COVID Hotspots in NYC; Human Rights Watch Report on NYPD; 30 Issues: Childcare; Your COVID Treatment
The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 7, 2020
Coming up on today's show:
- Ginia Bellafante, Big City columnist for The New York Times, and Ari Feldman, staff writer at The Forward, talk about the COVID-19 hotspots in the strictly Orthodox communities and the governor's new zoned approach to school and business closures.
- Ida Sawyer, acting director of Human Rights Watch’s Crisis and Conflict division, and the deputy Africa director, talks about her group's recently released report that looked at the way police in riot gear trapped peaceful protesters in the Bronx back in June using a tactic called “kettling,” while Jake Offenhartz, reporter for Gothamist, covers the mayor and NYPD reaction to the findings.
- Elizabeth Palley, professor of social work at Adelphi University who has studied the history of child care policy, talks about the history and future of childcare policies in the Unites States, and how the policies of the presidential candidates compare.
- Trump says getting sick with the coronavirus was like going to "school" and learning about the virus first hand. Craig Spencer, M.D., New York City emergency medicine physician and director of global health in emergency medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, talks about whether the president's medical treatment differs from what the average American receives. Plus your calls on what you've learned about the virus from contracting it, or caring from a loved one, and what you'd like the president to understand about your experience.
Available transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages.
