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Sides and i appreciate his openness to understanding our concerns here. And i specifically am happy about two amendments that supervisor farrell, the department of Public Health and my office have developed. The first would require the department of Public Health to create a team of advocates to work with an individual to attempt to convince him or her to accept voluntary Services Every time a petition for assisted outpatient treatment is requested. This team would consist of a forensic psychologist, a Family Member, and a peer advocate, and the law would actually prescribe the specificity of what the department of Public Health would be required to do. This team would work with the individual to attempt to convinc ....
It does require the courts involvement, which for some individuals can be a traumatic thing. Overall it provides crucial treatment for patients whose Mental Illness itself prevents them from recognizing that they in fact need treatment and will be able to benefit from it. I want to underscore that in the department of Public Health there are over 30,000 individuals each year who are treated in a voluntary way. The overwhelming majority of individuals who receive treatment do so in a completely voluntary way. These services that are provided by the department of Public Health will be accessible to this small population of individuals who are at very great risk for harm coming to them in the community. Its an effort to provide treatment that can potentially allow them to live a more satisfying and recoveryoriented life. So o ....
Mask mandate, that is something the Iowa Governor still refuses to implement. Is President Trump concerned about this . It doesnt appear so. He was just over the border in wisconsin yesterday and did not mention coronavirus whatsoever, not a single word. And yet another sign of the federal governments chaotic response to coronavirus, a medical panel at the national i institute of health is contradicting President Trump and the fda saying there is no evidence to support the use of convalescent plasma to treat covid patients. Lets talk about that in a second. But new research does show that steroids may imapproval the survival rate. Liz wed Elizabeth Cohen is standing by with that. What does the analysis show. They found that steroids do appear to save lives and thi ....
Holiday weekends. First lets go to cnns nick valencia for more on the warnings ahead of labor day and this is a concern of fauci and others because the data showed us there were spikes after memorial day and july 4th. Reporter thats right, and we continue to see cases pop up across the country with the midwest now being the latest hot spot. It is ground zero, it seems right now for the Coronavirus Spread in the United States and places like south dakota where we saw the surges rally just a couple of weeks ago. Cases surging after that. Iowa, just in the last week, a 77 increase in cases and part of that according to the White House Coronavirus task force has to do with university spreading and its something that dr. Deborah birx with the task force is very concerned about. A strong message from her ahead of l ....
Still blue tarps from hurricane laura not six weeks ago that came through. This is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Live look in new york. Beautiful on a saturday morning. Top of the hour now. Turning towards washington. As many as 2,000 people could be at the white house. President trump is hosting an event, the first public event since being hospitalized for covid19 symptoms. The white house hasnt released the results of his most recent test this morning. The president took it yesterday. Youll hear more about the state of his health in his own words. Also this morning, the second president ial debate has been canceled. He refused to debate joe biden virtually. Well tell you what they are scheduling instead. Cnns Sarah Westwood is with us. If they are expecting 2,000 people at the white house. Dr. An though if i fauci said. We are expecting the presi ....