Clusters of coronavirus in our country had been at the Cook County Jail in chicago, also on board the uss theodore roosevelt, the aircraft carrier, where hundreds of sailors and the Commanding Officer all contracted the virus from multiple sailors, in intensive care and at least one has died, but as of now, the cluster that appears to be bigger than all of those is in sioux falls, where 644 cases of coronavirus are now associated with a single pork Processing Plant. A plant that was shut down this weekend, after last weeks protests by local folks, in support of people who are working at that plant, and felt they were there under unsafe conditions. And after the first few hundred dread positive test results got returned, they shut the plant on sun, now closed but 644 cases now confirmed and traced to that one plant already. And so now, there is this remarkable daily stream of news on the front page of the argus leader, a local paper. Smithfield worker i dont dies from coronavirus. Smith
Far. Before now, the largest known clusters of coronavirus in our country had been at the Cook County Jail in chicago, also on board the uss theodore roosevelt, the aircraft carrier, where hundreds of sailors and the Commanding Officer all contracted the virus where multiple sailors are in intensive care and at least one has died. But as of now the cluster that appears to be bigger than all of those is in sioux falls, where 644 cases of coronavirus are now associated with a single pork Processing Plant. A plant that was shut down this weekend, after last weeks protests by local folks, in support of people who are working at that plant who felt they were there under unsafe conditions. And after the first few hundred positive test results got returned, they shut the plant on sunday. The plant is now closed. But there are 644 cases confirmed and traced to that one plant already. And so now there is this remarkable daily stream of news on the front page of the argus leader, a local paper.
Now time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening. Does the factory normally play music, or was that greeting music for the president of the United States . And if it was, who chose that . For the moment, hes being shown what the mask protects you from while he and all the men around him are not Wearing Masks and pointing at each others faces. I mean, really . If it was coincidence, it means theres a god. If it was not a coincidence, it means theres a very smart deejay in that part of arizona that deserves our thanks. One other thing in the video i dont get. I dont understand why he was wearing the glasses that everybody wears in factories like that. He doesnt obey any of those rules. He doesnt wear masks when youre supposed to wear masks. Why was he bothering to wear the glasses . I dont get it. Maybe he thinks thats where the infection part goes. I dont or maybe hes comfortable wearing goggles for specialty things. I cant even guess. I should. Sp
They need. This is added with timely monitoring systems. It is systems where we bring together the ability to not only diagnose the symptomatic, but p pro proactively work with those at high risk. We see it occurs often in places of closed settings, among native americans and longterm care for the elderly. And the third element, the Rapid Response programs. Relying on the cd drorch woc to state and local government to be sure cases are quickly tracked to be sure we cannot only control the epidemic, but trace them before they break out. And we look to have newer platforms, efficient testing, and being sure that the tests have high quality in predicting exposure to the virus. And working on innovative tests and antigen point tests and expanded nucleic tests. Thank you, mr. President and ambassador birx. I want to spend a couple of minutes going over where we have been, but more importantly where we are going. I think we all can understand how we can group this into three distinct phases.
It is wednesday, may 6th. Im yasmin vossoughian. We have a lot to cover on this morning. Despite the u. S. Death toll from coronavirus now topping 71,000, the president continues his push to reopen the country. Nbc news has learned that over the coming weeks, the white house plans to wind down the Coronavirus Task force. Two sources saying the tasks for no longer meets every day. And discussions in the situation room have been shorter recently. Doctors, deborah birx and dr. Anthony fauci are still expected to be at the white house each day. But other members of the task force may not appear as frequently. Vice president mike pence told nbc yesterday that there is no set date for the task force to formally complete its work. But the panel expects to begin shifting its response back to individual federal agencies later this month or in early june. And heres what President Trump had to say about the task force just yesterday. So, i think as far as the task force, mike pence and the task f