President Trump LIVE Briefings 03-31-2020
We are at a war.
Every citizen, business, and community is being asked to make changes how we live, work, and act each and every day.
Wouldn't be suprised to see this going long into the future, even when the virus is gone, defeated.
Some of what we are learning now will live on into the future (flu) - shaking hands, washing hands, standing a part.
This campaign extended until April 30th.
Dr Burke will explain why they made that decision.
Dr. Fauci will explain why it is essential for American people to follow the guidelines for the next 30 days.... it's a matter of life and death.
We are the greatest economy in the world, we had the best unemployment numbers we've ever had by far - then we had to close it up.
Americans - have a great pride going on right now.
Announcements:
Treasury Dept & Small Biz Admin - paycheck protection program (2 Trillion Relief Bill)
350 in loans - soon available thru lending partners - forgiven as long as biz still pay their workers - sole proprietors and independent contractors
APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED STARTING THIS FRIDAY APRIL 3rd - BEGINS
Internet lines - strained more than ever because everyone is inside;
he spoke to Verizon, ATT, T-Mobile, Charter Communications, ComCast, Liberty Media, Alteas (?), Sprint, Liotry (?), Cox Communications, Century - Link
(gave the names he spoke with too)
Europe went a different route than the USA - and they are having tremendous problems - other contininents are having problems
our internet is holding up incredibly well and they expect that to continue
Distribution of Supplies
Massive Equipment to 50 States
Holding back quite a bit - almost 10k ventilators ready (holding bc surge is coming strong and need to move it into place immediately when needed)
Gov of MI and he just spoke - they sent large number to them and to LA, NY, NJ
FEMA - 250 ambulances + 500 EMTs to help respond to caseload
CA - Army Corp of Engineers - developing 8 facilities to get 50k beds
Gavin Newsom doing a great job - constant communication
MERCY ship is now operational in LA and receiving patients
COMFORT (NY) is in place and will be shortly receiving large numbers of patients - over 1000 rooms, 12 operating rooms
FEMA - 100+ travel trailers to assist with housing
MI - FEMA 250 bed field hospital to be delivered - looking to double it up if needed
FEMA and ARMY CORP are prepared to go to MI if needed
LA - 500 new hospital beds - looking to deliver new hospital (talking with GOV) +
3000 bed alternate care site at New Orleans Center - will be operational this week
LA started off late, looked good, and then reared up out of nowhere
Surgical Care Centers flexible to care for people not infected - ie. expectant mothers
Now hospitals can create delivery places separate
over last 2 months US State DEPT - International Evaculation (Mike Pompeo ?) and Ambassador OBrien - over 25k Americans from 50+ countries where they were stuck (locked in) - they have brought them home
Young people in Peru, Brazil -
almost everyone is out
BE PREPARED - we are going to go through a tough 2 weeks - very painful 2 weeks.
When you see at night the death caused by this invisible enemy -incredible
NJ GOV said 29 people died yesterday.
100's in other States.
This will be a rough 2 week period.
We are approaching a really important day where we see things get better all of a sudden -- it will be like a burst of light I hope -
strength will be tested
appreciate a lot of the media - a lot of good things said
Franklin Graham - extraordinary person - Samaritan's Purse has been amazing - did it so fast. People are really seeing what they have done. Very special family.
Plane loads of masks, gloves, supplies to communities battling the plaque -
pray for our nurses, paramedics, truck drivers, sanitation workers... all the people fighting for our lives...
Elmhurt Queens - hospital - the freezer trucks...
@13 minutes
like going into battle, war, the bravery is incredible... I would rip my hat off so fast and see you people are incredible.
(talking again about his friend in a coma 2 days later from going to hospital)
Country is coming together like I've never seen before. We will prevail. We will win.
The data has been brilliantly put together.
Mike Pence will give some of the recent events taken place and some interesting stats. (after Dr Burke and Dr Fauci)
Dr. Burke
Slide - Goals of Community Mitigation
This begins and ends with the community. The American people have to do the things to make the difference (in the next 30 days).
the model they were looking at. The stippled mountain, hill is still "too much" (Dr. Burke)
Simultaneously another model from Washington -
looking at cases around the world to give us insight into the needs
this is the model they are looking at now that provides the most detail possible
but it assumes full mitigation
it is updated daily
very much focused on the next two weeks
(FOX NEWS did not show us this slide or the next)
the third slide "gives us the most hope"
cumulative cases in CA where doing significant testing, CT, NJ, NY, WA
"next slide"
this slide is all 50 states and District of Columbia - shows stark reality the difference between NY, NJ, and other similar states... our goal is that the 48 you see across the bottom maintain these lower level of cases - hopes of no outbreaks like we have seen
We hope the healthcare workers are strengthened by our resolve to mitigate community by community - we are very dependent by each person following the Presidential Guidelines to a T.... I know it's a lot to ask bc you have done it the last 15 days.
"next slide"
what Italy has done; this graphic and the graphic of many of the states that give us hope continuing for another 30 days
New Orleans continues to be a problem of new cases although they are stabilizing - it really shows the depth of dedication of the American people to the healthcare workers - they are all working of unrelenting patients - no one has been turned away - no one who has needed ventilation has not received it - very difficult to the soldiers on the front line
there is no magic bullet - no vaccine or therapy - it's just each of our behaviors that will change the course of this pandemic over the next 30 days
Dr Fauci
The virus if left to its own devices will do that dark curve (see the graphic)
We are really convinced mitigation will do the trick for us.
Increase in new cases level off - secondary effect
1. less hospitalization
2. less intensive care
3. less deaths
#2 & #3 always lag behind the first indication #1
