But to become a television for serious readers. This made good good evening ladies and gentlemen. We are pleased to have with us this evening doctor Jennifer Hirsch professor of medical science at Columbia University who will be reading from and discussing her new book teethree a landmark study of Sexual Assault on campus it is based on a program called Sexual Health initiative to foster transformation. The most comprehensive study on a campus to date. After the talk well have time for questions and answers and cspan is here with us tonight recording the event and i would ask that if you have a question please hold your hand up and wait until i bring you the microphone so we can hear what your question is. I present doctor Jennifer Hirsch. [applause] thank you so much its great to be here and thank you for coming out. In every room there are always survivors. If you feel distressed by what am sharing its okay to take a break. The national Sexual Assault hotline 186564673. I will start
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
Covid19 crisis. California now house more than 10,000 cases of covid19 and 233 people have died. Los angeles county has the most confirmed cases with more than 4000 followed by Santa Clara County at more than 1000 and San Diego County at 849. A south bay nursing home has at least a halfdozen residents and staff who tested positive for the virus. Jesse gary joins us now in san jose with the details and what is being done to keep the problem from getting worse. Reporter late this afternoon officials with the Canyon Springs postacute care facility increase the number of covid19 cases they are reporting. They reported three, now its cials to call relatives of d residents and as a precaution, tell them to come get the relatives, bring them home for a 14 day quarantine. Officials say multiple positive test results were revealed, one as recently as this week, two residents and four staffers are infected with covid19. One resident was discharged before the test results were known, the other is
As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host good morning, it is monday , april 6, 2020. The u. S. President warned americans to prepare for a pivotal week, with the Surgeon General drawing comparisons to the 1941 pearl harbor attack in the 9 11 terror attacks to describe the dark days likely ahead. This morning we are doing what we always do, opening up our phone lines and letting you talk about it. If you are in the eastern or central time zones, text messagesand this morning, if you would like to join us that way, the number is 2027488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. You can get us on twitter cspanwj and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Good monday morning, the front page of usa today with a picture of Surgeon General jerome adams on meet the press yesterday when he was asked about of the advice he has given to governors who have not issued stayathome orders. Say. Is
Once again this morning, for medical professionals we will use 202 7488002. If you would like to text us, that is 202 7488003. Just make sure that you include your name and where you are texting from. On twitter we are at cspan wj. You can also post your comments on facebook. You may have seen a moment ago the tracker that we are following, the johns Hop University tractor, cases at 609,000. Confirmed deaths, 26,059. Worldwide cases are just about 2 million now. The number that you see here, 7905 deaths in new york city, Scott Gottlieb tweeting this morning about that with a chart saying that the positivity rates of new daily tests in new york are showing signs of a gradual decline, but still very high. This is one data point to watch to gauge the direction of the new york epidemic. A different with story, the New York Times, reporting that a review among passedk city deaths has 10,000, new york city, already a world epicenter of the coronavirus out rake, sharply increasing its death t