However, of distance and difficulty prevent us from continuing to report facts about the virus, what we know and what we dont know. And its facts, not fear that we want to bring you tonight in the next two hours. In partnership with facebook and instagram, were going to continue answering the questions that youve been sending in from around the country and the world. Some of them are texts. Some are video. Some are live, and theyre all things you want to know. So the bottom line is, what this outbreak wont stop is our continued reporting on it. So while the seats there may be empty, the town hall is going to go on, and were going to spend the next two hours talking to experts, including White House Task force member dr. Anthony fauci. Also a Top World Health Organization official, experts in emergency medicine, and Mental Health as well. Were also going to check in with our reporters from around the globe what they have been seeing right now, including in china, which tonight after enduring so much, may, may finally be the source of a glimmer of hope. And even those quarantined in places like italy and spain have found ways to unite and show their love and support for each other. Youve probably seen the images in italy of people singing together from neighboring balconies. In spain err night around 8 00 p. M. , people clap in their apartments by open windows to show their support of the doctors and nurses and the medical professionals risking their lives every day. Listen to the sound of a community clapping. [ applause ] it happens every night, all across spain. Citizens applauding the bravest public servant, signaling they are all in this together, and together they will overcome it. Even in the face of a challenge that is growing by the hour. Health care workers are on edge as supply shortages loom. Financial markets plummet because of deepening coronavirus fears. An eerily quiet times square. The latest reminder that today life is different, and will be for some time. The coronavirus is now reported in all 50 states in the u. S. , with more than 13,000 positive cases according to the cdc. In this country so far more than 150 people have died. At our last town hall one week ago, there were at least 1500 cases in 46 states. Two weeks ago, it was just around 200 cases. We have a choice to make. Do we want to just keep going on with business as usual and end up being italy . Cities and states across the country are doing their part to try to flatten the curve. Restaurants, bars, shops are largely closed. The bay area in california has instituted a shelter in place order for more than seven million residents, and the federal government has asked all americans to avoid gathering in groups of more than ten. Its within all of us. How i behave affects your behave. How you behave affects my health. Never have we been so dependent on each other, at least not in my lifetime. Globally, there are now more than 200,000 cases and there have been 8,000 deaths according to the World Health Organization. Though there are signs of a slowdown in china and south korea, and in the u. S. The first vaccine trial has just begun. But still, expert says this isnt going away any time soon. The worst is just ahead for us. It is how we respond to that challenge thats going to determine what the ultimate end point is going to be. With that sobering assessment in mind, i want to get some thoughts from sanjay about where you think we are. Well, look, anderson, obviously so much has changed even in a week since our last town hall. Tonight me here in atlanta, you in new york, to keep our physical distance. And physical distance is how i think we should start describing this new reality, anderson. Its really important. But i also hope that we can still be social and connected and not become isolated, which is a real concern, even now. But regardless of what you call it, anderson, there is some news that really jumped out at me this week. That is some new modeling data from china that shows four out of five people who were diagnosed with coronavirus contracted it from someone who didnt know they had it. Let me repeat that four out of five people, 80 who were diagnosed with the coronavirus contracted it from someone who didnt know they had it. There is a message in there i think for all of us. We are, as i said, all dependent on each other more than ever, more than i can certainly ever remember in my lifetime. And its why we all have to behave like we have the virus. If you behave like you have the virus, it will tell you how to act throughout your day. Youll be more careful. Youll be more mindful. Youll slow down, and hopefully, anderson, well all be a little more kind to each other as well. Careful. Act as if you have the virus already. Thats right. Late today new yorks mayor bill de blasio warned that new york is two to three weeks from running out of medical supplies like masks and ventilators, breathing machines. A doctor friend of me this morning texted me this morning. He is texting all his friends. If anybody has any masks out there, can you please donate them to the hospital because were starting to ration them out. Thats terrifying. New york city and state have seen rationing in recent days in part because of ramped up testing. There are at least 3600, more than 1100 confirmed today. At least 22 people have died. Erica hill is in times square for us now. What other options does new york city have to get supplies other than help from the federal government . I mean, thats the issue for so many municipalities, not just new york city, for so many hospitals. The mayor saying today theyre good for the next couple weeks, but he is very concerned about april, because their reserves he said will not last, and he is calling directly on the president , anderson, for some help. You know, erica, weve been talking about the ventilator issue for weeks now. And pretty clear that we dont have enough for the country. Im curious about new york, though. What did Governor Cuomo have to say about the ventilator, the breathing machines specifically . He was addressing those today. He said they can locate about 5,000 to 6,000, sanjay. He said they need 30,000. He has been talking to other governors. Every state is trying to buy them. The problem is theyre just not there. He even sent people to china. What Governor Cuomo said is he really needs this defense procurement act to go into play here because its the federal government who can really make a difference by putting these different factors and manufacturers to work, making ventilators. Erica hill, thank you so much for us. We go next to italy which surpassed china today in the number of people who lost their lives to the virus and the rise in cases in fatalities has been steep. Just two weeks ago according to the World Health Organization there were a bit fewer than 3100 case theres, 107 fatalities. This time last week 827 people died. Today according to italian authority, the death toll stands at more than 3400, and the case count now tops 41,000 with 5,300 new cases reported today. Cnn contributor Barbie Nadeau joins us right now from the italian capital. A chinese red cross official toured italy today. What did he have to say about the effectiveness of the lockdown there . He said we were doing it wrong. He was so disappointed to see city buses were still moving, to see that people were still out jogging. He thought the stores were open too long and he thought we werent locked down enough. And as a result of that, or certainly a coincidence, the Italian Government said theyre deploying the mill today today to help with the lockdown to keep people off the streets and into their house. As the numbers rise, i think italians dont quite get it yet that we need to stay in house, stay in our places. I hope a lot of people are paying attention to that, because, again, a lot of people are saying we need to learn some of the lessons that youve seen, barbie, there in italy. The thing that strikes me is there is enormous pressure, enormous strain on the Health Care System there in italy. Not to mention the possibility of simply being unable to seek medical care for needs outside of the virus. Has that improved at all . Is that just getting worse in terms of the capacity . No, its getting much worse. You think if you have a ruptured appendix or you break your leg or Something Like that, you dont really know that youll be able to go to the doctor. Also our dentists are closed. Eye doctors are closed. We really have no medical care right now unless its on a real emergency basis. And even then youre afraid, people are afraid that if they go into an emergency room, that theyll contract the virus. So these are the collateral damage, the domino effect of all of this. You know, bashly, one things that so scary what the red cross official is saying, if what italy has done thus far is still not enough, its a real warning to folks here in the United States, because there is nothing worse than instituting half measures and everybody is supposedly staying at home, but clearly theyre going out more than they should, or have more access to travel than they should. And then they could be told this is for a month. And then if its not enough, its just going to be extended even more. Its better to have it be all at once, to have it be more drastic, to err on the side of being more cautious than to let this drag on. No, thats definitely right. Its time to just rip off the bandaid and make everybody stay at home. People are out walking their dogs. But you see the same dog with four or five people throughout the day. The Grocery Store people are buying one banana or sack of potatoes at a time. People arent necessarily thinking the way they need to be thinking. One of the things, now everybody has to wear mask if you go into the Grocery Store. If you dont that. Give you a piece of plastic to put over your face. Everybody has to wear gloves when theyre outside. Theyre trying to get people to think in terms they might be carriers even though they dont have stichlts. As sanjay said, act as if you are infected. Ba barbie, appreciate it. Up next, china has reported no new locally transmitted cases since the pandemic began. The numbers are still daunting. Total cases have stayed at roughly 80 to 81,000 over the last three weeks as the death toll climbed from 3,015 to more than 3200. David culver is in shanghai for us. No new locally transmitted infects reported since the pandemic began, today. Assuming those numbers are accurate, the data is accurate, which there may be questions about, how are people greeting that milestone . Yeah, anderson, we know there are a lot of questions about that. People questioning the data. But the government is our only source for that. The National Health commission in particular. The World Health Organization relies on it. And President Trump has even said that as of now, he has no reason to question it. He just has to accept it and movp forward. Its being received positively. Its being highly promoted by state media. Whats interesting is heari ini barbie say folks in italy are not taking it seriously. Here people are very reluctant to think this thing has passed them, and perhaps that is something that World Health Organization officials are grateful for, because they say it avoids complacency. Yeah, i guess there is still this concern is there going to be a resurgence of cases. We dont know the answer to that. What does the Chinese Government plan to do now . What is their role now . Well, this is a concern sign, jay, and its concern of a second wave. But theyre portraying this as an external threat more than anything else. Their fear is imported cases. While the number of locally transmitted cases has sat at zero over the past 24 hours since the most recent reporting, they say theyve seen 34 imported indicates coming from other countries. So what are they doing . Well, theyre stepping up some of the screening procedures and evaluations of people who are traveling in from all over the world, which is a complete reversele what we saw a few weeks ago when everyone was fearing people traveling from china. Now theyre fearing folks coming from other countries. And theyre putting people in mandatory government designated quarantine facility as soon as they come in for 14 days. And also, those lockdowns are still in place. It was eight weeks ago today, sanjay, that we were in wuhan, and you and i were communicating throughout that period. But thats eight weeks that people have been living under this extreme lockdown. In many cases, sealed inside their homes. David culver in shanghai, david, thanks very much. In washington, Task Force Members briefed the president on wide range of subjects including equipment shortage, and a string of answers from the president that raised more questions than anything else. Joining us now a member of the task force, dr. Anthony fauci, National Director of the institute of technology and diseases. Whats the most important thing you want people to know tonight . You know, i think you just were mentioning it just a few minutes ago is the importance of people to take very seriously the guidelines about physical sprays. You mentioned the idea of transmission of infection, not only when someone is symptomatic, but were getting more and more information that someone can transmit even when theyre asymptomatic. So in order to protect ones self, society and particularly the vulnerable people, weve really got to adhere to the physical separation. You know them well, now. Avoiding crowds. Stay out of bars. Stay out of restaurants. Stay out of places where there is a congregation of people. And particularly, individuals who are elderly or individuals who have an underlying condition should essentially selfisolate themselves for the time being in order the shield themselves from what might be an innocent unintended inadvertent transmission of infection to them. Thats the message i would really like to get out, particularly to the younger people who may not take it seriously. I mean, i just think back when i was young, i kind of felt like i was invulnerable. So, well, you know, ill do fine. But its not just you, you know. Its you and society and the people that are vulnerable. So please cooperate. Were going through a very difficult unprecedented time right now. And dr. Fauci, we are going to talk a little bit more about the specific risk to young people a little bit later. But i want to ask you something about what ambassador birx, who is a coordinate for the White House Coronavirus tfrts task force, she said about the possibility of a federal air travel shutdown. What she said is everything is on the table. I mean, is that is that something you want to see . Do you think that would be effective . You know, i dont know, sanjay. When dr. Birx said everything is on the table, truthful, we discuss everything in the task force. I have not heard a serious discussion about shutting down domestic travel. Might that come up the next time we start looking at this, and we look at it constantly . Certainly. I think thats what dr. Birx meant by everything is on the table. But there is no plan tomorrow or the next day to seriously think about shutting down domestic air travel. A question about something that happened today, dr. Fauci. The president said the fda will fast track antiviral treatments for patients with coronavirus, saying an antimalarial drug would be made available. Handy said the drug would be made available almost immediately. When the public hears that, and obviously there is a lot of interest, a lot of hope in this, how much confidence should we put in that . And do we know that that drug would even work . Because as you know, fda commissioner hahn, he sort of he didnt go that far. No, no. So let me put it into perspective for the viewers, and perhaps well understand it better. There is a drug, two drugs. Theyre very similar hydroxychloroquine. Theyve been used for decades for diseases like lupus. Its a very inexpensive drug. Its tried and true. Its been around for a long time there has been anecdotal, nonproven, anecdotal data that it works, when people give it to someone, it makes them better. But when you have an uncontrolled trial, you can never definitively say it works. In addition, there has been some invitro data in the test tube. You put hydroxychloroquine in with the virus, it tends to impede the virus. Its done that with a number of other viruses. What was said today at the press conference, this is an already approved drug. So it could be available, for example, when you use it off label, which means somebody uses it for a purpose that it wasnt official ly approved for. What the president is saying is were going to look at all of these drugs and were going to try to get them available in the context of some sort of a protocol where you justwillyni. You make it more accessible than you would have previously, but you do it in the context to at least get some feel for some safety and whether it works. That was the message about the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine. The reason we ask obviously dr. Fauci about this, its constantly this balance, i would imagine in your job and everyones job, this balance between hope and honesty. It was described, as you know, at the press conference as a game changer. Again, how should the public interpret that sort of thing . You know, sanjay, im not so sure it was i mean, i was watching it on tv. I was around the corner from the conference looking at a tv. I dont think it was necessarily described as a game changer, but lets make sure people understand what it is. Today there are no proven safe and effective therapies for the coronavirus. Okay. That doesnt mean that were not going to do everything we can to make things that have even a hint of efficacy more readily available. So long as you do it in the context of some sort of protocol that would take a look of getting some information about safety and efficacy. There is no magic drug out there right now. I want to put it in nondoctor terms because im not very smart. People should not go to their doctor and say i want chloroquine because i hear that might work. That correct . Yeah, thats correct. I mean, i think if you would want it if i wanted to use chloroquine, hydroxychloroquine, i would try to do it in some clinical access trial as oh posed to just going. As a party of principle of going out and say prescribe this for me, what that would do would probably deplete the supplies for the people who might need if it shows to be working. Thats one of the real i think unintended consequences of everybody out there flooding, trying to get the drug. So dr. Fauci, mayor de blasio announced today that new york city is expected to run out of medical supplies in two to three weeks. I spoke to him last night. I just want to play a bit of what he said and have you respond. What im really deeply concerned about is medical supplies, and then beyond that even other basic supplies that people need in their lives. But the medical supplies situation, anderson, youre talking about ventilator, surgical masks, surgical gowns, really basic stuff that were deeply concerned about where were going to be in a few weeks. And here is the problem. The federal government is absent in this discussion right now. What about that, dr. Fauci . Is the federal government about a sent in the discussion . What can a city do . No. No, i spoke to mayor de blasio today by phone, and i understand he has a significant problem that he is trying to address at the local level and is looking for some federal help. I mean, right now if you look at whats going on, there is a Strategic National stockpile in which there are at least 12,700 ventilators as well as tens of millions of masks. That may not be enough. So what the federal government is doing, and it isnt just the federal government that needs to do it. Its got to be also local states, private industry and others working together with the federal government. But whats being done right now, as you may have heard, that the president is tapping the department of defense to get many more ventilators into their stockpile so theyll be ready to use, as well as doing things like getting more masks. About beds, thats important. One of the ways you can obviate the problem of beds is to do something thats been suggested strongly. To the best of your capability, put off and cancel elective surgical and medical procedures because many of those procedures as elective as they are, they consume personal protective equipment like masks and gowns and gloves and things like that. So if you do that, youre not going to completely solve the problem, but youll help mitigate the problem. Thats one of the things. The other things is that we have a couple of naval ships, the mercy and other ships that can be there that can then come by, and one is coming to new york, and then free up beds that you could put noncoronavirus patient theres to free up beds. Begin, it isnt the absolute solution to what is a problem. I get calls all the time from my colleagues in various places saying it looks like theyre running out of equipment. Weve got to meet the challenge and do as best as we can to be able to fulfill the needs. All right. We got to take a quick break. Were going return with our viewers questions for dr. Fauci as our cnn facebook global town hall continues. 5g will change business in america. Tmobile has the first and only, nationwide 5g network. And with it, you can shape the future. Weve invested 30 billion dollars and built our new 5g network for businesses like yours. While some 5g signals only go a few blocks, tmobile 5g goes for miles. 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Im told that im going to be at the press conference tomorrow. But youre right. A lot of people were concerned, a, that im sick, that i died, or that the president is angry with me. None of the above. Im fine, and ill be back. I just really had some important work regarding the vaccine and the drug situation that i really needed to be physically present with my team at the nih, which have important things to do. And it kind of conflicted with when the press conference was. It was really a very innocent thing. Ill be back tomorrow. I want to get to our viewer questions. This one is sent in via facebook from sara peter son. She asked why isnt the president practicing social distancing in the white house and especially during briefings while video and photos are being taken . Shouldnt they be leading by example . You all are kind of crowded up on the podium. Well, you know, its a very important point. And its really related, anderson, to the question you just asked me. One of the reasons why they decided they wanted to rotate a bit and give people with different types of expertise like today was more of a regulatory issue with the fda and the different drugs. So they really wanted to focus mostly on the fda. And they figured rather than have everybody whos involved on the stage, they want to just socially distance a little. It wasnt exactly precise, but were seeing that there. We are also seeing that in the situation room. As a matter of fact we were there in the situation room, and the Vice President was telling people go to one of the outside rooms and look at it on the screen. So were not just completely discarding that. But in order to really do the job, you kind of have to be together a bit. Good answer, dr. Fauci. Take care of yourself. Bonnie richardson is a retiree in mifflintown, pennsylvania, and she sent in this video. Take a look. At what point would they ramp up testing to those who do not have symptoms so they can find out how the virus is spreading . I know right now they do not have enough tests, but wouldnt it be prudent to get enough tests to include young people without symptoms . What do you think, dr. Fauci . No, its a good point. But the issue is, as you know, weve had issues with testing. We are getting testing standing up right now, much, much, much better than we did. The critical issue is to get the testing first to those areas where you have somebody who is, in fact, having symptoms and you want to see if theyre infected. The idea of doing a broad screening including asymptomatic people is not a bad idea. Ive been talking about that for a while. But when you prioritize what you need to do, we really need to get the testing to the people who are in a situation where you really need to know. The other is surveillance. Its a valid question and im for it. But right now its not the highest priority. Okay. Dr. Fauci, i know youve been asked a lot of tough questions over the years and youve had people yell and scream at you. So nothing we ask is nothing you havent already faced throughout your career. But when people hear like all the talk about testing for the last couple weeks, all the verbs are like were getting it standing up, its in the pipeline, its been sent out. When can we stop using all that kind of jargon and just say, yeah, theres testing, it works, its there . Its just one of those things that it frustrates people that its every week, but its a kind of a different verbiage. I totally agree, anderson. I mean, completely. I feel as frustrated as anybody else. Right now that weve gotten the private sector involved, the heavy hitters who are making it, who can do the high throughput, theyre out there. Theyre telling us that we are able now not immediately but in a very steep way going to be able to have testing that is going to be available for the people who need it. Walkthrough, drivethrough, doctors office. This is what were told. Every time you say that, anderson, somebody calls up and says i tried to get a test and i couldnt get it. Now does that mean that its broadly unavailable, or is that just a oneoff . I can tell you right now we are much, much better off than we were a couple of weeks ago. Are we perfect where everybody can get what they want . No, obviously not. The phone calls tell us that. Its also frustrating when people hear celebrities and famous people getting tests and other folks not able to. But you know all this. This next question is on an Instagram Video question sent in by carolyn brush. Lets take a look. Hi, anderson. This is carolyn from new jersey. My question is what if ive been selfisolating for two weeks and my son and his family are doing the same thing. After that twoweek period will we be able to see each other . I really would love to see my grandchildren. Thank you. Dr. Fauci . Yeah. You know, is she talking about the recommendation for the 15 days from now and then we reevaluate for someone to selfisolate themselves . Or is she talking about the fact that she may have been exposed and she wants to self there are two Different Things there. And the answer to the first one is if youre doing it like youre an elderly person or you have someone with a condition and you want to selfisolate, you do it for the time where youre in a situation where theres a risk. We may renew that after 15 days. But if youre a person who may have been exposed and say im going to go in 14 days, im going to selfisolate myself. After those 14 days if you have no symptoms, you havent been infected, youre okay after 14 days. You can go out. But there are two different scenarios there. We got to be careful that we know were answering the right question. All right. Roy wolf has a ph. D in studying Drinking Water quality, and he is in fullerton, california. Roy, whats your question . Why are you recommending bottled water when tap water is safe, meaning all of the Drinking Water regulations. Recommending bottled water only drives panic, diminishes trust in tap water, and is more costly. Is there any issue with the water, dr. Fauci . No. Im not sure what the question is. I mean, you drink tap water, thats fine. I drink tap water. I drink bottled water. No. But when people are told to, you know, stock up on supplies, often times they are told not by us but by others get bottled water, you know, stock up on bottled water. It does seem given that the water supply is not from what we know not under threat, there is no reason really to hoard bottled water. No, no, there is not. I mean, some people for reasons that they may feel or actually live in a place where the water isnt necessarily topnotch, most of the places in the United States it is. I have no trouble, nor does my wife and family, of drinking tap water. We drink bottled water sometimes. Bottom line there is no problem with tap water. All right. Lets take another video from one of my favorite city, mary from oshkosh, wisconsin. Lets take a look at this. Since we now have people who have recovered from the coronavirus, is it possible to develop some sort of treatment using the antibodies that they developed as a response to the disease . Didnt they do something along those lines with ebola . Good question oshkosh, wisconsin. Very good question. As a matter of fact, thats exactly what were doing. We are gearing up for a study of both convalescent serum, taking the serum from someone whos completely recovered, getting it in a way where you can reinfuse it in somebody else or getting out the proteins, the gamma glob are inand the antibodies from that serum and use it as a way of both treatment and possibly prophylaxis, but mostly treatment. Very good question. Its one of our top priorities. So youre basically saying that because someones recovered they make these antibodies and then you could use those in somebody else. Did that work with ebola . You know, as a matter of fact, it wasnt anybody from convalescent serum who was a version of that. It was a Monoclonal Antibody which was dereighed from an individual that was either vaccinated or whatever, where you take the cells that make antibodies, you clone it and you make a Monoclonal Antibody. Monoclonal means its very specifically directed against the pathogen in question. That was ebola. And, in fact, the two treatments that showed a really good degree of success in the treatment of ebola with two Monoclonal Antibody preparations. Dr. Fauci, ilana in winewood, pennsylvania has a question. Elana . Yes, thank you, anderson, and thank you, dr. Fauci. My question is can you become reinfected with coronavirus once youve had it . So, thats a question thats often asked. There is no designed study that has proven that you are, quote, protected. But if this virus, and i have every reason to believe that it will, acts like any other virus that weve had any experience which, once you get infected and recover from that infection, your body will mount a response that will protect you from reexposure and rechallenge with that exact virus. Now there may be other types of coronaviruses that you may not be immune to. But if you get infected with the Novel Coronavirus that were talking about tonight and you recover, you can be pretty certain that you are protected against reinfection. You sort of addressed this. But just how confident are you in this, dr. Fauci . I know we dont know, but it seems like such a fundamental question if people can get reinfected again, that would change a lot of things. So how confident are you that you do get some protection after youve been infected . You know, there are different degrees of confidence, sanjay. Theres confidence based on absolute data and theres confidence based on a projection from what you know indirectly. We dont have a study in which we have definitively proven that when you recover, if you get reexposed, you are protected. But ive been dealing with viruses my entire professional life. And in the viruses in which you get infected and you get a complete response where you clear the virus that you can be protected. The duration of the protection varies. It might be lifetime. I can tell you if you get infected with measles, it is highly likely that you are protected for life from reexposure to measles, highly likely, maybe a little bit less depending how long you live. Other viruses we have less experience with. But projecting what we know about viruses, i would say that theres a very good chance that youre protected. Okay. Dr. Fauci, i know we have to let you go. Very quickly, ive had so many people the last few days come up to me and say they dont believe this is a media exaggeration. They think there is some, you know, political reason why people are doing this. The government is doing this or talking about this. They say the death toll that it doesnt look anything worse than a flu. What do you say to those people . Im not sure you can rationalize with them. But what do you say . Well, all they need to do is look at what happened in china and take a look at whats going on in italy. I had the opportunity multiple times to call my friends and colleagues who, as i mentioned, many of them trained here in the United States, some in my own laboratory over the years. And if you hear the pain in their voice about whats going on there, you take it really seriously. Dr. Fauci, i appreciate all youre doing. Thank you. 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Welcome Neal Browning, the second person in the trial to receive the experimental vaccine. So neil, your healthy. You havent been infected with coronavirus. How did you decide to participate . Completely through happenstance, a series of events unfolded where the offer came up and i accepted it. I feel like its all of our duty to do the best we can to help recover the world from this pandemic. Thats great. Neal, so the way this works, i understand, is that you got one dose of the vaccine so far. And one thing about this vaccine, its not a dead or weakened version of the virus. Im curious were you counselled that you might actually get the infection, and how did you feel after getting it . It was much less invasive than a normal vaccine ive had. It pretty much had no pain, no swelling, no discoloration. I feel completely normal now. The only way that i would actually be able to contract covid19 right now is to be exposed to someone who has it and is contagious. There is no way that i can get this from the way this vaccine works. So what is the process moving forward . Do you have to isolate yourself so that you arent exposed to somebody else . Or how does this work . Yes. Im certain that there would be complications where if i were to contract covid while under the vaccine study, it would definitely compromise the way that this is working. I am definitely exercising, social distancing, washing hands, basically selfquarantining myself to the house. That way im not exposed to anyone whos likely to infect me. Moving forward, i have to go in back to the Research Facility once a week and have a blood draw after the first four weeks from the initial vaccine ill be given a second dose and go through another weekly regimen of doing blood draws to analyze the way my body is reacting to the vaccine and hopefully creating the antibodies to fight things off. And do you know how long this is going to take . Its a very on everyones mind. I dont know if they told you a timeline or something for the results of the trial. No. They werent given any guidance on the results of the trial. Im certain that when they compile all the data from all 45 members taking part in it, then they will be able to release a report. But for right now, the idea is the initial vaccination should cause an immunoresponse in my body. They are doing the blood draws weekly to verify that. The second dose is supposed to simulate if i were actually being infected by it and how quickly my body recognizes the covid19 proteins, reacts to them, and fights them off. Neal browning, i appreciate you doing what you are doing because it could benefit a whole lot of people moving forward. Thank you so much. A brave thing to do. Joining us now is a doctor and selene gun under and epidemic diseases and anchor of quest means business. And dr. Sanjay gupta is with us still. What do you share about what Neal Browning shared with us about the vaccine trials . Its the very beginning of research on these different vaccines. And i want to emphasize these are candidate experimental vaccines. We dont know if they work yet. We dont know if theyre safe yet. And theres a whole process to determining whether a vaccine is safe and effective. There is the phase one, which is small numbers of people, which is what hes participating in, which is really to figure out are there any severe side effects and maybe are there immune responses. And then you have the phase two which is a larger study where youre looking more specifically at immune responses, antibody responses. And then phase three, which is a large number of people. And those studies are done over the course of months and youre really trying to look at people who get the vaccine, people who dont get the vaccine, and among those who get it, do you see lower rates of infection . But that means it needs to be done in the context of Community Transmission among people at risk. And thats not going to happen overnight. That takes time. Its a process. And when dr. Fauci estimates were looking at 18 months for a proven vaccine, thats really fast if we can achieve that. Lets get to questions. Sophia scali is Communications Expert from novartis. She is in new jersey. She sent in a question for us. Lets take a look. Is that a video question . No. Ill read it. Oh, here it is. If someone in the restaurant who is either ill with the virus or is not aware that they have the virus comes in contact with the food or the packaging, is it then possible that i can contract the virus through that food or the packaging . What about that . Its interesting. So first of all youre not going to get it from the food that youre eating. This isnt one of those types of viruses. It is a respiratory virus. But ive got to tell you. So weve been ordering food out as well and im curious if youve been doing that. What weve basically done is when we receive food, we will try and take off some of the packaging actually on the porch and leave it out there. And then when we come in, we sort of wipe any of the surfaces that the remaining packaging is on and then obviously wash our hands, keeping in mind that its handtouching and then hands to face. So thats how weve sort of approached it. And it seems to have worked. I feel pretty good about it. Dr. Gounder . I would agree with that. I think the highest risk moment in getting food delivered to you is actually the facetoface interaction if you have one with a delivery person. So ideally you would be able to pay them online, tip them online or whatever platform youre using for ordering food and have them leave it outside your door, wait till they leave and then get the food. And i would exactly what sanjay recommended. We have another question. The Research Director of an Entertainment Company in los angeles. Whats your question . Hi. Thanks so much for this opportunity. With these stressful and uncertain times, it seems even more important to be mindful of our physical and mental wellbeing. I see being outdoor in nature being physically active and getting fresh air is a great way to stay healthy. My question is are we being advised to stay way from local, state and National Parks and beaches at this time as well . I want to still be able to enjoy the outdoors, but do so responsibly following social distancing and other recommendations. We hear this a lot. Sanjay . Look, there is no reason why you cant go outside. Thats its one of those things where you talk about the social or physical distancing, as i like to call it. Exercising, if yourie riding a bike or Something Like that, wipe surfaces and practice good hygiene. As weve been saying, in someways you have to behave like you have the virus. I think that helps dictate your axes. Ally sent us this from beirut, lebanon. My question is concerning grocery shopping. Should we disinfectant our groceries after unpacking from plastic bag knowing that people tend to pick up and put back different types of items like fruits, vegetables, cans and so on. If yes, how should we disinfectant vegetables, water and white vinegar an effective solution . About plastic and cans . Dr. Gander . Yeah, i would suggest wiping down the external surfaces of canned or wrapped foods. You should be washing your fruits and vegetable produce anyway, soap and water is just fine for that. But, you know, again, i think making sure you sanitize your hands, wash your hands after your do all of that, after you unpack your groceries is also a key step here. This is not just a crisis for the medical community. There is also the Economic Impact and that this is having. I want to bring in Richard Quest to shed light. The ripple effects of this are just, they are huge. Theyre only getting bigger whether large businesses, Small Business owners have questions like do they have to pay their rent . Can they get loans . Its a mess. Think of it this way. The chance yes, of course, thousands of americans will catch this virus. Were seeing the numbers already. The majority will not. The majority of people will not actually get this virus if they follow the good advice, however, just about everybody watching tonight is going to be impacted in someway economically. It will be because theyre laid off, because their business has failed. Because they have to seek food stamps or help with the rent, Credit Card Debt could be rising. The understanding of the economic position on why the government, why the treasury, why the fed has thrown so much money at it so quickly gives you an idea. It wont be enough, anderson. Theres going to have to be many, many more billions if not trillions of dollars put forward by the fed, by the treasury before this is going to be even alleviated. We have a question from a manager in hospitality. Whats your question . Hi, my question is actually is there going to be a plan in place for all of those people who have lost immediate income as their shift to shift based worker, not just check to check, also, will there be any kind of financial forgiveness for not just rent and mortgage but Car Insurance and car payments and things of that nature for basic cost of living because all of us that work in service industry, we base our shift off a. M. And p. M. , not the check we get. Great question, richard. Brilliant question with the amount of number that will be affected. We dont know is the short answer. First of all, you have two checks from the federal government but as anybody can see, thats a best, a stopgap measure that wont pay the rent for one month in many parts of the country. The reality is, the bank and Credit Card Companies are saying get in touch if you have Financial Difficulties but we do not know yet because we havent seen the policies of what theyre going to do to actually help you. For instance, here in new york city, all the major landlords, the companies of the major landlords agreed there will be no e following the accidevictio days for renters. We havent seen any form of formalized arrangement that will actually put money in peoples pockets or give that sort of relief. Then some landlords, small buildings are saying to their tenants, look, you still to have pay rent. I have a mortgage to pay. Thanks so much. 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His organization did after the earthquake in haiti and what kind f a role the military might end up playing in this, what are they capable of and what do they do better than anyone else . Also, well be talking questions from facebook and instagram from a Mental Health professional joining us but we want to begin the hour with the striking contrast in the country today. On one hand, deserted cities, on the other people crowding to spring break hot spots doing the opposite of what just about every professional recommends and potentially carrying the virus back home to them to their parents and grandparents and loved ones. Los angeles county joining San Francisco in ordering people to stay at home. 10 million more people being told now to shelter in place. Sanjay, thats a big move for los angeles. Yeah, people have to understand what it means. Shelter in place, you and i, anderson, have heard this term with shootings and sometimes storms but, you know, shelter in place means typically you stay where you are and yet, its unclear i think still to a lot of people exactly what theyre still able to do. I hope that gets clarified and defined a little more precisely. Is it okay to go out i think we talked about this a little bit in the first hour to go out for a run, to go out for a walk as long as you remain distant. Its not youre not its not the act of going outside thats the problem but being around people, is that correct . Correct, yes. Thats an important point you can still go outside. I think what im struggling with and ive heard a lot of other people is shelter in place the right terminology for this . If you still can go outside, which you should be able to still go outside and maybe theres a different term and, you know, look, were learning together this is a brandnew thing were facing. But i think, you know, how you define things and how you name things will matter so it settles in for people. Again, more than half of all californians under stay at home orders for now. Lets check in with dan simon in San Francisco where the stay in orders first began. So explain, dan, how it works in the bay area, you know, what have people been told and what are people actually doing . Reporter well, hi, anderson. First of all, were along the shoreline in San Francisco. You can see the Golden Gate Bridge behind me. What police are looking for is they want voluntary compliance. For the most part, theyre getting it. When you drive around a