unemployment now pays equal to or more than average weekly wages in 38 states including oregon were hofmann owns restaurants. >>our employees are concerned with the decision which is i want to go back in to work environment they're not exactly positive is safe because there's no testing available and make less money. so the obvious answer is no way why would you do that i wouldn't i wouldn't do that if i was them. >>lots of low-wage workers frontline workers who lost their jobs really quickly due to social distancing measures in some cases those workers can actually earn more unemployment and they were in their old jobs which does just highlight we had a wage problem in the job before this crisis ever happened in minnesota christian oxen dorf owns 5 dunn brothers coffee shops revenue is down 85%. >>and he furloughed 46 of the 60 employees but slowly he's coming back online. >>we're has been trying to bring people back on. specially archie employees because of cost about $3500 or employee to train them. >>but employees face new challenges beyond health concerns like home schooling kids are t

lawrence "rusty" hofmann.hank you for joining us. >> good morning, laura. >> so tell me about this study. i saw it online myself and was so intrigued by it and what you can learn from it. >> right now we've only tested less than 1% of the u.s. population. we can't fight a problem we can't measure. the symptoms precede hospitalization by ten days so if we can find out who has symptoms we can predict where there will be hospital surges and monitor the stay at home orders and when they should be lifted. it's a one-minute survey that asks you simple questions how you're feeling and subsequent days five to ten seconds. >> if you're able to gather could this be used in the future as well as we start to come out of our quarantine but know the virus is still out there? >> absolutely. i was on the phone with the public state health officials how this could be used to help us understand as we start lifting the stay-at-home orders, is there a spike in symptoms which then you match with local testing rates like at stanfor

relax some of their shelter in place restrictions allowing landscape is like janet lawyer and michael hofmann jenna moyer landscaping to return to work. >>they were closed down due to covid-19 for over a month which they say force them to lay off half of their employees in 30 years of business we've never had to lay off an employee because a lack of work. so when we had to lay out those and boy scout was. >>for ending u.s. over 10 years and so i'm like family. they both say they're looking forward to getting back to transforming backyards in san francisco where they have close to 250 clients well in san francisco to garden center saying it generally involves stairs and retaining walls of course and look beautiful plant some flowers their landscaping business model will change to accommodate safe working conditions. hofman says they will do whatever it takes just as long as they can return to their passion to take away what people ought to do is very difficult. most. >>landscaping companies are in the business because they love what they do. and they love being in the outside and making the ou

relax some of their shelter in place restrictions allowing landscape is like janet lawyer and michael hofmann jenna moyer landscaping to return to work. >>they were closed down due to covid-19 for over a month. >>which they say force them to lay off half of their employees in 30 years of business week never had to lay off an employee because a lack of work. so when we had to lay off 1000 toys that was. >>heart rending u.s. over 10 years and so i'm like family. they both say they're looking forward to getting back to transforming backyards in san francisco where they have close to 250 clients well in san francisco to garden center saying it generally involves stairs and retaining walls of course and look beautiful plant some flowers their landscaping business model will change to accommodate safe working conditions hofman says they will do whatever it takes just as long as they can return to their passion to take away what people ought to do is very difficult. most landscaping companies are in the business because they love what they do. >>and they love being in the outside and making the outs

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relax some of their shelter in place restrictions allowing landscape is like janet lawyer and michael hofmann jenna moyer landscaping to return to work. >>they were closed down due to covid-19 for over a month which they say force them to lay off half of their employees in certain years of business week never had to lay off an employee because a lack of work. so when we had to lay off 1000 toys that was. >>shirt reading some of u.s. over 10 years and so i'm like family. they both say they're looking forward to getting back to transforming backyards in san francisco where they have close to 250 clients and just go to garden center saying it generally involves stairs and retaining walls of course and look beautiful plant some flowers their landscaping business model will change to accommodate safe working conditions. hofman says they will do whatever it takes just as long as they can return to their passion to take away what people ought to do is very difficult. most. >>landscaping companies are in the business because they love what they do. and they love being in the outside and making the ou

landscapers was soon be able to get back to work the news welcoming development for janet moyer and michael hofmann and janet moyer landscaping they closed down because of covid-19 over a month ago which they say force and to lay off about half of their employees. now they are looking forward to getting back to work and transforming backyards who i'm sure are desperately needed some care where they've actually had to deal with about 250 clients. >>believe that's but we're very excited and 30 years of business we've never had to lay off some employees because a lack of work. so when we had to lay off thousands voice that was. >>short run. >>their business model will of course have to change to accommodate social-distance hoffman says they will do whatever it takes just as long as they can get back to their passion. the new health officer orders here in the bay area they will go into effect on monday. >>the ongoing pandemic an extended shelter-in-place orders to many people who want to start a home vegetable garden ordered to landscapers to maintain their yard. bills ace hardware in pleasant hill is

the news is a welcoming development for janet moyer and michael hofmann of janet moyer landscaping theye closed down because of coronavirus over a month which they say that force them to lay off half of their employees. now they're looking forward to getting back to work and changing people's backyards in san francisco. as they have close to about 250 clients who rely on them. >>believe that is but we're very excited and 30 years of business week never had to lay off some employees because a lack of work. so when we had to lay off thousands voice that was. >>short run. >>their business model will have to change to accommodate safe working conditions. hoffman says they will do whatever it takes just as long as they get back to their passion. the new health co-op skews me the new health officer orders here in the bay area go into effect on monday. for many people who struggle to make ends meet tomorrow could be even more stressful because rent is due. but experts say you do have some options. we spoke with apartment guide and they say the one thing you should absolutely not do is not pay

for a week and a hofmann he was saying that this was based on conversations that he been having with with health chiefs. and the government minister who was also talking earlier on today at. the health minister was saying look we've got to be watching the data only when the data tells us that this peak has arrived and is then passing can we make any kind of policy decisions and this is where i think we're starting to see the gaps and the mixed messages. perhaps inherent in any situation where you have a prime minister seriously ill in hospital as he is at the moment. the. the acting man dominic rob was saying that the that the review period that is just about to come to an end on the government's lockdown policy. it was supposed to be coming up with at the beginning of next week. that dominic rob set is going to be shifted so that review to. take place on monday now the government spokesperson that the prime minister's spokesperson said when he came out and updated us on boris johnson self that the review will be taking place i should jools without any change to the timeline so we ar

lawrence "rusty" hofmann. you for joining us. >> good morning, laura. >> so tell us about this study. it's fascinating how with the data you should be able to pinpoint where you're seeing a surge in these cases. >> exactly. so this is a national effort. i was frustrated by the fact we've only tested less than 1% of the u.s. population, so we needed a different way to approach the problem. if we can find out who is getting sick ten days ahead of time before they show up to my emergency room that would be awesome. it's a daily survey that takes one to two minutes initially. asks your zip code and how you're feeling and some demographic information. on suns quent dates only five or ten seconds to submit. working with a team of to decid there are going to be surges. which of the ppe affects health care workers to prepare them and monitor what's going on with the shelter in place and then what happens when we lift the shelter in place is there a surge in symptoms. >> once we start to lift that order let's say we se