Legislators from both the u. S. And canada, discussed the challenges they are facing. Cement was caused by George Washington University Institute for data democracy and politics. Welcome to our continuing conversation about the social media platforms in response to this information campaigns around covid19 pandemic. Very serious situation. Obviously where it lives are literally in the balance. On director of the George Washington University School of many of the public affairs. Affiliated with the institute of data democracy and politics which is presenting this event together with the International Committee on disinformation. Ill be your moderator and your timekeeper and i will continue this conversation with her distinguished panelists and guests. And if you are journalist, please feel free to put your question into the q a. And make sure that is addressed to everybody so that we can all see it and i will try to incorporatee at least some of those questions to our panel in a bit. So
Visiting from other cities and now that everything is opening up. We have more torres. He just never now while many napa county residents share the same concern about tourists and the spread of covid19 Public Health officer doctor karen drew says otherwise you know we havent seen cases that said i want a winery i went to a particular restaurant and this is how i got it in the zoo meeting thursday county Officials Say covid19 cases in the month of june have been stemming from private parties we have families where they decided to have a Birthday Party or a Graduation Party with 30 to 40 people in it. Basically multiple households in the same family. Ended up getting infected. They say family gatherings are not just risky it can be deadly. Yes, its endangering all of us the county formed a covid19 Compliance Task force coalition to respond to complaints the coalition is made up of the county of now, but the cities of napa American Canyon calistoga and saint helene a and the town of the o
Rise in coronavirus cases and deaths in each county take a look for yourself Contra Costa County is seeing a 129 increase in cases in a 111 increase in deaths from may 31st to july second napa county saw a 207 increase in cases with a 33 increase in deaths. Many people i talked with in walnut creek say theyre going to stay at home to put their health first to stay home and ah you know see had a new dog and see how the dog fears of the fireworks and stuff watch tv for half the day. I love to go out like everybody else you go to a parade and be around people but. Honestly, the risk is not worth the reward. And theyre just so many negatives about going out we all to have the discipline to stay home. Bay Area Health Officers put out a joint statement urging people to stay home this holiday saying you should only hang out with people you live with and avoid gatherings. If you are leaving your home for 4th of july make sure youre taking those precautions wearing a mask keeping distance if yo
Next, a look at scams, profiteering and conspiracy theories from the coronavirus pandemic. Medical experts, victims of disinformation campaigns and legislatures from both the u. S. And canada discuss the challenges they are facing. Hosted by George Washington Universities Institute for data, democracy and politics on tuesday. This is an hour and ten minutes. Welcome to our continuing conversation about the flaws of big social media platforms in response to the disinformation campaigns around covid19 pandemic, a very serious situation, obviously, where lives are literally in the balance. Im frank sesno affiliated with the institute of data and democracy in politics which is presenting this event together with the International Grand committee on disinformation. I will be your moderator and your timekeeper. I will continue this conversation with our distinguished panelists and guests. If you are a journalist joining us, feel free to put your question into the q a field. I will try to inc
The institute of data and democracy and politics which is presenting this event together with the International Committee on this information. Ill be your moderator and your timekeeper and i will continue this conversation with her distinguished panel and guest. If you are journalist, please feel free to put your question into the q a field, make sure that is addressed to everybody so we can see that and i will try to incorporate some of the questions to our panel in a bit. Social media platforms as we know and discussed our allowing actors to sell on illegal and overpriced medical equipment during the pandemic. That is one of many issues that we see across a social media platform. This one is not a new problem, social media platforms continue to allow the dangerous disinformation during the covid19 pandemic and in so doing they expose how dangerous and how irresponsible this kind of behavior can be and the role that they play in continuing to allow it. Rampant conspiracy theories make