Will it really work . The states top doctor is feeling the pressure and the resentment from many people in the community. Today he defended his decision. He said california needs to stay home. Because cases are continuing to hit record highs almost daily. He pointed to the success rate of shut downs in europe. Belgium put in a three week stay at home order. Its positive ratd fell from 21 to 8 in that time. England had a four week order. Cases dropped by 30 . He says he understands the restrictions are inconvenient. But its what the state has to do at this time as hospitals become over crowded. The goal of saving lives become threatened when the system isnt as robust and strong as it can be. To deliver care to as many californiaens as needed. Reminding everyone there is light at the end of tunnel. The first doses of vaccines expected to arrive one week from today. Hundreds of people crowded outside the courthouse today very few of them Wearing Masks to support the pastor who landed in f
We should not lose sight of what that means for people who are still struggling and the fact we still have a very deep hole to climb out of. The socalled [inaudible] workers at the low end distribution hedonic options to work from home and federal health is already fading away. Nasa been said about what this means for cities and as we see hollowed out downtowns with your workers coming in, buying lattes and what 115th congress has called any service that depends on a smile what does that mean for city revenues . One estimate suggests especially in high rent districts, employment is still at 45 of precovid levels. We arere about to explore the sinks a bigger graph of blog, my colleagues have a blog looking at what this means for cities and look at how really depends on state revenue structure, well exposure to covid as as the highly uncertain federal policy response. If i could get the next slide, please. There we go. The point of a blog is really going into this were a lot of things we
Cities krs the u. S. From the urban institute this runs an hour. Were about to hear some very good Economic News after recordbreaking declines in economical activity in the Second Quarter of 2020, well be see eyepopping consensus, 25 growth in the third quarter. We should not lose sight of what that means for people who are still struggling and the fact that we still have a deep hole to climb out of. Much has been written about the kshape recovery. Workers at the low end of the distribution who dont have options to work from home and for whom federal help has already been paid in a way. Weve seen who will owedout downtowns with fewer workers coming in, buying lattes. What does that mean for city revenues . One estimate suggests its in highrent zip codes, highrent districts, employment is still at 45 of precovid levels. So we are about to explore these things today. We also have a blog my colleague and i have a black about what this means for cities and each industrys mix and, of course
A safe way to bring kids back into the classroom. Im ama daetz. Im dan ashley. Ucsf compiled a report that may ab virus spreading in the classroom. Abc 7 News Reporter Leann Melendez takes it one step at a time. We know children have less severe symptoms than adults. Inside my nose are receptors and thats how the virus gets into my body and children do not produce receptors as frequently as i do. Pl is n d for the ing her zoom disease to get in, and there is no or limited disease in elementary age students and thats why were seeing that pattern. Kids have smaller lungs so when they sneeze or cough they dont spread the particles as far as High School Students or adults do. Another interesting fact is that size does matter. Kids are shorter and that would mean they wouldnt fill the room. Perhaps the most important point that ucsf want to make that mak, physical distancing and ventilation are key to curbing the spread of the virus. Take for example, this high school in israel as seen in t
And say it is causing such severe fevers and inflammation, that children are now being sent to the i. C. U. Reports of the illness quadrupled overnight in new york, just as that state was beginning to see the curve of covid19 infections flattening. Now, across the rest of the country tonight, though, it is a very different story. Coronavirus infections in at least 28 states are now rising at a rate much faster than expected, and just as most of the country is loosening those stayathome restrictions. Today, the former headline of the c. D. C. Warned that congress, and told them that the scope of this pandemic is unprecedented, saying as bad as things have been, this is just the beginning. There is more evidence of that as we come on the air tonight. The virus has now killed more than 72,000 nationwide. Confirmed cases now top 1. 2 million. And we learned today that 96 of the people recently admitted to new York Hospitals with the virus, also have some type of Underlying Health condition