BREAKING NEWS PERSONALLY, THANK THE PEOPLE OF THIS GREAT STATE. FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING TO HELP COMBAT COVID-19. ANNE ASKEW IN FACT URGE YOU YOU CONTINUE TO STAY IN THE FIGHT? MISSISSIPPI CONTINUES TO SEE INCREASED CASES OF COVID-19 INCREASED HOSPITALIZATIONS THEY WAY TOO HIGH POSITIVITY RATE. WE SEE EARLY HINTS. THAT YOUR EFFORTS ARE WORKING. THAT IS A SIGN. TO KEEP PRESSING TO KEEP WORKING HARD. IT IS NOT A SIGN TO DECLARE VICTORY. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOUR INCREASED FOCUS IS HAVING AN IMPACT. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO SAVE LIVES. OR CONVERSELY YOU HAVE THE POWER TO COST LIVES. TODAY, I AM EXTENDING OUR CURRENT EXECUTIVE ORDER. FOR ANOTHER TWO WEEK IN ADDITION TO THAT I AM ADDING EIGHT ADDITIONAL COUNTIES. TO THE LIST OF THOSE WITH MASKS MANDATES CARROLL COUNTY, COAHOMA COUNTY JONES COUNTY LEE COUNTY LEFLORE COUNTY LOWNDES COUNTY NOXUBEE COUNTY AND PONTOTOC COUNTY HAVE ALL NAIL. HAD OVER 200 CASES OVER A TWO WEEK PERIOD OR OVER 500 PER 100,000 RESIDENTS. I WANT TO READ THEM AGAIN BECAUSE THIS IS MOST IMPORTANT THING THE WE WILL HAVE WE WILL BE DOING IN OUR EXECUTIVE ORDER. ADDITIONAL COUNTIES CAROL COAHOMA JONES LEE THE FLOOR LOUNGE NOXUBEE AND PONTOTOC OR NEW COUNTIES WITH MASS MANDATES. AS A REMINDE THEY JOIN BOLIVAR CLAYBOURNE, COVINGTON DESOTO FOREST GRENADA. HARRISON HINES HUMPHREYS. JACKSON, JEFFERSON, MADISON, PINOLE EQUIPMEN RANKIN SHARKY SIMPSON SUNFLOWER TALLAHATCHIE TAPE, WALTHALL, WASHINGTON WAYNE CALHOUN HOMES, LAMAR MONTGOMERY, WINSTON AND YALOBUSHA COUNTIES. WITH THESE ADDITIONAL EIGHT THAT’S 37 COUNTIES IN OUR STATE. THE NOW ARE UNDER A MASK MANDATE. AS A REMINDER WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE EVERY MISSISSIPPIAN TO WEAR A MASK WHEN YOU GO OUT IN PUBLIC. WE TELL YOU THAT IT IS BEST IF YOU WEAR A MASK AND MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING. AT LEAST SIX FEET AWAY. FROM KNOWS THAT YOU WERE AROUND WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE BY DOING THESE LITTLE THINGS SO THAT WE DON’T HAVE TO SHUT DOWN PARTS OF OUR ECONOMY AGAIN WE ARE THROWING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN AT THE HOSPITAL CRISIS IN OUR STATE AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING TO ENSURE THE INTEGRITY OF OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. I WANT TO UNDERSCORE THIS ONE MORE TIME. EVEN IF YOU DO NOT PERSONALLY FEAR CORONAVIRUS THE OVERWHELMING OF OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS. WILL AFFECT EVERYBODY. IF YOU GET IN A CAR WRECK, YOU DON’T WANT TO BE TREATED IN A TENT LIKE WE SAW IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AND IN FACT, LIKE WE SAW IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. YOU WANT TO GET THE BEST POSSIBLE CARE? THE BEST WAY FOR US TO ENSURE THE INTEGRITY OF OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS FOR EVERY SINGLE, MISSISSIPPIAN. THE LITTLE THINGS TO HELP SLOW THE SPREAD OF THIS VIRUS. I’VE RECEIVED A LARGE MAJORITY. OF THE SCHOOL REOPENING PLANS FROM DISTRICTS ACROSS OUR STATE I PLAN TO SPEND A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TIME THIS WEEKEND. REVIEWING EVERY ONE OF THEM THAT IS MY PLAN. TO LOOK AT EVERY INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL PLAYING FOR REOPENING AND I PLANNED ALL FROM MY THOUGHTS ON THEM SOMETIME NEXT WEEK. GOING INTO THIS WEEKEND. I DO WANT TO SHARE A QUOTE. FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL DR. ROBERT REDFIELD SOMEONE BY THE WAY, THE MISSISSIPPIANS HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS PRIOR. THAT I THINK PERFECTLY PUTS HOW I’M TRYING TO APPROACH THIS. THIS IS FROM DR. REDFIELD OF THE CDC. AND I QUOTE. IT’S NOT THE RISK OF SCHOOL OPENINGS VERSUS PUBLIC HEALTH. IT’S PUBLIC HEALTH. VERSUS PUBLIC HEALTH AND I’M OF THE POINT OF VIEW THAT THE GREATER RISK TO THE NATION IS ACTUALLY TO KEEP THESE SCHOOLS CLOSED. YOU KNOW A LOT OF KIDS GET THEIR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. OVER 7 MILLION IN AMERICA IN THEIR SCHOOL A LOT OF PEOPLE GET FOOD AND NUTRITION IN THEIR SCHOOLS SCHOOLS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT IN TERMS OF MANDATORY REPORTING SEXUAL AND CHILD ABUSE. OBVIOUSLY THE SOCIALIZATION IS IMPORTANT. AND OBVIOUSLY FOR SOME KIDS I THINK ACTUALLY A MAJORITY OF KIDS. THEY’RE LEARNING IN A FACE-TO-FACE SCHOOL IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD OF TEACHING. THAT SAID IT HAS TO BE DONE SAFELY. IT HAS TO BE DONE WITH THE CONFIDENCE. OF THE TEACHERS IT HAS TO BE DONE WITH THE CONFIDENCE. OF OUR PARENTS BUT THERE’S BEEN ANOTHER COST THAT WE’VE SEEN. PARTICULARLY IN HIGH SCHOOLS WE’RE SEEING SADLY FAR GREATER SUICIDES NOW THAN WE ARE DEATHS FROM COVID-19. WE’RE SEEING FAR GREATER DEATH FROM DRUG OVERDOSE. THERE ARE ABOVE EXCESSES THAT WE HAD AS BACKGROUND THEN WE ARE SEEING DEATHS FROM COVID-19. SO THIS IS WHY I KEEP COMING BACK FOR THE OVERALL SOCIAL BEING OF INDIVIDUALS. TWO IT’S ALL WORK TOGETHER AND FIND OUT HOW WE CAN FIND COMMON GROUND TO GET THESE SCHOOLS OPEN IN A WAY THAT PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE. IF THEY ARE SAFE. THAT WAS A QUOTE FROM DR. REDFIELD OF THE CDC. WHAT YOU SHOULD GLEAN FROM THAT AND CERTAINLY WHAT I DO. IS IT THESE ARE EXCEPTIONALLY COMPLICATED ISSUES? THE REOPENING OF SCHOOLS IN THIS ENVIRONMENT IS A MAJOR CHALLENGE. I CAN GET THAT. I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT DO THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN OUR STATE. YOU SAY THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS IS THE ONLY RISK AT PLAY. WHEN MAKING A DECISION ABOUT OUR SCHOOLS OR IGNORING SO MANY OTHER RISK THAT EXIST OUT THERE. DR. DOBBS, AND I HAD A LONG CONVERSATION THIS MORNING. ABOUT TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT ANSWER. TO MITIGATING AS MUCH RISK AS POSSIBLE. IN THE REOPENING OF OUR SCHOOLS. WE KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO MITIGATE 100 PERCENT OF THE RISK ON EITHER OF THIS EQUATION. AND SO WHAT WE MUST DO IS LOOK FOR INNOVATIVE WAYS. TO REACH WHAT WE ALL BELIEVE IS THE RIGHT OUTCOME. AND THE RIGHT OUTCOME LONG-TERM FOR KIDS. IS IT THAT YOU’RE IN AND ENVIRONMENT? THAT IS LOVING. AND THAT PRODUCES AND PROVIDES AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY. WHEN I THINK ABOUT SOME DISTRICTS. AND I HOPE THAT THIS IS THIS DISTINCT MINORITY. THAT WOULD SUBMIT TO YOU THAT THEY SHOULD CLOSE. FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE 2020 2021 YEAR. OR THAT HOPEFULLY THEY CAN DO DISTANCE LEARNING THAT IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN THE DISTANCE LEARNING AS THEY DID IN THE SPRING. WHAT I WOULD SAY TO YOU IS IF YOU TAKE A FIRST GRADER. OR SECOND GRADER OR THIRD GRADER OR FOURTH GRADER? THERE WAS ALREADY STRUGGLING TO KEEP UP. AND YOU TAKE THEM OUT OF THE CLASSROOM. FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS. QUITE FRANKLY THAT COULD HAVE NOT ONLY AN IMPACT THIS YEAR AND NEXT THAT COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON THAT FIRST OR SECOND GRADERS LIFE FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES BECAUSE THEY MAY NEVER CATCH UP. LET’S THINK ABOUT THIS IN TERMS. DID I LIKE TO THINK ABOUT AND THAT’S IN TERMS OF MATHEMATICS. AND I’M GOING TO USE ROUND NUMBERS HERE. BUT LET’S JUST ASSUME FOR A SECOND. WE HAVE 450,000 KIDS. IN OUR SCHOO THAT’S APPROXIMATELY 35 TO 40,000 KIDS PER GRADE. LET’S ASSUME. THAT OF THOSE 35,000. KIDS THAT ROUGHLY TWO-THIRDS OF THEM. ARE DOING JUST FINE. THEY PROBABLY DO JUST FINE IN AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY WERE BEING TAUGHT IN THE CLASSROOM. AND THOSE TWO THIRDS WOULD PROBABLY BE DOING JUST FINE. IF THEY HAD TO DO DISTANCE LEARNING SO THAT LEAVES SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 10 TO 13 THOUSAND KIDS. ACROSS THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI PER GRADE THE REALLY NEED THAT INSTRUCTIONAL HEALTH THEY REALLY NEED. THAT EXTRA HAND THE SO MANY GREAT TEACHERS PROVIDE. LET’S JUST ASSUME FOR A SECOND RATHER THAN TEN TO THIRTEEN THOUSAND. LET’S JUST CALL IT 11,000 STUDENTS PER GRADE. KINDERGARTEN THROUGH 5TH GRADE IF WE GO WITH THAT $11,000 $11,000 KID NUMBER. THAT’S 66,000 KIDS. IN OUR STATE THAT IF WE JUST SAID, OKAY, WE’RE JUST GOING TO SHUT DOWN SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SPREAD OF THIS VIRUS AND IT DOES INCREASE CERTAIN RISK. THE NET BE BETWEEN 65 AND 70 THOUSAND KIDS, MAYBE EVEN EIGHTY THOUSAND KIDS IN OUR STATE. THEY COULD GO. SIX MONTHS SOME 11 MONTHS 12 MONTHS WITHOUT INSTRUCTION MISSISSIPPI CANNOT AFFORD AND THOSE INDIVIDUAL KIDS DEFINITELY CANNOT AFFORD. FOR 65 TO 70 THOUSAND OF OUR KIDS TO GET SO FAR BEHIND THAT THEY CAN NEVER CATCH UP. IT’S JUST NOT REALISTIC. THE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THAT FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE. HAS TO BE WEIGHED AGAINST THE VERY REAL RISK. OF THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS WE KNOW THAT. WE ARE DEALING IN A TIME UNLIKE. I BELIEVE ANY WHAT ANYONE ELSE IN THIS COUNTRY FOR THE LAST HUNDRED YEARS HAD TO DEAL WITH. WE ARE TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT ANSWER TO MITIGATE AND MINIMIZE RISK. ON BOTH SIDES OF THE EQUATION THERE IS NO ANSWER WHEN IT COMES TO SCHOOLS, WHICH SAYS YOU CAN ASSUME RISK ON THIS SIDE ASSUME NO RISK ON THIS SIDE. AND SO THE QUESTION SHOULD BE EASY TO ANSWER. THERE IS NO SUCH THERE IS NO SUCH SOLUTION HERE. WHAT THERE IS IS? AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE RISKS TO BE MITIGATED NO MATTER THE DECISION. LET’S REVIEW WHAT I HOPE TO FIND OUR INNOVATIVE IDEAS BEING IMPLEMENTED IN CERTAIN SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE. LET’S FIGURE OUT A WAY TO EXERCISE BEST PRACTICES SO THAT WE CAN MITIGATE AND MINIMIZE THE RISKS. MARCUS KIDS AND TEACHERS AND COMMUNITIES OF THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME. MINIMIZE AND MITIGATE TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE THE VERY REAL RISK OF TEEN SUICIDE OF THINGS SUCH AS KIDS BEING MALNUTRITION BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF THOSE SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM THINGS SUCH AS THE MANDATORY RISK THAT COME WITH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OR THE LACK THEREOF. IF KIDS ARE NOT IN SCHOOL AS WELL AS THE VERY REAL RISK THAT ARE SOMETIMES. THROUGH MANDATORY REPORTING OF CHILD ABUSE AND OTHER SEXUAL ABUSE. MY KIDS WHILE IN SCHOOL, SO THESE ARE NOT EASY. ANSWERS THERE IS NO RIGHT ANSWER. THERE IS A DESIRE BY ME AND MANY OF MY FELLOW GOVERNORS AROUND THE COUNTRY TO FIND OUT TRY TO FIND THE RIGHT. THE RIGHT BALANCE AND ULTIMATELY THAT’S WHAT WE’VE GOT TO FIND IS WHAT IS THE RIGHT BALANCE TO DO WHAT’S BEST FOR OUR KIDS ACROSS MISSISSIPPI? I’M COMMITTED NOT ONLY TO THE TWO THIRDS OF KIDS THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE. OKAY. I’M ALSO COMMITTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ONE THIRD OF OUR KIDS WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE STRUGGLE AND MAYBE NEVER OVERCOME IT THAT THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCCESS IN LIFE. COME COMMITTED TO BOTH GROUPS. AND I’M GONNA DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROTECT THEM AND MITIGATE AND MINIMIZE RISK. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF MY AUTHORITY WITH THAT I’M GOING TO ASK DR. BUYERS TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON TODAY’S NUMBERS. THANK YOU. GOVERNOR. WELL, YOU KNOW TODAY IT WE’RE REPORTING IN STILL BITE OUT THERE GUYS WERE STILL SEEING TRANSMISSION. WE’RE REPORTING AN ADDITIONAL 1775 CASES IDENTIFIED TODAY. AND AN ADDITIONAL 48 DEATHS NOW. MANY OF THOSE DEATHS ARE FROM DEATH CERTIFICATE DATA, BUT THEY ARE DEATHS NONETHELESS THAT ARE DUE TO COVID. WE’RE STILL SEEING A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. WE’RE STILL SEEING A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR LONG-TERM CARE SETTINGS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE OVER 200 OUTBREAKS IN OUR LONG-TERM CARE SETTINGS. THAT’S A AN ASTOUNDING IMPACT, WE YOU KNOW DEALT WITH OUTBREAKS OF RESPIRATORY VIRAL ILLNESS IN NURSING HOMES AND OTHER SETTINGS BEFORE DURING FLU SEASONS, BUT BUT NOT TO THIS EXTENT. AND SO WE STILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THOSE MEASURES TO PROTECT THOSE FOLKS IN THOSE MOST VULNERABLE SETTINGS. YOU KNOW, WE’RE SEEING A LOT OF TRANSMISSION WITHIN NUCLEAR FAMILY GROUPS AND A LOT OF TRANSMISSION THAT’S OCCURRING. JUST FROM YOU KNOW INTERACTING WITH THAT FAMILY MEMBER THAT YOU DON’T SEE VERY OFTEN OR INTERACTING WITH WITH FOLKS AND FAMILY MEMBERS AT GATHERINGS LIKE FUNERALS. AND SO WE’RE AT A POINT NOW GUYS, AND WE’VE SAID THIS BEFORE WHERE WE NEED TO ACT AS IF EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT WE COME IN CONTACT WITH HAS COVID AND WE NEED TO ACT AS IF WE HAVE COVID AND DO THOSE MEASURES WE NEED TO DO. TO PROTECT US FROM TRANSMITTING IT TO OTHER FOLKS, YOU KNOW WITH YOU KNOW, THERE’S A LOT OF ASYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT TRANSMIT THE INFECTION. WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO WHO MAY HAVE MINIMAL SYMPTOMS AND NEVER EVEN RECOGNIZE THAT THEY’RE INFECTED WEAR A MASK. THIS DOES PREVENT TRANSMISSION SIGNIFICANTLY. IN ADDITIO WE HAVE NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY TWO CONFIRMED CAS AND AN ADDITIONAL TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THAT ARE SUSPECTED. COVID-19 POSITIVE EVEN THOUGH WE’VE SEEN SOME BIT OF LEVELING IN THE AMOUNT OF HOSPITALIZATIONS. THAT’S STILL ASTOUNDINGLY HIGH. UM, WE HAVE IF YOU LOOK AT THE AT THE JACKSON AREA RIGHT NOW WHEN I LOOKED AT THE DATA BEFORE I LEFT. FOR ICU BEDS AVAILABLE UM, AND SO NOT ONLY DOES THAT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE PEOPLE, WHO ARE GOING IN FOR COVID RELATED ILLNESS, BUT AS GOVERNOR SAID ALL THOSE ALSO THOSE PEOPLE WHO NEED ICU AND HOSPITAL CARE FOR ANY NUMBER OF MEDICAL REASONS. JUST TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE OVERALL CURRENTLY IN MISSISSIPPI. WE HAVE OVER 57,000 CONFIRMED CASES THAT WE’VE REPORTED IN THE STATE CONFIRMED AND PROBABLE CASES. AND OVER 1,600 DEATHS IN THE STATE. THANK YOU. HEATHER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DR. BARNES. IT’S GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK. DR. DOBBS IS IS GOT A PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENT TODAY AND SO HE’LL BE BACK THE NEXT TIME WE GET TOGETHER AT THIS TIME. I’M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR MICHELLE HIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT UPDATE. THANK YOU GOVERNOR. GOOD AFTERNOON. EVERYONE COMMENSURATE WITH THE INCREASE IN CASES. WE STILL ARE HEAVILY ENGAGED IN RPP DELIVERIES ACROSS THE STATE AS OF TOMORROW. WE WILL HAVE MADE 146 DELIVERIES TO OUR TIER 1 FACILITIES TO ENSURE THAT MADE THEY MAINTAIN THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF PPE AND IN ADDITION WE CONTINUE TO RUN HOTSHOT MISSIONS TO THOSE PLACES THAT HAVE FLARE-UPS AND IMMEDIATE NEEDS CONTINUE TO BE ON THE ROAD OUR NATIONAL GUARDSMEN DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB CONTINUING CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THIS MISSION THEY HAVE TO BROKEN OVER 200,000 MILES OF RUNNING UP AND DOWN OUR MISSISSIPPI STATE HIGHWAYS GETTING THIS PP OUT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. SO THEY’VE DONE A HERCULEAN EFFORT IN SUPPORTING THIS AND VERY PROUD AND VERY THANKFUL TO HAVE THEM AS PART OF THIS MISSION AS PROMISED. WE HAVE COMPLETELY WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE BETA TEST ON OUR COVID EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND THE CARES ACT TRACK THAT WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST TWO WEEKS. WE HAVE THAT READY TO GO IT WILL LAUNCH LIVE ON MONDAY. AS PROMISED AUGUST THE 3RD AT 9 A.M. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT WILL BE OUR CALL CENTER BEAM AND BY SIX PERSONNEL FROM 9 A.M. UNTIL 3 P.M. MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WE WILL MONITOR THAT IF WE NEED TO EXTEND OR MODIFY THOSE HOURS EITHER THROUGHOUT THE WEEK ON THE WEEKEND, AND WE WILL DO THAT. THIS IS A FLYER THAT BASICALLY WILL GO OUT. I AM NOT GOING TO PUBLICIZE THE PHONE NUMBER TODAY BECAUSE I DON’T WANT THROUGH MISCOMMUNICATION PEOPLE PEOPLE START CALLING A DEADLINE AND THEN CREATE A FRUSTRATION WE WILL MESSAGE THE PHONE NUMBER FOR THAT THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. I WILL MESSAGE AGAIN VERY HEAVILY. SHOULD WE HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE ON FRIDAY, BUT WE WILL PUSH THIS INFORMATION NOW AS ALWAYS MY WEBSITE MSM A.ORG HAS ALL THE INFORMATION VERY GOOD TUTORIAL STEP BY STEP OF WHAT IS AVAILABLE. WHAT IS WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE UNDER PUBLIC ASSISTANCE? AND WHAT IS ELIGIBLE UNDER THE CARES ACT FUNDING GREAT TUTORIALS THERE AND AGAIN THE CALL CENTER WE HAVE WILL BE AS OF MONDAY MORNING 9 O’CLOCK REAL QUICK TROPICAL UPDATE TROPICAL STORM EAST SIDE. YES. I STUDIED THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT I PRONOUNCED IT. I STILL DON’T KNOW THAT I GOT IT RIGHT BUT TROPICAL STORM ISSA A.S CONTINUES TO MOVE ON A NORTHWESTERLY COERCE ACROSS OVER PUERTO RICO VICINITY OF PUERTO RICO NOW AND CURRENTLY THE PROJECTED TRACK WOULD TAKE IT TO THE EASTERN SIDE OF FLORIDA THEN OUT AT INTO THE ATLANTIC, BUT I WILL TELL YOU THE ONLY THING THAT HAS BEEN CONSISTENT THOSE ABOUT TO STORM IS INCONSISTENCY. SO WE’LL CONTINUE TO WATCH IT. IT CURRENTLY DOES NOT POSE A THREAT, BUT I WILL TELL YOU AND I’LL TELL ALL MISSISSIPPIANS PARTICULARLY. THOSE ARE ON THE ALONG THE GULF COAST THIS TIME OF YEAR A STORM THAT GETS HIS CLOTHES. IT COULD VERY EASILY GET INTO THE GULF AND IF IT DOES AND IT’S ANYBODY’S GAME SO CONTINUE TO WATCH THE STORM CLOSELY AND WIL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU UPDATED AND FINALLY WE DID GET ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE THAT CAME OFF THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA WILL BE WATCHING IT OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR SO TO SEE WHAT IT DOES. BUT AS ALWAYS MUST BE VIGILANT IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING ELSE. WE’RE DOING HERE IN MISSISSIPPI. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY UPDATES TAKES HER. THANK YOU DIRECTOR, MICHELLE AND A SPECIAL. THANK YOU TO YOUR ENTIRE TEAM ALONG WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR THE WORK THAT YOU’RE DOING. I AM VERY VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT’S BEING DONE BY NUMEROUS STATE AGENCIES THAT THE FACT IS THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF OF SO MANY DIFFERENT CARES ACT PROGRAMS HAS CERTAINLY LED TO ADDITIONAL WORK FOR EVERYONE AND I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND ALL OF STATE GOVERNMENT FOR STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE AND DOING JUST A LITTLE BIT EXTRA TO HELP YOUR FELLOW MISSISSIPPIANS.