States, have gotten hit worse than virtually any other country when you talk about cases and deaths. So this is a real important challenge for us. There is a lot we have to discuss here and not a lot of time. I should say that when we are done, i will be joined by the dean of school of Public Health and the director of the school of Public Affairs to build on your comments, but i want to die ve right in. I should also say that we got 100 questions from faculty and students. Im going to do my best to weave those in. I saw a story the other day about boston. The pandemic you just referenced. Different time, different science, but the headline haunted me. The headline said, boston refused to close schools during the 1918 flu. Then children began to die. Is history about to repeat itself as we head to the School Season . I think there is a difference. I think that if you look at the situation with regards to the current pandemic, is that children clearly have much less of a chance of havin
Energy departments biological research during the coronavirus pandemic. Live coverage on cspan2. A couple of numbers about these comments. Keep your video feed on as long as youre in the hearing. Youre responsible for your own microphone. Please keep your microphone muted unless your speaking. Submit a record, email it to the committee, email address is circulated prior to the hearing. Good afternoon and welcome to todays hearing. Will hear about how these capabilities have been leveraged in response to the covid19 pandemic. I want to thank the Ranking Members, members of the subcommittee and witnesses for joining us today. Members of the subcommittee are enthusiastic about the Energy Innovations coming out of the nation. Given the labs providing our country, the materials pioneering power lines, and discovering 22 elements, the periodic table would be much smaller. As a covid19 pandemic begins to unfold in the u. S. , its apparent the does operatory programs are well positioned as we
Deliver remarks on jobs and the economy, and from the Mankato Regional Airport in minnesota looking at the live pictures and then hes headed to wisconsin for another event weve got that all covered for you. Now, theres one area of the economy going full steam and thats housing. The exodus from the cities to the suburbs fueling demand for one company, so much they are actually struggling to fill thousands of open positions, even with millions of people still unemployed in this country weve got the ceo of two men and a truck, hes here on the housing hotspots and hes in the cities where people are going and there was this new forecast by the cdc, predicting that the u. S. Coronavirus death toll could reach 200,000, by september 5 but could a newly approved rapid saliva based test be a major game changer . Its pretty interesting stuff today former secretary of health and Human Service dr. Tom price is going to give his prognosis on this new test and a lot of other things within the pandemi
Live coverage here on cspan. Let me first off start by saying thank you for your time. How are you doing . This is insanity . This is insanity. You are right. It is surreal. It is very intense. 15 tosly, we are working 17 hours a day on this seven days a week, but it is something we have to do. Is historic in its proportions. We have not seen anything like this since the 1918 pandemic. It is challenging for the entire world, and we, the United States, have gotten hit worse than virtually any other country when you talk about cases and deaths. This is an important challenge for us. There is a lot we have to discuss here and not a lot of time. When we are done, we will be joined by the school of Public Health and the director of the school of Public Affairs to build on your comments, but i want to die right in. We got 100 questions from faculty and students. Im going to do my best to weave those in. I saw a story the other day about boston. The pandemic you just referenced. The headline
These tears. Under the new plan, each county will give a designation of purple, red, orange, or yellow. It will determine what type of businesses are allowed in each county. Under the purple tear, the risk is widespread. Seven areas are classified as purple. Yellow tier is classified as minimum. Napa county is classified as red, meaning the risk level is substantial. Health officials in two different east bay counties have relaxed their restrictions for some businesses. For many hair salon owners, it was not enough. Gavin newsom made his announcement. Bit by bit, some businesses are getting the okay to reopen. For many, it will be a challenge, financially. Reporter at Diablo Crossfit on friday, members were getting their exercise outdoors. Craig howard seems to be enjoying it. There is a waitlist in the morning. There is a waitlist in the evenings for classes. Reporter he says his business is three quarters of what it was precovid. He says he has all the sanitation procedures in place.