Were going to be presenting an imported book to the mark in history which unlike 18th century behind the name or current important books by some of the major in our country. It also be reporting by the historian who works at the institute. It must frequently on health education. And then we will guide a question and answer questions our state and pretty in the Program Sponsored by them please go to our website. Now enjoy. Khalil muhammad hello and welcome everyone today pretty july 19th, 2020 addition of the institutes new Digital Program a gain in august today is a professor and he be talking about his book the condemnation of blackness. First for those of you are new to the institute pretty we are the leading Nonprofit Organization dedicated to k12 History Education while also serving the general public. And her mission is to help promote the knowledge and understanding of American History through Educational Programs and resources such as the Hamilton Education program online, teach
Let me begin with the numbers in the research you have been looking at. As you look at the trends tonight, what do they tell you . Dr. Mokdad we peaked on april 10 and they are coming down for the whole country but there are many states that are still going up and others are going down. Host how do you do your study . Dr. Mokdad we decided to model mortality on a daily basis and we used experience we have seen in china, italy, and spain. We reverse engineered the mortality how many beds we will need in the hospital and how many ventilators. So we know in the United States how many patients were admitted. Host at one point there was an expectation we could have 230,000 deaths and that number has come down, correct . Dr. Mokdad true. Our numbers have always been less than 100,000. The numbers have been coming down because of social distancing is working. Host can you look ahead at hotspots like new york city and miami and in Nursing Homes . How do you incorporate that into your data . Dr
Joining us from seattle, washington. Officerhief strategy for the Health Initiative and a professor of Global Health at the institute for Health Metrics and evaluation. Dr. Ali mokdad. Thank you for being with us. It is a pleasure. Host as you look at the trends tonight, what do they tell you . Dr. Mokdad we peaked on april 10 and they are coming down for the whole country but there are states that are still going up and others are going down. Host how do you do your study . What is the methodology . Dr. Mokdad we decided to model mortality on a daily basis and death rate and we used experience we have seen in wuhan, italy, and spain. We reversed the mortality how many beds we will need in the hospital and how many ventilators. We know in the United States for every death how many patients were admitted. Host at one point there was an expectation we could have 230,000 deaths and that number has come down, correct . Dr. Mokdad true. Our numbers have always been less than 100,000. First
Good morning to you. What is the perception of what is going on with coronavirus and what is the reality . Guest i guess there are a lot of different perceptions out there because there is a fog around this, what is true, and what is just rumors . Cleart getting really messaging from top leaders, it is tough for us to understand what is the right calibration for preparedness versus fear, versus confidence. This is something surely that is a brandnew virus an emerging outbreak. Will take time to get our hands around it and our heads around it, but we need to see better leadership at this point. What terms of what is the administration not providing in terms of that leadership . Guest i dont know if it is just the administration, but the entirety of the Public Health response into be more robust, more direct talking about what is there role, the officials role, and what can we expect from them Going Forward . It seems there is a lot of room here for better leadership and messaging in ter
Coronavirus p they write that today larry kudlow has confirmed that the administration is considering timely and targeted federal interventions to help workers, firms, and industries heard by coronavirus as fears mount over the growing Economic Impact of the spreading out. Read more at washington post. Com. Thentil 1 30, when briefings get underway, we will show you more from todays washington journal. This is dr. Christopher morris of George Washington university, the Global Health professor here to talk about the global and u. S. Coronavirus response and everything related to that. Good morning, sir. Guest thanks for having me, pedro. Host what is the perception of what is going on with the kiwanis virus the coronavirus and what is the reality . Guest there is so much around this about what is true and what is just rumor. Without getting really clear messaging from our top leaders, it is tough to understand the right calibration for preparedness versus fear, versus confidence. This i