Malcolm the premise of this latest book is that were not very good at talking to strangers. I was struck by how many of the kind of contemporary highprofile controversies that we find ourselves in come down to the same problem, that two people who didnt know each other very well attempt to communicate and fail or attempt to understand each other and fail. Bernie madoff, people had conversations with Bernie Madoff and never understood who he was. The Jerry Sandusky case at penn state. Brock turner Sexual Assault case at stanford a few years back, these are failed communications. And the one that really, the book starts and ends with, the signature case im concerned with is the sandra bland case, which is one of those high profile encounters between African Americans and Law Enforcement that was, excuse me, so much in the news a few years ago, which was a conversation between a young black man, black woman and a Police Officer who pulls her over, and the conversation goes off the rails.
Starr hopkins. Followed by commentator Armstrong Williams. And john dicken talked about infections in Nursing Homes. Washington journal is next. Join the discussion. Host one week ago today, africanamerican george floyd died at the hands of the Minneapolis Police. Protests, civil unrest, and violence and reaction to that expanded to some 75 u. S. Cities, building to a crescendo over the weekend. Good morning, and welcome to washington journal for this monday, june 1, 2020. Well start the hour asking you this hour about the president s leadership in response to the unrest, the president largely communicating, commenting on the issue saturday, some at nasa, and largely leaving his response to twitter. What are your thoughts . Republicans, use 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. And independents, all others, 2027488002. You can also send us a text, that line is 2027488003. And make sure that you leave us your name, tell us where youre texting from. cspanwj. , were, your comments welcome on
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Concerns about Infection Prevention and control in Nursing Homes. Both as part of the g. A. O. s broader overseist federal response to the covid pandemic, as well as a request from the ranking minority member of senator widen of the finance committee in the senate. G. A. O. Conducted a review of looking at what the issues were in Nursing Homes in terms of finding deficiencies and Infection Prevention and control prior to the pandemic, what the history has been in terms of whats been reported to h. H. S. Host and heres some of the topline data out of that report from the g. A. O. Over 13,000 homes from 2013 to 2017 were cited with Infection Prevention issues in one or more years. 6,300 over 6,300 homes had multiple consecutive years of citations for deficiencies, and the g. A. O. Report says nearly all deficiencies were classified by state surveyers as not severe. Medicaid and medicare Enforcement Actions against Nursing Homes were only taken for 1 of these deficiencies. Tell us about w
The gao oversight of the federal response as well as a request from the ranking minority member of the finance committee gao conducted a review of looking at what the issues were in Nursing Homes in terms of finding deficiencies, prevention, and control prior to the pandemic. What the history has been in terms of what has been reported to hhs. Host here are some of the top line data out of that report. Tor 13,000 homes from 2013 2017 were cited with citations. Deficient. Nearly all of the deficiencies are by state surveyors as not severe. Enforcement actions were only taken for 1 of these deficiency. Deficiencies. Who is responsible for monitoring infection issues and other Health Issues in Nursing Homes . Guest this is a joint issue. Homes are meeting the standards and if there are there is a vote for them to correct those deficiencies, and if they are more severe or repeated or not corrected, there could be enforcement action such as training. Those are put in by federal enforcement