Be joiningeden will us and whats behind the numbers out daily by Johns Hopkins university . You live in the eastern half 2027488001. , in the mountain and pacific time zones, medical professional, 202748, 8002. We begin with the numbers from Johns Hopkins university, around world now more than 2. 5 million confirmed cases and the death rate now approaching 177,000. Here in the u. S. , we have over 805,000 cases with more than 44,000 confirmed deaths across the country. Joining us from brooklyn is dr. Tom frieden, former director of the centers for Disease Control and prevention. He served in the Obama White House and is the former new York City Health commissioner and currently president and c. E. O. Of an Organization Called resolve to save lives. Well talk about that in a moment. To begin, dr. Frieden, with the debate going on in states around the country. Your advice as they look to reopen their economies, many casebycase, gradual basis . Were all eager to get out as soon as possibl
He served in the Obama White House and is the former new York City Health commissioner and currently president and c. E. O. Of an Organization Called resolve to save lives. Well talk about that in a moment. To begin, dr. Frieden, with the debate going on in states around the country. Your advice as they look to reopen their economies, many casebycase, gradual basis . Were all eager to get out as soon as possible. Go out too if we soon, we could have a resurgence cases,s, an explosion of which could overwhelm our Healthcare Facilities with the lives of Healthcare Workers and to having to go back in for a longer period of time so the challenge here really is to at six different factors. First is, is the virus coming down . Are we seeing fewer cases and least twohs for at weeks . Second, is our Healthcare System so that if there is another surge in cases, we can manage those cases, helping to survive and preventing Healthcare Workers from becoming infected. Third, is there a Public Health
And ceo of resolve to save lives. I want to begin with the debate now going on in states around the country. What is your advice as they look to reopen their economies, many doing it on a casebycase, gradual basis . Dr. Frieden were all eager to get out as soon as possible. The risk is if we go out too soon, we could have a resurgence of cases, an explosion of cases, which could overwhelm our Healthcare Facilities with the lives of Healthcare Workers and result to having to go back in for a longer period of time so the challenge here really is to look at six different factors. First is, is the virus coming down . Are we seeing fewer cases and fewer deaths for at least two weeks . Second, is our Healthcare System robust so that if there is another surge in cases, we can manage those cases, helping patients to survive and preventing Healthcare Workers from becoming infected. Third, is there a Public Health system ready to box in the virus. We call it the boxitin approach with testing, is
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Well shortly be determined. People want to go big as opposed, everybody seems to want to go big. They want to get to the recovery. The big thing we can do is get rid of this horrible, i call it the unseen. It snuck up on us. Cheryl with these roller coaster rides on wall street is there any good news . Charles payne, yes, that Charles Payne, will join us in 15 minutes with his perspective on the market action. He has great points to make. All that and more coming up on making money. Cheryl lets start with the stop story. A short time ago, that happened when the s p drops buy low 7 . But the administration is trying to calm, not only nervous investors but folks across the country staying inside of their homes to stop the spread of the coronavirus. We have blake burman at the white house where President Trump Just Announced he is sending two hospital ships to new york and california. Blake, you were able to get some questions to the president today. Reporter cheryl, weve been getting an