WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.870 >>KYLIE: WHEN THE COVID-19 HEALTH CRISIS GRIPPED CENTRAL INDIANA, DIRECTOR OF THE MARION COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT 2 00:00:03.870 --> 00:00:09.309 DR. VIRGINIA CAINE WAS EQUIPPED FOR BATTLE. AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE DOCTOR BY TRAINING, SHE'S NO STRANGER TO 3 00:00:09.309 --> 00:00:16.850 OUTBREAKS...EBOLA, H-1-N-1, MEASLES ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES, T-B OUTBREAKS...HER CAREER HAS COVERED IT ALL. 4 00:00:16.850 --> 00:00:22.889 BUT COVID-19 HAS NO DOUBT HAD UNIQUE CHALLENGES. DR. CAINE JOINS ME NOW TO TELL US HOW SHE'S TACKLED THE 5 00:00:22.889 --> 00:00:33.299 TOUGHEST YEAR YET. THANK YOU FOR BEING ON THE SHOW TODAY. >>: THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE. 6 00:00:33.299 --> 00:00:40.306 >>: THIS LAST YEAR HAS BEEN A LOT OF TOUGH DECISION-MAKING YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW IT'S BEEN A BALANCING ACT. 7 00:00:40.306 --> 00:00:50.750 GIVE US A GLIMPSE INTO THE LAST YEAR WHAT IT'S BEEN LIKE TO HAVE TO MAKE SOME REALLY TOUGH CALLS. >>: , YOU KNOW, COLLABORATION -- 8 00:00:50.750 --> 00:00:58.491 SORRY. >>: GO AHEAD. >>: WE CAN HEAR YOU. >>: OKAY SORRY. 9 00:00:58.491 --> 00:01:07.901 SO COLLABORATION HAS JUST BEEN TREMENDOUS AND WE'VE JUST HAD SO MANY VOICES THAT HAVE HELPED US TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS. 10 00:01:07.901 --> 00:01:30.757 WE'VE HAD SOMETIMES EVEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT HAVE TO MAKE SOME MAJOR DECISIONS ON PRESSURE WHICH CAN FREQUENTLY 11 00:01:30.757 --> 00:01:40.767 WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT AND THE SHORT AND LONG-TERM NEEDS OF ECONOMY VERSUS PUBLIC HEALTH 12 00:01:40.767 --> 00:01:50.810 NEEDS OF AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND THOSE ARE NOT ALWAYS EASY TO DO BUT WHEN YOU CAN HAVE SCIENTIFIC EXPERTS HELP YOU WITH THIS 13 00:01:50.810 --> 00:02:04.691 PERSPECTIVE LOOKING AT THINGS FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE EVEN THE CLERGY WITH THE FAITH BASE HAVE HELPED TO MAKE THESE BETTER 14 00:02:04.691 --> 00:02:10.730 DECISIONS AND SOMETIMES TOUGH DECISIONS. >>: YOU MENTIONED OFF-CAMERA YOU HAVE SCIENCE THAT IS MOVING 15 00:02:10.730 --> 00:02:18.705 SO FAST THAT IT WAS HARD TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE DECISIONS WITH SCIENCE CHANGING SO QUICKLY AND, OF COURSE, NOW VACCINATION IS 16 00:02:18.705 --> 00:02:27.113 CENTER STAGE. WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES AS YOU LEAD THE CHARGE HERE IN INDIANA TO GET THE LARGEST CITY AND 17 00:02:27.113 --> 00:02:35.288 STATE VACCINATED. >>: THE NUMBER ONE CHALLENGE FOR US IS TO HAVE THE ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF VACCINES TO DISTRIBUTE 18 00:02:35.288 --> 00:02:42.562 TO THE COMMUNITY. AND BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE VACCINE WE HAVE TO MAKE THE TOUGH CHOICES ABOUT WHO 19 00:02:42.562 --> 00:02:52.939 SHOULD GET THE VACCINE FIRST. OUR SECOND CHALLENGE IS FROM A HEALTH EQUITY STANDPOINT TO BE ABLE TO DO AN EQUITABLE 20 00:02:52.939 --> 00:03:02.081 DISTRIBUTION OF THE VACCINE IS SOME OF OUR HARDEST TO REACH POPULATIONS WHO MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET OR A 21 00:03:02.081 --> 00:03:09.956 COMPUTER AND THEY HAVE TO DO IT BY PHONE BUT SOMETIMES BY THE TIME THEY ARE READY TO DO IT BY PHONE ALL THE POINTS -- 22 00:03:09.956 --> 00:03:18.531 APPOINTMENTS ARE FILLED SO WE HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR FAITH-BASED INSTITUTION CIVICS ORGANIZATIONS NEIGHBORHOOD 23 00:03:18.531 --> 00:03:31.711 ASSOCIATIONS AND THE TRUSTED COMMUNITY LEADERS AND THOSE AREAS TO HELP US GET THE VACCINATIONS TO THE PEOPLE THAT 24 00:03:31.711 --> 00:03:34.881 REALLY NEED IT AS WELL AS TEACHERS AND FRONT LINE PEOPLE LIKE THE BUS DRIVERS AND AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS AND TOUGH 25 00:03:34.881 --> 00:03:41.721 CHALLENGES. >>: YOU SAID YOU LOVE YOUR PLAN YOU HAVE FOR VACCINES, BUT IT'S HARD WITH SUPPLY. 26 00:03:41.721 --> 00:03:51.097 >>: IT'S VERY DIFFICULT WITH SUPPLIES AND THERE ARE SO MANY DESERVING PEOPLE WHO NEED TO GET THIS VACCINE, BUT WE'VE 27 00:03:51.097 --> 00:03:59.339 PRIMARILY WORKED WITH A RISK STANDPOINT TRYING TO KEEP THE PEOPLE FROM HOSPITALIZATIONS FROM BEING IN THE INTENSIVE CARE 28 00:03:59.339 --> 00:04:07.347 UNITS AND DYING, BUT IT IS A TOUGH CHALLENGE BASED ON THE AVAILABILITY OF VACCINE. >>: WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT MARCH 29 00:04:07.347 --> 00:04:14.721 MADNESS DAYS AWAY FROM TIPOFF AND YOU BELIEVE THIS IS A GOOD THING FOR INDIANAPOLIS IN THE CITY IS READY TO HOST IT SAFELY. 30 00:04:14.721 --> 00:04:21.594 CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT? >>: WE HAVE SEEN SOMETHING TREMENDOUS. WE HAVE SEEN THE CITY OF 31 00:04:21.594 --> 00:04:30.503 INDIANAPOLIS IN THE STATE OF INDIANA COME TOGETHER. SO WE ARE JUST SO GLAD TO WELCOME PEOPLE BACK TO OUR 32 00:04:30.503 --> 00:04:40.113 DOWNTOWN AREA AND LET ME JUST SAY IT BRINGS A SENSE OF OPTIMISM TO EVERYONE IN THIS COMMUNITY BUT HEY, I AM NOT 33 00:04:40.113 --> 00:04:48.354 SURPRISED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A TRACK RECORD OF COMING TOGETHER AND EVEN THOUGH THE STAKES WERE REALLY HIGH, WE 34 00:04:48.354 --> 00:04:57.764 HAVE MET THE CHALLENGE AND SO WE ARE SHOWING CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HOW TO GET BACK TO BUSINESS. 35 00:04:57.764 --> 00:05:05.705 >>: LIKE WE SAID TIPOFF DAYS AWAY A BALANCING ACT DECISION. DR. CAINE THANKS FOR BEING ON THE SHOW TODAY AT. 36 00:05:05.705 --> 00:05:06.706 >>: THANKS FOR HAVING ME.