Ask the Mayor; Sen. Gillibrand on Federal Response; Former CDC Director on COVID-19; Connecting with Services and Loved Ones Digitally
The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 27, 2020
Coming up on today's show:
- Bill de Blasio, New York City Mayor, takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.
- Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senator (D NY), talks about the Senate's response to the public health and economic crisis.
- Richard Besser, MD, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and former acting director of the CDC, updates the latest on the COVID-19 outbreak and talks about those most at risk from the disease and the actions to prevent its spread.
- For older Americans unused to connecting with services and loved ones digitally, Meryl Picard, professor of occupational therapy at Seton Hall University, offers an occupational therapist's perspective on how to help and Etana Edelman, occupational therapy 3rd year graduate student at Seton Hall, shares her story of getting her grandmother set up with ordering groceries through an app.
