Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease doctor, joined “CBS This Morning” after reports that he now requires personal security detail. Fauci, the face of the national coronavirus response, has received threats to his safety amid splitting with President Trump during several task force press briefings. Source
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Doznes of Texas spring breakers test positive for coronavirus
A group of 70 young adults from Texas traveled to Mexico – now the health department is investigating. Source
FBI warns of online attacks on video conference app Zoom
The FBI is issuing a warning about Zoom, telling users that they could be victims of hacking that could come with pornographic or hateful messages. As people isolate at home amid the coronavirus pandemic, video conferencing apps like Zoom are seeing their users skyrocket into the millions. Anna Werner looks into the perils that come with the app’s new popularity. Source
Feds: Man intentionally derailed train near hospital ship
A train engineer intentionally drove a speeding locomotive off a track at the Port of Los Angeles because he was suspicious about the presence of a Navy hospital ship docked there to help during the coronovirus crisis, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. KCBS reports Eduardo Moreno, 44, was charged with one federal count of train wrecking, which carries a potential sentence of up to 20 years in federal prison. Source
Nurses share heartbreaking stories amid cross-country protest
Nurses at 15 hospitals in seven states are protesting this week over what they call a “lack of preparedness” by a major U.S. hospital chain. They say the shortage of protective equipment is putting them, their families, and patients at risk as they work on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. Catherine Herridge speaks to one nurse who called her hospital a “war zone.” Source
Extended interview: Bill Gates on coronavirus pandemic
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates talks with “CBS This Morning” co-host Anthony Mason about why we need “strong isolation measures on a countrywide basis” to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, how it could be “years” before the U.S. economy gets back to where it was before and why he thinks “for the next one, we will be far more ready than we were for this one.” Source
Cruise ships with mounting coronavirus cases stranded off Florida coast
Two cruise ships wait outside Port Everglades in South Florida, carrying passengers believed to be infected with the coronavirus. The cruise line says more than 200 people on the two ships have flu-like symptoms. On one ship, The Zaandam, nine people have tested positive for the coronavirus and two of them have died. Manuel Bojorquez speaks to one person who says her parents are on the ship, and her father has developed pneumonia. Source
Patriots’ plane flying medical masks to Boston from China
NFL team’s owner, Robert Kraft, helped arrange the flight to bring 1.2 million N95 masks for use in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. Source
Eye Opener: U.S. medical supply stockpile at critical low
President Trump said the national stockpile of emergency medical supplies is nearly depleted. Also, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ordered all of his residents to stay at home in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus, a move that critics say should have happened earlier. All that and all that matters in today’s Eye Opener. Your world in 90 seconds. Source
Memo to NYC paramedics shows grim reality of coronavirus crisis
Over 1,000 American residents died of the coronavirus on Wednesday, bringing the U.S. death toll to over 5,100. In New York City, paramedics have been told to not transport patients in cardiac arrest to the hospital, reflecting the grim reality of how overwhelmed the epicenter of the virus outbreak is. David Begnaud reports from outside a field hospital in Central Park to show the toll the disease is taking on the city. Source