leana wen.y, the idea that the only thing they weren't prepared for was the media is -- i mean, it would be laughable if this was not a deadly pandemic. it's -- it's just pathetic, actually, right now. the testing. can you just explain -- sorry, go ahead. >> just -- you know, one thing i was going to say and i think this is an important point, is that some of the data -- and this is the thing i've been so focused on the last few weeks. the number of hospital beds, the number of icu beds, the number of breathing machines, ve ventilators that were necessary, that are necessary, is based on the federal government's own modeling. okay? this is their data. they ever an idea for a moderate pandemic. not even a severe pandemic. for a moderate pandemic, what was going to be necessary. even after you start to mitigate the spread and make what was going to be necessary. and when they bought that time because they had these large quarantines in china, when they bought that time because they quarantined pas

wen, you were there as well.leman says after 28 days, he is still, you know, showing positive testing, when -- when they're swabbing his nose for this coronavirus. 28 days later. so there are things that we continue to learn. and i think with a better idea of just how contagious this is, it's measured by this thing called the r not. something people may have been reading a lot over the last month but basically how many people is likely to spread it to? and it's basically between one and three. i think 1.28 i read. so this is more contagious than flu. i think we are still figuring out exactly what the fatality ratio is. i don't think we have clear vision on that especially in this country, again, because we haven't done a lot of testing yet. i think that is going to become clearer over the next several days and weeks. >> sorry, go ahead, doctor. >> no, i was just going to say we still don't know what the actual spread of this disease in the u.s. is. now that we're doing more testing, we're seeing more cases. but w

wen. the staffer for the vice president testifying positive, should the vice president go into quarantine? >> they say the vice president, what i read from the statement did not come in contact with this person. this is one of those things where you got to look at the situation and basic try to determine was this a high risk situation, medium risk or low risk. it's going to be immediate yum or high considering the person has tested positive. they want to figure out how much contact did anybody have with person. was the person symptommatic. were they coughing and sneezing. if it's high risk, the person is coughing and sneezing and positive, then the people who came in direct contact will likely have to go in quarantine for some time. immediate yum risk is a bit more up to the judgment of the physician. these guidelines do keep changing a bit. that's the current guideline. it should not mean anything for the vice president if he then come in contact with him or her. >> we now have, couple da

wen.ast night's rose garden performance from this president -- and i know he views them that way so i think it's fair to call them performances -- was all things trump. there were moments where as dr. wen said it appeared he yielded to the advice of his scientists and medical professionals. i think everyone is happy about that. but there were also flashes of the trumpiest trump, getting into it with a cnn reporter, lashing out and cutting the microphone and really refusing to accept the premise of a shortage of supplies, which every governor is concerned about. talk about -- take me inside this trump white house at this moment. >> and nicole, to add one more trumpy thing, there was the suggestion although trump didn't clarify what he meant that perhaps local officials and hospitals had been hoarding ppe, the supplies that they so desperately been needing. now the president last night said that he made this decision to delay the goal liuidelines t the end of april on the data that had been

leana wen, thank you for taking the time to join us.urning to the u.k., because the british prime minister has ordered the closure of all bars, pu, and restaurants affected this evening, just as the country was heading in the profitable weekend. the idea is to ofmit the amount ocial interaction and thus cut down the chances oco spreading thnavirus. but the move will have a fundamental impact on not only the way people live, but how people make living, as business editor simon jack reports. simon: one of east london's popular social hotspots on saturday. this is what it will look like this weekend. the government has ordered the closure of venues like this. it has aeady been catastrophic for the hospitality industry. >> the prime minister's announcement on monday evening that everybody should avoid bars and restaurants and publ spaces, we decided tuesday morning for 85% of our people. a million jobs have been lost in hospitalitcesince that annt. we are focused on tryi to save the jobs of the next million. simon: g tovernment promised bus

wen.ithanks so much for with us tonight, dr. wen. new york city ishe epicenter ofhe coronavirus operate. the us and what is happening here will be repeated across america in the coming weeks? >> i do. we know that new york is the epicenter now, but places that are not far behind. louihesiana, m aichigaren have d the alarm, among other places. truly do not know what other places our next becausehat of lack of texting. we just know what is the true roou.e f it ounremmspy llad a there are many other plac where the infrastructur nand ite what is happening in new york health careugut t country.h kerslaura:en ge beg overwhelmed, what is the lesson >> no t we need to know that wee already so far behind, we are weeks, if not months behind where we should be, but we actuallyee know what to be done. we know based on projections done by our own federal about how many masks and downs andntmeveup s demand , the calls for action that are being put out by governors all throughout the happen ints thate ta

lena wen -- go ahead, dr. renlenner. >> listen, when we get a vaccine at some point, when we get some specific medical treatments at some point, i think things will change dramatically. in the meantime, i just want to say that we're going to be learning some very important lessons. we, the whole population. we're going to lose unfortunately 2 million americans who are not going to survive this tragically. but we may be learning some other things that our children can take away from this that have to do with our ability to ada adapt, to accommodate, to figure out how families can function. we're getting rules from on high but every single one of us, myself, dr. wen, you, we're going to have to each figure out what does that mean for our family. how do we keep our children educated, how do we keep ourselves in a reasonably good mental state in spite of what's going on and we're going to learn some lessons unfortunately the hard way but i'm looking forward to seeing how america adapts and how we become increasing

wen.nks so r.much for being wus we. w york city heof the coronavirur cerent will eated across the coming weeks? >> i do. we know that new york is the epicenter now, but there are places that are not far behind. louisiana, michithn have sounded alarm, among other places. frightening thing is that we truly do not know what other places our next because of lack of texting. we just know what is the true degree of community spread all across the country. and there are many other places er ierastructure is not even close to what it is in new york. d is truly sobering to see what is happening in new york with lack of supplies,ith health care workers, potential rationing of ventilators. to know that can happen all throughout the country. laura: given that even hospitals here in new york citbeing >> we need to know that we are week, if not months behindare where we should but we actually know what needs to be bene. we know based on projections done by our oaledwn arngove ventilators and other suppl

wen, have done for a living. i want to also play for you, a great town hall last night that sanjay was part of with dr. anthony fauci where the lead infectious disease doctor in the country was trying to explain what the president was saying when he hopes to open up parts of the kun friday by east count. >> i think the president was trying to make an aspirational projection to get people some hope. but he's listening to us when we say we really got to re-evaluate it in real time and any decision we make has to be based on the data. >> so, dr. wen, you're looking at the data. what is the data telling you and as you are trying to reassess this real time, what are you seeing? >> i see data that is incomplete. we have already reached this grim milestone that you mentioned at the beginning about the u.s. reaching the highest number of cases in the world, but that's the highest number of cases that we know of. and we're severely limited by lack of testing, so we don't know the true case load in the u.s. we also don't k

sanjay gupta and leana wen.tures from inside, you know, hospitals where, you know, right in the midst of things. sanjay, got a look and talking to -- to doctors in the hospital the other day. but we really haven't seen the images of -- and we don't have, you know, pictures of funerals and things that normally make people kind of pay attention in a way. when you see what's happening in italy, when you hear the stories there, is that the way -- is that the track that we are on? just behind? >> it is if we -- yeah, i mean, it is if we don't do anything. which is not what's happening. we are doing something. we're actually putting all these other measures in place. but i think that this should be a stark warning to us. that this is what could happen in the u.s. we're not talking about months away. we're talking about in a couple of weeks. this is what the u.s. could look like. and i think it really underscores why all these social-distancing measures that we are trying to put into place now, as draconian and uncomfo

wen, i want to bring you in. one of the eye-raising things we learned at yesterday's briefing, nearly 40% of patients sick enough to be hospitalized were age 20 to 54, very different from what we heard at the beginning which this is essentially, for lack of a better term, an old person's disease. now we've gotten a couple of concerning reports out of new jersey, one is that a 5-year-old has tested positive, presumptive positive for covid-19. parents, also, the husband in his 40s, the wife in the 30s, and the test is pending on the 5-year-old's 4-year-old siblings. at the same time, there's a report, three people in the same family have died, 73-year-old mother, two adult children after a family gathering. given that, what is your message to families and what do you expect the message or would you like the message to be coming out of the white house today which, again, already warned yesterday, if you think this is a disease of people in their 60s, 70s and 80s, that's no longer backed up by the facts? >> that's ri

leana wen. all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has now topped 15,000, with over 340,000 confirmed cases. italy remains the epicenter of the pandemic in europe with nearly 5500 deaths -- 650 of those just on sunday -- and nearly 60,000 identified cases. prime minister g giuseppe conte instructed all residents to stay at home except to procure medicines and food, and ordered non-essential businesses to shut down for the next two weeks as italy scramambles to slow down e outbreak. italy has drafted its military to enforce locockdown orders in the hard-hit lombary region. it has also appealed to the u.s. military to assist with medical needs. a group of over 50 cuban doctors and nurses landed in italy sunday to assist with the fight against coronavirus. cuban doctctors have regularly deployed to pandemic-stricken regions as part t of a medical diplomacy program. spain pla

wen, what do you think?of people are asking questions about this because studies show those who are more likely to have severe infections are those who are older or have chronic medical conditions. it is unclear what counts as a chronic medical condition. some things are very clear, but some things are not. and having pneumonia earlier and having some scarring, unclear whether that's something that predisposes you to having worse coronavirus. but it's always good to act out of an abundance of caution and take extra precautions, including using sanjay's great hand washing video. >> sanjay, grace burke in oklahoma sent in this video. let's take a look. >> my mom is 91 years old and lives in her own home and is isolated. how long do i have to self-quarantine and what does that self-quarantine look like in order to visit her and her sister in her home? >> this is a tough question, right. again, dr. fauci talked about this. we want to visit our parents, spend time with them. for right now, someone who is 91 years

leana wen. sanjay, so the president saying the country's going to be open for business soon in weeks not months. the white house concerning the idea of scaling back the social distancing guidelines which i mean really just got started. and in many places, clearly aren't even being followed. does this make sense? >> you know, look, i think any doctor or public health official who looks at this, if they are being completely honest, it doesn't make sense. i mean, first of all, you know, the numbers are going to get worse. i -- i think everyone sort of has conceded that point over the next week. we know that there is a lag time that's going on right now. so the numbers that we're seeing actually reflect people who may have been exposed up to a couple weeks ago. so i don't know how you could justify, as the numbers are getting worse and the pace at which the numbers are getting worse, it's like building inertia. you then say, at that point, let's pull back on -- on the social distancing measures. it

wen, do we know what the long-term effects are? >> if you become very sick from covid 19 and end up with pneumoa and on ventilator, you do have lung damage and that could be permanent, but do know that the vast majority of people will have mild symptoms, mild illness, will recover and likely develop immunity to it in the future. >> reporter: dr. schaffner, i ask you to give adplvice, peo want to know, with regards to their own personal health and the health of everybody around them, in the few seconwh we have left can they be doing now to help other people? >> well, the most ting -- the most important things u can do is reach out to people who are sequestered at home, help them get their grories, the medication, actually communicate with them through facetime, keep up their spirits, and oemind tm that what they're doing is goodr themselves and for everyone else around them. we're all in this together. >> reporter: incredibly helpful information. thank you to both of you fors being with today, dr. william schaffner and dr. leana wen

wen, thank you. i want to tell you, today's briefing, the doctors highlighted the rise in cases in the northeast. the region still projected to be weeks away from the apex of the pandemic. you can see that in some of these new projections. new jersey governor phil murphy is here in the center of the action and joining me live next. depend® fit-flex underwear offers your best comfort and protection guaranteed. because, perfect or not, life's better when you're in it. be there with depend®. but when allergies and congestion strike, take allegra-d... a non-drowsy antihistamine plus a powerful decongestant. so you can always say "yes" to putting your true colors on display. so you can always say "yes" doctor bob, what should i take for back pain? before you take anything, i recommend applying topical relievers first. salonpas lidocaine patch blocks pain receptors for effective, non-addictive relief. salonpas lidocaine. patch, roll-on or cream. hisamitsu. i am totally blind. and non-24 can throw my days a

wen, what do we know? >> we know that the virus lives potentially for a long time, depending on the type of surface. so hard, nonporous surfaces liko rknob, an elevator button virus could live between hours to days, depending on the other conditions, like humidity and temperature. porous sfaces, soft surfaces like hair and clothes, the virus lives for orter period of time. this is why, though, we need to practice rlly good had hygiene because we know that we're going to be touching many surfaces. touching things, but we can wash and water, red touchg ofh soap our face and also disinfecting surfacesround our house as well. >> reporter: i want to play a question fro66m deborahears old, in minneapolis, minnesota, and she wantto know whwe know about potential long-term effects of covid 19. take a listen. >> if someone recovers from covid 19, will they have long-term lung damage? >> reporter: we knny people may get sick, we know the vast majority will recover. dr. wen, do we know what the long-term effects are?

wen, what does that mean, exactly? when does that mean the peak might be and what data are you looking for here? >> well, we don't know where that peak is going to be and when. but as sanjay was saying, the goal is for us to try to flatten the curve so that we don't overwhelm the healthcare system all at the same time. even if we have the same number of people infected, if we can spread that over multiple months instead of having everybody come in within a few weeks, that will help us save lives because otherwise, it means all the individuals are going to need hospital beds, many will need intensive care at the same time and we see italy and spain, when doctors have to make these horrific decisions, untenable decisions, where they have to choose in the heat of the moment who gets that last ventilator and who has to go without. it is in the only the patients with coronavirus that we have to worry about, because healthcare is still happening there is still patients coming in with heart attacks and strokes and car acciden

wen, we just have a bit of a breaking headline here, dr. deborah birx of course very visible on the president's task force gone on television said the u.s. implemented social distancing too late. i know that won't come as a surprise to you but to hear her say it, what does that tell you? >> it tells us that she is following the science, following what public health experts have been saying all along. i've certainly heard sanjay say this for weeks now, that social distancing, we know from the research to be the most effective has to be implemented early, and consistently. that it's not something that we can do piecemeal. we know from past pandemics, past outbreaks that the earlier these restrictions could be put into place, the more effective that they're going to be. and also that everybody has to take them seriously that, we can't treat this as, well, school is out but we can still see our friends or we're not going to work but we're still going to hang out. this has to be something that we really understand as our best way to reduce the t

leana wen. sanjay, modeling showing by mid-april more than 2,000 people may be dying a day in the united states. i am wondering what you make of the numbers and of dr. fauci saying, you know, 100,000, 200,000. >> yeah. look. i mean, you know, these are tissue the -- these are jarring numbers for people to hear. people who are sort of hearing these numbers for the first time. but, you know, frankly, anderson, some of these are sort of best-case scenario numbers. i think dr. fauci said that as well. as you know, we have been talking about this for a couple months and the concern was that this could be something that could possibly lead, sadly, to hundreds of thousands of people dying. the 100,000 to 200,000 number that dr. fauci is saying is really based on this idea that we are aggressive with these measures that we're talking about. these stay-at-home measures, anderson. and, as you know, as governor lamont just said, it's different in different places in terms of the amount of testing. the abil

leana wen. governor cuomo saying as you heard the mayor say hospitalization rates going down in new york somewhat. or at least not rising at the rate they were heading in the right direction. does that -- does that give you some hope? >> yeah. i think for sure, anderson. it does provide some hope. and, you know, maybe a little bit of proof that the social distancing measures that people are talking about work. sometimes it's hard to convince people of that. i think this, you know, when you think about the numbers, the metaphor instead of thinking about a car that's sort of speeding up or slowing down. think of this more like a big ship. it's got inertia. it may be going a certain speed but it's got inertia. so you got to slowly bring that down. it just takes some time. these are early numbers. but it's a hopeful trend for sure so far. >> dr. wen, i mean, if that is, in fact, the case in new york, what does it mean going forward? how much stock should we put in these projections at this point? >>

wen. she's right, it's about our social responsibility, how we protect each other, how we come together and help each other. and we can do that as americans. we have always done that. and i know we're going to get through this. >> dr. wen, i want to ask another question, because we're learning as we go along, and we're learning particular from the data coming in from china and italy, the two countries, of course, that have experienced this most extensively. but in italy in particular, severe cases of this are extending outside the elderly. we've been told from the beginning that the elderly really are the only high-risk group here. we had a doctor on last hour who said there have been cases of that on the west coast, 40, 30-something-year-olds, with severe cases of this. are we learning that the most severe risk is not concentrated in that older group? and i know it's early, but what is the data telling us? >> the data are telling us that those who get the most severely ill are the elderly

wen just so eloquently articulated and is he immune to it? does he not believe it? two weeks is enough of hand washing and -- explain to me the structural impediment of the assessment of what comes out at the briefings talking about george washington and i were rich and it is so hard to be me, and nobody thanks me for giving up the salary, and i mean, where is the disconnect? >> well, of course, there are people saying that to him, and the public health officials, dr. fauchi and others and again, i am not endorsing this line, but i am telling you what he is hearing. you have also got his economic advisers and other advisers that he is listening to on the outside giving him personal stories of the businesses going under and laying off the staff and on the brink and desperate, et cetera, et cetera. so he is hearing all of that as well. frankly, if you are going to weight the two that he is hearing, more of the people that he is talking to in the morning in the residence on the phone or la late at night are the business people. donald trump is not a guy friends with a

wen, thank you very much. coming up next, what the president said today especially in the wake of an oval office address this week that did not reassure most people. the question for our political professionals was today any different? also in that vein, we will be joined by former white house communication director anthony scaramucci. we'll be right back. with advil, you have power over pain, so the whole world looks different. the unbeatable strength of advil. what pain? my body is truly powerful. i have the power to lower my blood sugar and a1c. because i can still make my own insulin. and trulicity activates my body to release it like it's supposed to. trulicity is for people with type 2 diabetes. it's not insulin. i take it once a week. it starts acting in my body from the first dose. trulicity isn't for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. don't take trulicity if you're allergic to it, you or your family have medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2.

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wen, thank you so much for your insight.ow, this week the stock market had one of its roughest decades.n while most indexes made back some of the losses today, over hae course of the week the dow jones fell more 10%. the s&p and nasdaq declined more than eight points as well. i spoke to the bbc's michelle ckeury from the new york s exchange.when the president spom the oval offic last wednesday, the market didn't react kindly to his statements. how do they react today after he spoke? michelle: it was astonishing to sethe sort of graph suddenlyas spike up as he speaking, and it carried on in that direction pretty much until trading ended the session, with all three than 9%.s. indices all the volatility we have seen this week -- it is worth running people, it goes both ways. awon thursday we she biggest drop black monday, the crash in 1987. today at the end of the trading session, the biggest jump since 2008. all of this intervention hopes amongst investors--is driven by hopes amongst investoon that help ihe way. you have a com

wen is mentioning the trajectory we are on is not good. and then adjusting as we learn more of what makes the most sense. >> let me stick with you, the governor says new york hospital must increase by 50% of capacities, and their number of bed. is that feasible. >> it varies from place to place. everyone does have more capacity than we traditionally has and seeing where we can squeeze in extra patients and looking at areas at the hospital we have not used for patient care and assessing those and seeing what's safe for patient care. everyone needs to be doing right now. >> dr. wen, back to the supply issue, the governor is praising the president for help with the emergency hospital beds. get over it, use your defense production act to set the pricing and distribute mass gowns and other protective equipment. is that the biggest issue at the front line right now. >> there are a lot of issues facing our front line workers. they can't focus on taking care of patients if they can't protect themselves. my colleagues are terrified to go back home

wen. she's the former health commissioner for baltimore. others are wondering if they should look at that as foreshad foreshadowing. >> you're right. this is what could be coming their way. we're looking at new york and we know we're not even close to epidemic. the peak of the outbreak there yet. yet, supplies are already running out. health care workers are overwhelmed. we don't know how much worse it's going to get there. at the same time, all across the rest of the country because of lack of testing, we don't know how far other metropolitan areas are behind. every one should be taking this opportunity to prepare to stock up and we really need the federal government's response here. we can't just have individual areas become overwhelmed. the federal government help out these areas only after the fact while ignoring the rest of the country that's really on the precipice and could be the next area, the next epicenter for covid-19. >> dr. gupta, so much of what we heard from those on the front lines is about the need for this protective gear

wen, what do you make of dr. fauci testifying today in congress, quote, bottom line, it's going to get worse. that seems to be an understatement. if you follow what's happening in italy and obviously china, it is much, much worse there. and it seems like we are just starting to kind of get our arms around how bad it could be here. >> that's right. it definitely is going to get worse before we have any chance of it getting better. even if we look at two weeks ago, we only have 15 cases diagnosed in the u.s. now, we're well over a thousand cases. and that's even with limited testing so as we get test capacities up and going, we're going to find hundreds if not thousands ever cases in the coming weeks. and i'm really concerned about what's going to happen to our healthcare system. we could be overwhelming our hospitals with patients who need ventilators, who need intensive care support. and it's up to all of us, as sanjay was just saying, it's up to all of us to try to reduce the rate of transmission so that we don'

wen. the president is saying, you look at a number of states and they don't really have many cases and those states maybe could come online faster. people could go back to work in those states faster. are you saying they just haven't had enough testing to know what's there? >> we just don't know. we are flying in the dark blind here because we just don't -- we have not done the testing to see how many asymptomatic people are out there who are currently transmitting the disease. how all these people who are being told to go home and rest, if they just have mild symptoms, we don't know how many of them actually have covid-19. and i'm afraid that we're missing actually a lot of hot spots all over the country. and because there is a lag, there's a lag between when somebody gets coronavirus and what the exhibit symptoms and get really ill. we could be weeks behind. i'm afraid that's what's been happening all along. we've been responding to what's happened two to three weeks ago instead of predi

them, wen said that study history in order to understand the present and to becausefor the future anythinghat has happened before can happen again. [applause] and tonight, as i stand here, i am thinking about some of that history. and i'm recalling something to as really attributed great freshman who came to study our penal system and came to the conclusion that there was something magical about the united states of america. now, in my research, i have not found that he actually said this or wrote this, but a lot of people give him credit for having said it. if he didn't say it or didn't --te it, then greatness of america lies in that the goodness that exists in american people. he supposedly said that if bericans ever cease t5o good, america will cease to be great. [applause] iss campaign, this year about the goodness of america. [applause] and we have as our candidate a real good man. [applause] as i talk to people and try to understand important patterns taking place and understand what many were people -- people were saying, it all boiled down to one fact. goodnessre confusing as weakn

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and that is as a governor sharing ideas and best practices with other jayrnors, i want to applaud wens late in washington state, over in her brown -- jay wens lee in washington state, governor brown, illinois and governor's outstanding leadership and what governor murphy did today, i want to applaud all of them are all of their work, the governor of ohio, i can go down the list. we are all in's tired i think by one another's -- inspired i andk by one another's -- inspired to recognize will have capacity to -- they have inspired all of us. there've raised the expectation we can all do more and better in our states. we have taken unwittingly ideas from other states and i hope they will take ideas from our state as well. we are working hard to address anxieties around testing. aboute been forthright the testing issues, issues with the rna testing kits, issues but now thents, bigger issue is swabs themselves , and having the media to associate with the specimen samples. it is incumbent for all of us to meet the moment into drawdown support for those specimen collections. as a consequence o

wen i can't sleep, i call w l in cincinnati and they have a show called the american trucking network with steve sommers and riding the wave with son of the truckers i have spoken with personally on the ande, he hauls woodchips horsefeathers, propane to various places. there are others. , spaceman. grunt my handle on there is known as blind man. alex, good morning. caller: good morning. i'm actually not really affected by this economically at all. reason for this is that i am actually an essential employee. thettle over a week ago website fortune.com posted a short article with about 14 points of who is considered an essential employee, according to the united states government. couple of the usual suspects are on there. people like health care workers, police, fire department, people who work at grocery stores. some media companies. i imagine you guys are such.ered the last bullet point at the bottom, number 14, department of defense contractors. i'm not going to mention which company i work for, for security reasons, but i actually wound up being under one of those categories of wor

wen. talk about this new effort to ramp up testing and this notion by the president that it's total -- that they have total control over the virus. >> well, look, i'm glad that we're ramping up testing, but the problem is, we've been hearing about that, that very same promise, for weeks now. and clinicians and patients are still just as confused as ever. i mean, there are all these promises being made. but what we need now are very clear deadlines. because otherwise, what i'm hearing from my colleagues around the country is that patients are showing up to ers. they're showing up to hospitals, to doctors' offices, and crowding these spaces, asking for tests. and i wish the president would just come out and say, we don't have these tests right now. we will have the capacity in a week or two weeks or whatever, but we don't have them right now, so stop coming to the ers. and you're right, too, we really need to ramp up the seriousness of social distancing, because we have a really narrow windo

wen.ow concerned are you about getting infected and anecdotally talking to other colleagues at other hospitals, not particularly just yours, are you la hearing about mask shortages and other equipment in supply? >> i think it depends on the location. but i am hearing from cloegs around the country who are worried about the supply we have. we may have enough right now but what happens if the health care system gets overwhelmed when more testing is being done and we find out that hundreds, thousands, maybe even more cases of coronavirus are in our communities? and i also worry too about the so-called worried well, as to the people who are just concerned themselves about symptoms. coronavirus symptoms are the same symptoms as cold and flu. and there are a lot of people who are just concerned themselves. my advice for everyone watching is, please do not come into the er or the hospital if you are not going to be coming in anyway. as if you're very sick, you should be coming into the er but if

lena wen, visiting professor at gw school of public health.tor, thank you for coming in. >> of course, hi, kate. >> hi there. so let's get right to it. one of the top questions continues to be coming in from viewers, what dr. fauci is methsimeths i mentioning there, the whole question of masks. here is a viewer question. when should a mask be worn, should i put it on when i go outside or heavily populated area. you hear what dr. fauci said, do not go out and buy one. can you talk to folks about why that is? >> sure, this is a question i'm getting a lot in my medical practice as well. and the -- there is a good question about who should be wearing masks. there are people who should be wearing masks. that's healthcare workers because you want to make sure that our front line workers are protected, they're not spreading disease to other people, and if you have an illness yourself, because it is much better for you to be coughing into a mask or sneezing into a mask than sneezing on to other people, the other circumstance too, if you're the caregiv

leana wen. you're incredibly chill for being due to give birth on tuesday and important advice for people who can't avoid the health care system and those who can but really should. thank you, dr. wen. >> thank you, brianna. >>> a coronavirus testing site in new jersey that saw long lines this week will now be open exclusively to first responders. that's happening as we get disturbing news about members of the new york fire and police departments. we'll take you there live. i need a ride. here hold this. follow that spud. [ tires screech ] the big idaho potato truck is touring america telling folks about idaho potatoes. and i want it back. what is it with you and that truck? robinwithout the commission fees. so, you can start investing today wherever you are - even hanging with your dog. so, what are you waiting for? download now and get your first stock on us. robinhood. unlike ordinary wmemory supplementsr? neuriva has clinically proven ingredients that fuel 5 indicators of brain performance.

lots of young people, under 30 went out, theyt wen on sunday.his goes directly a gras for the government is recommending. ngi spoke to y people who said they want to go o with their lives as normal. they feel that the virus does not t affect them becauy are young. nmenand the rt. >> to be clear, .e bars are op the beaches are open. them down completely.utting >> not in the best of italy. in the northern parts of the country, bars and restaurants have to close at 6:00 p.m.. that will be really bad for business as italians have dinner at 8:00 or 9:00. churches can stay open but masses will be cancele that is a big deal in italy. that'.s a very catholic count all gyms, schools, univeities, theaters, cinemas are to remain shut. if you go for a stroll i milan or venice today, you will >> we have an update on story we have been covering at the beginninof the program. this is the biggest drop for the s&p 500 since 2008. confirmation that today, on the stock markets, they are plunging no a way that we havseen since the global financial crisis. 5200 50 d

wen, the president last night also suggested that it is okay for sick people to go to work. he's contesting that even said that this morning on twitter. here he was. >> we have thousands or hundreds of thousands of people that get better, just by, you know, sitting around and even going to work, some of them go to work. but they get better. >> should these sick people be going to work? >> well, there is no question that if you are diagnosed with coronavirus, should not be going to work and be around people because you could infect them. and in fact that's what we say for people who have any respiratory illness. if you have the flu, you shouldn't be around other people and infecting them either. i could see though that maybe if your work involves telecommuting, if you're able to do your work from home and you have mild symptoms or no symptoms and want to keep busy, maybe keep on doing work. but i do think it is really critical at this time that we heed the advice of our doctors, of our public health officials, who should have the final word on what could be done to contain th

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leana wen, thank you so much. of course, i speak collectively to thank all of you on the front lines, nurses, doctors, medical staffers for doing what it is you're doing to try to save and protect lives. appreciate it very much. >>> all right, still ahead, in florida, health care workers and first responders are getting priority testing at drive-up sites as questions are still being asked as to why beaches are not being closed statewide. with type 2 diabetes,... ...timing is everything. so why wait? start farxiga now. farxiga, along with diet and exercise,... ...helps lower a1c in adults with type 2 diabetes. although it's not for weight loss, it may help you lose weight. do not take if allergic to farxiga. symptoms of a serious allergic reaction include rash,... ...swelling, difficulty breathing or swallowing. stop taking and seek medical help right away. tell your doctor right away if you have... ...red color in urine, or pain while you urinate... ...or a genital area infection since a rare but serious genital i

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