Populations. And as i said, we heard yesterday from two men who gave us some good reason to be cautiously optimistic about where were headed. We heard from Federal Reserve chairman jay powell who said the fed will keep fighting the economic fallout from the virus, and we saw it from dr. Anthony fauci who praised, quote, clearcut evidence that the antiviral drug remdesivir cuts down the time patients are spending in the hospital. Heres what he said earlier on the today show. Its the first step in what we project will be better and better drugs coming along. So its good news, but i was very serious when i said this is not the total answer by any means. But its a very important first step. Well take some good news from dr. Fauci all day, every day. Weve got reporters spread out across the country to help tell this story. Lets start with shannon pettypiece. She covers the white house. This drug is very good news, but its a treatment. Its not a cure. Its not a vaccine. We know a vaccine is
Heres michigan. This is where hundreds of protesters stormed the capitol. Some of them carrying guns. They demanded an end to the state of emergency that the governor just extended through memorial day. Then over in georgia, there was this mock funeral procession outside of the State Capitol. They were protesting the governors order to reopen because they think that that puts their lives at risk. John . This morning, cnn learned the white house is now reviewing a draft document from the cdc. It details how businesses, schools and others should handle reopening. Dr. Anthony fauci said that states face a significant risk if they reopen too soon, especially where the cases are still spiking. A new report predicts the pandemic could continue to spread for up to two years. This report says we would need 60 or 70 herd immunity to get it under control. That means 60 to 70 of us need to get it and recover from it to get the pandemic under control. On the hopeful side, dr. Fauci suggests a pote
This is cnn tonight im don lemon. We have the latest information on the coronavirus pandemic. There are now more than 824,000 coronavirus cases in the United States. 45,000 deaths worldwide. More than 2. 5 million cases in more than 177,000 deaths. Ominous warning tonight from the direct tort of the cdc saying a possible second out break of the coronavirus this coming winter. In conjunction with the annual flu season. Could produce a worse Health Crisis than what the country is experiencing now. Also tonight a study of coronavirus patients taking hydroxychloroquine an antimalaria drug pushed by the president finds no benefit to patients and a higher death rate compared to those who didnt take the drug. Lets bring in White House Correspondent and resident fact checker. 823,000 people in the United States have been infected with the virus. More than 44,000 people have died. If were not seeing a focus on the Public Health response to the pandemic from the white house. Aside from what serv
Hospitalization numbers were all really driven by what was going on in new york, because it was so much worse in new york than it was everywhere else in the country. But now were seeing 2,000plus american deaths a day, were seeing record high new death numbers each day, thats happening while new yorks daily death toll is falling every day. New yorks death toll is pretty consistently falling every day now. While the overall death toll for the country keeps hitting new highs. Well, why is that . It does not take an epidemiological genius to see why that is. It means that were starting to see the american body count now reflect rising death tolls everywhere else. After new york went first. It also does not take an epidemiological genius to see where exactly it is that most americans are now being killed by this thing. It doesnt take any genius at all. It does take an Internet Connection and a willingness to subscribe to lots of local newspapers if you want to figure that out, because if y
His morning tweet at the michigan governor prods her to, quote, give a little. People want their lives back again, he says. More than two dozen states lightening restrictions. This from the governor does sound more like politics than science in georgia. Im trusting people, i think would be the way ive been saying it. Government policies are only good as long as theyre reasonable and people will follow them. I can tell you, after people being sheltered at home for a long time, on the verge of losing everything theyve got, not being able to work, you know, not being able to get their kids out of the house, people are at wits end. You cant cause people to revolt. Take a look, this is the fiveday rolling average of cases in the past two weeks. That is not a steady, much less consecutive, decline. As we begin the month of may, this scale of deaths is telling and chilling. 1 in february, 3,434 in march and nearly 60,000 in april. The governor says he does have a choice here, but he recommend