1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,830 Adam curry Jhansi Devorah and Sunday April 3 2022. This is 2 00:00:04,830 --> 00:00:07,140 your award winning give on nation media assassination 3 00:00:07,140 --> 00:00:11,010 episode 1439. This is no agenda, 4 00:00:12,179 --> 00:00:13,139 rewinding the 5 00:00:13,140 --> 00:00:16,470 COVID clock and broadcasting almost live from the heart of 6 00:00:16,470 --> 00:00:18,960 the Texas hill country here in FEMA Region number six in the 7 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:20,850 morning, everybody. I'm Adam curry, 8 00:00:21,089 --> 00:00:25,439 and from Northern Silicon Valley where it's my birthday week. I'm 9 00:00:25,439 --> 00:00:26,429 Jhansi Dvorak. 10 00:00:31,260 --> 00:00:35,550 My my voice is still cracking. Long, long, long. COVID 11 00:00:35,550 --> 00:00:38,940 continues long. COVID long COVID 12 00:00:39,270 --> 00:00:40,950 It's hardly noticeable. Yeah, 13 00:00:40,980 --> 00:00:46,110 it was better on Thursday. And I just cracked. So here we are. 14 00:00:46,290 --> 00:00:50,550 We're almost live. It's kind of like we're really here. You of 15 00:00:50,550 --> 00:00:56,970 course are in the Seychelles wish. Have you ever been to 16 00:00:56,970 --> 00:00:57,720 Seychelles? 17 00:00:57,870 --> 00:01:00,360 No, but I've been told by a couple of guys who do a lot of 18 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:02,160 traveling. They've been all over the world. They say the 19 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:05,820 Seychelles is the best. Yeah, I've never been unfortunate. I 20 00:01:05,820 --> 00:01:08,790 don't know if it's true anymore. This was like 20 years 20 plus 21 00:01:08,790 --> 00:01:09,570 years ago wasn't the 22 00:01:09,570 --> 00:01:12,060 Seychelles the one that was going to tip over from climate 23 00:01:12,060 --> 00:01:12,690 change. 24 00:01:14,130 --> 00:01:16,950 It was one of the islands but I don't think it was that that was 25 00:01:17,010 --> 00:01:20,970 gonna say show I was gonna drown national idiot. Yeah. 26 00:01:21,509 --> 00:01:25,109 So we're taking now. I am hoping that I got the timing of this 27 00:01:25,109 --> 00:01:28,559 right. The reason for this break is because we you and I haven't 28 00:01:28,559 --> 00:01:29,609 had a break in a year. 29 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:33,660 Year and a half to almost two years. I think it was two years 30 00:01:33,690 --> 00:01:38,220 not away with Tina and I went away. We had a break in 2020. Do 31 00:01:38,220 --> 00:01:41,130 we have one in 2012? I can't remember if we had one. No, 32 00:01:41,250 --> 00:01:44,520 Bolden must have been I know we didn't have one is 2020 You 33 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:47,730 can't remember when you last one on vacation then it was a while 34 00:01:47,730 --> 00:01:54,870 ago? Yeah. So I hoped I timed this before the the the food 35 00:01:55,200 --> 00:02:00,840 shortages and the financial collapse. And I think we did 36 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:03,810 pretty well by timing it after the Ukrainian war and COVID. 37 00:02:03,810 --> 00:02:04,890 We've done pretty well. 38 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:09,270 We'll see if you can't get back. We'll know the reason why. 39 00:02:09,450 --> 00:02:11,580 But they're definitely gonna kick that into high gear. 40 00:02:11,640 --> 00:02:14,370 They're definitely COVID is coming back. We have all the 41 00:02:14,370 --> 00:02:17,160 evidence. They're going to do something it's gonna be testing 42 00:02:17,190 --> 00:02:19,530 gold dragon to get much traction, they got to find 43 00:02:19,530 --> 00:02:21,870 something else to do dig their work. They can't bring it. 44 00:02:22,350 --> 00:02:24,360 Democrats can't bring it back because they're gonna they 45 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,630 already know they got troubles for the midterms. Yeah, they 46 00:02:27,630 --> 00:02:30,780 can't take a chance on pissing off everybody. They would bring 47 00:02:30,780 --> 00:02:34,200 it back maybe to get to a mail in ballots so they can scam that 48 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:35,070 again. Right 49 00:02:35,100 --> 00:02:38,070 now. They can't they can't drag it out. We'll see. In the 50 00:02:38,070 --> 00:02:42,510 meanwhile, the art for the last episode 1438 Taunton, Neil, I 51 00:02:42,510 --> 00:02:47,730 believe was clearly perfect because you called the end of 52 00:02:47,730 --> 00:02:51,150 the COVID pandemic, April 2022. And here we are, 53 00:02:51,750 --> 00:02:55,620 seems to be over perfect timing, and the war should be over by 54 00:02:55,620 --> 00:02:56,670 the time we get back. 55 00:02:58,230 --> 00:03:00,990 Until then, what have you put together for us for this 56 00:03:01,500 --> 00:03:06,300 is a show of COVID clips only. And I've got a couple hours 57 00:03:06,300 --> 00:03:09,030 worth in it's like all the stuff from the beginning with the 58 00:03:09,030 --> 00:03:11,490 first clip when we first met COVID first appeared on the 59 00:03:11,490 --> 00:03:15,870 scene right through the goal two or three weeks, so it has 60 00:03:15,870 --> 00:03:20,460 flattened the curve. And I got the boat coming out to bring in 61 00:03:20,460 --> 00:03:22,170 the Mercy Ships. Oh, 62 00:03:22,260 --> 00:03:25,230 I forgot about those. Yeah, the hospital ships, 63 00:03:25,260 --> 00:03:27,930 ships, they didn't send one person to and they have 64 00:03:27,930 --> 00:03:30,780 ventilators we need more ventilator so we can kill more 65 00:03:30,780 --> 00:03:35,100 people. And they there's just a lot of good stuff and a lot of 66 00:03:35,100 --> 00:03:38,340 has been forgotten but I think this will bring back a few 67 00:03:38,340 --> 00:03:39,060 memories 68 00:03:39,090 --> 00:03:44,070 now as I was listening to the next week. Next episode. So next 69 00:03:44,130 --> 00:03:45,420 next ship next 70 00:03:46,980 --> 00:03:52,890 I'm losing it the next episodes clips, which will be the best of 71 00:03:52,890 --> 00:03:57,540 end of show mixes it's really incredible what the human brain 72 00:03:57,540 --> 00:04:00,570 has had I'm sure you'd notice this what the human brain has 73 00:04:00,570 --> 00:04:06,030 had to endure in the past two and a half years of bullshit 74 00:04:06,030 --> 00:04:10,140 being injected directly through our retinas into our brains. 75 00:04:10,260 --> 00:04:12,660 Yeah, to good thing we're doing this show I don't know where 76 00:04:12,660 --> 00:04:13,680 we'd be I mean it's not 77 00:04:13,710 --> 00:04:16,290 it's not just okay we had a virus and then there was 78 00:04:16,290 --> 00:04:20,760 problems. I mean, all the stuff it's amazing to think and I 79 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:23,460 think people will realize this when they listen to it how much 80 00:04:23,490 --> 00:04:29,190 bull crap was thrown at your brain and your amygdala non stop 81 00:04:29,670 --> 00:04:33,060 Yeah, it's pretty nonstop that was the problem I think either 82 00:04:33,300 --> 00:04:36,060 way Ross remember the one good thing was that out here because 83 00:04:36,060 --> 00:04:40,020 of the way they structured the shutdown stay at home laws. They 84 00:04:40,020 --> 00:04:45,180 had this media exemption thing which included podcasters so I'm 85 00:04:45,210 --> 00:04:48,480 out and about but their traffic down to nothing there's nobody 86 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:50,520 on the roads and driving around 87 00:04:50,790 --> 00:04:54,600 beauty rate and this so these clips are just the clips not us. 88 00:04:54,750 --> 00:04:58,530 I'm sorry, the clips the this specialist just the clips not 89 00:04:58,530 --> 00:04:59,010 us. 90 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:03,450 Yeah, you The clips love it. And please note there are no vaccine 91 00:05:03,450 --> 00:05:09,270 clips in this batch because this is from January 2020 to May 92 00:05:09,270 --> 00:05:12,240 1 2020 It's just unbelievable. 93 00:05:12,300 --> 00:05:15,540 Let's kick it off COVID Best of ever go. 94 00:05:17,580 --> 00:05:22,410 We will show you inside Georges lugar laboratory which detects 95 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:26,520 and prevents the spread of dangerous diseases. But pro 96 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:31,320 Kremlin media claim it spreads disease experimenting on humans 97 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:35,880 with cancer, the Zika virus killer mosquitoes and plagues of 98 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:39,930 stinkbugs. I asked the laboratories director whether 99 00:05:39,930 --> 00:05:42,060 there was any truth to these narratives, 100 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:45,840 but we are not making Zika virus in this operator, the killer 101 00:05:45,840 --> 00:05:52,410 mosquito about the laboratory is the the level of the laboratory 102 00:05:52,410 --> 00:05:56,760 is so high that we can diagnose here the Zika Ebola creamier 103 00:05:56,760 --> 00:06:00,870 Congo and many many infectious diseases. No killer blocky 104 00:06:01,410 --> 00:06:03,390 making this virus is here. 105 00:06:03,870 --> 00:06:08,310 No Marmorated Stink Bug coming from the lluvia laboratory but 106 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:14,340 the Marmorated Stink Bug. I'm not a scientist. But what I have 107 00:06:14,340 --> 00:06:18,720 been seeing here suggests that this laboratory is exactly what 108 00:06:18,750 --> 00:06:22,140 the Georgian government says it is. The Russian claims that 109 00:06:22,140 --> 00:06:26,460 what's going on at the lugar lab is far more sinister, haven't 110 00:06:26,460 --> 00:06:30,030 been supported by any hard evidence in taxes. 111 00:06:30,030 --> 00:06:33,090 Authorities are warning that a traveler with measles may have 112 00:06:33,090 --> 00:06:36,270 unknowingly exposed others across the country that come 113 00:06:36,300 --> 00:06:39,540 that new alert comes amid an increase in measles cases 114 00:06:39,540 --> 00:06:42,840 nationwide. Sam Brock is in Austin with the latest. 115 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:46,380 Tonight an urgent health alert from Texas after a passenger 116 00:06:46,380 --> 00:06:49,200 infected with measles passed through the Austin Airport last 117 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,470 week after traveling in Europe. It's Travis county's first 118 00:06:52,470 --> 00:06:54,630 detected case in 20 years. 119 00:06:54,660 --> 00:06:57,840 We're trying to get on top of this share as much information 120 00:06:57,840 --> 00:07:00,060 as we can to try to really contain this 121 00:07:00,090 --> 00:07:02,520 the passenger left from Austin International Airport on 122 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:05,700 December 17, but then proceeded to go to airports in Chicago and 123 00:07:05,700 --> 00:07:08,820 Virginia, meaning that other passengers and not one, not two, 124 00:07:09,030 --> 00:07:12,300 but three different airports were potentially exposed this 125 00:07:12,330 --> 00:07:15,810 after separate cases in LA X and Denver international airports 126 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:19,260 earlier this month. But health experts say Austin is at greater 127 00:07:19,260 --> 00:07:21,750 risk because of low vaccination rates of children. 128 00:07:21,780 --> 00:07:25,500 Austin unfortunately, is one of the epicenters of the anti 129 00:07:25,500 --> 00:07:28,140 vaccine movement in America. A startling 130 00:07:28,140 --> 00:07:31,320 study earlier this year estimates one infected person 131 00:07:31,410 --> 00:07:35,010 could lead to an outbreak of more than 400 cases in Austin, 132 00:07:35,100 --> 00:07:38,910 with nearly 1300 confirmed cases of the measles nationwide this 133 00:07:38,910 --> 00:07:41,940 year more than three times the number last year the highly 134 00:07:41,940 --> 00:07:45,540 contagious virus can linger in the air for hours. Symptoms 135 00:07:45,540 --> 00:07:49,980 include cough, rash, fever and sore eyes. Tonight doctors say 136 00:07:49,980 --> 00:07:54,060 it's another stark reminder to get vaccinated. Sam Brock, NBC 137 00:07:54,060 --> 00:07:54,870 News Austin, 138 00:07:55,470 --> 00:07:59,430 two year old Jude McGee, 26 year old newlywed Katie mutt 139 00:07:59,430 --> 00:08:07,530 question. Gianna cabas sagg, a four year old little girl they 140 00:08:07,530 --> 00:08:11,700 all died of the flu, and they all had flu shots. There's no 141 00:08:11,700 --> 00:08:15,660 question you should get a flu shot. Last flu season the flu 142 00:08:15,660 --> 00:08:20,190 killed at least 36,000 people so this shot could literally save 143 00:08:20,190 --> 00:08:23,100 your life. But it's far from perfect. 144 00:08:23,190 --> 00:08:27,900 Even on a good year, influenza. The effectiveness of the vaccine 145 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:31,260 is about 60% On a bad year. It's as 146 00:08:31,260 --> 00:08:32,280 low as 10%. 147 00:08:32,340 --> 00:08:34,380 Do we need to make a better flu vaccine? 148 00:08:34,650 --> 00:08:36,450 You know, we really absolutely do. 149 00:08:36,510 --> 00:08:40,020 In September, President Trump signed an executive order noting 150 00:08:40,020 --> 00:08:42,780 that the current system for making flu shots has critical 151 00:08:42,780 --> 00:08:46,500 shortcomings. The order pledges to modernize the process. The 152 00:08:46,500 --> 00:08:50,940 first step, stop using eggs to make flu vaccine. They grow the 153 00:08:50,940 --> 00:08:54,030 virus in the eggs like the eggs you eat for breakfast, and then 154 00:08:54,030 --> 00:08:57,450 they kill the virus and put it in a vaccine. But sometimes the 155 00:08:57,450 --> 00:09:01,170 virus changes inside the egg so it doesn't end up matching the 156 00:09:01,170 --> 00:09:04,920 flu that's out there spreading among people. That's why some 157 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:07,950 companies like this one have figured out ways to grow the flu 158 00:09:07,950 --> 00:09:11,100 virus without using eggs. Trump's executive order is 159 00:09:11,100 --> 00:09:14,670 designed to encourage more of this technology and something 160 00:09:14,670 --> 00:09:17,520 even bigger, something researchers have been working on 161 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:21,900 for years of flu vaccine you would get only once in your life 162 00:09:21,900 --> 00:09:23,850 instead of every year. A new 163 00:09:23,850 --> 00:09:27,360 viral outbreak from China is spreading around the world. 164 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:32,160 Countries like the US Japan and Thailand have confirmed cases. 165 00:09:32,430 --> 00:09:35,280 And on Wednesday, a Chinese health official has said the 166 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:40,200 virus is adapting and mutating. So what exactly do we know about 167 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:45,210 this flu like virus? Your health officials now say it can be 168 00:09:45,210 --> 00:09:49,650 passed from person to person. So far hundreds of cases have been 169 00:09:49,650 --> 00:09:53,910 confirmed and several people have died. Symptoms include 170 00:09:53,910 --> 00:09:57,930 fever, coughing and difficulty breathing and can lead to 171 00:09:57,930 --> 00:10:02,400 pneumonia. The exact origins is unknown though Chinese officials 172 00:10:02,400 --> 00:10:05,610 have linked the outbreak to a seafood market in the city of 173 00:10:05,610 --> 00:10:09,450 Wuhan. All of the deaths so far have been in that central 174 00:10:09,450 --> 00:10:13,800 Chinese city. It's also home to a Foxconn plant, which is a key 175 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:17,610 supplier to Apple. And it's hosting Olympic qualifiers for 176 00:10:17,610 --> 00:10:21,210 women's soccer next month. thing to look out for next will be 177 00:10:21,210 --> 00:10:25,290 what happens over Chinese New Year, and whether Fear takes its 178 00:10:25,290 --> 00:10:29,220 toll on the global economy. Millions of people are preparing 179 00:10:29,220 --> 00:10:32,040 to travel around China and abroad for the New Year 180 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:37,620 celebrations, raising the risk of a wider contagion. Fear of a 181 00:10:37,620 --> 00:10:41,490 pandemic has also sent chills through the markets, investors 182 00:10:41,490 --> 00:10:46,260 are comparing it to China's 2003 SARS outbreak that killed nearly 183 00:10:46,290 --> 00:10:51,210 800 people, and by some estimates caused $40 billion in 184 00:10:51,210 --> 00:10:55,560 global economic losses. Aviation and luxury goods stocks have 185 00:10:55,590 --> 00:10:59,010 already been hit particularly hard with concerns it could 186 00:10:59,010 --> 00:11:02,280 deter Chinese consumers from traveling or shopping. 187 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,980 What we know and I think this is one of the big points out and I 188 00:11:04,980 --> 00:11:07,350 remember this covering the SARS outbreak and the MERS outbreak 189 00:11:07,350 --> 00:11:10,140 at some point. The question is, is this something that is just 190 00:11:10,140 --> 00:11:13,590 spreading from animals to humans as it seemed to be in central 191 00:11:13,590 --> 00:11:16,980 China, people visiting the seafood and an exotic pet 192 00:11:16,980 --> 00:11:20,400 markets? Or is this something that is spreading from human to 193 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:23,250 human? And we now have evidence that it is spreading from human 194 00:11:23,250 --> 00:11:26,280 to human? Seems that 14 healthcare workers that were 195 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:30,090 taking care of this patient in Wuhan, were infected and we also 196 00:11:30,090 --> 00:11:33,540 know people who never visited Wuhan are now carrying the 197 00:11:33,540 --> 00:11:36,360 virus. So that human to human transmission is what this 198 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:38,790 meeting tomorrow this public health meeting is going to be 199 00:11:38,790 --> 00:11:40,620 all about. Really scary. 200 00:11:40,620 --> 00:11:43,140 I mean, or at least it sounds scary to the lay person. 201 00:11:43,380 --> 00:11:46,290 And so what's keeping public health officials up at night 202 00:11:46,290 --> 00:11:46,770 most? 203 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:49,200 Well, you know, I think immediately what you think of 204 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:52,110 when you hear this Coronavirus, and we have an image of what 205 00:11:52,110 --> 00:11:55,770 this looks like. You think a SARS you remember this I mean I 206 00:11:55,770 --> 00:11:58,710 covered this 2003 You think of MERS by the way quick 207 00:11:58,710 --> 00:12:02,550 microbiology Coronavirus, that's the crown on the outside, you'll 208 00:12:02,550 --> 00:12:06,270 always be able to identify this type of virus. They're mostly an 209 00:12:06,270 --> 00:12:10,350 animal's Allison seven times have we ever documented they 210 00:12:10,350 --> 00:12:14,370 jumped from animals to humans and only two of those times what 211 00:12:14,370 --> 00:12:17,760 didn't end up being a really significant infection, SARS and 212 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:21,030 MERS so what's keeping public health officials up at night is 213 00:12:21,210 --> 00:12:24,480 is this going to go the way of SARS and MERS was SARS was a 214 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:29,130 nearly two dozen countries 8000 People infected 800 people died. 215 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:32,190 Is it going to go that way? Or is it going to be more of a more 216 00:12:32,190 --> 00:12:35,670 innocuous gets people sick but people don't really die? We 217 00:12:35,670 --> 00:12:38,400 don't know yet. And that's what they're going to try and 218 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:40,830 determine look at all this data and figure that out. 219 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:43,620 Found a new virus that has killed nine people and infected 220 00:12:43,620 --> 00:12:47,700 hundreds more in China has now spread to the US. A man in his 221 00:12:47,700 --> 00:12:51,510 30s from Washington State is the first person in America to be 222 00:12:51,510 --> 00:12:54,870 diagnosed with Coronavirus. It's called the man returned to the 223 00:12:54,870 --> 00:12:58,410 Seattle area last week from a trip to Wuhan. That's a city in 224 00:12:58,410 --> 00:13:01,620 central China where the outbreak began. Right now that patient is 225 00:13:01,620 --> 00:13:04,680 in isolation in a hospital north of Seattle. 226 00:13:05,730 --> 00:13:09,360 Our number one priority is to complete the identification of 227 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:13,440 all the patients contacts, reach out to the contacts and monitor 228 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:15,210 their health. We also want to 229 00:13:15,360 --> 00:13:18,270 enhance screening is already in place at three US airports with 230 00:13:18,270 --> 00:13:21,900 two more being added this week. Are Dr. Tara Narula is you're at 231 00:13:21,900 --> 00:13:24,210 the table with more on this story. You hear about it. You 232 00:13:24,210 --> 00:13:26,580 see the mask. It's very disturbing. How worried should 233 00:13:26,580 --> 00:13:27,750 we be? Yeah, and 234 00:13:27,750 --> 00:13:28,920 what is it? Exactly? 235 00:13:28,950 --> 00:13:32,040 So this is a form of Coronavirus. We've known about 236 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:35,580 Coronavirus before this is a new strain. This is a virus that's 237 00:13:35,580 --> 00:13:39,750 found worldwide. It causes typically a mild or moderate 238 00:13:39,750 --> 00:13:42,900 respiratory illness but it can be more severe. We saw that with 239 00:13:42,900 --> 00:13:46,290 SARS and MERS which are also forms of Coronavirus. So 240 00:13:46,290 --> 00:13:49,260 certainly the CDC is recommending that we be cautious 241 00:13:49,260 --> 00:13:52,050 about this that we'd be proactive because it is a new 242 00:13:52,050 --> 00:13:55,350 strain. It is contagious. So interestingly, they think it 243 00:13:55,350 --> 00:13:58,590 does circulate in animals, and occasionally can make the jump 244 00:13:58,590 --> 00:14:01,260 from animals to humans, which is what they think happened in this 245 00:14:01,260 --> 00:14:04,500 case, because the initial cases were surrounding an area of 246 00:14:04,500 --> 00:14:08,580 market a seafood animal market in the Wuhan area. And so they 247 00:14:08,580 --> 00:14:11,160 think that it started in animals, it was transmitted to 248 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:13,500 humans. And now they're saying that, in fact that is spread 249 00:14:13,500 --> 00:14:15,930 between human to humans. Bottom line, 250 00:14:15,960 --> 00:14:18,660 we don't have to worry about this one, right. Well, I 251 00:14:18,660 --> 00:14:22,380 you know, obviously you need to take it seriously and do the 252 00:14:22,380 --> 00:14:26,220 kinds of things that the CDC and the Department of Homeland 253 00:14:26,220 --> 00:14:30,270 Security are doing. But this is not a major threat for the 254 00:14:30,270 --> 00:14:33,660 people in the United States. And this is not something that the 255 00:14:33,660 --> 00:14:35,970 citizens of the United States right now should be worried 256 00:14:35,970 --> 00:14:36,360 about. 257 00:14:36,510 --> 00:14:39,510 It's great to see. Thank you for joining us again in Davos. We've 258 00:14:39,510 --> 00:14:41,940 done this before, right think was a couple of years ago. 259 00:14:42,030 --> 00:14:45,210 Before we get started with with we're going to talk about the 260 00:14:45,210 --> 00:14:50,430 economy a lot of other things. A The CDC has identified a case of 261 00:14:50,430 --> 00:14:56,220 Coronavirus in Washington state the Wu Han strain of this if you 262 00:14:56,220 --> 00:15:02,670 remember SARS that affected GDP travel related effects. Do you? 263 00:15:02,730 --> 00:15:06,450 Have you been briefed by the CDC? The words about a pandemic 264 00:15:06,450 --> 00:15:07,260 at this point? Oh, 265 00:15:07,260 --> 00:15:11,280 not at all. And we're, we have a totally under control. It's one 266 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:15,870 person coming in from China. And we have it under control. It's 267 00:15:16,410 --> 00:15:17,250 going to be just fine. 268 00:15:17,400 --> 00:15:21,570 Okay. President Xi. There's just some some talk in China that 269 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:24,660 that maybe the transparency isn't everything that it's going 270 00:15:24,660 --> 00:15:26,580 to be you trust that we're going to know everything we need to 271 00:15:26,580 --> 00:15:27,540 know from China? 272 00:15:27,570 --> 00:15:30,630 I do I do. I have a great relationship with President Xi. 273 00:15:30,630 --> 00:15:33,750 We just signed probably the biggest deal ever made that 274 00:15:33,750 --> 00:15:36,270 terms. It certainly has the potential to be the biggest deal 275 00:15:36,270 --> 00:15:41,130 ever made. And it was very interesting for the time, let's 276 00:15:41,130 --> 00:15:45,120 get without it done. And no, I do. I think the relationship is 277 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:46,230 very, very good. 278 00:15:46,260 --> 00:15:49,680 It may take quite some time before we know the full economic 279 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:52,950 impact of the one virus but the disruption is likely to dent 280 00:15:52,950 --> 00:15:56,010 China's economy. And that's because Wuhan is a major 281 00:15:56,010 --> 00:15:59,190 transport hub in recent years has become a symbol of 282 00:15:59,190 --> 00:16:03,240 capitalism in central China with international automakers, such 283 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:06,840 as Honda and General Motors Building cars there. In fact, 284 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:12,210 reports say that more than 300 of the world's top 500 companies 285 00:16:12,450 --> 00:16:16,320 have a presence in Wuhan. Local government data showed that 286 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:22,950 one's GDP growth was 7.8% last year and that that is 1.7 287 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:26,520 percentage points higher than the national average. Who hands 288 00:16:26,550 --> 00:16:30,360 economic strength last year came as its total value of imports 289 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:35,460 and exports hit a record high it was 13.7% higher than in 2018. 290 00:16:35,700 --> 00:16:39,600 And it accounted for almost 62% of Hubei provinces 291 00:16:39,660 --> 00:16:41,250 overall foreign trade value 292 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:44,490 tonight concern growing in the United States officials saying 293 00:16:44,520 --> 00:16:47,310 they expect more people will contract the dangerous new 294 00:16:47,310 --> 00:16:51,240 disease. Passengers on flights to Boston wearing face masks. 295 00:16:51,390 --> 00:16:54,690 Everybody's wearing the mask because they're afraid of 296 00:16:54,690 --> 00:16:56,880 getting infected by other people 297 00:16:56,910 --> 00:17:00,210 in Seattle, Chicago and Los Angeles reports that stores are 298 00:17:00,210 --> 00:17:03,240 running out of supplies of masks. Two cases currently 299 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:07,140 confirmed in Chicago a woman in her 60s She had cold like 300 00:17:07,140 --> 00:17:13,140 symptoms shortness of breath, fever, and many times it would 301 00:17:13,140 --> 00:17:17,940 present just like a cold just to pay for cold or flu and outside 302 00:17:17,940 --> 00:17:22,170 Seattle, a man in his 30s At least 63 people are now being 303 00:17:22,170 --> 00:17:25,650 tested for the respiratory illness in 22 states including 304 00:17:25,650 --> 00:17:29,040 three possible cases in New York. Symptoms include fever, 305 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:33,210 dry cough and shortness of breath. Tonight hospitals on 306 00:17:33,210 --> 00:17:36,330 high alert Dr. Jennifer Ashton visited New York City's Health 307 00:17:36,330 --> 00:17:37,470 and Hospitals Bellevue 308 00:17:37,679 --> 00:17:40,829 so this is a negative pressure Room here at the hospital where 309 00:17:40,829 --> 00:17:44,429 a patient with Coronavirus would be cared for by specially 310 00:17:44,429 --> 00:17:44,909 trained 311 00:17:44,910 --> 00:17:47,700 medical personnel. They showed her precautions they would need 312 00:17:47,700 --> 00:17:49,170 to take how prepared 313 00:17:49,170 --> 00:17:52,320 are you and your staff to receive a patient who may have 314 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:55,500 Coronavirus. We're prepared to take that patient now our radar 315 00:17:55,500 --> 00:17:59,160 is always set high so we can screen these patients so we can 316 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:02,160 stop it from infecting other people in the public. 317 00:18:02,790 --> 00:18:07,080 Tonight at the epicenter of the Coronavirus outbreak. The crisis 318 00:18:07,110 --> 00:18:11,460 is escalating dozens of workers in Wuhan with heavy machinery 319 00:18:11,490 --> 00:18:15,660 racing against time to build a brand new 1000 bed hospital in 320 00:18:15,660 --> 00:18:20,700 just 10 days, and now a second 1300 bed facility in the next 321 00:18:20,700 --> 00:18:26,070 15. The space desperately needed hospitals teeming with patients 322 00:18:26,190 --> 00:18:29,880 and staff stretched then. In China alone. There are now more 323 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:35,400 than 1400 cases and at least 42 deaths as more than 400 medics 324 00:18:35,430 --> 00:18:39,300 who've worked on SARS and Ebola deploy to help with a rapidly 325 00:18:39,300 --> 00:18:43,830 growing emergency. Wuhan and 16 other cities in a travel 326 00:18:43,830 --> 00:18:48,420 lockdown. That's a total of 15 million people ordered to stay 327 00:18:48,420 --> 00:18:52,080 in place. That's the population of the state of New York and 328 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:55,770 Texas combined. The US government's evacuating the 329 00:18:55,770 --> 00:18:59,580 majority of consulate employees and families from Wuhan and is 330 00:18:59,580 --> 00:19:02,790 reportedly working on a charter flight to get all remaining 331 00:19:02,790 --> 00:19:03,840 Americans out. 332 00:19:04,170 --> 00:19:06,720 The term Cabin Fever is probably coming into play here. 333 00:19:08,070 --> 00:19:11,880 Here it's the Chinese Lunar New Year the country's biggest 334 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:15,480 holiday. New Year worshipers have gathered here to pray for 335 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:18,930 good luck in the year of the wrath. But people also be warned 336 00:19:18,930 --> 00:19:22,650 about gathering in large places like this. And so most people 337 00:19:22,650 --> 00:19:26,070 here are wearing these kind of protective masks. The list of 338 00:19:26,070 --> 00:19:30,120 cases outside Mainland China also growing with more than 35 339 00:19:30,120 --> 00:19:34,170 cases in 13 countries or territories, including France. 340 00:19:34,260 --> 00:19:38,070 In Japan. The health ministry says three evacuees have tested 341 00:19:38,070 --> 00:19:44,280 positive for the virus. A day after returning to Tokyo. 206 342 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:47,610 passengers were on their government chartered flight on 343 00:19:47,610 --> 00:19:51,360 Wednesday all were sent to medical institutions to undergo 344 00:19:51,360 --> 00:19:55,440 tests. The ministry says two of the infected patients had no 345 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:58,650 symptoms. It's the first time in Japan the virus has been 346 00:19:58,650 --> 00:20:01,920 detected in patients with without symptoms. The prime 347 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:06,120 minister also says two of the evacuees didn't give their 348 00:20:06,120 --> 00:20:08,040 consent for the health check. 349 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,890 The procedure was not legally binding. Unfortunately, they did 350 00:20:10,890 --> 00:20:14,670 not agree to be tested. We could not force them as it was also a 351 00:20:14,670 --> 00:20:15,660 human rights issue. 352 00:20:16,140 --> 00:20:19,770 They said he's confident all evacuees on subsequent flights 353 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:24,510 will give their consent. Now a second plane carrying 210 354 00:20:24,510 --> 00:20:27,870 Japanese nationals from the virus hit city touchdown at 355 00:20:27,870 --> 00:20:32,340 Haneda Airport on Thursday morning. 13 passengers on that 356 00:20:32,340 --> 00:20:35,520 flight are exhibiting symptoms and have been sent to a special 357 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:37,680 hospital for infectious diseases. 358 00:20:37,860 --> 00:20:41,400 Good morning. Dr. Jango Chou has been recognized by the Governor 359 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:43,140 General's Innovation Awards. 360 00:20:43,290 --> 00:20:47,100 This work can't be done without teamwork. She and the team 361 00:20:47,100 --> 00:20:50,610 at the National microbiology lab have been praised for developing 362 00:20:50,610 --> 00:20:55,410 any bola vaccine, but just over a week ago to her husband and 363 00:20:55,410 --> 00:20:59,160 her students from China were evicted from Canada's only level 364 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:03,570 for lab. Their security access revoked. Staff at the lab was 365 00:21:03,570 --> 00:21:07,680 told last Monday the couple is on leave and not to communicate 366 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:11,160 with them. We're getting those resources who work at the lab 367 00:21:11,190 --> 00:21:13,980 but who don't want to be identified for Fears they'll be 368 00:21:13,980 --> 00:21:17,310 punished. They say this is coming just months after it 369 00:21:17,310 --> 00:21:21,300 specialists entered choose office after hours and replaced 370 00:21:21,300 --> 00:21:25,050 your computer and her superiors stopped authorizing work trips 371 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:29,820 to China. Manitoba RCMP confirmed it was called in by 372 00:21:29,820 --> 00:21:34,350 the Public Health Agency of Canada on May 24. A spokesperson 373 00:21:34,350 --> 00:21:38,460 says the agency is investigating a policy breach calling it an 374 00:21:38,460 --> 00:21:41,790 administrative matter and it's taking steps to resolve it 375 00:21:41,790 --> 00:21:45,960 expeditiously. We can assure Canadians that there is no risk 376 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:49,860 to the public and that the work of the NML continues in support 377 00:21:49,860 --> 00:21:52,740 of the health and safety of all Canadians. 378 00:21:52,950 --> 00:21:58,230 I want to stress. The risk of infection for Americans remains 379 00:21:58,230 --> 00:22:02,970 low. And with these and our previous actions, we are working 380 00:22:02,970 --> 00:22:07,110 to keep the risk low. All agencies are working 381 00:22:07,110 --> 00:22:10,560 aggressively to monitor this continually evolving situation. 382 00:22:11,130 --> 00:22:14,580 And to keep the public informed and it constantly transparent 383 00:22:14,580 --> 00:22:18,690 way. The United States appreciates China's efforts and 384 00:22:18,690 --> 00:22:22,200 coordination with public health officials across the globe and 385 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:25,140 continues to encourage the highest levels of transparency. 386 00:22:26,190 --> 00:22:29,010 It is likely that we will continue to see more cases in 387 00:22:29,010 --> 00:22:32,250 the United States in the coming days and weeks, including some 388 00:22:32,250 --> 00:22:35,850 limited person to person transmission. The American 389 00:22:35,850 --> 00:22:39,840 public can be assured the full weight of the US government is 390 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:43,710 working to safeguard the health and safety of the American 391 00:22:43,830 --> 00:22:44,340 people. 392 00:22:44,490 --> 00:22:47,910 You need not look far to see the economic consequences of this 393 00:22:47,910 --> 00:22:51,720 virus airline after airline suspending flights to China. 394 00:22:51,930 --> 00:22:55,020 This afternoon. One of air Canada's last direct flights 395 00:22:55,020 --> 00:22:58,650 from Beijing landed in Vancouver. In China, entire 396 00:22:58,650 --> 00:23:02,490 swaths of the country have been shut down. Starbucks has closed 397 00:23:02,490 --> 00:23:05,610 more than half its outlets Toyota announced it will close 398 00:23:05,610 --> 00:23:09,360 its plants. And Google says it will temporarily close all of 399 00:23:09,360 --> 00:23:13,800 its Chinese offices. Remember though back in 2003, China was 400 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:17,550 basically the world's factory today China's much more 401 00:23:17,550 --> 00:23:21,060 intertwined in the buying and selling of the global economy. 402 00:23:21,120 --> 00:23:21,870 The fact that the 403 00:23:21,870 --> 00:23:26,280 Chinese authorities have clamped down and they put many cities in 404 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:29,940 lockdown already. That means those consumers aren't out there 405 00:23:29,940 --> 00:23:33,180 purchasing and that will really dampen Chinese growth. 406 00:23:33,990 --> 00:23:37,050 And that dampening will be felt in places you may not expect. 407 00:23:38,370 --> 00:23:43,260 Cameron seafood sells about half its lobsters to China. And 408 00:23:43,260 --> 00:23:46,230 Chinese New Year is one of the busiest times of year they were 409 00:23:46,230 --> 00:23:49,500 set to ship about 20,000 pounds this week. 410 00:23:49,770 --> 00:23:53,580 Those are all canceled. So actually the sales to China 411 00:23:53,790 --> 00:23:57,600 completely disappeared from Monday. 412 00:23:58,260 --> 00:24:01,500 There are other markets for those lobsters but there's no 413 00:24:01,500 --> 00:24:05,880 way to make up the loss of the Chinese market and no way of 414 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:09,420 knowing how or when the world's second biggest economy will 415 00:24:09,420 --> 00:24:10,620 reopen for business. 416 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:13,680 A new case of the deadly Coronavirus has been confirmed 417 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:17,730 in the US the latest case in Massachusetts. It's the eighth 418 00:24:17,730 --> 00:24:21,210 in the US and the first on the East Coast. Health officials 419 00:24:21,210 --> 00:24:25,260 have declared a public health emergency. nearly 14,000 people 420 00:24:25,260 --> 00:24:29,250 worldwide have been infected and more than 300 have died. And 421 00:24:29,250 --> 00:24:32,370 nearly 60 million people in China are under travel 422 00:24:32,370 --> 00:24:36,060 restrictions. Ramy no Sensio leading us off from Beijing. 423 00:24:36,810 --> 00:24:41,190 The CDC says the new case of Coronavirus is a Boston resident 424 00:24:41,190 --> 00:24:44,490 in his 20s who recently traveled to the center of the outbreak 425 00:24:44,490 --> 00:24:49,200 Wuhan China, he's been placed in isolation. Also today tech giant 426 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:52,470 Apple announced it would close all its stores and offices in 427 00:24:52,470 --> 00:24:56,700 China until February 9, joining a growing list of companies 428 00:24:56,700 --> 00:25:00,210 restricting operations here this all comes as the worst The World 429 00:25:00,210 --> 00:25:03,960 Health Organization declared a global health emergency and the 430 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:07,470 US State Department raised its travel advisory for China to the 431 00:25:07,470 --> 00:25:11,610 highest level, meaning do not travel to China. A new study out 432 00:25:11,610 --> 00:25:14,610 by the British medical journal The Lancet estimates that more 433 00:25:14,610 --> 00:25:18,930 than 75,000 people have been infected by the virus as of last 434 00:25:18,930 --> 00:25:22,530 week. If that turns out to be true, it will confirm what many 435 00:25:22,530 --> 00:25:25,590 already fear that Beijing is massively under reporting these 436 00:25:25,590 --> 00:25:29,730 numbers. The CDC reported that even if patients initial tests 437 00:25:29,730 --> 00:25:32,850 for Coronavirus are negative, they could still develop the 438 00:25:32,850 --> 00:25:35,820 illness because the test only works when patients have 439 00:25:35,820 --> 00:25:39,600 symptoms. A study also showed the virus can be transmitted by 440 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:42,810 patients with no symptoms. A woman who travelled from 441 00:25:42,810 --> 00:25:47,010 Shanghai to Germany infected seven other people while she 442 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:50,790 remained asymptomatic. Those findings contributed to the 443 00:25:50,790 --> 00:25:55,260 decision to place 195 Americans housed at a California airbase 444 00:25:55,260 --> 00:25:59,550 in the first federal quarantine in 50 years, they will spend 14 445 00:25:59,550 --> 00:26:00,330 days there 446 00:26:00,360 --> 00:26:04,800 that's way to control a virus like this is to keep people away 447 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:07,500 from everyone else. While you run out the clock on that 448 00:26:07,500 --> 00:26:08,640 incubation period, 449 00:26:08,790 --> 00:26:14,250 I routinely monitor outbreaks of disease around the world, both 450 00:26:14,250 --> 00:26:20,310 for humans and animals to see if there might be a biological 451 00:26:20,490 --> 00:26:27,000 warfare agent at work. So I follow what was going on there 452 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:33,360 at Wuhan. And eventually reached the conclusion that what we are 453 00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:41,340 dealing here is an offensive biological warfare agent that 454 00:26:41,340 --> 00:26:48,060 leapt out of the Wuhan biosafety level for a laboratory there 455 00:26:49,230 --> 00:26:56,100 that has been DNA genetically engineered with gain of function 456 00:26:56,100 --> 00:27:01,320 properties that simply accelerates the DNA genetically 457 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:08,640 engineering for a bio warfare agent in the first place. And as 458 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:12,480 far as I can tell, right now, Steve, just having read the 459 00:27:13,170 --> 00:27:18,720 public record, it does appear as if it's a combination of what's 460 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:24,330 called a camera that basically you have the SARS. And we know 461 00:27:24,330 --> 00:27:28,260 that that facility has previously worked with SARS and 462 00:27:28,260 --> 00:27:32,940 stars leaked out of there at least twice before combined with 463 00:27:32,940 --> 00:27:39,360 the flu virus. And it appears also combined with HIV that, you 464 00:27:39,360 --> 00:27:43,170 know, leads to AIDS. At a minimum. It's my opinion that 465 00:27:43,170 --> 00:27:47,040 you know, it's extremely dangerous. The Chinese 466 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:50,490 government the first case was December 1, it had nothing at 467 00:27:50,490 --> 00:27:55,890 all to do with the you know, the food central there that's just 468 00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:59,820 baloney and propaganda. Clearly the Chinese government knew 469 00:27:59,820 --> 00:28:04,680 about it probably right around December one, the first human to 470 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:09,390 human transmission transmission was December 15. So the Chinese 471 00:28:09,390 --> 00:28:13,680 government has been lying about it since then. This is a 472 00:28:13,890 --> 00:28:19,170 specially designated who research lab. Now imagine that 473 00:28:19,170 --> 00:28:25,380 the who are specially designating a bio warfare lab. 474 00:28:25,860 --> 00:28:31,290 So the by the who is in on this? These BSL four facilities are 475 00:28:31,290 --> 00:28:34,020 only good for research, developing, testing and 476 00:28:34,020 --> 00:28:38,070 stockpiling biological warfare weapons. 477 00:28:38,250 --> 00:28:41,790 The Chinese doctor who warned the government about a possible 478 00:28:41,790 --> 00:28:45,630 Coronavirus outbreak has died after contracting the virus 479 00:28:45,630 --> 00:28:49,410 while working at Wuhan Central Hospital. 34 year old 480 00:28:49,410 --> 00:28:53,070 ophthalmologist Li wenliang warned his fellow medical 481 00:28:53,070 --> 00:28:56,940 workers about Coronavirus on December 30. He was then 482 00:28:56,940 --> 00:29:00,300 investigated by police and accused of making false 483 00:29:00,300 --> 00:29:04,800 comments. His death has sparked a wave of anger and outrage in 484 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:08,940 China, where the hashtag We want freedom of speech went viral on 485 00:29:08,940 --> 00:29:12,180 Chinese social media site Weibo on Thursday. 486 00:29:12,450 --> 00:29:15,150 US officials announced today that an American citizen has 487 00:29:15,150 --> 00:29:18,990 died from the Coronavirus in the Chinese city of Wuhan. The 60 488 00:29:18,990 --> 00:29:21,720 year old woman who died on Thursday reportedly had 489 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:24,570 underlying health issues before becoming the first known 490 00:29:24,570 --> 00:29:28,200 American fatality from the illness. As the death toll rises 491 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:30,420 and the virus spreads. Authorities from around the 492 00:29:30,420 --> 00:29:33,120 world are taking strict precautions to slow the spread 493 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:36,480 of the deadly disease. Hong Kong said today that it will begin 494 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:40,020 enforcing a mandatory quarantine for anyone arriving from 495 00:29:40,020 --> 00:29:44,640 mainland China and 3700 people are being ordered to remain 496 00:29:44,670 --> 00:29:49,590 aboard a cruise ship for 14 days after 64 passengers tested 497 00:29:49,590 --> 00:29:53,040 positive for the virus. The Coronavirus has infected nearly 498 00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:57,420 35,000 people globally since it was first detected in December. 499 00:29:57,450 --> 00:30:01,650 So let's talk about impeachment first process is finally behind 500 00:30:01,650 --> 00:30:05,790 us. The President was acquitted. Mark, looking back on it, what 501 00:30:05,790 --> 00:30:09,090 do you make of the process and the outcome? 502 00:30:10,290 --> 00:30:13,080 Well, let me begin by saying David correctly predicted the 503 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:18,540 outcome. And so, you know, I have to defer, acknowledge that 504 00:30:19,260 --> 00:30:23,130 God, there was a reluctance on the part of Nancy Pelosi and the 505 00:30:23,130 --> 00:30:26,910 speaker, the speaker and the leadership to approach 506 00:30:26,910 --> 00:30:29,820 impeachment, they did not see it as a political winner, but it 507 00:30:29,820 --> 00:30:34,470 was forced upon them, and by the President, and by the revelation 508 00:30:34,470 --> 00:30:40,470 that he was shaking down of not extorting an ally, to obtain 509 00:30:41,010 --> 00:30:44,520 unflattering and libelous information on his principle of 510 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:48,840 principle political opponent. So they the left with no choice. I 511 00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:52,260 think that, you know, several people acquitted themselves. 512 00:30:52,260 --> 00:30:59,640 Well, the I will say that Mitt Romney restored some faith in in 513 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:02,640 the process. I mean, we've gone through a great time in American 514 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:05,640 politics with religions involved, where your question 515 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:09,720 is, does your faith inspire your politics? That is your politics, 516 00:31:09,990 --> 00:31:14,070 a shape your faith, and I think Mitt Romney to his credit, you 517 00:31:14,070 --> 00:31:18,690 stood as a witness to his belief in his convictions. But Donald 518 00:31:18,690 --> 00:31:22,410 Trump emerges from it, emboldened, as by demonstrated 519 00:31:22,410 --> 00:31:26,850 by his remarkably egregious behavior since then, at the 520 00:31:26,850 --> 00:31:30,480 prayer breakfast in the White House, and public utterances, 521 00:31:30,630 --> 00:31:31,860 and in today's actions, 522 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:35,640 Senator Tom Cotton, who sits on the Senate Intelligence and 523 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:38,820 Armed Services Committee suggested that the virus may 524 00:31:38,820 --> 00:31:42,180 have come from China's biological warfare program. 525 00:31:42,690 --> 00:31:46,200 That's an extraordinary charge. How do you respond to that? 526 00:31:47,790 --> 00:31:51,510 I think it's true that a lot is still unknown. And our 527 00:31:51,510 --> 00:31:55,530 scientists, Chinese scientists, American scientists, scientists 528 00:31:55,530 --> 00:31:58,410 of other countries are doing their best to learn more about 529 00:31:58,410 --> 00:32:02,670 the virus. But it's very harmful. It's very dangerous, to 530 00:32:02,670 --> 00:32:06,660 stir up suspicion, rumors and spread them among the people. 531 00:32:06,900 --> 00:32:10,680 For once, this will create panic. Another thing is that it 532 00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:14,880 will fend up racial discrimination, xenophobia, all 533 00:32:14,880 --> 00:32:18,600 these things that will really harm our joint efforts to combat 534 00:32:19,050 --> 00:32:23,040 the virus. Of course, there are all kinds of speculation and 535 00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:26,550 rumors that people who are saying that these viruses are 536 00:32:26,550 --> 00:32:30,840 coming from some military lab not of China, maybe in the 537 00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:35,280 United States. How can we believe all these crazy things? 538 00:32:35,970 --> 00:32:39,420 He's like, it's crazy. Where did the absolutely crazy? Where did 539 00:32:39,420 --> 00:32:42,990 the virus come from? We still don't know yet. It's probably 540 00:32:43,410 --> 00:32:46,260 according to some initial outcome of the research. 541 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:51,330 Probably coming from some animals, but we have to, to 542 00:32:51,330 --> 00:32:52,470 discover more about it. 543 00:32:52,740 --> 00:32:59,520 Number one, I was a Democratic caucus. Member of caucus. No, 544 00:32:59,520 --> 00:33:01,920 you have it. You're a lion dog faced pony soldier. 545 00:33:02,220 --> 00:33:05,370 The press is creates hysteria and headlines that are now 546 00:33:05,370 --> 00:33:07,950 divorced from the facts. I will not know when we actually have a 547 00:33:07,950 --> 00:33:14,250 pandemic coming. I will not be able from reading. I'll put them 548 00:33:14,250 --> 00:33:18,660 on hold reading the press, I will not be able to know what 549 00:33:18,660 --> 00:33:21,330 we've got on our hands. And this is a perfect example of that. So 550 00:33:21,330 --> 00:33:24,930 here are the headlines now. 10s of 1000s of more cases that we 551 00:33:24,930 --> 00:33:30,060 had realized 300 Dead in China, when the headline should read, 552 00:33:30,750 --> 00:33:34,740 in spite of it being milder and infecting many more 10s of 1000s 553 00:33:34,740 --> 00:33:38,040 of people that we knew the death rate still remains just 300 554 00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:43,560 people. Mm hmm. The numerator versus denominator is point oh 555 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:49,230 3%. Right. I don't know as is. In other words, you put 300 over 556 00:33:49,260 --> 00:33:53,190 40,000 That's the death rate for them from Coronavirus, right, 557 00:33:53,220 --> 00:33:56,460 because they're realizing that was much more widespread, much 558 00:33:56,460 --> 00:33:59,910 milder, much less likely to kill anybody except people that are 559 00:33:59,910 --> 00:34:03,960 immunocompromised and are old or at risk for complications of our 560 00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:06,660 illnesses. You are much more likely to die of the flu right 561 00:34:06,660 --> 00:34:10,080 now than the Coronavirus right now. Why isn't that the 562 00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:12,330 headline? Why do they why are they saying get your flu shots 563 00:34:12,330 --> 00:34:15,030 reminder. Don't worry about this one. The CDC has got it. 564 00:34:15,390 --> 00:34:18,510 Tonight the CDC is intensifying the battle against the deadly 565 00:34:18,510 --> 00:34:21,330 Coronavirus that has infected more than 50,000 people 566 00:34:21,330 --> 00:34:25,800 worldwide. More than 1500 people have died nearly all of them in 567 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:29,820 China, Carter Evans now on China's drastic measures to stop 568 00:34:29,820 --> 00:34:30,540 the outbreak. 569 00:34:33,780 --> 00:34:37,230 This is what can happen to people who don't wear masks in 570 00:34:37,230 --> 00:34:43,110 the epicenter of the outbreak. And security forces patrol the 571 00:34:43,110 --> 00:34:47,190 streets of Wuhan during a total lockdown for medical personnel 572 00:34:47,190 --> 00:34:51,570 protective gear like suits and masks are in short supply, as is 573 00:34:51,570 --> 00:34:55,380 adequate care, hospitals and clinics are overflowing with 574 00:34:55,380 --> 00:34:59,850 this sick and dying. In the US the CDC is ramping up its own 575 00:34:59,850 --> 00:35:03,210 work respond to the epidemic by setting up five laboratories 576 00:35:03,210 --> 00:35:06,690 around the country where people with flu like symptoms can now 577 00:35:06,690 --> 00:35:10,140 go and be tested for the virus if their flu results are 578 00:35:10,140 --> 00:35:13,890 negative. This has scientists around the world race to develop 579 00:35:13,890 --> 00:35:17,760 a vaccine. So you're using DNA and genetics to teach the body 580 00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:18,660 how to attack the virus 581 00:35:18,690 --> 00:35:21,540 exactly and to recognize the virus and then attack it 582 00:35:21,570 --> 00:35:22,320 immediately. 583 00:35:22,650 --> 00:35:26,160 Inovio Pharmaceuticals in San Diego has already successfully 584 00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:30,150 developed vaccines for Ebola and Zika Dr. K Broderick says the 585 00:35:30,150 --> 00:35:33,090 Coronavirus vaccine they're working on now is showing 586 00:35:33,090 --> 00:35:33,840 promise. 587 00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:37,380 It's currently being tested in the lab literally as we speak, 588 00:35:37,590 --> 00:35:41,310 and we're manufacturing large scale quantities of it to get it 589 00:35:41,310 --> 00:35:43,380 into human testing by the early summer. 590 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:47,790 The US government is preparing to evacuate about 400 Americans 591 00:35:47,790 --> 00:35:51,660 tomorrow night from the Diamond Princess cruise ship quarantined 592 00:35:51,660 --> 00:35:55,260 at a Japanese port for the past 10 days. Those passengers will 593 00:35:55,260 --> 00:35:58,260 have to spend another two weeks in quarantine when they return 594 00:35:58,260 --> 00:36:02,580 to the US so far. 285 people on board the ship have tested 595 00:36:02,580 --> 00:36:05,820 positive for the virus and were sent to Japanese hospitals. 596 00:36:06,060 --> 00:36:09,390 Today. Malaysian health authorities diagnosed an 83 year 597 00:36:09,390 --> 00:36:12,420 old American woman with the Coronavirus. She arrived in 598 00:36:12,420 --> 00:36:15,510 Malaysia after being on board the Westerdam cruise ship 599 00:36:15,570 --> 00:36:19,140 currently docked in Cambodia. That ship was turned away from 600 00:36:19,140 --> 00:36:23,160 multiple countries before more than 2200 passengers and crew 601 00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:26,940 were allowed to disembark yesterday when no one showed 602 00:36:26,940 --> 00:36:30,840 symptoms or tested positive. In France. authorities announced 603 00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:34,380 that an 80 year old Chinese tourists died of the virus, the 604 00:36:34,380 --> 00:36:38,430 first death outside of Asia and the fourth outside Mainland 605 00:36:38,430 --> 00:36:43,140 China. The Chinese government reported 143 deaths and more 606 00:36:43,140 --> 00:36:47,640 than 2600 new cases of the Coronavirus in the past 24 607 00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:48,150 hours. 608 00:36:48,240 --> 00:36:51,420 Mark just a few seconds a few seconds, Judy, I mean, his 609 00:36:51,420 --> 00:36:55,050 Amanda's pushing prosecutors to prosecute James Comey and Andrew 610 00:36:55,050 --> 00:37:01,860 McCabe and intervenes of Mike Flynn. And for Roger Stone. Why 611 00:37:01,860 --> 00:37:07,470 Roger Stone? I think this open speculation and very plausible 612 00:37:07,620 --> 00:37:11,940 Roger stones, the one person that could tie Donald Trump to 613 00:37:11,940 --> 00:37:16,320 WikiLeaks and to the Russians in the 2016. I mean, after all that 614 00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:19,080 investment to all that investigation. I mean, he that's 615 00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:21,510 what he did. That's what he was lying about. That's he was the 616 00:37:21,510 --> 00:37:24,600 intermediary. And I think that it's not out of loyalty or 617 00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:28,200 affection. I think it's out of vulnerability. He's still 618 00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:31,770 concerned with that 2016 election, rather than worried 619 00:37:31,770 --> 00:37:33,240 about 2020 landing 620 00:37:33,240 --> 00:37:36,570 in Omaha, Nebraska today, escorted from the plane one by 621 00:37:36,570 --> 00:37:40,230 one by medical teams rushed off by motorcade to this special 622 00:37:40,230 --> 00:37:41,130 isolation unit. 623 00:37:41,160 --> 00:37:44,790 They've had a very long journey. So I think we're not going to 624 00:37:44,790 --> 00:37:47,490 make any assumptions about anything that's passed along 625 00:37:47,490 --> 00:37:50,190 verbally. We're going to go ahead and just test everybody. 626 00:37:50,340 --> 00:37:54,150 338 Americans were evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise 627 00:37:54,150 --> 00:37:58,260 ship in Japan flown to bases in Texas and California arriving 628 00:37:58,290 --> 00:38:03,240 overnight. 14 are suspected of having a Coronavirus infection 629 00:38:03,390 --> 00:38:06,690 for now in isolation and hospitalized near Travis Air 630 00:38:06,690 --> 00:38:10,890 Force Base near Sacramento. 10. In Omaha, hundreds of passengers 631 00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:14,340 checked before leaving the ship were deemed healthy to fly. I 632 00:38:14,340 --> 00:38:18,210 have to put my mask on the bus will take you airplane. Airplane 633 00:38:18,210 --> 00:38:22,890 takes you Thanks. But after the evacuation had already begun a 634 00:38:22,890 --> 00:38:26,850 complication, new test results revealed those 14 people were 635 00:38:26,850 --> 00:38:31,050 positive for the virus exposing others on a 40 minute bus ride 636 00:38:31,050 --> 00:38:34,620 to the airport. Officials making a critical decision saying the 637 00:38:34,620 --> 00:38:37,770 safest option was to push forward with the evacuation, 638 00:38:37,950 --> 00:38:41,160 putting infected patients in the back of the plains in these 639 00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:42,870 special isolation chambers. 640 00:38:43,050 --> 00:38:45,960 They put temperatures at a high temperature you went into that 641 00:38:46,230 --> 00:38:48,660 isolation booth. Mark Jorgensen 642 00:38:48,660 --> 00:38:51,990 had to leave his wife behind in a Japanese hospital after she 643 00:38:51,990 --> 00:38:56,460 tested positive for the virus. So far 454 Cruise passengers 644 00:38:56,460 --> 00:39:00,030 have been infected. We met John and Melanie herring when he 645 00:39:00,030 --> 00:39:03,330 spiked a fever and had to be hospitalized. He's now fighting 646 00:39:03,330 --> 00:39:07,170 the virus and has pneumonia fine Diamond Princess The couple 647 00:39:07,170 --> 00:39:10,950 deciding Melanie should be on that flight home. Melanie is now 648 00:39:10,950 --> 00:39:14,010 back in the US telling us she to spiked a fever. 649 00:39:14,700 --> 00:39:17,400 Alright, so let's get to Clayton said del he is live from Omaha 650 00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:20,310 tonight in Clayton the rest of the roughly 300 passengers the 651 00:39:20,310 --> 00:39:23,700 Americans who showed no sign of the virus we know they spent 652 00:39:23,700 --> 00:39:27,360 time on those buses with these passengers. The Americans the 14 653 00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:29,940 who it's believed might be infected with Coronavirus of 654 00:39:29,940 --> 00:39:32,850 course more testing here at home. But I gathered the rest of 655 00:39:32,850 --> 00:39:35,460 the passengers who were in close contact will be watched closely 656 00:39:35,460 --> 00:39:36,480 now for the days to come. 657 00:39:36,630 --> 00:39:39,270 They will be watched very closely David they'll be in 658 00:39:39,270 --> 00:39:42,150 quarantine for two weeks. And it's important to note that 659 00:39:42,150 --> 00:39:45,690 those 14 others who tested positive in Japan will be tested 660 00:39:45,690 --> 00:39:48,900 again here in the States. And while that happens they will be 661 00:39:48,900 --> 00:39:52,980 kept in quarantine in isolation away from everyone else. David 662 00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:53,760 the World Health 663 00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:56,940 Organization warned today that the window of opportunity to 664 00:39:56,940 --> 00:40:01,200 contain the international spread of the Coronavirus is closing, 665 00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:04,680 South Korea has become the latest fraud in the outbreak, 666 00:40:04,860 --> 00:40:08,190 the country declared a health emergency. As cases their 667 00:40:08,190 --> 00:40:12,210 quadrupled to more than 200 infections over the past two 668 00:40:12,210 --> 00:40:17,130 days, officials closed schools and banned math mass gatherings, 669 00:40:17,310 --> 00:40:21,270 including services at a church that most of the sick attended. 670 00:40:22,650 --> 00:40:25,680 Good. No one has entered the church since Tuesday. We did 671 00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:29,580 disinfection work twice on Tuesday and Wednesday. Right now 672 00:40:29,580 --> 00:40:33,060 all the disinfection work is complete, and no one is entering 673 00:40:33,060 --> 00:40:33,720 the church. 674 00:40:34,110 --> 00:40:37,470 Meanwhile, in China, the number of new infections fell for 675 00:40:37,470 --> 00:40:42,300 another day, Chinese officials have recorded over 75,000 cases 676 00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:46,830 and more than 2200 deaths. So far, at least 12 more deaths 677 00:40:46,830 --> 00:40:49,860 have been confirmed outside of mainland China. 678 00:40:49,950 --> 00:40:54,390 It's a disaster. It's disastrous. It's crazy. It 679 00:40:54,390 --> 00:40:58,920 started out with a ridiculous psychosis against Chinese or any 680 00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:04,080 oriental looking people. So already, I'd say two weeks ago, 681 00:41:04,110 --> 00:41:06,960 people weren't going to Chinese restaurants anymore somehow 682 00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:11,310 thinking that you know, anything Chinese, no matter if they've 683 00:41:11,310 --> 00:41:14,130 been to China or born here. And there was a lot of 684 00:41:14,130 --> 00:41:17,250 discrimination against Chinese people couldn't even come into 685 00:41:17,250 --> 00:41:21,420 shops, psychosis, total ridiculous stuff. In the 686 00:41:21,420 --> 00:41:25,440 meantime, Italy was one of the first to really start testing 687 00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:32,310 everyone. So I went to Madrid 12 days ago, I think, and I went to 688 00:41:32,310 --> 00:41:35,070 Spain and nothing going on. And then when I came back to 689 00:41:35,070 --> 00:41:40,680 Florence, they they zapped me with a thermometer. So already, 690 00:41:40,980 --> 00:41:44,250 this really goes to prove how you know if you're testing 691 00:41:44,250 --> 00:41:49,170 everyone, first of all, you're going to find cases, and that's 692 00:41:49,170 --> 00:41:52,170 what happened. They found people who didn't have any symptoms at 693 00:41:52,170 --> 00:41:57,540 all, and whatever. I think the government is there, everybody's 694 00:41:57,540 --> 00:42:01,230 giving the information that you know is very contagious. Yes, 695 00:42:01,230 --> 00:42:05,310 but it's not lethal and only old people only that's the problem, 696 00:42:05,310 --> 00:42:09,600 of course poor people with, you know, immune deficiency problems 697 00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:14,160 or the elderly with issues. So the government and the media 698 00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:16,500 sort of are giving the I think they're giving the right 699 00:42:16,500 --> 00:42:21,660 information, but the actions are just the opposite. So closing 700 00:42:21,660 --> 00:42:27,960 museums, closing schools. I mean, and the final thing is, of 701 00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:33,990 course, canceling football games or doing football games in close 702 00:42:33,990 --> 00:42:38,400 stadiums that that gives a big message yesterday passengers 703 00:42:38,400 --> 00:42:43,680 from a bus called the police to come because they overheard the 704 00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:49,050 bus driver talking to his doctor about having Coronavirus, so 705 00:42:49,050 --> 00:42:53,190 they called the cops. The cops came and turned out the bus 706 00:42:53,190 --> 00:42:57,780 driver was just telling his doctor that he had done the test 707 00:42:57,780 --> 00:43:01,860 because he had to for his job and that he was negative. So I 708 00:43:01,860 --> 00:43:05,790 mean, can you imagine people on the bus freaking out and calling 709 00:43:05,790 --> 00:43:10,740 the cops because they hear the bus driver talking about the 710 00:43:10,740 --> 00:43:19,500 Coronavirus. That said, so my telescope is closed, even if I'm 711 00:43:19,500 --> 00:43:23,070 doing an online university and of course the online stuff goes 712 00:43:23,070 --> 00:43:28,350 on. But I had two exams programmed for Friday, the 27th 713 00:43:28,350 --> 00:43:31,470 of March and until further notice, those have been 714 00:43:31,470 --> 00:43:35,910 suspended. On the other hand, the University of Florence is 715 00:43:35,910 --> 00:43:39,120 open and Sabby started classes again yesterday. And she said it 716 00:43:39,120 --> 00:43:44,940 was packed. So and then you hear stories about supermarkets rated 717 00:43:44,940 --> 00:43:48,750 in Milan. And even here in Florence, people are hoarding 718 00:43:48,750 --> 00:43:52,440 and we don't we don't do this stuff. We just go we're trying 719 00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:56,250 to go to as many Chinese restaurants possible. I have a 720 00:43:56,250 --> 00:43:58,950 son who's doing his usual shopping at the Chinese junk 721 00:43:58,950 --> 00:44:02,970 shores stores. So we're trying to contribute to normal life. Of 722 00:44:02,970 --> 00:44:06,690 course, I'm a remote worker. So I'm not really touched about all 723 00:44:06,750 --> 00:44:11,610 I'm not really touched by any of this. But you know, even if I 724 00:44:11,610 --> 00:44:15,330 were I mean we're feeding it normally, but unfortunately the 725 00:44:15,330 --> 00:44:20,130 sheep are just going behind what everything's happening. So so 726 00:44:20,130 --> 00:44:20,220 the 727 00:44:20,220 --> 00:44:23,910 corona outbreak in Iran is becoming deeply troubling. The 728 00:44:23,910 --> 00:44:27,510 epicenter was in the holy city of gloworm. And it's spread 729 00:44:27,510 --> 00:44:31,410 rapidly from there now one of the main reasons it has affected 730 00:44:31,410 --> 00:44:35,430 Iran so badly seems to be that Iran has kept its flights open 731 00:44:35,430 --> 00:44:39,060 with China during the outbreak there. And because Iran has such 732 00:44:39,060 --> 00:44:43,890 close ties to China, and both politically and economically 733 00:44:43,890 --> 00:44:47,550 links with the Chinese, which have been a lifeline for Tehran 734 00:44:47,550 --> 00:44:52,290 to combat sanctions. They didn't close access from and to China, 735 00:44:52,500 --> 00:44:56,280 and it also seems that senior officials are not immune to the 736 00:44:56,280 --> 00:44:59,340 virus either. Members of Parliament the mayor of 737 00:44:59,340 --> 00:45:03,600 Tyrone's, 13th district have contracted the virus and even 738 00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:07,110 the deputy health minister, who's in charge of countering 739 00:45:07,110 --> 00:45:11,340 the corona virus has tested positive for it. In a video 740 00:45:11,340 --> 00:45:15,810 that's become viral in Iran, he seems standing next to the 741 00:45:15,810 --> 00:45:19,440 government spokesman during a press conference. With the 742 00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:24,330 media, he sweating profusely and constantly wiping his brow with 743 00:45:24,330 --> 00:45:28,290 a handkerchief. The government spokesman then attended meetings 744 00:45:28,290 --> 00:45:32,610 with other senior officials. That same deputy health minister 745 00:45:32,670 --> 00:45:36,480 also gave an interview on state TV last night where he was 746 00:45:36,480 --> 00:45:41,070 coughing and spluttering away. And today, in a live speech, 747 00:45:41,100 --> 00:45:44,850 Iran's President, Hassan Rouhani, said that this is one 748 00:45:44,850 --> 00:45:49,350 of the threats of the enemy, the USA, to spread fright amongst 749 00:45:49,380 --> 00:45:54,570 Iranian society, in Iran to lead the country towards closure. The 750 00:45:54,570 --> 00:45:54,780 other 751 00:45:54,780 --> 00:45:57,930 thing? How would it get out of the lab, most people would think 752 00:45:57,930 --> 00:46:02,250 well, a technician got infected through poor lab procedure, and 753 00:46:02,250 --> 00:46:04,770 then walked out on the street infected his family and friends 754 00:46:04,770 --> 00:46:06,990 and so forth. But there's another way it could have gotten 755 00:46:06,990 --> 00:46:10,350 out of the lab, because we know that that in China, some 756 00:46:10,350 --> 00:46:13,350 researchers, not all but some researchers have actually taken 757 00:46:13,470 --> 00:46:16,890 their lab animals after they're done experimenting with them, 758 00:46:17,010 --> 00:46:20,280 after they've been infected with various viruses so forth. If the 759 00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:23,940 lab animals aren't dead, they take the bats and the rats and 760 00:46:23,940 --> 00:46:27,270 the snakes and everything to the local fresh meat market and sell 761 00:46:27,270 --> 00:46:31,440 them on the fresh meat market to make extra money. So the virus 762 00:46:31,440 --> 00:46:36,720 may have passed to human beings. By that means, through the the 763 00:46:36,720 --> 00:46:38,550 Avenue of the vector of someone's stomach, 764 00:46:38,580 --> 00:46:42,270 but I'm not at all convinced that we can't get hold of what 765 00:46:42,270 --> 00:46:46,230 we need here in the US, we have stockpiles, we also have the 766 00:46:46,230 --> 00:46:51,420 capacity to produce more in all these areas. I'm no expert in 767 00:46:51,420 --> 00:46:56,220 this. But we've seen some of these biotech companies, Gilead 768 00:46:56,220 --> 00:47:00,330 being one of them, probably coming up with the vaccine in a 769 00:47:00,330 --> 00:47:03,480 much shorter time than people realize. 770 00:47:03,660 --> 00:47:06,990 I'm deeply concerned that we are way behind the eight bonus. 771 00:47:08,310 --> 00:47:10,620 Well, we actually have been aggressively moving. It's been a 772 00:47:10,620 --> 00:47:13,560 month and a half since this situation arose. And we have 773 00:47:13,590 --> 00:47:16,470 enacted the most aggressive containment measures in the 774 00:47:16,470 --> 00:47:18,840 history of our country. In terms of our borders. I've used the 775 00:47:18,840 --> 00:47:22,500 first federal quarantine authority and 50 years of an HHS 776 00:47:22,500 --> 00:47:23,670 Secretary, we worked 777 00:47:24,720 --> 00:47:28,050 every single American today that if this pandemic hits our 778 00:47:28,050 --> 00:47:32,160 shores, that we have everything available, and we've stockpiled 779 00:47:32,160 --> 00:47:33,240 it and we're ready to go. 780 00:47:33,480 --> 00:47:36,660 That's just I was very clear, when we enacted our containment 781 00:47:36,660 --> 00:47:39,690 measures at the border, we cannot hermetically seal off the 782 00:47:39,690 --> 00:47:43,350 United States to alarms. And we need to be realistic about that. 783 00:47:43,470 --> 00:47:47,190 And so this virus will have ozone in some forms. It does and 784 00:47:47,190 --> 00:47:49,590 we'll have more cases in the United States. And we've been 785 00:47:49,590 --> 00:47:52,620 very transparent about that. And we will then work to mitigate 786 00:47:52,620 --> 00:47:53,760 the impact of those 787 00:47:53,939 --> 00:47:58,049 they met in Italy now the epicenter of the corona virus in 788 00:47:58,049 --> 00:48:02,819 Europe, trying to coordinate the response to the disease. While 789 00:48:02,819 --> 00:48:06,329 taking measures to block the outbreak, Europe's health 790 00:48:06,329 --> 00:48:10,229 ministers decided against canceling all major public 791 00:48:10,229 --> 00:48:15,989 events and against shutting their borders. On TV, 792 00:48:16,020 --> 00:48:19,200 we've decided to apply a set of common principles in the next 793 00:48:19,230 --> 00:48:22,080 days, weeks and months in principles based on good 794 00:48:22,080 --> 00:48:25,440 cooperation and mutual assistance. And we've decided 795 00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:28,470 that it's unthinkable to even consider closing our borders in 796 00:48:28,680 --> 00:48:30,300 such a measure would be inefficient, 797 00:48:30,840 --> 00:48:32,310 who left a majority for chair 798 00:48:33,360 --> 00:48:37,170 while China has applied to drastic measures to stop the 799 00:48:37,170 --> 00:48:42,210 outbreak imposing lockdowns on 10s of millions. Europeans say 800 00:48:42,210 --> 00:48:46,410 that closing their borders and posing ID checks or examining 801 00:48:46,410 --> 00:48:50,760 travelers will not stop the disease. Scientists say it can 802 00:48:50,760 --> 00:48:53,280 still slow its expansion on pressure. 803 00:48:53,580 --> 00:48:56,040 controlling the flow of travelers can slow down the 804 00:48:56,040 --> 00:48:58,950 spread of the disease. But I believe it can't stop it 805 00:48:58,950 --> 00:49:00,180 altogether. Probably. 806 00:49:00,810 --> 00:49:05,910 Since the latest spate of infections in Italy COVID-19 has 807 00:49:05,910 --> 00:49:09,990 reached new countries Switzerland, Croatia and Austria 808 00:49:10,170 --> 00:49:14,010 through people who had traveled from Italy, Germany, France and 809 00:49:14,010 --> 00:49:16,230 Spain have declared new cases. 810 00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:19,710 Washington state public health officials gave new details and 811 00:49:19,710 --> 00:49:22,590 an afternoon press conference about the circumstances that led 812 00:49:22,590 --> 00:49:23,730 to the man's death. 813 00:49:24,120 --> 00:49:27,630 The person who died was a patient at Evergreen hospital, 814 00:49:28,170 --> 00:49:32,160 but underlying health conditions. It was a male in his 815 00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:32,850 50s. 816 00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:36,060 At this mumble we have 22 patients in the United States 817 00:49:36,060 --> 00:49:40,620 currently that have Coronavirus. Unfortunately one person passed 818 00:49:40,620 --> 00:49:44,340 away overnight. She was a wonderful woman a medically high 819 00:49:44,340 --> 00:49:46,920 risk patient in her late 50s. 820 00:49:47,460 --> 00:49:50,820 That was a lot. Let me start with the most important part and 821 00:49:50,820 --> 00:49:54,420 that is confirmation that an American has died in Washington 822 00:49:54,420 --> 00:50:00,000 State. We had early reports that it was a male and reverse 823 00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:03,060 release from the governor of Washington referred to our 824 00:50:03,060 --> 00:50:06,150 hearts go out to his family and friends. The President then said 825 00:50:06,390 --> 00:50:11,910 that it was a woman in her 50s. The the governor of Washington's 826 00:50:12,030 --> 00:50:16,260 press release has been changed to make reference to there. So 827 00:50:16,260 --> 00:50:19,020 we are unclear. We do not have confirmation. We're trying to 828 00:50:19,020 --> 00:50:22,950 get confirmation, but we do know that the first US citizen has 829 00:50:22,950 --> 00:50:23,370 died 830 00:50:23,550 --> 00:50:27,630 after do. Are we overreacting? Yes, yes. Yeah, I'm 831 00:50:27,630 --> 00:50:29,160 hearing this from doctors left and right. 832 00:50:29,160 --> 00:50:31,950 Yes. And we are not overreacting. The press is 833 00:50:31,950 --> 00:50:34,860 overreacting. And it makes me furious. The Press should not be 834 00:50:34,860 --> 00:50:38,130 reporting medical stories as though they know how to report 835 00:50:38,190 --> 00:50:41,640 we will if we have a pandemic, I don't know how to tell that 836 00:50:41,640 --> 00:50:43,560 we're actually having a pandemic because everything is an 837 00:50:43,560 --> 00:50:46,380 emergency. People that are infectious disease specialists, 838 00:50:46,380 --> 00:50:49,380 the CDC, the epidemiologist, need to take this very 839 00:50:49,380 --> 00:50:52,980 seriously. The Press needs to shut up because you're more 840 00:50:52,980 --> 00:50:56,970 likely to die of influenza right now. However, it 841 00:50:56,970 --> 00:50:58,980 may I'm not trying to go against you. But I have a question. It 842 00:50:58,980 --> 00:51:02,610 is now beat stars in terms of fatalities. 362, and they're 843 00:51:02,610 --> 00:51:02,850 saying 844 00:51:03,270 --> 00:51:06,810 Tality rate is still lower, but there's spreads fast. It's a 845 00:51:06,810 --> 00:51:09,450 mild illness, it spreads all over the place. And it's only 846 00:51:09,450 --> 00:51:12,960 out of the 17,000 in documented effect that I bet there's 847 00:51:12,960 --> 00:51:16,620 hundreds of 1000s of cases 300 deaths, okay, and always in 848 00:51:16,620 --> 00:51:19,230 immunocompetent compromised people always in people that are 849 00:51:19,230 --> 00:51:21,840 at risk for these sorts of things. If they get a severe 850 00:51:21,840 --> 00:51:24,900 viral respiratory infection, whether it's flu or corona, or 851 00:51:24,900 --> 00:51:28,500 whatever. All of these can hurt people who are compromised. They 852 00:51:28,500 --> 00:51:31,590 can the rest of us need to wash your hands carefully get our 853 00:51:31,590 --> 00:51:35,280 influenza vaccines. Listen to the CDC, if there's a problem, 854 00:51:35,280 --> 00:51:38,640 they will let us know the CDC made it very clear that 5000 855 00:51:38,640 --> 00:51:41,310 People just in the last two weeks have died from the flu 856 00:51:41,340 --> 00:51:44,130 here in America. Why are we panicked about that real people 857 00:51:44,130 --> 00:51:47,190 died on the streets of Los Angeles this morning from 858 00:51:47,190 --> 00:51:49,920 homelessness warning if that were Coronavirus, people freak 859 00:51:49,920 --> 00:51:52,080 the hell out right? Why aren't we putting our parties in the 860 00:51:52,080 --> 00:51:53,250 right place? It's the press, 861 00:51:53,340 --> 00:51:59,010 as you may know, as of today, and I say as of today at this 862 00:51:59,040 --> 00:52:05,760 hour, we have 33 confirmed positive tests for the virus. 863 00:52:06,150 --> 00:52:10,170 Five individuals have subsequently moved out of state. 864 00:52:10,440 --> 00:52:14,490 So they're 28 people that we know in the state of California 865 00:52:15,150 --> 00:52:18,840 that are positive. The case yesterday, understandably 866 00:52:18,840 --> 00:52:22,320 generated a lot of attention, but didn't surprise any of the 867 00:52:22,440 --> 00:52:26,610 folks standing to my left or right. We knew this was 868 00:52:26,640 --> 00:52:30,510 inevitable, as it relates to the nature, the epidemiology the 869 00:52:30,510 --> 00:52:34,560 nature of these viruses that that incident would occur 870 00:52:34,860 --> 00:52:35,700 accordingly. 871 00:52:36,390 --> 00:52:40,050 When hearing about it, we initiated a series of protocols 872 00:52:40,050 --> 00:52:42,360 that we were prepared to advance. 873 00:52:42,900 --> 00:52:43,680 Thank you, Mr. President. 874 00:52:43,740 --> 00:52:46,230 And I'm just going to ask you directly about this with regard 875 00:52:46,230 --> 00:52:49,890 to the flow of information. From the very beginning, you received 876 00:52:49,890 --> 00:52:54,330 a lot of criticism regarding that, in particular about Dr. 877 00:52:54,330 --> 00:52:55,410 Anthony Fauci. 878 00:52:55,500 --> 00:52:59,610 He is world renowned in contagious diseases. And there 879 00:52:59,610 --> 00:53:03,180 were reports out there that he was being muscle, can you tell 880 00:53:03,180 --> 00:53:07,560 us that this widely respected expert, Dr. Fauci will have 881 00:53:07,650 --> 00:53:11,160 every opportunity to tell us the truth? Well, that's a great 882 00:53:12,750 --> 00:53:17,610 question because he has, because he has had that ability to do 883 00:53:17,610 --> 00:53:21,210 virtually whatever he's wanting to do. And in fact, in fact, he 884 00:53:21,210 --> 00:53:24,600 was never muscle. Okay. I think I can speak you can speak Why 885 00:53:24,600 --> 00:53:28,530 don't you speak to the very dishonest question, but that's 886 00:53:28,830 --> 00:53:29,430 honest, I want to 887 00:53:29,430 --> 00:53:31,950 clarify. I want to clarify. So 888 00:53:32,850 --> 00:53:37,200 let me let me clarify it. I have never been muzzled ever and I've 889 00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:39,960 been doing this since the administration of Ronald Reagan. 890 00:53:40,290 --> 00:53:43,260 I'm not being muzzled by this administration. What happened, 891 00:53:43,650 --> 00:53:47,850 which was misinterpreted, is that we were set up to go on 892 00:53:47,850 --> 00:53:50,820 some shows. And when the Vice President took over, we said, 893 00:53:50,820 --> 00:53:54,630 Let's regroup and figure out how we're going to be communicating. 894 00:53:54,750 --> 00:53:59,010 So I had to just stand down on a couple of shows and re submit 895 00:53:59,010 --> 00:54:02,670 for clearance. And when I resubmitted for clearance, I got 896 00:54:02,670 --> 00:54:05,880 cleared, so I have not been muzzle liberal. That was a real 897 00:54:06,090 --> 00:54:08,100 misrepresentation of what happened. 898 00:54:08,340 --> 00:54:11,580 Breaking news tonight President Trump address the nation today 899 00:54:11,760 --> 00:54:15,450 announcing the first Coronavirus death in this country, a patient 900 00:54:15,480 --> 00:54:18,690 in Washington State. The president says there's no reason 901 00:54:18,690 --> 00:54:22,140 for panic. He plans to meet with drug companies on Monday to 902 00:54:22,140 --> 00:54:26,490 discuss vaccines. The outbreak has now spread with at least 65 903 00:54:26,490 --> 00:54:30,480 cases across nine states. There have been three new cases today 904 00:54:30,480 --> 00:54:34,440 all in Washington State and Wall Street has been infected. The 905 00:54:34,440 --> 00:54:39,900 Dow lost more than 3500 points this week. A 12% Drop. CBS is 906 00:54:39,900 --> 00:54:42,180 Steve Dorsey is that the White House 907 00:54:42,930 --> 00:54:44,160 there's no reason to panic 908 00:54:44,340 --> 00:54:47,040 in and abruptly arrange the White House news conference 909 00:54:47,040 --> 00:54:49,980 President Trump tried to reassure the country. His 910 00:54:49,980 --> 00:54:53,850 administration is taking unprecedented actions to contain 911 00:54:53,850 --> 00:54:57,270 the virus. It comes after he accused Democrats of trying to 912 00:54:57,270 --> 00:55:00,000 weaponize it against him at a South Carolina rally last 913 00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:03,450 Tonight is that new hoax. And today he doubled down 914 00:55:03,480 --> 00:55:06,180 the hoax was used with respect to Democrats and what they were 915 00:55:06,180 --> 00:55:09,030 saying it was a hoax what they were saying. But the President's 916 00:55:09,030 --> 00:55:09,450 critics 917 00:55:09,450 --> 00:55:13,140 say he's the one putting politics ahead of public health. 918 00:55:13,200 --> 00:55:16,770 Their problem is when you have the highest levels of the Trump 919 00:55:16,770 --> 00:55:20,460 administration actively using words like hoax, that sends a 920 00:55:20,460 --> 00:55:23,430 very dangerous signal to American people. We want folks 921 00:55:23,460 --> 00:55:25,770 to take this seriously. Meanwhile, the White House is 922 00:55:25,770 --> 00:55:28,050 announcing new travel restrictions on foreign 923 00:55:28,050 --> 00:55:31,650 nationals who have recently visited Iran. It's also now 924 00:55:31,650 --> 00:55:34,860 telling Americans to avoid traveling to areas in Italy and 925 00:55:34,860 --> 00:55:37,380 South Korea most affected by the virus. 926 00:55:37,560 --> 00:55:40,560 It's certainly not a good situation when you lose travel. 927 00:55:40,560 --> 00:55:44,190 That's a big part of market. But for a period of time we're gonna 928 00:55:44,190 --> 00:55:48,390 have to do whatever is necessary safety health number one, where 929 00:55:48,420 --> 00:55:50,040 the markets will take care of themselves. 930 00:55:50,070 --> 00:55:54,000 The President also stepped up pressure today on the Fed to cut 931 00:55:54,000 --> 00:55:56,940 interest rates to help protect the economy. Rena 932 00:55:57,270 --> 00:56:00,360 see you thank you very much in Tennessee Smyrna, Tennessee 933 00:56:00,360 --> 00:56:02,130 Republican line, Michael. Hello, 934 00:56:02,400 --> 00:56:05,490 fellows. Thanks for taking the call. I want to talk about the 935 00:56:05,490 --> 00:56:09,690 Coronavirus that's not that's been around for a long time. 936 00:56:10,710 --> 00:56:13,890 Excuse me. If you look on your your levels of Lysol 937 00:56:13,890 --> 00:56:17,880 Disinfectant, it sits on their human Coronavirus. I believe 938 00:56:17,880 --> 00:56:23,520 that China created this a different strain of it. They 939 00:56:23,520 --> 00:56:26,730 released it to their people. I believe I did it to start a 940 00:56:26,730 --> 00:56:31,530 recession in China because their economy is so bad right now. And 941 00:56:31,530 --> 00:56:33,780 now they're they're wanting to get it over here in the United 942 00:56:33,780 --> 00:56:37,830 States. And it's working if they started in a easy avenue to 943 00:56:37,830 --> 00:56:41,070 start a recession here in the United States. Because we ship 944 00:56:41,070 --> 00:56:44,220 things from China. You think about the bubble wrap you busted 945 00:56:44,220 --> 00:56:47,640 bubble wrap, it's got Air and Air it could it could have that 946 00:56:47,640 --> 00:56:51,780 strain of Coronavirus in there. And it'd be easy for Donald 947 00:56:51,780 --> 00:56:55,770 Trump to shut the ports down. And we start tre stop trading, 948 00:56:55,800 --> 00:56:59,250 then we got a recession in America. So I believe that 949 00:56:59,250 --> 00:57:02,580 people are really just taking this too much out of contact 950 00:57:02,610 --> 00:57:07,290 text because of the regular virus, the flu kills people. And 951 00:57:07,290 --> 00:57:09,570 we don't know if these people are dying from just a natural 952 00:57:09,570 --> 00:57:14,160 cause of flu. They're old or their immune system as well. So 953 00:57:14,160 --> 00:57:16,290 I just played they're just trying to scare everybody. It's 954 00:57:16,290 --> 00:57:20,100 a socialist tactic to try to scare people from going out, 955 00:57:20,820 --> 00:57:24,720 going on vacations and getting around crowds of individuals. 956 00:57:24,750 --> 00:57:26,340 Okay, so that's my 957 00:57:26,340 --> 00:57:29,160 goal in Tennessee. The President yesterday when he was speaking 958 00:57:29,160 --> 00:57:34,110 referred to this fatality as a woman. It is a man is how was 959 00:57:34,110 --> 00:57:36,510 the mistake like that made because people are very nervous 960 00:57:36,510 --> 00:57:40,590 right now and getting some of these basic facts right. affects 961 00:57:40,590 --> 00:57:41,340 public trust. 962 00:57:41,370 --> 00:57:44,490 Well, I understand that it's a very fast moving situation. Our 963 00:57:44,490 --> 00:57:47,670 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were up late at night 964 00:57:47,700 --> 00:57:50,130 very early in the early in the morning working with the 965 00:57:50,130 --> 00:57:53,880 Washington State Public Health Office, and inaccurately 966 00:57:53,880 --> 00:57:56,790 recorded that the individual was a female. That's what the 967 00:57:56,790 --> 00:57:59,310 President was briefed on. They've apologized for 968 00:57:59,310 --> 00:58:01,770 incorrectly briefing on that, but it's a very fast moving 969 00:58:01,770 --> 00:58:05,130 situation. Obviously we're right there in Los Angeles a state of 970 00:58:05,130 --> 00:58:08,820 emergency. In New York City tonight about 1000 people are 971 00:58:08,820 --> 00:58:12,480 now under self quarantine, or possibly coming in contact or 972 00:58:12,480 --> 00:58:15,810 linked to one man who was hospitalized. In critical but 973 00:58:15,810 --> 00:58:19,230 stable condition tonight. His wife two children and a neighbor 974 00:58:19,230 --> 00:58:22,350 all testing positive. One of his children a college student 975 00:58:22,380 --> 00:58:26,370 classes canceled they're in Los Angeles that state of emergency 976 00:58:26,370 --> 00:58:29,730 six new cases there including an airport where are doing medical 977 00:58:29,730 --> 00:58:33,360 screenings at Le X but death toll in the US rising to at 978 00:58:33,360 --> 00:58:37,200 least 11 Tonight the first death from California, a passenger on 979 00:58:37,200 --> 00:58:40,080 a cruise ship during a round trip voyage from San Francisco. 980 00:58:40,410 --> 00:58:43,170 ABC is with Johnson leading us off with the efforts to contain 981 00:58:43,170 --> 00:58:46,170 the virus here in New York and across the country. 982 00:58:47,250 --> 00:58:50,760 Tonight a scramble to contain the spread of the Coronavirus in 983 00:58:50,760 --> 00:58:54,930 New York, about 1000 people ordered to self quarantine all 984 00:58:54,930 --> 00:58:58,500 possibly connected to one patient in this hospital. That 985 00:58:58,500 --> 00:58:58,620 is 986 00:58:58,620 --> 00:59:09,480 another 12345 people. And again, all of this one attorney they're 987 00:59:09,480 --> 00:59:11,760 going to be hundreds and was just 988 00:59:12,300 --> 00:59:15,630 that 50 year old father now hospitalized in Manhattan in 989 00:59:15,630 --> 00:59:19,290 critical but stable condition. His wife, two kids, a neighbor 990 00:59:19,290 --> 00:59:22,410 who drove him to the hospital and another family connected to 991 00:59:22,410 --> 00:59:26,250 his law firm testing positive to the number of cases jumping to 992 00:59:26,250 --> 00:59:29,340 11. A local public school district now closing to 993 00:59:29,340 --> 00:59:32,640 disinfect the buildings in California tonight. Health 994 00:59:32,640 --> 00:59:35,580 officials say this Grand Princess cruise ship as likely 995 00:59:35,580 --> 00:59:38,460 linked to the state's first death from the Coronavirus and a 996 00:59:38,460 --> 00:59:42,300 second infection an elderly patient possibly exposed while 997 00:59:42,300 --> 00:59:46,590 traveling from San Francisco to Mexico. CDC now investigating a 998 00:59:46,590 --> 00:59:51,000 small cluster of cases of COVID 19 in Northern California traced 999 00:59:51,000 --> 00:59:52,110 back to that ship. 1000 00:59:52,350 --> 00:59:55,680 The World Health Organization said Tuesday the global death 1001 00:59:55,680 --> 00:59:59,970 rate from the disease caused by the new Coronavirus is 3.4 1002 01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:04,500 percent far deadlier than the seasonal flu. The warning came 1003 01:00:04,500 --> 01:00:07,590 as the number of Coronavirus deaths outside China surpassed 1004 01:00:07,590 --> 01:00:11,400 the number inside China for the first time. Washington State 1005 01:00:11,400 --> 01:00:14,550 Tuesday reported another Coronavirus death the ninth in 1006 01:00:14,550 --> 01:00:18,120 the region in New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday, a 1007 01:00:18,120 --> 01:00:21,750 Manhattan lawyer has become the second person in the city to 1008 01:00:21,750 --> 01:00:24,180 test positive for the new Coronavirus 1009 01:00:24,240 --> 01:00:28,980 worldwide the Coronavirus death toll now top 3000 With nearly 1010 01:00:28,980 --> 01:00:33,450 90,000 cases. But even those numbers are nothing compared to 1011 01:00:33,450 --> 01:00:36,810 what could happen in the months ahead. Today CBS News's Jim 1012 01:00:36,810 --> 01:00:40,080 Axelrod spoke with one of this country's top experts from 1013 01:00:40,080 --> 01:00:43,140 Harvard on viruses who has a startling prediction. 1014 01:00:43,410 --> 01:00:46,470 The number that I think is grabbing a lot of people is this 1015 01:00:46,500 --> 01:00:51,330 estimate 40 to 70% of the world's adult population could 1016 01:00:51,330 --> 01:00:52,140 be infected. 1017 01:00:52,680 --> 01:00:57,660 Yes, accurate. That is, it's a projection. So we will find out 1018 01:00:57,660 --> 01:01:02,160 if it's accurate. As things go on. It is a best estimate that 1019 01:01:02,160 --> 01:01:06,480 I've been able to make based on a combination of the 1020 01:01:06,480 --> 01:01:09,780 mathematical models that we use to track and predict epidemics. 1021 01:01:09,810 --> 01:01:13,470 So in terms of addressing the numbers that may get people 1022 01:01:13,470 --> 01:01:15,720 panicked, what can you tell us? 1023 01:01:16,290 --> 01:01:22,500 Well, again, the 40 to 70% is a number infect a proportion of 1024 01:01:22,500 --> 01:01:27,480 the population, adult population infected. And we know that some 1025 01:01:27,480 --> 01:01:31,980 people who get this infection have no or almost no symptoms 1026 01:01:31,980 --> 01:01:35,280 whatsoever. What we don't know is how many there are like that. 1027 01:01:35,610 --> 01:01:41,700 So if say that's half the people, then the 1% or 2% that 1028 01:01:41,700 --> 01:01:45,990 we're seeing in the symptomatic people is cut down by half. 1029 01:01:47,490 --> 01:01:50,760 Whatever the number is, it's going to be it's going to take a 1030 01:01:50,760 --> 01:01:55,650 toll if it really does spread as widely as that projection says, 1031 01:01:55,680 --> 01:01:57,630 and that's what I think is likely to happen. 1032 01:01:59,100 --> 01:02:01,830 The Wall Street Journal reports the Trump administration is 1033 01:02:01,830 --> 01:02:04,950 considering using a national disaster program to cover the 1034 01:02:04,950 --> 01:02:08,790 cost of treating Coronavirus in some of the 27 million Americans 1035 01:02:08,790 --> 01:02:12,000 without health coverage. The nation's largest union of 1036 01:02:12,000 --> 01:02:15,480 registered nurses National Nurses United Tuesday called the 1037 01:02:15,480 --> 01:02:19,140 nation's public health system, woefully unprepared for the 1038 01:02:19,140 --> 01:02:23,310 pandemic and demanded once a vaccine vaccine is developed it 1039 01:02:23,310 --> 01:02:24,960 should be made free to the public 1040 01:02:25,049 --> 01:02:26,669 and I wanted to get your reaction to this global 1041 01:02:26,669 --> 01:02:29,939 headlines in China. There's a new study out tonight showing 1042 01:02:29,939 --> 01:02:31,559 that there could be two strains of 1043 01:02:31,560 --> 01:02:32,670 this Coronavirus, which 1044 01:02:32,670 --> 01:02:36,420 we see for example, in other viruses like influenza this 1045 01:02:36,420 --> 01:02:40,140 small study out of China showing two strains one more common one 1046 01:02:40,140 --> 01:02:44,730 more transmissible. We don't know yet about which one is more 1047 01:02:44,760 --> 01:02:46,110 common here in the US. 1048 01:02:46,470 --> 01:02:51,990 Open the curtain, please. We are introducing new york state clean 1049 01:02:52,170 --> 01:03:00,180 hand sanitizer made conveniently by the state of New York. This 1050 01:03:00,210 --> 01:03:05,850 is a superior product to products now on the market. The 1051 01:03:06,510 --> 01:03:12,360 World Health Organization CDC all those people suggest 60% 1052 01:03:12,660 --> 01:03:17,850 Alcohol Content Purell competitor to New York State 1053 01:03:18,000 --> 01:03:27,570 claim 70% alcohol this is 75% Alcohol. It also has a comes in 1054 01:03:27,570 --> 01:03:36,690 a variety of sizes. It has a very nice floral bouquet. Little 1055 01:03:36,690 --> 01:03:42,270 I detected lilac, hydrangea tulips for this molecule, tulips 1056 01:03:42,270 --> 01:03:47,160 Yes, floral bouquet. Making it in the state of New York core 1057 01:03:47,160 --> 01:03:53,340 craft actually is making it for the state core craft makes glass 1058 01:03:53,340 --> 01:03:57,420 cleaner floor cleaners degreasers laundry detergent, 1059 01:03:57,630 --> 01:04:03,210 vehicle fluids hand cleaner, and now they make hand sanitizer 1060 01:04:03,360 --> 01:04:09,750 with alcohol. The current capacity is 100,000 gallons per 1061 01:04:09,750 --> 01:04:15,150 week, and we're going to be ramping up will be providing 1062 01:04:15,150 --> 01:04:21,120 this to governmental agencies, schools, the MTA, prisons, et 1063 01:04:21,120 --> 01:04:24,360 cetera, that is now in production will start 1064 01:04:24,360 --> 01:04:27,600 distributions we're going to distribute it to New Rochelle, 1065 01:04:27,900 --> 01:04:31,620 which is a hot spot for us. Because literally we're hearing 1066 01:04:31,620 --> 01:04:35,880 from governments that they're having trouble getting the also 1067 01:04:35,880 --> 01:04:41,520 to PRL and Mr. Amazon and Mr. eBay, if you continue the price 1068 01:04:41,520 --> 01:04:45,750 gouging, we will introduce our product which is superior to 1069 01:04:45,750 --> 01:04:49,200 your product and you don't even have the floor of bouquet. So 1070 01:04:49,200 --> 01:04:50,250 stop price gadget. 1071 01:04:53,130 --> 01:04:53,940 Virus 1072 01:04:54,000 --> 01:04:57,990 the goal of the event to a one exercise is to illustrate the 1073 01:04:57,990 --> 01:05:02,310 potential consequences of A pandemic. The event to a one 1074 01:05:02,310 --> 01:05:06,000 scenario is fictional, but it's based on public health 1075 01:05:06,000 --> 01:05:09,660 principles, epidemiologic modeling, and assessment of past 1076 01:05:09,660 --> 01:05:13,500 outbreaks. In other words, we've created a pandemic that could 1077 01:05:13,500 --> 01:05:17,160 realistically occur. And for those interested in our 1078 01:05:17,160 --> 01:05:20,490 assumptions, we will have a lot of the background research and 1079 01:05:20,520 --> 01:05:24,150 of the scenario publicly available on our event two a one 1080 01:05:24,150 --> 01:05:28,320 website at the conclusion of the exercise, the policy 1081 01:05:28,320 --> 01:05:31,560 discussions, the challenges to be discussed in this exercise 1082 01:05:31,770 --> 01:05:36,030 represent controversial high stakes issues that would require 1083 01:05:36,030 --> 01:05:40,380 a high level input from business and government leaders. So just 1084 01:05:40,380 --> 01:05:44,460 a few housekeeping notes before we get started. For our in 1085 01:05:44,460 --> 01:05:47,910 person audience, please do silence all your electronic 1086 01:05:47,910 --> 01:05:52,560 devices, but you may tweet at hashtag event 201 1087 01:05:52,770 --> 01:05:57,270 And with that, here in New York and online, welcome to event 1088 01:05:57,270 --> 01:05:57,750 201. 1089 01:05:58,350 --> 01:06:04,590 It began in healthy looking pigs months perhaps years ago. A new 1090 01:06:04,590 --> 01:06:10,440 Coronavirus spreads silently within herds. Gradually farmers 1091 01:06:10,440 --> 01:06:14,820 started getting sick. infected people got a respiratory illness 1092 01:06:14,820 --> 01:06:18,690 with symptoms ranging from mild flu like signs to severe 1093 01:06:18,690 --> 01:06:25,110 pneumonia. The sickest, required intensive care many died. At 1094 01:06:25,110 --> 01:06:28,380 first, the spread was limited to those with close contacts, 1095 01:06:28,500 --> 01:06:32,160 health care personnel, co workers and families. But now 1096 01:06:32,190 --> 01:06:35,730 it's spreading rapidly throughout local communities. 1097 01:06:36,630 --> 01:06:40,950 International travel has turned local epidemics into a pandemic 1098 01:06:40,950 --> 01:06:45,240 spanning the globe. Just three months ago cap started in South 1099 01:06:45,240 --> 01:06:48,990 America, but has now reached several countries with more than 1100 01:06:49,020 --> 01:06:53,070 30,000 cases and nearly 2000 deaths. 1101 01:06:54,150 --> 01:06:58,110 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has deployed the National Guard 1102 01:06:58,110 --> 01:07:02,730 to New Rochelle, a suburb of New York City in Westchester County, 1103 01:07:02,940 --> 01:07:06,960 ordering a one mile Containment Zone around a synagogue whose 1104 01:07:06,960 --> 01:07:10,500 congregation is at the center of the nation's single largest 1105 01:07:10,500 --> 01:07:14,430 Coronavirus outbreak. National Guard members were ordered to 1106 01:07:14,430 --> 01:07:19,020 disinfect schools to set up a Coronavirus testing facility and 1107 01:07:19,020 --> 01:07:23,070 to deliver food to people in quarantine including 1000s of 1108 01:07:23,070 --> 01:07:26,790 students forced to remain at home. This is Governor Cuomo 1109 01:07:26,790 --> 01:07:28,140 speaking Tuesday. 1110 01:07:28,740 --> 01:07:34,620 It is a dramatic action, but it is the largest cluster in the 1111 01:07:34,620 --> 01:07:39,300 country. And this is literally a matter of life and death. That's 1112 01:07:39,300 --> 01:07:41,760 not a overly rhetorical statement. 1113 01:07:41,970 --> 01:07:45,720 And the hardest hit country in Europe is Italy where today the 1114 01:07:45,720 --> 01:07:49,230 death toll jumped to more than 800 and there are more than 1115 01:07:49,230 --> 01:07:53,580 12,000 cases. The lockdown in that country now includes all 1116 01:07:53,580 --> 01:07:56,580 retail stores, bars and restaurants, except for grocery 1117 01:07:56,580 --> 01:08:00,690 stores and pharmacies. Seth Doane reports tonight from Rome. 1118 01:08:02,490 --> 01:08:06,690 With the number of cases outside China increasing 13 fold and the 1119 01:08:06,690 --> 01:08:09,630 number of countries tripling the head of the World Health 1120 01:08:09,630 --> 01:08:13,710 Organization said spread severity and inaction lead to 1121 01:08:13,710 --> 01:08:16,170 that sobering calculation. We have that 1122 01:08:16,170 --> 01:08:22,650 for med the assessment that COVID-19 can be characterized as 1123 01:08:22,680 --> 01:08:23,580 a pandemic, 1124 01:08:24,150 --> 01:08:28,170 a pandemic its reach is clear from China at the epicenter the 1125 01:08:28,170 --> 01:08:31,230 number of cases across the world has exploded to more than 1126 01:08:31,230 --> 01:08:37,950 122,000 across 115 countries. The global fight is so far not 1127 01:08:37,950 --> 01:08:41,850 sufficient whether disinfecting public buses in Spain drive 1128 01:08:41,850 --> 01:08:45,390 through swab testing in Belgium or encouraging the wearing of 1129 01:08:45,390 --> 01:08:50,100 masks in Iran. After China Italy has the highest number of cases 1130 01:08:50,100 --> 01:08:54,060 more than 12,000. The quiet squares and canals across the 1131 01:08:54,060 --> 01:08:58,650 country belie the scramble to stop this virus. There is a 1132 01:08:58,650 --> 01:09:01,770 glimmer of hope where this started in Wuhan. They're 1133 01:09:01,770 --> 01:09:05,130 dismantling those specially built hospitals and the number 1134 01:09:05,130 --> 01:09:09,540 of new cases is going down. Tonight Italy is announcing a 1135 01:09:09,540 --> 01:09:12,540 real lockdown only basic public services will remain in 1136 01:09:12,540 --> 01:09:15,690 operation including transportation. Also grocery 1137 01:09:15,690 --> 01:09:20,130 stores and pharmacies will be open but nor a big hit for a 1138 01:09:20,130 --> 01:09:21,180 fragile economy. 1139 01:09:21,300 --> 01:09:24,870 China's Senior Medical Advisor Tom Nanshan says the Coronavirus 1140 01:09:24,900 --> 01:09:29,490 outbreak may peak soon and maybe over by April. In 1141 01:09:29,490 --> 01:09:33,150 an interview with Reuters, Mr. Tong said that the prediction 1142 01:09:33,150 --> 01:09:37,410 was made based on mathematical modeling. The 83 year old is 1143 01:09:37,410 --> 01:09:41,820 known for combating the SARS crisis in China in 2003. This 1144 01:09:41,820 --> 01:09:45,060 comes as the death toll from the Coronavirus epidemic in China 1145 01:09:45,210 --> 01:09:47,070 hit 1016. 1146 01:09:47,160 --> 01:09:50,010 Now, while the prime minister today said he feels fine He also 1147 01:09:50,010 --> 01:09:53,790 said he has no plans to be tested for COVID 19 which has 1148 01:09:53,790 --> 01:09:58,020 many people asking why not? Shooto said his doctors actually 1149 01:09:58,020 --> 01:10:01,590 advised against testing since he He's showing those symptoms. And 1150 01:10:01,590 --> 01:10:04,590 his health minister Patty high new pointed out a little later. 1151 01:10:04,650 --> 01:10:06,270 That is the normal protocol. 1152 01:10:06,870 --> 01:10:13,320 There is no evidence that someone needs to self isolate if 1153 01:10:13,320 --> 01:10:15,660 in fact they have been contact with someone who is 1154 01:10:15,690 --> 01:10:18,360 asymptomatic. And so it's important it's important to 1155 01:10:18,360 --> 01:10:20,850 remember that that is why the Prime Minister has received that 1156 01:10:20,850 --> 01:10:23,760 public health advice it doesn't have to have a test. 1157 01:10:24,780 --> 01:10:27,840 I do also say the Prime Minister's wife Sophie will be 1158 01:10:27,840 --> 01:10:30,720 extensively interviewed as health officials attempt to 1159 01:10:30,720 --> 01:10:33,510 trace everyone she has been in contact with 1160 01:10:33,600 --> 01:10:36,630 and scientists work to contain the Coronavirus researchers are 1161 01:10:36,630 --> 01:10:39,900 still trying to figure out where it came from. Early research 1162 01:10:39,900 --> 01:10:42,630 suggests human picked up the Coronavirus from animals 1163 01:10:42,630 --> 01:10:45,870 possibly bats, but it's not clear how the virus made that 1164 01:10:45,870 --> 01:10:48,840 jump science journalist and author David's woman has been 1165 01:10:48,840 --> 01:10:51,900 tracking this. He joins me now on the phone and David I know 1166 01:10:51,900 --> 01:10:54,720 you know a lot about this but I am learning with a lot of other 1167 01:10:54,720 --> 01:10:57,600 folks here and a disease that can spread from animals to 1168 01:10:57,600 --> 01:11:01,410 humans is called zoonosis Coronavirus is a zoonotic 1169 01:11:01,410 --> 01:11:05,760 disease. What do we know so far about the Coronavirus and how it 1170 01:11:05,760 --> 01:11:07,500 spread from animal to human? 1171 01:11:08,040 --> 01:11:11,400 Well, part of what we know comes from past experience with 1172 01:11:11,430 --> 01:11:17,070 outbreaks such as SARS in 2002 and 2003. SARS was a very scary 1173 01:11:17,070 --> 01:11:20,640 new virus when it first appeared in southern China. It was new to 1174 01:11:20,640 --> 01:11:24,210 humans, it had to come from somewhere. And scientists 1175 01:11:24,270 --> 01:11:28,710 eventually tracked the SARS virus to bat bats are the 1176 01:11:28,710 --> 01:11:32,880 reservoir hosts, meaning the virus lives in them without 1177 01:11:32,880 --> 01:11:36,420 causing symptoms. Now that was part of what rang the alarm bell 1178 01:11:36,420 --> 01:11:41,070 on coronaviruses coronaviruses. SARS is one this is another, 1179 01:11:41,280 --> 01:11:44,940 they evolve very quickly. They live in animals, frequently 1180 01:11:44,940 --> 01:11:48,540 bats. And when we come in contact with that, we invite 1181 01:11:48,570 --> 01:11:52,530 those viruses to jump from bats into humans, because they 1182 01:11:52,530 --> 01:11:56,160 evolved quickly. They can frequently adapt to us and cause 1183 01:11:56,160 --> 01:11:56,940 terrible trouble. 1184 01:11:57,840 --> 01:12:02,010 If it is, in fact bats in this case as well. What is it about 1185 01:12:02,010 --> 01:12:04,770 them that makes them these frequent hosts of viruses or 1186 01:12:04,890 --> 01:12:06,780 reservoir hosts? I believe you just called them. 1187 01:12:08,070 --> 01:12:12,600 That's right. Bats seem to be overrepresented as the reservoir 1188 01:12:12,600 --> 01:12:16,140 hosts for a lot of these scary viruses, SARS viruses, I 1189 01:12:16,140 --> 01:12:20,880 mentioned MERS virus, Hendra virus in Australia Nipah virus 1190 01:12:20,880 --> 01:12:24,210 in Malaysia. Now this one. What is it about bats? Well, a couple 1191 01:12:24,210 --> 01:12:28,200 of things. First of all, bats are a very diverse order of 1192 01:12:28,200 --> 01:12:32,640 mammals. One in every four species of mammal hunters is a 1193 01:12:32,640 --> 01:12:33,090 bat. 1194 01:12:33,180 --> 01:12:38,430 The scenes of people stocking up on toilet paper and cleaning 1195 01:12:38,430 --> 01:12:41,190 supplies playing out all over the country, not just here. 1196 01:12:41,219 --> 01:12:44,939 Yeah. Reporter Nicole Comstock on what's behind the social 1197 01:12:44,939 --> 01:12:48,179 anxiety that leads to panic buying. 1198 01:12:49,920 --> 01:12:53,370 Shopping carts are being sanitized at busy Costcos all 1199 01:12:53,370 --> 01:12:57,510 across the Southland where customers have been stockpiling 1200 01:12:57,510 --> 01:13:00,930 food, water and hygiene products because of the Coronavirus 1201 01:13:00,930 --> 01:13:02,250 National Emergency 1202 01:13:02,280 --> 01:13:05,910 people are just freaking out over it's just like chill dude. 1203 01:13:06,090 --> 01:13:09,510 Adrian thing some people are going way overboard hoarding 1204 01:13:09,510 --> 01:13:11,820 food and water like it's the end of the world 1205 01:13:11,910 --> 01:13:15,300 or I'm going to hoard myself inside my house because we're 1206 01:13:15,300 --> 01:13:18,270 all gonna die and it's zombie apocalypse. You know, that's 1207 01:13:18,270 --> 01:13:19,230 that's too much. 1208 01:13:19,260 --> 01:13:21,750 But why are people buying too much? 1209 01:13:21,780 --> 01:13:25,770 That's kind of a social anxiety. Psychiatrist Anil Sharma is the 1210 01:13:25,770 --> 01:13:28,950 medical director at dignity Northridge hospital. He says 1211 01:13:28,950 --> 01:13:32,580 when some people see the crowded parking lots long lines and 1212 01:13:32,580 --> 01:13:36,570 empty shelves, it triggers an unreasonable response to run out 1213 01:13:36,570 --> 01:13:40,650 and follow suit. Rather than going into this anxious or 1214 01:13:40,680 --> 01:13:43,980 obsessive mode. They should think rationally 1215 01:13:44,010 --> 01:13:47,250 number in a panic mode. Silvia Hernandez didn't load up her 1216 01:13:47,250 --> 01:13:50,010 cart, she thinks most people don't need to. 1217 01:13:50,160 --> 01:13:53,190 They're not really looking into like kind of educating 1218 01:13:53,190 --> 01:13:57,270 themselves on it. Our anxiety came from the schools shutting 1219 01:13:57,270 --> 01:13:58,380 down for three weeks. 1220 01:13:58,410 --> 01:14:01,860 Yeah. Earlier this week, the first clinical trial of the 1221 01:14:01,860 --> 01:14:05,910 vaccine candidate for the virus began in Washington state, as 1222 01:14:05,910 --> 01:14:10,290 you probably know, the genetic sequence of the virus was first 1223 01:14:10,290 --> 01:14:14,610 published in January. But thanks to the unprecedented partnership 1224 01:14:14,610 --> 01:14:18,330 between the FDA, NIH and the private sector, we've reached 1225 01:14:18,660 --> 01:14:22,620 human trials for the vaccine. Just eight weeks later, that's a 1226 01:14:22,620 --> 01:14:26,340 record by many, many months. It used to take years to do this. 1227 01:14:26,340 --> 01:14:30,870 And we did it just in a very short while. That's the fastest 1228 01:14:31,260 --> 01:14:34,860 development in history of what we're doing with regard to the 1229 01:14:34,860 --> 01:14:37,710 vaccine, making very, very big progress. 1230 01:14:38,070 --> 01:14:41,430 But according to Tom, there's a much darker dimension to the 1231 01:14:41,430 --> 01:14:47,310 Coronavirus outbreak. He says there's deep suspicion here that 1232 01:14:47,310 --> 01:14:51,240 a major reason it became a pandemic is a massive state 1233 01:14:51,240 --> 01:14:56,100 cover up ordered by China's President Xi Jinping. Including 1234 01:14:56,160 --> 01:14:59,610 arresting the whistleblowing doctor who later died, 1235 01:14:59,760 --> 01:15:02,820 he said The G Jinping virus, not the cause of it. But certainly 1236 01:15:02,820 --> 01:15:05,820 the breadth of the outbreak is because of the authoritarianism 1237 01:15:05,820 --> 01:15:08,160 and the lack of press freedom in the mainland. There was no 1238 01:15:08,160 --> 01:15:11,130 mechanism for anyone to raise the alarm about this. The one 1239 01:15:11,130 --> 01:15:14,670 doctor, you know, who tried to in the early days and ultimately 1240 01:15:14,670 --> 01:15:17,400 succumb to the disease was was detained and told to shut 1241 01:15:17,400 --> 01:15:21,150 up. Public health crises and closed secret of governments 1242 01:15:21,180 --> 01:15:22,410 don't really go together, do they? 1243 01:15:23,070 --> 01:15:25,800 Right. They've even admitted that, you know, they've changed 1244 01:15:25,800 --> 01:15:30,510 the way they collect data a couple of times, so very, very 1245 01:15:30,510 --> 01:15:30,870 tough. 1246 01:15:31,110 --> 01:15:33,420 Do you think the death toll numbers that they're reporting 1247 01:15:33,450 --> 01:15:34,860 are accurate? There is a lot of 1248 01:15:34,860 --> 01:15:37,710 pressure in China for things to get back to normal the economy 1249 01:15:37,710 --> 01:15:41,760 is suffering. So I think, you know, it would be reasonable to 1250 01:15:41,850 --> 01:15:45,750 think that there is some malarkey with with the figures, 1251 01:15:46,050 --> 01:15:48,240 but you know, it's a black box. 1252 01:15:50,310 --> 01:15:54,030 We are in unchartered territory. 1253 01:15:54,300 --> 01:15:58,830 One measure of China's influence is the pressure it has put on 1254 01:15:58,830 --> 01:16:02,640 the World Health Organization to not officially call the 1255 01:16:02,640 --> 01:16:06,630 Coronavirus outbreak, a pandemic, but on that front, the 1256 01:16:06,630 --> 01:16:11,130 man at the center of it is blood. Why is there a blockage 1257 01:16:11,190 --> 01:16:15,630 with that? Why was the who are reluctant to call it a pandemic? 1258 01:16:15,870 --> 01:16:20,250 Well, technically it is. I suspect that it may be because 1259 01:16:20,280 --> 01:16:23,520 colleagues may think that if they will use the word pandemic, 1260 01:16:23,760 --> 01:16:30,240 then it would trigger panic and panic is no good for any kind of 1261 01:16:30,240 --> 01:16:31,080 outbreak control. 1262 01:16:31,140 --> 01:16:34,620 How was this virus born? What was the mechanism that gave 1263 01:16:34,620 --> 01:16:35,220 birth to it? 1264 01:16:35,880 --> 01:16:42,060 Probably a zoonotic jump that is from a small mammal likely read 1265 01:16:42,480 --> 01:16:45,450 or captured, at least for food consumption. 1266 01:16:45,480 --> 01:16:47,670 Fortunately, there's some good news reports not in that front. 1267 01:16:47,940 --> 01:16:51,720 early evidence suggests that Chloroquine that's a cheap anti 1268 01:16:51,720 --> 01:16:55,560 malaria drug may be effective in treating Coronavirus. Gregory 1269 01:16:55,560 --> 01:16:57,870 Rigondeaux is an advisor of the Stanford University School of 1270 01:16:57,870 --> 01:17:00,810 Medicine. And he joins us tonight. John, thanks so much 1271 01:17:00,810 --> 01:17:04,290 for coming on. So tell us what this is and why you think it's 1272 01:17:04,290 --> 01:17:04,920 promising, 1273 01:17:04,950 --> 01:17:09,960 please. So the President has the authority to authorize the use 1274 01:17:10,290 --> 01:17:14,760 of hydroxychloroquine against Coronavirus immediately. He has 1275 01:17:14,760 --> 01:17:18,240 cut more red tape at the FDA than any other president in 1276 01:17:18,240 --> 01:17:23,760 history. And for example, in 2017, a new drug was approved 1277 01:17:23,790 --> 01:17:29,010 for muscular dystrophy that enroll in a clinical trial that 1278 01:17:29,640 --> 01:17:33,120 for a clinical trial that enrolled less than 15 patients, 1279 01:17:33,450 --> 01:17:36,030 and it was generally uncontrolled in an open setting. 1280 01:17:36,960 --> 01:17:40,080 hydroxychloroquine has been on the market for over 50 years 1281 01:17:40,230 --> 01:17:45,390 with a quality safety profile. And I'm here to report that as 1282 01:17:45,390 --> 01:17:49,200 of this morning, about five o'clock this morning, a well 1283 01:17:49,200 --> 01:17:52,590 controlled peer reviewed study carried out by the most eminent 1284 01:17:52,590 --> 01:17:57,870 infectious disease specialist in the world did he a Rolls MD PhD 1285 01:17:58,110 --> 01:18:02,190 out of the south of France, in which he enrolled 40 patients 1286 01:18:02,250 --> 01:18:05,250 again a well controlled peer reviewed study that showed a 1287 01:18:05,250 --> 01:18:10,110 100% cure rate cheer rate against Coronavirus. This study 1288 01:18:10,110 --> 01:18:13,770 was released this morning on my Twitter account Rigondeaux ASQ 1289 01:18:14,580 --> 01:18:20,070 as well as our most recent website COVID trial.io. This 1290 01:18:20,070 --> 01:18:23,220 study was recently accepted to the International Journal of 1291 01:18:23,220 --> 01:18:29,040 anti microbial agents by Elsevier. I'm going to show 1292 01:18:30,390 --> 01:18:33,570 to no agenda. Imagine all the people who could do that. Oh 1293 01:18:33,570 --> 01:18:34,500 yeah, that'd be fun. 1294 01:18:42,150 --> 01:18:43,200 And there you go. 1295 01:18:43,680 --> 01:18:48,720 I forgot at least 60% of those. It's like this festival of 1296 01:18:48,720 --> 01:18:53,130 recognition. Oh, oh, holy. Oh, man. 1297 01:18:53,160 --> 01:18:54,030 Bag report. 1298 01:18:54,210 --> 01:18:55,380 Oh, my goodness. 1299 01:18:56,009 --> 01:18:59,909 A lot of this stems out out of New York. So that makes sense. 1300 01:19:00,029 --> 01:19:05,219 Yeah, right the front. But she's and they lock in everybody down? 1301 01:19:05,549 --> 01:19:09,719 Do you think in hindsight that people realize how duped they 1302 01:19:09,719 --> 01:19:12,269 were? I'm not no agenda people but people in general they 1303 01:19:12,269 --> 01:19:13,949 realize how deep they've been? 1304 01:19:13,980 --> 01:19:16,980 No, I don't think so. I think it's gonna take years before 1305 01:19:16,980 --> 01:19:20,040 they realize it. Because when you really didn't make Yeah, so 1306 01:19:20,040 --> 01:19:22,890 far in the future that then they've kind of forget about 1307 01:19:22,890 --> 01:19:25,560 it's like a broken arm. You know, I yeah, I broke my arm. 1308 01:19:26,670 --> 01:19:29,130 Okay, now because when you listen, when you listen to it, 1309 01:19:29,130 --> 01:19:32,970 you think, wow, we were all flipping out. We weren't most 1310 01:19:32,970 --> 01:19:35,280 people who listened to the show weren't? 1311 01:19:35,550 --> 01:19:38,550 Yeah, you know that. One of the things that comes out of these 1312 01:19:38,550 --> 01:19:41,790 clips is the notion of how does it COVID transmit, they had this 1313 01:19:41,790 --> 01:19:44,790 surface bullcrap, which they pulled back on a year later. 1314 01:19:44,790 --> 01:19:48,120 Hmm, yeah, there's gonna be COVID on every surface and it's 1315 01:19:48,120 --> 01:19:49,890 going to be transmitted via touch something. 1316 01:19:50,190 --> 01:19:53,220 We had the clean Building Initiative. 1317 01:19:54,179 --> 01:19:57,749 Yeah, I was at a grocery store and some woman was there with 1318 01:19:57,749 --> 01:20:01,619 her husband, dole masked up in there. Looking around where it's 1319 01:20:01,619 --> 01:20:04,559 sick and just when people would walk around when you come and 1320 01:20:04,559 --> 01:20:07,349 down the street, they give you a wide berth. Yeah. And she 1321 01:20:07,349 --> 01:20:09,779 touched a loaf of bread. It was in a cellophane thing and the 1322 01:20:09,779 --> 01:20:14,669 guy went Billis don't touch that. You're gonna kill us. 1323 01:20:14,759 --> 01:20:17,729 Don't touch it. Don't touch it. Don't touch it. Yeah, it was 1324 01:20:17,759 --> 01:20:18,479 pretty pathetic. 1325 01:20:18,480 --> 01:20:22,650 It's been quite a barrage. Of course, we're taking this, this 1326 01:20:22,680 --> 01:20:28,170 break here. Although, really the break is we just have to double 1327 01:20:28,170 --> 01:20:31,290 up on the work to get it done before we leave. We just can't 1328 01:20:31,290 --> 01:20:34,560 be as as actual as we would be. So that's why we have this 1329 01:20:34,560 --> 01:20:37,590 special and the end of show mixes best to have COVID in show 1330 01:20:37,590 --> 01:20:41,100 mixes next week. We do want you to continue to support the show, 1331 01:20:41,100 --> 01:20:44,310 please. That helps. 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And yes, we have we do need support, continued support. 1340 01:21:12,210 --> 01:21:15,360 So continuing to donate as a as a plus. 1341 01:21:15,750 --> 01:21:20,040 And we'll be back to say goodbye after we get into Can it get any 1342 01:21:20,040 --> 01:21:22,620 worse actually enforce you for what you played now? 1343 01:21:23,160 --> 01:21:25,200 Yeah, all it does is get worse. 1344 01:21:27,750 --> 01:21:31,080 He was explained yesterday, there has been some promise with 1345 01:21:31,080 --> 01:21:34,470 hydroxychloroquine is potential therapy for people who are 1346 01:21:34,470 --> 01:21:38,130 infected with Coronavirus. Is there any evidence to suggest 1347 01:21:38,130 --> 01:21:41,700 that as with malaria, it might be used as a prophylaxis against 1348 01:21:41,700 --> 01:21:42,330 COVID-19. 1349 01:21:42,900 --> 01:21:46,440 The answer is no. And the evidence that you're talking 1350 01:21:46,440 --> 01:21:49,950 about John is anecdotal evidence. So as the Commissioner 1351 01:21:49,950 --> 01:21:52,500 of FDA and the President mentioned yesterday, we're 1352 01:21:52,500 --> 01:21:56,220 trying to strike a balance between making something without 1353 01:21:56,220 --> 01:22:01,050 potential of an of an effect to the American people available at 1354 01:22:01,050 --> 01:22:04,500 the same time that we do it under the auspices of a protocol 1355 01:22:04,500 --> 01:22:08,010 that would give us information to determine if it's truly safe 1356 01:22:08,040 --> 01:22:10,920 and truly effective. But the information that you're 1357 01:22:10,920 --> 01:22:14,070 referring to specifically is anecdotal, it was not done in a 1358 01:22:14,070 --> 01:22:16,500 controlled clinical trial, so you really can't make any 1359 01:22:16,500 --> 01:22:17,760 definitive statement about it. 1360 01:22:18,150 --> 01:22:21,990 More of the country is closing down tonight trying to contain 1361 01:22:21,990 --> 01:22:26,160 the Coronavirus pandemic. New York State and Illinois have now 1362 01:22:26,160 --> 01:22:29,400 joined California and taking that step, with more states 1363 01:22:29,400 --> 01:22:32,520 expected to follow. Meanwhile, President Trump invoked 1364 01:22:32,550 --> 01:22:37,080 emergency powers to move medical supplies into place as quickly 1365 01:22:37,080 --> 01:22:42,510 as possible as US infections top 15,000 With more than 200 1366 01:22:42,510 --> 01:22:44,880 deaths, William Bryan begins our coverage. 1367 01:22:45,870 --> 01:22:49,680 In much of California stay at home orders have already brought 1368 01:22:49,680 --> 01:22:54,360 much of public life to a halt. And today, those orders expanded 1369 01:22:54,390 --> 01:22:58,830 statewide. Governor Gavin Newsom asked the entire state 40 1370 01:22:58,830 --> 01:23:03,600 million people to stay home. He cited in an analysis that half 1371 01:23:03,600 --> 01:23:06,930 the state could be infected in the next eight weeks if more 1372 01:23:06,930 --> 01:23:10,620 aggressive moves weren't taken. So he ordered that nothing but 1373 01:23:10,620 --> 01:23:12,900 the most essential activities continue. 1374 01:23:12,990 --> 01:23:16,290 We will have social pressure that will encourage people to do 1375 01:23:16,290 --> 01:23:19,710 the right thing. Just a nod and look saying hey, maybe you 1376 01:23:19,710 --> 01:23:24,570 should reconsider. Just being out there on the beach. Being 22 1377 01:23:24,570 --> 01:23:28,410 strong at a park. It's time for all of us to recognize as 1378 01:23:28,410 --> 01:23:32,160 individuals and as a community. We need to do more to meet this 1379 01:23:32,190 --> 01:23:32,700 moment. 1380 01:23:32,760 --> 01:23:36,630 It's unclear how the new orders will be enforced. But it's one 1381 01:23:36,630 --> 01:23:40,620 of the most drastic containment efforts underway. Across the 1382 01:23:40,620 --> 01:23:44,250 country. Another huge effort. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo 1383 01:23:44,280 --> 01:23:48,210 ordered every employer in his state to keep their workers at 1384 01:23:48,210 --> 01:23:48,600 home 1385 01:23:48,720 --> 01:23:56,550 100% of the workforce must stay home. These are non essential 1386 01:23:56,580 --> 01:24:00,720 services. essential services have to continue to function. 1387 01:24:01,020 --> 01:24:05,340 Grocery stores need food pharmacies need drugs. Your 1388 01:24:05,340 --> 01:24:09,030 internet has to continue to work the water has to turn on when 1389 01:24:09,030 --> 01:24:13,260 you turn the faucet so there are essential services that will 1390 01:24:13,260 --> 01:24:14,370 continue to function 1391 01:24:14,520 --> 01:24:18,270 and Illinois Governor issued a Shelter In Place Order effective 1392 01:24:18,330 --> 01:24:23,280 tomorrow. These states have seen a surge in COVID 19 cases and 1393 01:24:23,280 --> 01:24:26,670 they along with Washington State are the hardest hit in the 1394 01:24:26,670 --> 01:24:30,600 country. Their hospital systems are already being stressed and 1395 01:24:30,600 --> 01:24:34,350 critical protective supplies are running low. The White House 1396 01:24:34,350 --> 01:24:37,920 offered some forms of relief today. President Trump said he 1397 01:24:37,920 --> 01:24:40,770 had invoked the defense production act and directed 1398 01:24:40,770 --> 01:24:44,490 certain companies to change their focus and produce supplies 1399 01:24:44,490 --> 01:24:47,670 needed for the Coronavirus fight. And the President also 1400 01:24:47,670 --> 01:24:51,600 announced an extension to the profit teen tax filing deadline. 1401 01:24:51,720 --> 01:24:55,290 We're moving it all the way out to July 15. No interest no 1402 01:24:55,290 --> 01:24:58,320 penalties. Your new date will be July 15 1403 01:24:58,710 --> 01:25:01,290 in the move to stem the spring Ahead of the virus across 1404 01:25:01,290 --> 01:25:05,310 countries. He announced the US and Mexico had agreed to close 1405 01:25:05,310 --> 01:25:09,270 down the southern border to non essential travel. But in what 1406 01:25:09,270 --> 01:25:13,170 turned into a testy contentious press conference, the President 1407 01:25:13,200 --> 01:25:16,920 also said several things that are factually wrong. For 1408 01:25:16,920 --> 01:25:20,010 example, He cited the wrong symptoms for COVID-19. 1409 01:25:20,040 --> 01:25:22,560 They are sneezing this sniffling, they don't feel good. 1410 01:25:22,560 --> 01:25:24,330 They have a temperature there a lot of different things 1411 01:25:24,330 --> 01:25:28,290 actual symptoms are fever, but also dry cough and trouble 1412 01:25:28,290 --> 01:25:31,080 breathing, sneezing and sniffling or not. 1413 01:25:36,180 --> 01:25:40,530 He implied that an unproven anti malaria drug could prevent 1414 01:25:40,530 --> 01:25:44,310 infection. There's zero proof of that one of his top health 1415 01:25:44,310 --> 01:25:47,850 officials Dr. Anthony Fauci had to correct the record moments 1416 01:25:47,850 --> 01:25:48,330 later. 1417 01:25:48,420 --> 01:25:50,100 The answer is no. 1418 01:25:51,360 --> 01:25:54,990 And contrary to all public health guidance, the president 1419 01:25:54,990 --> 01:25:58,470 implied the US didn't need additional testing for the 1420 01:25:58,470 --> 01:25:59,940 virus. You're hearing 1421 01:25:59,940 --> 01:26:02,970 very positive things about testing and it's able to test 1422 01:26:03,120 --> 01:26:10,260 millions of people. But we inherited a broken old, frankly, 1423 01:26:10,260 --> 01:26:14,910 a terrible system. We fixed it. And we've done a great job. 1424 01:26:15,030 --> 01:26:18,510 Here is a treatment protocol I followed as prescribed by my 1425 01:26:18,510 --> 01:26:22,170 amazing doctor. It was what's called a drug cocktail, which 1426 01:26:22,170 --> 01:26:25,200 means it's a combination of different drugs. It consisted of 1427 01:26:25,230 --> 01:26:31,050 Tamiflu, which is an antiviral, the antibiotic azithromycin, 1428 01:26:31,080 --> 01:26:37,410 more commonly known as a Z pack, a glycol pie relate inhaler that 1429 01:26:37,410 --> 01:26:40,650 was used to ease breathing and the inflammation that's commonly 1430 01:26:40,650 --> 01:26:43,290 associated with COVID. And here's what I consider to be the 1431 01:26:43,290 --> 01:26:46,590 secret weapon hydroxychloroquine. This is a 1432 01:26:46,590 --> 01:26:50,250 common anti malarial drug that has been used with great success 1433 01:26:50,280 --> 01:26:54,450 in Korea in their fight against the Coronavirus. And yes, this 1434 01:26:54,450 --> 01:26:57,420 is the drug that the President mentioned the other day. It is 1435 01:26:57,450 --> 01:27:01,530 also the drug that Dr. Anthony Fauci cautioned us about he said 1436 01:27:01,530 --> 01:27:05,550 that evidence that the drug was promising is anecdotal. And that 1437 01:27:05,550 --> 01:27:08,880 is correct. It means it was a study and it's only based on 1438 01:27:08,880 --> 01:27:12,240 personal accounts. We'll add my name to those personal accounts 1439 01:27:12,240 --> 01:27:13,980 because I am feeling better 1440 01:27:14,070 --> 01:27:18,120 and in the United Kingdom, the heir to the British throne. 71 1441 01:27:18,120 --> 01:27:21,660 year old Prince Charles is the latest high profile positive 1442 01:27:21,660 --> 01:27:25,470 test for Coronavirus. He has mild symptoms and his self 1443 01:27:25,500 --> 01:27:27,390 isolating at his Scotland to state 1444 01:27:27,419 --> 01:27:30,329 hospitals nationwide are preparing for a surge in 1445 01:27:30,329 --> 01:27:34,079 Coronavirus cases, ventilators to treat the most serious cases 1446 01:27:34,079 --> 01:27:37,349 are still in short supply. Governors and mayors are calling 1447 01:27:37,349 --> 01:27:40,559 for more help with equipment and relief for frontline health care 1448 01:27:40,559 --> 01:27:41,159 workers. 1449 01:27:41,220 --> 01:27:44,370 We've all been focused so much on supplies on equipment on 1450 01:27:44,370 --> 01:27:49,650 ventilators. We need to focus increasingly on our health care 1451 01:27:49,680 --> 01:27:52,620 personnel. Both everything they're going through and how we 1452 01:27:52,620 --> 01:27:55,710 help them now but the fact also we're gonna need a lot more 1453 01:27:55,710 --> 01:27:58,800 people we're gonna be a lot more highly trained. Healthcare 1454 01:27:58,800 --> 01:28:01,320 professionals get us through this in the coming weeks. 1455 01:28:01,530 --> 01:28:05,160 The United States now has more confirmed cases of COVID 19 than 1456 01:28:05,160 --> 01:28:08,070 any other country. According to Johns Hopkins University's 1457 01:28:08,070 --> 01:28:12,030 Coronavirus Resource Center. There are now more than 104,000 1458 01:28:12,030 --> 01:28:16,650 cases reported in the US and more than 1700 deaths. More than 1459 01:28:16,650 --> 01:28:21,900 230 million people in the US are now under state and local orders 1460 01:28:21,900 --> 01:28:25,980 to stay at home to try to slow the spread of the Coronavirus. 1461 01:28:26,070 --> 01:28:29,430 While 10s of millions of Americans are under stay at home 1462 01:28:29,430 --> 01:28:32,970 orders President Trump left the White House today and flew to 1463 01:28:32,970 --> 01:28:34,020 Norfolk, Virginia. 1464 01:28:34,110 --> 01:28:38,580 So I think the first thing is, how do you get COVID. And I 1465 01:28:38,580 --> 01:28:40,860 think that this is really important. And we've really 1466 01:28:40,860 --> 01:28:44,070 learned a lot over the last couple of weeks to months about 1467 01:28:44,070 --> 01:28:48,810 how you get this disease. And so the overarching theme is 1468 01:28:48,840 --> 01:28:55,110 sustained contact with someone who has this disease, which the 1469 01:28:55,110 --> 01:29:01,320 vast majority is people with fever and aches, or someone who 1470 01:29:01,320 --> 01:29:05,520 is about to get the disease. So someone in the next one to two 1471 01:29:05,520 --> 01:29:09,810 days who is going to develop symptoms of this disease. And so 1472 01:29:09,840 --> 01:29:15,120 the way that you get this is the transmission of the virus almost 1473 01:29:15,120 --> 01:29:21,180 exclusively from your hands, to your face, from your hands to 1474 01:29:21,180 --> 01:29:25,200 your face. And so it's either into your eyes, into your nose, 1475 01:29:26,040 --> 01:29:30,480 or into your mouth. So there's a lot of talk about contact or 1476 01:29:30,480 --> 01:29:33,840 getting it through contact hands to face. There's also a small 1477 01:29:33,840 --> 01:29:36,540 thought that it can be aerosolized that it can kind of 1478 01:29:36,540 --> 01:29:40,170 exist a little bit in the air. The thought at this point is 1479 01:29:40,170 --> 01:29:45,180 that you actually have to have very long sustained contact with 1480 01:29:45,180 --> 01:29:49,470 someone and I'm talking about over 15 to 30 minutes in an 1481 01:29:49,470 --> 01:29:52,950 unprotected environment mean you're in a very closed room 1482 01:29:53,280 --> 01:29:58,440 without any type of mask for you to get it that way. But to very 1483 01:29:58,440 --> 01:30:02,280 simply state the overwhelming majority of people are getting 1484 01:30:02,280 --> 01:30:07,320 this by physically touching someone who has this disease or 1485 01:30:07,320 --> 01:30:11,190 will develop it in the next one to two days, and then touching 1486 01:30:11,190 --> 01:30:15,060 their face. And so that actually I think is incredibly 1487 01:30:15,060 --> 01:30:17,850 empowering. And that's as I've been in the hospital the last 1488 01:30:17,850 --> 01:30:23,010 two days. I've the thing that makes me smile a little bit, is 1489 01:30:23,010 --> 01:30:26,700 that I actually know now that I won't get this disease, 1490 01:30:26,790 --> 01:30:31,500 the number of cases in the US surge to 85,000 people, the 1491 01:30:31,500 --> 01:30:36,240 number is far higher because of the lack of testing. Well, let's 1492 01:30:36,240 --> 01:30:39,990 say you have 100 cases, and let's say, you don't do a 1493 01:30:39,990 --> 01:30:45,480 shutdown, then it grows 33% per day. So you take 100 you get 1494 01:30:45,480 --> 01:30:48,660 1000 You get 10,000. It's exponential growth. 1495 01:30:48,690 --> 01:30:51,420 The leading infectious disease expert on President Trump's 1496 01:30:51,420 --> 01:30:54,930 Coronavirus Task Force says he's really confident that those who 1497 01:30:54,930 --> 01:30:58,140 are infected and then recover from COVID-19 can build up an 1498 01:30:58,140 --> 01:31:01,320 immunity to it. Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National 1499 01:31:01,320 --> 01:31:04,110 Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases appeared 1500 01:31:04,110 --> 01:31:07,170 remotely on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah when he was asked 1501 01:31:07,170 --> 01:31:10,320 about the possibility of reinfection from Coronavirus. 1502 01:31:10,349 --> 01:31:15,569 This virus acts like every other virus that we know once you get 1503 01:31:15,569 --> 01:31:20,099 infected, get better clear the virus that you'll have immunity 1504 01:31:20,099 --> 01:31:21,989 that will protect you against reinfection 1505 01:31:22,170 --> 01:31:25,230 on Noah show which is practicing social distancing and being 1506 01:31:25,230 --> 01:31:28,500 filmed remotely. Dr. Fauci caution that his take is not 1507 01:31:28,500 --> 01:31:32,190 100% given because the full study had not taken place yet. 1508 01:31:32,250 --> 01:31:35,520 Still, the infectious diseases expert seems certain, so it's 1509 01:31:35,520 --> 01:31:39,090 never 100% but I'd be willing to bet anything that people who 1510 01:31:39,090 --> 01:31:41,940 recover are really protected against reinfection. 1511 01:31:42,210 --> 01:31:44,730 Business Insider reports that blood tests have been carried 1512 01:31:44,730 --> 01:31:47,820 out by Chinese health officials showing that antibodies have 1513 01:31:47,820 --> 01:31:50,760 been developed to fight off the virus, which is an indication 1514 01:31:50,760 --> 01:31:53,910 that the person tested contracted COVID-19 despite 1515 01:31:53,910 --> 01:31:57,240 showing little or no symptoms. Matt Freeman, a researcher at 1516 01:31:57,240 --> 01:31:59,940 the University of Maryland School of medicine in Baltimore, 1517 01:32:00,090 --> 01:32:03,300 told NPR that it's very likely that those who recover from 1518 01:32:03,300 --> 01:32:06,450 Coronavirus develop at least some level of immunity to it, 1519 01:32:06,510 --> 01:32:09,420 and that even if reinfected later on the effects of the 1520 01:32:09,420 --> 01:32:10,980 disease would be much less, 1521 01:32:11,129 --> 01:32:14,009 the president said but he announced that those ships would 1522 01:32:14,009 --> 01:32:17,759 be put into action against the COVID-19 epidemic. He said one 1523 01:32:17,759 --> 01:32:19,829 of those ships would be operational in New York Harbor 1524 01:32:19,829 --> 01:32:23,729 by next week. That's nonsense. It will not be there next week. 1525 01:32:24,150 --> 01:32:26,910 And the naval hospital ship The USNS comfort. You see it right 1526 01:32:26,910 --> 01:32:30,090 there on your screen. It has just docked in New York City. 1527 01:32:30,090 --> 01:32:33,360 That ship will be used to house non Coronavirus patients and 1528 01:32:33,360 --> 01:32:37,020 that in itself will free up the city's hospital care to focus 1529 01:32:37,020 --> 01:32:40,080 primarily on those with the virus. New York Governor Andrew 1530 01:32:40,080 --> 01:32:42,660 Cuomo will brief media there at the top of the hour. We're going 1531 01:32:42,660 --> 01:32:44,880 to bring that to you live as soon as that gets underway. 1532 01:32:45,000 --> 01:32:46,260 We begin with breaking news 1533 01:32:46,290 --> 01:32:49,230 just coming in this afternoon. A bizarre story here a train 1534 01:32:49,230 --> 01:32:52,890 engineer at the Port of Los Angeles has been arrested on 1535 01:32:52,890 --> 01:32:56,130 suspicion of intentionally crashing a locomotive near the 1536 01:32:56,130 --> 01:32:59,460 Navy hospital ship mercy. Federal prosecutors say the 1537 01:32:59,460 --> 01:33:03,240 train engineer claimed the ship has an alternate purpose for 1538 01:33:03,240 --> 01:33:06,630 being docked there possibly a government takeover. Eduardo 1539 01:33:06,630 --> 01:33:10,500 Moreno of San Pedro allegedly ran the train at full speed off 1540 01:33:10,500 --> 01:33:13,470 the end of the railroad tracks yesterday in an apparent attempt 1541 01:33:13,470 --> 01:33:17,700 to damage the ship. The Mersey, which was not damaged its dock 1542 01:33:17,700 --> 01:33:20,970 here in LA to help ease the burden on local hospitals that 1543 01:33:20,970 --> 01:33:22,800 are busy with Coronavirus patients, 1544 01:33:23,010 --> 01:33:26,400 eventually what we'll have to have a certificate of who's a 1545 01:33:26,400 --> 01:33:29,190 recovered person who's vaccinated person, you know, 1546 01:33:29,190 --> 01:33:32,370 it's really unprecedented. Even the issue of once you get the 1547 01:33:32,370 --> 01:33:35,760 case numbers down, what does opening up look like? You know 1548 01:33:35,760 --> 01:33:39,300 which activities like schools have such benefit and can be 1549 01:33:39,300 --> 01:33:43,050 done in a way that the risk of transmission is very low. And 1550 01:33:43,050 --> 01:33:47,370 which activities like mass gatherings may be, in a certain 1551 01:33:47,370 --> 01:33:51,300 sense more optional. And so until you're widely vaccinated, 1552 01:33:51,300 --> 01:33:55,740 those may not come back at all. 1553 01:33:56,100 --> 01:33:59,790 Can I ask you about that, you know, more states yesterday 1554 01:33:59,820 --> 01:34:03,000 started having these stay at home orders but not all states 1555 01:34:03,000 --> 01:34:07,110 do. And even the states that do some have exemptions Florida 1556 01:34:07,140 --> 01:34:10,110 exempts religious services. In some cases, I thought New 1557 01:34:10,110 --> 01:34:13,500 Hampshire had exempted florists. At one point Arizona had 1558 01:34:13,500 --> 01:34:16,140 exempted hair salons at some point. I 1559 01:34:16,140 --> 01:34:20,610 mean, with all due deference to state Shouldn't there be a 1560 01:34:20,820 --> 01:34:25,380 national order and national lockdown or requirement rather 1561 01:34:25,380 --> 01:34:27,720 than this hodgepodge piecemeal method? 1562 01:34:28,020 --> 01:34:32,490 You know, you have a point there Sivanna. But it's one of those 1563 01:34:32,490 --> 01:34:35,520 things that in our country, there still is that issue of 1564 01:34:35,520 --> 01:34:38,760 central government versus the ability and the right of a state 1565 01:34:38,760 --> 01:34:42,210 to make their own decision. But again, I agree with you when you 1566 01:34:42,210 --> 01:34:45,060 see things like some of those exemptions. I mean, I can't make 1567 01:34:45,060 --> 01:34:49,200 any official proclamations here. But I can say really seriously, 1568 01:34:49,200 --> 01:34:52,860 consider those exemptions appropriate when you think about 1569 01:34:52,860 --> 01:34:56,100 what's going on. And I urge the people at the leadership at the 1570 01:34:56,100 --> 01:34:59,250 state level, to really take a close look at those kinds of 1571 01:34:59,250 --> 01:34:59,970 decisions. 1572 01:35:00,269 --> 01:35:01,049 Good morning. 1573 01:35:01,469 --> 01:35:05,249 We know we're supposed to keep six feet between each other when 1574 01:35:05,249 --> 01:35:07,649 we're out of the house. And of course that's right. We've known 1575 01:35:07,649 --> 01:35:11,579 for weeks wash our hands. Tell us now about covering our faces. 1576 01:35:12,420 --> 01:35:17,160 Well, the CDC says that what scientists know now given recent 1577 01:35:17,160 --> 01:35:21,240 studies is that a lot of people with Coronavirus lack symptoms, 1578 01:35:21,510 --> 01:35:25,650 or they have only mild symptoms, and they can transmit the virus. 1579 01:35:25,650 --> 01:35:29,010 So this means if an infected person goes out and interacts in 1580 01:35:29,010 --> 01:35:33,360 close quarters with others, they can unknowingly spread it. One 1581 01:35:33,360 --> 01:35:37,380 person who pushed to make this change. Recommending broader use 1582 01:35:37,380 --> 01:35:40,080 of masks is the former FDA commissioner Scott 1583 01:35:40,080 --> 01:35:40,620 Gottlieb. 1584 01:35:40,650 --> 01:35:44,580 So if you're a person who has the Coronavirus and you're 1585 01:35:44,580 --> 01:35:46,920 mildly symptomatic, you don't think you're sick or you're 1586 01:35:46,950 --> 01:35:49,830 asymptomatic and don't even know that you have symptoms at all. 1587 01:35:52,440 --> 01:35:56,970 In the nation's Coronavirus epicenter, Governor Andrew Cuomo 1588 01:35:56,970 --> 01:36:00,000 said the hospitalization rate may be slowing 1589 01:36:00,030 --> 01:36:03,810 we are flattening the curve by what we are doing. But that 1590 01:36:03,810 --> 01:36:08,070 doesn't mean people should be any less vigilant. If we stop 1591 01:36:08,190 --> 01:36:13,890 what we are doing, you will see that curve change. That curve is 1592 01:36:13,890 --> 01:36:17,910 purely a function of what we do day in and day out. 1593 01:36:19,110 --> 01:36:22,950 In fact, yesterday, New York saw the highest number of deaths yet 1594 01:36:22,980 --> 01:36:28,350 in a single day, nearly 800. In New York City there have been so 1595 01:36:28,350 --> 01:36:31,770 many deaths. Authorities are using refrigerated trucks to 1596 01:36:31,770 --> 01:36:35,190 store remains. And New York's numbers show that African 1597 01:36:35,190 --> 01:36:38,520 Americans and Hispanics they're dying at higher rates than 1598 01:36:38,520 --> 01:36:43,650 whites. For y'all we support you. Amid the grim work on the 1599 01:36:43,650 --> 01:36:47,010 medical front lines signs of support. Meanwhile, the 1600 01:36:47,010 --> 01:36:50,160 University of Washington's forecasting model one of many 1601 01:36:50,160 --> 01:36:53,640 often cited by the White House lowered its estimate of us 1602 01:36:53,640 --> 01:36:57,840 Coronavirus deaths. Today it projected more than 60,000 1603 01:36:57,840 --> 01:37:02,400 Americans would die by early August down from 84,000. The 1604 01:37:02,400 --> 01:37:05,910 University of Washington's model has been on the low side and 1605 01:37:05,910 --> 01:37:09,210 there are questions about the accuracy of the official death 1606 01:37:09,210 --> 01:37:13,020 count. Some say it may overlook those who die at home without 1607 01:37:13,020 --> 01:37:16,440 seeking medical care and those who die without being tested for 1608 01:37:16,440 --> 01:37:20,700 Coronavirus. In Washington, DC Trump administration officials 1609 01:37:20,700 --> 01:37:24,570 say they are planning for life after the pandemic. But caution 1610 01:37:24,570 --> 01:37:26,550 that was still a ways off. 1611 01:37:26,730 --> 01:37:29,550 What she's saying is that people need to maybe make their own 1612 01:37:29,550 --> 01:37:32,580 decisions. You know, Sweden, I was reading that Sweden actually 1613 01:37:32,580 --> 01:37:36,210 has that policy. People are going to dinner you see them in 1614 01:37:36,210 --> 01:37:38,520 restaurants, they're out in the streets. I mean, they did not 1615 01:37:38,520 --> 01:37:42,480 have a shutdown policy at all in Sweden. And I believe the 1616 01:37:42,480 --> 01:37:45,360 numbers are going up. Somebody could check that for me. I mean, 1617 01:37:45,360 --> 01:37:49,650 he took a risk the president of Sweden. I mean, it seems to me 1618 01:37:49,650 --> 01:37:53,820 that something like the example of South Korea, where they shut 1619 01:37:53,820 --> 01:37:56,820 down the country completely and now the numbers are going down, 1620 01:37:56,820 --> 01:38:00,480 that that seems to be the way to go. Maybe North Dakota doesn't 1621 01:38:00,480 --> 01:38:05,160 have as many of course, people as New York who are sick, but 1622 01:38:05,190 --> 01:38:08,040 they couldn't leave North Dakota, they could have the 1623 01:38:08,040 --> 01:38:11,280 virus and move to South Dakota now South Dakota gets an 1624 01:38:11,280 --> 01:38:14,820 epidemic. So I think that the President needs to shut down the 1625 01:38:14,820 --> 01:38:18,090 whole country. Of course, he won't do that, because it 1626 01:38:18,090 --> 01:38:22,110 impacts the economy and he knows that the economy is exactly what 1627 01:38:22,110 --> 01:38:24,390 will get him reelected or not reelected, 1628 01:38:24,450 --> 01:38:26,430 we're still in lockdown in Britain. But first, the 1629 01:38:26,430 --> 01:38:28,980 government here adopted the Swedish version, which meant 1630 01:38:28,980 --> 01:38:31,860 that there were fairly limited restrictions. Then they switched 1631 01:38:31,860 --> 01:38:34,620 to the Danish version, which required an enormous total 1632 01:38:34,620 --> 01:38:38,610 shutdown. This is a story of two very similar Nordic cultures, 1633 01:38:38,730 --> 01:38:41,700 you've got a widely differing approach about how to fight 1634 01:38:41,820 --> 01:38:46,230 COVID-19 At a time when most of the world is shuttered. Sweden 1635 01:38:46,260 --> 01:38:50,700 is open for business markets and shops or trading restaurants or 1636 01:38:50,700 --> 01:38:55,200 serving schools or educating the Swedes advocate limited social 1637 01:38:55,200 --> 01:38:59,100 distancing. Their strategy is to protect the vulnerable while 1638 01:38:59,100 --> 01:39:02,610 allowing the virus to spread through healthy people so they 1639 01:39:02,610 --> 01:39:06,660 can develop antibodies. This is designed to create so called 1640 01:39:06,690 --> 01:39:10,140 herd immunity, which theoretically should result in 1641 01:39:10,140 --> 01:39:14,640 most people being safe. Today, the health authorities announced 1642 01:39:14,640 --> 01:39:18,870 a further 96 fatalities. Thank you very much. Last night 1643 01:39:18,870 --> 01:39:21,630 President Trump criticized the Swedish approach. 1644 01:39:21,660 --> 01:39:25,860 They talk about Sweden but Sweden is suffering very gravely 1645 01:39:25,890 --> 01:39:30,000 you know that right Sweden did that. The herd. They call it the 1646 01:39:30,000 --> 01:39:30,480 herd. 1647 01:39:31,080 --> 01:39:33,840 The Swedish anti virus campaign is being led not by the 1648 01:39:33,840 --> 01:39:38,340 country's Prime Minister, but by Anders Tecno. an epidemiologist 1649 01:39:38,340 --> 01:39:42,240 with the experience of fighting Ebola in Africa. He responded to 1650 01:39:42,240 --> 01:39:43,710 Mr. Trump this afternoon. 1651 01:39:44,070 --> 01:39:46,440 No, we don't share his opinion. Of course we're suffering. 1652 01:39:46,590 --> 01:39:48,780 Everybody in the world is suffering right now in different 1653 01:39:48,780 --> 01:39:52,830 ways. But Swedish healthcare which I guess is alludes to, 1654 01:39:52,830 --> 01:39:55,920 it's very difficult to understand is taking care of 1655 01:39:55,920 --> 01:39:57,600 this in in a very, very good manner. 1656 01:39:58,170 --> 01:40:02,670 Fellow scientists mark is called despairs of Sweden. Being so out 1657 01:40:02,670 --> 01:40:07,980 of step with most of the world. This, to me sounds a bit like a 1658 01:40:07,980 --> 01:40:11,610 madman. We are here playing Russian roulette with the 1659 01:40:11,610 --> 01:40:16,830 Swedish population. King Carl Gustaf into the disapproval of 1660 01:40:16,830 --> 01:40:21,300 government tactics as he urged suites to cancel the traditional 1661 01:40:21,330 --> 01:40:23,790 annual getaway to country cabins 1662 01:40:23,880 --> 01:40:28,200 through the FTAs Coronavirus treatment acceleration program. 1663 01:40:28,200 --> 01:40:32,640 19 therapies and treatments are now being tested and 26 more in 1664 01:40:32,640 --> 01:40:36,780 the active planning or clinical trials. We have 19 therapies 1665 01:40:36,780 --> 01:40:42,090 being tested currently. And 26 More are in the active planning 1666 01:40:42,660 --> 01:40:46,200 for clinical trials. That's a big statement. That's a lot 1667 01:40:46,740 --> 01:40:53,730 trials for Gilead aids, anti rival drug remdesivir Continue 1668 01:40:53,730 --> 01:40:57,570 and the company has also expanded emergency use for new 1669 01:40:57,570 --> 01:41:02,250 patients getting good early results by the way the companies 1670 01:41:02,580 --> 01:41:07,440 that manufacture hydroxy Chloroquine are massively 1671 01:41:07,440 --> 01:41:11,910 ramping up production. As you know, many people are 1672 01:41:12,090 --> 01:41:17,370 recommending strongly Z Pak be added to Z Pak and also zinc and 1673 01:41:17,370 --> 01:41:20,340 the federal government continues to build our stockpiles and 1674 01:41:20,340 --> 01:41:24,030 distribute millions of doses for doctors to use as they see fit 1675 01:41:24,060 --> 01:41:28,380 for Russia. He golf is prepared to take on any enemy, including 1676 01:41:28,410 --> 01:41:32,520 the Coronavirus. Since early February. He has been in charge 1677 01:41:32,520 --> 01:41:36,510 of this special patrol by the URL co sacks. They hand out face 1678 01:41:36,510 --> 01:41:39,810 masks in their neighborhood of Yekaterinburg and check people 1679 01:41:39,810 --> 01:41:44,760 for signs of a cold. Igor Gorbachev is an ottoman, one of 1680 01:41:44,760 --> 01:41:48,300 the heads of the Euro Cossacks. People here recognize them by 1681 01:41:48,300 --> 01:41:51,630 their uniforms, and some of their recommendations on how to 1682 01:41:51,630 --> 01:41:53,850 stay healthy or just as old fashioned. 1683 01:41:55,860 --> 01:41:59,010 We recommend our traditional remedies having honey garlic and 1684 01:41:59,010 --> 01:42:02,400 raspberry jam and keeping to basic rules of personal hygiene. 1685 01:42:03,270 --> 01:42:05,640 When people come in from outside, they should wash their 1686 01:42:05,640 --> 01:42:09,750 hands and take off their outdoor clothes because it's decided to 1687 01:42:09,750 --> 01:42:12,300 help our government with the Coronavirus because we care 1688 01:42:12,300 --> 01:42:13,290 about the faith of Russia. 1689 01:42:15,090 --> 01:42:18,360 The Cossacks carry holy water along with them for extra 1690 01:42:18,360 --> 01:42:22,230 protection against the virus. These vigilante patrols weren't 1691 01:42:22,230 --> 01:42:26,190 authorized by the city. But in Russia, Cossacks often support 1692 01:42:26,190 --> 01:42:29,760 the state security forces and act as unofficial guardians of 1693 01:42:29,760 --> 01:42:33,180 public order. The next morning calls that teenagers try their 1694 01:42:33,180 --> 01:42:36,900 hand at a paramilitary drill. From the late 18th century, 1695 01:42:36,900 --> 01:42:40,560 Cossacks defended the borders of the Russian Empire. Since the 1696 01:42:40,560 --> 01:42:43,890 fall of the Soviet Union cosec identity has had a revival. 1697 01:42:44,250 --> 01:42:48,120 Anyone can now become a Cossack being patriotic, conservative 1698 01:42:48,150 --> 01:42:49,620 and ready to fight is key. 1699 01:42:49,710 --> 01:42:54,150 I am expressing my deepest apologies for getting it wrong 1700 01:42:54,150 --> 01:42:57,450 with the beginning of comparing Coronavirus to influenza. That 1701 01:42:57,450 --> 01:43:01,770 was wrong. When I did get right was telling everybody after I 1702 01:43:01,770 --> 01:43:04,860 stated my position to be sure you listen to Dr. Fauci because 1703 01:43:05,010 --> 01:43:07,650 he should always be your North Star, he will get it right no 1704 01:43:07,650 --> 01:43:11,490 matter what. And he has been and I was convinced would always be 1705 01:43:11,910 --> 01:43:15,000 the person we should listen to, and follow His direction and 1706 01:43:15,000 --> 01:43:19,440 nothing more, nothing less. Again, we are getting lots of 1707 01:43:19,440 --> 01:43:23,610 threats on my family's getting threats. I'd like us to please 1708 01:43:23,610 --> 01:43:28,470 ask that you stop and that we get together. This is a time for 1709 01:43:28,470 --> 01:43:32,790 collective effort not for scapegoating. So I was engaged 1710 01:43:32,790 --> 01:43:35,520 in a bit of loser think by comparing numbers. I had a lot 1711 01:43:35,520 --> 01:43:38,220 of numbers in my head, I was dealing with 100,000 people 1712 01:43:38,220 --> 01:43:41,460 dying of opiates and drugs every year I was dealing with a 1713 01:43:41,460 --> 01:43:45,150 billion people infected with h1 N one and 500,040 to 60 year 1714 01:43:45,150 --> 01:43:49,740 olds dying of that 24 million flu cases and 30 to 60,000 dying 1715 01:43:49,740 --> 01:43:53,850 of that those numbers were in my head as I was trying to compare 1716 01:43:54,180 --> 01:43:57,570 this outbreak to that, and I shouldn't have been doing that I 1717 01:43:57,570 --> 01:44:00,060 should have been just addressing this outbreak is what it was I 1718 01:44:00,060 --> 01:44:02,640 didn't understand the ferocity of this virus and it's 1719 01:44:02,640 --> 01:44:07,230 contagious. And now my heart and soul is with New York City, 1720 01:44:07,230 --> 01:44:09,780 which is where I spend a lot of my time, I've signed up for the 1721 01:44:09,780 --> 01:44:12,420 New York and California health court, and I will be part of the 1722 01:44:12,990 --> 01:44:16,410 part of the frontline. If I should be needed. Bill Gates, 1723 01:44:16,410 --> 01:44:16,710 thank 1724 01:44:16,710 --> 01:44:20,940 you very much for joining us on BBC Breakfast. I just wonder if 1725 01:44:20,940 --> 01:44:25,170 I could first ask you how important is it now to have a 1726 01:44:25,170 --> 01:44:27,240 global response? I'd say 1727 01:44:27,240 --> 01:44:32,040 it's critical because the tools that are going to reduce deaths, 1728 01:44:32,040 --> 01:44:37,890 the drugs, you know, that's a global thing to get those out. 1729 01:44:38,190 --> 01:44:41,550 And the thing that will get us back to the world that we had 1730 01:44:41,550 --> 01:44:46,170 before Coronavirus is the vaccine and getting that out to 1731 01:44:46,170 --> 01:44:51,180 all 7 billion people. And so the efforts to test those to build 1732 01:44:51,180 --> 01:44:56,220 the factories to understand you know, is it safe and ready to go 1733 01:44:57,450 --> 01:45:03,030 that's a global problem. And, you know, so I'm glad you know 1734 01:45:03,030 --> 01:45:08,370 that people are coming together to find where's the best work 1735 01:45:08,370 --> 01:45:11,160 and combine that, you know, the factory will be in a different 1736 01:45:11,160 --> 01:45:15,270 country than the sciences in. This is the whole whole world 1737 01:45:15,270 --> 01:45:18,690 working on probably the most urgent tool that's ever been 1738 01:45:18,690 --> 01:45:21,600 needed. And of course, duty. The administration today has been 1739 01:45:21,600 --> 01:45:25,320 criticized for reducing that support and solidarity in a time 1740 01:45:25,320 --> 01:45:28,380 of pandemic and because in order to enact those reforms, it's 1741 01:45:28,380 --> 01:45:31,080 going to need the support of the other members of the World 1742 01:45:31,080 --> 01:45:33,030 Health Organization, other countries around the world, 1743 01:45:33,090 --> 01:45:36,480 and what sort of criticism Nick directed at the US? 1744 01:45:36,659 --> 01:45:39,449 Yeah, the criticism is everywhere, you saw Bill Gates, 1745 01:45:39,449 --> 01:45:43,379 whose foundation is a major funder of the who say that 1746 01:45:43,409 --> 01:45:47,129 cutting the who would be a bad choice and quote the who is 1747 01:45:47,129 --> 01:45:50,699 slowing the spread of COVID 19. And if that work is stopped, and 1748 01:45:50,699 --> 01:45:54,809 no organization can replace them, the world needs who now 1749 01:45:54,809 --> 01:45:57,719 more than ever and Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi said the 1750 01:45:57,719 --> 01:46:00,899 president is ignoring global health experts disregarding 1751 01:46:00,899 --> 01:46:04,169 science and undermining the heroes fighting on the front 1752 01:46:04,169 --> 01:46:04,469 line. 1753 01:46:04,979 --> 01:46:08,969 So that's praise but that is in contrast to the administration 1754 01:46:09,269 --> 01:46:14,279 criticizing the who for many months. Why do you think we were 1755 01:46:14,279 --> 01:46:19,259 so ill prepared for Coronavirus? We haven't recognized 1756 01:46:19,290 --> 01:46:23,190 as a global community that we are a global community. And if 1757 01:46:23,190 --> 01:46:27,600 we had recognized that and stepped up to it, we would have 1758 01:46:27,600 --> 01:46:32,130 prepared for this. We would have systems in place, both 1759 01:46:32,160 --> 01:46:36,690 monitoring alerting very quickly. We would have had test 1760 01:46:36,690 --> 01:46:40,590 kits available we would have just you know we plan for things 1761 01:46:40,590 --> 01:46:43,740 as nations we plan for earthquakes, we plan for 1762 01:46:43,740 --> 01:46:49,680 tsunamis, we plan for tornadoes, we didn't plan for disease. And 1763 01:46:49,680 --> 01:46:52,260 I don't think that will ever happen now. Thank God, 1764 01:46:52,290 --> 01:46:57,120 California will make pandemic relief payments of $500 apiece 1765 01:46:57,300 --> 01:47:01,530 to 150,000 migrants who are living in the state without 1766 01:47:01,530 --> 01:47:05,280 documentation. Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom said today 1767 01:47:05,370 --> 01:47:08,640 that they do essential work and pay millions of dollars in 1768 01:47:08,640 --> 01:47:12,450 taxes. Almost 40% of the money will come from private 1769 01:47:12,450 --> 01:47:15,960 contributions, the migrants are not eligible for federal 1770 01:47:15,960 --> 01:47:16,620 payments. 1771 01:47:16,979 --> 01:47:19,139 Now, you know, I've seen you referred to a little bit 1772 01:47:19,139 --> 01:47:22,109 recently as the love gov. And I'm wondering if that's bleeding 1773 01:47:22,109 --> 01:47:24,239 into your demeanor at all, making you a little soft on the 1774 01:47:24,239 --> 01:47:27,809 President, that you don't want to really criticize him because 1775 01:47:27,809 --> 01:47:30,899 you need him and now's not a time for fighting. But don't you 1776 01:47:30,899 --> 01:47:33,719 have to balance that with calling him out? If he's doing 1777 01:47:33,719 --> 01:47:35,819 things that you don't think are great for the people of your 1778 01:47:35,819 --> 01:47:40,109 state to be hearing and experiencing? Love go? I've 1779 01:47:40,109 --> 01:47:44,039 always I've always been a soft guy. I am the love girl. I'm a 1780 01:47:44,039 --> 01:47:47,459 cool dude and loose mood. You know that? I just say let it go. 1781 01:47:47,459 --> 01:47:50,489 Just go with the flow, baby. You know, you can't control any 1782 01:47:51,599 --> 01:47:56,729 water off a duck's first time. And yeah, I think yeah, wow. 1783 01:47:56,759 --> 01:47:59,549 Never said any. Look, I have known you my whole life. All 1784 01:47:59,549 --> 01:48:02,339 right. Well, that's your opinion. Yeah. Well, you should 1785 01:48:02,339 --> 01:48:06,419 listen better listening works. I'm not always taught. What was 1786 01:48:06,419 --> 01:48:09,839 the question? Oh, I remember the question. yourself on I am on a 1787 01:48:09,839 --> 01:48:14,009 situation. Yeah. Well, that's your characterization. First of 1788 01:48:14,009 --> 01:48:16,289 all right. So it was stated as a question because you have a 1789 01:48:16,289 --> 01:48:20,519 characterization into that as a premise. I am working with the 1790 01:48:20,519 --> 01:48:23,099 president cooperatively, it's very important that the federal 1791 01:48:23,099 --> 01:48:25,439 government and state government work together during this time, 1792 01:48:25,439 --> 01:48:29,639 I have to do my best job for the people of this state. You cannot 1793 01:48:29,639 --> 01:48:32,369 say, Look, I've been the governor in this country as the 1794 01:48:32,369 --> 01:48:35,729 been the most critical of the president up until now. And by 1795 01:48:35,729 --> 01:48:38,369 the way, there is no governor that he's been more critical of 1796 01:48:38,369 --> 01:48:42,389 than me. So nobody's going to say I gone too soft on the 1797 01:48:42,389 --> 01:48:44,669 president. We're working together to help the state. 1798 01:48:45,119 --> 01:48:48,929 That's what's important. Now, no politics, no personality, no 1799 01:48:48,929 --> 01:48:55,649 ego, no ego. It's not about you. It's not about me, it's about we 1800 01:48:55,679 --> 01:48:58,979 and getting through this. And that's my singular focus. 1801 01:48:58,979 --> 01:49:02,849 There'll be a data time for everything. But this is not the 1802 01:49:02,849 --> 01:49:03,689 time and place. 1803 01:49:03,900 --> 01:49:08,220 And nobody is more complicit in that than Fox News. And let us 1804 01:49:08,220 --> 01:49:10,860 just for all of you for both of you. I want to put a graphic of 1805 01:49:10,860 --> 01:49:13,860 some of the recent inaccuracies from President Trump and we're 1806 01:49:13,860 --> 01:49:16,800 doing this explicitly because this is a matter of life and 1807 01:49:16,800 --> 01:49:19,770 death. And there's no pussyfooting around this sorry. 1808 01:49:19,860 --> 01:49:22,650 This is not a political issue. It's a science issue. It's a 1809 01:49:22,650 --> 01:49:26,460 life and death issue. So on April 7, President Trump says on 1810 01:49:26,460 --> 01:49:30,270 hydrochloric chlorine, I really think it's a great thing to try. 1811 01:49:30,300 --> 01:49:33,630 This is Chloroquine. factcheck clinical trials. Trials are 1812 01:49:33,630 --> 01:49:36,120 underway but the FDA and top public health officials have not 1813 01:49:36,120 --> 01:49:39,000 endorsed Trump's view that the drug can be taken safely. 1814 01:49:45,120 --> 01:49:48,630 March 30, we've done more tests by far than any country in the 1815 01:49:48,630 --> 01:49:52,260 world by far factcheck true that the US has done more tests than 1816 01:49:52,260 --> 01:49:55,890 any other country but on a per capita basis. It's way behind 1817 01:49:55,890 --> 01:49:57,780 Germany, Italy and South Korea. 1818 01:50:05,970 --> 01:50:09,360 March 26. On the pandemic, this was something that nobody has 1819 01:50:09,360 --> 01:50:12,720 ever thought could happen to this country. factcheck US 1820 01:50:12,720 --> 01:50:15,150 intelligence community and public health experts have 1821 01:50:15,150 --> 01:50:17,820 warned for years that the country was at risk from a 1822 01:50:17,820 --> 01:50:21,480 pandemic. experts also warn that the country would face shortages 1823 01:50:21,480 --> 01:50:22,920 of critical medical equipment. 1824 01:50:27,480 --> 01:50:29,730 Yeah, it's not only been the administration but a lot of 1825 01:50:29,730 --> 01:50:33,900 critics around the world has said simply the who is too 1826 01:50:34,080 --> 01:50:38,400 swayed by China. Let me take you back to about New Years. This is 1827 01:50:38,400 --> 01:50:41,940 the time when local doctors in Wuhan, China, were telling 1828 01:50:41,940 --> 01:50:45,210 hospital administrators that hey, this is something new, and 1829 01:50:45,210 --> 01:50:47,910 there's human to human transmission because we're 1830 01:50:47,910 --> 01:50:51,210 getting sick. But the hospitals and the local government covered 1831 01:50:51,210 --> 01:50:55,170 that up or at the very least silenced those local doctors. So 1832 01:50:55,200 --> 01:50:58,680 on December 31, the Wuhan government released a statement, 1833 01:50:58,830 --> 01:51:01,860 the investigation so far has found no obvious person to 1834 01:51:01,860 --> 01:51:04,740 person transmission, and no medical personnel have been 1835 01:51:04,740 --> 01:51:09,000 infected. And the who basically parroted that language January 1836 01:51:09,000 --> 01:51:11,880 5, based on the preliminary information from the Chinese 1837 01:51:11,880 --> 01:51:15,120 investigation team, no evidence of significant human to human 1838 01:51:15,120 --> 01:51:17,910 transmission, and no health care worker infections have been 1839 01:51:17,910 --> 01:51:20,850 reported. officials who are talking to me say that the who 1840 01:51:20,850 --> 01:51:23,280 should have known better and should not have accepted Chinese 1841 01:51:23,280 --> 01:51:23,820 language. 1842 01:51:23,850 --> 01:51:27,960 But Nick weren't the Trump administration and the W H. O 1843 01:51:27,960 --> 01:51:32,730 praising China's response back in back in January. 1844 01:51:33,179 --> 01:51:35,909 Yeah, that's that's a great point. And this is really key. 1845 01:51:35,909 --> 01:51:40,319 So let's take a listen to the director general of who talking 1846 01:51:40,439 --> 01:51:44,039 in January the day after the who declared this a global 1847 01:51:44,039 --> 01:51:47,879 emergency, but also President Trump praising China, 1848 01:51:48,509 --> 01:51:53,849 who continues to have a confidence in China's capacity 1849 01:51:54,149 --> 01:51:56,219 to control the outbreak. 1850 01:51:56,790 --> 01:52:00,210 I spoke with President Xi, we had a great talk. He's working 1851 01:52:00,210 --> 01:52:04,740 very hard, I have to say he's working very, very hard. And if 1852 01:52:04,740 --> 01:52:09,150 you can count on the reports coming out of China, that spread 1853 01:52:09,150 --> 01:52:11,130 has gone down quite a bit. 1854 01:52:11,639 --> 01:52:14,429 And Judy, obviously, the President's language about China 1855 01:52:14,579 --> 01:52:18,809 has changed. And the US really does want to reform who but they 1856 01:52:18,809 --> 01:52:21,839 need international support to do so. And it's not clear that they 1857 01:52:21,839 --> 01:52:22,199 have that. 1858 01:52:22,260 --> 01:52:24,600 Just like with ventilators, we're building now the best 1859 01:52:24,600 --> 01:52:28,830 ventilators. Just like with ventilators, our testing is 1860 01:52:28,830 --> 01:52:31,860 getting better and better. I took the first test. The first 1861 01:52:31,860 --> 01:52:35,820 test was not pleasant. This was not a pleasant thing. I said, 1862 01:52:35,820 --> 01:52:39,180 You got to be kidding to the doctor. You got to be kidding. 1863 01:52:39,630 --> 01:52:42,450 Up, you know, and then we hang out, right? And it goes down 1864 01:52:42,450 --> 01:52:46,860 here. And then we'll wiggle it around here under your eye. And 1865 01:52:46,860 --> 01:52:50,640 then we'll pull it out. And we'll say I said no, that's it's 1866 01:52:50,640 --> 01:52:54,510 there's no way that can happen. Is that the way it goes? Sure. 1867 01:52:55,200 --> 01:52:59,550 This was a very unpleasant test. And then I was tested a few 1868 01:52:59,550 --> 01:53:03,180 weeks later with the new tests that just came out the Abbott, 1869 01:53:03,240 --> 01:53:05,790 where they just touch your nose, basically, and they put it in a 1870 01:53:05,790 --> 01:53:09,990 machine. And literally a few minutes later, they tell you if 1871 01:53:09,990 --> 01:53:12,900 you're fine. And I was lucky in both cases 1872 01:53:12,929 --> 01:53:16,919 at Pine Street in in Boston, South End, universal COVID-19 1873 01:53:16,919 --> 01:53:20,849 testing leading to new stunning evidence about the asymptomatic 1874 01:53:20,849 --> 01:53:22,589 spread of the virus. It was 1875 01:53:22,589 --> 01:53:26,039 like a double knockout punch because the number of positives 1876 01:53:26,039 --> 01:53:30,209 was shocking to us. But then the fact that 100% of the positives 1877 01:53:30,239 --> 01:53:34,019 had no symptoms was equally shocking. Dr. Jim 1878 01:53:34,020 --> 01:53:36,810 O'Connell, president of Boston Healthcare for the Homeless 1879 01:53:36,810 --> 01:53:40,470 program says broad scale testing was carried out at this shelter 1880 01:53:40,560 --> 01:53:43,530 about a week and a half ago because of a small cluster of 1881 01:53:43,530 --> 01:53:49,500 cases. The findings now actively being examined by the CDC 146 1882 01:53:49,500 --> 01:53:54,150 positive cases about 36% of the shelter's population, all 1883 01:53:54,150 --> 01:53:55,290 asymptomatic, 1884 01:53:55,349 --> 01:53:58,649 it probably frankly raises more questions than it answers. Pine 1885 01:53:58,649 --> 01:53:58,949 Street 1886 01:53:58,950 --> 01:54:02,160 President Linda Downey says the results prove the previous 1887 01:54:02,160 --> 01:54:05,820 screening method of only testing those showing symptoms to be 1888 01:54:05,820 --> 01:54:06,720 ineffective. 1889 01:54:06,780 --> 01:54:09,840 I think there are so many asymptomatic people right now 1890 01:54:10,110 --> 01:54:13,740 that if we could do universal testing, the number may look 1891 01:54:13,740 --> 01:54:16,170 close to this. I don't think we know the universal 1892 01:54:16,170 --> 01:54:19,920 testing at Pine Street in and testing of the homeless at BMC. 1893 01:54:20,040 --> 01:54:23,280 Bringing Boston south end to number one in the city with the 1894 01:54:23,280 --> 01:54:27,630 highest rate of COVID 19 infection of the 146 people at 1895 01:54:27,630 --> 01:54:30,420 Pine Street in who tested positive health officials tell 1896 01:54:30,420 --> 01:54:34,590 us only one needed hospital care and many have not experienced 1897 01:54:34,680 --> 01:54:36,840 any symptoms. We also 1898 01:54:37,320 --> 01:54:40,530 one of the most important studies that's been done just 1899 01:54:40,530 --> 01:54:44,400 this week came out at Stanford University where they tested the 1900 01:54:44,400 --> 01:54:48,540 antibodies in Santa Clara County, California. And so these 1901 01:54:48,540 --> 01:54:52,020 are people who have the antibodies from the Coronavirus. 1902 01:54:52,230 --> 01:54:55,050 Their thought is that they had acquired the virus many of them 1903 01:54:55,050 --> 01:54:58,050 may not have known that they had had it but they look to see how 1904 01:54:58,050 --> 01:55:01,560 prevalent those antibodies were in that county, and they 1905 01:55:01,560 --> 01:55:06,150 determined that between 50 and 80 times more people in Santa 1906 01:55:06,150 --> 01:55:10,830 Clara had the antibodies than had actually tested positive in 1907 01:55:10,830 --> 01:55:11,910 Santa Clara County. 1908 01:55:12,270 --> 01:55:16,080 They one on one could not help but notice that the only shot 1909 01:55:16,080 --> 01:55:18,480 that was opened on the entire length of the shores Elisa in 1910 01:55:18,480 --> 01:55:22,290 Paris was a chocolate shop. Even his entire countries 1911 01:55:22,290 --> 01:55:25,740 have shut down to prevent the spread of COVID 19. essential 1912 01:55:25,740 --> 01:55:29,640 services around the world remain open. And what a country 1913 01:55:29,640 --> 01:55:33,120 considers essential tells us a lot about its culture. 1914 01:55:33,420 --> 01:55:39,090 All the luxury and fromagerie G shops butchers and wine 1915 01:55:39,090 --> 01:55:42,900 merchants and indeed, shocker Lachey that still exists in 1916 01:55:42,900 --> 01:55:46,680 which give France still so much of its character all these shops 1917 01:55:46,680 --> 01:55:50,700 have been given exemptions and can stay open. And the French I 1918 01:55:50,700 --> 01:55:52,830 have to say are all mighty glad of the fact 1919 01:55:53,070 --> 01:55:56,100 in the US what counts as an essential service depends on 1920 01:55:56,100 --> 01:55:59,490 where you live in states have made controversial choices like 1921 01:55:59,520 --> 01:56:02,970 gun stores after the Trump administration released guidance 1922 01:56:02,970 --> 01:56:06,630 supporting classifying gun shops as essential states have allowed 1923 01:56:06,630 --> 01:56:10,380 firearm businesses to remain open and sales have surged to 1924 01:56:10,380 --> 01:56:13,890 record levels. marijuana dispensaries both medical and 1925 01:56:13,890 --> 01:56:16,890 recreational have also been allowed to remain open in the 1926 01:56:16,890 --> 01:56:20,430 states where they're legal like Colorado, they have adopted new 1927 01:56:20,430 --> 01:56:23,100 social distancing measures like curbside pickup. 1928 01:56:26,790 --> 01:56:30,840 For the past few weeks, all restaurants bars, clubs and pubs 1929 01:56:30,840 --> 01:56:33,990 have been closed here in Australia, but off licenses or 1930 01:56:33,990 --> 01:56:35,520 liquor stores, they remain 1931 01:56:35,550 --> 01:56:38,520 open so you can go buy a drink, but you'll have to have it at 1932 01:56:38,520 --> 01:56:41,880 home. toy shops are an interesting gray area. Some are 1933 01:56:41,880 --> 01:56:44,970 closed and others are open to a limited number of customers at 1934 01:56:44,970 --> 01:56:48,180 any given time. And I know what you're thinking, why are toys 1935 01:56:48,180 --> 01:56:51,030 crucial? Well, the Prime Minister Scott Morrison did say 1936 01:56:51,030 --> 01:56:53,970 himself that his wife had to go and buy their children a whole 1937 01:56:53,970 --> 01:56:56,970 bunch of jigsaw puzzles because they were essential for his 1938 01:56:56,970 --> 01:56:59,730 family. They changed the way they live in the next few 1939 01:56:59,730 --> 01:57:00,360 months. 1940 01:57:01,740 --> 01:57:05,160 another country's bans on what many would consider essential 1941 01:57:05,190 --> 01:57:06,030 for sparking 1942 01:57:06,060 --> 01:57:06,960 outrage. 1943 01:57:07,260 --> 01:57:10,710 Most people who know a bit about the Philippines are aware of the 1944 01:57:10,710 --> 01:57:14,340 iconic Jeepney bus but there is another form of essential 1945 01:57:14,340 --> 01:57:17,370 transport here called the tricycle. They're a bit like 1946 01:57:17,400 --> 01:57:21,180 Batman and robins that bike but last month strict quarantine 1947 01:57:21,180 --> 01:57:24,240 measures placed on the country's main island Luzon meant all 1948 01:57:24,240 --> 01:57:27,900 public transport was banned. However, a popular young local 1949 01:57:27,900 --> 01:57:31,950 mayor in Manila Vico sotto allow trikes to be used by medical 1950 01:57:31,950 --> 01:57:35,220 workers but the next day Philippine President Rodrigo 1951 01:57:35,220 --> 01:57:38,220 Duterte. He warned local officials not to break 1952 01:57:38,220 --> 01:57:41,400 quarantine rules but now President Duterte his daughter 1953 01:57:41,400 --> 01:57:45,270 Sarah, mayor of Davao City has also allowed trikes to be used. 1954 01:57:45,510 --> 01:57:48,660 Her exemption being the city doesn't fall on the loose on 1955 01:57:48,660 --> 01:57:51,930 quarantine measures who would have thought the humble tricycle 1956 01:57:52,230 --> 01:57:53,640 could be so political. 1957 01:57:56,940 --> 01:58:00,450 For the first time in the history of India, its extensive 1958 01:58:00,510 --> 01:58:04,020 railway network considered a lifeline for the country has 1959 01:58:04,020 --> 01:58:07,500 been halted. But porting the strength of carry more than 23 1960 01:58:07,500 --> 01:58:11,040 million passengers every day has had a Fallout, lots of daily 1961 01:58:11,040 --> 01:58:15,030 regen as have been stranded in the cities without money, food 1962 01:58:15,030 --> 01:58:18,660 or shelter, the government's now making arrangements for them. 1963 01:58:18,960 --> 01:58:21,660 Interestingly, the information technology sector has been 1964 01:58:21,660 --> 01:58:24,960 exempted from what is otherwise a stringent shutdown, with a 1965 01:58:24,960 --> 01:58:28,650 view to keep networks that are crucial to communication, 1966 01:58:28,830 --> 01:58:30,660 banking and governance running 1967 01:58:32,130 --> 01:58:36,270 for for more on the origins of the Coronavirus, Trump's 1968 01:58:36,270 --> 01:58:39,690 response and where do we go from here we're joined by as wala 1969 01:58:39,690 --> 01:58:45,420 just who has long study diseases that cross the animal human 1970 01:58:45,420 --> 01:58:49,050 divide, and who for years has been sounding the alarm about 1971 01:58:49,050 --> 01:58:53,610 upcoming pandemic. Dr. Peter das shack is with us. He's a disease 1972 01:58:53,610 --> 01:58:56,790 ecologist, the president of eco Health Alliance, a nonprofit 1973 01:58:56,790 --> 01:59:00,270 that works globally to identify and study our vulnerabilities to 1974 01:59:00,270 --> 01:59:03,480 emerging infectious disease. Eco Health Alliance has been 1975 01:59:03,480 --> 01:59:07,020 studying Corona viruses in China since the end of the SARS 1976 01:59:07,020 --> 01:59:11,820 outbreak in 2004. This Coronavirus is really called 1977 01:59:11,820 --> 01:59:16,530 SARS to he's joining us from the Hudson River Valley in New York. 1978 01:59:16,770 --> 01:59:20,220 Welcome to Democracy Now. It's great to have you with us. So if 1979 01:59:20,220 --> 01:59:24,480 you can unpack what we just heard, it goes to the issue of 1980 01:59:24,480 --> 01:59:28,350 the origins of the Coronavirus, especially interesting that 1981 01:59:28,350 --> 01:59:34,260 President Trump is raising this now as he's being seriously 1982 01:59:34,260 --> 01:59:39,270 attacked for the United States lack of action and delay and so 1983 01:59:39,270 --> 01:59:44,010 he is striking out at as many sectors as he can but talk about 1984 01:59:44,010 --> 01:59:46,890 the origins of the Coronavirus Dr. Dash check. 1985 01:59:46,950 --> 01:59:50,400 You're good to be here long first the the idea that this 1986 01:59:50,400 --> 01:59:53,970 virus escaped from the lab is just pure baloney. It's simply 1987 01:59:53,970 --> 01:59:54,570 not true. I've 1988 01:59:54,570 --> 01:59:57,840 been working with that lab for 15 years, and the samples 1989 01:59:57,840 --> 02:00:00,900 collected were collected by me and others In collaboration with 1990 02:00:00,900 --> 02:00:03,540 our Chinese colleagues, they are some of the best scientists in 1991 02:00:03,540 --> 02:00:08,040 the world. There was no viral isolate in the lab there was no 1992 02:00:08,040 --> 02:00:12,330 cultured virus that this anything related to SAS 1993 02:00:12,330 --> 02:00:14,460 Coronavirus to so it's just not possible. 1994 02:00:14,790 --> 02:00:19,620 And might you say it's really a politicization of the origins of 1995 02:00:19,620 --> 02:00:21,900 a pandemic and it's really unfortunate. 1996 02:00:21,990 --> 02:00:25,650 Tonight the streets of New York City remain virtually empty. But 1997 02:00:25,650 --> 02:00:29,040 on the heels of the President's new three phased plan to reopen 1998 02:00:29,040 --> 02:00:33,210 America, some states are slowly inching back in tonight beaches 1999 02:00:33,210 --> 02:00:36,540 in Jacksonville, Florida will reopen, but no more than 10 in a 2000 02:00:36,540 --> 02:00:37,080 crowd. 2001 02:00:37,140 --> 02:00:41,610 First we inform the people what the rules are, then we warn if 2002 02:00:41,610 --> 02:00:43,950 they don't comply and then we take additional action if 2003 02:00:43,950 --> 02:00:45,780 necessary if they still don't comply. 2004 02:00:46,050 --> 02:00:49,860 Texas will allow some retail to go but not permitted in store 2005 02:00:49,860 --> 02:00:52,860 shopping. Minnesota will allow golf courses to open this 2006 02:00:52,860 --> 02:00:56,130 weekend. Wisconsin's governor said Lawn Care businesses might 2007 02:00:56,130 --> 02:00:59,400 be able to operate and Idaho will allow non essential 2008 02:00:59,400 --> 02:01:02,790 businesses like craft dog groomers to open their doors. 2009 02:01:03,240 --> 02:01:06,960 Still, some workers are concerned. Andy Revelle works on 2010 02:01:06,960 --> 02:01:10,530 Navy ships in Virginia and let us strike this week after one of 2011 02:01:10,530 --> 02:01:11,850 his co workers died. 2012 02:01:11,940 --> 02:01:14,850 We're literally scared it's like the ship is like haunted by a 2013 02:01:14,850 --> 02:01:17,820 ghost. It's everywhere. And we just that's what the environment 2014 02:01:17,820 --> 02:01:18,720 we work in all day. 2015 02:01:18,900 --> 02:01:22,440 And it's debate over reopening continues news of treatment 2016 02:01:22,440 --> 02:01:26,430 progress. Gilead, the maker of the drug remdesivir saw a surge 2017 02:01:26,430 --> 02:01:29,520 in its stock price on news reports that the drug helped 2018 02:01:29,520 --> 02:01:34,560 COVID-19 patients in Chicago, New York with 600 more deaths in 2019 02:01:34,560 --> 02:01:38,100 the last 24 hours. It's still a hot spot. The city announced its 2020 02:01:38,100 --> 02:01:41,370 canceling outdoor concerts until June. But the governor today 2021 02:01:41,370 --> 02:01:44,010 said he knew patients was wearing thin 2022 02:01:44,130 --> 02:01:46,860 the situation we're in now is unsustainable. People can't stay 2023 02:01:46,860 --> 02:01:50,430 in their homes. For this length of time, they can't stay out of 2024 02:01:50,430 --> 02:01:54,510 work. You can't keep the economy closed forever. You just can't. 2025 02:01:54,809 --> 02:01:59,219 The I think when we talk about this idea of reopening society, 2026 02:01:59,699 --> 02:02:03,359 you know, only in America. Does the President when the President 2027 02:02:03,359 --> 02:02:07,979 tweets about liberation. Does he mean go back to work when we you 2028 02:02:07,979 --> 02:02:12,689 know, have this discussion about going going back or reopening? I 2029 02:02:12,689 --> 02:02:15,779 think a lot of people should just say no, we're not going 2030 02:02:15,779 --> 02:02:21,509 back to that. We're not going back to working 70 hour weeks 2031 02:02:21,539 --> 02:02:25,709 just so that we could put food on the table and not even feel 2032 02:02:25,739 --> 02:02:28,529 any sort of semblance of security in our lives. 2033 02:02:28,650 --> 02:02:31,410 There have been some reports of animals testing positive for the 2034 02:02:31,410 --> 02:02:34,050 Coronavirus. Doubt appears health officials in the US have 2035 02:02:34,050 --> 02:02:37,020 finally confirmed cases. The US Department of Agriculture and 2036 02:02:37,020 --> 02:02:39,630 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says they found 2037 02:02:39,630 --> 02:02:42,660 two pet cats in New York state that have tested positive for 2038 02:02:42,660 --> 02:02:45,630 Coronavirus. She'll say it appears the animals can get the 2039 02:02:45,630 --> 02:02:49,350 virus from humans, or there's no indication animals can transmit 2040 02:02:49,350 --> 02:02:49,530 it. 2041 02:02:49,889 --> 02:02:54,059 The death toll from the virus in the US is now more than 46,000 2042 02:02:54,059 --> 02:02:57,839 people. Officials in California trace two of those deaths to 2043 02:02:57,839 --> 02:02:58,559 February. 2044 02:02:58,980 --> 02:03:02,340 I think what these deaths tell us is that community 2045 02:03:02,340 --> 02:03:05,730 transmission had arrived much earlier than we were able to 2046 02:03:05,730 --> 02:03:09,330 detect it. And I think it really highlights the importance of the 2047 02:03:09,330 --> 02:03:12,150 shelter in place and protecting the community and preventing 2048 02:03:12,150 --> 02:03:13,740 hospitalizations and deaths from 2049 02:03:13,740 --> 02:03:16,950 COVID-19. Good evening and thank you for joining us there are two 2050 02:03:16,950 --> 02:03:19,320 major headlines as we come on the air tonight putting 2051 02:03:19,320 --> 02:03:22,590 scientists at odds with the Trump administration. 2052 02:03:22,950 --> 02:03:26,340 Researchers behind one of the leading Coronavirus models one 2053 02:03:26,340 --> 02:03:29,730 that the White House has repeatedly cited now says most 2054 02:03:29,730 --> 02:03:32,610 of the country should not consider lifting stay at home 2055 02:03:32,610 --> 02:03:37,260 waters until the end of May. The new model comes as protests to 2056 02:03:37,260 --> 02:03:40,500 reopen are growing and just as some Southern Governors are 2057 02:03:40,500 --> 02:03:43,800 already loosening their restrictions. Meantime tonight 2058 02:03:43,800 --> 02:03:46,290 the scientist in charge of coordinating the government 2059 02:03:46,290 --> 02:03:50,430 search for Coronavirus vaccine says he has been abruptly ousted 2060 02:03:50,430 --> 02:03:55,350 from his job because of what he calls politics and cronyism. Dr. 2061 02:03:55,350 --> 02:03:58,650 Rick bright the head of a little known agency called BARDA says 2062 02:03:58,650 --> 02:04:02,580 he was sidelined after refusing to push for what he calls quote, 2063 02:04:02,820 --> 02:04:06,270 on demand access to hydroxychloroquine. That is the 2064 02:04:06,270 --> 02:04:09,330 drug that President Trump has repeatedly mentioned as a 2065 02:04:09,330 --> 02:04:12,780 treatment for COVID 19 Even though it hasn't been approved 2066 02:04:12,780 --> 02:04:16,470 for that news. Now all of this as the death toll in the US has 2067 02:04:16,470 --> 02:04:19,020 now passed 46,000. 2068 02:04:19,290 --> 02:04:22,530 Beginning this week, new EMT guidelines across the state of 2069 02:04:22,530 --> 02:04:26,550 New York paramedics are not to make life saving attempts to 2070 02:04:26,550 --> 02:04:30,090 unresponsive patients essentially do not revive in 2071 02:04:30,090 --> 02:04:32,700 order to protect first responders from Coronavirus 2072 02:04:32,700 --> 02:04:37,080 exposure. Still EMTs in New York City say they have yet to adopt 2073 02:04:37,080 --> 02:04:37,890 the guidelines. 2074 02:04:38,250 --> 02:04:42,090 But then we also talked about removing information that is 2075 02:04:42,090 --> 02:04:45,030 problematic and of course anything that is medically 2076 02:04:45,060 --> 02:04:49,200 unsubstantiated, so people saying like take vitamin C, you 2077 02:04:49,200 --> 02:04:53,100 know, take Tumeric like those are all will cure you. Those are 2078 02:04:53,100 --> 02:04:55,470 the examples of things that would be a violation of our 2079 02:04:55,470 --> 02:04:58,680 policy. Anything that would go against World Health 2080 02:04:58,680 --> 02:05:00,900 Organization recommendations. would be a violation of our 2081 02:05:00,900 --> 02:05:04,740 policy. And so remove is another really important part of our 2082 02:05:04,740 --> 02:05:05,340 policy. 2083 02:05:05,400 --> 02:05:08,490 Well, there are many, you know, the revolving door problems with 2084 02:05:08,490 --> 02:05:12,540 all of our federal agencies and and all of our state agencies. 2085 02:05:12,540 --> 02:05:16,230 There's an Amana that is very well documented called agency 2086 02:05:16,230 --> 02:05:22,650 captcha, which is a phenomenon or a dynamic by which the agency 2087 02:05:22,650 --> 02:05:26,550 that that's supposed to protect the American public from bad 2088 02:05:26,550 --> 02:05:31,560 drugs or from collusion or what have you ultimately becomes a 2089 02:05:31,560 --> 02:05:35,640 subsidiary or a sock puppet for the industry that it's supposed 2090 02:05:35,640 --> 02:05:39,870 to regulate it. And indeed, that's what we see with the CDC, 2091 02:05:39,870 --> 02:05:44,730 the head of CDC from 2002 to 2009, as you point out, as Julie 2092 02:05:44,730 --> 02:05:49,260 Gerberding, she did a number of billion dollar favors for Merck, 2093 02:05:49,260 --> 02:05:54,480 she's silenced a whistleblower, who was William Thompson, who is 2094 02:05:54,480 --> 02:06:00,300 still as I had to add at CDC, who wanted to tell the public 2095 02:06:00,300 --> 02:06:06,360 that testing of Merck vaccines, oh, that, particularly the MMR 2096 02:06:06,360 --> 02:06:11,910 vaccine was causing autism in black boys and other people who 2097 02:06:11,910 --> 02:06:15,570 got the vaccine on time and that the scientists had been ordered 2098 02:06:15,600 --> 02:06:20,160 to destroy data showing that fact, and that they went ahead 2099 02:06:20,160 --> 02:06:24,030 and publish this body lying about it to the American people 2100 02:06:24,030 --> 02:06:28,140 and the physicians and Julie Gerberding did a huge favor to 2101 02:06:28,140 --> 02:06:32,760 Merck by having that scientists punished and then silence she, 2102 02:06:33,330 --> 02:06:38,010 she arranged for Merck to get the monopoly to the multibillion 2103 02:06:38,010 --> 02:06:41,970 dollar MMR vaccine and to make sure Glaxo could not sell its 2104 02:06:41,970 --> 02:06:48,240 vaccine in this country. She approved the the HPV vaccine 2105 02:06:48,240 --> 02:06:51,570 Gardasil, which is another Merck product. She approved the 2106 02:06:51,600 --> 02:06:54,960 chickenpox vaccine and the silenced whistleblower Gary 2107 02:06:54,960 --> 02:06:58,350 Goldman is another doctor who said this vaccine is going to 2108 02:06:58,350 --> 02:07:02,160 cause shingles epidemic Merck, that not only got the chickenpox 2109 02:07:02,160 --> 02:07:06,570 vaccine, but it also was able to market a shingle of actress and 2110 02:07:06,690 --> 02:07:11,520 she retired in 2009. And she was made president of Merck vaccine 2111 02:07:11,520 --> 02:07:17,070 division in 2010, with a salary of about $2.5 million, I think 2112 02:07:17,070 --> 02:07:21,660 about $5 million in stock options. CDC is actually a 2113 02:07:21,660 --> 02:07:22,800 vaccine company. 2114 02:07:22,920 --> 02:07:27,030 We're also testing disinfectants readily available, we've tested 2115 02:07:27,030 --> 02:07:30,780 bleach, we've tested isopropyl alcohol on the virus 2116 02:07:30,780 --> 02:07:34,950 specifically in saliva or in respiratory fluids. And I can 2117 02:07:34,950 --> 02:07:37,470 tell you that bleach will kill the virus in five minutes. 2118 02:07:37,650 --> 02:07:40,830 isopropyl alcohol will kill the virus in 30 seconds. And that's 2119 02:07:40,830 --> 02:07:43,770 with no manipulation, no rubbing, just bring it on 2120 02:07:43,770 --> 02:07:46,980 leaving a go you rub it and it goes away even faster. We're 2121 02:07:46,980 --> 02:07:49,950 also looking at other disinfectants, specifically 2122 02:07:49,950 --> 02:07:54,090 looking at the COVID-19 virus in saliva. This is not the end of 2123 02:07:54,090 --> 02:07:56,370 our work as we continue to characterize this virus and 2124 02:07:56,370 --> 02:07:58,830 integrate our findings into practical applications to 2125 02:07:58,830 --> 02:08:00,540 mitigate exposure and transmission. 2126 02:08:00,720 --> 02:08:04,380 It's been called a landmark collaboration. The World Health 2127 02:08:04,380 --> 02:08:07,740 Organization heads of government and research bodies came 2128 02:08:07,740 --> 02:08:12,270 together to coordinate the fight against COVID-19. They've 2129 02:08:12,270 --> 02:08:16,140 pledged to work together to find a vaccine and make sure everyone 2130 02:08:16,140 --> 02:08:20,580 has equal access to treatments and diagnostic tests. But the 2131 02:08:20,580 --> 02:08:24,270 United States isn't taking part. President Donald Trump has 2132 02:08:24,270 --> 02:08:28,920 accused the who of mishandling the crisis. We'll bring in our 2133 02:08:28,920 --> 02:08:32,520 guests in a moment to discuss the challenges ahead first, this 2134 02:08:32,520 --> 02:08:36,210 report from our diplomatic editor, James bass, it's just 2135 02:08:36,210 --> 02:08:39,180 the place you would have expected in previous times to 2136 02:08:39,180 --> 02:08:43,710 have seen us leadership, a global crisis, and world leaders 2137 02:08:43,710 --> 02:08:48,120 coming together with a response, not the idea of this event to 2138 02:08:48,120 --> 02:08:52,290 coordinate the search for vaccine testing and treatments 2139 02:08:52,290 --> 02:08:56,730 for COVID 19. And to make sure all are widely available, the 2140 02:08:56,730 --> 02:09:01,530 world needs these tools. And it needs them fast. 2141 02:09:03,030 --> 02:09:06,480 Past experience has taught us that even when tools are 2142 02:09:06,480 --> 02:09:14,220 available. They have been not been equally available to all we 2143 02:09:14,220 --> 02:09:16,830 cannot allow that to happen. 2144 02:09:17,370 --> 02:09:20,940 A world free of COVID-19 requires the most massive public 2145 02:09:20,940 --> 02:09:25,680 health efforts in history. Data must be shared production 2146 02:09:25,680 --> 02:09:30,420 capacity, prepared resources, mobilize communities engaged and 2147 02:09:30,420 --> 02:09:35,370 politics set asides. I know we can do it. I know we can put 2148 02:09:35,370 --> 02:09:36,420 people first 2149 02:09:37,080 --> 02:09:40,830 leaders spoke from all regions of the world. Technically 2150 02:09:40,830 --> 02:09:43,830 bringing them all together was a bit of a challenge. Your 2151 02:09:43,830 --> 02:09:48,360 Excellency you have? Can you hear me now? Yes, yes, we can 2152 02:09:48,360 --> 02:09:53,190 hear you. Okay, Germany, one of four members of the g7 group of 2153 02:09:53,190 --> 02:09:55,200 countries that will represent it. 2154 02:09:58,050 --> 02:10:01,770 We're now going to continue to mobilize All countries of the g7 2155 02:10:01,770 --> 02:10:05,520 and the G 20. For them to back this initiative, I hope that we 2156 02:10:05,520 --> 02:10:09,090 will be able to reconcile this initiative with China and the US 2157 02:10:09,300 --> 02:10:12,780 because the fight against COVID 19 as a common good for 2158 02:10:12,780 --> 02:10:17,160 humanity. There shouldn't be any divisions between countries. We 2159 02:10:17,160 --> 02:10:19,560 need to join forces to win this battle. 2160 02:10:19,740 --> 02:10:22,680 Americans considering how polarized we're amazingly United 2161 02:10:22,680 --> 02:10:26,820 right now, 98% of Democrats and 82% of Republicans support the 2162 02:10:26,820 --> 02:10:30,420 social distancing 90% of Americans complete bipartisan 2163 02:10:30,420 --> 02:10:33,810 consensus, believe that if we loosen too much, there'd be a 2164 02:10:33,810 --> 02:10:37,500 second wave. 76% of Americans say even if their governor did 2165 02:10:37,500 --> 02:10:42,060 loosen, they wouldn't go out. And so, to me, the big story 2166 02:10:42,060 --> 02:10:44,430 here is we're sort of hanging together through this. 2167 02:10:44,940 --> 02:10:48,450 Two women Carmelita Barella and Rosetta Shabazz have been 2168 02:10:48,450 --> 02:10:52,680 arrested on federal charges that connection to using a cop as a 2169 02:10:52,680 --> 02:10:56,310 weapon during a robbery back on April 6 2020, inside at 2170 02:10:56,310 --> 02:10:59,940 Walgreens in San Francisco's tenderloin neighborhood, FBI 2171 02:10:59,940 --> 02:11:02,100 Special Agent in Charge, John Bennett, 2172 02:11:02,130 --> 02:11:06,030 when they were approached by store personnel. They began to 2173 02:11:06,030 --> 02:11:11,640 cough, you know, pretty, pretty aggressively and then they, they 2174 02:11:11,640 --> 02:11:16,290 told everybody they had COVID. And so in their own words, they 2175 02:11:16,290 --> 02:11:19,650 were they were telling people they were positive for for this 2176 02:11:19,650 --> 02:11:20,130 fight with 2177 02:11:20,430 --> 02:11:22,170 FBI investigators say these 2178 02:11:22,170 --> 02:11:25,380 crimes are part of a disturbing trend nationwide, 2179 02:11:25,410 --> 02:11:30,180 my executive order to stay at home that was issued last month, 2180 02:11:30,900 --> 02:11:36,420 is set to expire on April the 30th. That executive order has 2181 02:11:36,480 --> 02:11:41,700 done his job to slow the growth of COVID-19. And I will let it 2182 02:11:41,730 --> 02:11:50,100 expire as scheduled. Now, it's time to set a new course, a 2183 02:11:50,100 --> 02:11:55,170 course that responsibly opens up business in Texas. Obviously, 2184 02:11:55,320 --> 02:12:00,030 not all businesses can open all at once. A more strategic 2185 02:12:00,030 --> 02:12:03,450 approach is required to ensure that we don't reopen only to 2186 02:12:03,450 --> 02:12:08,460 have to close down again. We will open Texas businesses in 2187 02:12:08,460 --> 02:12:18,330 phases. Phase one begins this Friday, May 1, all retail 2188 02:12:18,330 --> 02:12:23,580 stores, restaurants, movie theaters and malls can reopen 2189 02:12:23,850 --> 02:12:28,470 May the first. Now to minimize the spread of COVID-19. During 2190 02:12:28,470 --> 02:12:34,170 phase one. On the advice of doctors, I am limiting occupancy 2191 02:12:34,470 --> 02:12:38,790 to no more than 25% the extent to which this order opens up 2192 02:12:38,790 --> 02:12:46,830 businesses in Texas supersedes all local orders. If phase one 2193 02:12:46,830 --> 02:12:51,240 works well containing COVID-19 Phase two will expand that 2194 02:12:51,270 --> 02:12:58,020 occupancy to 50%. This order allows these businesses to 2195 02:12:58,020 --> 02:13:10,920 reopen we can go over there over there 2196 02:13:19,980 --> 02:13:26,280 in this situation, the problem, not the solution. Cheap recorded 2197 02:13:26,820 --> 02:13:32,040 to show those social media, you're doing the wrong thing. 2198 02:13:32,430 --> 02:13:37,290 I'm just trying to save your butt. Okay, I don't hold them 2199 02:13:37,290 --> 02:13:37,980 you get the promotion. 2200 02:13:41,730 --> 02:13:45,660 Americans no Joe Biden saw this coming all along and warned 2201 02:13:45,660 --> 02:13:49,620 people in January about what was going to happen here. 2202 02:13:49,620 --> 02:13:54,480 Opinions fall along partisan lines, but it does include 55% 2203 02:13:54,480 --> 02:13:57,630 of independents who say they would prefer that Biden be 2204 02:13:57,630 --> 02:14:02,520 handling the crisis. And 51% of Americans want Joe Biden 2205 02:14:02,670 --> 02:14:07,890 handling the economy. 44% say they'd rather it be Trump Willy 2206 02:14:08,040 --> 02:14:12,450 Willy. That's pretty. Pretty remarkable. Number two, if you 2207 02:14:12,450 --> 02:14:18,270 look at Joe Biden on the economy, more Americans prefer 2208 02:14:18,270 --> 02:14:23,340 Joe Biden handling the economy, Donald Trump's calling card, but 2209 02:14:23,340 --> 02:14:26,250 he's always bragged about saying this is the difference between 2210 02:14:26,610 --> 02:14:30,540 him and other Republicans or him and Democrats. He knows how to 2211 02:14:30,540 --> 02:14:34,800 do things. Well, no, actually Americans have seen his failures 2212 02:14:35,160 --> 02:14:40,440 in developing a strong testing regimen has kept this country 2213 02:14:40,440 --> 02:14:43,920 closed longer. And if you look at his own doctors, if you look 2214 02:14:43,920 --> 02:14:46,470 at his own scientist, if you listen to what nurses what 2215 02:14:46,470 --> 02:14:50,220 medical providers say they all say and by the way, CEOs are 2216 02:14:50,220 --> 02:14:55,230 saying it too, we can't reopen our economy until we strengthen 2217 02:14:55,230 --> 02:14:56,250 our testing. 2218 02:14:56,370 --> 02:15:00,120 Clooney I'm not a doctor, and I've never pretended to be a I 2219 02:15:00,120 --> 02:15:03,030 don't have a fold up bicycle, for example, I don't feel the 2220 02:15:03,030 --> 02:15:06,450 need to wear scrubs in the street. And indeed, I've never 2221 02:15:06,450 --> 02:15:10,350 voted labour. I don't read the guardian. But let me introduce 2222 02:15:10,350 --> 02:15:13,680 you to a scientist I think we should all be asking questions 2223 02:15:13,680 --> 02:15:20,250 about his name is Professor Neil Ferguson of Imperial College. He 2224 02:15:20,250 --> 02:15:23,970 runs models, and not beautiful women models, statistical 2225 02:15:23,970 --> 02:15:27,960 models, where he tells people how many deaths he thinks 2226 02:15:27,960 --> 02:15:32,430 there's going to be from a pandemic or other crisis. Neil 2227 02:15:32,430 --> 02:15:37,380 Ferguson says lifting the lockdown could cost 100,000 2228 02:15:37,380 --> 02:15:40,770 lives in the UK, and he's the guy that government are 2229 02:15:40,770 --> 02:15:44,550 listening to right now. Which is why we're still under this 2230 02:15:44,580 --> 02:15:48,420 infernal house arrest that everybody seems to be clapping 2231 02:15:48,420 --> 02:15:52,590 their frying pans about. Let's look at some of Neil Ferguson's 2232 02:15:52,590 --> 02:15:57,360 work in the past and see how accurate it's been. For bird 2233 02:15:57,360 --> 02:16:01,740 flu. He estimated using his very sophisticated models, there 2234 02:16:01,740 --> 02:16:06,690 might be 200 million deaths globally. There were in fact, 2235 02:16:07,050 --> 02:16:12,450 292 when it came to swine flu, Professor focus and use his 2236 02:16:12,450 --> 02:16:16,500 brilliant models, and he estimated there could be 65,000 2237 02:16:16,500 --> 02:16:22,800 deaths in the UK. There were in fact 457. Again, with Mad Cow 2238 02:16:22,800 --> 02:16:26,910 disease, a disease that I can relate to between 50 and 50,000 2239 02:16:26,910 --> 02:16:32,280 deaths in the UK, he said, And the correct answer was 177. And 2240 02:16:32,280 --> 02:16:36,540 for COVID, he came out and said there may be 500,000 deaths. 2241 02:16:36,720 --> 02:16:40,650 He's now saying there may be 100,000 If lockdown ends. And of 2242 02:16:40,650 --> 02:16:44,070 course we have no way of knowing right now, how many deaths there 2243 02:16:44,070 --> 02:16:47,610 will be. But it seems that Neil Ferguson is prone to 2244 02:16:47,610 --> 02:16:50,820 exaggeration. He's kind of like Gemma Collins on hormone 2245 02:16:50,820 --> 02:16:54,570 replacement therapy. Other scientists have challenged his 2246 02:16:54,600 --> 02:16:57,990 thinking as well. Unsurprisingly, they say at best 2247 02:16:57,990 --> 02:17:02,160 his models are crude estimations containing serious errors. So 2248 02:17:02,160 --> 02:17:05,700 questions remain. Why aren't the mainstream media asking these 2249 02:17:05,700 --> 02:17:08,940 questions? Why are we listening to this man who's about as 2250 02:17:08,940 --> 02:17:12,090 accurate as my five year old trying to be standing up? 2251 02:17:12,150 --> 02:17:18,390 Everybody's saying it I see from CEOs to nurses. And so I think 2252 02:17:18,390 --> 02:17:21,450 that's partly what you're saying. And those poll numbers 2253 02:17:21,450 --> 02:17:24,150 that show Americans prefer Joe Biden to Donald Trump when it 2254 02:17:24,150 --> 02:17:25,380 comes to handling the economy. 2255 02:17:25,860 --> 02:17:28,770 And through all the chaos as you know, President Trump has 2256 02:17:28,980 --> 02:17:32,130 basically staked his presidency on a strong economy. It's where 2257 02:17:32,130 --> 02:17:34,110 he always goes when he's in trouble. Look at the 2258 02:17:34,110 --> 02:17:37,200 unemployment numbers, look at the stock market, as those have 2259 02:17:37,200 --> 02:17:40,530 collapsed over the last couple of months. He no longer can hang 2260 02:17:40,530 --> 02:17:42,630 his hat on that. And you're seeing some of that in those 2261 02:17:42,630 --> 02:17:46,110 numbers in terms of opening up the economy. That same NPR poll 2262 02:17:46,110 --> 02:17:49,650 Mika was talking about asks whether it's a good or a bad 2263 02:17:49,650 --> 02:17:53,070 idea to resume certain normal activities without further 2264 02:17:53,070 --> 02:17:59,160 testing. 91% of Americans say it is a bad idea to allow people to 2265 02:17:59,160 --> 02:18:02,910 attend sporting events. 85% agree schools should remain 2266 02:18:02,910 --> 02:18:06,540 close 80% thing where I think restaurants should not allow 2267 02:18:06,540 --> 02:18:11,850 customers to dine in and 65% say it's a bad idea to allow people 2268 02:18:11,850 --> 02:18:15,090 to return to work without testing Mika this Coronavirus 2269 02:18:15,120 --> 02:18:17,850 with all of his followers and let them all hug each other and 2270 02:18:17,850 --> 02:18:22,260 kiss each other and have a big big rally. Big cocktail of 2271 02:18:22,290 --> 02:18:24,750 disinfectant yeah and all take disinfected 2272 02:18:25,530 --> 02:18:26,550 and all drop dead 2273 02:18:30,570 --> 02:18:33,420 there you have it. There's your COVID for the this is the 2274 02:18:33,420 --> 02:18:36,510 beginning. There's more clips because it keeps going on for 2275 02:18:36,510 --> 02:18:37,230 another year. 2276 02:18:37,500 --> 02:18:41,760 We can just we can we can take a vacation every year. And just 2277 02:18:41,970 --> 02:18:43,950 tell you well here's what happened with COVID Everybody 2278 02:18:43,950 --> 02:18:47,340 was perfect. Don't worry it'll it'll crank 2279 02:18:47,550 --> 02:18:50,310 out another years where the COVID clean every wanted. 2280 02:18:51,030 --> 02:18:54,720 And we have an unbelievable multi our best of end of show 2281 02:18:54,720 --> 02:18:59,130 COVID mixes coming up for you on the next show which will be 2282 02:18:59,130 --> 02:19:04,740 Thursday. You will be amazed and you will hum along and sing some 2283 02:19:04,740 --> 02:19:10,230 tunes we had and this not everyone has heard these it's 2284 02:19:10,230 --> 02:19:13,200 impossible. You've all heard these end of show. I was even 2285 02:19:13,200 --> 02:19:20,130 like crap, I can't this one. Until then, please do remember 2286 02:19:20,130 --> 02:19:27,030 us at the vortech.org/na we will be crediting everybody on the 2287 02:19:27,030 --> 02:19:33,000 show after next so credits will be handed out appropriately 2288 02:19:33,120 --> 02:19:36,390 coming to you from the heart of the Texas Hill Country. Kind of 2289 02:19:37,020 --> 02:19:39,540 Team A Reason number six in the morning everybody I'm Adam curry 2290 02:19:39,870 --> 02:19:43,560 is from Northern Silicon Valley where I remain I'm John C 2291 02:19:43,560 --> 02:19:44,100 Dvorak. 2292 02:19:44,639 --> 02:19:49,559 You'll be hearing us on the next show with the best end of show 2293 02:19:49,559 --> 02:19:54,509 mixes COVID Until then, adios MoPhO and such