kristin england is an infectious disease physician joining us from the cleveland clinic in cleveland, ohio. we thank you for being with us and we would love to have you on again. this has been a fascinating conversation. guest: thank you so much. c-span's washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up, detroit news washington correspondent keith lange discusses the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on the u.s. auto industry. then the former nevada republican congressman and current chair of the national commission on military, national, and public service talks about national service and the coronavirus pandemic. and katie williams on the defense reduction act and its potential use during the pandemic. watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern. join the discussion. on wednesday, the senate passed a $2 trillion coronavirus economic stimulus bill, the largest emergency aid package in u.s. history. the bill passed by a vote of 96-0. the plan has four main components. direct cash payments to individuals, federal relief for small businesses,

the cleveland clinic is stressing that this is not a new test that it's conducting.s merely eliminating the need for off site testing. previously they were relying on private companies such as quest diagnostics, lab corp. that normally would take four to seven days. the cleveland clinic says that by doing this in-house it will be able to have test results within 8 hours and the ceo tells me that that could be a game changing or battling the coronavirus. he says it will save lives by getting these answers faster, but yasmin, this raises the question, why wasn't this happening sooner. why didn't private companies and private labs weeks ago start with this? we spoke with -- nbc news spoke with a doctor at the university of north carolina saying that the red tape that they have had to face while trying to get approval to be doing these tests has really put them back, that they would like to be doing hundreds of tests a day but they haven't been able to do so. some of these labs have said that they wanted to start conducting these tests back in mid january but that the fe

our guest is an infectious disease physician joining us from the cleveland clinic. wonder if you can explain why antibiotics can kill bacteria but not a virus. guest: antibiotics are specifically geared toward bacteria. they are in a very different class than viruses. we need to stick to antiviral medication. there is one being looked at. it will be ongoing in clinical trials. that is the one we have the most hope for at this time. we sometimes give antibiotics to patients encase they have a bacterial infection on top of the viral infection. if they get pneumonia. but we are not looking to treat the virus that way. host: what you seeing in cleveland? itst: we are starting to see numbers increase. we are not nearly up to the levels they are seeing in new york. not see our first case in cuyahoga county until march 9. so we are a week behind that timetable. we are bracing ourselves for next week or the week after. host: how are you personally preparing for this? do you have the right equipment? cleveland clinic has done a good job of taking a clear track. the ventilato

. >> reporter: today the cleveland clinic started on-site covid-19 testing with results available within eight hours will that save lives >> it will it will save lives because it is going to give us a faster and better understanding who are the patients that we need to keep at home. >> reporter: the cleveland clinic says it's one out of only about a dozen hospitals across the country that are doing on-site testing. lester >> gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> now to the pandemic overseas. the new center of the coronavirus storm is in europe. here is chief foreign correspondent richard engel. >> reporter: the cdc tonight says europe is the new epicenter of the epidemic with 70% of new cases originating here and countries are falling like dominos, one shutting down after another. ireland reporting its first coronavirus death now closing schools. the irish prime minister today with president trump. >> we need to do this for a couple weeks to make sure the virus doesn't spread. >> reporter: in italy, the death toll rising over 1,000 officials already banning most public gatherings and ordering a

and at the cleveland clinic, we were struck by this image.nt there in the intensive care unit. leaving his room after ten days, he taped this note to the window. he wrote, "this window has been the most impactful window in my life. on days when i watched you work hard to keep me and others alive, unable to thank you for the time that you poured into me. and although i will probably never get the chance to pour that same love and support into you, i want you to know that i think you are all rock stars." tonight, the cleveland clinic telling us that patient is doing well. and the doctors and nurses who treated him saw the note. >> hi, david. i'm eduardo mireles and i took care of this patient throughout the week. i cannot tell you how much this means to us. >> reporter: that message landed. >> the words of gratitude written on the glass wall made us feel recognized and our efforts are worthwhile. at a time like this, it gives us hope, inspiration, and keeps us going. >> reporter: and tonight, his nurse, morgan brinkman. >> the first time i saw

the dr is joining us from the cleveland clinic in ohio. thank you for being with us

. >> and at cleveland clinic, a war widow, sadie. and on a baltimore street corner, a steelworker named arch price, who likely others, spoke to me not only of his concern for this country, but of his belief in its future. (music) >> that is my freedom out there. that is what that flag stands for. individual countries drawn together to become the united states. (music) >> americans do believe in the country, and their flag. but among some today, it has become popular to deride the symbols of patriotism, to find fault with the many individual ways people celebrate their america. (music) but perhaps those who ridicule these beliefs have not come from where these have come. (music) those who think patriotism is overdone and out of style might ask? how did it used to be? >> the united states has gone to war to keep our country free, and kept us free to do what we want. that is what it has given me. (music) >> i give to my children what i didn't have and i feel like i am giving my country if fair share and i expect to get my fair share bac

the cleveland clinic, the roche -- >> sure. i have faith in our scientists i think dr.a tremendous job there's trillions of dollars on the sideline waiting they got what they've been waiting for. they've got the opportunity that they've said no to how can you not start buying here unless you just are so fearful. that's when warren buffett says you must buy he bought in world war ii and it looked like we would lose the war. >> sternlich is coming up. >> i like barry. and i think mnuchin will say some good stuff. >> joining us to talk about the violent market we've seen this week, barry sternlich, ceo of starwood capital group, which has 60 billion under management and chairman of sh hotels and resorts. i know when our people talk to you, i think you intimated that you would like to calm things down a little. >> yeah. >> after this morning, looks better how are you feeling? you have a lot of businesses >> when i agreed to come on last night and i saw the futures down 700, i was a little worried about coming on. this thing started in china, too bad it incident start in wes

the latest on that from the cleveland clinic, when we come back. .. .. >> bill: experts are warning that if left unchecked the coronavirus could inundate hospitals. >> we could still be easily overwhelmed if there is a sudden influx of hundreds of thousands of patients who need intensive care. we simply don't have the beds. we don't have the ventilators or supplies for these patients. >> bill: dr. roger klein, former medical director of medical oncology at cleveland clinic and many other health agencies. doctor, good to have your expertise tonight and good evening to you. >> thanks for having me. >> that last comment, we don't have the bed or ventilators. what do you say to those who say our hospital system has been maxed out or could be maxed out, doctor? >> if we were flooded with many, many patients we would worry about the sickest patients and the tools to take care of them are not easily replaced. it's within the realm of possibility although i wouldn't consider it likely. >> bill: we've heard the story throughout the week. are you saying they are alarmists? it appears it could be a

cleveland clinic's ceo joins us. >> thanks for having me. >> no confirmed cases of coronavirus in clevelandight now. but as the ceo of a major global health care system, how are you preparing and how have you been screening? >> well, preparing for coronavirus as an epidemic or pandemic is something that is part and parcel of any large health care integrated system, so cleveland clinic as well. our preparation, our caregivers, meaning we're going through the drills and preparing to receive the first patients who are inevitably going to come, educating our staff, our public, making sure we have everything we need to take good care of our patients >> the w.h.o. and alex azar are holding an event, have been holding an event this morning. one of the headlines out of that is that 75,000 tests are expected to be shipped here in the u.s. by the end of the week. is that going to be enough >> well, it is certainly good news this is something that we warmly welcome. it is not going to be enough for the entire population, but it is a good first step. >> in terms of some of the other changes, whether it

this morning i was on the phone with the cleveland clinic who did some re-figuring on the model.the reason, frankly, we were talking was not just about when it's going to hit us, but what we do to get ready for it. so two things are going on. we're trying to do the distancing on the one side that we're asking ohioans to do every single day, stay away from each other. but on the other hand, we have to build up our medical capacity or hospital capacity. the estimate this morning from the cleveland clinic is when we hit our peak, you know, we may be well short of where we need to be. we knew it was going to be short, but the estimate this morning was we need to build out double what we have or maybe even triple what we have stars our bed capacity. and we're working on that. i've asked all the hospitals to come together in each region of the state. they're going to submit to me by tomorrow morning a rough plan of their region of the state. we're going to start building this out. so we're beyond the planning stages now, we're into the action stages. >> i know a lot of governors especi

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so we have been meeting here at the cleveland clinic twice a day in the command center, making sure that all our preparations are met and everything is being done as best we can. one of the best things we have been able to do, certainly we have been able to work with the governor, with the ohio department of health and they have been helping us tremendously. certainly there's a lot of things that have to happen at the federal level. just because there's a lot of cases in new york, that doesn't mean it's not going to be ohio's problem if we start seeing spillover. so there is a national response that has to happen, but definitely the boots on the ground right now, we are working extremely hard to prepare for these waves of infection and trying to work with all our partners in order to stem that tide to make sure that we flatten how many people show up at our doors sick at once. that's why we're doing all the social distancing and doing all the communication to make sure everybody knows what to do. >> doctor, i appreciate your confidence and can-do attitude. i just keep listening to the go

. >> in a cleveland clinic, a war windowo sadie develo. and on a bought street corner, a steel worker named art price, who like the others, spoke to me not only of his concern for this country but of his grief its future. >> that's my freeland out there. that's what flag stands for. that's a unit of 50 individual states coming together. that's what it means to me. >> americans do believe in their country and the their flag. but among some today, it has become popular to deride the symbols of patriotism, to find fault with the many individual ways people celebrate their america. sn ♪ ♪ >> perhaps those who ridicule these beliefs have not come from where these have come from. those who think patriotism is overdone and out of style might ask how did it used to be? >> the united states itself has gone to war to keep our country free. they've kept us free to do what i want, that's what it's given me. >> a work horse, i give to my children what i didn't have. give to my country a fair share and i expect to get my fair hair back. >> the truth is

. >>> written on a window at the cleveland clinic in ohio, words of gratitude from a recently dischargedm alives. writing on this window has been the most impactful window of my life, wanting you to know i think you are all rock stars. >> the first time i saw the note, it brought tears to my eyes. we're all going to get through it together. >> words do matter. during the darkest days of world war ii, it was winston churchill who said this is not time for ease and comfort. it is time to dare and endure. that's "nightline" for this evening. thanks for the company, america. goodnight. >> dicky: from hollywood it's "jimmy kimmel live." tonight -- tim robbins, from "bad trip," eric andre, this week in unnecessary censorship, and music from phantogram. and now, for the most part, jimmy kimmel! [cheers and applause] ♪ >> jimmy: hi, everyone, thank you. i'm jimmy, i'm the host. thanks for watching, thanks for coming, wow, i'm so glad you came. it's, i wouldn't have come. thank you for literally risking your lives to be here tonight, and i want to welcome those of you who just got off the cruise

. >> reporter: today the cleveland clinic started on-site covid-19 testing with results available within eight hours. >> will that save lives? >> oh, it will. it will save lives because it is going to give us a faster and a better understanding who are the patients that we need to keep at home. >> here at home, stanford launched a diagnostic test for the virus last week. that test is being used at stanford health care and stanford children's health. it's expected to deliver results within 12 to 24 hours. >>> mickey and minnie are self-isolating. disney following governor new m newsom's orders, closing down. both parks will close this start and stay closed until the end of the month. yesterday the governor put out a new policy that bans mass gatherings with 250 people or more. universal studios in hollywood will also shut down this saturday. it plans to reopen march 28th. nbc universal, by the way is our parent company. >>> i think we speak for a lot of parents here. our kids are at home so our forecast becomes even more important, what to do with the kids. >> tomorrow is going to be a gr

here in cleveland we are blessed, we have the cleveland clinic. re are tents going up even as we speak to give additional hospital capacity. university hospitals is here, metro north, they've got a big, big facility here in cleveland. we are very, we're blessed. new york is, you know, new york tends to overreact sometimes. they'll calm down -- [laughter] and the way they calm down, steve, is is with the -- those shelfses stripped now, tomorrow they'll be filled. let's encourage those suppliers. the problem i have when the president addressed the nation the other night, it was kind of too cool for school. i wanted him to say, come on, we're in this together, we're americans. this is another challenge. you know, rise to the occasion with soaring rhetoric that hearkens back. you mentioned the d-day invasion and events like that. that's the way you do it. brian: ed rollins, who runs a super pac for the president, you can honest hi say he's a supporter, said everything else the president's accomplished will be way in the background if he doesn't come ou

actually a former employee there at the cleveland clinic.fficeonsultant in safety and my wife in the health care industry has been working 12 hour days. i'm very grateful for them having the opportunity to work. it doesn't affect my business, i'm one of those essential construction positions. formerg is that as a federal compliance officer, back in the 90's when we had, yeah, i we had a90's, ,emocratic president in office don't ask, don't tell kind of thing. we had a pandemic issue we dealt with them. towas that we had to prepare look at it and start educating employers and employees on the pandemic potential to prepare for it. from the health care perspective, it is more than apparent in northern ohio, with the rapid response from the cleveland clinic and the university hospitals, they jumped on board to do this in a rapid manner. , we haven't dropped the ball since we didn't prepare during the clinton administration. host: thank you for the call. franklin, texting this message well, this from afp news, credited in yahoo! news.com, italy co

mihauli, final question, not just cleveland clinic but the hospital industry in general can treat thisand we can get through this, what do you need to see specifically from the federal government? >> i think there are 3 steps that are really important and federal government and local government can assist. 3 steps in fighting epidemics. health care to all americans and second one is to assist large healthcare systems with production of diagnostic systems so that we can test people in adequate quantities and thirdly, to provide the support for those american who is have to stay home and be quarantined with -- with food and financial aid so that they can actually comply with our recommendations without fear for life or livelihood. maria: if i was betting on anybody i would bet on america to get through this. do you think we will have the proper therapeutics in place and vaccine within the year? >> i think -- i agree with you. if there's someone to bet on, i would bet on america. we have great responsiveness among healthcare community and among state and federal government, we are in it t

clinic, up to cleveland brain hemorrhage. he will come three days later and that up getting pneumonia. hisad a host of doctors and heart a fit of happened and the heart dr. -- i'm not sure if it's the same heart dr. but just past february for of influenza and cleveland clinic. he had a flu shot -- i don't know if that increases your case of getting it. he washes his hands and where's all the gowns and the mask. my thing is, i have kidney failure. i was up there visiting. i would wear a mask and i also was in a wheelchair. getting pushed because i can't now a long distance -- starting to wonder. i had two of my dogs puke this morning. can the dogs catch it? we host: will let our guest respond. guest: first of all i'm sorry to hear about your brother-in-law. a lot of respiratory illnesses circulate in the winter. it's very unlikely that anyone right now who has pneumonia or had pneumonia have coronavirus. i'm going to say some because probably the case that some people who had bad pneumonia over the course of january and februa

the latest on that from the cleveland clinic, when we come back.se folks, they don't have time to go to the post office they have businesses to grow customers to care for lives to get home to they use stamps.com print discounted postage for any letter any package any time right from your computer all the amazing services of the post office only cheaper get our special tv offer a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again! ♪ >> bill: experts are warning the coronavirus outbreak could it in date t hospitals. >> we could still be easily overwhelmed is there a influx of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands in the intensive care which is simply we just don't have thehe beds, the ventilator, the supplies. >> bill: stop and think about that, former director on the cleveland and also advising and many other health agency, dr. good to have your xp or digg's tonight. it could have you. >> hi, bill, we don't have the beds, the ventilators, what you say to those that the hospital system has bee

private sector labs including roach, cleveland clinic, and quest diagnostics have their own tests andw binnicker of the mayo clinic headed the team that worked around the clock to come up with a test kit in just three weeks. >> we realize that the public health infrastructure wasn't going to be able to accommodate all the testing that was going to be needed and that clinical laboratories would need to step up and participate. >> reporter: hospitals across the country are bracing for a surge in patients. while emergency rooms are already overwhelmed when people worried they have the virus. >> we are probably at the tip of the iceberg at this point in terms of what we are going to be seeing in emergency rooms over the next few weeks. >> reporter: and another concern for health care providers -- if we continue to see a rise in cases as we have over the past week, hospitals could be overwhelmed with patients and face a shortage of beds and ventilators. michelle? >> all right, michael george, thank you. >>> and we got word yesterday of what may be one of the most glaring signs of how much

. >> we have some of the best hospitals in the world right in ohio at the cleveland clinic. >> a great hospital. >> good luck to you. all the folks over there, mike dewine the government of ohio. thanks, as usual for joining us. >> thanks, wolf. >>> up next, a new warning about coronavirus infection showing up among young and middle-age adults here in the united states, not just the elderly. this is very, very scary stuff, later our own dr. sanjay gupta is standing by to join me live to answer your coronavirus questions, including questions about daily activities we simply used to take for granted. we'll be right back. for bathroom odors that linger try febreze small spaces. just press firmly and it continuously eliminates odors in the air and on soft surfaces. for 45 days. you can enjoy the seafood you love from the comfort of home... if it ever makes it there. spend $30 and get free delivery at red lobster dot com. doprevagen is the number oneild mempharmacist-recommendeding? if it ever makes it there. memory support brand. you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. p

frank esper at cleveland clinic children's and rebecca cast, from georgetown university. good to see you both. dr. fauci in this sea of uncertainty is the credible voice of authority. in that interview today, he was acknowledging where he thought the administration was doing the right thing, but he right on you says they don't have the tests and he's not happy about that. >> he's been a credible sort of scientific information since the '80s getting us across the country to where we can actually test everybody who needs or wants a test, we're really probably several weeks away from that. >> the fact that so many have been tested, dr. esper, why did we not have the test kids available when other countries did? >> i think it's a great question. it's certainly one of the things we need to increase or capacity to do all the tests and screen as many people as we feel need to be screened. one of the issues that happened initially is everything was centralized through the centers for disease control and through the state and local health department. that part was actually fairly

pediatric with the cleveland clinic children's hospital. he's looking at it.the rest of us. thank you so much for taking time. to explain the work and why you're optimistic about it. it's not effecting kids the way we would have expected. what does that mean to you? >> it's very interesting. it's not just this particular coronavirus. the original sars didn't attack kids as much as adults. something about the new coronaviruses are staying away from children and attacking much more the adult population and the older population. why that is is still not clear. it is something that we're very happy. it doesn't mean the kids are off the hook. they can still get infected. we don't want to roll the dice. we need to protect them as much as we protect adults. what is it about bt kids something that will be the biggest clue about the virus that can help us with the out break as well as future out breaks frs coronavirus. >> how do you figure it out? >> we have several theories. first is something about the virus. something about it that the children are more immune to th

we've got several projections, the most pessimistic is the cleveland clinic projection.e also got one from ohio state. so these projections vary between april -- excuse me, between coming up march 15th and april 15th -- excuse me, april and may. and those are the projections. it's a 30-day period time and we're not quite sure when this thing is going to peak. you know, again, part of this is driven by the pact that we don't have, you know, widespread testing. and, you know, that is not unique to ohio. we have seen that throughout, you know, throughout the country. that's been a real challenge. >> well, governor mike dewine, we really appreciate you giving us a status report on what's happening in ohio. i know all sorts of other states have been looking to you and to your state as what could happen if they take aggressive measures as well. thanks so much for taking the time to talk on new day. >> appreciate it. thank you very much. >>> so emergency room doctors are facing the kind of crisis they have never seen before. how are they coping? we have a live report for you ne

want to go to the trusted sites, we're talking the cdc, world health organization, mayo clinic, cleveland clinicserloaded with flu season, so only call if you're sick and having symptoms. but goes to those sites, the cdc, world health organization, and, of course, watching us. >> there you go. dr. john torres, appreciate the information. >>> coming up, you should have on hand from cleaning supplies to food in the event that you get stuck inside. but first these messages if you have moderate to severe psoriasis, little things can become your big moment. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. otezla is associated... ...with an increased risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression... ...or suicidal thoughts or if these feelings develop. some people taking otezla reported weight loss. your doctor should monitor your weight and may stop treatment. upper respiratory tract infe

cleveland clinic has gotten approved to do them. and why you will do one as of monday. nebraska, where i visited, was already doing one. that takes six hours. and they are bio containment, they were doing their own. and cdc would confirm. as of now, lab core and questar's starting to do this monday or tuesday they're going be running specimens. if i bring this to a labcorp or a quest, they will be running it. they are running it as of monday. >> harris: when you hear labs reporting that they want the test, we've just done is take down some of the heat on this misinformation out there. so people actually not only have two go get this ordered by a doctor, physicians are the ones who are responsible then for making sure that this gets run at a lab. which is why you can't just show up and expected to happen. that sounds very basic, but in the frenzy of worry, sometimes we will think things like that. >> here's another point that's related to the point you just made, harris. cdc wants physicians to screen for symptoms. do you have a cough, do you have shortness of breath, do

the cleveland clinic today announced they can do 500 tests a day.hospital in cleveland is getting ready to move forward. university of cincinnati is moving forward. so you're going to see the capacity in ohio go up dramatically in ohio the next few days. again, for our ohio residents, don't be surprised when you see these numbers of confirmed cases go up dramatically but that's pretty much what we had predicted, it's what we thought. that's why we're taking action that may seem to be quite dramatic and tough. but, you know, everything we're doing is to try to save lives. we know doing these things now and not waiting will in fact save lives. >> i know you have written a letter to the vice president mike pence, and i'm looking at it, requesting critical personal protection equipment, including surgical procedural masks and 95 respirators, gowns, gloves. tell us what's going on? you don't have enough in ohio right now. >> i think this is a problem nationwide. the goal, of course, is we're doing all of these dramatic things to level off when we get thi

. >> reporter: this doctor is with the cleveland clinic and says it's more important than ever to reache seniors in your life. watch for potential warning signs. if they say they're having trouble sleeping or eating, you notice they're having low energy or neglecting their physical care, and they're feeling hopeless. >> make sure you connect with them. daily, maybe twice day over the phone or virtually through a platform where you can see their faces. >> reporter: some nursing homes are working to get tablets to residents, and communities are finding ways to reach out safely. like this honks for hugs parade at a senior living facility in cleveland. >> it's thrilling. have i four cars of my family went through today. i was in that window, and i was crying. >> reporter: a show of love to seniors separated by a pandemic. sar sarah dallof, nbc news. >>> let's check bay area weather. rob mayeda is at home right now, self-quarantining, so to speak. doing the weather center from there. rob, what's up? >> doing our part to flatten the curve here. our whole weather team now working remotely all

. >> reporter: there was the message of hope at the cleveland clinic.atient with coronavirus. now we learn who it was. 35-year-old nick brown. he wrote, this window has been the most impactful window in my life. on days when i watched you work hard to keep me and others alive, unable to thank you for the time that you poured into me and although i will probably never get the chance to pour that same love and support into you, i want you to know that i think you all are rock stars. we found the doctors and nurses who treated nick. >> hi, david. i took care of this patient throughout the week. i mean, i cannot tell you how much this means to us. >> reporter: nick's nurse. morgan briskman. >> the first time i saw his note, it brought tears to my eyes. it just makes it all worth it. we're going to get through this together. >> reporter: and this is nick right before he left the hospital. >> just the ability to get back to the point where i can pick up my two little girls, hug them, hug my wife. >> reporter: there are homecomings being celebrated everywhere

the cleveland clinic, for example, is testing now a significant number, we'll see other hospitals do. we'll see these numbers dramatically go up. we don't know how many we have exactly. but we know there are a lot of people out there that are carrying this. part of the message is for young people, those in their 20s, for example, this may not hit you as hard, and you may be willing to take some risks in social -- who you see, but remember, if you go see your grandmother, you may be carrying that to her. that's why we closed the schools. kids have been doing pretty well. >> the cdc said school closures of two to four weeks are actually unlikely to have an impact on mitigating the spread of this virus. you do have schools closed there can in ohio for three weeks. i wonder if there's a possibility that ohio schools will be closed actually for the remainder of the school year. is that possible? >> absolutely. absolutely. look, the projections -- and again, this is all projections, i'm just going by what medical experts are telling us. you know, this may not peak until, you know, the latt

we found a doctor named frank esper, okay, pediatric infectious disease specialist with the cleveland clinic children's hospital, and he's looking at it from the perspective of what it could mean for the rest of us. doctor, thank you so much for taking time out of the work to explain the work and why you're optimistic about it. so it's not affecting kids the way we would have expected. what does that mean to you? >> you know, it's very interesting, and it's not just this particular coronavirus. this actually the sister coronavirus, the original sars also did not kids nearly as much it attacked adults, the same with mers. something about these new coronaviruses are staying away from children and attacking much more the adult population and the older adult population. why that is still not clear, but it is something that, hey, and we're very, very happy, but it does mean the kids are off the hook. they can still get infected and we don't want to roll the dice and find out they can get sick. so we need to protect them just as much as we protect the adults. but what it is about the kids that's g

for example, cleveland clinic, university of cincinnati, some other hospitals are just now basically coming online in their ability to test. we're going to see the number of tests go up dramatically, but what i'm telling the people of ohio, look, none of this should be a surprise. we know there's a bunch of people out there carrying this virus around. that's our message, particularly to young people. you may not get really, really sick. you may get lucky, but you may take that to your grandma who is 80, and you know people in theiriatetheir 80s, the mortality rate is 15% to 20%. >> governor pritzker, chicago does st. paddy's day on a level many cities do not. you have been concerned about the crowds at bars and restaurants around over the weekend. are you thinking about shutting down bars and restaurants, particularly after hearing what dr. fauci said. >> let me compliment governor dewine. we had to provide the leadership because the federal government has fallen down on this. they didn't advice us to shut down events. they're not the ones who advised us to close down schools. we mad

frank esper of the cleveland clinic. >> we're trying to prevent sickness from coming to the health care provider because if we get sick, there may not be enough people to treat the individuals coming in sick. >> nbc news analyst dr. irwin. >> we need gowns. we need face masks. we need goggles and gloves, of course. >> today, the total number of deaths in italy surpassed those in china, which was where the pandemic started. but there was some possible good news. the chinese government said there were no new local infections in china for the first time since the pandemic began four months ago. a possible signal that containment measures there have finally taken hold. one of the most trusted voices in this crisis has been dr. anthony fauchi, the director of the national institute of allergy disease and someone on the front lines of public health for decades. good evening. thank you for joining us. >> good to be with you. >> you talked about the curve of this disease. i want to talk about the learning curve, specifically transmission. is it still your best belief that the contact would eith

we're also seeing cleveland clinics, some of our other hospitals are coming online now, so to speak, going to be able to do some of the testing. we also have some private labs doing testing. we have some capacity. but the protocol remains that we're trying to pick the people who are the sickest to actually do that, that testing. so would we like to have more? sure. but as dr. actin has pointed out, at some point it is not going to be too far in the distance we're going to stop testing because so many people -- >> so many people have it, right. >> we're going to assume they have it after a while. >> on the issue of schools, what are you going to do to accommodate the 700,000, i'm looking at this number now, ohio students who get school lunch assistance. it is not just school, it is a health and nutrition issue. >> this was so gut wrenching because we know so many kids rely on the schools, mainly for breakfast as well as for lunch. i was on the phone yesterday with some of our superintendents, we are really focused on this. 635 or so school districts in the state of ohio. they're all n

purva grover who we will hear fronext, a medical director of pediatric emergency department at e cleveland clinic, tells us how to message to our patients. >> i can tell you first hd, i was working a shift yesterday evening, there remns considerable confusion and chaos amongst our patient populati and, at this time, taking the time to sit down with them and explaining, because if they're able to explain once to the family, the message goes throughout the community and that's extremely important. >> reporter: to address some of the confusion, who should be going to the hospitals? what are thes symptople are looking for? >> right now, if you're having an emergency, a heart attack, a stroke, been in a r accident, people need to go to the hospital, that has to remain that way. if you're hvingymptoms, you're worried you may have covid 19, you have a fever, a cough, the sght thing to do to reach out to your doctor by one or b some other mechanism and talk through where you are, depending on your risk profile, depending on how serious your symptoms are. ideally i would love to test everybody like that b

frank esper, pediatric infectious disease specialist at cleveland clinic's children's hospital. dr.icole saphier, a new york city physician and fox news contributor. great to see all three of you. dr. esper, i'm going to start with you. this idea of kind of the battle daily over what we have and what we don't have. my question is, what do we need? three you know, the answer is that every hospital system has been preparing to figure out exactly what you need. thit the answers you don't deal with it in the now. we plan for today two or three weeks ago. right now today we are planning for two to three weeks from now. every day we are trying to anticipate what are going to be the problems, and have to anticipate those needs from the masks or the ventilators. every system has to do this. unfortunately what you don't want to do, and unfortunately that is happening, is that you don't want to scramble just to get by for today or for the most -- the next couple of days. everybody needs to be sure that we protect each other. we need to protect the health care workers, we need to protect our p

cleveland clinic is getting 8 hour test. nyu starting testing on monday.lone kettering has been doing it for a while now. >> juan: i have a question. >> nicole: that's a big question a lot of people are concerned about this. actually what's going on in italy right now they don't have enough ventilators for the people. it's important to point out in the lombardi region which seems to be the center there, i believe from what i have heard they have a large elderly population and we know this effects elderly more. the people who are presenting with severe disease, 10% of them are having to be ventilated that does not seem likes the general rent labor relation rate it's just in that specific area. we are not seeing that number elsewhere. however, what they're experiencing is they don't have enough. and they are actually having to decide who gets the ventilator and who doesn't. the united states we have more. we have more doctors and hospital beds and ventilators per person than a lot of places in europe do. but we still don't have enough. especially as we have

for example, cleveland clinic, university of cincinnati, some other hospitals are just now basically coming online in their ability to test. we're going to see the number of tests go up dramatically, but what i'm telling the people of ohio, look, none of this should be a surprise. we know there's a bunch of people out there carrying this virus around. that's our message, particularly to young people. you may not get really, really sick. you may get lucky, but you may take that to your grandma who is 80, and you know people in their 80s, the mortality rate is 15% to 20%. >> governor pritzker, chicago does st. paddy's day on a level many cities do not. you have been concerned about the crowds at bars and restaurants around over the weekend. are you thinking about shutting down bars and restaurants, particularly after hearing what dr. fauci said. >> let me compliment governor dewine. we had to provide the leadership because the federal government has fallen down on this. they didn't advice us to shut down events. they're not the ones who advised us to close down schools. we made those d

what each of the private labs -- and we're not talking about obscure labs, we're talking about cleveland clinicmayo clinic, harvard, stanford, even the cdc is not accurately monitoring the capacity of the lab testing. now that we're here, we need, as we're talking to congress about a stimulus package, we need to send a clear signal. there's a lack of faith in this white house, no surprise. we now need to rely on people like the governor that you had talked about, people like mayors to say we're going to work together to make sure that we have testing available. honestly, the worst case in all of this, i'm a practicing doctor, doctors are being told different things. the guidance to doctors is so far behind the times, we are missing the boat talking about trying to only test people that we need to think creativity in which you saw the biden campaign rolling out today. we need to start thinking about how we can get this test to scale for self-testing while you're quarantined in your home and that's the way we're going to fix it. >> i read an interview with the world health organization doctor abo

the cleveland clinic university hospital, sisters of charity, metro health, those are our main hospital chains, they are providing some testing but doing it on a limited basis also because for them to just do it in a mass way it's my understanding would quickly exhaust their supplies and their ability to test at all. they're being very strategic about it. they are the people, the health care people, who know how to handle that. the governor has said what you have said, that it's very limited in what we can do rather than just mass testing. >> how are you keeping the workers in your community, mayor, safe when you talk about waste collectors still being out there, making sure that they're picking up garbage on the streets? how are you keeping them safe from contracting covid-19? >> well, i don't know what you can do other than inform them how to protect themselves in terms of keeping distance from people even with their own fellow employees that they're working with and how to take care of themselves, washing their hands and if they have any symptoms of a cold or a flu to not come to wor

. >> we hear about the tests that cleveland clinic has put together and other tests that have been developed with various times to get responses are all these tests the same >> they're all -- in essence they're the same in that they diagnose to a very high quality standard whether or not the patient has coronavirus or not there are different recipes and different platforms that get to that same end point so they're not all exactly the same in terms of how they get to the end point but the end point in all of these tests is the same >> and dr. cohen, there's been a lot of talk including here on cnbc about how the u.s. can get an outcome more like south korea's where they've really bent the curve on new cases as opposed to italy's where it's been much harder to bring under control. when you say you could have up to 5,000 to 10,000 tests a day within a couple weeks, do you think -- >> within the next week. >> do you think we could expect more of a south korea outcome here >> i think eventually the particularly, again, the national labs like us, are the ones that have the automation to deliver h