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From YouTube: COVID-19 Media Availability 7/28/20
Description
Mayor Walsh hosts a media availability to discuss updates relating to COVID-19.
A
Sorry
for
the
delay-
thank
you.
Everyone
for
being
here
today,
just
start
with
the
cover
numbers.
As
of
yesterday
total
cases
in
massachusetts,
115
926,
it's
a
one-day
increase.
In
the
previous
day
of
289
cases,
statewide
8536
total
deaths.
That's
up
seven
from
the
previous
day.
A
A
Our
thoughts
and
prayers
go
out
to
the
families
that
are
still
have
members
suffering
with
the
coronavirus
and
also
the
families
who
lost
loved
ones.
During
this
pandemic
heat
emergency,
we
started
a
new
heat
emergency
on
sunday,
it's
in
effect
through
today,
as
we
all
know,
it's
the
second
week
in
a
row
that
we've
had
a
heat
emergency
here
in
the
city
of
boston.
We
generally
don't
get
them
consecutively
like
that.
We
had
21
boston
center,
fifth
and
family
center,
centers
open
for
cooling,
and
last
week
we
opened
two
outdoor
pools.
A
As
I
mentioned
last
week,
the
clarity
pool
in
charlestown
and
the
maribella
pool
in
in
the
north
end.
We
had
great
success
in
both
of
those
pools
with
many
people
coming
by.
We
reached
a
daily
capacity
of
225
swimmers
on
almost
every
single
day
since
the
opening.
I
want
to
thank
the
residents
for
following
the
guidelines.
A
As
we
all
know,
those
amount
of
swimmers
is
certainly
40,
60
60
less
actually
than
what
we
normally
would
have
in
a
situation
like
that
due
to
covid
19.,
space
is
still
open
for
the
bcyf
programming,
both
in
person
and
remote.
All
of
our
programming
this
summer
is
free,
we're
asking
families
if
you
want
a
registry
to
go
to
a
pool
or
get
your
young
person
into
a
program
go
to
boston.gov
bcyf
summer,
that's
boston.gov,
bcyf
summer.
A
I
want
to
remain
continue
to
repeat
what
we've
been
repeating
for
the
last
five
months
here
in
the
importance
of
wearing
face,
covering
keeping
at
least
six
feet
of
distance
from
other
people,
avoiding
large
crowds.
A
We're
asking
people
to
avoid
large
in-person
gatherings
or
parties
avoid
being
outside
in
the
middle
of
the
day,
during
this
heat
wave
we're
asking
people
to
check
on
their
elderly
neighbors
on
on
particularly
these
hot
days,
but
just
to
make
sure
your
neighbors
are
okay,
we're
asking
people
to
stay
hydrated
all
day,
drink
plenty
of
water
and
fluids,
we're
asking
people
to
keep
an
eye
out
for
watch
for
signs
of
exhaustion
and
call
9-1-1.
If
you
see
anyone
experiencing
difficulties,
we
also
just
to
remind
everyone.
A
We
canceled
all
parades
and
festivals
throughout
the
summer
this
year,
due
to
covert
19.,
it's
very
important
that
we
don't
have
large
gatherings
in
the
city
of
boston.
It's
something
that
we
want
to
stay
on:
top
of
we've
seen
in
the
united
states
of
america
four
consecutive
days
over
a
thousand
deaths
in
of
coronavirus.
A
The
virus
is
still
very
much
a
threat
here
and
it
will
be
for
some
time
here
in
boston
and
certainly
as
we're
watching
the
news
and
seeing
what's
going
on
around
the
country
and-
and
still
it
amazes
me
that
there's
some
still
elected
officials
in
the
country
that
are
still
refusing
to
wear
a
face,
mask
and
and
talk
about
the
importance
of
face
masks.
So,
as
we
think
about
here
in
the
city
of
boston,
we,
when
we
reopen
it,
doesn't
mean
that
we're
relaxing
any
of
our
precautions
we
have
in
place.
A
We
don't
want
to
start
seeing
going
backwards,
and
I
also
just
ask
people,
as
we
think
about
the
rest
of
the
summer
when
you
think
about
birthday,
parties
and
cookouts,
and
things
like
that,
be
very
careful.
We
don't
want
to
see
as
outbreaks
of
coronavirus
in
your
in
your
in
your
backyards
or
in
parks
around
the
city
of
boston
and
that's
another
reason
why
we're
not
going
to
be
having
parades
this
summer,
and
this
fall
here
in
the
city
of
boston.
A
Our
plans
are
to
approve
by
the
bpda
and
inspectional
services
and
we're
looking
at
after
we
perform
inspections
of
these
spaces
to
make
sure
that
they
meet
the
safety
standards.
Each
college
university,
submitting
a
plan,
must
engage
nearby
residents
with
notifications
on
what
their
plans
are
and
talk
about
how
a
neighborhood
can
reach
out
to
them.
If
issues
arise,
we
are
also
working
with
the
state
on
contract
tracing
efforts
in
partnership
with
all
of
our
colleges,
along
with
testing.
A
A
We're
also
monitoring
the
situation
carefully
and
we're
going
to
be
ready
to
help
college
universities
if
needed,
as
we
move
forward
just
a
quick
update
on
boston
public
schools.
Last
week,
superintendent
casalia
has
presented
a
draft
reopening
plan
to
the
school
committee.
I
want
to
stress
it's
a
draft
reopening
plan.
Bps
is
following
public
health
guidelines
for
reopening
schools
that
they
are
working
on.
The
bps
has
been
gathering
feedback
from
students
and
families
and
staff
for
months
via
survey
focus
groups
and
community
meetings.
A
We
are
looking
at
a
hybrid
model
that
would
assign
students
to
groups
and
bring
students
into
schools
on
a
rotating
basis.
That
is
what
we're
looking
at
today,
but
no
matter
what
models
chosen.
The
boston,
public
schools
have
fully
developed
a
plan
for
an
all
remote
instruction
as
well.
If
the
cases
either
go
up
before
september
10
or
if
they
go
up
after
we
go
back
to
school
and
the
superintendent
or
team
have
been
working
extremely
hard
on
looking
at
the
different
models
of
school
there's,
not
one
size
fits
all.
A
A
Census
workers
will
be
knocking
on
doors
starting
august
11th.
If
households
have
not
responded.
So,
if
you
fill
out
the
census
form,
you
will
not
be
getting
a
knock
on
your
door.
The
census
bureau
of
mobile
operations
is
visiting
public
spaces
to
help
people
fill
out
the
census
as
well.
They
can
also
host
online
events
to
learn
more
about
that.
Please
call
three
one.
One
city
number
or
visit
boston
count
twenty
twenty
website
at
boston.gov.
A
It
is
really
important
that
we
get
these
census
forms
filled
out.
As
I
said
in
the
past,
it
our
federal
funding,
a
lot
of
our
funding
that
we
get
down
here
into
the
city
of
boston,
the
commonwealth
of
massachusetts.
It's
based
off
of
our
census,
data
and
census
information,
and
over
the
last
three
decades
we
have
lost
population,
or
at
least
with
underreported.
A
I
guess
in
some
cases
population
so
having
people
felt
the
census
is,
is
a
big
help
to
all
of
us
here,
including
yourself
as
taxpayers,
here
in
the
city
of
boston,
in
the
carmel
to
massachusetts,
making
sure
that
you
are
you
count
and
you
do
count.
So
I'm
asking
people,
please
make
sure
we
fill
out
the
census
as
we
move
forward.
A
Also
ballots.
Applications
were
mailed
out
last
week
as
of
for
the
upcoming
election.
As
of
yesterday,
4
000
applications
were
received
back
in
the
mail
massachusetts
passed
legislation
that
allows
anyone
who
requests
a
mail-in
ballot,
get
one
how
you
apply
as
you
fill
out
the
application
and
send
it
back
to
the
elections
department
to
get
a
mail-in
ballot.
A
You
can
choose
if
you,
if
you
want
a
ballot
for
the
primary
election
on
september
1st
or
if
you
want
a
general
election
ballot
on
november
7th
or
both
quite
honestly,
independent
voters
must
choose
a
party
ballot
for
their
primary
applications
to
request.
Mail-In
ballots
must
be
received
by
august
26
for
the
state
primary
and
october
28th
for
the
general
election.
A
Early
voting
is
also
going
to
happen
this
year.
Primaries
are
going
to
be
august.
22Nd
to
28th
general
election
is
going
to
be
october,
17th
to
30th,
we'll,
have
in-person
voting
for
all
elections
and
adding
the
covid
pandemic
on
social,
distancing,
sanitizing
procedures
and
proper
use
of
ppe
for
training
of
all
poll
workers.
A
We're
asking
you
to
learn
if
you
want
to
learn
where
the
locations
are
in
your
neighborhood
for
early
vote,
go
to
boston.gov
elections,
to
learn
more
and
also
it's
very
important
that
people
get
out
and
vote
and
the
ballots
that
everyone
received.
If
you
don't
want
to
come
in
person
this
year,
as
I
mentioned,
the
legislature
allowed
the
opportunity
to
for
everyone
to
vote
by
mail,
so
it's
very
easy
to
sign
the
sign
it
and
you
mail
it
back
in
put
a
stamp
on
it
and
you'll
get
ballots
for
all
the
elections
this
year.
A
Upcoming
events
this
week,
we
want
to
help
businesses
gain
better
understanding
of
the
requests
for
proposal
documents
and
bidding
process.
This
is
where
the
city
of
boston
on
our
procurement
rules
in
trying
to
get
more
activity
and
more
involvement
from
businesses
of
color
to
access
the
funding
that
we
have
for
private
contracts
here
in
the
city
of
boston,
we're
holding
two
workshops.
A
A
These
are
free
and
open
to
the
public,
but
you
need
to
register
online,
as
you
know,
we're
working
to
make
the
city
of
boston
contracting
process
more
accessible
and
inclusive,
and
this
is
one
of
the
ways
to
make
it
happen.
We
can
answer
any
questions
that
you
might
have
as
a
contractor
or
or
a
private
person
to
understand
how
the
process
works
and
how
you
can
access
the
ability
to
to
bet
to
bid
on
some
of
the
goods
and
services
for
the
city
of
boston.
A
Our
police
reform
task
force
continues
its
listening
session
this
week.
I
want
to
thank
everyone.
Who's
testified
or
participated
in
last
week's
events
on
body,
warm
camera
and
implicit
bias.
Tomorrow,
wednesday,
we
have
listening
sessions
on
the
police,
review
board
thursday
sessions
on
use
of
force
and
to
learn
more
or
sign
up.
You
can
go
to
boston,
dot,
gov,
slash
ending
racism.
A
You
can
also
submit
written
testimony
through
the
website
on
any
of
our
four
issues
covered
in
the
sessions
during
this
august.
Seventh,
after
that,
the
task
force
will
be
completing
its
first
round
of
recommendations
which
will
open
up
for
public
review
for
two
weeks.
So
I
encourage
everyone
to
share
your
experience
and
make
your
voices
heard.
A
Unfortunately,
I
need
to
respond
to
yet
another
cruel
and
backwards
decision.
Coming
out
of
washington
dc
hud
said
it's
revoking
a
fair
housing
regulation
aimed
at
increasing
diversity
in
the
suburbs.
They
are
clearly
grandstanding
in
an
election
year.
Housing
is
a
human
right.
I've
said
that
more
than
one
time,
it's
the
only
way
to
battle
decades
of
racist
housing
policies
like
redlining
did
to
undo
them.
While
we're
trying
to
have
a
conversation
about
economic
justice,
washington
is
using
dog,
whistle
politics
in
boston.
We
will
not
waver
on
our
commitment
to
fair
housing.
A
A
We
are
working
with
fair
housing
advocates
on
a
plan
to
guide
our
work
and
how
we're
going
to
move
forward
with
that
work.
We're
also
going
to
be
filing
a
zoning
amendment
that
we
believe
will
make
boston
the
first
american
city
with
fair
housing
requirements
written
into
our
zoning
code.
I'd
like
to
give
a
shout
out
to
city
councils,
lady
edwards
and
kenzie
bark
who's
been
working
on
this
amendment
and
moving
it
forward.
We
look
forward
to
additional
conversations
with
the
council
in
the
community
about
our
work
here
with
the
zoning
amendment.
A
Our
work
is
to
keep
families
in
their
homes
and
has
become
even
more
critical
during
covert
19..
We
are
working
to
strengthen
the
protections
for
renters
and
homeowners
and
anyone
and
everyone
who
calls
boston
their
home
we've
made
millions
of
dollars
available
in
rental
relief.
The
boston
housing
authority
has
paused
all
non-essential
evictions.
A
A
A
A
If
new
forms
of
relief
don't
arrive,
many
families
and
individuals
are
going
to
face
some
serious
struggles
here
in
boston.
So
again,
I'm
calling
on
congress
to
pass
the
bill
to
provide
direct
support
before
they
adjourn
for
the
summer
before
they
go
to
their
summer
homes,
their
summer
beach
homes.
We're
asking
you
to
make
sure
that
you
take
care
of
the
most
vulnerable
americans.
A
A
A
In
this
moment,
we
started
with
a
pandemic
back
in
february,
which
led
to
a
lot
of
protests
and
racial
unrest
and
racism,
and
I
think
I
thought
today
I
was
talking
to
the
city
hall
folks
that
work
with
me
every
day
and
I
said
to
them
that
we
have
responsibility
to
make
sure
we
continue
to
work
on
behalf
of
the
residents
of
boston
every
single
day
and
no
matter
how
bad
or
how
tough
it
feels
that
it's
getting
right.
Now,
I'm
asking
everyone
we
are
bostonians.
We
are
strong.
A
We
will
get
through
all
of
this
together,
we'll
continue
to
move
forward
and
we
will
come
out
a
stronger
city
on
the
other
side
so
to
all
the
folks
that
are
out
there
struggling
today.
Just
think
about
the
way
I
try
to
deal
with
life.
I
try
to
take
it
a
day
at
a
time.
Take
it
a
day
at
a
time.
This
too
shall
pass
and
we
will
move
forward
stronger.
So
thank
you
with
that
open
up
for
questions
to
the
press.
A
The
question
is:
there's
gonna
be
a
rally
scheduled
tomorrow
by
the
nurses
in
the
boston
schools
here
tomorrow
to
say
that
it's
not
time
not
time
to
reopen,
that's
what
you
say
and
they
feel
they
haven't
been
part
of
the
process.
So
let
me
respond
to
that.
Brenda
castillos.
The
other
day
at
the
school
committee
just
presented
a
draft
for
him
now's
the
time
to
have
conversations
about.
A
What's
going
to
go
into
the
plan,
we
don't
know
if
it's
too
early
or
too
late
right
now,
quite
honestly,
as
I've
said
from
the
very
beginning,
I
am
as
mayor,
listen,
I
was
the
person
that
shut
down
the
st
patrick's
day,
parade
before
the
spike
exploded.
I
we
we
delayed
the
marathon
I'm
going
to
take
the
safety
of
our
kids,
I'm
going
to
take
the
safety
of
our
nurses,
the
safety,
our
teachers
and
that's
going
to
be
our
number
one
priority
here
in
the
city
of
boston.
A
Now
is
the
time
to
have
those
conversations.
I
appreciate
the
teachers
for
coming
out
tomorrow.
A
I
mean
the
nurses
are
coming
out
tomorrow
and
I
think
certainly
we
all
should
have
concerns
and
we
all
do
have
concerns,
but
I
think,
as
we
move
forward
here
in
this
process
at
some
point,
we're
going
to
have
to
reopen
school,
whether
that's
september
10th
october
10th
november
10th
december
10,
whatever
it
is-
and
I
think
that
right
now
is
the
time
to
have
those
conversations
about
what
that
looks
like
I
don't
have
a
crystal
ball,
so
I
can't
tell
if
september
10th
is
the
right
day.
Yet
I
hope
it
is.
A
I
hope
our
numbers
are
down.
I
hope
our
our
our
weekly
rate
is
at
zero
and
I
hope
we
get
to
that
point.
It's
too
early
to
say
that
right
now.
So
now
is
the
time
to
be
sitting
and
having
conversations.
A
A
Yeah
the
question:
the
question
is:
how
do
I
see
the
rollout
of
colleges
opening
up
such
as
quarantine
if
students
get
sick,
I'm
going
to
add
to
that
moving
in
weekend,
and
things
like
that?
Well,
tomorrow,
we're
going
to
have
a
meet.
I
think
it's
tomorrow
tomorrow,
the
next
day
I'm
going
to
have
a
meeting
with
the
colleges
to
talk
about
some
of
those
plans.
I
mean
many
of
the
communities.
Neighborhoods
are
concerned
about
move-in
weekend.
A
A
Well,
I
don't
think
the
question
is:
I
haven't
heard
about
anyone
not
coming
back.
I
think
that
harvard's,
coming
back
in
a
limited
manner,
mit
is
coming
back
in
a
limited,
limited
manner.
I
believe
I
think
berkeley
might
not
be
coming
back.
I
know
that
urban
college
in
boston
is
going
to
do
online
only.
I
believe
some
of
our
other
colleges
are
going
to
do
online,
we'll
get
we'll
get
a
list
to
everyone,
so
you
have
what
colleges
are
coming
back.
What
not
so
you'll
have
a
good
list.
A
A
Yeah
in
the
store
yeah,
I
don't
have,
there
was
a
an
incident
in
a
store
last
week
in
roxbury,
where
cleric
was
taken
and
shot.
A
A
A
Yeah,
the
question
is:
they're
getting
news
getting
tweets
about
a
military
vehicle
parked
in
jamaica,
plain
with
no
planes
to
my
knowledge,
there's
no,
what
what
what
the
city
of
portland
is
experiencing
in
the
city
of
seattle's
experiencing
we're
not
experiencing
that
here
in
boston
and
what
what
I
mean
by
that
is
folks
that
haven't
I'm
not
sure
what
I'm
talking
about
federal
agents
have
shown
up,
not
coordinating
with
the
mayor
of
portland
or
not
in
from
my
understand,
coordinating
with
the
mayor
of
seattle
or
the
police
department
and
they're,
just
randomly
showing
up
on
the
streets
and
and
taking
not
part
in
protest
but
addressing
protests.
A
I
was
on
a
call
yesterday
with
the
mayor
of
seattle,
the
mayor
of
portland,
the
mayor
of
chicago
the
mayor
of
atlanta,
the
mayor
of
kansas
city.
I
know
some
other
cities
represent
on
it.
We
had
talked
about
what
the
federal
government,
the
intervention,
if
you
will
by
the
federal
government
into
some
of
these
protests,
and
what
was
basically
said
you
know
universally
on
that
call-
is
for
that
segment
of
the
federal
government.
It
wasn't
welcome
in
those
cities
because
there
was
no
request,
formal
request
for
it.
A
It
did
come
up
on
that
call,
however,
where
the
federal
government
is
assisting
in
getting
dangerous
people
off
the
street,
not
associated
with
protests
but
associate
violence
happening
in
different
cities.
Example.
That's
chicago
and
those
are
more
coordinated
efforts
where
the
us
attorney's
office
will
oftentimes
coordinate
with
the
with
the
police
departments,
on
on
efforts
of
trying
to
get
guns
and
and
drugs
off
the
street,
but
that
that's
not
the
case.
I
don't.
I
can't
speak
to
what
you
heard.
I
don't
think
anything's
true
here.
A
Cruises
and
who's
to
enforce
it,
I
mean
the
city
doesn't
have
jurisdiction
necessarily
on
the
harbor,
but
I
know
I
read
today
the
company
and
their
response,
as
I
mentioned
in
the
very
beginning
of
this
press
conference
or
right
to
begin.
The
press
conference
gatherings
like
that
are
extremely
dangerous
right
now.
A
I
certainly
understand
businesses
wanting
to
open.
I
certainly
understand
businesses
want
to
be
successful
and
we
want
them
to
be
successful,
but
putting
putting
hundreds
of
people
on
a
boat,
putting
hundreds
of
people
in
a
park
putting
hundreds
of
people
on
sides
of
the
street
lining
watching
a
parade
is
extremely
dangerous
right
now,
as
I
mentioned
earlier
for
four
consecutive
days,
we've
had
a
thousand
americans
die
due
to
covet
19.
A
we've
had
our
own
challenges.
Over
7
000
bostonians
have
died
due
to
crow
for
19,
and
our
numbers
right
now
are
trending
in
the
right
direction.
We
have
concerns
about
opening
schools.
We
have
concerns
about
opening
colleges.
We
have
concerns
about
opening
restaurants,
but
it
really
is
incumbent
upon
businesses
and
individuals
to
not
put
yourself
in
a
dangerous
situation,
and
if
you
put
yourself
in
a
dangerous
situation,
this
virus
kills
and
I've
heard
the
stories.
A
A
It
wears
on
your
brain
and
if
we
don't
want
to
return
back
to
that,
we
need
to
continue
to
be
very
vigilant
in
protecting
ourselves
and
protecting
our
families
that
cruise
going
on
in
the
harbor.
That
night
was
not
well
thought
out
and
I
I
would
ask
the
cruise
line
to
don't
do
it
again,
because
what
you're
doing
is
not
only
you're
putting
your
company
in
harm's
way,
you're
putting
the
people
that
go
on
the
ship
in
harm's
way
by
putting
them
in
a
confined
space,
where
you
really
can't
physically
distance
in
the
right
way.
A
So
I
would
suggest
that
you
be
very
careful
just
like
I
suggest
to
anyone,
including
myself,
if
you're
going
to
be
having
a
cookout
or
some
something
you
know
make
sure
the
people
that
are
there
are
people
you
know
and
and
keep
that
distance.
It's
really
important
that
we
right
now
is
important
for
us
that
we
stay
very
vigilant
in
keeping
our
numbers
down.
A
You
know
as
we
as
we
kind
of
we
think
we're
winding
down
on
cover
19,
but
we're
not
if,
if
we're
in
a
sporting
event,
we're
probably
at
halftime
right
now
october
19th,
which
means
we
have
another
five
or
six
or
seven
or
eight
nine
months
to
go.
So
we
still
have
to
be
very
careful.