Society its still about us but all planets on the brain spoke to several leading experts in the face. Just a couple of things that. Dont drive your eyes. Disinfect surfaces. Avoid shaking hands with others. Weve learned to be careful with what we touch. But covert 19 might be in the air to. Air missile particles carrying the virus are tiny they float on air currents it takes them hours to settle expel through the mouth of a coronavirus carrier the air can help them spread. To be able to imagine air assaults experts say to think of cigarette smoke spreading around a person like a clown the closer the smoker the denser the cloud how can you protect yourself. And welcome to covert 19 special here on the w. In many places lockdowns have ended and countries are trying to regulate the restart economic and public activity which may be more difficult than thought because studies suggest the coronavirus could be hovering in the air of offices shops and restaurants to which people are slowly ret
The house of representatives prepares to reconvene on friday. We would love to hear from you. Ou live begin as we always do. The numbers are courtesy of Johns Hopkins university, which has been keeping track of this pandemic since the beginning. 4. 3 million cases worldwide. The confirmed cases around the globe, 296,000. We will get to your calls across a moment. Joining us from nashville is dr. William schaffner. Preventivefessor of medicine as Vanderbilt University school of medicine. Guest good to be with you. Host i want to begin with some news for the president from the president. Andsenate Health Education Pension Committee hearing, Anthony Fauci said he had concerns about schools reopening potentially too soon. Today, the president had this reaction. Trump to make, donald trump it is not an acceptable answer. The only thing that would be acceptable is professors, teachers, etc. Of a certain age. I think they have to be careful. Because this is a disease that attacks age, that at
Begin as we always do. The numbers are courtesy of Johns Hopkins university, which has been keeping track of this pandemic since the beginning. 4. 3 million cases worldwide. The confirmed cases around the globe, 296,000. We will get to your calls across a moment. Joining us from nashville is dr. William schaffner. Preventivefessor of medicine as Vanderbilt University school of medicine. Guest good to be with you. Host i want to begin with some news for the president from the president. Andsenate Health Education Pension Committee hearing, Anthony Fauci said he had concerns about schools reopening potentially too soon. Today, the president had this reaction. Trump to make, donald trump it is not an acceptable answer. The only thing that would be acceptable is professors, teachers, etc. Of a certain age. I think they have to be careful. Because this is a disease that attacks age, that attacks health. If you have a heart problem, diabetes, if you are of a certain age, it certainly is much
Addition of washington journal, on cspan. Senate is expected to vote tomorrow on additional coronavirus funding totaling 500 billion dollars. As states looked to gradually reopen, we talk to a leading Infectious Disease doctor about how to get there with treatment methods of covid19. And later, Public Policy antivirus, with former Senate Republican leader and a trained frist. , dr. Bill numbers, 202 7488000 for the eastern half of the country, for the western half, 202 7488001, and if you are a medical professional, 202 7488002. Johns Hopkins University says worldwide coronavirus cases have cap in the u. S. Totaling the u. S. About 840 5000, just over 47,000 confirmed deaths in confirmed the u. S. Across all 50 states. Is ang us from tennessee Infectious Disease expert from Vanderbilt University. Dr. , thank you. Good to be with you. Steve let me begin with therapeutics and other medicines that will allow us to get to know normalcy in this country. . Hat will it take things. One is bet
Today nomination hearing. This is the tenth nomination hearing the committee has held this year. I want to take a minute to thank Ranking Member and her staff for working diligently. With my staff. And this senator to process these nominees. Filling judicial vacancies, and executive appointments is an important part of committee responsibility. And i know that all members of the committee take this responsibility seriously. Today, well hear from two panels. First well hear from the nominees to the Circuit Court. Noter dame law professor. And Michigan Supreme Court justice. Our second panel will hear from eric. To be head of the Civil Rights Division. And the department of justice will also hear from two nominees to the District Court judges in tennessee. I understand that theres some concern with having two Circuit Court nominees on a hearing agenda. So i thought id explain this. Because its unusual. When the majority leader extended the Senate Schedule in to august. We scheduled a nom