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most people will get the vaccine from their health care provider or insurance provider going forward and hopefully later this year. until then, and for now even after you are vaccinated, we must all continue to take the precautions we know so well. wearing a mask over your nose and your mouth. washing your hands. physically distancing. avoiding those mass gatherings. remember how much it helps those hospital workers when you stay home and avoid gathering with others outside of your household. remember how it will save lives of our most vulnerable neighbors and loved ones. remember that you are making a difference every day, even when sometimes during this pandemic things do seem a little bit out of control. one day we will remember this massive effort and the pandemic will be behind us. that will be a day for mass celebration. and for everything that you are doing until that day, i thank you. >> thank you, mayor breed, and dr. colfax for your remarks. before we begin the question and answer portion we're going to take a moment to allow reporters to submit questions on webex. thank yo
most people will get the vaccine from their health care provider or insurance provider going forward and hopefully later this year. until then, and for now even after you are vaccinated, we must all continue to take the precautions we know so well. wearing a mask over your nose and your mouth. washing your hands. physically distancing. avoiding those mass gatherings. remember how much it helps those hospital workers when you stay home and avoid gathering with others outside of your household....
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vaccine administration is the responsibility of each of those providers. for example in phase number one that we are in right now, it is the federal contract with cvs and walgreens responsible for the nursing homes. maryland hospitals are the ones who are doing their own stats and frontline healthcare workers and out of the 24 departments receiving their doses directly for their own health department staffs and counties first responders all of these providers i can assure you have a desire to get these vaccines into the arms of the people who need them as quickly as they possibly can and no one is attempting to delay. all of us are doing our best to work together on all levels of government and with our private sector partners to get all of the frontline vaccinators whatever resources they need to accelerate the process and to do their jobs as effectively and efficiently as they possibly can. but today i am announcing some additional steps, which we believe will help providers get more shots into more arms even quicker in a safe and efficient manner. last
vaccine administration is the responsibility of each of those providers. for example in phase number one that we are in right now, it is the federal contract with cvs and walgreens responsible for the nursing homes. maryland hospitals are the ones who are doing their own stats and frontline healthcare workers and out of the 24 departments receiving their doses directly for their own health department staffs and counties first responders all of these providers i can assure you have a desire to...
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most people will get the vaccine from their health care provider or insurance provider going forwardefully later this year. until then, and for now even after you are vaccinated, we must all continue to take the precautions we know so well. wearing a mask over your nose and your mouth. washing your hands. physically distancing. avoiding those mass gatherings. remember how much it helps those hospital workers when you stay home and avoid gathering with others outside of your household. remember how it will save lives of our most vulnerable neighbors and loved ones. remember that you are making a difference every day, even when sometimes during this pandemic things do seem a little bit out of control. one day we will remember this massive effort and the pandemic will be behind us. that will be a day for mass celebration. and for everything that you are doing until that day, i thank you. >> thank you, mayor breed, and dr. colfax for your remarks. before we begin the question and answer portion we're going to take a moment to allow reporters to submit questions on webex. thank you for yo
most people will get the vaccine from their health care provider or insurance provider going forwardefully later this year. until then, and for now even after you are vaccinated, we must all continue to take the precautions we know so well. wearing a mask over your nose and your mouth. washing your hands. physically distancing. avoiding those mass gatherings. remember how much it helps those hospital workers when you stay home and avoid gathering with others outside of your household. remember...
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provider in the state. the department of health is issuing an order today which is states at any facility which is not administered only 75 percent of their total first dose allocations they may have them reduced they would have to notify the local health department so they can be reallocated to other parity populations. effective immediately we will be adopting a new southwest airlines model but some others are in need of more. so we will be adjusting the plans to say we will no longer be waiting for all the members of a particular priority group to be completed before we move on to begin with the next group in line. our messagere is clear. either use the doses you have been allocated or with a will be redirected to another facility or provider with a will be used immediately. every single week we will be continuing to push of vaccines to hospitals, pharmacies local health departments and all the other based on needed visualization. as soon as we move forward from the initial phase one which is the extreme
provider in the state. the department of health is issuing an order today which is states at any facility which is not administered only 75 percent of their total first dose allocations they may have them reduced they would have to notify the local health department so they can be reallocated to other parity populations. effective immediately we will be adopting a new southwest airlines model but some others are in need of more. so we will be adjusting the plans to say we will no longer be...
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will provide the health with dictation nurse who can provide the help. and finally the recognition particular there's a lack of broadband, telephone audio only is an important part of this. i don't think it can be stressed enough what an important development this is. it took, i guess it took the pandemic. we all know, those of us who have been working on this for years, and iron river visiting early telehealth facilities when i was governor of maine 25 years ago, but to see it expand and everyone has heard the number at the beginning of the pandemic. 12000 telehealth visits per week. by a middle of june there was a million telehealth visits per week. that is just an amazing unbelievable change. and it has provided access, i think people are now realizing this kind of access something that should continue. and we should enable the policies and the reimbursement policies and all of the other pieces that enable this to continue. again, particularly for people in rural areas. i can't speak for other states but i know in maine one of the issue of people in t
will provide the health with dictation nurse who can provide the help. and finally the recognition particular there's a lack of broadband, telephone audio only is an important part of this. i don't think it can be stressed enough what an important development this is. it took, i guess it took the pandemic. we all know, those of us who have been working on this for years, and iron river visiting early telehealth facilities when i was governor of maine 25 years ago, but to see it expand and...
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most people will get the vaccine from their health care provider or insurance provider going forwarder this year. until then, and for now even after you are vaccinated, we must all continue to take the precautions we know so well. wearing a mask over your nose and your mouth. washing your hands. physically distancing. avoiding those mass gatherings. remember how much it helps those hospital workers when you stay home and avoid gathering with others outside of your household. remember how it will save lives of our most vulnerable neighbors and loved ones. remember that you are making a difference every day, even when sometimes during this pandemic things do seem a little bit out of control. one day we will remember this massive effort and the pandemic will be behind us. that will be a day for mass celebration. and for everything that you are doing until that day, i thank you. >> thank you, mayor breed, and dr. colfax for your remarks. before we begin the question and answer portion we're going to take a moment to allow reporters to submit questions on webex. thank you for your >> than
most people will get the vaccine from their health care provider or insurance provider going forwarder this year. until then, and for now even after you are vaccinated, we must all continue to take the precautions we know so well. wearing a mask over your nose and your mouth. washing your hands. physically distancing. avoiding those mass gatherings. remember how much it helps those hospital workers when you stay home and avoid gathering with others outside of your household. remember how it...
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and the city provides the site and they provide the personnel. most of the medical personnel. >> supervisor walton: thank you so much for that. that's actually good to hear. and what does that do for individuals who don't have one of those providers as their insurer? so what is d.p.h.'s commitment to the vaccination process in terms of actually having the vaccine and providing folks who can administer? >> right. so, again, with the exception of this friday, because it's the first set-up, those sites will be health system agnostic. so it shouldn't matter if you're a u.c.r. kaiser or a southern patient, when you show up you should be able to get the vaccine. that requires us to have the city-wide website where anybody can go in and get the appointment and then you get told which site to go to. but for friday, just because we need to test the systems getting up and running, because we don't have that centralized schedules we're going to use the u.c. scheduling system which is now limited to people within there. however, the good thing is that websit
and the city provides the site and they provide the personnel. most of the medical personnel. >> supervisor walton: thank you so much for that. that's actually good to hear. and what does that do for individuals who don't have one of those providers as their insurer? so what is d.p.h.'s commitment to the vaccination process in terms of actually having the vaccine and providing folks who can administer? >> right. so, again, with the exception of this friday, because it's the first...
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that is done through a myriad of providers. just in the state of california over 3500 providers. l.a. county, roughly 1200 providers in that range. some are excelling. some are doing an extraordinary job, and some have a mindset where they will be more methodical, a little more focused. we are in constant communication with the counties, and we are constantly working through what the issues are, with the challenges are, trying to be resourceful. we have provided almost 2600 staff members to the cities and counties over the last several months. federal as well as state resources. we provided more flexibility in terms of those that can vaccinate. i noted the efforts around paramedics and dentist and noticed there are over 100,000 individuals who do the same. national guard, not only are they correcting -- protecting the state capital but they are also at food banks today, working at best vaccination sites, so we are working through those issues, and i am confident in the next days and weeks particularly with the new administration setting the bar at 65 and older that the vast major
that is done through a myriad of providers. just in the state of california over 3500 providers. l.a. county, roughly 1200 providers in that range. some are excelling. some are doing an extraordinary job, and some have a mindset where they will be more methodical, a little more focused. we are in constant communication with the counties, and we are constantly working through what the issues are, with the challenges are, trying to be resourceful. we have provided almost 2600 staff members to the...
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they do provide a lot of great information. it really has enlightened folks to the circumstances for the lgbt community. other piece of the project is really creating a network of professionals and organizations around the issue of dementia and the lgbtq community. the alzheimer's association reached out to various organizations, caregiver organizations, d.a.s., ucsf has been involved, senior centers, organizations that serve the lgbtq community and some that don't. really brought those people together or to look at the issues, look at some of the barriers, figure out recommendations to be made even help the alzheimer's association what path to take around continuing to serve the community. two pieces of that are particularly valuable in that, people do get on the same page in those meetings. they also share resources and they can act as resources for each other as pieces arrive. network piece has been really important. we're happy to have alzheimer's again and please be able to bring this to you. thanks. >> president knutzen:
they do provide a lot of great information. it really has enlightened folks to the circumstances for the lgbt community. other piece of the project is really creating a network of professionals and organizations around the issue of dementia and the lgbtq community. the alzheimer's association reached out to various organizations, caregiver organizations, d.a.s., ucsf has been involved, senior centers, organizations that serve the lgbtq community and some that don't. really brought those people...
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most people will get the vaccine from their health care provider or insurance provider going forward hopefully later this year. until then, and for now even after you are vaccinated, we must all continue to take the precautions we know so well. wearing a mask over your nose and your mouth. washing your hands. physically distancing. avoiding those mass gatherings. remember how much it helps those hospital workers when you stay home and avoid gathering with others outside of your household. remember how it will save lives of our most vulnerable neighbors and loved ones. remember that you are making a difference every day, even when sometimes during this pandemic things do seem a little bit out of control. one day we will remember this massive effort and the pandemic will be behind us. that will be a day for mass celebration. and for everything that you are doing until that day, i thank you. >> thank you, mayor breed, and dr. colfax for your remarks. before we begin the question and answer portion we're going to take a moment to allow reporters to submit questions on webex. thank you fo
most people will get the vaccine from their health care provider or insurance provider going forward hopefully later this year. until then, and for now even after you are vaccinated, we must all continue to take the precautions we know so well. wearing a mask over your nose and your mouth. washing your hands. physically distancing. avoiding those mass gatherings. remember how much it helps those hospital workers when you stay home and avoid gathering with others outside of your household....
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the expansion of people who can provide the help, practitioners who can provide the help. and finally the recognition that in some cases, particularly when there's a lack of broadband, telephone, audio-only, is an important part of this i don't think it can be stressed enough what an important development this is. and it took, i guess it took the pandemic, we all know, those of us who have been working on this for years and i remember visiting early telehealth facilities when i was governor of maine 25 years ago, but to see it expand to the level and everybody has heard the number, at the beginning of the pandemic 12,000 telehealth visits a week. by the middle of -- by the middle of june, a million telehealth visits a week. that's just an amazing, you know, unbelievable change and it has provided access and i think people are now realizing that this kind of access is something that should continue and we should be sure to enable the policies and the reimbursement policies and all the other pieces that enable this to continue. again, particularly for people in rural areas.
the expansion of people who can provide the help, practitioners who can provide the help. and finally the recognition that in some cases, particularly when there's a lack of broadband, telephone, audio-only, is an important part of this i don't think it can be stressed enough what an important development this is. and it took, i guess it took the pandemic, we all know, those of us who have been working on this for years and i remember visiting early telehealth facilities when i was governor of...
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most people will get the vaccine from their health care provider or insurance provider going forward and hopefully later this year. until then, and for now even after you are vaccinated, we must all continue to take the precautions we know so well. wearing a mask over your nose and your mouth. washing your hands. physically distancing. avoiding those mass gatherings. remember how much it helps those hospital workers when you stay home and avoid gathering with others outside of your household. remember how it will save lives of our most vulnerable neighbors and loved ones. remember that you are making a difference every day, even when sometimes during this pandemic things do seem a little bit out of control. one day we will remember this massive effort and the pandemic will be behind us. that will be a day for mass celebration. and for everything that you are doing until that day, i thank you. >> thank you, mayor breed, and dr. colfax for your remarks. before we begin the question and answer portion we're going to take a moment to allow reporters to submit questions on webex. thank yo
most people will get the vaccine from their health care provider or insurance provider going forward and hopefully later this year. until then, and for now even after you are vaccinated, we must all continue to take the precautions we know so well. wearing a mask over your nose and your mouth. washing your hands. physically distancing. avoiding those mass gatherings. remember how much it helps those hospital workers when you stay home and avoid gathering with others outside of your household....
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and the city provides the site and they provide the personnel. most of the medical personnel. >> supervisor walton: thank you so much for that. that's actually good to hear. and what does that do for individuals who don't have one of those providers as their insurer? so what is d.p.h.'s commitment to the vaccination process in terms of actually having the vaccine and providing folks who can administer? >> right. so, again, with the exception of this friday, because it's the first set-up, those sites will be health system agnostic. so it shouldn't matter if you're a u.c.r. kaiser or a southern patient, when you show up you should be able to get the vaccine. that requires us to have the city-wide website where anybody can go in and get the appointment and then you get told which site to go to. but for friday, just because we need to test the systems getting up and running, because we don't have that centralized schedules we're going to use the u.c. scheduling system which is now limited to people within there. however, the good thing is that websit
and the city provides the site and they provide the personnel. most of the medical personnel. >> supervisor walton: thank you so much for that. that's actually good to hear. and what does that do for individuals who don't have one of those providers as their insurer? so what is d.p.h.'s commitment to the vaccination process in terms of actually having the vaccine and providing folks who can administer? >> right. so, again, with the exception of this friday, because it's the first...
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now providing direct financial assistance for those who test positive during the pandemic. fulfilling the ideas of the healthcare security ordinance and thank our labor partners and the latino task force with helping us with this. i'm proud of the right to recover program. one of the shining examples of how the city has stepped up in the absence of federal leadership and provided support. we are continuing to move forward with distributing the vaccine through the department of public health and our private providers but we also continue to face challenges with the lack of supply. to show you what's happening in san francisco let me walk you through some slides. let's start with the department of public health, which is charged with vaccinating workers at san francisco general, our e.m.t.s and other front line community health workers, as well as those who are 65 and older in the san francisco health network, which serves the most vulnerable and underserved people of the city. so far the department of public health has received 31,655 doses, and administered 15,545 doses. ou
now providing direct financial assistance for those who test positive during the pandemic. fulfilling the ideas of the healthcare security ordinance and thank our labor partners and the latino task force with helping us with this. i'm proud of the right to recover program. one of the shining examples of how the city has stepped up in the absence of federal leadership and provided support. we are continuing to move forward with distributing the vaccine through the department of public health and...
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vaccine will be provided as fast as ossible? , ., .. , vaccine will be provided as fast as ossible?vaccines are being provided as _ possible? yes, vaccines are being provided as fast _ possible? yes, vaccines are being provided as fast as _ possible? yes, vaccines are being provided as fast as possible - possible? yes, vaccines are being provided as fast as possible and l provided as fast as possible and will be —— will continue to be provided as fast as possible. if there are any anxious over 80s watching this, not only have we got to the majority of over 80s here in wales, it is not the case that england have completed their over 80s programme. there are still people in england waiting for their vaccines, too. in wales, england, scotland and northern ireland we are all working through as fast as possible in those priority groups and there will be no letup from the welsh government or our hard—working staff within the national health service who i think you're doing a fantasticjob and who are a credit to our country. fantastic job and who are a credit to our country-— to our countr
vaccine will be provided as fast as ossible? , ., .. , vaccine will be provided as fast as ossible?vaccines are being provided as _ possible? yes, vaccines are being provided as fast _ possible? yes, vaccines are being provided as fast as _ possible? yes, vaccines are being provided as fast as possible - possible? yes, vaccines are being provided as fast as possible and l provided as fast as possible and will be —— will continue to be provided as fast as possible. if there are any anxious...
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, providing an additional $17 million for postsecondary institutions. this represents a 2% increase in general fund investment. i am also creating the better kentucky promise, a program that broadens the work ready scholarship, creates new opportunities, and provides the last dollar necessary for more than 6,300 kentuckians to complete associate's degrees or secure certificates. imagine that, 6,300 kentuckians gaining that educational opportunity that's going to move all of us forward. i am also proposing a 1% raise for our hardworking state employees. they keep our communities running, and they have more than earned it. we are improving compensation for local and state law enforcement and firefighters, who are always on the front lines, with a $600 stipend increase from the law enforcement and firefighters foundation program funds. and i have included the full exclusion of military pensions from the kentucky income tax, recognizing the service of our men and women in uniform and what it means to our country. my better kentucky budget further prioritize
, providing an additional $17 million for postsecondary institutions. this represents a 2% increase in general fund investment. i am also creating the better kentucky promise, a program that broadens the work ready scholarship, creates new opportunities, and provides the last dollar necessary for more than 6,300 kentuckians to complete associate's degrees or secure certificates. imagine that, 6,300 kentuckians gaining that educational opportunity that's going to move all of us forward. i am...
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personnel or commissioners are to respond but may provide brief response. opportunities to speak are available via phone by calling 415-655-0001. enter access code 146 -- star 3 if you wish to comment. if you wish to speak you will be added to the queue. speak clearly and slowly and turndown devices in the background. you may submit comment in the following ways. e-mail the secretary of the police commission or written comments to the public safety building located at 1245 third street, san francisco. members of the public to make comment press star 3. we have one public comment. >> thank you. this is rebecca young again. some of the commission members know me. i wear several hats. i am a public defender and member of the san francisco police department bias working group co-chair racial justice, it is on bar association of the san francisco criminal justice task force. as a result of these roles i have done a fair amount of study around meet and confer policy that protects the san francisco police department can collective bargaining from any sort of publi
personnel or commissioners are to respond but may provide brief response. opportunities to speak are available via phone by calling 415-655-0001. enter access code 146 -- star 3 if you wish to comment. if you wish to speak you will be added to the queue. speak clearly and slowly and turndown devices in the background. you may submit comment in the following ways. e-mail the secretary of the police commission or written comments to the public safety building located at 1245 third street, san...
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act funds to provide relief to more than 2000 small businesses. with the request for relief greatly exceeding the c.a.r.e.s. act funds, we must do more. according to recent data one out of four small business owners report they will have to close their doors in the next six months if the current economic conditions don't improve. so to provide small businesses with additional relief my executive budget allocates will allocate $123 million of state funds for small business grants administered by the department of commerce in the same manner of the c.a.r.e.s. act funds. how the department of commerce is demonstrated through the pandemic that they are a forceful advocate for small businesses and as we know entrepreneurs are the states top job creators so we can help all businessmen to expand and flourish and with the pandemic related liability curate currently 32 states have adopted some type of sectional ready for the pandemic and the various governmental and private sector responses are likely to present questions of law and fact and businesses and
act funds to provide relief to more than 2000 small businesses. with the request for relief greatly exceeding the c.a.r.e.s. act funds, we must do more. according to recent data one out of four small business owners report they will have to close their doors in the next six months if the current economic conditions don't improve. so to provide small businesses with additional relief my executive budget allocates will allocate $123 million of state funds for small business grants administered by...
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grants to all early education providers to all providers across the city who have been struggling. there's much more to operate under the public health order than meets the eye, and for that, i'm going to thank you for bringing up this fund as a life saver. we're going to be providing grants as a lifeline, and then loans for those that the grants won't quite cover. the grants are going to be made available first as a priority, and secondary, if a program needs just a little bit more help, then we'll be able to offer them loans, as well. the funding will be able to cover citywide. of course, prioritization is always to programs that are in higher need and in neighborhoods that have the most need. so those are the two things that we clarified. the other has to do with clarification around the funders for the family resource centers. it's been a joint initiative since the beginning, and that's been through the department of children, youth, and families and, of course, first five san francisco. as we move through, we want to look at the entire early childhood system as we're not only
grants to all early education providers to all providers across the city who have been struggling. there's much more to operate under the public health order than meets the eye, and for that, i'm going to thank you for bringing up this fund as a life saver. we're going to be providing grants as a lifeline, and then loans for those that the grants won't quite cover. the grants are going to be made available first as a priority, and secondary, if a program needs just a little bit more help, then...
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objective judge of whether or not trump should be -- >> providing a situation update to the residents of the district of columbia on two important topics. the districts response to covid-19 and the districts preparation for the 59th presidential inauguration of joseph biden, and the inauguration of vice president, harris. we will also plan to have a future briefing on residential inauguration activities in the district. of course exactly one week ago the was a violent insurrection at the capitol of the united states that has impacted the way we are approaching working with our federal partners and planning for the 59th inauguration. we've asked americans not to come to the washington d.c. if it, but instead to participate virtually. we know that is the right choice and the best way to keep everyone safe. on monday i shared with you some of the tasks i've made of the federal government, and i will just briefly state where we are with those. on monday i requested as you recall that the president declare a pre-emergency declaration for the district of columbia. and on monday that declara
objective judge of whether or not trump should be -- >> providing a situation update to the residents of the district of columbia on two important topics. the districts response to covid-19 and the districts preparation for the 59th presidential inauguration of joseph biden, and the inauguration of vice president, harris. we will also plan to have a future briefing on residential inauguration activities in the district. of course exactly one week ago the was a violent insurrection at the...
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we have been providing a much-needed support, as much as we can to help get them open. right now, we are working with the district to set up the testing system. we shared funding and staff to help facilities get ready we will do whatever we can to get our classrooms open. i know it is not easy. it is for the good of our entire community, and for our kids and families. nothing matters more. back in summer when it was clear schools weren't going to open this fall, we knew we had to do something for the kids struggling with distance learning, including my niece and nephew. that is where we launched this community hub initiative. as the first semester of the initiative comes to a close, we have an opportunity to look back on all that we have accomplished with this incredible program. as i said when we first started the program, it takes a village to get the children the resourceses they need to thursday five. that is especially true during the pandemic. we have an incredible village in san francisco. in a matter of weeks we got the program up and running with the help of co
we have been providing a much-needed support, as much as we can to help get them open. right now, we are working with the district to set up the testing system. we shared funding and staff to help facilities get ready we will do whatever we can to get our classrooms open. i know it is not easy. it is for the good of our entire community, and for our kids and families. nothing matters more. back in summer when it was clear schools weren't going to open this fall, we knew we had to do something...
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doctors, nurses, hospitals, healthcare providers are struggling to provide legal care under very difficultditions if there's any good, there's not much but if there is any good to come out of this virus, it's that it has expedited the digital health transformation out the, designed to help providers deliver healthcare more quickly and efficiently. covid-19, i think has, put a laser focus on use of telemedicine or guide, and treatment through digital health was a tool available prior to the onset of this virus based on recent data telehealth claims of increased 3005 100% over the last year. as one of those has grown at a rural part my family today, i am personally very well aware of the challenges of providing healthcare america health team has been working over the past many years. the last year rural healthcare facilities throughout the country including maine senate, no. we saw repeatedly the problems rural america based in accessing care, long drives to the doctors offices, shortages both primary care and specialist and the rush of hospital and clinical closures. we released recommendat
doctors, nurses, hospitals, healthcare providers are struggling to provide legal care under very difficultditions if there's any good, there's not much but if there is any good to come out of this virus, it's that it has expedited the digital health transformation out the, designed to help providers deliver healthcare more quickly and efficiently. covid-19, i think has, put a laser focus on use of telemedicine or guide, and treatment through digital health was a tool available prior to the...
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we need to provide vaccines so people can provide for their families. it is a service. government felt the brunt of it. we are trying to find those revenue sources to be able to provide the services that people need across the country. it's very different that we have relied on the structure that has helped us provide those services. >> i have another question if i'm able. >> the heroes act which passed the house over the summer had over $900 billion for local and state governments and the american rescue plan introduced by president biden has 350 billion, roughly a third of that, more than a third of that. is $350 billion enough to cover the needs that are out there across the country and are you getting any indication from the biden administration on how the $300 billion would be divided up >> the biden heirs of is made very clear that this is a rescue package and there will be a relief package following. we are sheet that is something that will get us to deal with what we are dealing with right now. keep in mind i think mayor williams and the commissioner did a good
we need to provide vaccines so people can provide for their families. it is a service. government felt the brunt of it. we are trying to find those revenue sources to be able to provide the services that people need across the country. it's very different that we have relied on the structure that has helped us provide those services. >> i have another question if i'm able. >> the heroes act which passed the house over the summer had over $900 billion for local and state governments...
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providing a couple hundred thousand dollars more in staffs is providing demonstrated outcomes as come peared to hiring investigators and enforcement. as past district attorney told me, nothing educates the public faster than an enforcement action. i think enforcement actions for people that violated their trust and particularly the requirements for ethics as shown in the documents they signed is a good starting point. it would be more than having tutorials for people. i do not favor the funding for ethics at work under these circumstances. i do not see any stated potential outcomes of reducing corruption or anything else. all i see is protect the cover for people who are city officials who claim they took the classes. i may being that point for consideration as this goes on. commissioner chiu mentioned the point be i raised as well. impact on small business. i think that it would be good for whatever we submit to the mayor to spell out how corruption and rigged contracts is affecting income for small businesses in san francisco, and some of that is spelled out in the controller's audi
providing a couple hundred thousand dollars more in staffs is providing demonstrated outcomes as come peared to hiring investigators and enforcement. as past district attorney told me, nothing educates the public faster than an enforcement action. i think enforcement actions for people that violated their trust and particularly the requirements for ethics as shown in the documents they signed is a good starting point. it would be more than having tutorials for people. i do not favor the funding...
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i don't have any more information of what we provided. reporter: you said congress can walk and chew gum at the same time, but there are so many hours in the day. has the president expressed concern at trial will slow down additional confirmations and the covid relief bill? jen: only that it cannot. there are only 70 hours in the day -- so many hours in the day. the house to move forward on a package. there is capacity and ability to have discussions, hearings, take steps to move forward on the president's covid relief package. we don't think it can be delayed or wait. they will have to find the path forward and he is confident they can do that. reporter: president biden said he believes president trump is unfit. should he be barred going forward? jen: we believe it to congress. he ran against him because he felt he was fit to serve and resident might beat him. -- president biden beat him. we will leave that up to congress to determine. reporter: [indiscernible] -- try to hammer out this package? jen: without giving specifics, which i kno
i don't have any more information of what we provided. reporter: you said congress can walk and chew gum at the same time, but there are so many hours in the day. has the president expressed concern at trial will slow down additional confirmations and the covid relief bill? jen: only that it cannot. there are only 70 hours in the day -- so many hours in the day. the house to move forward on a package. there is capacity and ability to have discussions, hearings, take steps to move forward on the...
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to date, those hospitals have ministered 55,941 doses which is 34.3% of the doses that were provided to them. some of our hospitals are doing extremely well, already utilizing as much as 67% of their total allocations while others are still ramping up. the slowest hospitals in the state have completed only 16% of their allocation. we have also deployed 75,200 doses to one of our county health departments and they have begun vaccinating their vaccinators emts and first responders so they can then start off their vaccination clinic. local health departments have administered 11,401 doses which is 32.4% of what we have deployed to them. five counties have done a remarkable job and have already completed 80% or more of their phase 1a vaccinations. that includes howard, montgomery, st. mary's, calverton caroline counties. other counties are just beginning to ramp up their operations. 61,425 doses were sent directly to cvs and walgreens which have a federal contract to administer vaccines and all 227 of our nursing homes. to date, cvs and walgreens have entered in our system data showing c
to date, those hospitals have ministered 55,941 doses which is 34.3% of the doses that were provided to them. some of our hospitals are doing extremely well, already utilizing as much as 67% of their total allocations while others are still ramping up. the slowest hospitals in the state have completed only 16% of their allocation. we have also deployed 75,200 doses to one of our county health departments and they have begun vaccinating their vaccinators emts and first responders so they can...
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we provided financial relief through grants for small businesses, especially those in the hospitality service industry, devastated by the loss of customers and revenue. we replenished the state's unemployment trust fund with close to one billion dollars from the cares act thereby saving employers and small businesses from a crippling tax increase to replenish the fund. and while they could not be here with us tonight, i ask you to join me in thanking the members of acceleratesc for their volunteer service, sacrifice, vision and leadership. their contributions have accelerated south carolina through the pandemic stronger and laid the groundwork for a more prosperous future. [applause] during the peak of the pandemic, the unemployment crisis was severe. during the worst week of the great recession in 2008 and 2009, we saw nearly 14,000 initial jobless claims filed. during the worst week of the pandemic, we saw more than 37,000 such claims. -- 87,000 such claims. in april, our unemployment rate was 12.4%. but, today, it is 4.4% the lowest in the southeast and the seventh lowest unemploym
we provided financial relief through grants for small businesses, especially those in the hospitality service industry, devastated by the loss of customers and revenue. we replenished the state's unemployment trust fund with close to one billion dollars from the cares act thereby saving employers and small businesses from a crippling tax increase to replenish the fund. and while they could not be here with us tonight, i ask you to join me in thanking the members of acceleratesc for their...
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today i'm provide an update on five areas that they have made sniffing and progress. those areas are responding to economic risks related to covid-19 and enhancing our resolution, supporting communities in need, prompting diversity inclusion and fdic's and fostering technology solutions and innovation. my written statement providing detail in these areas but i would like to briefly starting with how you responded to the economic risks related to the pandemic. beginning in early march the fdic's and our fellow regulators undertook a series of actions that that helped stability and financial markets. in addition to providing flexibility for banks to work with their borrowers we made many regulatory changes to the bill lending and other financial intermediation. we continue to monitor conditions and receive feedback from supervisor institutions and we will consider additional guidance as appropriate. as the fdic responded to the immediate impact of the pandemic also focused on enhancing our resolution readiness in several ways. although we enter the pandemic with the his
today i'm provide an update on five areas that they have made sniffing and progress. those areas are responding to economic risks related to covid-19 and enhancing our resolution, supporting communities in need, prompting diversity inclusion and fdic's and fostering technology solutions and innovation. my written statement providing detail in these areas but i would like to briefly starting with how you responded to the economic risks related to the pandemic. beginning in early march the fdic's...
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and the city provides the site and they provide the personnel. medical personnel. >> supervisor walton: thank you so much for that. that's actually good to hear. and what does that do for individuals who don't have one of those providers as their insurer? so what is d.p.h.'s commitment to the vaccination process in terms of actually having the vaccine and providing folks who can administer? >> right. so, again, with the exception of this friday, because it's the first set-up, those sites will be health system agnostic. so it shouldn't matter if you're a u.c.r. kaiser or a southern patient, when you show up you should be able to get the vaccine. that requires us to have the city-wide website where anybody can go in and get the appointment and then you get told which site to go to. but for friday, just because we need to test the systems getting up and running, because we don't have that centralized schedules we're going to use the u.c. scheduling system which is now limited to people within there. however, the good thing is that website that went
and the city provides the site and they provide the personnel. medical personnel. >> supervisor walton: thank you so much for that. that's actually good to hear. and what does that do for individuals who don't have one of those providers as their insurer? so what is d.p.h.'s commitment to the vaccination process in terms of actually having the vaccine and providing folks who can administer? >> right. so, again, with the exception of this friday, because it's the first set-up, those...
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do they contact their provider? do they wait for their provider to contact them? is there a sign-up list? >> so most people will get the vaccine from their provider. the city have the notification site they can sign up on to tell them when they are eligible for the vaccine. and then we will encourage people to also contact their provider. and for the most part the providers that we have partnered with are keeping their patients up to date on the availability of the vaccine. but i think that the other key point with this scale-up of these mass vaccine sites -- when we have vaccine available our vision is that people can get the vaccine as long as they're eligible as quickly as possible. and people can go to those sites. the issue right now is that we simply don't have enough vaccine. >> thank you, dr. colfax. the next series of questions will be for carrie owens pleats. miss pleats, your first question is from lily tan, nbc bay area. how does the news of no increased shipments of vaccines impact kaiser's rollout plan? >> well, i think as mayor breed responded, that
do they contact their provider? do they wait for their provider to contact them? is there a sign-up list? >> so most people will get the vaccine from their provider. the city have the notification site they can sign up on to tell them when they are eligible for the vaccine. and then we will encourage people to also contact their provider. and for the most part the providers that we have partnered with are keeping their patients up to date on the availability of the vaccine. but i think...
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we are providing a wide range of navigation services. we have two wonderful social workers who are working with the cancer patients here. they're doing support, they're doing screening, which we've talked about the importance of screening for patients who are distressed. they're doing counseling sessions. and the fact that we can be here in a place like whitman walker with all those wraparound services is a meaningful partnership. and christina is just going to talk more about the things that are happening at the clinic. we have a mini tour scheduled today. >> a very mini tour. [laughter] but we want to be respectful of your time. so, the benefit of doing this kind of work for us at a federally qualified center is we have medical providers. we have dental providers. we have nursing staff. also, comprehensive behavioral health programs. we have attorneys that help people with social discriminant of health. and legal harms that are happening that might impact their health care access. and of course, we have insurance navigators to make sur
we are providing a wide range of navigation services. we have two wonderful social workers who are working with the cancer patients here. they're doing support, they're doing screening, which we've talked about the importance of screening for patients who are distressed. they're doing counseling sessions. and the fact that we can be here in a place like whitman walker with all those wraparound services is a meaningful partnership. and christina is just going to talk more about the things that...
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providers. we are a private school. we provide financial afraid our pockets. and our teach thers and families depend on us as they would at any school and i'd like the echo lucy's comments that we serve a lot of essential providers in our apparent community. we also shut down completely for shelter in place. of course we could not collect from our families during this time. we did obtain federal p.p.e. funds to cover payroll but that is one part of our cost. most providers are suffering a really big double bind of higher costs to operate right now. and lower income. due to the limit and means of complying with the necessary health requirements right now. so covid has had a huge hit on most providers. we have to hire more teach thers. we definitely have to perditional supply and i'd like to emphasize that grant funds rather than additional loan commitments are the most useful to recuperate lost income. child care is an industry that runs on thin margins. our private programmes are struggling to re-open and recover and continue. so, grant funds would definitely
providers. we are a private school. we provide financial afraid our pockets. and our teach thers and families depend on us as they would at any school and i'd like the echo lucy's comments that we serve a lot of essential providers in our apparent community. we also shut down completely for shelter in place. of course we could not collect from our families during this time. we did obtain federal p.p.e. funds to cover payroll but that is one part of our cost. most providers are suffering a...
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, dental providers, we have nursing staff. also, comprehensive behavioral health programs. we have attorneys that help people with social discriminant of health. and of course, we have insurance navigators to make sure we have everyone in short. the whole team works together to support that patient care. we have got a big team that is working altogether in a secure way to keep everyone informed. it has been incredible to have the social working aspect and support for our patients. i would love to show you more. >> you may want to mention this. one of the things happening today that is so exciting when you think about the future is whitman walker is opening a 100,000 square-foot facility. >> [indiscernible] >> we are going to put you here. >> welcome to one of our makeshift storage rooms. we are glad to have so many supplies. we are experiencing shortages and monitoring supply all the time, but what we had to do over a 24 to 48 hour period is stop providing care and launch telehealth. we normally see about 400 unique individual
, dental providers, we have nursing staff. also, comprehensive behavioral health programs. we have attorneys that help people with social discriminant of health. and of course, we have insurance navigators to make sure we have everyone in short. the whole team works together to support that patient care. we have got a big team that is working altogether in a secure way to keep everyone informed. it has been incredible to have the social working aspect and support for our patients. i would love...
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talk about the providers reaching out to the patient's. >> sure.umber of our health systems will have vaccine and take care of individuals over the age of 65. there reaching out to anyone who has reached their system over the years to receive the vaccine within the system. that began this week as well. in addition to having access to vaccines, we have several in our community, and the hundreds of thousands receiving vaccines. heiser, gw, reaching out to united medical center, reaching out, they are receiving vaccines today and i was able to go to those sites yesterday and see patients in the united medical center system and the clinics. >> questions about the vaccine, how are you ensuring internet savvy seniors, all 6000 appointments, are you reserving some of the cold center and others -- for the website and another question is, how are you accounting for homebound seniors? >> the homebound seniors is a little bit tricky and i seen e-mails about this and we have discussed this with our colleagues in other cities. there are limitations at homebound
talk about the providers reaching out to the patient's. >> sure.umber of our health systems will have vaccine and take care of individuals over the age of 65. there reaching out to anyone who has reached their system over the years to receive the vaccine within the system. that began this week as well. in addition to having access to vaccines, we have several in our community, and the hundreds of thousands receiving vaccines. heiser, gw, reaching out to united medical center, reaching...
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do they contact their provider? do they wait for their provider to contact them? is there a sign-up list? >> so most people will get the vaccine from their provider. the city have the notification site they can sign up on to tell them when they are eligible for the vaccine. and then we will encourage people to also contact their provider. and for the most part the providers that we have partnered with are keeping their patients up to date on the availability of the vaccine. but i think that the other key point with this scale-up of these mass vaccine sites -- when we have vaccine available our vision is that people can get the vaccine as long as they're eligible as quickly as possible. and people can go to those sites. the issue right now is that we simply don't have enough vaccine. >> thank you, dr. colfax. the next series of questions will be for carrie owens pleats. miss pleats, your first question is from lily tan, nbc bay area. how does the news of no increased shipments of vaccines impact kaiser's rollout plan? >> well, i think as mayor breed responded, that
do they contact their provider? do they wait for their provider to contact them? is there a sign-up list? >> so most people will get the vaccine from their provider. the city have the notification site they can sign up on to tell them when they are eligible for the vaccine. and then we will encourage people to also contact their provider. and for the most part the providers that we have partnered with are keeping their patients up to date on the availability of the vaccine. but i think...
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program provides direct assistance to families to cover those costs. but the way it is being implemented doesn't get to the full costs necessary. so, with the changes an eligible family with three children would get an additional $200 over two months to help pay for food. second, increasing emergency snap benefits for as many as 12 million low income americans. this is the core program starlinged at preventing hunger in america. these changes a family of four for would be a 15% to 20% benefit increase. revising the thrifty food plan third, which is the basis for determining snap benefits. it is out of date and needs to be updated to better reflect the cost of a healthy diet. another element of this executive order, is to promote work safety. here, president biden will ask the department of labor to clarify workers have a federally guaranteed right to refuse employment that would jeopardize their health and if they do so they will still qualify foreign -- qualify for unemployment insurance. this is a step to make sure workers have a right to a safe work
program provides direct assistance to families to cover those costs. but the way it is being implemented doesn't get to the full costs necessary. so, with the changes an eligible family with three children would get an additional $200 over two months to help pay for food. second, increasing emergency snap benefits for as many as 12 million low income americans. this is the core program starlinged at preventing hunger in america. these changes a family of four for would be a 15% to 20% benefit...
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provides that the army corps of engineers providing federal interest, this effort could open the door to various significant federal funding for our waterfront. i want to thank the study team for the continued work on the waiver request. the mission rock has been keeping very busy over the months and covid. in the port and mission rock partners closed on all four phases, -- sorry all four phase 1 parcel leases in 2020. that is really a huge milestone. more recentlies, the port issued the first construction permit for parcels a and g. parcel g is an office building that was sublease and become the new global headquarters. construction on the building began in december and expected to be completed approximately 24 hours later. parcel a is also under construction. work on this 283 unit residential building began this month with completion also anticipated in approximately 24 months. once completed this building will bring 102 affordable units to our san francisco waterfront including the -- issuing the first construction permits for the two buildings results in $105 million in affordable
provides that the army corps of engineers providing federal interest, this effort could open the door to various significant federal funding for our waterfront. i want to thank the study team for the continued work on the waiver request. the mission rock has been keeping very busy over the months and covid. in the port and mission rock partners closed on all four phases, -- sorry all four phase 1 parcel leases in 2020. that is really a huge milestone. more recentlies, the port issued the first...
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now providing direct financial assistance for those who test positive during the pandemic. fulfilling the ideas of the healthcare security ordinance and thank our labor partners and the latino task force with helping us with this. i'm proud of the right to recover program. one of the shining examples of how the city has stepped up in the absence of federal leadership and provided support. we are continuing to move forward with distributing the vaccine through the department of public health and our private providers but we also continue to face challenges with the lack of supply. to show you what's happening in san francisco let me walk you through some slides. let's start with the department of public health, which is charged with vaccinating workers at san francisco general, our e.m.t.s and other front line community health workers, as well as those who are 65 and older in the san francisco health network, which serves the most vulnerable and underserved people of the city. so far the department of public health has received 31,655 doses, and administered 15,545 doses. ou
now providing direct financial assistance for those who test positive during the pandemic. fulfilling the ideas of the healthcare security ordinance and thank our labor partners and the latino task force with helping us with this. i'm proud of the right to recover program. one of the shining examples of how the city has stepped up in the absence of federal leadership and provided support. we are continuing to move forward with distributing the vaccine through the department of public health and...
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state and local governments with the funds and flexibility necessary for us to continue providing the services to the american people. we are joined by two senior white house officials who will play key roles in filling the partnership with the biden administration. first, julie rodriguez chavez, director of the white house office of intergovernmental affairs. you have been fantastic with us. the team worked with the transition. thank you again for helping us so much. thank you. brian deese, director of the national economic council. welcome to you both and thank you for making this time. it has been a little bit busy for you this week. we are happy to be aligned with president biden and understand the urgency facing states and local governments. he expressed that clearly after we met with him after the election. he understands we need flexibility and direct fiscal assistance to fight the pandemic, close the budget shortfalls, keep our front line workers on the job and spur community-based recovery. president biden understands how important cities are to the economic health and prospe
state and local governments with the funds and flexibility necessary for us to continue providing the services to the american people. we are joined by two senior white house officials who will play key roles in filling the partnership with the biden administration. first, julie rodriguez chavez, director of the white house office of intergovernmental affairs. you have been fantastic with us. the team worked with the transition. thank you again for helping us so much. thank you. brian deese,...
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the president will ask the department of agriculture to provide steps to provide assistance to hard-hit families. first by increasing ebt benefits by 15%. this is the program that is aimed at supporting families who traditionally rely on the school lunch program to provide meals to millions of kids through their schools. the pandemic ebt program provides direct assistance families to cover those costs. the way it is being implemented today does not get to the full cost necessary. with these changes an eligible family with three children would get an additional $100 to pay for food. increasing the snap benefits for as many as 12 million low income americans. this is the core program targeted at preventing hunger in america. these changes for a family of four would mean a 20% benefit increase. third, revising the thrifty food program, which is the basis for determining snap benefits is out of date and needs to be updated to better reflect the cost of a healthy diet. another element of this executive order is to promote worker safety. here president biden will ask the department of labor t
the president will ask the department of agriculture to provide steps to provide assistance to hard-hit families. first by increasing ebt benefits by 15%. this is the program that is aimed at supporting families who traditionally rely on the school lunch program to provide meals to millions of kids through their schools. the pandemic ebt program provides direct assistance families to cover those costs. the way it is being implemented today does not get to the full cost necessary. with these...