My next guess is the youngest black woman serving in the house of representatives. She is also a registered nurse about whom we have been talking about nurses and frontline providers all day, so this is a great opportunity. She has been a strong advocate for lowcost, good Quality Health care. Welcome, congresswoman underwood. I hope you heard some of what we discussed. Every crisis creates an opportunity, and maybe we need to get some of the wrongs we have embedded in society, systemic racism, inequality, people being left out, and use this as an opportunity. I am interested in what you think about what he said and what can be done. Rep. Underwood i think a focus on comorbidities and other issues that people might have come up or existing conditions, is relevant when we are talking about the severity of death rates. But we also see significant disparities in infection rates. That extends beyond social determinants of health. I am glad that is part of their conversations and they have e
Systemic racism, inequality, people being left out, and use this as an opportunity. I am interested in what you thought about what he said and what can be done. Rep. Underwood i think a focus on comorbidities and other issues that people might have as preexisting conditions is relative you are talking about disparities in death rates but what we also see our disparities in infection rates. That extends beyond social determinants of health. I am glad that is part of their conversations and they have elevated the longstanding conversations at the cbc. At the cdc. This Health Equity officer he is talking about. However, we do know that communities of color are often essential workers, frontline workers. They do not have the option to stay at home or work from home, and they are sacrificing potentially their own health and wellbeing and that of their families in order to serve their communities in their essential jobs. I think this is a systemic problem within our health care system, and w
Today and sharing your insights. Good look with the challenges that are ahead. My next guest at the youngest black woman serving in the house of representatives. She is also the youngest registered nurse. She has been a strong advocate for lowcost, good Quality Health care. Welcome congressman underwood. I hope you heard some of what we just discussed. He said, every crisis creates an opportunity. Maybe we need to get some of the wrongs we have embedded in our society, systemic racism, inequality and use this as an opportunity. I am interested in what you thought of what he said and what can be done. Rep. Underwood i think a focus otherorbidities and issues that people might have with preexisting conditions is relevant when we are talking about disparities and death rates. What we also see is significant disparities in infection rate. That expands that extends beyond social determinants of health. Im glad they have elevated the longstanding career staff that have been working on dispar
Closed for 3 weeks taylor were talking more than 30,000 students. Thats right grant in and and in addition to closing schools like this one for those 3 weeks all students in the district will be dismissed from School Tomorrow at noon now this is the message that went out to Staff Students and parents today to paraphrase it says there have not been any confirmed cases of the coronavirus and students or staff at any schools, according to the Contra Costa Health services but in an abundance of caution, the west Contra Costa Unified School district is now closing its schools on monday march 16th, the remain closed for 3 weeks until april 6 students up Valley High School say the closure will not only fact theyre learning but also affect their afterschool events. School just got shot down all of all of our events have been canceled all of our spring events. We had a drag show thats postpone now. Prom is canceled current of eyes thing doesnt resolve itself. I by may. I some competitions are a
Coronavirus testing free for anybody who needs it. Speaker pelosi says it is the first of a number of Bills Congress is preparing in order to address the disease. And in just the last 10 minutes we have learned that pg and will hold off on shutting off service because of nonpayment that decision is because some customers may have seen their paychecks affected by this pandemic among the fallout from the crisis in the bay area, the coronavirus pandemic shutting down schools we are getting closure various districts and weve been getting them all day on the latest one we have on our list to get that lets go to kron 4 dot com to find out if your childs district is affected by it. Among them at glen park elementary in San Francisco is close we learned tonight. Glen park families are being asked to self quarantine for 2 weeks because 7 students at that school have some kind of respiratory illness. Right now they are being tested for coronavirus meanwhile all other Public Schools in San Franci