Cases could overwhelm the healthcare system, jeopardizing thousands of patients. Now, that surge has begun. In a startlingly quick ascent, new york reported today that the state was closing in on 8,000 positive tests, which is about half the cases in the entire country. The number was ten times higher than what was reported earlier this week. New york has ten times as many cases now as it did when we started this week. And part of that is increased testing. The state says they processed 10,000 more coronavirus tests overnight last night. But regardless of whether it reflects increased testing or not, its giving us more information about what new york is coping with. And the state is now close to 8,000 known cases. With more than 1,200 people hospitalized already. There are not infinite beds to put people in in new york hospitals, as they bare the brunt of the first wave of this illness in the United States. And the hospitals in new york, that already do not have enough beds, they also
Terrorist attacks on september 11th. Youve seen that, as the doctor said yesterday, we can expect it if we do everything right. Bestcare scenario. Bestcase scenario. If we do everything right, then maybe 200,000 americans will die. If we do everything right. That, obviously, is more people than died in world war i and the vietnam war combined. This pandemic that a lot of donald Trump Supporters are still trying to underplay, that the president , of course, tried to underplay for a very long time, this is not the seasonal flu. It is extraordinarily is that the president s doctors are now admitting that publicly. It appears that the president is still following their advice. That is really good news. Even though were going to be going through two to three horrible weeks. Yeah. In a month, joe and mika, of daily, sobering headlines, that one we woke up to yesterday was quite high on the list. Dr. Deborah birx, who has been pretty sober in analyzing the data, said, yes, 200,000 if we do ev
Hospitals. There are already critical shortages. A bronx hospital is running out of ventilators. In brooklyn, doctors are reusing masks. Thats the headline, and the subhead tonight, of the new york times, heres the lead, quote, for weeks, as the coronavirus has spread across the world, new york officials have warned that a surge of cases could overwhelm the States Health care system. Jeopardizing thousands of patients. Now, that surge has begun. In a startlingly quick ascent, new york reported today the state was closing in on 8,000 positive tests which is about half the cases in the entire country. The number was ten times higher than what was reported earlier this week. New york has ten times as many cases now as it did when we started this week. And part of that is increased testing. The state says they processed 10,000 more coronavirus tests overnight last night. But regardless of whether it reflects increased testing or not, its giving us more information about what new york is co
New york reported today that the case was closing in on t8,00 positive tests. New york has ten times as many cases now as it did when we started this week. And part of that is increased testing. The state says they processed 10,000 more coronavirus tests overnight last night. But regardless of whether it reflects increased testing or not, its giving us more information about what new york is coping with, and the state is now close to 8,000 known cases with more than 1,200 people hospitalized already. There are not infinite beds to put people in in new York Hospitals as they bear the brunt of the first wave of this illness in the United States. And the hospitals in new york that already do not have enough beds, they also do not have the supplies they need to keep hospital workers and doctors and nurses from getting infected themselves. And they of course are the workforce that we must keep alive and uninfected and well enough to be working. As the hospitals fill up and spill over first
Are 911 and there is no 912. [ sirens ] reporter th this is a moment that is going to change this nation. This is a moment that forges character. 9 11 was nothing compared to this. People come in, they get intubated, they die. The cycle repeats. We are new york tough. We are tough. You have to be tough. This place makes you tough. Were going to overcome this. And america will be the greater for it. Times square normally a manic mass of people, now almost to l totallydy voed of them. This is a city many of us feel we know, the one that they have sleeps. Now look at it. Once again, it is ground zero. This is going to be weeks and weeks and weeks. This is going to be a long day. And its going to be a hard day, and its going to be an ugly day, and its going to be a sad day. This is a rescue mission that youre on. The mission is to save lives. This hospital in queens, the site of an apocalyptic surge in one of new yorks poorest neighborhoods. The most powerful country on earth, overwhelmed.