WEBVTT - Social Distancing Guidelines Extended Until April 30

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<v Speaker 1>It's Tuesday, March one. I'm Oscar Ramires from the Daily

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<v Speaker 1>Dive podcast in Los Angeles, and this is your daily

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<v Speaker 1>coronavirus update. President Trump has extended the social Distancing guidelines

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<v Speaker 1>until at least April. Previously, Trump wanted to open the

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<v Speaker 1>economy back up by Easter. Instead, we are now learning

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<v Speaker 1>that the peak of the outbreak in America could come

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<v Speaker 1>about that time. Gabby or White House reporter at Politico

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<v Speaker 1>joins us for how Dr Anthony Fauci and Dr Deborah

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<v Speaker 1>Burkes convinced the President to extend the guidelines. Thanks for

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<v Speaker 1>joining us, Gabby, Thanks for We're all looking forward to

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<v Speaker 1>the day when all the coronavirus pandemic madness ends and

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<v Speaker 1>we can go back to our normal lives. I know

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<v Speaker 1>the social distancing aspect of this has been taking a

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<v Speaker 1>toll on a lot of people personally, and then beyond that,

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<v Speaker 1>the economy, businesses, the economy has taken a huge hit

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<v Speaker 1>because of all of this. Right now and on. President

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<v Speaker 1>Trump over the weekend and on Monday has said that

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<v Speaker 1>his decision to prolong the coronavirus Social Distancing Guidelines was

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<v Speaker 1>informed by his top public health officials. These recommendations should

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<v Speaker 1>remain in place until April. Now, Gabby, what more can

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<v Speaker 1>you tell us about all this? The President has decided

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<v Speaker 1>to forego his original Easter Sunday target date to sort

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<v Speaker 1>of reopen part to the economy and relax some of

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<v Speaker 1>the social distancing guidelines, and to instead listen to the

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<v Speaker 1>infectious disease experts, the health officials who are currently a

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<v Speaker 1>part of the Coronavirus Task Force, and extend the deadline

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<v Speaker 1>until April thirty, at least for now. That could continue,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean after April. If we're still seeing a surge

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<v Speaker 1>in cases of coronavirus here in the US in states

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<v Speaker 1>that maybe haven't been as impacted yet but could be

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<v Speaker 1>in the next few weeks, the President could certainly extend

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<v Speaker 1>the social distancing guidelines that the federal government has been

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<v Speaker 1>in place well into May and beyond. They now think

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<v Speaker 1>that Easter Sunday could be the peak of the coronavirus

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<v Speaker 1>outbreak here in the United States, So it's still a

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<v Speaker 1>good two weeks away, you know, can see increasing cases

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<v Speaker 1>and more debts. This is what his health officials are

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<v Speaker 1>telling him, right, It is what health officials are telling him,

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<v Speaker 1>and it is one of the reasons why you're seeing

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<v Speaker 1>a number of governors actually take additional steps over this

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<v Speaker 1>weekend and today to sort of prepare for an onslot

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<v Speaker 1>of cases in the next two weeks. Maryland and Virginia

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<v Speaker 1>are just two of them. Of course, both of these

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<v Speaker 1>states maybor d C, an area that has been hit

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<v Speaker 1>hard and is expected to see an influx in cases

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<v Speaker 1>just like what we've seen in New York over the

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<v Speaker 1>next two weeks. And so both Governor Hogan of Maryland

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<v Speaker 1>and Governor North and Virginia instituted stay in place orders

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<v Speaker 1>today that are expected to go into effect this evening

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<v Speaker 1>and will hopefully send off sort of the crisis that

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<v Speaker 1>is unfolding in New York at least to some extent.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not as though the Washington DC area can avoid it,

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<v Speaker 1>but if there are things that we can do in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of social distancing and business closures and making people

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<v Speaker 1>stay at home, and that's certainly something that least state

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<v Speaker 1>governors they're trying to coordinate with the administration. On President Trump,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, he's a guy who plays everything by the gut,

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<v Speaker 1>on his instincts, and that's gotten him into some tricky

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<v Speaker 1>situations with aspects of the government, whether it's the intelligence

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<v Speaker 1>agency or whatnot. But on this right now. Early on

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<v Speaker 1>the messaging was a little all over the place too,

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<v Speaker 1>but right now it seems like he really is trusting

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<v Speaker 1>his health experts, most notably Dr Anthony Faucci and Dr

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<v Speaker 1>Deborah Burke's. Dr Fauci had said that they had some

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<v Speaker 1>strong words with the president, like this needs to be continued,

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<v Speaker 1>and thankfully the president is listening at this point. And

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<v Speaker 1>that have been a big question just over the past

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<v Speaker 1>few days, is whether or not the president was so

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<v Speaker 1>eager to reopen parts of the economy and to stave

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<v Speaker 1>off a recession and significant impacts to businesses and to

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<v Speaker 1>workers by reopening the economy and relaxing these social distancing guidelines,

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<v Speaker 1>or if he would in fact turn to the advice

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<v Speaker 1>of medical experts, people who are really studying the virus

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<v Speaker 1>and just the trends that we've seen in different parts

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<v Speaker 1>of the world that have been affected by it so far.

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<v Speaker 1>And I know that there was a lot of consternation

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<v Speaker 1>inside his own presidential campaign. A lot of people were

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<v Speaker 1>worried about this politically, you know, if the president did

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<v Speaker 1>decide to move forward and reopen parts of the economy,

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<v Speaker 1>and then we saw the virus start to spread even

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<v Speaker 1>further and community transmission become more apparent in a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of places where it maybe didn't exist already. That could

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<v Speaker 1>be devastating for him politically, And so I think that

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<v Speaker 1>not only was he listening to members of the Coronavirus

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<v Speaker 1>Task Force who were sort of advising him from a

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<v Speaker 1>health perspective, but also close aids and people within his

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<v Speaker 1>inner circle who were weighing in from a political standpoint

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<v Speaker 1>as well. It is unfortunate that politics always kind of

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<v Speaker 1>plays a place in something like this, But there are

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<v Speaker 1>many many angles through this. There is the health aspect, obviously,

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<v Speaker 1>we don't want more people to get sick and die

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<v Speaker 1>and have this thing spread. There is the economy angle.

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<v Speaker 1>The longer that we keep things shutting down, the worst

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<v Speaker 1>the economy suffers, the worst people individually, businesses, small business,

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<v Speaker 1>every that's a whole trickle down thing, the worst that gets.

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<v Speaker 1>And then there is obviously the political angle on this.

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<v Speaker 1>The success of this whole coronavirus effort really could possibly

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<v Speaker 1>depend whether the President gets re elected or not. And

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<v Speaker 1>I know that they are constantly going on through all this,

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<v Speaker 1>and different factions within the administration or fighting for different things.

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<v Speaker 1>So the president is in a very difficult spot on

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<v Speaker 1>how to handle all this. He is and he's getting

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of conflicting advice from different pockets of his

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<v Speaker 1>administration and also from outside allies. And you just mentioned it.

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<v Speaker 1>But one thing that is important to note is sort

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<v Speaker 1>of the internal tensions that we're seeing play out that

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<v Speaker 1>we've become accustomed to just as reporters who are covering

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<v Speaker 1>this administration, I mean, you see it all the time,

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<v Speaker 1>where you have sort of these different wings inside the

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<v Speaker 1>White House who are competing or who are trying to

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<v Speaker 1>get the President to adopt their point of view, and

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<v Speaker 1>that seems to be happening right now. Is well, there

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<v Speaker 1>are different parts of this administration. There's confusion over the

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<v Speaker 1>coordination happening with private sector entities and how they're working

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<v Speaker 1>with the government. So I do think that that is

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<v Speaker 1>contributing somewhat to sort of the chaotic approach that we've seen,

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<v Speaker 1>the whole of government approach that Vice President Pence has

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<v Speaker 1>been describing, and ultimately it could really damage the president's

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<v Speaker 1>reelection if that continues and impacts his administration's response to

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<v Speaker 1>the coronavirus Gabby or White House reporter at Politico. Thank

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<v Speaker 1>you very much for joining us, Thanks for having me.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Oscar Ramirez and this has been your daily coronavirus update.

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