Speaking at an afternoon press conference governor Gavin Newsom updated Californians on where the situation stands with available hospital beds and hotel rooms for the state’s unhoused.
Here’s snapshot of the state’s preparedness, by the numbers, according to Newom:
Rooms and hospital beds:
108,000: the number of unhoused in California who need shelter
51,000: the number of hotel rooms Newsom plans to provide for the unhoused
416: Hospitals in California
78,000: Hospital beds that typically exist in the state.
19,500: The number of beds that the state will have to have to meet demand due to coronavirus.
1,000: Number of beds at skilled nursing facilities Newsom is looking to add to assist the elderly
Unemployment claims:
2,000: Unemployment claims California sees in a typical day
40,000: Unemployment claims California saw a week ago Monday
140,000: Unemployment claims the state saw yesterday (meaning it may take additional time to issue payments).
Trump says doctors have not endorsed easing federal guidelines
From CNN’s Jason Hoffman
President Trump was pressed Monday about whether any of the doctors on the coronavirus task force have endorsed easing the federal guidelines.
Trump said the doctors had “not endorsed, but we talk together and I think they’re OK with it and I’m OK with it."
“But this could be a much bigger problem. This could create a much bigger problem than the problem that you start off with,” he added.
Trump went on to repeat what he said earlier in the briefing that “we can do both” as in easing federal guidelines in some places to boost the economy, but still focus on certain hotspots.
All these reports about states canceling this and cities canceling that remind me of the old joke about chopping off a dog’s tail piece by piece so it doesn’t hurt so much.
How can anyone expect doctors and nurses to continue to work under these conditions if that’s going to be the case? (I do agree that is what he is saying.) Will they just quit?
I hope no one needs to have a baby, gets in a car crash, falls down the stairs, or has a heart attack for the next few months or more. There might be no one left to attend to you.
" Do they think there is something special about where they live that will prevent it from happening?"
No, they think that THEY are special.
People like that are like a bunch of teenagers who think nothing bad can happen to THEM.
I guess hubris, like the virus, CAN be transmitted!
Sad, because he’s the only one I’ve really felt I could trust. I’d rather have someone give bad news to me straight than to cover up the bad news with rosy predictions.
Kids in schools have separators between them so they are more protected from one another, and all wear masks. they are doing lots of other things, too, that stem the spread.
If Fauci is disinvited, there goes rational, scientific information coming out from the White House. And the presence of Barr instead of Fauci is startling, to say the least.
So far, this was a good press conference for Trump. It would be good if he wrapped it up so he doesn’t step on himself.
I feel like “reopening the country” after only 15 days (barely) is probably too soon, but I agree that it can’t be much longer than that. Now that there is TESTING (still ramping up in some places) and people have learned about social distancing, this can be managed with the the country back up. I bet MANY businesses will continue work from home to cover themselves, even once the green light is given. States will take the lead - as they should.