Josh West of Blue Delta Jeans spoke at Gov.
Tate Reeves' Thursday press conference about how his company is helping Mississippi fight the coronavirus.
Test test test test test test test they have developed their own unique way to fight this didn't know visible enemy.
Rather than shutting doors they found a way to keep the lights on and support their employees all while joining the fight.
Each the businesses here today have gone above and beyond to take care of their fellow mississippians, we must stand away from those things that divide us, and stand aside our enemy us, and we must skew the red tape with the public and private sector working hand in hand.
For one such partnership when covid-19 started setting through, the founder of brew delta jones found a need that his country could fill, knowing how much blue devil jeans he turned to the mississippi prisons, corp, to increase their impact.
They hit the ground running to fillal void of critical resources needed, and at this time, i am going together hut this over to the ceo, of blue devil jeans, and bradley, the ceo.
>> thank you for of to of governor for us having and for your support touring this entire time.
We are tied to sports, and we saw the impact of cocaine quickly, and business turned down quickly, and we knew that we had to make a decision swiftly.
And so we it for two reasons, one is we wanted to keep our people working and employed.
And i am happy to say that we have more people in our factory today than we did the day before covid-19 happened, and another reason we want to do it is because there's a great need for ppe supplies, and we knew with our schools in north mississippi we can make it happen.
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April 23, 2020