Babies. The Game Stop Frenzy continues with backlash against robin hood for redistricting amateur trading. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. Restricting. It is friday, january 29th. With us we have White House Reporter for the asci press, jonathan lemire, Michael Steele, and former aide to the george w. Bush white house elise jordan, msnbc analyst as well. So we will get to the latest in game stop. That story ahead. Plus, a full year into the fight against covid. And were learning troubling details about the pandemic. A federal investigation found that u. S. Officials who greeted american evacuees from wuhan did not have training in Infectious Disease control and were told not to wear masks. Thats according to the washington post. The states Attorney General is investigating why the Cuomo Administration failed to report 3,800 Hospital Deaths as being linked to nursing homes, an undercount of 40 . Weve got details on both of those stories coming up on morning joe. But we begin wi
Workers at hospitals and first responders. Having gone through this for we have seen now, the positive results of folks staying at home, bending the curve. We know thereure are protocols in place for health care. We understand the importance of testing. We have the goals others do to get the materials for testing and the supply of personal protective equipment. It has been an incredible response from the community and we have seen the decline in cases and that has been a result of the strong response. We took strong action. That has been from folks across the state, our governor, Public Health officials and Community Working together to bend the curve. Stayathome, doing Everything Possible to protect our families and keep people healthy. We have seen the impact of that, how important it is we increase the amount of testing that is available, the critical importance of the supply chain for personal protective equipment and have shared what we have learned across the country. It has been
Country, and we want to see truth and transparency regarding health care practitioners. We believe patients need to know if they are being treated by a physician or a nonphysician practitioner like a nurse position practitioner or physician assistant. Our members are physicians, retired, resident physicians and students. Our funding comes from artificial supporters, which are people who pay dues or give us donations to do our work. Host you are a primary care physician and do direct primary care. What do primary care physicians do, and what is direct primary care . Guest i am a family physician, which is one of the types of primary care positions. Pediatrics,nclude obstetrics and gynecology, and primary care doctors are responsible for being the first line of defense for patients. We take care of chronic conditions patients have. For example, diabetes, high Blood Pressure. We also care for acute issues like colds and coughs, and covid19, as well as other things. I am a direct primary c
That school about the research and what this means. The author of spillover, animal infections and the next human pandemic, he will be joining us from montana. 202 the area code and washington, dc. For the eastern time zone. 2027488001 for the pacific and Mountain Time zones. 2027488001 if you are 2027488002 if you are a medical expert. The very latest from Johns Hopkins university and the numbers on this pandemic. Around the world 3. 1 million cases and the death toll exceeding 214,000. Joining us from birmingham, alabama is dr. Michael saag. He is the director for the Infectious Disease division at the university of alabama Birmingham School of medicine. Thank you for being with us. Dr. Saag thank you for having me. Host the timing of this conversation, the breakthrough by the fda, this new drug used for emergency purposes. Your school and institution, part of the research. How significant is this . Dr. Saag this is an important breakthrough because it has proof of concept in inhibit
And for those in the mountain and pacific time zone. We also want to hear from medical professionals. We come to you from my home to your home. We begin as we always do with the very latest from john hopkins university, and the number on this pandemic. Around the world, 3. 1 million cases. And the death toll now exceeding 214,000. Joining us from birmingham, alabama is dr. Michael sack, the director of Infectious Disease division at Birmingham School of medicine. Its also a professor. Thank you for being with us. Guest thank you for having me. Mike and the timing of this conversation, new drug use for emergency purposes, part of the research. Just how significant is this . Guest this is a very important breakthrough, mostly because it has proof of concept in inhibiting the virus directly, which translates into clinical benefit. Havent seen anything like that before, so its a definite step in the right direction. Mike weve been hearing the term this is done at lightning speed. Just a qu