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Covid-19 Media Availability 9-15-20 (with Sign Language)
A
Thank
you
everyone
for
being
here
today.
I
first
want
to
apologize
for
the
fact
that
we
don't
have
a
signed
language
interpreter
here
with
us.
Today.
We
learned
this
afternoon
that
no
interpretation
services
were
available,
so
we're
going
to
be
posting
a
fully
captioned
video
of
this
news
conference,
as
well
as
the
text
transcript
online.
As
soon
as
this
conference
is
over
today,
I'm
going
to
begin
with
the
latest
covid
numbers
in
massachusetts
that
we
have
in
boston,
and
these
numbers
are.
A
A
We
had
two
debts
over
the
weekend,
bringing
our
total
debts
in
boston
to
757
and,
as
always,
our
thoughts
and
prayers
go
out
to
the
individuals
and
the
families
that
are
that
are
suffering
with
covenant
19
and
those
of
you
that
lost
loved
ones
to
this
horrible
virus
trends.
For
the
week,
the
week
of
september,
7th,
the
positive
test
rate
in
boston
is
1.6
and
that's
down
from
1.7
percent.
A
Last
week,
the
cumulative
total
since
the
very
beginning
of
the
pandemic,
we're
down
to
7.9
percent
emergency
room
and
icu
numbers
continue
to
remain
very
low.
It's
one
illustration
of
how
far
we've
come.
Also
90
of
the
debts
that
we've
had
in
the
city
of
boston
occurred
before
june
7.
testing.
Overall
2
700
boston
residents
were
tested
every
day
on
average
last
week,
including
college
students,
some
of
those
areas
where
we
talk
about
now
in
east
boston.
We
in
the
number
of
tests
in
east
boston.
A
We
really
didn't-
have
college
students
in
that
it
was
mostly
residents
in
east
boston.
As
of
september
7th.
Our
seven
day,
positive
test
rate
was
6.4
percent,
that's
slightly
down
from
the
week
before
and
down
from
the
11.4
three
weeks
ago.
So
a
lot
of
the
work
that
our
community
outreach
has
been
doing
and
expanding
testing
in
response
to
the
community
certainly
is
having
an
impact
in
east
boston
and
we're
seeing
that
number
come
down.
The
city's
mobile
testing
site
team
remains
in
east
boston
through
saturday
in
central
square
park
in
eastie.
A
You
can
also
go
to
the
east
boston
health
center
to
be
tested,
parts
of
dorchester
and
roxbury.
The
zip
codes
of
02121
and
02125
have
a
slightly
elevated
rate
to
4.1
percent.
We
are
monitoring
those
numbers
in
our
coveted
health
inequities
task
force
is
discussing
responses
that
it's
not
quite
at
a
place.
Where
puts
a
big
alarm
on
it,
but
we
don't
want
to
see
that
number
go
any
far
any
much
above
4.1
percent.
So
we're
going
to
go
back
out
there
and
continue
to
do
work.
A
A
What
we're
doing
continues
to
work
so
we're
masking
people
as
I
do
at
every
press
conference.
Let's
keep
it
up.
We
want
to
continue
to
stay
six
feet
from
other
people
when
you're
walking
or
out
in
gatherings
we're
asking
you
to
wear
a
mask
when
you
leave
your
house,
we're
asking
people
to
continue
to
wash
your
hands
as
frequently
as
possible
with
soap
and
warm
water,
we're
asking
again
to
clean
those
frequently
touched
surfaces,
whether
it's
your
doorknobs
in
your
home
or
your
place
of
work
or
your
car.
A
If
you
operate
a
business,
we're
asking
you
to
follow
the
guidelines
and
make
sure
that
your
employees
and
customers
can
follow
them
as
well
and
make
sure
there's
clear
signage
in
the
places
of
employment
or
in
restaurants.
So
so
people
momentarily
forget
about
the
world
we're
in
they
kind
of
a
reminder
in
front
of
you.
If
you're
a
college
student,
we're
asking
you
to
please
follow
the
college
guidelines.
A
We're
asking
people
again
to
please
avoid
large
gatherings
and
if
you've
been
to
a
party
or
gathering
any
of
any
kind
assume
that
you've
been
exposed
to
the
virus
and
we're
asking
you
to
get
tested
to
protect
yourself
and
your
families.
And
this
weekend
we
got
some
calls
on
police
calls.
9-1-1
calls
for
large
gatherings
in
different
parts
of
the
city
of
boston,
and
I'm
asking
people
to
if
you
could
cut
back
on
those.
It
really
is
about
protecting
yourself,
protecting
your
family
and
protecting
others.
So
we're
asking
to
stay
very
vigilant
on
that.
A
Coven
19,
obviously,
is
still
very
much
with
us.
That's
why
we'll
continue
to
put
public
health
first,
that's
why
we'll
continue
to
make
equity
a
priority,
helping
those
who
are
hit
the
hardest
in
those
neighborhoods
that
are
hit
the
hardest
and
that's
how
we're
going
to
be
moving
forward
with
our
recovery
to
open
our
schools
safely
and
support
our
kids
and
our
teachers
to
get
back
to
work
and
help
our
small
businesses
recover
to
house
the
homeless
and
to
get
people
with
substance
use
disorder
the
access
to
treatment
that
they
need.
A
A
We
are
working
to
build
our
city
back
stronger
than
than
it
was
pre-covert.
We
are
determined
to
come
out
of
this
pandemic,
a
healthier
more
equitable
city
than
we
entered
it
on
our
streets
and
our
public
spaces
are
great
examples.
Transportation
has
been
a
critical
focus
of
our
planning
effort
in
recent
years.
The
pandemic
brought
a
new
urgency
for
safe
and
reliable
transportation,
especially
for
our
frontline
workers
and
essential
workers
that
have
been
using
it
the
most
frequently
over
the
last
five
months.
A
So
we
didn't
put
these
plans
on
hold
our
can
our
office,
our
offices
continue
to
work.
Our
transportation
department
continues
to
work
every
day.
Instead,
we
took
this
opportunity
to
actually
make
some
progress.
Earlier.
This
summer
we
launched
something
called
healthy
streets.
We
installed
pop-up
bike
lanes
in
downtown
that
connect
neighborhoods
to
to
commuting
routes,
and
people
saw
the
orange
barrels.
In
many
places
we
began
offering
90-day
free
passes
for
blue
bikes
for
essential
workers,
and
we
took
steps
to
make
neighborhood
bus
routes
safer
and
more
reliable.
A
First
starting,
this
fall
we'll
be
installing
new
bus
lanes
on
neighborhood
corridors
working
where
working
people
rely
on
mbta
routes
very
heavily
on
columbus,
ave
and
roxbury
we're
building
a
bus
lane
in
the
middle
of
the
roadway
they're
going
to
have
they're
going
to
have
boarding
platforms
for
passengers
with
safety
and
accessibility
features,
so
we're
going
to
be
making
sure
that
they're
safe
to
board
and
that
the
the
customers,
the
commuters,
are
safe.
Nearly
one
third
of
the
people
who
travel
on
columbus
ave
travel
on
buses.
A
These
lanes
will
make
a
big
difference
in
reliability
in
travel
time
and
will
also
make
the
streets
work
better
for
everyone,
including
cars
and
bikes,
as
people
go
down
there
on
north
washington,
north
washington
street
in
the
north
end
in
the
west
end
we're
adding
a
bus
lane
that
will
serve
up
to
twelve
hundred.
Twelve
thousand.
Excuse
me
commuters
a
day
that
includes
many
essential
workers
who
have
been
riding
buses
throughout
this
pandemic
on
washington,
street
and
roslindale.
We're
going
to
add
an
outbound
evening,
bus
lane
from
forest
hills
to
roslindale
square.
A
This
route
is
roughly
used
by
19
000
daily
commuters,
and
we've
seen
success
with
the
morning
lanes
here,
and
I
want
to
thank
the
community
of
roslindale
because,
quite
honestly,
this
is
one
of
the
first
neighborhoods
that
we
we
did
a
pilot
program.
Now
we
did
a
pilot
program
over
a
weekend.
We
did
a
pilot
program
over
a
month
and
the
community
of
roslindale
overwhelmingly
asked
us
to
make
a
permanent.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
for
setting
the
tone
and
the
standard
here.
A
A
This
is
a
part
of
our
connect
downtown
network
linking
our
neighborhood
routes
to
downtown
jobs,
they're
a
great
recreational
tool
and
for
tourism
as
well.
In
addition
to
the
bike
lanes,
we're
adjusting
traffic
signals
to
increase
safety
and
we'll
be
redesigning
intersection
work
for
pedestrians
to
make
sure
that
our
pedestrians,
as
they
get
into
intersections,
that
they
work
so
we're
asking
people
to
as
the
construction
is
going
on
to
be
patient
with
us
here.
A
A
This
past
sunday,
blue
bikes
riders
set
an
all-time
daily
record
with
14
403
riders,
we're
proud
of
the
work
we've
done
to
expand
this
public
bike
share
network
in
boston
and
our
neighborhoods,
and,
quite
honestly,
our
neighboring
cities
and
towns.
Many
years
ago
we
started
this.
It
wasn't
in
every
neighborhood.
We
have
blue
bikes
now,
in
almost
I
think,
almost
every
neighbor
in
the
city
of
boston
and
obviously
cities
and
towns
that
surround
us.
A
In
addition,
we're
going
to
keep
working
with
residents
on
solutions
for
american
legion
highway
from
dorchester
to
roslindale
to
improve
safety.
Many
complaints
have
come
in
on
that
stretcher,
road
with
people
racing
and
drag
racing,
and
we're
going
to
continue
to
work
to
monitor
to
to
make
that
roadway
better.
To
learn
more
about
anything
that
I
spoke
about
today
or
any
road
improvements
or
bike
improvements
that
we're
going
to
be
doing
in
the
city
of
boston.
We
ask
you
to
go
to
boston.gov
healthystreets,
that's
boston.gov
healthy
streets.
A
You
can
also
talk
to
our
transportation
planners
directly,
but
in
both
outdoor
office
hours
and
virtual
office
hours.
We've
also
made
some
small
businesses
the
recovery,
a
priority
here
in
in
boston.
So
far,
our
small
business
relief
fund
has
awarded
6.7
million
dollars
to
1700
businesses
in
need
across
every
neighborhood
in
the
city
of
boston.
A
A
Our
reopened
boston
fund
has
provided
2.1
million
dollars
in
grants
to
over
1200
small
businesses
for
ppe
safety,
materials
and
cleaning
supplies,
and
our
outdoor
dining
program
has
been
the
lifeline
for
many
restaurants.
At
a
time
when
indoor
seeding
remains
limited
for
health
reasons,
we've
permitted
over
550
restaurants
in
the
city
of
boston
for
outdoor
dining.
We
continue
to
make
portable
mobility
ramps
accessible
and
available.
A
When
we'll
look
at
the
situation
again,
obviously,
outdoor
dining
is
is
weather
dependent
here
in
new
england
and
at
some
point,
snow
plows
might
get
in
the
way,
but
I've
I've
gotten
some
reassurances
from
some
media
meteorologists
around
the
commonwealth,
that
we're
gonna
have
a
mild
fall,
and
hopefully
a
mild
winter.
So
please
keep
it
up.
So
we
can
help
our
restaurants,
but
as
the
temperatures
in
boston
go
down,
and
today
is
a
cool
day,
we're
gonna
waive
application
fees
for
outdoor
dining,
propane
heaters
and
dining
areas.
A
You
still
need
a
permit
from
the
fire
department,
but
the
safety
regulations
around
their
use
remains
100
in
place,
but
but
the
fee
will
be
waived.
We're
trying
to
help
our
restaurants
continue
to
take
advantage
of
outdoor
space.
As
long
as
possible,
you
will
be
able
to
use
electric
heaters
without
a
permit
as
long
as
you
don't
have
cords
crossing
the
sidewalk,
so
electric
heat
is
up
permitted
without
a
permit
as
long
as
there's
no
cords
across
the
sidewalk.
A
The
outdoor
dining
program
is
a
collaboration
led
by
the
licensing
board
and
several
departments,
along
with
our
small
businesses
and
our
neighborhood
residents,
along
with
many
many
of
our
main
street
districts.
I
want
to
thank
everyone
involved,
including
our
restaurant
owners,
for
your
patience
and
for
what
you're
doing
to
the
city
of
boston.
I
know
this
has
been
a
very
difficult
time
for
all
of
you
and
what
we're
trying
to
do
now
is
true,
a
community
effort
to
support
you.
A
My
hearts
go
out
to
many
of
the
owners
of
these
restaurants
and
and
and
the
staff
there.
In
many
ways
you
are
the
heart
and
soul
of
our
local
economy
and
our
different
neighborhoods
in
the
city.
We're
going
to
continue
to
listen
to
you
and
provide
whatever
support
and
flexibility.
We
can
to
help
you
recover,
we'll
continue
to
provide
you
with
the
information
and
the
materials
that
you
need
to
keep
yourself
staff
and
customers
safe
and
we'll
continue
to
help
your
customers
find
support
our
small
businesses
through
online
directory.
A
So
we're
asking
people
to
go
to
boston.gov
slasher
opening
to
see
what
businesses
are
open
in
the
city.
What
you
can
buy
online,
what
you
can
buy,
get
delivered
from
them
as
much
as
we
can
possibly
help
our
local
businesses
even
by
takeout.
It
would
be
extremely
important
to
all
of
them.
So
anything
you're
looking
about
a
small
business
program
or
directories,
boston,
dot,
gov,
slash
reopening.
A
A
We
are
determined
to
move
forward
in
all
areas
that
they
talked
about:
oversight,
diversity,
use
of
force,
technology,
transparency.
We
take
those
steps,
as
these
steps
go
to
the
community.
The
task
force
needs
your
input,
so
we've
put
the
task
force
out
in
six
different
languages,
so
people
can
understand
and
get
access
to
them.
You
can
find
the
task
force
recommendations
in
these
drafts
on
boston.gov
police
reform.
A
A
This
is
a
historic
step
that
we're
taking
as
a
city,
it's
another
chance
for
boston
to
be
a
national
leader
in
justice,
and
this
is
your
chance
to
shape
the
progress,
and
I
just
want
to
take
a
second
to
thank
the
task
force
members
that
are
made
up
of
activists
and
and
organizers
and
members
of
the
boston
police
department
and
all
the
great
work
that's
gone
into
the
task
force.
The
task
force
is
not
finalized
yet
so
it
is
important
to
hear
community
import
and
get
the
input
as
much
as
possible.
A
So
we're
asking
you
to
do
that.
There's
also
a
separate
issue
in
the
u.s
census.
There's
15
days
left
to
respond
to
the
2020
census.
The
census
count,
as
I've
said
many
times
here,
happens
every
10
years.
It's
how
the
federal
government
assigns
congressional
representation
and
it's
how
the
federal
government
assigns
funding
for
programs
both
of
both
of
those
that
exist
and
and
that
may
be
created
over
the
next
10
years.
A
Tomorrow
we
are
holding
a
census
day
of
action
with
special
outreach
programs
to
our
with
volunteers.
At
this
point,
every
day
is
critical.
We
are
still
around
a
57
percent
response
rate.
We
need
to
get
that
number
up
here
in
the
city.
Our
immigrant
communities
and
communities
of
color
historically
get
under
counted.
Therefore,
we
get
underfunded.
A
A
We
were
proud
to
fight
for
this
decision
and
we
believe
that
our
residents
deserve
representation.
I'm
asking
people
as
well
when
you
think
about
the
census.
Think
about
it.
This
way.
This
is
your
money.
When
you
pay
your
federal
taxes,
it's
an
ability
to
get
your
federal
taxes
spent
back
here
in
massachusetts
in
the
city
of
boston.
So,
if
you
haven't
filled
out
your
census,
we're
asked
to
go
to
my2020census.com.org
to
fill
out
the
census
and
then
there'll
be
people
out
and
there's
mailings
going
out
every
day
as
well.
A
A
It's
unfortunate
that
we
saw
that
yesterday.
This
is
something
that
we've
been
fighting
here
in
the
city
hall
and
the
city
since
2017.,
we'll
have
more
to
say
about
this
in
the
days
ahead.
Anyone
with
tp
and
anyone
that
has
temporary
protective
status
should
know
that
this
would
not
go
into
effect
until
next
year.
A
A
I
want
to
finally
end
by.
I
want
to
commend
council
woo
on
her
decision.
I
have
a
great
respect
for
her
or
anyone
who
runs
for
office.
I
look
forward
to
more
conversations
about
how
we
can
move
our
city
forward,
but
right
now
we
are
battling
the
covert
19
pandemic.
We
are
working
to
rebuild
our
economy
to
help
workers
and
small
businesses.
A
A
We
are
preparing
to
open
a
stunning
new
library
in
nubian
square
in
roxbury,
we're
advancing
historic
reforms
with
our
police
department
and,
at
the
same
time,
we're
focused
on
electing
joe
biden
and
kamala
harris,
so
my
administration
can
have
a
partner
in
washington
over
the
next
four
years
and
that's
quite
honestly
what
I'm
working
on
right
now
focused
on.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
before.
I
open
up
the
questions
to
the
press.
That's
here.
I
have
one
question
from
the
boston
herald:
rick
sobe,
the
latest.
A
The
question
is
the
latest
boston
college
testing
figures
today
are
trending
in
a
better
direction.
Last
week
has
your
level
of
concern
changed,
and
I
just
want
to
say
I
certainly
remain
concerned
about
the
situation
at
boston
college
as
any
outbreak
and
or
any
outbreak.
Quite
honestly,
in
the
city
of
boston,
we
are
working
with
boston
college
and
the
city
of
newton
in
the
state
to
make
sure
that
we
address
in
a
swift
or
a
way,
so
both
students
and
the
surrounding
communities
are
kept
safe.
B
As
I
think
most
folks
know,
we
reviewed
their
control
plans
to
make
sure
that
we
knew
their
testing
protocol
and
all
those
pieces
that
would
be
in
place
when,
when
positive
cases
happened
in
the
bc,
for
example,
we've
been
partnering
with
them
closely
and
the
state
to
make
sure
that
we
can
support
their
current
efforts.
Their
isolation
efforts
and
we've
also
worked
with
them
to
increase
testing,
which
was
necessary,
as
they
saw
some
individuals
test
positive.
So
it's
been
an
all
hands
on
deck
effort.
B
C
A
The
question
is
what
what
has
been
opening
outdoor
dining
meant
to
a
lot
of
the
restaurants.
What
am
I
hearing
and
what's
it
meant
for
them
in
the
business?
Quite
honestly,
the
one
a
lot
of
people
have
spoken
to
it.
Added
to
they
were
doing
takeout.
Someone
tried
to
take
out
throughout
the
pandemic
and
they
said
it's.
It's
been
a
great
help,
but
a
lot
of
them
have
said
to
me
if
they
break
even
they're
lucky.
A
So,
even
though
it's
not
it's
not
adding
money,
it's
not
adding
revenue
in
their
pocket.
It's
allowing
them
the
opportunity
to
hire
people
and
employ
people,
but
I
don't
think
any
of
them
will
can
say
will
say
that
this
has
replaced
any
of
the
lost
revenue.
So
I
think
our
restaurants
are
still
in
very
fragile
grounds,
particularly
as
we
move
forward
into
the
winter
time
here.
C
A
We
don't
have,
I
mean
I
think
we're
trying
to.
We
did
create
that
fund
that
I
mentioned
earlier.
We
gave
about
2.1
million
dollars,
we
won't
have.
I
don't
think
enough
money
to
be
able
to
build
infrastructure
around
around
these
different
facilities,
but
we
did
give
a
lot
of
them
the
barriers
that
are
around
there-
the
handicap
ramps
that
we
help
them
with
and
we're
going
to
try
and
continue
to
be
creative.
A
A
You
know
the
pandemic
is
still
going
to
be
very
much
here
with
us
in
december,
and
you
know
I
think
our
restaurants
took
a
big
hit
back
in
march
april
may
june
and
they
lost
a
lot
of
revenue.
Now
some
did
get
cares,
act,
money
and
I'm
hope.
I'm
hopeful
that
the
united
states
senate
goes
back
into
session
and
addresses
cares
act
ii
if
you
will,
because
there's
still
a
big
need
in
our
communities
in
in
in
for
our
smaller
businesses
in
our
communities,
not
just
here
in
boston.
A
A
A
Who
asked
me
shonda
again
like,
like
I
said
in
indigo,
you
know
right
now,
I'm
focused
on
the
job
in
front
of
me:
the
pandemic.
You
know
the
economy
on
the
questions
that
come
here
about
our
restaurants
and
getting
our
economy
back
up
and
running.
I
think
that's
really
important.
We
focus
on
one
quite
honestly,
one
of
my
number
one
priorities
right
now
is
school.
A
The
21st,
our
kids
start
back
all
remote
learning
and
then,
on
october
1st.
I
believe
we
start
the
hybrid
model
and
then
we
phase
in
so
that's
my
focus
and
in
getting
joe
biden
and
camilla
harris
elected
president.
I
say
it's
america.
I
think
it's
important
that
I
have
a
strong
partner
for
the
last
three
years
I
haven't
had
a
partner
in
washington
dc.
We
haven't
had
a
partner
in
boston.