1 00:00:04,633 --> 00:00:09,233 >> "INDIANA NEWSDESK" IS MADE 2 00:00:05,300 --> 00:00:50,433 POSSIBLE IN PART BY: 3 00:00:50,433 --> 00:00:53,533 >>> COMING UP ON "INDIANA 4 00:00:53,533 --> 00:00:54,700 NEWSDESK," CASES AND 5 00:00:54,700 --> 00:00:56,100 HOSPITALIZATIONS FROM COVID-19 6 00:00:56,100 --> 00:00:58,600 ARE AT LEVELS NOT SEEN SINCE 7 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:00,200 JANUARY, AND THAT HAS OFFICIALS 8 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:02,066 CONCERNED AS THE HOLIDAYS 9 00:01:02,066 --> 00:01:02,500 APPROACH. 10 00:01:02,500 --> 00:01:04,400 >> NO MATTER WHAT I SAY, NO 11 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:07,566 MATTER WHAT ANYBODY SAYS ON TV, 12 00:01:07,566 --> 00:01:09,533 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GATHER. 13 00:01:09,533 --> 00:01:10,833 UNVACCINATED PEOPLE ARE GOING TO 14 00:01:10,833 --> 00:01:11,533 GATHER. 15 00:01:11,533 --> 00:01:12,633 VACCINATED PEOPLE ARE GOING TO 16 00:01:12,633 --> 00:01:12,866 GATHER. 17 00:01:12,866 --> 00:01:14,100 THEY WILL INTERMINGLE. 18 00:01:14,100 --> 00:01:15,866 >> WE TALK WITH AN EXPERT ABOUT 19 00:01:15,866 --> 00:01:23,100 THE LATEST NUMBERS AND THE 20 00:01:23,100 --> 00:01:23,366 OMNICRON. 21 00:01:23,366 --> 00:01:24,400 >> RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE 22 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:24,966 ANYTHING. 23 00:01:24,966 --> 00:01:26,600 AND 60 MORE DAYS WE HAVE TO HAVE 24 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:29,133 THAT LOT FULL AGAIN. 25 00:01:29,133 --> 00:01:30,333 IS IT POSSIBLE? 26 00:01:30,333 --> 00:01:32,166 >> WHILE THE COST OF EQUIPMENT 27 00:01:32,166 --> 00:01:33,500 HAS URGED, YOU MIGHT BE 28 00:01:33,500 --> 00:01:35,233 SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT DEMAND 29 00:01:35,233 --> 00:01:37,666 REMAINS SKY HIGH. 30 00:01:37,666 --> 00:01:39,766 AND WHAT BLOOMINGTON'S PLAN TO 31 00:01:39,766 --> 00:01:42,800 OVER 85% OF THE CITY WITH FIBER 32 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:43,900 OPTIC CABLE MEANS FOR YOU. 33 00:01:43,900 --> 00:01:45,766 THOSE STORIES, PLUS THE LATEST 34 00:01:45,766 --> 00:01:50,233 NEWS HEADLINES, RIGHT NOW ON 35 00:01:47,066 --> 00:01:52,000 "INDIANA NEWSDESK"! 36 00:01:52,000 --> 00:02:00,166 ♪ 37 00:02:00,166 --> 00:02:01,266 >>> WELCOME TO "INDIANA 38 00:02:01,266 --> 00:02:01,566 NEWSDESK." 39 00:02:01,566 --> 00:02:04,266 I'M JOE HREN. 40 00:02:04,266 --> 00:02:05,966 THE OMNICRON VARIANT OF COVID-19 41 00:02:05,966 --> 00:02:08,266 HAS NOT YET BEEN DETECTED IN 42 00:02:08,266 --> 00:02:10,333 INDIANA, BUT THE DELTA STRAIN IS 43 00:02:10,333 --> 00:02:11,433 CAUSING ANOTHER SURGE OF CASES 44 00:02:11,433 --> 00:02:12,933 AND HOSPITALIZATIONS IN THE 45 00:02:12,933 --> 00:02:13,166 STATE. 46 00:02:13,166 --> 00:02:17,333 BROCK TURNER HAS THIS REPORT. 47 00:02:17,333 --> 00:02:18,866 >> COVID-19 HOSPITALIZATIONS 48 00:02:18,866 --> 00:02:20,833 THIS WEEK REACHED LEVELS NOT 49 00:02:20,833 --> 00:02:22,466 SEEN SINCE JANUARY, WHEN THE 50 00:02:22,466 --> 00:02:23,766 VACCINES WERE IN EXTREMELY 51 00:02:23,766 --> 00:02:24,533 LIMITED SUPPLY. 52 00:02:24,533 --> 00:02:27,033 THE VIRUS IS MORE CONTAGIOUS, 53 00:02:27,033 --> 00:02:29,333 DELTA VARIANT IS FUELING THE 54 00:02:29,333 --> 00:02:34,933 SURGE THAT FORCED THE NUMBER 55 00:02:34,933 --> 00:02:38,333 HOSPITALIZED PAST 2700. 56 00:02:38,333 --> 00:02:39,833 80 NEW DEATHS FROM THE VIRUS 57 00:02:39,833 --> 00:02:40,933 WERE REPORTED ON WEDNESDAY 58 00:02:40,933 --> 00:02:41,166 ALONE. 59 00:02:41,166 --> 00:02:43,233 WHILE A VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE 60 00:02:43,233 --> 00:02:44,333 HOSPITALIZED REMAIN 61 00:02:44,333 --> 00:02:46,200 UNVACCINATED, THERE'S A GROWING 62 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:47,500 CONCERN A HIGH NUMBER OF CASES 63 00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:49,033 COULD FUEL EVEN MORE INFECTIONS 64 00:02:49,033 --> 00:02:50,666 AS THE HOLIDAY SEASON 65 00:02:50,666 --> 00:02:51,733 APPROACHES. 66 00:02:51,733 --> 00:02:54,033 DR. JOSH CULLISON, THE MEDICAL 67 00:02:54,033 --> 00:02:54,966 TRENTOR AT THE RURAL HEALTH 68 00:02:54,966 --> 00:02:58,133 CLINICS ENCOURAGES THOSE WHO 69 00:02:58,133 --> 00:03:00,166 REMAIN UNVACCINATED TO 70 00:03:00,166 --> 00:03:01,033 REEVALUATE THEIR PLANS. 71 00:03:01,033 --> 00:03:02,566 >> NO MATTER WHAT I SAY, NO 72 00:03:02,566 --> 00:03:03,900 MATTER WHAT ANYBODY SAYS ON TV, 73 00:03:03,900 --> 00:03:05,933 PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GATHER. 74 00:03:05,933 --> 00:03:07,133 UNVACCINATED PEOPLE ARE GOING TO 75 00:03:07,133 --> 00:03:07,366 GATHER. 76 00:03:07,366 --> 00:03:10,333 VAC SIPPATED PEOPLE ARE GO -- 77 00:03:10,333 --> 00:03:14,033 VACCINATED PEOPLE ARE GOING TO 78 00:03:14,033 --> 00:03:15,233 GATHER. 79 00:03:15,233 --> 00:03:17,200 >> CULLISON HAS SKIPPED FAMILY 80 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:18,966 GATHERINGS FOR THOSE WHO ARE 81 00:03:18,966 --> 00:03:19,300 UNVACCINATED. 82 00:03:19,300 --> 00:03:21,600 >> I'M NOT TELLING YOU TO CANCEL 83 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:23,500 YOUR HOLIDAY PLANS BUT I WANT 84 00:03:23,500 --> 00:03:26,200 YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE ARE YOU 85 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:27,700 BEING -- THE RISK. 86 00:03:27,700 --> 00:03:33,300 >> MANY ADMIT THEY ARE BURNT 87 00:03:33,300 --> 00:03:35,900 OUT, AND HALF HOOSIERS REMAIN 88 00:03:35,900 --> 00:03:36,666 UNVACCINATED. 89 00:03:36,666 --> 00:03:37,900 OFFICIALS FEAR THIS SURGE COULD 90 00:03:37,900 --> 00:03:39,000 RIVAL LAST YEAR'S. 91 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:40,400 FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M 92 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:42,966 BROCK TURNER. 93 00:03:42,966 --> 00:03:45,166 >> WE'RE JOINED NOW BY BRIAN 94 00:03:45,166 --> 00:03:46,766 DIXON, THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC 95 00:03:46,766 --> 00:03:50,500 HEALTH INFORMATICS AT THE 96 00:03:50,500 --> 00:03:51,933 REGANSTREET INSTITUTE IN 97 00:03:51,933 --> 00:03:52,466 INDIANAPOLIS. 98 00:03:52,466 --> 00:03:53,466 HELLO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 99 00:03:53,466 --> 00:03:54,000 JOINING US. 100 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,066 IT'S BEEN ABOUT A WEEK SINCE THE 101 00:03:56,066 --> 00:03:57,166 FIRST CASE OF THE OMNICRON 102 00:03:57,166 --> 00:03:58,300 VARIANT WAS FOUND IN THE U.S. 103 00:03:58,300 --> 00:03:59,600 WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT IT NOW 104 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:02,500 THAT WE DIDN'T THEN? 105 00:04:02,500 --> 00:04:04,266 >> WELL, EARLY DATA SUGGESTS THE 106 00:04:04,266 --> 00:04:06,400 VIRUS IS MORE TRANSMISSIBLE, 107 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,400 MEANING THAT IT'S SPREADING MORE 108 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:10,300 QUICKLY THAN EARLIER VARIANTS, 109 00:04:10,300 --> 00:04:12,100 INCLUDING THE DELTA VARIANT, 110 00:04:12,100 --> 00:04:13,533 WHICH IS PLAGUING US HERE IN 111 00:04:13,533 --> 00:04:13,966 INDIANA. 112 00:04:13,966 --> 00:04:17,533 HOWEVER, IT REMAINS KIND OF TOO 113 00:04:17,533 --> 00:04:19,233 EARLY TO CONCLUDE WHETHER THE 114 00:04:19,233 --> 00:04:21,400 VIRUS IS MORE VIRULENT, MEANING 115 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:23,033 IT CAN CAUSE MORE SEVERE DISEASE 116 00:04:23,033 --> 00:04:24,366 THAN THE OTHER VARIANTS. 117 00:04:24,366 --> 00:04:25,766 SO MANY OF THE PATIENTS AND SOME 118 00:04:25,766 --> 00:04:28,700 OF THE EARLY COUNTRIES ARE UNDER 119 00:04:28,700 --> 00:04:30,066 50 YEARS OF AGE, WHICH WE WOULD 120 00:04:30,066 --> 00:04:31,666 NOT EXPECT ANYWAY TO BE IN THE 121 00:04:31,666 --> 00:04:31,966 HOSPITAL. 122 00:04:31,966 --> 00:04:33,666 SO MORE STUDIES ARE NEEDED 123 00:04:33,666 --> 00:04:34,100 THERE. 124 00:04:34,100 --> 00:04:35,166 >> NOW, THERE'S BEEN SOME 125 00:04:35,166 --> 00:04:38,266 STUDIES THAT SHOW THE PFIZER 126 00:04:38,266 --> 00:04:43,066 VACCINE'S EFFICACY DROPS FAIRLY 127 00:04:43,066 --> 00:04:43,700 SIGNIFICANTLY AGAINST OMNICRON, 128 00:04:43,700 --> 00:04:45,933 WOULD A BOOSTER HELP AGAINST 129 00:04:45,933 --> 00:04:46,133 THAT? 130 00:04:46,133 --> 00:04:48,866 >> A BOOSTER MAY BE HELPFUL IN 131 00:04:48,866 --> 00:04:49,466 NEUTRALIZING OMNICRON. 132 00:04:49,466 --> 00:04:51,700 THESE EARLY STUDIED LOOKED 133 00:04:51,700 --> 00:04:53,366 PRIMARILY AT PROTECTION AGAINST 134 00:04:53,366 --> 00:04:54,733 INFECTION, NOT SEVERE OUTCOMES 135 00:04:54,733 --> 00:04:55,533 AND HOSPITALIZATION. 136 00:04:55,533 --> 00:04:57,000 AND STUDIES THAT WE HAVE DONE, 137 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,000 WE HAVE SEEN THAT THE VACCINES 138 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:00,566 CONTINUE TO PERFORM VERY WELL 139 00:05:00,566 --> 00:05:02,233 AGAINST DELTA AND THE OTHER 140 00:05:02,233 --> 00:05:02,600 VARIANTS. 141 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:04,833 SO WE WOULD EXPECT THAT THE 142 00:05:04,833 --> 00:05:06,033 VACCINES GIVE YOU PROTECTION 143 00:05:06,033 --> 00:05:07,600 AGAINST OMNICRON AS WELL, WHEN 144 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:08,900 IT COMES TO THE SEVERE 145 00:05:08,900 --> 00:05:10,866 CONSEQUENCES OF COVID. 146 00:05:10,866 --> 00:05:13,033 THAT SAID, OUR STUDIES ALSO SHOW 147 00:05:13,033 --> 00:05:15,433 THAT EFFECTIVENESS DROPS OVER 148 00:05:15,433 --> 00:05:15,766 TIME. 149 00:05:15,766 --> 00:05:18,500 SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET A 150 00:05:18,500 --> 00:05:20,333 BOOSTER, ESPECIALLY IF YOU 151 00:05:20,333 --> 00:05:22,933 ARE -- IF YOU HAVE AN IMMUNO 152 00:05:22,933 --> 00:05:24,200 COMPROMISED CONDITION OR RISK 153 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:26,166 FACTORS LIKE HYPERTENSION OR 154 00:05:26,166 --> 00:05:28,666 DIABETES OR OLDER ADULTS ARE 155 00:05:28,666 --> 00:05:31,533 ALSO MORE VULNERABLE TO 156 00:05:31,533 --> 00:05:31,833 CORONAVIRUS. 157 00:05:31,833 --> 00:05:34,133 >> A SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE 158 00:05:34,133 --> 00:05:35,233 WONDERING WHAT BOOSTER TO GET, 159 00:05:35,233 --> 00:05:36,133 DOES IT MATTER. 160 00:05:36,133 --> 00:05:36,900 >> IT DOESN'T MATTER. 161 00:05:36,900 --> 00:05:38,433 I THINK MOST OF OUR STUDIES 162 00:05:38,433 --> 00:05:44,000 SHOWED THAT MRNA, THE PFIZER AND 163 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,000 MODERNA VACCINES, HAVE SLIGHTLY 164 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,100 HIGHER EFFICACY, OR 165 00:05:49,100 --> 00:05:50,200 EFFECTIVENESS THAN THE 166 00:05:50,200 --> 00:05:51,000 JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCINE. 167 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:53,466 I THINK ANY OF THE VACCINES WILL 168 00:05:53,466 --> 00:05:54,800 GIVE YOU SOME PROTECTION. 169 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:56,566 BUT IF IT WAS MY LOVED ONES, I 170 00:05:56,566 --> 00:05:57,600 WOULD RECOMMEND THEY GET THE 171 00:05:57,600 --> 00:06:00,366 PFIZER OR THE MODERNA BOOSTER. 172 00:06:00,366 --> 00:06:01,133 >> HOSPITALIZATIONS REACHING 173 00:06:01,133 --> 00:06:02,300 NUMBERS NOT SEEN SINCE LAST 174 00:06:02,300 --> 00:06:02,533 WINTER. 175 00:06:02,533 --> 00:06:04,166 IS THERE A WAY TO TELL HOW LONG 176 00:06:04,166 --> 00:06:07,566 THE SURGE COULD LAST? 177 00:06:07,566 --> 00:06:09,433 >> AH, IT'S -- IT'S HARD TO TELL 178 00:06:09,433 --> 00:06:10,833 HOW LONG IT WILL LAST. 179 00:06:10,833 --> 00:06:12,700 THESE TRENDS, THOUGH, ARE VERY 180 00:06:12,700 --> 00:06:14,100 SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW LAST 181 00:06:14,100 --> 00:06:14,333 WINTER. 182 00:06:14,333 --> 00:06:16,000 SO WE SHOULD ANTICIPATE HIGH 183 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,900 LEVELS OF HOSPITALIZATION 184 00:06:18,900 --> 00:06:19,800 THROUGH JANUARY. 185 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:21,333 AT THAT TIME, WE THINK THE 186 00:06:21,333 --> 00:06:22,433 HOPPIZATIONS WILL BEGIN TO 187 00:06:22,433 --> 00:06:22,766 RECEDE. 188 00:06:22,766 --> 00:06:23,966 THE -- THE HOSPITALIZATIONS WILL 189 00:06:23,966 --> 00:06:27,133 BEGIN TO RECEDE. 190 00:06:27,133 --> 00:06:29,233 THE WILD CARD IS OMNICRON. 191 00:06:29,233 --> 00:06:32,400 IT MAY BOOST NUMBERS EVEN HIGHER 192 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:33,933 BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE WILL BECOME 193 00:06:33,933 --> 00:06:34,200 INFECTED. 194 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:36,333 SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE 195 00:06:36,333 --> 00:06:38,200 HOSPITALIZATION RATES, ALL 196 00:06:38,200 --> 00:06:39,400 THINGS EQUAL TO START COMING 197 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:40,800 DOWN IN THE SPRING, THAT'S THE 198 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:43,433 PATTERN THAT APPEARS TO BE 199 00:06:43,433 --> 00:06:45,633 CONSISTENT WITH OTHER 200 00:06:45,633 --> 00:06:46,466 CORONAVIRUSES. 201 00:06:46,466 --> 00:06:47,166 >> BRIAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 202 00:06:47,166 --> 00:06:48,266 BEING WITH US TODAY. 203 00:06:48,266 --> 00:06:49,333 REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 204 00:06:49,333 --> 00:06:52,766 >> THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME. 205 00:06:52,766 --> 00:06:55,266 >> MANY EMPLOYEES ARE TURNING TO 206 00:06:55,266 --> 00:06:57,433 RELIGIOUS EXCEPTIONS. 207 00:06:57,433 --> 00:06:58,766 EXEMPTIONS ARE FEDERALLY 208 00:06:58,766 --> 00:07:00,166 PROTECTED UNDER THE CIVIL RIGHTS 209 00:07:00,166 --> 00:07:03,300 ACT OF 1964, BUT WHAT IS THE 210 00:07:03,300 --> 00:07:04,566 HISTORY OF THESE EXEMPTIONS AND 211 00:07:04,566 --> 00:07:06,566 WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES? 212 00:07:06,566 --> 00:07:11,866 LAUREN CHAPMAN REPORTS. 213 00:07:11,866 --> 00:07:14,166 >> IMAM AHMED ALAMINE SPEAKS TO 214 00:07:14,166 --> 00:07:16,133 HIS MOSQUE IN INDIANAPOLIS ABOUT 215 00:07:16,133 --> 00:07:16,900 GETTING VACCINATED. 216 00:07:16,900 --> 00:07:20,033 IN FACT, HE'S TRYING TO SET UP A 217 00:07:20,033 --> 00:07:22,100 VACCINE CLINIC AT THE MOSQUE. 218 00:07:22,100 --> 00:07:23,333 FOR HIM, GETTING PEOPLE 219 00:07:23,333 --> 00:07:27,933 VACCINATED, IT'S JUST AS MUCH 220 00:07:27,933 --> 00:07:29,666 ABOUT FAITH, AS IT IS PERSONAL. 221 00:07:29,666 --> 00:07:32,400 HE HAD COVID IN 2020. 222 00:07:32,400 --> 00:07:34,166 >> MY EXPERIENCE WITH MALARIA 223 00:07:34,166 --> 00:07:35,900 WAS TERRIBLE, BUT COVID WAS 224 00:07:35,900 --> 00:07:36,133 WORSE. 225 00:07:36,133 --> 00:07:37,566 EVERY DAY THAT PASSED BY OR 226 00:07:37,566 --> 00:07:39,100 NIGHT, I ASSUMED IT WOULD BE MY 227 00:07:39,100 --> 00:07:40,066 LAST DAY OR NIGHT. 228 00:07:40,066 --> 00:07:44,766 >> A HANDFUL OF VACCINES, SOME 229 00:07:44,766 --> 00:07:48,266 MMR, SHINGLES USE PIG TECHNOLOGY 230 00:07:48,266 --> 00:07:50,766 AS A STABILIZER. 231 00:07:50,766 --> 00:07:52,533 THAT AGAINST DIETARY 232 00:07:52,533 --> 00:07:53,866 RESTRICTIONS FOR SOME JEWS AND 233 00:07:53,866 --> 00:07:55,133 MUSLIMS WHICH ARE A COMMON 234 00:07:55,133 --> 00:07:57,533 REASON FOR RELIGIOUS VACCINE EX. 235 00:07:57,533 --> 00:07:59,366 IONS. 236 00:07:59,366 --> 00:08:01,266 ALAMINE SAYS THE KORAN MAKES AN 237 00:08:01,266 --> 00:08:02,166 EXCEPTION FOR MEDICINE. 238 00:08:02,166 --> 00:08:03,766 >> IT DOES ALLOW YOU TO DO 239 00:08:03,766 --> 00:08:05,533 SOMETHING THAT IS NORMALLY 240 00:08:05,533 --> 00:08:06,600 FORBIDDEN, USE IT AS A 241 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:06,900 MEDICATION. 242 00:08:06,900 --> 00:08:10,966 IT IS GOING TO BE AN ACCEPTED 243 00:08:10,966 --> 00:08:13,600 WAY TO TREAT, AS LONG AS IT 244 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:15,033 HELPS SAVING SOMEBODY'S LIVE. 245 00:08:15,033 --> 00:08:20,966 >> NON-OF THENONE OF THE COVID-19 VACCINES IN 246 00:08:20,966 --> 00:08:24,033 THE U.S. USE THE PORCELINE 247 00:08:24,033 --> 00:08:24,466 JELLY. 248 00:08:24,466 --> 00:08:25,700 WITH MORE PEOPLE PUSHING FOR 249 00:08:25,700 --> 00:08:27,766 BROADER EXCEPTIONS, HE SAYS ALL 250 00:08:27,766 --> 00:08:28,966 FAITH TRADITIONS SHOULD 251 00:08:28,966 --> 00:08:30,500 ENCOURAGE VACCINES. 252 00:08:30,500 --> 00:08:33,333 >> WE HAVE TO USE THE FAITH TO 253 00:08:33,333 --> 00:08:34,533 SAVE PEOPLE'S LIVES. 254 00:08:34,533 --> 00:08:38,233 WE SHOULD NOT USE FAITH TO 255 00:08:38,233 --> 00:08:41,000 DESTRUCT HUMANITY, TO CAUSE HARM 256 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:42,533 TO HUMANITY. 257 00:08:42,533 --> 00:08:44,166 IF YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE 258 00:08:44,166 --> 00:08:46,100 VACCINE, THAT'S YOUR CHOICE. 259 00:08:46,100 --> 00:08:48,200 BUT PLEASE, DO NOT USE FAITH AS 260 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:48,866 A WEAPON. 261 00:08:48,866 --> 00:08:57,500 >> THERETHERE'S A LONG HISTORY OF 262 00:08:57,500 --> 00:08:59,800 PROTECTION RELIGIOUS EXCEPTIONS. 263 00:08:59,800 --> 00:09:02,366 RACHEL OLIVERY, LAW PROFESSOR AT 264 00:09:02,366 --> 00:09:03,133 THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SAYS 265 00:09:03,133 --> 00:09:07,900 THESE ARE IN A SECTION CALLED 266 00:09:07,900 --> 00:09:10,466 TITLE VII WHICH DISCUSSES 267 00:09:10,466 --> 00:09:12,233 EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION AND 268 00:09:12,233 --> 00:09:13,100 REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR 269 00:09:13,100 --> 00:09:14,633 SINCERELY HELD RELIGIOUS 270 00:09:14,633 --> 00:09:14,866 BELIEFS. 271 00:09:14,866 --> 00:09:18,800 >> THE COURTS ARE VERY RELUCTANT 272 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:22,300 TO INTRUDE TOO DEEPLY ON WHAT A 273 00:09:22,300 --> 00:09:28,666 PERP'SPERSON'S SINCERELY HELD 274 00:09:28,666 --> 00:09:30,100 RELIGIOUS BELIEFS CAN BE. 275 00:09:30,100 --> 00:09:32,966 IT BE A MORE PERSONALIZED BELIEF 276 00:09:32,966 --> 00:09:33,200 SYSTEM. 277 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:35,000 WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS FOR COURTS 278 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:37,266 DECIDING WHAT COUNTS AS RELIGION 279 00:09:37,266 --> 00:09:38,066 AND WHAT DOESN'T. 280 00:09:38,066 --> 00:09:41,800 >> AND SO COURTS HAVE GIVEN WIDE 281 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:45,300 BIRTHS TO RELIGIOUS BELIEFS. 282 00:09:45,300 --> 00:09:47,366 TITLE VII SAYS EMPLOYERS DON'T 283 00:09:47,366 --> 00:09:48,700 NEED TO CREATE ACCOMMODATIONS 284 00:09:48,700 --> 00:09:50,200 WHERE THERE'S AN UNDO BURDEN. 285 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:51,833 THAT'S WHERE THE LIMITATIONS LIE 286 00:09:51,833 --> 00:09:55,200 FOR RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS FOR 287 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:56,900 COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATES. 288 00:09:56,900 --> 00:09:59,633 >> IT'S VERY CLEAR WHEN IT COMES 289 00:09:59,633 --> 00:10:03,533 TO THE TITLE # VII MANDATES THE 290 00:10:03,533 --> 00:10:05,533 RELIGIOUS EXCEPTION IS NOT A 291 00:10:05,533 --> 00:10:06,833 GIANT LOOPHOLE YOU CAN JUST WALK 292 00:10:06,833 --> 00:10:07,066 THROUGH. 293 00:10:07,066 --> 00:10:09,633 >> PANE THERE'S A REASON NOR 294 00:10:09,633 --> 00:10:09,833 THAT. 295 00:10:09,833 --> 00:10:12,033 EX. 296 00:10:12,033 --> 00:10:17,300 IONS -- EXEMPTS CAN HAVE REAL 297 00:10:17,300 --> 00:10:17,633 CONSEQUENCES. 298 00:10:17,633 --> 00:10:20,200 HE SAYS WITH ANY NONMEDICAL EX. 299 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:21,966 ION TO VACCINES, IT REQUIRES A 300 00:10:21,966 --> 00:10:22,500 GOLDILOCKS APPROACH. 301 00:10:22,500 --> 00:10:25,600 IF EXEMPTIONS ARE TOO HARD TO 302 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:28,333 OBTAIN, OMER SAYS PEOPLE WILL 303 00:10:28,333 --> 00:10:29,700 FIND OTHER WAYS TO NAVIGATE 304 00:10:29,700 --> 00:10:30,766 AROUND MANDATES. 305 00:10:30,766 --> 00:10:32,366 >> AND IF THEY ARE FREELY 306 00:10:32,366 --> 00:10:33,833 AVAILABLE, WE KNOW THAT THEY 307 00:10:33,833 --> 00:10:37,633 TEND TO CLUSTER, AND WE HAVE 308 00:10:37,633 --> 00:10:39,366 SHOWN AGAINST MULTIPLE DISEASES 309 00:10:39,366 --> 00:10:43,666 NOW, THAT THEY CAN IMPACT THE 310 00:10:43,666 --> 00:10:44,766 LOCAL EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DISEASE 311 00:10:44,766 --> 00:10:46,733 AND CAN BE ASSOCIATED WITH 312 00:10:46,733 --> 00:10:47,000 OUTBREAKS. 313 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:48,366 >> THOSE CLUSTERS HAVE 314 00:10:48,366 --> 00:10:49,566 CONSEQUENCES FOR UNVACCINATED 315 00:10:49,566 --> 00:10:51,333 PEOPLE SINUATED AND VACCINATED 316 00:10:51,333 --> 00:10:56,266 MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. 317 00:10:56,266 --> 00:10:59,766 THE MRNA COVID-19 VACCINES 318 00:10:59,766 --> 00:11:03,300 POSTED A 90% EFFICACY. 319 00:11:03,300 --> 00:11:06,500 BUT NO VACCINE IS 100%. 320 00:11:06,500 --> 00:11:08,233 >> THAT INCREASES EVERYONE'S 321 00:11:08,233 --> 00:11:08,433 RISK. 322 00:11:08,433 --> 00:11:12,833 THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES FOR 323 00:11:12,833 --> 00:11:13,033 FOLKS. 324 00:11:13,033 --> 00:11:14,700 >> THERE WERE HEALTH EXPERTS 325 00:11:14,700 --> 00:11:17,000 THAT WERE INVITED TO TALK TO HIS 326 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,200 MOSQUES ABOUT SOCIAL DISTANCING 327 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:20,666 AND VACCINES. 328 00:11:20,066 --> 00:11:26,600 HE CALLED THIS A 329 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:26,833 JIHAD. 330 00:11:26,833 --> 00:11:28,700 THEY KNOW ABOUT THE EXTREME 331 00:11:28,700 --> 00:11:31,633 VIOLENCE BUT JIHAD SIMPLY MEANS 332 00:11:31,633 --> 00:11:34,166 A STRUGGLE AND RESISTANCE AND 333 00:11:34,166 --> 00:11:41,066 THIS IS OUR JIHAD, IT'S OUR 334 00:11:41,066 --> 00:11:43,800 RESISTANCE AGAINST A VIRUS THAT 335 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:45,333 CLAIMED THE LIVES OF HUNDREDS OF 336 00:11:45,333 --> 00:11:46,333 THOUSANDS AROUND THE WORLD. 337 00:11:46,333 --> 00:11:47,533 >> FOR INDIANA PUBLIC BROADCAST, 338 00:11:47,533 --> 00:11:54,033 I'M LAHRI'M LAUREN CHAPMAN. 339 00:11:54,033 --> 00:11:57,600 >> MIKE BRAUN DOESN'T SUPPORT 340 00:11:57,600 --> 00:11:57,866 VACCINES. 341 00:11:57,866 --> 00:12:02,033 BRAUN IS CURRENTLY A BIPARTISAN 342 00:12:02,033 --> 00:12:06,300 FIGHT IN CONGRESS TO FIGHT 343 00:12:06,300 --> 00:12:07,066 PRESIDENT BIDEN'S RULE TO EITHER 344 00:12:07,066 --> 00:12:10,666 GET THE WORKERSERS VACCINATED OR 345 00:12:10,666 --> 00:12:12,066 UNDERGO WEEKLY TESTING. 346 00:12:12,066 --> 00:12:13,866 BRAUN DOES NOT SUPPORT MEASURES 347 00:12:13,866 --> 00:12:15,466 THAT WOULD PREVENT COMPANIES 348 00:12:15,466 --> 00:12:17,100 FROM REQUIRING THE VACCINE ON 349 00:12:17,100 --> 00:12:17,666 THEIR OWN. 350 00:12:17,666 --> 00:12:19,066 THE INDIANA STATE HOUSE 351 00:12:19,066 --> 00:12:20,400 REPUBLICANS ARE CURRENTLY 352 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:21,700 PUSHING A BILL THAT WOULD 353 00:12:21,700 --> 00:12:23,000 EFFECTIVELY DO JUST THAT. 354 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:25,300 >> I'M A LITTLE APPREHENSIVE ON 355 00:12:25,300 --> 00:12:27,400 THAT HAPPENING, SIMPLY BECAUSE 356 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:28,600 OF WHAT IT MIGHT MEAN TO WHERE 357 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:31,300 YOU TRY TO IMPACT BUSINESSES AND 358 00:12:31,300 --> 00:12:33,100 THEIR OWN DECISIONS ON OTHER 359 00:12:33,100 --> 00:12:35,933 ISSUES DOWN THE ROAD, THE 360 00:12:35,933 --> 00:12:37,133 PRECEDENT IT MIGHT SET. 361 00:12:37,133 --> 00:12:38,233 >> BRAUN ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO 362 00:12:38,233 --> 00:12:41,333 GET THE VACCINE, CALLING IT A 363 00:12:41,333 --> 00:12:42,533 MIRACLE. 364 00:12:42,533 --> 00:12:44,966 >>> COMING UP NEXT ON "INDIANA 365 00:12:44,966 --> 00:12:45,233 NEWSDESK." 366 00:12:45,233 --> 00:12:46,566 >> SUPPLY ISSUES AND INFLATION 367 00:12:46,566 --> 00:12:47,966 ARE MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR 368 00:12:47,966 --> 00:12:49,600 FARMERS TO FIND AND AFFORD NEW 369 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:53,333 AND USED EQUIPMENT FOR THEIR 370 00:12:53,333 --> 00:12:53,566 FIELDS. 371 00:12:53,566 --> 00:12:55,900 >>> AND BLOOMINGTON HAS PLANS TO 372 00:12:55,900 --> 00:12:57,800 COVER MUCH OF THE CITY WITH 373 00:12:57,800 --> 00:12:58,800 FIBER OPTIC CABLE. 374 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:01,133 AHEAD, WHAT THAT MEANS FOR YOU. 375 00:13:01,133 --> 00:13:06,566 >> THESE STORIES AND MORE, RIGHT 376 00:13:02,700 --> 00:14:06,633 HERE ON "INDIANA NEWSDESK." 377 00:14:06,633 --> 00:14:08,933 >> WELCOME BACK TO "INDIANA 378 00:14:08,933 --> 00:14:09,200 NEWSDESK." 379 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:11,666 WTIU NEWS HAS RECEIVED BODY 380 00:14:11,666 --> 00:14:13,533 CAMERA FOOTAGE FROM INDIANAPOLIS 381 00:14:13,533 --> 00:14:15,166 POLICE VAUHXX BOOKER'S ARREST 382 00:14:15,166 --> 00:14:16,266 EARLIER THIS YEAR. 383 00:14:16,266 --> 00:14:18,166 THE INCIDENT OCCURRED OUTSIDE OF 384 00:14:18,166 --> 00:14:19,766 AN INDIANAPOLIS BAR AND GRILL 385 00:14:19,766 --> 00:14:22,733 AFTER WHAT BOOKER DESCRIBED AS 386 00:14:22,733 --> 00:14:24,133 ANOTHER RACIAL INCIDENT. 387 00:14:24,133 --> 00:14:25,466 MITCH LEGAN REPORTS. 388 00:14:25,466 --> 00:14:27,100 >> THEY LITERALLY CALLED ME A 389 00:14:27,100 --> 00:14:27,866 BOY. 390 00:14:27,866 --> 00:14:29,600 >> FORMER BLOOMINGTON ACTIVIST 391 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:31,833 VAUHXX BOOKER WAS ARRESTED FOR 392 00:14:31,833 --> 00:14:32,633 SHOVING A POLICE OFFICER. 393 00:14:32,633 --> 00:14:36,766 IT HAPPENED AFTER INDIANAPOLIS 394 00:14:36,766 --> 00:14:39,700 METROPOLITAN POLICE RESPONDED TO 395 00:14:39,700 --> 00:14:44,633 A DISTURBANCE CALL AT A 396 00:14:44,633 --> 00:14:44,933 RESTAURANT. 397 00:14:44,933 --> 00:14:46,933 >> IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE TO ME. 398 00:14:46,933 --> 00:14:48,233 IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE TO OLLIE. 399 00:14:48,233 --> 00:14:49,533 IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE, PERIOD. 400 00:14:49,533 --> 00:14:51,833 AND I APOLOGIZE TO YOU THAT THAT 401 00:14:51,833 --> 00:14:52,200 HAPPENED. 402 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:53,566 >> AND ONE BODY CAM VIDEO, 403 00:14:53,566 --> 00:14:55,666 OFFICER ALLEN HOPKINS SPEAKS 404 00:14:55,666 --> 00:14:57,366 WITH BOOKER ABOUT THE INCIDENT 405 00:14:57,366 --> 00:14:59,066 AND SAID HE'S UNABLE TO ARREST 406 00:14:59,066 --> 00:15:01,600 PEOPLE FOR SAYING THINGS. 407 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:02,666 >> THE BARTENDER, DO YOU KNOW 408 00:15:02,666 --> 00:15:03,533 HIS NAME? 409 00:15:03,533 --> 00:15:05,666 >> I TOLD YOU, HE'S THE DISTRICT 410 00:15:05,666 --> 00:15:05,900 OFFICER. 411 00:15:05,900 --> 00:15:07,133 HE'S THE DISTRICT OFFICER. 412 00:15:07,133 --> 00:15:07,500 BYE-BYE. 413 00:15:07,500 --> 00:15:09,533 >> BOOKER FOLLOWS HOME KINS, 414 00:15:09,533 --> 00:15:11,433 ASKING FOR -- HOPKINS ASKING FOR 415 00:15:11,433 --> 00:15:12,266 HIS I.D. BACK. 416 00:15:12,266 --> 00:15:14,133 >> GET OPEN THE SIDEWALK. 417 00:15:14,133 --> 00:15:15,933 >> HE HAS MY I.D. 418 00:15:15,933 --> 00:15:18,233 >> DON'T PUSH ON ME. 419 00:15:18,233 --> 00:15:20,433 >> DID YOU REALLY JUST PUSH ME? 420 00:15:20,433 --> 00:15:21,766 THREE OFFICERS WERE PRESENT AT 421 00:15:21,766 --> 00:15:29,933 THE SCENE BUT ONLY ONE BODY CAM 422 00:15:29,933 --> 00:15:30,900 SHOWS THE INCIDENT. 423 00:15:30,900 --> 00:15:32,866 HE HAS A PRETRIAL HEARING 424 00:15:32,866 --> 00:15:33,966 SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 1st. 425 00:15:33,966 --> 00:15:35,500 FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M 426 00:15:35,500 --> 00:15:36,866 MITCH LEGAN. 427 00:15:36,866 --> 00:15:40,200 >> WERE NOT GOING TO BUMP 428 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:41,833 THROUGH ME. 429 00:15:41,833 --> 00:15:43,400 >> BOOKER INTENDS TO ENTER THE 430 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:45,033 RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROCESS 431 00:15:45,033 --> 00:15:46,433 REGARDING AN INCIDENT AT LAKE 432 00:15:46,433 --> 00:15:49,433 MONROE LAST SUMMER. 433 00:15:49,433 --> 00:15:52,166 THE AGREEMENT SAYS IF BOOKER 434 00:15:52,166 --> 00:15:54,200 COMPLETES THE PROCESS, CHARGES 435 00:15:54,200 --> 00:15:55,433 WILL BE DROPPED. 436 00:15:55,433 --> 00:15:57,300 BOOKER SAYS HE WAS NEARLY 437 00:15:57,300 --> 00:15:59,366 LYNCHED BY WHITE MEN AS HE WAS 438 00:15:59,366 --> 00:16:01,466 CELEBRATING THE 4th OF JULY AT 439 00:16:01,466 --> 00:16:01,900 THE LAKE. 440 00:16:01,900 --> 00:16:03,966 THE TWO SIDES AGREE TO TRY TO 441 00:16:03,966 --> 00:16:05,666 SETTLE THE ISSUE USING 442 00:16:05,666 --> 00:16:07,733 RESTORATIVE JUSTICE BUT BOOKER 443 00:16:07,733 --> 00:16:09,266 WITH DREW FROM THE PROCESS IN 444 00:16:09,266 --> 00:16:09,600 AUGUST. 445 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:10,366 >>> WELL, INFLATION AND 446 00:16:10,366 --> 00:16:12,000 CHALLENGES WITH THE GLOBAL 447 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:13,100 SUPPLY CHAIN ARE PUSHING THE 448 00:16:13,100 --> 00:16:14,500 PRICE OF JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING 449 00:16:14,500 --> 00:16:14,733 HIGHER. 450 00:16:14,733 --> 00:16:16,600 FOR FARMERS, THE SITUATION IS 451 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:18,766 EVEN MORE COMPLICATED. 452 00:16:18,766 --> 00:16:20,433 BROCK TURNER HAS MORE ON WHAT'S 453 00:16:20,433 --> 00:16:24,366 CAUSING SOME USED TRACTORS TO 454 00:16:24,366 --> 00:16:25,433 SELL FOR MORE THAN WHAT THEY 455 00:16:25,433 --> 00:16:31,133 COST WHEN NEW. 456 00:16:31,133 --> 00:16:32,433 >> BROCK KEESLER IS NO STRANGER 457 00:16:32,433 --> 00:16:39,266 TO EQUIPMENT AUCTIONS. 458 00:16:39,266 --> 00:16:41,100 >> SOLD! 459 00:16:41,100 --> 00:16:45,266 >> CEASE LETTER IS HEREKEESLER IS LOOKING FOR A NEW 460 00:16:45,266 --> 00:16:49,533 HEAD UNIT FOR HIS CROP. 461 00:16:49,533 --> 00:16:51,066 HE'S YOUNG AND GETTING A START 462 00:16:51,066 --> 00:16:53,366 IN AGRICULTURE. 463 00:16:53,366 --> 00:16:56,933 GETTING NEW EQUIPMENT IS NOT AN 464 00:16:56,933 --> 00:16:57,500 OPTION. 465 00:16:57,500 --> 00:17:01,300 >> BANKS WON'T HARDLY LEND ME 466 00:17:01,300 --> 00:17:03,933 ANY MONEY ON USED THINGS. 467 00:17:03,933 --> 00:17:08,566 IT PRETTY MUCH LIMITS YOUR 468 00:17:08,566 --> 00:17:08,800 GROWTH. 469 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:10,933 >> KEESLER WILL LIGHTNINGLY HAVE 470 00:17:10,933 --> 00:17:16,466 HAVE -- WILL LIKELY HAVE A HARD 471 00:17:16,466 --> 00:17:18,733 TIME FINDING THINGS FOR NEXT 472 00:17:18,733 --> 00:17:18,966 SPRING. 473 00:17:18,966 --> 00:17:20,566 >> WE EXPECT SPRING OF 2023. 474 00:17:20,566 --> 00:17:23,200 A LOT OF THOSE MODELS ARE COMING 475 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:26,700 UP JUNE 2023, FEBRUARY 2023. 476 00:17:26,700 --> 00:17:29,200 >> PROBLEMS ACQUIRING STEEL, AND 477 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:30,666 COMPUTER CHIPS FOR LARGER MODELS 478 00:17:30,666 --> 00:17:31,966 MAKE IT EVEN HARDER TO PROVIDE 479 00:17:31,966 --> 00:17:33,266 THE TYPE OF SERVICE THEY ARE 480 00:17:33,266 --> 00:17:33,733 CUSTOMED TO. 481 00:17:33,733 --> 00:17:35,666 >> WE ARE PROBABLY 25 UNITS 482 00:17:35,666 --> 00:17:36,633 BEHIND RIGHT NOW. 483 00:17:36,633 --> 00:17:38,100 SO BY THE TIME WE GET CAUGHT UP, 484 00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:39,866 YOU KNOW, WE WILL PROBABLY BE 485 00:17:39,866 --> 00:17:41,166 HALFWAY THROUGH 2022, AND WE ARE 486 00:17:41,166 --> 00:17:42,500 IN THE SAME BOAT AGAIN. 487 00:17:42,500 --> 00:17:44,233 >> McCLURE SAYS MANY OF THE 488 00:17:44,233 --> 00:17:45,966 TRACTORS ON HIS LOT ARE ALREADY 489 00:17:45,966 --> 00:17:48,600 SOLD AND AWAITING FINAL 490 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:49,800 ACCESSORIES BEFORE THEY CAN BE 491 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:50,033 SHIPPED. 492 00:17:50,033 --> 00:17:52,200 WHILE THESE TYPE OF SUPPLY CHAIN 493 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:52,833 CHALLENGES AFFECT EVERYTHING 494 00:17:52,833 --> 00:17:55,466 FROM THE MORNING CUP OF COFFEE 495 00:17:55,466 --> 00:17:56,966 TO YOUR CAR, THE SITUATION IS 496 00:17:56,966 --> 00:17:58,100 UNIQUE TO FARMERS. 497 00:17:58,100 --> 00:18:01,200 MANY PURCHASED SEED, FERTILIZER 498 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:03,266 AND OUR INPUTS BEFORE TODAY'S 499 00:18:03,266 --> 00:18:03,900 CHALLENGES THAT. 500 00:18:03,900 --> 00:18:05,333 COMPARED TO A STRONG HARVEST 501 00:18:05,333 --> 00:18:07,833 THIS YEAR, MANY FARMERS ARE 502 00:18:07,833 --> 00:18:09,966 SITTING ON LARGER THAN NORMAL 503 00:18:09,966 --> 00:18:10,200 PROFITS. 504 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:11,766 THE PRICE OF USED FARM EQUIPMENT 505 00:18:11,766 --> 00:18:15,000 AT AUCTION CAN BE UP TO 30% 506 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:18,266 HIGHER. 507 00:18:18,266 --> 00:18:21,900 [ AUCTIONEER ] 508 00:18:21,900 --> 00:18:23,766 >> FARMERS HAVE DISPOSABLE. 509 00:18:23,766 --> 00:18:26,533 SO THEY HAVE MONEY TO SPEND. 510 00:18:26,533 --> 00:18:32,533 TAX LAWS REALLY -- REALLY FAVOR 511 00:18:32,533 --> 00:18:33,400 PURCHASING EQUIPMENT. 512 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:35,700 IF YOU LOOK AT MOST FARMERS 513 00:18:35,700 --> 00:18:40,200 WRITE OFF THEIR EQUIPMENT USING 514 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:41,300 EXCEPTION 179 EXPENSING AND 515 00:18:41,300 --> 00:18:42,766 PRETTY FAST DEPRECIATION RATES 516 00:18:42,766 --> 00:18:43,733 PRETTY QUICKLY. 517 00:18:43,733 --> 00:18:47,133 SO IF THEY WANT TO SHELTER ANY 518 00:18:47,133 --> 00:18:51,600 OF THIS 2021 INCOME, THEY NEED 519 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:55,533 TO DO IT WITH A CAPITAL 520 00:18:55,533 --> 00:18:56,433 PURCHASE. 521 00:18:56,433 --> 00:19:07,533 >> SHH KNIT CAN ISHHHE IT'S IT'S SUPPLY AND 522 00:19:07,533 --> 00:19:07,766 DEMAND. 523 00:19:07,766 --> 00:19:09,066 >> PRIOR TO THAT, IT'S SUPPLY 524 00:19:09,066 --> 00:19:12,800 PROBLEMS WITH THE CHIP 525 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:13,766 MANUFACTURING -- THE CHIP 526 00:19:13,766 --> 00:19:14,533 SHORTAGES THAT WE SAW. 527 00:19:14,533 --> 00:19:16,800 SO THERE'S THOSE ISSUES AND THEN 528 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:18,233 THERE'S JUST THE LABOR ISSUES 529 00:19:18,233 --> 00:19:21,166 WHICH IS IMPACTING EVERYBODY. 530 00:19:21,166 --> 00:19:22,733 >> KEESLER HAS ATTENDED 531 00:19:22,733 --> 00:19:24,033 EQUIPMENT AUCTIONS FOR YEARS BUT 532 00:19:24,033 --> 00:19:24,900 THIS IS FIRST TIME HE'S GONE 533 00:19:24,900 --> 00:19:26,200 WITH THE HOPE OF DRIVING HOME 534 00:19:26,200 --> 00:19:30,266 ONE OF THESE COMBINES. 535 00:19:30,266 --> 00:19:31,800 [ AUCTIONEER ] 536 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:33,266 >> BUT THE HIGHER PRICES WERE 537 00:19:33,266 --> 00:19:34,633 BEYOND HIS BUDGET. 538 00:19:34,633 --> 00:19:39,366 >> A YEAR AGO, IT WAS PROBABLY 539 00:19:39,366 --> 00:19:41,666 30% LESS THAN IT IS NOW. 540 00:19:41,666 --> 00:19:43,200 BUT JUST DUE TO THE FARMING 541 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:44,733 ECONOMY CURRENTLY, AND IT SEEMS 542 00:19:44,733 --> 00:19:46,833 LIKE EVERYBODY HAS GOT PLENTY OF 543 00:19:46,833 --> 00:19:47,033 MONEY. 544 00:19:47,033 --> 00:19:48,466 IF YOU FIND A REALLY CHERRY 545 00:19:48,466 --> 00:19:51,500 PIECE OF USED EQUIPMENT, THINGS 546 00:19:51,500 --> 00:19:52,833 ARE BRINGING TOP DOLLAR. 547 00:19:52,833 --> 00:19:55,133 ALMOST AS MUCH OR MORE THAN WHEN 548 00:19:55,133 --> 00:19:56,000 THEY WERE BROUGHT NEW. 549 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:57,433 >> WHILE NEARLY EVERYONE AGREES 550 00:19:57,433 --> 00:19:59,166 THIS ISN'T SUSTAINABLE LONG 551 00:19:59,166 --> 00:20:00,933 TERM, CURRENTLY THE MARKET IS 552 00:20:00,933 --> 00:20:02,800 SHOWING FEW SIGNS OF COOLING. 553 00:20:02,800 --> 00:20:04,333 KURT EVERETT IS A BUYER AT ONE 554 00:20:04,333 --> 00:20:05,833 OF THE INDIANA'S LARGEST FARM 555 00:20:05,833 --> 00:20:06,600 EQUIPMENT AUCTIONS. 556 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:07,466 >> RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE 557 00:20:07,466 --> 00:20:07,733 ANYTHING. 558 00:20:07,733 --> 00:20:09,333 YOU KNOW, WE'RE OUT. 559 00:20:09,333 --> 00:20:11,300 IN 60 MORE DAYS, WE'VE GOT TO 560 00:20:11,300 --> 00:20:12,633 HAVE THAT LOT FULL AGAIN. 561 00:20:12,633 --> 00:20:13,533 IS IT POSSIBLE? 562 00:20:13,533 --> 00:20:13,966 I DON'T KNOW. 563 00:20:13,966 --> 00:20:14,600 I HOPE SO. 564 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:16,366 I MEAN, WE ALWAYS SAY IT'S NOT 565 00:20:16,366 --> 00:20:18,566 GOING TO BE, AND WE ALWAYS MADE 566 00:20:18,566 --> 00:20:18,866 IT. 567 00:20:18,866 --> 00:20:20,066 BUT IT'S GETTING TOUGHER. 568 00:20:20,066 --> 00:20:22,000 I WILL TELL YOU THAT. 569 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:23,400 >> MANY FARMERS ALREADY SEE THE 570 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:26,033 END OF THIS BOOM IN PROFITS 571 00:20:26,033 --> 00:20:27,566 COMING, INPUTS LIKE SEED AND 572 00:20:27,566 --> 00:20:28,766 FERTILIZER COST TWO TO THREE 573 00:20:28,766 --> 00:20:29,900 TIMES MORE THAN LAST YEAR, BUT 574 00:20:29,900 --> 00:20:31,533 RIGHT NOW, IN THE SHORT RUN, 575 00:20:31,533 --> 00:20:33,266 MANY SEE DOLLAR SIGNS, THE PRICE 576 00:20:33,266 --> 00:20:35,933 OF CORN IS UP 75% SINCE MARCH. 577 00:20:35,933 --> 00:20:38,633 >> WHEN GUYS START SEEING THAT 578 00:20:38,633 --> 00:20:40,733 RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR CORN, 579 00:20:40,733 --> 00:20:42,233 EVEN IN THE USED MARK, EVERYBODY 580 00:20:42,233 --> 00:20:44,100 NOW THINKS THEY WANT TO BE A 581 00:20:44,100 --> 00:20:45,300 BIG-TIME FARMER AND MAKE A 582 00:20:45,300 --> 00:20:45,966 LITTLE MONEY. 583 00:20:45,966 --> 00:20:47,933 >> EVERETT WORRIES ABOUT WHAT 584 00:20:47,933 --> 00:20:49,466 COULD HAPPEN WHEN THE MARKET 585 00:20:49,466 --> 00:20:50,000 DOES SLOW. 586 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:51,666 >> WE ARE WAY OUT HERE ON THE 587 00:20:51,666 --> 00:20:51,966 LIMIT. 588 00:20:51,966 --> 00:20:52,966 WE ARE WAITING FOR THAT THING TO 589 00:20:52,966 --> 00:20:53,533 BREAK OFF. 590 00:20:53,533 --> 00:20:55,466 AND I HOPE I DIDN'T HAVE A BUNCH 591 00:20:55,466 --> 00:20:58,133 OF INVENTORY WHEN IT DOES BREAK. 592 00:20:58,133 --> 00:20:59,533 >> NEARLY EVERYONE INTERVIEWED 593 00:20:59,533 --> 00:21:01,366 AGREES THIS IS NOT SUSTAINABLE. 594 00:21:01,366 --> 00:21:03,333 >> DO YOU THINK A LOT OF FARMERS 595 00:21:03,333 --> 00:21:05,000 ARE OVERPAYING FOR STUFF NOW? 596 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:06,266 >> ABSOLUTELY. 597 00:21:06,266 --> 00:21:08,066 YEAH. 598 00:21:08,066 --> 00:21:09,600 >> AND I'M OVERPAYING FOR STUFF, 599 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:10,600 YOU KNOW? 600 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:13,533 EVERYTHING IS WAY OUT OF TOUCH. 601 00:21:13,533 --> 00:21:14,433 WAY OUT OF TOUCH. 602 00:21:14,433 --> 00:21:15,500 WILL IT COME BACK? 603 00:21:15,500 --> 00:21:17,933 I DON'T KNOW. 604 00:21:17,933 --> 00:21:19,666 I KIND OF LIKE FOR IT TO GO BACK 605 00:21:19,666 --> 00:21:21,300 THE WAY IT WAS, YOU KNOW, BUT 606 00:21:21,300 --> 00:21:22,433 WHO KNOWS. 607 00:21:22,433 --> 00:21:24,166 >> IN THE MEANTIME, EVERETT SAYS 608 00:21:24,166 --> 00:21:25,933 HE WILL CONTINUE SCOURING 609 00:21:25,933 --> 00:21:27,133 DEALERSHIPS ACROSS INDIANA AND 610 00:21:27,133 --> 00:21:28,866 NEIGHBORING STATES TO PUT 611 00:21:28,866 --> 00:21:29,866 AUCTIONS TOGETHER. 612 00:21:29,866 --> 00:21:32,100 A TASK THAT'S BECOMING 613 00:21:32,100 --> 00:21:34,566 INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT. 614 00:21:34,566 --> 00:21:38,966 KEESLER IS NOT LOSING HOPE 615 00:21:38,966 --> 00:21:39,200 EITHER. 616 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:40,833 HE WILL HAVE TO TINKER WITH THE 617 00:21:40,833 --> 00:21:42,466 CURRENT COMBINE TO ENSURE IT'S 618 00:21:42,466 --> 00:21:44,300 READY FOR HARVEST NEXT YEAR. 619 00:21:44,300 --> 00:21:45,733 FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M 620 00:21:45,733 --> 00:21:47,900 BROCK TURNER. 621 00:21:47,900 --> 00:21:49,000 >>> LAST MONTH, THE CITY OF 622 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:50,566 BLOOMINGTON ANNOUNCED PERHAPS TO 623 00:21:50,566 --> 00:21:52,300 BUILD A FIBER NETWORK TO BRING 624 00:21:52,300 --> 00:21:54,033 HIGH-SPEED INTERNET TO AT LEAST 625 00:21:54,033 --> 00:21:57,166 85% OF RESIDENTS WITH GLOBAL 626 00:21:57,166 --> 00:21:59,166 INVESTOR ME MERIDIAN. 627 00:21:59,166 --> 00:22:01,866 NO FORMAL AGREEMENT HAS BEEN 628 00:22:01,866 --> 00:22:04,933 SIGNED BUT IT WILL BOOST EQUITY. 629 00:22:04,933 --> 00:22:06,366 >> MOST INTERNET SERVICE 630 00:22:06,366 --> 00:22:07,200 PROVIDERS BUILD THE 631 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:08,533 INFRASTRUCTURE THEY USE TO 632 00:22:08,533 --> 00:22:10,600 PROVIDE INTERNET ACCESS TO 633 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:11,266 INDIVIDUAL HOMES. 634 00:22:11,266 --> 00:22:13,666 THIS CAN RESULT IN COMPANIES 635 00:22:13,666 --> 00:22:16,300 SELECTIVELY LAYING FIBER IN 636 00:22:16,300 --> 00:22:17,400 HIGH-INCOME OR DENSE AREAS. 637 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:18,500 BLOOMINGTON IS SOLVING THE 638 00:22:18,500 --> 00:22:20,466 PROBLEM BY MAKING INTERNET MORE 639 00:22:20,466 --> 00:22:22,000 ACCESSIBLE WITH AN OPEN ACCESS 640 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:22,200 MODEL. 641 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:23,966 THIS MEANS A THIRD-PARTY COMPANY 642 00:22:23,966 --> 00:22:26,166 WILL LAY DIGITAL FIBER 643 00:22:26,166 --> 00:22:27,266 THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE CITY AND 644 00:22:27,266 --> 00:22:28,600 LOCAL INTERNET SERVICE COMPANIES 645 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:30,666 WILL LEASE THE SPACE. 646 00:22:30,666 --> 00:22:35,300 >> ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES OF 647 00:22:35,300 --> 00:22:36,500 INTERNET PROVIDERS, AT THE SAME 648 00:22:36,500 --> 00:22:38,233 TIME BEING THE INFRASTRUCTURE 649 00:22:38,233 --> 00:22:39,866 PROVIDERS, IS THAT THERE IS A 650 00:22:39,866 --> 00:22:44,066 CONFLICT OF INTEREST BETWEEN THE 651 00:22:44,066 --> 00:22:46,233 CONTENT YOU PROVIDE AND THE 652 00:22:46,233 --> 00:22:48,833 INTEREST IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE. 653 00:22:48,833 --> 00:22:50,800 >> MERIDIAN IS THE GLOBAL 654 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:54,100 INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTOR THAT 655 00:22:54,100 --> 00:22:55,766 BLOOMINGTON SIGNED AN AGREEMENT 656 00:22:55,766 --> 00:22:56,833 BADGE IN OCTOBER. 657 00:22:56,833 --> 00:22:58,600 THE COMPANY'S EXPERIENCE -- BACK 658 00:22:58,600 --> 00:22:59,266 IN OCTOBER. 659 00:22:59,266 --> 00:23:00,766 THE COMPANY'S EXPERIENCE IN 660 00:23:00,766 --> 00:23:02,300 FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL 661 00:23:02,300 --> 00:23:03,933 INDUSTRIES COMBINE TO MAKE A 662 00:23:03,933 --> 00:23:05,033 UNIQUE BUSINESS STRATEGY. 663 00:23:05,033 --> 00:23:07,100 >> DESIGN THE STRATEGY OF 664 00:23:07,100 --> 00:23:11,000 INVESTING IN THINGS THAT MAKE 665 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:12,766 SENSE, AND IT'S HELPING SOCIETY. 666 00:23:12,766 --> 00:23:14,466 IT'S DIFFICULT TO BE SUCCESSFUL 667 00:23:14,466 --> 00:23:16,333 WHEN YOU ARE A LONG-TERM 668 00:23:16,333 --> 00:23:19,166 INVESTOR IF YOU ARE KNOT SOLVING 669 00:23:19,166 --> 00:23:19,566 THE PROBLEM. 670 00:23:19,566 --> 00:23:23,033 >> THIS IS THE SECOND BROADBAND 671 00:23:23,033 --> 00:23:24,433 PROJECT IN INDIANA, BUT THE 672 00:23:24,433 --> 00:23:25,200 SECOND IN THE UNITED STATES. 673 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:27,400 THEY PLAN TO INVEST IN SIMILAR 674 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:28,700 PROJECTS GIVEN THE RECENT 675 00:23:28,700 --> 00:23:30,133 IMPACTS OF COVID-19. 676 00:23:30,133 --> 00:23:31,100 >> LEARNING FROM HOME AND 677 00:23:31,100 --> 00:23:33,133 WORKING FROM HOME REQUIRES GOOD 678 00:23:33,133 --> 00:23:34,966 INTERNET ACCESS. 679 00:23:34,966 --> 00:23:36,966 AND NOT HAVING THAT GOOD 680 00:23:36,966 --> 00:23:43,300 INTERNET ACCESS CREATES AN 681 00:23:43,300 --> 00:23:43,600 INEQUALITY. 682 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:45,300 >> BEFORE OPENING THE NETWORK TO 683 00:23:45,300 --> 00:23:46,500 MULTIPLE INTERNET SERVICE 684 00:23:46,500 --> 00:23:48,700 PROVIDERS SUCH AS AT&T, AND 685 00:23:48,700 --> 00:23:50,500 COMCAST, MERIDIAN WILL ENTER 686 00:23:50,500 --> 00:23:52,300 INTO A CONTRACT WITH ONLY ONE 687 00:23:52,300 --> 00:23:54,366 INITIAL PROVIDER FOR AN 688 00:23:54,366 --> 00:23:55,566 UNDISCLOSED PERIOD OF TIME. 689 00:23:55,566 --> 00:23:58,200 >> MANY MANY OF US HAVE AT&T AND 690 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:00,700 COMCAST -- MANY OF US HAVE AT&T 691 00:24:00,700 --> 00:24:02,633 AND COMCAST HOME SPEEDS WHICH IS 692 00:24:02,633 --> 00:24:04,866 25 MEGA BITES, MAYBE 5, MAYBE 693 00:24:04,866 --> 00:24:12,133 50, MAYBE 75 MEGA BITES 75 MEGABYTES UP AND 694 00:24:12,133 --> 00:24:12,700 DOWN. 695 00:24:12,700 --> 00:24:14,866 DIGITAL FIBER ALLOWS YOU TO GET 696 00:24:14,866 --> 00:24:16,733 1,000 MEGA BYTES UP AND DOWN. 697 00:24:16,733 --> 00:24:20,466 >> THEY EXTENDED THE DATE UNTIL 698 00:24:20,466 --> 00:24:21,766 JANUARY 31st TO BETTER DEVELOP 699 00:24:21,766 --> 00:24:23,400 OUTREACH TO LOW-INCOME AREAS. 700 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:25,700 FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M 701 00:24:25,700 --> 00:24:28,800 HOLDEN AB ABSHIER. 702 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:31,400 >> AND YOU MAY HAVE A HARD TIME 703 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:32,600 FINDING A CHRISTMAS TREE THIS 704 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:32,933 YEAR. 705 00:24:32,933 --> 00:24:34,233 THAT'S DUE TO CLIMATE AND 706 00:24:34,233 --> 00:24:38,066 SHIPPING ISSUES. 707 00:24:38,066 --> 00:24:39,133 >> THIS TREE FARM PRESIDENT SAYS 708 00:24:39,133 --> 00:24:42,133 THE CLIMATE CHANGE AND DROUGHTS 709 00:24:42,133 --> 00:24:46,533 HAVE BEEN TAKE TAKING A TOLL ON THE 710 00:24:46,533 --> 00:24:46,800 INDUSTRY. 711 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:48,600 IF YOU HAVE TWO YEARS OF DROUGHT 712 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:56,233 IN A ROW, YOU WILL HAVE DECREASE 713 00:24:56,233 --> 00:24:58,066 OF FOR YEARS. 714 00:24:58,066 --> 00:25:00,200 GROWING FRASIER FIRS HAS BEEN 715 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:01,866 DIFFICULT TO GROW IN INDIANA 716 00:25:01,866 --> 00:25:03,633 BECAUSE OF WARM WEATHER. 717 00:25:03,633 --> 00:25:06,800 AND SPRUCE TREES TREES HAVE A FUNGUS. 718 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,633 >> IF YOU CUT A ROSE AND YOU 719 00:25:09,633 --> 00:25:12,500 WANT TO USE IT A MONTH FROM NOW. 720 00:25:12,500 --> 00:25:14,133 THE TRUES CAN'T HOLD THE 721 00:25:14,133 --> 00:25:14,900 MOISTURE THAT LONG. 722 00:25:14,900 --> 00:25:16,033 >> THEY HAVE TO COME FROM PARTS 723 00:25:16,033 --> 00:25:17,333 OF THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE STABLE 724 00:25:17,333 --> 00:25:19,333 WEATHER CONDITIONS, MAKING IT 725 00:25:19,333 --> 00:25:22,266 EXPENSIVE FOR FARMERS TO GET 726 00:25:22,266 --> 00:25:23,800 THEM SHIPS AND DRIVING SELLING 727 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:24,333 PRICES UP. 728 00:25:24,333 --> 00:25:26,200 IT TAKES 7 TO 9 YEARS TO GROW 729 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:28,833 THE TREES AND KEEPING THEM BUSY 730 00:25:28,833 --> 00:25:31,466 MONTHS BEFORE THE HOLIDAY SEASON 731 00:25:31,466 --> 00:25:31,700 STARTS. 732 00:25:31,700 --> 00:25:33,033 >> PEOPLE THINK THAT WE ONLY 733 00:25:33,033 --> 00:25:34,333 WORK AT CHRISTMAS, BUT WE ARE 734 00:25:34,333 --> 00:25:35,233 WORKING ALL YEAR LONG. 735 00:25:35,233 --> 00:25:36,533 WE HAVE TO TRIM EVERY TREE, 736 00:25:36,533 --> 00:25:38,066 EVERY YEAR. 737 00:25:38,066 --> 00:25:40,366 YOU HAVE TO KEEP IT MOWED, TO 738 00:25:40,366 --> 00:25:43,633 KEEP THE DISEASE AND THE FUNGUS 739 00:25:43,633 --> 00:25:43,833 DOWN. 740 00:25:43,833 --> 00:25:45,066 >> IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL YEARS TO 741 00:25:45,066 --> 00:25:46,833 TAKE OUT OF THIS SHORTAGE. 742 00:25:46,833 --> 00:25:49,333 FOR "INDIANA NEWSDESK," I'M 743 00:25:49,333 --> 00:25:50,433 NICOLE QUIMBO. 744 00:25:50,433 --> 00:25:53,966 >> OUR WORK CONTINUES ONLINE AT 745 00:25:53,966 --> 00:25:56,400 WTIUNEWS.ORG. 746 00:25:54,300 --> 00:26:02,366 HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND. 747 00:26:02,366 --> 00:26:06,833 >> "INDIANA NEWSDESK" IS MADE 748 00:26:03,433 --> 00:26:07,133 POSSIBLE IN PART BY: