Watching Trump presser so you don't have to. Good news: Fauci back on stage. Trump still says he's "hoping" people can go back to work by Easter but says he'll base decision on medical facts.
Let's see if he holds to that through the presser.
Let's see if he holds to that through the presser.
Trump just reading prepared remarks. He always gets woolly the more he ad libs
"America will never be a supplicant nation"
"America will never be a supplicant nation"
He has such bad speechwriters. @jonfavs et al must cringe just at the syntax abuse alone.
Dr Bir is up: Scarf game strong. Says we massively accelerated testing though many many reports today of very symptomatic people not being able to be tested.
Birx says we're starting to say encouraging results out of Italy.
Of course Italy has had a MUCH tighter crackdown than we have.
Of course Italy has had a MUCH tighter crackdown than we have.
56% of all new cases coming out of NYC area.
And far higher mortality.
And far higher mortality.
"To everyone who has left NY...you may have been exposed before you left. Everyone who left NY should be self-quarantining for 14 days after you left."
Fauci is up: Now that we have hundreds of thousands of testing, non hot-spot areas need testing too, so we can act on data.
They still have a window of being able to contain. Take each infected person into isolation. Can't do that in hot spots anymore.
They still have a window of being able to contain. Take each infected person into isolation. Can't do that in hot spots anymore.
Fauci says that people fleeing NY could really help spread to other areas.
Fauci talks of off-label drugs: We're also doing randomized clinical of other drugs on top of the ones that Trump keeps (recklessly pushing).
Larry Kudlow aka r'uh oh up:
Says the Congressional legislation is urgently needed to get us through and position us for a rebound later this year.
Says the Congressional legislation is urgently needed to get us through and position us for a rebound later this year.
Who's pressing Kudlow's suits during this crisis?
Disaster tailoring
Disaster tailoring
$6 trillion package. wow
Trump keeps saying we're going to surpass where economy was before.
Also keeps saying we'll rescue the Cruise line industry.
Also keeps saying we'll rescue the Cruise line industry.
Pence up: Keeps touting "15 days to slow the spread" when we are half-way through and nowhere near to containment.
Pence calls on New Yorkers (esp NYC) who have traveled to other parts self-isolate and keep taking your temperature.
USS Comfort still WEEKS away from NYC
FEMA distributing 7.5 million N95 masks (but doesn't say wheen) and has shipped stuff to NYC today
It's not GENEROUS for Apple et al to donate their masks to hospitals. It's SELF PRESERVATION of stock price, workers, etc.
Trump asked if any of the doctors would agree with Easter timeline. He gulps and backpeddles.
Says he just picked Easter because "it was a beautiful day"
Says he just picked Easter because "it was a beautiful day"
Trump is both saying maybe Easter is possible many parts of country but also that he'll listen to Fauci, Birx, other doctors..
Overll this was more true to facts and science than other Trump briefings.
Also way shorter, which helps that.
The NYC numbers clearly, finally, freaking Trump out.
Also way shorter, which helps that.
The NYC numbers clearly, finally, freaking Trump out.
