Monday, March 30, 2020

COVID-19: Task Force Briefing at White House

Panama Canal allows passage for ship to get home

The cruise ship Zaandam, in which four passengers died and several onboard have reported influenza-like symptoms, was granted passage through the Panama Canal to sail to South Florida, Holland American said. File Photo courtesy Holland America. MEDIA CREDIT: UPI.com, 3.29.2020
3.29.2020 - Today, these federal guidelines were extended. Other conditions may require additional extensions or changes on or before that date.

Currently, these federal guidelines to "Slow the Spread" have been extended to April 30, 2020.

Guidelines Extended
(Excerpt) "President Donald Trump on... extended the national... [Slow the Spread] guidelines to April 30, walking back his previous remarks that he wanted the country to reopen for business by Easter...

Public health experts had warned that loosening restrictions by Easter, on April 12, would result in unnecessary death and economic damage."
MEDIA CREDIT: Emily Newburger, cnbc.com, 3.29.2020

Since its founding, this may be the first Easter season that America has not allowed Easter church services.

Task Force Doctor
(Excerpt) "Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci ...[has said that] officials 'don't really have any firm idea' about how many cases the country will eventually have but estimated there could be as many as 200,000 deaths and 'millions of cases.'...

[Previously,] the number I gave out is based on modeling and I think it's entirely conceivable that if we do not mitigate to the extent that we're trying to do that we could reach that number,' Fauci said during... [3.29.2020] briefing. 'So what we're trying to do is not let that happen so instead of concentrating on the upper and the lower we're trying to push it all the way down.'

Fauci added that officials believe that the federal guidelines to prevent the spread of the virus have had 'an effect,' however that effect is difficult to quantify.

'The decision to extend this mitigation process [Guidelines] until the end of April [30] I think was a wise and prudent decision,' ...[Dr. Fauci] said.
MEDIA CREDIT: UPI.com, 3.29.2020


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