Goodwill collecting PPE donations for local front-line workers

Goodwill collecting PPE donations for local front-line workers

Goodwill of Southern Arizona is collecting personal protective equipment (PPE)and cleaning supplies for local front-line workers.

PEOPLE PARKED ALONGSIDE THEROAD AND WALKED UP TO THETRAILS.

AND WHILE IT SEEMEDLIKE PEOPLE WERE TRYING TOKEEP THEIR DISTANCE -- IT CANBE TRICKY TO DO SO WHEN SOMANY PEOPLE ARE OUT.

SIX FEET-- IS CONSIDERED THE MINIMUMDISTANCE THAT YOU SHOULD BEFROM OTHERS IF YOU'REPRACTICING SOCIAL DISTANCING.THAT'S BECAUSE WHEN SOMEONECOUGH'S OR SNEEZES -- IT CANTRAVEL AS FAR AS SIX FEETTHROUGH THE AIR.

NEED SOMEHELP VISUALIZING IT?

HERE'SWHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE -- THEAVERAGE WIDTH OF A CAR -- TWOGOLDEN RETRIEVERS OR TWO ADULTCATS FROM HEAD TO TAIL -- ASTANDARD SOFA-- OR A TWIN SIZEMATTRESS.AND TO DO OUR PART TO PRACTICESOCIAL DISTANCING -- BRIANBRENNAN RECORDED HIS WEATHERRIGHT BEFORE TODAY'S SHOW.

SOHERE IS YOUR FIRST WARNINGWEATHER.THE POTENTIAL FOR COVID-19SPREAD IN ARIZONA JAILS ANDPRISONS IS HUGE -- WHEN YOUCONSIDER THE OVER 50 THOUSANDINMATES AND WORKERS.

QUESTIONSARETHE POTENTIAL FOR COVID-19SPREAD IN ARIZONA JAILS ANDPRISONS IS HUGE -- WHEN YOUCONSIDER THE OVER 50 THOUSANDINMATES AND WORKERS.

QUESTIONSARE BEING RAISED ABOUT HOWPREPARED STAFF -- AND THEFACILITIES ARE.

DAVE BISCOBINGREPORTS ON HIGH LEVEL EMAILS-- THAT SHOW FRUSTRATION ANDCONCERN -- IS GROWING.INSIDE THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENTOF CORRECTIONS... ACROSS ALLITS PRISONS... WE KNOW SOMEINMATES HAVE BEEN TESTED FORCOVID-19.

BUT WE DON'T KNOWWHERE...WE DON'T KNOW WHEN.COMPARE THAT WITH OURNEIGHBOR... CALIFORNIA... THECORRECTIONS DEPARTMENTTHERE... HAS THIS... A FULLWEBSITE DEDICATED TO TRACKINGCOVID-19.

INCLUDING THESPECIFIC NUMBERTESTED...CONFIRMED...RECOVERED...AN D DEAD...ALL THAT...FOR EACHPRISON...AND WITH A MAP.

MORETHAN 100 INSIDERS...INMATES,FAMILIES, STAFF... HAVECONTACTED ABC15 ABOUT THISPANDEMIC.

THEY FEELUNIFORMED...AND UNPREPARED...AND THAT'S A PROBLEM...BECAUSETHIS IS A DEPARTMENT... WITH AHUGE CREDIBILITY PROBLEM BASEDON PAST FAILURES... ESPECIALLYIN HEALTH CARE... AND PUTTINGSTAFF AND INMATES AT RISK IN APRISON WITH DOORS THAT DIDN'TLOCK.

HERE'S WHAT ONEMANAGEMENT- LEVEL OFFICIALJUST TOLD ABC15.... WHO ASKEDUS TO DISGUISE THEIR VOICE FORFEAR OF RETALIATION.

((SOTW/SOURCE)) (...THEY HAVE NOREASON TO TRUST.

THEY AREGOING TO START GETTING SICK.AND INSTEAD OF TRYING TO DOTHE PRACTICAL THING OR THERIGHT THING THEY'RE JUST GOINGTO START, UH, THEY'RE NOTTELLING PEOPLE.

THEY'RE GOINGTO START FREAKING OUT AND IT'SGOING TO LEAD TO CHAOS IN THEPRISON....) ABC15 ALSOOBTAINED INTERNAL EMAILS FROMTOP ADMINISTRATORS TOWARDENS.... SHOWING THEY ARETRACKING SPECIFIC INFO..."CONTINUE TO TRACK FOODINVENTORY, CHEMICAL SUPPLIES,INMATES WITH FLU-LIKESYMPTOMS, EMPLOYEES DENIEDENTRY, AND UPDATE GOOGLESHEETS AS NECESSARY." EVEN IFIT'SJUST ON A GOOGLESHEET...THE DEPARTMENT DOESHAVE MORE INFO... IT'S JUSTNOT SHARING IT PUBLICLY.

WHATTHE DEPARTMENT HAS SHAREDTHOUGH... ARE PICTURES ONTWITTER... SOME OF BOXES OFTP...AND A FEW BOTTLES OF SOAPAND CLEANER...TO SAY SUPPLIESARE "STOCKED AND READILYAVAILABLE." DIRECTOR DAVIDSHINN ALSO VISITING INMATESAND STAFF...AT TWO PRISONSTHIS WEEK... HOLDING MULTIPLELARGE GATHERINGS...AND CLOSECONVERSATIONS.

WE LEARNEDTHERE HAVE BEEN DOZENS OFSTAFF TURNED AWAY FROM WORKRECENTLY BECAUSE THEY HADSYMPTOMS OR FAILED A SCREENINGPROCESS BEFORE THEIR SHIFT.AND MANY SOURCES TELL US...THERE ARE CERTAINLY SICK,QUARANTINED PATIENTS AROUNDTHE PRISONS... MORE THAN JUSTTHE SMALL NUMBER THAT HAVEBEEN TESTED.

I'M INVESTIGATORDAVE BISCOBING ABC15ARIZONA.IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THE STORELATELY -- YOU'VE NOTICED --THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TOILETPAPER LEFT FOR SALE... WHICHIS LEADING SOME PEOPLE TO TRYDIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES -- THATAREN'T ALWAYS GOOD NEWS FORYOUR PLUMBING.

WHAT PIMACOUNTY SAYS YOU SHOULD DO --TO FLUSH RESPONSIBLY.

YOU'REWATCHING KGUN NINE ON YOURSIDE.APPARENTLY TAKING TO MOREDESPERATE MEASURES.

LOCALWASTEWATER OFFICIALS SAY --THEY'RE STARTING TO SEE ITEMSTHAT CAN CLOG PIPES -- AND GUMUP THE COMMUNITY'S SEWERSYSTEMS. NINE ON YOUR SIDE'SBRIAN BRENNAN HAS MORE ON WHATTHE COUNTY AND WHAT PLUMBERSARE SAYING COULD ADD -- TO ANALREADY DIFFICULT TIME.BRIAN BRENNAN 49:19 -49:33 PIMACOUNTY SAYS THIS IS A BIG ISSUEFOR PUBLIC HEALTH, IT COULDCOST YOU HUNDREDS OF DOLLARSAT YOUR HOME AND IF ONE OFTHESE WASTEWATER PUMPS GETJAMMED UP AND NEEDS TO BEREPAIRED IT WOULD COSTTHOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND THATWOULD BE PASSED ON TO THETAXPAYERS.

MOST PEOPLE DONTGIVE MUCH THOUGHT TO WHATHAPPENS AFTER THEY FLUSH.CHARLES ZIMMERMAN PLUMBER,SPARTAN PLUMBING, HEATING ANDCOOLING 31:34-31:38 PEOPLE AREFLUSHING UNDERWEAR, SOCKS,PAPER TOWELS LIKE ROLLS OFPAPER TOWELS.

SOME PLUMBERS INOUR AREA HAVE SEEN AN INCREASEIN CALLS FOR CLOGS... POSSIBLYBECAUSE TOILET PAPER HAS BEENHARDER TO FIND.

THEY WANTPEOPLE TO KNOW EVEN SOMETHINGS THAT SAY THEY AREFLUSHABLE OR DISPOSABLE WILLCAUSE YOU A PROBLEM.

CHARLESZIMMERMAN PLUMBER, SPARTANPLUMBING, HEATING AND COOLING31:41-31:51 THOSE FLUSHABLEWIPES BABY WIPES OR THINGSLIKE THAT YEAH THEYLL FLUSHBUT THEY DONT SAY THEYLL GODOWN THE SEWER AND THEYDEFINITELY DONT DISSOLVE LIKETOILET PAPER DIRECTOR OF PIMACOUNTY WASTEWATER JACKSONJENKINS WANTS PEOPLE TO KNOWTHIS IS NOT SOME VIRAL HOAXJACKSON JENKINS DIRECTOR, PIMACOUNTY WASTEWATER 44:15-20 ITSNOT A RUMOR THESE ARE REALTHINGS ENDING UP IN THE SEWERTHAT ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BETHERE.

JENKINS SAYS DESPITESOME BIZARRE ITEMS TURNING UPAT PUMPS AND TREATMENT PLANTSTHERE ISNT A MAJOR PROBLEM INOUR AREA YET& BUT HE WANTS TOGET THE MESSAGE OUT BEFORE ITBECOMES ONE.

JACKSON JENKINSDIRECTOR, PIMA COUNTYWASTEWATER 43:27-43:38 OURMISSION IS TO PROTECT THEPUBLIC HEALTH PEOPLE DONTTHINK A LOT ABOUT THEWASTEWATER UTILITY AND WHAT ITDOES BUT WE PROTECT THE PUBLICHEALTH AND KEEP THE MATERIALSIN THE SEWER SYSTEM OUT OFPUBLIC LIFE PLUMBERS WE TALKEDTO SAY WHATEVER HAPPENSTHEYLL BE READY TO CONTINUEPROVIDING ESSENTIAL SERVICESTHE PUBLIC NEEDS.

CHARLESZIMMERMAN PLUMBER, SPARTANPLUMBING, HEATING AND COOLING35:40-35:47 WHEN YOU HAVE ACLOGGED TOILET YOU CANT MAKEA PHONE CALL AND CLEAR THATYOU NEED A PLUMBER OUT BRIANBRENNAN 50:39-50:50 THE COUNTYAND PLUMBERS WE TALKED TO SAYITS VERY SIMPLE ANYTHING OTHERTHAN TOILET PAPER PUT IN THETRASH AND TAKE IT OUT THATWAY.

BRIAN BRENNAN KGUN 9 ONYOUR SIDE.ANOTHER CORONAVIRUS TEST ISBEING GREEN -LIT BY THE F-D-A.AND IT'S (MUCH( FASTER THANTHE CURRENT ONES BEING USED.WHEN IT WILL START BEINGSHIPPED TO HOSPITALS.

YOU'REWATCHING KGUN NINE ON YOURSIDE.SAS THE NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUSDEATHS IN THE U-S TOPS TWO-THOUSAND-- IMPACTS OF THEILLNESS ARE BEING FELT ACROSSTHE NATION.

NOW AS RACHELSCOTT REPORTS -- A NAVAL SHIPIS ON ITS WAY TO NEW YORK TOHELP DEAL WITH THE PANDEMIC.PRESIDENT TRUMP AT NAVALSTATION NORFOLK AS THE USNSCOMFORT HEADS TO NEW YORKTRUMP SOT: THE PRESIDENT NOWCONSIDERING A QUARANTINE FORNEW YORK, NEW JERSEY ANDCONNECTICUT - WHICH HAVE BEENHARD HIT BY THE OUTBREAK MORETHAN 104 THOUSAND CONFIRMEDCASES IN THE US - MORE THAN 17HUNDRED DEATHS THE PRESIDENTENACTING THE DEFENSEPRODUCTION ACT, ORDERINGGERNERAL MOTORS TO MANUFACTUREMUCH NEEDED VENTILATORS.

INNEW YORK STATE - WHERE CASESHAVE SOARED PAST 44 THOUSAND -THE GOVERNOR SAYS HE NEEDSTHOSE VENTILATORS NOW.

CUOMO:TODAY PRESSER: (12:13ISH) THEYARE A NECESSITY IN THISSITUATION// (12:12 ISH) THEIRLUNGS ARE DAMAGED, THEY'REHAVING TROUBLE BREATHING, THEYHAVE A COUGH AND THEY ALL NEEDA VENTILATOR AND THAT IS THEPECULIARITY OF THIS SITUATION.NEW YORK CITY'S JACOB JAVITZCONVENTION CENTER BEINGCONVERTED INTO A 1000 BEDFACILITY TO TREAT NON- COVIDPATIENTS - FREEING UP HOSPITALSPACE FOR PATIENTS WITH THEVIRUS.

SIMILAR MEASURES INCHICAGO - THE MCCORMICK PLACECONVENTION CENTER WILL HAVETHREE THOUSANDS BEDS BUT THATCENTER WILL -- ONLY -- TREATCOVID-19 PATIENTS.

PRESIDENTTRUMP HAS SIGNED THE $2TRILLION DOLLAR EMERGENCY AIDPACKAGE - MILLIONS OFAMERICANS WILL GET A CHECKFROM THE GOVERMENT THESTIMULIUS ALSO INCLUDES --EXPANDS UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS-- EXTENDS FORGIVABLE LOANS TOSMALL BUSINESSES THAT KEEPWORKERS ON THE JOB; -- CREATESBAILOUT FUNDS FOR THE AIRLINESAND HOTELS; -- AND, SENDS $100BILLION TO HOSPITALS.MEANWHILE -- TESTING FORCONORAVIRUS COULD BE GETTING ABIT EASIER.

THE FDA HASGREEN-LIT A CORONAVIRUSTEST--THAT CAN PROVIDE RESULTSIN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES.HEALTH OFFICIALS AUTHORIZEDTHE TEST FOR EMERGENCY USE...THE TEST'S MAKER -- SAYS ITEXPECTS TO DELIVER 50-THOUSAND TESTS PER DAYBEGINNING NEXT WEEK.

LASTWEEK, THE F-D-A APPROVEDANOTHER RAPID TEST THATPROVIDES RESULTS IN ABOUT 45MINUTES.

RIGHT NOW, IT CANTAKE SEVERAL DAYS TO GETRESULTS FROM MOST CORONAVIRUSLAB TESTS.AN ORGANIZATION IN SOUTHERNARIZONA IS COLLECTING P-P-EFOR THE HEALTHAN ORGANIZATION IN SOUTHERNARIZONA IS COLLECTING P-P-EFOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR -- ANDHOW YOU CAN HELP.

YOU'REWATCHING KGUN NINE ON YOURSIDE.SUPPLIES DURING THE PANDEMIC-- PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONSARE TRYING TO HELP GET THEMWHAT THEY NEED.

INCLUDING THEGOODWILL OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA-- WHICH IS COLLECTINGPERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENTAND CLEANING SUPPLIES.

THEEFFORT STARTED TODAY.

SEVENSTORES IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA ARECOLLECTING NEW AND UNOPENEDITEMS -- TO GIVE TO THE PIMACOUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.GOODWILL IS ALSO DONATING 42-THOUSAND PAIRS OF MEDICALGLOVES TO THE DEPARTMENT.

IFYOU WANT TO DONATE -- MOREINFORMATION IS ON OUR WEBSITE