Good to see you. Well see you again on monday. How many people are sick with the coronavirus in the United States and when did they get sick . Answering these questions are crucial but they have never been answered well and it seems that federal government dramatically misunderstood what was happening in america as the coronavirus outbreak began. On the last day of february, the cdc reported that 15 americans had tested positive for covid19. Today the reported number is more than a million and at least some of the death and i can domincom economic damage could have been avoided if we started testing earlier. As more states prepare to work out, were far from the end and mid crisis lesson to learn our past failures do not need to dictate actions. As former head of the world bank wrote in the new yorker next week, its not too late to go on the offense against the coronavirus and there are promising signs that our offense efforts are working but well only succeed if were guided but one thi
To open back up for business, were far from the end of this scourge, and the mid crisis lesson to learn is that our past failures do not need to dictate our future actions. As Global Health official and former head of the World Bank Jim Yong Kim wrote in the new yorker last week, its not too late to go on the offense against the coronavirus. And there are promising signs that our nascent offensive efforts are working but will only succeed if were guided by one thing, and that one thing is data. There is no other way to defeat coronavirus. All of our decisions must be based on the evidence available to us, not on the basis of political advantage nor on the basis of misdirected protests. We can only succeed if we follow the science, and that much is going to be our focus in the hour ahead. Tonight in a week with so many medical and science headlines to keep track of, i am once again grateful to be joined by dr. Zeke emanuel for the hour. Dr. Emanuel is an nbc news and msnbc senior medica
Good to see you. Well see you again on monday. How many people are sick with the coronavirus in the United States and when did they get sick . Answering these questions are crucial but they have never been answered well and it seems that federal government dramatically misunderstood what was happening in america as the coronavirus outbreak began. On the last day of february, the cdc reported that 15 americans had tested positive for covid19. Today the reported number is more than a million and at least some of the death and economic damage could have been avoided if we started testing earlier. As more states prepare to open back up for business, were far from the end of this scourge, and the mid crisis lesson to learn our past failures do not need to dictate our future actions. Wrote in the new yorker as former head of the world bank wrote in the new yorker next week, its not too late to go on the offense against the coronavirus and there are promising signs that our offense efforts ar