FROM
FROM WHAT
FROM WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE FIRST TEST ON JANUARY 18 UNTIL
NOW
NOW
NOW >>
NOW >> Reporter: WITHOUT CONTEXT
NUMBERS APPEAR CHAOTIC, AS
ERRATIC AS A GUST OF WIND.
WITHOUT CONTEXT NUMBERS LIKE 48
AND 60 MEAN LITTLE.
GIVE IT A MOMENT BECAUSE SOON
ENOUGH CORONAVIRUS.
ENOUGH CORONAVIRUS. THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
WARNED DOCTORS OF AN OUTBREAK 4@
OF PNEUMONIA IN WUHAN, THE CITY
TESTED ITS FIRST PATIENT.
>> THIS NEW CORONAVIRUS STRAIN.
>> DETECTING VIRUS EARLY.
>> IT FOUND THE FI4@RST CA4@SE
THREE DAYS LATER.
A TEST FOUND IT IN WASHINGTON
STATE THE FOLLOWING DAY.
>> THE CONTAGIOUS CORONAVIRUS.
>> THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. >> WE HAVE IT UNDER CONTROL.
>> HE APPEARED UNPHASE.
>> IT'S GOING TO BE JUST FINE.
>> DAY AFTER DAY ALL WAS FINE
UNTIL ONE DAY SOMEONE SUGGESTED
MAYBE IT WASN'T.
>> WE DON'T KNOW THE ACCURACY
OF THE TEST.
>> NOT THAT IT STOPPED ANXIOUS
CDC FROM SENDING TESTS TO
VARIOUS STATE LABS.
BUT THERE WAS A PROBLEM.
SUPPLIED WITH NEW TEST KITS
STATE MANAGED TO TEST NO MORE
THAN ONE.
THAN ONE.
THAN ONE. ZERO, THREE, OR TWO SAMPLES PER
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. FINALLY MID FEBRUARY THE CDC
ADMITTED ...
ADMITTED ... >> INDETERMINANT ANSWERS.
4@>> THEY ADMITTED THE TESTS HA
NOT WORKED WELL.
>> WE ARE TAKING EXTRA TIME.
>> TESTING NATIONWIDE.
69 SAMPLES TESTED, 63 SAMPLES
TESTED.
TESTED.
TESTED. BY THE TIME CDC REMEDIED THE
PROBLEM WITH THE TEST THE
PRESIDENT SUGGESTED THE LOW
CASE COUNTS WERE A GOOD SIGN.
>> SO FAR, WE4@ HAVE LOST NOBOD
TO CORONAVIRUS IN THE UNITED
STATES.
STATES.
STATES. >> THE NEXT DAY, NOBODY4@ TURNE
INTO ONE.
INTO ONE.
INTO ONE. >> TRAGIC NEWS.
>> FIRST U.S. DEATH.
>> IT WAS A MALE IN HIS 50s.
>> THIS IS RAPIDLY 4@UNFOLDING.
>> THEN ONE TURNED INTO SIX
WHICH TURNED INTO 14.
>> ANYBODY THAT WANTS A TEST
CAN GET A TEST.
>> CONTEXT.
>> CONTEXT. IN 4@A COUNTRY OF MORE 4@THAN 3
MILLION, THAT DAY, THE
48th DAY OF TESTING IN U.S.,
LITTLE MORE THAN 2900 RECEIVED
A TEST.
A TEST.
A TEST. LITTLE MORE THAN 2900.
LESS THAN ONE HUNDREDTH OF ONE
PERCENT OF THE COUNTRY.
CONTEXT, IN 4@48 DAYS THE U.S.
MANAGED 4@TO TEST ON AVERAGE
RO4@UGHLY FIVE DOZEN PER DAY.
AS PATIENTS SOUGHT LIMITED
TESTING, CASES DOUBLED EVERY
TWO OR 4@THREE DAYS.
400, 1300.
400, 1300. >> WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO TEST
UP TO 75,000 4@PEOPLE FOR
COVID-19.
COVID-19.
COVID-19. >> THAT DAY, U.S. HAD TESTED
ROUGHLY 6% OF THAT NUMBER.
5100 IN ALL TESTED.
DEATHS 4@REMAINED RARE.
43, 51.
43, 51.
43, 51. YET THAT DAY.
>> THAT IS A 4@FAILING.
>> A FAILING.
>> IT IS A FAILING.
LET'S ADMIT IT.
>> DR. FAUCI SAID WHAT ANYONE
WHO WANTED A TEST ALREADY KNEW.
>> THE IDEA OF ANYBODY GETTING
IT EASILY THE WAY PEOPLE IN THE
OTHER COUNTRY 4@ARE DOING IT, W
ARE NOT SET UP FOR THAT.
DO I THINK WE SHOULD BE?
YES.
YES.
YES. BUT
YES. BUT WE 4@ARE NOT.
>> 4@THE FOLLOWING DAY, 1300
POSITIVE CASES, 55 DEATHS.
WE THEREFORE EXPECT UP TO A
HALF MILLION ADDITIONAL TESTS
WILL BE 4@AVAILABLE EARLY NEXT
WEEK.
WEEK.
WEEK. >>
WEEK. >> IT WILL TAKE ANOTHER 13 DAYS
FOR THE COUNTRY TO 4@TEST HALF
MILLION.
MILLION.
MILLION. 13 DAYS OF MORE 4@CASES.
A RAPID INCREASE 4@IN DEATHS.
100, 4@200, 400, 700, 1200.
BY THE TIME THE COUNTRY TESTED @
HALF A MILLION, THE COUNTRY
CONFIRMED MORE THAN 86,000
POSITIVE CASES.
POSITIVE CASES. >> WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT THIS
FOR THE FIRST TIME.
>> A STATEWIDE ORDER FOR PEOPLE
TO STAY AT HOME.
>> BY THE TIME THE COUNTRY
TESTED 1 MILLION, MORE 4@THAN
3800 WERE DEAD.
>> THE DEATH TOLL IS RISING.
>> WE ARE IN THE SURGE, YES.
>> CONTEXT.
>> CONTEXT. DURING THE FIRST 48 4@DAYS OF
TESTING, THE COUNTRY MANAGED TO
TEST ROUGHLY FIVE DOZEN
PATIENTS A DAY.
MORE THAN 4@A MONTH LATER, WE A
STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND 4@TH
RAMIFICATIONS OF THA4@T AT 4@A
WHEN EVEN NOW,