Good morning. The committee has come to order. One thing, i want to thank the witnesses for your testimony. Those appearing in person, traveling to d. C. To give it orally, and, also, answer our questions. The title of this hearing now is, i guess, examining the u. S. Approach to early covid19 treatments. I thought it was i originally set out a title of early treatments for covid, a essential component of a covid solution. It was inevitable that the coronavirus pandemic to be politicized into the tragedy it was. From the start, i knew it was impossible to have a perfect response. We were facing a new virus. No one wanted to underreact, and as a result i feared the tendency would be overreact. The challenges facing us were daunting. Our National Strategic stockpile had been reduced during the h1n 1 pandemic. It took time to develop a test. The fact that a large percentage of people that become infected exhibit no symptoms made the coronavirus even more difficult to detect and contain. I
State Health Leader say people in the red or purple counties shouldnt be gathering inside at all. Thats basically that is the entire bay area. On a statewide level the governor is in the ruling out a curfew. Every option is still under consideration to help stop the spread. He added the california is also tightening rules on the states mask mandate. Not much of a change from whats in place. Heres what to know. You must wear a mask. In e time you leave your house. Unless you are alone in your car or with your mebs of your household. Counties moving backwards because cases are spiking upward. Hospitals seeing an influx of patients and many of them are in the icu. A closer look. We saw this before when the hospitals were just overrun. We are starting to see that again. Hospitalization and admissions have gone up over 35 . Just in the last two weeks. That percentage appears to be growing quickly. Our county like many counties is seeing a significant and rapid up tick in cases. Its not just
White americans. Unfortunately, this information about distrust and medical systems like a significant role on these outcomes. Last monday, had the pleasure speaking with the doctor, an emergency physician visiting professor of health, policy and management and the George Washington University Institute school of Public Health. The doctor previously served as the Health Commissioner for the city of baltimore. She led the nations oldest operating Health Department to fight the Opioid Epidemic and print child health and treat racism as a Public Health issue. The doctor has been a leading voice call for policies and practices during this coronavirus pandemic. On monday we spoken with about the impact of covid19 on communities of color in the u. S. [silence]. I believe we have video to play here. Thank you doctor for joining us. I would like to start off by asking you but the current data but the disparities in the covid19 rates. In the outcomes people of of color around the United States.
He tweeted this. Texas l. T. Governor dan patrick gave me an idea. Im offering 1 million to find big foot. Ive seen enough fox National Tv Shows to know big foot is real. Rudy guiliani said he had evidence that it exists but it got lost in the mail. Good afternoon, congressman, good to see you. Hi, kristen, happy to be here. The honor is all ours. I know this has sperm meaning to you as an air force veteran. Thank you. I appreciate that. And all the veterans who served. Your tweet toe the republican Lieutenant Governor basically like bd his mentioning hey, lets find voter broad like finding big foot. Were pretty sure theres no big foot but how can we be sure there was no voter fraud. Because Donald Trumps case has lost 16 court cases and won zero. At court theyre saying there is no fraud. What were seeing right now is simply unwillingness to accept the president ial election. What happened is joe biden beat donald trump by more than 150,000 vote in pennsylvania, this is not a close ele
The stanford Football Team got the blessing of the School District earlier this week. To go down the road a couple miles out of santa clara. And into the more cooperative environment to start practice. Stanford crews arrived early to convert the football field into the practice site. The pac12 ready for a seven game season that kicks off november 7. When stanford traveled to wood side to practice. Both counties are in the states red tier for covid19. It raised some eyebrows. I think there should be continuity among the counties. Know something we dont. The county manager says every county has unique circumstances. But comfortable with the precautions. Theres many things in place. You have the pac12 standards in place. The state standards that are specifically address college athletics. The county Public Health department issued a general statement. Focusing on red tier status. In its own statement stanford emphasized this is an interim plan. Reflecting optimism that on campus practice