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- Hi, everyone.

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My name is Brian Larsen.

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I'm the founder and CEO of RestoraPet.

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We're a company out of Maryland

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that manufactures products for pets

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and I wanted to take a second to show you

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what we're doing right
now to practice safety

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and these basic sanitary precautions

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during the coronavirus, COVID-19 epidemic.

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So first of all, we've basically shut down

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any non-essential part of the office.

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Employees that are able to
telework are teleworking.

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Obviously, that's a wonderful practice,

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but we do need a certain
amount of staff here

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in the warehouse, in the
office, working every day.

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First thing that we implemented,
and this is something

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that we've been pretty consistent about

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from the beginning of the company,

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but we have a no-visitors policy

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so everybody that comes
into the warehouse,

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everybody that's working here,

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has been trained extensively
on hygiene practices

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and particularly hand hygiene.

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Whenever someone walks
in the door for the start

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of their shift, we have a
hospital grade thermometer

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and we're checking their temperature.

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Sounds maybe a little crazy,
but that is the first step

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to ensuring that anybody
that works through the door

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is not, at least, symptomatic

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for that aspect of coronavirus.

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We have the luxury of space here,

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but we are practicing
really, really extensive

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social distancing, the same
way you would in the community.

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We have an engineer that
works for the company

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that is sanitizing surfaces
before and after every shift,

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out of an abundance of caution.

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It really comes down to
just efficient use of space.

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We have to have some degree
of connectiveness here,

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just because of the fulfillment
process that's taking place.

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But you can see that we're ensuring

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as much space as humanely possible.

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So anybody that can
telework is teleworking,

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but if people have to
show up to this office,

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we're taking every precaution necessary.

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We don't know how much longer
we will be able to operate

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in Maryland, where we're located.

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They have not yet shut all businesses,

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but you're seeing that happening

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in California and other states.

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So for us, it's getting ahead of the curve

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and ensuring that our distributors

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have the product that they need

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and that our customers have
the product that they need.

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And we'll continue to work
as long as we safely can.

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