a coronavirus outbreak at a summer camp for kids, raising new concerns about what may happen when schools reopen in a few weeks. major league baseball teams get a coronavirus warning from their commissioner. why it could lead to the end of the season that began just last week. and president trump says, we're doing really well with coronavirus in florida, a state that set new records for covid-19 deaths each of the last four days. live, from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm natalie allen and this is

cnn newsroom. thank you for joining us. nearly 300,000 cases of covid-19 were confirmed worldwide in the past 24 hours. the world health organization says it is the highest one-day total to date. the crisis remains especially acute here in the united states. according to johns hopkins university, the u.s. has surpassed 4 1/2 million cases and has 153,000 deaths. that's more than any other country here on the planet. the u.s. centers for disease, control and prevention, now forecast that 25,000 americans will die in the next three weeks. georgia is the latest of 30 states to pause or roll back

reopening. the spiraling numbers are already threatening to end the young baseball season. the major league commissioner reportedly warns he could shut it down if cases keep rising among players and coaches. more of the latest from across the country now, here's cnn's nick watt in los angeles. >> the united states response stands out as among the worst of any country in the world. >> reporter: here, in part, is why. >> we functionally shut down about 50%, in the sense of the totality of the country. >> reporter: and when we reopened -- >> there was some states that did it very well and some states that did not. >> reporter: what now? we're still working on testing. >> turnaround times are definitely improving. but we cannot test our way out of this or any other pandemic. testing does not replace personal responsibility. >> reporter: masks, distancing, hand washing, avoiding crowds

and indoor bars and the like. >> if we've done those things, and we have done modeling data, we get the same bang for the buck as if we shut the country down. >> reporter: optimism is growing. >> in 2021, i think we will have a safe and effective vaccine, americans will be able to get it. >> reporter: remember the new cdc projection, that 20,000 americans may die in the next three weeks. look at what's happening in oklahoma, montana, mississippi, missouri, all largely spared in the spring now, seeing more cases than ever. and illinois, hit hard in the spring. surging once more. >> sadly, i just can't see the cost/benefit ratio, letting people sit in bars. >> reporter: meantime, the country is still getti inting md messaging from the very top. >> no one is immune. >> reporter: 25 minutes later, while pushing for schools to

reopen -- >> young people are almost immune to this disease. the younger, the better. >> reporter: not true. new york city just rolled out a blended plan to start back in the fall. most kids in class two or three days a week, along with online. >> we'll have a rigorous standard, for opening schools or closing schools, because we are putting health and safety first. >> reporter: today was the first day back in the greenfield central district in indiana. and one child already testing positive. california is reporting the first death of a teenager with covid-19. and a statement from the hospital says, this reaffirms that children are not immune. nick watt, cnn, los angeles. as the new school year gets under way across the u.s., a summer camp in north georgia is a prime example of how easily

the virus spreads among young children. the cdc reports that a shocking number of campers became infected as young as 6. sanjay gupta discussed it with chris cuomo. >> a couple things. there were 600 kids that went there for five days, including orientation. the camp counselor gets sick. they sent him home. and they decide to close the camp down over the next several days. what do they find? let me show you here. first of all, we talk a lot about testing. not everyone could get tested. but out of the people that could get tested, they find the young people, between 6 and 10, 51% of them became infected. between the ages 6 and 10. between 11 and 17, 44%. and between 18 and 21, 3% of the

people that were there got covid. >> why? the camp wasn't following the right rules? >> yeah. i think there's two things. first of all, there were some specific cdc sidelines in terms of everyone wearing masks, making sure there's proper ventlation between the various cabins. windows were closed. and a lot of people were doing these activities and you're putting droplets in the air. same as schools. same as schools. i can tell you, chris, a lot of the kids are the same kids that go to the schools in this area, where i live. this was a huge concern and a bit of a trial balloon of what will happen in schools. i think the fact that the young kids were the most significant percentage that got infected was worth noting. and a lot of these kids are spreading it to each other. steven riley teaches about

infectious diseases at imperial college in london. thanks for coming on. >> thanks for having me. >> that was a sobering report about the camp here in georgia. what might have indicate for what schools can face when they reopen in a few weeks? >> yes. the question about when and how to reopen schools is very difficult. this report from the summer camp shows you, when you get large groups of people together, whatever age, indoors, there's a risk of large amounts of transmission. the frequency with which this happens is difficult to figure out. but this is a great report that gives us detailed information. we have to remember that schools provide an awful lot of benefits over and above education. they provide physical safety and improve the well-being of the students. so, it's not as simple as just

being able to choose to close schools because they're a transmission risk. it is a difficult question. >> it is a challenge for all of the school districts, all over this country. were you surprised, professor, at the percentage of the camp, the youngest between 6 and 10, the youhighest number to get infected at 51%. >> that's really, really useful data. it shows that when transmission conditions are good enough, even those children can become infected in high numbers. it is useful data and a little surprising. but not totally unexpected. >> nearly 300,000 cases of covid-19 were confirmed worldwide in the past 24 hours. it is the tiehighest one-day to

to date. did you think this disease would be this hard to tackle globally? >> i think by the time it was officially declared a pandemic, and we had seen it take off in different populations around the world, we knew it would be difficult to stop. and we knew pretty much it would be our attitude to social distancing that would determine how many cases individual countries and individual populations had. by that stage, unfortunately, yes. we did know it was going to develop into this situation. >> now, we see where the u.s. is. the cdc says it expects the virus will kill another 20,000 americans over the next few weeks. the u.s. president traveled to florida, the epicenter of the disease. no masks. people around him not wearing a mask. there's mixed messages from the very top. what you're seeing, regarding the u.s. response, what is preventing this country, which is number one in the world for cases, for getting our numbers

down? >> the primary thing -- we talked a lot in march about lockdowns. many countries, including the u.s., attempted lockdown. we have to accept they were achieved with different degrees of success. a recent person on your show said the u.s. got down to about 50% of regular activity for a while and started going back up. in other countries, where they got more effective lockdowns, they got down to lower number of cases. as they start to reopen, they're reopening from a lower baseline. that's the first point. and the second point is the degree of buy-in. populations around the world, are all different. and they're all responding to requests for social distancing and safe contacts. they are responding in their own way. and countries seeing high levels of transmission, that tells us

the population is not responding in reducing contacts and making them safe, in the way other populations are doing. >> as a result, 30 states are pulling back on reopening. you have to feel for workers for small businesses that are trying to keep going. it's very complex. let's talk about hope with a vaccine. what seemed like wishful thinking weeks ago, about a vaccine, perhaps coming by the end of the year, looks more promising on many fronts. what are your expectations on what can happen, the studies and research that are under way? >> i think it's very difficult to say for sure when. there's a number of promising candidates. and they're going to have varying levels of efficacy. they're going to do something. they're going to help and be very useful tools. but it's going to depend on the safety data.

thinking about using these quickly in large numbers of people, a relatively short time after they've been tested. the most important data is the safety data we have to communicate as effectively as possible, to make sure when we roll these out, we're doing our best to make sure people receive them understand what is being done in that department. >> we appreciate your insights, professor steven riley of london's imperial college. thank you for your time. >> you're welcome. now, we want to turn to the weather. a storm brewing. the bahamas are facing a storm on two fronts. a sharp rise as a hurricane bears down on them. the category 1 storm is packing sustained winds of 85 miles per hour. it's expected to dump close to a foot of rain on the bahamas and

florida. journalist matthew moxie is riding out the storm for us in the bahamian capital. good morning, matthew. what reports are you hearing about the impact of this storm so far? >> hi, natalie. we are four hours away from this storm at the capital, there's reports in the coastal communities of increased winds. forecasters predict hurricane isaia, moving into the northwest bahama with showers and thunderstorms, along with hurricane to tropical storm-force winds continuing across the central bahamas. the hurricane has brought heavy rain and strong tropical storm force winds over long island and the other central islands of the bahamas. some of the northwest islands

experiencing adverse weather. the southern islands indicate there was no damage up north. in about 20 communities along the coast and other vulnerable areas are being advised to evacuate by the government. obviously, this comes as the island is recovering from a devastating blow from category 5 doreen last year. >> thank you. matthew, thank you for joining us. now, for more on where this powerful storm will head after the bahamas, let's turn to tyler mauldin. >> almost to you. we're looking at the hurricane continuing to strengthen. it is sitting at 85 miles per hour right now, with gusts all the way up to 100 miles per hour. and it is sitting right on the bahamas right now. satellite imagery, looking discombobulated right now. despite that, it has been able to strengthen. you can see the rainfall over the bahamas, spiraling around.

on the northwest side of that, we have outer bands beginning to move into portions of south florida. broward county, palm beach county, you're seeing a heavy band of thunderstorm activity push through right now. this is packing 45-mile-per-hour wind gusts at the moment. we have hurricane warnings in effect for the areas in red, the bahamas and the florida east coast, from boca raton to about flagler, up in north florida. about an hour south of jacksonville. here's the track for hurricane isias. it will continue to push to the northwest. it will be a category 1 hurricane, about 85-mile-per-hour, 90-mile-per-hour, sustained winds with gusts higher than that. and it skirts along if east coast of florida. the eye may not actually come onshore. but according to the national hurricane track here. but the hurricane-force winds

will extend 35 miles out to the center. on that track, you will feel the hurricane force conditions on the east coast of florida. it's a tropical storm next week and makes landfall around myrtle beechl. new york, boston, you will be dealing with a tropical storm once we get to midweek next elsn agreement. th. than the european. it will be skirting up around 8:00 a.m. that's close to high tide. that means that the storm surge threat will be elevated. we have to watch the potential for flooding near the coast lionel. natalie? >> all right. the long coastline dealing with this storm. tyler, thank you. much more to come here on cnn, including the united states president, without a mask, paying a visit to florida, despite that state's soaring coronavirus infections and deaths. also, we dig deeper into the u.s. president's inaccurate

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if you look at other countries, other countries are doing terribly. we're doing really well in florida. u.s. president president trump, downplaying covid reports in florida, as the state reported a high number of covid-related deaths on friday for the fourth day in a row. mr. trump is making inaccurate claims about voting by mail. pamela brown has much more about it. >> this is going to be the greatest daisaster in history. >> reporter: 95 days before the next election, president trump is stoking fears of presidential election interference. >> nobody wants that date more than me. i wish we would move it up, okay? move it up. you're not prepared for what they're doing. >> reporter: and laying the groundwork for a contested election. >> they're not prepared for an

onslaught of millions of ballots pouring in. you watch. they're not going to announce anything on november 3rd, the 4th, 5th or 6th. it will go on forever. >> reporter: his advisers ramping up the assault with false information. >> nobody who mails in a ballot has their identity confirmed. nobody checks to see if they're a u.s. citizen. >> reporter: fact check, noncitizens aren't allowed to vote in elections and mail-in ballots are authenticated. cnn learned during a closed door house hearing, top officials dismissed the possibility that foreign powers would react on a scale, despite this claim by the president. >> you guys like to talk about russia and china and other places. they will be able to forge ballots. they will forge them and do whatever they have to do. >> reporter: instead, officials are concerned that foreign

adversaries will use the vocal distrust, to sew discord around the election. president trump visiting the ground zero for coronavirus, florida, which is shattering its own daily records for new cases, as trump continues to make false claims about testing for the virus, that has claimed the lives of over 152,000 americans. tweeting today, we do much more testing than any other country in the world. if we had no testing or bad testing, we would show very few cases. soon after, the nation's leading infectious disease specialist, dr. anthony fauci disputed that claim again. >> if you do more testing, you're going to see more cases. but the increasing we're seeing are real increases in cases, reflected by increasing in hospitalizations and in deaths. >> reporter: fauci and other key

members for the coronavirus task force were on capitol hill today, trying to determine a national strategy going forward. all this, as enhanced unemployment benefits for millions of americans are set to expire, with lawmakers and the white house, in perpetual gridlock. there seems to be no agreement in sight as each blames the other. >> it is very disappointing. >> they didn't have a vote for it in the senate. let's get real about who says what. we passed a bill ten weeks ago. >> on saturday morning, house speaker pelosi will be hosting a meeting with the chief of staff and secretary mnuchin, to try to hammer out a deal. as of right now, both sides are very far apart. pamela brown, cnn, washington. the u.s. postal service has implemented new policies that workers say are causing mail

delivery delays. and that's raising concerns about mail-in ballots and the november election. adding to the concern, the person who put the new rules in place, is a long-time trump supporter, donor and fund-raiser. here's more from cnn's jessica dean. >> reporter: cost-cutting measures at the u.s. postal service are raising new concerns about delays in mail delivery and the potential impact of vote-by-mail in november's election. employees of the united states postal service, say new rules enacted by the postmaster general, trump loyalist, louis dejoy, are delaying mail across the country. >> we're getting reports from workers and customers, over the last few weeks that mail service has really been degraded. >> reporter: a usps internal memo has detailed the changes

that dejoy has made, like ending overtime and trips for postal workers. one aspect of the changes that may be difficult for employees, the memo reads, is temporarily, we may see mail left behind or mail on the work room floor or docks, which is not typical. the u.s. postal service says it is not slowing down the delivery of election mail or any type of mail. but with a record number of ballots believed to be cast by mail because of the pandemic, deplays can throw the election into array. >> i am afraid that the mail will get lost in the shuffle. i'm terrified of that. we'll do everything we can to pull the mail out and go forward. >> reporter: washington state, which is entirely vote-by-mail is holding a primary. kim wyman says her service talks with the postal service every day. >> we notice it's a little slower. we're getting reports from voters, you know, typically,

they would get a daily pickup of mail. and in some complexes, like an apartment complex, they are seeing a day or two pass before the mailbox is full again. >> reporter: the usps maintains this is a cost-cutting measure, to help the strapped postal service, that's requested billions in covid relief funds. that request for congressional funding became a point of contention during covid relief talks when the trump administration request administration rejected the requests. the service is independent of any political influence, saying in a statement, the notion that the postmaster general, makes decisions concerning the postal service at the direction of the president, is wholly displaced and off-base. but the stakes are high for the usps to follow through on its promise of on-time delivery.

32 states currently will not count ballots that arrive after election day, even if postmarked earlier. and the heightened concern about all of this, due to president trump's continued unfounded attacks on vote-by-mail and its security. in washington, jessica dean, cnn. mr. trump also said friday he would ban the app tiktok from operating in the u.s. tiktok is under scrutiny, as some policymakers voice concerns that the chinese-owned company is a security risk. but cyber security experts say there's no evidence that tiktok's user data has been compromised by chinese intelligence. the action comes as microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy tiktok. a possible vaccine for covid-19 is still many months away. but medical researchers are developing a number of promising treatments. we'll have the latest on the therapies just ahead here.

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welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm natalie allen. you are watching cnn newsroom. the u.s. drug administration has authorized two tests that can measure the levels of anti-bodianti-bobodies as someone is infected with coronavirus. we get the latest on those efforts from cnn's elizabeth

cohen. >> the medical profession is getting smarter every week. and eventually, they will be armed with amazing therapeutics. >> that's bill gates on cnn's global town hall "coronavirus: facts and fears." the bill and melinda gates foundation is funding up to $25 million in research for coronavirus treatments. for now, doctors are using treatments that exist for other diseases. studies show blood thinners help fight clots among covid patients. preliminary, unpublished data shows, that receiving plasma or blood from someone that recovered from coronavirus, also reduces the risk of dying. as far as new weapons from covid-19, there's one treatment, remdesivir. this drug shaves four days off of a hospital stay. while that's helpful, it's not

nearly enough. there's still a need for more new coronavirus treatments. >> therapeutics are the most promising thing and not talked as much about as the vaccines. between them, they're reducing the healdeath rate and the seri sickness of 80% or 90%, that does start to reduce the horrific burden. >> reporter: there's many in the pipeline. dr. francis collins is director of the national institutes of health. >> most exciting from my view, the use of antibodies, derived from people who have survived covid-19, who made the antibodies to help them recover and can be turned into products. >> reporter: dozens of companies are developing these drugs. some look so promising that they're already in phase three testing on coronavirus patients, like jennifer, an arizona nurse who got infected. >> i've seen people sick from

this virus. i had a friend struggle for his life with this virus. i had patients who are scared because their family can't be there in an awful time of their life. >> reporter: the federal government ordered regeneron to fast-track its manufacturing. >> they could have 300,000 vials of this by the end of the summer or early fall. >> reporter: a different approach? anti-viral drugs in a attack the virus. and researchers are studying the virus' rna, the genetic material. while we wait for a vaccine and, perhaps even after, doctors can help patients with covid-19. elizabeth cohen, cnn, reporting. once optimistic officials in the united kingdom say they are

squeezing the brakes on plans to reopen the economy. infection rates are rising and some plans to ease restrictions are being reversed. joining me to talk about it is melania, live from london. it didn't seem that long ago that the u.k. opened up. and now, this. >> that's right. good morning, natalie. as you said that, boris johnson said, the u.k. had to squeeze the brakes on further reopening because the virus is rising in the country. a community transmission is up for the first time since may. boris johnson said, planned reopenings of things like bowling allies, ice rinks, wedding receptions up to 30 guests are off. you have to wear a face mask in all public places. it was a far cry of his

optimistic tone. it was two weeks ago that boris johnson said that britain may be back to a form of normality as soon as christmas. with contrast of that, on friday, the chief medical officer, chris witty said that britain has probably gone as far as it can, when it comes to further reopening of society. he says the virus is circulating more now, because people are mixing, going out and about. he acknowledged for the first time, that they're going to have to be difficult trade-offs going forward. chris witty hinting that in order to reopen schools safely, for example, in september, there may have to be further restrictions in other areas. the government's top scientific advisory body says it is no longer confident that number is below 1 in england. that means potentially, the outbreak may be growing again nationally, natalie. >> something to watch.

milena, thank you so much. the u.k. is ending its shielding guidance for the medically vulnerable. that means among other things, that government aid will end and many are being told they can return to work. but some are worried it's all happening too fast and can be putting them in danger. let's talk about this with shelly in left-handeondon. thank you for coming on and good morning to you. >> good morning, natalie. >> let's talk about the timing of this. the infection cases rising, and the government putting the brakes on. why are people that were shielded go back to work? >> we have to explain what the shielding period means. more than 2 million people in england have been categorized as being vulnerable. these are people, if they were to be infected with covid-19, would more likely experience complications and more likely be hospitalized and more likely,

frankly, to die. and they're no longer being advised to exercise precautions and no longer advised to be going into work. and no longer receiving food parcells and medicine delivery. and this exposes a lot of at-risk people to a lot more risk. as the rate of infection is increasing again, as we just heard, a lot of places going into lockdowns. we need to make sure those people are not being ordered back into work when it's not safe. and that support continues. they can be placed on the job retention list, to make sure they have employment once it's safe to finish. >> understand that. if not now, shelly, when? at some point, it will be untenable to continue financially supporting those that can't go to work indefinitely. >> i appreciate there's financial implications with this.

i think it's not good to put a price tag on the lives. for these people, it's a matter of life or death. we need bosses to make sure they are using it. we need to make sure that employees are working with trade unions to make sure they're carrying out risk assessment on an individual basis, to determine what is the safest way for people to go back to the workplace when they're ready, for genuine legitimate concerns and anxieties people have about going back in the workplace, being addressed. we want people to go back to work and for it to be safe to do so. that's not just telling them not to go in, but carrying out processes and redeplaying different rolls. steps that can be taken. at the moment, people are being told to go back to work without the processes being carried out beforehand. >> what are you hearing from the most vulnerable people about

that? they must be causing a great deal of anxiety. >> we're hearing from people that drive buses and clean offices. they're being asked to go back after shielding for the last four months, without any processes in place to keep them safe, without acknowledging they have the vulnerabilities. and they're scared about that. it feels like the government is very suddenly pulling support that was there, that, you know, was very much welcomed. at a time when infection rates are rising. five people in the north of england in particular, are being told to go back into lockdown. these people are being told if you work in a place that is on lockdown, you can get on transport and go to work in that place. it doesn't make sense. it puts a lot of people, as we say, at a serious increased risk. >> they will not get food and

medicine delivered. this komsz whcomes when workers seeing their assistance. this is a tough time for people economically strapped. what is your biggest concern? >> yes. crucially these people are financially suffering. a big factor that's undermining our abilities to control the virus and keep people safe, is that statutory sick pay is 95 pounds a week. if they fall ill or come in contact with somebody with coronavirus, they can't afford to take time off of work. and we've seen surveys showing up to 70% of people, that if they did become ill, they could go to work because they can't afford to pay their rent, if they choose not to. we need to see the rate of sick

pay going up to support people to take the time off work and prevent themselves becoming ill and colleagues becoming ill. we also need that support for the shielded the people that are vulnerable to be reinstated, particularly at a time when we see the rate of infection growing. >> we appreciate you coming on and talking with us about it. shelly, thank you. next, wanted in hong kong but living abroad. how the country is using security to crackdown on activists that don't live there. and baseball is in danger of being called out. its season is possibly canceled as they struggle with the covid crisis. next here, some innovative approaches. proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators

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hong kong police have issued arrest warrants for six pro-democracy activists that have left the city. the six are wanted for allegedly violating hong kong's controversial national security law. among them are prominent campaigners samuel tu and nathan law who are living abroad and speaking out on twitter. for more on this, let's turn to chrkristie lu stout. hong kong is interested in knocking down dissent even for those that have left. >> reporter: yes. it caps off eventful and dramatic months for people here in hong kong. hong kong police are reportedly seeking the arrests of six pro-democracy activists that have flooded the wanted for bree breaching for the security law. these are serious offenses.

if found guilty, they could face life in prison. cnn has reached out to hong kong police for comment and have refused to comment. one out of the six is nathan law, the leader of the former lawmaker. around the time the national security law came into effect, he fled to the u.k. from the u.k., he spoke out on twitter. let's bring up his tweet. he wrote, my advocacy work overseas is conducted in my own personal capacity, without collaboration of others. i've stopped contacti inin inin family. i will sever relationships with them. also, samuel chu wrote, today, i woke up to media reports that i'm a wanted fugitive. my allege crimes, colluding with foreign powers. except i'm an american citizen and have been for 25 years.

it has been since this new law came into effect, it applies to anyone, even though outside of hong kong, those who are not hong kong permanent residents. it undermines hong kong'sautono. it brings stability to hong kong and fills a security loophole. but in response, a number of countries have suspended extradition treaties with hong ko kong, including the u.k., germany providing safe haven for these exiled activists wanted by police. >> kristie lu stout reporting from hong kong. thank you. a dire warning from baseball's commissioner ahead here. teams are told to start handling the covid crisis better or they could all be sent to the showers. these folks, they don't have time to go to the post office

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they began to play ball a week ago. now, there are fears baseball's shortened season could be called on account of covid. some games have been postponed as the league and players association confirm that 29

players and staff have tested positive for coronavirus. now, espn is giving this warning from rob manfred -- it could be game over for the season unless the league manages the crisis better. martin savage looks how various sports are coping. >> reporter: sports leagues are using shortened seasons, bubbles, and rapid testing. could the winners and losers teach us something. take baseball. already games are on hold as 20 members of the miami marlins tested positive for coronavirus. players are se questquestered. the teams were so concerned about going to florida, they put it to a vote. >> we decided it was unsafe to go there. >> reporter: friday, the game postponed after two members of the st. louis team tested positive. meanwhile, the national hockey

league and the basketball opted for adifferent approach, keeping teams at a closed environment, where they live, practice and play the games, the bubble. so far, so good. during training camp, the nhl tested 800 players. two positive the first week and none the second. the teams square off in zones, in toronto and edmonton, canada. >> we feel good about the fact we have a contained environment. one player was quoted saying from the bubble, this is the safest he's felt since the middle of march. >> reporter: at the nba bubble in orlando, where the season resumed thursday, they're declaring success. the league said two players inside the bubble have tested positive and that was over two weeks ago. >> in essence, everyone is tested on a nightly basis. as a practical matter, they don't leave the room until they have the results the next

morning. >> still to come, football. they are taking it seriously, reducing travel schedules, doing away with preseason games. like baseball, the nfl is allowing players and staff to go home, increasing their risk of getting infected. in an open letter, commissioner roger goodell wrote, in a year that's been difficult for our country and the world, we hope the energy in this moment, will provide much-needed optimism. but growing numbers of nfl players are opting out of the 2020 season, would indicate they don't share that optimism. so, what have sports taught us? pretty much, what we already knew, that quarantine and statistics is a winning strategy. martin savidge, cnn, atlanta. thank you for watching this hour. i'm natalie allen. i invite you to follow me on instagram or twitter. we have much more ahead. stay with us. want to brain better? unlike ordinary memory supplements-

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