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
Changed . Certainly, the infection is spreading through our state. Most have made all of us stand up and wonder, if were going to say its not safe to be inside of a restaurants dining, why would we think it will be safe inside of a classroom with the kids and with a teacher . And so i think the spread of the virus caught our state laet leaders by surprise, there is a reevaluation at every level including if our kids are safe to go back to. It is a political batlet. President trump says he wants schools opened and number, kids being able to attend each and every day. The science should not stand in the way of this. That was her quote. Although later on she says the science is on our side here. What are the 69 signs you are looking at. We have heard from them as welted and the tests should not be because i want one thing or another to happen. It should be is it safe for our kids and our community. Tat should be the standard. None of us want to see political dictates from any direction, l
So beautiful, so congratulations. Thank you so much for having us. Cassius and mark did a great job. They really did. Thank you very much. Mayor, you have made quite the name for yourself. Youre not even 30 yet, for being such a young mayor to the mayors for guaranteed program, to the universal basic Income Program but stockton often gets a bad rap so what do you hope people learn about you from this film and about your city . Well, mostly, help the people of this nation learn that cities like stockton matter. The community, the young people, the formerly incarcerated, teachers and essential workers are the life of the democracy and the solutions starts with listening and doing work that helps their dreams and aspirations, typically, young people. And hope people learn that in every community, theres a kid right now who may have a father whos incarcerated. They have a mother who had them young, who may be going to a school whos just as talented, just intelligent as kids anywhere else i
The trend is going in the wrong direction and mayor breed Just Announced a new reopening plan. Well get into that. But first lets say zoo goers may be excited but not if youre eager for a hair cut. Lets begin with welcoming mayor breed and listen to her personal brush with coronavirus exposure and the lessons she learned from it. Good afternoon, mayor. Hello. Hello. Really, really glad you tested negative on behalf of my colleagues here at abc7 news. How are you feeling today. I feel fine. Im glad i tested negative, too. But we also have to do a test later for those who were out in the area when this occurred because it does take some time for the symptoms or to be realized. And so that is the first, were over the first hurdle and next week ill be tested again and hopefully that will come back negative, too. Okay. Just frustrating to experience this. Sure. For now you could smell your Morning Coffee okay, just want to make sure. Yes. I could smell and i could feel and im excited and im
Learning. Joining me now, the board of education, mark sanchez. Mark, how are you . Thanks for joining us. Im good. How are you doing . Good. Thank you. I know its been a long, tough debate for your district. Tell me what was the deciding factor to go Distance Learning . Ve seen throughout the it is not optimal. The science informs us in San Francisco, even if we wanted to go back to inperson learning, we wouldnt be able to because of the Health Departments order. So we are looking at the science. And we are also looking at Distance Learning. Sorry. I had laptop on. So i was hearing you. But i want to ask, you though. I know you had considered a hybrid model, right . Where youd have cohort groups so everybody didnt have to be on campus, at the same time. Ultimately, why did you reject that . Is there just not enough space . No. Just the science shows us that we cannot. There is still a Health Department order not to go back to school. So we couldnt, even if we wanted to. Even if all ou