Brad wenthrup. Your reaction to this seemingly good news. We are not out of the woods, but it seems like its good news. You want to see the numbers go down. The goal all along was to beat the models. You saw the models happen in other countries where it went right up, very high. We were trying to stay under that and keep our Healthcare System in check and not overrun. This is good news because thats what we have been after all along. Starting to see the trend go down. Liz will be do you think the United States has answered the wakeup call . You saw the warnings about pandemic. Now the president is saying one of the toughest decisions of his life is reopening the country possibly on may. Americans may wake up to a brandnew world of having to wear masks, and maybe tests for coronavirus. New apps on their iphones and phones to track them if they are near somebody who has coronavirus. Do you think congress has answered the wakeup call that has been ringing for years. We are in an able of a jet stream of viruses going around the world. I certainly hope so. If we dont learn lessons from this, i dont know that we ever will. And certainly we have people in politics that think the border should be wide open. Thats the wrong answer. You go other countries and they ask you all kinds of questions about your health and where you have been. There will be many new normals. But there will be a lot of medical scientific process. How we evaluate something and check whether its growing larger than you thought it might be. And how we try to nip things in the bud. Who is most vulnerable and who might need to be quarantined. And we learned lessons about how we may need to manage our supply chain. Its a security issue. Liz there is also a lesson to be learned and stop politicizing everything. Doctors and hospital workers saying stop the finger pointing. Focus on where the viruses are coming out of, and thats china. We have grew spom wet markets up and running. Great britain says they are in china. China said necessity outlawed many of the wet markets. But others say no. The president is going to decide next week whether to kit funding to the World Health Organization. It reminds me of the nato model where there was a certain level of responsibility that comes with everybody who is in it. The president was big on that. The World Health Organization is designed to try and allow us to nip things in the bud so we can act as one set of human beings on this earth trying to cut out disease, et cetera, et cetera. The problem with the communist system similar to what russia did add chernobyl. Their attitude is the communist system is not a lie if it helps the state. So this is something we do want to address wholeheartedly. There is no doubt about it that we have to do something to address it. And a lot of it should come from the World Health Organization itself. And i think the president is going to help drive that. Liz the w. H. O. Is saying its taking north koreas line, that north korea has no cases. That cannot be believed. The line of rhetoric we are hearing in the media that other administrations and dem egg response is picture perfect, we are learning they were not. Prior administrations dating back to the 1980s on the federal and state and local level was not up to speed. When you look at whats going on with the World Health Organization. Now the American Enterprise institute is saying potentially 2. 9 million infections in china. More than they are reporting. It seems that finally the world may be waking up. We are seeing social media waking up in bangladesh and pakistan. Do you think the world is waking up saying we cant go through another pandemic like this. One of my medical colleagues has been in touch with an Infectious Disease specialist. One of the things the chinese doctor said to mire friend was you a come you all arent Wearing Masks in america. The reason is because you have them and you are not selling them to us. That goes back to the supply chain. What they will do to their own people and keep them in the dark they will do to their own people. We are doing really well here. If you look at h. I. V. , it was four years before we had a reliable clinical test. We are moving much faster. Hopefully this doesnt keep happening. One of the opportunities we have on the medical side is we have a lot of people who have gone the it and recovered. And they are going to be eligible people to donate glass ma that can help others that get this. I think people have to make sure they are talking with their doctors and working with their blood banks. Liz if you use the defense production act, should not be a first step toward getting the medical supply chain . China is moving to be a medical super power. They tried to corner the market on remdesivir and gilead. They tried to get as many ventilators as it could before it told the world it has a pandemic on its hands. When you see whats happening out of the china. Dr. Robert darling is one of the worlds leading Infectious Disease experts. Hes still saying china wont give over the virus samples to study. That tells you it could have been an accidental release out of a bio lab. And china doesnt want to admit the virus did emanate out of the province over there. The issue with china. Should we cut back on the debt that we owe to it . How do you owe china accountable . What do you think . I think we need to pursue that add knew and see what happened. There is responsibility. You know, we have had terrorist attacks where certain countries did take responsibility like libya, and we were able to get compensation back. That would help us, and it might correct a wrong. But i dont expect them to change their rebehavior. But we have to change how we view china and how we work with china. Or better yet, how we dont work with china because they cant be trusted. Liz thank you so much. I appreciate it. You have a good easter and pass yoaf as well. Liz next up, the hot debate about reopening. Will the nations 50 governors agree to the reopen . Hey, can i. Hold on one second. Sure. Okay. Okay safe drivers save 40 guys guys check it out. Safe drivers save 40 safe drivers save 40 safe drivers save 40 thats safe drivers save 40 . It is, thats safe drivers save 40 . Hes right there. Its him hes here. Hes right here. Hi hi. Hey thats totally him. Its him thats totally the guy. Safe drivers do save 40 . Click or call for a quote today. Safetoday, john got dressed first date with sarah. John told his stitch fix stylist evan that tonight was a big deal. So his stylist did the hard work for him. Browsing hundreds of styles and sizes to find the perfect fitting shirt and blazer. So that tonight john could feel totally himself. At stitch fix we dont just see your size or your style. We see you. Let us find your perfect fit at stitchfix. Com. Liz welcome back. You are watching the evening edit. Joel, great to see you, sir. The president saying its going to be the toughest decision ever in his career to possibly open the country may 1 do you think well be ready by then . I think part of the country willa be ready by then. The reopening required testing and reporting and tracing contacts. That wont be a one size fits all policy. I am hopeful parts of the country will be ready to reopen in a few weeks. And the testing will continue throughout the rest of the springtime. Liz you need an economy to pay for public health, the emt workers, the firemen and cops. Here is the forecast out of jpmorgan chase. The gdp can contract by 40 . Are you seeing sufficient information coming out of all levels of government on testing, object vaccines, and on drugs . Do we know when the vaccines will be ready, and the drugs will be ready and the tests will be ready . People are feeling a bottleneck on testing. Apeople want information. What do you think . There have been delays on testing. Thats soo essential. If someone knows they are sick, even if they are not showing symptoms. Most people because they have common sense will stay home and ecavoid infecting people. But if you come into contact with somebody who has it, thats lost time. Its essential to go ahead and build that testing capability. We had a bureaucracy that wasnt permitting private labs. We have seen some of that resolve. I am hoping Going Forward the testing bottleneck will be much smoother. We have seen 10 million jobs wiped out in a few weeks. We have given up gains that took years to acquire. We have to make it so people can go and work and produce and engage in commerce. Liz are we want to see how much are i mine as well. Thats why you need testing. Here is the information coming out of oxford university. They are estimating 6070 percent of the u. K. Has already been infected. We have seen the initial fatality rate go down now to 60,000 in the u. S. Nobody knows what the death toll will be. That of course is a disturbing number thats really concerning. But the testing is so key. New york state and the region of new york, connecticut, pennsylvania and new jersey. Talking about rolling out testing as well. Whose model objection best. Should you get tested at your job . Should employers do it . If we have more testing, even if you are not sure you can get tested, that will go a long way. Evennd if we have states and cities say you can go out, you can shop. If people are scared for their lives if we go out. People are going to hesitate to leave even if they have permission. This is not an issue of government saying okay get back out there. You have got to be able to get the test results back quickly. And you have to be able to trace contact. So governors and mayors feel comfortable opening up their cities so People Like Us feel comfortable getting back out there. Liz the public will step up and give that market reality check if they dont feel safe. Civil libertarians are up in arms about the phone apps that can trace you. And the use of drones with the voices of mayors in places like elizabeth, new jersey and in florida and california where flying oh peoples heads with the voice of mayors saying go back inside, you are violating the shelter in place orders. People are saying thats not what america is about. It violates our values. I live in washington, d. C. Just going biking, as you mentioned, you have Police Cruisers going by, telling people to disperse. Even if the streets arent cluttered. I understand mayors and city 0 officious are rightfully aware of this spreading. All of us are looking to move to a place where we can begin moving to a sense of normality. There are positive signs coming out of europe. You look at the plans for the gradual reopening of society. I think well see that here as well. Liz thats true. Certainly many countries in europe arere talking about reopening. We appreciate it. Liz you will want to watch this next segment. Its about the drugs and vaccines that about to be up and running, well bring in the former director of the peace corps. Stay there. I am totally blind. And non24 can throw my days and nights out of sync, keeping me from the things i love to do. Talk to your doctor, and call 8442142424. Beautifying the landscape, purifying our water supply, filtering the air we breathe, and cooling the climate. They anchor the forests where we retreat to play, connect with one another, and commune with nature. Now more than ever, our National Forests need us. Fires, insects and disease devastate our forests each year. Thats why the Arbor Day Foundation is putting out the call to plant more trees and preserve and protect the ones we already have. 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Our next guest is former peace corps medical director. He has been working as a surgeon as well under the most dire situation. Hes dr. Steven weinberg. Can you give us the update on the status of vaccines and drugs and blood plasma therapy . How much months away are we for something to stop this covid outbreak . I hope we are days or weeks. In the last two hours the new england journal of medicine, one of the most respected peer review journals in this country and the a world. They tweeted that they are involved in a remdesivir study, and the preliminary data looks very good. We are very, very close to having a possible treat the there. We know about we have been hearing about hydroxychloroquine for self weeks. We keep hearing its anecdotal. But when an the dotal studies get up to 2,000 people they are not exactly anecdotal. But they are looking very good. Just about everybody with a keep industry set in the world is trying something. Several different studies at the same hospital. Itss looking very, very good right now. Liz there are 70 countries with 100 separate clinical trials. The n. I. H. Is launching a childrenle cal trial of the hydroxychloroquinene the antimalarial drug. There hasnt been a controlled test, but you are saying there has been enough anecdotal results to say it could be effective. It works on people with preexisting conditions. That and a number of other things. Does it work early, can it be used prophylactically. All of those need to be answered. We are drinking out of a fire hose right now. We need answers, results as quick as possible. And well get back to all of the wonderful scientific studies or the next self months. Twhere its working, that seems to be working very well and lots of folks are on it. Liz we have japans avigan, that looks promising. The university of pittsburgh has a promising vaccine. People of australia going through testing for a tuberculosis drug tha that he tt elicits an i mine response. Possible blood plasma therapy, are you optimistic about senate. Very. A number of Major Medical centers in this country are now harvesting blood plasma and giving it to the most critically ill patients. This is not for somebody with a runny nose or sore throat. This is for seriously ill people. We have a lot of people in this country who recovered. They can donate their plasma he week. We take the blood out of folks. But then you spin it down and take out the plasma and give it back. All you are taking out is the liquid part. The antibodies are in there. This is not something thats brandnew scientifically. We are using it with early good results. You can also create those antibodies in a laboratory. Those are the antigen we want to give somebody in a vaccine so they will create the antibodies to give them immunity. Liz this is a scary disease because it immediately takes the oxygen out of your blood. Even before you show shortness of breath, it takes the oxygen out. They follow a pattern. They rise and a to, then they they rise, then they plateau. It went away in june and july of 2003. Spanish flu did come back. Are you concerned about this coming back in the fall and winter . Nd havent so. Spanish flu came back three types. We dont know if this is going to come back. We dont know if its weather dependent. This disease is in countries that are warm. There is an outbreak in he can. We have to plan that it will and hope that is doesnt, and thats what creating a vaccine will do. If it does come back and we have plenty of people immune and the vaccine is working, then we are in good shape. Liz are thanks for joining us, sir. Be well. Thank you, you, too. Liz a sailor from the uaa teddy rooseveltm was admitted to an intensive care unit in guam. 416 on board are i effected. The mitts second highest ranking officers said there is another outbreak on board the uss nip its. That story next. 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The secretary of the navy had to resign after an idiotic thing he did. We clearly dont have enough tests for the department of defense. Two Aircraft Carrier is an awful lot. There are just 18. Its very, very troubling. Not speaking up for the sailors or soldiers who need help. Its a very crowded environment on these vessels. Great guys, men and women, tremendous amount of work. Very, very talented. They cant protect themselves