In the u. S. And the number is expected to spike this week. 9648 i should say. Steve 9,000, right. But a new blood test is expected to be launched later today that could help track the spread of the virus and determine immunity and that would be very helpful. Good morning, everybody. It is monday, april 6th, 2020. It is monday, during holy week. Yesterday, of course, was palm sunday. Coming up on wednesday, passover starts. And this sunday will be easter sunday, which is when, of course, the president of the United States was hoping that we could reopen the country to some sort of business activity, ainsley. But, as we heard from the Surgeon General yesterday, this could be the hardest, saddest week of our lives. Ainsley i know, he called it the pearl harbor. The 9 11 he said it wont be localized either. It will be affecting all parts of our country. We have a big show straight ahead for you. It is 1 minute past the top of the hour. 6 01 on the east coast. Look at that lineup. White house trade advisor Peter Navarro. Representative dan crenshaw. Newt gingrich. Dr. Mehmet oz, dr. Nicole saphier and dr. Marc siegel, brian. Brian we have a lot to go over especially after we saw one afternoon and one Evening Press conference one from the governor of new york and one from the president of the United States. The governor says, look, we are still in need. We might have to convert that ship and the president admitted it, too. The uss comfort to a coronavirus ship just like they had to do with the Javits Center. But overall, the numbers are going down and people thought wow, isnt that great news. Keep your fingers crossed that it is. Meanwhile the White House Task force warns this week it will be one of the worst ones. Even as encouraging new data is sur fossaing in some respects. Griff jenkins is live in washington to explain. Hey, griff. Griff hey, brian, ainsley and steve. Brian you were mentioning about cuomos press conference. Thats why the president was offering light at the end of the tunnel yesterday saying it is encouraging that there is a slight decline in deaths in new york. As you mentioned the nations top doc says that the worst we have seen is about to bear down on us in unimagine being ways. This is going to be the hardest and saddest week of most americans lives. This is going to be our pearl harbor moment and our 9 11 moment. Its not only going localized but happening all over the country. Griff this becomes as hospitals are becoming overwhelmed and critically needed supplies like masks and venting later still in short supply. Gorvels in some of the spot hot. Not doing enough. Its a charge he refutes. When it comes to the ventilators, which are now complex. We have under construction thousands of rent later. So, but so far i think our projections on ventilators have been right. Griff adding to the challenges, there are new allegations of china hoarding purge protective equipment being made by Companies Like 3m, n 5 masks now. They are looking at legal actions possibilities. On another front nine states left holding fraught issuing stay at home orders. You see them here, arkansas, iowa, nebraska, dakotas, wyoming, utah, oklahoma and south carolina. Gretchen whitmer is putting pressure on the white house to issue a National Order saying a patchwork policy is dangerous. But the Surgeon General says we dont need to issue that order because im encouraging all of those states to take that final step saying hey, if you cant give us a month, give us what you can the Vice President holds a Video Conference with several governors today. This certainly will be front and center. We will see where we go as we brace for a very difficult week. Brian, ainsley, steve . Steve and this will be it. Griff, thank you very much. So the president said we could be near the peak. But there are still hot spots, new york and new jersey are hot spots. Interestingly enough, according to the experts, new orleans has doubled the mortality rate that new york city. Dr. Fauci said i would not say we have it under control. We are struggling to get it under control. And about a week we hope to see a flattening of the curving. Nonetheless, Governor Cuomo made it very clear from, friday into saturday, we actually saw fewer deaths on saturday than friday. And that could be important. Watch. The number of deaths over the past few days has been dropping for the first time. What is the significance of that . Its too early to tell. Blip maybe in the data or hopeful beginning of a shift in the data and the discharge rate is way up. And thats great news. Thats the first drop so far. The hospital levels are starting to, perhaps, decrease. We wish Governor Cuomo and all of the people in new york great. Steve dr. Birx made it very clear brian and ainsley, over the weekend she is concerned about hot spots including pennsylvania and colorado and washington. And at one point said, listen, this is not the time to go to the Grocery Store or pharmacy. Do everything you can ainsley, to keep your family safe. Ainsley yeah. She also talked about whats happening in italy and spain. And she said the new cases and deaths there are declining. Obviously, thats good news for them and a glimmer of hope for us. We are behind them as far as our cases is concerned. She said if do you have to go to the Grocery Store the way its working there in these other countries and seeing success, send one person from your family. Wash your hands. She said stay at home if you can social distance and we will see that it starts to work here, too. There is a new study from the university of Washington Health metrics that reveals that the u. S. Is still 11 days, brian, from the corona peak though will. Brian long island 22 of the cases up from 15 . 40 of the nations fatalities have come from new york. Here is the other part. 20 of the nypd is out sick. They have already lost 11 members. And 22 transit workers. The men and women cleaning the trains and still working in the city, 22 have lost their lives. So this has been pretty challenging for the new york area. But its the beginning. The hope is and Governor Cuomo keeps saying it. Soon we will be done with the ventilators. Soon we will have enough ppe and we will send them who needs them. People from michigan watching you need them. Certainly need them. There are definitely some hot spots around the world that we eventually can help. Right now it is all hands on deck. And those people at 3m time to start thinking of America First. The president made sure of that by putting the defense production act in action, steve. Steve thats right, brian. There is a story though in the New York Post this morning exclusive that talks about how executives from 3m and honeywell have told the federal government as of january the country of china made sure that they could not export any of the masks or anything else to the United States or anywhere else. They were effectively trying to corner the market on it. We will have more on that this morning. Meanwhile, new york may have seen its first daily drop in deaths from friday into saturday, but hospitals are still running out of critical supplies and they are going fast, ainsley. Ainsley thats right. Our next guest works in one of the citys busiest hospitals. Yesterday in a letter to President Trump, he requested executive order asking, quote, the federal government to take resources such as ventilators and critical medications and deliver them immediately to the new york city area. Brian joining sus dr. Di ditch. Doctor, do we need you now. Venting rarts, we keep hearing we need more and more. How many do you need now and do you feel as though states are not responding to that request to date . Is that why you made it . We need, as i spoke about on the show previously, we need critically, in the new york city area, this week 8,000 ventilators in the new york city area. There is no negotiation or debate about that. I cannot speak to how many states have sent vicinity later, thats the issue for the governor. We do not have enough, we are running out of vents and critically critical priority icu patients to keep these patients sedated. Steve im sure you saw the news yesterday. Governor jay inslee of the state of washington returned 400 ventilators to the National Stockpile and the governor of the state of oregon apparently is sending 140 ventilators that they dont need back to new york. The question then is if they are going back to new york, who winds up with them as a Clearing House and how do you get them from them . Steve, this is a huge issue. This is a bureaucracy behind distribution of these quote, unquote, either stockpile ventilators or ventilators that come from other states. In theory they get shipped to the stated. The state ships them to the city and the city distributes them to the hospitals in need. Its not working. I have to be frank with everybody. We are not seeing these distributed ventilators in large numbers. And we are going into a critical 5day period now. We are coming up with other Solutions Like modifying. We have actually worked with a company now thats modifying c pap machines into very, very functional and useful brand new invasive ventilators. We are getting those out. We are actually we are working with a company now thats getting them to hospitals as early as late next week. The group is called aes. The email where the hospital can actually order these is. If they email the email address, we will get them in the chain to get ventilators as early next week. Cpap modified ventilators. This is critical. We are not seeing the distribution we keep hearing about and we are drowning here in brooklyn. Ainsley dr. Ditchek, how are you responding . How are you ensuring they will get their ventilators back when they need them. Them . My working group has been critical in communicating at the city and federal level. We know the federal government has the strongest interest and the great intentions to get them to where they go. I have been saying from the beginning, we have the strength of the federal government, fema, the national guard. These ventilators do not belong to new york city. They dont belong to washington. They belong to the people of the United States. Get them to us. I promise you within 24 hours, well have an easy mechanism to get them to other states. But they have to talk to us on the ground. Nobody is talking to us directly on the ground. We are on our own at this point. And we are working as such. Brian thats unbelievable. Thats why you have a mayor, i would think. Let me ask you something. When it comes to the vengts, i hear if it gets to that point, there is only a 22 chance of survival . Is that correct . And can anything be done about that . I dont know if that number is correct. I can tell you that the data from europe and china if we believe it that the survival rate on ventilators is about 40 . Thats about the number that we are seeing here in the brooklyn area. Ventilators are not a complete cure. Obviously we have to rely on other modalities. Its the only way we can save a patient until the point that they can recover on their own or with the treatments we are giving them. So ventilators are not a cureall. You are right. 40 of people who end up on ventilators will survive. But to add with that, all this talk about the apex and relaxation of things. These patients who are ventilated dont come off in two or three days. Many will be on ventilators for three weeks. We need to plan for that as well. Steve sure, so, doctor, you just mentioned the apex, and we heard Governor Cuomo say that you know, friday into saturday, they actually saw fewer cases, fewer deaths on saturday than on friday. And that could be a blip. But that could be, you know, we are starting to plateau. You are right on the front lines. What do you think is happening . I dont agree with that assessment. I think data that comes in through the state and funneled up to the federal level, is often flawed. Especially during the crisis where our Healthcare System potentialically collapse. I can tell that you many patients in the brooklyn area have been dying at home or have been found dead at home. The hospitals are overwhelmed. So there their reporting systems may not be what you believe. I dont see in the hospitals here, yeah,you may see a period of 12 to 20 hours where there is a decrease of the number of people entering the ers. The ers were full. I was in hospital last night. Every bed in new york is gradually becoming an icu bed. I would add to that point, the covid Javits Center quote unquote is not a high aqueue at thiaquitecenter. We dont even get to send patients there if we run out of ventilators. That is low aqueue a acute. Will sore the federal government made a great effort to give us a covid hospital. Its not a covid hospital. Its recovery hospital. Brian what about the ship . Ainsley hopefully elon musk can produce some of these ventilators. What about the ship how is that going to be used . Currently used for overflow for nonCovid Patients. Talking again becoming a covid site. Again, its not a covid site with acute care icu capabilities. Did t. Does not help us. I want to add were all talking about ventilators. We are running out of critical medications right now in the icus and ers. Thursday last week, hhs correctly and i admire them for it issued an urgent request for manufacturers to make medications priority icu medicines. Those will be manufactured in the next 30 to 60 days. We need those medications today. Thats why i encourage the president to issue an executive order and ship us thousands, thousands of doses of those medications. We cannot sedate patients right now. Would he see cant keep them sedated if we dont have priority meds including antibiotics. Brian like the president has to bring them in himself. Steve your message is loud and clear. Thank you so much. Steve 6 16 in the east coast. Carley shimkus joins us and she has the news duty today. Carley unfortunately more bad news here. Overnight a third passenger from infected cruise ship docked in florida has died. 13 other people from the coral princess hospitalized. Some have been able to take chartered flights he home. Another forced to stay another day because the cdc says they cant take commercial flights. General motors will start producing face masks at a former transmission plant in michigan. The Company Expects to deliver the first 20,000 masks by wednesday. G. M. Says the plant will be able to make 50,000 mask as day. Gm will also start making ventilators later this month. New york city firefighters delivering a sign of gratitude to hospital workers. [sirens] new yorks bravest handing out candy and treats at Jacoby Medical Center in the bronx. The hospitals executive director says it means the world to us. Now we have more stories just like that one on our website plus information okay how you can help head on over to foxnews. Com america together. Keep those good news stories coming. My gosh, do we ever need them now. Brian yeah. We want to get them throughout our show from all our viewers and all our listeners. Please, lets personalize this even more. Thanks, carley. Meanwhile, still ahead, americans will soon see checks from the 2. 2 trilliondollar stimulus bill that Congress Passed a couple of weeks ago. What do you need to know . We will break it down for you next. 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