Kazinski, people who are consistently working on the front lines to help us deal with many of the challenges that exist as it relates to covid19 in San Francisco. As of today, we have 1,754 cases of covid19, and sadly we have had 31 people pass away as a result. Currently there are 84 people that are hospitalized, and for more information, please visit datasf. Org covid19 for details. I want to just start today on a little bit of a lighter note in recognition of so many of the First Responders and Health Care Workers that are on the front lines doing the incredible work to keep us all safe. Monday was International Firefighters day, and i had an opportunity to drop off lunch to our firefighters at station 6, and just express my appreciation for their work. The firefighters and the paramedics and the people who are called to so many very challenging scenes continue to work very hard for our city during this pandemic, and we appreciate the work that they do. And as we know, in the age of
Five, four, three, two, one. Commissioner ronen good morning, everyone. The meeting will it come to order. Welcome to the may 11th meeting of the rules committee. Supervisor hillary ronen. With me on Video Conference is rules vice chair gordon mar and our clerk today is victor young. Id like to thank sfgov for staffing this meeting. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect Board Members ab the public, the board of supervisors and Committee Room are closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely at the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available for each item on this agenda, both channel 26 and sfgov tv. Org are supreming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments during Public Comment are available via phone by calling 888 2045984. Access code 3501008. Then press pound and pound again. When you are connected, dial 1
The resident lives somewhere else. We checked with several other counties. All count those numbers within the county, despite where the nursing home residents has a registered address. How do you explain that discrepancy . Dr. Grant colfax so thank you for letting me clarify the issue. So first of all, we count covid19 cases during our outbreaks as cases, regardless of the county of residence. So when i report these outbreak numbers around nursing homes, that includes all the residents, not where their home address is. And our measurement of confirming deaths at with covid19 is not specific to nursing homes. Its not even specific to covid19. Its basic vital statistics, that if a person dies, even in the confines of the city, but has a permanent address somewhere else, that death is reported in that jurisdiction. Next question is from jany harr, associated press. How much outside room time is given daily to people in hotel rooms recovering from covid19 . Do they get smoke breaks . Dr. G
What that says is that even though we locally are doing everything that we can to provide resources to the public, we know that theres so much more that needs to be done. We cant wait for a federal stimulus check in many cases, people who are living paycheck to paycheck and need money to pay their bills. And we know, especially our hairdressers and our nail salons, our barbershops, theyre probably suffering the most. Because if they dont work they dont have any income. So this is a very challenging time for all of us. And as we deal with the protecting of Public Health, we need to always protect the Financial Health of our families and communities. After were able to reopen what is that going to look like . And how will we be able to continue to make sure that everyone has a decent paying job with benefits . Thats the foundation of our city and its necessary for us to figure out ways in which we can help to support one another and uplift one another. Just a few things that we have been
What an Antibody Test means in terms of shorterterm or longerterm immunity is developing. The science is still not there yet. So we will certainly be looking at how testing for a diagnosis of covid19 is integrated into our next steps with regard to a gradual reduction in the restrictions around social distancing, but certainly antibody passports, to speculate anything beyond what ive said would be premature at this time. The next question is from San Francisco chronicle. How many Staff Members and residents have tested positive for the virus and died at Central Gardens . So at this point we have a total of 72 cases of covid19 diagnosed in Central Gardens. We have 37 staff and 39 residents. Overall, there have been 160 cases of covid19 confirmed in the 21 nursing home facilities across the city. I want to emphasize that these facilities are overseen by the state and also emphasize that we are requiring all nursing facilities in the city to test for covid19, and as i said previously, we