hello there i'm now at hand you're watching in question broadcasting live from the national headquarters of r.t. america here in washington d.c. we want to welcome our viewers from all around the world this evening so as co-head 1000 cases in america doubled over this past week the pan american health organization calls for the protection and peace a place for health care workers at the front line doctor see it all day is the director of health emergencies department at the pan american health organization better known as possible he joined us a little bit earlier to discuss this i started out by asking him about corona virus testing kits and the sharing of resources across latin america take

a listen. also. points for the americas although the americas he's one of the reuse of her being in the area for emergencies for a long time as you remember after 2009 age one in one and to me both of the countries in their many cars beyond their preparedness all of them look out there and then we give who is plants and all saw the transit in their surveillance so we have more length 800 sites to assess the situation well. surveillance of like cute respiratory illness steal their priority these are relate that do effects prevention and control so we can reduce the risk of the health care personnel but also on the detecting the cases so support early detection particularly for those that are in the country already and for doing that we need laboratory

laboratories these dual 'd do the test the tests are another not nearly we distributed more than 2 100000 we are now procuring around 1000000 of those tests because. most of the country is run out of those and also we are looking to strengthen it up i see theo searching house every service adapting that surge in their capacity the because in several of those places unfortunately they do deal with critique of patients he's. slow in comparison with their capacities yes there are similar problems across central and south america as as we're having here in north america and a new w h l report urges investments in the nursing workforce to face this pandemic policy director at the end said in a virtual conference just today to the medical workers quote we will be tested more

than ever before so what is pothole doing to assist those medical workers at the front lines. ok we send a couple of weeks ago or according to the to the countries. we shipped. protective equipment for older health personnel that we'll be dealing with that for as cases but that is clearly not enough so we are sending more supplies some more shipments our priority yes it's protect their health care workers because they have to sometimes decide between saving a life of a person who is a dandy in their salaries all or putting themselves subseries of course many of them will just go up and the patients in india has seen that there is schildt you lack of those person out there that we meant and what we when we are seeing these

things. we are also recognizing that the best many health west not they're not asleep. and these is the problem. these it be they make the not began with the health sector i'm not going on about how they would be counting commerce it was the same in a difficult time in sport and tourism and harassing economy. and the health care workers are multiple countries working and going to there to there are a caliphate a fancy he used to treat the patients meanwhile nice. well establishing most of those countries. now doctor there there's a topic i think a lot of people find difficult to speak about and that's what happens when all these people die from corona virus for example ecuador has emerged as the epicenter for the virus in the continent the coastal town of y a q has been overwhelmed with the high number of fatalities there and the lack of

funeral services with families unable to properly bury their loved ones what is the policy recommendations for ecuador. we send the teams not the shit out of the supply story whether or not they will recall nice in that situation establish the task force specifically to deal with a number of deaths where happening i think i'll say this but also while they were waiting for medical attention in dr the guys we send also some additional supply but the guy that's to deal with the person who died for our own up wireless is not the friend several although the success actually is persons who die by. not doing percent extra risk for that persons who manage or deal with that

but the infection prevention and control measures i mean protecting the persons who are. transport dean or dealing with these paramount because of that fear many people do not want such them and eve them on this street or other holmes etc and it this is something that has to be solved because these means that the dead bodies cause it be them weeks we have to be aware of the persons who are moving who are shaking hands who are caught mean it cetera but that bodies have to be of course managing a way that these sensible with their. people in that culture and it is when you see why you keep a big problem yeah and obviously handling those. loved ones with with care and respect in a timely fashion unfortunately dr i have to leave it right there but we greatly appreciate you sharing your expertise with us this evening dr sciutto or god day

thank you so much. now leaked memos from amazon corporate officials reveal a plan to discredit some fire workers these are the employees who have been protesting the working conditions there amid the corona virus outbreak so with a closer look at the workers claims and what's being done to keep them safe here's our take correspondent natasha suite with more top amazon officials are at odds with employees who were protesting working conditions and now a leaked memo from a meeting with c.e.o. jeff bezos himself along with others who make up corporate revealed specifics about a worker named christian smalls in a leaked memo and amazon general counsel reportedly called him quote not smart or to kill it and reportedly wanted to use him as part of a p.r. strategy to make him the face of the entire union organizing movement it's no secret that amazon has resisted efforts of organized labor for years smalls was let go last week after leading colleagues in a lunch hour protest in staten island new york over the company's response to the

pandemic we don't have go by that definition verifies that it's done yeah you don't like it border down like we started this and what did it is all about we're told by some cities they're going to see you. but amazon says smalls was fired for violating a company policy of a 14 day quarantine period after coming into contact with an employee who tested positive for the virus when specifically asked about the memo david's below ski amazon's general counsel said that his comments were quote personal and emotional and a statement he says i was frustrated and upset that an amazon employee would indeed . the health and safety of other amazonian but repeatedly returning to the premises after having been warned to quarantine himself after exposure to virus cove at 19 i let my emotions draft my words and get the better of me but smalls doesn't stand alone in this fight workers in detroit michigan hold a similar protest questioning the safety of their working conditions we need just

days those who take action by jeff bezos to visit his the city to do something about the people coughing and sneezing as you're walking and it's just something needs to be done i stand for everybody here beside me and i want these you know you want to be shut down immediately professional cleaning all we want from you we should the good enough for 2 weeks with pay was what it could be clean the bill and despite amazon's general counsel claiming there brainstorming ideas on how to beat the chrono virus according to protesters the facilities are not abiding by the center for disease control interventions guidelines for coping 1000 safety standards you're not really doing social distancing there's about 4 to 600 people in a building on a daily basis sometimes in some areas we are shoulder to shoulder it could be 6 feet away on the staten island facility remains open despite an employee testing positive for the coronavirus small says he's writing governor andrew cuomo hoping he'll shut it down for an extensive clean reporting in los angeles natasha's sweet

r.t. . joining us to talk more about this seattle city council member and activist so what councilwoman show on thank you for being with us so as someone who has long been a proponent of workers' rights and for imposing corporate taxes on on the tech giant amazon near your home city how do you see the coronavirus crisis affecting amazon workers at home there in washington state across the country and why do you think amazon has been pretty negligent in providing their workers with safety equipment. i think what we're seeing unfolding not only from seattle to staten island in the united states but globally. twin crises being faced by the billions of working people in the world we just go to virus and capitalism we've seen the same corporations were making massive profits hand over fist for this pandemic now

profiting directly from the band to make or otherwise like the big banks and other corporations benefiting from the dollars of big while working people struggle and i find it stunning not surprising but stunning for the general counsel david's. doing gaijin such a complete this on as political gaslighting that at the same time the corporations executives how complaining failed to provide even. cleaning in the warehouse and protective gear for their rouse workers delivery drivers and cargo and let's. put it workers hazard pay for their workers in the absence of doing any of the bare minimum for workers they are now saying that the christian small that work they ended up fighting was in danger and quarantine i completely don't accept that on its face value and as a matter of fact the workers that you just showed in detroit on staten island also in chicago also the workers at the delivery station you know. they're showing

tremendous courage by going against a corporation which has had a long track record of union busting and demanding their basic rights during this pandemic absolutely i mean this seems like a classic case of profits over people and you have coax co-sponsored a resolution that has just recently passed urging the washington state government to cancel rants and mortgage payments during this current a virus crisis why is this important to you and how does this you know how to secure housing play a role in keeping people in your community healthy. well you know scientists are recommending that not only do we need to. in social distancing right now it is going to extend into out the year and in fact more than the if we are going to actually come out ahead of this pandemic and this is the global threat people who loved ones are dying you know the really hard driving stories that you just drain off people's families members being lost so there is no question that in order to

combat this and maintain social distancing workers well except for essential and front line workers workers will need to stay home and maintain social distancing which will mean that they need paid leave to do you know are funded by tax and big business we will need absolutely need to make sure that homelessness which is already acute in so many of our cities do not mean you can continue further because you know increasing all of that is just a recipe for playing right into the hands of this virus and allowing people's lives to be lost unnecessarily that is why as you said you know we're demanding governor inslee in the state of washington immediately suspend rent mortgage payments without any consequences and as you know we're also demanding that garbage like amazon be taxed so that we can be providing needed cash assistance to the working families that have lost incomes but i will say this you know as i said this is a crisis of growing our bidons and capitalism and we can see as you correctly said these corporations even in the middle of this massive crisis they are putting their

own profits over the lives of people so we can do we need to form these corporations we've got to form capitalism we need to think we need to raise the question of taking corporations like amazon intradermal credit public ownership in the end of their own workers in the community members who can run the corporations for the good of society not for the profits of the few at the top and lastly councilwoman in the last few years we have seen the country kind of experience a surge in labor strike and a lot of people becoming more aware of unionizing and better pay demanding you know equal or fair treatment rather in the workplace do you think there's a possibility that now would be a time to see the mass movement of workers that unite together because of the pandemic. i think this is the most crucial question and i'm so happy you brought this up because this throughout history we have shown that capitalism is not just going to sell because it's in crisis it's work or organizing in fact and organizing

by the labor movement by working class people in their workplaces is the only thing that will transform society and it's actually more than ever this is the moment for workers to get organized and organize themselves are showing this all the way from bronx nurses unionized north south to action an addition workers taking action using not only going to next door girls like me but also workers also taking action i will say this we need to get organized in a betting soonest way and prepare for main forced to be a historic strike action this is absolutely crucial for us all right we'll leave it right there seattle city councilman i want thank you so much please join us again. now the u.s. economy take a punch in the gut because of code 19 leaving the country's leaders scrambling for solutions did the u.s. just react too late we're going to discuss that next and then later in sports regina hamm brings us an exclusive interview with tennis player on the a.t.p.

tour prison camp will be right back. what is the difference between embarrassing gaffes in elder abuse joe biden certainly excels at the former and maybe is the victim of the latter we are told mention of mental health is off limits to what degree is the public the right to know. the world is driven by shaped by those.

who dares thinks. we dare to ask. i don't trust medical authority at all ever and the reason for that is i had this horrible autoimmune disorder growing up and it turns out it was completely alleviated with very drastic dietary measures and i went to a number of doctors to discuss what happened to me and i was basically laughed at like diet has nothing to do with autoimmune disorders so my suggestion to people who have health issues they can't figure out if they're going to see a medical professional and they've been going for 10 years. and they're still in the same place and they should probably take it upon themselves to start testing things out testing out diet testing out exercise and try and figure out things on their own please.

join me every thursday on me all excited i'm sure and i'll be speaking to get a feel of the world of politics small business i'm show business i'll see you then . so as congress is weighing in on the 2nd part of the cares act many are criticizing that this move by lawmakers and everything around the coronavirus response is just too little too late with some not expecting checks to arrive for weeks some may not see them at all and the trumpet ministration on its heels in a medical response to this crisis so joining us now with his take on all of this post the news with rick sanchez rick sanchez now rick as a programming note out of an abundance of caution in these unprecedented times are to america their management our management have taken great measures to ensure the health and safety of our staff so they have split up the air staff and the crew

into 2 groups each working and alternating week taking all broadcasts and then a deep sanitization crew comes in between to ensure there's no cross contamination so that's why you guys are seeing rick on for a full week and then me on for a full week right rick how that worked out. well i want to welcome you to my home our guest my dad my office whatever we want to call it here in the potomac maryland where i'm hiding away as you might say this week one of the most interesting thing that's happened this week is there started to you know what bubbling up right now manila this argument that some people are making and there's 2 sides to the argument and i think some of these arguments are legitimate that the lockdown was premature that the law may have been more problematic especially the way it was handled i'm going to cite for you somebody that i've been talking to one of my sources on this he's not a lunatic but he thinks the law is lunacy his name is laura pardon me your law

he's a former health minister of israel and he says governments cannot stop a virus by decree all viruses have to run their course and the only way they stop is naturally that says one of you to. i guess go into the numbers on that a little bit i'm going to try and give you some numbers so you and i can have a conversation we have viewers about this and let people you know take this wherever they want but essentially how many people the united states are over the age of 65 because mr last ringback says that what we should do is not lock down everybody but only lockdown people who are over the age of 65 who are more susceptible than their lethality rate is much higher by the way he's right about that or so he says because he says that let's consider this now many people in the united states are over the age of $65.00 it's $50000000.00 people right what's the lethality rate of this disease it's 2 percent right 2 percent of $50000000.00 is

what $1000000.00 people so if you go by the 2 percent of the $50000000.00 people over the age of $65.00 in the united states then $1000000.00 people will die of the coronavirus now here's another question that needs to be asked how many people die normally in the united states every year anyway how many people die in the united states are they not a majority over the age of 65 of anything 2800000 the vast majority die of the immunological conditions that cause people to die from the corona virus so these people this group of people are arguing that if you look at the numbers in actuality the number of people who are going to die from the corona virus is not that different than the number of people who have died from viruses colds 'd cancer heart disease and all that other stuff and that most of the people dying from growth of ours are people who are going to die of heart disease cancer etc etc so this is the argument being floated you want to give the argument on the other side i let let's hear it because i've got a couple points i'd like to touch on to go ahead no go ahead go ahead let's discuss

it because i want aguilar having all over the country i get this these are the this wasn't your remark and this was the health minister from from israel right and i get that but we can't forget that there are a number of people in every country not just here in the u.s. but how because underlying health can. better not over the age of 65 there are people my age your age middle age people that seem perfectly healthy but they have underlying conditions i mean somebody is somebody with asthma that is 40 years old should have died because they catch a coronavirus that's what's not right nobody should die period but when you have moments like this the argument being made is that it just naturally happens people over 65 and people with any ology immunological issues will likely succumb either way argument on the other side sure that may be true but here's the problem all of those people of growth of ours will almost at the same time therefore they will

flood our health care essentially our health care system can handle it and we will have people dying 1 on the streets that's why we have to lock everybody down so 2 arguments 2 points of views but let you know they're both very prevalent right now and a lot of discussions are being had a lot of people are really feeling like they wish they could go back to work you know i continue this tomorrow my friend rick sanchez i'll see you again on the other side of this monitor. supports across the world came to a halt due to the corona virus the w t n a.t.p. suspended their seasons until conditions improve and their players are now finding themselves at home so to get a player's perspective on everything that's going on i'm joined by tennis player from the a.t.p. tour francis francis thank you so much for joining me. thank you thank you i know this is a little bit of a weird time in sports her everybody the tour suspended there june you last played in march at the. challenger syria's an indian wells but once the answer came down

the season is kind of they put on hiatus what did you think. i think we all didn't really notice it but i mean i think. i'm. going to situation reserve be you know you loved ones that didn't and you're going to go from there and see you know where you can start a 1000000000 obviously this is a tsunami you know liberals are very one and you know i was just hoping this comparison. and you know you you enjoy playing on clay yourself the french open was postponed there some other a.t.p. tournament on clay that possible and you think that leave a lot of time to practice but even tennis courts are being shut down so how do you train in the age of coronavirus. i've been playing it all. i could damage assessment you know even doing fitness. week every spin in my promoter out. pretty proving apartment erosion and running the stuff and down the back of the garage. trying to go to any

gym or anything like that so it's been tough. penance that you know is not the only sport impacted sports across the globe are really kind of wondering what next and do you think that this will permanently changed the landscape of tennis and sports in general or do you think it all will resume to status quo as normal i guess. i mean watching the marchioness eventually i. may never ever go back to conclude you know this is pretty scary so. i'm arizona. for us to play and be able to compete in and make it right. i think. they were entertainment. for not just tennis ball sports and.

much of this this affects everyone. present here a hometown pal you grew up right here in high school maryland d.c. area start playing at the age of 3 your opponent has been some of the who's who of the tennis world bank or the play at the level. i was always obviously ideas to play it is low. and to compete you know. it's a bit. of use of chance. i'm happy with it which is always think of it lucy with the blessing of friends were. so. i thought that was the right road for me. you know and one last thing i have to ask what did life would you give other athletes who are in similar situations you know maybe aren't as professional as you are haven't gotten to that world stage this

might deter them from continuing playing what advice would you have. me sometimes i have a general i mean. isn't that you really do. i mean just a motivated. return to get in there and you know to actually work you don't want to do work out. some of your game him and also. enjoy the show to make games there and then hopefully win one everything it's an early shows and you get a chance to play. out in and enjoy it enjoy the process because you want to get you know certain levels but the definite good well you know i wish you all of the best coming you know hopefully back to the court soon for the tivo thank you so much for joining me and giving me your perspective. thank you all take care we should hear tales. all right that does it for me i'll be back tomorrow starting at

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