So, Health Care Workers absolutely need to be wearing masks. They wear very hightech masks. We have a shortage of those. But theres a second benefit of masks. If we all wear masks in the public, even if theyre crude masks theyre just made out of cloth then the reasoning goes that we will all collectively breathe less particles into the air and be less likely to infect each other. Odonnell so to answer the question, people will ask, why hasnt the recommendation been clear on this from the beginning . I think there have been a number of concerns. The first is that cloth masks, that they dont really protect the awarer very well from anything. So people should not have the sense that if they go out in public with the cloth mask that theyre suddenly protected. Theyre not. They need to do social distancing, just like everybody else. But there is this recognition that people can spread the disease and dont even know it. Thats why there now is were moving in the direction many more Public Heal
We begin with mnuchin envolking crisis era language. On top of that, reports mounting that President Trump has discussed the possibility of firing fed chairman jay powell mulvaney and mnuchin with the fire storm over the weekend. And boycott apple a report out of japan that chinese are avoiding people to avoid the tech joint on this shortened trading day, markets close at 1 00 eastern. Well be closed tomorrow for christmas. Theres a ton to digest starting with the letter from the treasury secretary saying he spoke with the ceos of americas six largest banks. Said the banks confirm ed they had quote ample liquidity. The president has considered firing powell, munuchin along with mulvaney trying to ease those concerns mulvaney saying the president now realizes he cant do that. All this over the weekend leading to all kind of futures reflecting that today. I was really surprised to be quite honest when i saw the news yesterday that mnuchin had called the bank ceos the fact they made it pu
Us. Happy new year. Before we begin, i want to say a word about where our economy stands today. We are entering 2022 in a position of unique economic strength. Six million new jobs a Record Number for a new president have been created since last january. Unemployment is down to 4. 2 . Three years ahead of predictions. New Small Business applications are up over 30 , compared to before the pandemic. And the fastest growth in america in nearly 40 years. America is the only leading economy in the world where the economy as a whole is stronger than it was before the pandemic, even after accounting for price increases. Because we took action with the American Rescue plan and bipartisan infrastructure law, we made important progress. We have begun to change the trajectory of our economy, the one that we inherited, to finally make it work for working people, to build up from the bottom up and middle out. To give working people the wages and benefits they deserve. It encourages more innovation
The avalanche of all the new cases this week is pushing the number of kids being hospitalized to new records, all this as schools across the country get ready to welcome them back from the holidays. Well be joined by education secretary Miguel Cardona and erik adams, who will oversee the nations Biggest School system. Reporter with the pandemic clocking unprecedented numbers of infections, the fda is expected to okay Booster Shots of the Pfizer Vaccine soon for 12 to 15 year olds. The cdc has intensified its warning against Cruise Ship Travel amid dozens of outbreaks. And Health Officials are advising caution on shore too. I would not eat in a restaurant now without a mask. I would absolutely not go into a bar. If you go into a bar now, you are very likely to get covid whether youre vaccinated or not. If youre unvaccinated and you go into a bar, you will come out of it infected. Reporter as predicted the surge is not hitting everyone equally. If you are unvaccinated, you are ten times
Welcome everyone to the fifth installment of our conversations on the olmstead series. President and ceo ofoc the National Association for olmstead parks and the partner of the olmstead campaign. We have at last arrived 2022 and we invite everyone from coast to coast to participate in the array of conferences, tours and more around the country. Please visit olmstead at 200. Org to learn more. Today we are going tot start in mr. Olmsteads neighborhood the community of brookline, massachusetts. Some neighborhoods hold a unique place in history because they were home to an extraordinary individual, and that is the case in the neighborhood of brookline, massachusetts. There Frederick Olmstead and Charles Spring sergeant and others worked in close proximity in the 19th and early 20th century architecture and landscapeay design in ways that continue to reverberate today. Thats why the national nationalassociation parks and or organizations across the country dfought hard to oppose proposed p