Reopen america and put this great nation back to work. Thank you. Thank you very much. Mr. President . [inaudible conversations] elizabeth okay. Okay. This is the im elizabeth macdonald, welcome to the evening edit. The Coronavirus Task force just now wrapping up. Okay, heres whats happening, we have more than 50,000 in the u. S. Now dead, 26 million out of work. Oil is rebounding. Jpmorgan chase is telling Small Businesses, hey, apply with other banks because theres fears of fresh funds from the new program money that just came in will run out. Lets bring in former cia station chief daniel of match. He is basically hoffman. He is basically former station chief for afghanistan and pakistan. Sir, first i want to jump to this its great to have you on. Governor cuomo is now saying the World Health Organization was too little too late, that its basically that the critics have been saying that the who is in the back pocket of china. This is still an underlying controversy. Your reaction to
Be joiningeden will us and whats behind the numbers out daily by Johns Hopkins university . You live in the eastern half 2027488001. , in the mountain and pacific time zones, medical professional, 202748, 8002. We begin with the numbers from Johns Hopkins university, around world now more than 2. 5 million confirmed cases and the death rate now approaching 177,000. Here in the u. S. , we have over 805,000 cases with more than 44,000 confirmed deaths across the country. Joining us from brooklyn is dr. Tom frieden, former director of the centers for Disease Control and prevention. He served in the Obama White House and is the former new York City Health commissioner and currently president and c. E. O. Of an Organization Called resolve to save lives. Well talk about that in a moment. To begin, dr. Frieden, with the debate going on in states around the country. Your advice as they look to reopen their economies, many casebycase, gradual basis . Were all eager to get out as soon as possibl
He served in the Obama White House and is the former new York City Health commissioner and currently president and c. E. O. Of an Organization Called resolve to save lives. Well talk about that in a moment. To begin, dr. Frieden, with the debate going on in states around the country. Your advice as they look to reopen their economies, many casebycase, gradual basis . Were all eager to get out as soon as possible. Go out too if we soon, we could have a resurgence cases,s, an explosion of which could overwhelm our Healthcare Facilities with the lives of Healthcare Workers and to having to go back in for a longer period of time so the challenge here really is to at six different factors. First is, is the virus coming down . Are we seeing fewer cases and least twohs for at weeks . Second, is our Healthcare System so that if there is another surge in cases, we can manage those cases, helping to survive and preventing Healthcare Workers from becoming infected. Third, is there a Public Health
Sadly deaths are the lagging indicator youve been in the hospital for x number of days in extreme cases you could be put on oxygen or ventilator. Thats it. Hospitalizations are starting to decline as they appear to be at a steady rend in new york. That could be welcome news indeed. Statewide hospitalizations have been averaging 1996 in april in the latest period versus better than 2250. The trend just the day before. Meanwhile the governor is outlining he said well need an army of tracing investigators to identify people who may have been exposed to the covid19 virus. You keep hearing this, tracers, indicators, who come into contact with those who tested postively for the virus. That is why the testing issue is so big. Were told jeff bezos of amazon, who is on the ad hoc Advisory Board, sort of giving advice to the president how to proceed, if an when to reopen our government, our society, our economy so to speak. He has been saying not until we have many, many more tests going on. Did
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