COVID-19's Next Wave, Earth Day Indoors & Gronk's NFL Comeback- Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020!
We're hearing from the CDC director about a possible second wave of COVID-19 while Congress makes more progress on another round of economic relief.
And at-home testing kits, approved by the FDA, could soon be available.
Plus, we're talking Earth Day's 50th anniversary, what Netflix just doubled, and a big, unexpected comeback in the sports world.
Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
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Sources:
Case Count, Death Toll: Johns Hopkins
CDC Winter Wave Severity: Wapo, Axios, Forbes
Hydroxychloroquine Treatment Study: CNN, AP
New Relief Package Passed: CNN, NPR
WHO on COVID-19 Source: USA Today, FOX News
2016 Election Interference Report: Axios, AP
Biden Strongest Fundraising Month: Reuters, Axios
Earth Day 2020: USA Today, The Verge, Earth Day Festivities, Earth Day Live
At-Home Testing Kit Approved: ABC News, CBS News, FDA, Website
Netflix, Snapchat Users Boost: The Verge, TechCrunch, Quartz, Snap, Netflix
Gronk Joins Tom Brady: BleacherReport, NBC Sports, ESPN
BET COVID-19 Relief Special: BET, Deadline, AP
Work Wednesday: Work-From-Home Burnout: CNN
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, April 22nd. |
| 0:02.0 | We're hearing from the CDC director about a possible second wave of COVID-19, |
| 0:06.0 | while Congress makes more progress on another round of economic relief, |
| 0:09.6 | and at-home testing kits approved by the FDA could soon become available. |
| 0:14.0 | Plus we're talking Earth Day's 50th anniversary, |
| 0:16.7 | what Netflix just doubled, and a big unexpected comeback |
| 0:20.0 | in the sports world. |
| 0:21.1 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:25.0 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. |
| 0:28.0 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:30.0 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:31.0 | Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:35.0 | This week marked three months since the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the United States and as of this |
| 0:44.3 | morning more than 825,000 people in the US have tested positive. The American |
| 0:49.1 | death toll has topped 45,000. Well that's definitely a grim number. Remember it also shows a lot more people have |
| 0:55.3 | recovered from the virus than have died from it. The problem is this might not be the |
| 0:59.6 | worst outbreak we see this year. The CDC director warned the second wave of COVID-19 |
| 1:04.2 | cases this winter could be more deadly since it will coincide with the flu season. |
| 1:08.3 | Dr. Robert Redfield said simultaneous outbreaks would put an incredible strain on the health care system and |
| 1:14.0 | supplies could be even harder to come by. |
| 1:16.4 | So he urged state and federal officials to prepare now, even if conditions start improving. |
| 1:21.7 | Of course, the hope is that we will know more about |
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