Bill McKeon

And we published and circulated it and were being demanded.

So we circulated to the governor, to the mayor, to the county judges,

to the public.

Now remember, every night we would get the last piece of data about 2 a.m.

I'd send it around about 3 a.m.

People would read it first thing in the morning, and we would have our meeting at 7 and make strategic decisions.

One hospital would be out of supplies, and we'd shift supplies from one from another.

Or I'd be writing a check for several million dollars to purchase more supplies from around the world.

And it became...

one of our greatest moments, I would say, in our history coming together because none of us could have done this by ourselves.

And we needed to pull together as a collective entity to really look at this and make decisions.

And we were looked upon by our community as kind of giving them the real up-to-date daily view on the presence of this virus through the early days, through testing,

We looked at the prevalence.

We even have wastewater management sites, 39 of them, around the city where we actually test wastewater and we can tell you the presence of the virus or how many now multiple viruses in our community.

So it was a moment in time and now has been a year and a half of time where we've dedicated huge amount of resources and I don't see any end of it for some time, sadly.

because of the resistance of many not to get vaccinated.

So we still have this presence in our community and will for some time, but the fight goes on.

But it's been a very proud moment in history for the Texas Medical Center.

Yeah, well, you know, when I think of the heart of social capital are those links and shared values and understanding that enable people to trust one another.

And that's the cornerstone in which you do work together.