The "camera 2" video below is what you'll want to watch for the exact quote and reaction from Dr. Deborah Birx, Coronavirus Response Coordinator for the Coronavirus Task Force:
Take Camera 2 pic.twitter.com/mV9oQAnExm— Phil Williams (@NC5PhilWilliams) April 24, 2020
I guess my biggest question is, why is a press conference being used as a brainstorming session? "Suppose" we do this or that? Shouldn't these events be for making explicit statements?
In other news that is surely disappointing to the president, a report was leaked(?) or released early(?) that states hydroxychloroquine and remdesivir, which he has been promoting as potential cures, actually don't improve outcomes in COVID-19 patients. And the FDA just released a warning on hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, urging people not to take it on their own due to serious side effects. (Related: Lysol has also warned against internal use of its products.)
One final disappointing update to kick off your weekend: the Chinese city of Harbin is now under lockdown after a student returning from New York triggered a new outbreak. 1) If it hadn't happened already, I predict this will be the turning point where China starts claiming the virus was brought to them from overseas, rather than the other way around. (They're already forcing many foreigners [who have been in China this whole time] into unnecessary quarantine, at their own expense, but that's a whole other discussion.) 2) This is a glimpse of what the next several (at least) years will probably be like, with various cities and regions going under lockdown all the time as the virus continues to spread, resolve, and reemerge.
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