People. There are 17 people who died as a result of this virus as of today. As a reminder, you can visit data sf. Org for the full tracker with information on what who has been diagnosed, the number of tests and other resources that are available or any questions you may have. And i want to just start today by reminding us really how far weve come from the very beginning. Weve made it our mission to slow the spread of this virus, to help those vulnerable populations, to keep people safe and were continuing to do all we can to do just that. Were still dealing with the number of cases in San Francisco and we also know that there will continue to be challenges and we will continue to see increases in the number of cases of the coronavirus as we continue to do testing. You know, it may seem like this will never end, but it will come to an end. And i want to be clear that although you may hear about San Francisco and how well were doing, that we are flattening the curve, now is definitely n
With james hodge who is director of the center for Public Health law and policy at Arizona State university. Washington journal is next. Is next. Is next host good morning. This is washington journal for tuesday, march 17, 2020. There is very little celebrating planned due to the shutdown of bars and restaurants nationwide because of the coronavirus and further restrictions and limited by the federal government, the white house, State Governments and localities. We would love to hear what you are seeing in response to the outbreak. The7488000 is the line in eastern and central time zones. For mountain and pacific residence, 2027488001. In the line we have set aside for medical professionals. Your line, 2027488002. We would love to hear your experience. You can text us a message. That is 2027488003. We would love to hear where you are texting from, your name as well. Andwitter we are cspanwj post your comments on facebook, facebook. Com cspan. There was a briefing yesterday with the Cor
People staying in their homes, no restaurants, no bars, no congregation. The United States has been very slow to that. Particularly, the federal government has not been urging it. Just two days ago for the first time, the cdc recommended that there should be no gatherings of 50 people or more, which is way too many. The president yesterday said that we should try to avoid gatherings of 10 people or more. That is probably too many also. But this indicates to me that we are in whole new territory. I have been working on Infectious Diseases and Global Health through my life and i have never seen anything like it. And i think americans should expect with the coming weeks to have extraordinarily strict measures of social distancing. Host even before this disease, if you look at what the federal government can do, based on our Federalist Society and based on the fact that we are 50 states and all of them have their own Health Protocols and etc. , what are the challenges, the roadblocks for t
Saw a briefing yesterday by the White House Task force and a number of news outlets have reported a ramping up, this turn from the president. What did you hear in terms of extra measures that came out of the briefing that caught your ear . Host many countries have been aggressively getting guest many countries have been aggressively doing social distancing. The u. S. Has been very slow to that. Particularly the federal government has not been urging it. Just two days ago for the first time cdc recommended that there should be no gatherings of 50 people or more, which is way too many. The president yesterday said that we should try to avoid gatherings of 10 people or more. Thats probably too many also. But this indicates to me that we are in whole new territory. I have been working on and globaldiseases health through my life and i have never seen anything like this and i think americans should expect in the coming weeks to have extraordinarily strict measures of social distancing. Even
Work on a measure that was approved by the house yesterday providing 8. 3 billion in emergency funds to combat the coronavirus. Senate lawmakers are expect today vote on that measure later this afternoon and work on a bill to reset u. S. Energy and environmental policy. And now to live coverage. U. S. Senate here on cspan 2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. God of us all, thank you for this moment that unites us in the fellowship of prayer. Make us conscious of your presence and unite us in our efforts to do your will on earth. Inspire the hearts and minds of our lawmakers to strengthen the bonds between us, as they seek to live lives of integrity. May no partisanship mar the unity of spirit they must have to make america stronger, wiser, and better. Deliver them from every unworthy motive, as they labor to honor you. Lift their burdens, lessen their fears, and give them you