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A
A
12
new
debts,
bringing
the
total
to
deaths
in
massachusetts
to
8729
boston's
numbers.
We
did
not
get
today's
numbers
yet,
so
I
only
have,
as
of
yesterday,
31
new
cases,
a
total
of
15
263
cases
in
boston,
and
there
were
four
new
debts
yesterday,
bringing
the
total
752
and,
as
always,
our
prayers
go
out
to
those
that
are
sick
and
suffering
from
covert
19
and
the
families,
who've
lost
loved
ones.
A
Wanting
to
know
that
you're
in
our
thoughts
and
prayers
for
the
week
ending
august
22nd,
the
seven
day,
average
positive
test
rate
was
2.3
percent,
which
is
down
from
2.7
percent.
So
we
saw
a
nice
little
decrease
there.
The
cumulative
positive
rate
since
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic
is
down
to
about
10
percent.
At
one
point
you
remember
we're
at
about
37
38
percent
here
in
boston,
emergency
room
visits
for
covet
symptoms
remain
very
low.
The
number
of
covert
patients
and
icus
remain
very
low
as
well.
A
In
the
city,
the
average
daily
new
cases
in
boston's
remains
around
40..
So
if
you
take
the
numbers-
and
you
add
them
up,
it's
about
40.
higher
new
case
numbers
in
recent
weeks
are
due
to
in
part,
significant
increasing
in
testing
that
we've
been
doing
last
week.
The
number
of
tests
in
boston
went
up
again,
so
we've
had,
I
believe,
four
consecutive
weeks
now
of
new
of
additional
tests
with
the
average
test.
Last
week,
every
day
was
2028
tests,
people
tested
per
day
in
boston.
A
A
I
just
want
to
remind
everyone
again
about
the
need
to
constantly
wash
hands
wash
your
hands
with
soap
and
warm
water,
avoid
large
gatherings,
stay
six
feet
away
from
other
people,
wear
a
mask
when
you're
around
people
when
you're
going
for
a
walk.
If
you
operate
a
business,
follow
the
guidelines
and
make
sure
your
employees
and
customers
can
follow
them
as
well,
so
take
time
to
explain
to
your
employees
and
customers
the
guidelines,
and
we
need
to
continue
to
remain
very
diligent
here.
A
A
A
At
these
times,
people
gathering
playing
soccer
we're
asking
people
again
to
follow
the
guidelines
that
have
been
laid
out
by
the
city
of
boston
by
the
parks
department,
we're
distributing
care
kits
and
talking
with
residents
and
constantly
letting
residents
know
what's
happening.
Those
kits
that
we
we're
giving
out
include
hand,
sanitizer,
masks,
testing
information
and
covert
information.
A
No
information
about
your
status
will
be
asked
when
you
go
for
testing
making
clear
that
residents
can
file
confidential
complaints
with
the
boston
public
health
commission
if
employers
or
businesses
aren't
following
safety
guidelines,
we're
also
working
with
businesses
to
help
them
follow
the
guidelines.
Business
outreach
started
today
in
multiple
languages.
A
This
is
an
all
hands
on
deck
effort
and
we're
working
together.
All
of
us,
including
all
the
electeds
in
the
city,
cross-departmental
teams
in
the
city
of
boston,
including
the
boston
public
health
commission,
the
office
enabled
services
the
office
of
small
businesses,
inspectional
services,
boston
transportation,
department,
emergency
management,
police,
fire,
ems,
medical
and
social
service
providers
in
the
community
union
leaders
who
represent
working
people
working
and
living
in
the
neighborhood
in
east,
boston,
church
officials
and
clergy,
who
have
helped
get
the
message
out
at
mass
and
other
services
over
the
weekend.
A
A
Food
access
is
another
area
that
we've
done
a
lot
of
work
on
last
five
months,
we've
had
a
major
effort
in
the
spring
working
with
many
partners
to
serve
over
two
million
meals
in
the
city
of
boston.
Since,
since
the
covey
crisis
started,
we
adapted
and
kept
it
going
over
the
summer
through
the
boston,
public
schools
and
the
boston
center
for
youth
and
families
and
all
of
our
partners,
we
are
planning
to
maintain
food
access
over
the
fall
in
the
winter.
A
The
usda
did
extend
the
meal
site
waiver
to
september
18th,
so
we
can
keep
feeding
young
people
safely
and
we're
asking
them
again
to
extend
it
beyond
september
18th
through
the
end
of
the
year,
I'm
joining
other
cities
to
ask
them
to
extend
it
to
support
remote
and
hybrid
learning
plans.
So
what
that
does
it
helps
us?
It
allows
us
the
opportunity
to
deliver
meals
if
our
kids
are
not
in
school.
Our
school
plan
that
we
announced
last
week,
the
latest
start
date
or
the
last
group
of
kids
to
go
in
will
be
november.
A
A
Today
I
can
announce
a
partnership
between
the
boston
housing
authority
and
local
businesses
and
non-profits
to
get
hundreds
of
thousands
meal
of
meals
to
vulnerable
residents
throughout
the
end
of
the
year.
This
plan
leverages
2.5
million
dollars
in
federal
aid
still
available
to
the
cares
act.
It
will
provide
up
to
230
000
meals
to
around
4
100,
low-income
households.
Throughout
the
month
of
december,
nearly
1.7
million
dollars
will
support
the
boston,
housing
authority's
family
meal
sites
in
partnership
with
city,
fresh
food,
commonwealth,
kitchen
hailey
house
and
the
ymca
city.
A
They
operate
the
meals
on
wheels
program
as
well
as
many
meal
sites
in
partnership
with
our
age,
strong
commission,
here
in
the
city
since
march,
they've
they've
expanded
and
adapted
their
operational
dynamic
dramatically.
Meal
sites
have
been
safe
to
more
seniors
and
people
with
disabilities.
Could
stay
at
home?
Many
volunteers
and
caregivers
are
also
in
high-risk
categories
and
that's
another
challenge
that
we
have
back.
Then
we
helped
ethos
with
559
000
from
the
resiliency
fund
to
include
over
850
caregivers
in
their
service.
A
That
means
they're
helping
not
just
the
clients,
but
also
the
caregivers,
who
need
support.
Many
of
the
caregivers
that
work
in
these
industries
are
low-income
families
and
they
need
help
as
well.
In
addition
to
the
partnership
with
the
boston
housing
authority,
we're
providing
another
500
000
from
the
resiliency
fund,
so
they
can
continue
the
work
as
well.
A
A
A
The
boston
resiliency
fund
has
distributed
over
25
million
dollars
from
the
day
we
started
collecting
money
to
provide
cover,
testing
and
other
life-saving
services.
During
this
pandemic,
over
14
million
dollars
of
those
funds
have
provided
food
access
and
other
basic
needs
in
vulnerable
households
all
across
our
city.
A
A
A
Our
wiki,
wicked
free
wi-fi
system
brings
free
internet
access
to
over
a
hundred
points
across
the
city
in
all
of
our
main
street
districts.
Digital
access
is
also
central
to
boston's
boston,
public
schools
plan
for
remote
learning.
We
are
currently
taking
steps
to
understand
the
technology
needs
for
seniors
in
in
our
public.
In
our
public
housing
residents,
the
boston
public
library
has
been
a
long
leader
in
free
access
to
technology
and
they're
leading
again
in
this
crisis.
A
A
The
locations
were
chosen
based
on
data
reflecting
at
home
broadband
access,
household
incomes
and
the
availability
of
outdoor
seating.
The
branches
are
matapan
high
park,
east
boston,
south
end
carmen
square
in
dorchester,
parker,
hill
and
mission
hill,
grove
hall
in
dorchester,
roxbury,
ed,
wilson
square
in
roxbury,
jamaica
plain
and
the
hornet
branch
in
austin.
A
A
A
As
a
reminder,
digital
borrowing
of
online
items
was
expanded
at
the
start
of
the
pandemic
and
remains
extremely
popular
here
in
the
city
and
bpl
to
go,
allows
you
to
reserve
and
pick
up
physical
books
and
other
items
at
every
brand
citywide,
except
for
those
branches
that
are
under
renovation
for
more
information
on
boston,
public
libraries,
you
can
go
to
bpl.org
voting
information.
The
state
primary
election
is
a
week
from
today,
tuesday
september.
1St
early
voting
is
underway.
Currently
in
the
city
of
boston
runs
through
friday.
A
You
can
vote
here
at
city
hall
monday,
through
friday,
from
nine
to
five.
Tomorrow,
you
can
get
to
vote
at
four
other
locations
in
our
neighborhoods.
The
bcyf
perkins
community
center
in
dorchester
mildred
ave
middle
school
in
mattapan,
saint
nick
nicaras.
Excuse
me
if
I
apologize
orthodox
church
in
roslindale
and
the
margarita
munez
academy
in
jamaica,
plain
all
voting
locations
are
using
existing
safety
cleaning
protocol
and
are
accessible
to
voters
with
disabilities.
We're
asking
you,
when
you
go
to
vote,
make
sure
you're
wearing
a
mask.
A
We're
also
making
sure
that
voting
by
mail
is
an
option.
It's
a
safe
way
to
exercise
your
vote
today.
August
26
is
the
deadline
for
requesting
a
vote
by
mail
ballot.
If
you
happen
to
be
listening
to
this,
and
you
want
one,
you
can
drop
your
application
off
here
at
city
hall
at
a
box
right
inside
the
door
there,
where
you
vote
just
to
get
a
mail-in
ballot,
we've
received
about
90
000
requests
as
we
and
we're
processing
processing
those
requests
as
they
arrive
daily.
These
are
for
mail-in
ballots,
90
000..
A
I
encourage
anyone
who
has
a
mail-in
ballot
to
complete
it
and
return
it
as
soon
as
possible.
You
can
either
mail
it
or
you
can
drop
it
off.
You
can
hand,
deliver
it
to
an
early
vote,
location
or
there's
two
drop
boxes
here
at
city
hall
inside
the
main
third
floor
entrance
behind
me,
monday,
through
friday,
nine
to
five
or
outside
on
the
second
floor
entrance
on
congress
street
until
5
pm
tomorrow
from
9
am
to
5
pm.
You
can
do
that
and
then
on
friday,
9
to
5.
A
This
is
our
democracy
and
we
should
be.
We
should
all
be
making
an
effort
to
ensure
that
everyone's
vote
is
counted.
What
we
saw
at
the
post
office
a
few
weeks
ago,
we're
not
sure,
what's
going
to
happen,
or
I'm
certainly
not
sure
it's
going
to
happen
in
november
and
really
having
that
ability
about
post
marketing
is
so
important.
A
A
A
What
I'd
ask
you
to
do?
Is
you
can
reach
out
to
our
office
of
recovery
services
or
to
a
recovery
organization
about
meetings
you
can
call
311
to
get
information
or
you
can
call
alcoholics
anonymous
or
narcotics
anonymous
to
get
information
on
that
we're
asking
people
to
take
it
a
day
at
a
time
and
continue
to
look
out
for
your
own
health
and
your
family
self.
A
I
would
ask
everyone
to
remember
that
these
are
not
normal
times.
The
tendencies
for
conflict
will
not
serve
us
well
in
every
single
situation.
Right
now
I
ask
everyone
to
work
together
in
a
spirit
of
unity.
I
urge
everyone
to
be
kind
to
yourself
and
to
others.
I
ask
everyone
to
take
it
a
day.
At
a
time.
A
A
A
B
Regarding
the
police
shooting
of
jacob
clay,
can
you
talk
about
how
there
is
no
police
academy
accountability
law
in
massachusetts,
despite
there
being
a
widespread
agreement
that
there
should
be
one?
What
do
you
make
of
the
legislative
delay
on
that
and
what
needs
to
be
included
in
whatever
legislation
comes
out
of
the
congress.
A
I'm
not
familiar
with
the
second
part
of
your
question
on
that
on
the
academy.
So
I'll
get
back
to
you
on
that.
Let
me
just
generally
address
what
what
I
witnessed.
What
my
eyes
witnessed
in
wisconsin
enough
is
enough.
You
know
we.
This
country
is
going
through
lots
of
concerns.
Now,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
talked
about
trauma
covet
19,
systemic
racism.
A
You
know
what
I
witness
on
tv
and
I
don't
have
all
the
facts
of
the
case,
but
what
I
witnessed
on
tv
was
was
an
atrocity
what
happened,
and
I
think
that
we,
what
we're
doing
in
boston,
I
can't
speak
for
wisconsin.
I
can't
speak
for
georgia.
I
can't
speak
for
minneapolis.
I
can't
speak
for
any
of
the
other
players.
I
can
only
speak
for
boston.
A
A
We
have
not
seen
incidences
like
that
happen
in
boston,
I'm
not
saying
it
can
never
happen,
but
we
haven't
seen
that
here
in
the
city
of
boston,
I'm
hoping
to
pray
to
god
that
we
never
see
that.
I
think
we
need
to
continue
to
work
collectively
together
as
a
community
as
police
departments
across
the
country.
But
again
I
can
only
speak
for
boston.
A
Our
police
department
has
not
stopped
working
throughout
this
time
and
they've
been
reaching
out
and
doing
community
engagement
and
and
having
conversations
we're
going
to
continue
to
do
that.
As
far
as
the
legislation
up
at
the
state
house,
I'm
not
sure
what
the
holdup
is.
I'm
not
privy
to
the
conference
committee
there's
been
really
no
reports
coming
out
of
there
about
the
conference
committee.
A
A
A
lot
of
the
legislation-
that's
at
the
state
house-
quite
honestly,
boston's
already
doing
it
so
there's
things
in
in
that
legislation
that
other
cities,
other
police
departments
around
the
commonwealth
are
not
doing
that.
We
are
doing
so
again.
I
I
won't.
I
don't
want
to
speculate
on
what
it
is.
Until
I
see
a
final
version,
the.
A
A
Yeah,
sorry,
I
should
have
mentioned
the
question.
The
first
question
I
just
answered
was
about
policing
in
general,
referencing
wisconsin
and
then
the
legislation
at
the
state
house,
and
then
this
this
question
is
about.
Are
we
going
to
implement
curfews
in
east
boston
I'll
potentially
do
that
as
of
now?
No,
but
I'm
going
to
ask
mighty
martinez,
maybe
to
come
up
and
talk
a
little
bit
about
some
of
the
things
that
we're
doing
in
east
boston.
C
Sure
I
mean
so
we're
looking
at
a
multi-pronged
approach
in
east
boston,
trying
to
both
do
community
outreach
and
engagement
with
residents
with
businesses
with
families
and
also
focused
on
increasing
tax
testing
and
isolation
support
as
well
as
considering
how
do
we?
How
do
we
look
at
what's
been
laid
out
where
people
are
gathering,
and
does
that
mean
we,
you
know,
potentially
from
a
public
health
side,
recommended
the
mayor
some
potential
additional
restrictions,
so
we're
not
there
at
that
point.
C
But
what
we
have
to
do
is
make
sure
people
understand
social
distancing
works
where
in
a
face
mask
works
not
being
around
people
for
a
long
duration
of
time.
We
have
restrictions
already
in
our
parks.
So
you
know
to
the
mayor's
point
to
follow.
Those
guidelines
are
really
really
important
and
to
do
everything
we
can
to
bring
that
rate
down.
To
give
you
context,
we
had
about
127
people
test
positive
in
east
boston
in
our
last
full
week,
and
so
that
represents
about
over
10.
You
know
11
percent
of
people
getting
tested
testing
positive.
A
Yeah
great
question:
the
the
question
is:
should
the
biogen
example
be
something
that's
held
up
as
an
example?
What
how
we
should
be
careful,
something
if
I
paraphrase
that
you're
absolutely
right?
The
biogen
conference
was
a
global
international
event
that
happened
here
in
the
city.
If
you
missed
it,
there
was
a
story
in
several
papers.
A
It's
very
important
for
us
to
understand
if
you
feel
sick
to
contact
your
primary
care
doctor,
because
if
you,
if
you
test
positive,
cover,
19
we're
going
to
trace
who
was
around
you
and
back
in
february,
when
that
biogen
conference
happened,
we
didn't
have
this
protocol
in
place.
We
tried
to
they
tried
to,
but
it
just
got
out
of
control
real
quickly,
so
it
really
is
incumbent
upon
all
of
us
to
if
you
feel
sick,
to
report
to
your
doctor
to
get
tested.
So
we
can
do
the
contact
racing
number
one.
A
It's
also
important
when
people
go
out
to
wear
masks,
because
you
have
no
idea,
you
could
have
something.
That's
asymptomatic
that
you
could
you
could
get
coronavirus
from
and
if
you're
in
larger
groups
spread
it
around.
So
that's
sitting
at
the
beach
next
to
each
other
two
three
feet:
apart,
not
sit
physical
distancing.
That
means
going
to
a
restaurant
that
means
playing
soccer
in
a
park.
That
means
hanging
on
the
corner
that
me
whatever
it
might
be.
The
biogen
conference
really,
I
think,
taught
us
a
very
valuable
lesson.
C
Yeah,
sorry,
just
one
thing
absolutely
I
mean
the
definition
of
a
super
spreader
event
is
when
people
are
together
for
a
duration
of
time-
and
I
can't
stress
that
enough
around
college
we're
talking
about
these
locations
where
people
are
inside
spaces,
lots
of
people
within
a
small
space
who
are
not
social,
distancing
and
not
wearing
a
mask.
So
again
that
asymptomatic
and
the
mayor
talks
about
if
you,
if
you
feel
sick
and
if
you
don't
feel
sick,
the
notion
of
being
in
small
groups
and
being
indoors
is
really
part
of
that.
C
A
Yeah,
thank
you.
The
question
is:
what
do
we
plan
to
do
about
college
students
coming
back
and
partying?
I
mean
it's
hard
right.
It's
hard
to
really.
You
can't
go
in
there
and
arrest
everybody,
and
that's
not
what
should
happen.
We're
really
leaning
on
colleges
and
universities
to
get
the
message
out
to
their
students
that
they
have
to
be
responsible
act.
Responsible,
inspectional
services
will
city
boss,
inspection
services
will
be
will
be
sent
out
to
houses
that
are
having
parties.
A
A
Your
your
college
student.
You
want
to
be
treated
as
an
adult
act
as
an
adult
act,
as
somebody
responsible
here
in
massachusetts
here
in
boston,
we're
taking
coronavirus
very
very
seriously
we're
making
sure
that
people
are
safe,
we're
making
sure
that
our
families
are
safe
and
what
we
don't
want
to
see
is
a
large
spike
in
cases
these.
Some
of
these
students
are
coming
from
places
that
have
rules
that
are
a
lot
laxed
want
you
to
know
here
in
boston,
they're
not
going
to
relax.
A
You
need
to
wear
a
mask
when
you're
on
college
campuses
you're
going
to
be
tested.
I
think
many
colleges
are
going
to
test,
often
so
we're
asking
college
students
to
act
responsible
here.
This
is
something
that
you
know.
We
want
to
continue
to
open
up
boston.
We
want
to
continue
to
see
our
restaurants
thrive.
We
want
to
continue
to
see.
You
know
some
place,
our
bar
at
some
point,
our
byrams
thrive.
We
want
to
see
boston
back.
A
If
we
get
large
outbreaks
from
like
a
biogen
conference
in
our
city,
then
what
we're
doing
is
we're
going
to
go
backwards
and
shut
things
down.
We
want
to
open
up
public
schools,
we're
watching
the
numbers
we're
seeing
any
spots
now
we
don't
have
the
root
cause
yet
of
what's
going
on
there,
but
11
rate
is
pretty
high.
I
mean
that's
probably
around
last
time
we
had
11
percent,
east
boston
or
the
first
time
was
probably
around
the
end
of
march,
and
then
it
got
a
lot
higher
than
that.
A
Well,
first
of
all,
it's
a
disgrace
because
our
men
and
women,
our
postal
service,
work
extremely
hard
to
deliver
on
mail
in
rain.
Snow
sleet,
sun,
whatever
it
is,
and
my
concern
is
that
washington,
the
president,
will
play
games.
Mid-October
to
the
end
of
october,
before
election
happens,
to
discourage
people
from
voting.
A
I
think
that
the
fact
that
the
supreme
court
voted
down
they
have
the
reasons
to
vote
it
down.
But
the
fact
is
that
if
somebody
mails
a
ballot
in
and
this
year,
we're
in
unique
circumstances
because
we
have
the
ability
for
mail-in
ballots
where
we
otherwise
did
never
had
that,
it's
only
absentee
balance.
I
think
I
said
the
number
is
90
000
requests,
so
90
000
bostonians
requested
a
ballot
to
be
mailed
to
them,
so
they
can
mail
it
back.
A
A
A
We're
gonna
do
everything
we
can
to
be
a
national
leader,
and
I
think
that
that's
important,
I
think
boycotts
are
great,
but
it's
also
about
action,
and
it's
it's
I'm
not
saying
that
nba
should
be
doing
that,
because
right
now,
they're
in
limits
this
season
and
many
nba
superstars
and
players
are
expressing
letting
their
voices
be
heard,
and
I
commend
them
for
that.
But
I
think
that
we
it's
time
for
action
in
this
country,
it's
time
for
action
here
in
boston,
it's
time
for
actually
massachusetts,
it's
time
for
action
in
this
country.
A
A
We
also
have
in
boston.
I
can
only
speak
for
boston.
We
have
some
incredible
police
officers
in
our
city,
men
and
women
that
have
spent
their
career,
making
sure
that
they
do
good
when
they
took
that
oath
of
office
to
become
a
police
officer.
They
took
a
note
to
be
good,
we're
going
to
continue
to
to
provide
the
training
that
we
need
to
provide
as
we
move
forward
here.
You
ask
me
a
question
about
training
the
the
person
in
minneapolis
that
killed
george
floyd
he's
no
longer
a
police
officer.
A
I
don't
know
if
any
amount
of
training
was
going
to
help
that
person,
because
it
seemed
like
what
he
did
was
way
above
and
beyond
anything
that
he
might
have
been
taught
or
trained
in
the
police
academy,
but
as
a
community
we
have
to.
We
have
to
look
deep
inside
of
ourselves
and
we
have
to
continue
to
work
together
over
the
last
month,
or
so.
I've
heard
a
lot
of
people.
People
are
tired
about
this
and
tired
about
hearing
about
that,
and
not
enough
not
enough
workers
done
over
here
we
need
to.
A
We
need
to
be
compassionate
with
each
other
and
we
need
to
continue
to
move
forward.
We
need
to
continue
to
take
a
day
at
a
time
battling
systemic
racism
in
all
of
its
forms.
One
of
the
reasons
why
I
would
like
to
see
our
kids
go
back
in
school
is
because
of
an
achievement
gap.
We
have
to
do
it
safely.
A
A
It's
the
message
of
not
playing
that
game
and
what
the
what
the
reasoning
behind
that
message
is,
and
I
think
that
we
have
to
pay
attention
to
that
and
pay
attention
to
the
different
messages
that
are
being
sent
and
if
we,
if
we
continue
as
a
society
to
ignore
and
avoid
those
messages,
we'll
be
in
the
same
exact
situation
that
we're
in
today
next
month,
next
year,
next
decade,
all
right!
Thank
you.