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♪ [HORN HONKING]
[HORN HONKING] >> Devin: THE SOUND OF HONKING
HORNS SIGNALING FRUSTRATION WITH
MICHIGAN’S STAY-AT-HOME ORDER.
>> Kim: WE’RE GETTING NEW
PERSPECTIVE ON THE RISK HEALTH
CARE WORKERS FACE EVERY DAY
TREATING PEOPLE WITH COVID-19.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US FOR THE
NEWS AT 6:00.
STATE AND LOCAL LEADERS SAY
THERE ARE POSITIVE SIGNS AMID
THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS.
>> Devin: BUT MICHIGAN’S NUMBERS
CONTINUE TO ADD UP TO SO MUCH
TRAGEDY.
TRAGEDY. ANOTHER 153 PEOPLE CONFIRMED
DEAD FROM COVID-19 IN THE LAST
24 HOURS.
24 HOURS. WE’VE LOST 1921 MICHIGANDERS.
THE CASE TOTAL OF 28,059
INCLUDES MORE THAN A THOUSAND
NEW POSITIVE TESTS.
>> Kim: IT WILL OPEN AT SAM’S
CLUB AND A NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER
SAYS NURSING HOMES AND OTHER
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES MUST
INFORM WHEN SOMEONE TESTS
POSITIVE.
POSITIVE. MEANWHILE, DETROIT MAYOR MIKE
DUGGAN SAYS HE BELIEVES THE
SPIKE IN DEATHS HAS MORE TO DO
WITH INCONSISTENT REPORTING AT
THE STATE LEVEL AND PEOPLE
PASSING AWAY AFTER BEING ON
VENTILATORS FOR 2-3 WEEKS.
>> Devin: HE SPOKE ABOUT
POSITIVE SIGNS AT HOSPITALS.
>> WHEN I LOOK AT HOW MANY
PATIENTS ARE ON THE VENTILATORS
IN THE HOSPITALS IN DETROIT,
THEY’RE DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY.
WHEN I SEE THE USAGE OVER AT THE
TCF CENTER, LOWER THAN ANYONE
WOULD HAVE PROJECTED.
IF WE KEEP OUR SOCIAL
DISTANCING, WE’RE GONNA BE OUT
OF THIS SOONER RATHER THAN
LATER.
LATER. >> Devin: HE WENT ON TO SAY THE
DEATHS IN DETROIT ARE DOUBLING
EVERY 10-12 DAYS, A SIGN THAT
DAILY NUMBERS MAY BE POISED TO
DROP SIGNIFICANTLY.
DROP SIGNIFICANTLY. >> Kim: DESPITE THE OPTIMISM,
DETROIT HOSPITALS HAVE BEEN
UNDER DURESS AND ONE INSTANCE
WHERE IT LED TO A
HEART-WRENCHING MISTAKE.
HEART-WRENCHING MISTAKE. >> Devi: A LOCAL FIREFIGHTER
WAS TOLD HIS MOTHER DIED OF
COVID-19 BUT SINAI-GRACE
HOSPITAL WAS NOT ABLE TO LOCATE
HER BODY.
HER BODY. MORE ON HOW THE HOSPITAL IS
RESPONDING.
RESPONDING. >> Shawn: UNBELIEVABLE!
THEY’RE APOLOGIZING TO HIM AND
HIS FAMILY.
HIS FAMILY. HIS MOTHER DIED HERE OF COVID-19
LAST WEDNESDAY.
LAST WEDNESDAY. THE HOSPITAL UNABLE TO LOCATE
HER BODY FOR 6 DAYS!
CAROLYN POLLARD FOUGHT
CORONAVIRUS INSIDE SINAI-GRACE.
AND WE ASKED HIM ABOUT HER
FIGHT.
FIGHT. >> LONELY.
>> LONELY. LONELY.
LONELY. >> Shawn: THE 68-YEAR-OLD KNOWN
AS BONNIE LOST HER FIGHT A WEEK
AGO.
AGO. HE IS A DETROIT FIREFIGHTER.
HE IS DEVASTATED AND SAID
SINAI-GRACE LOST HER REMAINS AND
TOLD THE FUNERAL HOME THAT HER
REMAINS WERE READY TO BE PICKED
UP LAST FRIDAY.
HER BODY COULD NOT BE FOUND.
THE FUNERAL HOME WENT BACK
SUNDAY, WENT BACK THREE TIMES ON
MONDAY.
MONDAY. SINAI-GRACE COULD NOT FIND HER
BODY.
BODY. >> THERE’S NO OTHER WAY TO PUT
IT OTHER THAN TO SAY THEY LOST
MY MOM’S REMAINS.
>> Shawn: A WEEK LATER, THE
REMAINS WERE FOUND.
HOSPITAL SECURITY SAID THEY WERE
FOUND AMONG OTHER BODIES PILED
UP IN VACANT ROOMS AT
SINAI-GRACE.
SINAI-GRACE. HE SAID HE WAS PRAYING HIS MOM
WAS NOT ONE OF THOSE BODIES.
[CRYING]
[CRYING] >> MY FAMILY IS GRIEVING AND
YOU’RE TELLING US YOU CAN’T FIND
MY MOM’S REMAINS.
NOT GOOD.
NOT GOOD. >> Shawn: I WANNA READ YOU THE
ENTIRE STATEMENT FROM THE
DETROIT MEDICAL CENTER.
OUR HEARTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO
THE FAMILY FOR THEIR LOSS AND
THE PAIN THEY’RE EXPERIENCING AT
THIS DIFFICULT TIME.
PATIENTS WHO PASS AWAY AT OUR
.
. >> Shawn: THE FIREFIGHTER WE’RE
TALKING TO, MR. MAY, SAID HIS
FOCUS IS NOW THE PROPER SERVICE,
RESPECTFUL SERVICE, A SEND-OFF
FOR HIS MOTHER.
AS A FIRST RESPONDER, HE SAID HE
UNDERSTANDS WHEN FACILITIES LIKE
SINAI-GRACE ARE OVERWHELMED, BUT
LOSING THE REMAINS IS ABSOLUTELY
UNACCEPTABLE.
UNACCEPTABLE. LIVE ON THE WEST SIDE, SHAWN
LEY, LOCAL 4.
>> Devin: YOU SEE HIS BROKEN
HEART THERE, REALLY WIDE OPEN
FOR ALL OF US TO SEE.
AND OUR THOUGHTS AND SYMPATHIES
ARE WITH HIM AND HIS FAMILY
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. >> Kim: INDEED.
>>> WE THANK THEM EVERY DAY,
HEALTH CARE WORKERS WHO PUT
THEIR HEALTH ON THE LINE TO CARE
FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY THIS
HORRIBLE PANDEMIC.
HORRIBLE PANDEMIC. ONE OF THEM, A PHYSICIANS
ASSISTANT AT U OF M HOSPITAL
TOOK TIME TO MAKE THIS POWERFUL
OUTWART OF HER COWORKERS’ FACES.
THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE FIGHTING
REAL BATTLES.
REAL BATTLES. TWO NEW REPORTS ARE PUTTING
NUMBERS ON THE RISKS THEY FACE.
OTHER DR. FRANK McGEORGE JOINS
US WITH A LOOK AT HOW SERIOUS
THIS REALLY IS.
DOC?
DOC? >> Dr. McGeorge: YEAH, KIM, IT
IS VERY SERIOUS.
ESPECIALLY FOR CERTAIN GROUPS OF
HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
BEFORE I TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS,
I WANT TO EMPHASIZE, EVEN THE
CDC ACKNOWLEDGES THE CASE
NUMBERS ARE UNDERESTIMATES, BUT
THE JOB TYPES AND AGES ARE THOSE
MOST AFFECTED WITH LIKELY
ACCURATE.
ACCURATE. OF THE 315,000 CASES REPORTED
BETWEEN FEBRUARY 12th AND APRIL
9th, OVER 9,000 IDENTIFIED AS
HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
AS LARGE AS 9,000 IS, IT’S MOST
LIKELY A SERIOUS UNDERESTIMATE.
LESS THAN 1 IN 5 REPORTS
INCLUDED ANY INFORMATION ON
WHETHER THEY WERE A HEALTH CARE
WORKER.
WORKER. WHERE INFORMATION WAS COLLECTED,
THE AVERAGE AGE WAS 42.
73% WOMEN, 72% WERE WHITE, AND
MOST, 55%, ONLY HAD EXPOSURE TO
THE VIRUS AT WORK.
723 WERE HOSPITALIZED AND 27
DIED.
DIED. AGAIN, LIKELY AN UNDERESTIMATE.
BUT ON A PERCENTAGE BASIS, THEY
ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE
HOSPITALIZED THAN THE GENERAL
POPULATION.
POPULATION. AMONG THE DEATH, MOST WERE OVER
55 YEARS OLD.
THE RESEARCH SUGGESTED HOLDER
HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL PAY CLOSER
TO ATTENTION TO PPE AND
PREFERENTIAL ASSIGNMENTS.
PREFERENTIAL ASSIGNMENTS. THREE FACTORS WERE IDENTIFIED
THAT INCREASE THE RISK OF
TRANSMISSION: EXPOSURE DURING
NEBULIZER TREATMENT, DURING
BIPAP.
BIPAP. AND INCREASE TIME WITH THE
PATIENT.
PATIENT. I’VE GOT TO TELL YOU, EVERYONE
IN HEALTH CARE TAKES ALL OF THIS
DEADLY SERIOUS.
DEADLY SERIOUS. MORE THAN ANYTHING, THE NUMBERS
SHOW THAT WITHOUT PROPER
PROTECTIVE GEAR, WE ARE ALL AT
RISK ON THE JOB.
IT ALSO SHOWS WE HAVE EXPOSURES
OUTSIDE OF THE HOSPITAL.
THOSE ARE THE SAME EXPOSURES
THAT EVERYONE, ALL OF YOU HAVE.
BACK TO YOU.
>> Devin: YOU AND YOUR
COLLEAGUES CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR
DEEP AND PROFOUND ADMIRATION AND
GRATEFULNESS.
GRATEFULNESS. >>> WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT PAUL
NOVIKI.
NOVIKI. HE WAS JUST 51 YEARS OLD.
HE WAS AN ACTIVE OUTDOORSMAN
WITH NO UNDERLYING HEALTH
CONDITIONS.
CONDITIONS. HIS WIFE SHARED THEIR STORY WITH
VICTOR WILLIAMS IN HOPES THAT
OTHER LIVES CAN BE SAVED.
>> Victor: THIS IS A SITUATION
THAT WILL BE ROUGH FOR ANYONE.
IMAGINE LOSING YOUR SPOUSE THAT
WAS FINE AT ONE POINT AND ALL OF
A SUDDEN, THEY’RE GONE.
>> IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT NOT
KNOWING DAY TO DAY OR MINUTE TO
MINUTE, WAITING FOR THE PHONE
CALL FROM THE HOSPITAL.
>> Victor: SIX LONG DAYS HAVE
PASSED SINCE HURON TOWNSHIP PAUL
NOVIKI PASSED AWAY.
>> HE HUNTED, HE FISHED, WENT ON
HIKES.
HIKES. HE DID YARD WORK, VERY ACTIVE,
LOVED THE OUTDOORS.
>> Victor: HIS WIFE BELIEVES
ONLY A FEW WEEKS BEFOREHAND, HE
CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE VIRUS
WHILE ON THE JOB.
>> WE FOUND OUT HIS PARTNER FROM
WORK HAD TESTED POSITIVE AND
LITERALLY THAT AFTERNOON, PAUL
STARTED GETTING SICK.
>> Victor: HE LEAVES BEHIND 5
CHILDREN ALONG WITH HIS WIFE.
BUT SOCIAL DISTANCING HAS MADE
GRIEVING SO MUCH HARDER.
>> THE VIRUS KEPT US FROM BEING
TOGETHER AS A FAMILY TO CONSOLE
EACH OTHER.
EACH OTHER. YOU CAN’T MOURN THE WAY THAT YOU
NORMALLY WOULD.
NORMALLY WOULD. YOU CAN’T BE TOGETHER.
I CAN’T HUG MY KIDS, CAN’T HUG
MY MOTHER-IN-LAW.
MY MOTHER-IN-LAW. >> Victor: AS A FIRST RESPONDER,
HE SPENT DECADES SAVING PEOPLE.
WHY EVEN IN HIS DEATH, SHE
BELIEVES HE IS STILL SERVING HIS
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. >> IT’S THESE INTERVIEWS AND IF
HIS DEATH HAS ONE PERSON TO
CHANGE THEIR MIND AND STAY
QUARANTINED, THEN HE’S STILL
DOING HIS JOB.
>> Victor: SHE IS AVPG HARD TIME
HOLDING EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP HER
OUT, VISIT CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
VICTOR WILLIAMS, LOCAL 4.
>> Kim: IN LANSING, THEY HELD
WHAT THEY CALLED OPERATION
GRIDLOCK, AND IT LIVED UP TO ITS
NAME.
NAME. [HORNS HONKING].
[HORNS HONKING]. >> Devin: THE RALLY MADE
NATIONAL HEADLINES AFTER THE
GOVERNOR WENT ON NATIONAL
TELEVISION TO TALK ABOUT THE
COVID SITUATION HERE.
WE TURN TO BUSINESS EDITOR ROD
MELONI LIVE IN LANSING TONIGHT
WITH MORE ON A ROWDY AFTERNOON
THERE.
THERE. ROD?
ROD? >> Rod: I’VE BEEN DOING THIS 25
YEARS HERE AT CHANNEL 4 AND
COVERED A LOT OF RALLIES AND
SEEN RALLIES AS BIG AS THIS ONE,
BUT I’LL TELL YOU WHAT, THE
TRAFFIC WAS LINED UP TO THE
HIGHWAY, MORE THAN A MILE.
AND THEY STARTED HONKING AT 10
A.M. AND JUST STOPPED 15 MINUTES
AGO.
AGO. APPARENTLY ON THE SHORT LIST FOR
THE VICE-PRESIDENTIAL
THE VICE-PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION, GOVERNOR WHITMER
APPEARED ON THE THIRD HOUR OF
THE "TODAY" SHOW.
>> MICHIGAN HAS THIRD MOST
LARGEST NUMBER OF CASESAGE WE’RE
NOT THE THIRD LARGEST STATE.
SO WE HAVE A UNIQUE CRISIS ON
OUR HANDS AND IT DEMANDS A
UNIQUE SOLUTION.
UNIQUE SOLUTION. >> Rod: THAT UNIQUE SOLUTION
FELL FLAT WITH THOUSANDS WHO
ATTENDED THE OPERATION GRIDLOCK
RALLY TODAY, AMONG THEM THIS
MILFORD BUSINESS OWNER.
>> IT’S ALMOST MIKE A PUBLICITY
STUNT.
STUNT. THAT’S WHAT IT FEELS LIKE.
AND IT FEELS LIKE SHE IS MOCKING
MICHIGANDERS.
MICHIGANDERS. >> Rod: AND MENTIONED THE
GOVERNOR’S COMEDY CENTRAL
APPEARANCE AFTER IMPLEMENTING
HER EXECUTIVE ORDER A COUPLE
WEEKS AGO AND FOUND THAT
DISCONCERTING.
DISCONCERTING. THE GOVERNOR DID SEE THE RALLY
AND STAYED BUSY SPEAKING WITH
OTHER GOVERNORS WHO SAID OF THE
GOVERNOR AREAS NATIONAL
TELEVISION APPEARANCES --
>> MICHIGAN IS AN IMPORTANT
STATE IN 2020 AND YOU’RE SEEING
THE NATIONAL ATTENTION ON IT
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. BUT THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE
NATIONAL ATTENTION.
NATIONAL ATTENTION. IT’S ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF
MICHIGAN WHO ARE FRUSTRATED WHO
FEEL THEIR LIVELIHOOD HAS BEEN
TAKEN AWAY AND VOICING THAT WITH
GOVERNMENT TODAY.
GOVERNMENT TODAY. >> Rod: WHAT THE SPEAKER WANTS
AND THE PROTESTERS WANT IS FOR
THE GOVERNOR TO GET THINGS OPEN
QUICKLY AND OPEN SAFELY.
>> Devin: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP
AND THE TASK FORCE ARE HOLDING
THEIR DAILY BRIEFING.
WE’RE STREAMING IT.
GENERAL MOTORS WILL BE SHIPPING
600 VENTILATORS LATER THIS
MONTH.
MONTH. >> IT’S AMAZING WHAT THEY’VE
DONE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
THEY’RE MAKING THOUSANDS OF
VENTILATORS AND THEY’RE COMING
OUT OF THE FACTORY QUICKLY AT A
NUMBER NO ONE CAN BELIEVE.
AND THEY’RE HIGH-GRADE
VENTILATORS, SO WE’RE HELPING A
LOT OF PEOPLE BUT AT THIS POINT,
NO ONE NEEDS THEM.
DURING THE SURGE, NO ONE HAS
NEEDED THEM FOR WEEKS NOW, BUT
WE’LL HAVE THEM FOR STOCKPILES.
>> Devin: MUCH MORE FROM THE
TASK FORCE AND THE FULL NATIONAL
PERSPECTIVE COMING UP AT 6:30 ON
"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS" WITH LESTER
HOLT.
HOLT. >> Kim: EVERY DIFFERENT TYPE OF
SNOWFLAKE HAS BEEN FALLING OUT
OF THE SKY TODAY.
LET’S CHECK IN WITH BEN.
>> Ben: YEAH, IT’S COMING DOWN
AT A GOOD CLIP IN SOME AREAS,
AND WE’RE NOT DONE WITH IT YET.
WE HAVE MORE SNOW ON THE WAY AND
COULD MEAN MORE ACCUMULATION.
>> Paula: A LOCAL SCHOOL
DISTRICT IS ABOUT TO ROLL OUT
WEEK FIVE AND SAID ENRICHMENT
LEARNING IS ABOUT TO BE OVER AND