did save lives. but those restrictions carried on for weeks and weeks and weeks. and then you had to start balancing, okay, this virus is significant. we obviously are sensitive with elderly people. but shouldn t we be giving them the decision making about having family visitation and all this stuff? are we, as the government, going to make that decision for them? you know, so i made the decision i think we were the first state in the country to say, you know what? let them make these decisions about this. there is more to life than just one virus. the human connection that people longed for. and i had a lady named mary daniel from jacksonville, florida. so, in those initial weeks, she wasn t able to go and visit her husband, who is in a memory care facility. so, she decided to apply to get a job to work in the facility so that she could have interaction with him. so, she came and talked about her story. she talked about how, while people were very concerned about the virus effect o