Kentucky's Response to COVID-19

[Hermit-The-Prog]

[ Glad we have Beshear and not Bevin ]

Kentucky's Response to COVID-19

Since the first case of novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was confirmed in Kentucky, Governor Beshear taken the following actions:

3/6/2020: Declared a State of Emergency.

3/6/2020: Activated the Emergency Management Operations Center.

3/7/2020: Activated the State Health Operations Center.

3/7/2020: Announced Kentucky's COVID-19 hotline, 1-800-722-5725.

3/7/2020: Announced Kentucky's COVID-19 informational website, kycovid19.ky.gov

3/7/2020: Issued an executive order to prohibit price gouging. Asked Attorney General Daniel Cameron to enforce the price-gouging laws. If anyone has information regarding possible price gouging, they should contact the Office of the Attorney General Consumer Protection hotline at 888-432-9257.

3/7/2020: Adjusted state government sick leave policy to ensure state employees who are sick can stay home – even for new employees who have not accrued leave time.

3/7/2020: Encouraged businesses to implement sick leave policy so sick employees, do not come to work and expose others because of financial concerns.

3/7/2020: Published the CDC guidelines with warnings for high-risk individuals. Those include:
Individuals over 60, do not go places where there are large crowds
Individuals that have heart, lung, or kidney disease, or have compromised immune systems, do not go to places where there are large crowds
For both of these vulnerable populations, do not fly, and whatever you do, do not get on a cruise ship.

3/7/2020: Recommended social distancing for those with high-risk. For a complete list of guidance on social distancing, click here.

3/9/2020: Issued an executive order to waive copays, deductibles, cost-sharing and diagnostic testing fees for private insurance and state employees. The Governor is also telling providers to expand their network to patients that may go outside their normal providers.

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3/18/2020: Announced that our food chain is safe, there is going to be enough out there for everyone

3/19/2020: Issued interim guidance for establishing partnerships between approved health care facilities and limited-duration child care programs to support child care for employees of health care entities, first responders (Law Enforcement, EMS, Fire Departments), corrections officers and Department for Community Based Services (DCBS) workers. The guidance is online at chfs.ky.gov and directly linked below.

Interim Guidance for Verification of Employment for Child Care within a Limited Duration Center
Interim Guidance for Limited Duration Child Care Programs
Requirements for Approved Child Care Programs During Emergency Period
Temporary Emergency Child Care Notification content example

3/19/2020: Announced that restaurants that have an active liquor license, that are also doing food delivery or carry out, may also deliver sealed alcoholic beverages, in their original containers to customers.

3/19/2020: Issued a formal letter banning all mass gatherings. The measure states what Gov. Beshear has previously recommended, including:

All mass gatherings are hereby prohibited.
Mass gatherings include any event or convening that brings together groups of individuals, including, but not limited to, community, civic, public, leisure, faith-based or sporting events; parades; concerts; festivals; conventions; fundraisers; and similar activities.

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1. current maps from kycovid19.ky.gov ...

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27. comparison graph: KY and TN ...

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Roland99 posted a comparison of the results so far of the response by Kentucky vs Tennessee (image is a clickable link to that OP) :

[SixString]

2. I'm glad Beshear was elected.

I'd hate to see what it would be like if Bevin was still in office.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. Bevin was tweeting like trump, sneering at Beshear, when this started.

[GulfCoast66]

3. My mother in Kentucky sadly has become trapped in the Fox bubble

84 years old and has had the shit scared out of her for years. Pretty sure she voted for Bevin but we never talk politics.

She absolutely loves her new governor. Thinks he is a good Christian man who cares about the people.

Told me tonight she is so glad he won.

So there is hope.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. Thank you for that. I'm surrounded. Maybe some of them will awaken, too.

[Wounded Bear]

17. Pssst...don't tell her he's a Democrat...

[Cha]

4. Oh I know.. so appreciate you have Gov

Andy Beshear now!

StaySafe, Hermit and All!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

7. Thanks, Cha. No problem for us to hunker down. ...

It is such a relief to have a governor instead of a trump lackey! KET (Kentucky Educational Television) reports that Beshear's daily briefings are popular.

[Cha]

8. It must be like almost

heaven now!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

9. It's a relief, but our legislature is still RED.

I think Beshear's job performance could cause people to want to have more Democrats in office here.

Stay safe and healthy!

[Cha]

10. Oh yeah I forgot about the RED

part.. hopefully their do nothing but crap on Kentuckians will come to an end.

Thank you.. you all, too!

[Stonepounder]

11. If you look at the very first map up there, see the yellow county, surrounded by white ones?

We live almost right on the county line between the yellow one and the white one on the left.

We have a great hospital system nearby and, so far, they haven't had a single case of corona.

I was supposed to have an appointment with my pulmonologist next week. The office called me yesterday and told me not to come in. (I was going to call them on Monday and tell them I wasn't coming in. I'm in my 70's and have compromised lungs.)

They were already set up for E-visits, and had a sheet to email to me about how to get ready for it. Also told me NOT to get the blood work my doc had wanted to see. They told me that the would reevaluate the situation in 4-6 weeks. I told them I couldn't imagine any place worse for me than a pulmonologist's office. The nurse laughed out loud and said she couldn't either.

Thank goodness we got Beshear and not Bevin. I might just get lucky and live through this.

[Corgigal]

12. We live in Madison county,

no positives yet, but it’s close. I just think it’s here.

Every day at 5 pm, he talks to us on TV. I wish DUers could see him, after all the stupidity Trump did today. It’s nice to be informed, like an adult by an adult.

Bevin was a vindictive asshole. If he won, more of us would get ill.

[Corgigal]

13. Found it

If you want to watch.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

18. Thanks! Glad that's available on youtube.

[Corgigal]

19. Our Mr. Rogers

and yes, we will take it.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

20. I hadn't made that connection. ...

He does resemble Mr. Rogers in looks, sound and manners!
Such a contrast from the sneering meanness of Bevin.

I saw a graph somewhere showing that Kentucky is flattening the curve as compared to all its neighboring states. At first I thought it was due mostly to the simple geographical separation of households, but several states around us have a similar urban / rural distribution.

[Corgigal]

23. Cause he makes us feel guilty

if we leave the house. We haven’t left, but once in two weeks.

[MelissaB]

15. Waives from Madison county in Richmond!

I'm so happy to have our current governor leading. He has been amazing.

[Corgigal]

16. Heyya

From Berea.

[MelissaB]

28. Dang! I LOVE Berea.

Beautiful little town.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

14. Thanks for the post, HTP but you missed one little detail....

rural Kentucky's response to the corona virus is to go to church three times a week, eat out at least four times and week and browse Walmart's latest blue light specials at least five times a week. Remaining time spent watching Fax News or listening to Limbaugh.

Seriously, thanks for shining light on the great work Gov. Beshear is doing (I still have my yard sign... ...). I'm very proud of his performance and professionalism, as I am with what Louisville is doing.

I am worried sick over what's going on in the eastern half in the mountains. I fear it will be devastating to them and they were already extremely distressed prior to this disaster.

KY...........

[pwb]

21. Should be to fire both their senators.

What a pair.

[Corgigal]

24. Gonna try

my first vote against McConnell. I just moved here less then 3 years ago.

I haven’t met anyone who claims to like him. How he wins, I don’t know.

[RealityChik]

22. Maybe it's time to ask...

What would Colonel Sanders do?

[SKKY]

25. Indeed! Andy Beshear has leaned into this 100%.

He has become an example of real leadership at the state level in the absence of it at the federal level.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

26. I hope governors are talking to each other, in the absence of any leader at federal level.

The Grotesque Orange Pustule has turned the federal government into an obstacle, a pothole to be bypassed.