And central time zones, 202 7488001 for mountain and pacific time zones. Appearses as a new poll on the pages of usa today this morning. A story about americans pulled and asked if they wear a face mask. Have worn a mask in order to limit the spread of the coronavirus according to a survey from the democracy fund. Were conducted in this poll. There is a small disparity among age groups. People are slightly less mask, 70 have worn a percent of those 18 from 29. Americans 65 and older say they have worn a mask. To the cdc, here is what they say about face coverings. Individuals with cannavirus symptoms transmit the virus before showing symptoms. This means the virus can spread between people interacting in close proximity. Evidence,f this new the cdc recommends wearing cloth faith cover cloth face coverings. Especially in areas of significant communitybased transmission. Those of the cdc recommendations. A couple days ago, it was dr. Deborah birx. She was asked about the importance of we
Host lets start off with the role of the Inspector General. One of the best parts of what is going on now is most people have no idea what the Inspector General is. They are a unique role that was established during the 1970s in andonse to Financial Issues perceptions of financial mismanagement in executive agencies by congress. A series of laws were passed that dealt with ways to reduce waste. Established the first 12 Inspector Generals. Of clearing fraud, waste, and abuse was one aspect. They were to look at the economy and efficiency of federal agencies. There are now 75 inspectors general. They look at three different functions they fulfill in agencies. One that has been getting all the press is investigation. That is not looking at wrongdoing. Refer cases to the department of justice. The second is financial auditing. A big part of the actual motivations for the act in the beginning. Finding better use of funds and ways to improve internal controls and improve Financial Management
Interesting or not is that it is a reflection of the number of tests weve had. 36 testing positive is slightly higher but that is the number that goes up and down. We will talk about why that may not be the best indicator of what is going on. I think of real interest to me is i look at hospitalization, you see 79 people hospitalized. That is the number that is not that is going up not exponentially but going up on a linear basis, which i think is good news. 17 fatalities is never good news. But again, it is a number that is not going up exponentially. What that means is it gives us capacity to plan and this is following what our modeling has been. And i start with our Health Care System. Our Health Care System is bending but it is not breaking. And that is because we did build in capacity in terms of everything we are trying to do, and that capacity as i have described in terms of other briefings, in terms of the beds, in terms of people, in terms of icu, we are planning accordingly fo
Now, more on the coronavirus outbreak with the Connecticut Governor who discussed the late bearishness the preparedness in his state. 36 testing positive is slightly higher, but that is a number that goes up and down and we will talk about why that may not be the best indicator. Me, you seerest to the 79 people hospitalized. That is a number that is going up not exponentially but going up on a linear basis which is i think good news. 17 fatalities is never good news. It is a number that is not going up exponentially. Plan,ives us capacity to that is following our modeling. I start with our Health Care System. Our Health Care System is bending but not breaking. We did build up capacity in terms of everything we are trying to do. That capacity in terms of other briefings in terms of beds, people, and terms of icus, we are planning accordingly for what we have to do. This allows us to plan even more. Capacity is important in terms of the other functions we are performing in the state as w
Cspan. Org. Taking you live now to connecticut for a Coronavirus Briefing by governor ned lamont. Gov. Lamont where we are in the numbers, another 1200 people tested positive out of 3400 tests. I think what makes that interesting or not is that it is a reflection of the number of tests weve had. 36 testing positive is slightly higher but that is the number that goes up and down. We will talk about why that may not be the best indicator of what is going on. I think of real interest to me is i look at hospitalization, you see 79 people hospitalized. That is the number that is not going up ands up exponentially but going up on a linear basis which i think is good news. 17 fatalities is never good news. But again, it is a number that is not going up exponentially. What that means is it gives house capacity to plan and this is following what our modeling has been. And i start with our Health Care System, our Health Care System is bending but it is not breaking. And that is because we did bu