Line for the National Guard. The National Guard is on the streets and we want to know what you think. National guard, your line is. 202 7488000 activeduty military, army, navy, air force, marine. We want to know what you think the role of the military is during civil unrest. Your numbers going to be 202 7488001. Our veterans. If you have served in the armed forces, we want to know what you think. Your numbers going to be 202 7488002. If you dont fit in any of those categories, the number for everyone else is going to be 202 7488003. Keep in mind you can also text us at that number. And you can always reach us on social media, on twitter and on facebook. Again, there has been a big question going on in the military right now about what their role is during civil unrest in the United States. There is a story in the Washington Post this morning that talks directly about this. Is coming upthat between the military and the commanderinchief. Here is a story from the post. The pentagon has to
Governor baker good afternoon. Today we are going to talk about our longterm plans for covid19 testing here in massachusetts and new announcements to make testing more accessible for people and talk about significant shipments of personal protective equipment that arrived in massachusetts. First, we will provide our daily update on hospitalizations. As of yesterday, we conducted over 410,000 tests with over 8,500 new tests reported yesterday. 1,865 tests were reported and for all tests that came back yesterday and that is within the range we have been seeing over the past few days. The range we have been seeing over the past few days. As we said before, that positive rate has come down significantly from where we were a month ago where it was hovering in the 20s and 30s. 26 newer hospitalizations for covid19 yesterday but over 3,000 residents in hospitals due to covid19 that need serious medical care. Our hospitals have been able to withstand the this. Massachusetts still remains one o
Governor baker good afternoon. Today we are going to talk about our longterm plans for covid19 testing here in massachusetts and new announcements to make testing more accessible for people and talk about significant shipments of personal protective aquifment that arrived in massachusetts. First, we will provide our daily update on hospitalizations. As of yesterday, we conducted er 410,000 tests with over 8,500 new tests reported yesterday. And tests were reported for all tests that came back yesterday and that is within the range we have been seeing over the past few days. As we said before, that positive rate has come down significantly from where we were a month ago where it was hovering in the 20s and 30s. 26 newer hospitalizations for covid19 yesterday but over 3,000 residents in hospitals due to covid19 that need serious medical care. Our hospitals have been able to withstand the this. Massachusetts still remains one of the hardesthit states and many data points have been declini
Emergency in this covid19 pandemic. This is a serious situation and we are all concerned about the health and safety of our fellow americans and citizen soldiers and airmen. Thus far members of the national , six guard have tested positive for covid19. We have forced Health Protection measures in place and we will keep our National Guard members informed as the situation develops. We all play an important part in ensuring the health and safety of communities and this is a responsibility we take their take seriously. We are here to support each other and communities. I want to talk about what the National Guard is doing in response to covid19. First of our, its an historic event unlike any weve faced in recent years. When theres a hurricane, you can see it on a map and you have a sense on how hard itll hit. Its like we have 54 separate hurricanes in every state and territory. Some are category 5, summer some are category threes, and some are category ones. We dont no one this was going
Pandemic. We are all concerned about the health and safety of our fellow americans and citizen soldiers and airmen. Six members of the National Guard have tested positive for covid19. And we measures in place will keep our National Guard members informed as the situation develops. We play an important part in ensuring the health and safety of communities and this is a responsibility we take their sleep. We are here to support each other and communities. I want to talk about what the National Guard is doing. It is unlike any event we have faced in recent years. When there is a hurricane, you can see it on a map and you have a sense on how hard it will hit. It is like we have 54 separate hurricanes in every state and territory. Some are category 5, summer category three and one. We dont no one this was going to dissipate. It demands a historic response and that is what the national. Uard is prepared to do the National Guard is a unique military component. We are part of the air force and