WEBVTT - New Hotspots and GM Working to Make Ventilators

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<v Speaker 1>It's Monday, March. I'm Oscar Ramirez from the Daily Dive

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<v Speaker 1>podcast in Los Angeles, and this is your daily coronavirus updates.

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<v Speaker 1>With the most number of confirmed COVID nineteen cases in

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<v Speaker 1>the world here in the US, new hotspots are emerging well,

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<v Speaker 1>mostly concentrated on the coast, more cases are creeping into

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<v Speaker 1>other cities. The CDC has issued a domestic travel advisory

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<v Speaker 1>urging residents of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut not

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<v Speaker 1>to travel for fourteen days. In other news, GM and

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<v Speaker 1>Ford are working to make more ventilators, and new polls

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<v Speaker 1>show Joe Biden and Trump in a competitive race for

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<v Speaker 1>Julia Manchester, political reporter for The Hill, joins us for more.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for joining us, Julia, Thank you for having me.

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<v Speaker 1>We're continuing our conversation about coronavirus and it's spread throughout

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<v Speaker 1>the United States. We've been seeing a lot of hot

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<v Speaker 1>spots on the coast, most notably New York. I know

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<v Speaker 1>they're kind of the epicenter of this right now, but

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<v Speaker 1>on the West coast and the East coast that you know,

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<v Speaker 1>there's high numbers and as the needs for more protective

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<v Speaker 1>equipment for medical workers and ventilators, things that we need

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<v Speaker 1>to treat patients. The spread of the virus is starting

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<v Speaker 1>to get down into Middle America. Now there's new hotspots

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<v Speaker 1>that are people are talking about. Absolutely, you're seeing the virus.

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<v Speaker 1>Really we don't really know if it's necessarily moved, because

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<v Speaker 1>remember this is something that can be very asymptomatic, so

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<v Speaker 1>you could have it for a long amount of time

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<v Speaker 1>or a certain period of time and not realize you

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<v Speaker 1>have it. So what I think is really happening is

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<v Speaker 1>you're seeing a lot more testing being done, but you're

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<v Speaker 1>also seeing continuing, you know, some travel between the states

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<v Speaker 1>as well. I mean, it's not like the entire country

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<v Speaker 1>has been shut down one so you're seeing that a lot.

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<v Speaker 1>And actually where I am here in Florida, we're really

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<v Speaker 1>starting to see the impacts of it. Remember I'm in

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<v Speaker 1>Central Florida right now, but in South Florida, there are

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of New York, part time New York or

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<v Speaker 1>New Jersey residents going to their winter homes in Florida,

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<v Speaker 1>are going back and forth, and we've seen a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of hot spots really pop up in South Florida, and

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of that is attributed to the epicenter of

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<v Speaker 1>it being really in New York right now, and you've

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<v Speaker 1>seen Governor Rohnde Santa's here, and we've also seen this

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<v Speaker 1>happening and happening in Rhode Island as well. They've been

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<v Speaker 1>ordering people who have traveled from the Tri State area

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<v Speaker 1>the New York area to quarantine themselves for two weeks

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<v Speaker 1>about fourteen days, So that's really been an impact. And

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<v Speaker 1>you're also seeing it happening in other states as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Michigan is a huge state that's thought to be a

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<v Speaker 1>big epicenter as well. Louisiana. Louisiana, I thought, I think

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<v Speaker 1>is very interesting and I kind of see some comparisons

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<v Speaker 1>between Louisiana and Italy because in Louisiana, it was kind

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<v Speaker 1>of thought that this really started because of the Mardi

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<v Speaker 1>Grass celebrations earlier this month and the large gatherings of people,

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<v Speaker 1>and that was thought, you know, in Italy, these large

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<v Speaker 1>gatherings um in early March, er I guess late February

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<v Speaker 1>was part of that. So it is starting to become

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<v Speaker 1>and it has been a nationwide problem. But I think overall,

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<v Speaker 1>the more testing you the more positive cases are going

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<v Speaker 1>to be reported. Yeah, and those travel restrictions. As you mentioned,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, it kind of leads us into something that

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<v Speaker 1>happened over the weekend. The President said he was considering

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<v Speaker 1>quarantine measures for New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut, seeing

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<v Speaker 1>as how it's kind of an epicenter there. Then he

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<v Speaker 1>backed off of it. I think some of the governors

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<v Speaker 1>were mad. Andrew Cuomo said it would cause chaos if

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<v Speaker 1>they actually put on full, complete lockdowns. But after that,

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<v Speaker 1>shortly after that, the CDC issued travel advisory saying anybody

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<v Speaker 1>traveling from there needs to quarantine themselves for two weeks.

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<v Speaker 1>I also wanted to talk about vital equipment that hospitals

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<v Speaker 1>and states need right now. The President had activated the

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<v Speaker 1>Defense Production Act, but it wasn't until this past weekend

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<v Speaker 1>that he actually said that he's directing General Motors to

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<v Speaker 1>start producing ventilators. And there were some back and forth

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<v Speaker 1>between them, but it seems that Ford and General Motors

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<v Speaker 1>are both working with companies right now to help make

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<v Speaker 1>these medical devices so they can supply them to the states. Definitely,

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<v Speaker 1>and you saw the President get praise for that move,

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<v Speaker 1>even from Democrats. Joe Biden said he congratulated President Trump

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<v Speaker 1>for finally invoking the order. We are implementing the order.

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<v Speaker 1>We know that he technically invoked it earlier this week,

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<v Speaker 1>or it might have been late last week. But you

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<v Speaker 1>know a lot of his critics still say this should

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<v Speaker 1>have been done earlier. This he should have been putting

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<v Speaker 1>more pressure on these companies earlier to produce this equipment.

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<v Speaker 1>But right now we're going to see them really start

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<v Speaker 1>to create those ventilators to send out to the states.

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<v Speaker 1>We know that medical equipment is a huge concern across

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<v Speaker 1>the country and even in urban centers like the New

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<v Speaker 1>York City area of the Boston area Michigan, for example.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think this is definitely good for right now,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think a lot of people are questioning why

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<v Speaker 1>this really doesn't wasn't done earlier. And you mentioned Joe Biden.

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<v Speaker 1>I just wanted to bring him up for a moment.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a weird time to be campaigning for a general

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<v Speaker 1>election almost I know Senator Bernie Sanders is still in

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<v Speaker 1>the race, but it seems like Joe Biden is so

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<v Speaker 1>far ahead right now, at least with the delegate count.

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<v Speaker 1>So he's his campaign has gone completely digital. He's kind

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<v Speaker 1>of trying to contrast himself with the response to the

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<v Speaker 1>President Trump to this crisis right now, and there was

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<v Speaker 1>a new Washington Post ABC poll that has them running

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<v Speaker 1>pretty close Joe Biden and President Trump a registered voters.

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<v Speaker 1>The interesting in that is that Trump is more trusted

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<v Speaker 1>to handle the economy, which is a very tricky situation

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<v Speaker 1>right now with what we're dealing with, and Biden is

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<v Speaker 1>more trusted to manage healthcare policy, which is also something

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<v Speaker 1>that we're kind of dealing with right now. So this

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<v Speaker 1>is kind of the latest from the polls. Yeah, and

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<v Speaker 1>I think what you're seeing right now are there two strengths.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, remember President Trump has always how did the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that there have been stock market gains at least

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<v Speaker 1>the macro economic level, and it is his administration, which

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<v Speaker 1>they're absolutely has been, whereas Joe Biden has really pushed

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<v Speaker 1>this healthcare measure. I mean, during the Obama administration, Joe

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<v Speaker 1>Biden very much was involved in the writing and the

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<v Speaker 1>passing of the Affordable Care Acts. So that's definitely both

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<v Speaker 1>of their ranks being played out in this. And you're

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<v Speaker 1>seeing Joe Biden really trying to push this issue of

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<v Speaker 1>public health and the need to improve public health. He

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<v Speaker 1>has set up his own public health advisory on the campaign,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, to the digital part, his campaign has

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<v Speaker 1>very much um try to revamp their presence in the

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<v Speaker 1>digital landscape because it's really the only place they can

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<v Speaker 1>have a presence at this point, right So you're seeing

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<v Speaker 1>them come out with a newsletter, a podcast. This is

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<v Speaker 1>them really trying to counter program President Trump, but also

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<v Speaker 1>really try to keep themselves, keep the Vice President Biden

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<v Speaker 1>in the public eye, and they're really pushing his executive

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<v Speaker 1>experience as vice president, his experience as a leader dealing

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<v Speaker 1>with crisis. He often talks about what he did too

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<v Speaker 1>in the Obama administration to combat the Ebola epidemic and

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<v Speaker 1>the swine flew in two thousand nine and maybe parts

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<v Speaker 1>of two thousand and ten. So they're definitely pushing that. However,

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<v Speaker 1>it's difficult because you see the networks airing President Trump's

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<v Speaker 1>conferences with people like Dr Fauci, Dr Deborah Burkes, who

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<v Speaker 1>are very popular with the public right now. They are

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<v Speaker 1>seen as very trust in public figures, and I think

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<v Speaker 1>that definitely helps the Trump campaign to have those people

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<v Speaker 1>by his side. Julia Manchester, political reporter at the Hill,

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you very much for joining us. Thank you I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Oscar Emiras and this has been your daily coronavirus update.

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