Ex-CDC director: "We're just at the beginning" of the pandemic; Trump considers naming coronavirus vaccine Czar; ADP: More than 20 million private sector United States jobs lost in April; Doctors warn heart attack patients may be avoiding hospitals;

Erin Burnett OutFront

CNN

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4.4 • 706 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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United States coronavirus cases top 1.2 million, death toll tops 73,000; Health expert: No state has met White House criteria for reopening; Trump: "People won't stand for" continued shutdowns, health expert: No state has met White House criteria for reopening; Ex-CDC director: New York City is seeing twice as many coronavirus deaths than deaths from all other causes combined; Trump reverses course, says White House coronavirus task force will continue "indefinitely", "I had no idea how popular" it is; Governor Cuomo: Most new coronavirus patients in New York are people who had been staying home; New human vaccine trials underway in United States as Pfizer predicts " 20 million" doses could be ready by year's end; April likely the worst month for jobs since the Great Depression; Trump still pushing to "terminate" Obamacare amid pandemic; Democrats push for new round of Coronavirus stimulus as economists warn more than 20 million jobs lost in April; New normal in Congress: Senators wear masks, social distance; Senator Rand Paul avoids wearing a mask, says he's "nearly certain" he's immune after recovering from coronavirus; Growing evidence Americans are avoiding hospitals despite medical needs, Doctor: Fewer heart attack patients coming in; Brazil sees a spike in cases: 10,503 infections in 24 hours, comes after Brazilian president downplayed threat of virus; New normal at the office? Thermal cameras and tracking apps; Real estate firm: Will use thermal cameras and phone app that measures social distancing to track employees; Businesses eye new surveillance to track employee health; A 4-year-old knocks it out of the park; Dad loses it after 4-year-old son hits first home run; IN quarantine, practice makes perfect;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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0:32.9	Outfront next, the president pushing states to reopen despite rising case numbers in 19 states.
0:38.3	And not one single state in the United States meeting the White House's own standards to reopen.
0:43.6	Plus, Pfizer says it could distribute up to 20 million vaccine doses by the end of the year.
0:48.0	I'm going to speak to the lead researcher for this trial.
0:50.7	And thermal cameras.
0:52.1	Their cell phone apps that could track whether you're social distancing.
0:55.1	Is this the way Americans will go back to work?
0:57.6	Let's go out front.
1:03.4	And good evening.
1:04.3	I'm Aaron Burnett Outfront tonight.
1:06.0	We're just at the beginning, that warning tonight from the former director of the CDC, Tom Frieden.
1:11.7	Frieden sounding the alarm before Congress, as the death toll from coronavirus in this country tonight taps 73,000. The number of
1:18.0	cases, 1.2 million. Again, to emphasize, that death toll is now where the White House's model had
1:24.6	estimated it would be in August. And the number of deaths and cases growing as more
1:31.0	hotspots emerge across the country. There are only 13 states where the number of cases are going
1:35.8	down. And they do include New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Three states hit especially hard
1:40.9	by coronavirus and three states that currently are almost entirely closed.
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