you cannot get covid by walking around somewhere, covid will be exchanged by getting up close to somebody where it can be transmitted. if you wear the mask and sanitize your hands, maintain your distance when you go shopping, whatever the case may be, you will do the things that ensure you do not get covid and you will not be spreading covid to somebody else. the reason why i make the last point is this, you may think if i have covid i'm not going to go out. remember there is asymptomatic covid cases. meaning that you may not have any symptoms, you may not know that you have covid and you may still be going out. because you may have it and not know it, that is why it's so important for you to wear a facemask when he got to make sure if you happen to be in asymptomatic covid-19 person that you are doing the right thing by wearing a facemask so you're not spreading covid-19 to somebody else. the strategies that we have learned to reduce the spread of covid-19, they also pertain to businesses in the state of texas. businesses have learned say strategies for their employees as well as their c

and as covid-19 treatments. and when politics intrudes, and research availability is currently engaged in a heroic effort to explore therapeutic things impossible for the covid-19 treatments pretty there may be more that we can do as py makers to provide researchers in the funding and the conditions they need to make progress. they're also more that we can do for the integrity the role of science on foundations and the efforts in this area. our witnesses, in this perspective, our experience in this area some look forward to talking to them about the most effective way to support research and repurchasing his existing therapeutics. and on this pandemic and probably unfortunately, probably for the next one. thank you all. and now the chair recognizes the next person pretty. thank you to everyone for the participation today. the covid-19 pandemic is unlike any and like the 1919 spanish flu. there's very few things as well as for the virus. without you trying to produce a vaccine. thankful that it has changed. our n

-19 or you may have covid-19, make sure you are doing everything you can not to expose others to covid-19. the chiefs it off to of the texas division of emergency management. >> thank you. as cristobal up your to have its texans willgolf, need to keep their eyes turned to the gulf. a wobble have more of to the state of texas then currently predict. i want to thank our local officials who in response to covid-19 have been preparing their hurricane plans and evacuation plans. a lot of teamwork doing double duty in addition to the state agencies and the men and women the localom, partnership -- this will be critical. it is our local elected officials who have the authority to mandate evacuations. we want to make sure that through this hurricane season, we are maintaining that contact with them, to be paying attention to the weather as well and sharing that information with our citizens. we cannot have missteps in evacuation. we want save evacuations and how we used to be able to put 50 people on a bus, that number may be down to 15. working close with a state procurement team to make sure

enough there's anything that is going after covid-19 or possibly the whole family of covid? guest: you can be sure that around the world that a whole series of clinical trials underway and are evaluating the whole spectrum of treatment, different drugs in different trials. these are ongoing in an intense weight and i hope that with the summer and the fall we will start to get some results from ,he trials so that we can treat if you get sick, we can treat you much better. excuse me. this is todd from connecticut. researchindiscernible] on covid-19. a symptomatically transmission, the cdc website has not said there has been a confirmed case. there was an article last month in respiratory medicine for one 450,nt supposedly infected and they tested each one and found that none of them had covid-19. there's been a lot of bad science in this covid-19. [indiscernible] he admitted to fixing his computer model. i just wanted to get that out there. do you have a reference or a study that i could read where au said that there is symptomatic transmission? i cannot specifically cite a sp

as of june 1, they account for 30% of the confirmed covid-19 cases. nd 34% of covid-19 deaths. latinx people are just 10% of the population yet they make up 39% of covid-19 confirmed cases. these statistics are alarming. and they are not acceptable. i want to be clear that there's nothing inthornte black or brown people that makes them more susceptible to severe covid-19 illness. the data should not be used to further racism or fear. the disparity is because people of color have historically had less access to health care, housing, economic opportunity, and more. this virus is exploiting those inequalities. it is up to us to do something about it. so today i'm proud to have signed executive order 143, to address disparities in communities of color that are being highlighted and intensified by the pandemic. this order move our state forward in several areas. first, it creates the andrea harris social, economic, environmental and health equity task force to address these long-term disparities. my friend andrea harris dedicated her life to eliminating disparities in north carolina

don't know if i have covid or had covid or whatever the case may be.i'm still coming to work and i'm still working with these. i could have passed it, i don't know, because there's no way or no means for testing. so when we talk about keeping staff in the building, currently right now the government did pass something to allow tnas to come in the building and help. but that doesn't cut it because when they don't have the education or the background, nor have tooken the state board to do the job that we're doing, to do it effectively and correctively, there's a lot of things that they can't do. they can pass trays but they can't feed people because you have to be trained on how to feed people, making sure they're swallowing, not giving them too much of the food, knowing those types of things. so they're bringing in untrained people for the help, but it's not helpful because they can't change, they can't feed, all they can really do is pass trays. so speaking to staffing in itself, what needs to happen, if we want more staff, and better staff, one, peopl

new federal covid data suggest over 500 staff nationally have died from covid. higher delt rate than commercial fishermen. they are experiencing severe staff shortages as many individuals are unable or unwilling to work in these conditions. we hear a lot about the heroes working in hospitals. these individuals working in nursing homes and making close to minimum wage are risking their health and are heroes too. in many respects covid is to quote a colleague, a crisis upon a crisis. what do we do about all of this? we need to determine why covid has entered certain nursing omes and not others. this is not what my research or the independent research or independent research of other academics suggest. we posted an op-ed on this issue today. we find cases are concentrated wherever covid is in the community. visitors have not been allowed in most facilities since march but staff unknowingly bring the virus from the community into the facility. as a result, covid is soon knob the nursing home where they work. this is to suggest covid is not a bad alps problem. it is

then they test for covid. are they counting them as covid patients? or are the people you are hospitalcoming to the with covid primarily, and that is their primary diagnosis? gov. cooper: i will let dr. cohen address both of those questions but i will say this, we want demographic data that is as specific as possible. we want it statewide. we also want it by county. i will tell you that we have a very disjointed and independent health care system across the state. trying to get all of this data and focus it in one place is a difficult exercise. there is still some reporting that we want and are not getting, but we are working on trying to make sure that all of that demographic information is reported to us but we talk about that frequently in our meeting. how many different places are collecting information about testing, and how many we have to bring into the state. i will let dr. cohen address that as well. dr. cohen: on the collecting of demographic information by testing, that is much different on the positives, when we have positive tests, our tr

i don't know if i have covid or if i i had covid or whatever te case may be.m still coming to work and still working with these people. i could've passed to come i don't know because there's no way for testing. we talked about keeping staff in the building, currently right now the government did pass something to allow cdnas to come in the building and help but that doesn't cut it because you don't have the education or the background nor passing the state board to be job or doing to do it effectively and correctly, there's a lot of things they can't do. yet they can pass trade but they can't feed people -- pass trays. you have to make sure they're swallowing, not giving into much, much of the food come knowing those types of things. they are bringing in and train people for the help that it's not helpful because they can't change, they can't feed all they can do is pass trays. so what needs to happen if you want more staff, better step, people go to school have to take a state board for this. they need to raise up the pay that these cnas are getting. i can go

they comprise 1 in 3 covid deaths.uys have gotten away with murder, and we're here talking about partisan politics? you got to be kidding me. one-third related deaths come from nursingzno homes. and i want to be clear. this was not only because our elderly are more vulnerable to covid-19. this goes, i think, deeper. the fact that too many facilities across our country have been mismanaged for many years. who is in jail? nobody. like the bankers in 2008, nobody. these glaring deficiencies were made worse by this administration, yes, rolling back nursing home protections. that is a fact. that is a fact. you didn't do it, members. they did it. an administration. they rolled back the regulations. i'll cite them if you want me to. in 2017, cms gutted standards in nursing facilities for infection control, facility assessments, and transfers and discharges. if we would have that record, and if we followed up on it as the administration was supposed to under the law, we would have known which places were more vulnerable to the

testing is crucial to our ability to know how fast covid-19 is -- vast covid-19 is in the state. >> i am running out of time. k each of you weekly how you are modernizing your state labs? early.uilt our own lab we made incredible strides on that for us. >> i am proud of her state lab. they scaled up. state labs are very much aware it is it -- where it is at. >> same here. the cares act funding helped a up theeal to beef infrastructure of our state lab. we are not only increasing testing, building a capacity for in the fall asg we look to live and function in this environment. >> thank you. >> chair now recognizes congressman kennedy for five minutes. >> good to see you. experts, including the fdaer cdc director, former commissioner have all stated that a robust and increased contact tracing capacity will be essential to containing covid-19, ensuring communities can resume pre-pandemic life. some states were early leaders on that front, launching a new collaboration in early april to establish a virtual call center of 1000 contact tracers. the nation will need as many as 180,000 contac

all covid has done is expose them.e is expose them. one of them is lack of good healthcare. 0ur healthcare on reservations is run by a federal entity called indian health services, also called ihs. they are funded the very least out of all federal medical programmes, and that leaves ihs facilities understaffed, and it means the doctors and nurses don't have proper ppe or anything else. and the other problem is lack of healthy food availability. like, i went to my reservation, which is rosebud, and i went to purchase apples. they were $5 a lb. who can afford healthy food ? apples. they were $5 a lb. who can afford healthy food? not the natives. and it leaves all of us with high rates of diabetes, autoimmune diseases, cancer, and all of those things play into the high morbidity of covid with native americans. so, you knew already that there's a situation with underlying health conditions, problems for native american communities, and yet when it comes to something like corona by, this isn't somewhere where the federal am

fire departments are getting crushed by covid-19.when firefighters are exposed to covid-19, we quarantine them for 14 days. we covering these staffing shortfalls with overtime and back fill pay. the costs of n-95 masks have increased. this situation resulted in reduced service to communities and layoffs. the isc surveyed its membership in may, fire departments expect to suffer 16.9 billion in budget shortfalls across the nation in 2021. our survey also found that approximate 1,000 fire department personnel had been laid off and additional 30,000 firefighters may be laid off in the next 12 months. if there's a second wave, fire departments will need federal assistance to fight this plague. the c.a.r.e.s. act included a special appropriation of 100 million for the afg program. fema has moved quickly to open the application period for these grants which closed on may 15th. dhs waived requirements for 2019 and 2020 safer grants to make it easier for fire departments to hire firefighters. as the nation fights the covid-19 pandemic, firefi

then covid breaks out. charles: now, covid breaks out, and now this causes panic.joseph and others there describe dangerous conditions at the mesa verde facility, 100 men crammed into a small space, double bunks 2 to 3 feet apart, only 5 bars of soap for the entire dorm. charles: now, the staff were coming in and out with no masks, no gloves. total disregard, you know, total disregard. and then on top of that, they frisk us down, so they pat us down, touching us with--you know, they could infect us, they come to our living areas and search our living areas, and it's not like they search it and they disinfect it and leave. no, they search it and they just leave, they just leave it like that. and it's not right, you know? stephen: were you scared? charles: i was afraid. i was very afraid, so i began to make a list. stephen: joseph made a list of 40 men inside the detention center that he says have health conditions that make them vulnerable to covid-19, including himself. he suffers from asthma. during a video chat with a community organizer, joseph and his fellow de

it was parsed into covid-19. they serve more time than they otherwise would have if the program continued in some form. they were extended by the number of months the program was caused. in addition to this, the staff, fci violated the cares act, by not allowing incarcerated women to make free video falls, they couldn't figure out how to make these calls free and were not going to comply by william barr making the policy by lockdowns necessitated by the coronavirus. the release request from those at high risk of serious covid-19 complications who meet the attorney general's criterion and another case manager would only make one copy of the lease request. the human toll of these cavalier policies is enormous. lisa crowe who is only 43 years old has stage iv breast cancer and been given 12 months to live. she cannot dress or wash herself, and it is confined to a wheelchair when she has enough energy to get up at all. after much advocacy the warden agreed to home confinement but the regional office would not approve

ordered they could not be tested for covid.rida who realized seniors were most vulnerable and went the other direction. elizabeth: you know, to your, hear what you're saying. governor cuomo also signed off on a legal liability shield so people could not sue nursing homes after the industry lobbied him in, you know in albany. here's the thing. he blames cdc guidelines. cdc, i hear what you're saying, cdc is saying our guidelines saying you should have ppe, you should have had inspections, "politifact" is saying, governor cuomo you can't blame federal government, or cdc. you can only blame yourself. >> not a dime of the money congress appropriated in a bipartisan way for testing in cares package has gone into testing for nursing homes in new york. not a dime. he is threatening to cut funding medicaid for nursing homes in the middle of all this crisis after he made them a deadly dumping ground for covid positive patients. these are not just numbers. these are not just patients. these are fathers, mothers, fathers, grandmothers who

this is -- for covid-19. this is unique situation we find ourselves in and it is important people have the confidence to go and get care and testing and treatment that is essential for fighting the virus and for building a follow-up success. >> thank you. this pandemic has made it clear when some members of our communities are excluded from equitable access to necessary resources and services, it hurts us all. the pandemic, obviously free testing and treatment at the eventual vaccine for covid-19 is critical. as more and more people lose their employment, lose their source of income, almost 44 million americans without, that have filed unappointed claims and 27 minimum who have lost health care, the reality is they also have other health care needs that are going to need to be covered. and that is why i have introduced the edit care crisis program act, which would expand medicaid eligibility to those who are uninsured and extend medicare to recently unemployed individuals and their households during the covid

of your state's covid. other states have instituted mandatory testing in -- testing of nursing a resident in stabbed, but apparently, you have not. why not, governor? can you answer those questions, please? gov. whitmer: i want to thank you for raising these questions, and with all do respect, i will not go toe-to-toe with you and every allegation that you have alleged. i will say this though, the united states lost valuable time in the early days of covid-19 when we could have been planning, when there could have been a national strategy. we still don't have slavs. -- we still don't have enough swab. the enemy is not one another. it is a virus, and the virus does not stop at a state line, and it does not stop at a party line. we have to ban together to address the crisis that has that hasur nation, killed over 100,000 americans that has unemployed millions of americans. until we get our arms around the health crisis, the economic crisis will be longer and deeper , and that is precisely why we have to get t

is learning how to manage covid. although different than covid-19, we were able to quickly respond by rapidly modifying and bolstering existing plans during the onset of covid-19. transparency remains critically important in our response to this pandemic as we continue to debunk myths and correct misinformation. our agency immediately created a dedicated web page highlighting all modifications to i.c.e. modifications. it is updated daily. some examples of statistics outlined on the website include number of covid-19 cases diagnosed at each facility, the number of detainees tested and our current detainee population totals. since january, i.c.e. has worked continuously to development, implement and refine protocols in accordance with cdc guidelines. in march, i.c.e. had disease control specialist, field operators to enhance measures to minimize the spread of covid-19. i.c.e. created a covid-19 specific plan outlining pandemic response requirements, previously issued guidance but tailored for the current situation. tak

they were segregating doctors into covid doctors and non-covid doctors.eople immediately put masks on. they were already accustomed to it. you didn't have this idea that putting on a mask was somehow a violation of their freedom. hong kong had a lot of advantages. they've dealt with and contained pandemics before. sars, h1n1. they've had success to build on. everyone i spoke to in hong kong told me this was coming to the rest of the world. >> there are people in the western world saying that there is nothing to be worried about. >> so you don't think they're sounding the alarm loud enough? >> no. >> in retrospect, it all sounds obvious. but way back in february, doctors in hong kong were telling me exactly how this virus spreads. >> we've seen many cases of clustered infections within families and groups of friends, who pass on the virus to one another just within a mealtime. they have lunch or dinner together. >> one meal? >> yes. and then they transmit the virus to one another. >> that's what i remember most about hong kong, they were acting early, they

covid-19 hit minority communities disproportionately. it's hit lower income americans, especially hard. it's targeted the elderly, it's taken a cruel talk americans with underlying health conditions like diabetes and cancer. we face an evil enemy we face it of the united country. we understand the grief, we work to flatten the curve, we understand communities are trying to pull together to get through this. in my district which includes parts of the city of new orleans from we've lost over 1300 of our friends and neighbors. more than 400 nursing home residents have died from covid-19. our largest hospital system reported this week that 77% hospitalized covid-19 patients were african-american. more than half fatalities have been minorities. names and faces of victims include people like a friend of mine, a legendary, an educator, patriarch of the marsalis family. through his fame, and death draws attention to the impact of musicians, artists, particularly in the african-american community that represent so much of the culture and diversit

handling a covid positive patient? for suspected covid positive patient? the understanding of what was safe and what was not has evolved very rapidly over this crisis? are you getting a good level of information? or is there room for improvement? >> i'm sure there is always room for improvement, but i think most of the volunteer fire service is relying upon the guidance from cdc. >> chief ludwig, any comment? >> i will echo, yes, we are stakeholders on many of those consensus building committees for standards with the fda and also a part of from the ms office with the national highway traffic safety administration where they developed the crick limper medical care, we are stakeholders in that -- the curriculum for medical care. the standard we use we call, when we protect ourselves, whether a covid patient or if they have a blood-borne disease or any airborne disease, though standards are universal. we as universal precautions on all patients. we were fearful of the fear factor, of how spreadable is this disease? how transmittable is this disease? could it

it was covid. i said disease comes across as border every day. even before covid.hickenpox, measles. the border is not just about illegal immigration. it's not just about illegal drugs. coming across our border every day. another important reason to have that wall. the dangerous thing is a lot of the large communities in mexico say war in south el paso, five times of war, they will inundate the hospital in south el paso. having nothing to do with the american population let alone a population four times the size south of the border. >> the epicenter for the global outbreak is in south america. brazil is having a really hard time. talk to us about how the border officials have to deal with diseases and outbreaks like covid-19. what is the impact on the border >> that is why this president did a great thing when he suspended all immigration on the southern border. instead of taking them into custody and putting them in i.c.e. facilities. we will turn them right back around and send them back to mexico. this is about protecting our border patrol agent and i.c.e. agent

from covid-19 in nursing homes. the integrity of the data is not clear because michigan is one of the last states to report the data. they were the third to last date based on our work. they also have had a big outbreak overall. 3% of all people in long-term facilities have died from covid-19, one of the highest in the country. it is a real problem. what concerns me about michigan is that michigan refused for many weeks to disclose the nursing home vitality data until they were forced a nursing home to report that data. week or weeky the and a half ago that michigan , but itving that data was underreported. what can be done to address data shortcomings coming forward to ensure we have the best information to make crucial policy decisions. nursing homes are required to report fatalities to the federal government. andonly starts on may 5, only applies to nursing homes and not assisted living medically for less vulnerable seniors. we will not get complete data, but that will help. the lives ofotect people living in the

covid has hit lower income americans especially hard. covid has targeted the elderly. covid has taken a pool toll on americans with underlying health conditions like diabetes and cancer. we face an insidious, people covid has targetedenemy, but wea united country. we understand the grief, we work to flatten the curve, we understand communities are trying to pull together to get through this. in my district, which includes parts of the city of new orleans, we lost over 1300 friends and neighbors, more than 400 nursing home residents have died from covid-19. our largest hospital system just 77% ofd this week that hospitalized covid patients were african-american. more than half the facade -- half the tallies have been minorities. the names and faces of covid victims include people like a friend of mine, ellis marsalis, legendary jazz pianist, and educator, and the patriarch of the marsalis family. to theth draws attention impact on the musicians and artists, particularly in the african-american community that represent so much of the culture and diversity and vitality of

but covid-19 is a global pandemic of unprecedented proportions. >> we're all at risk of contracting covid and curiosity, there's a bridge. between ideas and inspiration, trauma and treatment. gained a couple of more pounds. that's good for the babies. between the moments that make us who we are, and keeping them safe, private and secure, there's webex. ♪ ♪ beautiful. >>> what do we know works from other countries at this point, if anything? what could we still change now to try to emulate other country's best practices. are there things we are doing now we thought wrong. g now we thought wrong >>> education is the best way to understand our history. so we can be better prepared for a peaceful future, one in which systemic racism is a thing of the past. for generations our education systems have been set up to fail people of color. now, disruption caused by covid-19 has turned a bad situation into a desperate one overnight. it's simple, they can't receive good education they can't contribute to society and fall into a devastating cycle of poverty. we need to demand from our leaderle to bui

what has osha done with covid-19? just like the obama administration, it is issued detailed guidelines, placed an enforcement emphasis on higher risk workplaces, used an occupational risk pyramid to categorize worker risk and remind of the existing standards on ppe, respirators, sanitation and others as well as obligations under the osha acts general duty clause to provide employers with a same and healthy workplace. in addition osha and the cdc have issued industry specific guidance for health care, nursing home and long-term care, retail pharmacy, car service, packaged delivery, retail, construction, manufacturing, restaurant and dental workplaces. and is still working on it. there are two problems with requiring a standard. first, we are still learning about this disease. and we just don't know enough information to meet the level necessary and appropriate to construct an adequate emergency temporary standard and a permanent federal regulation and that is why the various guidance documents issued are so useful. the

in the time of covid—19. their harmony in the face ofan covid—19.ighty challenge. what does the future hold for the men and women in and out of uniform? and can the nhs adapted to a new normal way of working? with a virus that could be here to stay. we were given unprecedented access to the covid—19 wards of the royal london hospital and east end. we had permission from all the patients and their families to film. go go go. we watch the agonising attacks. lets call the family. to save this man who was just 55. and we spoke with a nurse, the only person by his side as he slipped away. ijust sat on a chair and held his hand to be with him in that time. he was a proud father of four sons, including this man here on his graduation day. he wanted to speak to us about his dad. on his graduation day. he wanted to speak to us about his dadlj on his graduation day. he wanted to speak to us about his dad. i only got married last year, so it has been one year and a bit, so yeah, i guess that was... again, you know, none of us would have thought this time last

but covid-19 is a global pandemic of unprecedented proportions. >> we're all at risk of contracting covidld be. it gives students hardware and connectivity, and provides curriculum to train teachers. now, we are a school that has high growth and high achievement. i see new opportunities for our students, and i see them truly hopeful for what they may achieve. okay, give it a try. between wisdom and curiosity, there's a bridge. between ideas and inspiration, trauma and treatment. gained a couple of more pounds. that's good for the babies. between the moments that make us who we are, and keeping them safe, private and secure, there's webex. ♪ ♪ beautiful. >>> education is the best way to understand our history. so we can be better prepared for a peaceful future, one in which systemic racism is a thing of the past. for generations our education systems have been set up to fail people of color. now, the destruction caused by covid-19 has turned a bad situation into a desperate one overnight. it's simple. if you can't receive a good education, they can't contribute to society. if they can't co

hospital beds currently have covid-19. that is how we asked the question. there may be some people who came forward for different reasons. what i am reminded of about this virus is we are beginning to understand all the ways in which a virus could present. we know this virus causes inflammatory disease, particularly, we are seeing this new multi-and planetary disease of children. we are also seeing inflammatory disease in adults. if someone comes in with a heart attack, a heart attack or an infarction can be an inflammatory event. is that covid? is that just art attack? i don't know if that has any clinical different at this point. i think what we want to do is track our utilization. what we are seeing in our health care system is where getting overwhelmed. i think it is important to know that if someone is in the hospital and has covid-19, not just because understanding their clinical pattern but also for isolating them and making sure they are not co-mingled with other patients that are not covid-19 and seeing that virus

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-19 or may have covid-19. if you want a test, get a test. we have a test available. .. a 120 plus locations and it will help us inform better data-driven decisions. >> [inaudible] how concerned are you about the process and how confident >> so, matt, it's twofold. one is in the reopening of our economy, arizonans were great, staying at home, staying healthy instinct connected. but with trinity seymour activity in our economy. we saw some of the gatherings that happened over at memorial day. of course we've seen some of the gatherings that it happened for a righteous cause. a lot of young people in those crowds, which is good news, saw a lot of masks in those crowds which is good news. didn't see a lot of social distancing. so we need to be prepared, come what may. this wasn't just in arizona. this was across our nation. so it is something that of course we are aware of that we believe, were prepared for but were going to remain vigilant to monitor these numbers. i would say to anyone out there who's been exerc

covid response. so i want to make sure that everyone knows that you're voting on that. and before you vote we need to check to see if there's public comment. public comment line, can you let us know if there's anyone on the line for this. it looks like there's no public comment. so you can all do a vote. >> president bernal: mark, will you call the roll. >> clerk: yes. commissioner bernal, yes. commissioner green. yes. commissioner guillermo, yes. commissioner giraudo. yes. and commissioner giraudo can you keep your commissioners on while you're on the camera and commissioner chow? yes. great. thank you. so that item passes and we can move on to the next item, the director's report. but dr. colfax is having trouble logging in. so if we might -- because he has the next few items, if we may go to general public comment if that's okay with you all, commissioners? and let's give everyone a few minutes to make sure that they -- in case they're watching and there's a lag time, that they're able to see the

go to covid-19 don and see h .gov.once you are tested answer the call from the local health department so that others may have been exposed can get the support and resources they need. you couldn't get a sense of what this process looks like with new info graphic that are online they go over the testing and contact tracing process. it is important to stay home if you are sick and stay home for 14 days if you had a close contact with someone who had covid-19. we need to remember that we all have the power to keep this virus level low. we can protect our families and our neighbors and slow the spread of the virus if we all do our part and do the 3w's: where a face covering, weight 6 feet apart, wash your hands frequently. it is the combination of these actions that protect our families and neighbors. continue to take care of yourself and those around you.re thank you, governor. >> thank you, doctor cohen. as our emergency operation centers stay activated for our covid-19 response a dedicated team at the north carolina of

and we'll begin with nbc's tom costello in washington >> reporter: with long lines for testing and covid9 cases surging once again in the south and the west, the nation's top coronavirus experts today warned congress the pandemic remains a very real threat >> we are now seeing a disturbing surge of infections >> reporter: nationwide, 23 states are reporting an increase in casesof 25% or more over the last two weeks with increases of 100% or more in hawaii, oklahoma, montana, florida, arizona, south carolina, wyoming, and oregon. experts believe it could be linked to the memorial day weekend when millions of americans chose to leave home and socialize in large groups >> the next couple weeks are going to be critical in our ability to address those surgings we're seeing >> reporter: the stats today, 2.3 million confirmed cases across the country. 120,000 deaths and climbing by 500 to 1,000 each day experts warn of a potentially horrifying death toll to come the possibility of 200,000 deaths by the fall >> we have large parts of the country that believe somehow the pandemic is over and we'r

. >>> arizona, florida, setting new records for covid cases. california reporting a spike, the governor's new order on wearing masks there. >>> inside the hospital covid unit in new york, the one-time epicenter, how they're bracing for a possible second wave. >>> new fallout from john bolton's book, bolton saying his old boss isn't fit for office the president's furious reaction >>> his controversial new comments about juneteenth, what he said that's raising i eyebrows ahead of his rally in tulsa his supporters lined up as health officials fear the event could become a super spreader for covid. >>> the massive lines, hundreds waiting hours for unemployment benefits >>> and the end of an era for an american political dynasty. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone, a stunning blow to president trump today, and a victory for undocumented immigrants known as dreamers the u.s. supreme court blocking the president from shutting down the program that has shielded hundreds of thousands of young people, brought here

democrats are fighting to capitalize on covid-19 and protests. tonight we welcome acting dhs deputy secretary ken cuccinelli in a fox business exclusive on president trump's new executive order on police reform. breaking down what it means for the men and women on the thin blue line keeping america safe and also democrats now attacking the president's new order even though they have the same measures in their own bill. plus va secretary, white house covid-19 task force member robert wilkie on house republicans now probing five democrat governors including governors, cuomo, whitmer, newsom for state policies that forced nursing home to take back in covid-19 recovering parents. republican steve scalise says this was a quote, death sentence for tens of thousands. also harmeet dillon joins us on the u.s. supreme court letting stand a california century law as california defund the police movement risks a ratcheting up on crime. jason chaffetz weighs in on president trump slamming media double standard, tweeting far left media had no covid problem wit

but i'm not clear what you are doing with the contract as a relates to covid drugs, covid-19 drugs now. have you given some covid drugs to the government that we do not know about? dr. vantrieste: yes. we provided over 1.6 million vials of drugs to support covid patients, like broad-spectrum antibiotics, heart medications, local anesthetics. these are safe products that we provide our members on a routine basis. --y include ketamine sen. wyden: but you were doing that before the covid-19 pandemic, weren't you? dr. vantrieste: we were not supplying the national stockpile. sen. wyden: you have the drugs? dr. vantrieste: we have the drugs. sen. wyden: i am just trying to find what value added government got for its money. and i would like to know, what s is the contractor making? dr. vantrieste: the prime contractor is making an api which will produce pharmaceutical ingredients and their precursors, which we are really dependent upon as china, as people talked about earlier, especially the precursors. and this is using brand new technology called advanced manufacturing, but it is not for

what do we know right now about convalescent plasma for fighting covid-19? >> convalescent plasma is when you take the natural immunity from people who have recovered from covid-19, those antibodies, and administer them to people who are sick. whatever participated with the mayo clinic to develop an expanded access program. we have safety data from 20,000 patients that shows this is a safe therapy. the preliminary data is quite encouraging. we continue to look at the information. if those data hold, we will have potentially another weapon in the armamentarium against covid-19, pending those final results. this will also allow us to have information that will feed the development of monoclonal antibodies and something else called hyperimmune globulin, we can pull that plasma and give it as an injection to people. it's a good news story right now. we have to wait for the final data to come in. and we should know shortly about that. there are also several randomized trials looking at this as well that are ongoing across the country. >> cdc has developed a new t

they were segregating doctors into covid doctors and non-covid doctors.eople immediately put masks on. they were already accustomed to it. you didn't have this idea that putting on a mask was somehow a violation of their freedom. hong kong had a lot of advantages. they've dealt with and contained pandemics before. sars, h1n1. they've had success to build on. everyone i spoke to in hong kong told me this was coming to the rest of the world. >> there are people in the western world saying that there is nothing to be worried about. >> so you don't think they're sounding the alarm loud enough? >> no. >> in retrospect, it all sounds obvious. but in february, doctors in hong kong were telling me how this virus spreads. >> we've seen many cases of clustered infections within families and groups of friends, who pass on the virus to one another just within a mealtime. they have lunch or dinner together. >> one meal? >> yes. then they transmit the virus to one another. >> that's what i remember most about hong kong, they were acting early, they knew what it was, an

mister chairman, describing air pollution to covid-19? seriously? it's a simplistic answer to a: a question. once again, you are taking advantage of a public health crisis to testify your parties agenda against fossil fuels. we shouldn't jump to conclusions. some have advocated that pre-existing conditions such as hypertension and diabetes are linked to covid-19 but a recent study from hofstra concluded otherwise. people have been studying this issue for five months i agree that this is a complicated situation but we need more data . for example , welsh in mcdowell county with all these problems has only experienced six cases of covid and no deaths. in the meantime, in lou of building fossil fuels why are we researching developing technologies to capture carbon emissions and provide a lifeline to distressed communities like welsh, farland and petersburg? those communities are all hearing the same stories you and i are hearing . the fight is already set. fossil fuels will have no part inthis administration . therefore, our front-line communities like

guest: it's a typical story for covid. this is something that we saw appear when covid was bad. people who live together, family units tend to get it as a family unit. this is where you could see the variability in the disease. i had situations where one spouse was incredibly sick. wife.r to mike's life -- and sometimes the symptoms would linger. but the other spouse wasn't. now that the antibody tests are available, people want to know what happened so they are getting tested, and everybody in the household is positive. it's rare for me to see a situation where the wife has it and the husband doesn't. it's not unheard of, but it's almost unheard of. it really does pass through. we talk to people about what happened in most people with the disease are fine, maybe they lost a sense of smell for a day , it's not just about individual sickness, it's about the fact that it's so infectious it blows through a place and overwhelms the health care system, and does not allow for anything else to happen. that's really where it gets dangerous. attacks from virginia, are there studies done