thepresiednets cspan. Org thepresident s. Georgiaan update on the coronavirus response. Governor camp has developed on ahmaud arbery, a 25 euros black man shot while jogging in a residential neighborhood in february. From atlanta, this is 45 minutes. Gov. Kemp good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Before we begin our Weekly Briefing i want to address the Ongoing Investigation involving Ahmaud Arberys death in l glynn county caret i watched the video showing mr. Arberys last moments of life. It is horrific and georgians deserve answers. I know they will be working aroundtheclock thoroughly and independently investigating mr. Arberys death to find the truth. In these moments i would ask you continue to pray for his loved ones, the local community, as well as our state. As you all know, we are living in unprecedented times. Here in georgia as well as across the country. Ourd19 has threatens health and wellbeing. This deadly virus has rocked our economy. While we experienced
Video showing mr. Arberys last moments of life. It is horrific and georgians deserve answers. I know they will be working aroundtheclock thoroughly and independently investigating mr. Arberys death to find the truth. In these moments i would ask you continue to pray for his loved ones, the local community, as well as our state. As you all know, we are living in unprecedented times. Here in georgia as well as across the country. Ourd19 has threatens health and wellbeing. This deadly virus has rocked our economy. While we experienced dark days on this journey, i am encouraged by our progress in this war. Are taking the pandemic seriously, Wearing Masks, practicing social distancing and following cdc guidelines. I am confident if we remain vigilant, we will emerge from this stronger, more united and victorious. I am proud to report we are seeing record highs in testing, thanks to partnership with Augusta University, our University System, the private sector as well as local Public Health
the board of commissioners, youtube, however she can get this message out. if public health is no longer the guidance you re formulating then what is our baseline in moving forward? i think that s the question that hasn t been answered yes and what you see reflected in the reporting. a quick observation. the cdc is located close to you folks. a bit ironic this is playing itself out in the shadows of where this guidance comes from. right. it s 20 miles away, the cdc is. one thing that s also occurred to me is that a lot of people just have these issues with the cdc but the reality is that they are not the only ones that are saying that kids should wear masks in schools. we have the georgia association of american academy of pediatrics. we have a cobb county health department. we followed the guidelines last
it s 20 miles away, the cdc is. one thing that s also occurred to me is that a lot of people just have these issues with the cdc but the reality is that they are not the only ones that are saying that kids should wear masks in schools. we have the georgia association of american academy of pediatrics. we have a cobb county health department. we followed the guidelines last year. we mandated masks. we were virtual for some time. this year in height of a new variant and when this is super dangerous for our kids, we are not following those guidelines. we re doing the opposite. we educate future scientists and doctors and we re very, very proud of that. we re not following our scientists and doctors today. i worry this is a microcosm of what is or about the play out all across the country. thank you.