patrice harris, president of the american medical association. the coronavirus pandemic presents a challenge the world has not faced on this scale for generations. said thatn extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. we are witnessing every day the physicians,ts of nurses, medical workers, public health professionals, and the public to manage the enormity of covid-19 in our community. callordinary times often for the most basic of responses. this means as, routine collection of facts and evidence. an examination of research that in been foundational medicine since its origin. we live in a time when misinformation, falsehood, and outright lies spread like viruses online. through social media and even at times in the media at large. we have witnessed a concerning shift over the last several decades where policies decisions seem to be driven by ideology and politics instead of facts and evidence. is a growing mistrust in american institutions, science, and in the counsel of leading experts who lives are dedicated to the pursuit of evidenc

steve: patrice harris, you are one of those doctors.hat is your recommendation based on what joan in new jersey was saying? dr. harris: this past thursday i gave a public address on behalf callingma, and we are on everyone to make sure science and evidence rules the day. all of us want our economy to get started again, but we will need the science and the data to drive decisions about folks going back to work. that is why testing is critical. if we have more widespread testing, we can not only know who is currently infected, but who has already recovered. that will go a long way toward making those decisions, but any decisions should be based on science and evidence. and in that address, i also cautioned on behalf of the ama allto prematurely get us back to work and lift those stay-at-home and shelter-in-place orders. steve: if you had a patient, would you recommend hydroxyl clerk point -- hydroxychloroquine for that patient? dr. harris: here is where we are on hydroxychloroquine. random trials are occurring. that is what we always want

thank you for your time and expertise, dr patrice harris. thank you for having me on.his daily coronavirus update to the media at the white house a short time ago and took questions from our north america editor, jon sopel who asked whether the us was in a position to roll out the vaccine being worked by british scientists in oxford if it turned out successful. 0xford, johnson &johnson 0xford, johnson & johnson is working and working together. we have many companies working together on a vaccine. does the scallop production and pharmaceutical companies be able to do that quick fully? —— scale up. we could do it quickly. some of the companies, johnson &johnson quickly. some of the companies, johnson & johnson is quickly. some of the companies, johnson &johnson is one, is scaling up already before having the final answer which saves a lot of time. could you put a timescale? no because then the so—called media, lame street media will say he set a time. i will say there has been tremendous progress made. you spoke to borisjohnson this week, ijust wonder how he sounded, how

and early sixty's he's the guy that made the poisons that were supposed to kill fiedel castro and patrice lumumba in the congo but before that he had carried out this brutal and highly secret project which was considered one of the highest priorities of the cia in the 1950 s. that was m.k. ultra the search for a way to blast away a human mind so a new one could be placed instead now what kind of human experiments were involved in this and did they really originate from nazi camps. let me answer the 2nd question 1st about the nazis yes so one of the most shocking aspects of m.k. ultra is that the cia at the very beginning and gottlieb himself as a scientist started out their project asking themselves what research is already out there who knows how to torment people who has a lot of data on how to destroy a human mind how to destroy human body how to destroy a human spirit and the 1st answer they came up with was the nazi doctors who had worked in concentration camps plus their japanese counterparts who had carried out even more gruesome and fatal experiments so the cia went to end up hiri

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our thanks to doctor patrice harris.ied after a series of tornadoes ripped through several southern us states, leaving a trail of destruction behind them. rich preston has this report. in southern 0klahoma, near to the state border with texas, this terrifying sight. at least two people were killed as tornadoes swept through marshall county. wait, is that one for real? in texas itself, a trail of destruction in polk county, about 70 miles north of houston. holy (bleep). oh my...! came back here and my home's not there. this is my second worst storm that i went through. i mean, my first one, i didn't lose everything, but this one, i lost everything i worked for. imean... i woke up this morning thinking it was all a bad dream, but it really wasn't. it came in so quick. all you heard was the woo—woo—woo and seen a big debris field and knew it was coming. it kind of disturbed for a second and re—formed and came right back down. very scary. thousands across texas and oklahoma were left without power. dozens were injured. emerg

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patrice harris, president of the american medical association. dr.anks for being with me today. why were hospitals not better prepared? >> harris, i would say that this current covid-19 pandemic is certainly amplifying the need for a good public health infrastructure and emergency preparedness. i will tell you, in my experience here in atlanta as a former county health official, we did drill with the hospitals and we did have these plans. there will be time for an after action review for each individual hospital, but i think a key area that we need to focus on and may be a force of some of the issues now is the coordination between the federal, state, and local health departments. i think the preparedness plans were there. of course, you never can know how severe an outbreak will be. but i think it's that coordination that will be critical. >> harris: you know, i sense a theme here. we saw this after 9/11. different agencies, of course. we were talking law enforcement, intel agencies, pulling together. both local, state, and federal government. i'm h

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patrice harris, the president of the ama. dr. harris, give me your reaction to the news yesterday, president trump withholding funds to the w.h.o. >> good to be with you. during the worst public health crisis in a century, halting funding to the w.h.o. is a dangerous step in the wrong direction. others, many others have said this virus knows no boundaries, this is a global pandemic, it certainly requires global cooperation, infections in other parts of the world could certainly impact us here in the united states. it has. and that, of course, ultimately means more infections and tragically more deaths. >> when the head of the cdc says the w.h.o. has been and is a great partner to the u.s., in doing what? in particular. as it relates to coronavirus. how is the w.h.o. helping? >> i know that the w.h.o. is in the past offers technical assistance, particularly to developing countries that don't have the infrastructure that the developed countries of the world do. i know they share information, do some coordination across the world in

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patrice harris and eugene robinson, "washington post" columnist and nbc political analyst. dr. harris, i want to start with you. and just for anyone watching, what should we be doing right now? where are we? what is advice that everyone can still take? because i think, frankly, whether you like trump or distrust trump, you're a little confused about what we're supposed to be doing. >> well, nicole, i think you're right, and we haven't been talking enough about public confidence and trust. we are going to need that as we navigation our way through this pandemic. that requires health leaders being out in front on this, it requires a public health focus, and requires all elected officials to really affirm the science and the evidence. and it requires the commitment of the public as well to do as they have been doing and to stay focused. we are going to get through this, but right now, we need to maintain physical distancing, avoid crowds, and wear masks in public. >> so just some of the images that people took in over the weekend, crowded beaches in california, hair salons and tat

patrice harris, president of the american medical association. dr. harris, this doesn't seem like to be a deep mystery, and i heard the president and some other -- i've heard some governors say it as well. we've got to figure out why this is. dr. harris, is it -- do we need a big study to figure out why we have this disparity, or is it staring us dead in the face? >> well, certainly, chuck, and first of aushlll, thank you for having me on today. we know there are three ov overarching reasons. one is the pre-existing conditions of increased hypertension, diabetes that have disproportionately affected african-americans and communities of color. and so it's that pre-existing condition. we know that. that was pre-covid-19. i know the ama has created our center for health equity to look at these issues and we're working -- we're headquartered in chicago. the other piece we need to highlight is misinformation. i have said i spoeent the first two weeks of this pandemic dispelling myths among friends and family that african-americans could not become infecte

the president of the american medical association, patrice harris, joining me now.nk you for joining us. first, who said w.h.o. was a great partner to the u.s. how crucial had the w.h.o. been in fighting covid? >> certainly, i will take the doctor's word for the cooperation. we know that the w.h.o. has been involved in distributing, purchasing, distributing masks and test kits. certainly, very involved in the vaccine trials, and so during this worst public crisis, as you know, in a century, halting funding to the w.h.o. is a dangerous step in the wrong direction and the ama urges the president to reconsider. >> there's clearly been issues with the w.h.o. on and off for a long time, and certainly there's valid criticisms of the w.h.o. and their response to and their praise of how china was handling things even though china has clearly been deceptive about the total death toll and other factors, people spoken out have disappeared, but what does the w.h.o. do that globally that you think is so important? >> anderson, as you say, if there were any credible concerns, and

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patrice harris, and dr. brendan carr, the emergency medicine chair for mount sinai health system in new york city. they addressed federal and state response efforts, testing, vaccine clinical trials, and other public health challenges posed by the outbreak. ms. meserve: hello. it is tuesday, april 14, 2020. i'm jeanne meserve, contributor to the atlantic, and welcome to covid-19 on the front lines. a digital event cast from the atlantic. we are going to be talking for the next hour or so about the latest science, about the latest treatments, and will be looking forward about what we can expect in the weeks and months ahead. before get underway, a moment to thank our underwriter pharma, who is making the conversations possible. first, let's take a look at where we are right now. as of last night, more than 580,000 americans have been diagnosed with covid-19. and over 23,000 have died of covid-19-related complications. there are some signs of improvement in places like new york. the curve appears to be flatten

patrice harris. she is president of the american medical association. thank you both for being with us. dr. carr, we heard governor cuomo say yesterday that he believes new york may be past the worst of this. does that match what you are seeing in your health system? dr. carr: thanks very much for having me. does. the disease has a very long course. and we have seen an increase day-to-day in the number of patients and the number of critically ill patients presenting to our hospitals across the system. but our hospitals are very, very full because there are so many patients who are still recovering and still receiving critical care services or general medical services. jeanne: do you have the supplies you need? dr. carr: we have been very lucky. we have the supplies. ventilators, the utilization never got above 80% or so, in part because we had a number of growing denominators. others talked about the private sector showing up lots of different ways. it was astounding not only to see people ramping up production but people helping us with the engineering

on plant waste on dry grass into fuel pellets it is so much better than cutting down the move to a patrice. fear done and is a small town in the highlands of madagascar. it never had its own school until a nonprofit organization called zahara made it possible for the residents to build one. founder of the hanna has come to visit. talk to each hunter around me on tania revoke wants to increase environmental awareness and make sure that it's established in the school curriculum. the team is prepared a series of workshops. and the rommel's on runs a course on bio char a charcoal produced from plant matter. the residents collect dry grass and leaves press them into pretty dark holes in the ground and carefully light them. they then quickly seal the hole to cut off the air supply so the biomass can slowly char. writers can also be used they need to char in this pit for 12 hours with a restricted air supply so as it looks good the waste from the rice harvest has charred nicely we can empty out the contents now to process. them. they want to make pellets and briquettes from the coal dust. they ar

patrice harris, we would like to present you virtually with our notable national press club coffee mug along with our hope that we can share a cup of coffee here at press club in person in the near future. thank you for joining us today. dr. harris: thank you for having me today, and thank you. i will enjoy that mug. >> my thanks to our national press announcer: tonight at 9:00 eastern, netflix director and former u.n. official michelle fix."ith her book, "the >> that was something i discovered in my research that there is a believe everybody is the same because everybody is treated in the same way. if people do not have experiences, with that logic, we are not only denying difference but any quality. "afterwards"tch tonight at 9:00 eastern on c-span two. announcer: congressional efforts are underway to provide more financial relief during the coronavirus pandemic. maryland senator ben cardin blocked mitch mcconnell's unanimous consent request to provide additional funding for the paycheck protection program designed to help small businesses. most lawmakers remain away from capitol hil

dr patrice harris is the president of the american medical association.ns should only happen under certain conditions. certainly, as we began to loosen stay—at—home restrictions, we need to do so keeping the science and evidence in mind. at the ama we recommended loosening restrictions only when we have the capacity to test and trace, when we have a good capacity in our medical infrastructure, and certainly when we are able to test more and that is both diagnostic testing and anabolic testing and we are still a way to getting fair and we have testing and we are still on our way to getting there and we have great concerns about listening these restrictions to early and we do not want to see a rebound in the number of infections. in the us, the testing regime is not where it needs to be at the moment? we are behind and certainly we are improving but we still need to be able to make sure that the diagnostic testing is getting particularly to the hot spots, those areas that seem to have the most rate of infections, the most hospitalisations and unfortunately

patrice harris is the president of the american medical association. >> the foundation of any informed choices or policy decisions going forward is science and evidence. and one critical piece of this is testing capacity. >> reporter: she says since the beginning of the crisis the united states has been playing catch-up in terms of testing. >> we certainly have been behind regarding testing capacity. so we really need an all hands on deck effort to get the testing supplies that we need to build up the testing capacity that we require. >> reporter: in contrast, south korea is starting to return to normal, thanks in part to mass testing and intensive contact tracing, which helped contain the virus. only 217 people have died of covid-19 there out of over 10,500 confirmed cases. the government program has become the gold standard worldwide. korea is now sending 600,000 of their state-of-the-art rapid tests to the united states at the request of president trump, expected here tomorrow. the lack of national testing has forced states and private companies to fill the gap. >> i'm getting ready

patrice harris. dr.g to figure out why this drug is being so aggressively pushed by some, including the president. where does the ama stand on this? what are doctors saying on whether this drug should be prescribed? >> certain from the ama standpoint, we support of clinical trials. we need to make sure we have efficacy data. we may find and everyone is hopeful that we will find some medication for treatment, but it's also so very important to know the risk profile. as a psychiatrist i prescribe medications every day, though the risk of death or a severe outcome might be minuscule, it's my obligation and my patients expect me to talk about the full range of side effects. we just don't know. we really have to make sure that we allow the clinical trials to proceed. based on that data we can move forward. >> what's the business side of this and the clinical trials? how long do they take? can they be moved up given the situation? what would be the reason to push this drug out there sooner? what would be the m

washington general on the federal response to the coronavirus crisis. 8:00s that -- join us at with patricearris. and then tori emerson barnes will talk about the viruses affect on travel and tourism. congressman on his experience after contracting the coronavirus. join the conversation. washington journal primetime tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. today, john bel edwards held a briefing with reporters on his states response to the coronavirus. from baton rouge, this is 35 minutes. everyone.ternoon, thank you for being here. thank you for tuning in on this good friday. i am

washington general on the federal response to the coronavirus crisis. 8:00s that -- join us at with patrice harris. and then tori emerson barnes will talk about the viruses affect on travel and tourism. congressman on his experience after contracting the coronavirus. join the conversation. washington journal primetime tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. today, john bel edwards held a briefing with reporters on his states response to the coronavirus. from baton rouge, this is 35 minutes. everyone.ternoon, thank you for being here. thank you for tuning in on this good friday. ed -- who will speak about the gifts to go campaign. we will also be joint by archbishop, he will be participating today. we do start today on a very somber note and that is late yesterday afternoon, we lost a member of the louisiana legislature to covid-19. newly elected representative spent his life making his community and south louisiana a better place. just about three months ago, he was sworn in to his first term and i know he came to the state capital with excitement and eagerness to serve our state and the people

. >> la doctora patrice harris es presidenta de una de las organizaciones mÉdicas mÁs prestigiosas deluministrada bajo supervisiÓn mÉdica y el paciente sabe que se trata de un medicamento experimental? >> sabemos que se estÁ usando en hospitales donde los mÉdicos pueden monitorear los efectos secundarios. pero ciertamente esta medicina no es un tratamiento preventivo de lo covid 19. por su parte daniel presentaba una neumonÍa leve. >> el temor que yo tenÍa era complicarme, porque yo como mÉdico estaba viendo en emergencia como pacientes que no tenÍa ninguna enfermedad de base, con una pequeÑa neumonÍa basada en 48 72 horas. >> cÓmo reaccionar estÉ a la medicina? >> tuve un poco de nauseas los primeros dÍas. al tercer o cuarto dÍa desaparecieron. fue lo Único. >> el doctor castro seÑala otros efectos secundarios. >> hay algunas alteraciones en el ritmo cardÍaco, en las cuales esta medicina estÁ contraindicada. por eso es que en general limitamos este medicamento a presentes que estÁn admitidos al hospital, que se les hace el electrocardiograma se para ver cÓmo estÁ el ritmo cardÍaco. >>

patric patricia now worries if the home's administrator was influenced by the president. >> the commander in chief was saying it's nothing. you know? >> and wonders if he heard broadcasters who soft-pedaled the threat. >> i just can't be mad about it. i just think there was a lot of confusion. too much confusion for something so serious. >> talk radio personalities and other people close to the president spread faulty information about the virus. >> the coronavirus is the common cold, folks. >> that was rush limbaugh, back in february. as recently as last week, rush was doubting the government's medical professionals. >> didn't elect a president to defer to a bunch of health experts that we don't know. how do we know they're even health experts? >> he dismisses true expertise. and, this week, he's still focusing on the politics. >> they want you to blame president trump for it. >> the pro-trump media is on defense. looking for any which way to prop up the president. amid new scrutiny of trump's belated response to the pandemic. some are still trying to downplay the severity of the disease

patrice harris.he president refuse take questions after making dangerous assertions yesterday about potentially ingesting disinfe disinfectant. why continue the president simply say i was wrong yesterday and i apologize? >> well, i certainly can't speak to why the president said or doesn't say certain statements. but it is unbelievable where we are today. that all the health experts are telling people not to ingest or inject disinfectants, and that is why, wolf, it is so important to have the public health experts out front giving the message, giving us the facts, letting american public know what we know and what we don't know, and certainly the exp expertise should be free. >> you saw the commissioner ther, they all have so come out today and try to clean up some of the president's comments. but it's the president who has the loudest and most important voice in all this. what kind of health risk to have the messages coming from the administration? >> well, words do matter. and we know that it's imp

patrice harris and our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. dr.arris, these new guidelines from the president before you even get to phase 1 of opening up, the white house wants states to meet certain criteria, these include what they call a downward projectory of reported case, 14 day, two weeks, the ability of hospitals to treat owl patients without crisis care and robust testing for at-risk healthcare workers. what do you think? does that go far enough? >> wolf, it's good to be with you. certainly i look more to learning about these guidelines, but at the end of the day, these decisions need to be made based on the evidence, the science and the data. at first blush they certainly seem reasonable. particularly around robust testing. we have been behind since the beginning. so we need to expand testing. not only for diagnostic tests but the anti-body tests. so we know some regions of the country have not reached their peak and the data we have right now is incomplete. we have data around deaths and hospitalizations. we need data on the total numb

patrice harris on the medical communities response.es will talk about the viruses effect on travel and tourism. the conversation about the coronavirus crisis. washington journal tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> i know that some countries are already planning the transition out of stay-at-home restrictions. at the same time, lifting restrictions to quickly could lead to a deadly resurgence. the way down can be as dangerous as the way up, if not managed properly. we are particularly concerned about the large number of infections reported among health workers. in some countries, their reports of up to 10% of health workers being infected. this is an alarming trend. risk,ealth workers are at we are all at risk. on wednesday, i mentioned the new united nations task force to cordon eight and scale up -- to coordinate and scale up the procurement of protective personal equipment to the countries that need it most. this initiative will be coordinated. we estimate the supply chain may need to cover 30% of the world's needs. every month, we

patrice harris, thank you very much. >>> as we close today, i just want to urge the american people to really pay attention, because chaos, confusion, desperation mixed with corruption is a really bad dangerous mix. that does it for us this morning. stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> hi there. i'm stephanie ruhle. it's wednesday, april 8th. here is what's happening now. >>> just a few hours ago the united states hit a new milestone in the fight against the coronavirus. more than 400,000 americans have in and out officially contracted the virus, roughly double what it was one week ago. nearly 13,000 americans have died. across the country, several states are seeing the worst of this outbreak right now. surges have been reported in michigan, pennsylvania and contract contract. for all of them, tuesday was the deadliest day yet. in new york city, 731 people died yesterday alone, pushing the death toll to more than 5,000 people. we have a great team of reporters spread out across this country covering every angle, so let's begin in new york where my colleague gabe gheutie

patrice harris, and cnn's chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta. dr.s, let me read to you what the cdc director has just told "the washington post "qu."e quote, there's a possibility that the assault of the virus will be more difficult than the one we just went through. clearly, dr. harris, you understand what he means. >> he do, woi do, wolf, and tha important information coming from dr. redfield. i think physicians are always worried about a second wave, and certainly we knew that if this virus acts like other viruses, we could see a resurgence in the fall. i have to tell you, i'm also worried about a second wave to come sooner. i'm really worried about those states who are relaxing some of the stay at home regulations earlier. we could get a second wave even earlier than the fall. that's very concerning. >> and you're talking about georgia where you live, that's also where dr. sanjay gupta lives. i want to get to that in a moment, sanjay. the concern is what happens when the coronavirus, according to dr. redfield, coincides with the outbreak of flu

patrice harris, and dr. brendan for the emergency chair mount sinai health system in new york city. they addressed federal and state response efforts, testing, vaccine clinical trials, and other public health

patrice harris, the president of the american medical association. and it's great to have you on. you are dealing with many things, but we did want to discuss this issue of the racial disparity. you've got data showing black residents twice as likely to die from covid-19 than whites. same in louisiana, new jersey. african-americans are 59% of the deaths, 33% of the population. the thing is that these are terrible numbers, obviously, but they aren't for new reasons, right? >> they really aren't. these numbers are troubling, but unfortunately, not surprising. particularly when we learned early on that if you had high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity you were at greater risk of having a more severe coarse of covid-19. so knowing that african-americans were already disproportionately impacted by those diseases these numbers unfortunately are not surprising. >> it raises the issue among many other things, the health care system in this country. for-profit system, unaffordable to millions of americans who are forced, basically, to be uninsured or underinsured. and people of color are v

patrice harris is the president of the american medical association. she's joining us now. dr. harris, thank you so much for joining us. do you share dr. fauci's cautious optimism? >> wolf, thank you for having me back. i think cautious optimism is appropriate, as long as that is in the context of our continuing to ramp up our testing capacity, making sure that we have the ppe, the personal protective equipment that we need, making sure that all areas, regions that may not yet be hot spots have capacity for icu beds and ventilators. so, absolutely, we've seen improved numbers in the hot spots and we can take that and make sure that we are prepared and mitigate any potential new hot spots. >> if you were advising lawmakers, dr. harris, in this country right now, about when to reopen the country, what would your guidance be? >> well, my guidance would be to base our reopening of the country on the science and the evidence. just this past tuesday, i gave a public address and it was to really have us all make sure that as we work through this pandemic, actually, any public health c

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a level of demand that's forcing some, like patrice vanldergraph to brave the stores. >> it's causings to have to go to store, which we're trying not to go to the store at all. and i don't want my mom going there. >> reporter: amazon has announced steps it's taking to keep up with demand. like hiring 100,000 workers, expanded grocery stores, and releasing delivery windows throughout the day. the company is making new shoppers who have never ordered food online before to join. >> i pick up for my mom, my mom's neighbors, for, you know, whoever needs it. if i can just go pick it up, that would be great. >> reporter: julian glover, "abc7 news." >>> let's get a check now of the weather with spencer christian. it's warming up a little bit, spencer. >> it is, liz. a nice sunny monday and more weather like this coming our way for at least a couple of days. here's a look at live doppler 7. not a cloud showing up there at all. here's a lovely view looking across the bay from our camera. 61? san francisco. 57 in half moon bay. mild and lovely around the bay area. golden gate, temperatures in th

patrice. good to have you both back with me. dr. harris, first to you, with your response, what do you wish you knew a month ago about this virus? >> alex, it is good to be back with you. and first of all, i just remain in awe every day of my colleagues who are on the front lines working so hard and in hospitals and other facilities across this country. so i certainly want to say that. and i think that i am so glad that i knew at the very beginning of this pandemic and it is something that i still know today that we have to focus on the science and the evidence. social distancing, physical distancing works. it worked in 1918. and it is working now. we have seen the number of deaths decrease. however, the numbers are still unacceptably high and that is one reason we have to continue to physical distance and only loosen these restrictions when the science and the evidence points to that. >> may i get the same question from you, or answer from you to the same question, dr. natalie? >> yeah, it's hard, alex, hindsight is always 20/20. t

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