Be joiningeden will us and whats behind the numbers out daily by Johns Hopkins university . You live in the eastern half 2027488001. , in the mountain and pacific time zones, medical professional, 202748, 8002. We begin with the numbers from Johns Hopkins university, around world now more than 2. 5 million confirmed cases and the death rate now approaching 177,000. Here in the u. S. , we have over 805,000 cases with more than 44,000 confirmed deaths across the country. Joining us from brooklyn is dr. Tom frieden, former director of the centers for Disease Control and prevention. He served in the Obama White House and is the former new York City Health commissioner and currently president and c. E. O. Of an Organization Called resolve to save lives. Well talk about that in a moment. To begin, dr. Frieden, with the debate going on in states around the country. Your advice as they look to reopen their economies, many casebycase, gradual basis . Were all eager to get out as soon as possibl
He served in the Obama White House and is the former new York City Health commissioner and currently president and c. E. O. Of an Organization Called resolve to save lives. Well talk about that in a moment. To begin, dr. Frieden, with the debate going on in states around the country. Your advice as they look to reopen their economies, many casebycase, gradual basis . Were all eager to get out as soon as possible. Go out too if we soon, we could have a resurgence cases,s, an explosion of which could overwhelm our Healthcare Facilities with the lives of Healthcare Workers and to having to go back in for a longer period of time so the challenge here really is to at six different factors. First is, is the virus coming down . Are we seeing fewer cases and least twohs for at weeks . Second, is our Healthcare System so that if there is another surge in cases, we can manage those cases, helping to survive and preventing Healthcare Workers from becoming infected. Third, is there a Public Health
And ceo of resolve to save lives. I want to begin with the debate now going on in states around the country. What is your advice as they look to reopen their economies, many doing it on a casebycase, gradual basis . Dr. Frieden were all eager to get out as soon as possible. The risk is if we go out too soon, we could have a resurgence of cases, an explosion of cases, which could overwhelm our Healthcare Facilities with the lives of Healthcare Workers and result to having to go back in for a longer period of time so the challenge here really is to look at six different factors. First is, is the virus coming down . Are we seeing fewer cases and fewer deaths for at least two weeks . Second, is our Healthcare System robust so that if there is another surge in cases, we can manage those cases, helping patients to survive and preventing Healthcare Workers from becoming infected. Third, is there a Public Health system ready to box in the virus. We call it the boxitin approach with testing, is
Heather holmes. And im alex savage. This follows mounting lawsuits and investigates actions by the California Attorney generals office, the fbi and the Contra Costa County district attorneys office. Kate brooks jarocz joins us now live outside the Antioch Police department. So, brooks, what does this letter say and what exactly are the civil rights attorneys asking for . Well that letter is four pages long, and a lot of it is based on those racist and homophobic Text Messages that was part of a joint operation and investigation by not only the fbi, but also county prosecutors. Now civil rights attorneys have also filed their own lawsuits. John burris, who wrote the letter, represents 13 plaintiffs, but he says hes interviewed more than 140 people who have stories of mistreatment, including being wrongfully detained, arrested physically beaten, illegally searched or intimidated. And now burris wants this new civil rights investigation and a practice of race based policing that he says h
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