Opening up america again. The plan, if you want to call it that, is 18 pages. It may have some states effectively reopening in a month. Here is the thing, the president does not want states to ease into this. He thinks we can make a full on return to normal. Theres not going to be a new normal where somebody has been having for 25 years 158 seats at a restaurant that now hes got 30 or hes got 60 because that wouldnt work. Thats not normal. No, normal will be if he has the 158 or 68 seats and thats going to happen and its going to happen relatively quickly, we hope, but thats our normal. Our normal is if you have 100,000 people in an alabama football game. 100,000 people at an alabama football game. That is the precoronavirus normal with no social distancing, but that seems like an unrealistic promise if you think that will happen this fall. On a call with governors, the president who insisted he had total authority told the governors to call your own shots. So we will see how his plan
Until we have a vaccine, were not going to be totally back to normal. Announcer this is new day. Welcome to our viewers of the United States and all around the world. This is new day. Its wednesday, april 15th. 6 00 here in new york and one thing is Crystal Clear this morning, that many people have been asking the wrong questions about coronavirus. The question is not when the country will reopen, the question is how and to what extent. This morning we have the beginnings of an answer. Whenever it does reopen will be radically different than we have seen before. Unrecognizable in some cases. The california governor who just released new details of his plans envisions everyone wearing face coverings for the foreseeable future. Temperature checks in Public Places. Waiters Wearing Masks and gloves handing out disposable menus. For schools, staggered arrival times. Of note, what is not under consideration any time soon, allowing large gatherings, including sporting events, no as for timing
Im chris cuomo. Welcome to a bonus hour of prime time. The questionable news, good or bad it will be dependent on the out come. 31 states are going to be reopening some way by the end of the week. None of them appear to have met the white house benchmark saying 14 Straight Days of declining cases. We are bending the curve. Why arent we adhering the way other countries that dug out of this did . Look at the Financial Times chart. Death tolls are at their peak. Or falling in many western countries. So many have turned a corner with new case numbers in decline. We have the highest number of new cases globally. What are they doing right that were doing wrong or not doing right enough or not doing long enough. Lets turn to doctor director of the Harvard Global Health Institute and jermy, seen your policy i know your name. Policy fellow with the center for global development. Good to have you both. First, from a Public Policy perspective, am i being unfair to the United States . And looking
Drug for this virus so far. It is our first tool in the box. A new report from Top Health Experts is predicting this virus could keep spreading for at least another 18 months. Maybe two years. Perhaps 70 of the population has been infected. Then theres the race for a vaccine. Administration official says President Trump goal with operation warp speed is 300 million doses by january. Possible . Yes. Probable, lets discuss. Lets bring in doctor of the Harvard Global Health Institute and mr. Andy. Former acting administrator for centers of medicare and medicaid. Thank you. Especially on a friday night. Thanks for having us. So are you feeling the remdesivir . Whats the level of enthusiasm we should have about the development and why. I am feeling enthusiasm. Lets be clear about what it is and isnt. What we know. Its not a miracle drug. You dont pop it and feel better. For critically ill patients it seems to help. With good quality studies, shows it people recover faster and probably reduc
The coronavirus now detected in the halls of the white house. President trump confirming that Vice President pences press secretary tested positive for the virus earlier in the week. One of the president s personal valets also tested positive. Also, a blistering slam of the Trump Administrations handling of the Coronavirus Crisis coming from former president barack obama. He was recorded during a private phone call friday night and described the u. S. Response to the crisis as an absolute chaotic disaster. And another reminder that this virus can affect anyone, roy horn died friday of complications stemming from the coronavirus. He was one half of the legendary magic stage act siegfried and roy. Horn was 75 years old. A lot to get to but lets begin in new york, where Health Officials are scrambling after three children, one, a teenager, one a fiveyearold and one, a sevenyearold have all died now from a syndrome that may be linked to the coronavirus. Dozens more have also fallen ill. Cn