01.889 utilize the guard because our data was 03:01.889 --> 03:03.944 more accurate than any other state . 03:03.944 --> 03:06.222 You have lots of people producing that , 03:06.222 --> 03:08.650 but no one was looking and synthesizing 03:08.650 --> 03:12.330 it and producing information . 03:12.690 --> 03:16.180 Rod Apps give the governor in the 45 03:16.180 --> 03:19.150 minutes from power that you get him to 03:19.160 --> 03:21.930 make decisions as at an executive level . 03:22.120 --> 03:23.898 So he needed that information , 03:23.898 --> 03:26.250 sympathized and provided to him in a 03:26.320 --> 03:29.370 format where he could see it integrated 03:29.370 --> 03:30.800 in and make those 03:37.840 --> 03:39.860 We put guardsmen in our strategic 03:39.860 --> 03:41.971 stockpile to make sure we distributed 03:41.971 --> 03:43.693 throughout the states of first 03:43.693 --> 03:45.790 responders . You spent time at our 03:46.270 --> 03:49.540 strategic national stockpile . The 03:49.930 --> 03:53.560 Army Guard transformed . That 03:54.120 --> 03:56.980 capability absolutely revolutionised it . 03:58.640 --> 04:00.751 I think it's awesome because shipping 04:00.751 --> 04:02.640 out stuff I can see like Comanche 04:02.640 --> 04:04.529 County Health Department Lawton , 04:04.529 --> 04:06.640 Oklahoma . And that's my family . And 04:06.640 --> 04:06.380 that's my friends . And so that's 04:06.390 --> 04:08.557 awesome that I am able to work up here 04:08.650 --> 04:10.706 shipping out things that they need . 04:22.550 --> 04:25.080 I really want Teoh recognize the people 04:25.080 --> 04:27.350 of Oklahoma in that industry for 04:27.740 --> 04:30.018 putting our testing protocols in place . 04:31.540 --> 04:33.920 A guard has done everything from 04:34.010 --> 04:35.788 literally administered the test 04:36.170 --> 04:38.890 transporting test , picking up the test 04:38.890 --> 04:41.223 at labs and picking it to attested spot . 04:41.440 --> 04:43.440 The guard has played a huge role in 04:43.440 --> 04:46.080 that , and I'm very proud of our young 04:46.080 --> 04:48.890 men and young women who have worked all 04:48.890 --> 04:52.480 day and that PPE with mask and gown and 04:52.560 --> 04:55.260 never had a bad attitude . And even 04:55.260 --> 04:57.371 though the public wasn't waiting long 04:57.371 --> 04:59.490 periods of time , it was pretty 04:59.490 --> 05:01.760 consistent . Person after person after 05:01.770 --> 05:03.714 person was there . What much break 05:03.714 --> 05:06.980 between patient a patient be because 05:06.980 --> 05:09.147 there was always someone there waiting 05:09.147 --> 05:10.147 to get a test . 05:15.790 --> 05:18.420 I think that contact tracing is very 05:18.420 --> 05:21.300 important . I also think is very 05:21.300 --> 05:24.110 challenging because if you think about 05:24.210 --> 05:27.540 the world that we live in today , when 05:27.540 --> 05:29.707 your phone rings and it's not somebody 05:29.707 --> 05:31.762 that pops up in your contact someone 05:31.762 --> 05:33.984 that you recognize , you may it may not 05:33.984 --> 05:35.873 answer it . So when we do contact 05:35.873 --> 05:38.760 tracing , there is fear that people 05:38.770 --> 05:41.570 have in the community . You know about 05:41.580 --> 05:44.840 privacy , so we're not there to worry 05:44.840 --> 05:46.951 about what they're doing . We're just 05:46.951 --> 05:49.062 worried about their symptoms , making 05:49.062 --> 05:51.290 sure that they are aware that they came 05:51.290 --> 05:54.210 in contact with Kobe . 19 . The theory 05:54.210 --> 05:56.377 is , if you can contact trace enough , 05:56.570 --> 05:58.737 then you can inhibit the spread of the 05:58.737 --> 06:01.000 disease . But that requires a broad 06:01.000 --> 06:03.630 scale testing . And once those 06:03.640 --> 06:05.760 individuals are have indicated 06:05.770 --> 06:08.010 themselves of being a positive that 06:08.010 --> 06:10.177 you've been able to immediately follow 06:10.177 --> 06:12.399 up , contact trees and and identify all 06:12.399 --> 06:14.621 the people that might have been exposed 06:14.621 --> 06:16.677 by that person and isolate them . So 06:16.677 --> 06:18.732 the mission absolutely makes sense , 06:18.732 --> 06:20.621 and we'll probably doing that for 06:20.621 --> 06:22.066 extended period of time . 06:24.640 --> 06:27.970 Way also set up some task force to 06:27.970 --> 06:30.220 clean nursing homes and to help with 06:30.220 --> 06:32.442 that because that's the most vulnerable 06:32.442 --> 06:34.387 population . And where we have the 06:34.387 --> 06:36.609 highest death rate was inside long term 06:36.609 --> 06:38.609 care facilities . So we were really 06:38.609 --> 06:42.230 just doing anything we could to impact 06:42.230 --> 06:45.690 that in a positive way . It's important 06:45.740 --> 06:47.796 because the residents that live here 06:47.796 --> 06:50.530 fall into the vulnerable population in 06:50.530 --> 06:54.030 Oklahoma for cof in 19 . So by us 06:54.030 --> 06:56.350 coming in here and disinfecting , we 06:56.360 --> 06:59.410 mitigate the spread of Kobe 19 . I went 06:59.420 --> 07:02.870 to several locations just Teoh 07:02.880 --> 07:05.410 visitor folks that were performing at 07:05.410 --> 07:07.630 Mission in . I would encourage those 07:07.630 --> 07:09.960 guys go . That's hard hot work because 07:09.960 --> 07:12.127 you're covered head to toe in this pee 07:12.127 --> 07:14.182 pee in your scrub independent on the 07:14.182 --> 07:17.270 sides of that nursing home , multi 07:17.270 --> 07:19.381 stories . In some cases , it's It's a 07:19.381 --> 07:21.760 hard , tough job some of those places 07:21.760 --> 07:24.790 and never had that level of cleaning 07:24.800 --> 07:26.860 pay place , and it's gotta give the 07:26.870 --> 07:28.981 people that work there and the people 07:28.981 --> 07:31.092 that live there a better feeling that 07:31.092 --> 07:32.926 the guard has come . And I think 07:32.926 --> 07:34.926 they're gonna river that for a long 07:34.926 --> 07:34.160 time . 07:48.640 --> 07:50.862 We are so happy to welcome the Oklahoma 07:50.862 --> 07:53.100 Air National Guard to our facility . 07:53.100 --> 07:55.267 And we're so thankful to governor step 07:55.267 --> 07:57.489 for activating and making that happen . 07:57.489 --> 07:59.711 This group is like a well oiled machine 08:00.040 --> 08:02.900 on . Just having 25 year has made such 08:02.900 --> 08:04.956 a difference . In just the first few 08:04.956 --> 08:06.789 days , they're literally setting 08:06.789 --> 08:08.956 records , a member of emergency food , 08:08.956 --> 08:11.360 Boston boxes packed and number pallets 08:11.360 --> 08:13.527 that were ableto Bill . And that makes 08:13.527 --> 08:15.693 such a difference because we're seeing 08:15.693 --> 08:17.916 an incredible increase in need for food 08:17.916 --> 08:20.082 assistance in Oklahoma . So having the 08:20.082 --> 08:22.550 Air National Guard here is been like a 08:22.550 --> 08:24.850 real shot in the arm for us . So I 08:24.850 --> 08:26.961 think it's extremely important for us 08:26.961 --> 08:29.183 right now , especially in this pressing 08:29.183 --> 08:31.406 time . A lot of people are losing their 08:31.406 --> 08:33.461 jobs and they can't afford food . So 08:33.461 --> 08:35.572 with us being here and being a little 08:35.572 --> 08:37.628 past him out , we're really making a 08:37.628 --> 08:39.406 difference in their community . 08:42.890 --> 08:46.040 I don't know if I could adequately 08:46.090 --> 08:48.368 compared us to anything . This is here . 08:48.368 --> 08:50.590 All these terms , and we've heard of ad 08:50.590 --> 08:52.380 nauseum and way grown tired of 08:52.450 --> 08:54.720 unprecedented never before . But this 08:54.720 --> 08:56.776 truly is something as a country that 08:56.776 --> 08:59.130 we've never dealt with before . I think 08:59.140 --> 09:01.690 we did a really good job . Tom Hotel . 09:02.160 --> 09:04.327 You know , we'll look back and see how 09:04.327 --> 09:06.880 well we did , but I don't think that 09:07.500 --> 09:09.778 calling The Guardian was every mistake . 09:09.778 --> 09:11.889 I think it's exact opposite . I think 09:11.889 --> 09:14.111 everywhere I went , all the feed that I 09:14.111 --> 09:16.310 saw from social media , from people 09:16.310 --> 09:18.532 that knew what was in the guard to talk 09:18.532 --> 09:20.699 to me . Everywhere we went , we made a 09:20.699 --> 09:22.866 difference . And everywhere we went it 09:22.866 --> 09:25.032 was commitment to that community , and 09:25.032 --> 09:27.143 it was a silent not to the governor . 09:27.143 --> 09:29.143 Thank you for picking this . Siri's 09:29.143 --> 09:31.088 enough . This in Oklahoma National 09:31.088 --> 09:32.977 Guard helpless . So the guard was 09:32.977 --> 09:35.088 exemplary in every task that we asked 09:35.088 --> 09:37.143 them to do and just can't thank them 09:37.143 --> 09:39.032 enough . They were went above and 09:39.032 --> 09:41.199 beyond and helped helped Oklahomans in 09:41.199 --> 09:43.500 a time of crisis fight . This covert 09:43.500 --> 09:47.100 pandemic I was at Katrina had extensive 09:47.110 --> 09:49.500 experience and tornadoes . This 09:49.500 --> 09:52.380 represents one highlights national 09:52.390 --> 09:56.180 doors , domestic service , and I 09:56.180 --> 09:58.510 rank it right up there with Katrina or 09:58.520 --> 10:01.410 eating in my combat . What I saw Our 10:01.410 --> 10:03.632 men and women do people who are wearing 10:03.632 --> 10:05.521 this uniform there , representing 10:05.590 --> 10:07.646 everyone in several warned this year 10:08.040 --> 10:10.096 they're represented . Everyone wears 10:10.096 --> 10:12.440 this uniform right now and it will 10:12.440 --> 10:15.250 represent everyone that ever will wear 10:15.250 --> 10:17.720 this uniform . And to do that on a 10:17.720 --> 10:19.770 volunteer basis to step up , accept 10:19.770 --> 10:22.060 that responsibility . Really simple for 10:22.060 --> 10:23.480 me . Thank you .