Disturbances and unrest in cities across the country. Tell us about that. Guest we did ask about that, and what we found is that about 60 of americans are concerned about racial discrimination, and have concerns about some of the reports around Police Brutality and communities of color, African Americans in particular in communities of color, African Americans in particular. African americans are feeling a significant amount of stress that has gone up over the past several months. We first asked that question back in may, about 42 of africanamericans reported they were feeling stress related to racial dissemination. We have seen a steady increase, to about 67 of people reporting that. Finally, racial discrimination. We have seen a steady increase, to about six to 7 of people reporting that 67 of people reporting that. We also found that an equal proportion of people are hopeful that the protests and the attention being paid to this is going to lead to meaningful change. I should point
American Psychological Association ceo arthur evans joins us to discuss stress in america report and how covid19 is affecting Mental Health field Mental Health. Host as Congress Tries to hammer out the covid relief package, Small Businesses are in trouble. Business health and cashel have stalled. Yelp says 2800 businesses in new york city alone have closed. The Small Business administration has given out more money in the past few months than its entire history. It is tuesday, august 4, 2020. We welcome you to washington journal. We will spend this first hour asking you about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Small Business. If you are a Small Business owner, call 202 7488000. Or former an employee Small Business employee, 202 7488001. For all others, 202 7488002. Texts, 202 ur 7488003. Tell us your name and where you are from. On twitter, cspanwj. Facebook. Com cspan. Negotiators on capitol hill continue with the pandemic relief package. We will hear more about that later. Her
American psychological association. Joining us to talk about that associations latest survey, on stress in the time of covid19. Dr. Evans, welcome to the program. Guest thank you, led to be here. Host this is glad to be here. Host tell us why you did this survey initially, and what you found different this time around. Guest we have done the stress 2017. Rica survey since we know that stress is related to a lot of our physical outcomes as well as Mental Health outcomes. We have been tracking on that, and since the pandemic, we have how doing surveys to see our stress levels are being affected by this pandemic. Host the survey is available at apa. Org. Into a numberlves of very current issues, including the aftermath of the killing of george floyd on may 12, the protests and the disturbances and unrest in cities across the country. Tell us about that. Guest we did ask about that, and what we found is that about 60 of americans are concerned about racial discrimination, and have concerns
Governor cuomo good morning. Good to see all of you. Smiling faces. Mostly smiling faces. Ill just give you an update as to where we are today. The number of cases continues to increase. Were up to 7,917. The number of people tested, again, is the highest rate in the country. And per capita higher than china, per capita higher than south korea. We tested 18,000 people, total tested 238,000, which is a lot of people but remember new york, youre talking on a base of 19 million. Number of positive cases up to 8,669, 92,000 total in the state. Predominantly in new york city, but you see westchester nd nassau, which, by percentage, is a troubling number. Remember new york city, so much larger than westchester or nassau or suffolk. So those numbers are concerning and were watching those. You look to see in nassau county, 1,000 new cases, suffolk county, 1,141 new cases, that is roubling news. Number of counties, you see the entire state. Every county in the state now has reported a coronavir
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