Its allies in western media today portraying china as either the victim of disinformation about the wuhan virus or claiming that western nations are using the contagion as distraction from their own policy failures. Even insinuating in one case that the United States is, quote, hiding something. The Trump Administration official telling fox news today they also have reason to believe the chinese have underreported, dramatically underreported the tally of deaths and cases of the virus in their country by a factor of at least 50. Can chinas initial and persistent lies and deception about the dangers of the virus have now caused the infection of 3 Million People worldwide and killed more than 209,000 people. Chinas maligned actions have killed 55,000 americans and infected nearly a million more. Much remains to be discovered, and among those discoveries we await are the dark reasons that motivated the ccp leaders to, first, release the virus and then to carry out can chinas deadly decepti
But isnt wuhan a part of the earth . Interest trevors couch in new york captioning sponsored by Comedy Central city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show with trevor noah. Trevor now as you know, usually on the show we would cover all the latest coronavirus updates. But today we had a really special guest who came on the show. New york governor andrew cuomo. The man who is at the helm of the biggest coronavirus hot spot in the world right now. So for todays episode we are decided to air the full interview where we talk about everything from his meeting with trump to the rollout plans for new yorks reopening, to what it was like having coronavirus hit his own family. So here it is. Governor andrew cuomo, welcome to the daily social distancing show. Pleasure to be with you. I am a big fan. Trevor well, thank you very much. I think everyone is a big fan of yours right now because more than ever during this pandemic, people have sought out leaders w
The spread. It went up, the so called plateau was hit, a flat spot and now we are on the downside of the plateau. The question is how fast is that decline and how long does it take to make the decline. We have about 1300 People Per Day new diagnose cease coming into the system. We lost about 474 people yesterday. Which is a horrific number, but it is, the only good news is it is less than the previous numbers of people we lost. And the hospitalization rate is coming down. We have about 16,000 people in hospitals. So the numbers are all on the decline. And thats the good news. How long does it take until that number gets to a small enough level where you can sleep at night and not worry about it . Could be two weeks, could be three weeks, could be 50. Trevor you are balancing the pressure of the people who want to and need to get back to earning a living and also you know, the pressure of keeping people safe as a leader. How are you weighing these numbers . Is there a point where you sa
Who communicate effectively and seem to know what theyre trying to do. Nobody has all the answers about coronavirus but people look for leaders who know what they would like to do. Lets start off with new york. Where does new york stand right now in terms of the numbers and in terms of its trajectory. Well, the good news is we have shown that we can control the spread of the virus, right. Which people take for granted now. But i wasnt always so sure. We could have taken all these measures, closed down, stay home, and we without have seen that spread continue to go up. That would have been a really frightening place. But that was a possibility. We showed that we can control the spread. It went up, the so called plateau was hit, a flat spot and now we are on the downside of the plateau. The question is how fast is that decline and how long does it take to make the decline. We have about 1300 People Per Day new diagnose cease coming into the system. We lost about 474 people yesterday. Whi
U. S. We will get the latest on the research and learn how the pandemic is affecting how you shop for groceries. Join in on the conversation our phone lines are open. Good monday evening, a lot to get to, but we will begin as we always do with the numbers courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. Northern 3 million confirmed cases around the world, 185 countries and regions. 210,000 deaths in the u. S. Deaths. Death toll athe about 55,000. Joining us from philadelphia is the director of the vaccine and Immunotherapy Center on the campus of the university of pennsylvania. Thank you for being with us. Guest my pleasure. Host let me begin with where you are at in terms of the research for vaccine. As i understand, you are among the most aggressive in finding a vaccine. Of a program,part coalition for epidemic preparedness and innovation. They have assembled a coalition of many different parties to ame together to develop vaccine countermeasure for covid19, and our particular focus of this gro