Businesses will have to implement a sitespecific plan to protect employees and customers including disinfecting and social distancing. None of this means anything if customers dont feel safe. And none of this matters, in the spirit of your question, and direct response if employees dont feel safe and dont want to come back to work i dont see the issue of economic opening and growth disconnected from health. Other businesses include pet groomers and dog walkers. The governor said counties can remain under stricter orders if they decide to do so because of local conditions. That includes these six bay area counties that have collectively decided to remain under stayathome orders through the end of may. Mini bay area Restaurant Owners are trying to see how they can adapt to these new guidelines. Ktvus rob roth spoke to some of them. They see opportunity, but also struggles ahead. Reporter when slow hand barbecue i did have it to take out orders only the owner didnt know what to expect. We
Level of safety. Meanwhile expectant mothers are facing a host of other worries ranging from could their babies get infected to concerns about hospital staffing. Its adding quite a bit of stress and anxiety to what should be an exciting time for most expecting moms and dads. Our own janai norman, whos expecting her second child, is among them. Reporter so much is still unknown as the coronavirus changes our daily routines. All elective procedures at hospitals are canceled. But one thing that cant be canceled, pregnancy appointments and labor. We know that the virus has caused a lot of worry, and this can be especially true for pregnant patients. Our top goal is to keep moms and babies safe before, during, and after pregnancy. Reporter early and limited data is encouraging for expectant mothers. At this point it doesnt appear those infected late in pregnancy pass on the virus to their infants. However, those early in their pregnancy, or those considering getting pregnant, should conside
We told you it was coming, and on monday the Navy Hospital ship comfort docked in manhattan to the applause of new yorkers who were careful to adhere to the social distancing rules and avoided newly announced fines of up to 500. The ship has 1,000 beds and 12 operating rooms. Starting today it will take on noncovid19 patients to ease the pressure on local hospitals. Turning now to the conflicting messages weve been hearing lately about Wearing Masks. Hospitals are now straining under a dire shortage, but scientists overseas are now suggesting americans should have been Wearing Masks all along. Heres abcs steve osunsami. Reporter Health Authorities in asia, where the numbers of covid19 cases are improving, say that americans have it all wrong with face masks. The head of the Chinese Center for Disease Control tells Science Magazine the big mistake in the u. S. And europe is people arent Wearing Masks. Many people have asymptomatic or re har research ectis i thadrop scientist at universi
Nova has asked no less than 10 times a day if we can go to the park. Reporter while some parents are feeling the pressure just days into their home schooling experience gotten to a couple of close to what i would describe as fistfights with my daughters over math. Reporter others are digging deep to figure out ways to fill the time. A time for academics. We went on a walk. The kids have played outside. Weve done puzzles. Were planning to bake cookies this afternoon. Its been really busy keeping three little ones occupied all day. Read lots of books, played lots of trucks, also trying to take advantage of some of the online things. Makes my day quite hectic because im also juggling working with my eighth graders via texting and Online Internet of course, and phone calls. Reporter as the days drag on lifting weights with cans. Lifting brothers with brooms. Reporter the ideas wear thin. What are we trying to do . Side show . No, were trying to wear our kids out. Reporter even some experts
Countries that have gone through various phases of their individual outbreaks. And you could learn something from them about where you are in your own outbreak. For example, when china went up, what happened is they just didnt turn around, they went from going to ill just take an arbitrary number 500 new cases a day. The next day 1,000 cases. Then 1,500. Then 2,000. But once the number of new cases each day starts to flatten out, thats when you get to that point where the inflection goes down. So things we want to look for, the things that dr. Birx had mentioned, that doesnt mean you declare victory when it does that, but you know youre at least on the way where you want to go. I think thats really very important. The third and final thing that i think gets back to the question that many of you in the audience have asked of us is about, would this possibly become a seasonal, cyclic thing . Ive always indicated to you that i think it very well might. And the reason i say that is that wh