dooley, thanks very much. deborah berger is the president of the national nurses union, the largest nurses union in the country. >> good afternoon, everyone. i want to thank senator sanders for inviting us to come share our expertise on covid-19 and, most importantly, for showing leadership in this health crisis. i'm deborah burger and i've been a registered nurse for over 40 years and president of national nurses united, the largest union and professional association of registered nurses in the country. as you all know nurses are on the front lines of our health care system and at the same time we're also scientists who understand well how infectious diseases spread. we are uniquely positioned to recommend what we need to do at the ground level in our health care facilities to contain and stop the spread of covid-19. as union nurses we have the freedom and protection to speak up on behalf of ourselves and our patients. our goal is to protect the health of our patients and the public as well as our nurses and

we never really reached any conclusions on that. >> thank you commissioner dooley. we have the hearing on wednesday. if there's time permits, based upon the amount of public comment f for any reason public comment is still taking place at 4:00, we have a hard stop. we would have to continue the meeting to the march 9th meeting to finish hearing public comment. you can start formulating your set of recommendations. we'll have march 9th to finalize set of -- to make sure that you have a thorough thought through set recommendations. not for us to present at supervisor safai's hearing. >> commissioner yekutiel: can we invite the new incoming planning director to meet us? >> certainly. >> commissioner yekutiel: do you know when he starts? >> he may have started this week. >> commissioner yekutiel: might be good to start develop a relationship with the commission, maybe actually give some perspective from us since we have a new planning director. we haven't had a new planning flexibility a while. directo--director in a while. >> i want to make sure i take the opportunity.

dooley: absolutely. we need more tests, we need the right as physicians to determine who needs to be tested versus these strict stringent right interior. we need to be able to freely test patients we feel are most at risk. people whoinclude don't have on ovi is known source of exposure of the coronavirus. dust don't have an obvious known source of exposure to the coronavirus. we need masks. again, if you are using all the masks and doctors and nurses run out and all of them are six, there is no better to take care of you. they have also done studies of people who wear masks, they are less stringent about hand hygiene. hand hygiene is key, it is crucial. ise important than the mask your mask hygiene. when you wear a mask, you are less likely to wash her hands. the amount of people who leave the bathroom without washing their hands or rinsing their hands, don't wash their hands -- a have to wash her hands, lather, get in between your fingers. and forget about the back of your hands. we need the ability to

he is in charge of their research operation, but far research withd michael dooley and peter garber. we are thrilled that uncle folkerts-landau -- that david's folkerts-landau can join us. angela merkel is under the weather it how is the nation doing relative to the very difficult circumstances we see in italy and in spain? : good morning, tom and francine. to your question, tom, germany is probably best off among all the larger european countries. , larger very generous hospital bed capacity with -- with ventilators and i see you's -- and i se cu's, unlike italy for instance. -- number ofas infected is not rising as fast. it is in a good position. the economic response has been overwhelming. a veryy, for conservative country, and bundesbank passed a very generous package with all features.a special in addition to that, there are loan guarantees extended by the development bank, which gets us to the banking system, and the banks are instrumental at this time, being part of the solution rather than part of the problem. to get the credit to small and medium enterprises, you need the te

we have some who have dooley suppo supported joe and elizabeth and some in massachusetts that supported elizabeth. but the reason. we're really trying to be engaged at the moment that all the delegates are being selected and the reason i'm supporting personally elizabeth is, a, she's a teacher. and her plan for education for public education for higher education, it is the most impressive game changer that i have seen in, you know, the years and years and years that i have been fighting to make sure that every kid gets a shot. so, when you look at her, it's a lived experience. it's bold plans and if you look at what she did with the consumer agency during the obama administration, she actually gets things done because of that. >> that is a fact. i remind people all the time, anybody who gets a mortgage on the front page it tells you, if you pay your minimum payment every month, this is the total cost of your mortgage. something no american knew and something elizabeth warren made them all understand. let me ask you about unions and health care and all of the things like that. one thing

twice in that letter, dooley eisenhower uses the term common sense. -- dwight eisenhower uses the term common sense. famously --n also it has been part of the common sense theme not long ago. reagan will use his advice to the letter. reagan announces he is going to seek the governorship of california. he wins the republican primary, he comes the nominee. doesery first thing he june of 1966 is travel east. the first person he meets is dwight eisenhower, the man who had been mentoring him. do visit gettysburg, you will see a logbook. eisenhower had every person who entered the home and left including her family sign the logbook in and out. 66 as the senator of ronald reagan about to meet dwight eisenhower for the first time. this is the first of four meetings they hold. they like to play golf. it is not a five minute visit and you take some publicity photos. you are together for hours in the golf cart planning strategy. you will learn all they discussed. it is a shame neither of them took notes of their meetings veryse these meetings were critical for world history. they met four times.