Are asking for. Thats a failing. It is a failing. If i hear of anybody getting it easily the way people in other countries are doing it. We are not set up for that. Do i think we should be . Yes. But we are not. Lou last night we reported the cdc is telling us 11,000 specimens have been tested for the wuhan virus whether in a cdc lab or u. S. Health laboratory. The cdc has not yet updated that number reporting the last tests were conducted by the u. S. Public health labs last tuesday. Ed the inability to test for the virus rocking the heartland in ohio. That states top 8 official says they have only three kits to test for the virus allowing them to only test for 1,200. We know just the fact of Community Spread says at least 1 at the very least, 1 of our population is carrying this virus in ohio today. We have 11. 7 million people. So the math is over 100,000. That gives you a sense of how this virus spreads and its spreading quickly. Lou there are a lot of other issues to concern you i
Armchair critics. This as democrats risk voter backlash for blocking, for fighting with the president s version of coronavirus stimulus help. Well tell you what doctors are saying about that. They dont like the fighting. Also tonight Health Officials warn the virus, yes, 10 times more lethal than the flu. World Health Organization did officially declare it a pandemic. We have more on this. Also fresh attacks and worries about joe biden from democrats. We got democrats and house republicans, they dont like fisa reform. They dont think it fixes what happened after the fbi. We have new coronavirus fears at the border. Edward lawrence at the white house with the latest. Edward, here is what were seeing, the president is going to say i will protect the American People. He likely set aside chuck assume ear es letter, schumer is demanding a National Emergency. Maybe the president pulls that trigger tonight. What are you hearing . Reporter we havent heard if president goes on that front. All h
Thats clearly what it is. From now on on this show well call the contagion what it is. Itits a pandemic that has alry hit 30 nations. It has affected people in 114 nations. More than 1,100 cases have been con nirmd this nation. 30 have died. These cases are not for a lack of testing. At least thats what the health and Human Services secretary alex azar says. Azar saying testing has always been available for americans concerned they have the wuhan virus. We have a surplus of the supply. We have 2 million in shipment or waiting for orders. Just to be really clear about this. We have always had the capacity and capability to test any individual that any Public Health official believes needed to be tested for the novel coronavirus. We just making it more convenient and localized for doctors and patients to get testing. Lou then why mass not more testing been done. According to the cdc multiple specimens are required from each patient. We asked the cdc for clarification on how many patients
Are asking for. Thats a failing. It is a failing. If i hear of anybody getting it easily the way people in other countries are doing it. We are not set up for that. Do i think we should be . Yes. But we are not. Lou last night we reported the cdc is telling us 11,000 specimens have been tested for the wuhan virus whether in a cdc lab or u. S. Health laboratory. The cdc has not yet updated that number reporting the last tests were conducted by the u. S. Public health labs last tuesday. Ed the inability to test for the virus rocking the heartland in ohio. That states top 8 official says they have only three kits to test for the virus allowing them to only test for 1,200. We know just the fact of Community Spread says at least 1 at the very least, 1 of our population is carrying this virus in ohio today. We have 11. 7 Million People. So the math is over 100,000. That gives you a sense of how this virus spreads and its spreading quickly. Lou there are a lot of other issues to concern you i
From now on on this show well call the contagion what it is. Itits a pandemic that has alry hit 30 nations. It has affected people in 114 nations. More than 1,100 cases have been con nirmd this nation. 30 have died. These cases are not for a lack of testing. At least thats what the health and Human Services secretary alex azar says. Azar saying testing has always been available for americans concerned they have the wuhan virus. We have a surplus of the supply. We have 2 million in shipment or waiting for orders. Just to be really clear about this. We have always had the capacity and capability to test any individual that any Public Health official believes needed to be tested for the novel coronavirus. We just making it more convenient and localized for doctors and patients to get testing. Lou then why mass not more testing been done. According to the cdc multiple specimens are required from each patient. We asked the cdc for clarification on how many patients have been tested and how