All right, a sobering reality as coronavirus cases grow rapidly in the u. S. And around the world. A top Infectious Disease doctor says theres still not a full understanding of the virus fatality rate. The World Health Organization has reported the virus may kill 34 out of 1,000 infected people. Dr. Fauci said that calculation is based on limited information. The range is lower than that. How much lower its uncertain. Until we have a much more accurate determination of who was infected including those who are asymptomatic, we will not get a more accurate determination of what the case fatality rate is. Fauci said the world will need millions and millions of tests for coronavirus. And he acknowledged testing got off to a slow start. The administrations point man on Coronavirus Response Vice President mike pence traveled to Washington State yesterday modeling good Infection Control by bumping elbows with washington governor jay insly instead of shaking hands. This is what pence said. Any
Mostly good news from the president unless, that is, you live in one of the states. The president said just today we have states, a lot of states, territories too. The problem is hes not happy with the states. He took a swing at governors for not being thankful enough. He thinks the states should have been prepared for this pandemic even though he seemed upbeat on the pandemic. Just today he said, its not going to be long. This is ending. This will end. Youll see some bad things and youll see some very good things. Were healing, he said. Were Getting Better. Were Getting Better very quickly. He reminded everyone this was artificially induced, not his fault, and insisted out loud it is going away. He and his people announced today the cdc now recommends we cover our faces when we go out. The president then went on to say he wont be covering his. Dont imagine he would love that photograph. And then he said six times that wearing a Face Covering is voluntary and that its for a period of t
President unless, that is, you live in one of the states. The president said just today we have states, a lot of states, territories too. The problem is hes not happy with the states. He took a swing at governors for not being thankful enough. He thinks the states should have been prepared for this pandemic even though he seemed upbeat on the pandemic. Just today he said, its not going to be long. This is ending. This will end. Youll see some bad things, and youll see some very good things. Were healing, he said. Were Getting Better. Were Getting Better very quickly. He reminded everyone this was artificially induced, not his fault, and insisted out loud, it is going away. He and his people announced today the cdc now recommends we cover our faces when we go out. The president then went on to say he wont be covering his. Dont imagine he would love that photograph. And then he said six times that wearing a Face Covering is voluntary and that its for a period of time. In other news, the
Later. He announced, quote, that the task force will continue on indefinitely with the focus on safety and opening our country again. Now, that task force has become almost universally known to americans through the very public presence of two of its key members, doctors Anthony Fauci and deborah birx. Who participated in the press briefings. They booth have also given countless interviews answering questions about what officials have been learning about this vire and its spread. Fauci became famous enough that brad pitt impersonated him on a saturday night live. I had no idea how popular the task force is until actually yesterday when i started talking about winding it down. I got calls from very respected people saying i think it would be better to keep it going. So well be keeping it going, but well be adding people to it, actually. This reversal comes as trump continues to try to turn the focus to the economy and encourage states to begin reopening. As the critics try to turn the p
And a reminder here. These projections have amounted to a moving target, and these days they are based on simple math. And that is what the doctors and scientists are seeing in so many states that are opening back up, in quotes, the people who are getting back out, gathering once again, the very activity the virus depends on for its own survival. Tonight and this never gets any easier to report our current death toll stands at 83,421. At todays senate hearing, dr. Anthony fauci noted that he and the other experts now believe that the daily toll from the virus is higher than being reported. Most of us feel that the number of deaths are likely higher than that number because given the situation particularly in new york city, when they were really strapped with a very serious challenge to their health care system, that there may have been people who died at home who did have covid, who were not counted as covid because they never really got to the hospital. I dont know exactly what percen