Die of coronavirus. Now, i spoke with Michael Oster holm, one of the authors of this new study. He told me this is whats going to happen unless, a, theres a vaccine, or b, unless the Trump Administration begins what weve been discussing now for weeks, an intense program of testing hundreds of millions of americans repeatedly and then Contact Tracing and isolating those infected. But there has been little indication that the Trump Administration is attempting anything remotely like that. A stark warning as today marks more states reopening nonessential businesses. Dr. Anthony fauci telling cnn that communities can expect to see local spikes of coronavirus cases, and again emphasizing the need for widespread testing. But consider this. Today, on may 1, there is not even enough Testing Available for all of the 100 u. S. Senators who are returning to the capital to try to lead the nation out of the pandemic. The capitol physician says testing is limited and only available for those feeling sick. For all the insistence by President Trump and others that testing shortages are not real, currently the United States senate is not able to muster the resources to conduct 100 tests. And amid all this depressing news, a reminder that President Trump called his response to the pandemic, quote, spectacular and his aide and soninlaw Jared Kushner called it a Great Success story. Cnns nick watts reports the death toll in the u. S. Continues to be in the tens of thousands. Reporter in virus might circulate among us for another two years, says one new study, until 60 to 70 of us are infected. This is going to continue to be a rolling situation throughout the world, not just our country, for these months ahead. So expect many more new yorks to occur. Its very likely they will. Reporter the u. S. Death count doubled these past two weeks. One newly updated model from northeast university now suggests 100,000 people in this country will die by midsummer. This morning, in texas, a line at a restaurant. Movie theaters, restaurants, and malls can reopen in the state at a quarter capacity. Beginning to see beaches open, beginning to see guests on the beach. Reporter in dallas county, nearly 100 new cases yesterday, the single biggest case spike theyve seen since it began. It does feel like a bit of a gamble. Reporter partial opening now under way in at least 32 states. It doesnt appear any of them meet the white houses vague guidelines which state that there should be a downward movement of cases for 14 days. States are leapfrogging over the first checkpoint. Obviously you could get away with that but youre making a really significant risk. Reporter the vaccine. Maybe by january . If we didnt care about safety, we would be using these vaccines today. Reporter and testing . The Washington Post reports marylands governor was fearful that the federal government would confiscate the tests he bought directly from south korea. The plane landed in baltimore last month. The cargo now at an undisclosed location. We landed with a large contingent of Maryland National guard and Maryland State Police because this was an enormously available payload. Reporter in florida, theyll start reopening monday with restaurants and retail. But the states three largest and hardesthistory counties are excluded. I dont know that well be able to open up our beaches really before june. Reporter in california, Orange County beaches closed again by the governor after last weekends crowds. Two cities say theyll file injunction. Meanwhile, in michigan i know that people are itching to get back to work, and i get it, and i respect it. Its okay to feel that way. There is nothing that i want more than to just flip the switch and return to normal. But thats not how its going to work. Reporter so the governor in the shadow of armed protesters at the capitol extended her states stayathome order through may 28. Yesterdays scene at the capitol was disturbing. Reporter and we have just heard from the governor in california who says that we are now days, not weeks, away from some meaningful rollbacks in restrictions. And the cdc dropped a very interesting report today about the early spread of this virus in this country, and they have listed a few issues that helped that rapid spread, among them the continued influx of travelers from overseas hotspots and cruise ships. Also big event lis like a conference in boston, madd r, m gras, and the flu season that made it hard to predict early cases. And despite what the president says nearly every single day, another early issue, according to the cdc, jake, limited testing. All right, nick, thanks so much, appreciate it. Joining me now is cnns chief medical correspondent sanjay gupta. Sanjay, remdesivir receiving emergency use authorization from the fda for extremely ill covid19 patients who are hospitalized. How big a deal is this . Its the only thing out there that has even this sort of emergency use authorization. Theres nothing else right now. So in that sense its a big deal. Its the only thing that has been shown to have some sort of impact. So this eua or this emergency use authorization was expected. I think in the initial part when they trial these types of medications they always trial it on the sickest patients first, jake. I think the question now Going Forward is to really identify who is likely to most benefit from a medication like this, when to give it, how to give it, all that sort of stuff. And we just have the sound in right now from President Trump officially making this announcement. Lets roll that tape. Im pleased to announce that gilead now has an eua from the fda for remdesivir. And you know what that is because thats been the hot thing also in the papers and in the media for the last little while. An important treatment for hospitalized coronavirus patients. Now, remdesivir, as weve discussed, its been found to help patients recover faster, about a third faster, i think, in this early nih trial. Right now it can only be used on hospitalized patients. Its delivered from iv, not orally. The ceo said today he hopes it can be used earlier in patients with a skin injection oreg oral. How soon could we see Something Like that . I dont know how well orally or skin injection would work, studies will show that. Keep in mind, this is an antiviral medication. The way its likely working is one of two things, stopping or slowing down how quickly the virus can enter cells and how quickly the virus replicates once its in the body. When you think of it that way, it would make sense to give it earlier. That probably wouldnt be when it has the most impact and you could probably identify people who are at highest risk because they have some underlying condition and that might be the population of people who would most benefit from this. I think, jake, take a look at the numbers there. The duration of illness is really what was significant here. 15 days without the medication, 11 days with the medication in terms of the duration of illness. The mortality rates were better as well. When you actually did the math on that based on the sample size, it wasnt significant enough to say, definitely the medication is reducing mortality. But i think, you know, jake, i thought it was really interesting, anthony fauci, when he was describing this, sort likened this to azt at the beginning of the aids hiv epidemic. It wasnt a panacea but they built on it. So, for example, with remdesivir, if its given early, you might give an antiinflammatory later to possibly save lives that way. I think thats where scientists are starting to go with this. Thats some potential good news. Lets turn to not so great news. Infectious disease expert Michael Osterholm and his pandemic team, they issued a report saying they expect at least two more years of the coronavirus. They anticipate 60 to 70 of the population will be infected unless two things happen, one, theres a vaccine, we all still hope for that, and two, there is what weve been discussing now for weeks, sanjay, which is a nationwide approach led by the federal government and carried out by the states of testing everyone repeatedly and then isolating and doing Contact Tracing for individuals who are infected, who test positive. We talked to an economist yesterday who said that would cost about 100 billion. Why arent we doing that . This is what i dont understand. We all want to get back to work. We see all this states doing this. Were spending trillions of dollars on bailouts and packages to help people survive. Why not spend a few hundred billion and really actually address the issue . Yeah, i totally agree, jake. The guest that you had on yesterday, an interesting interview, he said the whole country should be tested every 14 days. I think until we have some sort of therapeutic or a vaccine, it does make sense. It sounds outrageous, i think, for people to hear those numbers, but the reality is, and again, your guest made this point, is that we do have the capacity, if you start looking at places like the brot institute, Public Health laboratories. What weve been stymied by, as you well know, jake, is the basic supplies, still. The swabs, the reagents, all that sort of stuff. We would need to get those supplies. We should be able to. This is a country that has done some remarkable things. The idea that we have been hamstrung by these basic supplies does seem a little ridiculous at this point. Until we get a vaccine, how are people going to have the confidence that they dont have the virus in their body, even if theyre feeling fine, how will they have the confidence to start reemerging in the public without being tested in some regular way . That is the point a lot of people are making. This plan that romer put forward and the harvard roadmap put forward, its an audacious plan, but this is an unprecedented time. When you hear the governors or the University President s or others talk about their plans, which include in some cases testing, we just heard from somebody at university of michigan talking to kate bolduan, but in other cases it seems like a lot of, okay, lets put on masks and social distance and cross our fingers. And im sorry, but hope is not science. And the thing about it is that, you know, physical distancing clearly can help. But i think when weve seen this downward trend in some places or at least not having as high a trend as far as hospitalizations and deaths, its because people have stayed at home, the ultimate sort of physical distancing. I think as soon as you start going out in public, because of duration of contact with people, because of shared public spaces, as good as you may be, as careful as you may be, there will be surfaces what are contaminated. People are going to get infected. Its just very hard, and its not really the fault of anyone, its just the Human Behavior in their situations. So until people can be tested, if they are positive, they get isolated. Thats critical, and its worked throughout history in terms of actually curbing epidemics. Keep in mind, jake, you think about things like sars, we always bring that up, 8,000 people around the world were infected with sars, ultimately. It wasnt as contagious as this, obviously. 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This afternoon makayleigh mcena said the president is considering punishment for china for mishandling the coronavirus. Reporter in the first briefing by a White House Press secretary in 417 days, Kayleigh Mcenany made a promise to reporters. I will never lie to you, you have my word on that. Reporter after cnn reported that the white house is considering ways to punish china for how it handled the coronavirus outbreak, macenany said the president wasnt contradicting the u. S. Intelligence community when he claimed hes seen evidence that suggests the coronavirus originated in a lab. The president s statement is consistent with the other intelligence assessments. Reporter the day before, trump claimed hes seen evidence that gives him, quote, a high degree of confidence that the coronavirus originated in that lab. Yes, i have. Yes, i have. Reporter but he cited no proof to back up his assertion. I cant tell you that. Im not allowed to tell you that. Reporter the comments undercut a rare Public Statement from the office of the director of National Intelligence that was issued only hours earlier. The statement was made on behalf of the entire Intelligence Community and said it agreed with the Scientific Consensus that covid19 virus was not manmade or genetically modified. The statement added that the intelligence agencies are still investigating whether the outbreak began through contact with infected animals or if it was the result of an accident at a lab in with yuhan. Trump appeared caught offguard by the statement. Who said that . Who made that statement . Reporter his own scientists have cited studies dismissing the theory that it was created in a lab. The mutations it took to get to the point where it is now is totally consistent with a jump of a species from an animal to a human. Reporter