Doing. He also says, and im quoting him now, its quite evident that hydroxychloroquine is not, in his words, is not an effective treatment for coronavirus. President trump touts it and says he has taken it himself. Significant differences there and on other sensitive issues as well. Lets go straight to the white house. First, our chief White House Correspondent jim acosta is standing by. Jim, the president is now in florida, coming back to d. C. The first manned u. S. Space launch in a decade has just been scrubbed. Reporter thats right, wolf, President Trump is on his way back from florida as he was scheduled to watch the space launch. That launch was scrubbed due to the weather. Prior to his trip to the Kennedy Space center, the president was suppressing misinformation as the u. S. Is on the verge of hitting 100,000 deaths from the coronavirus. The president is still misleading the public about mailin voting despite being smacked down and fact checked by twitter. Unmasked and unmoved by health experts, President Trump is playing the distracterinchief, picking fights and spreading misinformation as the number of dead in the u. S. From the coronavirus hovered at the heartbreaking milestone of 100,000 lives lost, stoking a cultural war over wearing masks. Can you take it off . Because i cant hear you. Reporter ill just speak louder. Oh, good, you want to be politically correct. Go ahead. I do it when im in the public for the reasons that, a, i want to protect myself, and protect others, and also because i want to make it be a symbol for people to see that thats the kind of thing you should be doing. Reporter even fellow republicans arent following the president s lead. This is not about politics. This is not about liberal or conservative. This is not a liberal or conservative issue. This is an issue of how do i protect my neighbor. How do i protect people that i love. How do i protect people that i dont even know. Reporter the president leveled more false attacks on msnbcs joe scarborough, drawing a rebuke from senator mitt romney who tweeted, i know joe scarborough, joe is a friend of mine, enough already. Twitter has had enough too. Twitter flagged its followers to get the facts on one of the president s tweets about mailin ballots. As it turns out, the president and White House Press secretary Kayleigh Mcenany have voted by mail in florida. Mcenany told cnn absentee voting has the word absentee in it for a reason. She said that President Trump is against the plan to expand mass mailin voting without a reason, which has a high incidence of voting fraud. But actually thats not true. I have to do an absentee because im voting in florida and i happen to be president. Reporter as for the president s fixation on hydroxychloroquine to treat the coronavirus, france Just Announced its banning the use of the drug for covid19. Fauci told cnn hydroxychloroquine just hasnt panned out as a treatment. Im not so sure it should be banned. But clearly the Scientific Data is really quite evident now about the lack of efficacy for it. Reporter the president s litany of distractions during the pandemic stands in stark contrast with john f. Kennedy and his message during the cuban missile crisis. Many months of sacrifice and self discipline lie ahead, months in which both our patience and our will will be tested. Months in which many threats and denunciations will keep us aware of our dangers. But the greatest danger of all would be to do nothing. Reporter the president met with new York Governor Andrew Cuomo here at the white house earlier today. The president hasnt commented on that meeting. But cuomo says both men talked about ways to energize the struggling u. S. Economy especially in the new york area which was devastated by the virus. And as for the scrubbed launch down in florida, we have some pictures to show you of whats happening down at cape canaveral, not much at the moment. The president and much of his family were on hand. We saw the president as well as the first lady and many of the president s children but no word yet at this moment from the white house as to whether the president will try to be in attendance for the rescheduled launch now set for saturday, wolf. Well see what happens on that front. Jim acosta, thank you. The pace of reopening is picking up across the United States despite the mounting death toll. Cnns nick watt has the latest now from los angeles. Nick, there are new reopening announcements from coasttocoast. Reporter there are, wolf. But as you mentioned, we are right now just 17 deaths away from that horrific 100,000 mark. And just to put that in some context, 100,000, that is more americans than were killed in the vietnam war, the korean war, and Operation Iraqi freedom combined. Also, some people have tried to compare this to the seasonal flu. We are also now approaching triple the average death toll for seasonal flu. And this virus is nowhere near done yet. In l. A. Today, you can walk into any store again after nearly ten weeks. But now with a mask. Were not moving beyond covid19. But were learning to live with it. Reporter long island also reopening today, just 74 deaths reported in new york state today, down from over 800 today, in early april. When you have gone through what we have gone through, its a sign that were headed in the right direction. Reporter new york city still a few weeks away, and expect more of this. Sidewalk dining this summer. I think it is a very, very encouraging possibility to lean to the outdoors. But even with that, weve got a lot to figure out in terms of social distancing, face coverings, protocols. Reporter the projected u. S. Death toll was just dropped about 11,000 by those wellknown university of washington mo modelers, they say because many of us are wearing masks. Many but not all. We have situations in which you see that type of crowding, with no masks and people interacting, thats not prudent. And thats inviting a situation that could get out of control. Reporter caesars in vegas will open next week. Visitors strongly encouraged to mask up. Seaworld orlando hopes to open in two weeks. Anyone over 2 must be masked. Disney world now planning to open about a month later, midjuly, at reduced capacity and none of those crowd magnet parades or fireworks. The best news of Public Health is that we are seeing in certain areas a significant plateauing and diminution. Thats sort of sobered by the fact that in other areas, unfortunately, we are seeing some uptick. So in the areas going down, it means when you do the mitigation, it works. Reporter new case counts are falling in the likes of texas, michigan, and those hard hit northeastern states but steeply up in alabama, arkansas, and west virginia. Also still creeping up in california. L. A. County just unveiled a possible plan for schools come the fall. Staggered start times, everyone masked, and teachers, not students, moving between classrooms. I know this isnt easy. I know living in the inbetween is not where anybody wants to be. But its better than living completely in the shadows or running too fast simply to the light. Reporter now, we just dont know yet what the impact of all this opening will be. But we just heard a pretty startling statistic from the county Health Department here in los angeles. They say that right now they estimate there are maybe 2 million more people moving around, going to offices, stores, houses of worship. And lets say just 2 of them are infected. That is another 40,000 people moving around this city potentially infecting other people. And thats why masks and the distance are so, so crucial, wolf. Indeed they are. Nick watt in l. A. For us, thank you. Joining us, governor of colorado, jared pole of helispo. Governor, thank you for joining us. Right now, 99,983 is the death toll in the u. S. What message is being sent by this awful, awful number to all those families grieving right now . Its especially hard for many families, wolf, who werent able to spend the last days or weeks of the life of their loved one with them because they were isolated in the covid ward, often on ventilators, unable to be visited, not able to say go back. Its a terrible way to go. Were all going to go some day, wolf. Covid19 is a terrible way to go, painful for the families, painful for the person who passes away. And just that reflection that weve already lost more people in three short months than we lost in almost two decades of wars, vietnam, korea, desert storm. Such a tragedy. March 5, there were 11 confirmed deaths here in the United States and now were approaching 100,000 in less than three months. Its hard to really grasp the awful nature of what has happened. Your state, colorado, is one of the first to ease into reopening. Your cases are indeed trending downward right now. But what do you make of the warning today from dr. Fauci that it could take two, three, maybe four weeks or more to see the impact of the reopening . Its just amazing to see i think one of the studies you cited earlier, if people wear masks more it saves 11,000 lives. That simple act, that simple act, wearing a mask, wearing it in public, is what were encouraging all coloradoans to do. Not only saves tens of thousands of lives but helps get our economy open sooner, helps people return to work sooner, helps the economic recovery. Masks are our passport to health and freedom as well as continuing the social distancing, being six feet from others when we can. Dr. Fauci also told our jim sciutto today in the cnn interview that wearing a mask is an important symbol to others. It can protect you, it can protect other people, but its also an important symbol especially from leaders to send out that message. The president , though, is still resisting wearing a mask publicly. He was down at the Kennedy Space center today. He wasnt wearing a mask in public, even though he was Milling Around with a whole bunch of people over there. Why, after nearly 100,000 americans have lost their lives, are we still not getting a unified message from the administration . Weve had responsible republican and democratic governors say this is not a political issue. You know what, if you wear a mask, if youre a follow he eer donald trump, you can put his face on it, put make america whatever on it, but wear the mask. Its important to save your life, your friends lives, your parents lives. Its a Civic Responsibility to wear a mask when were in public. And i think the political leaders across the board should model that behavior. New Research Published today, governor, shows that your stayathome order kept coronavirus hospitalizations down significantly. How does that impact your thinking now on the next reopening steps . Well, we finally dipped under 400 hospitalizations, a milestone for us. Just over a thousand deaths in colorado. Nothing to celebrate, wolf. You never celebrate that 400 people are sick in the hospital or that a thousand have died. At the same time, its a moment of reflection that it would have been a lot worse had not americans and coloradoans made the extraordinary efforts to stay at home, to avoid going out except when they needed to, and because of that success, because of wearing masks, because of staying six feet apart from others were able to get back to something a lot closer to normal, sooner rather than later. Good luck out there in colorado, governor. We appreciate your joining us, jared polis, governor of colorado, thanks as usual. Thank you, wolf. Up next, the u. S. Right now on the verge of 100,000 coronavirus deaths. Why is the loss of life here in the United States so much higher than in other countries . Plus disney world and seaworld now planning to reopen in some form in the coming weeks. How can they assure that families who come and visit will be safe . Somos muy diferentes. Muy diferentes. announcer everyone in your family is different. Thats why verizon offers more plans to mix and match, starting at just 35. Switch now and get up to 900 off the motorola edge . The network more people rely on gives you more. Breaking news, the u. S. Coronavirus death count is just about to pass 100,000. Right now, 99,983. It will be a social, medical, and political milestone, a very unfortunate one, in u. S. History. Over three months, 100,000 americans have passed away from the coronavirus. Lets see get the perspective of our chief political analyst Gloria Borger along with former acting cdc director dr. Richard besser and our chief medical correspondent dr. Sanjay gupta. So, about to pass 100,000, gloria. Typically this would be a time, a moment when americans turn to the president of the United States for guidance. But thats not necessarily a role were seeing from the president right now. No, this would be a moment under normal circumstances when you want the president to be the pastor in chief of the country, and to make people feel as if those theyve lost are important. And its when you want a president to talk to americans and say, look at what we have been through, and being hopeful about where were going to come out of this. Instead, sad to say, i think we have a president who wants to divert from the number 100,000, which is very hard to divert from. Weve seen it all over the front pages of newspapers, for example. And hes trying to change the subject. When he talks about 100,000, he says, well, it could have been a million, it could have been 2 million. And instead of talking about that number and talking to the American People about how he knows how difficult this has been for everyone and acknowledging the suffering, this is a president who is trying to change the subject. And so hes tweeting conspiracy theories. Hes tweeting about twitter. And Everything Else under the sun. And tweeting about his enemies, tweeting about the media, instead of offering some solace to the American People. And thats sorely lacking here, wolf. Lack of empathy, thats what were seeing in part. Sanjay, look at these numbers. The United States compared to some other countries, you can see the u. S. Now approaching 100,000. Germany has had 8,428. Japan, only 846. South korea, 269. Japan and south korea, they were hit very early as well, end of february, early march. They managed to keep it down. What did they do differently than what we do . Yeah. South korea, the first patient that was confirmed to have covid in south korea was on the same day as the first patient was confirmed in the United States, just to give you a sense of the timeline. And obviously south korea is one sixth, maybe, the size of the United States, one seventh the size. But fewer than 300 deaths, not fewer than 3,000 or 30,000. Fewer than 300 deaths. A lot of it had to do with the pace at which they acted, wolf. It wasnt as if they had some magic therapeutic or vaccine or Something Else that we didnt have access to. It was that very quickly, they acted. They tested very early, they used the World Health Organization test, which was made widely available at that time. That was a test that the u. S. Decided not to use, the cdc was creating its own test which had some flaws and that ultimately set things back, wolf. Its not a question of the action, its a question of when that action was performed. The earlier those actions are performed, testing and stayathome orders, the payoff in terms of saving lives and reducing infections would have been significant. Hopefully weve learned this lesson because theres an important lesson here, and maybe one we have to apply again soon. Japan, i remember, very early, shut down all their schools, not just in tokyo but throughout the whole country. Everybody was wondering, why are they going that far . But they obviously knew what they were doing. Dr. Besser, youre the former acting director of the cdc. When you see how the United States compares to these other countries, when you watch the death toll now almost at 100,000, what goes through your mind . Theres another piece to it. S sanjay hit the testing component which is so critically important. But theres another thing these countries did that we still havent done, and thats ensuring that everyone who is identified as a case or everyone who has contact with a case, is provided with a safe place to isolate or quarantine. If all youre doing is testing and contact tracing, youll identify the people spreading disease. But you wont be able to prevent it. What weve done is we identified people who were positive through testing, and we send them home. And if youre lucky enough to live in a place where you can be separate from the rest of your family, then yeah, maybe the disease wont spread. But for millions of people, particularly people of color, lowincome people, weve sent people home to spread this disease. And that just shouldnt be. These countries took a national approach. If someone is positive, theres a Central National body that is providing a place for people to quarantine, with the economic support and the food support, so that everyone can do that. And very quickly, dr. Besser, a lot of these countries, whether japan or singapore or taiwan, south korea, theres a history of wearing face masks, and they started wearing face masks right away, didnt they . Yeah, and face masks are definitely a part of this. Weve learned a lot, especially because of the percentage of people who may spread this before they have any symptoms whatsoever. If someone is symptomatic and stays home, and that was the only way it was spreading, face masks wouldnt have such a big role. But what dr. Fauci is saying in terms of the importance of face masks, both in terms of prevention but also symbolism, saying i want to do everything so that 100,000, we dont hit that again, this should be a solemn moment of recommittal to doing everything in our power to ensure that we limit the disease progression and limit the number of future deaths. Whatever we can do. Dr. Besser, thank you so much. Gloria, sanjay, stand by. Weve got more coming up. 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Were following multiple breaking stories here in the situation room. The coronavirus death count in america is approaching 100,000, right now 99,983. Well have more on that in a few moments. Just a little while ago, bat weather forced a delay in the first manned launch from u. S. Soil in nine years. Lets go to cnns rachel crane at the Kennedy Space center in florida. Rachel, a very disappointing day for nasa. Reporter thats right, wolf, but also pretty typical for these crewed launches. Theyre often scrubbed for weather. So many things have to go just right to get these guys off the ground because safety is of the utmost importance. Its not just here where they monitor the weather, its across the ascent path, in case a rescue operation has to be deployed. Today it was the weather at the Kennedy Space center that in fact scrubbed the launch. This was an instantaneous launch window, meaning it had to happen right on time in order for it to take off. So the crew dragon could rendezvous with the International Space station 250 miles above earth, 19 hours after liftoff. Bob and doug were already strapped into the capsule. The hatch was closed. They were loading over a Million Pounds of propellant into the rocket when this launch was scrubbed. So everybody all across the globe very excited for the next launch window, which will be on saturday at 3 22 p. M. Eastern standard time. And if, once again, Mother Nature is not on our side then, there is a backup to the backup, wolf, that will be on sunday. Back you to. Well see what happens, thanks very much, rachel crane on the scene for us. Meanwhile also in florida, not very far away, some of the largest Tourist Attractions are planning to reopen in the coming weeks. The mayor of Orange County joins us. Mayor, thank you for joining us. Economy world will open july 11, not very far down the road. How can you ensure that the families that visit will be safe . First let me say thank you for having me on the show. Were excited to have our major theme parks reopening here in the area. Of course we have sat with the disney executives and they walked us through really the different screenings and sanitation protocols that they have put in place to guarantee that the guests who patronize the facilities will be safe. Here in our community, we have a very, very low Positivity Rate. We have tested some 67,000 people in our community and 1,877 of them have tested positive, which means we have a Positivity Rate of 2. 8 . When we put that in perspective and compare ourselves to other metropolitan areas around the country, its very low. Our goal is to keep it low but i want to reopen our economy to the extent we can. And so were excited about Walt Disney World reopening and the sanitation measures will allow that to be a safe process. So lets talk a little bit about trying to keep it safe. There are going to be certain restrictions, its not going to be business as usual when disney world opens. Seaworld is supposed to open in midjune, right . Lets talk a little bit about those restrictions. Weve put some up on the screen. Reduced capacity, face masks for employees and all guests, temperature checks for anyone walking in, no parades or fireworks. This is going to be very, very different. It is going to look different than what you will customarily see at any of those theme parks. But its something that will still allow the guests to have a good experience. And so i believe that with the touchless, the cashless types of systems that they will be putting in place, it should preclude the virus from being easily spread between human beings. Do you worry, mayor, that a huge number of tourists showing up in your county could possibly bring in from outside a whole bunch of new cases . That certainly is a concern of ours. However, throughout our community, we have tried to ensure that we have masks and the availability of hand sanitizers and other things in place here within our community. So if you visit here, you will see the majority of the people who will be using the personal protective equipment. And so because of that, i believe that were able to control it to a large extent. I will have to say this, back in midmarch, when Walt Disney World made the decision to close its parks, it was monumental, because that is the largest single site employer in north america, with 77,000 employees at one site. When they made the decision to close their doors, the other theme parks followed suit. And that helped us to really stop the spread of the virus in its tracks. And we continue to certainly have it within our community, but at 2. 8 Positivity Rate, we have seen a majority of individuals who have tested positive for the virus recovering in our community. 84 to 85 of the people who have tested positive have now recovered from the virus. So we still have that means we have somewhere around 300 people in our community who still have active symptoms from the virus itself. Even if you recover, sometimes there are going to be long term impacts on your health because of this coronavirus, theres so much of it we still dont fully understand. Hotels, restaurants, are they now getting ready to fully reopen as well . Our restaurants open at a reduced capacity. Theyre at 50 of what the total occupancy levels are within the area. Were seeing people comfortable reengaging with the community and feeling comfortable to go out. We have a number of them that enjoy outdoor seating and dining at our restaurants. In terms of the hotels, many of them remain closed at this point. But they are looking to reengage as people will travel here to hopefully participate in some of the adventures and theme attractions we have here. We should see the numbers begin to increase. Again, it is certainly our desire to stop the spread of the virus within our communities. So we cant do that without an abundance of support from the people who live here. And by and large, because of peer pressure, were getting the cooperation to wear the mask and all those things we need to keep everybody safe. Mayor Jerry Demings in orlando, florida, thank you so much for joining us. Good luck to everyone over there, lets hope it works out. Well be watching very closely. Thanks as usual. Thank you very much. Coming up, theyre risking their lives battling coronavirus, often without adequate protective gear. So why are some doctors, were talking about doctors in russia, complaining theyre being treated like traitors and villains . 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Its more than 370,000, as weve been saying, that places an enormous pressure on the countrys medical services. Tonight we spoke directly to russian doctors about the challenges that they face. Theyre under pressure like never before. But instead of being applauded like in the west, doctors in russia say theyre facing mistrust, even open hostility as they battle the coronavirus pandemic. Doctors like tatiana reva, an intensive care specialist, reported to the police after this video about equipment shortages was posted on social media. Now she tells cnn she fears being fired, even prosecuted, after investigators gave her hospital the all clear. Because of my video, they decided to check the availability of ppe and ventilators. But the check was carried out a month after i flagged the problems. You can imagine how much had been purchased in a month after the buzz the video made. Reporter the desperation of russian doctors and the overwhelming pressure on them has emerged as a grim theme in this countrys pandemic. One of these stressedout medics was questioned by police for spreading false information after complaining about shortages in his hospital. The other on the left sustained head injuries, falling out a window. Two other doctors infamously died in similar circumstances. Public disdain may be one factor driving them to despair, not helped by rampant coronavirus conspiracy theories, some propagated on russian state television. Analysts say a significant proportion of russians believe the virus has been invented by doctors to control society. Others, that doctors are hiding the true extent of casualties from the public. Either way, this information is corroding public trust in russias medical profession. Many people of course see doctors as heroes. But from many of russian society, doctors are traitors orvilles and because they are participating in these plans for controlling people. People dont believe in state medicine. They only believe in doctors who they know personally. Reporter but its the coronavirus itself thats killing russian doctors en masse. Official figures put the number at just over 100 so far. But Health Care Workers have compiled a list of more than 300. Even the government admits nearly 10,000 medical staff are now infected, including this doctor, an xray specialist who says she was given practically no means of protection at her hospital and had to appeal to an oppositionbacked Doctors Union for equipment. It didnt go down well with the hospital administrators who deny any shortcomings. Translator they recorded me on video while the deputy head doctor started asking, where was that ppe . At the moment, the ppe was being sneaked into the hospital. But i told them it was at my home so they wouldnt find it. We gave it out later that night. Then i got sick so they didnt have time to discipline me. Reporter you know its bad when infection with coronavirus feels like a lucky escape. Wolf, all these Horror Stories about the treatment of doctors is contributing to a general sense that the authorities just havent handled the pandemic in russia very well. Its having an impact on popularity ratings. Vladimir putin, the russian president , now seeing popularity ratings of 59 , the lowest theyve ever been. Awful situation indeed. Matthew chance, thanks for that report. Coming up, very serious questions about the democratic and republican president ial conventions this summer. Can they really be held safely right in the middle of an pandemic . Keeping me from the things i love to do. Talk to your doctor, and call 8442142424. 100 online car buying. Carvanas had a lot of firsts. Car vending machines. And now, putting you in control of your financing. 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Its hard to grasp onto that, but its such an awful, awful number. Yeah, wolf, i mean i think weve sort of seen this coming now for some time, these projections. But when it happens it makes it no less painful, no less tragic. Wolf, youve been talking about some of these people on your program at the end of every show, and ive known people who have died from this disease, seen a lot of patients who have gotten sick and its very real for people out there. I think sometimes if youre watching us on television you forget that part of it. They say 1 in 7 people will likely know someone who has died from this covid disease. So its tough. And theres its a bad virus. Its a contagious lethal virus. We know this leads to terrible news like this. But i can tell you as well, wolf, there are some lessons to be learned because theres other countries where the death toll was not as significant. And thats not a criticism comparison at this point. It is the clarion call to say we must learn these lessons now because we may have to apply these lessons soon. Again, wolf, what worked in other places, what can we learn, how do we keep these numbers from continuing to go up . Because its clear, sanjay, 100,000 is awful but the numbers are going to increase. Theyre projecting by august 4th it could go up to 144,000. Weve spoken to dr. Christopher murder in charge of that projection and he says that wont be the end of it either in august. Its still going to continue to go up. Yeah, i think thats right and chris murray has made this point and his projections go into the beginning of august but the virus is out there. And certain situations it can be a deadly virus. So we know this, and theres certainly things that can be done to greatly reduce the growth of that. We know the numbers are going to go up, but how fast they go up, the pace of that growth is something that can be addressed. Again, these critical comparisons, theres going to be time to look back. Now we have to be looking forward. But south korea, they have fewer than 300 people who have died. Their first patient was diagnosed on the first day the first patient was diagnosed in the United States. Again, thats going to come off as a doctor im not trying to draw those comparisons for the sake of criticism but rather what did they do . If there is a second wave what can we learn . Because it looks there may be a second wave but it looks we can do a lot better even short of having a new medication or new vaccine, there are things we can clearly do better. How do you explain fewer than 300 deaths in a country . You can see the United States now over 100,000 confirmed deaths here in the United States, 100,047 to be precise. Japan had its first death around the same time the u. S. Did at the end of february, early march. They have 846 confirmed deaths nearly three months later. South korea, sanjay points ut, 269 confirmed deaths. And you have to say to yourself what did they do differently as opposed to the United States. I think thats a question thats going to continue to be asked, wolf, because we had the highest number of deaths. We are a large country, and were as the doctors are going to do and sanjay was just talking about this you have to talk about what this country did right and what this country did wrong. But i think this is a moment to sort of stop and pause and think about the people that weve lost in this country. And what that means to us and how we deal with that. And this is where National Leadership comes in, and this is where our leaders have to help us get through this and help us mourn and then help us figure out how we dont have to go through this again and how we come out of the other end of this whole. And i think obviously thats going to be part of the president ial debate, but right now i think people are having a hard time i dont know i am, wolf, trying to get your arms around the notion of 100,000 americans dead. And the numbers, sanjay, are going to continue to increase. And as dr. Fauci pointed out on cnn earlier today even as we reopen significant parts of the country, all 50 states are now going through at least some initial stages of reopening, he says were not going to know for 2 week, 3 weeks, maybe 4 weeks what the impact theres going to be in terms of new cases. When people get exposed now it may be some time before they develop any symptoms if theyre going to develop symptoms. And some time after that typically when they can get tested, if they can get tested. So thats really where that lag period comes in. And when youre looking at the number of infections at any given time you have to sort of think about that being a snapshot from 2 to 3 weeks ago from a rationale. It becomes a question when you look at the curve are we with hie behind it, in front of it . Weve been beating the drum on testing, everyone has for a long time. Theres a reason. If you tart stooreopen and you can rapidly test people, figure out who has the infection, trace contacts appropriately thats how you prevent undoubtedly a few infections will occur no matter what. Thats how you start going into exponential growth. If one person starts to spread thousands of people could be affected. In south korea and japan a lot of testing, a lot of, you know, contact tracing. All right, everybody standby. Were going to sneak in a 1minute commercial break. Our breaking News Coverage continues right after this. I got an oriole here. Eh. Common bird. Ooh look over here something much better. There it is. Peacock, included with xfinity x1. Remarkable. Fascinating. Very. It streams tons of your favorite shows and movies, plus the latest in sports news and. 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