Health of Hospitals; Helping Bronx Fire Victims; Parents & COVID Vaccines; 51 in 52: District 2

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 11, 2022

On today's show:

  • Craig Spencer, New York City emergency medicine physician and director of global health in emergency medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, describes the landscape of omicron infection in New York City hospitals, from "incidental infections" to staff shortages caused by doctors and nurses having to isolate after testing positive.

  • U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY15) and New York State Senator Gustavo Rivera (D-33) who chairs the Health Committee, discuss the deadly fire that happened in their Bronx districts on Sunday, including relief efforts for their constituents, as well as what's being done in Washington and Albany on building safety, affordable housing and public health.

  • Celia Fisher, professor of psychology and director Center for Ethics Education at Fordham University, talks about her research into why parents balk at vaccinating their children against COVID.

  • The majority of the New York City Council members are new and are part of a class that is the most diverse and progressive in city history. Over the next year Brian Lehrer will get to know all 51 members. This week we hear from Councilmember Carlina Rivera on her priorities for District 2, which reaches from parts of the Lower East Side and through the East Village to Murray Hill.

Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.

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