.@GavinNewsom announcing a big new testing push, forming a taskforce of private/public/university researchers and logistics experts. East Coast reporters would do good to watch someone other than Cuomo:
New site built in conjunction with @salesforce to streamline donating and paying for supplies. And what manufactures expect re supply chain: covid19supplies.ca.gov
Somehow we built new ventilators by repurposing window cleaner kits?
10% increase of ICU beds over yesterday. Still the numbers so far don't look nearly as bad as elsewhere. Our peak comes later though.
Over 79,000 retired and non-ER medical workers have stepped up to join the CA medical corps.
7,000 hotel rooms secured for the homeless.
Newsome says "don't force our hand" re state doing more to enforce social distancing.
We need to "hold the line" to stave off the worst-case scenarios.
Basically don't get cocky because we look like we're doing better. That could vanish if we fail to keep social distancing.
Newsom says there's a "lot of fraud" in the PPE space, re dodgy claims by suppliers that they can deliver supplies. FBI is investigating.
Asked about Trump urging sports teams to start seasons in late summer/fall. Newsom says not in CA they won't.
"Our decision will be determined by facts. By the health experts...that's not something I anticipate happening in the next few months."
Newsom continually referring to California as a "nation state" is really interesting....
Asked by the Blade: Newsom waxes eloquently about how the AIDS movement helped CA officials to recognize threat and act quickly.
Here’s a write up of Newsom’s new testing plan
