Coronavirus: How COVID-19 is affecting communities around the US
Every week, local reporters share their 'Field Notes' from the ground
Updated: 3:50 PM CDT Mar 11, 2020
that breaking news is out of China, where two more flights carrying Americans will fly to California tonight. Difficult and uncertain. That's how this family describes their journey to quarantine way. Can't leave the role we got to ST. We're treating it as a real threat, and we're doing everything in our power. But now something new. We have uncovered Corona virus crooks California on heightened alert today after the CDC confirmed a new case of Corona virus in our area. The first U S case, it was a Solano County woman. It was last week. She had actually been in the hospital for almost a week before she was actually tested for Coben 19. And the reason why was because she didn't need the federal requirements. You actually get tested this you didn't travel abroad. She didn't know anyone who had contracted the virus. And so in that time she spent between two different hospitals here at U C. Davis Medical Center in Sacramento and also North Bay Baca Valley Hospital in Solano County. And now, as a result of this one patient, there are more than 200 medical staff that are now under self quarantine for precautionary measures, and now hospitals are going to start conducting tests. They don't have to necessarily go through the CDC and get the OK on Friday, our state just got a lot more testing kits, but Copan 19 we only had about 200 as of Friday morning, which is vastly inadequate, according to the governor. For For California, which is such a huge state in such a large population, I do think there's a level of skepticism, especially when it comes to medical staff. That was my most recent story was talking Thio, the California Nurses Association, which represents all of the registered nurses across the state. And they have serious grave concerns with how hospitals are are on the front and taking precautionary measures to protect their staff and their nurses. But they can't remember the last time work. You had over 200 medical staff self quarantining for one patient, and because of that, they have grave concerns about you know what precautionary measures are being taken, what's mounting taken on the front then because that is not sustainable from medical sampling. Tyler Shepherd, his wife and their one year old son left China on a U. S cargo plane, you can see their view as they made their way to Omaha. We first initially heard about quarantine here in Nebraska at the beginning of the month when it was announced that Camp Ashland would be a possible site once that was confirmed. It was only it days later, where 57 passengers who evacuated from Wuhan, China, flew from China to California, Texas and then to Omaha, which is like a 40 hour travel trip, which is then, as soon as they land hours of screening and monitoring to make sure nobody's showing any symptoms. And then, on top of that, another basically hour bus ride, the Camp Ashland, where they would have to be there for 14 days in quarantine. One of that family I spoke to, where the shepherds Tyler Shepherd, the dad. He's a English teacher in Shenzhen, But they were in Wuhan, near Wuhan, visiting his wife's family, and him and his wife has a one year old named Meal. And so Neil Hatches go in quarantine. They had to bring this toddler with them, and while in quarantine, Neil got to celebrate his first birthday. If you've seen the video, they're all singing Happy Birthday, the Meal, and they're surrounded by people in protective gear and body suits and masks. All the 57 passengers who are in quarantine at Camp Ashland were considered clear of the virus and able to go home on Thursday of last week. And I actually got to see Tyler in person at the airport, you know, not over video call and wealthy was taking its light to go back to his home in California, and he said, Obviously, the situation is scary. But he said there was a bright side to it. The fact that his wife and his son have never met his family. So now they can actually be together. Meet the family, hang out in California, and then once it's considered safe to return back to China, they plan to go back there. Virus Crooks Fishing for Victims Jeff Rawson reveals the way Steve's air using the epidemic to get your personal information. So what the crooks we're doing is using something very heavily in the news that you could get scared about the Stoke fear, right? They use it. You clicked on it and all of a sudden they have your email address your phone number, your passwords, all of it. It's a phishing scam, and what they do is they send you an email that looks like it's from the CDC, the Centers for Disease Control. And it says, if you want an updated list of all the infected people in your area, all the cases click. Here, you click on it. It brings you to what looks like a Microsoft Outlook log in screen, and it looks real, and you type in your email and your password and it takes you nowhere. Why? Because now they have your information. It's a dummy, Paige. It doesn't go anywhere, and they have your info. The other piece of the hoax is they send you another type of email again. Looks like it's from the CDC, but it really isn't. And this And on this one, they say, Hey, you know, all of our workers are working around the clock to come up with a vaccine, and this takes money. So do you want to donate and it takes you to a page where you can donate money and you think you're giving money to? The doctors were working around the clock to come up with a vaccine and again, look, I mean, look at these domains. CDC dash Gove dot org's to be clear the rial CDC domain is CDC dot gov No, or GE? None of that. Just CDC dot Gus, this one is CDC dash of dot borg. So when you look at that very quickly and you you see the CDC logo, it was a thrill. We're treating it as a real threat, and we're doing everything in our power to enable as rapid testing and scale Oppa's possible should indeed this our worst fears be realized in this turn into a global pandemic. So today, this first batch has been shipped to the federal government. They're working through an agency with the National Institutes of Health, and they're going to start using this in a clinical trial so it's not available for everybody just yet, but it's in a clinical trial that'll go to phase one, and the hope is then that if it works, it could be given to everybody. So obviously this is really important. It's top of mind for a lot of people because so many people are getting sick. So there is a degree of pressure to do this quickly. And interestingly, when we talked to this company just several weeks ago, they wouldn't tell us when they thought this would be ready. But now, within the space of three weeks, they've shipped their first batch so clearly this is a priority for them for the federal government and also that they're doing these clinical trials tells us that they think this is going to be around for a while. Clinical trials take time, right? So they think this is gonna be a threat that will continue. And that's why they're so focused on finding an answer. So right now, the vaccine timeline is a little sketchy, and I think that researchers never like to give specifics, right. It's what they do there. They always hedge their bets, but that the first batch of this vaccine has shipped for a clinical trial shows that things were moving along. So I would say this is one toe watch. I know we always say that in news, right, stay tuned. But truly this time I would say stay tuned. And also that this Cambridge, these companies not the only one that's working on this other companies are. So this may be a race to find this vaccine, and I think it will come sooner rather than later.
Coronavirus: How COVID-19 is affecting communities around the US
Every week, local reporters share their 'Field Notes' from the ground
Updated: 3:50 PM CDT Mar 11, 2020
The novel coronavirus, aka COVID-19, is circulating in communities around the world. As of March 11, 2020, The World Health Organization (WHO) classified COVID-19 as a pandemic, meaning the virus has spread worldwide.With over 1,000 cases in the United States, so far, communities across the country are dealing with the effects of the outbreak. We sat down with four local news reporters in Boston, Sacramento, Omaha and New York to find out what’s happening in their communities.Watch the video above to see the full story. We are living in unprecedented times, and as COVID-19 spreads across the nation and world, the stories about how people are coping, battling, and persevering through the outbreak have become more important than ever. Each week, “Field Notes” brings you a handful of stories about how coronavirus has impacted real people just like you, and hear more about what it’s like to cover the novel coronavirus from the local news teams that are committed to keeping you informed, no matter what.
The novel coronavirus, aka COVID-19, is circulating in communities around the world. As of March 11, 2020, The World Health Organization (WHO) classified COVID-19 as a pandemic, meaning the virus has spread worldwide.
With over 1,000 cases in the United States, so far, communities across the country are dealing with the effects of the outbreak. We sat down with four local news reporters in Boston, Sacramento, Omaha and New York to find out what’s happening in their communities.
Watch the video above to see the full story.
We are living in unprecedented times, and as COVID-19 spreads across the nation and world, the stories about how people are coping, battling, and persevering through the outbreak have become more important than ever. Each week, “Field Notes” brings you a handful of stories about how coronavirus has impacted real people just like you, and hear more about what it’s like to cover the novel coronavirus from the local news teams that are committed to keeping you informed, no matter what.