Dr. Fauci: "Bottom line, it's going to get worse"

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 12 March 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Coronavirus cases and deaths continue to rise. Events are being canceled or continuing without any spectators, like the upcoming NCAA tournament. Dr. Fauci, the Director at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases says "it's going to get worse." Dr. Vivek Murthy, the 19th Surgeon General of the United States, joins Anderson Cooper to talk about the status of our healthcare system and how hospitals are already stretched thin because of flu season. Plus, Dr. Sam Fink, a doctor who's been treating coronavirus patients, tells AC360° what he thinks can be done to minimize cases going forward. Airdate: March 11, 2020To 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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0:00.0	Good evening.
0:01.0	Just about an hour, President Trump is scheduled to speak to the country from the Oval Office
0:05.0	about the coronavirus outbreak.
0:06.2	He's expected to lay out some sort of a plan of action in the face of what the World
0:10.4	Health Organization today for the first time labeled a pandemic.
0:13.7	In other words, an outbreak with the potential to touch everyone, not just in America, but
0:18.6	around the globe.
0:19.6	Today, it's hard to argue that it hasn't already.
0:22.4	All day, hour after hour, there were new signs of how significantly life has changed already
0:27.5	and could change even more in the days and weeks and months ahead.
0:33.3	Is the worst yet to come, Dr. Fauci?
0:35.1	Yes, it is.
0:36.1	I can say we will see more cases and things will get worse than they are right now.
0:42.0	Bottom line, it's going to get worse.
0:45.2	If anyone out there believes it is not going to get worse, you are simply mistaken.
0:49.6	The numbers speak to that notion.
0:51.3	The caseload topping 1200 in the United States, up from a thousand just hours before.
0:56.8	Washington, D.C.'s mayor announcing a state of emergency after a string of new cases there.
1:01.2	Joining 21 other states in many more localities.
1:03.9	New York's governor, designating a one-mile radius containment zone in the New York City
1:07.9	suburb of Newer Shell.
1:09.8	More colleges across the country today cancel classes and switch over to distance learning.
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