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The Daily

The New York Times

Daily News, News

4.4 • 102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Across the United States, many hospitals are confronting their first cases of coronavirus. Today, we speak to New Jersey’s first confirmed coronavirus patient, a medical professional, about what having the virus was like for him, what he learned from the experience and why he thinks, “America is not ready.” Guests: Susan Dominus, a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine, spoke with James Cai, a physician assistant. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading: James Cai was told his test for coronavirus had not been completed. Then he heard from the governor on the news that he was the first confirmed case in New Jersey. Why states must ask knotty questions about how much to tell the public — and when.President Trump, listening to his health advisers, has said that the country should be practicing social distancing until at least the end of April. Here are the latest updates.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, unlike Obavaro, this is the Daily.
0:04.0	Today, as the pandemic quickly spreads across the U.S., hundreds of hospitals are now confronting
0:18.1	their first serious cases of the coronavirus.
0:23.7	Susan Domino's on the lessons of the first confirmed case in Jersey.
0:30.7	It's Monday, March 30.
0:39.5	So tell me how you first heard about James Kai.
0:42.5	Well, a few weeks ago, I heard about this young guy, a 32-year-old physician assistant,
0:47.6	who was the very first patient in all of New Jersey to test positive for COVID-19.
0:57.4	And so I reached out to him while he was still at the hospital.
1:01.6	And I was sort of wondering, would it possibly be okay?
1:04.9	Could you maybe find some time to talk?
1:06.7	And he said, sure, call me now.
1:08.7	I'm in isolation, in other words, and I have time.
1:13.1	Hello.
1:14.1	Are you there?
1:15.1	Yes.
1:16.1	Okay.
1:17.1	And what was the story that he told you?
1:25.2	So James lives and works in New York City.
1:27.4	Okay, so my name is James Kai.
1:29.6	And I'm a physician assistant.
1:31.6	And his mother and grandfather live in New Jersey.
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