>>> THE WHITE HOUSE TASK FORCE HAS NOW IDENTIFIED THE DETROIT
AND CHICAGO AREAS AS POTENTIAL
NEW HOT SPOTS.
CASES IN ILLINOIS HAVE NEARLY
DOUBLED IN THE LAST THREE DAYS.
NOW AT MORE THAN 2,500.
75% OF THE STATE’S CASES ARE
FROM COOK COUNTY, 45% FROM
CHICAGO ALONE.
CHICAGO ALONE. MEANWHILE MICHIGAN, THE NUMBER
OF REPORTED CASES HAVE
QUADRUPLED SINCE MONDAY TO 2800
WITH NEARLY HALF COMING FROM
WAYNE COUNTY.
WAYNE COUNTY. 30% FROM DETROIT ALONE.
YET WHILE MICHIGAN BRACES ITSELF
FOR A DELUGE OF CASES, THERE IS
A HARROWING REPORT REGARDING THE
LIFE AND DEATH GUIDELINES TO BE
USED AT A HOSPITAL NETWORK THERE
DURING THIS PANDEMIC.
THE "DETROIT FREE PRESS" REPORTS
THAT THE HENRY FORD HEALTH
SYSTEM OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED THE
ACCURACY OF A DETAILED LETTER
BEING CIRCULATED BY DOCTORS AND
OTHERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA WHICH
OUTLINES HOW DOCTORS WOULD MAKE
DECISIONS AT THE MICHIGAN
HOSPITAL NETWORK ABOUT WHO GETS
TREATED DURING THE COVID-19
CRISIS WITH LIMITED RESOURCE.
THE LETTER REPORTEDLY READS IN
PART, PATIENTS WHO HAVE THE BEST
CHANCE OF GUESTING BETTER ARE
OUR FIRST PRIORITY.
PATIENTS WILL BE EVALUATED FOR
THE BEST PLAN OF CARE AND DYING
PATIENTS WILL BE PROVIDED
COMFORT CARE.
COMFORT CARE. SOME PATIENTS WILL BE EXTREMELY
SICK AND VERY UNLIKELY TO
SURVIVE THEIR ILLNESS EVEN WITH
CRITICAL TREATMENT.
CRITICAL TREATMENT. TREATING THESE PATIENTS WOULD
TAKE AWAY RESOURCES FOR PATIENTS
WHO MIGHT SURVIVE.
PATIENTS WHO ARE NOT ELIGIBLE
FOR ICU OR VENTILATOR CARE WILL
RECEIVE TREATMENT FOR PAIN
CONTROL AND COMFORT MEASURES.
SOME CONDITIONS THAT ARE LIKELY
TO MAKE YOU NOT ELIGIBLE INCLUDE
SEVERE HEART, LUNG, KIDNEY OR
LIVER FAILURE, TERMINAL CANCERS
OR SEVERE TRAUMA OR BURNS.
IT CONTINUES.
IT CONTINUES. PATIENTS WHO ARE TREATED WITH A
VENTILATOR OR ICU CARE MAY HAVE
THESE TREATMENTS STOPPED IF THEY
DO NOT IMPROVE OVER TIME.
IF THEY DO NOT IMPROVE THIS
MEANS THAT THE PATIENT HAS A
POOR CHANCE OF SURVIVING THE
ILLNESS EVEN IF THE CARE WAS
CONTINUED.
CONTINUED. THIS DECISION WILL BE BASED ON
MEDICAL CONDITION AND LIKELIHOOD
OF GETTING BETTER.
IN RESPONSE THE HEALTH CARE
NETWORK EXPLAINED THAT,
EXPLAINING THE LETTER AS PART OF
A LARGER POLICY DOCUMENT
DEVELOPED FOR AN ABSOLUTE WORSE
CASE SCENARIO, AND IT’S NOT AN
ACTIVE POLICY BUT PART OF
EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANNING.
BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT
STATES AND HOSPITAL SYSTEMS
AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT ARE
DEALING WITH SIMILAR ISSUES.
YOU KNOW, IN BOSTON, 160 HEALTH
CARE WORKERS ACROSS AT LEAST
THREE HOSPITALS HAVE
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE AN
OUTBREAK AMONG THEIR HEALTH CARE
COMMUNITY AND THESE HEALTH CARE
WORKERS ONCE AGAIN THERE’S NO
PLAN IN THESE CITIES TO PUT THEM
ANY, WHERE TO ISOLATE WHEN THEY
GO HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES SO
THEY ARE BECOMING SPREADERS AND
THERE ARE ASYMPTOMATTIC CARRYIC
THE GOVERNMENT IS ASKING 15 DAYS
TO SELF-ISOLATE WHATEVER TO
CONTAINT.
CONTAINT. HEALTH CARE WORKERS HAVE NOWHERE
TO GO.
TO GO. IT’S NOT POSSIBLE IN THESE MAJOR
CITIES.
CITIES. IT’S ACTUALLY A JOKE WHAT THEY
ARE TRYING TO ASK THESE PEOPLE
ON FRONT LINES TO DO.
AND WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE
HERE, ED DI
HERE.
HERE. AT HOSPITALS IN NEW YORK CITY,
CHICAGO, THEY DON’T HAVE
SUPPLIES TO HELP THESE PEOPLE.
DOCTORS ARE BEING PUT IN A
HORRIBLE POSITION WHERE THEY
HAVE TO DECIDE WHO LIVES OR
DIES.
DIES. WHAT’S THE WAY OUT OF THIS?
>> YOU KNOW, JOHN MEACHAM SAID A
REASON.
REASON. WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT
SINCE WE’VE DISCUSSED
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. GOVERNOR CUOMO SAID WE WOULD GET
HERE.
HERE. YOU THINK ABOUT NOT ONLY WHAT’S
HAPPENING IN NEW YORK OR CHICAGO
AND DETROIT, BUT THINK ABOUT NEW
ORLEANS.
ORLEANS. THINK ABOUT THE DEEP SOUTH.
THINK ABOUT FLORIDA AND ALABAMA
AND LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI
AND ARKANSAS AND WEST VIRGINIA.
WE HAVE THE GOVERNOR OF
MISSISSIPPI, FOR EXAMPLE,
OPENING UP THAT STATE.
OVERRULING MAYORS IN MY OWN
HOMETOWN, PUTTING MY MOTHER AND
FATHER IN DANGER.
WHAT WE SEE HERE IS THE
GRIMNESS, GRIM REALITY OF THE
MOMENT WE’RE IN.
AND WE NEED NOT SMALL MINDED
PEOPLE, NOT SELFISH FOLK BUT
FOLK THAT HAVE A SENSE OF THE
ACTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE
CIRCUMSTANCE.
CIRCUMSTANCE. RIGHT NOW WE NEED TO BE AS
LARGE --
LARGE -- >> WILLIE, TO ADD TO THE
SCENARIO IN BOSTON WHICH IS
REALLY DEVELOPING BEFORE OUR
EYES RAPIDLY INTO A CRISIS, A
FULL BLOWN CRISIS,
MASSACHUSETTS, NOW THE HEAD OF
THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOSPITAL
MEDICAL EDUCATION SYSTEM, THEY
SEEM TO SEE WHAT’S COMING.
I’M NOT SURE WHY THE PRESIDENT
DOESN’T, BUT MASSACHUSETTS HAS
BECOME THE FIRST STATE TO
GRADUATE ALL FOURTH YEAR MEDICAL
STUDENTS TO TRY AND EXPAND THE
CAPACITY OF THE MEDICAL
POPULATION.
POPULATION. THEY KNOW THAT THEY ARE GOING TO
RUN OUT OF DOCTORS AT THE RATE
THEY ARE GOING.
THEY CAN SEE IT.
WHY CAN’T WASHINGTON?
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. THERE’S A RUSH NOT JUST IN
MASSACHUSETTS --
MASSACHUSETTS -- >> ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO GET
DOCTORS AND CHRIS LIU, THIS IS
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT.
WE JUST LOST WILLIE’S AUDIO.
WHEN YOU HAVE HEALTH CARE
WORKERS EXPOSED AND YOU HAVE
THESE NUMBERS AND, AGAIN, WE
HAVE JUST LIMITED TESTING.
WE DON’T KNOW WHAT WE’RE LOOKING
AT.
AT. LET’S BACK UP TO WHERE WE ARE
AND IN TERMS OF WASHINGTON’S
REACTION FROM THE GET GO, WE’RE
STILL IN THE DARK TODAY IN TERMS
OF TESTING.
OF TESTING. WE STILL DON’T EXACTLY KNOW
WHERE WE STAND.
BUT THE NUMBERS WE’RE GETTING
SHOW MEDICAL WORKERS, HEALTH
CARE WORKERS AND THOSE ON THE
FRONT LINE, POLICE DEPARTMENTS
HAVE DOZENS, SOMETIMES HUNDREDS
OF COPS OUT.
THE FRONT LINE WORKERS NEED TO
BE ISOLATED.
BE ISOLATED. IF THE GOVERNMENT WANTS
AMERICANS TO SOCIAL DISTANCE,
WHY WOULDN’T THEY SET UP
SITUATIONS WHERE THEY OPEN UP
ALL HOTELS AND ALL EMPTY
PROPERTIES RIGHT NOW AND STEP UP
LIKE AIRBNB IS, COMPANIES ARE,
AND TRY TO HELP PEOPLE SEPARATE.
YOU HAVE THESE CONGESTED AREAS
WITH PEOPLE ON THE FRONT LINE
WHO HAVE NO WAY OF SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
DISTANCING. >> MIKA, EVERYTHING NEEDS ON THE
TABLE RIGHT NOW WHETHER IT’S
USING HOTELS THAT HAVE CLOSED
FOR ISOLATION.
FOR ISOLATION. WHETHER IT’S FAR MORE PROTECTIVE
STANDARD FOR FRONT LINE HEALTH
CARE WORKERS.
CARE WORKERS. I WANT SPEAKS MORE BROADLY TO
THE FLAWS OF THIS PLAN THAT THE
PRESIDENT WANTS TO USE, TO OPEN
UP COUNTY BY COUNTY.
BECAUSE IF YOU DO THAT IN A
WORLD IN WHICH YOU DON’T HAVE
BROAD SURVEILLANCE, THE COUNTIES
OPENING UP QUICKER WILL BE RURAL
COUNTIES.
COUNTIES. THOSE RURAL COUNTIES DON’T HAVE
SEARCH CAPACITY, DON’T HAVE
SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENT.