Good morning, everyone. We'll begin today with an update from Dr. Levine Good morning, everyone. I'd like you to refer to my little placard here Just to give you the beginning of the update each bar represents Accumulative number of cases on a given day during this past month the blue portion of the bar represents the newest cases Just eyeballing this everyone can see that this does not represent linear growth This is termed exponential growth And we don't yet know what the days to come hold, but we can anticipate that everything will get higher. I want to remind you that it was only two weeks ago We had one case in Vermont We have in excess of 100 now 123 to be exact The last day on this graph is the 23rd But in my hand I have the most updated data which came after midnight last night and there's now 123 and The blue portion is 28 new cases The appearance of the graph is more important than the numbers The other perspective is that It's only been about two weeks that we've been involved with coronavirus at this level in Vermont And in that period of time We've experienced now eight deaths Six of the deaths are associated with the outbreak at the Burlington rehabilitation facility and to be fair These are every single one a tragedy in itself But most of the deaths there were in individuals who were Very medically complex may have had advanced dementia and did not have Goals of care that were going to indicate they would be going to a hospital for full resuscitative efforts Nonetheless Were it not for coronavirus? They would still be with us Two of the deaths out of the eight We're not involved with that facility, but we're still What we're finding are characteristic of the impact of this virus worldwide and nationwide affecting those who are older and who have other compromising conditions So I'm very concerned about the slope of that curve and very concerned in our small state about the number of deaths we've had if you begin to look at the experience Regarding deaths around the world you'll find that in The countries that have been hardest hit Which would include Italy and Spain? The lines are pretty Vertical in this direction that indicates a Rate of doubling of death every couple of days in those countries There are now states in the United States that show the same trend Our neighbor, New York, New Jersey most recently Louisiana was added to that Louisiana two weeks ago had its first case It's seven times the size of Vermont population-wise, but it now has 1,000 cases and Their death rate as I mentioned is accelerating Very rapidly with a doubling time over a few days The state of Washington which we've sort of used as our index case if you will has a much more Diagonal slope still not wonderful, but the death rate doubling there every week So we in Vermont, I'm giving you this for perspective want to make sure That we've caught this exponential growth in terms of the number of cases Looking into the future at the right time and that we don't mirror some of those death rate curves where things are definitely getting very rapid and concerning So this is why I view this is the perfect time For the governor's latest mitigation strategy and his emergency order that will be talked about further in this conference I wanted to talk a little bit about expectations though now that we are implementing The stay home stay safe policy What will happen what we might expect Many press conferences we've given you the sort of 80 percent rule and the 80 percent rule is still true That 80 percent of those who get this virus are not going to be hospitalized not going to be an ICU Certainly going to remain alive and may have a mild to moderate illness that they can weather out at home Isolated in the setting of a large-scale outbreak as we're seeing in a number of other states and countries You have to realize also though that not everyone is going to be immune in that 80 percent category And there will be some people who are in the 20 to 40 or 50 age group who may get sick much sicker than We would have advertised so to speak And we're finding worldwide That some of the deaths fall in those categories too So i'm not saying this to be scaring anybody but at the same time we have to be realistic that in large-scale outbreaks of disease If you have a hundred thousand people that are sick 20 of them may be Younger that are hospitalized Just because of the sheer numbers But we still know that the likelihood of a very bad outcome in people who are younger Is very very low But that the likelihood of the bad outcome as you get into 70s and 80s and above Becomes much much much higher We know this is going to be a great hardship for people We know this is unprecedented But we also know this is really scientifically sound But hard And we know that Assessing the magnitude of the impact is challenging. This is a major lifestyle change for all of us to experience But one thing we do know and that's the magnitude of the impact if nothing is done And I can assure you that the impact of what we're going to do Will lead to a far more favorable end result than if we had done nothing at all Everyone in the country is asking how long do these things have to go on for Is two weeks enough will we be open by Easter? Is three weeks enough Should it be three months? I wish I had the very crystal crystal clear answers for you But we don't have those answers Not as a national community or a global community And we are learning all the time We do know that we really do want to make sure that we Suppress the virus to the point where not as many will be ill And not as many will be in the position of potentially overwhelming our health care system and its resources And those are the goals that we have Not that we will prevent everyone from getting this virus ever in their lifetime That's not how it will work So although there are questions We need to realize that we need to all be in All in It's helpful as we see other states Joining this effort that we will have more of a regionally and maybe even nationally coherent Community kind of response to this Which has worked well in other nations We need to Continue to learn from other countries And almost feel grateful for the fact that the united states came a little later in the game for coronavirus And on a statewide basis states are having activity at different levels So as we go through this period of time That uh, we say stay home and stay safe We will actually be able to benefit from studying our own statistics as we will every day But studying the statistics we find in the world Where various strategies are being tried for various durations of time It's become an expectation in the scientific community that we will Flatten that curve as we've talked about before And then there will be a period of time where we hopefully will have suppressed the viral activity in the community But that it may resurface again whether that's Two months later whether that's six months or a year later. It's really unclear But the population at that time will have much more immunity amongst itself It'll be harder to pass the virus for one person to one person because many will have already been exposed and have some immunity And we will be able to get on top of that with more traditional Case tracing and testing and isolation methods Much faster than the country did originally and that will be a very good thing for us all So in summary The strategy is a wise one. It's scientifically sound. It has some elements of Mystery to it in terms of not being able to tell you exactly what will happen on a given day and when But it will work And it will work best if we take and it takes a village mentality to this and work all together Thank you Thank you, dr. Levine I know these are not easy times There's a lot of economic uncertainty and much concern about the health of vermonas due to the covet 19 pandemic I share the concern in both of these areas As we look at the challenges ahead public safety must come first Which is why yesterday I issued the stay at home stay safe order Around the country and here in vermont we've seen an increasing number of cases which continues to grow This is not unexpected And while each and every step we've taken is needed They have been difficult decisions to make and this is a responsibility. I do not take lightly But here's what I need vermonas to know and this is what I need from them I need you to stay home Doing so will save lives. It's just that simple That doesn't mean you can't go out for your essential needs or take your dog for a walk Or take your cross-country skis out. Just keep your distance from others while doing so We must all do our part to slow the spread of this deadly virus And protect the vulnerable which includes the elderly and those with underlying chronic conditions We must also do this to prevent the health care system from being overwhelmed Which is important to the health and safety of all vermonas I fully recognize The emotional Financial and economic impact this order will have But based on the best science and the guidance of our health commissioner and the epi team Each of the actions we've taken are absolutely necessary And it's possible As a forewarning more may be needed With the order I signed beginning at 5 p.m. Today for vermonas need to stay home as much as possible We understand their basic needs So you can leave for essential things like going to the grocery store or the pharmacy Or to seek medical care Or as I said earlier just to get out and get some fresh air or some exercise But when doing so it's important to keep about six feet from others Wash your hands a lot And cough or sneeze into your elbow And if you're unsure about something whether you should be doing it or not Air on the side of public health and stay home This order also directs businesses and nonprofits to suspend all in person business operations to be clear This is on top of the closures. I've already directed In a requirement that anyone who can work from home Should do so These steps are important to slow the spread of this virus But I understand there there are also things for monitors a need in order to stay healthy and safe And to keep the state running So we included some exemptions for businesses that are critical to public health and safety And to economic and national security Like health care options and operations And things like grocery stores and pharmacies gas stations hardware stores critical manufacturing sectors news media operations Those that serve vulnerable populations as well as services needed to maintain critical infrastructure and transportation These groups should be implementing the work from home policies. I directed earlier this week Wherever possible And making sure their social distancing Constantly cleaning and employees are washing their hands once again a lot Vermont small business owners have shown great creativity and flexibility So services can be offered online Or an employer can get products to customers with curbside pickup or delivery where contact can be avoided That can continue Secretary Curley will talk about how businesses can determine what's acceptable under this provision Now I understand there's a lot to absorb here And there's going to be a lot of confusion And there are going to be many different scenarios where businesses and employees are going to have a lot of questions We'll work through these together But Everyone should be airing on the side of public health We need people to keep their distance from each other Which is why this order is the strongest one of the strongest in the nation Just to put this into perspective for those that may think we're going too far This virus is spreading quickly It may not have affected you yet But all too soon Many of us will know someone personally And then it will start to feel very real This is why we're asking our businesses to think beyond the next month We all care about the health of our employees family and friends The steps we're taking today are all about protecting our loved ones So we can come out of this as strong as possible Today we'll also be announcing that in coordination with amtrak and partner states Vermont will suspend all amtrak service beginning tomorrow More information will be coming out later today Additionally Due to the recent snowstorm and the accumulation we received And in consultation with vast They have agreed to close its trail network for the season beginning today It's important to remember If we follow the stay at home measures closely We can get through this quicker and more safely And get on with our daily lives And then We can get our economy moving again Now I have tremendous faith in verminers And our ability to follow this order to save lives And to support each other in this time of need Now is a moment of service for all of us It's our turn to face a once in a century challenge But I know verminers are up for it because we're Vermont strong We'll get through this But we'll do it together So I'll now turn it over to Lindsay Curley our secretary of commerce and community development Thank you governor Good morning I'd like to start by saying that we at the agency of commerce and community development Fully recognize how hard the last few weeks have been on our businesses employees And all verminers We hear you and we will continue to keep you informed with daily updates and guidance and provide answers to your questions We'll continue that effort each and every day moving forward Knowing full well that the days and the weeks ahead will bring more pressure to the economic vitality Of our business and people I want to stress The best thing we can do for our business community is to get through this crisis quickly And that can only happen if we are putting our health and the safety of verminers first That means making some tough decisions and complying with this executive order as strictly as possible These are difficult steps to take But we believe these measures will slow the spread Flatten the curve and save lives and ultimately it will allow verminers to get back to business faster I want to clarify what this order means the governor has Directed all in-person business operations to suspend Unless you are deemed essential to the covet 19 response Or national security This means companies that can move all or part of their businesses to remote operations Can continue to operate those parts of their business Businesses that cannot transition functions to remote operations shall suspend those functions Businesses can make their case to accd Using an online form as to why their in-person functions should be considered essential to the response or national security There has been some confusion about the word essential The definition of essential is only pertinent if your business operations require in-person transactions As for restaurants this order does not change the directive the governor has already given You may continue to provide takeout curbside and delivery We know there are a lot of businesses out there looking for clarity The accd is working as I speak to address and develop guidance Around those inbound questions We will be responding to each and every single request that comes through our online form Filling that form out is the best way to get in the queue Please refrain from reaching out to individuals at the agency directly as it's important For the flow of our work to stay organized The form can be found on the accd website, which is accd.vermont.gov Our team will also be posting guidance today. This will help clarify many of the questions But again, if there is more clarity needed or you want to make a business case for why your in-person business is essential Please go to our website and fill out that form. The form is called the continuation of operations form We are also working to keep Vermont businesses informed of the latest developments as they happen And we hope any business will first visit our website Which is updated daily and also sign up for our newsletter, which will put the information that you need into your inbox daily Again, we know this is creating incredible challenges for business owners and the vermoners who they employ But we also recognize the public health crisis that we are facing and we must take these measures To ensure that the Vermont economy emerges emerges from this Now i'd like to turn it over to congressman welch who will be giving an update on behalf of vermont's congressional delegation congressman Thank you very much secretary curly and uh, thank you governor very much for your strong leadership We have one mission and that mission is to protect the public health and to restore the economy Protect the public health And restore the economy And the approach the governor outlined Is it doing more now? Is far preferable to doing more later The approach we have to take in order to save the economy Is air on the side of doing too much too soon Rather than doing too little too late And to be successful all of us have to be in this together as governor scott said Each of us as citizens To care for the people we love And the neighbors we value and respect have to keep our social distance have to wash our hands have to subscribe to the public health advice we're getting Your state government Works for you for all of vermoners And your federal government works for you All vermoners And we have to work in coordination In order to be successful In achieving those goals of protecting the public health and reviving the economy Governor scott has the responsibility Of making the decisions about what are those steps to protect public health His partners in washington Senator lehi senator sanders and me have the responsibility to work with the governor and vermoners To take the economic steps that are going to help us get through this and get to the other side There's really a divisional labor But there's a single single mission There have been three bills that have been the two bills that have been passed and one that is now being considered the first bill When this started was eight point three billion dollars And that was a big number back then And it was to get some money to our front line providers And it was to provide for some increased unemployment Insurance and that's been helpful The second bill that we passed recently Was a hundred billion dollars for increased unemployment It was also to assist our healthcare providers with Medicaid reimbursement And supplemental nutrition for our kids who weren't going to school but are still getting their meals And seniors who depend on these meals Now the third bill is right now being negotiated With senator lehi taking a lead in the senate And senator lehi's state director john tracy is here joining us. Thank you john for being here This is extraordinary It is a two trillion dollar economic aid package That is necessary And there are many details to be worked out But the contours give me some real optimism that republicans and democrats are going to come together To get that aid back to individuals to small businesses and to our states and let me outline What the contours of that bill are that would make a big difference to us here in vermont One for individuals We're going to change the unemployment Schedule right now The top of mind you can get an unemployment is a little over 500 dollars. Yeah, right governor We would add 600 dollars to that that would be at no expense to the state And no damage to the employer For the additional claim That would last for four months at least So individuals would be able to get up to 1,100 bucks or more For four months because they have had to comply with the social distancing Decisions that was being made Second that unemployment is going to apply not just to folks who are getting a weekly paycheck But to individuals who are self-employed based on their last year's income And also independent contractors, you know the uber drivers the folks in the gig economy Our employment unemployment system has not helped them in the past. It has to help them this time So that is something that there's a very good Likelihood we'll get that with the agreement between republicans and democrats Next Small business We know that in this state many many people most of us work for small businesses And those businesses are like family And they want to keep folks on but they have no revenue coming in So there is going to be roughly 400 billion dollars in emergency grants loans and loan forgiveness It can be applied to rents and mortgages utilities It can provide a retention tax credit for employers who want to keep their employees on And pay 80 of what their wages have been So the goal here is to help the small businesses through this time when the lights are off So that when the lights go back on they're still in a position to get back to business and get folks back to work The Hospitals is another component Our hospitals have taken a huge revenue hit because they've had to stop elective surgeries That is generally the difference between red ink and black ink for all of our hospitals that are vital to addressing this challenge, but also to The economic health and well-being of our citizens There's a hundred billion dollar fund Most of us believe that should be a down payment because our hospitals are going to need more And then finally there's state aid As the governor has explained the revenue impact of vermont into other states as a result of responding to this is immense And it hits on two sides the revenue side, which is down and the expense side, which is up And we believe that it should be the responsibility of the federal government to be The one that bears the burden and not transferred to the state or to the local taxpayer So in the current legislation Where there appears to be significant progress in the senate and uh, again, thank you senator lehi For his leading role on the appropriations committee as its lead negotiator. We're focusing on small business We're focusing on aid to the state of vermont We're focusing on aid to individuals And we're focusing on aid to the hospitals We're only beginning What we have to never stop doing is working together The federal government has to be a partner hand in hand with the state And both of us the state and federal government have to be working for you For individuals who ultimately are bearing the burden of the challenge that we face I can speak. I know for our congressional delegation Bernie patrick and I will be here will be here for you governor scott And work together every single day in every way we can to help us get through this. Thank you Thank you very much congressman welch. We uh, we are very fortunate here in vermont to have a strong congressional delegation Is working on the behalf of all vermonters I will say senator Lehi had called me Not not long after 7 a.m. This morning when I was at the office and uh, he had had a late night Going past 1 a.m. But he wanted to call and let me know that they've passed something or agreed on something So to give us some comfort. So I appreciate that With that, um, we'll open it up for questions We'll move on to shawn cunningham the chester telegraph On monday it was announced that the national guard would be rolling out surge medical centers And that the first three of these are in the northern part of the state. Could you speak to the administration's plan? For such facilities in the south particularly how many what you're looking for in terms of facilities And uh, when those would be expected to be online Yeah, I'll have commissure. Sure. I'll Respond to that one Great question. Uh, we're working closely with the hospitals hospital association to Deploy surge plans statewide. We don't have the specifics of the southern Surge plan at this point, but we're preparing multiple layers Of surge capacity. So what you're seeing is the very first layer of a multi-layered strategy that'll be deployed Over the next couple of weeks As more information becomes available, we'll certainly share that And uh, you know of note, um The clinical Guidance that we get relative to what's needed in those sites is one of the most important things So as this evolves and more information becomes available The physicians in the hospitals help to determine Where the sites go and the types of sites that get deployed And wallace allen from vt digger Star six to unmute and Yes Are there any penalties for businesses that fail that are not essential? Yeah, I think we'll go back to uh, commissioner shirling As the governors indicated on a number of occasions where montres are really coming together to To heed the orders that have been Issued to date. We expect the same will happen With this additional order that was issued yesterday. We're about to issue guidance to municipalities and law enforcement organizations With suggested guidance on enforcement and that really will take the form initially Of education and voluntary compliance. We really think this is a largely a self-regulating event But there are potentials for penalties if you violate an executive order And there are additional things that could happen. For example, if a restaurant opened There are health department implications and other licensing implications that could be at risk for putting the public health at risk But really we do believe that education And voluntary compliance is the key as brahmaners come together during this difficult time I also want to I also want to say that we've had a great response from brahmaners on this on the first round many of the bars and restaurants and so forth that that had to to close And it was difficult for them But they really have used their creativity and imagine imagination And had done so willingly understanding the mission that we're we're facing All right, keith wickham of the rotelyn harold and times argus Yes I'm wondering what if anything you can do to place like possibly a moratorium on Like evictions because i'm i'm thinking you know people are at home. They can't make money, but they still have bills to pay Yeah, i'm wondering if there's anything along those lines. Yes. Yes. Thank you very much and uh, yes We will you can expect something Over the next day or so giving some guidance on that. We're working amongst ourselves with a with the legislative Legislator as well in this process, but we'll um We'll you can expect something in the next day or so on that issue Okay, call in flander seven days Thank you. So uh governor i have a question for you. Uh, can you just speak to what you're hearing come out of the way? How specifically i think as um, dr. Levine alluded to the we will be up and running by easter. Um, you just give us your thoughts about that um Yeah, I can only tell you uh from my standpoint. Um, I think that is uh A bit over optimistic to say the least, uh, you know, this is going to take Weeks and months, uh, and this is going to be difficult So, um, we'll let the science and the data drive our decision making and we'll do what's appropriate for vermont But in my personal view, uh, this is going to take uh take longer than easter uh to overcome All right, we'll take one from On site stewart We noticed uh, there are quite a few police cars out about now. I don't know if that's because regular workflows have changed But will you stop people? Uh to check on their activities when they travel or are out and about You have seen an increase in visibility of law enforcement. That's by design. Uh, during this time Uh, the presence of someone out and about does not create the lawful ability to create a stop Whether that's on a in a motor vehicle or a person walking Because there are legitimate reasons for people to be moving around So that will also be part of the guidance we issue to municipalities and law enforcement organizations All right, we're going to go calvin in the room So probably our question for uh, sure, sir. So, um, what circumstances would uh, allow the police to stop Somebody if they were out and about and also, uh for the governor, what is the um, the penalty for Uh relative to folks that are out and about the the The criminal overlay hasn't changed so the law enforcement officer would have to have reasonable grounds to believe that person committed a crime Being out and about does not create a direct nexus to a violation of uh Of the executive order so the two things don't directly connect you'd have to have something else In terms of the second part of the question, uh, we're still working under the the model of encouragement and education We have seen no abuse of that thus far We're going to continue down that path until we find it necessary to do otherwise, but uh, but again encouragement education Our monitors will do the right thing, uh, as long as they understand what the issue is and that's why we've been trying to To provide that that, uh, education ourselves as to the magnitude of the issue that we're facing All right, Liam from vpr Thanks for taking my question You mentioned that you might be considering More stringent measures and you also said this was one of the strongest Say of the borders of the nation So i'm wondering what a stronger measure might look like and what would the situation be that you would deem it necessary Yeah, you know, when you when you take a look at other countries, uh, some of their measures have been far more extreme And i'm not contemplating. I don't want to Put fear into the general public But but if we see the numbers continue to increase And then we're not bending that curve now and remember Bending the curve is not instantaneous We're not going to see as a result of the actions we're taking today. We took last week Bending the curve overnight It's going to take a little bit of time for that to happen. So We'll watch the trends will still continue to rely on the best science. We have available available to us From our from our epi team as well as dr. Levine And then we'll continue to make changes as we see necessary We are in hopes that this will Have the effect that we that that we are is going to be provided But if it does not I'm just want to form war on everyone Not to give any false hope Because what we need to do is make sure that we're all doing what we can individually Collectively in order to bend this curve and to prevent our our health care system from being overwhelmed And so that's that's it. I mean again everything that I outlined in my initial remarks will be helpful But if we see that there's there's no change or it's it's getting worse Then we have to take more measures So we'll go back to ann galloway from vt digger. Hi, can you hear me? Okay? Yes Oh good. Thank you I wonder if you want to give us an update on hospital readiness How many ventilators do we have? I see you've been sent How is the ppe situation coming along with any additional surge facilities that might be Start up in the next few days Yeah, I'll let dr. Levine answer at this point or okay, man. Sorry secretary smith And this is uh mike smith just to give you some as of today bed hospital bed Capability of 575 Uh total beds ventilators is 163 mass in 95 mass or 78,000 surgical mass or 88,000 I do want to say this we have uh 19 people Inpatient with covet 19 in our various hospitals across the state. We have 17 That are are waiting and have are Suspected of having uh covet 19 but are not Have not Had that Patient I I get the the term is patients under investigation Right now And I want to be I want to talk about surge a little bit This is not these these numbers I gave you are not enough As we're looking at the surge here And looking at what we're looking what dr. Levine showed on his charts I think at a minimum we've got to double all the numbers I just gave you in terms of Ventilators beds available Those sort of things as we sort of look at where these trend lines are going So as we talk about surge capacity And the commissioner surely can talk about that in terms of setting up these additional sites We also have to look creatively and layer our planning for For worse case for better case for best case But we need to start planning for a minimum of doubling What what I just told you All right, Brittany Sure As we mentioned earlier the the surge site build out is is happening and planning continues for that multi layer In addition, we're sourcing both ventilators and PPE Important to note that the hospitals and health care facilities have their own supply chains They're accelerating those supply chains as fast as possible The state is helping to supplement those supply chains We've bought millions of dollars in ventilators over the last few days We have 202 that are inbound to vermont the timelines for delivery aren't known yet But we're buying them as fast as possible the same with PPE As many as we can find We are buying folks have been asking how many do we need the answer is as many as we can get a hold of So we're buying them as fast as possible I'd also add In terms of the surge capacity we did hear a report of those three sites being set up by the national guard As a reminder the site at uvm or in burlington Is 150 50 at in berry and 50 and st. Albin. So there's There's 250 right there. So with the other eight sites that we've identified We should be we will meet the capacity that we need All right, brittany from local 22 I'm really glad you asked me that so we can advertise what you just said Because it's a very recent finding That it appears that one of the early symptoms before you even feel sick is lack of a sense of smell This is so early that I can't say it's been confirmed by multiple investigators But I think it's worthy of note And people should think about it if that happens to them that perhaps it's an early sign of coronavirus I've not heard anyone in vermont who's mentioned that as their chief complaint But i'm not aware of everyone who's had a chief complaint of vermont. So they may have had that All right, michelle munroe st. Albans messenger Michelle star six All right, andrew mcgregor caledonia record Yeah, thank you You just mentioned And I got up guys need for for wanting to double number fed insulators from all the ppd Is that based on Updated projections you're working from and do those projections have top line numbers and and the time frame about when you need that capacity by We're working on projections that are updated daily based upon what we are seeing on a daily basis here Right now. We're looking at at a minimum as I said a thousand beds At a minimum doubling everything that I had just told you We'll update that on a daily basis as we move forward And I think that is the best guidance we can give right at the moment But as I said, there's a team that's working on this right now and every day these numbers are updated But I wanted to be As transparent as possible This is not the numbers i'm giving you are not the numbers that we're thinking Are going to be the final numbers that we're going to need Like I said, double them at a minimum and for timeline I think the governor said it well. This is not weeks. Um, this is We're talking uh multiple months that we're talking going through this This crisis Again, I would uh, I would offer that that part of our mission Is to make sure that we don't have this surge and overwhelm the existing Facilities that we have today If we can do this it might string it out a little bit longer, but we'll prevent The health care system from being overwhelmed and that's our that's our goal Uh, the county courier anybody on the line from the county courier Yeah, can you hear me? Yes? Governor, um, I'm wondering what uh, what you saw take place In order to uh change from a uh Basically avoid contact order to a stay-at-home order And uh, I'm also wondering when you guys expect the cases to peak in for months Um, I can answer part of that then I'm going to have dr. Levine Speak to more more of that specifically But if you look at his chart some of what the information that they were Keeping track of let us to believe that we should take more further action and like I said all along Based on the science and the advice from our from our experts dr. Levine and our epi team We came to the conclusion that this is the right time to do this to get ahead of it So that's why we made the decision that we did In terms of when we're going to crest so to speak It's very difficult to define. We don't know at this point. That's why we're taking the steps we're taking And hopefully we can get ahead of this so that we can crest earlier rather than than later and and not to the extent that We've seen in other countries, but I'll ask dr. Levine to comment further It again goes back to the frequently used analogy of Knowing where the puck is going to be rather than where it is now and trying to anticipate that And knowing what the exponential rates have been doing. This seems to be the appropriate time It was great that we already had so many strategies in place. These are called mitigation intervention community strategies This is now The more culmination of those strategies Again trying to do everything the governor just commented on We've heard a little from secretary smith about the modeling that we have as well And the only thing I want to say about that is now that we have exceeded 100 cases We have a much more if you will robust number of cases The ability of the modeling to be more predictive in a more precise fashion Is enhanced So we will learn a lot from that as we go along But most modeling whether it's even in vermont or another state at this time Is looking at a period of weeks for the peak if you will so whether that's two weeks Whether that's five weeks or somewhere in between That's where people are thinking that will occur And I think intervening at this time will certainly help us a lot Chris Roy star six Yes Yes, I've seen some people who have been tested positive for but there's some being released in the community Why is that and once it stops them from that going potting every day life instead of just going home I think I believe the question I'm going to let dr. Levine answer this But there are some who have tested positive and and have been advised to stay home to treat this Not everyone needs to be in the hospital and and I think dr. Levine could answer Further on that I think the question was are there if there are people out and about who have COVID-19 and are not self isolating right so again To our credit. This is not a police state. So I'm not sure we know that information We know that we have been in contact with anyone with a positive test And that they've been instructed appropriately And even beyond that their contacts have been instructed appropriately So the hope would be that anyone who had been symptomatic tested and knows they're positive Or had a high probability of being positive even if they weren't tested But we're told by their clinician that they had an illness compatible with this have been doing the appropriate thing and staying if you will out of circulation We have to recognize that part of the success of the virus Is its ability in some proportion and maybe a small portion of the population To be existing in a stage that it's contagious But where the person has no symptoms and doesn't walk around knowing that they're ill And that's how indeed a lot of community transmission which we're seeing in vermont occurs And just to further that and dr. Levine can correct me if i'm I'm not stating this correctly, but as soon as someone is tested their advice to isolate is to stay home And not go out in the community So if we're seeing that we should know about it, but at this point in time We've seen that vermonters are complying with that order All right last question lola from digger Star six. Yes. Yes, we can hear you lola Great. Um, so I wanted to talk about uh, child care for such a worker. Um, guidance went out to superintendents today that makes it seem like The whole district providing this is now basically voluntary given yesterday's executive order Is that correct and so What's our capacity looking like? For providing this child care Especially compared to demand Yeah, we have a secretary deputy secretary boucher here and she'll answer your question Thank you Yes, lola that is correct. That's um additional Guidance from the secretary of education just went out today. We anticipate a number of schools have set up Either themselves or via partnerships with private child cares in their vicinity Functional child care arrangements. We anticipate that those will continue As they as they can In other areas where they're still struggling for a number of reasons to set up an in school Situation we anticipate being able to help them find some private child care spaces I will say that we have done A bit of a scan just with the superintendents and it does look like Every area that has a number a large number of students who school of students who need care They have found it and the schools have actually been able to set up care that Meets that need so there are a few areas in the state where Luckily, it's not a lot of children, but they're also Looking at again building more robust partnerships Because they are having difficulty With school-based care and I will also let secretary smith Speak from the child care side I think as we transform and as we move to a new era here as the governor's Executive order puts this into Stay home stay safe that we're also going to have to look and transform that That child care sort of thought process as well And so I think in the next few days you'll see some further guidance on how we Transform that system to make sure we're taking care of essential workers and Workers from essential businesses so more to come on that I think as you In the next couple of days Yeah, I don't have that on me I And I don't it's been quite a few and at the same time there have been a lot of matching that's been going on But I don't have the precise number I did on monday if you would ask that question on monday, but I don't have that today with me Okay, thank you I do have school age numbers as of monday. They were approximately 360 with about 30 more uh pre-k Are you Or requests for care requests for care in some districts as well They're seeing a lot Smaller number of parents take advantage of the slots. So these were actually requests for care, but again in a lot of the Situations a much smaller number of families and children are Showing up to actually participate in the care All right All right, well that concludes the press conference. I want to thank everyone that Called in as well as those who are viewing in For their understanding their patience and Taking every step necessary in order to provide prevent this from spreading so you can all do your part But we'll get through this together. Thank you again


What is up all my favorite people of the whole entire world? What is up with you guys today? I'm reviewing you were really never there now this film is one of those indie films I've been looking forward to this. I haven't seen I never saw a trailer going to it I really just saw the poster and I knew walking Phoenix was in it and walking Phoenix is a big probe because I think this guy is one of The most underappreciated Actors in Hollywood working today because when the guy takes on a role He delves into the role because the thing about him is that when he pops up on the screen Like oh, there's walking Phoenix, but the thing about the guy is when he's on screen He just goes into the role where at the point where even though you recognize him It's more of like I know this guy is a deja vu thing, but this guy is like Acting and he do not recognize him at all and that's something that's great about this film is that his performance Holds this film up to a totally different level He is so great as the character of Joe in this film who Joe is this Not a bad guy, but he's this kind of like anti hero of some sense we kills people and He saves people But he does it for his own reasoning But that's the reasoning where I guess if I'm gonna get into this before I really get into my any my pros I'm gonna start with my negatives and weird sense and one of my weird negatives is I wanted more of Joe's back History because we do get small little flashbacks of him and some of it makes sense But there's other things that I'm trying to piece together. I'm like, okay Like I think I know what it meant, but I think it didn't and that's the thing about this film This is a very artsy Indie film that some people are gonna really hate and some people are gonna think really boring and then something We're gonna love this film. Where do I fall into those categories? I actually find myself just liking and thinking the films a very well-made film I don't love this film yet, and I don't hate it at all like I just walked out and I was very Conflicted I mean I had to sleep on this film because I really had to think did I love it or did I hate it and you know I'm still in just it was a good film I enjoyed it and I would totally recommend it is that a lot of that has to go with walking Phoenix's Performance because his performance is fantastic in here He just embodied this role of this just guy I said about this film though after I walked out as I said This is kind of like a more artistic version of brawl and sell block 99 which I loved brawl I know some people didn't but I love the film to death, but I felt like brawl was more like a straightforward like this is the story This is the characters this is who you're doing with this film goes for more of that artsy feeling Especially with the action scenes because when it gets the action scenes, I was like alright Let's kick some ass. Let's kick some ass and some of the action is filmed very well in here Like a very well up-and-close personal like gritty sense of to that manner But then someone that did not it's filmed in a very more artsy way and a more stylized way which When you see the film maybe you'll think differently But I wish it would have been more up and close and personal more gritty to that thing because the aesthetics for this film are very Gritty the look of this film feels very gritty and grim And I like the aesthetics to feel and the vibe that I got even from the second this film started I was already digging the aesthetics and I the whole entire film carries that throughout But I wish the action scenes would have taken more of that aesthetic and gone with it and not gone for like Oh, look how cool this is and this is how I'm going to film this action scene I'm gonna use a camera in a hallway to show you how he's killing these people. I'm like no I want up close and personal I think that would have been a very much more Agile way to make me feel more into Joe's body And I think that's the thing because I felt like a lot of this film was from Joe's perspective And I think that would have added more to Joe's perspective overall I like this movie. I find it enjoyable. It's certainly a good watch and I do recommend it just to see What it is and how it is because it's a very intriguing Character study of some sense with the character of Joe and it has some really cool moments in there as well And it's a surprising film There's some stuff that happens in here where your Josh's drops all of a sudden because it's shocking There's a lot of good twists and turns in here I wish the story would have been a little bit more straightforward with some of the action also being a little bit more up close and Personal but with a heavy-handed performance probably the best performance I've seen this year to be honest and just a fantastic score the score and the sound mixing and all the soundtracks are great The aesthetics really kick you into the vibe of this film. I Enjoyed this film and I hope you guys go and check it out. It's called you were really never there It's another indie film and if you're in the Phoenix area, it's actually opening up on April 13th So I hope you guys go and check that out Make sure to look at other theaters if you're in other states make sure to see what's going on in those markets But of course guys with all that said I'm gonna give you were really never there a b-minus Looking forward to whatever else this director does do because I I like this aesthetics and the vibe that he got to it It felt like his own directing style It didn't seem like any other director style that I'd seen that he was trying to copy and I like that Oh my guys, have you heard about this film? Are you excited for it? 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Russia recruits women from prisons for assault troops. The Ministry of Defence of Russia has begun recruiting women from prisons and offering them to go to war against Ukraine as assault troops or snipers, reports important stories news agency. It is noted that Russians are recruiting prisoners from women's penal colony number two in the town of Ulyanovka, Leningrad region for the war. According to former prisoners representatives of the Ministry of Defence of Russia visited the colony several times starting in the fall of last year. Women are offered a one-year contract particularly as snipers and assault troops. The training program was supposed to last for two months and after the contract expired they were promised amnesty. The material writes that from 20 to 50 women agreed but none of them had been taken from the colony yet. None of the women decided to go as a sniper but after waiting for about three months she refused. She thought she would be taken away quickly but now she has to sit for less than a year. Journalists write a spokeswoman for important stories tried to dissuade her acquaintances in the colony by phone telling the women that they would be used as cannon fodder. The article emphasizes that this is the first known specific case of recruiting women prisoners. In the fall British intelligence reported that the Russian private military company Redut supported by the state and associated with military intelligence was recruiting women to send to the front.


Hi guys, this is Jason here from Nathaniel. Let's learn Rudolf the Red Nose reindeer, the popular Christmas classic which has been there for I don't know how long. So I've kind of arranged it in a blues version and we'll do it in two styles. We'll do it in an easy way with just pretty much a very blues rhythm pattern and then we'll try and expand on it further and depending on your skill level, I'm sure you can figure out a version which will really work for you over the holiday season. So let's first look at the left hand in isolation and then look at it with respect to the right hand melody which I'm sure you're quite familiar with. We'll take the scale F major. I just think it's really cool for most songs. It has one flat, B flat. So the pattern in your left hand you would want to play would be a blues pattern, a very blues left hand rhythm which is one five, one six, one five, one six. So if the chord is written as let's say F major, now it's important to know what the main chords of the scale are. So in the F major scale, the one chord is your F major, the four chord is your B flat major and the five chord is your C major. So you go one at the one chord and at every chord the blues pattern in the left hand will be one five, one six. So that's a very catchy left hand blues phrasing and also very identifiable for the genre which is blues.   So one five, one six, one five, one six, one five, one six. So I do a little variation later which is I just add that third in the middle. We'll not do that at the moment. We'll learn that later. So one bar. So you can actually start by singing Rudolph the Red Nose reindeer with this pattern. Rudolph the Red Nose reindeer and now the chord changes. So where does it change to the five which is C. So you do the same pattern, C G, C A, one five, one six. So and then you stay there and then come back. The chords are actually printed out for you in the melody version. So do check out the chord. So anytime you see an F major, you play for that whole bar as quarter notes and nice and staccato, very bouncy. You don't want to go right, nice and bouncy. And then C. Now sometimes you may want to play C lower because the melody is invading in and around that middle C region. So you could even play lower, you could even go to the four if ever the four comes which is B flat major. So 12 bar blues is what we would normally use this with but Rudolph is not really a 12 bar song but it's still very bluesy, very rock and roll-ish and the entire version we learn will be in a swing style. I'm sure the original is also in swing but then some people play it straight for some reason. I think it's meant to be a swing song. So it goes that's how you phrase your eighth notes. One and two and three and four and Rudolph, the red nose, red India, not Rudolph, the red nose, red India, it's not straight. So you may want to get used to playing swing especially this pattern is very swing blues oriented. So let's do the melody in the right hand along with this left hand pattern. The melody is quite simple. I'm taking it on the key of F major and then as the lesson progresses forward, we will add a lot more interesting phrases in the left hand and some right hand, bring in some harmony. I'm also going to teach you a very, very cool augmented lick which you're going to find somewhere in this song. We're also going to look at some harmony without really chords but with some chromatic thirds, things like that which is very bluesy, very country and so on and so forth. The main goal of developing this version is to not only help you play an awesome song for the holidays but also grow as a pianist and hope use this technique to hopefully play other songs. 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Not only for this lesson, for pretty much all the lessons, it's pretty much $5 a month and you're going to get all this stuff and it'll keep reaching you as we keep doing new lessons on our YouTube channel. Let's get started. So let's quickly do the right hand melody. First, first line. Okay. Starting with my index finger. C D C A F D C. Some notes can be a bit choppy, not rude of the red nose reindeer. Rather boring. You could do it. Rude of the red nose reindeer. I leave it to you which notes you'd like to chop up, play choppy, but you get the idea, I hope. And a good way to phrase the melody is to actually snap here with your left hand before it starts doing stuff. Of course, on the two and the four of the bar, that's a great way to feel the blues or swing music in general. Three, four, let's try that line with me three slowly to again start. Let's move forward. Same position. So and then now here you may want to bring back the index finger which was used for C to B flat. Okay, so the whole two lines start with C on the index and then for the third line and fourth line do B flat on the index. That could be a good roadmap. So snap. You don't want to put your thumb there. So put the index there. And then then it pretty much repeats. Same story. And then now it changes. So then na na na na na na na na. So you bring your thumb up there. And I'm adding a nice secondary harmony there. So you can learn that chromatic from A B flat, B C. It's a nice passing set of notes because it goes A and immediately lands on the F major chord. And then it easily takes us to the next part, which is that then one foggy Christmas Eve. So it goes, let's move forward or let's just do this with the chords in the left hand. What did I tell you about the chords? Just blues. So you start with F with the melody. Again. Let's do that again slowly. Stay on C. And now I'm doing that walking base, which is quite jazzy. So you go. So a lot of passing notes. I want to go, I want to approach C to F. So na na na na na it kind of takes you really nicely to F. And when I come back to F, you play the blues. So this na na na na na na is just to break that monotony. Let's do that again. The whole first four lines. Still F C. Stay on C with the blues pattern and now climb climbing up again. Then you repeat pretty much the whole thing. Don't forget to swing. And now climb again. The same climbing. But now climb more. So pumps. I'm only showing you the bass there. Then it goes to the B flat. So it's like a nice chromatic climb of quite a few notes. It's about eight notes. We'll come to that later. So remember what I showed you with the right hand, the right hand, the left hand will harmonize together while the pinky can actually hold the soprano, which is the lyric sung by the main voice. So one more time. And then okay, the next part is I've kept it a bit simple. I've taken away the blues element. We'll bring back the blues because the chords are already quite sophisticated. So let's just do the melody there in the verse or the B section of the song. One more time. Okay. And the bass for that. So that's like a B flat major. B bass actually it'll create a very diminished seventh flavor there. It's a nice dominant passing chord more on all that later or you can check out some of the theory lessons where we've talked about this theory. Okay, very nice pass there. B flat, B diminished. That's like an F over C bass. It's actually implying a D seventh. So then one foggy Christmas Eve and then come down to G. So that's G, C, F, Pum, Pum. And now I'm doing a little lick there. G, which is the two five one, very common jazz cadence. The E, C, F, Pum, Pum. Because the melody there is rather simple. It just stays there. So you can do a nice bass thing there. Okay, the whole two lines of the B section down G, C, F, Pum, Pum, moving forward. Okay, what are we doing there? It's like a little G dominant voicing, G with an F, but staccato melody. So G seventh, C seventh, come back. Okay. And then you end with a low C. So lower C. And then it repeat. Let's just do the B section once more. C C, bass lick, Pum, Pum, Pum, dominant G, dominant C, back to G, A, B, climbing. That's the whole B section. Okay, shall I do it once more now without talking? So you can just figure it out. Okay. And then back to blues, same melody. And then ending. The same bass climb could probably slow it down at the end and end with a nice chord with F for the top. So right guys, so that I ensure a lot of you who've started off on the piano, I'm sure you can get somewhere with it or possibly the exact same way in which I've presented it in this lesson so far. Get yourselves a copy of the notation. The midi file may also help. You can import it into an app like Synthesia or anything which is free. It allows you to put it in and you can see the notes in whichever format you desire, whether it's notation or those block like things which comes down in all sorts of colors. So all these things are available.   It'll be great. You may be inspired by some of this stuff. So let's now move forward with a more exciting way of playing almost the same thing, but just a few variations here and there. Okay, moving on. So in the A section, I'm not doing too much of change. I'm just adding this little thing whenever I can. So same thing. Now, since my right hand is chilling out there, I can add a little bit of some interest in the left hand. So instead of doing, I could do so that's one five, one six, three, the three as a passing eighth note to get used to that slightly tricky initially. And then I'm doing the same story. But then when I come back down, instead of doing, I'm actually playing C major in a more, I would say a little bit more of a salsa way, but in a swinging way. So how am I voicing the C chord? It's rather interesting. It's a C seven. So I do C with my base. Then I'm doing a B flat and E. So I'm ignoring the G and I'm playing it in a spread way. I'm playing the E higher. If you if your hand, if you feel is stretching out too much, or if you have small hands, you can probably ignore this way of playing for now and go back to the default way. But if you can, it goes, this is the rhythm. Keep your wrist nice and smooth or relaxed and circle it if you can. You could also jump your wrist since these are staccato. Okay, let's do it till there. And then the embellishment on C, that one. And now the spread groove. I've reserved that groove for the the same climbing base. And now you do the additional third there for the blues grooving. That's the whole thing. So let's do that whole thing again. And this holds good for the next line as well. Embellish the salsa thing. Now the first time it ends with it. And the second time, the same thing which I taught you earlier in the bass and in the treble, moving forward to a few more advanced things which I'm doing at the next section. First of all, I'm harmonizing my right hand such that the top note of the chord becomes the melody. So I don't compromise that. But I'm adding some chords. So okay, so even without the bass, it sounds quite rich, doesn't it? Because that's then one is B flat. That's your diminished seventh. And now come to F major. Christmas Eve. That's a implying a D seventh. So with the bass, the same bass I told you earlier, B flat, B, C, the lower D. You don't, it sounds a bit, doesn't sound full if you play it up there. So B flat, B, C, D, D. Quite low to sing but you get the idea. So there I'm doing something quite interesting. I'm going first time doing the harmony. Staying on the E but you could also go play this a little earlier. It gets a nice bluesy or a jazzy vibe. Let's do that again. The same bass lick we learned one more time. If you do, if you do this as quarter notes, you won't have time to play that. You won't have time to play the lick. So you just have to anticipate the tune. Okay, so it's just that internal voice. You could add that embellishment one more time, the whole thing. Okay, now pretty much the same thing. Okay, now I'm adding some off beats there. And just to get that swing vibe. And then that's the same thing, G, A. And now instead of doing, you could do a little lick there. I'm trying to stress on the C augmented chord which is used, well, at least by the beatles from what I know in Oh Darling, it just really adds that interest, doesn't it? So whenever you're going from a dominant to a tonic, in this case, C to F, you can always sneak in that chord. Okay, let's just do that again. And now lick. Okay, you could even end on the augmented fifth which is G sharp. So moving forward to the next part, well, it's pretty much the same. And now you could add some thirds harmony. Thirds meaning with the bottom thirds kind of makes sense for the lyrics there because then all the other reindeer, so it's like plural. So more people are talking, I guess. And then and then the salsa thing and then now I'm ending it with again something bluesy. So you first do the chromatic jump and there but then to add some spice at the end. Let's do that again.  Let's just do the whole last chorus section climbing could even slow it down. Right. So those are some embellishments and regarding the melody, you can do anything you really want. If you'd like to spice it up, you can do I do that a lot. I I trill.  You can even do can do a turn like that. You can even kind of staccato anything you want. It adds more to that swing. You can just squeeze in that that may be overdoing it, but you get the idea. Hope you folks enjoyed the lesson. This is Rudolph the red nose reindeer in quite a few versions, quite a few embellishments, melodically, harmonically, rhythmically. And hopefully you have fun playing this over the Christmas season. If you're watching this before Christmas or just around Christmas time, work hard on it and send me a recording as well. It'll be great to hear it. We are on Instagram. You can find me at Jason Zach. So you could just do a version and send it across and tag me or something like that. And don't forget to get yourselves a copy of all the notation of not only this Christmas song, we are doing a series of Christmas songs. We are doing a series of Christmas songs. There will be at least six to eight songs in neat folders with MIDI files, PDFs, different versions, so on and so forth. Lot of things to learn all the best and I will catch you in the next one.


Hey friends, today we are going to be checking out a Disney inspired Polynesian Tiki home right here in Kissimmee, Florida. You can actually stay here and have your own private tropical hideaway with the Trader Sam themed bar and all of the amazing Polynesian feels that you would get from Disney's Polynesian Resort. Any hoos, let's go do this. This vacation rental is the perfect place for anyone that's a fan of the Jungle Cruise, the Enchanted Tiki Room, the Adventurer's Club, the Disney's Polynesian Resort or even Trader Sam's. Like I said, you can actually stay here and you can rent it out through Airbnb or through its own website and it's only about 15 minutes away from Walt Disney World, so it's easy to get to the parks and actually come back and just enjoy. It's really really beautiful and I'm going to give you a grand tour once we get inside. A lot of the furnishings inside here is actually Disney authentic, like they come from the Disney Polynesian Resort, from the Jungle Cruise and from all over the place and I absolutely love it. I love this beginning intro right here when you walk in, Adventurer's Club Open House. Come in a stranger, leave a little stranger. That is so awesome. I would love to have this at my house. As most of you may already know, the Polynesian went through a big different refurb where it kind of lost its like Polynesian feel or the old Polynesian feel and I feel like this place really brings that back. It makes you feel like you were at the Polynesian in the early 80s and 90s and I like that. It's got that really awesome feel to it. We're going to start here on the porch and you can see it's got so much detail to it. This is a Polynesian couch from the Polynesian Resort and here is the name of the house itself. Maybe right there but if you look up at the ceiling, the ceiling has Chinese newspaper actually all across it. I think that is so awesome and this is kind of a big thing in Tiki culture and I really, really, really like it. I don't know if you can see it. Oh yeah, right there. I wonder who that is. You may recognize these carved panels on the bottom of the porch and these are the design that's actually in an adventure land right next to the kiosk as soon as you walk in there. Look at how nifty this is. This is so awesome and like I said there is so much detail in here. Once we get in there, I'm going to show you everything. Now we're going to actually step inside and wait till you take a look. I mean I think you can already see it from here but look at this. It's so amazing. I love it. I love the lighting. I love the ceilings. Like I said it's your personal tropical hideaway. Look at blueprints for the jungle cruise. You got Polynesian small world right here. I really, really, really do love this. This has such a good mixture of retro Polynesian feel to it but with updated appliances and all the convenience of like this time century, this time period but you can see a lot of good feeling nostalgia items in here and I can't wait. Like I said I'm going to try to just point them out as we go about the whole entire home. Once we're inside we get to meet the creators of Mananui. This is... How's it going? Good. Typhoon and Tommy. Nice. And welcome to Mananui.  This is it. I'd say it's almost mostly Tommy. Yeah? That is awesome. I did this with Gil's collection basically. I built a showroom for Gil's collection. That's the way though. Look at this bar. Oh wow. It's got all the different like old Disney. These pictures are just random... Yeah a lot of clippings of old print ads and some family photos. Some family photos. That is so awesome.  Do you see them up there? That is so awesome. The bar itself is really cool and it has a whole bunch of different things on the top but below take a look at these amazing items. This is so awesome. I actually would have loved to have one of those. And then on this side take a look at this. Isn't that so cool? And the lighting is just perfect in here. I really love everything in here. Before I mentioned it's a little bit of a mix of everything from Jungle Cruise to the Polynesian to the Enchanted Tiki Room to the Swiss family Robinson because you can see a book up there and we got the backside of water. Right here Welcome Explorers Jungle Cruise Wildlife Expeditions. This is so amazing. Wake up Jose. Look at all the lighting in here and you can actually control the different moods inside the room and this one is really nice and relaxing. Look at this. The lights even change at the bar. I love the ceiling in here. This is actually from the Polynesian this main beam that's going right through and this is from the lobby of the Polynesian and just look at the detail in here. Another cool thing is it smells like the poly in here and it's got the poly music and if you wanted to you have a nice collection of different records from like the 60s and you can just listen to some Tahiti records and enjoy your time here. Call of the Coral Isles that is really nice. The kitchen cabinets are actually shipping crate and look at all the detail inside the handles that's so awesome it comes with all of course Polynesian village coffee mugs. You need the pineapple juice and a lot of stuff that you can actually make all your drinks with definitely the painkillers and then just take a look as it all goes downwards. I like all of the light fixtures in here and some of them are custom made right here in Florida. This one right here is taboo relics and they actually make Tiki mugs too. There's a Tiki mug that matches this light right there. I think it's up on the shelf here. Look at that. Isn't that amazing? That is really really well put together. Yeah he's great. Of course we got some of the Tiki birds actually up here as well just hanging out and I just love all of this stuff. I feel like I'm going to say that a lot but I just get excited about it. Get a little giggly because I think it's so cool and fascinating. So Typhoon Tommy actually custom made a lot of the woodwork and different things inside the house and if you want to tell me about some of them real quick you could. So the little bracket that's holding the shelf up is a copy of the brackets that hold up the Tiki's that go around the Aloha aisle right next to the Tiki room and then the shelf that it's holding up is a custom sign that I had made and hand painted that's based on the jungle navigation company banner that's at the Jungle Cruise in California and painted on the wall. Oh wow. So I made a copy of it. I aged it down to kind of look old and that's right here. That is really cool. It's just a little hidden detail just to give somebody else something that's sitting at the bar like oh my gosh I didn't notice that five seconds ago. So a lot of it's just about discovery and getting into the escapism of the whole room. Yeah and then Gil this is a picture of you right? You said? That's my old man. You guys are at the Jungle Cruise. Yeah way to the line of the Jungle Cruise. That is really awesome. 1967. Wow. 1967. I would have loved to see Disney in the 60s. Absolutely. Oh wow. As you're making your way through you can see all these old Polynesian photos and this one right here it's got a little glare on it. This is Gil's uncle who actually did the fire walk at the Tahitian terrace in Disneyland and there's even a video where he's in the background. And it's cool that it pays homage to all of this. And some of the artifacts that are actually on these photos are here inside this home. So it's got a real level of authenticity to it. And then we can see some more Disney props up here. This is a cast members only sign from Shanghai Disney for the Jungle Cruise and then over on this side you may get wet little splash mountain tie in and everything is just so themed well. But my favorite spot is the bathroom. Look at this wallpaper. This is the wallpaper that's in the Disneyland Tiki, well not Disney, the Trader Sam's in Disneyland's bathroom and it is just so amazing. I love it. I love the actual mirror. This is from the Polynesian. The little Polynesian light post right here. So nice. Definitely can take a lot of selfies in here. I'm going to put all the listings for this in the description so you guys can check it out. And in case you ever do want to rent it and like I said it's a perfect little hideaway, your own personal tropical hideaway. That just keeps on, it's stuck in my head now. The sink itself is a vanity from Animal Kingdom Lodge and it's funny because the pattern for Animal Kingdom Lodge actually fits in really well here. Doesn't that look like a Tiki inspired pattern? The detail is what I like the most. Everything is just put together so perfectly well. And check out these sliding doors. Oh, I almost fell into the sliding doors. But look at that. That is amazing. I think these are from Animal Kingdom Lodge, these doors. And I love it. Even the closet. All themed. Now it is just a one bedroom vacation rental, but the bedroom is actually probably my next favorite spot. I mean, I love the bathroom just because of the wallpaper but this bedroom is so amazing. I cannot, I don't know how to describe it. I'm just going to try to show it all to you. We'll start off with the old radio over here. And look at your little back scratcher. Of course that is definitely always needed. And then just take a look at all of the different framed artwork and pictures. We got Walt up there. And then the United Airlines Disneyland sign. That is awesome. Jose. And then of course, as we get over to this side, the bed. And take a look at this. Isn't this amazing? Some nice lays. Some more enchanted tiki room artwork over here. The music is just really setting. These are actual tiki lamps from the Polynesian on the nightstands. These are from the rooms that actually just recently got renovated. And I like these a lot better. And then this backdrop. Holy moly, right? These are from the Polynesian too. I love it in here. This is really, really cool. And a little Moana. A couple more pictures. This is the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Walt talking about the Florida Project. Ba-da-bing. And then Walt in the enchanted tiki room too. Look at that. It's so amazing. I'm still kind of in awe. So look at this chest. I don't know what's in there. But it's so like, oh wow. This is beautiful. I think this is just for display. But I love this. If you see any of the cool things in here, Typhoon Tommy actually makes a lot of this stuff. So I'll put his Instagram in the description. And if you're ever interested in buying some of the pieces, like what are some of the pieces? Like I know you did the Skipper Canteen, the Jungle Navigation Company, right? That sign? The navigation sign. The lights that are in the bathroom actually are reproductions of the Poly ones because they're almost impossible to find now. So I make reproductions of those. Shelving, you know, just most of this kind of stuff. Like if you wanted a tiki bar or a tiki home, you know, that's kind of my thing. But if you want props, if you want props, you know, I also make those in lamps and a lot of stuff like that. Okay, we'll do. Reach out with questions and I'm always open to answer anything. Nice. That was so cool that they allowed me to come in and show you guys that beautiful vacation home. It's so amazing in there. I really love the vibes and I wouldn't mind staying there. It's not that big. It's very small and very compact but really, really well-themed. And I absolutely love it because I love the Polynesian things. I even wore the shirt to match. You know what I mean? Any hoos. We went through it, we toured it and being on the subject of Polynesian, Ohana brought back the skewers of meat. They brought back the chicken, the steak and the shrimp. So I decided since we just got done touring a Polynesian-themed house, maybe we go have a Polynesian-themed dinner at Ohana.  Those panels, that same pattern was actually in the house and it's just so amazing. I really, really do love the Polynesian. I think it's become my favorite resort and I've stayed here the most out of all the resorts I've stayed at. The Poly's been the most. If you guys recall, Ohana, if you guys recall Ohana reopened but without the signature meats without like the shrimp on the skewers, they substituted it for a shrimp casserole and I came out and naturally we ate here and I said that if you've never been at Ohana before, then your first experience, even if you didn't get the skewers, was gonna be great. But I have eaten at Ohana before and I love the skewers. I miss the shrimp the most and the chicken. So that's why I decided to come out and we're not gonna do a full dining review. We're just gonna kind of just enjoy, eat and show off the skewers again. Nobody really needs an excuse to come to the Poly and go to Ohana. I mean, I don't need an excuse but I thought it was fitting that I actually did both of these in the same video because you know, it was kind of like the same theme. Polynesian, Airbnb and Polynesian dinner, Ohana. Let me know in the comments what you think.  My mom liked that shrimp casserole and I was shocked. Inside the house, I was showing off all the different designs and see this design right here, this pattern. This was actually going through the main beam of the house. I thought that was really interesting. I really wanted to come to Ohana and eat tonight but I did not have a reservation so I wanted to join the walk-up list. I had to actually drive all the way here because there is a location on the My Disney Experience app so if you're not in the radius of the restaurant you can't join the walk-up list. So I drove all the way here just thinking maybe I would be able to get on the walk-up list and I did and it told me about a 45 minute wait so I figured I'd come up, hang out and just kind of relax at the poly until it's time to eat. If I wasn't able to actually get into Ohana I have other options. I could have went and eaten at Kona Cafe or I probably would have just went down to Captain Cook's and got myself some meatballs or rice because those are my second favorite meal here at the Polynesian. Ohana's number one but coconut meatballs and rice? Number two. Now I'm at my table and I really lucked out because I got a fireworks view and the fireworks are at 8.45 and the time is enough, it's eight o'clock. So we're gonna be able to watch happily ever after from Ohana while eating Ohana. That's amazing. This is my table right here. Good old Nathan Morrow and take a look at the view I got. Well it's gonna be a little bright but we're gonna focus in. Ba da bang, ba da boom, right there. Cinderella Castle, you can see Space Mountain and we'll be able to see all the fireworks as well. And I think they're gonna pump it the song in through the music here. And we got the ukulele playing right now but like I said at 8.45, happily ever after will actually be pumped out to the speakers but I kinda like it both. If you guys wanna see my first original video for Ohana when it first reopened I'll put a video link in the description but this one's gonna be a lot better. Like I said, all I'm happy about is the skewers are back. The peel and each shrimp, the chicken is gonna be way better than the chicken on the bone that they added to the skillet.  The little things actually matter. The chicken and shrimp on the skewers is what I feel like made this restaurant. So I'm happy that they're back and we're gonna enjoy them. And the first thing that has come out is the chicken. Now these are the way that they were cooked before.  But this is exactly how it's cooked. And I bet you it's cooked on the skewer. I can't wait to cut into these. Get these bad boys. Oh yeah, perfect. I can't wait to get to the shrimp but the chicken is so, so good. There we go, now we got the trifecta. The chicken, the shrimp, and then the steaks. I think the steak is the same way that it was being served but look at these shrimps. Oh my Lord, I cannot wait. Before I get to the shrimps though, take a look at that beautiful sunset. I can see the lights turning on at the train station. Cinderella Castle is starting to get all lit up. And like I said, this is gonna be a nice firework view. It's all gonna be right there. Oh look, the boat's actually going on the water as well. I don't eat a lot of peel and eat shrimp actually. I haven't really been eating shrimp for a long time. I recently just started liking it, like discovering it. So I think the only way I know how to actually peel it is that usually I start on the top like this and then I spread it out. Just let me know in the comments if you guys know how to peel shrimp any better. And then I start just making my way right down to the tail and then a little bit and then I just pop it right out. And I get that extra meat that's inside the tail. And it all comes off pretty good. And I think I get the majority of the shrimp. Yeah, see? The majority of shrimp there. But let me know if there's a better way. This is really good for me though. Seriously though, I have to say, now this is just me here. I'm not having anybody join me, but look at all the food they brought out. I can't even ask for more because there's no way I'm gonna finish all this. I mean, that is a lot. Let me give you like 15 shrimp, three chicken. Look at all the pot stickers. They gave me about four or five wings and then the steak. And then don't forget, we still got the Ohana bread pudding coming out. So like that is a lot, a lot of food. They give you these hot towels because you're peeling and eating so many shrimp. And look at how hot those bad boys are. I don't know if you can see this steam pouring off there, but it is, that is hot hot. Oh yeah, you can see the steam. Holy hot towel. Don't put that on your face. I do love me the noodles though. And can I just say that the service at Ohana is like probably the best service I've ever had. I have unsweet lemonade, half and half, on a farmer's yard. And I didn't even ask for refills. They just keep on bringing me out more and more and more. I had never run out of a drink since I've been here. Look at that. They've got backup. The backup, they've got backup for the backup. From our hot throws to the kitchen behind, please put your hands together for the chefs of the evening. Woo! So I'll be taking you to Paul's food. It's getting almost time for happily ever after. And I think I'm ready to jump right to the bread pudding. I am so looking forward to the bread pudding. I got my own little dish. Look at this. They made like a little tiny dish and they gave me my own sauce right here. So we're gonna pour the sauce on. Oh, that's the way. I don't like to do it in one big lump, just a little bit. Oh, perfect. Now we're gonna grab some ice cream. Ooh, slippery. There we go. The best thing is that we get to enjoy this while watching happily ever after. So I'm gonna like take it to the side here, set the camera up and just sit here and eat and watch the fireworks. That was so, so good. And being able to sit there and watch happily ever after, while eating ohana bread pudding was so, it was like heaven, it was blessed. Absolutely loved it. Always good time in here. And now gotta be making my way out here.  You feel like just stay in there. I would go to Trader Sam's, but I don't got it in me. I did wanna run down to the Boutique and see if they have any of my Polynesian fedoras. They sold out and the ones that I had ended up getting kind of ruined. So I wanted to see if I can get a new one, but it looks like that's a negative. No, I don't see any. They do got the Trader Sam's chip bowl set, which is a very popular thing. And also, I think these are new. Is this Corsical? Oh wow, it is. Wow, I don't think I've seen these before. It does look like they've got the coconuts back. You can actually mail somebody a coconut from Walt Disney World. Look at that. Greetings from Walt Disney World. And it's actually already marked priority mail. And you write their address on it and it actually ships just like this. How cool is that? And I guess with that, I think we're gonna call it a night here. It was so good to come back to Ohana. Now I must confess, I did come to Ohana with my mom and sister. But being the name of the restaurant Ohana, I thought it would be great to sit down, have a family dinner. And we didn't vlog it. I didn't make any video. We just kind of enjoyed a nice day at the Polynesian and it was really nice. And they didn't get the shrimp because at that time they only had the shrimp casserole. My mom loved the shrimp casserole, which is really awesome. But I'm all for the shrimp that they have now. And I hope you enjoyed the video. I hope you enjoyed the Polynesian themed house. And of course Ohana. So I guess we'll see you next time. Bye.


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