trump ambles out and just starts rambling

trump does not say thank you very much like he usually does

kevin mccarthy says a couple of words - hopefully future speaker of house

nothing like starting with the political bs first

trump says thank you once

javits center will become a trauma center even though no one is
driving - he said it not me

trump says he probably wont wear a mask - lol - deleted

532 pm - trump again says he wont be wearing a mask - deleted

no mention of shortage of icu beds and ventilators yet

dod giving 8.1m n95 respirators

new orleans has enuff vents - ' i rethink alot of people will have
enuff ventilators' - 536 pm

9,000 retired dod medical people have signed up

natl guard will delivering supplies because states could not make
deliveries from our warehouses - 537 pm

horay for everyone - fema and army corps

hydroxycloriquine still being studied - "I dont know it showing some
promising results" - lol - 539 pm - we have a tremendous supply of it
in case it works

541 pm - lists all the oil execs he met - they can store oil in natl reserve

this will end - your gonna see some bad things and then some good
things - 543 pm

its a beautiful day today in washington dc

then mike pence then some quick comments then some questions

543 pm edt - pence starts talking - unanimous vote of task force today
- some good news - wa and calif cases remain at steady but low rate -
new orleans .....chicago detroit and boston are hot spots - 18,000
abbot machines now across the usa - another 1k ordered by trump -
antibody test approved by fda - patriotic support of guidelines - 1
airbridge flght from china to columbus ohio - head of cdc here to talk
about scarf guidelines - even uninsured can get treatment and never
have to worry about a bill - keep on keeping on

549 pm - birx - be determined - in week 3 of guidance - appreciate ca
and wa people - their curve is different than NY NJ CT - but they are
getting ready for a different potentional - working at much more
granular level to get supplys to hospital - we have to support
different metro areas as they move thru peaks - want to recognize
americans that died and HCWers - colorado, dc, pennsylvania getting
more cases - to move supplies creatively around country - NO MENTION
OF "BENDING CURVE"

553 pm - dhs secretary - shelf stockers are heros as they head into
battle in stores - another $100B for health care providers - for
uninsured care - no balance billing - reimbursed at medicare rates -
will have more info on rest of $100 billion - special enrollment
period on exchanges - oracle platform collects rapid data on treatment
modalities - covid19.oracle.com

556 pm edt - questions - masks - I just dont want to wear one -
resolute desk - as I meet presidents and dictators

hand off to surgeon general - 557 pm - unpack the evolution of the cdc
guidance on wearing masks in public - (they have not even announced
the policy yet - cdc guy is right there) - new evidence - wear cloth
masks in grocery stores and pharmacys - these are different than N95
masks or surgical masks

601 pm edt - question - fauci said every state should have stay at
home - leave it to governors

shortage of blood supplies ?

oil supplies - all took test before coming into room - they all passed
- virus knocked 35% of market - its a free market (lol) - ytemendous
oversupply of oil and gas

603 pm - abstinance of gay men 3 months - cdc did that

604 pm - 3m exports to canada - not happy with them

604 pm - where is dr fauci? - I dont know - you fake news

605 pm - costa - everyone saw pandemic coming - hhs sec knew it was
gonna be bad - who dropped the ball? - I always knew pandemics could
happen - costs says - trump cuts him off - sec was talking about A
pandemic

606 pm - sec azar - says major effort for 15 years to fight flu - we
have all been preparing - WHY DONT WE HAVE MASKS - previous admins
gave us very few bukets - speak to previous administration - WE HAD NO
AMMIITION - cuts off Jim 608pm

girl asks question -trump talks about long time order to spain - 608 pm

NO MENTION ICU BED SHORTAGE

2 crusie liners docked today in florida- we had trendous security -
we have great doctors military doctors