Important to address what we dont know as it is to illuminate what we do. Tonight were going to bring you the latest from our cnn correspondents around the world in countries where the impact of the virus is more clear than it is here right now. Well be talking to experts in the field, medical professionals, scientists and care givers who are on the front lines. Well talk to people who are patients infected with the virus tonight. A member of the president s Coronavirus Task force dr. Anthony fauci joins us. And throughout the evening well be taking questions from people in the studio, on video and social media. There are thousands of questions we received just in the last few days. First, though, how we got here. Health officials in china are trying to identify mysterious strain of pneumonia. This mysterious new cluster of pneumonia cases is raising deep concerns here and across the region. December 31st, chinese authorities informed the World Health Organization of an unusual illness
Degrees, in an aerosol environment it could live two hours, and that, i suppose on one level, is that something to feel good about, that that is less than in colder temperatures or is that something to be concerned about but still in any kind of crowded situation in the summer you could have pure aerosol with coronavirus for up to two hours . We know the virus is spread by both droplets and aerosol. What i would say is Everyone Needs a mask when they go out. Wherever you go into a public place, you need a mask to protect mostly your community but also to a certain degree yourself. Wear a mask. And doctor ray, let me give you a chance to respond to that. How much calm should we attack if all this bears out . This is what theyre putting forth. It would still live in summer temperatures, aerosol for two hours . I mean, two hours is a long time. Right . If youre going to the Grocery Store and someone coughs or sneezes directly on you, you dont have two hours to wait. If im working in my Em
Trump is worried the white house outbreak will undercut his plan that the pandemic is fading. The white house is now conducting strict testing and contact tracing, two tools the president tried to downplay. This morning, the death toll in the u. S. Is almost at 80,000 people. At least 12 states are still seeing an increase in cases. At the same time, the majority of states will relax stay at home orders this week. And that Key University of washington model now estimates that the u. S. Death toll will surpass 100,000 by next friday. Thats memorial day weekend, before it in fact, this is because of what they call an explosive increase in mobility among the American People. There is also new concern about coronavirus in children, more than 80 kids in new york have been hospitalized with severe symptoms. Three children have died. All suffering from this mysterious inflammatory disease believed to be linked to coronavirus. Okay, john. Joining us now is maggie haberman, White House Correspo
Kung flu. He says to cheers. Its exactly the type of gathering that the president s own Coronavirus Task force recommends against. Former white house Ebola Response coordinator and former chief of staff to Vice President joe biden and cnn chief medical correspondent dr. Sanjay gupta. Sanjay, i want to start with you because of what dr. Fauci said yesterday. Dr. Fauci, as we know, is not an alarmist nor are you. So what do you see today and for the next two weeks . Well, look, i have no problem being an alarmist. I think there are times when things are quite alarming. Were acting like some of these decisions, some of these things are within our control, you know. Maybe we should ask people to sort of stay at home. Were in the middle of a storm at this point. You hear all of these different metaphors, its a storm, its a forest fire, things like that. Its a cancer that has metastasized. We didnt treat it adequately and now were surprised it continues to spread. Whatever metaphor you want
Participating, the brits, the u. S. , the chinese, thats to give credibility to a broader effort. They have completely lost the credibility of the public and the families. They have the control. The power to release this data. They should do it. So you believe inmarsat gave it to malaysia, but for some reason malaysia is not willing to release the data. They say its up to inmarsat. Of course they gave it to the investigators. The brits and the u. S. Looked at that data, double checked the inmarsat computations and agreed with it. And the other issue is, 70 days, 1 report. Unacceptable. A lot of the family members, rene, you know this, thats why this is so sensitive, why were talking about it. They dont believe the searchers are even looking in the right place. Theyre Still Holding out hope against hope that maybe their loved ones may be alive, maybe that plane landed on the ground someplace and the folks on the plane, 239 people who are missing may still be alive. They want that inform