Governor abbott first, i want to thank everybody for being here today. As i provide you an update on where we are as of today, as well as some new additional information. First, i want to let you know hat as of today, the Texas State Health Department Says that the state of texas now has tested positive 715 texans, testing positive for covid19. Once again, the number that the state Health Department provides differs a little bit from the figures that are provided by Johns Hopkins. The reason for that is because Johns Hopkins provides some additional cases that may not yet be confirmed. The two numbers are working close and parallel. The state department pronounces 715 people have tested positive. Johns hopkins counts 810. Its my understanding that Johns Hopkins also includes in their numbers those who have been brought into the state of texas from those cruise ships. The number of deaths as of today is now 11. The number of counties affected by this is now 65. And the total number of t
Governor abbott first, i want to thank everybody for being here today. As i provide you an update on where we are as of today, as well as some new additional information. First, i want to let you know that as of today, the Texas State Health Department Says that the state of texas now has tested positive 715 texans, testing positive for covid19. Once again, the number that the state Health Department provides differs a little bit from the figures that are provided by Johns Hopkins. The reason for that is because Johns Hopkins provides some additional cases that may not yet be confirmed. The two numbers are working close and parallel. The state department pronounces 715 people have tested positive. Johns hopkins counts 810. Its my understanding that Johns Hopkins also includes in their numbers those who have been brought into the state of texas from those cruise ships. The number of deaths as of today is now 11. The number of counties affected by this is now 65. And the total number of
Keep this virus outside of the United States. Already, there has been a vigorous response. We hope to hear more today about exactly what has been done, and what needs to be done Going Forward. Two weeks ago, Thomas R Duncan traveled here from liberia. By way of brussels and dulles airport. He fell ill, and presented himself for treatment at Texas Health Presbyterian hospital in dallas. Mr. Duncans diagnosis set in motion an extensive Public Health operation involving federal, state, and local officials to identify and assess any individuals with whom he may have had contact. A process called Contact Tracing. That Contact Tracing effort continues today. Our prayers are with everyone who is currently being monitored as part of this incident. We are thankful that to date, there been no additional cases of ebola standing from this case. It is difficult, but it is one of the few ways to contain the disease. Containment also requires swift coordinated action. In this hearing, and investigati
Happening in the future. I want to go into a little more areil first on what we doing to promote safe and effective care. Safe and effective care, we had already begun several days ago to ramp up the education and training of Health Care Workers at this facility. May be doneebola safely, but its hard to do safely. It requires scrupulous attention to Infection Control and even a single inadvertent, innocent slip can result in contamination. We are recommending to the facility that the number of workers that care for anyone with respect to ebola began to an absolute minimum. We recommend the procedures that are undertaken to support the care of that individual be committed to essential procedures will stop forth about we are looking at personal protective equipment, understanding theres about theres a balance and putting more on isnt always safer and may make it harder to provide effective care. Recommending there be a fulltime individual responsible only for the oversight, supervision,
And you standing there just so nice and forceful. Bill, despiteady all the help that you got from Public Office, all of it would not have mattered it was the oneonone, bipartisan consensus that you pulled off. It was pretty incredible. I think the most remarkable thing about jim was that i cannot say the day that he died because i had not seen him for two months before that. The same remarkable man the day that he died that he was when i met him over almost 37, 38 years ago. As the old saying goes, there are two things you have to know about jim brady. One was that he was tougher than you, and two, that he was smarter than you. Those were helpful going in. He had an incredible mind, but the thing that i loved about him most is he seemed more driven by his heart, as much by his heart as his mind. As i said, he never let up. He understood that it was really necessary to get important rings done, to question the judgment of other people. But the thing that he never did which is done today