Irs commissioner charles reg. Vice president pence and members of the White House Coronavirus task force held a briefing about the development and distribution of a Coronavirus Vaccine and measures americans could take to protect themselves before a vaccine was available. This is one hour. Good afternoon. We just completed our second eeting this week with members of the White House Coronavirus continued. And weve weve continued to be on the sail mission weve been on hroughout the course of this year and that is to save american lives. To work every day toward that put the coronavirus in the past. m joined today, and you will hear in a few moments, from members of the White House Coronavirus task force including those leading the effort of vaccinations, under operation warp speed, and i think you will be as impressed as i was, at fema earlier today, heard the detailed plans for the virtual Immediate Distribution of vaccines when and become approved available to the American People. From
This is a decrease from the seven days prior when new cases totaled 36,000. And the average Positivity Rate was 28 . At a county level, were seeing that Positivity Rates are beginning to stabilize in maybe areas and these many areas and these are welcome signs and while we may be cautiously optimistic, we have a whole lot of work to do to bring the numbers down to a level where we can safely manage the virus while getting life back to normal. Hospitalizations remain high across the state. But yesterday was the first day and weeks where we saw a slight decrease in the overall number of iowans hospitalized. So this gives us hope as well. But one day is far, far, far from a downward trend. Over the next week, it will be critical that we see hospitalization rates begin to stabilize. Every day we are monitoring it closely and working directly with hospitals and Health Care Systems, to understand their situations and assist as needed. The vast majority of those hospitals continue to be of th
Things are really tight. Traditionally families get together for thanksgiving. It certainly changes. Host what has been the all canonical . What job what has been the economic toll . What jobs have been lost, the industrys, what has it been like . Guest a live across from onntown philadelphia, and any day, the traffic is backed up. T is down to almost nothing people are now seeing the longterm effects of the pandemic. As you know, unemployment ran out some time ago. Eerily, allr not, over the district, Food Insecurity is a big deal. There was Food Distribution several times a week. There. Ough out host who is in those full food lines that you did not think would be in food lines before this . Guest people used to be on the other side of the equation. The ones who would donate to the food banks and help out. Now we have seen that those are the ones on unemployment. Egg they did have, which for most people is very little, and ran out a long time ago. Unemployment made such a difference,
Were reported in another 1962 lives lost yesterday alone. On moree, no deal yet economic aid from capitol hill. We want you to tell washington how the covid19 Pandemic Impact that has impacted your life. In the central part of the country, 202 7488000. Mountain and pacific, 202 7488001. Medical professionals, 202 7488002. Text at 202 s a 7488003. Us or post your comments on facebook. Com hcspan. Lets begin with Vice President mike pence yesterday at the white house. He and others held a briefing. Here is what he had to say. [video] as we begin this briefing increase insive testing in the last 10 months, with ppe and medical supplies and equipment available to the American People, the medicines and therapeutics and soon the vaccines available, america has never been more prepared to combat this virus than we are today. Our pledge to each and every american looking on today is we will work around the clock to keep it that way and make sure hospitals that are seeing patients coming in on