Top doctor: U.S. in “free fall” as pandemic accelerates; Coronavirus test results lagging as demand surges; Trump says he will “put pressure on governors” to reopen schools; Trump’s niece slams his character in new book obtained by CNN; Florida still not releasing state hospitalization numbers; Brazil’s Pres taking Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19;
The Lead with Jake Tapper
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🗓️ 7 July 2020
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for COVID-19 after months of downplaying and dismissing the virus; TX Gov. Abott warns Texas of “greater fatalities” in coming weeks; Miami Dade Co. hospitalizations up 90%, 86% of ICU beds filled; Florida orders schools to reopen despite coronavirus surge; San Francisco cases up 25%, indoor dining postponed; Trump’s niece: He paid someone to take SAT test for him; Trump’s niece: His “hubris and willful ignorance” threaten the U.S.; Trump to travel to coronavirus hotspot Florida on Friday but plans to focus on drug trafficking; Trump falsely claims U.S. has lowest mortality rate; Gov. DeSantis: Young people aren’t working with contact tracers; Even after recovery, CNN anchor still feels fatigue, coughs; Studies find COVID-19 can infect lungs, brain & other organs; Novadax Covid vaccine gets $1.6 billion from Fed Govt; Regeneron signs $450 million deal with govt for Covid therapy; Fauci: I don’t expect a federal mandate of Covid vaccine;
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| 0:00.0 | And welcome to the lead. I'm Pamela Brown in for Jake Tapper today. The United States in free fall from the coronavirus, a top infectious disease doctor is warning today. And right now as we speak the number of daily cases is |
| 0:15.1 | double what it was just a month ago. Take that in double what it was just a month ago. |
| 0:20.0 | Cases are rising so quickly in the south and southwest. |
| 0:24.0 | A health expert says contact tracing is no longer even possible. |
| 0:28.0 | The World Health Organization today saying cases are accelerating worldwide and it's not because more testing |
| 0:35.4 | is being done. And now Brazil's president who has been months downplaying the |
| 0:39.9 | threat of coronavirus said today he has it. |
| 0:43.0 | Florida's Miami-Dade County appears to be the new epicenter of the virus in the U.S. |
| 0:49.0 | But as CNN's Nick Watt reports, Governor Ron DeSantis still won't disclose how many coronavirus patients are |
| 0:55.9 | hospitalized statewide. |
| 1:00.6 | Big Tex, taking a break for the first time since World War II. |
| 1:04.0 | The Texas State Fair just cancelled as the military sends medical personnel to San Antonio to help. |
| 1:11.0 | The four days leading up to the 4th of July combined were the 4th |
| 1:16.2 | days that we've had my concern is that we may see greater fatalities going |
| 1:21.5 | forward. In Florida, ICUs in 43 hospitals are now full. |
| 1:28.0 | Especially we need to look at our younger population that we know had a tremendous spike in their in their positivity rate |
| 1:36.0 | which in turn has infected other people. Florida still won't reveal how many |
| 1:41.6 | COVID-19 patients they have in hospitals, despite the governor's |
| 1:46.0 | claims today. |
| 1:47.3 | All the data that goes into this is all available. But Miami-Dade does and it's up 90% in just two weeks. |
| 1:59.8 | Still, the state just issued an order for schools to reopen next month. |
| 2:05.2 | We can't go on this path of putting our teachers in this Petrad dish of danger. |
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