We wanted to talk to you for a number of reasons. First and foremost, San Francisco seemed to get an early jump on this virus. And that has resulted in fewer deaths and fewer illnesses. What the lessons from your school and from your city . I think you put your finger on it right there. They declared a state of emergency in early february before their being one case in San Francisco. They moved to shelter in place on march 16. We had a few confirmed cases, but no deaths. It did not occur in San Francisco until eight days later. Of fact that the citizens San Francisco are cooperative with those Public Health orders, and for me, the lesson has been the importance of the Academic Health system in the Public Health ecosystem of San Francisco. Host as you look at what has been happening in your city in San Francisco and compare that to the trick, chicago, miami, new york city, washington, dc, what are the lessons . What you tell officials in those states that we have been seeing a high rate
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Additional challenge from the thousands of people but sending hundreds from iran. Plus european 2020 police are deployed outside supermarkets in southern italy as people run out of food and money and fears von briest continued to grow. A math and how to welcome to the program governments around the world a scrambling to find ways to limit the spread of the coronavirus many of imposed restrictions on peoples movements weve also been told to wash our hands and keep out distance from of its in some places especially people if they are ordered to wait months some european governments are now also telling people to cover their faces but opinion is divided well hear from an expert in a moment but 1st this report. Face mosques for years theyve been part of daily life for many in asia and now for parts of europe theyre about to become say to austrias decision to make it compulsory to wear the mosques and supermarkets sparked a debate in neighboring germany. The town of vienna has now become ge
Human beings to refocus our energies, our sense of purpose, and a sense of optimism and they that we will get through these challenging times. Difficult moments that all of us are working through. To reconcile the world we are living in. The need to pay our rent, our mortgage. Educate ourf we can kids at home. And where we are going. We are nothing but a mirror of our consistent thoughts. Whatever we focus on, we find more of. If you are like me, you focus on the nightly news. Anxiety running through those broadcasts. A lot of fear that is induced. Focusing on what this nation and what the world is doing to meet this pandemic headon. That stress is manifest. It israel. All of us work through it differently. No one can moralize how some people deal with it opposed to others. Some people are coping quite well. Others are struggling. Understandably. Because they lost their job and they do not have a paycheck. Because their kids are not at school. Having a hard time sleeping. They are a li
Heeding the call. I think they are doing what they need to do to protect themselves and ultimately, if the seniors and those web health problems, if they are protecting themselves, i think we will be able to get through this ok. That order will be forth coming and we will hopefully have some resolution on the cruise ship we will continue to be working really hard across the state but particularly in southern florida. With that, i will take a couple of questions. Did you want to comment on the Surgeon Generals comments earlier . Governor desantis i had decided president didthe the 30 day extension, to me, people are not just going to go back to work. Thats a National Pause button and i had concerns about how some of that would affect different communities in florida who have not been hit the same way and i dont anticipate getting hit the same way as places like miamidade. I wanted to see what their guidelines would actually say and even the guidelines, they never actually said to do tha