RADIOMarch 03, 2020

MARCH 3rd CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: The Trump response

Glenn gives the latest coronavirus numbers, updating YOU on everything needed to know as Americans and officials monitor China's new COVID-19 virus:

Daily Stats as of 5:30 AM CT

Total Confirmed Cases 92,275 (up from 89,842 yesterday)
Total Confirmed Dead 3,130 (up from 3,069 yesterday)
77 Countries Have Confirmed Cases (up from 70 yesterday)
18% of Active Cases are considered Serious (Requiring Hospitalization) including 5% that Require ICU treatment
US has 103 Confirmed Cases, and now 6 Deaths (all in Washington State)
CDC Website no longer directly reporting total # of US Citizens tested since regional hospitals can now directly test

China Announces Travel Bans - From Korea, Japan Italy

China has announced that inbound travel from Italy, Japan, and Korea will be restricted.
Inbound passengers will be screened and subject to up to 14-day Quarantine

US Oral Swab Tests Considered 98% Accurate

Chinese Oral/Nasal Swab Tests Had a 30% False Negative Rate
Early study on US-based Swab Tests Showing 98.9% Accuracy in Detection Rate for COVID-19
CDC Expects Hundreds of tests to be Administered in the US Today, Thousands by End of Week

US School Closures Possible

Local or Regional School Closures Are On The Table, says Dr Anthony Fauci https://www.niaid.nih.gov/about/director

Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., NIAID Director | NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesDr. Fauci was appointed Director of NIAID in 1984. He oversees an extensive research portfolio of basic and applied research to prevent, diagnose, and treat established infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, respiratory infections, diarrheal diseases, tuberculosis and malaria as well as emerging diseases such as Ebola and Zika.www.niaid.nih.gov

"We're Past Containment Phase", moving into Mitigation Phase, which means Social Distancing, Working from Home, and Possible School Closures
Every country with a major outbreak has closed public schools, including China, Japan, Korea, Iran and Italy
IF the US experiences higher levels of outbreak, US should prepapre for schools to be closed and other large public gatherings to be canceled

Can we stop saying Trump is failing at this? Obama didn't release a billion dollars for the Swine Flu until over 1000 people died and 12469 died in US from the swine flu. Trump has released EXTRA funds, $2.5 billion worth before a single US death was reported. Former Obama FEMA chief of staff says he's glad Trump is "finally" taking this seriously… really?

THE GLENN BECK PODCAST

'You're Going to See Indictments': Russiagate Walls Closing In | The Glenn Beck Podcast | Ep 265

The walls are closing in for the perpetrators of Russiagate as the Trump administration continues to release documents, and Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) tells Glenn Beck that “you’re going to see indictments.” As the former attorney general of Missouri, Schmitt took the Left’s tyrannical actions to court, which he details in his new book, “The Last Line of Defense.” Now in Congress, he’s continuing the fight to bring the deep state to justice. Sen. Schmitt tells Glenn why people like Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Brennan, James Comey, and George Soros should beware. Plus, he gives an inside look at Dr. Fauci’s gain-of-function congressional hearing and Missouri v. Biden, the case he won against the deep state’s attempts to use social media companies to censor Americans. Schmitt also gives his take on whether President Trump can crack down on crime in cities like Chicago.