The Latest: Why President Trump Changed His Tone on the Coronavirus

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🗓️ 17 March 2020

⏱️ 6 minutes

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On Monday, President Trump announced sweeping new guidelines to control the spread of the coronavirus. Among them: encouraging Americans to work from home and to avoid gatherings of more than 10 people. We look at a report that may have inspired the president’s change in tone — and whether U.S. hospitals are prepared for the potentially staggering projections. “The Latest,” from the team behind “The Daily,” brings you the most important developments on today’s biggest news stories.

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0:00.0	The US now has more than 4,500 reported coronavirus cases, but the actual total could be much higher,
0:10.5	at least 90 people have died.
0:13.3	The US response to the deadly virus lags behind other developed countries, that is what
0:18.2	the experts are saying.
0:21.3	Life outside the home or apartment has virtually shut down.
0:25.6	Schools and businesses are closed and the social fabric has been badly-frained.
0:31.8	There are still worries based on the experience of other countries like Italy, which has
0:36.2	effectively been on a total lockdown for a week, that it might not be enough.
0:40.4	I'm Sherry Fink.
0:50.6	I'm a correspondent at The New York Times in the Investigations Unit.
0:53.8	I often report about health care and I've been covering the coronavirus.
0:58.7	And in recent weeks, there has been a lot of focus on how President Trump communicates
1:03.6	about this outbreak and the level of risk that it poses for the United States.
1:08.6	It's going to disappear one day.
1:10.3	It's like a miracle it will disappear.
1:12.8	And from our shores, you know, it could get worse before it gets better.
1:16.9	It could maybe go away.
1:17.9	We'll see what happens.
1:18.9	Nobody really knows.
1:19.9	The fact that the President's tone started to change probably in the last week or
1:23.8	so, but it really seemed to change on Monday.
1:26.6	I want to thank everybody for being here today.
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