Its an author discussion on the potential longterm effects covid19 will have on society. Hello, im brian tate and i am pleased to welcome you to to the 2020 brooklyn book festival. We are here today with authors paola giordano, Mark Honigsbaum and sonia shah. Im gonna read very brief bios. Mark honigsbaum is a medical historian, journalist, author of five books including the pandemic century 100 years of panic, hysteria, and who works. And the fever trail in search for the cure for malaria. His current elector at City University london. Paola giordano is a physicist and author of four internationally bestselling novels including the solitude of prime numbers, which are sold over a million copies worldwide. His essay how contagion works published in italy at the beginning of the coronavirus emergency as the mathematics of contagion was shared more than 4 million times and help shift Public Opinion in the early stages of the pandemic. Sonia shah is prizewinning author of pandemic trackin
Also president are chief scott of the San Francisco Police Department. We also have a cantonese translator in the back for those that need it. Good evening, everyone. This is the february 19th meeting of the San Francisco Police Commission. We have a special meeting in the ingleside district, this is my Police Station so im really happy to be here. We dont have too full of an agenda tonight, so well allow three minutes for Public Comment. With that, lets get started. Call the first item. Line item 1a. Chiefs report will be limited to a brief description of the significant incidents. Commission discussion will be limited to determining whether to calendar any of the incidents in the chief describes for a future commission meeting. Thanks for welcoming me to ingleside. Im going to be brief in my report today. And ill open it up for questions from the commission. Basically i will discuss our crime trends for the week and for those of the folks in the audience who have not attended a Polic
Also president are chief scott of the San Francisco Police Department. We also have a cantonese translator in the back for those that need it. Good evening, everyone. This is the february 19th meeting of the San Francisco Police Commission. We have a special meeting in the ingleside district, this is my Police Station so im really happy to be here. We dont have too full of an agenda tonight, so well allow three minutes for Public Comment. With that, lets get started. Call the first item. Line item 1a. Chiefs report will be limited to a brief description of the significant incidents. Commission discussion will be limited to determining whether to calendar any of the incidents in the chief describes for a future commission meeting. Thanks for welcoming me to ingleside. Im going to be brief in my report today. And ill open it up for questions from the commission. Basically i will discuss our crime trends for the week and for those of the folks in the audience who have not attended a Polic
Should public transport be Free Luxembourg becomes the 1st country to abolish that for everyone that is the solution to traffic jams and pollution but will the cost of a ticket be paid in other ways this is inside story. But a welcome to the program that clogged in many cities public transport is often the easiest and cheapest way to get around its more environmentally friendly because if you have petrol and diesel cars are on the road its also free if you visit luxembourg its the 1st country in the world to make public transport 0 cost for everybody but not everyone is on board thats alexi abroad or. These ticket machines in luxembourg have become obsolete everyone now gets a free ride on buses trams and trains and the richest and one of the smallest countries in the European Union many cities have taken the same route but luxembourgs government says its the 1st time an entire country has abolished fares for everyone leaders hope their initiative eases congestion reduces pollution and
Which is often the gate way to shortterm treatment, children as young as five and ad old as 17 are back to waiting for assessments in Emergency Rooms or being locked in units. I witnessed firsthand children waiting for Mental Health assessments in the emergency room and in the hallway in between the emergency room and the adult psychiatric emergency services, no place for children experiencing a psychiatric crisis. I think we all agree on that. My experience working with sfusd schools for children with Suicidal Ideation wait for hours in School Offices for someone with Decision Making power to come to assess them, someone who will tell them what the next step will be and where they will go. They are terrified, and their waiting increases their agitation as well as hopelessness. Six years ago, edgewoods crisis stabilization unit opened its doors. Led by director liz scilliado, it has been a place for children. Its a standalone unlocked pediatric setting where children and families recei