CDC director predicts 100,000 U.S. coronavirus deaths by June 1; Trump's vaccine czar "confident" a few hundred million doses can be ready by years end despite "very aggressive" timeline; LA begins to reopen after highest number of cases in a month.

Erin Burnett OutFront

CNN

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4.4 • 706 Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Army general helping lead vaccine effort: "Herculean task"; number of new cases trending lower in 28 states; but new Texas cases up double digits since restrictions relaxed; America's retail sales completely collapsed in April; NY, NJ, CT beaches opening for Memorial Day with restrictions; President Trump: "vaccine or no vaccine, we're back"; Death toll now tops 87,000 as cases surpass 1.4 million; Trump touts new CDC guidance, but appears to be watered down; Oxford researchers finish first human vaccine trial; Oxford studies vaccine on monkeys, finds those with vaccine had less of virus after exposure; Oxford researchers aim to know by Sept. whether vaccine works; TX sees rise in cases after reopening, GA on the decline; Georgia among 28 states on downward trend with number of cases, Texas among seven states that are on the rise; Number of Texas cases on the rise after reopening, reported single day highs of cases and deaths yesterday; Trump again avoids wearing mask, says he tested negative; Nurse tells Trump she hasn't caught virus because of PPE, President again declines to wear a mask; Trump doubles down on vaccine timeline: could be end of year; If a vaccine existed today, there'd be a supply shortage; House about to vote on $3 trillion coronavirus aid package; Includes new round of direct payments to Americans, Senate unlikely to take up; Top U.S. asset manager: will take 10-12 years for U.S. to return to pre-pandemic employment levels; The Texas restaurant owner who refuses to give up; Restaurant owner battles his ailing health amid pandemic by refusing to give up: "I'm going to fight and fight and fight".To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:02.4	The director of the CDC now predicting the death toll from coronavirus in the United States
1:06.3	will top 100,000 people by June 1st.
1:09.4	This is the president is promising a vaccine by the end of the year.
1:12.8	Plus cases of coronavirus on the rise in Texas, on the decline in Georgia. Both states, though,
1:18.0	be open. So what do we read into that? And when a vaccine arrives, why there may be no way for
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1:34.6	projection. The director of the CDC now predicting the death toll will top 100,000 in the United
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