Coronavirus scams. At 9 00 a. M. , middle State University professor Sidney Mcphee discusses Higher Education during the pandemic and his participation in good morning, its friday, july 17, 2020. We begin today on the issue of requiring face masks be worn in public. As new coronavirus cases continue to spike around the country, more than half youve u. S. States have made mask use mandatory. Governor of georgia is fighting municipal mass clause in his state, in an effort to continue to allow mask used to be optional. Should mask wearing in public the mandatory . F you think yes, 2027488000 if you think no, 2027488001. If you arent sure, 2027488002. You can also send us a text this morning. That number, 2027488003 please include your name and where youre from. Otherwise catch up with us on social media. On facebook, facebook. Com cspan. A good friday morning to you. You can start calling and as we show you some headlines about what is happening in states around the country when it comes
On cspan, live coverage on cspan2. Watch anytime on cspan. Org or listen on the go with the free radio app. We return now to the topic of school and university opening. Our guest is the president of middle Tennessee State university. Have seen yout when you participated in a Panel Discussion at the white house last week to talk about reopenings and how it might happen. The president ell and Vice President at that Panel Discussion . Morning and thank you for having me on your show. Ourt university was being very measured and had taken great preparation to safely open our university for our students this fall. There were a number of challenges that we had to address in order to make sure the campus was safe and that we were ready for the onset of 22,000 students and 3000 faculty and staff at one of the top universities in tennessee. Middleou announce that Tennessee State universityunivet to announce that you would open in the fall. How do you plan to do that, and what changes does that m
Any books are sold. We return now to the topic of school and university reopenings. Our guest is sidney mcphee, president of middle Tennessee State university. Viewers mightve seen you when you participated in a Panel Discussion at the white house last week to talk about reopenings and how it might happen. What did you tell the president and the Vice President at that Panel Discussion . Good morning and thank you for having me on your show. I told the Vice President and the president that our university was being very measured and had taken great preparation to safely open our university for our students and our employees this fall. There were a number of challenges that we had to address in order to make sure the campus is safe and that we were ready for the onset of 22,000 students and 3000 faculty and staff at one of the top universities in tennessee. You announced that middle Tennessee State university you were the first to announce that you would open in the fall. How do you plan
Are interesting and going down and going in the right direction. Cases in the boston area are now declining. The chicago curve appears to have flat yepped and detroit has past its peak. These trends demonstrate our strategy to battle the virus is working and more states will oon be in a position to safely reopen. Very exciting, watching what is happening and people are getting ready and all excited. Robertnt to mention, dr. Redfield was totally misquoted in the media about the fall season and the virus. Totally misquoted. I spoke to him and he said it was ridiculous. He was talking about the flu and coronavirus coming together at the at the same time. And we will knock it out. Well knock it out fast. Thats what he was referring to. Coming together at the same time. And rather than waiting, i would ask dr. Redfield to to straighten out. He didnt say it was a big explosion. The headline in the Washington Post was ridiculous, which is, as i say, fake news and crmp nn is fake news, which t
Place to keep my stuff dry and to sleep safely. And washing up at the gas station, i could make myself presentable, such that it was possible for me to connive a landlord into renting me an apartment even though i was unemployed. That in turn allowed me to have temp work. If my car had been towed during those weeks of living in my car, i probably wouldnt be here today. So i really want to thank the board for your deep discussion on this, staff for your hard staff work, and especially for the public who have been so direct in your storytelling and simply have shown up to fight for a more just San Francisco. The next couple of weeks are going to be really hard. This is only through compassion with the public, and particularly the public who have the hardest choices and clarity around your values that you are going to be able to make the tough calls to deal with the tradeoffs necessary to approve a budget that is balanced, that delivers the service that San Francisco needs, and that deliv