jon andrus. good morning. caller: good morning gentlemen. people living in new york and new orleans, i think a lot of them are leaving. they're just taking their family and moving on. if anybody has ever driven by 10 across the middle of texas, i live in a town of 23,000 that has no cases yet but we are right off the freeway. we are 75 miles from san antonio and 150 miles from anything. so people that need gas, a bathroom, food traveling east west across america. our four or five gas stations are just packed. louisiana, florida, illinois. california license plates. they are going in, standing in line, getting gas, using the restroom. i think this is something that needs to stop because i think these are serious places where this disease is traveling. people are getting it and they are traveling somewhere else and i would appreciate any response that you would have to that question. host: thanks for calling. we have seen the same concerns about people in places like the florida keys and the area leading up to new england. people traveling and

jon andrus. good morning. caller: good morning gentlemen. people living in new york and new orleans, i think a lot of them are leaving. they're just taking their family and moving on. if anybody has ever driven by 10 across the middle of texas, i live in a town of 23,000 that has no cases yet but we are right off the freeway. we are 75 miles from san antonio and 150 miles from anything. so people that need gas, a bathroom, food traveling east west across america. our four or five gas stations are just packed. louisiana, florida, illinois. california license plates. they are going in, standing in line, getting gas, using the restroom. i think this is something that needs to stop because i think these are serious places where this disease is traveling. people are getting it and they are traveling somewhere else and i would appreciate any response that you would have to that question. host: thanks for calling. we have seen the same concerns about people in places like the florida keys and the area leading up to new england. people traveling and

jon andrus. good morning. caller: good morning gentlemen.ple living in new york and new orleans, i think a lot of them are leaving. they're just taking their family and moving on. if anybody has ever driven by 10 across the middle of texas, i live in a town of 23,000 that has no cases yet but we are right off the freeway. we are 75 miles from san antonio and 150 miles from anything. so people that need gas, a bathroom, food traveling east west across america. our four or five gas stations are just packed. louisiana, florida, illinois. california license plates. they are going in, standing in line, getting gas, using the restroom. i think this is something that needs to stop because i think these are serious places where this disease is traveling. people are getting it and they are traveling somewhere else and i would appreciate any response that you would have to that question. host: thanks for calling. we have seen the same concerns about people in places like the florida keys and the area leading up to new england. people traveling and con

jon andrus who is an adjunct professor of global health at george washington university. your take on the president's announcement yesterday after the grim forecast, president is extending the social distancing limits until the end of april. what do you make of that move? >> i think that's excellent. i think the evidence has to be in the drivers seat and i have to commend him for taking that action. host: let me show you the johns hopkins statistics that are out there. total confirmed cases around the world approaching 750,000. total deaths approaching 35,000. we have been reviewing the u.s. numbers this morning. the numberssee in and recent trends and other news from recent days. put this in perspective for us. when i personally try to put this in perspective i think about my 35 years working in global health and there are two events that i think i use personally as touchstones in dealing with this current crisis. one is india. i worked in the 1990's in india and saw firsthand in 1994 how the ague crisis brought the country to its knees. it was mismanaged. there was misc

jon andrus, epidemiologist and immunization specialist at george washington university discusses the. response to the coronavirus pandemic. then, taxpayers for common sense president steve ellis talks about what is in the to trillion dollar coronavirus aid bill recently passed by congress. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: with the united states death toll from coronavirus approaching 2500, the president made the announcement he is extending social distancing guidelines until at least april 30. big news coming out of that briefing with reporters last night. we want to get your reaction this monday morning, march 30, to the president's news extending the social distancing guidelines to april 30. if you live in the eastern or central time zones, call (202) 748-8000. the mountain1 four and pacific t