We feel. We dont know still just for the. End of this unfortunately you. Will still not know what childress. Greetings and salutations here in United States as we get deeper and deeper into the fight against the cold with 19 we are seeing more and more news stories and expertly crafted bliss of the campaigns calling attention to the hundreds of thousands of doctors nurses and other medical workers and support stop who are quite literally on the front lines lighting to treat and save the lives of the more than 800000 us citizens or infected by this virus they deserve our thanks our praise and our support new York Governor Andrew Cuomo aptly referred to these workers as quote the troops fighting this battle for us. But while the praise and heartfelt thanks are unquestionably appreciated many in the field are starting to wonder if our poll of politicians banks and cheerleading will amount to nothing more than the than just words and pageantry much in the same way that those politicians treat our military veterans all parade and no real help or substance new york position elizabeth mayor recently pointed out a very sobering problem for our Health Care Workers writing for the intercept that she observed Public Health public expressions of support for Health Professionals are meaningful but they are also insufficient to drown out the deafening silence from capitol hill in response to mounting cries for relief measures chief among them educational Debt Forgiveness you see because we here in the u. S. Do not consider their good work as vital to the infrastructure of our country unlike they do and say the United Kingdom and other nations around the world quite frankly it costs an arm and a leg to become a doctor or nurse here in the United States of america and sha goes on to point out almost 70 percent of all nurses whose whos who staff the truest front line in this pandemic graduate from training with 4250000 dollars in debt in fact according to shaws estimations every kovac 19 patient in the hospital today here in the u. S. Is more than likely being cared for by a group of workers carrying over 1000000. 00 in student debt to their names. That is that that is simply unconscionable and my friends that means we had better start watching all. You want to go on a city street you want to. See that this is joyce state. Rice graves see this ladys systemic deception is the late show which. Brings joy as. Were going to watching her. And i want i mean this is again weve seen kind of covert 19 this pandemic stripped away and expose a lot of the problems that we have in our culture and i think this is another one of those things that got an exposed here in the u. S. Is the fact that youve got doctors and nurses people who are putting their lives on the line their expertise to approach to fight this thing and theyre doing it saddled under you know 4250000 and upwards of that in debt theyre not even get out of bed and i think this is an extremely important thing to highlight because your average your average citizen isnt really thinking about when they think of doctors may think about nurses they see these as highly professional careers these arent for the most part hourly positions they dont think of them as low wage jobs they think of this is something that people are getting back from even though they they paid heavily into their education i think that articles like the one you mentioned showcase and were seeing a lot more of those come out and nurses and doctors speaking out themselves about why the not only why the industry is losing a lot of people but also why you have fewer people actually coming down the pipeline because if you know that youre going to be saddled with hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt youre going to be facing something that could could be another pandemic who knows and youre putting your own life on the line every single day what do you do when. Theyre your parents your children everyone is going to get saddled with this debt when you cant pay it back thats very true those were true and we talked about for a line the c. D. C. Right now estimates to roughly 10000 u. S. Healthcare workers reported having covered 1927 have died from as of mid april just in the United States but they strongly say that the actual figures to that number may actually be even higher than that but those are just the low end estimates its really i mean it blows my mind when you think about it like other countries around the world they actually some of them even pay people to go to Nursing School they actually you know pay they cover that cause you go to the u. K. You can go to Nursing School you can go to it cover the cost you know why is it to me it just irks me so much that we are such a. We just dont care about people in this country thats what it says to me its like we we dont know what will you get arent you going to go out and become a doctor on your own you dont even know youre going to do a job thats going to help people its just its not dont you think people recognize the amount of attention that needs to be paid to this because i know when i was in undergrad there were i went with nursing students students who would eventually become doctors they worked 2 jobs on top of their externship swithin nursing facilities across the country so they were people who knew the debt low when they got out the majority of them dont come from middle class or even wealthy families so they know that this is going to be a task for them but theyre still willing to jump into this profession right now over 60 percent of the nurses that were seeing in new york city and other cities across the country that have been called and are retired nurse and those retired nurses are still paying back the debt that they had 2030 plus years ago when they actually got their degree and i think you broke the good point too is that its not saying that not all doctors are under a lot of doctors theres a lot of doctors down the line especially in Plastic Surgery no who are swimming and swimming in money you know that but thats when you look at the Health Care System as a whole you cant just focus on like the one small subject of like surgeons and people like that who make money and make money because of the expertise of what they do. You know that theyre able to pay off that debt real quick i mean the average debt doctors are saddled with after medical school this is doctors 2 in 2001200000 dollars now imagine your student loan that youre trying to pay off its 3040. 00 maybe 50000. 00 a magine 200000. 00 hanging over your head thats brutal with the Interest Rates going up if. Its blue its also really painstaking process because these are the people who they expect to go in this next generation of nurses and doctors and its not going to happen in the majority of places across this country there are in rural areas clinicians where you might only have 3 to serve an entire city or to serve an entire county and one of those reasons is because they simply cannot afford the debt load to be able to you know save their communities from potentially deadly things im going to move forward i think that we should start truthfully if we can give you know universal lifting of Public School university you know Higher Education to the people at least start focusing on key groups at least start there and a lot of people are there was actually 500000 people signed move petition to include forgiving Student Loan Debt for Health Care Providers and even the American Medical Association the countrys largest association of of physicians they actually wrote a letter to Congress April 7th asking for federal student loan Debt Forgiveness specifically to Health Care Workers and things like that so hopefully they see in that letter they said for those residents in early graduate medical students with that average is 200000. 00 we urge congress to provide at least 20000. 00 a bible student loan forgiveness or 20000. 00 jewish and we will see if that holds. Desperate times call for Desperate Measures who would have guessed a police union known for its brutality racism and Human Rights Violations would team up with the nations largest Civil LibertiesAdvocacy Organization the american Civil Liberties union a. C. L. U. With the support of the paternal order of police as. Calling on chicago mayor louis likely to end the city wide checkpoints put in place due to the coronavirus pandemic Chicago Police set up checkpoints across the city to enforce state wide state home warders officers stationed in multiple districts would stop drivers and hand out flyers to people reminding them to not make a necessary trips outside of their homes according to the Chicago Tribune though this Public Health p. S. A. In action was well intentioned it didnt take long before community and civil Rights Groups surrounded and sounded the alarm while c. P. T. Spokespeople argue that the increased Police Presence is part of a Public Health agenda civil Rights Groups say checkpoints put black and brown people at risk for increased exposure to cope with 19 right now in chicago 70 percent of the birth of the virus are black according to american Civil Liberties spokesperson during this pandemic Law Enforcement should be looking to reduce contacts not increase them in forcing 2 dozen checkpoints each day across the city creates a risk of further spreading the corona virus to members of the c. P. D. And to residents he went on to express his concerns over Public Health being used as a cover for race based policing tactics the return order of police agreed with the a. C. L. U. Reinforcing the importance of needlessly exposing officers to covert 90. Funny how the fop an organization that just a few months ago argued not only in support of Police Brutality but against payouts to the families of those murdered by the cops now cares about human life. Mayor life but has some tough decisions to make will she listen to the a. C. L. U. And. Keep moving forward with heavy handed Public Health policies. Thats a tough question put across her desk and honestly i look at it like this like i understand you shouldnt dont put the police and danger nor poor other people in danger look if people are stupid enough they want to get in in a big big old group and stand in their neighborhood and hold hands and call from each other or whatever you know. Theyre going to do that you know you cant stop that same thing where protests have been i want to meet out of the Governors Mansion they want to go to the capitol and drive their cars around the circle theyre going to do that these stand home orders rip remember this isnt martial law. They cant arrest you for leaving your home at least they shouldnt be however its kind of the uniform thing of the government saying no please stay at home to keep safe you dont need to be putting cops in harms way and exacerbating the tensions that are already existing in society through this coach of course exactly and the funny thing about this is for anybody whos been on social media over the past few weeks there been means upon means a lawyer like light Laurie Lightfoot the mayor of chicago popping up in your fridge telling you dont go there new there in parks and other recreational places soon as you you know open your door and people thought it was funny it was a lighthearted way to show that shes really trying to make sure that the city is safe specifically africanamerican communities within the city because they have such a large proportion of people who are actually getting sick and dying for corona from coronavirus but the bigger question for me happens to be just looking at these checkpoints across the city where the checkpoints are in many cases these are places that had elevated by less levels already so you have individuals who are saying ok well this is just added policing that is just unnecessary but youre also having police argue that we want to protect ourselves we dont want to get sick however these are the same police who will stop you for nonsensical things that have nothing to do with the home borders at all you know theyre still in forcing various regulations for petty crime. And things like that and they somehow dont think kobe 19 is an issue they will theyve got to keep theyve got to keep the money machine go and theyve got to keep ticket to ticketing you and all that and getting that like an extra layer of hidden tax of just being a poor person in this country especially poor person the colors of the hey you know what were going to get you for that money that we normally get now that you have to stay indoors will that lou thats our loss of income for us you know and its sad to see that its sad too that its like look at youre going to do checkpoints do them universally across the board if youre going to go to that extent like then make it universal dont just focus on the neighborhoods that you want to call bad neighborhoods or those neighborhoods that you already have a magnifying glass on and you know crushing those people spirit because they do feel like they live in a police state that didnt do that the other piece is that we. Better off the fraternal order of police and the a. C. L. U. In chicago specifically dont have the best relationship i dont know they have a long history of back and forth wrangling and wrangling they feel you have multiple lawsuits and one against the city of chicago and the Chicago Police department specifically around Police Brutality but also around illegal surveillance and several other things as of just last year so its interesting to see them now come together on this that and that is the oddest couple of couples its amazing i mean thats so you know that its got to be like when you see the a. C. L. U. And the paternal or Police Actually say you know what were going to hold hands on this one you know like ok than maybe as a city you cross the line you know and i think its important for other cities around the country and around the world to kind of look at this and say ok at what point is is us telling pretty people to stay home and be safe when does it cross the line and when theres a been just a part of the protests that we saw earlier this week and theres abuse of those classic things that we as a society have to be talking about now to be looking at at what point does staying safe cross the line i will always side on the right of human life i would say you know what staying safe number one priority same time is still going to keep people credible so they do not abuse your rights in that process absolutely. It is that but you know i never thought i would see that and what that line looked like because we talked about that i think thats a very important things to know between liberty and Public Health because thats something that is something that is being grappled with right now even outside of chicago chicago is in the spotlight because of some what many would consider overzealous but what is that line that is that is the biggest important question of the day good question good question art as we go to break remember that you can also start watching the hawks on demand through the brand new portable t. V. Bailable smartphones through google play on the Apple App Store by searching simply portable t. V. Or stream us to your t. V. By downloading portable t. V. As apple t. V. Or. T. V. This app will be available on more devices coming soon and. Speaking of coming soon coming up well be joined by freelance journalist adrian car soul and Software Developer eli say off about their project colbert 1000 behind bars. Which helps track the spread of a crowded virus in prisons and jails across the United States really good work theyre doing you dont want to miss this stay tuned to watch. With good reason Public Discourse is focused on addressing and finally each containing the coby 1000. 00 pandemic now the focus is on devastated economies where the recession will it morphed into a depression will the recovery be you d. Or an elf. Has changed american lives but pharmaceutical companies have a miraculous solution. Based drugs the people who are chronic pain believe that their prescription is working for them on the remedy be set to the price at the. Close of dependency and addiction to opiates the long term use that really isnt scientifically justified and ill study actually suggest that. The long term effects may not just be absence of benefit but actually that they might be causing long term. The american criminal Justice System combines almost 2300000 people one in 2 adults in the us has had a Family Member in jail or prison and incarceration nation doesnt show any signs of slowing down. Desperate pleas for Justice Reform advocates Families Community members and activists are ramping up as covert 1000 sweeps them jails and prisons with nowhere to turn and time running out there are many questions how can you stop the spread in prisons and jails where do prisoners go once they are released can they be quarantined piecemeal responsiveness from state leaders lease prisoners and their families hopeless and time is running out. Americas Homeless Population and its incarcerated one face similar constraints Mental Health needs unemployment lack of housing and in many cases addiction ed being black or brown or old to the mix and the endless web of despair its even more complicated ways of tracking cope in 1000. 00 communities are steadily emerging but not much headway is being touted on tracking metrics for the incarcerated joining us now to discuss a new project designed to track over its impact on prisoners and more is journalist and reporter entering course the o. And Software Developer. Thank you both for coming on the show there was a lot to talk about in releasing prisoners but the bigger question is what happens if and when they are released you know i think its good that theyre being released but it doesnt mean its kind of a lot of foreign ground in the prior potentially because where do these prisoners go now that theyre released to start with the word room. Thanks jesse thanks for having me on i think its incredibly important that we make the connections between incarceration. And also the Housing Movement lots of people who are reentering society may not have a stable place to go. And it brings up the question of how do Homeless People who are in scene and stay at home when they dont have a home and how do we have her van and the virus thats being spread behind bars for entering communities and further exacerbating it. So people who returned her will obviously traditional barriers to free entry in the ways that the state has not been able to support them in reentering society but on top of that you are not able to go to the Welfare Office to apply for welfare if you dont have a printer doesnt matter if youre not able to access the Community Resources that youre able to and youre also having that added layer. Action whether you have Health Care Even if you are positive you dont have health care you dont have a doctor what do you do in that situation so if youre lucky enough to go into a shelter. And say that you have addictions and are able to be sober how do we know if shelters are practicing. How do we know if shelters are practicing what is recommended when we know by the truth of the car. This is the spreading within so theres a real absence of need on behalf of the state to. Prevent this from being spread by people who are being recently released and it just reveals the truth that we already know that reentry support services is pretty not existant for people and especially if you are a drug user if youre. Black or brown if youre disabled any of those things can base tremendous varies on top of living post incarceration. And adrian you touched on this a little bit but what types of we entreat services specific to this pandemic do you think are necessary and do you think that theyre actually going to come about in terms of having tools once these individuals do get out of jail or prison. Yeah i mean its something to mention is that a lot of these services were inadequate from the beginning because people have been on the street there is a high correlation so even the support that is available to people is not accessible so in particular with Affordable Housing accessible housing a lot of that is not available to people but it requires a lot of people where youre a part of a lot of bureaucracy a lot of Recovery Services and programs that would otherwise be available to folks who are interested in recovery to have substance issues or not i. As open as they would be a lot of workers are at home so their food. If youre not able to lay go in. And have your health care is you would if youre relying on telemedicine thats a great but what happens if you dont have a phone if you dont have a computer if you dont have reliable wife and so i think it really raises a lot of questions about the lack of support that we are getting you to be cheerio but on top of it you know how many workers like what is deemed essential in supporting people who are re entering in you know what are the barriers that already exist. I want to move over to you know the coping 19 behind bars i think is a project is a much needed True Community service what youre doing there tell us a little bit about what inspired it what it is and what inspired everyone to do this and how does it actually work. Sure the project is actually less by a. Developer of the project from the get go ive just helped try to develop a lot of the tech stock around it but the inspiration for the project essentially was that there is not really any good centralized tracking mechanism or track to the cases of those over 90 in the prisons and jails in this country. Partially because of how. How many different layers there are of incarceration between state federal and county the city levels and also just that even once you get to like all of those different layers not many of the necessarily publish information particularly readily so the idea of the project was to have a website to report on this information and also to be able to collect this information and part of the reason why is because a fair number of these agencies are incarcerated people are not releasing information on this. So the only real way to get Accurate Information is to. Have people. Report or have people report. Cases that they know of in good facilities was that hard for you to put together as a programmer i mean how difficult was it getting that information as you said its you know these people arent really forthcoming a lot of times where the disease years in prison and things like that out was it hard getting that information and then trying to program a system that was easily readable for people to kind of look at at home and say oh wow ok this person that mark calls in or my brother or my sisters and its its running like brand page and theyre. So mostly for this we were really for shit that google maps as a pretty nice interface that we worked with for that but there were definitely additional things that we kind of do on the side. One of the other things is weve had like an anonymous form that allows people to submit information which is nice because. At anybody when youre dealing with people who are incarcerated is generally provides for an ability to have more Accurate Information. Because theres less of an ability for it for it should be traced back to people that you fear of retribution or anything along those lines you know i think were having a mission i can both agree that you guys are doing some great work up there and thank you for coming on today and telling us a little bit about what youre working on there and i think its a good Community Service which are doing thank you so much and go where it is to bring all this up. And Software Developer you are set up thank you very much for coming on today. Thank you for having us. If all the images of wildlife emerging flowers in bloom in clear skies dont want your heart i dont know what will nature is a beautiful landscape an eco system of wonder that we are entrusted with protecting the Green New Deal and Global Climate protests reinvigorated and breathe new life. Into the Environmental Movement but as much as democrats and progressives have been on the front lines of this in recent years it was republicans they got it started birthday was celebrated for the 1st time in 1970 by president Richard Nixon over 20000000 people from across the u. S. Plane and intended earth may have been biting pollution and pledging to make our world sustainable for years to come it was also rickson who created the Environmental Protection agency and signed the clean water and Clean Air Act though this year earth day may look different without its traditional large gatherings you can still do your part to teach virtual protests and action campaigns protecting our environment shouldnt be a partisan issue. And that is our show for today remember everyone in this world were not told were loved enough so tell you all i love you i am i rove and and im a me so cross keep on watching all those talks have a great day and everybody. 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