Going to be in your town tomorrow. Dana this comes after last night, President Trump and the Coronavirus Task force released a grim new projection saying that virus could kill as many as 240,000 americans. And that is if people follow social restrictions. The president warning the next two weeks will be brutal. We begin with dr. Tom friedman, former director of the center of Disease Control and prevention and president of resolve to save lives. Maybe give us a taste of what its like, if you put yourself in the shoes of dr. Fauci and dr. Burks, to deliver that message to the president and know that then the president is going to have to be the one responsible to deliver the message then to the american people, that we got a long way to go. We need to act with tremendous urgency, we are all in this together and its crucially important that we use this time, this precious time that we have to get ready because that number is not destiny, that number is a warning. What we have to do is eve
World needs to come together in an unprecedented fashion to fight the pandemic. Hell explain why thats crucial. But first, heres my take. Something important has happened over the course of this crisis. Estimates of expected deaths have gone down by a lot. On march 31st, the white house estimated that even with social distancing policies in place, between 100,000 and 240,000 americans would die of covid19. Dr. Deborah birx, the white houses Coronavirus Response coordinator said that that was, quote, our real number. Dr. Anthony fauci, the nations top Infectious Disease expert, recently indicated he now believes it will be more like 60,000. The university of washington model, which has been cited by the white house, predicted on march 26th that assuming social distancing policies that stay in place until june 1st, u. S. Deaths by august would most likely be around 81,000. By april 10th, they had made many revisions to get to their current number, 61,500. Predictions for hospitalization
But first, heres my take. Something important has happened over the course of this crisis. Estimates of expected deaths have gone down by a lot. On march 31st, the white house estimated that even with social distancing policies in place, between 100,000 and 240,000 americans would die of covid19. Dr. Deborah birx, the white houses Coronavirus Response coordinator said that that was, quote, our real number. Dr. Anthony fauci, the nations top Infectious Disease expert, recently indicated he now believes it will be more like 60,000. The university of washington model, which has been cited by the white house, predicted on march 26th that assuming social distancing policies that stay in place until june 1st, u. S. Deaths by august would most likely be around 81,000. By april 10th, they had made many revisions to get to their current number, 61,500. Predictions for hospitalization rates have also proven to be way too high. On march 30th, the university of washington projected that california
Out coasttocoast as america reopens to show us what that looks like in communities across the country. Lets start in arizona today because that is where dining in Restaurant Service starts back up today with new restrictions. Rite now, more than 11,000 coronavirus cases in arizona. The majority of them are in maricopa county, home to phoenix, where we find nbcs von hillyard, what are Business Owners doing there to get ready to safely reopen those doors, and are there concerns that it may be too soon . Reporter craig, the governors executive order goes into effect today to be opening up dining in opportunities like restaurants here like pizza people pub, i was here about two months ago. That was a tough time for restaurants here, for owners like lauren cole, because, you know, when youre talking about the Restaurant Industry suddenly it was essentially largely closed after the community and they had to turn towards takeout. I want to let you hear directly from lauren, who we just caught
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