wen. dr. wen: aloha. whenr: i want to know why, you go through the drive-through to be tested with the swab, the technicians don't change gloves. i am curious of that. if you're going to swab one car, i am watching as you get a new swab -- i had a problem with that and i pulled out. is there a way you can do it with a home kit and submit it? host: we will get a response. dr. wen: this is why having home testing is so important. at the beginning of the outbreak, we ran out of a lot of reagents and swabs necessary to do covid-19 testing. one of those limiting supplies was personal protective equipment, because health-care workers had to keep changing equipment to protect themselves and others. i don't know the circumstances of your drive-through, but the answer at the end of the day will be home testing so you don't have to spend so much personal protective equipment and you can avoid the staff time of having a nurse or doctor swab you. imagine there is a home test, something point of care where you get the

wen. dr. wen: aloha. whenr: i want to know why, you go through the drive-through to be tested with the swab, the technicians don't change gloves. i am curious of that. if you're going to swab one car, i am watching as you get a new swab -- i had a problem with that and i pulled out. is there a way you can do it with a home kit and submit it? host: we will get a response. dr. wen: this is why having home testing is so important. at the beginning of the outbreak, we ran out of a lot of reagents and swabs necessary to do covid-19 testing. one of those limiting supplies was personal protective equipment, because health-care workers had to keep changing equipment to protect themselves and others. i don't know the circumstances of your drive-through, but the answer at the end of the day will be home testing so you don't have to spend so much personal protective equipment and you can avoid the staff time of having a nurse or doctor swab you. imagine there is a home test, something point of care where you get the

our top stories: taiwan's president tsai ing—wen makes her inauguration address saying taiwan will notccept china's one country, two systems, policy. brazil's daily death toll passes 1,000. it's now the third worst—hit country for infections in the world. pollution and the pandemic — the world sees a dramatic improvement in air quality. johnson &johnson to stop selling its talcum powder in north america over allegations it contains cancer—causing asbestos. taiwanese president tsai ing—wen has been inaugurated for a second term in office after sweeping to victory in january's vote. ms tsai secured over 75% of the ballot in an election dominated by the island's relationship with china. she opposes closer ties with china that claims sovereignty over the isalnd since the end of the chinese civil war in 1949. 0ur taipei correspondent cindy sui. what is the message coming from the president? president tsai ing—wen has just finished her speech and her main message is pretty much the same as last time in the inauguration speech, four years ago, reaching out to beijing offering dialogue with ch

predecessors have accepted that principles but tsai ing—wen has not done so. but tsai ing—wen has notis the reaction to her inauguration? joe biden has sent a very warm congratulatory message. secretary of state mike pompeo has also congratulated her. this is unprecedented that a secretary of state and joe biden have done so. she has one unprecedented support, especially from the us, who is willing to work more closely with taiwan to enable them to deal with china on many fronts. including the china sea. taiwan is playing an important role and tsai ing—wen knows this and believes this is her bargaining power to try and inform her relationship with beijing. also in terms of how well they handle coronavirus and contain the disease has given taiwan a lot of credibility overseas. yes, it has added taiwan has done better than most places so close to mainland china. it is only an hour away. yet it has never had a lockdown, the number of cases has remained at about 440 and we have had a whole month, more than a month, without any new domestically transmitted cases and without cases for a wee

wen, leah in chicago sent in this video. take a look. >> are masks with exhaust valves dumping air into the environment where it could spread the virus from an a symptomatic carrier? if so, should these masks be legal? >> dr. wen, i've seen a lot of masks out there. what about the question? >> yes, so we can think about the masks that are available as in three categories. one is the n95 mask which is the gold standard to protect the wearer, but these are in short supply and we should reserve them for health care workers who really need them and are exposed to a lot of virus. the second type is the type all of us should be wearing which is a surgical mask or cloth mask that covers our nose and our mouth. that protects other people from us if we're asymptomatic carriers and studies are clear if all of us wear masks we reduce the rate of transmission in the community. the mask that leah is referring to is the opposite of that. it's a one-way valve that protects the wearer but expels the virus into the air. and there is really n

wen: it really depds on whether we are able to get a vaccine in time.'s say it has taken a while to get a vaccine, a year, yea and a half or longer for us to obtain the vaccine and distribute it to the millions of people who need it. in that case, we do have to have some form of social distancing. i am not saying we need to lockdown society for two years, but rather that we have to be prepared for a phased approach. that as we removom restrictions, we might see an increase in the number of cases. we have to be prepared to increase those restrtions again, and also we have to have these other capabilities. we cannot do this in a vacuum. we have to havepr widd testing, we have to have the public health infrastructure for contact tracing. these other capabilities have to be in place in order for us to safely reopen society. anchor: with that in mind, what's of states, more than lf already, are beginning to reopen. what is your advice for people living there? dr. wen: i would say, even if your states reopening, it does not mean you have to go out in public i

wen: i feel so helpless.he communist party used to say that each family was only allowed one child, and that the state would take care of us when we got old. and now that we are old, they're just not keeping their promise. reporter: she doesn't want to think about what will happen in a few years, when she can no longer take care of herself. many aging chinese face an uncertain future. more than 240 million people aged over 60 live in the republic of china. some projections say that by 2050, one in three chinese will be old-aged. the reason goes backck to chins one-child policy, which stood for over 30 years. this led to a disproportionately aging population. the law changed in 2016 to allow two children per couple. chinese tradition requires children to take in their aging parents and care for them in their own homes. but that's becoming less feasible. chun xuan mao is a privately run care-home in the city of tianjin. it's a first class facility with one carer for every patient. the top floor boasts an artifi

wen. as always. and happy mother's day to you, dr. wen. want to thank everybody who submitted their questions. our town hall continues. author, journalist laurie garrett, who predicted the battle against a pandemic like coronavirus, and she predicted -- she predicts this coronavirus may take years to battle. joining us is -- she's joining us ahead. also former vice president al gore to discuss leadership in a time of crisis. and filmmaker spike lee will join us to share his ode to new york city, a new short film you'll see here for the first time. no uh uh, no way come on, no no n-n-n-no-no only discover has no annual fee on any card. go to the pharmacy counter for powerful... congestion and pressure? n-n-n-no-no claritin-d. while the leading allergy spray is indicated for 6 symptoms... claritin-d is indicated for 8... including sinus congestion and pressure. claritin-d. get more. theryou're not good enough. hard to control. but i am enough. and i know what i'm made of. put your skin in the game. with a razor that puts your skin first. as

wen, yourly, dr..ds of advice as the country opens, whahat y you think is the most important thing for p peope to do. >> frankly, we are not r ready r a safe reopenining. we have not met the white house's own criteria. none of the states reopening have met the white house's criteria. reduce your own risk, wash her hands, stay social distancing as much as you u can -- if you have to go back to work, ask your employer about whether particles are to keep you safe. do your part to reduce the risk for others. do not plan gatherings. this is not the time to plan play dates and dinner parties. it is not safe to do that. reduce your risk and know that in keeping yourself safe, are also reducing the risk for others around you as well. stay away from people. stay safe and stay well. no we can all do our part. amy: thank you so much, dr. leana wen emergency physician , and public health professor at george w washington university. former baltimore health commissioner. we will lilink to her piece. as we wrap up th

tsai ing-wen in that inauguration speech. haslinda: that's right, a message repeated quite to the ire of china. to digest.ata asian economies see decisions on rates to thailand and indonesia. its key ratet unchanged for second month, whereas in thailand, k cut is expected later on today and in china, loan prime rates. let's discuss this with juliana lee, deutsche bank chief asia economist. welcome to the show. at with the lpr, left unchanged. is it fair to assume the pboc may guide down funding costs and the economy going forward? juliana: we have expected further rate cuts, but it was pretty much expected that the plr would be left unchanged given last week's option. it was pressing off of that. anotherrward, we expect 20 basis point rate cut before the mid-of the year. -- middle of the year. haslinda: what is your take on china's recovery path? optimism.s to be some if you look at all consumption, back to levels pre-covid, but that recovery could be easily derailed by a second wave of virus cases. juliana: right. if we have

leana wen, former baltimore city health commissioner. dr. wen is with me standing by. we'll start in california. steve patterson live in hood where some businesses are getting ready to open once again. there's also talk of this phase two of reopening there in california. steve, good morning to you. what more can you tell us about this next phase of reopening there in california? >> reporter: craig, i want to be really clear on this because there's been some confusion, particularly when you're looking at the reopening of, say, other states that are starting to open up as well. i would say for the majority of californians really across the state, phase two is going to look almost identical to phase one. there are no really cultural or social signifiers to indicate life in coming back to normal in any meaningful way. no malls, no office spaces, no work spaces, any of the big movie theaters or the lifting of stay-at-home orders in general. none of that is really included in phase two. that is not to say that phase two isn't hugely important and will have a big effect on a

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leane wen is here with us. jonathan lemier. and ab stoddards. jonathan, donald trump is on the move today, shift him from location to location, the white house has had some outbreaks, what do those movements entail and is he still defending taking hydroxychloroquine a drug the fda cautioned could be deadly. >> he's very much his decision to use hydroxychloroquine. the president was on the move here, went to the capitol, had lunch with the senate republicans to talk about a number of topics, potentially another economic relief package, but that's not the headline today. the headline is indeed his defense of using those anti-malarial, he said today it was a personal decision, he again touted its possible benefits, he dismissed the fact that a number of medical experts have issued stern warnings about using it, if not carefully administered in a hospital setting. there's real concern on both sides of the aisle, the president's use of this could inspire americans to do so also and not as safely. you know, that's something that people are worried abo

we can now speak to dr leana wen.lth professor at the george washington university and she previously served as baltimore's health commissioner. thank you very much for talking to us. what do you make of these figures? first of all, do you think the pandemic has peaked? you think the pandemic has peaked ? was that you think the pandemic has peaked? was that these official figures are possibly an underestimate? almost certainly these figures are an underestimate. we know when coronavirus first hit the us, we we re coronavirus first hit the us, we were not doing enough testing. and it also hit during the peak of the flu season, so there may be many doubts that we re there may be many doubts that were attributed to the flu or other viral syndromes that could be from covid—19. i do not believe we have hit the peak. how states are reopening against public health guidance and without having proper capabilities in place like testing, tracing and isolation, we will certainly see many more cases. now, the question is how many

taiwan's president, tsai ing—wen, is inaugurated for a second term after an election dominated by theand's relations with china. pollution and the pandemic: the world sees a dramatic improvement in air quality. the pharmaceutical giant johnson &johnson to stop selling talcum powder in north america over allegations it contains cancer—causing asbestos. brazil has, for the first time, registered a daily death toll of over 1,000 in one day. the overall death toll is now 17,971 and the total number of infections isjust over 271,000. it is notjust by far the worst—hit country in south america, it's also the third highest death toll in the world. this shows the trajectory of the daily total of recorded deaths going up and up. the bbc‘s katy watson in sao paulo has more. well, brazil passed two grim milestones, actually, not only was it the highest number of deaths in the past 2a hours, but it also posted the highest number of confirmed infections — more than 17,000 confirmed cases in the last 2a hours. now, tuesdays often peak because of the last few days over the weekend in terms of collec

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wen? what would be -- and as bob woodward says, the truth always emerges.ct for the cdc to put out something that doesn't sound like the cdc? >> i could imagine that a first draft, maybe that the draft that the a.p. first obtained went to officials, dr. birx and other folks who then added language that qualified it in some way. but you know what? that's not what we need. i mean, regulators, business owners, schoolteachers, they need to know exactly what it is that we should do, not just look at your ventilation system but what exactly should they be looking at? what are the cleaning procedures that should be implemented? what activities are prohibited and what's allowed? that's the from the dni, things not being what we'd usually expect from the fbi. i mean, what is your hope, and what is your fear about these new guidelines released by the cdc just now? >> i imagine we'll find out as much of what we already know about how this administration operates, which is they view everything through a political lens and the lens that is the ego of donald trump. and s

leanna wen. sanjay, i want to start with you here. there is a risk to the president himself, to the 73-year-old man who is obese, and there is a risk to the health of america as well for this statement that he was so proud about making. i want you to weigh in on whichever one you think might be more important. >> i think the potential concern for america is a significant one. this is a medication that has not been proven to work as either a prophylaxis, a preventative, or a treatment. number one. because those are two different things. it has been shown to cause harm in people who are taking it as a treatment. i mean, you know, this is the -- the studies that came out initially, anecdotal, wasn't clear, they were followed up, even in france, even in brazil, here in the united states, showing no benefit in people who were already ill with covid and possible harm, causing fatal cardiac arrhythmias, heart arrhythmias. as far as prophylaxis goes, you take it try to prevent the infection, maybe become exposed, not get the infection after a

leana wen, thank you, and professor smith, we appreciate you both being here with us. >> no question. >>> even as the president declared legal services to be essential, faith leaders were managing how to worship in a pandemic and do so safely. coming up, we're going to speak to a bishop who leads churches across the country about what she is advising followers. g peoe that liberty mutual customizes your insurance, so you only pay for what you need! [squawks] only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ 100% online car buying. carvana's had a lot of firsts. car vending machines. and now, putting you in control of your financing. at carvana, get personalized terms, browse for cars that fit your budget, then customize your down payment and monthly payment. and these aren't made-up numbers. it's what you'll really pay, right down to the penny. whether you're shopping or just looking. it only takes a few seconds, and it won't affect your credit score. finally! a totally different way to finance your ride. only from carvana. the new way to buy a car. you say that cust

wen, how do you respond to that sentiment and how do we realistically make reopening safe? >> ana, i agree that we all actually want the same things. we want the economy to be reopened. we want for people to go back to their livelihoods, but we also want people to have their lives, and there is a way for us to do both. there is a way for us to reopen safely. if we follow the data, the science, the evidence, and we focus on what are the capabilities that we have to have in place. this is not a static picture. i agree with what dr. walensky said in terms of all these different factors that are in the way in terms of how transmittable this disease is but then we also know there is a way for us to rein in the infection. we have to have the testing. we have to have the contact tracing. we have to have the ability to quarantine. these are the core public health infrastructure. we also have to stabilize our healthcare system to be able to handle the influx of patients, and we need to get the number of infections low enough that we can contain the infection within the u.s. there is

wen, thank you very much. dr. sanjay gupta, thanks to you as well. we have our dana bash's interview with former vice president joe biden coming up, stand by for that. >>> all 50 states are taking different approaches to reopening. georgia has been among the most aggressive. it's been over a month since the state began reopening. we're joined by atlanta mayor bottoms. thanks so much for joining us. the number of coronavirus cases in your state appears to be holding steady. the last time we spoke you said you hoped you were wrong in cautioning that reopening too soon could be a grave risk. now that this month has gone by, what do you think? >> so far, wolf, we're doing much better than we were doing when we spoke a month ago. we were trending 25 to 30% in positive cases and deaths over a seven-day period. we're still trending upward but it's around 12 to 15%. so we're not quite out of the woods, but it does concern me that we are seeing people disregard social distancing guidelines. and people aren't wearing masks when they are out in public. we know

lena wen, former city health commissioner of baltimore. sanjay, the president seemed to downplay the need for a vaccine at one point today, declaring, and i'm quoting him now, vaccine or no vaccine, we're back. how critical is a vaccine to our nation's recovery? >> i think it's pretty critical. i mean, there's no guarantee, wolf, that we're going to have one. i mean, everybody wants one, everyone on the planet is hoping these vaccine trials bear fruit. but, you know, it's a critical part of this. the virus itself is still there, wolf. i mean, it's still a contagious virus, it's still in the communities. i think, you know, for the most part, the united states for a while has done a really good job of staying at home and decreasing the amount of spread of this virus and it's made an impact. but it's really going to be the vaccine ultimately, wolf, that allows us, i think, to -- i don't know that we're ever going to have a complete normalcy again but it will allow us to get back as close to normalcy as possible. >> dr. wen, the new vaccine ch

wen?> from a covid-19 perspective, traveling by car is safer, especially if you're going to drive yourself. then you're in control. you know what's around you. you can even be very careful at rest stops and make sure that you wash your hands carefully. if you're in a plane, you're in an enclosed space with potentially a lot of people for a prolonged period of time. so i would drive unless you have concerns with safely driving, too. >> dr. wen, julie in michigan sent in this video. let's take a look. >> many universities are saying they're planning to resume on-campus instruction in the fall. am i missing something? how can i send my 20-year-old son back to school without a vaccine or treatment? i don't see kids at college practicing safe social distancing. thank you. >> dr. wen? >> i'm also concerned for that same reason. colleges, especially if there are residential spaces and dorms, there are lots of young people in one place at one time. and social distancing is hard in the best of time

leana wen, and associated editor for real clear politics, amy stoddard. dr.n, nobody looks like a runway model in a mask but the point is we're doing it and the point for president doing it more than anyone on this planet would be to set the example that we can all protect each other by doing this thing that may look funny but might save lives. >> that's right, nicolle. this is about all of us being together and by wearing a mask it sends the signal that i care about you because if i happen to be an asymptomatic carrier, i don't want people around me, those i love but also strangers who i never met, i don't want you to become sick. i would expect for everyone to be doing this, certainly coming from the president of the united states but everyone to be setting this example of good public health practice. >> there's so much here and i don't want to gloss over the valet or the mask because i think they're both touchstones on a much bigger story. i asked jonathan in the last year if there were any other notes or messages or public statements about this valet, jus

wen on the kids. we're all parents here.han, can you take a stab at what's going on at the cdc? they had a model that was sheffield by the white house. it made into news organizations. there's a constant theme, disagreements and clashes with this white house are simply shelving the data when it makes its way to 1600 pennsylvania of avenue. >> that's right, my colleagues at the ap have done terrific work unearthing these documents from the cdc, that were transmitted to the west wing, the trump administration, jared kushner and chief of staff mark meadows and yet haven't put into practice. indeed shelved. you're right, i felt like dr. fauci just poured a lot of cold water on what the president has been trying to push in the last few weeks in particular with this push, this urging for the states to reopen their economies. he didn't do politically, he never used the words the president's wrong. he sort of suggested that this september may be far too soon for schools particularly universities to reopen, to do the necessary, safe

wen.o you think the reopenings we are seeing right now, broadly speaking, are being done in a smart way? >> broadly speaking, no. all we have to do is look at the pictures from this last memorial day to know that there is widespread misunderstanding about what reopening means. it does not mean that somehow the virus has changed, because it has not. we are still looking at a very contagious disease. and unfortunately, people are misunderstanding this. we actually should be even more on guard than before. people haven't going back to work. if people are going to be interacting with each other more, this one we need to be doing even more in our social lives to reduce physical distancing, to continue aggressive hand hygiene, wearing masks, so we can rein in this virus as much as possible. d i do agree with dr. fauci that this is not inevitable, it's not as if we're looking at a hurricane that is coming to us anyway. there is something we can do. we need to be ramping up testing, tracing, isola

wen: many of the individuals who live in low income cities are essential workers.y work in nursing homes. they work on buses and public ant. they work in grocery stores as cashiers. we have to keep in mind that social distancing is a privilege that not everyone has. it's also those in low income communities who will have the greatest impact of covid-19 for many, reasocluding underlying disease or chronic decisions lack of health care has led to these decisions as well. it's unfortunate that this pandemic is unmasking many of these underlying disparities and inequities. laura: we are moving close to 100,000eaths from coronavirus in the u.s., could some of those hdeate been prevented? dr. wen: yes. hawe knowsocial distancing works best when up quite, consistently, aggressively. we did not do that in the u.s. as early as we could have. some states never issued a shelter at he order. we definitely could have prevented me of these deaths. we also know the work that we didal do waady effective -- there was a study that showed that if we do not have these could have faced

lena wen, always great to have you.ill see you tomorrow morning on "today" and back here tomorrow at 11:00 on msnbc. >>> but right now "andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. >>> and good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington, continuing our coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. here are the facts at this hour. the u.s. death toll is now expected to pass that terrible milestone today. 100,000 americans dyeing from covid-19. this as large groups of people were gathering over the holiday weekend, cramming to the at beaches and bars, including at the lake of the ozarks in missouri, most not wearing masks and apparently not concerned about the risks to themselves or to others. we'll talk to the mayor of st. louis about her new quarantine advisory in response to the weekend activity. >>> governor cuomo rang the bell at the new york stock exchange today, celebrating the reopening of the trading floor for the first time since the march shutdown, although trading was never interrupted. new restrictions though now include m

taiwanese president tsai ing—wen has been making her inauguration address after an election dominatedy relations with neighbours china. she opposes closer ties with beijing which claims sovereignty over the island, and says taiwan will not accept china's one country—two systems policy. she's also highlighted how taiwan has dealt with the pandemic crisis, in stark contrast to china. more than 1,000 virus—related daily deaths have now been recorded in brazil, making it the worst hit country in south america. more than 270,000 infections have also been recorded, placing it behind only the united states and russia. the global pharmaceutical giantjohnson & johnson is to stop selling talcum—based baby powder in the us and canada. the company has denied allegations that the powder it uses contains cancer—causing asbestos, but has been taken to court thousands of times over the allegations. now it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. the european union has struggled to find a collective response to the coronavirus pandemic. those countries hit first and worst by the v

wen, i'm going to start with you. you know, crowded beaches in south florida, florida, there is south carolina, there is also delaware, packed pool parties in missouri and texas. what goes through your mind when you see images like this from all across the country this weekend? >> yeah, i'm very worried when i see these pictures because they could well be the images of the next outbreak. i can very well imagine public health officials investigating events like that as the next cluster. because we've seen it before. we've seen that large pool parties and gatherings are where there's one potential person who is infected who could spread to dozens or even more people. and i think there is this fundamental misunderstanding, don, about what reopening is because reopening doesn't mean that the virus has somehow changed. this is just as infectious as ever before, and, in fact, we have to be on gored even more. if people have to be going back to work, frankly, it's irresponsible to also be opening up and doing all these socia

leana wen. good morning, doctor. let's take a moment to listen to one thing that the president said yesterday defending his use of hydroxychloroquine. >> i'm just talking about as a line of defense, i'm dealing with a lot of people. look at all the people in the room. i'm the president. i'm dealing with a lot of people. >> okay. as a line of defense, wouldn't a proven line of defense be to wear a mask, say to a lunch with your fellow senators yesterday? >> yes. that is an evidence-based and proven public health method, which is what we really should be talking about. there are actually evidence-based methods to reduce the transmission of covid-19, wearing a mask protects others from you, if you are an asymptomatic carrier, it reduces transmission in the community, good hand hygiene, trying to maintain that physical distancing and also if you are exposed to somebody who has covid-19, you should be quarantining yourself. i'm not sure if the president met that criteria of exposure to his aides, but if you did, those are

wen, let me start with you.ive in new york and that columbia study just landed like a punch in the gut that so many thousands of lives could have been spared if social distancing had been put in place earlier. plenty of blame to go around and less interest in that than i am in how you think it should inform our decisions moving forward. >> nicolle, so often we talk about the cost of our actions as in the cost of our actions on unemployment, on job loss, and of course we should be aware of that, but we also have to be aware of the cost of inaction, of waiting. we know that social distancing works when it's applied early, consistently, aggressively. we also know that it's worked in other countries to rein in the infection, and now we're seeing through the study what happens as a result of our waiting, of our having this piecemeal approach. to your point, nicolle, i want us to look forward and say what can we learn from this. what we can learn is that when we relax these guidelines again and start to re-open, that

wen?there is no association that we know of between the bumps on the tongue and covid-19 although alex brings up a good point about the loss of smell and taste, that even though covid-19 is a respiratory virus it is believed to cause these other types of symptoms. so i would say for alex specifically about the bumps, if they are causing enough pain and discomfort that he's having trouble eating and drinking he should call his doctor. and in the meantime i hope ha he recovers well. >> doctor, the cdc actually added a new coronavirus symptom to its list. i want to put them up on the screen to go over them. fever, cough shorkts thes of breath, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, loss of taste or snell. >> what we knew before about the most typical symptoms for covid-19 were the fever, cough, and shortness of breath, and now it's important that cdc added six more symptoms because one of the criteria for testing -- for a lot of places is having these sympto

wen, this is a question sent in from kentucky. that stay-at-home orders are lifted across the country, how safe is it having elective surgery, can you catch the virus staying overnight after surgery? >> so, it depends on the part of the country, as dr. fauci said. i will say we are in general safer now than we were back in march because hospitals have had time to prepare, and they all have knew protocols for protecting patients. so it's not 100% safe, but it is pretty safe. and there are things that you can do, including limiting the amount of time that you're in the hospital. but don't leave too early either before you're ready to leave, because if you develop complications and have to return, that increases your risk, too. >> sanjay, michael in lithuania sent in this video. let's watch. >> what is the effectiveness of shelter at home in reducing deaths? we have no baseline data for this coronavirus. we do have a prior year's data for the deadly flu virus. flu is different, but as a virus, it should still be affected to some degr

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wen?, there is no association that we know of between the bumps on the tongue and covid-19. alex brings up a good point. even though covid-19 is a respiratory virus, it is believed to cause these other types of symptoms. i would say to alex specifically about the bumps, if they are causing pain and discomfort and he's having trouble eating and drinking, i hope he recovers well. the cdc added more symptoms to their list. i'll put them on the screen. fever, cough, shortness of breath, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, loss of taste or smell. >> what we knew before about the typical symptoms for covid-19, were the fever, cough, shortness of breath. now it's important cdc added six more symptoms because one of the criteria for testing for a lot of places is having these symptoms. so many of these new symptoms are what you would expect for a viral syndrome. the chills, the shaking, the headache, the one that's different is loss of smell and taste. that il

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wen, this is for you. i think it's noteworthy as we look at this story how quickly the president, this valet, everyone around them were able to be tested, but that is not what the president is advocating for. just the other day said, we don't need widespread testing, doctor? >> that's right, and we're hearing members of his administration say that it's ridiculous to even suggest that there should be testing for every american, but that's what his staff need in order to feel safe going back to work. why shouldn't that also be the same reassurance that every american needs in order to go back to work or school? frankly, we do need that widespread testing. this is what public health experts like myself have been saying for weeks and months. we do need that widespread testing the identify people who have symptoms and to see whether they have covid-19 but also those without symptoms, so that we can know what is the true prevalence of this disease in our community to really contain this disease because otherwise

see the economic impact they will have additional information and no mate -- make no mistake about it wen are going to have to open up the economy again. i don't see any reason why we can't save lives and save jobs. so i want to make a clear mr. president that every single one of these $3 trillion as far as i'm concerned is a precious commodity because it comes from taxpayers. now the discussion that many of my colleagues have been having about spending additional money on top of $3 trillion specifically for state and local government seems to forget that we have r-rated appropriated an enormous amount of money and stakeholder government. in my state in the state of louisiana i think as a result of the cares act we are going to receiveo about $3.5 billion i am very grateful for every single penny. this congress appropriated $287 million for public schools in louisiana and $190 million for universities, $623 million for hospitals. we have received extra medicaid payments and additionally will we see any as ever saved $1.803 billion for state and local government predicted added all ca up t