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The Lead with Jake Tapper

Trump claims states are "safely coming back," but new models show GA, FL, SC, TX & others should wait until June; CNN goes inside Wuhan, China months after lockdown; Health experts concerned early state openings could threaten worker safety

The Lead with Jake Tapper

CNN

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3.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Autopsies show first U.S. coronavirus deaths were weeks earlier than previously known; In GA, TX & IA, local officials fight governors' attempts to reopen businesses; Key model shows 12 states should wait longer to reopen; Doctor says he was removed from federal post after questioning drug Trump praised; South Carolina opening beaches & some stores; schools to stay close for rest of school year; House to vote tomorrow on $484b bill to help small businesses, hospitals, testing; Source: small business loans could run out in 2-10 days; Harvard rejects allocated stimulus funds after education secretary called on wealthy colleges to turn down money; Some pollutant levels dropping during pandemic, concerns they will rise againTo 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

We thought the first coronavirus death in the US came the last day in February in Washington State.

0:08.0

Not true. Now we know COVID-19 killed someone in the Bay Area more than three weeks earlier.

0:16.0

The fatality on February 6 was a 57-year-old woman.

0:21.0

That is a very significant finding. The things we put into place in late January, like

0:26.4

the travel man, the virus was already here by then and probably circulating quite widely.

0:31.1

Meanwhile, the president claimed states are

0:33.4

safely coming back but one model used by the White House now says 12 states

0:38.6

including Georgia should wait the longest at least another six weeks before relaxing social distancing.

0:46.1

George's governor forced to defend even on Fox what he calls a measured step to open

0:52.2

gyms, hair salons, and the like this Friday.

0:55.7

The fitness owners, I have great confidence in them spreading people out when they're doing

0:59.7

a workout.

1:00.7

It's not saying they've got to screen them. These are best practices they could do temperature screening

1:06.1

while others preach caution and it will look more like a turning of a dial than the flip of a switch. We will not be able to lift many of the

1:15.9

restrictions by May 4th. In New York that Navy Hospital ship no longer taking

1:21.4

patients pressure on beds easing in the city but the body

1:25.1

count continues to mount some dead will now be stored in freezer trucks in Brooklyn

1:30.1

waiting for the backlog at cemeteries and crematoriums to clear.

1:35.0

I'm talking to many local officials. They feel political pressure to open.

1:41.0

I get the pressure, but we can't make a bad decision. Frankly, this is no time

1:48.2

to act stupidly.

1:50.3

In Texas, daylight emerging between the Republican governor who is expected to soon announce business openings and the Democratic mayor of the state's biggest city.

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