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In fact according to shaws estimations every kovac 1000 patient in the hospital today here in the u. S. Is more than likely being cared for by a group of workers carrying over 1000000. 00 in student debt to their names. That is that that that is simply unconscionable and my friends that means we had better start watching all. You want to go on a city street you want to. See the rises you always state see. Graves see this least systemic deception is the late show which. You. Were going to watch in horror so i am and i want i mean sure this is a good weve seen kind of coded 19 this pandemic strip away and expose a lot of the problems that we have in our culture and i think this is another one of those things that god expects pose to in the u. S. Is the fact that youve got doctors and nurses people who are putting their lives on the line their expertise to approach to fight this thing and theyre doing it saddled under you know 4250000 and upwards of that in debt theyre not even get out and i think this is an extremely important thing to highlight because your average your average citizen isnt really thinking about when they think of doctors may think about nurses they see these as highly professional careers these arent for the most part hourly positions they dont think of them as low wage jobs they think of this is something that people are getting back from even though they they paid heavily into their education i think that articles like the one you mentioned showcase and were seeing a lot more of those come out and nurses and doctors speaking out themselves about why the not only why the industry is losing a lot of people but also why you have fewer people actually coming down the pipeline because if you know that youre going to be saddled with hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt youre going to be facing something that could could be another pandemic who knows and youre putting your own life on the line every single day what do you do when. Your parents or your children everyone is going to get out of with this debt when you cant pay it back thats very true those were true and we. For of line the c. D. C. Right now estimates to ripley 10000 u. S. Health care workers reported having a covert 927 have died from an as of mid april just in the United States but they strongly say that the actual figures to that number may actually be even higher than that of those are just the low and estimates its really i mean it blows my mind when you think about it like other countries around the world they actually some of them even pay people to go to Nursing School they actually you know pay they cover that cause you go to the u. K. You can go to Nursing School you can go to they cover the cost you know why it to me and it just irks me so much that we are such a. We just dont care about people in this country that sort of says to me its like we we dont know what will you get arent you going to go out and become a doctor on your own you dont even know youre going to do a job thats going to help people its just its not dont you think people recognize the amount of attention that needs to be paid to this because i know when i was in undergrad there were i went with nursing students students who would eventually become doctors they worked 2 jobs on top of their externship swithin nursing facilities across the country so they were people who knew the debt low when they got out the majority of them dont come from middle class or even wealthy families so they know that this is going to be a task for them but theyre still willing to jump into this profession right now over 60 percent of the nurses that were seeing in new york city and other cities across the country that have been called in or retired nurse and those retired nurses are still paying back the debt that they had 2030 plus years ago when they actually got their degree and i think you broke the good point its not saying that not all doctors are a lot of doctors theres a lot of doctors down the line especially in Plastic Surgery know who are swimming and swimming in money you know but thats when you look at the Health Care System as a whole you cant just focus on like the one small subject of like surgeons and people like that who make money and make money because of the expertise of what they do. You know that theyre able to pay off that debt real quick i mean the average debt doctors are saddled with after medical school this is doctors. 2 in 21200000. 00 now imagine your student loan that youre trying to pay off its 3040. 00 maybe 50000. 00 a magine 200000. 00 hanging over your head thats brutal with the Interest Rates going up if. Its blue its also really painstaking process because these are the people who they expect to go in this next generation of nurses and doctors and its not going to happen in the majority of places across this country there are in rural areas clinicians where you might only have 3 to serve an entire city or servants higher county and one of those reasons is because they simply cannot afford the debt load to be able to you know save their communities from potentially deadly things i mean i. Think that we should start truthfully if we can give you know universal lifting of Public School university you know Higher Education to the people at least start focusing on key groups at least start there and a lot of people are there was actually 5 or 1000 people started to move petition to include forgiving Student Loan Debt for Health Care Providers and even the American Medical Association the countrys largest association of physicians they actually wrote a letter to Congress April 7th asking for federal student loan forgiveness specifically to Health Care Workers and things like that so hopefully they see in that letter they said for those residents in early graduate medical students with that average is 200000. 00 we urge congress to provide at least 20000. 00 a bible student loan forgiveness or 20000. 00 tuition we will see if that holds. Desperate times call for Desperate Measures who would have guessed a police union known for its brutality racism and Human Rights Violations would team up with the nations largest Civil Liberties Advocacy Organization the american Civil Liberties union a. C. L. U. With the support of the paternal order of police is calling on chicago mayor louis likely to end the citywide checkpoints put in place due to the corona virus pandemic she. Police set up checkpoints across the city to him for state wide state home waters officers stationed in multiple districts would stop drivers and hand out flyers to people reminding them to not make unnecessary trips outside of their homes according to the Chicago Tribune though this Public Health p. S. A. In action was well intentioned it didnt take long before community and civil Rights Groups surrounded and sounded the alarm while c. P. T. Spokespeople argue that the increased Police Presence is part of a Public Health agenda civil Rights Groups say checkpoints put black and brown people at risk for increased exposure to cope with 19 right now in chicago 70 percent of the bridge of the virus are black according to american Civil Liberties spokesperson during this pandemic Law Enforcement should be looking to reduce contacts not increase them in forcing 2 dozen checkpoints each day across the city creates a risk of further spreading the coronavirus to members of the c. P. D. And to residents. He went on to express his concerns over Public Health being used as a cover for race based policing tactics the return order of police agreed with the a. C. L. U. Reinforcing the importance of needlessly exposing officers to cope with 90. Funny how the fop an organization that just a few months ago argued not only in support of Police Brutality but against payouts to the families of those murdered by the cops now cares about human life. Mayor life but has some tough decisions to make will she listen to the a. C. L. U. And c. P. D. Or keep moving forward with heavy handed Public Health policies. Thats a tough question put across her desk and honestly i look at it like this like i understand you shouldnt dont put the police and danger nor put other people in danger look if people are stupid enough they want to get in a big big old group and stand in their neighborhood and hold hands and cough on each other or whatever you know. Theyre going to do that you know you cant stop that same thing where protests have been want to meet out in front of the Governors Mansion they want to go to the capitol and drive their cars around in a circle theyre going to do that these stand home orders rip remember this isnt martial law. They cant arrest you for leaving your home least they shouldnt be however its kind of the uniform thing of the government saying no please stay at home to keep safe you dont need to be putting cops in harms way and exacerbating the tensions that are already existing in society through these coach art forms exactly and the funny thing about this is for anybody whos been on social media over the past few weeks there been means upon means of lori light light laurie light put the mayor of chicago popping up in your fridge telling you dont go there new there in parks and other recreational places soon as you you know open your door and people thought it was funny it was a lighthearted way to show that shes really trying to make sure that the city is safe specifically africanamerican communities within the city because they have such a large proportion of people who are actually getting sick and dying for corona from coronavirus but the bigger question for me happens to be just looking at these checkpoints across the city where. The checkpoints are in many cases these are places that had elevated by lance levels already so you have individuals who are saying ok well this is just added policing that is just unnecessary but youre also having police argue that we want to protect ourselves we dont want to get sick however these are the same police who will stop you for nonsensical things that have nothing to do with stay at home boarders at all you know theyre still in forcing their use of regulations for petty crimes and things like that and they somehow dont think coburn 1000 is an issue there theyve got to keep theyve got to keep the money machine go and theyve got to keep it could do to continue and all that and getting that like an extra layer of hidden tax of just being a poor person in this country especially poor person the colors of the you know what were going to get you for that money that we normally get now that you have to stay indoors will that lou thats our loss of income for us you know him its sad to see that its sad too that its like look at youre going to do checkpoints do them universally across the board if youre going to go to that extent then make it universal dont just focus on the neighborhoods that you want to call bad neighborhoods or those neighborhoods that you already have a magnifying glass on and you know crushing those people spirit because they do feel like they live in a police state that shouldnt do that and the other piece is that the. Better off the fraternal order of police and the a. C. L. U. In chicago specifically dont have the best relationship i dont know they have a long history of back and forth wrangling and wrangling they feel you have multiple lawsuits and one against the city of chicago and the Chicago Police department specifically around Police Brutality but also around illegal surveillance and several other things as of just last year so its interesting to see them now come together on this that a lot of the oddest couple of couples its amazing i mean thats so you know that its got to be like when you see the a. C. L. U. And the paternal or Police Actually say you know what were going to hold hands on this woman you know like ok than maybe as a city you cross the line you know and i think its important for other cities around the country around the around the world to kind of look at this and say ok what point is us telling critique or. People to stay home and be safe when does it cross the line and when does that then just apply the protests that we saw earlier this week and theres abuse of those classic things that we as a society have to be talking about and have to be looking at at what point does staying safe cross the line i will always side on the right of human life i always say you know what staying safe number one priority same time is still going to keep people credible so they do not abuse your rights in that process absolutely you know it is that but yeah i never thought i would see that and what that line looked like because we talked about that i think thats a very important things to know between liberty and Public Health because thats something that is something that is mean grapple with right now even outside of chicago chicago is in the spotlight because of some what many would consider overzealous but what is that line that is that is the biggest important question of the day good question good question are as we go to break remember that you can also start watching the hawks on demand to the brand new portable t. V. App available on smartphones through google play on the Apple App Store by searching simply portable t. V. Or stream us to your t. V. By downloading this portable t. V. App guessed it apple t. V. Or online at portable t. V. This app will be available on more devices coming soon and speaking of coming soon coming up we will be joined by freelance journalist adrian car song and a Software Developer eli seo about their project 19 behind bars. Which helps track the spread of a coronavirus in prisons and jails across the United States really good work theyre doing you dont want to miss this state to watch. This is like a horse race where its like the marathon there are 200. Trees were doing on the bench. And the question is which take me place out to save most lives and companies because you see matter of saving both. Your city somebody. Has to let me see yes. I was on the floor some things in my bathroom you know trying praying. 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The american criminal Justice System combines almost 2300000 people one in 2 adults in the us has had a Family Member in jail or prison and incarceration nation doesnt show any signs of slowing down desperate pleas from Justice Reform advocates Families Community members and activists are ramping up as covert 19th sweeps through jails and prisons with nowhere to turn and time running out there are many questions how can you stop the spread in prisons and jails where do prisoners go once they are released can they be quarantined piecemeal responsiveness from state leaders at least prisoners and their families hopeless and time is running out americas Homeless Population and its incarcerated one face similar constraints Mental Health needs unemployment lack of housing and in many cases addiction ed being black or brown or l g b t to the mix and the endless web of despair its even more complicated. Ways of tracking covert 1000. 00 communities are steadily emerging but not much headway is being touted on tracking metrics for the incarcerated joining us now to discuss a new project designed to track over its impact on prisoners and war is journalist and reporter. And Software Developer. Thank you both for coming on the shoulder there was a lot to talk about in releasing prisoners but the bigger question is what happens if and when they are released you know i think its group but theyre being released but it doesnt know its kind of a lot of foreign crime in the prior potentially because where do these prisoners go now that theyre released to start with the word room. Thanks jesse thanks for having me on i think its incredibly important that we make the connections between incarceration. And also the Housing Movement lots of people who are reentering society may not have a stable place to go. And it brings up the question of how do Homeless People who are in scene and stay at home when they dont have a home and how do we have her van and the virus thats being spread behind bars from entering communities and further exacerbating it. So people who return to her will obviously face the traditional barriers to free entry in the ways that the state has not been able to support them in reentering society but on top of that you are not able to go to the Welfare Office to apply for welfare if you dont have a printer doesnt matter if youre not able to access the Community Resources that youre able to and youre also having that added layer of protection whether you have Health Care Even if you are positive you dont have health care you dont have a doctor what do you do in that situation so if youre lucky enough to go into a shelter. And say that you have addictions and are able to be sober how do we know if shelters are practicing. How to how do we know if shelters are practicing what is recommended when we know by the truth of the cars that this is a spreading within so theres a real absence of need on behalf of the state to. Prevent this from being spread by. People who are being recently released and it just reveals the truth that we already know that reentry support services is pretty not existant for people and especially if you are a drug user if youre. Black or brown if youre just able to any of those things can be straw men despair is on top of living post incarceration. And age arent you touched on this a little bit but what types of Reentry Services specific to this pandemic do you think are necessary and do you think that theyre actually going to come about in terms of having tools once these individuals do get out of jail or prison. Yeah i mean its something to mention is that a lot of these services were inadequate from the beginning because people have been on the street theres a high correlation so even the support that is available to people is not accessible so in particular with Affordable Housing accessible housing a lot of that is not available to people but it requires a lot of people where youre apart is a lot of bureaucracy a lot of Recovery Services and programs that would otherwise be available to folks who are interested in recovery do have substance issues theyre not i. As open as they would be a lot of workers are at home so theyre physically youre not able to lay go in. And have your health care as you would if youre relying on telemedicine thats great and all but what happens if you dont have a phone if you dont have a computer if you dont have reliable wife. So i think it really raises a lot of questions about the lack of support that we are getting you to be true but on top of it you know how many workers like what is deemed essential in supporting people who are reentering and you know what are the barriers that already existed. I want to move over to you know the pope at 19 behind bars i think is a project is a much needed True Community service what youre doing there tell us a little bit about what inspired it what it is and what inspired everyone to do this and how does it actually work. Sure the project is actually less by a. Developer of the project from the get go i just helped develop a lot of the tech stock around it but the inspiration for the project essentially was that there is not really any good centralized tracking mechanism for tracking the cases of over 90 in prisons and jails in this country. Partially because of how. How many different layers there are of incarceration between state federal and county to city levels and also just. Even once you get to like all of those different layers not many of the necessarily publish information particularly readily so the idea of the project was to have a website to report on this information and also to be able to collect this information and part of the reason why is because a fair number of these agencies are incarcerated people are not releasing information on this so the only real way to get Accurate Information is to. Have people. Report or have people report. Cases that they know of in. Facilities was not hard for you to put together as a programmer i mean how difficult was it getting that information is there sort of since you know these people are really forthcoming a lot of times where the disease years in prison and things like that was it hard getting that information and then trying to program a system that was easily readable for people to kind of look at at home and say oh wow ok this person that mark calls and or my brother or my sisters and its its running like rampaging there. So mostly for this week were really for shit that google maps has a pretty nice interface that we were to us for that but there were definitely additional things that we kind of do on the side. One of the other things is weve had like an anonymous form that allows people to submit information. Is nice because. At it. When youre dealing with people who are incarcerated is generally good provides for that ability to have more Accurate Information. Because theres less of an ability for interest to be traced back to people that you fear of retribution or anything along those lines you know i think were having a mission i can both agree that you guys are doing some great work up there and thank you for coming on today and telling us a little bit about what youre working on there and i think its a good Community Service that youre doing thank you so much and to go where it is to bring all this up. And Software Developer you are set up thank you very much for coming on today. Thank you for having us. If all the images of wildlife emerging flowers in bloom in clear skies dont warm your heart i dont know what will nature is a beautiful landscape an eco system a wonder that we are entrusted with protecting the Green New Deal and Global Climate protests reinvigorated and breathe new life into the Environmental Movement but as much as democrats and progressives have been on the front lines of this in recent years it was republicans they got it started birthday was celebrated for the 1st time in 1970 by president Richard Nixon over 20000000 people from across the u. S. Plane and attended earth may have been biting pollution and pledging to make our world sustainable for years to come it was also rickson who created the Environmental Protection agency and signed the clean water and Clean Air Act though this year earth day may look different without its traditional large gatherings you can still do your part. 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You know told to shut up what theyd kill me and i see how it destroyed my life many screamed at me and he made me come in and he grabbed my arm and he write me with his birthing area if you take into account that women dont report because of the extreme retaliation and its probably somewhere near about half a 1000000 women have now been sexually assaulted in the us military rape is a very very traumatizing thing to have happen but ive never seen trauma like ive seen women who are veterans who have suffered military sexual trauma reporting rape is more likely to get the victim punished them the offender i had an almost 10 year career or chose very invested in and i gave that up to report a sex offender who was not even put to justice or put on the registry this is simply an issue of our violent male sexual predators for the large part of target whoever is there to prey upon whether thats a man or woman. The for. Her. Welcoming our viewers from around the world live from Central London this is r. T. U. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson promises a road map out of lockdown but keeps the nation waiting for details as the coronavirus death toll continues to rise thats as big as revealed those in deprived areas are more than twice as likely to die with 90. A 3rd of u. K. Patients admitted to hospital with coronavirus could die from the disease with Chronic Health conditions like obesity playing a key role harvey talking to our hearts pressure list. A survey finds hard to tell Service Workers are struggling to cope with the pressures of fighting the virus thats experts caution against putting too much strain on the frontline stopped by calling them heroes probably talking to a local doctor. And a charity made up of former members of the special forces to live is much needed p. P. D. To hospitals and care homes amid the ongoing drought over shortages on the front line. Welcome to our 2 u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnsons promise of a comprehensive road map for lifting long down measures keeps the u. K. Waiting as the death toll continues to rise thats his figures reveal those from poorer areas are significantly more likely to die from coronavirus. Street joins me now with the latest so the shot yet so could what could the u. K. s lock down actually look like of course Boris Johnson is down back in action of course yesterday he took to the podium once more after suffering from vic 19 his return though very much needed for the country and politicians alike who worked him on doing some sort of exit strategy try to look at exactly what. A postdoc down britain might look like now been struck to didnt give away all the answers but he did it give away some details of what in his words are a menu of options a road map of what exactly the u. K. Could expect to get back on track now the key driver of this wide ranging strategy is to keep our number down thats the reproductive rate of the virus meaning the number of people the average person could infect now at the peak of this pandemic that number was more at around 3 and now britain has got back to 0. 7 so its well below one but still wants to keep it that way and so therefore social distancing measures will be kept in place now we could also anticipate the facemasks will play a massive role scotland has already recommended their use in public the u. K. Government yet to officially recommend it as official advice but or assurance and just yesterday at that daily press of saying that they would be useful today were hearing from downing street the effects of be weak but still very positive indeed as for reopening things then and trying to return even to a semblance of normality schools could be opened in a stock approach to education secretary Gavin Williamson mentioned this and said that different age groups could be allowed back into the can of the classroom so continuing this phased approach then different parts of the country could open up before others michael gove has said that britains islands could see the lockdown lifted before the rest of the country however crucially there has been no dates put in stone yes its a mapping out its a path to a destination but we dont know when any of this could happen the issue is whether or not the United Kingdoms lock down approach will be a unified one we know in the absence of Boris Johnson the devolved nations have almost gone never in separate ways by publishing and producing their own set of guidelines for instance over in scotland nicholas judge and the 1st minister of scotland she said that if she thought it necessary she would lift the measures well before the rest of the United Kingdom but as for wales the 1st minister over there thats something that he would rather not do he would like to see the United Kingdom do it in a very unified way. Im in favor of a fool you should approach we went in to look them together on the same terms on the same day i would like to see this come to look down on the same basis. So you would be forgiven for forgetting what exactly how long weve been in this lockdown period because the days of course rolling into one we are now at the end of the 6 week period and while the United Kingdom the general feeling is one of frustration a lot of boredom according to an abscess mori poll the majority of brits in fact 2 thirds of brits would still be quite uncomfortable about going back into the public in terms of bars and restaurants music and Sports Events and even Public Transportation but breaking that down in terms of categories of age well the 18 to 34 year old category they would be much more comfortable and much more is to remain to get back to their normal stage. Also in terms i think we have some we have some new figures coming in as well but one of the covered figures the numbers actually looking right well just bear in mind just yesterday Boris Johnson said that the United Kingdom was past the peak of this virus saying that there was a downward slope or downward trajectory in the latest figures we have at the moment is that over the last 24 hour period the number has jumped by 352 in england bring the total to 409 dance jump in the last 24 hour period and then in total since the outbreak began that is now at 27180 just a reminder that its now across all settings so that includes hospital deaths and indeed care home deaths as well now all of this comes as the office for National Statistics have revealed that people in poor parts of the country are more likely to die from the coronavirus than those who live in affluent areas on average the most deprived areas in england and wales experienced over 50 deaths per 100000 people thats more than double the ratio for some of the most affluent areas 118 percent to be exact the figures also show that the capital has the highest private 19 mortality rate with all the 80 deaths per 100000 people and if we split that down into london bars we can see that new him is the worst affected area with over 140 deaths per 100000 its followed closely by brant and hackney as i do say though the Prime Minister has stressed that we are past the peak of this virus he also stressed just yesterday that right todays are ahead but still they could be a long way off day here some of those figures still over 400 people how do you thank you very much indeed thank you. Well in the meantime its been revealed that a substantial number of those patients admitted to hospital in the u. K. With coronavirus have died. The latest research which is yet to review by experts claims that over 30 percent of patients go on to die from the disease while over 50 percent of those in hospitals with coronavirus have preexisting conditions the report also highlighted the most Significant Health risk factor after chronic illnesses is obesity increasing the risk of death by 37 percent or meanwhile a cardiologist has drawn attention to the fact that Boris Johnson suffered more severe complications than his cabinet colleagues Health Secretary that one called his name is dr seema true hunty choice may not. Talk about how to thank you very much indeed for joining us while the Prime Minister said he went into hospital priest colleagues words i mean how much can extra weight put your risk and how much extra weight were talking about. Well its a very good question i had been looking and analyzing the states well before code 19 actually hit our shores and up to that point it was quite clear that chronic diseases associated with obesity were increasing the risk of mortality in terms of increasing the risk of death in some cases up to 10 times if you have a combination of risk factors and whats interesting in 1000 the last flu pandemic its clear that people with the city specifically seem to have it worse outcomes from flu and seem to carry the virus for longer so when the Prime Minister you know very very concerning at the time got me to the hospital that was an observation observation of mine that you know it was interesting that the rest of the cabinet. Didnt seem to be as badly affected of course hes a multifactorial issues but the reality is that the root of this problem which hasnt really been tackled in fact is also the root of our Health Crisis but its a Health Care System under strain is a fact and the General Health of the u. K. Population and many parts of western europe as well is pretty dire so more than 60 percent of all populations of weight are obese and more specifically conditions such as a metabolic syndrome is actually responsible for most of the ill health driving the Health System to be under pressure so to put in perspective in america and off data is probably quite similar only one in 8 people kate a mess of all the clean healthy so theres something we need to drastically do about that the good news a positive news and this is something that you know i have research something i practice with my patients as well as you can reverse many of these risk factors a certainly helped people come off medications and reduce risk with just a few weeks of dietary changes and the context in the big picture is poor diet now is responsible for 11000000. 00 deaths globally and if you die it is also responsible for more disease chronic disease and death. Then physical inactivity and smoke came out called combine into the real pandemic is one of port diet which unfortunately is driving death rates and people in mind saying they also dont have a large were looking at in direct deaths is why dont we have a city does increase those other risk factors that we know already about high Blood Pressure type 2 diabetes and cancer as well and that adds to the overall strain and also i long term effects doesnt it oh absolutely you know and this is something that we havent really tackled very well in that you know the it was both Health Organization 2004 now kate so were talking one of the 15 years ago announce that there was a Public Health Public Health crisis with obesity but no nation has really tackled effectively and the reason we havent tackled it is because a lot of this is rooted in the Food Environment thats the biggest factor so we have normalized junk food to the extent that more than 50 percent of the british diet is now ultra processed foods in essence packaged foods that comes high in sugar and starch and unhealthy oils its full of additives and preservatives its nutrient deplete and i think there is evidence suggesting some Addictive Properties that encourage overreaching so this is more than 50 percent the diet you know even our hospitals unfortunately become a branding opportunity for the junk Food Industry and thats that for no surprise that more than 50 percent of that excess employees are also white or obese so really this is a major problem we need to think about its happening head on and what i said and i wrote this in an article in european science is a couple weeks ago you know weve had a very powerful and effective message from the government saying stay home protect the n. H. S. And save lives i would add to that each real sued protect the n. H. S. And save lives and now is the time to do that in a funny does not have a very quick question weve seen from shadows report there are divisions among social deprivation also we know about move this is amongst ethnic minorities is this an issue of environment working in key jobs like the n. H. S. Or also attitudes to diet and fitness. Ok its a very good question its probably a combination of both so you know people the social inequalities do tend to unfortunately mean that people from poor backgrounds do get worse effects that without outcomes thats well known but looking at whats actually even biologically happening there its very likely that poor diet is the key there are a key factor there as well. Amongst black asian ethnic minority groups interestingly these Metabolic Diseases ive talked about how at least a 2 fold increase of problems compared to asians in the u. K. So that again is probably the driving factor that cultural environmental but certainly you know and i come from you know im a British Asian im a British India and i have grown up in an environment with a lot of people from those backgrounds and sadly there is a big issue that needs to be addressed head on which i totally want do moving forward a lot of the food that is being eaten in these communities these very highly processed sugary foods and this is a big problem they dont to say monitor some fascinating to us i thank you for joining us thank you. Well lets turn to the latest coronavirus biggest as they emerge from the u. K. s home nations the u. K. Why death toll has passed 27000 as n. H. S. England revealed a further 352 deaths the scottish 1st minister today and that 40 more deaths in scotland since thursday and wales has reported 17 new deaths since the day and Northern Ireland has reported for an official government announcement is expected later this afternoon. Well the 1st minister of wales monterrey could has promised to give over 64000 social care workers a 500 pound bonus and made a growing number of covert 9000 deaths in care homes and the 1st minister of scotland nicholas sturgeon has announced plans to accelerate coronavirus testing in the country particularly n. Care homes. And for a global picture of the pandemic we turn to the latest available data almost 3300000 people are now infected with covert 19 according to Johns Hopkins university in the u. S. Which collates worldwide data and nearly a quarter of a 1000000 people have lost their lives as a result of the Global Pandemic or russias Prime Minister recall be sure to mishas them has tested positive for corona virus becoming the highest ranking russian official to be infected while a german court has ruled in favor of allowing public demonstrations during the pandemic some protesters have been arrested for breaking social distancing rules and for the 1st time in french history major a wont be want on the streets of france with its usual scenes of tear gas and Police Closures instead people will protest from buccaneers and windows was alone demonstrators heading to the streets of paris. And still to come the sound the survey finds more than half of n. H. S. Staff mentally struggle with the pressure of fighting on the front lines of the pandemic well hear from a doctor. 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V. News channel and a medical Association Found almost 6 in 10 of those n. H. S. Workers were unable to cope with the stresses caused by working on the frontline the emotional toll has been so bad for some that 11 percent said theyve been left feeling suicidal because of the pressure while a small minority a little over 3 percent admitted to self harming over the course of the outbreak a lack of adequate support was also identified with nearly half of those who responded saying not enough support has been made available during this time when it comes as a Mental Wellbeing guide for n. H. S. Workers advices the public against describing them as heroes or angels the guide argues this part puts unfair pressure on staff to be brave instead it suggests Greater Embassy communication and empowerment for medical staff the Doctors Association said it was important for the public and media to remember that medics were just the same as the rest of the population it is critical that we remember the Health Care Workers do not have superpowers they are people with their own families and private lives im all have been affected as much as the rest of the population by the look down and lack of their usual coping strategies they hear rhetoric that we have heard so much of in the media was depreciated does little to support the Mental Wellbeing of stuff you feel unable to speak out about the difficulties. Well for more on this im joined by broadcaster and dr conduct to contact you very much for joining us lets look at the survey that 350 people were included but does it be accurately reflect how the rest of the n. H. S. Work has failed i think i think the vast majority of n. H. S. Work is he working at the front line are feeling stressed in some way or form d the outbreak because it has increased outward bloat and you know were seeing a lot more patients who are sick and sadly died and what we would normally see and that has an emotional toll on anyone no matter how much training you has added to that theres a pressure of worry that youre worried that you get it get the viruses the pressure is there going to be north keep the lead but one thing that always comes back to me whenever i talk to my colleagues is that theyre worried about bringing the virus back with infecting their families and and as that he said you know weve all got families out open and they they are considered we arent heroes when no angels and i look at those owns their precious as as as well being as they are and i appreciate that. Pressure and it makes you think you cant talk about feeling all scared or nervous and ill admit to being scared to look very thorough its time i had to go in see my foot screw vacations it was scary it was very early on and im dead it made it so much about it and and outland so i was scared ill continue to do so you know it was a scary experience do you think that the Mental Health everybodys looking at physical health of a state during a pandemic but do you think Mental Health gets overlooked in the times of crisis especially as you say when there are so many other questions like shortages of p. P. A. And so forth. Well i think whats happened is a lot of theres been a lot of focus on Mental Health of the people who are in lockdown and how to best kind of get out and exercise and that will be good the Mental Health of go out in the fresh air but this be very little focus on the Mental Health of all people its not just any chest work as you know if you work in supermarkets postal workers delivery drivers all of them are putting themselves out there every day at risk of getting the virus and coming over that in economies is being very little focus a lot and i am actually proud to say that some Mental Health charities the samaritans mind hospice u. K. s put out a call joint forces and put together something called our front line which is Mental Health support for every single key worker out there do you think that the government should be doing more could be doing more to help in that sense in terms of Mental Health well the n. H. S. Is certainly focused on it and now and they are offering help and there is support support available for n. H. S. Work and this help lines that they can they can call but are i would like the government to extend that to beyond n. H. S. Workers and really focus on all key because it is you know be at it like is it that we get a lot of kind of recognition as any chance workers and i sometimes i feel for the people who arent getting that recognition was still going to work and but then you know that theyve got the same stresses that we have but they havent got the recognition that sometimes n. H. S. Workers get and that will be adding to their Mental Health issues david on you said that you dont want to be called a hero or something called angels as well but surely that is fighting the virus on the front line they dont worry too much by a little bit of praise are they and you can also patient that the public actually in a time like this when some heroes to look up to quit. Yeah i know i did and every thursday you know that means so much to is and the recognition it reaches youre getting from the British Public is is is really really important and i cant stress that we are very very grateful for ringback it but some days when we go to work we dont feel like heroes and we dont feel like soldiers and it doesnt feel like a war where you know were just individuals who are scared about getting a potentially lethal condition and weve been trained to manage Infectious Diseases and to manage sick patients that we were never trained to call our lives at risk as a result and thats been thrust on as we weve risen to the challenge and the people they are doing every day are amazing but that was never part of the training so we went not sort of we havent had that level of training it is extraordinary times isnt it dr khan thank you very much for joining us and hes. Well former special forces have been supplying frontline protective kit as the route over shortages intensifies r. T. U. Case is rally has more thank you very much let me thank you thank you so much dropping off again thank you very much thank you very much thank you governor. As the coronavirus pandemic continues hundreds of lives are lost daily but is the ongoing battle to get personal protective equipment to medical staff which continues to dominate the headlines and make the efforts to tackle the crisis so much more difficult. The government has blamed Delivery Logistics and the global shortage while critics say it was simply unprepared and failed to implement its own pandemic planning report. But amidst the rout local groups continue to step in and help where they can the Pilgrim Bandits Charity made up of former british soldiers are one such organization and i perform in p. P. Drop offs to n. H. S. Staff in care homes across london we see the show which is oh all the. The distribution it is slowly the distribution of the p. P. What we were able to do was purchase p. P. With the money that we had within the charity and then distributed to the places that needed the money where we see we spoke to a lot of the people within our marriage. And they point to should the right direction the government claim to have provided 1000000000 pieces of people to those on the front line however since so much that those figures were inflated by over 273 point 5000000. 00 with individual gloves being counted a single unit of p. P. We asked the government and it is for a comment but didnt get a reply meanwhile doctors continued to challenge the governments record and question whether it could have acted sooner it needed that this was coming it needed it would need protection it didnt take heed from what was happening with the rest of the world at the end of the day we dont care where the equipment comes from as long as were protected but its unreasonable to expect for such an important thing to expect charities to be supplying we shouldnt have to rely on charities for the eck soldiers the supply chain problems are understandable in a Global Pandemic but they say they stand by to help out in any way they can the government has now recognized that it needs to support the care home so i put in a good strategy now to support their state which it is a little bit slower as we all know but you know its its a pandemics a Global Pandemic and everyone is struggling eh. 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You can work 40 hours in a week and still not have enough to get housing everybody believes america still is the way of opportunity the reality of those who were not financially equality and the lack of Affordable Housing for a living minimum wage gave many people new choice you know theres been a problem with the city knows turn to china told me stay away i dont hold this call to consider that there is no answer because of the records we sourced the most vulnerable and abandoned on the streets to become invisible comes. Corner virus regimes across the planet keeping millions in lockdown sware has chosen its way it has a pretty unique approach to this is and business is running well to talk about this im joined by challenge futurist economist innovative speaker and best selling author. Can also feature is economists in a native speaker best selling author great having back on our show welcome. Oh actually it was a different show it was called so he can now do so he can visionaries and he has a true visionary when i hear your views and pronounces oh whatever is going on who we started with sleep in your country so unlike other countries soon clear and higher everyone puts sort of an entire single lockdowns impose stranger social distancing measures against even chose every mild strategy schools open restaurants bars barbershops can bring in Swedish Health authorities stand by the response and they claim this measures are effective so thats true why arent other countries rushing to actually have twice what is approach well i think the reason is simple there are very few swedish people in france or in italy or in turkey you cant