the cbo projects the annual gdp growth rate to plummet to minus 28%. it would be the lowest since data keeping began. and officials warn the decline could be even larger the cbo also says the ratate would be 1. nearly 10 million americans have filed for unemplployment over t past two weeks. and experts believe the number of people doing so will only increase as the economic damage of the pandemic becomes more apparent. the cbo says its analysis factors in the effects of the record stimulus package enacted last week. >>> this is "newsline biz." i'm gene ototani. the coronavirus crisis will significantly slash growth this year for emerging and developing economies in the asia pacific region. the adb projects 2.2% growth for the area excluding developed economies such as japan and australia. that's down 3 percentage points from last year. the bank cites the growing impact o of the pandemic onn tourism and trade. china's economic is forecast to expand 2.3% down 3.8 points. the adb says thailand is especially hit hard as tourism and exports. the bank cut it

>> that's if you look at the cbo numbers, they're up about there. the thing is, though, we should stop multiplying by four, right? what's going to happen is gdp is going to go from 10 to 9 and then that drop of 10% gets dropped by four, so it makes it too big to go to annual rates. >> how long, then, given that prediction, will it take growth to go to normal levels? >> they think the third and fourth quarter go above recent quarters. i hope that's true -- >> what do you think? here's my concern. my concern is that if the restaurants are open but people aren't going to them because they're scared and there's no vaccine. >> i think if we have a really prudent phase 4 stimulus bill that takes us -- pretty much the last three phases have been the period where we're, like, building a bridge to the other shore, and now we've got to make sure there is a lot of growth once we arrive on that shore. if we have a very strong phase 4 bill, i'm really happy and pleased to come on the show and make a case for very high growth in the second half of the year. but i

the cbo projecting a 40% drop in second-quarter gdp but the beginnings of positive activity in the third quarter and rebound predicted for the fourth quarter, double digit unemployment may take longer to shake, the president with a new take on corundum virus briefings, the shortest one yet. will the president continue to be part of every briefing? will he be pared down as information is presented in a new way, what we are uncovering tonight. kevin cork digs into the headlines to kick us off. >> 21 minutes is how long the briefing stay lasted and the president didn't take any questions which means a missed opportunity to get him to weigh in on a variety of topics making this including the latest cbo projections which forecast the $3.7 trillion deficit, massive number, largest in concert, largest ever, in part because of the emergency stimulus, the country of that will be 101% of gdp at the end of q2, first time since world war ii the debt will be larger than national output. along with a 12% drop in the second quarter the report envisions a silver lining, third-quarter rebound of 23.5% gr

together that's pushing the national debt up to the highest level since world war ii the cbo estimates debt will be 101% of gdp this year. by fiscal 2021, 108% so these numbers are dividing republicans over what to do next some senators like portman and hawley pushing for a bigger package but the republicans say it's a sign to slow down instead. >> ylan, the way that factors into do they extend the ppp program again? if funding runs dry on that front. whashld we expect for state and local governments? that phase four stimulus package that may or may not be coming. >> absolutely. president trump tweeted skepticism of more money to states and said up to them to manage the fiscal situation and heard senator mcconnell say maybe states should consider bankruptcy as a potential option so clearly that is a fight that's going to go on as they negotiate the contours over what phase four will look like. >> for sure. thanks we appreciate it. >>> coming up, the federal government has been slow to supply nevada with the tools for testing so the state took matters into its own hands. >>> plus, publi

cbo computer 3 measures of income. if you look at the post transfer income that has gone up by 44% for median household, marketing, has gone up by 21%. if you look the bottom 20%, it has gone up by two thirds and market income by 44%, not stagnant. and if you look at cbo's income series and gini coefficient which is a standard measure of inequality you see a significant increase in inequality in the 1980s in 1990s, the concern about inequality exploded, a 70% decline in this measure of inequality transferring income, looking at market income, you see an increase of 2%. this is another example how the narrative about american workers is not kept up with the data. wages were stagnant in the 1970 numplaps-1980s. inequality was growing rapidly in the 80s and 90s. for the past decade it has been growing less rapidly. this is a more straightforward measure of inequality, the ratio of weekly earnings from the 90% of the 10% and other measures as well as you see these have not shown any significant growth in inequality over th

all i'm saying is -- shall we say, establish models like the cbo and "the wall street journal" surveyre saying things are going to get significantly better in the second half of the year, and that's going to roll right into 2021. >> harris: real quickly, and i've got to be quick for me here. can we spend our way out of pandemic? let's get back to retail. that's where we were, we did beautifully. we had people all over the place spending their money. i don't care what you do, you can't force hundreds of thousands of people to go to big venues to spend money. >> i don't want to force anybody to do anything, okay? i'm a freedom guy, a free-market guy. i will say this, we can and will produce our way out. auto assembly lines are coming back online, that was some great news in recent days. and we can't spend our way out. the business supply side of the economy and the consumer retail demand side of the economy. i think there is a lot of pent up demand, and i think people want to go back to work. we put a lot of incentives into this, by the way. the president is looking for more middle clas

that information is available and we will updated in real- time morris pacifically about which cbo's and which points of access to make it easier for individuals. we look forward to your partnership in helping us get that information out to there.>>> thank you. a couple of questions. first back to the information about covid-19 along racial lines. i believe it was late last week we first started to see those disparities that hadn't yet, weren't yet apparent but showing that african-americans disproportionately affected also some data with regards to pacific islanders. so given the numbers are starting to reflect the national trend, what is being done to address the disparities within those groups? additionally with regard to testing, i heard what you said about just working to expand testing across california but you want to dress scenarios just between bies. >> there are racial and ethnic disparities, but there are also geographic disparities that must be addressed as it relates to the needs of rural communities and as it relates to the needs across parts of the state, even within u

dig into projections by the cbo that came out, q1, 14% which are over, q2, 16% and q3, 11.7%.rd to imagine as gillian said that things are going to get worse for people being layed off. >> well, we released at the labor department some difficult numbers this week too showing that now more than 26 million americans have filed for unemployment in the last 5 weeks. that's just hard to see and we recognize the sacrifice that are -- that's being made by so many americans across the country to beat the virus and what makes it even more painful remembering how strong the economy was a month and a half ago. we just had an exceptional economy with record low unemployment and rising wages and the mission now is to get back there. i do think that a silver lining is how we got here. this was a public health response, not a underlying weakness to the economy and i think we have time now to get back to where we were as we reopen. leland: there's a lot of worry, though that the response to this is good hearted and well-meaning as it is is putting in some fundamental weaknesses to the economy

the real whammy is coming, the second quarter which the cbo projected could be as bad as negative 35% which analysts expect another dismal first time jobs claim. estimates point to 3.5 million new claims over the last week meaning 30 million americans would've filed for unemployment over the past 6 weeks. the total number of kim jong un were tested passing 60,000 with more than 1 million cases confirmed tonight in the us, more than 6 million tests have been administered here. as america begins to reopen, struggling companies are pushing the trump administration and congress to protect them from lawsuits that could cripple them for good. the new legal and political fight, good evening. >> employees who want to reopen face the economic challenges of restarting their businesses but also legal ones. what if an employee gets sick, what if they give the customer the coronavirus, who can sue, what if the employer knew? what if what if whatever this uncertainty is not conducive to economic development. the list of coronavirus related lawsuits won the gambit for the expected airline suit for g

tonight, the cbo project double digit unemployment even next year, for trillion dollar anticipated budget it mean for the economy in the months and years ahead?

there is news from the congressional budget office, the cbo projecting the federal deficit and totalnal debt will both hit post-world war ii highs in 2020 and will continue for at least a generation. i'm ashley strohmeyer. now back to "hannity." ♪ >> mike: welcome back to this special edition of "hannity." developing tonight, beijing rejecting secretary of state pompeo's request for access to the wuhan lab that u.s. intel officials believe is linked to the virus outbreak. and not only that, we are also now learning that china's coronavirus cases may have been up to four times would officials reported. that according to a study out of hong kong. here to explain more isff the author of the book "the coming collapse of china," gordon chang. i'm delighted you are here.th i don't know anyone who can speak to this more clearly and effectively.d just how much misinformation do you believe we are seeing from china right now on coronavirus? >> from the very beginning of the outbreak until now, there has been one piece of misinformation after another. and the reason is for the communist party,

cbo reporting 40% of the u.s. economy gets hit or possibly wiped out.lly dangerous territory. americans are asking how much longer are we supposed to stay in lockdown? what's the standard? are we waiting for the fatalities to fall below a certain number for hospitalizations to evaporate? what is the standard, that's what they want to know? >> i wonder what the standard is. the governor here in virginia has early on locked us down until june 10th, if you can believe that. clearly there will be some reduction in that over time. it has to be, because people are, starting to get quite antsy. do we expect to continue to remain locked down through the middle of june? i hope not. the number about protests taking place out there i think are reasonably to be expected and likely shall continue to be. let us hope when we bring, when 23 states or 24 states, however many there are, unlocking their economies do so, that we don't have a resurgence but i suspect that the economy will bounce back quickly to begin with and level back off after that. i am afraid there is

tonight, the cbo project double digit unemployment even next year, for trillion dollar anticipated budgetoes it mean for the economy in the months and years ahead? also nearly

so that made the but the cbo includes all taxes and transfers. and if you take out the democratic healthcare the bottom one drop significantly the reason it has kept up with the top 20 percent is government and that's a story for government provided health care subsidies. the way that i interpret this that over the longer time. the markets of the top 20 percent the government has served the bottom 20 percent reasonably well but the bottom is not being as well served on page 87 i find it difficult for downward mobility with these quintile transitions will not disastrously cheer but if you want more people rising up to the top 20 percent then people have to fall out. but i more subtle that the 20 percent at the time that there is not more movement it's lower than another country but more importantly we should ask ourselves how it is if you are the top 20 percent and i would say some of the ways that we do that through the higher education system are basically unfair. i also think the contribution for the downward mobility is a different chart the w

the cbo projecting the unemployment rate for the second quarter could hover right there about a 14% andt the gdp could decline by some 12% for the same quarter, the federal budget deficit projected to jump up quite a bit to 3.7 trillion. the treasury secretary told fox's chris wallace today he believes things will improve by summer. >> i think as we begin to reopen the economy in may and june, you're going to see the economy really bounce back in july, august, september. and we are putting an unprecedented amount of fiscal relief into the economy. you're seeing trillions of dollars that's making its way into the economy and i think this is going to have a significant impact. >> reporter: congress refunded the paycheck protection program last week, the president signed it on friday and the loans are expected to begin getting processed tomorrow. there's talk about what the next stimulus bill should and should not include. house speaker nancy pelosi addressed some of the complaints even from some democratic governors that said congress should have made sure that money was going to state an

tonight, the cbo project double digit unemployment even next year, for trillion dollar anticipated budgeteficit, what does it mean for the economy in the months and years ahead? also nearly a 40% projected drop in gdp, but the beginnings of activity in the third quarter, and a rebound predicted for the fourth quarter. double digit unemployment may take longer to shake. meanwhile, the president with a new take on coronavirus briefings today, the shortest one yet. the president continue to be part of every briefing? will they be torn down and information presented in a different way? white house correspondent kevin corke with all of the headlines tonight. hey, kevin. >> 21 minutes, that's how long the briefing today lasted, and what's more, the president didn't take any questions, which means for reporters it was a missed opportunity to get him to wait in on a variety of topics get this, $3.7 trillion deficit, massive number, largest, and wow, who can say largest ever. in fact, in part because of the emergency stimulus. but that will be 101% of gdp at the end of q2 tram, the first time sinc

cbo also said 16% on employment in september. mean, can you imagine if sitting here with 60% on appointment in september? so many months down the line, and then perhaps, at that point, maybe the majority leader mitch mcconnell revisits this whole decision as to how much money should be paid back out to the states and cities then. >> well, i don't think there's any question that we will be looking and re-examining throughout this entire process, were going to monitor what's happening out there, bill, we've made it very clear, we will do whatever it takes, respond to this crisis, to get america back on its feet. but remember, there is no amount of federal spending in washington that can substitute for a dynamic, growing economy. and that's why we've got to get this economy opened up again. we've got a deal with a health emergency. i think a big part of that solution is having a massive amount of tests available out there so we know who has it and who doesn't so we can get people back into the workplace, get consumers confidence aga

what we know, and the cbo has done a study on this, is when you raise the minimum wage federally, youose jobs. in their view if you go to $15, you are going to lose millions of jobs. this is not a good idea. by the way, the other big thing, 30 million small businesses struggling right now to stay afloat. what a terrible thing to go into a store in alabama and tell them that they have to pay significantly more to their workers. that's not going to work. charles: well, you know, and that's another real quick, i've got a minute, but i have to squeeze this in because, you know, now we're hearing from small business owners whose employees are angry at them, visibly angry, going off on them because they won't fire them so they can get these extra benefits even though they are supposed to be short-term benefits. i mean, we have created an unintended consequence that could last some time here. >> when you throw trillions of dollars around in multiple hundred page bills, you always have unintended consequences. in this case, you have restaurants saying hey, we pay our guys 500 bucks a week, an

the real whammy is coming, the second quarter, which the cbo is projected could be as negative 39%. tomorrow analysts are expecting another dismal first-time jobs claim. estimates .23.5 million new claims over the last week, meaning 30 million americans would have filed from unemployment over the past six weeks. meanwhile, the total number of covid debt surpassing 60,000 with more than a million cases confirmed tonight in the u.s. more than 6 million tests have been administered here. america begins to reopen, struggling companies are pushing the trump administration, and congress, to protect them from lawsuits that could cripple them for good. correspondent leland vittert is reporting the new legal and political fights, good evening, leland. >> good evening to you. employers who want to reopen our facing economic challenges of reopening their businesses but also legal ones. one of an employee gets sick? what if they give the customer the coronavirus? who consume? what if the employer never knew? what if, what if, what if? and this uncertainty is not conducive to economic developmen

because cbo forecasting u.s. gdp over all could drop 40% from the pandemic. that is a huge hit. small businesses, big businesses on the brink of collapse. talking about virgin atlantic, jcpenney as well. new york governor saying one in four new yorkers are infected. way more people may have antibodies and immunity. we're hearing out of india, governor, india, serum institute, biggest maker of vaccines in the world talking about moving forward before the fall with a vaccine developed by oxford university. good news on that front. your quick take on that? >> dozens of vaccines in testing phases. normally takes year, year-and-a-half, to mass produce, develop a safe vaccine. i hope we do it more quickly. you have companies racing against the clock to get it done. obviously once we have a vaccine we can get back to our normal lives. we certainly can't wait for the vaccine. there is great hope and optimism. we gradually need to reopen the economy. we need to be smart. even if the economy reopens we can't go back to the prepractice social distancing, be aware of surroundings. i'm a big

congressional budget office cbo scored h.r. three with price controls it was estimated that eight to 15 drugs that would come out on the market in the next two years would not if they put those price controls into a fact. which drug is that? is that the cure for alzheimer's? is it a cure for diabetes? even if it's just one it is one too many. >> guest: right exactly. i've even seen numbers 100 fewer drugs would be developed in this country. so many people with diseases like diabetes are just waiting and holding on hoping they will be able to survive and when the next new drug comes out that will allow them to be like people who had survived with hepatitis c because of the drug from gilead. >> host: one last thing before we move on. you mentioned that all the drugs available in america are available in canada or in the united kingdom. >> guest: right exactly. people in canada, you have to pay for your drugs in canada. only people at the very low end of the income ladder actually get free or reduced drugs but most people pay at t

if you look at the cbo they are usually accurate, they are calling for a $3.7 trillion deficit.rint about $22 trillion a year orfive economy, we print about $22 trillion a year or five and economy, we print about $22 trillion a year orfive and a half economy, we print about $22 trillion a year or five and a half trillion per quarter. you have lost economic output by shutting down 65% of the economy. that works out to about $3.7 trillion. if your eight macroeconomists looking at their situation and seeing it as a war the us having a deficit expenditure somewhere in the 20% zone, of its gdp is totally acceptable. i think we have to think about what we're going to do when this is over and how we start to tame some of the spending and some of the forward cost. but i think it's absolutely necessary to inject that level of stimulus right now. because we've got to tide people over to the end of this. one tragedy of the united states that we all are learning, most people are learning paycheque to paycheck. 0r small businesses are month—to—month. and were also under bendedin month—to—mon

too private companies, collections, corporation of america also known as cbo and geo have also cashed. the $3 billion. the center for american congress and caps on american obama relation has found a well-funded u.s., public network of walkers, politicians, media personalities, news outlets and organizations have also spent upwards of $57 million promoting prejudice and hatred against muslims. xenophobia is an enduring part of racism, politics and capitalism in the past and present. this explains how we got here. so by the time donald trump ran for president in 2015, calling for a complete and total shutdown of muslims coming to the united states, this idea mexican has criminals and muslims were terrorists invading thank united states has been well established and normalized in the media. many americans expressed outrage that these explicitly racist and hard truth is trump was just repeating a message that had been gaining traction for decades. what is new however, the all-out assault on immigration that he has launched entering office. this has included a wide range of new policies.

two private companies the corporation of america also known as cbo and ge zero groups have also cashed with a combined revenue of over $5.3 billion. the center for american progress and the council of relations have also found that a good network of bloggers, politicians, media personalities, news outlets and organizations have also spent upwards of $57 million promoting prejudice and hatred against islam and muslims. so, xenophobia as a part of the racism, politics and capitalism in the past and present. this explains how we got here. so by the time donald trump ran for president in 2015, calling for a great big wall and the complete and total shutdown of muslims coming to the united states, this idea that mexicans were criminals and muslims were terrorists inundating the united states had been well established and normalized in the media. many americans expressed outrage at these racist and xenophobic positions but the hard truth is trump was just repeating a message that has been gaining traction for decades. what is new, however, is the all out assault that he has launched since en

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the cbo forecast showed a federal deficit of $3.7 trillion.at since the second quarter. it is a question of how bad that deficit gets because these are always projections and their uncertain. keep in mind we are talking about receipts and payables. we know how government wants to spend and how much they would get in in taxes. the second is how the treasury will fund that since the data has been in the short term insurance and treasury bills, but ultimately that will have to get turned out into longer maturity securities and that is where the questions live. they are introducing new maturity to try to diversify that demand based. think the treasury will have to find out, like the rest of us, by trying and seeing where the appetite is. i was going to ask about the range for treasury yields. 65 basis points seems to be a pivot point for the 10 year. we have the central bank meeting coming up with the fed and the ecb on thursday. the combination affecting the dollar. where do we see yields going. are we where we are going to be at this point, even

a new report from the congressional budget office suggests there is nationwide -- the cbo projecting the unemployment rate for the second quarter could be at 14%. we should know the jobs report for this month early in may. the gdp is also forecasted to decline 12% for the second quarter, and the federal budget deficit for 2020 now looking to be some 3.7 trillion dollars. >> it's uncharted territory. we know that. we have never seen unemployment numbers this high, but on the other hand, we have never had them taken as a purposeful public health measure. >> the administration says so far they've done some 5 million tests for the coronavirus, but it believes they will be able to ramp up testing throughout the next several weeks and months, but as testing increases, officials are warning you will see some new data that comes out of that. >> as testing increases dramatically across the country, cases will increase as well. but people should not be discouraged by those numbers. we are looking at very positive trends in hospitalization, in emergency room entrances. >> the president surprise

the cbo says more recent figures have been worse than anticipateded. federal government has sent out nearly half its stockpile of ventilators and only has about 10,000 left. that's about one-third of the ventilators need ed by mid apri. michigan governor is extending the virus related school closings in her state. zpl all in person instruction for k 12 students will be suspended and all school buildings will be closed for the remainder of this school year. this doesn't mean our kids will stop learn iing. >> as more parents push for e learning for more coronavirus overage, head to cnbc.com >> thanks so much for that we're higher by 1% got 22 minutes left of the session. after the break, mike novograts will tell us whether he's buying our selling during these volatile times bright dawn our country has endured. it has seen the break in the clouds before anyone else. for the past 168 years, we've also stood by you, helping you weather storms like this one, to protect your loved ones. and we'll do it for 168 more. helping you weather storms like this one, d

. >> sue herera, thank you >>> still ahead, we'll speak with the former cbo director we'll get his take on the latest round of stimulus proposals and whether he thinks it's enough to stabilize the economy and here's a check on bonds adds well. treasury yields are moving lorer today. the ten-year currently yielding around .73%. stay with us we'll be right back. >>> stocks rally today with the dow on pace to recoup the last month's losses not all investors think the stock market euphoria is here the stay dan niles tweeting this afternoon he believes the bear market rally will end soon he's adding to his short positions and is joining us live by phone good afternoon to you. >> good afternoon to you, too. >> we just put the tweet up. clearly, you're adding to short positions again. gauge for us where that puts you? net short or long? >> yeah, so we came into today with about 80% more dollars. invested on the long time than the short side we had the big rally in the morning and had about 20% more at this point and we'll see where that is by the end of the day obviously the market's moving ar

to recap, greg's candor there, jim, hearing him talk about this is a two-year issue fits with what cbo said yesterday, 9% unemployment at year-end, 2021 morgan stanley today saying they don't see a return to economic activity to pre-virus levels until year end 2021. if you match that with the timeline of the potential vaccine, you're looking at a long 18 months >> it's too long it's not right it's too long. we have to do more we have to unite we have to solve this thing. we have to get the science guys more involved. we have to start hearing about how these different anti-virals are doing. we have to get the fda, which has been lax, get it so -- 18 months is too long for this country. we'll not be the same country. we'll be a country very rich and just people who are poor no middle class that's not a solution. we must not allow that we must not allow our leaders to take 18 months we cannot afford as a great nation to become a mediocre nation, which is what would happen if we wait that long. it's all stops everyone has to pull out all stops. everybody has to be united we can't be fighti

>> start with cbo numbers. >> i just say, look we know we're in deep contraction with rising unemploymentit is a lot of hardships a lot of difficult. the president's rescue package which totals $9 trillion between treasury and fed. that helped cushion the blow. that is point number one. we're taking a hit. it is very difficult. we're dog what we can. as the governor said, as confidence returns with safety features and data driven, people are anxious to go back to work. it is interesting to me, the congressional budget office as well as "wall street journal" survey of economists, both predicting very significant pickups in growth in the second half of the year, almost 20% growth increases. so that's a good sign. and president has commissioned us to study middle class tax relief, middle class regulatory relief, infrastructure developments. and insurance liability protections for small businesses. and again middle class, i think people are anxious to go to work. there is going to be a lot of pent-up demand and so i am optimistic about the future. this current situation as my great friend and

the equity markets and the cbo all agree that we have a strong second half of the year.k this is a president who wants to have a plan for every eventuality. in the end we are in a war against the virus and we have a very tough hill to take. and we have a leader who will help do this well. the way we do that if it's with a plan and with data and that is what we are using. >> sandra: kevin hassett joining us from the white house this morning and we hope to get up with you soon. thanks for your time. are you a small business owner or employee and want to ask the president a question about how the country will get back to work? send us a video of your question at town hall at foxnews.com. again, a town hall at foxnews.com or log onto the fox news facebook or instagram pages. bret baier and martha maccallum will anchor america together-returning to work. at town hall with president trump live this sunday at 7:00 p.m. eastern time. send us your question and you might get an answer from president trump himself. we look forward to that and look forward to your questions. >> ed:

good indicator for but in case like this things moving rapidly it is lagging the real economy gdp -- cboget office said they expect it minus 28%, on an annualized rate so we are in a free-fall right now continue to do what we can to prop up the economy through rescue package, most importantly maria you talked about this on air i heard you we've got to deal with health care crisis, until we get the corona crisis under control not able to get back on feet economically. >> i was reading nancy lazar cornerstone macro expects 25% you said 28% you said we are in a free-fall we need assistance now in terms of small business, big business, senator we know you are doing your part appreciate your time morning. thank you. >> thanks for what you are doing explaining things to folks telling people, to hold on, a few months from now things will about very different we need strong economy to pull out of this. maria: we hope, so by the end of the year we hope for that rebounded rob portman we will be. >> the jobs' report 20 minutes you heard senator agree with what we have been talking about jobless rat

a referral process in the tenderloin which is our first focus or the rv site so that we can use the cbo knowledge and addition to our network regime to match with our data systems and go and look for our people who are there. and that's the end of my slide. i'm happy to take questions. i do need to note that i need to step off at 3:55 or 3:57 to join another call. >> thank you so much. supervisor. >> yes, i do want to -- before you leave, abigail, i have a couple of quick questions for you. i know that we still are leaving people who are vulnerable -- sorry, considered to not be vulnerable in shelters and can you speak to what exactly the thinking is behind that and why aren't we expanding who is being placed into hotels and why are we continuing to leave so many people behind in shelters? >> yes. that's a terrific question. and so we want to really make sure that the hotel rooms and the guidance of the department of public health are used for people who candidly are more likely to pass away from covid and we know that there's tremendous spread of covid across the entire san francisco c