Good evening. Im erin burnett. A chilling warning from the nations Infectious Disease expert dr. Anthony fauci who warns the coronavirus pandemic has the potential to be as serious as the 1918 flu, which the cdc estimates killed 50 Million People. That was the mother of all pandemics and truly historic. I hope we dont even approach that with this, but it does have the makings of the possibility of approaching that in seriousness. Okay. To state what you are just thinking after hearing that is what . This is alarming. This is upsetting. This is incomprehensible. Its terrifying. After all the current death toll is a fraction of what it was in 1918. To date 575,000 people are known to have died from coronavirus. So, 50 Million People in 1918 is equivalent to 211 Million People dying from coronavirus now. Fauci is opening the door to something well beyond unnerving. As the pandemic escalates in this country, fauci with a message for the nation, the doctors, the truth tellers. I would stick
Saying, yes its pretty bad. When you talk to caucuses on both sides and you get a glimpse of the inside players. Now from the 15th annual harlem book fair a discussion of science and health. This is an hour and 15 minutes. So our first panel is titled mythologies of race, good science and health. Before i introduce our moderator i also want to acknowledge rich who worked with me tirelessly in pulling these panelists together , discussing and coming up with the ideas of what are the conversations that we are going to present, what are the conversations that impact us as a community and we should discuss and see if we can find a way in or a way out. So again thank you so much, rich. Our moderator for a first panel is earths are sheldon krimsky. He is the author of genetic justice, dna databank in criminal investigations and civil liberties. He is a professor of humanities and social sciences. He is that tops university so you had me there. Tops. Oh that stuffs. You know how these academi
Ill take care of you, lawrence. Thank you, rachel. How important are cooks, chefs . Ask the United States army if they could have won world war ii without an adequate food supply for our millions of soldiers. One of the worlds most famous chefs will join us at the end of the hour tonight. Jose andres says that we are going to need a massive food Delivery System to people who cant otherwise get food as this pandemic continues in the United States. You might have enough food to get through it. But many elderly people, many poor people will not be able to survive without Government Action on food and without the private sectors help on food delivery. And jose andres will outline his plan on how to do that at the end of this hour tonight. And he is already tonight being cheered on in that mission by michelle obama. Jose andres will get tonights last word. Senator chris murphy will join us later in the hour with the latest developments in the senate as the Congress Continues to work out an
Thank you, rachel. Thank you very much. Thanks, lawrence. Thank you. How important are cooks, chefs . Ask the United States army if they could have won world war ii without an adequate food supply for our millions of soldiers. One of the worlds most famous chefs will join us at the end of the hour tonight. Jose andres says that we are going to need a massive food Delivery System to people who cant otherwise get food as this pandemic continues in the United States. You might have enough food to get through it. But many elderly people, many poor people will not be able to survive without Government Action on food and without the private sectors help on food delivery. And jose andres will outline his plan on how to do that at the end of this hour tonight. And he is already tonight being cheered on in that mission by michelle obama. Jose andres will get tonights last word. Senator chris murphy will join us later in the hour with the latest developments in the senate as the Congress Continu
Uneven approach to reopening. In texas, the governor announcing an expansive reopening plan that begins this friday. First to open there, retail stores, restaurants, movie theaters, and malls all at a 25 capacity. Meanwhile, their neighbor, louisiana is extending their stay at home orders through may 15th. And there is this new National Poll by the Washington Post and university of maryland that shows that 66 of people think the state imposed restrictions on businesses are appropriate. Another 16 think they dont go far enough. 17 think it is too restrictive. The restrictions on the size of public gatherings are appropriate now. 22 say those are not restrictive enough, just 14 feel those are too restrictive. These numbers are really interesting. 86 if you do the math there think the measures may not be restrictive enough. Overnight, the white house outlined new testing. The white house official tells cnn the goal is for each state to test at least 2 of the residents. That figure we shou