Countries that have gone through various phases of their individual outbreaks. And you could learn something from them about where you are in your own outbreak. For example, when china went up, what happened is they just didnt turn around, they went from going to ill just take an arbitrary number 500 new cases a day. The next day 1,000 cases. Then 1,500. Then 2,000. But once the number of new cases each day starts to flatten out, thats when you get to that point where the inflection goes down. So things we want to look for, the things that dr. Birx had mentioned, that doesnt mean you declare victory when it does that, but you know youre at least on the way where you want to go. I think thats really very important. The third and final thing that i think gets back to the question that many of you in the audience have asked of us is about, would this possibly become a seasonal, cyclic thing . Ive always indicated to you that i think it very well might. And the reason i say that is that what were starting to see now in the Southern Hemisphere, in southern africa, the Southern Hemisphere countries, is that were having cases that are appearing, as they go into their winter season, and if in fact they have a substantial outbreak, it will be inevitable that we need to be prepared that well get a cycle around the second time. What does that mean for us in what were doing . It totally emphasizes the need to do what were doing in developing a vaccine, testing it quickly, and trying to get it ready so that well have a vaccine available for that next cycle. In addition, to do the randomized control trials of drugs so that we will have a menu of drugs that we have shown to be effective and shown to be safe. Because i know well be successful in putting this down now, but we really need to be prepared for another cycle. And what were doing, i believe, will prepare us well. Thank you. Dr. Fauci, a trusted voice there. A lot of people sit up and listen when he speaks. When he said that yesterday, i know i heard it. Essentially hes saying even if we flatten the curve, theres a chance that when these Southern Hemisphere countries start getting the second surge, we may be back at square one. So theres a rush for the vaccine, and we hope it comes very, very soon. Coming up, all those viral posts about the coronavirus flying around social media. But are they true . Our own diane macedo goes on a mythbusting mission. On a misbusting mission. Asthma. This one . Contaminated food. This one . Westnile virus. This . Five billion dollars in property damage. And how about this one . Lime disease. [male announcer] once you know the serious threats they pose, youll never see household pests the same way again. Learn more at pestworld dot org. With so many people stuck at home and online, social media, its going crazy, its going into overdrive over the coronavirus. Theres a lot of misinformation. Our friend diane macedo is helping us separate fact and fiction. Reporter they seem helpful. Viral posts full of advice how to treat coronavirus, how to kill coronavirus, even how to test for coronavirus. The problem . Many of them simply arent true. Like this viral post claiming Drinking Water every 15 minutes will flush the virus into your stomach where acid will kill it. The truth . So that myth doesnt really pan out, because its more of a digestive answer for a respiratory problem. Reporter another viral post claims specifically drinking warm water is effective against the virus. I think that people have come up with this possibility because there has been some discussion over the virus replicating in our throats. But again, this virus is a respiratory virus. Reporter instead of Drinking Water, this post falsely claims gargling with saltwater or vinegar eliminates the virus. Short answer is, no. But i found that people who have sore threats, which can be a symptom of the covid19 virus, find that this helps relieve their sore threats. And if thats the case, go for it. Reporter some on youtube suggest drinking miracle mineral solution, mms, which is essentially chlorine dioxide. It kills every pathogen, including the coronavirus. Reporter the fda warns ingesting these products is the same as drinking bleach and has caused serious and potentially lifethreatening side effects. What if you want to know if you have the virus . One post mentions you must have a dry cough and no runny nose. But our own kaylee hartung, who tested positive for the virus, explains thats also not true. It really all started with a runny nose about a week ago, and that was four days after id returned from a week spent in seattle. What was notable to me was that i wasnt having the symptoms that were being so closely associated with coronavirus. I wasnt having any sort of a dry cough. I didnt have any shortness of breath. I didnt feel any pressure on my chest. So it was easy for me at first to think, this is nothing, this is not something to be concerned about. As an emergency physician, ive seen people come in with all types of symptoms, including lack of smell, diarrhea. So the short answer is, each person will probably have different symptoms to the covid19 virus, many of which will probably be mild. Reporter another post falsely claims youre not infected if you can hold your breath for more than 10 seconds without coughing. Only some patients are presenting with a cough. So i would advise people not to hold their breath. If you find that you have symptoms that are similar to a flu or cold, at this point in time, just assume that you have covid19 and selfisolate yourself. Reporter so with so much information out there, how do you spot a fake . Our partners at first draft news advise asking yourself how the message makes you feel. Does it make you want to buy something . Like, share, or subscribe . Does it make you fear or hate someone . Do you find it funny or shocking . Each of these can serve as a warning that you may be looking at misinformation. Whenever possible, get your info from a vetted medical source like the cdc, world health organization, or the National Institutes of health. One more thing you can do is check the supposed source of the information. One of the posts we mentioned claims to come from stanford hospital. But if you go to stanfords facebook page, you see this message. The post did not come from stanford medicine. If you have questions about covid19, go straight to a reputable source or ask your doctor. If youre not sure if somethings true, dont share it. Our thanks to diane. They also found robitussin doesnt help either. Doesnt fix everything. Its easy to say, how can you believe if you hold your breath for 10 seconds you dont have coronavirus . 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Spray, wipe, rinse. With the constant barrage of heavy and depressing headlines about the coronavirus, we want to pause for just a moment here for a bit of good news. Yes, from pizzas to flowers, ordinary americans are going out of their way for the extraordinary. Our own will ganss has a wrap up. These people are putting their lives at risk for us. So let them feel good in any way. At least put food on their tables. Who knows if they even have time to go home and cook, right . It makes a difference to us. Reporter an l. A. Pizzeria giving back to those on the frontlines however they can. A new jersey volunteer Service Cooking up Something Else to help. Making Grocery Store runs to help seniors. Teaming up with local businesses, including hardhit restaurants, to donate fresh meals to the elderly. And this act of kindness springing up in wausau, wisconsin. Three businesses donating Fresh Flowers to decorate the downtown. These flowers would have otherwise been thrown away in this crisis. A local photographer says its a way to bring a sense of normalcy. And happy birthday, miss lillian, a chicago native turning 100 years old and her family wanting to make sure she celebrated the milestone. So she gathered outside her home to sing and to pray. Lillian standing at the window happy to spend a little time with her family. Thanks, greys anatomy. Reporter paging meredith grey. Donating a truck full of medical supplies, masks and gowns, to hospitals at the university of southern california. And down in texas capital, the normally bustling sixth street is boarded up. But some artists committed to keeping austin weird and keeping spirits up. Locking down sixth street, seeing everything closed up, is really odd. Its like a ghost town. So to have positive messages and art just makes people feel more of a community and safer and happier. Reporter meanwhile in new york, 50 cars lining up to celebrate the 5th Birthday Party at an appropriate social distance of little emma pfeiffer, the first birthday since her dad passed away of cancer. Folks showing up to support in the best way they know how. One of the other Silver Linings . More folks than ever heading to animal shelters to adopt. North Shore Animal League america, where i got archie here, telling me adoptions and fosters are up. But they still need more help, which is where you guys might come in, kenneth and mona. I think you could use a furry friend. Ive been waiting for an archie appearance for the last two days, we finally got it. Ive been saying im going to do a lot of things after this pandemic. My whole life is going to be changed. Im going to be good, im going to give more, im going to adopt. This morning on world news now, the coronavirus has killed more than 1,000 americans. That grim milestone coming just a few hours ago as areas beyond new york, california, and washington see an increase in cases. In manhattan, a temporary morgue being set up just in case. Breaking overnight, the Senate Passes a 2. 2 trillion rescue bill. How soon could americans get checks . A small sign social distancing could actually be working, but what are the chances of a second outbreak . The nations top Infectious Disease expert how to prepare for that. Luxury hotels to starbucks. Making things a bit easier for those on the frontlines. Its thursday, march 26th. Good morning, everyone. We really need those Silver Linings when were dealing with this pandemic. We definitely do. You have to think, a lot of the people on the frontlines, nurses, the medical staff, they need coffee too. They need to stay up. They need all the luxurytype things we can give them because they are fighting quite the fight. We do begin on the heels of the deadliest day of the coronavirus outbreak in the u. S. In one week weve gone from 7,700 confirmed cases to more than 65,000. The death toll now topping 1,000 after jumping by more than 200 in a single day. New orleans is among the hot spots for covid19 across the country weeks after revelers converged on the city for mardi gras. The virus is also spreading alarmingly fast in places like detroit and overwhelming hospitals in atlanta. In new york city, the u. S. Epicenter, theyre running out of hospital beds, ventilators are in short supply, and a peak in the number of cases may be three weeks away. Abcs tom llamas has the details. Reporter a grim sign this pandemic is far from over. Teams setting up a makeshift morgue outside of new yorks Bellevue Hospital. Something they did during 9 11 and hurricane sandy. At one hospital alone, 13 people dying in just 24 hours. The hospital saying the virus is taking a terrible toll. One sliver of hope, extreme social distancing measures may be working. The rate of hospitalization slowing slightly. This is a very good sign and a positive sign. Again, im not 100 sure it holds or its accurate, but the arrows are headed in the right direction. Reporter but Governor Cuomo says were still weeks away from hitting the peak in new york city, a scenario which could collide with the president s new timeline, proposing to ease restrictions by easter sunday. Thats april 12th. New york the epicenter in the u. S. Still in need of more space and more supplies. Four field hospitals under way. And still a need for those critical lifesaving devices, ventilators. The governor announcing 11,000 are on the way, but he needs a total of 30,000. Cuomo saying they may do what italy did, split the ventilator. One device, two patients. Were exploring splitting, where one ventilator could do two patients. Italy has had to do this because they were forced to do it. Reporter in woodbridge, new jersey, more than 90 residents had to be transferred from an outbreak inside this nursing home. New hot zones now popping up across the country. Disaster declarations for texas and louisiana. In new orleans, mardi gras, just weeks ago, a celebration with massive crowds and days of partying may be one reason the coronavirus is now spreading faster here than anywhere else on the planet. My ems department, over 50 of my people are now on quarantine. The state can no longer go on without additional without federal assistance at this time. Reporter and for the army of americans working to keep up with the new surge in home deliveries, cases of the virus now reported in nine amazon warehouses. As for that temporary morgue we mentioned in our report, its just behind Bellevue Hospital here in new york city. We do want to make it clear, though, right now there are no deceased patients inside of this temporary morgue. There are five morgues throughout the city, none of them are at or near capacity. But Health Officials say right now this is a Public Health crisis. Theres a state of emergency, and they have to be ready just like they were after 9 11 and hurricane sandy. Reporting from the east side of manhattan, tom llamas, abc news, new york. Breaking overnight, the senate has unanimously approved a historic 2 trillion stimulus package to ease the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak. Legislation is also expected to pass in the house, clearing the way for direct payments to start going out to americans within three weeks. Abcs alex presha reports from washington. Reporter Congress Still working to pass the biggest Economic Relief bill in american history. A fight has arrived at our shores. We did not seek it. We did not want it. But now were going to win it. Reporter the deal would give people earning 75,000 or less a 1,200 check plus 500 per child. Those earning up to 99,000 would get a smaller check. Help is on the way. Big help. Quick help. Reporter the bill allows people to receive Unemployment Benefits up to 39 weeks. The norm is 26. The size of that unemployment check would go up 600 for four months. The bill also includes a 367 billion loan program for Small Businesses who do not lay off their workers. That could be a muchneeded lifeline for scotts production company. We went from projecting a couple of million of income in the near future to zero in under a week. Reporter big businesses would benefit too. 500 billion earmarked for large corporations hard hit. Airlines, hotels. Theres also more than 100 billion for hospitals and health care systems. And money to help states offset their losses. Alex presha, abc news, washington. The pentagon has ordered a freeze on all u. S. Troops and Defense Department civilians overseas for the next 60 days. That order means about 90,000 troops scheduled to deploy or return home will stay put the next two months. The wall street journal reports that two more sailors aboard the uss roosevelt in the pacific have tested positive for coronavirus. Three had tested positive earlier this week. Another sobering headline, the nations top Infectious Disease expert says its likely well be dealing with the coronavirus for an extended period of time. Dr. Anthony fauci says outbreaks could become a seasonal thing. What were starting to see now in the Southern Hemisphere, southern africa, in the Southern Hemisphere countries, is that were having cases that are appearing, as they go into their winter season, and if in fact they have a substantial outbreak, it will be inevitable that we need to be prepared that well get a cycle around the second time. Dr. Fauci says thats why developing a vaccine that can be available for the next cycle is critical. He also says safe and effective drugs to fight the virus need to be created. Today the cdc releases new guidelines on social distancing in national parks. Theyve seen more visitors with americans staying home. Meantime, on a local level, new york city is removing Basketball Hoops from parks to discourage large groups from getting together for games. An 11yearold in kansas has found a way to stay active with his school shut down and make it into the record books. Trevor christensen and his pogo stick have bounced their way to a world record. In more than two hours he hopped 12,000 times, beating the old mark by 500. He said he did it because he missed his School Friends and he was bored. Mom and dad still have to get that mark certified. I wonder was it a case where all the kids are inside right now and their parents are like, go outside, just go outside. Right. But i feel like i love that his parents are supportive, or at least im assuming, because my