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60 Minutes

4/26/2020: On The Line, Outbreak Science, The Unseen Enemy

60 Minutes

CBS News

Society & Culture, Tv & Film

3.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Temperatures are being checked before shifts at GM and workers at Ford have watches that notify them if they're too close to each other. Norah O'Donnell reports on how both companies are trying to protect their employees as they manufacture medical equipment. David Martin finds out how the military is handling the coronavirus pandemic. And Bill Whitaker reports on the role of artificial intelligence in fighting the pandemic. Those stories on tonight's "60 Minutes."

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General Motors and Ford built nearly 4 million vehicles in this country last year.

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Today, they are making exactly zero because fear of the coronavirus has forced them to close their factories.

0:55.2

While they're no longer making cars,

0:59.4

both automakers are bringing back laid-off workers to help manufacture ventilators and personal protective equipment.

1:04.4

It went from a discussion to production in less than three weeks.

1:10.1

These were many of the first cities that actually received cases of COVID-19 as it spread out of mainland China.

1:15.9

We can analyze and visualize all this information across the globe in just a few seconds.

1:20.7

It's a digital early warning system that uses artificial intelligence to track infectious outbreaks.

1:27.0

Should the U.S. government be using it?

1:29.7

This is a whole other level of sophistication and data collection.

1:33.8

That's our story tonight.

1:37.8

It is a secure location that we intend to operate out of in wartime.

1:44.5

Chayan Mountain was built to withstand a nuclear blast, but every time a watch team makes

1:49.9

this half-mile walk into the mountain, they risk bringing the virus with them.

1:54.6

The first step you do is you start wiping down every surface, your computers, your telephones,

1:59.1

your desk surfaces, door handles. It's a bit like

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