Bill O'Reilly here Friday may first, 2020. You are listening to the O'Reilly update. Here's

what's happening today in America. The number of confirmed cases of COVID has passed one

million in the USA this week, leaving more than 60,000 Americans dead in less than two months.

That's more fatalities for Americans than in the Vietnam War. A recent study from Governor

Cuomo's office in New York shows that nearly a quarter of all city residents possess antibodies

related to the contagion, meaning about two million New York City people have likely contracted

COVID, but they did not have symptoms and that's frightening. Also this week European nations

like Austria, Germany, Italy, as well as some states in the Union here have announced plans to

reopen segments of the economy. In California, Governor Newsom believes it might be possible

for students to return to public schools in July. Georgia, relaxing social distancing restrictions

today, permitting hair salons, bowling alleys, gyms, even tattoo parlors to begin serving customers.

Florida, allowing residents and tourists to return to beaches, towns like Jacksonville, inviting

folks to soak up the rays as long as they remain six feet apart. That will apply to the sand as

well. You got to keep your blanket apart from the other folks. Other states using restrictions,

Tennessee, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Mississippi, Montana, and Colorado. In Texas, shoppers can

out purchase items through retail to go. A new policy permitting stories to sell items, curbside.

Some health experts say reopening the American economy too soon will cause a jump in virus

infections later in the summer, but again, that is speculation. Also, psychiatrists say

Americans are facing a growing health crisis because of all the isolation. Drs. Warren,

the current lockdown, coupled with unemployment, financial instability, and staying inside can

spark suicide, alcoholism, other long-term problems for millions of Americans, although suicide is

not a long-term problem. You're dead. Again, speculation from the psychiatrist, but this time,

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