Well, good morning, everyone. Thank you all for being here for our latest update on COVID-19. As I've said before, we're learning more about this new virus every single day. And our top priority continues to be protecting our people. We've talked before about how most, more than 80 percent, who get this virus will experience mild to moderate symptoms. But even if you're not worried about yourself, it's important that everyone focus on protecting those at higher risk, especially older Vermonters and those with serious health conditions, like heart or lung disease or diabetes. As I said last week, our strategy is to slow this down and prevent as many cases as possible. As you know, I declared a state of emergency, and we've implemented a range of mitigation steps to slow the spread of the virus from limiting public gatherings and restricting visitors at long-term care facilities and hospitals to banning state employee work travel and extending unemployment benefits to those who have to self-isolate and so much more. It's important for Vermonters to know that additional measures are inevitable. But every action we've taken thus far has been based on science, data, and the guidance of experts. That's why yesterday I ordered the dismissal of all pre-K through 12 schools by the end of the day Tuesday, March 17th. So effective March 18th, all schools should be closed. This decision was made in close consultation with the Department of Health and the Agency of Education. We felt this was necessary in order to keep ahead of the curve in terms of reducing the spread of COVID-19. This is a moment of service for all of us, and I know educators and school support staff all across Vermont will be flexible and do their part to support students and their families. I've also asked the Agency of Education to work with superintendents and local districts to make sure every child continues to receive the service that they need from their schools. This includes a plan so students have school work to do when schools are dismissed, as well as to create remote learning plans that prepare us for what could be a longer period of time. They will also develop a plan to get meals to kids who need them and services for children with special needs, as well as options that meet the childcare needs of the healthcare workforce and other essential personnel. At this point in time, school closures will last until April 6th, but Vermonters need to know. We may need to extend it for all the reasons we've explained. We have to slow the spread down to bend the curve. I know and I fully appreciate the challenges that closing schools will pose for Vermonters. But based on the best science available, this decision is now necessary to stay ahead of the curve to reduce the spread of COVID-19. And to the point of quickly evolving guidance, last night, CDC advised further limiting the size of public gatherings to 50. Based on that recommendation, I'm amending my executive order to limit gatherings to a maximum of 50 or 50% of an establishment's occupancy, whichever is less. Additionally, as a state government, we're working diligently to transition our state employees to work remotely. As well, we're implementing measures to limit person-to-person transactions at state offices like the DMV. Those measures will be combined with 90-day extensions in license and registration renewal. I want Vermonters to know we're continuously evaluating other mitigation steps and will continue to communicate those as they are put into place. It's important to remember that in times of crisis, we all need to make sacrifices. But Vermonters and all Americans have risen to the challenges before. And this time will be no different. We will get through this and we'll do it together. Now I'm going to turn this over to Dr. Levine to remind us of all the details around COVID-19, who is at risk while bending the curve is so important. And he can also address how we're extending our testing capacity. Dr. Levine. Thank you, Governor. Just three short days ago, we stood before you to say that Vermont was not yet at the point where closing schools was called for to slow the spread of coronavirus. But the Governor and I both stressed that the calculus could change and change soon. Based on the certain knowledge that we must take every action, even those that are the most disruptive to the lives of our children and families, we have come to the quick and data-driven conclusion that closing schools while considering the many consequences and working to mitigate them is the responsible action to take. In the U.S., the virus has been clearly overtaking our efforts at containment. In Vermont, our testing underlines this assessment. When I last spoke with you all on Friday, I noted that the health department had recorded two positives out of 140 tests. I noted to you that we would be expecting to have a marked increase in testing and that we took our public health surveillance functions very seriously and would act rapidly informed by data. Since then, in just three days, we have now tested a total of 415 people and are up to 12 positive tests. Cases have been reported in people who live in Bennington, Chittenden, Orange, Washington, and Windsor counties, plus neighboring Massachusetts and New York. At least three out of the four most recent cases seem clearly to be the result of person-to-person spread of illness in the community and not travel-related. So even these small numbers indicate that community transitioning is occurring. And that is why implementing these social distancing measures is a powerful public health tool, such as banning large public gatherings, prohibiting visitors to care settings, teleworking, and others. So now, in addition to all the actions we've taken thus far to try to slow the spread of illness over time and flatten that curve of transmission, it's appropriate to close schools. In fact, we are at precisely the time when school closure has been shown to be an effective public health strategy. Closing schools at the end of the day, Tuesday, is a further step that will help us keep ahead of the curve in terms of preventing and reducing spread of COVID-19. We are painfully aware of the disruptions in social isolation that will result from this.  But all of the actions that Governor Scott is taking, together with what each of us individually can do, will help slow the spread, meaning fewer people who become severely ill, fewer deaths, fewer opportunities to overwhelm the healthcare system. That is our ultimate goal. So please remember, if you are sick, stay home. That's now more important than ever. If you are sick with symptoms of COVID-19, fever, dry cough, difficulty breathing, call your healthcare provider for instructions. Don't just show up and don't go to the emergency room. We must keep our healthcare providers safe and keep our health system from being overwhelmed, and there are protocols in place to handle your concerns. And if you are well, and I hope we all remain well, practice social distancing as we've discussed. We will all thank you. I'd now like to introduce Heather Boucher. Good morning, everyone. Yes, Heather Boucher, the Deputy Secretary for Education. I'd like to start by thanking our educators and districts and school administrators throughout the state for their commitment to students and families. We at the Agency of Education have received numerous calls and questions. We are doing our very best to answer your concerns, your issues and questions, and we certainly stand ready to serve. We are certainly charting new and unknown territory in our state, but we do have some ideas based on previous emergencies, such as natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina and more regionalized H1N1 incidents to help guide us in our approach. So we will be relying on this information as we provide assistance to districts in terms of their own plans for continuation of education and services. In addition, I'd like to remind us that Vermont is not alone in statewide school closure. This is, of course, happening across the nation. We are lucky in that we have excellent cross-state collaborative relationships to rely on and we'll continue to do so throughout the coming days and weeks. At AOE, we are quickly turning operations towards continuity of education and service focus. We're setting up a new structure to address this need. We have released guidance to the field on child nutrition services and more is forthcoming. And our special education division is working as we speak on guidance for providing students free and appropriate public education under remote learning situations. We also have another division working on continuity of education through curricular shifts, personalized learning plans, and lesson planning assistance. So I will again just conclude by saying that we are ready. We are here to help our districts as much as we can. We're in this together and we wanna keep those communication lines open. Please send us your questions, concerns to your usual teams that you're working with and we will have much more information coming out in the coming days. Thank you. So at this time, we'll entertain questions. We do have about 10 media members on the phone. So we're going to alternate and take a question from the floor first. Can you read the question out? Governor, what's the plan for healthcare workers who have kids in school who are obviously needed at this time in state hospitals and public facilities to be able to get a contingency there or taking care of them from now? Yeah, there's a great concern for that very issue. It's something that we did contemplate in closing the schools because we know that a lot of parents are going to be impacted by this. So that is a provision that we've talked about. We are putting a plan into place so that we can provide for childcare for those first responders and those in the healthcare field that are going to be needed in the coming days and weeks. So at this point, we don't have it perfected, but we're working on the plan as we speak. Do you think by Wednesday it will be... I believe by in the next two days, it's my hope that we'll have something in place. Yes. Next question is Sean from the Chester Telegraph. Are you on the phone? Yeah, thank you for the question. I believe I have the answer to that, but I'm going to let Secretary Smith answer that and be more succinct. Sean, thank you for the question. Mike Smith, Secretary of Human Services. When we got the order yesterday at the agency, we formed a internal task force to look at these various issues of subsidies as well as moving forward, how we're going to move forward on this. We met this morning. We're going to be setting up a 24-7 hotline. Those questions of subsidies will be answered in the near future. As the governor had mentioned, we've got a window here that we have to get these answers done by this two-day window, and those answers will be answered. But using the subsidies, we're going to try to be as flexible as possible to sort of forewarn that, and then we'll make the decision of how those subsidies are going to be used, I would say within the next 24 to 36 hours. Is there anything you're looking at now for Friday that we're giving schools? Maybe a couple days a week and we're going to figure out those schools today? Yeah, no, I think we're right on schedule, in some respects. We were waiting for different guidance in many different ways, certainly from the number of tests that are coming back in. We were watching that, and we feel to be ahead of the curve, giving this two-day period will give us time to get ahead of the curve. So I believe we're right on schedule, and I can let Dr. Levine add to that, but this is something that we calculated, and this is what we were asking for. As I said, this is every day where we're constantly looking at the data and the science to make sure that we base decisions on that methodology, because it's really important that we just don't react too quickly, that we have to stay calm. We have to be panic-free, but at the same time, take care of what we think is the right opportunity at the right point in time. Dr. Levine, do you want to add to that? Just very quickly, you want to be on the right point on the curve, so to speak, and know when your cases are starting to escalate and could become exponentially greater. You also want firm evidence for community transmission of the virus, as opposed to just travelers coming back from places that have the virus endemic. So it really was all the right criteria were being satisfied, and I think the 48-hour waiting period is really a critical time here that a lot more can be accomplished during a weekday than a weekend. So this was a public health decision to use the school closure as another mitigating strategy, but keep in mind the reasons that these 48 hours is so critical, some of them are educational, a number of them are public health. We have children who need to be fed, need to have meals, we need that to work seamlessly. We have children, as the governor alluded to, who have disabilities or special needs. Those needs need to be met. And we have a healthcare workforce, as the first question illustrated, that needs to be having the time to plan out how that can continue to engage in that workforce and have their children taken care of at the same time. 12 cases, 415 tests total. Maybe out of you. We'll sit and rank. Yes, I know that when you use online learning to teach kids on the crack, what does that look like in the community that don't have access to the high speed internet? Yeah, I'm going to let Heather take this one. But again, we're going to be creative, understanding that we don't have internet access everywhere, but we do have a method we're going to put into place to make sure that schoolwork gets to kids and that we can keep track of it and it's reportable. Heather? Yes, just to echo what Governor Scott said, it will be largely contingent on the communities that we're talking about. In some communities, they could rather seamlessly move to a fully online platform with some training because internet usage and internet accessibility is reasonable in communities. Many of our communities, however, will likely be focusing on a combined online and paper, if you will, packet format. We will be providing assistance to the districts depending on their own unique situations and our districts and schools know that they are required to make sure that all students have access to the materials and to the instruction that will be taking place. We're seeing, of course, across the state, schools, universities, businesses, and temporarily shutting their doors. Who should be, specifically, who should be at work today? Well, obviously, those, you know, you have to take some responsibility yourself. Make sure that you're well, that you are not showing any signs yourself. We're asking businesses to implement some strategies in order to distance workers. If you can work remotely, you should. There are a number of different cases, and, again, I have to stress, you know, we're here in Vermont. We can get creative and we can do this if we just think about it a little bit differently. Think outside the box in how we provide the services that Vermonters need in a safe manner. And I have a lot of confidence in the employers across the state to do the right thing and to keep their employees safe. But I would say, just adhering to some of those questions that we ask of those who are going into, previous, going into long-term care facilities, ask yourself those questions and then ask yourself whether you should be going into work or not. Dr. Levine, anything else you'd like to add to that? Yeah, thank you very much. I got through it from an at-the-death dial back in before I missed my opportunity. There are new questions here, and I'll ask you both at the same time. I don't know what today's the fourth case that was reported overnight are, but I think yesterday, half the cases came from out of state and there's some in the community where people are coming from elsewhere, coming to Vermont to come to their second home, or whatever, and whether the, whether the, whenever we're calling this, whether the quarantine, what do you make of that? I mean, does the do-those-hours state get to place extra burden on what we're doing here? And then, and this is the second question, have any of the patients who have been treated, have any of them recovered yet? Those are my two questions. I'll take the first one first. Obviously, you know, we as a nation are in this together, and we're going to get through this together. To, you know, we know we have second home owners here that might be seeking some refuge from their own communities, and we would ask them to self-evaluate and ask themselves whether that's a good idea or not. But once they're here, we'll take care of them. We're not going to turn people away just because they're from another state. We in Vermont are compassionate and we take care of ourselves as well as others. So while it's concerning, again, I want to stress that those living in other states who have second homes here should rethink their strategy. But again, once they're here, we'll take care of them. In terms of whether anyone is recovered, I'm going to let Dr. Levine answer that. I do think the first question illustrates the concept of viruses do not respect borders. So, you know, some of our borders, we have frequent interchange, even if people aren't coming to their second homes, frequent interchange across those borders all the time. So I think we need to consider Northern New England as a community, and anyone is really susceptible within that community. For the second question, keep in mind the majority of the cases, except for the first two, are all being reported Friday, Saturday, Sunday. So none of those people, of course, have recovered. They've just become ill and gotten tested. The first two cases, to my awareness at this point in time, are clearly not yet on the pathway to recovery. Thank you. The calculus changed over the weekend. Why not make it optional for students to go to school today? Why make it optional for students to close to saying only send their kids to go to school on behalf. And the second question is, where are we on that children timeline? Yeah, well, I'll take the first one. Obviously, there are many parents who are, you know, understandably concerned about their children. And that's why I said that it's up to them. If they don't feel comfortable sending their kids to school, they should keep them home. We feel it's okay to send them to school for Monday and Tuesday. We're ahead of the curve on this. And this is calculated in our approach, giving at least two days to prepare for this. So it's not as though if we had thought that it was unsafe for them to go to school on Monday morning, we would have said over the weekend, don't come in on Monday. But we, again, are basing this on science and data. And we feel that we have two days to prepare for this and that by Wednesday, having them home will give us the best result. So the community spread that you're seeing has to be the same? Well, again, we think getting ahead of this. We know this is coming. Again, I wanna stress, the worst is yesterday they had to come. We know it's coming. We just have to slow it down a bit. And again, our strategy involved looking ahead to seeing when we thought the right time was to do this and it ended up being Tuesday evening. And shutting down the schools for Wednesday is the right approach from my standpoint. So I have a slide. Yeah, that would be showing the chart. I don't think. I don't see any other way. And Anne, we're circling through questions. I'll call your name if we have time at the end. I'm not gonna be able to show you exactly what we're doing in that chart. But we believe we are in the early phases of community transmission. So beginning the slope upwards, but certainly not anywhere near here. In time, why just give or take it? When do you start, like, when does the blue start heading down now? Time? Right. We're gonna find that out. That's all we can tell you. Colin, seven days. Yeah, hi. Thank you. So yesterday, Secretary French had mentioned that he believes teachers will still be paid because they will be required to show up to work. But he says that support staffers represent more complex questions in the way that they're funded, essentially. Just wondering if there's been any updates about thinking, Annie, for sure? Do we give these people about whether they'll be paid and go a lot of concerns about that? Yeah, we have communicated to the districts and superintendents that we expect everyone to be paid. So I know that there'll be some bumps along the road. We're not sure what everyone is going to be doing in the meantime, but again, it's about creativity and finding an approach that will work. We are going to need people to provide for the services that we have said that we're going to provide to the children, the students. So we're still going to need people in order to do that. But we haven't fully developed the plan. When that plan comes out, I'm sure that there'll be many people involved. But again, we've asked the superintendents to make sure that everyone is paid. In the nation of South Korea, they've been dealing with this for a while now, they've tested over hundreds of thousands of people. And it seems like the more they test, the lower the estimated death rate goes down. The latest number I checked from three days ago was 0.7%. So my question is, at what point does the death rate become low enough? And we always got to assume there's more people out there that we haven't tested. As you said, the symptoms are not always going to be very significant. At what point do we reevaluate some of these measures, clothing, schools, clothing? I'll let Dr. Levine answer that from my standpoint when there are no deaths occurring. But I'll let Dr. Levine answer that. If it's clear what the question is. Not super clear, but... The death rate, the more they test people, the more the death rate percentage drops. Right, because they're finding milder cases. Right, so in South Korea where they've tested hundreds of thousands of people, it's dropped to close to a half percent. So my question is, at what point does it become low enough that you start to reevaluate some of these economic measures, shutting schools, shutting public gatherings? Yeah, I personally wouldn't look at it that way because we're trying to forecast the future right now, not get to a point and then say did it work or it didn't work. These mitigation strategies do take weeks to months. That's why when we talked earlier about school closure, when it's done too early and for two weeks, it's not been shown to be effective very widely. Whereas when it started a little later and it goes a little longer, it's been shown to be an effective strategy. Just like all the other strategies that you heard about at the first press conference and in the executive order, those take time to play out. So when we talk about where we are in the curve and et cetera, we're trying not to let the curve follow the red and we're trying to implement all of these things sufficiently early that they have time to kick in and allow us to flatten that in that direction. So a half percent is still five times the rate that people die from the flu at. So it's still significant. So I don't think I would cheer about success at any point in time in the next two months because it's really everyone doing all of the strategies that have we've outlined that's gonna help us succeed. And we wanna be able to look back at the end of it and go, wow, look how wonderfully we did. But there's no way we're gonna be able to do that as time elapses because over these next several months, the entire country is gonna see the coronavirus rise in frequency of cases. Patricia, I'm wondering specifically, we've been told we're here in Southern Vermont, which of course has FDMC as our main healthcare provider. We've been told that one individual started showing symptoms. The healthcare provider was contacted and the healthcare provider said to call an individual a drive-by-testing, which FDMC has instituted. And we were told that this woman with exhibiting symptoms was told that there were no slots available to texture, so they're still waiting. And we were just told, we, of course, that there are as many tests as could possibly be needed and no one's being turned away. So I'm wondering if you guys have received any indication that people are being turned away, as was suggested. Again, I'm not aware of anyone being turned away when a provider requests a test. But again, Dr. Levine or Mary Smith might be able to answer that from the testing facility. What you're describing sounds like the testing facility didn't have a slot for the patient to have a sample taken. Because as I said in my earlier comments, our key strategy to getting ourselves to this point in time was to test as much as possible. And we had sufficient test kits to do the testing. So the role of the provider who connects with the patient is just to obtain the sample, send it to the state lab, and we will do the testing. So I'm not really sure where the confusion came from the case you're describing because we would certainly have run that test over the weekend had we received it. I think it's also important to note that if anyone is having symptoms that they suspect to be coronavirus, even though they haven't been tested, that's just a confirmation they should self-isolate. They should not become in contact with others. Governor, everyone is very concerned that the economy is going to create or worry about losing their small business, their home, their job. What do you say to those people? Yeah, well, I'm concerned as well about the economy. I mean, this certainly, if it goes on for a prolonged period of time, could be devastating to our economy. But at the same time, if we do this right and we have this period of time over the next month or two, and we can get some control over this, I believe there's a path forward. I also know that we are not alone, not our state, not the nation, it's certainly a world issue. So there'll be strategies involved and we will, we're working with our federal government as we speak. I've been in contact with Congressman Welch, Senator Leahy, I had calls with them over the weekend, and they are going to do everything they can to provide for some stimulus to help us with this economy, to provide for the local economies across the state. And I would just advocate if there's a way for you to continue to use the services and products and use some of these businesses in the state right now, please do. They'll take care of them, they've taken care of us. So we'll see, obviously, some repercussions from this. But if we do this right and take the steps that we've tried to implement, I believe that we'll shorten this and it won't be as devastating. Hello, Governor, I was just wondering about, to just ask about the discussions, is that the economic impact on people who work for businesses that they can't work from home, such as waitresses, people who work in shops, and who are getting sent home because the customers aren't there that they need to serve. So now, instead of working 40 hours a week, maybe I'm going to have to wait a week and purchase our ship, and I just send home that to you because they don't need me. But can, what assistance is going to be available for those folks? So they don't get laid off, they don't lose their jobs and qualify for employment, they just have to be around these hours. Yeah, you were a little bit garbled, but I think I got most of the question for those who are having reduced hours. Obviously, this would come through some federal action, I believe that they're contemplating this as well, and we'll do everything we can to provide for their relief. And we'll know more, this is again, quickly evolving, it's quickly evolving as a virus, it's quickly evolving as an economic package out of Washington, and so we'll know more in the next couple of days of what this could mean. But I've received assurances from Senator Leahy yesterday afternoon, as well as from Congressman Welch yesterday afternoon, they are diligently working on this effort to make sure that we protect for Monters and Americans from what we know could be stressful in the lives of their families, as well as with their businesses that they represent. Governor Rudd, the president of the administration have been out twice now talking about the public-private partnership between Walmart, Walgreens, et cetera, and some of the private labs. Have you heard anything from them? Are you looking at driving into a Walmart parking lot and setting up? Yeah, we're working on some other strategies here in Vermont, obviously making sure that we have enough testing packages is important to us. In fact, I was on a call with Governor Sununu, with the vice president on Saturday afternoon, and then was with officials from AJSS on Saturday night, about 10 o'clock, a conference call with Governor Sununu and myself and Commissioner Levine, and we discussed testing. And we believe there is a path forward for us. We're, again, taking a Vermont approach, and I believe it's going to work. Do you want to comment any further on that, Commissioner Levine, at this point, or? I could, very briefly, because it gets complicated. I would characterize what's going on at the federal level as very well-intentioned and aspirational, and it's a matter of when we will be kicking in and implemented, and we hope during this week we'll hear some more about that. But as the governor said, we are taking a Vermont approach, and it turns out that to be successful in testing across the nation on this date today, you really need to be very resourceful and work with your academic medical centers to accomplish the goal, because most health departments can't obtain the quantity of the reagents that are needed to do all of the processes involved in testing. So we have some very promising work we're doing with the University of Vermont College of Medicine and with the University of Vermont Medical Center with, at the level of actually testing reagents, at the level of the kinds of equipment needed to do the testing and the personnel. And it's really going to become a very nice collaborative effort that will help us maintain the level of testing we've been doing thus far. Yeah, Todd, thank you so much for my question. What confidence do you have, Governor and Commissioner, that the healthcare system can handle this with doubling the number of positives since last Friday? Also, how many tests are available right now, and how many people have been tested? Yeah, I have, you know, again, I have confidence in our healthcare system. Obviously, the measures we're taking today are in attempt to prevent the surge. I mean, if we get to a point where we're at the, at this level here, it's going to compromise our healthcare system, and that's why we have to take the measures we're taking in order to reduce that. And it might prolong it a bit because it's inevitable that we'll get this here in Vermont. But if we can reduce the high number of cases at any one time, then we can prevent that surge into our healthcare system. So that's our approach. But if we do it the way we're doing it, I believe that we're fine. We have an update every day on the number of beds available and units available. And so I'm confident that we're doing our due diligence to make sure that we're ready when this does happen. But the other testing and number of tests and so forth. So as I said earlier, we've done 415 tests, add five more from New Hampshire of Vermont residents, that's 420. We have in the 400 range test kits available right now, which will be augmented with the collaborative arrangement I just mentioned before. And again, I wanna point out one of the previous questions had to do with getting the person tested in Southwestern Vermont. And people need to really understand, Southwestern Vermont Medical Center has been an innovator. They are the first drive-through site in Vermont. And other medical centers are pivoting off of that. Federally qualified health centers have considered pivoting off of that. We have some capacity with our Department of Public Safety to actually create situations that will be like that as well. So in terms of coping with the load of people who might think they need to be tested and whose physicians believe that that is something that would be advisable, we should be able to meet that need. And as the governor said, we're trying to make sure we don't over tax the resources of our healthcare system. And at some point in time, we may get to that dotted line, we hope we don't get above it. How many cases may you anticipate at the height? Hard to know the severity. That would be an impossible answer to give right now. But 297 beds available today. And keep in mind, not all of the 12 positives are in a hospital ICU. A number of them are in home. They've been seen by the healthcare system and are well enough to stay at home and weather the storm, so to speak, with their illness. And we anticipate again, if we use the experience of other countries that over 80% of Vermonters who contract this illness should not require hospitalization and should have a mild to moderate course. I think that's why it's really important that we focus on the elderly and those with chronic conditions that to prevent them from getting it, prevent the spread. And that's why we focus so heavily on that population so that, because we know that they're the ones who may be hospitalized as a result. Thank you all, thank you to the media for your questions. And we have to get the governor to a call now and there is a process for questions if you need to follow up with us, please do so. Thanks for communicating this to Vermonters and the way you've done it. It really does help. We appreciate it.


Welcome back to Kids Fun Science. My name's Ken. Today's experiment is stomp rockets. As always, adult supervision is required. What you need for this experiment is a stomp rocket kit. See the description below where I got my kit. It includes flags, PVC piping instructions, a 14-page lesson plans, a protractor, which I think is the most incredible thing because it gives you the distance on which angle you're going to do it. Check out the description below for more information. Here's a list of all concepts you could discover with the stomp rocket kit, which is pretty amazing. I hope you enjoy. What's great about the stomp rocket kit is you get to design and make your own rockets. So you can be very creative. Where you can see here on mine, I just made a short base. Kind of not as tight as to the PVC pipe as Gracie did. And she's using multiple colors. So you could use big fins, small fins that we're using a 20-pound weighted paper, which isn't very just standard paper. And we're using clear sticky tape or scotch tape to put our wings on. You could use glue, thicker, heavier paper might help the launch of the rocket. So there's multiple different ways you can do this and design your rocket to be able to get more lift and distance with it. So that was kind of cool. And I'm sure we're going to be doing this many, many times. But you can see Gracie's using three fins here. Hers fits extremely snug around the PVC pipe, which I think is going to really help. And then she also put cones on the tip of hers, which are going to increase the flight itself. So here are our five rockets. First one's with a toilet paper roll, which is a lot heavier. The second one is Gracie's design with the cone there. My third one, I used a flat top, which is definitely going to fail. A shorter base on the fourth one and again on a flat top. So we're going to go out to the park and we're going to test these out to see which one can go the furthest. Let us know in the comments below how far your rocket went and also what kind of design you did. As you can see here, we have four fins, three fins, long fins, short fins, cones and not cones. Let us know in the comments below. Welcome back to Kids Fun Science. My name's Grace and we are doing stomp rockets. So we, there's this kit where it comes with this stomp rocket. Launcher? Yeah, launcher. And then we had to buy some bottles and so they just go on and then they'll put the rocket on here and then it'll just fly up and you can also angle it. You can find all of this in the description below. And what do you think is going to happen when we angle it? Which way do you think is going to be the furthest? I like pointing that way that it just like go into the ground but if you point it up, it'll just go up. Okay, we're going to see. All right. So you're going to take your bottle of choice. We have a two liter bottle here. You can use multiple different sizes. You want to securely tape it to the PBC pipe so it's air tight. So one of the things we're going to do is to be able to do the angles like Grace was talking about is it comes with this protractor, right? So I guess it's a protractor and it's going to tell us the angle we're at. And so what we're going to do is start off first at 45 degrees and we'll go from there. All right, let's go. Get the 45. I got to find 45. So that's a 45 degree angle right there. So we're going to launch with that one first, okay? Go ahead. So put the rocket on 45 degree angle. Grace is going to do a double step here. Ready, set, go. After you step on it every time, you have to be able to get the air back in there. So the way to do it is I just go over to the top of the air here. Ta-da. Okay, and we're going to see if it can beat. Got to fly it right there. Yep. Here we go. Good marker. So Gracey, the one you made went really far. Yeah, high meat. So I was like looking behind me and then I realized, oh wait. Yeah, look at that. Well, the measure was feet afterwards. We're going to try a 45 degree angle. Last time I got stuck in a tree. So we're going to see if I can make it this time. Past Gracey's 86 feet, eight inches. Here we go. So I was able to go 12 feet longer than Gracey's with the extra weight compressing the air. Is this my rocket? Yep. Okay, 45 degree angle. It's made out of toilet. Toilet. It's a lot heavier. Yeah. So this is the one I made last, flattop, right? Yeah. I don't think it's going to go that far because last one. So three, two, one. Let's do that one again. Now, now, now. Here are the results. We found the 45 degree angle went the farthest. We also used 30 and 70 degree angles, but they didn't go as far. So we didn't show you the footage to waste your time. Grace wanted to do a handstand rocket launch. Probably first one ever done on the internet. Great job. Went about 16 feet. And that's what I love about science is when the kids started asking, what if? And Grace wanted to know what if or how far it would go if I did a handstand. Great job. Hope you enjoyed this video. Please like and subscribe and go check out my-


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I'm on my way to go work out at Jess's I have not been on my workout routine at all lately, which is fine Obviously the holidays are crazy and I just really want to enjoy myself But I just have been so tired and I've had no energy So I want to make sure I'm getting some movement and I also just kind of I'm craving working out and I miss it I've lost like all muscle muscle in my legs. I'm pretty sure which makes me feel very weak But I've also felt very sluggish. So I realize you know what? Maybe I should work out I'm normally really active, but I just this year has been like on and off.  I'm wearing like a bright pink workout set I mean, it's really a lot honestly subscribe. You guys are near. Good morning guys. I'm at Jess's She made me a cute little espresso shop. I'm getting there Feels like college again. Jess would literally show up to college and bring me coffee Which is so nice of her but not just coffee coffee in a mug She lives like walking distance and would literally shoot show up with this But like she makes really good coffee. So it'd be like the whole you know class so no to go mug She's against to go mugs. I just think mugs like just have the vibes different Do I think that our college really enjoyed that too? I also always go by myself.   This is actually the best day of my whole entire life Sweet green up. Oh my god. Thank you. That's just the bus All right, I just dropped the dogs off at their grandfather's house My dad is watching them tonight because I'm going to stay in a home alone themed Airbnb when it comes to Christmas You would actually think that I'm five. I'm having friends over tonight Okay, but like it's me staying at the Airbnb. Also, I obviously needed it for video purposes. Anyways, we are off It's in the city. So it's like not far at all. It's actually kind of embarrassing that I've been sleeping there I paid a pretty penny for this place. So I will be sleeping there We're gonna make some like tech talks and stuff too, but I'm really excited to see this place guys, oh My god. Oh my god. It is insane guys this It has the home alone music playing.  Oh No, exactly.   Oh my gosh The okay the paint. There's a ping-pong table. There's lots of spots.  Oh, yeah, dad. They're in Chicago because they're huge bulls fans like Chicago Bulls everywhere Didn't think about that.   Oh perfect. Oh my god look at these Okay, the ping-pong table They said there's a new piece. Oh my god.  Oh My god, I don't even like no It's just unreal like Guys, I didn't even notice that they sat first, but it's Buzz McAllister on all the trophies Which is so funny The spider Who remembers? I mean all the players like it's just I mean they literally thought of everything I Mean it's just it's too Good, it is truly too good talk about doing like a Christmas Thing I'm like next year. I've got to Have a girl's Christmas weekend here.  I can't get over it. We also they have like VHS tapes. Hopefully that still works Or else we're kind of screwed but It's just like perfect. Oh well, you know when you're like definitely doing something on your laptop and then you forget and you close it and then you're like That was me like literally just now I Want to finish this and then just like relax and have fun for the night I'm definitely just getting really antsy. It is almost 5 p.m. I honestly already want to order pizza, but I'm gonna wait until later. The Sun is going down I'm gonna put on my pajamas get cozy and honestly watch him alone. I actually oh My god, it's actually just perfect. I'll never ever get over this guys I'm literally Kevin Macalester like it is just me here Look at the beanie. I'm not gonna put it on but I'm gonna give you the picture. I am Kevin Macalester except for on 24 and I willingly spent an Airbnb in the city that I live in and own a house and have a mortgage in to just Be in a house. It's home loan themed. So I don't know if Kevin Macalester would do that, but I Did guess I'm going this weekend the Polar Express. Okay, I'm 24. I am I have other friends going as well. I Mean guys it honestly feels like I'm in a fever dream right now.  I've had it the first time alone on I just ordered my next book What am I reading? I am the worst about remembering a book titles Like I can read a book in my favorite book and I always refer to the name always in December One of you guys just recommended it to me in the Geneva book app, which we're bringing book club back By the way, if you guys want to join join at the Geneva app We're talking about books in here and then we'll do like a clubhouse thing. So it's all audio always in December I ordered it. It looked really good. I had great reviews I just ordered pizza and wings and one of my best friends Taryn is on her way We're just gonna have such a cozy night I'm honestly already excited for January and not that I need to wait until January, but just eating really clean and just healthy Cuz like right now This is what I'm eating. That's fine, but I'm also craving vegetables now I know I'm in a weird place when I'm craving vegetables. Yeah, so anyways It is almost seven just gonna probably watch the second home alone with Taryn eat dinner Then to read my book and hang out and then have a little slow morning I don't have the dogs here. Obviously, they're at my dad's house so I can sleep in and I'll have to take any dogs out Or anything like that. I don't have anything until later obviously. This is embarrassing. I hate to admit it I have no idea how to use this. Like when did we stop using like VHS tapes? Really blue-ray came out. Oh such a thing like these were a thing in my lifetime But I don't I don't know.  I don't know how to use and that's a lot more on me Then it is just Anyone else's fault. It's really just a me thing.  They literally left a 20 in the blockbuster video case Good morning guys, it is now the next day obviously Last night in all honesty I was getting so anxious and I just kept looking at that calendar for December and honestly January and I It's just so busy even to the point where like Like plans like it's like back to back like social life Which is like a problem to have but obviously like this is like such a busy time of year for like work stuff At least for me just everything and I was so anxious and I knew the answer Was to just get off my phone and like read in journal or do something But I just couldn't stop staring at my phone and that did not help me But I did kind of read I went to bed. It is so cold in this house I actually should turn the heat on my wall. He just texted me actually My dad is about to come over to see the house that he's gonna bring us la la land I'm not a huge la land girl these days But it's just like pretty easy to pick up so he's getting it Your adult is to go to tribal that is the best coffee shop ever and they're so nice there Anyways, I'm here for the next like two or three hours. I might put a home alone again and just kind of relax today I'm actually working from home surprise surprise. So I need to go get oh My gosh my phone. Could it be more obnoxious? Today I'm working from home I'm gonna edit and then do a lot of podcast outreach for my la and national trip So if you guys have people you want me to have a podcast, let me know and then also Hello You're gonna die I face on Cody outside yesterday. He actually thought it was cool. Since when is my little brother thing anything? I do school Look, it's like Kevin's little The photos and stuff. Isn't it crazy? Yeah, my dad with his la la land I noticed that is in the bread-winning housewife hat. It's super weird So I bought the home alone music in the background, but I got the jet fuel which is a large No, it's Cold brew with two shots of espresso and Cinnamon and no milk. So I'm a little bit worried. All right guys. I'm really sad to be leaving. We are off This is crazy. So it's in Dallas the Airbnb is booked for the rest of December So you can't come this Christmas season, but definitely like add it to your list for next year I think during the summer. I'm pretty sure they do like a save by the bell thing. I mean, it's really cool It's Laura Greenville Like this was like one of the coolest things out there. My dad was dying over this is a nice little staycation Yeah, anyways, I need you to pick up the dogs and then head home get to work busy girl Okay, also question Would you guys be into like home reno vlogs if I like go through an entire property if we get a house? And we renovate the whole thing. Would you guys be into that? It wouldn't be like the house that I'm living in by like a future house You know I'm currently doing a ton of podcast outreach. I have my coffee. I've barely been able to drink it because it's just so insane Fitz is Wiped out. He just plays really hard for five minutes and then naps forever But like look at him. He looks like a human watching Daniels vlogmas getting some stuff done taking a nice lunch break I've been emailing and editing all morning. I ordered McAllister's. I got the Ruben sometimes I'll just get the club sandwich also. I Live for applesauce like oh my god, sweet tea. I'm afraid of that coffee I just put Tara's vlogmas on she makes me want to be a better vlogger I do not think there's anyone who's better than her vlogging really it is much later We're about to head out to Heidelberg Village much we're gonna stop by the something Navy Shop, and then just now we're gonna have a little meeting. I think probably Starbucks, but I have my red-winning house wife Set I mean have you ever seen anything so perfect available? We also have a tote and a trucker ponders this vest from Zara.  It's been coming in handy lately grabbing my laptop and then heading out No Sorry, it's Lanson. There's not really a good way to go about this. There are too many people in This area. Let's get out like I'm on the phone Okay, I made it to Heidelberg Village. I'm waiting for just to get here So I thought we could have a chat. Are you guys the friend that is like always early? I have never been late to anything like I Haping late. I can't do it. I'm not even like offended if other people are late But there's something about it gives me just like the worst anxiety Anyways, I was just thinking how I guess in the past few days just because I've been a little more anxious since like everyone's doing vlogmas and like quote this month is just really busy and whatever I'm like Overwhelmed on like many aspects of my life not just one I would get like really hard on myself because like YouTube obviously comes in ebbs and flows Like there are days there are times where my views are really good And there are times where my views are very down and they've been down lately, which is fine I think at the end of the day what I've noticed is that I am not like a YouTuber who has like a YouTubey audience I Can get really in my head and I have like people in my ear who are like, oh, you need to do that I'm around this person and maybe they just like care more about you know growing their YouTube channel in a way That is just like not authentic to me and then they kind of like project that onto me as if like that's what I want Like I love YouTube. I love the platform. I love that, but I like like lifestyle vlogs I'm not into the like overly produced kind of like cringy ish like stuff like at the end of the day That's just not me and so then I will start listening to those people And it's like, oh my god, I'm not doing enough or I Need to be more like that or I need to do stuff that like just doesn't align with who I am At all and like what I ultimately want from life like I there's so many things I want to do And ultimately like what matters is obviously like building an audience that I really connect with and that is a community It doesn't really matter the size of it as much as it matters like when people are engaged I get so much fulfillment when I am making stuff that I love that feels like so me like even with Like the Texas and the Bremen housewife videos and the vlogs like that stuff lately makes me feel so fulfilled And honestly the end of the day like my favorite part of YouTube is the comments like when you guys comment back Like it literally doesn't matter what it is. It could be like anything I just love that and so maybe I've just been down on myself because like people having like comments This is like none of you care about this But I think like you guys can relate at the end of the day when it you know that quote That's like don't take advice from someone you wouldn't want to be more like and I think about that career wise too It's like, okay, but I also don't really want to do that like at the end of the day I don't want to be that person in five years And that's a channel that I've built and that that can apply to like literally anything in life Especially career stuff and I would much other have the audience in the community that I am building that is authentic to me Then building something where I honestly just am uncomfortable and like I would never in a million years watch those videos or like think it was cool Not that it isn't cool. It's just like to me. I'm not interested. You know what I mean? So like yeah, I'm like I probably should do that for views or I probably should you know Whatever for whatever it is business wise, but I just like cannot bring myself to do it And it's not that I don't work hard It's that that just does not line up with anything that I want my dad is facetiming me right now He's buying myself on the present Hello Yep, okay Yeah Yeah, that's not very Beth though. My dad is shopping for myself over her birthday Anyways, I've just been thinking about that a lot lately and like what I actually want to build and it's crazy Because some days I feel on top of the world and so proud of myself I'm like I've accomplished so much and I've built so much and done what I wanted to do and then other days like Recently, I'm like oh my god. I have no one watches me. No one cares my channel. No one. This is my podcast No one cares at all even though. That's actually not the truth, but that is what it feels like sometimes so Let me know if any of you guys resonate with that if you need friends join Geneva app I'm not getting a talk about all the time. We are in there all the time Anyways, I think just should be here soon. I'm gonna track her How exciting guys is something maybe pop up is on the corner Oh It is cute outfit All right, Jess and I are sitting down for very very important meetings Unfortunately about money Guys, we're at Jess's I'm back here at my vlog spot at her house. We're actually recording for it. Jess's podcast about Hot takes yes Also, I really kept it as no surprise. We talked about this off and on that we're starting a brand So here is the thing. It's a clothing brand. We want you to join. It's in my Geneva room I swear to God all I talk about in these apps and on Instagram is Geneva you guys don't know It's a community building app. So there's like one hall. It's a Kenzie Elizabeth home There's different rooms. So there's rooms for like Dallas a bunch of cities that I've added so you guys can be friends and hang out in your cities Books, which is where we're gonna do the book club Product rex things like that but there's also a room for the okine and that's what we're gonna put like What do you guys like about this up until we are start using the Instagram more? I mean, I'm sure we'll use both but you can go on there And we just wanted like to see what you guys want and also like sizing and things like that just a random stuff that we can Basically, it's like a big group chat and we'll be texting you guys like we would text each other basically But we just need feedback So go and join I'll have it linked below. We just did our first thing asking a question. You can't even see that Um, you know, I'm not ordered for myself once you finish this when I go home typhoon. That sounds really good I need to self-tan tonight. I need to set up this new I cute by girly my tape podcast house. Listen. Hello Oh Hair fell the podcast recording. It was great. We had such a good productive afternoon. I just got home I just ordered some Thai food. It's 8 p.m. I have some stuff to get done tonight And I'm going to a hop a lot of these class in the morning at shine Which I'm really excited for it's the most similar to my half a lot is class in LA. So I'm going um They also have a code you guys did a free class. We use the code join Kenzie Which is like crazy like a completely free class and normally like 30 bucks normally, I think That's not really a deal like no work. I just have that this has chewed up I am not exaggerating guys probably like 15 remotes out of nowhere. He's never chewed anything his entire life Ever like not a shoe not any like nothing Well, he did chew like my baseboard random way a few months ago Which is like very out of character. He just slowly walked upstairs with his head down by the way And that was the first thing you chewed up And it was really weird because even when he was like puppy puppy He never did that and he has everything he has bones He has so many toys and first whatever reason he chooses to chew up my amount I have to order another one one of my notes is like 50 bucks or about so I don't want to talk about the amount of money He's lost me This one's only 10. Thank God But still look I was gonna watch like YouTube on my TV tonight, and I can't do that What is the stock thinking? He's so selfish. I have some boxes to unbox like I'm so mad I got home immediately take about to go run the yard, you know So you with them had no idea what I was gonna walk into I absolutely not like my type of it But anyways, okay, it's run baked by Melissa They sent me over the little mini cupcakes. These are the best things Wow also a really good gift especially for anyone it can be someone really close to you or even if you don't know The well can be excited to share our new holiday cupcakes with you Um They're now offering at 10% off of Melissa's pics at baked by Melissa.com with code Melissa picks 10 Okay, these are like the best little cupcakes if ever have them like they're so good. That's actually very exciting One time I was going through a breakup and Brooke and Danielle sent me baked our Melissa goods So sweet of them also so guys with the go out of them Love that so sweet. Oh Another Christmas present came in for a family member by the way, if you're wondering if I ever finished my coffee this morning No, I did that stuff was crack and like I've been eating that lately But really had any of it and that's actually the only coffee I had today. I think I had tea at Starbucks But like that doesn't really count, right? My pad thai just came in listening to chicks in the office. I'm setting some stuff up. I am prepping for tomorrow I'm gonna go shower self-tan all that stuff. You guys have seen it. This is literally the best mood ever I love what I do for a living like it's also so exciting Okay Also, we've just been getting like so much stuff like really done like the reality of Starting this brand is like really coming true It's coming to fruition if you will like the tags we were on a call this week We were in a meeting yesterday and we saw the tags and they just so crazy We're getting our first sample like a week, which is so Exciting also, I have a meeting for bread running house life merch for 2022 tomorrow, which is exciting Thank you guys so much to everyone who's been purchasing it. It's still available. I will link it below It is my favorite stuff ever. I mean come on guys. Let's look at this thing Really? Thank God. You're telling me you don't want this like that makes no sense to me Obviously you want it link below. I just came upstairs and Fitz is knocked out He ran around for five minutes like also the fact that he just puts himself to bed right in the middle of it Happy Wednesday guys. I just made my coffee. I walked outside with my coffee today The dog is out. I was gonna take them to the yard and it was wet and then I was on a walk and I was wearing a different set if it's hit me and my coffee spilled all over myself So anyways the change into this so much honestly much better. This is from year of ours I am obsessed with the set this jacket is just Amazon and then my ums They they're actually a really big staple in my life Honestly, these are kind of getting trashed and I'm like should I really look the many many's? All right guys, I'm gonna go to hot Pilates so Exciting if you watch my vlogs in college in LA and I would go literally every day It was a highlight of my whole life. We're going It's like about a tiktok audio trend they're like back in the day I mean you baby guys I'm posting on tiktok like legitimately five times a day and some of them are kind of popping off So I might be a tiktok celebrity pretty soon watch out just finished. I feel incredible. I'm going home I have a handy there myself others. They're waiting case they get there while I'm gone I need to film today have some meetings my grandpa's in town So I'm gonna drive to my mom's later tonight. I'm back from Pilates, and I just made a little yogurt bowl It's coconut yogurt. I have peanut butter a lot of blueberries and honey. This is like takes two seconds to make it So good Texas up there like it's like the most of me You know what I mean? I think the kitchen towel like what I have in my kitchen right there and go up like that I think would be cool And also, I mean there's so many people requesting like travel months like to go Just had oh just had a great meeting for 2022 merch planning and everything we want to do with remedy house, but I am literally so excited about it You guys will love it But I need to drive to my mom's which is like a solid hour away now They moved So I need to finish getting ready. I'm gonna try on these new shoes. I don't know how I feel about them We're bringing out the bread rolling house. I've told today. I feel Boring now wearing all black which is like so not my usual But honestly, I can't be bothered and who cares, you know, this is cute. We're going to dinner It's easy. I'm wearing these shoes from princess potley. Oh my god. Do you know how long I've been looking for this thing? Found it. Also, do you guys want phone cases like remedy house? I found here's this.  I just got home from my parents house. It is almost four. I ordered Thai food I know surprise surprise. It's just one. I've been craving lately Also, sweet cream is an on-door dash yet and that will change some things. We're about to do a skim's haul I'll get excited my grandparents are in town. So I was with them at my mom's house. I got my nails done today I literally got the exact same thing that I had before and I just been working. We're doing so much for the okay I'm really excited, but I've been like not stop on my computer doing that stuff And I just didn't leave I don't have a vlog with my family that much like maybe with my sister But no one else anyways I've been thinking a lot about 2022 on my YouTube channel because obviously life is just like getting busier starting a brand doing so many other things Whatever and I'm like, I don't know I kind of just want to stick to one thing like what videos of mine are your favorite videos to watch This is just week in my life videos like should I do one week in my life log a week and just keep it at one long vlog or Should I do like two vlogs? What do you guys even want to see what are things in my life? You actually care about I don't even think starting a brand is really interesting to watch on YouTube So like oh stop. What do you want? I'm not really dating. I keep saying I'm going to look I just don't know what to post and I feel like my channel has just died and like no one cares I honestly feel this way every vlog was so and I know it's not true What a good surprise to be transparent also I feel like an everyone's like job at some point you're like what am I doing? That's how I feel but anyways, we're gonna do a haul so excited We have skims in these two coats that I got my stylist Brittany found them for me Styled by Brittany on Instagram. She just post all this like really great Oh my god, I'm like out of breath. It's so embarrassing. I went to Pilates yesterday You know, I have to say after just going to one hot Pilates class. I felt so good yesterday I have the next week booked and I'm so excited.  I'm really glad to be back working out I've been considering getting back into boxing too cuz I just missed eyes Oh, so these feel like Interesting like this is super thin. I'm interested to see like how I like this because skims is normally pretty opaque And just like thick. I'm sure this is still somehow flattering like skims could come out with like a toilet And I would be like, yep, I need it like I'm not kidding. I Have never trusted a brand more like that's what I want people say about my brand is that This is super cropped when I pictured this with like sweats. I love this Okay, I finally got some short sleeve body suits. This one's kind of pink This quality is just insane and it's super flattering. My sister actually was wearing One of these last night long sleeve body suits. It's just it's gonna be interesting I don't know how I feel about those and then I got another Short sleeve tank top so I got these in the black Friday sale or maybe I don't remember I don't think it was black Friday. It was before black Friday took a while That's another thing guys like obviously things are gonna take a while with shipping right now and that is okay But I got like two like rosy colors, which I don't normally wear these kinds of colors But I think those are the only ones that were left. Oh, I got another skims robe And this is just the brand like come on. Come on. I knew that. Oh, you know what? I think I forgot my Bus city soap stuff in my car. Oh, and then I have this in white and I got it in black It I just thought it would be really great for winter. By the way everyone look at my keeper winning housewife Um tote bag numbers and off until the 20th check it up a lot. It's the only sale we'll probably ever have on it I have more sedacted, but Hey, what a large haul we're running into Nice, maybe I'll wear that tomorrow nice. We've got some leggings. I seriously need to go through maybe I'll add that to my to-do list I mean I should I need to go through my fitness store because it's way too much my boobs do not fit in this I wear them, but like I have to Has to be like an at-home thing just a cute little easy. Oh cute Long sleeve crop top. We actually decided so this weekend We're going to the polar express as I've already told you guys and we decided that we're actually gonna stay the night in the Area before because it's two hours away from us Yes, there is one in grapevine, but like this is the one that's been around forever And this is the one that we booked so I actually need a book an Airbnb at like a lake front property tomorrow Which will be really so cozy cute I say five set me Same management the monogram club he five founders cocktail guide. Oh wow. Oh my god That is so cute.  Oh, these are so good gift Oh my god I'm gonna get these are all my friends next year like cute little like drink coaster things. Oh my god These I mean It's so me. Wow. Thank you guys my favorite managers ever Like legitimately I'm not to say that because they bought me a gift. I actually fell away. Oh, this is my brother's Christmas gift Amazon I got lip rollers for my couch guys life just keeps getting more and more exciting like obviously I know you guys are like. Oh my god.  I need to stop wearing my beige coat so much It is in my life. Wow Reminds me of like a whole like limited to cope like I'm I'm obsessed. I don't know what to say Wow, okay, so that is it for the haul.  We're gonna find an Airbnb I have dinner in like two and a half hours So I have no time to do anything like when am I gonna? Oh my god My keys by the way under the camera this whole time Once again, so cozy Fitz has just been wearing himself out very playful these days Fitzy. Hello. Yeah, he has selective hearing me too. Me too fits. I get that Cute love this for me guys. Don't forget Don't forget This is my favorite mug Got it from Texas Treasures if you know, you know, it's a hidden gem. Okay, just got some stuff done I decided this is what I'm gonna wear for my 80 degrees in December. Look this skirt. It's Princess Bali This is also Princess Bali. The heels are revolved. I actually recently got them Really love them. If you guys have any good life hacks for keeping your skin looking really moisturized in the winter Like let me know we need some help here, you know You know what sucks about being girl Besides many other things going to the gas station So much scarier than it needs to be All right, I'm back from dinner. I just got home. I showered I used the Shower gel stuff, but I use in the bathtub and I don't really know how I feel about it yet I also put on self-tanner. I'm back using the Luxem filter Hydrating self tanning cream. I kind of want to do this throughout the winter So I just have like a solid tan. It's the Bon Aila's brand I actually used it a lot in 2020 and I was obsessed with it My mom still uses it to this day so she still uses that the coast is face oil that I was obsessed with forever Instead of like foundation the limits lip mask like just that the staples if you've been watching my videos forever Question when do you guys start watching my videos? I'm actually very curious to know someone will take top comments in my high school Boyfriend the other night. I'm like, oh my god. There are still people who watch me since I was 16 That's actually crazy with the town hearth and honestly my top I loved it, but I most of my toxic trait is that I would rather get chilies and I was thinking about this I feel like we for whatever reason said we have to like certain things and I like going getting dinner I have no problem with it But like I'm never gonna be the reason that we go to a nice restaurant I'm always down to go someone that invites me, but I would always choose chilies. I'm choosing where I'm eating It's gonna be like the like they're very easy like the rustic at the most and then I was thinking like it's so crazy How growing up I think especially between like 18 to 24 you probably asked maybe just in general You feel like you have to like certain things It's like when I started like country and like middle school high school people like oh my god Like everything besides country and now like I listened to 95% of country music That's like pretty much all I listen to I was thinking about it. I'm like at the end of the day I would pretty much always rather feel at home I'd rather be in Texas my happiest feeling like the thing that I think about to calm myself down is like listen Is being in Texas dragging my windows down Listening to country music hanging out my friends that I've known forever and like going to chose like that is ultimately What brings me happiness and the most joy? I don't need like really nice restaurants and stuff I got my friend Peyton like the list for that and loves that I love that for her It's just like I don't know what it is. Maybe I just don't want like getting ready I don't know it could be laziness, but it's not what I don't like nice restaurants I definitely like them. I just I love chilies at the end of the day And I have to stay true to me and I have to share my truth and my truth is that I love chilies All right, I think what I loved in LA I found a chilies and then see now and I made everyone drive like 45 minutes Honestly weekly to go to that chill is if we would go pretty often It is 907 I need to work probably two more hours to go to bed wake up and go to Pilates in the morning I'm so excited that I'm getting back to Pilates Just don't feel like myself and going back to Pilates makes me feel so me A lot of chilies, you know, man That is a very like I like think about me in my office classes and the fact that I like create green juice That's like another great thing. I don't honestly guess I'm all over the bar if you think about it even my friends They're so different for each other like they literally couldn't be one of friends The really toxic thing that's happened in 2020 is that we have started to surround and I felt this Start to surround ourselves with people who only think the exact same ways that we do and that is so unhealthy And also that you're never gonna grow and really boring so I challenge you all your friends think the exact same way as you Get some new friends. He puts himself to bed every night so early. Oh, wow Are officially on sale. I mean they've been on sale for you guys. I guess watching this vlog anyways All merch dear media is running a sale. Also. I just want to say thank you guys so much Like we have sold well over four times what we expected It's print-on-demand, but we like bought units up front and we have literally done like 4x that there was six hundred thirty percent growth Like that's actually insane.  I am so excited. I think of everyone's so excited to work out ever Just got a Pilates listening to world's podcast. I got a smoothie. I think it's clean juice is what it's called It's got the recovery with spirulina Wow, that was such a good workout guys. I just feel so much more myself I know I've literally worked out three times this week like it's nothing But I just feel so much better this like podcast episode was actually a begging room But I would definitely go listen to it She talks about how to have like a healthy relationship with fitness and how it doesn't have to be like all or nothing Like you also can like get a lot from like low-intensity workouts versus like going and doing like a hit Anyways, if you want to have like a healthy relationship With fitness and just know that it's not this all or nothing like toxic mentality Listen to the podcast episode. It's really good. I least her part of my week. Okay. I just got back out of hand I'm over I will link below my handy code and you guys can use like and you guys can get $55 towards like whatever you need down around your house, whether it's cleaning something hanging up Whatever so you can have I really want a gallery wall hung not on this wall One of the walled out stairs but over the stairs. Who do I hire for that guys? Really cute outfit Again, I mean come on 10% off They finished my laundry at middle of my hair air dry and my skincare set in and then go downstairs and get to work I ordered salad for lunch door to actually blow my friends got all of their bread-winning housewife stuff this week Cuz they're so cute and supported But I think since we're doing a girls trip this week at like a small girls trip I think we're all wearing it tonight. So this is my outfit since it is 80 degrees out And then of course the best part about it All right guys that is it for the sleep of my life vlog I hope you guys enjoyed I'm gonna leave I just filmed the intro Really quick. I have so much to do in the next two hours So hope you guys enjoy get excited for the weekend of my life log I'm excited. Unfortunately when you're an entrepreneur in these early days like it is seven days a week You know, it doesn't turn off and I'm hoping I can get to a place where I can have some days off and and have more of a Quote-unquote balance, but I don't know for my personality. I don't know if I'll ever get there


Well, hello there beautiful internet friends welcome back to my channel. Oh my god. I'm so sorry You saw my prosthetic leg in the frame should have shot it differently, so I didn't disturb you by having to see that I'm gonna put some pants on I will be right back Okay, as long as that stays down. I look normal and thus can talk to you on YouTube Hello there. Love later net friends. I realized that was a very over dramatic and sarcastic info But that's kind of what I feel like I have to do right now to be able to produce content on YouTube as an amputee Because we wouldn't want to disturb anyone would we? Okay, my hair is not working So I'm going to explain to you what has been going on as I fix this if you don't know me I go by Footless Joe My name is Joe back with and I've been a creator here on YouTube for over three years now I started sharing my journey of going through limb loss of losing a leg of learning to walk again going through additional surgeries But recently I have been running into issues that have always existed But have recently become a lot more pronounced that I think it's really important to now speak out about Something I didn't realize was gonna be the case when I became busily different, right? We did the leg chopping thing Like I was aware of the fact that people were gonna leave some crappy comments that there's a lot of people who don't really love Disabled people out there and I'm hopefully working on changing hearts and minds when it comes to that but what I didn't expect is how Many additional obstacles there would be to being a disabled creator on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram. YouTube has been age-restricting my videos where I am sharing educational Content with you about my life as an amputee because of disturbing imagery. I'm gonna play for you right now those three videos This is two three those three videos I really hope this video doesn't get age-restricted by showing you this but I want you to understand The type of content that is being deemed as disturbing for young audiences Use the timestamps below to skip ahead if you want to just go to the meat of this video You guys it's new foot day as you can clearly see you don't mind the dog hair This is holes in it meaning it is very overdue for everyone Now the actual process of changing up this foot shell is where things get interesting You take this end of it and you take down in here to pop it off. Oh, we got it guys. We got it Strong thoughts Joe. You have served me well, but it is time for you to go I feel like a raptor. Maybe I should just walk around like this. Next step put the Kepler sock over the carbon fiber foot to protect The foot shell from wearing out too soon This is a lot harder than it looks guys. Alright pop the foot on So beautiful and clean Joe, I'm gonna say we're not off to a very promising start here guys. Ouch. I don't know why I said out I can't feel that foot All right doing it. Is this really happening? I think I got it. Tada. Oh my god I am a whole new person so every time I get a pair of new leggings This is what I do to make it more friendly for me being an amputee in the course of a day in my life There are many times where I have to access my leg to like add layers of padding or something like that Which requires rolling this down and having two pant legs makes this completely inaccessible because it is so hard to get This high enough on my leg You can already hear the seams ripping to be able to access my leg So what I do when I get them home is a very sophisticated process of kind of eyeballing Yeah, it looks about right right there just chopping this off about mid cap So it becomes super simple to roll this up and actually get to my leg The great thing is that legging fabric doesn't really fray So when I put them on in the morning, I just kind of you know, tuck it under make it look a little bit more finished And I'm good to go. So when I first lost my leg It was absolutely mind-blowing to me how hungry I was every second of every day Especially when I started using my prosthetic learning how to walk again No joke I would like have a full meal of steak and potatoes and still be ravenous Which didn't compute because you lose a part of your body You think your body probably needs less energy to process False because your body is using so many muscles to balance stabilize and compensate for the loss of a limb If you lose your leg below your knee You are spending about 20% more energy than if you were walking on two meat legs Mind-blowing. I never would have thought that And especially as an amputee was the gift of being pretty mobile. I'm pretty active I am hungry all of the time In that first video, I'm talking about changing out my foot shell In the second one, I'm talking about modifying leggings to make them more accessible for my life and my body And then the last one, I am simply sharing the fact that I need to eat more Isn't that crazy, right? Like just these little silly facts about life as a disabled person showing my prosthetic leg on camera And in the past week alone, those last two videos you've seen were age restricted for anyone under the age of 18 Because YouTube needs to keep their audiences safe From me, from the sight of me Now if you are a little unfamiliar, which I previously was with age restricting videos The reasons that they do those are as follows I'm going to put a list up on here Violence, disturbing imagery, nudity, sexually suggestive content Or portrayal of dangerous activities The only possible category those videos could even sort of fit into our disturbing imagery Now when YouTube age restricts videos, it doesn't give you a specific reason So I am making the assumption based on that list that that is why they have done so But here's the thing, YouTube has tried to create a fair system by allowing an appeal process Because a lot of the like flagged content is run by bots or non-human beings That sounds way more dramatic Basically AI, right? And so sometimes they get things wrong Which is not great, but okay, we can understand that So with the first video I submitted an appeal and it was reviewed by a human viewer A human viewer working for YouTube determined that I am disturbing imagery I let that one go hoping that it was just a fluke But then here we are where it has continued to happen And this is now the third time this has happened It has been reviewed by an actual human being Someone has sat and watched those videos and determined We must keep the children safe from the sight of me Good morning, welcome to my editing nest I realized I forgot to read you the email that YouTube sent to me When they determined that this content was still inappropriate for younger audiences I felt the show, we reviewed your appeal for the following content We have confirmed that it violates our community guidelines We know this is probably disappointing news But it's our job to make sure that YouTube is a safe place for all Cool And I am very hesitant to ever suggest that something is discrimination When maybe there could be another explanation for it, right? But I think we're kind of past that point Because it wasn't an AI flagging it by mistake It wasn't a one-time thing, this has happened repeatedly And if you're thinking, well, okay, people under the age of 18 Can't see your videos, that's a small portion of my audience Anyways, we would both be very wrong Let's go ahead and play a game I'm gonna show you a graph And I'm wondering if you can guess where the age restriction started If you guessed where the error was pointing, you would be correct Because when a video is age restricted, it is demonetized Meaning I can no longer make any kind of living off of it It seems to also be removed from the short speed Which is where the majority of views are coming from Basically all traffic on that video aside from a select few who slip through Completely dies It is removed as much as possible from the platform while still existing there Which means that my presence, my existence is being hidden Because it might upset some people Oh god, it's different, it's weird What are the kids gonna think? I'm sorry if I'm a little extra sarcastic in this video But I'm actually at the point of being frustrated I have run into this issue multiple times Specifically on TikTok I've had a lot of videos removed or restricted For sexually explicit content When I'm literally showing you my leg and nothing more There is nothing sexually even friggin suggestive about those videos I've had videos removed for nudity and for violence Or disturbing images or violent content When I am literally just sharing about my life As a person who happens to be disabled In a way that you can visually see And I totally understand that it's different for people I talked about this before I will link some of the videos down below But you know, once or twice a day I'll get a comment asking that I put a trigger warning Trigger warning Sorry cakes, I kind of disturbed you there My bad Pause for a kitty petting break She loves your belly rubbed Routinely people request trigger warnings before my videos Because they don't want to see me I am familiar with people's discomfort Seeing a body that is different than theirs But that doesn't give someone the right To then just, you know, erase you from society Erase you from YouTube Like individually, if someone doesn't want to see amputees They are more than welcome to block my videos I think that's a very close-minded and unfortunate way to live I would prefer conversation and education But that's your choice But when it comes to these major organizations That um, sure talk a lot about wanting equality And diversity and inclusion Because these are, so they say, efforts that matter to them And yet their actions are directly not in line with that There is a serious problem Dear YouTube reviewers I'm not disturbing content I'm a friggin' person who has gone through some shit And come on guys, it's 2022 Have we not at least publicly gotten past the idea Disabled people are gross and freaks And should be hidden from the world Keep them indoors Protect the children So hey YouTube, I'm Fullish Joe I'm a content creator on your platform Who works to educate and inform people about life As a disabled woman What being an amputee is like The weird, the cool, the frustrating, the difficult The awesome things about this life And this is my public appeal To please stop censoring my voice To please stop censoring what I am saying To please stop telling me and telling other people That I am a disturbing sight to look at I'm asking you to re-examine your policies Not only when it comes to what software Or machine learning or AI that you have That flags this kind of content But more importantly provide better training To the people who are reviewing these videos So that you are not discriminating against A federally protected class You're not discriminating against people with disabilities I would really like to start a dialogue with you YouTube about this I'm available, I am free Please reach out to me And you, my lovely viewer, my lovely watcher Watching this video I don't make a habit of asking for anything In return for watching a video Because you've already given me your time Which is a gift and I really appreciate But if you feel so inclined If you'd be willing to go comment on One of YouTube's recent Instagram posts Or tweet at them And suggest respectfully but perhaps firmly That what they are doing is wrong I would appreciate it Whether or not you have a time moment Or inclination to do so I truly appreciate you listening to this video here today Little cakes here, the cat nugget Also greatly appreciates your time All right, that's it for me I'm gonna go back to hiding in the darkness So I don't upset people I said I was gonna stop with sarcasm And then I didn't, sorry about that All right, that's it for now I love you guys, I'm thinking about you And I will see you in the next video Which will probably be a much more Tripper or not beat video But I felt like this needed to be said today All right, I'll see you soon Mwah, bye guys