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From YouTube: COVID-19 Media Availability 10-2-20
Description
Mayor Walsh hosts a media availability to discuss updates relating to COVID-19.
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A
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The
latest
covet
case
numbers
I
have,
as
of
yesterday
in
massachusetts,
708
new
confirmed
cases
bringing
the
total
of
confirmed
cases
in
massachusetts
to
130
461..
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A
A
As
I've
said,
the
map
is
based
on
one
metric
out
of
several
kinds
of
data
that
we
look
at
here
at
city
hall,
we're
also
looking
at
the
positive
test
rates
and
the
hospital
data
trends
over
time,
but
the
map
also
helps
us
raise
awareness
to
get
people's
attention
and
it's
certainly
a
useful
tool.
We
do
not.
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A
A
We
want
to
continue
we're
going
to
continue
to
bring
resources
and
information
to
our
neighborhoods
and
to
everyone,
particularly
watching
at
home
and
the
residents
of
boston,
and
we
know
that
we
need
everyone's
help,
especially
younger
adults,
where
we
continue
to
see
the
most
cases,
the
most
positive
cases.
This
isn't
about
blaming
you.
If
you
have
to
go
to
work,
we
understand
that
if
you
live
in
a
large
household,
we
understand
that
if
you're
running
a
business
and
following
the
guidelines,
we
understand
that
as
well.
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We
have
the
resources
and
information
that
can
help
and
we
need
every
single
person
in
every
single
neighborhood
to
follow
the
guidelines
that
we
have
laid
out.
They
really
do
work.
We've
seen
the
fact
that
these
guidelines
do
work
that
wearing
a
mask,
washing
your
hands
with
soap
and
warm
water,
keeping
six
feet
distance
as
much
as
possible
and
having
your
mask
on,
if
you're,
not
sure,
follow
all
the
guidelines
for
your
industry
or
your
colleges
or
your
workplaces
do
not
go
to
large
gatherings,
especially
not
to
house
parties
or
cookouts
where
people
are
mingling.
A
This
is
where
we're
seeing
most
of
the
transmission
right
now.
I
can't
stress
enough
it's
within
our
power
within
your
power
to
change
the
trend
and
bring
these
numbers
down
again.
If
we
avoid
all
of
these
types
of
gatherings,
making
smart
choices,
protecting
yourself
should
be
first
and
foremost.
In
your
mind,
your
family's
health
and
the
health
of
the
people
around
you
in
the
community.
A
Public
health
is
key
to
our
recovery
and
we're
approaching
a
critical
time
this
month,
not
only
with
the
uptick
in
cases,
but
the
potential
housing
crisis
that
could
also
make
it
worse
here
in
boston.
The
state
eviction
moratorium
is
set
to
end
on
october
17th,
just
15
days
from
now.
The
unemployment
numbers
say
that
a
very
large
number
of
tenants,
statewide
and
in
boston
are
having
trouble
paying
their
rents
because
of
loss
of
income.
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We're
seeing
the
evidence
of
that.
We
created
our
office
of
housing,
stability
to
help
people
stay
in
their
homes.
We
created
this
office
many
many
years
ago,
they're
getting
calls
right
now
at
four
times
the
rate
they
were
this
time
last
year,
we're
also
hearing
from
landlords
they're
worried
and
saying
that
they
would
like
to
help
their
tenants
find
the
resources
to
pay
rent.
A
This
has
very
harmful
impacts,
especially
for
our
young
people,
young
children.
It
creates
conditions
where
the
virus
can
much
easily
spread.
It's
an
issue
that
impacts
communities
of
color
and
immigrant
communities
at
a
higher
rate.
It's
also
an
equity
crisis
right
now,
it's
a
potential
public
health
crisis.
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A
A
This
is
a
policy
proven
to
bring
positive
outcomes
for
both
tenants
and
landlords
to
be
able
to
work
something
out,
but
moving
forward
as
october
17th
approaches,
the
need
is
growing,
more
urgent,
more
urgent.
The
first
thing
we
have
to
do
is
to
make
sure
that
tenants
understand
their
rights,
understand
the
protections
that
are
in
place
and
understand
the
resources
that
we
have
available
here
in
the
city.
A
For
example,
there's
a
national
eviction
moratorium
order
issued
by
the
center
for
disease
control,
but
if
you
have
to
fill,
you
have
to
fill
out
the
form
to
access
it,
we're
going
to
be
helping
tenants
with
that
and
we're
also
going
to
continue
to
provide
a
range
of
resources,
but
we
have
to
get
information
to
the
people
who
need
it
the
most
when
they
need
it.
So,
on
monday,
I'm
going
to
be
filing
an
ordinance
with
the
city
council.
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I
know
that
this
is
an
issue
that
members
of
the
council
are
concerned
about,
so
I
hope
we
can
work
together
next
week
to
get
this
ordinance
as
quickly
as
possible.
This
measure
was
part
of
the
jim
brooks
stabilization
act
to
prevent
evictions.
We
passed
it
in
2017,
it's
at
the
legislature,
with
as
a
homo
petition.
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You
can
get
up
to
eight
thousand
dollars
if
you're
over
sixty
years
old
and
income
eligible
we've
also
increased
the
loan
limit
on
the
lead
safe
program
from
eight
thousand
to
ten
thousand
per
unit.
That's
a
deferred
forgivable
loan
we've
merged
the
three
d
program
for
three
decades
with
the
homeowners
program.
Now
any
three
unit
home
is
eligible
for
up
to
thirty
thousand
dollars
in
deferred
forgivable
loans.
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We
want
to
help
you
do
that
by
connecting
you
to
the
resources
that
are
available,
we're
going
to
continue
to
develop
resources
in
the
coming
weeks.
Anyone
with
concerns
tenants
or
landlords
can
reach
out
to
our
office
of
housing,
stability
at
617-635-4200
or
email
us
at
housingstability
boston.gov.
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A
Since
august,
we
have
approved
hundreds
of
more
units
of
housing
over
a
thousand
subsidized
units
of
homes
in
east
boston
at
suffolk
towns.
On
monday,
we'll
begin
accepting
applications
for
the
25
million
dollar
community
preservation
act,
funding,
that's
for
affordable
housing,
open
space
and
historic
preservation.
A
You
can
find
eligibility
forms
at
boston.gov
cpa
for
that
we
are
moving
forward
to
meet
the
long-term
challenges
of
being
an
affordable
city
for
every
single
family.
I
also
have
an
update
on
planning
on
our
november
3rd
elections.
As
a
reminder,
the
voter
registration
deadline
for
november
3rd
election
is
october.
24Th.
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A
All
of
these
locations
during
the
early
vote
period
are
open
to
all
registered
voters
of
boston.
So
you
don't
have
to
live
in
that
particular
neighborhood
to
vote
in
another
part
of
the
city.
You
can
vote
at
any
vote.
Early
vote
location
wherever
you're,
wherever
you
want
to
vote
early
vote
sites
will
be
prepared
for
health
and
safety,
we'll
have
social,
distancing,
protocol,
cleaning
protocol
and
ppe
available.
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A
The
election
department
has
started
mailing
out
ballots
to
those
who
requested
one
this
week
and
will
continue
to
do
so
as
the
applications
are
received.
When
you
get
your
ballot,
we
urge
you
to
complete
it
sign
it
and
return
it
with
the
envelope
as
soon
as
possible.
So
just
make
sure
that
you
follow
the
guidelines.
When
you
get
an
absentee
ballot,
you
have
to
sign
it
so
that
it's
an
affidavit
that
you
voted.
You
need
to
put
it
in
the
envelopes
and
mail
it
here.
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A
I
want
to
close
by
some
positive
news.
The
things
that
are
concerning
concerned
us
about
here
in
boston,
from
coven
to
economic
recovery
to
elections
are
things
people
across
the
country
are
concerned
about
as
well.
I
got
a
nice
reminder
of
that.
Yesterday,
a
package
arrived
in
my
office,
a
dress
from
kentucky.
A
They
may
have
seen
me
on
national
tv
talking
about
what's
happening
in
boston
and
what's
happening
around
the
country
inside
there's
a
letter
in
the
letters
you
don't
give
me
bear
with
me
for
a
moment
here.
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A
We
are
all
in
this
together
with
god's
help
we'll
get
through
this
together
genie
and
your
friends.
I
want
to
thank
you
and
my
friends,
our
friends
in
kentucky
for
making
these
maps
for
us.
You
might
see
this
press
conference.
You
might
not
see
this
press
conference,
but
I
want
you
to
know
the
people
of
boston
say.
Thank
you.
We
will
get
these
masks
the
people
who
need
them
the
most.
A
A
We
have
systemic
racism,
we
have
a
national
election.
We
have
a
president,
that's
coronavirus,
we're
opening
schools,
businesses
are
failing,
businesses
are
trying
to
stay
open.
The
press.
That's
here
today
with
me
that
here
every
press
conference
is
physical,
social
justice
and
they
can't
do
the
job
the
other
way
they
want
to
do
the
job.
I
can't
get
out.
We
can't
get
out
with
the
people,
but
to
know
that
there
are
people
in
other
parts
of
the
country
that
care
about
all
of
us.
A
C
Thank
you
mayor.
So
when
we
go
into
the
red,
you
know
that
metric
gives
us
an
indication
or
the
the
questions
are.
What
is
that?
What
does
red
tell
us-
and
it
sort
of
tells
us
that
we
have
eight
average
eight
cases
per
hundred
thousand
people
in
the
city
of
boston?
So
that's
what
we're
monitoring
right
so,
every
day
we
pull
a
number
of
cases
that
come
into
our
city.
We
look
at
them.
We
see
the
you
know,
boston
residents
that
are
in
those
cases,
and
then
we
have
a
daily
number.
C
So
we're
watching
that
number.
It's
about
57
cases
a
day
ends
up
being
about
eight
cases
per
100
000
in
the
city
of
austin.
So
we
not
only
monitor
that,
but
it's
really
important
for
the
mayor
and
the
team
that
we're
also
monitoring
positive
test
rate.
We
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
increasing
access
to
testing
to
make
sure
that
we
can
people
can
get
access
to
it,
and
so
we
want
to
make
sure
we
look
at
that
positivity,
so
we're
about
3.5
percent.
C
As
of
the
last
time,
we'll
have
a
new
positive
percentage
later
today,
but
again
we
not
only
monitor
the
cases,
the
positivity,
but
also
our
hospitals.
Can
our
hospitals
take
care
of
us?
Can
they
take
care
of
those
who
have
severe
impact,
which
is
important?
We
will
look
at
that
red
trend
and
look
at
it
for
a
couple
weeks.
The
state's
been
clear
that,
if
you're
in
that
map
for
three
weeks
in
a
row,
then
you
really
see
the
trend
of
this
uptick,
or
is
this
just
a
one
week
kind
of
uptick?
C
Yeah,
so
what
I
would
say,
the
question
is:
we've
talked
about
a
four
percent
positivity
rate
and
what
goes
into
place
that
four
percent
positivity
rate
has
really
been
tied
to
the
reopening
of
boston,
public
schools.
So
we've
looked
at
a
city-wide
rate.
We
want
to
stay
under
four
percent
so
that
we
can
continue
the
pathway
of
hybrid,
which
has
part
in-person
education,
so
the
four
percent
rate
city-wide
would
prevent
us
from
continuing
to
do
that.
So
that's
really
what
we're
focused
on
you
know.
C
I
know
you
know
this
and
I
know
all
the
viewers
know
we're
living
with
kovit.
So
as
we
live
with
kovid,
we
have
to
make
sure
we
can
contain
it,
and
the
four
percent
above
draws
the
question
of
how
much
it's
spread
in
the
community.
So
that's
what
that
means.
A
Yeah
manny
said
it
all
pretty
much.
It's
just
that
four
percent
for
us
in
boston-
and
I
was
here
at
this
podium
a
couple
days
ago-
talking
about
gatherings
and
not
going
and
gatherings,
and
it's
kind
of
the
way
that
it
works
is
I'm
talking
asking
people
to
be
safe
and
then
it
turns
into
I'm
anti
having
fun.
That's
not
the
case
I
mean
I
love
having
hundreds
of
thousands
of
people
in
the
city
of
boston,
tourists
and
businesses
and
everyone
here.
A
I
love
when
there's
people
here,
it's
good
for
the
city,
it's
good
for
the
economy,
it's
good
for
everything,
and
but
what
we're
seeing
in
this
in
this
last
couple
weeks
is
a
little
bit
of
a
little
bit
up
and
down,
meaning
that
you
know.
A
The
restaurants
that
we're
trying
to
keep
open
are
closing
and
in
all
of
the
things
that
we've
done
to
to
contain
the
virus
to
some
degree
are
are,
are
gone
and
we're
square
one.
We
don't
want
to
get
back
to
square
one
I
mean
that's.
That
would
be.
That
is
not
what
we
need
to
do
in
the
city
of
boston.
That's
not
what
you
need
to
do
in
the
commonwealth
of
massachusetts.
Just
look
to
south
of
florida.
A
D
Yeah,
so
we
read
an
article
about
police
overtime,
showing
inconsistencies
reported.
The
police
has
been
looking
into
this
for
the
last
week,
yeah.
A
Thank
you.
Well,
let's
get
accurate
on
how
long
they
look
into
it.
You
talked
to
the
police
yesterday,
so
it's
it's
been,
it's
been,
it's
been
24
hours,
so
I
talked
to
them
today
and
they're
gonna
get
more
information
today
you
and
I
spoke
yesterday
at
the
yellow
school
and
I
said
to
you:
I'm
going
to
work
on
it.
So
it's
that's
been
24.
C
A
Thank
you
all
right
great.
So
the
question
was,
let
me
just
clarify
it.
The
question
was:
we
haven't
moved
forward
in
in
the
next
phase
of
reopening
in
some
of
the
communities
next
to
us
have
are
moving
forward,
they're,
not
in
the
red
zone,
boston,
the
red
zone,
so
in
this
first
fair
in
this
next
phase
step
three
step
phase
three
step:
two
we're
not
allowed
because
of
the
red
zone
to
move
into
that.
A
So
I
I'm
not
really
concerned
about
meaning
I'm
happy
for
the
other
communities
and
I
hope
that
they
can
keep
their
numbers
down.
I
I
don't
think
it
could
it
cause
a
competitive
disadvantage.
If
that's
what
you're
trying
to
get
to
what
we
need
to
do
is
get
our
numbers
down.
I
hope
that
their
numbers
stay
down
and
everything
we
can
do
to
support
each
other
collectively
to
keep
the
rates
down.
I
think
we
need
to
support.
It's
not.
You
know,
boston
versus
another
city.
A
I
just
think
we
all
need
to
work
collectively
to
get
our
numbers
down
and-
and
I
hope
the
fact
that
they
move
to
the
next
phase.
I
hope
they
can
stay
there
because
I
hope
that
eventually
we
get
to
that
phase,
we
will
eventually,
I
hope
we
get
to
that
phase.
I
would
love
to
get
to
the
phase
where
we
can
allow
10
people
to
sit
at
a
table
inside
a
restaurant,
but
right
now
it
just
doesn't
make
sense
for
boston
to
make
that
move.
A
These
are
just
a
few
of
them,
they're
all
handmade,
they
individually
wrapped
them
for
us.
They
probably
gave
us
about
40
or
50
of
them,
so
it
was.
It
was
just
really
nice,
you
know
it
just
shows
you
the
humanity,
and
I
think
that
you
know.
As
I
said
a
minute
ago,
you
know
when
we
watch
the
news.
I
read
the
newspaper
or
we
talk
to
each
other.
It's
all.
A
It
just
seems
lately
that
it's
all
doom
and
gloom
and
sad
news
and
and
tough
situations-
and
you
know
everything
these
days-
seems
like
it's
a
gotcha
type
of
thing
and
the
fact
that
this
church
in
kentucky
daughter,
boston
and
said
we're
gonna,
make
some
masks
and
send
them
send
them
over
to
boston
people
in
boston.
It's
gratifying,
and
you
know,
boston
has
seen
love
from
the
world
during
the
marathon
bombing.
A
Boston
has
sent
a
lot
of
love
to
this
country
in
the
world
during
some
of
the
the
the
natural
disasters.
Other
places
have
had
and
think
about
puerto
rico,
the
earthquake
in
puerto
rico,
and
we
put
together
the
fund
and
we
raised
a
couple
million
dollars
collectively.
I
think
about
in
houston,
when
the
when
the
hurricane
went
through
houston,
we
were
going
to
send
one
18-wheeler
of
supplies
down
to
houston.
We
end
up
sending
18
18
wheelers
down
there.
So
I
think
about
you
know.
A
Everyone
generally
is
great,
has
a
great
person,
and
I
just
want
to
thank
everyone
for
the
thoughts
and
prayers
here.
These
are
tough
times
I
mean
for
all
of
us.
I
mean
you
know
it's
kind
of
like
we're
on
a
roller
coaster
and-
and
I
do
think
at
the
end
of
the
day
we
have
to
remember
in
boston.
We
know
this
that
we
have
boston
strong
for
a
reason.
A
We
have
boston
strong
because
we
rally
around
each
other
and
there
might
be
ups
and
downs,
and
people
might
feel
stressed
at
different
times
and
different
types
of
stress,
but
just
know
that
there
there's
a
lot
of
people
that
that
want
us
to
get
through
this,
and
I
think
that
that
that's,
what
makes
our
city
the
greatest
city
in
the
world
and
other
people
recognize
that
by
supporting.
B
A
You
know,
I
think,
obviously,
when
you
think
about
just
think
about
the
present
united
states
that
already
lives
in
in
a
bubble.
Like
I
mean-
and
I
say
that
the
president
is
pretty
much
isolated-
it's
probably
one
of
the
loneliest
jobs
I
can
imagine
anyone
would
ever
have
and
to
the
fact
that
he
could
contract
the
coronavirus
and
with
the
protocols
around
him
shows
you
that
no
one
is
safe.
No
one
is
safe
and
you
can
you
know,
that's
why
I
think
it's
so
important
for
people
to
be
very
careful.
A
You
know
the
distance
and
the
mask
and
the
washing
and
doing
all
that
stuff.
You
have
to
be
very
sick,
very
careful
and-
and
you
don't
know
how
the
how
the
virus
is
going
to
impact
your
body
impact
your
immune
system.
We've
seen
young
people
die
because
of
the
virus.
We've
seen
teenagers
die
because
the
virus-
yes,
we've
heard
and
seen
older
people
die
pre-existing
conditions.
A
But
but
you
know,
there's
enough
cases
across
the
board
that
every
age
group
demographic
has
had
you
know
severe
impacts
of
the
virus
by
either
losing
their
life
or
getting
really
really
sick
and
having
implications
after
the
fact.
So
I
just
think
that
you
know
it
should
be.
I
don't
know
if
I
should
call
it
a
wake-up
call,
but
it
should
be
definitely
put
us
all
on
alert
that
this
virus
is
very
serious.