Ricketts brief reporters on the States Coronavirus response monday. He gave an update current case numbers and on the more than 975 hospitalizations. This runs just under an hour. Gov. Ricketts good morning, everybody. Thanks for joining us on the states response to the pandemic. As usual, we will start off by reminding people that with the virus still in our commute, we need everybody to please continue to practice all the tools we gave you, follow our rules to be able to slower slow the spread of the virus. That means we need to keep that six foot of distance between you and other people when we wax you you are in public, and other people when you are in public. Secondsr hands for 20 at a time to kill the virus. Stay home when you are sick. Thats a big deal. I note nebraskans love to work and they want to get back at it. But if youve got any symptoms, you need to stayathome. Please go get tested, but dont go into work if youve got any symptoms. Of course that should be true even if y
[roll call]. Directors, thats seven ayes and item 14 is approved. At this time you are scheduled to go into closed session. We have not yet received any indication that a member of the public wishes to address you on the items listed. However, they have an opportunity to do so now by pressing star 3 if they have already dialed in. Since there is a slight delay between our speaking and sf gov tvs live streaming, we will go ahead about wait about ten seconds or so, giving folks an opportunity to indicate whether they would like to speak on the items for discussion in closed session. All right, it does not appear that any member ts of the public wish to address you on any of the items in closed session. There are a couple of members from staff and the team, so whats going to happen now is the i. T. Function is going to take effect to change your viewing ability, basically exiting the room, if you will, so that the board can get into closed session. I will as well be doing so. So well get
It is armageddon, moments ago the president told fox friends, he would not name his nomination to the court until after the services for Justice Ginsburg are completed, he said he would announce friday or saturday. He said he would move quickly, he said time for a vote before the election. Now look at this, a wall street selloff, major leagues, all kinds of problems for investors, election chaos seems to be a certainty that could even be a constitutional crisis of the Supreme Court has to decide the election and there are only eight sitting justices, there could be a tie. A second wave of virus infections has hit europe, especially britain, there are worries and comes here. China holding military maneuvers as a u. S. Envoy heads to taiwan. Grandpa got up and look what you got. The dow will be down 500, maybe 600 points at the opening bell, the s p 53 points lower in the nasdaq down 170, that is a selloff, in a moment you will hear more from the president because later on today he is he
To account for over half of cases. And i just want to emphasize that we are strategically evaluating our efforts specifically in the Latino Community. Im happy to come back to the commission to report back on those efforts. Weve done a lot, and its clear that we need to continue to do more. This inequity has been with us since the beginning of the pandemic. We are focusing more testing and more testing resources and working more with the Latino Community providing lowbarrier testing. Our Contact Tracing and Case Investigation teams have expanded dramatically, and including providing culturally appropriate services and also providing Wraparound Services in Broader Health care needs and Behavioral Health needs, and youll be happy to know that we continue to offer isolation and quarantine options for people who are not able to safely quarantine at home. But theres certainly more to invest there, and im happy to return to the commission to report specifically on our efforts in the Latino C
Great. Well, i have the privilege of welcoming you all to the september 1, 2020 meeting of the Public Health commission. Welcome to the staff as well as members of the public, and i also have the pleasure of telling you im chairing the meeting today because it was commissioner bernals his 50th birthday, and i cant imagine why anyone would want to take their 50th birthday off. However, hes decided to do so, and so im sure youll join me in wishing him the very best for his birthday. So i guess the next agenda item is the minutes. Yes. Thank you, commissioner. Item 2 is the approval of the minutes of august 18, 2020, and i can check to see if anyone thats in Public Comment, please press star, three to raise your hands. I have a change to the minutes. The minutes show me as present, and i dont believe i was present at that meeting. Thank you. Commissioner, and i apologize for that mistake. That was me. And there was actually somebody with their hand raised, so im going to let me get my tim