COVID-19 News Update, 3/24/2020:Governors Are In Charge
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Illustration of 2019 n-CoV CDC 23312 (aka Wuhan Coronavirus) (Attribution: CDC/Alissa Eckert MS;Dan Higgins MAM, Presented at: WindermereSun.com)
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For updated global info & data on COVID-19, please click HERE.
For COVID-19 cases and death counts in USA by state, please click HERE.
For COVID-19 cases in Florida, please click HERE.
Lawrence O’Donnell explains how governors, like Andrew Cuomo and Gavin Newsom, and doctors, like Anthony Fauci, are more in charge of combating the coronavirus pandemic in the United States than President Donald Trump, in the video “Lawrence: ‘Donald Trump Is Not In Charge Here’, The Last Word, MSNBC“, below:
Dr. Anthony Fauci believes it is too soon to send people back to work and to scale back social distance measures.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo pulled no punches during his daily briefing on the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the state, in the video “Coronavirus outbreak: NY Governor blasts federal government over COVID-19 action plan“, below:
Update: California Gov. Gavin Newsom was holding a press conference to address the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, in the video “Coronavirus: CA Gov. Gavin Newsom, officials address state’s response to COVID-19“, below:
US state authorities in the northeast say that in the absence of any leadership from the Trump administration to combat the coronavirus sweeping the country, they have had to step up to the plate, in the video “COVID-19 inaction: US state governors want gov’t to take charge“, below:
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker asked state’s major sports team owners to cancel games or play without fans until May 1 to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said schools in her state will close until April 6th, in the video “Illinois, Michigan Governors confront COVID-19“, below:
South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster will give an update on the state’s response to Coronavirus (COVID-19). March 19, 2020, in the video “Governor’s Update on Coronavirus (COVID-19), March 19, 2020“, below:
In his March 23rd briefing, Gov. Beshear of Kentucky reports 124 positive COVID-19 cases in the state, and a fourth death from the virus. He announces a new Team Kentucky Fund to help to those suffering job losses, and a hotline (1-833-KYSAFER) to report those not complying with state orders, in the video “Gov. Andy Beshear March 23 5:00 pm Update, Coronavirus, KET“, below:
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was joined by DSHS Commissioner John Hellerstedt, MD, and TDEM Chief Nim Kidd in the March 24 press conference regarding the state’s response to coronavirus, in the video “Coronavirus in Austin, Texas: Gov. Abbott gives update on state’s COVID-19 response, KVUE“, below:
Gov. Bill Lee and state officials give an update on the coronavirus outbreak in Tennessee, in the video “Gov. Bill Lee gives an update on COVID-19 in Tennessee“, below:
Trump is reportedly becoming increasingly frustrated with the advice from the health officials on the White House coronavirus team and says ‘we cannot let the cure be worse than the problem.’ in the video “Trump Hints At Early End To Coronavirus Restrictions As Pandemic Accelerates, The 11th Hour, MSNBC“, below:
Bill Lee gives an update on COVID-19 in Tennessee”, below:
In the video “Watch Full Coronavirus Coverage: U.S. Response, Global Impact, NBC News“, below:
Universal masking, social distancing, and testing are important and had been effective in mitigating the spread of COVID-19 in Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, and Macau.
So, let’s all try to stay home as much as possible! As for individual citizens, please wash your hands often (each time for at least 20 seconds), stop shaking hands, observe social distancing (staying at least 6 feet from others), be sure to get sufficient rest, be well nourished, exercised, drink plenty of hot water and ginger tea, and decrease unnecessary social contacts.
Some of the basics needed in prepping for potential self-quarantine:
- Hand cleanser (soap & water & hand sanitizer)
- Cleaning products: for cleaning household surfaces such as countertops, faucets, door knobs, drawer pulls, light switches, telephone, handles of brooms, mops, etc., for reference list suggested by CDC, click HERE.)
- Laundry detergent
- Food (at least 3 weeks worth of staples: beans, pasta, rice, canned vegetables, frozen food, canned soup, shelf-stable milk, or dehydrated food, etc.)
- Water (be it in bottled water form or activated carbon filter pitcher and/or distiller)
- Face masks
- Prescription meds (talk to your doctor as to how much of your prescription meds need to be stocked)
- Over-the-counter medicine (acetaminophen, ibuprofen, cough medicine, etc.)
- Thermometer
- Robust WiFi
- Video conferencing services
- Entertainment (check out: Netflix’s Pandemic & Amazon’s Contagion)
- Exercise guides or equipment
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