Place in order to ease this very broad mitigation and very broad shelter in place. Reopening fully will be a lengthy process and needs to be done slowly and cautiously. Governor newsom went into detail as he outlined plans to reopen the state. He says easing stayathome orders is dependent on six criteria. Protect communities through testing, protect at risk groups from infection, make sure hospitals and Health Systems can handle a search, develop therapeutics, and make sure schools and businesses have social distancing and the ability to reinstitute stayat home orders if necessary. More on the governors plan from tom vacar. We do see light at the end of the tunnel, where there is a ray of optimism. Governor newsoms plan to reopen california is based on a phasedin plan of six very broad frameworks being advanced before he will even hazard a guess him when california will actually reopen. I guess he has already delayed for two more weeks. The most important framework is our capacity to e
Healths on the States Harris ofthen drew Thomas Jefferson university. Washington journal is next. Is next. Sweep for joe biden in tuesdays primaries in florida, illinois, and arizona. It raises the question of when Bernie Sanders might withdraw. Washington journal this is this is washington journal for march 18. We will talk about that and the latest in the coronavirus responds with a near trillion dollar package likely. For those in the eastern and central time zones, the line is 2027488000. The mountain and pacific region, 2027488001. If you are a medical professional, really appreciate on yourfrom you experience. That line, 2027488002. Tell us where you are texting from in your name and the line is 2027488003. At c on twitter it is cspanwj. And on facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. The president this morning saying for the people who are now out of work because of the important and necessary containment policies, the shutting down of hotels, bars, and restaurants, money will be com
Host we are joined by Michael Greenberger. Both of the issues facing the u. S. And the world when it comes to the coronavirus, what does your organization focus on . Guest it was founded by the university of maryland president in the wake of the 9 11 attacks to deal with counterterrorism issues. We are about to celebrate our h anniversary they 15th may 15 and we have moved from counterterrorism but also controlling emerging infectious diseases, responding to superstorms and also dealing with cybersecurity issues such as ransomware. 9 11, the world has never seen an epidemic like this but in your organizations experience in dealing with other viruses and health outbreaks, health concerns, and even the tabletop exercises your group may have done, what is your appraisal so far on how the u. S. Has responded . The federal government to the coronavirus outbreak. Guest let me say this virus is more serious than anything we have faced going back to 2001. Sars, mers,thrax, ebola, zika, h1n1. V
But broadly, what does your organization focus on . Michael well our organization , was founded by the university of maryland president in the wake of the 9 11 attacks to deal in the first instance in those days with principally counterterrorism issues. Days with principally counterterrorism issues. We are about to celebrate our 18th anniversary on may 15, 2002. , still do counterterrorism, but also we do controlling emerging infectious diseases, responding to superstorms like superstorm sandy, and also dealing with cybersecurity issues like ransomware. And since 9 11 the natin the world has not seen a epidemic like this. In your organizations experience in dealing with other viruses and health concerns, and even the tabletop exercises your group may have done, what is your appraisal so far of how the u. S. Has responded, the federal government, to the coronavirus outbreak . Guest let me say this virus is more serious than anything we face going all the way back to 2001. We have had an
The spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus. The Vanderbilt University medical centers denison like this one of the top 20 labs in the world and is studying this disease. For over 25 years they received federal grants for the research into how these viruses make us sick, and they are currently helping with the development of treatment, antivirals, and vaccines to deal with coronaviruses, and especially the covid19. And i am just so pleased with the progress that their making, today i wantt to draw attention to a threat that has again been highlighted because of this coronavirus outbreak. Pharmaceuticals are no different from other products in that they are usually manufactured in pieces. The active ingredients in one place, and the inactive ingredients in another place, and so on. Currently, only 28 of the facilities producing active pharmaceutical a ingredients, ad you will hear these refer to by the acronym, api, only 28 of the facilities producing these apis are in the United States. T