jon lapook on assignment for "60 minutes." >> lapook: three months ago, most americans had never hearda coronavirus, let alone the one causing the respiratory disease covid-19. what began as an outbreak in china has become a worldwide epidemic, with more than 100,000 cases in more than 90 countries. there is no vaccine or specific drug to treat it. instead, there is hygiene and quarantine. here in the united states, there's been panic buying of sanitizers and panic selling of stocks. hundreds have been diagnosed with the virus, yet a lack of tests has made it impossible to determine just how many people are infected. at least 20 are dead. at the johns hopkins hospital in baltimore, maryland, doctors have been preparing for weeks... >> you want an a.b.g. with i- cal. >> lapook: ...for what they believe will be a surge of sick patients infected with the coronavirus. what is this all? >> dr. lisa maragakis: this is our incident command center. >> lapook: when we visited the hospital this past week, infectious disease doctor lisa maragakis was overseeing a team of 40. doctors, nurses, engi

lapook, thank you. more now, on the president's trip to capitol hill. he spoke with republicans about ways to ease the economic fallout from the outbreak. options include tax relief and help for hourly workers, and weijia jiang reports he's shrugging off questions about his health. >> reporter: president trump insists he does not need to be tested for coronavirus... >> i feel extremely good. >> reporter: even though he's had close contact with members of congress who were exposed to the disease, like congressman matt gaetz who rode with him on air force one yesterday, before he tested negative. >> i spoke to the white house doctor. he said he sees no reason to do it. there are no symptoms, no anything. >> reporter: the president also claimed the country's economic pain due to the virus was overblown. >> it will go away. just stay calm. it will go away. >> reporter: and though the markets finished up almost 5% following yesterday's nosedive, the administration is pushing several measures to bolster the economy, including paid sick leave, loans to small b

jon lapook joins us now.n, good to see you. >> norah, nice to see you. >> o'donnell: the surgeon general is warning that this week it is going to be bad. what exactly should america prepare for? >> well, i think we should prepare for understanding that we have to flatten that curve, right? if there are more and more cases happening, we have to buy into the fact that when people do social distancing, when they do the hand washing properly, they're making a difference. >> o'donnell: we've heard stories of doctors over-prescribing drugs like hydroxychloroquine, which could be a possible treatment for covid-19. eel on this so dangerous? , norah. i understand the instinct to have it just in case, but when it's sitting there in your medicine cabinet unused, guess what? the people who actually need it may not be able to get it, and that's actually happening where people who have lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, where it is proven to work, they're not able to get it. >> o'donnell: so we are now halfway through the federa

jon lapook explains. ♪ >> reporter: as social distancing keeps us apart -- ♪ artists are doing what they'vering us together. ♪ all across the country, performers young and old are showcasing their talent for all of us to appreciate. and here in new york city, the great white way has gone dark. but stars are shining brightly. ♪ producer james wesley and his husband seth rudetsky have begun live streaming with broadway performers. ♪ from their homes as a way to raise money for the actors fund. ♪ monday was opening night featuring tony award winner kelli o'hara. ♪ i can't get it out of my heart ♪ >> reporter: i weighed in with medical advice. we've heard a lot about social distancing. that means keeping away there each other. just about now we could all use a little optimism. ♪ of course, we also need to look to science. ♪ but we can't lose sight of the importance of kindness, empathy, and staying emotionally connected. >> you can always count on -- on the arts. ♪ >> reporter: dr. jon lapook, cbs news, new york. >>> comedy legend mel brooks is helping in the fight against the coronavirus. he a

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jon lapook, cbs news, new york. >>> joe biden is a lot closer to the democratic nomination for president this morning. cbs news is projecting that biden won at least four of the six states that held contests yesterday. the former vice president won missouri, mississippi, idaho, and the key state of michigan. bernie sanders won michigan four years ago. washington state is still a tossup, and we're waiting for more votes to come in from north dakota. biden now has 820 delegates in the state contests held so far. sanders has 670. 1,991 delegates are needed for the nomination. laura podesta has been following all the results from here in new york. laura, what does it mean for bernie sanders and his campaign moving forward? >> reporter: well, according to him he's not slowing down for three reasons. one, he's holding out hope for the votes still being tabulated in washington and north dakota. two, he has a debate against biden coming up sunday where he's hoping to look like the stronger candidate. and three, next tuesday is another big primary day when arizona along with florida, ohio, and il

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jon lapook, always good to have you. thank you so much. and tonight the outbreak is threatening to send the cruise ship industry into crisis. the state department is warning americans not to take cruises right now. more than 14 million people do in a normal year. manuel bojorquez reports tonight from miami. >> reporter: the new state department warning against traveling on cruise ships during the outbreak did not deter these passengers leaving from port miami. in fact, six ships set sail today. >> we have clorox wipes. we're good. we're going to be healthy. we'll be all right. just don't touch the handrails. >> reporter: but the ships are leaving with fewer passengers, an indication the slowdown is already hitting the $53 billion a year industry, responsible for 420,000 jobs in this country alone. >> they have more cancellations right now than reservations as of last week, and this is revenue they can't recoup. and then it doesn't trickle down, it tumbles down. >> reporter: tumbles down? >> sure. it's the restaurant worker, the cab driver,

jon lapook, cbs news, new york. >> o'donnell: and now we want to share a remarkable story of survivalu'll recall one of the first major outbreaks in the u.s. was inside a nursing home in seattle. at least 39 people died at the life care center. jonathan vigliotti reports now about a resilient woman who despite a dire prognosis, beat the odds.>> reporter: geneva wos lid a ng a feisty life. the 90-year-old mother, grandmother, and great- reandmother has witnessed wars and recessions, but nearly died from coronavirus. >> i didn't want to eat. i didn't eat from monday 'til friday. >> reporter: that must have been very scary for you, that moment when you found out your mother rys positive. >> you just kind of think it's a death sentence with her age. >> reporter: doctors said geneva was not going to make it. >> the next day we were in there we were in there saying g you shared if you don't mind sharing that with us. >> "it's okay. you've fought a hard battle." >> i knew that i was leaving them, but i was leaving them with peace and that i wanted them to know that i love them and enjoyed th

jon lapook. thatost viscertilike this.ear. not surprisingly, fear is the subject of a school of research all its own as we'll be hearing from david pogue, in our cover story . >> coronavirus fear is normal even healthy right up to the point it gets dangerous. >> most don't have the expert knowledge so when are afraid we engage in behaviors like putting on a mask that may not work. the fear is using judgment in ways that aren't useful. >> the rational and the rational, and irrational responses to an invisible threat, ahead on sunday morning. much as we might not want to think about it a rapid increase in coronavirus cases could soon force doctors to make extremely difficult medical and ethical choices as we'll be hearing from ted koppel. >> hospitals are desperately short of ventilators and as the numbea decisions. so you've got me in your hospital. and you've got a 22 year old, and both of us need that piece of equipment. who gets it? >> i think by most the younger person would be assigned that ventilator. >> then look in the

jon lapook census. chip reid has the story. >> reporter: this is took sook bay, alaska, on the behring sea about as far as you can get away from the united states. this is the director of the census bureau who flew in on a frigid january day to count the first person in our nation's 2020 census. the constitutionally mandated once a decade count of every single person within our borders. >> 2020 census has begun. >> reporter: it was very emotional to me. >> the entire village had gathered. they were playing native music. they were celebrating the 2020 census. an rte that across the nation. >> reporter: it seems steven dilling ham is not alone in his passion for the census. >> what do you know about the census? >> not much. >> reporter: in february we traveled to houston, texas, where activists went door to door to make sure t itill f counted. >> some people are very happy to see us. some people don't even open the door. >> reporter: she says many people have no idea how important the census is. not only

jon lapook to find out what that means going forward.nd then it is on to where most of us are working from these days, at home. it certainly has its challenges, as we'll hear from david pogue in our cover story. >> we know of only one way to stop the spread of covid-19: stay home all of the time. >> how do we keep ourselves intac physically, mentally, staying productive until this hopefully blows over. >> how do we? tips for working and living at home. without going stir crazy. >> cowan: the adage "the show must go on," doesn't apply in the middle of a pandemic. even broadway has shuttered its doors. and you'll find sarah jessica parker and matthew broderick. this morning they're talking with jane pauley. >> sarah jessica parker and matthew broderick, together in marriage, and finally on stage again in neil simon's "plaza suite." >> somebody would say, you and i should do something together. and we'd say, what? and they'd say, i'm not sure. >> coming up, reflections on courtship, kids, and covid-19. >> cowan: in a time of involuntary con

john lapook. >> doctor: coronavirus is spreading quickly.ave been reported in at least 90 countries, including hundreds in the united states. and we're now seeing what is called community spread in the u.s. that means the original source of the infection is not clear. one example is in king county, washington, where a major outbreak has been linked to a nursing home. it's hard to know just how widespread the virus is in america partly because there have not been enough test kits available here. the f.d.a. announced friday that the supply of those kits is quickly ramping up. the average american is still at low risk, but that can change. we'll remind you how you can protect yourself. wash your hands. if you have to sneeze or cough, you your elbow or tissues. and keep your hands away from your face. easier said than done, i know. whether you're sick, whether it is coronavirus or something else, don't go to work. i know the financial loss can be tough, but that is something we have to address as a society. if you're having symptoms typical of a

jon lapook. >> coronavirus is spreading quickly. more than 100,000 cases have been reported in at least 90 countries including hundreds in the united states. and we are now seeing what's called community spread in the u.s. that means the original source of the infection is not clear. one example is in king county, washington, where a major outbreak has been linked to a nursing home. it's hard know just how widespread the virus is in america. partly because there have not been enough test kits available here. the fda announced friday that the supply of those kits is quickly ramping up. for now, health officials are saying the average american is still at low risk. but that could change. so we'll remind you how you can protect yourself. wash your hands. if you have to sneeze or cough, use your elbow or tissues. and keep your hands away from your face. easier said than done, i know. if you're sick, whether it's coronavirus or something else, don't go to work. i know the financial loss can be tough, and that's something we have to addre

jon lapook separates corona fact from fiction. >> reporter: hydroxychloroquine is used to treat conditionsupus. it's too soon to say whether it works for covid-19. tha that hasn't stopped some people from prescribing it. some people need it to control their autoimmune diseases unable to get it. >> the one consistent medication i've been on since i was 15 daily is hydroxychloroquine. >> reporter: 44-year-old maeries a tan has been taking the drug hydroxychloroquine since she was first diagnosed. her lupus has been severe requiring several hospitalizations. her drug is a cornerstone of her treatment. for you it's not a matter of having it in your medicine cabinet just in case. you need it. it's a matter of your health. >> yes, it is a necessity. >> reporter: chloroquine is an antimalaria drug and its less toxic derivative hydroxychloroquine treats autoimmune diseases. the cdc says patients who rely on the medication get an extra supply. but her doctor tried. >> she called it into the local pharmacy, she also called it into the mail order pharmacy. neither of those places can fill it for me b

jon lapook joins us via skype from his home in new york city.is self-quarantining there after possibly coming into contact with someone who tested positive for covid-19. more and more people in that situation these days. good morning, dr. lapook. >> good morning, tony. we're dealing with these dizzying changes in everyday life. the restrictions and advisories have gone from don't go to italy to don't go to your corner bar and don't gather in groups of more than ten all in the name of social distancing. how much of a benefit do we expect to get from social distancing? >> i think it can be a very big benefit and i'll tell you why. we talk about again this flattening of the curve. early on you get this big peak. with that big peak, big load on the health care system you can have shortages of health care professionals as you're seeing. does it work if we can blunt that, if we can blunt that curve and flatten it out and instead of one big spike, spread them out a little? it may last longer but you won't have that big load at that point. does it work?

jon lapook's for tonight's "60 minutes", two points he made we thought were important for our viewers. let's take a look. >> early on the administration was criticized for downplaying the outbreak. on february 2nd, president trump said we pretty much shut it down coming from china. what is the danger of minimizing the risk of an infectious disease outbreak? >> well, i mean the danger of minimization on -- in any arena of infectious disease and outbreak is that you might get people to be complacent, number one, number 2, when bad things happen, your credibility is lost, because you downplayed something. >> in china, millions are quarantined. is that where we are headed here in the united states? >> i don't imagine that the degree of the draconian nature of what the chinese did wou b e, applicable, doable or whatever you want to a call it in the united states. i don't think you can do that. the idea of social dis mean, obvious that is something that would be seriously considered, depending upon where we are in a particular region ot dr. fauci will air tonight on "60 minutes". we will be

jon lapook. >> what we're doing is monitoring these patients very closely. >> reporter: this past weekend a treatment at houston methodist hospital he hopes will become the first proven therapy against covid-19. here's how it works. blood taken from recovered patients contains antibodies that can attack the virus. dr. salazar and his team transfuse plasma the part containing antibodies into two critically ill patients. have you discussed a goal for how many people you'd like to be able to treat a day using this method? >> as many as possible. >> reporter: the doctor is watching closely to see if the transfusion works. it may have helped in a small number of patients in china, but much more study is needed. kindergarten teacher julie thayler a covid-19 survivor has donated her blood to possibly be used in a similar transfusion in new york city. >> i am one of the survivors. it's a tough ride. i got very lucky, and it was a way that i could give back. >> a lot of it is going to depend on the donor pool. >> reporter: dr. nicole bouvier and her team at new york's mount sinai will soon be usin

jon lapook joins us from his new york home.d morning, anthony. >> what more do we know about these new possible symptoms? >> well it's been fairly common. we've been hearing it on and off over the last couple of weeks people could have this transient or loss of smell and the question is, how long does it last? i reached out to ent last night, they've seen it with other respiratory infections and it can be transient but in some people long lasting, in some people it doesn't come back. we don't know if it's true for this new type of coronavirus people are concerned but for now it's a cool. if's that's the only symptom you have it's a clue to say i should self-quarantine, this could be the only symptom and it's not of the covid-19. it's not a very common symptom. if you lose your sense of smell it's something you should tell your health care provider about and you should self-isolate, self-quarantine. >> fever is the one you should be looking for, that's very common. gastrointestinal symptoms means different things to different pe

jon lapook will be here to answer questions about the coronavirus.l tell us about his big endorsement. hear what's behinds his decision to support former vice president joe biden. >>> and why the actions of two georgia police officers became a cause for celebration for one family. >> that's great. celebration is a good thing. >> sure is. >>> this is a kpix5 news morning update. >>> good morning. it's 7:26. i'm kenny choi. >>> the economic disruption caused by the coronavirus showing no signs of letting up. wall street opened up about an hour ago and it is off to a very bad start. the dow is down more than 1500 points. stay with us. we will be watching these numbers all morning long. >>> a cruise ship carrying coronavirus patients is expected to dock in the next few hours at the port of oakland. right now the grand princess is still several miles off the coast of san francisco. the first to disembark will be the ship -- will be those with symptoms. >>> and due to coronavirus concerns, a high school closed a third day in a row. the private schools in t

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jon lapook to find out what that means going forward. and then it is on to where most of us are wor

jon lapook. >> i know this is an unsettling time. nobody likes to feel out of control.k, and it all centers around the concept of flattening the curve. now, what do i mean by that? early on in an epidemic, you see a spike in cases. you see it here in yellow. when that happens, a health care system can get totally overwhelmed. not enough health professionals, not enough hospital beds, not enough medical equipment. but if you can somehow do something to flatten that curve, to just delay it, you see it here in purple. then maybe the system won't get that huge pressure on it and it won't crack. what do you do to do that? centers around things you've been hearing. things like proper hygiene. wash your hands for 20 seconds. if you have to cough or sneeze, cough into a tissue or the crook of your arm. then there is social distancing. that means staying away from each other. is there evidence that it works? absolutely. in places like china and south korea, we're seeing it work. but in order for it to work, we have to all do it together. we have to all do it everywhere, and we h

jon lapook puts things in perspective. >> reporter: coronavirus began in china several months ago, and around the world. there is no vaccine for coronavirus yet, but there is a treatment for fear. it's called facts. and here is a dose of them. coronavirus causes a rash of symptoms a custody covid-19. an infected person coughs or sneezes, seconding droplets through the air. somewhere nearby say up to six feet away breathes those droplets and can become infected. the virus can also spread hand to hand. you touch an object that has the virus on it, and then touch your mouth, nose perhaps, even your eye. scientists are studying how long the coronavirus can survive on various surfaces, or whether there are other ways it can spread. just two days ago, a study from china of nearly 1100 patients with covid-19 reported a mortality rate of 1.4%. that means of every thousand people infected, 14 will die. the death rate with flu is about 1 in a thousand. but some scientists feel the actual rate with coronavirus may be lower and in fact closer to flu because there are likely many cases we don't kno

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jon lapook is here to answer questions about the difference between the flu and the coronavirus.ohn, good morning. >> good morning. >> is it fair to compare the flu and the coronavirus? >> well, there's no doubt that the flu is deadly and how many times have i been there, tens of millions of peopleett every year. tens of millions of people die. get the flu shot. this is on top of that. we're talking about really different things. so here's the difference. the flu as bad as it is, as deadly as it is, comes spring, come rain or shine the season will go down and it will stop. there's a flu vaccine. there's treatment like tamiflu. with the coronavirus it's a new novel coronavirus. so come warm weather we don't know what's going to happen. it may die down it may not. there's no vaccine. there's no treatment. unlike the flu this is important, unlike the flu where from past seasons we may have a little bit of immunity this the novel, this is new. >> we got some remedies for the flu, the coronavirus is uncertain. >> the stock market hates uncertainty. >> what do we know about the death t

jon lapook has been checking and hopes i wasn't spreading at that point when i was feeling terrific.o early. we don't know. i've taken it seriously to call everybody i had contact with, as difficult as it's been, to say you've got to take this seriously. you have to quarantine. >> now that you have it, do you just wait it out? it's not like you're taking medication, right? you wait for it to pass? >> reporter: no, there's no treatment, exactly. there's waiting at home. they say, look, you have it, all you can do is stop the spread in your house. i'm trying to keep a distance from my husband, i'm trying to sterilize as much as i can in the house. the idea is that it stops at my doorstep. >> seth, it is great to see you. it's great to hear that you're doing okay at least for now. we hope things stay table and you weather through the quarantine. good to see you. >>> ahead, a top infectious disease expert talks about how the virus can spread even when the person shows no symptoms. we'll be right back. is hard work that's why ford builds the super duty to help build the roads the building

jon lapook who joins us from his new york apartment, jon, what do you know about these drugs? >> reporter: hi, anthony. hydroxychloroquine is used to treat autoimmune conditions like rheumatoid fligharthritis and l is. it's too soon to say whether it works against covid-19. that hasn't stopped some people from prescribing it. it's being widely prescribed which leads to people who need it to control their autoimmune diseases able to get it. >> one consistent medication i've been on since i was 15 days hydroxychloroquine. >> reporter: 44-year-old maurissa tancharoen has been taking the drug s agnosed. her lupus has been severe, requiring several hospitalizations. the drug is a cornerstone of her treatment. for you it's not a matter of having it in your medicine cabinet just in case. you need it. it's a matter of your health. >> yes. it is -- it is a necessity. >> reporter: chloroquine is an anti-ma layera drug, and it list toxic drive tim hydroxychloroquine often used for autoimmune diseases. patients try to get an extra supply -- >> she called it into my pharmacy and the mail-o

than lapook on cbs said deal with facts you deal with facts it's not as scary as the fictions. >> rightbut as long as we're dealing with uncertainty, the idea that people are going to pull back, not gather, not create a lot of economic activity certainly still is in the foreground and how you discount that in the marketplace. >> it's a travel and leisure recession. it will be short but obviously there's just a lot of cold water poured on the idea that it's over in april. we have, governor cuomo said listen the idea we only have one person that has it in new york, i mean it's kind of silly. >> of course you guys are talking about the demand shock the other side is the supply shock. port of l.a. forecasts containers down 25% this month imagine one in four products coming from china not coming in anymore. that's something that is even harder for the fed to arrest >> right look, i think we covered the fed. we're a financial network and obviously the fed does what it does i care much more about what moderna does than i care about the fed. i care whether the chinese will do what an authoritar