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patrice harris, the president of the american health association, which has the largest association of physicians here in the united states. the doctor is also a psychiatrist. just a couple questions here. with regard to what you hear governor cuomo say there, he described the fact there seems to be a slowing down of the apex. he said 21 days from now originally. 24 hours later, he said the apex is more of a gentle curve potentially would be 14 to 21 days from now. are you interpreting this as somewhat good news that we are not going to be in a critical upheaval of sick pakts, but again, we're going from that peak like this to lowering the curve? >> i think we have to listen to the data that they are getting out of new york, and of course that only applies to new york. you heard him also say they had the decrease in the number of patients who are inquire intensive care. i think the key message, the key point we have to take from that is he is making decisions from new york based on the number of patients in icu that's where we need to all go is to lead with the science and have the sci

patrice harris, president of the american medical association, says what she is hearing from her physicians unprecedented. >> they're saying they're having to reuse masks, and they're saying they are being asked to resterilize masks, all things which in normal times we would certainly not do, may even be grounds for discipline or dismissal for violating routine infection control policies and practices. >> reporter: new york has now topped washington state as the new epicenter and the epicenter of critically short supplies and staffing. the mayor issuing dire warnings to federal officials. >> if we don't get more ventilators in the next ten days, people will die. >> reporter: dr. nisha metta runs two facebook groups for doctors across the country. she says a doctor in new york called conditions so dire he compared it to third world health care. >> he's like, this is worse than anything i've seen in the third world countries i've been in, if there's such a thing as a fourth world country, that's what our hospitals are like already. >> reporter: in state after state, hospitals are already at c

patrice harris, president of the american medical association, says what she is hearing from her physicianscedented. >> they're saying they're having to reuse masks, and they are saying they are being asked to resterilize masks, all things which in normal times we would certainly not do. may even be grounds for discipline or dismissal for violating routine infection control policies and practices. >> reporter: new york has topped washington state as the new epicenter and the epicenter of critically short supplies and staffing. the mayor issuing dire warnings to federal officials. >> if we don't get more ventilators in the next ten days, people will die. >> reporter: dr. nisha metta runs two closed facebook groups. a doctor in new york told her conditions are so dire he compared it to third world health care. >> he's like, this is worse than anything i've seen in any of the third world countries i've been in. if there is such a thing as fourth world country, that's what our hospital system is already. >> reporter: supplies are steadily increasing but not enough to full exploding demand where

patrice harris.for a stop to ending any inappropriate prescribing and appealing to physicians and all healthcare professionals to follow the highest standards of professionalism and ethics. now, dr. harris is being polite. i will not be polite. i will say don't be jerks, don't hoard this medicine. this is not for you. it is for your patients, who have lupus, who have malaria, who have rheumatoid arthritis, they're the ones who need it and now there is going to be a shortage and in some places there already is. >> we know the justice department has been going after people hoarding supplies. are states doing anything to stop this? doctors improperly prescribing medications? >> yes, some states really jumped in quite quickly. the very day that this started happening last week. many states jumped in and passed rules that said if you want to prescribe these two drugs, you need a diagnosis written on the physician, and they're limiting it typically to 14 days. and so they're hoping that that will put a den

patrice harris, a psychiatrist and president of the american medical association. ron klain is with us. he's a former senior aide to former vice president joe biden and president obama. he served as the ebola czar, so-called, during the obama administration. he is now an adviser to joe biden's 2020 presidential campaign. and democratic congressman bay area before barra of california. the former chief medical officer for sacramento. dr. harris, i want to begin with you because we heard the most extraordinary thing that we could possibly hear in this situation today, which was donald trump's assessment of the mental health of the country and his prediction of thousands and thousands of suicide, mass suicide if people do not go back to work, apparently because he believes they value their paycheck more than their lives. what can you both as a psychiatrist and a medical professional, what can you say in reaction to the president of the united states saying a thing like that? >> well, lawrence, in reality suicide has increased 30% over the last ten years. particularly a

patrice harris, president of the medical association says what she is hearing from her physicians is just unprecedented. >> they're saying they're having to reuse masks, and they're saying they're being asked to resterilize masks, all things which in normal times we would certainly not do may even be grounds for discipline or a dismissal for violating routine infection control policies and practices. >> reporter: new york has now topped washington state as the new epicenter and the epicenter of critically short supplies and staffing. the mayor issuing dire warnings to federal officials. >> if we don't get more ventilators in the next ten days people will die. >> reporter: dr. nisha meadow runs two closed facebook groups with about 6 0,000 physicians across the country. he compared it to third world health care. >> he said this is worst than anything i've seen in third world countries i've been in. i feel if there's such a world as a fourth world country i feel that's what our hospital system is already. >> reporter: supplies are increasing but not enough to fill demand ipstate after

patrice harris, who is the president of the american medical association. dr.ood to see you again, thank you for being with us. i don't know whether this is just confusing or we're getting lied to. because every time we listen to one of these briefings, ron mcclain was on me last night. he handled the ebola crisis for president obama. he said maybe we should stop listening to these briefings, because i listened to the president say there are enough tests for everybody that wants them. then i interview actual people who can't get tests. i interview actual doctors who can't get the tests and say they are saving their masks and using them all day. i mean, it is typical for a doctor, once a procedure is finished to dispose of the masks. they're saving their masks. >> reporter: that's right. first of all, thank you for having me this evening. first i want to say, it is up to each of us to take individual action to do the social distancing, to do all that we can, to prevent the spread of covid-19. but you are right, in this moment, i am hearing from my colleagues all

. >> heidi, my colleague here at nbc news, had the interview with patrice harris, head of the ama.uch for the reporting. i appreciate it. >>> want to turn to what's being called the epicenter of the virus in the united states. that is new york state. governor andrew cuomo announced earlier today that cases in new york have now surpassed 10,000, and the state is finally testing what could be called a rapid rate. >> we are taking more tests in new york than anyplace else. we're taking more tests per capita than china or south korea. we're also taking more tests than any state in the united states of america. >> turn to my colleague rehema ellis, an empty times square. i think this morning i was the only car in the battery tunnel, now the kerry tunnel as i made my way up in the east side. not many cars out or on the streets. get us up to dates on the status of how this states is taking care of this crisis. >> reporter: absolutely. i should tell you that we are steps from times square and all the bright lights and broadway. and what the governor says is as of 8:00 tonight, all nonessen