aller: i guess my view of this is more like a military operation. our president has failed us as commander-in-chief. troops thereve the necessary tools to fight in this war. he has not furnished masks. given a consistent message. the troops on the ground is us, the people. the ones that are making no money because of income loss. there's no reinforcements coming from the rear. whole warl that this campaign as he's called it is an utter failure and it's too bad that he hasn't even seen that yet. host: thank you for calling. heidi shierholz, your take on the trump administration's approach to all of this so far. >> i share that disappointment. there's been a couple of junctures where we really could have made a difference and avoid this major job loss. we had a real heads-up feud we knew this was happening in china and europe before it proliferated here. if we had gotten a really system of testing and contact tracing, then we would be able to just quarantine people who had an exposed instead of having to do these broad social distancing measures and w

class sizes could be kept aller, but the centr question remains, how easily children spread the diseasepecially if they are not showing symptoms. scientist fo the moment do not have the answer. >> time and aga you will hear are guided by best evidence, but there has to be an deunrstanding, sometimes that evidence, even though it is the best, is pretty thin. david: despite that,la switz reckons it is safer under 10's to be withrents. scientists disagree. david shukman, bbc news. anchor: united nations children's agency unicef warns millions of children risk missing t on important vaccinations because of a backlog caused by coronavirus restrictions. measles and polio had dropped by 70% since the start of march. doctor, i imagine it is a sad point. the world is on lockdown, lockdown, but the same lockdown preventshildren from gettingne existing vacwhich they desperately need. guest: hello, james. that is our major concern. we have the disruption in transportation we talked about earlier in your show. that is obviously affecting shipments of vacci. even the countries that have vaccines now,

good morning. .aller: good morning a longtime listener, i have not called in a while. i really don't know where to start. we are in western north carolina now come we've been here for about a year. me and my wife we have a baby daughter, so when you go from that initial stage of having a to championship then come inside and out and this breaks out and shut so we have been blessed enough to have a 25 acre it is not as tight as it was in northern virginia. 25 acres in e arlington, virginia? we're in western north carolina. host: that would be a big plot in arlington. caller: yes. but having grown up there and is and e the area working there a long time, being it is i and how quiet of only question the idea how things are shut down when i look at friends' social media you are like 495 empty. but back to what is going on now and the reopening, i worry more about my daughter as things here our county, i think we have which up to 11 cases now is not a lot but it is five not ong ago and on to say you are slowly option you hear there's the cases.e in part or part to -- do our

.aller: ok --t of the national papers one of the national papers has it wrong. we are in stage two of our five stage reopening and about to go into stage three. host: what does that mean? what does stage iii mean for you? barbershops and salons wish thepening and i governor of illinois would stop considering the whole state as chicago. what?meaning in terms of the level of restrictions? caller: yes. quadrants. he has with the state up into , but a lot of information they are not letting out. host: bruce in illinois. of oakne is next out hill, west virginia. what is reopening look like in oak hill? caller: good morning. i was out yesterday and i have curtailed my ventures out to necessities. yesterday i noticed that more people are wearing masks, believe it or not, and i noticed we are on route 19, and on that a lot of out of stators traveling from new york, pennsylvania, down south. illinois, even noticed mississippi license plate yesterday. town, one our small restaurant close already, even though they were doing takeout and home delivery. opened whitehas water

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aller: dr. faust was making wrong assumption.t isn't making the kind of trade-off people make individually in terms of policy. that is not for me to choose, but that is the choice that has to be made. host: thanks for the call. dr. faust: somebody has to make that choice. i think the caller makes a great point. it is not inconsistent with what i wrote in the washington post. it is part of that calculation. we didn't say excess death is the only thing, we said it has to be a big part of the conversation. it reminds me of an old saying, if you do everything doctors tell you to do, you will live a long life and it will feel like a long life. as the caller says, there is a role for just enjoying life. what i am getting at with this concept he is referring to is we make these determinations all the time. whether we know it or not, we are deliberate about that. we decide to raise the speed limit 10 miles an hour for convenience or the economy or whatever reason. when we do that, there is a death cortland -- correlant to that. all kinds

that gets to the earlier .aller's question people have different qualities of immune response and sometimes that works in your favor and sometimes it works against you. you would like to be able to predict that and help people understand the risks, and understand risks early in some of these trajectories, but we do not have the tools or understanding to do that yet. host: from kentucky, we hear from randy for our guest, dr. sarah fortune of the harvard school of public health. caller: good morning. thank you. over 10 states, there were such a high rate of health care professionals contracting or getting this virus, and they did have adequate ppe, the report said. so what is going on with the sterilization techniques, or is this such an easily contracted , the that the people common person out in public, doesn't have the professional training like the professionals have? what will happen there when this all blows up? guest: thank you for the question, randy. i'm from kentucky as well, so it is nice to hear from somebody from kentucky. the complexity of protecting yourself against this illust

aller: dr. faust was making wrong assumption.t isn't making the kind of trade-off people make individually in terms of policy. that is not for me to choose, but that is the choice that has to be made. host: thanks for the call. dr. faust: somebody has to make that choice. i think the caller makes a great point. it is not inconsistent with what i wrote in the washington post. it is part of that calculation. we didn't say excess death is the only thing, we said it has to be a big part of the conversation. it reminds me of an old saying, if you do everything doctors tell you to do, you will live a long life and it will feel like a long life. as the caller says, there is a role for just enjoying life. what i am getting at with this concept he is referring to is we make these determinations all the time. whether we know it or not, we are deliberate about that. we decide to raise the speed limit 10 miles an hour for convenience or the economy or whatever reason. when we do that, there is a death cortland -- correlant to that. all kinds

dexcom, the diabetes glucose monitor surged 22% i check my blotter every day the close of the aller beganl fischer, os, names were flat regeneron, pfizer, resmed, united health group. i think regeneron is a buy at the end of the day that's the selling of sanofi the best american companies, johnson & johnson, some down 11%. health care performers were best -- powerful dividends like j & j and eli lili shame on the market, but that's what happened. the best performers should come as no surprise peloton, can't go to the gym levongo health these stocks were down today because these are all new economy. cloud-based platform that help businesses handle expense management, huge environment, millions of people want to get reimbursed for setting up their home offices spotify snuck on there because it's rolling out the podcasting business moderna because they're leading the pack on developing coronavirus. by the way, those who own moderna, there are companies like merck that came into play here that's why it's down square, shopify which got hammered today that's a stay-at-home play e commerce fisch

aller: good morning. i'm going to allude to a phrase from the 80s initially to start off on this. it ain't over until it's over. and a lot of people seem to be passing this off casually like it's just going to be a come and go thing, no big deal. like for one example the n.f.l., they're not doing any planning on postponing anything. it's going to be, the schedule is going to go on. let me tell you what there's numbers as far as the deaths and the cases are still on the rise, there's no vaccine, come on. this is more of a driving force than we -- some of us seem to real combries. and everything -- realize. and everything that needs to be done to flatten the curve just needs to be done. plain and simple. you can have false hope never got anybody anywhere. plain bottom line fact. so we need to deal with this the right way. and if we don't have enough facts we need to get the facts down. that's all i'm going to say. host: thank you. beth cameron. guest: thanks. i really agree with you. i think that having the facts is absolutely the most important and being straight with the american

.aller: i was having lunch i was at lake hall, which had a view of the hillside. i saw a puff of smoke after the shots went off. something made me go to the doors of the hall and opened the doors. and it was a good thing because there were stampeding students, running and trying to get away from the shots and danger. it is nice to see mr. means' recollection or research of what he has done. it was accurate. there were so many things that were so inaccurate for years. robert mitchum wrote a state"ler called "kent that was totally inaccurate. he said he was there. he was not there. his descriptions were 180 degrees different from what actually transpired. i happen to have known about 9/10 of the people he interviewed for his book, and they gave very different recollections from what they were quoted, so thank you to mr. means for being accurate. it certainly changed many people's lives, including my own. i moved to texas. mom and dad were not paying for school anymore after that. it changed many people's lives. host: before we let you go, as that day unfolded and yo

aller: the definition of order is the -- what the constitution is. host: ok, from scottville, virginia, thanks for the call. on friday, the former vice president appearing on msnbc's "morning joe." a lot of references to christine blase ford, who brought up allegations against brett kavanaugh when the two were in high school. that issue came up in this q&a. >> mr. vice president, as it pertained to dr. ford, everyone wanted -- high-level democrats said she should be believed, they believed it happened. you said, if someone like dr. ford were to come out, the essence of what she is saying has to be believed, has to be real. why? why is it real for dr. ford, but not for tara reade? >> because the facts are -- look, i'm not suggesting she had no right to come forward. and i never -- i'm not saying any woman, they should come forward. they should be heard. and then it should be investigated. it should be investigated. and if there's anything that is consistent with what's being said and she makes the case or the case is made, then it should be believed.

this is sandra in alabama. .aller: hi i want to say i am a low income person. get about $1100 a month. i appreciated that $1200. this has gone way too far. i agree with everything that senator mcconnell -- i agree with him. ilove my country more than love myself. i am telling you, it is tearing this country apart. it has changed so much. it has just really changed. i have to say it. one more thing. if she wants to pass this, have her have the congress, the whole congress including the house, take a pay cut. there money -- their money go in to pay for it. host: bonnie. stays at myon house a couple of times a week. he got a stimulus. boyfriends, girlfriends, husbands and wives, kids, i got it. ofot nothing and i paid all my utilities. i feel like i am collateral damage. it just doesn't seem fair. why doesn't she help the seniors? she is a senior. so she has inside trading she makes millions. the stimulus should help people like me. i am paying my part. and i get very little a month. host: we will go to tom in new york, independent line. caller: good morning, c-sp

aller: i think it is political sham and show for the republicans. i am part of the independents who believe this country is going in the wrong direction. i say that because i'm 72 years old, a vietnam veteran, i fought for this country. i voted for democrats and republicans. right now i don't see any bipartisan iism at all. i would love to see a president get in the white house against theartisan problems in this country and help us make a brighter and better future for our kids and grandkids. i don't see that happening coming in november if trump is reelected. host: listen to this senate republican ron johnson of wisconsin who leads the homeland security and oversight committee. this is his argument for issuing subpoenas for a pr company that had ties to burisma at the time hunter biden, the son of joe biden, served on that company's board. [video clip] >> we have certainly uncovered corruption the obama administration. my own efforts started with an email scandal, the editing of the exoneration email. the same cast of characters and the fbi who mo

then she slips in the hypo aller againic labradoodle. she's smart. >> andrew, where are we at we could be at 3,600 or 1,100 by the end of may >> who knows >> the reason i said that. over time, i would have never bought stocks on may 1, which makes me think i should have we'll see. by the end of may, well it may be obvious to buy on may 1 we were reopening but it really wasn't obvious >> there was a lod of layoff notices we've seen coming through. the adp report jobless claims and the jobs report on friday >> how about disney if the world some day resembles the world we used to know is that not the greatest asset now $100 or if you think things will some day be back to normal, isn't this what you want to buy? >> you might >> let's get to our corporate story, which is disney we can have the discussion you are right. in a normal world, this would be a great discount the question is of course, how long the challenge persists for. >> shares are trading lower. the company expects a bigger loss cutting profits by about $1.44 million. hit by a d

aller: i guess my view of this is more like a military operation. president has failed us as commander-in-chief. troops thereve the necessary tools to fight in this war. he has not furnished masks. given a consistent message. the troops on the ground is us, the people. the ones that are making no money because of income loss. there's no reinforcements coming from the rear. whole warl that this campaign as he's called it is an utter failure and it's too bad that he hasn't even seen that yet. host: thank you for calling. heidi shierholz, your take on the trump administration's approach to all of this so far. >> i share that disappointment. there's been a couple of junctures where we really could have made a difference and avoid this major job loss. we had a real heads-up feud we knew this was happening in china and europe before it proliferated here. if we had gotten a really system of testing and contact tracing, then we would be able to just quarantine people who had an exposed instead of having to do these broad social distancing measures and we co

.aller: it is simple theays flee, when you see people in the altar. isn't that clear? alright pay let's move to california, kathleen on the line. what do you think? caller: i think there are so many of us are missing our family, our church family, and i agree with the other caller that we are allowed to go to grocery stores and stand in line, different hardware stores, liquor stores, but we cannot go to church? i just feel we should be allowed to continue with our faith. host: here is the president from his news conference friday, making his announcement. [video clip] >> some governors have deemed liquor stores and abortion clinics as essential but have left out churches and other houses of worship. it is not right. so i am correcting this injustice and calling houses of worship essential. i call upon governors to allow our churches and places of worship to open right now. there is any question, they will have to call me, but they will not be successful in that call. these are places that hold our society together and keep our people united. the people are demanding to

that gets to the earlier .aller's question people have different qualities of immune response and sometimes that works in your favor and sometimes it works against you. you would like to be able to predict that and help people understand the risks, and understand risks early in some of these trajectories, but we do not have the tools or understanding to do that yet. host: from kentucky, we hear from randy for our guest, dr. sarah fortune of the harvard school of public health. caller: good morning. thank you. over 10 states, there were such a high rate of health care professionals contracting or getting this virus, and they did have adequate ppe, the report said. so what is going on with the sterilization techniques, or is this such an easily contracted , the that the people common person out in public, doesn't have the professional training like the professionals have? what will happen there when this all blows up? guest: thank you for the question, randy. i'm from kentucky as well, so it is nice to hear from somebody from kentucky. the complexity of protecting yourself against this illust