Member that identified the original sars outbreak back in 2003. Thank you so much for joining us. Its great to be here. Before we begin, i think for all of us nonscientists out there, we have got to start with square one and understand exactly what a genome is and why it pertains to covid19. Sure. A genome is all the things that composes a person or a virus. What does that mean . That means covid19 must also have all of these at play and what does that mean when it comes to sequencing and how many sequences have you analyzed so far . Right. So, what were doing here is not just testing for the coronavirus, which we do do here at the biohub in conjunction with ucsf. W sequence the genome, meaning we look at the genetic sequence. Thats important because it allows us to track where the virus has been, where it mate be going next. And how much of this tracking have you done . Because we are talking about something that is affecting every Single Person on this planet. And i know you have a l
Climb good evening, im ken wayne and im pam moore Governor Newsom has ordered a sweeping reopenings and he is praising the los angeles and San Diego School districts for their decisions not to hold in person classes come august today, the San Francisco Unified School District unveiled what it schools will look like in the upcoming year. The superintendent recommended starting schools on august 17th with Distance Learning. Kron fours terror attack in joins us now live from the School District headquarters with details taylor. Well the plan is to start the school year with distant learning the board hopes to eventually phase students back into the classrooms once its safe to do so they felt that this was the best option after holding many town Hall Meetings and also reviewing the latest science and data. The San Francisco Unified School District is the latest to announce plans of Distance Learning for the fall, our recommendation for the fall. Is that we begin Distance Learning. And init
Posted by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, my name is dave darcy and were glad youre able to join us for this live conversation with president and ceo day diane yentel and ibram kendi. We encourage you to submit questions for doctor kendi and if you start to have a question for our support team, click here on that right side of the screen. The event will be available on the site within 24 hours and is now my pleasure to turn it over to diane yentel. Thank you dave and welcome everyone to todays conversation with doctor ibram kendi on Racial Equity before and after the covid19 pandemic. Im glad almost 5000 people have registered today. Im heartened and encouraged by the level of interest in this topic so i am diane yentel, president and ceo of the National Housing coalition, where a Membership Organization dedicated to achieving socially just Public Policies and ensuring that the lowest income people have decent, accessible and affordable homes. And as part of that work you ha
Covid19 pandemic hosted by the National Low Income housing coalition. Were glad that youre able to join us for this conversation with ceo diane yantell and best selling author dr. Ibrahim kendi. Submit questions by clicking here on the left side of the screen and you have to start have technical difficulties or have a question, click here on that right side of the screen button. The event will be recorded and available on this site within 24 hours. Its now my pleasure to turn the it over to diane. Great. Thanks, dave, and welcome, everyone, to todays conversation with dr. Reeb bram kennedy. Im really looking forward to this conversation, and im so glad that almost 5,000 people have registered for it today. Im so heartened and encouraged by the level of interest in this topic. So im president and ceo of the National Low Income housing coalition. We are a Membership Organization that is dedicated to achieving socially just Public Policies that insure that the lowest income people have de
Governor abbott first, i want to thank everybody for being here today. As i provide you an update on where we are as of today, as well as some new additional information. First, i want to let you know hat as of today, the Texas State Health Department Says that the state of texas now has tested positive 715 texans, testing positive for covid19. Once again, the number that the state Health Department provides differs a little bit from the figures that are provided by Johns Hopkins. The reason for that is because Johns Hopkins provides some additional cases that may not yet be confirmed. The two numbers are working close and parallel. The state department pronounces 715 people have tested positive. Johns hopkins counts 810. Its my understanding that Johns Hopkins also includes in their numbers those who have been brought into the state of texas from those cruise ships. The number of deaths as of today is now 11. The number of counties affected by this is now 65. And the total number of t