Pandemic rch record highs with no signs of slowing down. Researchers are now warning the u. S. Death toll may near 540,000 by april. Today we will speak to one of the worlds leading Infectious Disease doctors, paul farmer, the cofound of partne in health. All of these epidemics find their way to exploit social disparities and inequalities and take their greatest harvest among the pr anvulnerab. E qstion ware aski is does that need to be the case . And of course, the answer is, no, it does not. Amy dr. Paul farmer will talk about the pandemic, health care inequality, and his new book fevers, feuds and diamonds ebola and the ravages of history. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The United States has set yet another world record for daily coronavirus cases and hospitalizations and deaths with over 216,000 infections confirmed thursday and more than 2800 deaths. Nearly 101,000 people are hospitalized with covi
Different announcer earth focus is made possible in part by a grant from anne ray foundation, a margaret a. Cargill philanthropy; the Orange County community foundation; and the farvue foundation. Conegatio. Oh, vicry in jesus, my savior forever, he sought me and he bought me with his redeeming blood. Man it was only 59 years ago that alaska was ratified as a state in the United States of america, and many people involved did not consider much what the original owners of the land already had and wanted to keep. May god continue to bless the inupiaq people, may god continue to bless this land, may god continue to bless the sea from which cometh all of our abundance. And the church said. Congregation amen. Man Arctic Slope Regional Corporation is a company thats tied to the land claims that we were able to achieve in the early days. So, lets go into our boardroom. We have our table here, which is made around the traditional skin boat that we use for whaling. Its a symbol of the principle
[grunting loudly] you cant just take dances with smurfs and call it Something Else [grunting loudly] [school bell rings] [groans] dude, what happened . Youre not doing the morning announcements anymore . No, because it turns out that by rule, the student body president cant also be the morning announcement reader oh, well. At least as president , you can run the school the way you want. I cant do jack i went to my First Student Council Meeting all we did was talk about what colors to make the stupid Sadie Hawkins dance Student Council is retarded [chime sounding] the sun is up, and the birds are chirping. Im casey miller, and these are the morning announcements. I have a letter from second Grade Student brian felner. Brian writes, dear casey, why is our School President such a fat, stupid dickhead . My desk is broken, and so far, eric cartman has done nothing about it. Will you please let that walking bowl of anus pus know that we are not happy . Well, brian, i couldnt agree more. Our
Christmas tree. And just like Everything Else in 2020, thissiers tree is doing the best it can. The Rockefeller Christmas tree in new york city is usually lifts our spirits this time of year. But this area well lets just say that by 2020 standards, its pretty perfect. The tree was put into place atop of rockefeller center. Look at all the holes and it just kind of, i dont know, it kind of loosks look a very, like a Charlie Brown tree, like a large version of the Charlie Brown tree. Trevor into, no, no, no. You leave that poor tree alone. You already killed if, now you are going to make fun of its appearance. Who are you people, do you do this at funerals too, damn, uncle mark, you got fat, look at you, you cant even fit in that casket, anyway, rest in peace, were going to miss you. I mean think about it, that tree has been through a pandemic, a race war and a contested election. I think it deserves a round of applause for just staying upright. And by the way, its not like that tree ask
Chilly out there this morning were seeing clear skies than yesterday but not Crystal Clear in fact if you look out at our sutro tower v you can see that thin veil of low clouds and fog that is sitting right through Sales Force Tower right across the bay itself so that is going to result in a couple of patchy areas remain counter some low visibility on roadways. Both of the coast along the bay and even towards our inland areas, the Central Valley has our heaviest dose of fog this morning, skies will gradually clear and then it sunshine the rest of the day in fact thats going to make one of our coolest morning. So far one of our warmest afternoons of this forecast right now though were still in the 30s for dublin and livermore each at 38 degrees santa rosa youre at 36 when the at 34 degrees right now napa a cool 36 degrees. So yes get the jacket ready to go as you venture out there over to you robin all right, thank you john were checking in on the traffic and its quite busy in some spot