Insight COVID-19 Update - Pandemic Status, Legal Issues and How You Can Help

Published: March 27, 2020, 8:17 p.m.

b'How are you making out during this COVID 19 world we\\u2019re living in right now? A great many are unemployed as a result of the pandemic but two trillion dollar relief legislation will help many - the legislation expands unemployment benefits. I speak to Sharon Dietrich form Philadelphia Community Legal Service about some tips on getting your unemployment check quickest. Also legal help for the underserved.
https://clsphila.org/coronavirus/

I speak with City Commissioner Omar Sabir about Pennsylvania moving its primary to June 2nd and how you can cast your vote right now.
https://www.pavoterservices.pa.gov/OnlineAbsenteeApplication/#/OnlineAbsenteeBegin
https://www.philadelphiavotes.com/

We check in with Shelley Smith, a Partner with Archer Attorneys at Law about some of the legal issues surrounding COVID \\u2013 19.
https://www.archerlaw.com/

There are so many ways we can help those in need. Annette Jeffrey from Project Home tells us about their Grocery LifeLine.
https://www.projecthome.org/covid19-response

We check in with our expert on infectious diseases and vaccines - Paul A. Offit, MD who is the Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children\\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia as well as the Maurice R. Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology and a Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Discussed the status of the pandemic, vaccines and treatments and the challenge of misinformation.

https://www.chop.edu/coronavirus-updates'