a registered nurse and a senior policy advisor for the american nurses' association. thank you for being with us. -- it isduates graduation season for nurses about to leave school and enter hospitals. in this environment, with this pandemic, are the prepared for this type of bedside nursing? guest: we're certainly an unprecedented times. however, nurses are prepared to respond. nurses have a calling, and nurses are ready to step in and take action. however, these are unique times, particularly for new grads. i think it is important for them coming in to make sure that they link with their unit managers and charged nurses and preceptor to make sure that they are asking the right questions, to make sure that if there is any uncertainty, that they can ask for reeducation, for things that they may feel uncomfortable with, and making sure that every day is a new day, but it is ok to ask for help and guidance. host: you are in maryland. according to state health officials, an estimated half of the covid-19 patients in in nursinge coming homes. how are those nurses prepared f

a registered nurse and a senior policy advisor for the american nurses' association. thank you for being with us. -- it isduates graduation season for nurses about to leave school and enter hospitals. in this environment, with this pandemic, are the prepared for this type of bedside nursing? guest: we're certainly an unprecedented times. however, nurses are prepared to respond. nurses have a calling, and nurses are ready to step in and take action. however, these are unique times, particularly for new grads. i think it is important for them coming in to make sure that they link with their unit managers and charged nurses and preceptor to make sure that they are asking the right questions, to make sure that if there is any uncertainty, that they can ask for reeducation, for things that they may feel uncomfortable with, and making sure that every day is a new day, but it is ok to ask for help and guidance. host: you are in maryland. according to state health officials, an estimated half of the covid-19 patients in in nursinge coming homes. how are those nurses prepared f

got a statement from the american nurses association that says, the american nurses association has noteived reports from nurses or other front my health care workers utilizing hydroxychloroquine that the preventative treatment for covid-19. why does the president continued to say that many of front line are using it as a probe? >> there is a study now. 3000 frontline workers will be taking hydroxychloroquine, to look at its use as a prophylaxis. i believe that there's a few hundred workers in tampa general hospital. this is being used by some. i want to note with regard to hydroxychloroquine, it is very important that we are as accurate as we can be with our reporting on this. hydroxychloroquine has been a drug that has been in use for 65 years. lupus, arthritis, malaria. it has a very good safety profile. as with any drug, it should be given by a doctor to a patient in that context. no one should be taking this without a prescription. that being said, i've seen a lot of coverage of hydroxychloroquine. saying the president is trying to kill himself by taking it. joe scarborough saying,

and the philippine nurses association of american is the premier organisation nurses are exposed to the care society as front miners, we have been severely affected. one in four filipinos in the united states as a health care worker. recently reported, there are 30 nurses who have died because of the coronavirus. i, myself, am a survivor of the disease. however, i am well on my way to recovery. my husband succumbed to the disease and he died. a few weeks ago because of the coronavirus. now, many in new york and newjersey area, are mostly critical—care nurses. but nursing is the opposite of social distancing. six feet away from the other person but in the health care setting, nurses take care of patients. we called the patient‘s hands, administer medicine, we are there with them at all stages of their illness. we are present at the time of death. sometimes, the nurses are the last people that the patient was —— will see. -- will see. thank you very much and we are -- will see. thank you very much and we a re really -- will see. thank you very much and we are really sorry for your loss. a

i am ray bogan with why the head of the american nurses association says he is concerned medical workersould experience ptsd coming up. >> the economic shutdown to to the coronavirus pandemic is hitting the tech industry especially hard. just today 3700 jobs will be cut from uber. jesse gary has a look at the numbers and where the current conditions could lead us . >> less than a decade from the dizzying heights of an initial public offering many tech service industry companies are now crashing back to earth hard. >> they are suffering like restaurants and other services are. >> employees are especially taking it on the chin. expedia, episcopal community services, air b&b are shedding jobs. in a letter to employees explaining a 25% workforce reduction air b&b's said these cuts had to be mapped to be a more focused business. >> the fact that some technologies technology companies need to lay people off we cannot avoid. >> professor dr. robert chapman says the current climate reeks of dreaded are word. >> that is how recession starts. they start with vicious cycles and we are in one right

i'm president of the american nurses association. thank you for everything that you have done, especially for recognizing national nurses day, and if i may add one big concern that i have is the posttraumatic trauma that a lot of the nurses and doctors and other members of the health care team will be facing in the future. so i would ask that you please take into consideration some efforts for that. pres. trump: what seems to be the percentage? >> i don't have any numbers right now but i can pretty much anticipate it will be a very high percentage. they are seeing death probably 3-4 times the average they normally would. pres. trump: there's no question about it. and while we are at it, let me pass these pens around. don't worry, i got one. pres. trump: anybody have anything to say? i want to thank you and your staff for everything that you've done to help the american public. for theo thank you telehealth waivers and things like that. i think this is an opportunity to really look at the overall health of our country and see what we c

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discrimination that parents of my children's friends may harbor against hospital staff. >> the japanese nursing association stresses that there's less risky jobs in the industry such as phone consultations. it's asked the government to offer hazard pay to help sure up the rents of front line nurses but so far the request has gop unanswered. in other parts of asia some health authorities are dealing with nursing shortages by using robots and smartphone apps to help monitor patients. ththe kind of innovative approaches will be needed in the long struggle to contain thehe coronavivirus here in japan. >> we have to still cononsider e second wave or third wave we need to arrange and we have to have new strategy. >> now is a time to tackle these issues and help keep health care services from collapsing under the weight of this public health crisis. nhk world, tokyo. >> the death of several chinese students is prompting people. three teenagers died in the past month. in response, the chihinese minister is bending the use of medical grade masks during gym class. at least one of the students was wearing a n-95 medi

earlier we spoke with poulter bravest secretary general of the european federation of nurses associations here it reiterated that his organization has long been warning that frontline workers have lacked the necessary protection and case of a pandemic i think about and then it came to us quite suddenly so many member states in the european union including the commission itself was not prepared for this and not such protection equipment that we need to have in order to go next to the patient who was to patient to feed the patient to knows that bacon was not available so even from the ball a crisis in 2014 enough and wrote a report at that time that died to last we are not prepared at the nest we are all prepared and in that report you have and make clear recommendations police governments give your nurses your physicians who are from flying who are taking care of the patients did b.p. east the masks to my periods that they need to protect themselves now like other european nations spain asserted easing some of its coronavirus restrictions restaurants hotels and museums and some cities are

and we're joined now by the european federation nurses association secretary general paul de rob from brussels thanks so much for being with us paul let me thank you and everyone in your profession for all you've been doing during this crisis an estimated 179 health care staff in britain alone have died during this and demick many of them nurses what's the biggest risk that they're facing in this pandemic. i think good and i'm it came to us quite suddenly so many member states in the european union including the commission itself was not prepared for this and not such a protection equipment that we need to have in order to go next to the patient to wash the patients and feed the patients to not just the banks and what's not available so even from being born a crisis in 2014 enough and wrote a report at that time the title last week are not be fair the next 3 are all prepared and in the next 3 for the up and make to the end recommendations released government give your nurses your physicians who are from flying who are taking care of the patients that b.p. east damascus demobbed aerial

tiwideade a ott demanding bett ge the california nurses association and national nurses united are calling on hospitals to provide the highest level of protective gear. kaiser tells us in an email they are following cdc protocols when it comes to the gear and they are making sure there is enough protective equipment to last through the pandemic. >>> california is working to care for its caregivers, the state has distributed 36,000 stipends so far to help workers with their necessities and also lodging. >> people in skilled nursing facilities that were spending the night in the cars because they were scared of going home and potentially contaminating or infecting their community or their household, we wanted to address through stipends their needs. >> the state has also booked more than 78,000 hotel room nights for health workers for free, or deep discounts. >>> for the part of the san francisco freeway construction is finished ahead of schedule. two southbound lanes open this morning, the new northbound deck will open 3 pm tomorrow. caltrans is ongoing cleanup will for some intermittent la

the president of the nurses association says at a time when nurses have put their lives on the line to protect those patients, amid the most dangerous global pandemic in the century, it defies belief that hca, which has failed idecti nurses need, wants to further punish them with punitive layoffs and other cuts. they will have socially distant rallies at the good samaritan hospital and the regional medical center. >>> a deadly shooting investigation, hayward police say the man shot by officers was the suspect of a murder of a homeless man. it happened yesterday afternoon near the intersection of kelly and wildwood street during a trafst veo from chopper chive sews a white sedan with his passenger side window shattered and surrounded by patrol cars. >> i heard eight rounds and then four more rounds and they were very rapid. there was a slight pause and then there was four more. >> the office is investigating the shooting and police have yet to identify the officers who opened fire or the murder t. the murder happened earlier this month at a homeless tent encampment. >>> man wanted for a

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are dr..s also joining the program, kendra mcmillan of the american nurses association.oin the conversation. watch washington journal primetime tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> friday the u.s. house will meet for the first time in more than three weeks to address the coronavirus pandemic. a fifth relief package will be on the floor. $3s one providing more than trillion. money would go to support state and local governments, coronavirus test skin treatment, and cash payments to americans. house also plans

earlier we spoke with polled a rave the secretary general of the european federation of nurses associations has been warning for years that frontline workers have been lacking the protection needed in case of a pandemic. i think the pandemic came to us quite suddenly so many member states in the european union including the commission itself was not prepared for this and not such protection equipment that we need to have in order to go next to the patient to watch the patient to feed the patient to nurse the bateson was not available so even from the ball a crisis in 2014 yes and wrote a report at that time the title was we are not prepared at the nest we are all prepare and in that report be up and make clear recommit durations release governments give your nurses your physicians who are from flying who are taking care of the patients that b.p. east the masks the mock variables that they need to protect themselves. now like other here paean nations spain has started easing some of its coronavirus restrictions restaurants hotels and museums and some cities are now allowed to open but many r

. >> reporter: we spoke with the nurses association saying they don't get involveled in hiring practices. >> we're doing the best we can in the wake of covid-19. >> reporter: emergency room nurses say they're worn out and can use the help. >> we're always short on help. 72 the board of registered nurses says it's aware of lay offs but it doesn't have jurisdiction on employment. for now, new nurses are left for the hope and chance to provide critical care. >> we want to help the nurses and relieve them and it's difficult because they're not getting hired. >> reporter: nursing school says new nurses shouldn't limit themselves to hospitals. right now nursing homes and facilities are in desperate need. new opportunities may present themselves as the state of california will ramp up testing and contact tracing. but only time will tell. >>> now information tonight on the health of east bay congressman mark, he's now otof the hospital after falling and fracturing a rib and then developing pneumonia. >>> there u.s. senate reconvened today after being out of session since march. judicial confirma

nursing home resident makeup ,.05 percent of the population yet deaths associated with nursing homes at long-term care settings account for over one third of all deaths from covid-19. 0.05% of the population, yet one third of the deaths are at nursing homes and long-term care centers. to this day, we are trying to help those residents and workers at nursing homes with one hand tied behind our backs because the administration is not releasing data on outbreaks in these facilities. and theunconscionable administration needs to act. we have heard promises that by the end of may, they will. we need to see specific evidence that they are changing policy to give families, residents, and workers in nursing homes and other long-term care settings more information. congress has taken a number of steps. allocated unprecedented amount of funding to purchase personal protective equipment to keep workers from contracting and transmitting the virus, we have funded health care worker -- funded effort to help health care workers and help providers put patients in those settings. seniors have access

plus -- >>> >> why the head of the american nurses association says he is concerned medical workers can experience posttraumatic stress. coming up. >>> >> the task force show their appreciation but this is lawmakers continue to battle what else to battle over -- what else can be done to help americans impacted by the pandemic. foxes ray has the latest. >> >> reporter: president trump the members of the coronavirus task force under national nurses day with the proclamation, working on the front lines. the head of the american concerned medical workers will battle posttraumatic stress after facing so much death. >> what seems to be the percentage? >> i don't have the numbers right now, but i can pretty well anticipate that it will be a very high percentage. remake the president also explained why he is not considering winding down the task force. the president tweeted it will now continue indefinitely, with its focus on safety, and opening up our country again. >> i had no idea how popular the task force is. >> reporter: the president also met with iowa governor kim reynolds discussed the

also joining program, that of the american nurses association on the role of nursing care in the ongoing pandemic. join this conversation, watch washington journal in primetime, tonight, and 8:00 p.m. eastern . on c-span. the house rules committee meets on thursday to consider debate rules for the 3 trillion-dollar coronavirus economic aid package. scheduled to come to the house floor on friday. committee members will also consider a resolution authorizing remote voting by proxy. as well as remote committee proceedings. life coverage begins at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span three. cspan.org, or you can listen live on the free c-span radio app. friday, the u.s. house will meet for the first time in more than three weeks, to again address the coronavirus pandemic. a fifth relief package will be on the floor. this one providing more than $3 trillion . money went on to support state and local governments. coronavirus testing and treatment . and delivered a cash payments to americans. the house also plans to take up a temporary rules changed to allow members to vote remotely. and lawmakers plan

in response to the protest, the california nurses association says on this day that celebrates of the labor movement and working people, union nurses are standing up to demand the protections they need now. healthcare worker made a actions kick off this morning at 8:00 at kaiser in oakland and protest are also taking place at kaiser in santa clara and ucsf in san francisco. >> this is a state of emergency. >> this was the scene in san francisco. dozens of activists staged a die-in. they are upset about the response to homelessness. >> durable people who were living in streets were living in shelters, this is an opportunity to house them and their people that are willing to help make it happen quickly. >> they say her administration is moving some homeless to hotels and secured rvs. it is a work in progress. >>> new numbers show the number of the area covid-19 patients in icu was at his lowest point. this since the state started reporting county by county hospitalizations. they report there were 283 patients in intensive care and the number dropped to 2072 weeks later at on april 29th,

are dr..s also joining the program, kendra mcmillan of the american nurses association. join the conversation. watch washington journal primetime tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> friday the u.s. house will meet for the first time in more than three weeks to address the coronavirus pandemic. a fifth relief package will be on the floor. $3s one providing more than trillion. money would go to support state and local governments, coronavirus test skin treatment, and cash payments to americans. house also plans to take up a temporary rules changed change to allow members to vote remotely and lawmakers continue so aan social distancing, link the is expected. watch coverage friday at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen with the free c-span radio app. from baltimore is dr. lee to win. she is a visiting professor at george washington university. today it was announced that the washington post, and served as the city health commissioner in baltimore. ask for joining us here on c-span. we appreciate it. >> happy to be with you. new want to begin w

the protest on friday by the california nurses association and national nurses united are calling on hospitals to provide the highest level of protective gear. kaiser tells us they are following cdc protocols when it comes to the gear and that they are making enough protective equipment that can last through the pandemic. >>> the testing at nursing facilities with health officials requiring all residents and staff in the city's 21 skilled nursing facilities to start testing on the virus. as of today over 20,000 people in san francisco have been tested with an average of 9% testing positive. >>> california is working to care for the caregivers and the state distributed 36,000 stipends so far to workers with necessities in launching. >> the people at skilled nursing facilities were spending the night in the car because they were scared of going home to potentially contaminate or infecting their community or household. d tores these stipends there needs. >> the state has booked over 78,000 hotel room nights for hotel stays to help the medical workers. >>> the research, the associated pr

also during the program, kindred mcmillan of the american nurses association.rsation. -- join the conversation. watch washington journal primetime tonight on c-span. >> watched testimony from dr. rick bright, the former federal scientists whose focus was vaccine development and was recently removed from his post. the house energy and commerce committees will hear from dr. bright on scientific integrity. watch the hearing, live thursday c-span, a.m. eastern on online on c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> federal reserve chair jerome powell outline the fed's plans during the coronavirus pandemic. he told peterson institute for international economics that they are working to avoid a deep recession.

president of the new york state nurses association. reporting to you from the epicenter of the epicenter in the bronx of this covid-19 crisis. if nothing else this inapt response to the crisis has proven that are for-profit healthcare system is incapable of managing any kind of disasters based on the for-profit structure. it is clear that it is not possible for the structures to prepare for any kind of disaster. the equipment necessary to save lives does not make money. it doesn't make money to have beds open and ready we need a national healthcare system. i do hope that people remember the suffering that they're going on right now. as it ends. they remember and not get amnesia about how the system has failed them. when the center for disease control decide to loosen their standards. they give them a excuse to not provide us with the protective equipment that we need. i just left a virtual town hall where we commemorated at the 25 nurses who have died unnecessarily without protection. this is inexcusable. in addition there are many oth

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we had great conversations with the nursing home association. we will get tremendous cooperation with that. unless there is some federal mandate that forces them to comply, i don't believe we can force them as a state. but hopefully, through cooperative agreements we have in place now, they would be willing to do that. thank you. governor kemp: we have had great conversations with the association, and they are really working with us on the situation. and we are grateful for that. reporter: as you are speaking, the speaker of the house sent a memo saying the session will start in june. with a multibillion dollar deficit, a hole in the budget, are you willing to consider tax hikes, fee increases, other than budget cuts, to help? governor kemp: i don't want to get into specifics of what might be legislated during the session. that would be something that has to start in the house. there is a lot of issues being thrown around. what the general assembly takes up, i wouldn't want to speculate on that. we are working with the appropriation shares every

and i playing for american nurses association rickie and matt are playing for cdc foundation all theuses especially in these times. it's going to be played at seminole golf club here in florida, which is one of the most revered golf courses in the world supported by unitedhealth groups, taylor made. it's a great day i think golf can return to doing things like this we can keep ourselves socially distant, keep ourselves in different carts and stay obviously more than 6 feet away from one another and that's very important, too so taking all the necessary this match on. >> yeah. that's all good. maybe i' as well. we don't have a lot of time. first thing i wanted to say happy birthday, rory i wanted to get you a haircut because you need one we share a love of peloton your numbers are through the roof we love our peloton instructor so here you go, watch the monitor. happy birthday. >> thank you. thank you for inspiring millions of people on a daily basis with hard work and dedication our man carson is not too far behind you and keep pushing. much love, happy birthday, man. >> there you go

president is meeting a group of nurses, the nurses association there at the white house. we understand he will be providing us some conversation from that tape of that and when we get that we'll of course share it with you. this comes on the same day we're hearing from new york governor cuomo who sees some bumps along the death and case route certainly in the state but that is improving. the fact of the matter it is not improving enough. the governor said wrapping up the press conference a few minutes ago, states reopening whose case growth is still on the incline well they're making a big mistake. so that comes up today, on a day like this, we're also seeing stubbornly high cases popping up. in spain, for example, it extended the state of emergency over the whole epidemic for at least another couple of weeks. so they're not quite satisfied that things have improved measureably in spain, remember this was once one of the global epicenters for the virus as well as italy. things are not well enough to get to the plan we could immediately start seeing reopenings there across

nursing homes. well, new data was just released and now it is 32.5. nearly one-third of all of the covid-19 deaths are linked or associated to nursing homes. this is residents and staff. it is important to note that for the first time we're also learning the names of the facilities that are associated with these deaths. now, we've been monitoring of course just about every press conference the governor has had on covid-19. he had mentioned before that there were two outbreaks in the state of florida. one in swannee county and another in broward county. but now by looking at the new data that was released, we can tell that there have been multiple deaths at certain nursing homes. three for example had 14 deaths associated with them. there is another one that has 12 deaths. so this gives us a better idea of what was actually happening in these nursing homes. now, it is important to note that governor ron desantis has sent strike teams to nursing homes across the state to test both symptomatic and asymptomatic residents and staff to try to control this and also very early on restricted visitations to nursing homes. the governor, himself, has s

we talked to the nursing home association, their supportive of these efforts.rs are supportive of these efforts but if we felt like there wasn't compliance and we could move towards a requirement, but at this time we feel like the recommendation around testing as a baseline, so we not only want to test the residents, but we also want to make sure that the health care staff and that nursing facility is also tested as well, and that's going to -- >> martha: everybody wants to make sure that that's what's happening, but from what i'm learning looking into this, it's spotty, some places don't have the testing they need, some places don't have the tests that they need, with regard to the other question that i have, in the initial surge of this, when we knew these were the most vulnerable places in the whole country and then we built these fema facilities with a lot of extra beds and then it was, you know, sort of good news that all of the beds were needed, and we have pictures of all of these, these incredible facilities that we heard about and then, you know, april

whether you do it through the federal government, you do it through the nursing home association, thist there. it occurred with the first evidence we had out in the state of washington. so why -- you might make the case that that should have been marshalled from a federal point of view. i would say that it could have just as easily have been done from the people in the trenches that would see this coming more clearly without the clumsiness of trying to do it through the federal government. however you look at it, it's tragic that nursing homes have not had an iron dome built around them as well as the health care providers that have been in the trenches trying to fight it. we'll get through all of that the next time. but it's sad that we've had to contend with it and we've had plenty of warning. >> let me turn for a moment to your work in the senate and ask about your colleague, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell insisting on liability protections for businesses in the next aid package. he said that was his red line. how does not equal putting economic interests before health and s

. >> i'm president of the california nurses association. it is unconscionable that kaiser will be taking this opportunity to ask for a rate increase. with the rate increase, members will not be able to come for their appointments, and with kaiser putting their front-line staff at risk by redistributing contaminated masks, it's a total disaster recipe. i would invoke this commission to look at this very closely and stop kaiser from making profits on the backs of the members. and kaiser is a prepaid insurance. whether we use it or not use it, they are making money. they are raking in money, and they have billions of dollars in profit. i would urge the commission to please not allow this to happen. we have enough stress as front-line health care workers we do not need another stress to be put upon us, and i would suggest that kaiser should give us a discount -- >> madam secretary: thank you, miss, for your public comment, but your time is up. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> madam secretary: moderator, can you open the line for the next cal

nursing homes. a significant number of states, according to the associated press isn't even trying, not even making an effort. why would they? that's your federal government at work on this thing. that's federal leadership on this thing. when it comes to the places that are regulated by the federal government and therefore are subject to mandates from the federal government, that's what federal leadership looks like in trying to save tens of thousands of more american lives in those kinds of facilities. strong suggestions that nobody does anything about and then nobody cares. i mean, at least nobody in the federal government appears to care. they don't seem to be doing anything to try to turn that around. what else is the federal government doing? well, as part of one of the coronavirus relief packages that passed congress and the president signed in late april, democrats insisted during the notions over that relief package that the administration should be required to come up with a national strategy policy within one month. the deadline was this weekend. the administration did type up and print o

on the other side, you have the michigan nurses association, 13,000 members there, and siding with governorhitmer in detroit and in michigan because they are on the front lines. blood is a very difficult question here, and as we watch some of these states very slowly reopen and bars get filled, can you for sure say that people will social distance? in the end, you look at retail sales, a lot of people are saying this is the bottom, the markets look ugly today and monday through wednesday, the dow fell 4.5%, a little bit of recovery yesterday but we will see what happens here. people's 401(k)s, there were a couple of things that did see increases while furniture sales just cratered in apparel sales cratered. pajama sales are up 130%, so people hanging out. money is fungible, got to go somewhere. >> sandra: the daytime pajamas in the nighttime pajamas for folks that have had to stay home through all of this. want to end on "the new york times" article and get your thoughts on this as the pandemic and states borrowed to balance books, the state budgets are a mess after all of this, final thoug

federal government really isn't doing much of anything to stop the deaths in american nursing homes. the associated press has just followed up on the white house's suggestion to governors two weeks ago. vice president mike pence got on a call with governors two weeks ago and told the governors that it is the white house's strong suggestion that all nursing home residents and staff needed to be tested for coronavirus right away. everybody needed to be tested over the next two weeks. well, now we're at the end of those two weeks, and, surprise, it turns out the states aren't actually doing that. states actually aren't going to get that done and meet that deadline from the white house because, hey, it wasn't a requirement. it was just a suggestion, so of course they're not going to do it. could you make it a requirement if you wanted to. why didn't you? you didn't. you just suggested it, so nobody feels obliged. also, "b," if the trump administration actually wanted to help the states get that testing done, then the states might actually be able to do it if they wanted to do it. but the federal govern

we are working with nursing associations and creating materials that nurses can use to help them copeith stress is that they have. not only nurses but all health care workers. we are doing similar work with journalists. we did a webinar talking about journalists who are also in a situation where they cannot turn it off, and they are often in situations where they are high-risk with other essential workers. we know they are under unique stresses. we know we have to do something special for those individuals, and it is important as we think about the nation's mental health response that we are not only thinking about generically how do we address this issue, but how do we address the unique needs of people on the front lines dealing with this crisis? host: let's let some of our viewers take part in the conversation. we will open up regional lines for our conversation with dr. evans. that means if you are in the eastern central time zones, we want to hear from you at (202)-748-8000. if you are in the mountain or pacific time zones, your number is going to be (202)-748-8001. and we are go

joining us now, mark parkinson, the head of the nation's largest associations of nursing homes and long-termlities. mr. parkinson, a "new york times" study found that one-third, more than a third, of all the deaths in this country from covid-19 have been in nursing homes and long-term care facilities. obviously the elderly are an especially vulnerable populati population. incidentally this wasn't just patients, this was also some of the workers at the nursing homes, but why be on that vulnerability, why do you think such a high percentage of all the deaths have been in these facilities? >> mark: well, chris, you're right. this has been a horrible tragedy and for those of us that take care of older people our entire life, it's been the most unspeakable. what was learned from looking around the world is that anyplace people live closely together, whether it's confidence or dormitories or cruise ships or nursing homes, they're particularly vulnerable and it's because of one very unique feature to this virus and that is that this virus, unlike any other that we fought before, a person can catch

york a state directive said more than 4,000 patience recovering from covid-19 to nursing homes according to the associatedor andrew cuomo reverse that order earlier this month. the state was following cdc guidelines at the time. more than 5800 coronavirus deaths have been linked to a new york state nursing homes and adult care facilities. bryan llenas reporting outside of queens, new york, ryan. >> trace good afternoon, new york state issued an order requiring nursing homes to accept covid-19 patience discharged from hospitals. that order also prohibited nursing homes from requiring a hospitalized residence be tested for covid-19 before they were allowed into the home. as a result, according to the associated press come over 4300 recovering coronavirus patients were sent into new york nursing homes at the height of this crisis. now long term care facilities, victims families and lawmakers from both sides say the directive from new york governor andrew cuomo accelerated coronavirus outbreaks in these facilities, leading to preventable deaths. governor cuomo eventually reversed the policy may 10th, requirin