THINK
THINK IT
THINK IT IS NOT TIME TO LOOSEN RESTRICTIONS.
RESTRICTIONS. THEY THINK IT IS TOO SOON.
32% SAID IT IS TAKING TOO LONG
AND COULD HURT THE ECONOMY.
THE TREASURY SECRETARY SAYS
THE STIMULUS PACKAGE COULD BE
ON THE PRESIDENT'S DESK BY
WEDNESDAY.
WEDNESDAY. TRACIE POTTS, NBC NEWS.
>>> NEW MODELING FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
RESEARCHERS SUGGESTS WE COULD
START OPENING UP OUR STATE AND
OUR STATE'S ECONOMY BY MAY
18th.
18th.
18th. KING 5'S KALIE GREENBERG IS
STANDING BY LIVE WITH THE
DATA.
DATA.
DATA. THE
DATA. THE RESEARCH IS BEING USED
WIDELY ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT
THEY CAUTION MORE NEEDS TO BE
DONE BEFORE WE COULD START
REOPENING, RIGHT?
REOPENING, RIGHT? >> Reporter: RIGHT.
THIS IS A MODEL.
THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING
AT.
AT.
AT. IF
AT. IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL, IT
COULD MEAN THAT BUSINESSES
HERE MIGHT BE OPEN REALLY A
MONTH FROM NOW.
THEY LOOKED AT EACH INDIVIDUAL
STATE.
STATE.
STATE. SOME STATES THEY SAID COULD
START USING SOCIAL DISTANCING
MEASURES AS OF MAY 4th, OTHER
STATES WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL
AFTER JUNE 8th.
HERE IN WASHINGTON, WE SIT IN
THE MIDDLE.
THE MIDDLE. THEY'RE PREDICTING THAT THE
WEEK OF MAY 18th IS WHEN WE
COULD BEGIN EASING SOME OF
THOSE SOCIAL DISTANCING
GUIDELINES, BUT THERE ARE SOME
CONDITIONS IN ORDER TO MAKE
THAT HAPPEN.
THAT HAPPEN. THE STUDY SAID THE STATE NEEDS
TO HIT A VERY LOW INFECTION
RATE TO BEGIN REOPENING, ABOUT
ONE INFECTION FOR EVERY 1
MILLION PEOPLE, IT SAYS.
IT ALSO SAYS RELAXING SOCIAL
DISTANCING IS POSSIBLE WITH
CONTAINMENT STRATEGIES, THINGS
LIKE WIDELY IMPLEMENTED TESTING
, CONTACT TRACING, ISOLATION
OF CONFIRMED CASES, AND
RESTRICTING LARGE GATHERINGS.
NOW AS WE JUST HEARD, THERE
HAS BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION
ABOUT INCREASING THE TESTING
CAPACITY IN THE UNITED STATES.
PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYING ON
SUNDAY, HE PLANS, OR HE WILL
INVOKE THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION
ACT TO FORCE BUSINESSES TO
BUILD MORE TESTING SWABS, AND
THAT IS BECAUSE PUBLIC HEALTH
EXPERTS HAVE COME OUT AND SAID
THE TESTING IN THE UNITED
STATES NEEDS TO DOUBLE,
POSSIBLY TRIPLE BEFORE WE CAN
EVEN CONSIDER REOPENING THE
AMERICAN ECONOMY.
AMERICAN ECONOMY. SO THAT IS JUST SOMETHING TO
THINK ABOUT AS WE LOOK AT THIS
POSSIBLE MAY 18th REOPENING
DEADLINE.
DEADLINE.
DEADLINE. LIVE IN SEATTLE, KALIE
GREENBERG, KING 5 MORNINGS.
>>> THE WASHINGTON STATE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS
RECALLING 12,000 CORONAVIRUS
TEST KITS BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE
CONTAMINATION.
CONTAMINATION. IT SAYS THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON NOTIFIED THEM OF A
POSSIBLE QUALITY CONTROL ISSUE
LAST WEEK.
LAST WEEK. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THEN
RECALLED THE TESTING KITS OUT
OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.
IT BELIEVES THERE IS NO HEALTH
RISK TO PATIENTS WHO MIGHT
HAVE USED THE KIDS, AND SAYS
TESTING WAS NOT IMPACTED.
>>> TESTING IS CRUCIAL AS WE
JUST MENTIONED, AS PUBLIC
HEALTH OFFICIALS TRY TO GET A
HANDLE ON HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
INFECTED WITH CORONAVIRUS.
YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS MAP THE
RED THAT IS ON THIS MAP,
THAT'S WHERE THE EAST COAST IS
GETTING HIT THE HARDEST.
AS OF THIS MORNING, THERE ARE
MORE THAN 770,000 AMERICANS
WHO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR
THE VIRUS.
THE VIRUS. THE DEATH TOLL IS NOW UP TO
41,000.
41,000.
41,000. >>> WASHINGTON STATE JUST
DROPPED TO NUMBER 14 ON THE
LIST OF STATES WITH THE MOST
CORONAVIRUS CASES, WITH CASES
IN MARYLAND AND CONNECTICUT
NOW SPIKING.
NOW SPIKING. WASHINGTON REPORTING MORE THAN
11,700 CASES, AND 634 DEATHS.
THAT IS 10 MORE DEATHS THAN
REPORTED A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.
138,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
TESTED FOR CORONAVIRUS IN
WASHINGTON, AND MORE THAN 9
OUT OF 10 TESTED NEGATIVE.
>>> MIMI, AS MORE PEOPLE
RECOVER FROM THE CORONAVIRUS,
WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT
LINGERING SYMPTOMS THAT A LOT
OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
EXPERIENCING.
EXPERIENCING. THAT INCLUDES ONE OF OUR OWN
KING 5 PHOTOJOURNALISTS
FINALLY ON THE MEND.
BRETT MORRIS SPOKE WITH SOME
SURVIVORS ABOUT HOW PEOPLE ARE
EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS DAYS,
WEEKS, OR MONTHS AFTER THEY
WERE DIAGNOSED.
WERE DIAGNOSED. >> Reporter: ON MARCH 25th,
KING 5 PHOTOJOURNALISTS TIM
HAHN SHARED HIS STORY AFTER
TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.
>> IT HAS BEEN TWO WEEKS AFTER
I HAVE SHOWN ANY SYMPTOMS,
EXCEPT FOR THREE DAYS AGO WHEN
I RANDOMLY GOT A FEVER AGAIN,
A COUGH, SHORTNESS OF BREATH.
>> Reporter: TODAY, TIM
DESCRIBES LINGERING SYMPTOMS,
DAYS AFTER FINALLY FEELING
BACK TO NORMAL.
>> WHEN YOU HAVE A FEVER, YOU
FEEL LIKE YOUR BODY IS SLOW,
YOU'VE GOT SOME ACHES.
THAT CAME BACK AND I TOOK MY
TYLENOL.
TYLENOL.
TYLENOL. A FEW HOURS LATER, I WAS
BETTER.
BETTER.
BETTER. >> Reporter: UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON PROFESSOR DR. PAUL
POTTINGER SAYS HIS EXPERIENCE
IS NOT UNCOMMON.
>> FOR SOME PEOPLE, IT COULD
TAKE QUITE A BIT OF TIME.
THE IMMUNE SYSTEM HAS BEEN
REVVED UP, PEOPLE ARE NOT
EXERCISING, THEY GET
DECONDITIONED AND
DECONDITIONED AND MALNOURISHED.
MALNOURISHED. IT COULD TAKE TIME FOR PEOPLE
TO RECOVER.
TO RECOVER. >> Reporter: THE CDC SAYS
PEOPLE WITH COVID-19 COULD
STOP ISOLATION AFTER THEY HAVE
NOT HAD A FEVER FOR 72 HOURS
AND SEVEN DAYS HAVE PASSED
SINCE SYMPTOMS FIRST APPEARED.
BUT IS THAT ENOUGH?
>> WHAT YOU MAY SEE IS
GUIDANCE COMING FROM NATIONAL
AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES THAT
MIGHT SAY IN SOME
CIRCUMSTANCES, THEY WOULD WANT
A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE
THOSE PEOPLE REENTER SOCIETY.
>> Reporter: DR. POTTINGER
SAYS THERE ARE SO MANY
SYMPTOMS AND ABOUT WHAT THIS
COULD MEAN FOR SURVIVORS.
IN THE MEANTIME, TIM IS
CHECKING HIS TEMPERATURE DAILY,
WHICH SEEMS TO GO UP AND DOWN
AND SELF-ISOLATING UNTIL
DOCTORS LEARN MORE ABOUT COVID-
19.
19.
19. >>
19. >> I'M GOING TO WAIT UNTIL I
GET AN INJECTION IN MY ARM OR
WHATEVER THEY ARE GOING TO BE
GIVING OUT.
GIVING OUT. >> Reporter: BRITT MOORE, KING
5 NEWS.
5 NEWS.
5 NEWS. >>> YOU MAY HAVE HAD
CORONAVIRUS AND NOT EVEN
NOTICED.
NOTICED.
NOTICED. THAT'S WHAT ONE STUDY OUT OF
ICELAND IS NOTICING.
RESEARCHERS URGE CAUTION,
BECAUSE THE VIRUS IS JUST SO
COMPLEX.
COMPLEX.
COMPLEX. THEY SAY AN ANTIBODY TEST IS
THE ONLY REAL WAY TO KNOW IF
SOMEONE HAS HAD THE VIRUS, BUT
DIDN'T SHOW ANY SYMPTOMS.
MIMI?
MIMI?
MIMI? >>>
MIMI? >>> THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON VIROLOGY LAB HAS A
NEW TEST TO SEE WHETHER YOU
HAVE HAD THE CORONAVIRUS AND
HAVE SINCE RECOVERED.
AS JAKE JUST MENTIONED, THIS
TEST LOOKS FOR ANTIBODIES IN
THE BLOOD.
THE BLOOD. THIS IS WHAT YOUR BODY USES TO
FIGHT OFF THE VIRUS.
DOCTORS WITH UW VIROLOGY SAY
THE TEST WILL HELP THEM BETTER
UNDERSTAND THE SPREAD, AND
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
RECOVERED CAN GET THE VIRUS
AGAIN.
AGAIN.
AGAIN. THE TEST IS ALSO A HUGE STEP
IN CREATING A VACCINE.
>> WHAT'S NEXT IS TURNING THE
TABLES ON THIS VIRUS, COMING
UP WITH THERAPIES FOR THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE INFECTED NOW,
AND IDEALLY, COMING UP WITH