Likely hit 8 million cases by the end of the week or 9 million by election day november 3rd. Even worse hospitalizations are also rising. Yesterday the number was 37,000, up nearly 10,000 from two weeks ago. And with nearly 1,000 deaths reported yesterday the death average kicked up slightly to 724 dead americans every day. 724. Wearing masks in public and socially distancing remains the best way to stop the virus from spreading and to protect other people from getting covid, if you contract it. Yet President Trump continues to undermine that effort. He completely misrepresented a cdc study just minutes ago telling this to a crowd in greenville, North Carolina. Again, let me reiterate before i show this clip, this is not true what the president said. This is false. Look at all the masks. They keep saying nobody wears masks, wear the masks. Then they come out with things today, did you see it cdc, 85 of people wearing the mask catch it. Okay . That is not true. 85 of people Wearing Masks do not catch it. That is a falsehood. The cdc study hes referring to was of people who had coronavirus and a High Percentage of them claimed they had worn masks. Thats true. But also more than 40 of them had had close contact with somebody who are covid, usually family members. The study was looking at how people got covid. They found restaurant dining is a key risk factor because its a place where people who wear masks take off masks. Its distressing the main source of false information about the pandemic continues to be President Trump who took an oath to protect the American People and is doing the opposite. A better source of information, dr. Anthony fauci is warning americans may have to, quote, bite the bullet and sacrifice some thanksgiving gatherings. Understanding that everyone has had traditional, emotional, understandable warm feeling about the holidays, we really have to be careful this time and each individual family evaluate the risk benefit of doing that. In wisconsin where theres a 21 positivity rate, four times the national average, the state for the First Time Ever reported more than 1,000 people hospitalized. Cnns adrian outside a Field Hospital right now. This is part of what the state is doing to prepare for an onslaught of new cases . It is part of the states effort. Just moments ago we learned there are more than 3700 new cases. More than 3700, jake. 17 more people have died since we talked to you this time yesterday. Listen, we talk a lot about the numbers but those numbers represent people and behind those people are families. Today Health Officials told us its only going to get worse. The governor has issued an emergency order allowing Health Care Workers from other states to break here in the state of risk to help treat the surge. Another record wisconsin didnt want to set, more than 1,000 people in the hospital. If you think about it, thats about a 25 increase of hospitalizations in the last seven days compared to this time last week. Thats all the information we got from dhs. The bottom line, the icus are strained. Every region of the state is reporting a current staff shortage or imminent staff shortages. Jake. Adrienne broadeace stay safe. Lucy kafanov, colorado seeing some of its highest hospitalization numbers since may. Thats right, jake. To the point officials are describing this as the third wave of the virus with hospitalizations surging across the state. Weve had cases in every single county across the state at the moment. Officials report 274 active covid19 outbreaks. These are largely concentrated around schools, daycare facilities, bars, restaurants, churches. Very concerning as businesses continue to operate and folks keep going out with numbers spiking. In terms of hospitalizations that is a major concern warned about. 317 confirmed patients across the state of colorado right now. Just to put that in context, a 60 increase since october 1st, less than the month finished, those numbers continuing to rise, and 77 of the states icu bed capacity currently in use. So this is very worrying considering the fact we are heading into the winter. Flu season is just around the corner. So that Hospital Capacity remains a very large concern, jake. Lucy kafanov in denver, colorado. Thank you very much. Joining us to discuss chief of Infectious Diseases dr. Wolinski. I want to start with this complete misrepresentation of the cdc study President Trump said today. Again, it is not true that 85 of mask wearers get the virus. It is completely not true. Explain how damaging this could be. Obviously Wearing Masks is the best way right now for us to get ahold of this pandemic. Good afternoon, jake. So i want to be very clear. This was a cdc study. They interviewed people who had gotten the disease and who had not gotten the disease. What they found in those interviews is people who did not get the disease wore masks more frequently than people who did get the disease. It is true they report some people who became infected with covid were Wearing Masks in public. It was also the case and top line result of the study, if you got covid, you are 2 1 2 times more likely to have eaten in a restaurant the two weeks prior. That is certainly a place where masks are taken off. At President Trumps rally last night in iowa, lets put up some of those images, the crowd was mostly maskless. There was obviously no distancing. Everybody was bunched closely together. Fauci told me the other day this is asking for trouble. This is the exact opposite of what the president in any campaign should be doing right now. You as an Infectious Disease expert when you see this, President Trump barnstorming the country, going state to state holding these events, what do you think . The Trump Administration is now endorsing a plan that is moving towards herd immunity. That is people can get infected and well, therefore, get more people who are immune. I want to be very these rallies sort of suggest that. I want to be clear that herd immunity is a vaccination plan, it is not a mass infection plan. When i see footage like that, i worry. Let me tell you why i worry. We know theres been a massive amount of excess mortality over the last many months. A new study came out last week that demonstrated om about twothirds of that excess mortality is actually even related to covid. Theres been a third of that excess mortality that is simply related to the fact that people cant have access to medical care, Hospital Capacity is at its limits, and so they cant even Access Medical care for routine things that really keep them well. So if the president whether or not these rallies are part of a plot for infection to create this deranged herd immunity idea, which would kill between 1 and 2 million americans, youre saying the idea of more infections are unrelated to covid deaths. People who cant get medicine, cant go to the hospital, et cetera. It relates to massive deaths related to covid, some have called it mass murder. But its more than that. Even if you can protect yourself from covid, if you cant Access Medical care when you need it, then you cant protect yourself from other things. A heart attack, stroke, everything else. Experts have been warning that the colder months will almost certainly bring a second wave or surge into the coronavirus here in massachusetts. Im sure thats a concern. Now were seeing at least seven states with record high hospitalization numbers. Is this the second wave, or do you think its going to get even worse . Im worried its going to get quite worse, actually. We are seeing numbers that reflect infection rates that happened two weeks ago. Two weeks ago in many areas of the country, including the northeast, we were still able to be outside. I worry this has been laissezfaire behavior and going to get even worse in the weeks to come. Dr. Fauci is asking americans to reconsider any thanksgiving plans that they may have for november. He says people who may be coming from out of town, who may have been on planes and airports may pose a risk. Is there a safe way to do thanksgiving . If everybody got tested ahead of time, a week ahead of time, a day ahead of time, is there a way to do it . You know, i would agree with dr. Fauci. Certainly i think if people can get a test a week ahead of time, stay quarantined during that week, then we can talk about how it might be safe to gather. Again, when you start think how travel mixes in with that, it becomes complicated and not everybody that the capacity or the ability to take all that time off to be able to quarantine to do it properly. Can you explain how the risk of gathering with family also depends on what state you or your guests are coming from . What factors should americans consider . So part of the issue is sort of the local community. We know rates of covid and testing rates, for example, in wisconsin are over 21 . If you had family members coming in from wisconsin or for similarly high states, then you could imagine that you might be more likely to have more asymptomatic people at your dinner table than you would otherwise expect. Fourteen Public Health organizations condemned what you condemned, herd immunity, this deadly opinion proposed in the position paper the wlous has been praising. Fauci this morning said this. Take a listen. If you just let things rip and let the infection go, no masks, crowd, it doesnt make any difference, that, quite frankly, george, is ridiculous. Why do you think this idea keeps getting traction . Its now an idea thats been endorsed by the administration. There have been numerous epidemiologists who have endorsed this position. I want to be very clear this is what sweden did. This is what sweden did and failed. The position says you can take vulnerable people, take people in Nursing Homes and protect them, and instead let young people who otherwise wouldnt have severe disease get infected and reach herd immunity. The cdc has estimated that about 47 of our population is at higher risk of covid. How we could somehow protect those vulnerable communities is destined to fail, as it did in sweden. Dr. Walensky, thank you very much. Appreciate it. Who were they in contact with . What could this men for homestretch won. People getting up at dawn and waiting hours but it might be signs of more than just voter enthusiasm. Stay with us. Whoo. Im gonna grow big and strong. Yes, you are. Im gonna get this place all clean. Ill give you a hand. And im gonna put lisa on crutches wait, what . Said shes gonna need crutches. She fell pretty hard. You might want to clean that up, girl. Excuse us. When owning a Small Business gets real, progressive helps protect what you built with customizable coverage. 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Doing fine with coronavirus questioning if Wearing Masks really works and saying he doesnt get tested for coronavirus every day despite the fact his wife says opposite. President trump seems to be trying to lower expectations ahead of tonights town hall. Yeah. It hasnt started yet. Hes already claiming he was set up by the town hall his aides arranged and the president agreed to. Theres been a lot of backlash on nbc for scheduling this town hall at the same time as joe bidens but it will be a chance for viewers to see them side by side taking questions from voters which we know in the past hasnt been a strong suit from the president especially now that hes dealing with questions from voters on the pandemic, something that affected every single american. The way hes been framing the pandemic today has really been downplaying the effect its had on americans like he just did in North Carolina a few moments ago. Right now im fighting to eradicate the virus, and were doing a really good job. Were rounding the turn. Weve learned about the disease. Youve got to open up your businesses, open up your schools, get it going. We have incredible therapeutics, incredible drugs. Just a few hours before that the president was saying the u. S. Less affected than other countries by the pandemic even though 200,000 americans are dead and many have lost their jobs or struggling to pay their bills. It will be interesting to see how the president handles those kinds of questions hell likely get tonight. In addition to hosting this potential super spreader event in carolina and lying about the efficacy of masks, dr. Fauci was insulted again by President Trump. What did the president have to say. The president going after the top disease expert at the rallies saying everyone knows hes a democrat. When you look up Party Registration it says no party under d. C. Registration for dr. Fauci. Of course hes someone who worked under president s of both parties. The job hes holding now, lead of nih. The continued sustained attacks the president has on dr. Fauci, they have been ramped up after dr. Fauci objected to being featured in a campaign ad and criticized the event. He said if you look at the numbers, you can guess whats going to happen. A lot of people in one place with no mask and no social distancing. Lies and smears and desperation. Kaitlan collins, thanks very much. Appreciate it. President biden pulled Kamala Harris off campaign trail after two people in her orbit tested positive for coronavirus. Jessica dean is covering the Biden Campaign for us. How long is senator harris going to be off the trail. They have suspended her travel until sunday, which means she will resume campaigning on monday. This all comes after her communications director, as well as a nonstaff flight crew member tested positive for coronavirus. Were told senator harris did fly with a plane on october 8th. But they were wearing n95 masks. She was never in contact with either of them for longer than 15 minutes or closer than feet apart. They say this is out of an abundance of caution they are pulling her off the campaign trail for these days. She was supposed to be in North Carolina. That event has now become a virtual event. Weve learned she has since tested negative again today. She also tested negative yesterday. In a subsequent third test since october 8th. Shes now tested negative three times. We know Vice President biden has tested negative as of last night. Were told he was never in contact with these individuals. Hes going to continue on as planned. Hes got that town hall in philadelphia later tonight. Jessica, ahead of the town hall joe bidens Campaign Announced it broke fundraising error raising unbelievable figure, 383 million just in the month of september. Bidens Campaign Manager saying they have 400 million on hand. How do you spend that much money in three weeks. Incredible amount of money in one month and now to spend it in three weeks. Their Campaign Manager says its already working its way through the system. There are plans and programs. That includes voter education, making sure everyone knows how to vote, where to vote. Battleground operations. Obviously advertising this gives them a lot of money to go on the air in places. Another signature of the biden cam paper, they have been working very steadily and hand in happened with down ballot candidates in different states of the senate races. House, legislature, all the way down the democratic party. You can imagine thats going to get filtered through as well. They are going to do their best to spend that money. Thanks so much. Appreciate it. Democratic Vice President ial running mate senator Kamala Harris, Democrat California will join cnns don lemon tonight, 10 00 p. M. Eastern. 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