Upon our nation to help us coming forward to this day, I said to the President of United States and all the leadership in Washington that they needed to focus on Sunday, April fifth to help us prepare for the onslaught next week, obviously to the state of New York to so many organizations and companies around the country around the world that came forward wine to help this is the day we focused everyone on and I think that was. The right thing to do because the facts demanded it. I think it was also the right thing to do because it helped to focus attention and action. There's nothing more powerful than giving people a deadline in life, and this was an honest deadline given everything that we have seen the deadline referred to the whole range of needs that we had ventilators. We've all come to know how crucial those are to saving lives, Personal protective equipment. personnel all the pieces of the equation necessary to be able to address this crisis so what I can tell you now that we've gotten to this crucial moment is there is definitely some good news are a call for help our our call for people to focus on the needs of New York City, where the epicenter of this crisis, the people the city are doing everything possible to fight this virus. Do the right thing in terms of shelter in place and social distancing. The people of this city are doing the right thing, helping their fellow New Yorkers our first responders our health care workers are acting heroically in this crisis. I called for everyone else to come to our aid and the good news is that our call was heard and acted on in so many ways, but that does not mean we're out of the Woods for next week. There is still real help We will need to get through the week and I'm gonna go over that with you now. So first, let's go over how we got to this moment and what we saw coming. I gave people the honest truth about what we were seeing all through last week and this week as we lead up to Sunday, April fifth today and a quick summation is that we thought as early as tonight, there was the possibility of running out of crucial equipment like ventilators and vent. I keep saying when you need one when the doctor needs one for a patient, there's no time to wait. it is needed that exact moment to save a life. That's why we've been so precise about exactly what day what hour we will get to that point where this city might run out well now I can tell you and this is certainly good news. We have bought a few more days here. we believe now we can get to Tuesday or Wednesday with the supplies we have. we're gonna update. The numbers constantly an update the projections, but in human terms, this is very important. It means that the ventilators that we've gotten are gonna stretch farther than we originally projected and I wanna be very clear. I want everyone to understand this my order to my entire team to all of my commissioners. Everyone is doing this crucial work dealing with this crisis. My order is always to prepare for the worst case scenario, not the best case scenario not. What you think might be an average scenario but to get ready for the worst case because God forbid the worst case happens, We can't say at that point O G, we underestimate we have to be ready for everything and anything New Yorkers think that way we're ready for anything and everything in our daily lives. That's part of what makes us great. But I've said to all my colleagues were preparing for whatever is thrown at us. So it's good in one way that the original projection was cautious and that we have a few more. Days, but I wanna be clear it only means a few more days nothing more. I can guarantee beyond that and we have real work to do to fill that gap going forward. On personnel, I've been saying increasingly sounding the alarm that we're gonna need more and more personnel to deal with the growing number of cases and also the growing number of hospital alternative hospital facilities that are being created more and more beds being created. That's a good thing. We have a very very ambitious plan to create more beds, but we're gonna need the the medical personnel to go with it. The overall goal is 40 - 5000 addition, additional doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists, dietitians pharmacists you This week we need to keep adding to our total. The good news is that we are seeing a real important surge of military medical personnel. This is something I've been calling for over these last two weeks vehemently and pointing out that this is necessary to help save the people in New York City and it will be necessary beyond in all the cities and States that will experience this crisis up ahead. We are now starting to see as of today real sharp increase in the number of military medical personnel coming to New York City. That's a very good thing and then. PPE we all know how important it is to protect our heroes. That's everything from NRA fives to masks to surgical gowns. gloves eye wear a whole host of things. the good news is there are several categories where we do have enough PPE to get through the week and I wanna emphasize when I say enough that means on the crisis standards we're working with. I want to be very clear to all the health care professionals out there all the first responders. I'm not saying this is the ideal we will. We were dealing with. I'm not saying we have the kind of supplies we're used to when we're in peace time, but by the crisis, standard set by the CDC, we have enough of most items to get through this week ahead for our health care workers for our first responders, there are two areas where we need additional delivery during the week. That's in 90, -fives and surgical gowns. We do have orders in. we're reasonably confident about the timeline of that resupply but we do need it to happen at a timely basis. Let me go over Overall numbers with you now and I'll start with ventilators so what's happened so far, in addition to the ventilators that hospitals had we have delivered 2008, Hundred 60 - five ventilators to hospitals throughout New York City, in addition to 1780 B pap machines and these are machines that can be very helpful as I discussed with the CEO of our public hospitals, Doctor Mitch Cats. They are part of the puzzle. They don't do the same thing that ventilators do but they can be held. And dealing with some ways and relieve some of the pressure on the overall situation in terms of ventilators. that said, we still need the number of ventilators we need in any in any event so having distributed those 2008 Hundred and 60 - five ventilators, having now stated that we can get through to Tuesday or Wednesday. What's left we have 130 - five ventilators in our Reserve. We are holding those for very rapid deployment to where they're needed most around the city and that obviously can happen in a matter of hours but that's the entire. Reserve We have left for all of this city of eight point six million people. I wanna tell you why these ventilators the supply ventilators is so crucial in particular this moment because what we're seeing lately is between 203 hundred more patients needing to be intubated everyday lately, just specifically patients related to cover we believe at this point as of this morning that the approximate real number of patients coveted patients who are integrated in New York City. We believe that number is actually approaching 4000. when you add up all the information we have and information is coming in. and everyone understands this is a rapidly changing situation. We think that number is about 4000 the math is clear between today tomorrow Tuesday we could add almost a thousand more in that time frame. That's why we believe we will hit that 5000 Mark in truth on Tuesday or Wednesday again, I would love it if it proved that our projections were too cautious. That would be a very good thing, but we are bracing for the reality that that's the number we could hit as a staggering number and remember for so many. Patients we've gotta fight hard to say their lives are our health care professionals are doing amazing job, but it's a tough struggle and a lot of those patients will be hospitalized for many weeks. They could be innovated for 23 weeks easily once someone needs a ventilator, they need it for as long as they need it. and that's another part of this equation. We have to keep in mind so to get through next week. Based on these updated projections, we believe we will need between 11500 more ventilators for the period rough. Wednesday to Sunday again, those dynamics will change daily hourly even so we will keep updating the assessment, but that's the plan that we have going on this week to find 1000 to 1500 more throughout the course of this coming week to make sure there's always an event later for every patient who needs it. Now, as you see on this chart, this is the whole health care system in New York City and this composites what we're seeing against across. I should say a variety of health care providers. this includes our public hospitals. It includes the major five -megapixel hospital systems that are part of Greater New York Hospital Association includes the smaller independent hospitals. when you look at the whole system, some specific hospitals and systems running out quicker than others. We're working to make sure. that everyone who needs resupply gets it promptly, But what's true in every single case is that every hospital system in a matter of only days of faces the danger that they will run out. That's what we have to stay ahead of. Where will we get additional ventilators? Well, there's two obvious places right now. The federal stockpile, which are understanding, is numbers about 10000 ventilators and the New York State Stockpiled latest We've heard that number is roughly 20 - eight hundred obviously we are the epicenter of this crisis so I would certainly appeal to both the federal and state government to help us get the ventilators We need rapidly. We will get them in place and I remember everyone we need them in New patient comes in who a doctor has no choice, but to put on a ventilator that ventilator has to be up and ready in time for that one next patient so it's not a matter of them just arriving in the warehouse. They have to be in the hospitals and ready, and we're gonna ask certainly our federal and state colleagues to advance more of a supply to us. so we can be ready for this onslaught next week. I've said many many times when New York City has done with these ventilators when the crisis starts to pass, We will happily ask. Them wherever they're needed it in the state or in this country, and we will work hard to help everyone who needs our help and to thank all the people who have come forward to help us by actually giving them the aid and support they need in their hour of need. But those are the two obvious places to get what we need for next week. We're continuing to look on the private market. We're continuing to hear for some people making very generous offers of contributions ventilators. We're talking to companies all over the world. I myself have talked to companies all over the world to try and get us additional ventilators on the open market, but right now. The immediate needs next week is the federal government and state government that will focus on and certainly we'll be talking to all of the appropriate federal and state officials to get this going quickly. Now I wanna talk about our public hospital system and specifically the personnel that I've been requesting for it. Everyone knows there are so many hospitals out there that are fighting so hard to health care workers fighting so heroically, but everyone would agree that amongst the toughest battles have been fought in our public hospitals, our health and hospital system so many. In the city, but also literally around the world have watched with admiration the really noble health care professionals at Elmhurst Hospital, which is born the brunt more than any other hospital in the city. we've seen extraordinary surge in the number of patients at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx at Bellevue in Manhattan and many many others in our public health system. So I have been for the last two weeks fighting to get direct federal support for our public. Hospitals We have the biggest public hospital system in the country and we are the epicenter of the Corona virus crisis and our public hospitals are bearing the brunt you've seen the information recently put out by the Department of Health that makes very clear that so many of the challenges that we're seeing from the Corona virus track very very sadly with where we've seen historic health disparities where we've seen historic problems with communities whose health. Profile really suggests really really tough situations even in peacetime in this crisis, that's only amplified the reality, Where are there the hospitals that deal with those communities and deepest need? Well? Those are our public hospitals, so they're at the front line of this crisis. absolutely the front of the front line I appeal to the President of United States to Fema to the Defense Department for a very precise support I ask for 1450 medical. From the United States, Military specifically 1000 nurses, 300 respiratory therapists 150 doctors I've repeated that request publicly in writing in numerous conversations with the President and many others in Washington. what we have as of today, literally just coming in now at this hour of the day for the first time a response, I asked that those personnel being placed by today Sunday, April fifth, at least today we are. A down payment that's the way I would call phrase it 290 - one medical personnel from our military dedicated specifically to our public hospital system arriving now in New York City. That's a hundred and 70 - four nurses hundred and four doctors, 13 respiratory therapists. That's very good start. we have bought ourselves a few more days, so we have a little more time and that's great, but I wanna say to everyone in Washington. That's a start. It's nowhere near what I requested for our public hospitals. I know other medical personnel coming from the military to do other important work in New York City and That's tremendously helpful for all our people. We need that too the part of why I've called for the military to be fully mobilized and for a National investment system for our health care professionals is our needs are growing in the city and they'll be growing everywhere else. So this is great news, but it doesn't end here. I'm gonna go back to the President two Fema to Department Defense and let them know we need a lot more help for our public hospitals as they continue to bear the brunt. I wanna say there's some as produce usual, we've seen New Yorkers step up an amazing amazing fashion but it's also great to see the stories of those who step up for us and this one warm my heart because our our friends in the state of Oregon, they are starting to see a crisis there, although much more limited, Thank God than what we're seeing here, I spoke to Governor Kate Brown yesterday. Everyone knows that she Did something just extraordinary and an act of kindness and generosity that really should make all Americans feel very good about this country, But all New Yorkers should feel a great sense of gratitude and appreciation to the people of Oregon and particularly to Governor Kate Brown for literally spontaneously stepping up and offering a hundred 40 ventilators for the people of the state. that's a selfless powerful act. I talked to her yesterday and said we're gonna remember what Oregon did for New York, New York City and we're going to return the favor and then some because this is going. Crucial in our hour of need, so it's something people should really feel good about people are seeing what we're going through and they're really trying to help and I wanna say to anyone who wants to help whether you're a New Yorker or you're from any other part of the country or the other part of the world. please we need your help. We need supplies. We need medical personnel to come forward to volunteer. We will compensate them, but we need them to come forward and give us their time energy where it's needed most we need so much help to get through this crisis. Anyone. Wants to donate Can go to NYC dot Gov slash help now or call eight 33 NYC zero zero four zero Also another really wonderful story and again a miss the pain and the challenges There are some beautiful stories, two hospitals, two of the most renowned hospitals, not just in New York City but anywhere on the Earth they have stepped up to help our public hospital system Sloan Kettering. Memorial Sloan Kettering, known as one of the greatest hospitals on Earth, dealing with cancer patients and supporting them and saving them and the hospital for special surgery, which is unparalleled anywhere in the world for what they do, they have agreed to take non covid- 19 in their specialty areas from our health and hospitals institutions to relieve pressure on them so our health and hospitals hospitals can focus on a covered Particularly those who need ICU care this is a kind of act of partnership collegiality of kindness. that's a game changer. It's going to save lives because it's gonna allow health and hospitals to focus on those in greatest need While these other patients will get great care in the meantime, so there's another example of hospitals. Some New Yorkers have been to these hospitals and you know, including in their hours of greatest need a lot of New Yorkers. Heard the names and know their extraordinary institutions, but wouldn't have necessarily assumed they would form this partnership with our public hospitals and they have and it's incredibly powerful. I wanna thank both those hospitals for really really stepping up in a crisis. Just a few more things I wanna talk about some more unsung heroes. I like to always remind us of the people who are doing amazing things for us and in this case, it's our social service workers don't forget what they do in this crisis to ensure that the families that don't have food get food that families that are in crisis get support because their crisis doesn't pause for the Corona virus it continues and they still need help at children who are endanger get support. The folks who are homeless, get help you name it our social service workers. Been extraordinary in this crisis stepping up in so many ways they deserve our admiration and our gratitude and of course every single time we'll talk all about our doctors, our nurses, our health care workers our first responders this last week or in the course of this week, I should say I've spoken to literally tens of thousands of health care workers on teletown halls organized by the unions representing our health care workers. I. My appreciation on behalf of all New Yorkers and talked about the ways we're gonna give every conceivable type of support to our frontline health care workers. what we're doing, but what we have to do even more in the weeks ahead. I wanna just recognize a really beautiful moment this last Friday night, where a group of firefighters went to NYU Langone Hospital and Kips Bay, and they went there specifically to cheer on the doctors and the nurses and all the hospital staff and that's a really really beautiful thing. Our firefighters are so admired See the first responder show up not because there was emergency, but because they wanted to pour out their hearts to our health care workers to thank them. that is a really beautiful New York City moment. so I want everyone to recognize that let me just say a few words in Spanish just quick summary and then we will take questions from the meeting by Doctor Barbos here in person and we have my video chance of Corona and our emergency management Commissioner Dean Criswell but first. Spanish coma eight D critical and Lucha contract Corona Amos mooches causes Mass. Bahamas Tanga Law necessary Ester with that, we're gonna take media questions and please let me know the name of the reporter and the outlet. Thank you. Hi all just a reminder as the mayor just said we have doctor Barbos here in person, Commissioner Criswell and Chancellor Corona on the phone with that I will start with Samantha from 1010 wins. hi mister Matt. We know there are some reports that you took a walk again in Prospect Park yesterday, but not seen wearing a face mask are you going to be wearing a face mask and Also, why so far to take a walk when you're Gracie Mansion is right in a beautiful Park. Yeah. Samantha look. I think we have many many things to talk about today. They're about saving lives. I think what everyone who needs some exercise should get the exercise for the amount of time they need and then get back to home or work if they do an essential work. That's what I do and I was using a scarf as a face mask and following the exact instructor face covering. Careful I gotta use the right phrase face covering. thank you doctor. I can see you are thinking yes face covering a scarf that I had on and exactly the rules if you're distant from everyone there's no one near you. there's not a specific need. If you think you're gonna be near people you bring it up and and cover your face. That's what I did go ahead Next, we have shot from the Daily News. Yeah. Thank you mayor Governor Cuomo this morning said. There's a reason to think the state might be approaching its peak or peak. That's. Towing want to get your assessment of that both at the state level, and if you think at the city level, the city is nearing a peak Shaunt. Although I want to say that I will be really careful because the last thing I wanna do is say you know, we're turning the corner and then we get surprised. I'd see some positive indicators clearly the fact that we thought we could run out of ventilators as early as tonight or tomorrow morning. and now we believe we're gonna get to Tuesday or Wednesday. That's a good sign and The number of people being innovated each day, Additionally is high for sure. it's nothing to treat as a minor matter when you got 200 or 300 people day game is actually less than we fear any increase. at this point, I answer is I see a few signs, a law firm and as soon as we get there cuz if they remain consistent shot if we really see the kind of progress that Doctor Barbos and Doctor Doss calandra and Doctor Cats and Debbie Meyer Perez. Hensley and others, I can have a consensus that hey this is sustained progress. We will say that for sure, but I think it's early to be able to declare that let's hope and pray, but we're not quite there yet. Doctor You did I summarize well. absolutely okay. go ahead Next. We have Todd from am New York Hi miss Mayor my questions about the release of prisoners from Rikers Island some of a probation Union members say they don't have enough people or resources or PPE to work with with the releases and some more enforcement sources are saying many of the people being released have drug problems and are returning to crowded homes and and some have no housing. Whatsoever What follow up is the city doing with the people who are being released from Rikers Todd Thank you for the questions. a good question. from the beginning. Look we we saw this crisis emerged a very particular challenge thousands of individuals incarcerated, obviously, by definition and limited space and there's been concern not only in New York City but all over the world about incarcerated people in the midst of the Corona virus crisis. So what we? Did was we looked at a couple of things who had minor minor charges that they were in our jail system for who had very little time left on their sentence who had health conditions preexisting conditions that put them in particular jeopardy, according to Correctional Health, who because of age, you know very advanced age might be in jeopardy or both so those were the. We worked with as did the state of New York and the district attorneys the release was engineered to ensure that anyone who needed supervised release, which across the board there was some kind of supervision structure for everyone, but those who need particular intensive supervision that that was created so right now over A thousand individuals have come out of our jail system that obviously means for correctional health. they're dealing with fewer inmates. That's good. There's more opportunity to socially distance. There's more opportunity. Treat people and isolate those who need isolating those are good things the the specific individuals who need follow up are getting follow up and remember the way they release worked for those awaiting trial when the crisis is over, if the DA's deem it appropriate, there's a process to bring people back to jail awaiting trial and equally if someone needs to continue further a sentence so this was calibrated to. A humanitarian action and I think it's been done in a careful way and again we have gotten to a number based on a careful process as has the state and the DA's on the the concerns of the probation Union. I'll check on that. I don't know the exact amount of how much of the follow up is being done by their members versus other elements of law enforcement, but we can give you a more detailed follow up on that soon next week. Bridget from WNYC Mayor I wanted to ask a question about the data, the city is releasing related to people who are diagnosed with Corona virus and the death. we know that there are in equities built into our health care system. Other cities are releasing more information specifically around the racial breakdown of some of the diagnosis and the deaths. Why isn't the city releasing that information? I'll start in Doctor Barbosa can add you know Bridget look, I said in the beginning. I stand by it in the first days we had first of all the Central concern to set up all the systems to protect people's health and save lives and get supplies where they were needed. I mean this thing went from zero to 60 very very fast getting out the public data was not the first concern compared to you know rapidly mobilizing and ensuring that those who need health care will get in it second when we started to put out data. We were concerned to make sure it was accurate, not a constantly moving target. I think you guys would have every right in the media. If you got a piece of information that was invalid a few hours later to say, wait a minute. Why why have you given us this information? so we were trying to figure out how to give you information that would be more consistent and that sort of was keeping up with the numbers more effectively. I think that situation has improved. That's why Department of Health has started to put out more and more we wanna go from here and go farther now put out more fine tuned data More. Capital Datas are showing the real specific impact on all communities certainly demographic breakdowns to the extent we can I've certainly have had this conversation with Doctor Barbell and her team. I think we're gonna be able to do more and more with every passing week, but what we do know from what was put out just recently is and we had a long discussion about this with our whole team, a striking overlap of where this virus is doing the most damage and where we've had historic a health care disparities of very, very strong overlap and again. It overlaps also with where our public hospitals are in particular, so we will keep getting out more and better data as we go along. but but I think some of the conclusions are already becoming clear. Doctor Barbell. So yes, mister mayor to add to what you said which I completely agree with. you know, I couldn't agree more that it is important to also report on the racial demographics of the individuals that we're seeing who are diagnosed with Coveted who get hospitalized etcetera but the reality of the map. Is that our ability to report accurate and consistent data is only as good as the data that we get in and so there have been significant challenges and consistently getting that complete data from laboratories and from our health care delivery partners but what we're doing is we're working with those partners to try and to tap into other electronic sources so that we can augment. the data that we get so we are working on that. we've been working on that and I am hopeful that we will get to a place where we can consistently and completely report on the racial demographics because again, we're we're very much committed to the transparency of our response and we are very concerned as the mayor mentioned about the inequities that are getting magnified with the severity of Covid- 19, and we wanna make sure to address that in its totality. Yeah just to finish on Yeah, I think no one should underestimate what it means to be the epicenter of this American crisis being the epicenter meant for us extraordinary extraordinary a huge number of cases out of nowhere and again, that's other other cities are doing other things. but by and large, you know not dealing with the whole onslaught we are, but we are absolutely devoted to gain better information out the other follow up just on Todd previous question cuz I realized Todd also asked about masks Todd Anna. probation workers any of our workers who need to do work that involves any kind of personal protective equipment. We're devoted to getting it to them. We're finally starting to get a better supply. As I mentioned just days ago, we were not sure about the PE supply for this coming week and again, I'm saying that based on the crisis standard not the ideal standard, but the crisis standard of what people need to be able to keep functioning in their jobs. we are. Diamond courage to see the supply start to increase start to improve we're getting some new types of PPE is in that previously were not approved by the FDA now have been approved, so there's a lot going on. That's giving me hope that we're gonna be able to increase that supply, but definitely if our colleagues that probation need them my team will be following up to make sure we can get them the appropriate types of people. PPC go ahead next we have. The city. Hi, mister Mayor we reported on the Bronx having a higher rate of hospitalizations and deaths for Corona virus relative to his population than the rest of the city, Some of the elected officials. we spoke to said There's no testing site in the South Bronx, where a lot of these more serious cases are suspected to be you know like a public or a big testing site there That would allows people to notice self isolate and also to communicate to others. You know that they've tested positive. Why why isn't there a a large testing site in the South Bronx and has it has the Department of Health taking a look at the Bronx statistics and come up with any explanation for the discrepancy So I'm gonna start and then pass the doctor. Barbos, who importantly, grew up in the Bronx in his very tuned to the needs of people in the Bronx. I think we're in a moment where the testing dynamics are starting to change, but we're certainly not all the way there. I mean yo have I think if if if we could replay this entire horrible history we've gone through. We would say what differentiates us from some of the places that actually were able to really get ahead of this is that there was not testing available when it was needed early on when it could have been strategically crucial and that's obviously at the feet of our federal government. That as we know now had a lot of information about the danger of this crisis and the ability to mobilize and get the testing out and they didn't do it. so that's where we could have had the strategic opportunity to potentially change the trajectory once it was already a full-blown crisis with community spread in all we got very clear about the need to focus the testing on health care workers, first responders and people with the most severe medical problems to help save their lives. We're starting to see signs of greater testing supply coming into play, but I don't think that changes the core reality that as as more testing, we still have to first and foremost, make sure that we're maximizing the impact on health care workers first responders and those in greatest need and remember the numbers are continually climbing in terms of cases in terms of number of people in the ICU, So we can't act for a moment like anyone pieces equation is static. the crisis keeps growing even as we're getting more tests. Supply we kept to keep applying it to the highest priorities If one day it was truly truly abundant. I think we could have a different conversation, but I don't think it changes the guidance and I suspect you're gonna hear this from Doctor Barbell if someone's not feeling well, we want them to isolate and go home and they don't need a test to follow through on that and that's that's still the thing we have to get really really across to people like that's the most valuable thing is responding to what their body is telling them Doctor Yes, mister mayor. To add to what you correctly laid out, I think there are a number of different issues happening here and really we can't over emphasize the fact that we've been telling New Yorkers that if they have developed the symptoms of fever a cough any other sort of feelings of Malley 's if you will that they should assume at this point in time that they have been exposed to Covid- 19 and that they have Teen and what we want them to do is to remain home if their symptoms are not getting better to then reach out to their health care provider and so again as the mayor mentioned, whether or not a test is done, doesn't change that guidance. The important thing is for self isolation and to seek care if they are not getting better. I think specifically in the Bronx, what we're seeing is the reality of unfortunately. What happens when we have a high density of individuals with lots of chronic underlying illnesses and you know we know from historical data that there are high percentages of individuals in the Bronx with heart disease with diabetes and the like and so unfortunately, when you have a virus that tends to affect those with chronic illnesses, more severely, we have what's playing. Out that being said, we are working very closely with our health systems partners in the Bronx, including H, including Monta fewer to make sure that those who are in need of care certainly have access to it in a timely manner. I think the important thing for us to be mindful of is again for folks to be staying home and especially those who have chronic underlying illness. Not to go out if they don't have to have someone else can buy their groceries, get their medications for them and if they do have to go out to ensure that they are wearing a face covering when they're unable to keep six feet from their fellow New Yorkers. Thank you next, we have Kirsh from Streets blog. Mister Mayor. How are you Hey? Gary? How you doing? you know the playgrounds are closed and parks like Prospect Park as you know are overflowing as the weather gets better now you've experimented with four short car free streets, but they expire today from what I remember, you said you limited because of the need for police enforcement but streets blogs own review plus conversations with residents in those neighborhoods show that this experiment is actually working and could be done with far fewer cops. So will you expand this popular Street safety strategy as you've been urged by people such as Dan Rather in New York City Transit President Sarah Feinberg. Yeah. look. we're very interested in seeing what can be done with that strategy? What I think you would agree we ran into an unusual situation that just as we started it, we had day after day of bad weather and folks just didn't show up so I'm certainly wanna see us continue to experiment with it going forward, but we have to figure out the right way to do that. it does take a lot of personnel. I keep saying you gotta be clear that when you do this, you had. To create enforcement or it could end up being another place. Unfortunately, where people gather so we're we're gonna look at that again. but the right now. my concern is this The first and foremost concern is that we focus the NYPD and other enforcement on ensuring there is social distancing in all the places that people have to go. They have to go grocery stores and supermarkets pharmacies. the places that we know are really essential. our parks are. Where people are going, they're getting their exercise, but they're also does need to be enforcement generally what I hear from Commissioner Sheehy and other key leaders and administrations they've seen a lot of compliance, but there's still areas where we need to better and we're gonna continue to deepen the the enforcement so looking at those streets. That's still an open question because we didn't get a great control model, but we did end up using up a lot of NYPD personnel that we don't have the spare right now so happy to look. It again, but I think we first have to focus on job one which is making sure all the places we know people are definitely going have the enforcement they need Next. We have Katie from the Wall Street Journal. Hey everybody. this question is for Chancellor Corona and it's about the deal is decision late Friday to prohibit the use of Zoom and Google's video conferencing spoken to a lot of teachers and parents this weekend who are really disappointed and cure. From them and then for myself, you know why had in the DOE looked at some of these privacy concerns before setting up this program, sorry and are there concerns that particularly students with special needs who get related services and rely heavily on zoom for them that they won't get these services due to I mean some people have said that Microsoft Teams is very confusing and they don't even know if they can download them. So you could speak a little bit about the dealer's process. Thank you. Yes, so look we are very concerned about all students getting the support that they need does anybody really think that we want students personal information out there for anybody to see for anybody to access. That's absolutely unacceptable. So we put out guidance and it doesn't go into an effect. It doesn't go into effect tomorrow. we want people to gradually transition to another format Zoom and we. Working with Zoom is unwilling and unable to meet the security needs of our students. We will not put our students information out on in cyberspace for anybody to access that is unacceptable. so the notion that we would let that happen is just not. It's not reality now. that being said we want students and all of our families to get the support that they need. so we're gonna transition. It's not gonna happen tomorrow. It's a transition to a. Other format the good thing is we have teachers that have bachelors and Masters and doctorate degrees that can figure this out, but we're gonna make sure that our students information is not out there for everybody to access so work with us. We're gonna do this in a in a very, very thoughtful manner, but that being said we also want to be very clear that we're gonna keep our students information safe and secure and when this was brought to. Attention like it's been brought to everybody's attention across the country. I'm in conversation with colleagues across the country that are superintend for life school system. This is not an issue New York City. This is an issue across the country. We are gonna make sure that our students information is safe during this time period and going on so it's not going into effect tomorrow. We're gonna have a time to transition. Listen to our guidance. We're gonna help you make the transition but we don't want. To go without the services that they need. Thank you Chancer Next we have Harry from the Daily Beast. I'm mister Matt Understanding the stress on saving lives. What is the city's plan if any providing for burying bodies if needed, is their land identified for the city workers who would be digging those grades. Thank you. Thank you. Harry Look. I hurry up. I know the questions I asked him Goodwill. It's a painful topic. It's one I I've said repeatedly, I won't go into great detail on the bottom line is there is a plan one of the key elements was to get support from the federal government. from. Female from Department of Defense from all of the parts of federal government that had expertise in this area, they are providing all the support. We're asking for yes, we will have available places to deal with this. I'm not gonna go into detail now. I'll just say to you. We do have the capacity we sure as hell hope we not we don't go anywhere near as our worst case scenarios think of all the human beings think of all the families that that would mean have lost someone. But we will be ready in any eventuality and we're getting exceptional federal support. Last two for today next, we have Jeff Mays from the New York Times. Hey, mister mayor. I'm wondering if you guys could talk a little bit about how you came up with the calculations for the number of ventilators you need is there you know are you guys like crunching actual numbers is this projections? maybe you can go into a little more detail and then, in addition, I'm wondering about whether you have any concern about being seen wearing a ask at all or face covering on the second point. Jeff again my doctor is sitting right there and I asked cuz. This decision came out of several studies, most especially the the one from Singapore few days ago, which any of you if you haven't seen it should look at that led our health team to decide that they had evidence that should change the guidance. We provided obviously shortly thereafter a day or two later the CDC did the same thing. So I think this is smart guidance, but it's something we all need to get used to and I. like every other New Yorker, I had an opportunity with every New Yorker is asking. was it mean I had the opportunity to ask the city's doctor directly, and I said, what does that mean for anyone you know going outside and what she said was you know you use it when you're near people if you might get less than six feet from people, that's where it matters cuz you're trying to protect everyone else again. and I think it's understandable folks hear it and they think Oh, this is something that will protect me from Covid- 19. That's not the way it works. It is an abundance of caution guidance based on new Really new evidence that led to the conclusion that's a smart effort to prevent the spread in the community. it is not the only strategy no one saying it's perfect. It's a thing we can do that's helpful, but it only is pertinent when you're near other people. It's not pertinent If you're with the people you live under the same roof with cuz you're already in so much contact with them anyway. It's not pertinent if you're out there alone on a Street, for example, because there's no one else to experience you, you know within six feet, it just doesn't matter. So what I've done the few times I'm out is I take a scarf and I have it ready and if I'm getting near people if I think I might get as close as six feet or less, I bring the scarf up over my mouth and nose as I was trained to do and I think a lot of people will do that. you'll have it available. You don't have to wear it every minute. There's no one near you, but you bring it up if you need it. So I'm gonna answer the second part of your question but doctor for the record. Did I summarize your instruction properly? Absolutely correct Mister Mayor. Thank you. I passed the test today. Thank you doctor so on the. Very good question about the ventilators so a Jeff we have been scrubbing this equation for weeks and weeks and constantly getting updated so it is based on specific reports from each and every hospital against a base of 50 - six hospitals in the city that treat adults that population of hospitals consistently surveyed to determine the number of ventilators they have working ventilators that they have crucial point In that number ventilators, we do not count the ventilators that are being devoted to other types of non covered patients. so I wanna remind people there are you know we only heard about the Corona virus just a few months ago before that they were obviously lots of people who needed a ventilator because of their own health conditions. They still do so certain number ventilators already were devoted to non covered patients. They must continue to be a devoted to non covered patients so we continually. Literally daily Weekly are looking at the numbers and how they're moving taking every hospital's report on what they got. That's working and obviously how many people are intimated how many people need a ventilator and projecting a course how long people will be on ventilators cuz we have a lot of information on what those patterns have been that's how we got to a sense of what we were dealing with. And then, of course, the other factor was what was the growth pattern the number of cases and what it meant for more. People needing a ventilator so what I mentioned earlier. That we are lately in the last days, seeing an increase each day of about 200 to 300 patients per day more going on to ventilators. Now, we had feared that that number was gonna go up that at 200 to 300, could be more like 300 to 400 growth per day. We're not seeing that yet. I'm not gonna what I'm praying that we have a level off here, but we don't know that yet. it's just too early to tell for the last day. That 200 to 300 person increase is holding we believe based on all the information we've gotten from all the hospitals that when you really get to what's happening, real world conditions and and look at the trends and everything we believe we're somewhere in truth around 4000 people intimated right now again with that 200 or 300 person per day growth that will get us to Tuesday or Wednesday when we'll cross that 5000 person Mark and. As I said, we were assuming the same kind of growth pattern that would require us to come up with another thousand to 1500 in the course of the week ahead to make sure we got to Sunday April twelfth with everyone having a ventilator who needed one Jeff, I hope and pray that in the next couple of days as I'm reporting that that number not only stays stable but actually might decrease. but until it happens, I I can't Bank on it. as I said, I've told my team work from a worst case scenario because we cannot ever have a moment. A patient needs event later and there is not one available so that's that's how the numbers were put together. Last for today, we have Aaron from the post. Aaron Well, the Aaron's not there do you have another Aaron Can you hear us? Okay? Do you have another lined up? I think that's all for today. Okay. That's all for today. Well, everyone. Thank you and we will continue to give you updates and everyone keep fighting. thanks so much. Good afternoon everyone about One million elementary school age children and nearly one million younger children from birth to age five live in the state of Illinois and nearly one million younger children from birth to age five I are important to all of us as our all the children of the state as your governor and as a parent, I can say with confidence that every single one of our families has had to adjust their. Approach to caring for their children.