For the life of me, chris, i cant understand why anybody would get on a cruise ship right now but theyre doing it. You want to do it, thats your business. I would not get on a cruise ship. But the president is saying folks are staying home. Theyre going to, you know, stay home and spend money. Maybe theyll do it later on. But i got to tell you, restaurants we went out to, there were empty seats at the restaurant. Usually, this time of year, miamis pretty busy. I got to say i didnt see a lot of folks out and about, as many as i usually see when i go down to miami. But people are scared. Theyre not traveling as much. Not going and about as much as they are. Fear is a choice. Danger is real. I know and trust tony fauci. I know and trust, as you do and everybody else in america, dr. Sanjay gupta. By the way, you elevated him. You called him chief doctor. He is our chief doctor of everything now. Im not disputing that. Just saying. There is a reason they wanted him to be surgeon general. So, look, now is not the time to be hyperambitious, especially if you are at risk. You know, the older people if you check one of the boxes of the sensitivity, i dont like coming from a place of fear. I do not do it in my own life to the extent i can control it. But sometimes caution, discretion, is the better part of valor. And right now, its better to see how this goes and be careful. But we got to be even with how we do this. Because we dont want to tank the economy out of fear and not spending and not going out and doing things. Thats why you need real information. I believe if nthey dont dance and they better tell us if this president was tested because we need him at 100 right now. You get the reality done, well deal with it. But when you fake the funk, people know it. And now, they dont know what to believe. And that can spread faster than any virus. Well, listen. I think the chances of the president having the, you know, coronavirus i think is pretty slim to none because hes its secondary, right . If he had if he had direct contact with the person who actually came down with coronavirus, then i would be concerned. But the American People have a right to know about the president and and his health. So they should tell us. But the chances are, pretty slim to none, that the president i hope you are right. Especially, if the folks he was in direct contact with, if they havent come down with the symptoms by now. Listen. Im not a doctor here but im speculating. No, youre saying it the right way. Its not like a game of tag where i have it, i touch done, don, he has it. Not the way it works. If you are not exhibiting symptoms, the chance of transmission. I went after Bernie Sanders tonight trying to make sure he is being vigilant about this. Listen. Bernie sanders. Joe biden. President trump. They all check the boxes. I would not be out there shaking hands right now. I would not be out there giving rallies. I just wouldnt be. Theyre all in their 70s. The president s got a little bit of weight on him. And hes you know, Bernie Sanders had a heart attack. Theyre all older. And theyre among the age of people one of thems going to be president for the next four years. I think they got to be careful. I got some Important Information i need to give but thank you, sir. Nice job with the chief doctor. Chief dr. Sanjay gupta. Love you, d. Lemon. Im don lemon. We have some breaking news. I am going to give you a lot of numbers but i want you to Pay Attention because it shows you the severity of this and just how quickly it can spread. So take a seat and listen to these numbers. At least 722 people in this country, 722 in this country, have tested positive for coronavirus. 26 people have died. That, as of now, as im speaking. The virus is spreading around the world. Italy, completely locked down, as of today. The country has at least 9,172 cases of coronavirus so far. More than any other european country, 60 Million People quarantined. Okay . And just to give you an idea of how fast this virus can spread, on february 27th, that was just 11 days ago, 650 people had tested positive for coronavirus. In italy. 650 people. And now, 9,172, at least, have cases of coronavirus so far. So right now, in this country, 722 people have tested positive. Where will we be 11 days from now . That, as the president tonight is floating the idea of a payroll tax cut and other help for the economy. We are going to be asking tomorrow, were seeing the senate. Going to be meeting with House Republicans mitch mcconnell, everybody, and discussing a possible payroll tax cut or relief, substantial relief. Very substantial relief. Thats a big thats a big number. Economists are questioning whether incentives like that will help in this case since the more people who stay home, the less spending at restaurants or on travel. Thats what i was trying to get across to you when i was talking to chris just moments ago. And speaking of staying home, the sec, on the night of the stock markets worst oneday point drop in history, is asking employees in d. C. To work from home because one employee may have the virus. And has been referred for testing. But think about this. When that press conference began, the nationwide total was 698 cases. When it ended, about 45 minutes later, the total was up to 707. In less than an hour. And listen to the Vice President s response when Cnns Kaitlan Collins asked him whether the president has been tested for the coronavirus. You just said that you have not been tested. You said you dont know if the president has been tested. But today, people learned that the president has interacted with two lawmakers who have interacted with someone who is positive for coronavirus. So why not get tested . Well, i i just simply dont know what the white house physician has recommended to the president but i promise well get you that information. You could let us know if the president has been tested. Well let you know. But look. This is, obviously, the white house physician is theyir their directive is to see to the health and wellbeing of the president of the united states. And well get you a very direct answer on that. You heard the Vice President there saying well let you know tonight. And well get you a very direct answer on that. And this just in, they did let us know. We heard the president , President Trump, has not received coronavirus testing per a spokeswoman. The president has not received coronavirus testing per a spokeswoman. Why is that question so important . Well, you heard kaitlan collins. What she said there. Said the president has been in connect with people who were in proximity to somebody who tested positive for the virus. And we are learning tonight that several members of congress are selfquarantining after coming into contact with someone at cpac a week and a half ago. Someone who has tested positive for coronavirus. Congressman mark meadows, the president s newly named chief of staff, tested negative. But he is staying home until 14 until the 14day isolation period expires this wednesday. One official telling cnn that he hasnt scheduled he wasnt scheduled to start his white house job this week. But two more congressmen have been in contact with the president. Heres congressman matt gaetz today, exiting the president ial limo. The beast, as they call it, and boarding air force one with the president. Gaetz learned after takeoff that he had been in contact with the infected person at cpac. He then quarantined himself sitting in a section of the plane alone. Though, youve got to wonder whether a doctor would call that quarantine. Just sitting in a different section of the same plane with the president on board. And sources telling cnn that gaetz spent the weekend with President Trump at maralago. Including, being the president s guest at an intimate dinner with the president in brazil. Yes, that is the same matt gaetz, remember, we talked about it last week. Showed you the pictures. He wore a gas mask on the house floor last week. And in between then and now, lost a constituent to the virus. Right before that dinner, the president said this about whether he was concerned that the virus was getting close to the white house. Im not concerned at all. No, im not. Another congressman who will selfquarantine and that is doug collins. The Top Republican on the judiciary committee. He has shown here shaking hands with the president last week at the cdc in atlanta. Also, selfquarantined, is senator ted cruz and congressman paul gosar, who both had contact at cpac with the person infected. That person also shook hands with cpacs chairman matt shlat, who was later seen shaking hans with the president as well. Congressman Louie Gohmert was told he was also in contact with the person at cpac. Mccarthy says tonight he would advise gohmert to consult a doctor. All that at cpac. Well, you remember nowexacting white house chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said this. I think this is whats going to be what brings down the president. Thats what this is all about. Thats not what this is all about. Not at all. The coronavirus doesnt care if you are a democrat or a republican. Democratic congresswoman Julia Brownly of california says she has learned that someone she met with last week has tested positive for coronavirus. She and her staff are working remotely. Like i said, this virus doesnt care if you are a democrat or republican. Were all in this together. And what we need are the facts. Lets not forget it was just three days ago that the administration was trying to tell you everythings fine. Nothing to see here. Buy stocks. The virus is contained. But i what i am pleased to r is that the 14 deaths so far, that are completely tragic and very sad, in this country, shows that this is being contained because the president took action. And a lot of you criticized him for doing that. Well, when Kellyanne Conway said that friday morning, 231 cases of coronavirus had been reported in this country. Now, there are 722. Sources telling cnn the president has privately warned that his coronavirusresponse team shouldnt stoke fears or panic. And its true that fear and panic wont help anybody. This is a time when we need to know our president is marshaling all the resources of the federal government to keep us safe. That were getting accurate information. Do we know that . Dont think that we do. Im going to bring in cnn White House Correspondent john harwood. John, good evening. Thank you so much for joining us. So the president came out and spoke. Im wondering, you know, he the president has not been tested for coronavirus. He came out tonight. What is the white house saying about that now . Well, thats statement you just referred to a few moments ago from Stephanie Grisham says the president has not received covid19 testing because hes had neither prolonged, close contact with any known confirmed covid19 patient, nor does he have any symptoms. So after an initial hesitation, they were not prepared for that question. At the briefing tonight. They have confirmed the president has not been tested and, of course, everyone hopes that the president has not been contracted the virus. And happy to hear that he doesnt have any symptoms. So they have no concern. You have all these people who are selfquarantining and who had direct contact. And he was in close confines with them. But there doesnt appear to be any concern at the white house, right . Well, i think the president was trying to signal concern tonight by going to that briefing. It hadnt been on his schedule. His tone was a little more chastened than it has been in some previous appearances that hes made. But he focused, mainly, on a reaction to the stock market drop. Proposing economic steps. He did not address the fact that his incoming chief of staff is in selfquarantine. The matt gaetz issue, the matt shlap issue, the cpac Conference Attendee who has tested positive. And he certainly did not do what his former Homeland Security advisor tom bossert did in an oped this afternoon. He said this is like a fire that threatens to burn out of control. He proposed very aggressive interventions, including long School Closures in affected communities. We didnt hear anything like that from the president tonight. And, in fact, you had Vice President pence echoing Kellyanne Conway in that byte you just played a moment ago, again, flattering the president s response. Praising him for what he had done so far. Not really signaling a fuel pivot to a different frame of mind in the administration on this crisis. Okay. Lets talk more about what you said. You mentioned the financial part of it. The president left the briefing pretty quickly after proposing this payroll tax cut. Hourly wage relief. Do we know if congress will go along with these plans . It is not clear at all that they will. First of all, House Democrats have ruled out the payroll tax cut as not well targeted for this purpose. They are proposing more welltargeted stimulus assistance for wage workers who dont have protection if they cant go to work. And for affected businesses that might have trouble repaying their debts. Particularly, small businesses. Theres some help for them in the emergency spending bill that passed last week. But youve also got republicans in the senate who are very weary about stimulus in this case. And so there is a lot of persuasion thats going to have to go on. The House Democrats are going to propose a package. Speaker pelosi met with her Committee Chairs tonight. But not at all clear what, if anything, is going to get enact and how big a package and how quickly. Can i ask you a question . You said the president appeared pretty chastened in that press briefing. Whats behind it . What do you think . Well, look, the fact that he predicted ten days ago, he said there were 15 cases and it would get close to zero in a few days. By sunday night, there were 550 cases. Now, theres more than 700. The number of deaths are rising. Wall street plummeted today. And it had a very rough week last week as well. And the president s hearing from a lot of people about a rising threat of recession in this country. Mark zandy, the independent economist told me today, it is now likely we have a recession in 2020 when President Trump is running for reelection. That is a very difficult circumstance for an incumbent president. So anyone, any president in that circumstance, would say, hey, weve got to do something different. We heard that message on the economic front tonight. Not so much on the Public Health front. But well see what tomorrow brings. Thank you, john. Appreciate that. As this virus spread across the country and around the world, we all have lots of questions. Questions like how long is an infected person sick . If you catch the virus and recover, do you have immunity . Our very own dr. Sanjay guptas here to answer your questions. Hes next. Try pantene daily moisture renewal conditioner. Its colorsafe formula uses smart conditioners to microtarget damage helping to repair hair without weighing it down. Try pantene. 100 online car buying. Carvanas had a lot of firsts. 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Partner with tmobile for business today. Coronavirus cases in the u. S. Now at at least, at least, 722, with 26 confirmed deaths. This is a chart that shows the total number of cases in the united states. Starting with one on january 22nd. And dramatically ballooning to where it is today. Some answers now from the most critical coronavirus questions from cnns very own dr. Sanjay gupta. Or as my colleague chris calls him, the chief doctor. I think thats what he called you. I like that. I like that, too. Youll take it. Our chief medical correspondent, dr. Sanjay gupta. Thank you so much. The government tonight putting out new guidelines for preventing the spread of coronavirus. Lets start with tips at home. What are they telling us to do . Well, you know, there are some pretty basic tips. Dr. Fauci talked about them being some pretty basic tips. Clean hands at the door. Create habits to avoid touching your face. Be really good about disinfecting surfaces. Increase ventilation in the home. Again, these are all common sense sort of things. I think these are a bit more interesting. Have Healthy People conduct themselves as if they might be a significant risk to a person with an underlying condition. So, you know, you think of yourself maybe carrying the virus even if youre not sick. So if you are going to be around somebody who is vulnerable because of their age or their medical conditions, be careful. And speaking of which, provide a protected space in the home for vulnerable people. They need to be able to find a space where they can be at least six feet apart from other people. And if somebody does get sick, have only one person care for them. These are logical suggestions. You know, and i think theyre going to make sense to most people. But i think the difference now is theyre written out. These types of suggestions. Both at the home, the school, your workplace, restaurants, are going to be written out for people for every individual in the country. You heard the news that i reported just a short while ago that the president has not been tested. Should the president be tested after he had close contact with congressman doug collins, matt gaetz, both of whom interacted with someone who had the virus at that cpac convention . You know, im not entirely sure about that. I will say that it was important that we know what was going on with the president. I mean, hes the president. So we should know this and i was a little surprised they didnt know at that press conference, considering how much it was in the news. But, don, it does raise one of these questions. So somebody tests positive. They have interactions with other people. Who havent, necessarily tested positive and dont have symptoms. And then those people, the congressmen, in this case, had interactions with the president. So the president s now Second Generation and were not clear that the people in between have the coronavirus. They might. You know, one could make the argument that the president doesnt need to be tested, just like anybody else who may have contact with somebody who had contact with someone who was diagnosed with the infection. Doesnt necessarily need to be tested either. Like, if you had contact with me and i had contact with somebody, you may not need to be tested. Part of the issue, don, the issue that weve talked about for weeks now is we dont have enough tests. So we do need to be judicious about who gets tested here. The president s obviously a different story. But from a medical standpoint, you could make the argument he doesnt need to be tested. I just feel like its sort of secondary. Im with you on that. I see where you are going with that and im with you on that. Lets get to some of these questions. Okay. These are viewer questions. Okay. So here, this is one. And its from facebook. It says why does it have to be wait a minute, am i with the right one here . This is from twitter, sorry. It says how long is someone sick with the virus . We hear reports with the number of cases and number of deaths. But for those who dont die, how long are they sick . Important question. And it depends on the severity of the illness. But let me just say this, quickly, that the you know, when people have had more severe illnesses and recovered, that recovery can be up to six weeks. So we got to keep that in mind, especially when it comes to hospitalizations and medical care. Its not you know, its not a quick sort of peak. The amount of care patients might need could take a long time. So are you contagious . You have to be quarantined that whole time . You can be you can be as long as youre still having symptoms, you could still be contagious. You could still be shedding the virus. So people oftentimes need to be isolated during that time as well. This is from facebook. It says why does it take a 14day incubation period . And do we know at what point it becomes infectious in that time . Yeah. So virus gets into your body, starts to replicate. But it may take some time. In this case, up to 14 days, the incubation period, before someone would start to develop symptoms. The virus is replicating but youre not really feeling it. And it can replicate for that period of time before someone develops symptoms. 14 days much you c. You can be contagious right away. Even before you have symptoms. Thats part of the concern. Likely, the virus probably was in your body for a bit and had to divide enough to actually start getting into your nasal cavity, where you start shedding virus. But the i think the most salient point is even without symptoms, you could be contagious. Not as likely to be contagious, according to dr. Fauci, as someone who is visibly sick, coughing, and sneezing. But it is possible to spread the virus without you, yourself, knowing you have it. Okay. The people most affected by the coronavirus are the elderly and people with underlying conditions. So why are so many schools closing . Yeah. So first of all, young people tend to be fairly protected from this virus. Were not entirely sure why. They can become infected. They can carry the virus. But theyre not really getting much serious illness. But the reason that they might close schools and thats, you know, one of those questions the united states, they will have to deal with. Is is really because you could still have the virus in your system. You could go home. You could spread it to parents, grandparents. You could become sort of a vector for the virus. And schools, especially for little kids, tend to be these places where viruses spread easily. So lots of kids, even though they may not be sick, can go home and start spreading it to people who may be more vulnerable. During h1n1, ill tell you quickly, don, 700 schools closed across the nation. 50 of them in new york city. It was unclear after that if it really made a difference. And im sure that if mass School Closings are being considered, theyll go back and look at that data from h1n1 to see if it makes sense. The guidelines released by the government tonight dont say anything about closing schools. If students are exposed to the virus, i mean, should they . You know, i think youd have to make the case itll make a big difference. Again, in this particular with this particular outbreak, this particular pandemic now, as were calling it, its because kids are protected, they should be pretty safe from they, themselves, getting sick. So its really about them protecting themselves from getting the virus and then spreading it to others. And there is the guidance on the screen. I mean, for faculty, really, practice good hygiene. Thats an obvious one. Really learn how to handwash properly. Rearrange activities because its humantohuman transmission. Six feet. Thats when you can start to really spread. Food, carefully. Obviously, this is a big one. Stay home if you are feeling sick. If you see somebody whos sick, avoid them as well. We should always be doing that even, you know, just with regular seasonal flu. But now, obviously, more than ever. All right. I got a couple kwek questions for you before i go to the break. Family members or people on the street. So if i go to the doctor and the doctor says i have the flu but didnt test me for corona, does that mean that i dont have the coronavirus and that i have the flu . Or he doesnt know . You are unlikely to get both at the same time. Now, its not that if you get the flu, its not that you cant necessarily, get coronavirus later. But you are unlikely to have both infections at the same time. But what if he didnt test me for coronavirus . Could i have the coronavirus . Will it show up as the flu even if he didnt test me for the coronavirus or no . No. Theres two different tests. If you test for the flu and it comes back positive, thats the flu for sure. Now, is it possible you could get the coronavirus later on . Its possible. Having the flu doesnt protect you from getting the coronavirus later on. All right. And the other thing is, and this is for me because i use Hand Sanitizer a lot, can you become like can you use it too much to where it doesnt become effective anymore . Not really for the individual. There is a concern that you may start to develop, you know, basically sort of like antibiotic resistance, the equivalent of that with Hand Sanitizer. You are killing the bacteria on your hands and bad bacteria could start to proliferate instead. You got to use it in appropriate amount. Soap and water is better, for that reason. But in terms of protecting you against coronavirus, the Hand Sanitizer seems to work well. 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In washington state, one of the epicenters of the outbreak in the u. S. , the university of washington has suspended classes for the rest of the quarter. Asking instructors to conduct classes and exams remotely. With plans to resume normal class operations on march 30th, pending Public Health guidance. Several universities are taking similar steps. Cancelling inperson classes, at least temporarily, including Stanford University and Northeastern University seattle and San Francisco bay area campuses. On the east coast, princeton, hastra, fordham, all suspending inperson classes. Columbias president explaining after a member of our community was exposed to covid19 and was now under quarantine. Whenever it was away like in a different country or before it came to america, it was like, oh, this is out of our. This is like beyond us. But now, its here and i feel like everyone is going to be more aware. And spreading just like awareness and taking more caution. Students taking the news in stride. Im not superworried or anything. Only because like the death rate for people that are under 60 is quite low. College stacampuses where students and staff live and work can be close to contagion. Supports the precautionary steps become taken. As a Large Community with maybe more people at more risk than others, i think its just important to take precautions. I think they have the compaapac to do online classes and alternatives like that. I think if i were in their shoes, i would probably do the same. Another concern, Public Schools. Fulton county, georgia, is closing all schools temporarily after an employee tested positive for the virus. They sent an email to all the 6th grade teachers saying that somebody in the district got the coronavirus. Elk Grove Unified School District in sacramento county, california, also cancelled classes and activities for the week due to virus concerns. This is a time to listen to your body. New york mayor bill de blasio saying there would be a high bar for closing the citys Public Schools but there could be specific, targeted closures. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo putting it this way. For all schools, were going to set a policy that if a student tests positive in a school, that school is closed for an initial 24hour period. Meanwhile, Public Schools in scarsdale in hardhit Westchester County north of new york city will be closed until march 18th after a faculty member at the middle school tested positive for the virus. Athena jones cnn new york. Markets plummeting today with the dows largest daily point loss ever. Were going to tell you what you need to know for your bottom line. Where an American Icon uses the latest hr tools to stay true to the family recipe. Where a music studio spends less time on hr and payroll, and more time crafting that perfect sound. Where the nations Biggest Party store can staff up quickly as soon as its time for fun. 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And will meet with congress tomorrow. Lets discuss now. Cnn business anchor, mr. Richard quest, and political commentator katherine. Ms. Katherine. Good evening to both of you. Boy. What a day. What a day. The dow had its worst day since 2008 when we were in the midst of a Global Financial crisis, richard. What happened today . What happened today is the chickens came home to roost. I can use all sorts of analogies till late. The markets were very unhappy. Coronavirus, they are deeply worried about Economic Growth and the effect. The uncertainty. The level of uncertainty is so intense around the world on this. And then, on top of that, there is this very nasty little spat between the russians and the saudis over the price of oil. And the saudis, basically, said we are going to turn on the taps. Were going to flood the world with oil. And that might sound great at first blush but its not. Oil markets need to be orderly, as Steve Mnuchin said this evening. The treasury secretary. And theyre not. Investors simply capitulated. The price catered because of the coronavirus, right . Coronavirus. Imagine a house on fire and the saudis went to pour gasoline on top of it. Do you see signs of a recession . Yes. You cant just say yes. Come on. You cannot have this level of disruption and dislocation and economic noise and chaos without, eventually, having this downward spiral that leads to recession. There will be a recession in europe. There will be a recession in parts of asia. China is de facto on the verge of recession. The u. S. Might skirt it but it will feel like a recession even if it isnt the technical twoquarters. You have gone all the way down the alphabet. We thought we would see the word correction before we would see recession. We did have a stock market correction. Weve absolutely had that by now. Thats just a 10 drop from the recent peak, which we had already a while ago. The president said his administrations going to meet with congress, katherine, to propose a payroll tax cut relief for hourly workers. How exactly would that help . Or would that even help at this point . Well, trump said a few things tonight are on the table. He mentioned specifically a pay dpts roll tax cut, which a lot of economists i have spoken with said may not give you a huge bang for your buck partly because it gets released in sort of dribs and drabs. Its based on how much you get in your paycheck each week. If you are not working because youre sick or because people are afraid to come to your place of business because you work at a restaurant or whatever and theyve cut back hours, its not going to help you, right . Or if if you are in if you are a he a gig worker or Something Like that, you know, the way you pay your taxes is a little bit different. So its unlikely to have a huge bang for the buck in that sense. There are more targeted things that are also on the table. Things like having paid sick leave for hourly workers who might not otherwise have access to it so that they feel safe that they can stay home if theyre symptomatic or if they worry theyve been exposed. That theyre not going to miss out on their paycheck, effectively, and be unable to pay their rent. So there are things on the table that are more likely to be a bit more targeted. Trump also trump is some of his advisers have also talked about targeted programs for the Hospitality Industry. For airlines that have been suffering. And you could imagine that that would have a major effect, of course. Thats a little complicated itself because trump, himself, is in the Hospitality Industry and the optics of that might not be great. And then there are other things that ive heard economists float like, you know, having some sort of federallysubsidized sales tax holiday at the state level. So there are other things that are that are being floated. But trump and his advisers seem most fixated on a payroll tax cut. Its interesting to me how its like a onetwo punch, right . You have the stock market thats being hit and then you have, as you say, gig workers, just sort of regular, Everyday Americans that are being hit because of coronavirus, right . You dont have you have your kids, who may have who are out of school. Right . And you cant you got to stay home from work. Exactly. You see where im going with this . Because then you have the people in the stock market and they may be wealthier people. But then you have people at home who are average, Everyday Americans, and theyre being hit as well. So you have this onetwo punch all happening at the same time. Which is why this was so serious from day one. And that anybody who dealt with Health Health pandemics, epidemics, realized that the economic of you know, look, most people in this country are not well, not most just about everybody in this country not going to get the virus. They may get caught up in a selfquarantine for whatever. But they are most definitely going to be affected by it. Of course. Of course. Whether its because of Interest Rates, the stock market, their 401 k . When did you last look at your 401 k . Not looking. Exactly. Thats the best thing not to do best thing to do until all that is over. No. This is really serious economic stuff. If there is a recession, and its more likely but not definite, it will be short and sharp depending on the administrations response. So if there is a recession, we have to go, though. But, quickly, if there is a recession, dont, at this point, because because this Administration Economy so much with it, we have fewer tools to deal with it . Certainly, the fed has fewer tools available because Interest Rates are already low and Interest Rates are not a particularly welltargeted tool to begin with. Whether or not the whether the fiscal tools are effective, you know, it remains to be seen. Theyre still really dealing with a secondorder consequence of the Public Health crisis itself. I think what we are learning is that when you prioritize stock markets ahead of Public Health, you end up helping neither, right . And what we really need to do is deal with the Public Health issue. And try to mitigate those secondary order effects that come from economic disruptions. But but really, its a health issue. Thank you both. I appreciate it. A cruise ship with confirmed cases of coronavirus on board docking tonight in california. But the passengers arent free yet. Im going to speak to a man on that ship right after this. Billions of mouths. Billions of problems. Morning breath . Garlic breath . Stinky breath . Theres a therabreath for you. Therabreath fresh breath oral rinse instantly fights all types of bad breath and works for 24 hours. So you can. Breathe easy. Theres therabreath at walmart. We are tmobile. 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Obviously people in need of medical services. So its frustrating to be on the ship still. And we have not gotten good word on when we will get off the ship. They had a prepared to go today. So far they havent followed through on that. And i dont know whats going to happen tonight. Maybe tomorrow. Right now i look outside and notice a line up of ambulances and people being loaded onto that. So i dont know if those are people who have minor medical issues or what. Theyre still dealing with the passengers with in need of medical care. Whats frustrating is a good part of the afternoon a couple of hundred canadians were off loaded. They were given priority after the first medical emergency people. Obviously the government has their act together. For our federal or State Government didnt. Let me step in. So you dont know you have no plans of whats happening next. Or where youre going . Or getting off. How soon. We dont know exactly when. We live in northern california. So what we heard is well be transferred to Travis Air Force base. You have no idea about quarantine, how much longer youll be quarantined . They said 14 days. We dont know. Have you been tested for the coronavirus . We havent been tested for anything. You have not. All right. You werent feeling well last week. Do you feel that you received a proper medical attention . No, i never did. I requested some. It passed quickly. Im not concerned about it. Probably a minor nothing. But the mefd cal Services Team was overwhelmed with passengers in dire straits. And we could have come into port on thursday and they could have loaded medical personnel on board to screen people. The delay just unconsciousable. And. Do you feel better now . Yeah. Totally. All right. Keep us up to date and we wish you the best. You and your fellow passengers. Thank you for chequing in. Thank you. Hes hoping to be let off soon. 14 days in quarantine. 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