With a violent collision between what the president thinks and says and the more disciplined world of science and data. For two months President Trump has told that hydroxychloroquine is a game changer. It saves lives. The president himself is finishing up a round of hydroxychloroquine treatment. Sales of the drug has doubled driven by the president s praise. The lancet today said the drug did not help hospitalized coronavirus patients. Instead, that study said it made them more likely to die and it is likelihood that patients develop an irregular heart rhythm that puts them into cardiac arrest. Hospital data studied, take us inside the study. John, lets take a look at these numbers. The study that was done and published in the lancet today looked at patients in 671 hospitals with coronavirus on six continents, nearly 15,000 hospitalized patients who received hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine, sometimes in dom bination with other drugs as well as patients in a controlled group and what
Still honor these men and women while at the same time protecting our visitors and folks that might want to come out . Announcer this is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Taking a look at a sunrise across downtown atlanta. Good morning to you. It really is surreal what were seeing this weekend, people out in crowds without masks, making the most of the memorial day weekend, in the context of the u. S. Nearing 100,000 lives lost to covid19. Yeah, from coast to coast. Were going to start with the sunshine state, because its luring people back to beaches and parks. And lets go, in fact, to myrtle beach, south carolina. Look at the crowds that you see there, up and down the coast. In ocean city, maryland, crowds packing the boardwalk. Masks recommended there, not required, we should point out. Virginia beach. There are beach ambassadors, as theyre called, enforcing social distancing rules. But staying six feet apart looks pretty difficult in gulf shores, alabama, beca
Reports of progress. This is very preliminary data. Its all science by press release. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im john king in washington. Thank you for sharing our sunday. Our new normal is getting a test this weekend as we mark a national holiday. Memorial day, like everything, is different in the age of coronavirus. The New York Times today, for example, dedicating its sunday front page to those lost in this very different war. The ceremonies at cemeteries are being scaled back or spaced out, the parades too. The beaches are crowded. You can judge for yourself whether these scenes meet the new test of social distancing. President trump hit the golf course for the First Time Since early march. The secret Service Agents wearing masks, the president and his partners were not. He plans to travel to florida on friday. The schedule is his message. The reopening is irreversible. People say thats a distinct possibility, its standard. Were going to pu
Be here. Hell share why he decided to publish a new column by matt lauer. Lauer went ahead and reinvestigated some of the accusations against him. Lets begin by looking into the future. What will historians say about this moment . How will history books record this time . Well nobody knows for sure, but i think weve already seen heroes emerge and also some villains in the midst of this pandemic. This weekend the New York Times, which likes to think of itself as the first rough draft of history, is trying to fight coronavirus fatigue and pay proper tribute to those we lost. Todays front page is a list of american covid19 victims. It goes on and on for three more pages. Names and brief descriptions of 1,000 lives lost. The total here, the thousand, is just 1 of the nearly 100,000 confirmed dead in america. I think the history books decades from now will grapple with a lot. Theyll grapple with the differing death rates from country to country. The deadly differences between early Safety M
For coronavirus efforts. Good to have you with us. Memorial day in the United States will look a lot different this year as americans navigate a new normal amid the coronavirus pandemic. That includes virtual ceremonies on this holiday meant to honor the countrys war dead. As restrictions ease from coast to coast, more and more americans are heading outdoors to beaches, parks, parties. This despite the coronavirus death toll edging close to 100,000 people. The number of infections well past 1. 6 million. Theres increasing concern if people dont stay apart and follow safety guidelines, there could be a spike in covid19 cases in the coming weeks. A worry voiced by the governor of new york. Next week is a function of what we do today. Oh, that sounds too glib. That is factually true. You tell me how people act today, i will tell you the infection rate three days from today. So you want to open faster . Be smart and well just calibrate it to the induction spread. Top Health Experts are als