Here in the United States. The virus claiming more than 900 american lives in just the past 24 hours. Washington, one of the hardest hit states now extending its stay at home order through may 4th. Good morning, everyone. We are going to get you up to speed on all the numbers. What else happening down in washington. There is some good news. The administration saying you are going to get those checks deposited into your account within the next two weeks. The president tested negative for covid19 again. And there is a vaccine, steve that is testing positive or is successful in these mice at the university of pittsburgh, which is great news for everyone. Steve thats right. Also, the fact that this hydroxychloroquine seems to be the number one choice of doctors around the world in a brand new poll that were going to be talking about with coming up on our program today we have got dr. Mehmet oz. He sent this highlighted it to us early last night. Also we have dr. Nicol nicole sr coming up and dr. Also marc siegel and the number one authority in the country dr. Anthony fauci live from d. C. And were going to talk a little politics with House Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy. So, we have a very busy friday, brian, that starts right now. Brian yeah, and some of the politics is just sickening and we are so tired of it. Meanwhile democrats and House Speaker nancy pelosi get this introducing a committee to oversee the Coronavirus Response in the middle of the response. Griff jenkins is live in washington with reaction. Griff, this will not help. Griff politics, surprise, surprise. House select committee on the coronavirus crisis. It is intended protopreside oversight and empowered to examine all as we need to put the onus on the governors to look at their states and make sure they are taking responsibility for their states and also call out their own spins stoppings spread of this illness. Take responsibility for their states. They know their citizens and what needs to be done. We still have hot spots in states that are rapidly increasing cases faster than they would expect. Everyone thinks that new york city is the hot spot and thats the only one thats going to be but thats not true anywhere can be like new york city we are seeing right now. Just a few weeks behind. Brian some of the governors that havent done it yet, kaye ivey the republican governor of alabama said i put down a marker last week affirming that we are not having an order to stay in place. We are not louisiana, we are not new york state and we are not california. Look whats happening in the state right now. Brian make a blanket policy. Louisiana is bad but alabama isnt. So, and missouri. Alabama is starting to have increase in cases too. I agree that each state needs to do whats best for their state however, you are starting to see those cases increase and whats happening in louisiana is going to happen in alabama, too. Brian let me follow up with that so here we are, we have done this for two and a half weeks now. Dr. Saphier. Why isnt our curve bending . The people that were infected are infected. At the very least. Wouldnt you think in theory the numbers should be going down . I dont think the going down yet. This virus itself has a long incubation period and prolonged space and you say we should be seeing numbers going down but we are seeing the numbers changing because of these mitigation efforts. You hear Governor Cuomo talk about all the time dr. Birx talk about that the doubling time elongated. Started out at 2 a while ago. Now over 6, 7, meaning there are fewer people going into the hospital. But we are not going to see that decline for a few weeks. The people who are in the hospital right now were infected with this virus some seven to 21 to 28 days ago. Those are weeks ago. We are seeing the elongation because of the efforts we have done in the last several weeks. What we are doing right now, we are not going to seat results of that for another one to three weeks. Have you got to give it some time. I tell you in the next one to three weeks. We are going to start seeing that down as long as we continue on the pat that we are on. When im saying that i mean that for new york city. Other places in the United States right now such as california, they are doubling time is getting faster. We really need to keep a close eye on other places across the country. Ainsley when it comes to this wednesday we saw 1047 here and on thursday 111. Thats gone down a little bit. What about this antibodies test. Is that the same thing . Its approved by the fda. Going to determine if you have had it or not the blood test. Is that the thing as the serology test im reading about, too . A lot of people are getting confused because the verbiage kind of overlaps serology test meaning blood essentially is the blood test. They are looking for antibody in your body. That antibody says whether or not have you already been exposed to this virus and your bodys immune system has already kicked. In the leading theory right now is once have you had this infection that confers immunity meaning you probably cant get it again. And if you do you probably have less severe case with the illness. Thats very different from that nasal swab which we have been doing which is actually looking for virus particles in itself. And the serology test, the blood test, looking for the antibodies is going to be approved and start getting it out there. The good thing about this is we can start doing it on our Healthcare Workers and the people who, you know, potentially can go back to work. We need to know who has immunity before we can start opening up businesses. We have to open up businesses. You know, ainsley, you touched on the fatality rate or people that are dying. One thing that is very important right now, is the fact that the people who go on ventilators studies all across the globe including the United States are showing less than 50 of the people who go on these ventilators are actually being discharged alive. A lot of people on the ventilators are dying. And that is something that we have to tackle and thats why looking at these treatments from the serum antibodies to the hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin combination the antivirals like remdesivir are crucial because we need to avoid putting people on the ventilators not only because we have a shorter supply of ventilators because people are not surviving. And so we have to focus on these treatments. Steve yeah. Well, dr. Saphier, you have done such a good job explaining generally how everything is working people are watching and they have specific questions about their situations. We have an email from cindy. She says i work in grocery retail. And i have a Family Member who is at risk. What precautions should i take not to get the virus and bring it home because that is the big worry, isnt it . Bringing it to somebody that never would suspect that you are the carrier. Cindy, you are on the front line in my opinion. You are there. You are continuing to help people get their food. You have a lot of interaction with people. I implore you to consider wearing a mask. But the important thing is to really make sure that there is a tight seal around your mask. Because if its just a loosely fitted or your nose is hanging out there, its not doing you any good. Because you are in such close contact with some people. I think its in your best interest to wear a mask, make sure you are washing your hands a lot. Maybe even 20 minutes. When you get home, change your clothes immediately, get in the shower and really wash off everything that youve come in contact with that day before you bring it into your home. Brian all right. Lets go to another question. And this is from laura. How often should masks be changed . I guess the regular mask and the n95. Unfortunately, thats changing a little bit right now because of the short supply of them. Typically we should only wear a mask for one instance at a time. For a physician when we see a patient, we wear a mask and we throw it away. Right now what we are doing is trying to keep one mask throughout the entire day. These are just surge masks. N95 masks can last longer until they are visibly soiled on the outside. Right now you try to use at least one mask a day. We like to put it out in the sunlight, the uv rays can help sanitize it. If you want, you can spray it down with a disinfectant but make sure that its dry. Even wait maybe 24 hours before you put it on your face. I do not want you inhaling those chemicals because that in itself can cause lung injury. Brian this was an email from cheryl. She says i want to plan for life after the virus. When can i host a baby shower . Is mid may too soon . Dont we all want to plan for life after this . I like thinking in the future. I like thinking of things that were going to do. Mid may may be just a little too soon. Especially if were talking about a pregnant woman who is somewhat high risk. So i would just hold ooff on that. For me im planning things for after the summer. I do think we will get out and be able to do a lot of things during the summer, absolutely. But really, if you are planning any solidify that you want to invite people to, i would wait until after the summer months. Brian one day at a time. Steve dr. Saphier, thank you for joining us. Some people have questions. If you do, email us friends foxnews. Com. Dr. Saphier, thank you. It is 6 15 now here in the east coast, and jillian joins us from the fox news World Headquarters with a look at what else is happening. Jillian thats right. Good morning. Today, the navy will finish evacuating sailors from the uss here to door roosevelt. Comes after captain breath crozier relieved 6 his duty after writing a memo on the virus stricken ship. Navy Officials Say he created unnecessary panic when resources were already on the way. The captains actions made his sailors, their families, and many in the public believe that his letter was the only reason help from our larger navy family was forthcoming which was hardly the case. Jillian more than 100 sailors on the Nuclear Aircraft carrier have tested positive for covid19. The white house is expected to announce plans today to make direct payments to hospitals for uninsured coronavirus patients. Some estimates say the average cost for uninsured patient could be more than 20,000. According to the census bureau, more than 27 million americans may be eninsured. The Democratic National committee is postponing its National Convention to august. Frontrunner joe biden asked the party to delay the julys Milwaukee Convention over covid19 concerns. But no postponing wisconsins primary set for next week. A federal judge ruling against postponing it from april 7th. But voters will get an additional six days to return to turn in absentee ballots. Timothy cardinal dolland sending in heart felt support to officers during the pandemic. Listen to. This they are telling all of us to stay put, to stay, in to stay secluded. Not you men and women. You are out there. Have you got to be with the folks, have you got to protect us believe me when i say im grateful to you. I love you more than ever. I respect you. I appreciate you. And im going to stay close to you. God bless. Jillian thats great. The y psd calls the message truly inspiring and that it is. Back to you guys. Brian try to keep everyone on the streets and not sick. Thanks a lot. Appreciate it. The white house helping out the nypd yesterday with a whole bunch of material. Mean while Financial Relief is on the way for americas Small Businesses with billions of dollars in aid available starting today. So will this put americans back to work . Coming up next, hear from a pizzeria owner forced to shut down half of his restaurants and plan to rebuild right after the break. Its weird, i see rebuild nearly 350 billion in loans will be available to Small Businesses. Loans up to 100 percent forgiven as long as employers keep paying their workers. Steve President Trump announcing help is on the way as today for americas Small Businesses with billions and billions of dollars becoming available starting this morning. Here to react we have got a Small Business owner of andolinis pizzeria mike barbarh joins us. Hi, steve. Steve tell us about your business. A month ago you had 11 restaurants tell us where you are now and if you have had to let people go. Yes, we are down to five purely doing curbside and delivery. We did have to furlough about 150 employees overnight, disseminated overnight. That was a hard pill to swallow. Steve i can imagine. Now, you know, with this Paycheck Protection Program that officially gets started today, were going to detail it and then get your reaction. About 350 billion is available starting today for companies with less than 500, which you would be eligible for. Apparently you can apply for up to 10 million in loans or 2 and a half times your payroll. Heres the key, mike. The loan will be forgiven if you are able to retain or hire more workers. So how are you going to take advantage of this . Well, we immediately jumped on filling out the loan and getting with the sba. Its not the easiest of processes. We understand why. Nonetheless, we wish it was easier getting over20 documents together immediately so our bankers are fully prepared. So that that way, when everyone does come back to work, we can go back to status normal. And lieandolinis is our goal. It is going to be hard to get everybody back on payroll because some people its a transient industry some people come back or move on for whatever reason. We want them to cock ba when its safe or appropriate. Also we want to do it as quickly as we can while still doing it safe. Steve yeah. You know, nobody saw this coming. You know, three months ago, six months ago. You built up a business with 11 pizzerias it must break your heart that you have had to furlough these people who not only work for you but are your best friends. Let me put it into perspective the word furlough or lay off has never been in my professional vocab buoy layer. Its not what we do. Especially Small Businesses independent operators like myself. We love. This we love going out. Getting people to have jobs. Just making food for the culture. And without doing anything wrong, just overnight, you know, your legs are cut out from under you. The goal here is to fix it and were very happy that congress and as a whole mobilize quickly but that was done on the federal level. This is a bandaid. This is a 68 week bandaid that will fix what we have going on right now. If it continues, we are going to need more from the states. Because currently the states have just shut stuff down and done the safety measures. But the fed is what is taking care of us right now. And its not going to be enough. Steve well, you know, thats a dire suggestion if the situation does get worse. What about the people you have had to furlough. They get whats going on. But they understand your hands are tied because, you know, have you closed half your restaurants. The people arent ordering a lot of to go food anymore, right . I especially for our staff, that knows us intimately, knows that we care about them. We could do a few things. And it breaks our heart. It truly does. So things we have done is make a staff fund of 20 of all gift cards we can sell. We have free food for our staff members. As well as a pantry that we have created. Those are things that independents who truly do care about their staffs are doing across this nation. And we look to do these things so that we are still seeing ourselves here and there and Touching Base and making sure that they are taken care of. Having to say to someone sorry we dont have a job for you anymore. Again, when we were a thriving restaurant doing everything well, its just it its an up sane proposition. Steve exit question. If im in the tulsa area how do i get one of your pizzas to help you go to ando pizza. Com. Order online. Very easy to find in tulsa and we look forward to the day you come. Steve all right. Well, good luck to you, mike. Thank you very much. Steve all right. Almost 6 30 here on the east coast. Still to come, could recovered covid19 patients hold the key to a potential cure . A doctor on the front lines shares his brand new findings coming up next. 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