Doesnt mean anything to me because they dont tell the truth. But cdc reported, january 31st, not one person has died. And i issued a travel restriction from china. Think of it. So nobody died. And i issued. You cant get earlier than that. So we have nobody died, and i said china, you cant come in im sorry, because i saw what was going on. Wasnt so much what i was told. It was that i saw what was going on and i didnt like it. But i didnt speak to tony about it. I didnt speak to very many people about it. I didnt like it. So what did i do . Ready . January 31st, in the United States, not one person had died because of the, again, the wuhan virus. So i issued travel restrictions on that date even though nobody died and i got brutalized over it by the press, because i was way too early. I shouldnt have done it. Brutalized by the press. But you know, ive been brutalized for the last four years. I used to do well before i decided to run for politics. But, i guess im doing okay, to the best o
Again this is part of the effort to slow the spread of the virus as much as possible. Kron fours dan kerman has been following the story he joins us live. Dan. Or out in front of Sanchez Elementary School here in San Francisco in as you can see theres nothing going on there hasnt been anything going on here any of the other schools in the area across the bay area all day because the schools have been closed because of the shelterinplace orders and now the School Districts have decided because those orders are in place and because the schools need to contribute to the slow the spread of the virus. They need to keep the schools close not to the beginning of april but to the beginning of may. Across the Bay Area School classrooms, playgrounds and parking lots are empty. Thats because School Districts of shutdown classroom instruction to slow the spread of the coronavirus of course he would rather be in school, we know that Public Schools are an essential part of or Greater School communit
Ahead we will be covering all aspects of this health crisis. We want to begin in the first hour with the Financial Impact it is having on you, your family, your loved ones. If you are recently unemployed as a result of the coronavirus, 202 7488000. For all others, 202 7488001. You can join us on social media, we will read your tweets at cspanwj. We are also taking her text messages, tell us your first name and where you are texting from. 202 7488003. A lot to talk about in the next hour. The Johns Hopkins sobering numbers across the years across the world now, 670,000 confirmed cases, approaching 31,000 deaths around the world. Here in the u. S. , close to 125,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the United States. We want to get your phone calls. Again, if you are recently unemployed, tell us your situation. That number is 202 7488000. The headline from cnbc, the u. S. Economy has come to a. Ndstill host yesterday on fox news, this conversation with Vice President pence on when t
Website and look at how states were prepared or not prepared for this pandemic. As you look across all 50 states and u. S. Territories, where were the missteps . John well i would start by , saying that federal funds have decreased. The funds that provide states resources they need. To prepare for an emergency like coronavirus. After 9 11, we saw a dramatic increase in Emergency Preparedness funds made available to states and local centers for the rest of the country. Over the years, those funds have been significantly decreased. The Public Health Emergency Preparedness fund from the cdc that went to the states and big cities actually decreased by a third. The hospital preparedness money that helped Hospital Systems prepare for an emergency like the one we are facing have actually been cut over the years by 50 . A starting point in terms of assessing how well states are doing is recognizing that they have lost some valuable resources over the years that they need to be prepared. Host i
Well. Since 1999 more than 700,000 people have died from a Drug Overdose in the United States. Increased opioid addiction and a production of deadly synthetic opioids have exasperated american staggering overdosed death rate. In 2017, more than 70000 people died from Drug Overdoses making it the leading cause of injury related death in the United States. Of those, 60 involve prescription opioids and illicit opioid such as fentanyl. Americans fared no better against Opioid Epidemic in 2018 when more than 10 Million People aged 12 or older of abused opioid in 2 Million People suffered from an opioid use disorder and on average 130 americans died each day from an opioid openers. We did not know that some cost and disrupted lives or untimely deaths from widespread misuse of prescription and nonprescription opioids but we know from our family, our neighbors and our friend who bear the enduring lost loved ones that the opio crisis is not over. We must continue contending with this crisis. Th