Speaker pelosi good morning. How are you all . Stay well. I will begin and end that way. 90 days ago, congress past the heroes act. 90 days. When we passed that legislation, which was designed to meet the needs of the American People in relationship to the coronavirus science,t was based on economics, and institutional expertise, as what was needed to address the needs of the American People. At that time, Mitch Mcconnell said we need to pause. He hit the pause button, and since that time, since that 90 3,750,000 americans have become sick, have been added to the infected list. 3. 75 Million People added to the list. 77,000 people of god. People have died. Tens of millions more people are out of work. Clearly the virus did not take a pause. When sometimes some of you reporters ask why cant we resolve our differences, i want you to see how vast those differences are. It is no wonder we have a vast difference, because this administration and the republicans in congress have never underst
Tonight, eugene the debs v. D ebs. Nancy pelosi held her weekly news conference. She provided an update on Coronavirus Relief negotiations with republicans. She also reacted to senator Kamala Harris being named to the Vice President ial running mate. Speaker pelosi good morning. How are you all . Stay well. I will begin and end that way. 90 days ago, congress past the heroes act. 90 days. When we passed that legislation, which was designed to meet the needs of the American People in relationship to the coronavirus crisis, it was based on science, economics, and institutional expertise, as what was needed to address the needs of the American People. At that time, Mitch Mcconnell said we need to pause. He hit the pause button, and since that time, since that 90 days, 3,750,000 americans have become sick, have been added to the infected list. Tens of millions more people are out of work. Clearly the virus did not take a pause. When sometimes some of you reporters ask why cant we resolve o
Coronavirus. She reacted to senator Kamala Harris being named as joe bidens running mate. Stay well. Osi i will begin and end that way. 90 days ago, Congress Passed the heroes act. When we passed that legislation, which was designed to meet the needs of the American People and the relationship to the coronavirus crisis, it was based andcience, economic institutional expertise as what was needed to address the needs of the American People. At that time, Mitch Mcconnell said, we need to pause. He hit the pause button and 3,750,000 time, americans have become sick, have been added to the infected list. People added to the list. 77,000 people have died. Tens of millions more people are out of work. Clearly, the virus did not take a pause. When some time some of you reporters ask, why cant we resolve our differences, i want you to see how fast those differences are how vast those differences are. And theinistration republicans in congress have never understood the gravity of the situation.
For you. Mark, can we back up to the slides on the reproduction number. One second. Oh no, its okay. Give me just one second to back up to that. Those are very concerning numbers. We see if we reduce the reproductive number by a third, we hold steady at the same number of hospitalizations, but wed still see as many as four times of deaths here in San Francisco. But if we continue on this same scale, we could see deaths up to 800, and number of hospitalizations, 1,000 to over 3,000. That could clearly overwhelm our Hospital Systems. I know weve seen footage of people gathering in dolores park this weekend, and the possible impact that could have. Could you just speak to what kind of effect that behavior could have, not just on our people, but our ability to serve the health care needs. Yes [inaudible] i thi. Dr. Colfax i think its really important that we stay vigilant and do what we know works to stop the spread of the virus. That includes not going to large gatherings, and on beautifu
They can maintain operations as best possible while also people going to the command center to do this operation. Well, very clearly, it is a really challenging, and as other commissioners have indicated, really grateful that people like yourself have really stepped up and continue to do, as you say, the work that has to be done, along with the very key work, and congratulations on being head of this program. One question which is more technical has to do with the testing strategies. And your chart was great and sexu certainly keynoted on some of the areas that were concerned. On the other hand, you also pointed out that you were interested in reaching other vulnerable populations which are kind of a potential tinderbox, and im glad that you mentioned chinatown right now. Its a very low number, and some other asian populations out in the sunset which arent being tested, but we dont know that. What is your testing strategy to figure out a priority, and that came from one of the question