COVER THEIRS.% OUR CORRESPONDENT SHOWS US WHERE
L.A.
L.A. STAND IN THE FIGHT AGAINST
CORONAVIRUS.%
CORONAVIRUS.% >> Reporter: THE LOS ANGELES%
MAYOR PREDICTED THAT IN LESS%
THAN TWO WEEKS, LOS ANGELES%
COULD BE AS HARD HIT PIE
COVID-19 AS NEW YORK CITY.%
THE CURVE SEEMS TO BE STEADY.%
I FIGURED WE WOULD START OUR DAY
WITH A NICE SOCIAL DISTANCING%
WALK THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS.%
I GOT TO SAY, EVERY TIME I TAKE%
A WALK, IT FEELS LIKE WHEN THEY%
SEND US OUT TO COVER A HURRICANE
AND IT IS THE DAYS BEFORE.%
YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A VERY%
QUIET PLACE AND THE SUN IS%
SHINING.%
SHINING.% AND YOU THINK, I KNOW A STORM IS
COMING BUT THINGS SEEM SO%
NORMAL, HOW BAD CAN IT REALLY
GET?%
GET?% EVEN BEFORE THE WARNING, LOS%
ANGELES AND CALIFORNIA WERE%
AMONG THE FIRST TO ORDER MOST
PEOPLE TO STAY AT HOME.%
YOU COULD ONLY GO OUT FOR
NECESSITIES GROCERIES OR%
MEDICATIONS.%
MEDICATIONS.% >> THE ONES ARE SEEING MASKS.%
AND THEN YOU SEE PARKING LOTS%
AND YOU JUST GOT TO FEEL FOR ALL
OF THE PEOPLE UNCLEAR WHEN THEY%
WILL BE OUT AGAIN AND WHEN THEY%
WILL GO BACK TO WORK.%
>> ARE WE MAKING A DIFFERENCE OR
IS IT TOO LATE?%
LET’S LOOK AT THE DAY THE MAYOR
MADE HIS PREDICTION.%
>> YESTERDAY’S INCREASE OF 50%%
WAS A DOUBLING RATE IN LESS THAN
TWO DAYS.%
TWO DAYS.% BY THAT MEASURE, WE WOULD BE%
WHERE NEW YORK IS IN SIX DAYS.%
>> REPORTING 366 DEATHS TOTAL%
AND NOW 600 NEW DEATHS EVERY%
DAY.%
DAY.% THE COUNTY HAS MORE PEOPLE THAN%
NEW YORK CITY.%
LESS THAN HALF OF THE DEATHS%
HAVE BEEN REPORTED.%
IT IS A FRACTION OF THE NUMBER
OF NEW YORK.%
IT IS OPTIMISTIC WHEN YOU LOOK%
AT THE LATEST PROJECTIONS LIKE
SOCIAL DISTANCING.%
SOCIAL DISTANCING.% THERE WAS AN EARLY DEATH TOLL%
ESTIMATE IN CALIFORNIA OF 5,000.
NOW IT IS BELOW 2,000.%
SO WE ASKED AN INFECTIOUS%
DISEASE DOCTOR.%
DISEASE DOCTOR.% >> IS CALIFORNIA FLATTENING THE
CURVE?%
CURVE?% >> IT IS STILL TOO EASY TO TELL.
>> SHE SAID THERE IS A NUMBER OF
REASONS.%
REASONS.% >> PEOPLE ARE USED TO THINKING
ABOUT THESE KIND OF EMERGENCIES%
REGULARLY.%
REGULARLY.% BECAUSE OF THE DEVASTATION OF%
THE WILDFIRES, MAYBE IT SANK IN%
MORE.%
MORE.% >> MAYBE PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY
TO COMPLY WITH THE BIGGEST TASK%
CALIFORNIA HAS EVER HAD, TO STAY
AWAY FROM EACH OTHER AND DON’T
LEAVE YOUR HOUSE UNLESS%
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.%
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.% >> WE WILL BY SOME TIME AND WE%
WILL MAKE SURE OUR HOSPITALS ARE
NOT OVERWHELMED, OUR HEALTHCARE%
WORKERS ARE NOT OVERLY TAXED OR%
OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.%
>> NOW THE BIG NUMBER TO KEEP AN
EYE ON WILL BE THE TOTAL%
PROJECTED DEATHS ACROSS THE
UNITED STATES.%
UNITED STATES.% RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE SEEN
ESTIMATES AS HIGH AS 200,000,%
100,000.%
100,000.% THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE MODEL
IS SAYING LESS THAN 90,000.%
THAT COULD BE A RESULT OF THE%
SOCIAL DISTANCING AND THE%
SACRIFICING PEOPLE ARE MAKING.%
WE WILL NOT KNOW FOR CERTAIN FOR
A COUPLE OF WEEKS, POSSIBLY%
MONTHS.%
MONTHS.% THE BEST WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW IS
STAY AT HOME AND WAIT.%
>> AND DOTTY JOINS ME NOW.%
I’M SENDING YOU A BIG HUG FROM%
AFAR.%
AFAR.% TELL US MORE ABOUT THIS NEW MAN%
DADE IN LOS ANGELES.%
IT SEEMS LIKE A GREAT IDEA.%
>> RIGHT.%
>> RIGHT.% THE NEW THING IS THAT IF
EVERYONE GOES OUTSIDE ON FRIDAY,
EVERYONE NEEDS TO WEAR A%
COVERING OVER THEIR FACE.%
WE HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO SEE%
THIS ACROSS CALIFORNIA FOR THE%
LAST WEEK OR SO.%
IF YOU GO TO A SUPERMARKET OR A
PHARMACY, YOU CAN HEAR PEOPLE
TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT
AROUND WEARING A MASK.%
THERE IS ALMOST LIKE A STIGMA.%
THERE IS ALSO A PSYCHOLOGICAL
ASPECT TO ALL OF THIS.%
YOU HEARD IT WHEN YOU WALK%
AROUND, THIS IS JUST DOWN THE
STREET FROM MY HOUSE, PEOPLE ARE
OUT AND IT FEELS LIKE THINGS ARE
NORMAL.%
NORMAL.% NOW THAT YOU START TO HEAR SOME%
OF THE GOVERNORS SAY WE ARE%
FLATTENING THE CURVE, I THINK
HUMAN INSTINCT IS TO SAY THINGS%
ARE IN THE CLEAR BUT NOW WE ARE%
HEARING WE HAVE TO WEAR A MASK.%
SO IT IS MIXED MESSAGING.%
WE ARE NOT EVEN THROUGH THE HALF
OF IT.%
OF IT.% JUST BECAUSE THERE IS NOT CHAOS%
HAP PING IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE,
IN NEW YORK, THERE IS CHAOS WITH
THE FIRST LINE RESPONDERS.%
SO FOR NOW, HERE IN LOS ANGELES,
THE LAW GOING INTO EFFECT ON%
FRIDAY IS IF YOU GO INTO A%
STORE, STAY SIX FEET AWAY FROM
SOMEONE.%
SOMEONE.% YOU HAVE TO COVER YOUR FACE,%
MOUTH, NOSE.%
MOUTH, NOSE.% AND IF WE DON’T DO THAT, THEY%
ARE ALLOWED TO ISSUE SERVICE.%
>> HOW IS THE STATE AS A WHOLE%
DOING?%
DOING?% >> THAT’S THE FIRST THING I%
CHECK EVERY MORNING.%
WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE
MODELING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON.%
WASHINGTON.% ON SUNDAY, IT WAS ABOVE 6,000%
TOTAL DEATHS IN CALIFORNIA THAT
WERE BEING PROJECTED THROUGH THE
SUMMER.%
SUMMER.% THEN THE NEXT DAY, IT DROPPED%
DOWN TO UNDER 2,000.%
RIGHT NOW IT IS AT 1600.%
EVERY DAY, WE START TO SEE THE
MODELING TAKE OTHER THINGS INTO%
ACCOUNT.%
ACCOUNT.% THOSE PROJECTIONS GO DOWN.%
SO 1600 SOUNDS LIKE A MUCH
BETTER NUMBER THAN 5,000 OR%
6,000 HERE IN CALIFORNIA BUT%
THAT IS STILL TERRIFYING.%
THAT NUMBER IS THE NUMBER OF%
DEATHS TOTAL BUT WE HAVE ALSO%
SEEN THE BIGGEST DEATH RATE THAT
WE HAVE SEEN OF ALL DAYS HERE IN
CALIFORNIA THAT HAPPENED%
YESTERDAY.%
YESTERDAY.% WE ARE EXPECTING ANOTHER BIG ONE
TODAY.%
TODAY.% TO PUT THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE, IT
IS NOWHERE NEAR WHAT WE ARE
SEEING IN NEW YORK.%
IN NEW YORK, YOU SAW IT WAS%
CLOSE TO 700.%
AND IN CALIFORNIA, WE STILL HAVE
JUST UNDER 500 PEOPLE WHO HAVE%
DIED FROM COVID-19 THROUGHOUT%
THIS ENTIRE TIME.%
>> WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR
GOOD NEWS IN THIS TERRIBLE%
SITUATION.%
SITUATION.% SO TO HEAR THAT PERHAPS THE%
PROJECTED RATE IS COMING DOWN,%
THAT IS WONDERFUL NEWS AND WE%
HOPE IT MOVES IN THE RIGHT