PBS NewsHour; April 24, 2020, 3:00pm-4:00pm PDT

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- THAT PROCESS BEGAN ON A DAWHEN - PE U.S. DEATH TOLL D - 50,000, AND WHSIDENT TRUMP - JOHN YANG HAS OUR REPORT ON THE - DEVELOPMENTS OF THIS DAY. - DOING?D MORNING, HOW'S EVERYONE - >> Yang: IN GEORGIA DAY, - BUSINESSES OPENED THEIR DOORSME - FOR THE FIRST N MORE THAN - A MONTH. - GOVERNOR BRIAN KEMP LIFTED - RESTRICTIONS ON SUCH NON- - ESSENTIAL OPERATIONS AS BOWLING - ALLEYS AND HR SALONS. - GEILE MANY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS - RABY THE PANDEMIC'S - ECONOMIC HIT WELCOMED THE MOVE, - OTHERS WERE STILL ON EDGE. - >> NERVOUS, ANXIETY, ALL THAT - TOO. - BUT YOU KNOW, WE ALL WANT TO - COME BACK TO WORK. - >> Yang: WITH INFECTIONS AND - NOT YET MET WHITE HOUSEORGIA HAS - BENCHMARKS FOR BEGINNING TO RE- - OPEN. - DESPITE THAT, THE ASSOCIATED - PRESS REPORTED TOD THAT - PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD ORIGINALLY - TOLD KEMP HE SUPPORTED THE MOVE. - LATER, THOUGH, MR. TRUMP TOLD - REPORTERS HE WAS UNHAPPY WITH - THE DECISION, AND ON TWITTER - TODAY, HE SAID BUSINESSES SHOU"" - TAKE A LITTLE SLOWER PATH" TO - REOPEN.

- R AN INTERVIEW WITH CLEVELAND'S - WTIO TODAY, VICE PRESIDENT - MIKE PENCE WAS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT - HOW MUCH LONGER THE VIRUS WOULD - GRIP THE NATION. - >> I THINK HONESTLY IF YOU LOOK - AT THE TRENDS TODAY, I THINK BY - MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WE WILL - LARGELY HAVE TS CORONAVIRUS - IDEMIC BEHIND US. - >> Yang: GEORGIA IHAONE OF ONLY - FUL OF STATES POISED TO - IN MADISON, WISCON DOZENOF - PROTESRS DEMANDED THAT THEIR - GOVERNOR DO THE SAME. - MICHIGAN GOVERNOR GRETCHEN - WHITMER, FACING THSASAME - PRESSURE TODAY SHE WOULD - BEGINNING EASING RESTRICTIONS. - EW EXECUTIVE ORDER WILL - NOW ALLOW SOME WORKERS TO - PERFORM LOWER RISK ACTIVITIES J - GO BACK ON T. - WE WILL CONSIDER THIS THE - PRELIMINARY STAGE ECONOMIC - RE-ENGAGEMENT. - >> Yang: BUT, SHE EXTENDED HER - STAY-AT-HOME ORDER, SETO - EXPIRE AT THE END OF THE MONTH, - THROUGH MAY 15.

- MEANWHILE, THE MAKERS OF LYSOL - AND OTHER DISINFECTANTS WARNED - PEOPLE AGAINST IMPROPER USE OF - THEIR PRODUCTS. - IT COMES AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP - SEEMED TO SUGGEST THAT - RESEARCHERS LOOK INTO USING - DISINFECTANTS AND ULTRAVIOLET - LIGHT INSIDE THE BOD THOSE - INFECTED WITH THE VIRUS. - HOUSE SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI - CRITICIZED HIM TODAY FOR - REJECTING SCIENCE. - >> CLEARLY AND SADLY, THIS - IDENT IS NOT LISTENING T - MEDICAL EXPERTS AND I DON'T KNOW - WHICH ONES HE IS LISTENING TO IF - ANY. - AMERICA SHOULD IGNORE THE LIEST - AND START LISTENING TO SCIENCE - AND OTHER RESPECTED - PROFESSIONALS. - >> Yang: AND AFTER SIGNING THE - LATEST ECONOMIC RESCUE PACKAGE - DNTO LAW, THE PRESIDENT SAID HE - MEAN IT. - Y I WAS ASKING SARCASTICALLY, - IN A VRCASTIC QUESTION TO - THE REPORTERHE ROOM ABOUT - DISINFECTANTS ON THE INSIDE. - AND IT WOULD KILL THE - HANDS AND THAT WOULD MAKE THINGS

- MUCH BETTER. - AAT WAS DONE IN THE FORM - SARCASTIC QUESTION TO REPORTERS. - >> Yang: OVERSEAS, AS UEE VIRUS - CONTTO SPREAD, MEDICAL - WORKERS STRUGGLE TO SECURE - SCARCE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT. - THAT INCLUDES COUNTRIES IN - AFRICA, WHICH THIS WEEK SAW - INFECTIONS SURGE BY MORE THAN - AN%. - ILE, MUSLIMS ACROSS THE - WORLD BEGAN RAMADAN UNDER STRICT - AVCKDOWNS. - G MANY TO OBSERVE THE HOLY - MONTH FROM HOME, RESIGNED TO PUT - OFF THE EVENING PRAYERS AND GET- - TOGETHERS THAT NORMALLY MARK THE - PERIOD OF FASTING,EFLECTION - AND COMMUNITY.FOR THE PBS NEWSHN - YANG. - E Woodruff: AS JOHN REPORTED, - THE WHUSE TODAY SPENT SOME - TIME ADDRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT - THE PRESIDENT'S SEEMING CONFLICT - WITH HIS MEDICAL ADVISORS. - AS YAMICHE ALCINDOR REPORTS NOW, - ITS NOT THE FIRST TIME THE - MEDICAL EXPERTS DIT APPEAR OF - TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE. - >> Alcindor: YESTERDAY, - PRESIDENT TRUMP RAISED EYEBROWS - WHEN HE SAID THIS: - >> I SEE THE DISINFECTANT THAT

- KNOCKS IT OUIN A MINUTE, ONE - MINUTE. - AND IS THERE A WAY WE CAN DO - METHING LIKE THAT BY INJECTION - INSIDE, OR ALMOST A CLEANING? - BECAUSE YOU SEE IT GETS INSIDE - THE LUNGS AND IT DOES A - TREMENDOUS NUMBER ON THE LUNGS, - SO IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO - CHECK THAT - >> Alcindor: TODAY THE WHITE - HOUSE SAYS HE WAS JOKING. - ICT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS - REPEATEDLY CONTRD HEALTH - OFFICIALS DURING THE CORONAVIRUS - NDEMIC. - JUST A DAY EARLIER, THE - PRESIDENT PUSHED BACK ON A STORY - IN THE "WASHINGTCL POST" THAT - ED A WARNING FROM THE - DIRECTOR OF THE CENTERS FOR - DISEASE CONTROL. - ROBERT REDELD SAID A SECOND - WAVE OF THE CORONAVIRUS IN THE - FALL COULD BE EVEN MORE - DIFFICULT TO HANE. - >> HE WAS TOTALLY MISQUOTED IN - THE MEDIA ON A STATEMENT ABOUT - THE FALL SEASON AND THE VIRUS. - >> I'M ACCURATELY QUOTED IN THE - "WHINGTON POST" AS" - DIFFICULT." - >> Alcindor: AND FOR WEEKS, - PRESIDENT UMP HAS REPEATEDLY - PUSHED FOR WIDER USE OF DRUGS - USED TO FIGHT MALARIA. - THOUGH, THOSE DRUGS HAVE NOT - BEEN FULLY TESTED IN THE

- EFFECTIVENESS AGAINST COVID-19. - >> WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO LOSE? - THEY SAY, 'TAKE IT.' - I'M NOT LOOKING AT IT ONE WAY OR - E OTHER, BUT WE WANT TO GET - OUT OF THIS. - IF IT DOES WORK, IT WOULD BE A - SHAME IF WE DIDN'T DO IT EARLY. - >> Alcindor: DESPITE PRESIDENT - TRUMP'S PUBLIC SUPPORT, THE - SCIENCE BEHIND - CORONAVIRUS TREATMENT - UNPROVEN. - A NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH - STUDY FOUND AN INCREASED DEATH - RATE IN COVID-19 PATIENTS - THE N.I.H. SAID THERE ISG. - "INSUFFICIENT CLINICAL DATA" TO - RECOMMEND USING IT.JU - TODAY, THE FOOD AND DRUG - ADMINISTRATION AGREED AND SAID - THE DRUG "CAN CANORMAL - HEART RHYTHMS." - THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ALSO - RTCED QUESTIONS AFTER A LEADING - VACCINE EXAS REMOVED FROM - HIS JOB AT THE DEPARTMENT OF - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. - DR. RICK BRIGHT PLANS TO FILE A - ESISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINT. - HE ALLE WAS FIRED FOR - PUSHING BACK ON PRESIDENT - TRUMP'S PROMOTION OF - HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE, SAYING IN A - STATEMENT: "SIDELINING ME IN THE - MIDDLEF THIS PANDEMIC AND - PLACING POLITICS AND CRONYISM

- AHEAD OF SCIENCE PUTS LIVES AT - RISK." - QUESTIONED ABOUTR. BRIGHT'S - CLAIMS TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP - SAID HE DOESN'T KNOW THE MAN. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M - YAMICHE ALCINDOR. - >> Woodruff: AMNA NAWAZ HAS RE - ON THESE CONCERNS AROUND THE - PRESIDENT'S STATEMENTS AND HOW - PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS SEE THE - RISKS AHEAD. - >> Nawaz: JUDY, WE'RE GOING TO - ASK ONE OF THE LEADING VOIS ON - INFECTIOUS DISEASE ABOUT ALL OF - THIS. - DR. MICHAEL OSTERHOLM IS THE - DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR - INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH AND - POLICY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF - MINNESOTA. - HE JOINS US NOW. - WELCOME BACK TO THE - "NEWSHOUR". - >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH - >> Reporter: I WANT TO BEGIN - BY ASKING YOU SOMETHING THE - PRESIDENT SAID YESTERDAY THAT'S - GOTTY A LOT OF REACTION TOD. - IO FLOATED THE IDEA OF USING - ULTRT LIGHTS AND - DISINFECTANTS TO POSSIBLY COMBAT - COVID 19. - HE SAID DAY HE WAS BEING - SARCASTIC, BUT WHAT DID YOU - THINK WHEN YOU FIRST HEARD THE - REMARKS? - >> WELL, I STOPPED LISTENING TO - THE DAILY BRIEFINGS. - I THINI'M O OF MANY IN OUR - BUSINESS THAT HAS. - I ONLY HEARD IT SECONDHAND, BUT

- MY TEN YRL GRANDSON WONDRED - WHAT THAT WAS ALL ABOUT. - ABOUT THAT?: WHAT DO YOU MEAN - >> I THINK IT WAS OBVIOUS THESE - ARE NOT REALISTIC OR POTENTIALLY - SAFE APPROACHES, AND, SO, IN - UNDERSTANDING THE COMMENTS, ONE - HAD TO JUST TAKE THEM FOR THE - NON-SCIENTIFIC BASIS UPON WHICH - THEY WERE STATED. - >> Reporter: CAN I ASK YOU, - THOUGH, CAUSE IT'S NOT THE - FIRST TIME THAT THE PRESIDENT - HAS MADE STATEMENTS THAT EITHER - ARCI'T BACKED UP BYNCE OR - CONTRADICT SCIENCE, AND THEY DO - HAVE SOME EFFECT. - M THE OFFICEAY F - OF THE MARYLAND GOVERNOR WHERE - CALLS FROM PEOPLING TO THE0 - STATE EMERGENCY HOTLINE AND - ASKING IF THEY COULD USE - DISINFECTANT OR EITHER INGEST IT - OR INJECT IT TO COMBAT THE - VIRUS. - DO YOU WORRY ABOUT THE EFFECT OF - THAT KIND OF CONTINUED MESSAGING - COMING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE? - >> FIRST OF ALL, THERE ARE TWO - ASPECTS OF THIS ISSUE ABOUT - MESSAGING. - NUMBER ONE IS, IYEN FACT, WE - DON'T WANT TO DO HARM AND - THROWING O A COMENT WITHOUT

- TS.ING VETTED THEM WITH EXPER - BUT I THINK EQUALLY CHALLENGE, - GOING FORWARD, IS WE ARE IN FOR - REALLY ROUGH DAYS COMING YET, - AND THAT'S WHERE CREDIBILITY ANE - ERSHIP WILL BE IMPORTANT. - YOU HAVE TO TRUST THE INDIVIDUAL - WHO IS TELLING YOU HOW BAD - THINGS ARE, HOW BAD THEY WILL - GET, AND WHERE IS THE - CREDIBILITY COMING FRO - WE ARE GOING TO NEED F.D.RFILIKE - SIDE CHATS THROUGH THE - COURSE OF THE NEXT YEAR, 16, 18 - MONTHS, AND THESE KIND OF EVENTS - DON'T INSTILL ANY KIND OF - HAPPEN.CE THOSE WILL - >> Reporter: DR. OSTERHOLM, AS - YOU SAID WHEN ITS TO THEUTURE, - VIRUS, WE'RE IN THE SECOND - INNING OF A NINE-INNING GAME. - WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE - SECOND AND THIRD WAVES, WHAT IS - IT AMERICANS SHOULD PREPARE FOR - EAD? - >> AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T KNOW

- HOW IT WILL PLAY OUT, AND WHAT I - MEAN BY THAT IS THAT WE ARE - GOING TO FIND A VIRUS MING - FORWARD TO INFECT 60 TO 70% OF - IT. - THAT'S HOW MUCH INFECTION WILL - HAVE TO OCCUR IN A POPULATION - BEFORE IT WILL START TO SHUT - DOWN THAT TRANSMISSION. - I JUST REMIND EVERYONE THAT IF - YOU LOOKACK ON THE INFLUENZA - VIRUS MODEL OF THE PANDEMIC FLU, - WHAT WE SAW WERE WAVES. - THE LAST INFLUDENZA PMIC - D ROUGH THE PAST 250 YEARS, THEY - EMERO IN THE WINTER, TWO - IN THE SPRING, TWO IN THE SUMMER - AND THREE IN THE FALL. - ABOUT SIX MONTHS AFTER THE - INITIAL WAVE HIT, WE MSAW AH - LARGER PEAK, A BIGGER WAVE, THAT - HIT. - AND I THINHERE WE DON'T KNOW - IF THAT'S GOING TO DO THIS. - IT'S ACTING LIKE THE FLU VIRUS, - AND PEOPLE HAVE TO AWARE OF - THIS AND UNDERSTAND THAT - WHATEVER WE'RE GOING TO DO TO

- TRY TO CONTRO IT OVER THE - UPCOMING MONTH IS NOT GOING TO - BE EASY AND IT MAY TAKE MULTIPLE - DIFFERENT EFFORTS TO DO THA, - BUT IT'S NOT OVER WITH BY A LONG - SHOT. - MORE AMERICANS YOUK WILLANY - BECOME SICK, DO YOU THINK IT'S - TOO EARLY FOR STATES TO BE - TALKINEABOUT REOPNING? - >> I DON'T THINK AT THIS POINT - THAT WHETHER WE OPEN UP NOW OR G - NOT ING TO DICTATE WHAT - HAPPENS. - I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE IN - SOME OF THE STATES AN - TICELERATION AND AMPLIFI - OF THE CASES THAT ARE OCCURRING - NOW BY OPENING UP. - BUT I THINK, IN THE END, TWO - MONTHS FROM NOW, WE COULD SEE A - RDRY QUIET COUNTRY, WITH REGA - TO THIS VIRUS, AND EVERYONE - BELING, OH, WE'RE FINE NOW, - ONLY TO COACK WITH A MAJOR - SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE - TO BE MINDFUL OF IS THAT THESE S - STARTS APS OF COMING OUT - OF LOCKDOWN ARE LIKELY GOING TO - BE MANY. - >> Reporter: YOU'VE PREVOUSLY - ESTIMATED THAT THE DEATH TOLL OF - KHE VIRUS COULD TOP 800,000. - WHEN YOU L AT ALL THE STEPS

- THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN UP UNTILRI - T NOW, DO YOU STILL BELIEVE - IT COULD GO THAT HIGH? - >> THINK ABOUT IT, THERE'S - 320 MILLION AMERICANS. - HALF OF THAT, 160 MILLION, ARE - VERY LIKELY TO GET INFECTED AND - THOSE ARE NUMBERS WE CANCIDE - TO CHANGE, BUT THAT SURELY IS A - SOLID NUMBER. - OF THOSE, ABOUT 80%E GOING TO - HAVE VERY MILD TO MODERATE - ILLNESS, NOT SEEKIMEDICAL - CARE AND, IN SOME CASES, NOT - THE REMAINING 20%, ABILITY 10% - OF THOSE, OR HALF, WILL NOT NEED - REALLY MAJOR MEDICAL CARE, - POSSIBLY DOCTORS' OFFICESVI - TS. - THE REMAINING 10% WILL LIKELY BE - HOSPITALIZED, AND 5% OF THE - TOTAL WILL NEED INTENSIVE CARE - HOSPITALIZATION, AND ABOUT 1.5 - TO 1% OF THE TOTAL WILLIE. - YOU CAN CHANGE THE NUMBERS - HOWEVER YOU LIKE, PUT THEM IN,RE

- JUSTAKE YOU EXPLAIN HOW - YOU GOT WHAT YOU DID. - IF YOU LOOK AT .5 TO 1% OF - 160 MILLION, THAT'S 800,000 TO - 1.6 MILLION PEOPLE. - YOU CAN SEE WE HA A LOT LEFT - V GO BEFORE WE'RE GOING TO SEE - THUS END, EVEN WITH A - VACCINE COMING DOWN THE PIKE. - Reporter: DR. MICHAEL - OSTERHOLM OF THE CENTER FOR - INFECTIOUS DISEASE RES ARCH AND - POLITHE UNIVERSITY OF - MINNOTA. - THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. - >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. - dr - >> Wf: IN THE DAY'S OTHER - NEWS, THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET - GEFICE WARNED OF A TIDAL WAVE OF - RED INK TRD BY THE - PANDEMIC. - IT SAID ECONOMIC DAMAGE AND - RELIEF BILLS WILRADRIVE THE - FEDEFICIT TO $3.7 - TRILLION. - DESPITE THAT NEWS, WALL STREET - MANAGED A RALLY. - THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - ED 260 POINTS TO CLOSE A - 23,775. - THE NASDAQ ROSE 139 POINTS, AND, - THE S&P 0 ADDED 39. - THE U.S. NAVY IS RECOMMENDING - THAT BRETT CROZIER BRE-

- INSTATED AS CAPTAIN OF THE - AIRCRAFT CARRIER "THEODORE - ROOSEVELT." - THE NEWSHOUR HAS CONFIRMED THE - RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE TODAY. - CROZIER WAS FIRED AFTER HE - WHPEALED TO EVACUATE THE SHIP - THE CORONAVIRUS BROKE OUT. - THE MAN WHO FIRED HIM, ACTING - NAVY SECRETARY THOMAS MODLY, - CAME UNDER HEAVY CRITICISM AND - QUIT. - IN YEMEN, A COALITION LED BY - REUDI ARABIA TODAY EXTENDED A - UNILATERAL CEASEOR ONE - MONTH. - IT SAID THE PAUSE WILL HELP TO - CONTAIN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. - REBELS BACKED BY IRAN HAVE - REFUSED TO ACCEPT A CEASE-FIRE, - AND BOTH SIDES BLAME THE OTHER - FOR CONTINUED ATTACKS. - MEANWHILE, THE TALIBAN HAS - REJECTED THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT'S - CALL FOR A CEASE-FIRE DURING THE - MUSLIM HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN. - THE MILITANTS SAID THERE CAN BE - NO TRUCE UNTIL A PEACE PROCESS - IS FULLY UNDER WAY. - AND, THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - TODAY MARKED ITS 30th YEAR IN - HEBIT. - IT WAS LAUON A SPACE - INUTTLE, IN 1990, AND BEGAN

- SENDING BACK STUIMAGES. - ONE OF THE NEWEST SHOWS TWO VAST - CLOUDS OF SPACE DUST AND GAS - 163,000 LIGHT YEARS AWAY. - STILL TO COME ON THE NEWSHOUR: - ON THE FRONT LINES WITH AN - I.C.U. NURSE WHO HAS SEEN MORE - DEATH IN THE PAST MONTH THAN - MANY SEE IN THEIR LIVES. - MINNESOTA SENAR AMY KLOBUCHAR - THE LATEST RESPONSE TO COVID- - 19. - THE PANDEMIC'S DEVASTATING - EFFECT ON THUNIQUELY - VULNERABLE PEOPLE OF THE NAVAJO - NATION. - MARK SHIELDS AND DAVID BROOKS - ANALYZE THE END OF ANOTHER - HISTORIC WEEK. - PLUS MUCH MORE. - >> Woodruff: SINCE THIS PANDEMIC - BEGAN, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO

- CAPTURE THE EXPERIENCES OF - PEOPLE WORKING ON THE FRONTLINES - OF THIS EPIDEMIC. - WILLIAM BRANGHAM SPOKE TODAY - WITH A YOUNG NURSE WHO'S BEEN AT - THE VERY CENTER OF THIS - OUTBREAK, AND STRUGGLI WITH - HIS OWN ROLE IN IT. - >> Brangm: THAT'S RIGHT. - 'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT OF - WORIES FROM DOCTORS AND NURSES - AND ADMINISTRATO ARE - CARING FOR THE SICKEST PATIENTS - IN THIS EPIDEMIC. - BUT HONESTLY, ONE OF THE MOST - HAS BEEN WHAT K.P.ENDOZA WROTEAR - HECENTLY ON FACEBOOK. - A 24 YEAR OLD I.C.U. NURSE - IN NEW YORK CITY. - THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE OF WHAT HE - WROTE."PR - I THOUGHT I WAARED TO SEE - DEATH. - I HAD SEEN ENOUGH OF IT WITHIN - MY FIRST YEAR IN THE. - YET IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS I HAVE - SEEN MORE PEOP DIE THAN MOST - PEOP SEE IN THEIR ENTIRE - LIVES. - NOW, I AM NOT SO SURE IF DEATH - IS SOMETHING I AM PREPARED TO - SEE ANYMORE. - DEATH IS DIFFERENT NOW. - DEATH COULD PICK ME. - THE WRITER OF THOSE WORDS, K.P. - MENDOZA, IS WITH ME NOW.

- THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TALKING - WITH US. - >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, - WILLIAM. - I APPRECIATE IT. - >> Brangham: JUST AS I SAID, - THIS DISPATCH THAT YOU - FELT LIKE JUST A SUDDEN - ORTPOURING OF WHAT HAD BEEN PENT - UP LONG TIME. - WHAT WAS IT THAT PROMPTED YOU TO - WRITE THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE? - >> YEAH. - IT WAS THE END OF A PARTICULARLY - DIFFICULT WEEK. - SO IT'S BEEN ABOUT A MONTH AND A - HALF SINCE I'VE ONLY BEEN SEEING - COVID PATIENTS IN THE I.C.U. - WHERE I WORK. - AND THAT WEEK HAD BEEN DIFFICULT - CAUSE I HAD HAD THREE PATIENTS - AGAIN AT THAT POINT. - AND I WAS JUST KIND OF REALLY - TIRED OF NOT FEELING COMPETENT - ENOUGH TO TAKE CARE OF THREE - PATIENTS BECAUSE THE TYPICAL - I.C.U. RATIO IS TWO PATIENTSO - ONE NURSE. - SO HAVING THREE PATIENTS WHO ARE - REALLY SICK JUST MAKES YOUE EEL - LIKE YOUVER GIVING ENOUGH - AND GIVING ENOUGH ADEQUATE CARE. - I WAS JUST LIKE LET ME - WRITE DOWN HOW I FEEL. - AND I DON'T WANT TO FORGET HOW I - FEEL IN THIS MOMENT. - AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT PROMPTED

- ME TO WRE ALL THAT. - >> Brangham: WE'VE HEARD A LOT, - OBVIOUSLY, ABOUT THE SHORTAGES - LIKE YOURSELF AND FOR PEOPLE - YOU'VE SAID IT'S GOTTEN SO BAD - AT TIMES FOR YOU THAT YOU EVEN - CONSIDERED WRITING AILL, WHICH - IS NOT SOMETHING MOST 24 YEAR - OLDS DO. - I MEAN, IS IT STILL LIKE THAT? - >> IT'S FUNNY. - I THINK A PART-- LIKE A PART OF - ME ALSO IS KIND OF RESIGNING - MYSELF TO THE FACT THAT EITHER I - CURRENTLY HAVE IT, I HAVE HAD IT - OR WILL HAVE IT. - AND THEN THERE'S THIS INNATE - FEAR THAT IF I DO GET TESTED FOR - IT, FOR THE ANTIBODIES, SAY-- - THAT IF I TEST NEGATIVE. - WILL, THAT FEAR RESUME OR WILL - THAT PANIC COME BACK? - AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT BUGS ME. - SO IT WAVERS WAIVERS, BECAUSE - DAYS I GO IN FEARLESS AND - SOME DAYS I COME OUT LIKE A - COWARD. - AND IT JUST IT IT'S A IT A - WAY. - IT'S A STRANGE WAVERING BETWEEN - CONFIDENCE AND A FEAR FOR MY - LIFE.

- AT WAS ONE REASON THAT I FELT - ITE NEED TO WRITE IT. - ANAS MOSTLY FOR THAT. - I DIDN'T HAVE THE HEART TO TELL - N' PARENTS HOW I FELT. - YOU KNOW, I WANT TO TELL - THEM THAT I THINK ABOUT TIME. - THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS - PUTHEM THROUGH THAT. - SO ULTIMATELY, I KNEW THAT THEY - WERE GOING TO SEE IT, BUT I DID - HAVE TO SAY THAT TO THEM OVER - THE PHONE OR OVER FACE - I DON'T THINK I COULD DO IT. - >> Brangham: YOUT LSO WROTE - ABUR PARENTS, ABOUT HOW - YOU SAID WHEN YOU WERE IN - COLLEGE, YOU FELT LIKE YOU - DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO CALL - THEM AND CHECK IN WITH THEM. - HET NOW THAT YOU IN THE I.C.U., - YOU START TO SEE FACES - METAPHORICALLY IN SOME OF THE - PEOPLE YOU'RE CARRYING FOR. - >>EAH, I TNK I TNK IF THE - IF THEY CAN BE CALLED A SILVER - LINING, I THINK ONE OF THE FEW - SILVER LININGS IN THIS PANDEMIC - IS THAT FOR ME A HOPEFULLY AND - I REALLY HOPE FOR A LOT OF - PEOPLE THAT, WE REALIZHOW - IMPORTANT IT IS TO REACH OUT TO - THE PEOPLE WE LOVE. - AND I THINK THAT'S THE ONE. - LIKE I SAID, BEAUTIFUL PART OF - TEIS IS THAT IT'S GOING TO MAKE - PEOPLE FEEL CONN - AND THAT'S WHAT I HOPE FOR. - AND IT'S ONE THAT I THINK WE - SHOULD NEVER FORGET. - AND I HOPE MORE THAN ANYTHING - THAT IT CHANGES THINGS, WHETHER

- IT BE FOR HEALTH CARE OR FOR - RACIAL EQUALITY OR FOR BETTER - ACCESS TO HEALTH, TO PRIMARY - CARE PROVIDERS, OR JUST I HOPE - IT MAKES THE WORLD BETTER - BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH WE SUFFERED. - >> Brangham: ON THIS IF - HEALTHCARE WORKERS LIKE YOURSELF - BEING CELEBRATED AS - USE. YOU-- - YOU SAID MANY TIMES IN YOUR - PIECE THAT YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE A - RO. - AND YOU ALSO SAID, DON'T MISTAKE - MY CAREER CHOICE FOR ME WANTINE - TOMARTYR. - I HAVE A FUTURE. - YOU WROTE THAT. - I WANT TO LIVE OUT.GR - I WANT T TO BE AN OLD MAN, - BASICALLY. - >> YEAH, I'M NOT GONNA LIE. - YOU KNOW, WE SHOUL - OLD. TO GROW - WE SHOULD WANT TO LIVE FULL LONG - LIVES AND HOPEFULLONES THAT - ARE FULL OF OPPORTUNITY AND - HAPPINESS. - AND I'VE SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE, - LE HAVE SAID, OH, LIKE A - YOU'RE A NURSE, YOU SHOULD BE - USED TO DEATH OR BE LIKE YOU - SHOULD BE,OU SHOULD BE - ACCUSTOMED TO PUTTING YOUR LIFE - ON THE LINE. - AND I'M LIKE, TH ISN'T THAT'S - NOT HEALTH CARE, YOU KNOW. - AND I CAN ONLY SAY I SAK FOR - MYSELF.

- BUT ULTIMATELY, I HOPE OTHER - HEALTH CARE WORKERS AGREE WI - THIS, IN THAT, I SIGNED UP TO DO - GOOD WORK AND TO COME TO WK - AND TO HELP PEOPLE AND I WANT TO - WA HOME. - TO GO HOME, I WANT TO SEE - A FUTURE AHEAD OF MYSELF AND - WANT TO GO BACK TO WORK THE NEXT - DAY. - MOTIVATED TO DO GOOD WORK. - >> Brangham: AS I'M SURE YOU'RE - AWARE, THEHIS ONGOING - DEBATE IN THE COUNTRY ABOUT THE - STAY AT HOME RESTRICTIONS TOO - THEM UP?OULD WSTART TO LOOSEN - AGAIN? WE GET THE ECONOMY GOING - YOU HAVE A PERSPECTIVE ON THIS - PANDEMIC THAT'S UNIQUE TO ALMOST - ANYONE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY. - FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, WHAT DO - YOU THINK OF THAT DEBATE? - >> I THINK I THINK THE MAIN - ARING THAT BOTHERS ME IS I JUST - I'M FOR THE PEOPLE WHO - ARE GOING TO DIE WHO DIDN'T HAVE - TO DIE. - AND I SPEAK ON THIS BECAUSE AS A - NURSE, I'M STILL GETTING, I'M - VERY LUCKY TO HAVE A JOB. - LIKE, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO - THINK THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF - ORIS. - I'M VERYNATE BECAUSE I GET - TO HAVE A JOB. - AND I WILL NEVER SAY I - UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I DON'T I - DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S LIFE FOR

- STRUGGLINGAMILIES WHO ARE - VING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK, - WHOSE STIMULUS CHECKS ARE BARELY - ENOUGH TO COVER THREE OR FF R - DAYS WORTHOD AND OTHER - THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT NEED TO - PRIDE FOR. - BUT I'M FOR US OPENING THE - ECONOMY A WAY THAT'S SAFE. - IF WE COULD BRING CAMERAS IN AND - WE COULD SHOW PEOPLE WHAT'S - HAPPENING. - I DON'T THK PEOPLE WOULD BE AS - YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO DIMINISH - IT AS A HOAX. - THEY WOULDN'T BE SO BLATANTLY - SWEEPING IT OVER AS NOTHING MORE - THAN A FLU. - AND I JUST WISH THAT I HAD AN - ANSWER, BUT I CAN. - ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT FROM MY - DON'T WANT TO SEE RESE, I JUST - PEOPLE DIE. - >> Brangham: ALL RIGHT. - K.P. MENDOZA, I.C.U. NURSE - WORKING IN NEW YORK CITY. - THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR - YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT - YOU'RE DOING. - I APPRECIATE IT.AVING ME. - >> Woodruff: YOU CAN READ AN - OPEN LETTER MENDOZA WROTE ABOUT - HIS EXPERIENCE, AND WHAT HE - HOPES WE KEEP IN MIND WHEN THI - IS ALL OVER ON OUR WEBTE, - pbs.org/newshour. - >> Woodruff: REPUBLICANS AND - DEMOCRATIN CONGRESS CONTINTO

- EBATE WHETHER OR NOT THE - IADERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD - FINAY HELP STRUGGLING - STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WHO - HAVE SEEN THEIR BUDGETS BALLOON - RING THIS PANDEMIC. - EARLIER TODAY I SPOKE WITH - DEMOCRATIC SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR - OF MINNESOTA ABOUT CONGRESS'S - ROLE IN ALL OF THIS. - AMY KLOBUCHAR, THANK YOU SO MUCH - FOR JOINING H. - YOE STATE OF MINNESOTA, - TOOK A LOOK AT IT, COMPARED TOIG - ORING WISCONSIN, YOU'VE - GOT ABOUT THE SAMEPOLATION, - BUT MINNESOTA HAS ONLY ABOUT - HALF THE NUMBER OF COVID 19 - CASES. - HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT? - >> WELL, I THINK IT'S A - COMBINATION OF THINGS. - OUR GOVERNOR AND OUR ELECTED - OFFICIALS HAVE TRIED AS MUCH TO - SPEAK AS ONE VOICE, ANWE HAVE - RNEN VERY CLEAR ABOUT THE - GO HAS ABOUT PEOPLE - STAYING AT HOME. - WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT THINGS LIKE - HUNTING AND FISHING AND KEEPING - THAT OPEN, AS WELL AS SOME OF

- OUR HOME REPAIRS, THINGS LIKE - THAT. - THINK THAT HAS HELPED IN - TRYING TO FIGURE OUT,ND NO O - IS GOING TO FIGURE OUT THE RIGHT - FORMULA, NO ONE'S SEEN ANYTHING - LIKE THIS BEFORE, BUT WE'RE - TRYING TO DO OUR BEST. - THE OTHETHING WE'VE DONE - RECENTLY AS I'VE WORKED HARD TO - GET MO'S THEOREM TEST APPROVED - IN WASHINGTON, AND NOW WE'VE - REACHEAN AGREEMENT, THE - GOVERNOR HAS, WITH MAYO AND - UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, SO THE - PLAN IS TO TEST UP TO 2,000 A - DAY, WHICH FOR A STATE OF OUR - SIZE IS PRETTY SIGNIE FICANT. - AND E THING I WOULD ADD, - THOUGH, JUDY, IS WHAT WE'VE SEEN - IN OUR STATE, LI YOU'VE SEEN - ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IN GEORGIA - PED OTHER PLACES, THE HIGHEST - CAPITA IS METIMES RURAL - AREAS, NOT THE HIGHEST GROSS - ESNUMBER OF CUT THE HIGHEST - PER CAPITA, AND I AM REALLY - CONCERNETHAT WE'RE NOT - PREPARED FOR RURAL AMERICA. - OF COURSE, WE HAVE MORE SENIORS, - VENTILATORS AND THE LIKE AND, - SO, WE REALLY START HAVE TO - FOCUSING ON THAT. - >> Woodruff: THAT'S A STORY

- THAT NEEDS TO BE TOLD. - SENATOR KLOBUCHAR, NOW TH - CONGRESS HAS MOVED ON, PASSED - THE FOURTH PACKAGE OF AID FOR - SMALL BUSINESSES, FOR PEOPLE WHO - ARE OUT OF WORK, QUESTIONS HAVE - BEEN RAISED ABOUT MONEY THA - WENT TO PEOPLE, ORGANIZATIONS, - BUSINESSES THAT IT SHOULDN'T VW - HOW DO YOU K THE NEXT GO - ROUND THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO - PPEN AGAIN? - >> A LOT OF THIS WILL BE - ENFORCEMENT AND OVERSIGHT. - I ACTUALLY JUSTROUGHT A BUNCH - OF SENATORS TOGETHER ON A LETTER - OF UNJUST ENRICHMENT TO FIGURE - OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE - TBECAUSE THERE'S NO DOHEN - THIS KIND OF MONEY IS GOING OUT, - YOU HAVE TO HAVE HEAVY DUTY - OVERSIGHT AND ENFORCEMENT. - SIGN ONE WAS WHEN THE PRESIDENT - FIRED THE INSPECTORE GNERAL WHO - HAD VAST EXPERIENCE BOTH IN THE - DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THE - JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FOR MAJOR - OVERSIGHT OF THE MONEY GOING - OUT. - >> Woodruff: WITHTHE DEBATE - BEGINNING FOR THE NEXT ROUND, WE

- KNOW DEMOCRATS ARE PUSHI FOR - BILLIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL - GOVERNMENTS. - THE SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH - McCONNELL IS SAYING HE WANTS - TO PUT THE BRAKES ON THAT. - A REPORT TODAY FROM THE - CONGRESSIONAFFCONGRESSIONAL BUDE - IOFICIT THIS YEAR, - $3.7 TRI - HOW DO YOU MAKE THE CASE, - ENATOR MCCONNELL TALK ABOUT - HAVIATES DECLARE - BANKRUPTCY, HOW DO YOU MAKE THE - STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT?O - >> WELL, LET'S START BACK. - THE FIRST THING I COULD HAVE - DONE BEFORE WE HAD THI PANDEMIC - IS NOT PASS THAT REPUBLICAN TAX - BILL. - I KNOW THAT SEEMS LIKE OLD NEWS, - ATT THAT WAS A TRILLION DOLLARS - AND DEMOVOTED UNIFORMLY - AGAINST THAT BILL. - SO THERE ARE INEQUITIES IN OURSY - EM THAT AFTER THIS PANDEMIC - LE MUST PREPARE THAT WOULD HELP - US GREWITH THIS DEFICIT. - THE SEGMENT SECOND THING, RIGHT - NOW, WE ARE IN A NATIONAL - EMERGENCY, AND THE STATE AND - LOCAL GOVERNMENTS NEED HELP. - A LOT OF THEM HAV LIMITED - BUDGETS. - THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO BASICALLY

- PUT MORE MONEY OUT LIKE THE - FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND THAT'S - WHY T'RE FOCUSED S. - THE THIRD THING IS, JUST NOW, WE - WERE THE ONES THAT HAD TO PUSH - FOR THE TESTING MONEY, - $25 BILLION. - AND IF THE PRESIDENT HAD - PREPARED FOR THIS EARLIER AND - GOTTENHE TESTING OUT, WE WOULD - HAVE BEEN IN BETTER SHAPE WITH - OUR ECONOMY. - >> Reporter: ONE OTHER - THING -- TWO OTHER THINGS I WANT - TO ASK YOU ABOUT VER QUICKLY, - SENATOR, ONE IS THE BUSH BY YOU - AND OTHER DEMOCRATS FOR MONEY IN - THE STATES ANDND MAIL-IN EARLY - VOTING. - SENATOR MACONNELLRITY - LEADER IS SAYING THIS CAN'T - HAPPEN, YOU CAN'T DO IT. G - HET THE CONTROL IN THE - SENATE WITH THE MAJORITY. - >> I'M SURE THAT IS A - NEGOTIATING TACTIC BUT MAYBE HE - SHOULD TALK TO THE PEOPLE IN - WISCONSIN WHO LSTOOD INE IN - ILRBAGE BAG AND HOMEMADE MASKS - THE PRESIDENT OF THE - UNITED STATES WAS ABLE TO VOTE - FROM THE COMFORT OF HIS HOME BY - SENDING IN A MAIL-IN BALLOT FRO - FLORIDA.

- DEMOCRS AND REPUBLICANS WANT - TOEE MORE MAIL-IN BALLOTS. - GOVERNORS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, - OHIO, OTHER STATES HAVE CALLED - FOR GOING TO ALL MAIL-IN - BALLOTS. - WE HAVE TO HAVE THE POLLS OPEN - FOR 20 DAYS. - WE WERE ABLE TO GE OVER - $400 MILLION IN THE FIRST BILL - AND NEED TO DO MORE. - IHAT'S WHY SENATOR WIDEN AND - ARE LEADING THE EFFORT FOR THE - BILL TO MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT - REFORMS INLACE AS WELL AS MORE - FUNDING. - THIS IS NOT A DEMOCRATIC ISSUE. - IT IS A UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - ISSUE. - >> Woodruff: SPEAKING OF THE - ELECTIONS, VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN - SAID HE WILL CHOOSE WOMAN AS - HIS RUNNING MATE. - WHEN BOTH SENATOR ELIZABETH - WARREN AND THE FORMERGI GEOR - LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR STACEY - THEY SAID THEY WEFINITELYHIS - INTEREED. - YOU SAID IT'S A HYPOTHETICAL, - GOIIT IS A DECISION HE'S - TO BE MAKING. - WHY NOT JUST COME OUT AND SAY - ONE WAY TORE THE OTHER WHETHER - ECU'RE INTERESTED? - >>SE I AM FOCUSED RIGHT - NOW ON THE PEOPLE OF THIS

- COUNTRY AND MY STATE IN THIS - PANDEMIC, ED I DOEVE IT'S - A HYPOTHETICAL, BECAUSE HE'S - GOING TO BE MAKING HIS O - DECISI ABOUT WHO TO ASK, AND - NO ONE KNOWS BETTER THAN JOE - BIDEN. A - HE WAS GREAT VICE PRESIDENT - WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA. - HE WAS AREAT VICEPRESIDENT - WHEN IT CAME TO -- - >> Woodruff: BUT IT'S CLEAR - THAT YOU'RE ON THE SHORT LIST. - >> -- ACCOUNTABILITY. - WELL, WE TAKE EACH STEP AT A - TIME AND, RIGHT NOW, I DOING - MY JOB AND I'M HELPING JOE BIDEN - INROSS THE COUNTRY. - I THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, - AND I'M GLAD HE'S BEEN GETTING - OUETHERE AND PEOPLE ARE SNG - HIM ON TV AND THE LIKE BECAUSE - PEOPLE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT - THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE TO A - PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES - THAT JUST YESTERDAY GETS ON TV - TO THE NATION KEAND A JOKE, - NOW WE FIND OUT IT IS, ABOUT - THAT YOU CAN DRINK DISINANFE - OR BLEACH, AND THAT'S GOING TO - HELP YOU. - SO I JUSHINK WE NEED A - LEADER, AND THAT IS WHAT I AM - FOCUSED ON, HELPING JOE BIDEN - AAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING

- CONFIDEN EMPATHY TO THE - WHITE HOUSE, AND WE DON'T HAVE - THAT RIGHT NOW. - >> Woodruff: SENATOR AMY - KLOBUCHAR OF MINNESOTA. - THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING - US. - >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, JUDY. - W - druff: CORONAVIRUS - INFECTIONS AND DEATHS ARE - RIPPING THROUGH THE NAVAJO - NATION. - LOCATED ON THREE DIFFERENT - STATES, WITH AN ALREADY- - VULNERABLE POPULATION, - IOORDINATING CARE AND - INFORMIS NOT EASY. - AS NEWSHOUR'S STEPHANIE SY - REPORTS THE COMMUNITY HAS TAKEN - ON THE CHALLENGE OF CARING FOR - THEIR OWN PEOPLE. - >> Reporter: IN NAVAJO COUNTRY, - COD 19 FOUND ITS GRIP AT A - RELIGIOUS REVIVAL EVENT IN - EARLY-MARCH, IN THE UPPER - WESTERN REACHES OF THE - RESERVATION. - >> WE HAVE CLAN FAMILIES THAT - COME ALL OVER THE NAVAJO NATION - TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE EVENTS. - AND BOY, IT JUSTOOK OFF LIKE - WILDFIRE AFTER THAT. - >> Reporter: AFTER THE SO-CALLED

- SUPERSPREADER EVENT IN - JONATHAN NEZ PUT INCREASINGLY - STRICT ORDERS FOR SOCIAL - DISTANCING IN WEACE, INCLUDING - END CURFEWS. - >> I HAVEN'T BEEN LE TO HUG MY - GRANDMOTHER. - ST WAIT BY THE DOOR, DROP OFF - ALL THF, I JUST WAVE AT - HER, THAT'S IT." - >> Reporter: AT LEAST 52 PEOPLE - WHO LIVE ON NAVAJOATION HAVE - DIED FROM VID 19, INCLUDING - ONE OF 18-YEAR OLD WELDER - N EVOR TACHEENE'S RELATIVES. - >> ONE PERSOON THE OTHER SIDE - OF MY FAMILY HAS GOT IT AND HAS - EDSSED. - I'M VERY CONCERN ABOUT IT - BECAUSE I HAVE FAMILY MEMBERSND - THAT ARE YOUNGRE - SUSCEPTIBLE TO IT. - AND IT'S SCARING MY MOTHER AND - MY FATHER EVERY TIME WE GO OUT. - ES>> Reporter: GETTING THEGE - OUT ABOUSOCIAL DISTANCING ON - THE RESERVATION WAS INITIALLY - DIFFICULT. - NEZ BROADCASTS UPDATES DAILY ON - FACEBOOK, BUT MANY HOUSEHOLDS - TICK QUALITY INTERNET ACCESS. - IT'S ALSO NOT PRL FOR MANY - ON THE RESERVATION TO FOLLOW

- STAY AT HOME ORDERS. - SPRAWLING ACROSS THREE STATES - WITH A POPULATION OF MORE THAN - 173,000, WIDE SWATHS OF THE - NAVAJO NATION ARE ENERGY, FOOD, - AND HEALTHCARE DESERTS. - AND ACTUAL DESERT, WITH LIMITED - WATER. - >> WE TELL THEM TO WASH THEIR - HANDS, BUT 30% OF THS ON - NAVAJO NATION DON'T HAVE RUNNING - WATER. - >> YOU KNOW, WE'RE A VULNERABLE - IPULATION. - >> Reporter: OFIVE NATIVE - AMERICANS HAS DIABETES AND - THERE'S A HIGH PREVALENCE OF - OBESITY, BOTH UNDERLYING - CONDITIONS THAT CAN MAKE COVID - 19 PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS. - EVEN THE YOUNGER PEOPLE ON - NAVAJO NATION HAVETCORSE HEALTH - ES. - >> WE ARE SEEING SOME PATIENTS - THAT ARE NOT OVER 60 THAT ARE - COMING IN WITH SEVERE COVID - ILLNESS BECAUSE THEY ALMOST ALL - HAVE COMORBID CONDITIONS. - >> Reporter: DR. DIANA HU HAS W - BEKING AT THE TUBA CITY - REGIONAL HEALTH CARE CENTER FOR - MORE THAN 30 YEARS.RI - THE PEDIWARD, WHERE SHE - NORMALLY WORKS, HAS BEEN TURNED - MUCH OF THE HOSPITNCEIC AS HAS

- COVID 19 STRUCK. - >> IT WAS ACTUAL ALMOST LIKE A - TSUNAMI WHEN THIS FIRST STARTED - IN THE MIDDLE OF MARCH WHERE WE - HAD, YOUNOW,INE OR 10 PEOPLE - GETTING SICK AND A DAY THAT HAD - TO BE FLOWN OUT FOR TERTIARY - CARE WE GET MAYBE ONE OR TWO A - DAY, AND IT'S REAL OBVIOUS WHEN - THEY'RE SICK, UNFORTUNATELY. R - orter: MANY NATIVE - AMERICAN HOSPITALS ARE NOT - EQUIPPED FOR MULTIPLE SEVERE - VENTILATOR CASES. - FOR NOW, PATIENTS ARE AIIFTED - TO FACILITIES IN PHOENIX AND - FLAGSTAFF. - BUT DR. HU AND HER CLEAGUES - ARE BRACING FOR AN OVERWHELMING - SURGE. - LOVE TO HAVE THEM. NURSES, WE'D - >> Reporter: THIS WEEK, THE - UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN - FRANCISCO SENT 14 NURSES AND - SEVEN PHYSICIANS TO NAVA - THTION TO HELP. - MOST PRESSING SHORTAGE HAS - BEEN PERSONNEL. - AND THIS THING HAS NOT PEAKED ON - THE NAVAJO NATION. - >> WE'RE NOT SURE. - IF YOU LOOK AT OUR STATISTICS, - WHICH ARE PER CAPITA, IT'S - OUTRAGEOUS. - THE BIGGEST ISSUE I THINK THAT - WE HAVE WITH THE FEDERAL - GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE IS THAT THE - ORDINATION IS PITTING TI

- PLACES LIKE US AGAINST STATES, - AGAINST OTHER HOSPITALS. - AND THE COORDINATION IS BEING - LEFT UP TO THE STATES, WHICH IS - VERY DIFFICULT WHEN YOU HAVE - SOMETHING LIKE THE NAVAJO - NATION. - Reporter: NAVAJO NATION HAS - ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATES IN THE - COUNTRY OF COVID 19 ON A PER - CATA BASIS, BEHIND ONLY NE - YORK AND NEW JERSEY. - IN ARIZONA, ABOUT 20% OF DEATHS - FROM COVID 19 HAVE BEEN NATIVE - AMERICANS, WHEN THEY MAKE UP - ONLY 5% OF THE STATE'S - POPULATION. - THE CARES ACT GRANTED $8 BILLION - TO STABILIZE TRIBAL COMMUNITIES, - BUT THE MORE THAN 500 SOVEREIGN - TRIBES HAD COLLECTIVELY ASKED - FOR CLOSER TO $20 BILLION.NA - THJO HAVE BEEN THE WORST - AFFECTED BUT OTHER TRIBES ARE - FACING THE SAME THREAT. - IN NEW MEXICO, MULTIPLE NATIVE - PUEBLO COMMUNITIES ARE SEEING - INFECTION RATES OF CORONAVIRUS - HIGHER THAN BIG CITIES. - AND THE RED LAKE COMMUNITY IN - MINNESOTA DECLARED MEDICAL - MARTIAL LAW SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, - CONTAINING THEIR SPREAD TO ONE - PERSON. - BACK ON NAVAJO LANDS IN ARIZONA, - PRESIDENT NEZ DESCRIBED THE

- FRUSTRATING PRESS OF ACCESSING - FEDERAL FUNDS. - >> IT'S TAKEN TOO LONG. - HERE IN INDIAN COUNTRY, IT SEEMS - TO ME WE'RE ALWAYS AT THE BOTTO - OF THE LEN IT COMES TO - FEDERAL RESOURCES. - >> Reporter: THE HS LTH - DISPARITID BARE BY COVID - 19 HAVE REVERBERATED ACROSS THET - NAVAJON SINCE THE TIME OF - EUROPEAN COLONIZATION. - IN 2009, THE H1N1 FLU WAS FOUR - TIMES AS DEADLY IN NATIVE - S AS IT WAS IN THE GENER - POPULATION. - RING THE SPANISH FLU PANDEMIC - OF 1918, A SIMILAR STORY.>> - E CAN'T CHANGE HISTORY. - WE SHOULD JUST HOPEFULLY LEARN - FROM IT. - >> Reporter: IN RECENT DAY - VITAL RESOURCES HAVE BEEN - DELIVERED. K - RAPID TESTS THAT PRESIDENT - NEZ SAYS CAN GIVE RESULTS IN - LESS THAN AN HOUR. - THE ARIZONA NATIONAL GUARD HAS - BROUGHT IN SPLIES, INITIALLY - OM ITS OWN STOCKPILE OF MASKS - AND OTHER PROTECTIVE GEAR. - ANPEOPLE ARE STEPPING UP T - FILL THE NEEDS OF THEIR - NEIGHBORS, SEWING MASKS FOR

- FRONTLINE WORKERS. - >> I DELIVERED SOME TO KAYENTAHE - TH CENTER AND THEY'VE BEEN - >> WE DEFINITELY SEE THE NEED TO - MAKE FOOD AND SUPPLIES LIKE - TOILET PAPER AND SOAP AVAILABLE - DURING THIS TIME. - >> WE CAME ACROSS THE AN ELDERLY - WHO LIVES ALONE AND HE HAS NO - FOOD SO WE ARE GIVING HIM-- WE - PACKED EXTRA SO THAT WE ARE ABLE - GIVE IN CASE WE RUN INTO THIS - TYPE OF SITUATION. - >> Reporter: AND NAVAJO COMING - GETHER IN SHARED STRUGGLE. - >> WE'RE ENCOURAGING OUR ELDERS - TO SHARE THEIR STORIES, MAYBE - STORIES OF FORT SUMTER IN THE - LONG WAR. - THE STORIES OF OUR CULTURE, OURA - TRADITION ANNGUAGE SO - THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T - REMEMBER THIS TIME AS A SCARY - MOMENT. - THIS IS IN A WAY, WHAT WE'VE - BEEN PRAYING FOR. - TO REUNITE FAMILIES, TO REUNITE - COUPLES, TO HAND DOWN OURR - LANGUAGE, LTURE TRADITION

- TO THE NEXT GENERATION. - >> Reporter: IT MAY BE AN - OPTIMISTICAY OF LOOKING AT ABU - PANDEMICIT'S THE STORIES - THE NAVAJO TELL THAT HAVE HELPED - THEM ENDURE. - R THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M - STEPHANIE SY IN PHOE - >> Woodruff:OW WE TURN TO THE - ANALYSIS OF SHIELDS AND BROOKS. - THAT'S SYNDICATED COLUMNIST MARK - SHIELDS AND "NEW YORK TIMES" - COLUMNIST DAVID BRKS. - SO ALL THREE OF US ARE AT OUR - HOMES. - IT'S GREAT TO SEE BOTH YOU, - MARK, AND YOU, DAVID, STAYING - SAFE. - LET'S START WITH - PRESIDENT TRUMP'S DECISION TO - TURN OVER TO THE GOVERNORS THEWH - DECISION ABOUTHER AND WHEN - TO OPEN UP. - MARK, WE'VE SEEN THE STATE OF - GEORGIA, OTHER STATES MOVING - QUICKLY TO REVERSE THE - STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS.

- THERE ARE QUESTIONS BEING RAISED - ABOUT WHETHER IT'S TOO EARLY. - THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF AT POINT - BACKING DOWN ON HIS SUPPORT FOR. - THIS HOW DO YOU READ ALL THIS? - >> Y HAVE TO WATCH IT CLOSELY, - JUDY. - I MEAN, JUST LAST WEEKEND, THE - PRESIDENT WAS IN BOLD TYPE - TWEETING OUT LIBERATE MINNESOTA, - LIBERATE MICHIGAN, LIBERATE - VIRGINIA, TO PUT PRESSURE ON - DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS THERE TO - LIFT T BANS AND LIFT THE - QUARANTINE. - SO KEMP, THE GOVERNOR OF - GEORGIA,HO IS THE LAST IN THE - COUNTRY TO IMPOSE STAY-AT-HOME - RULES, WANTS TO BE THE FIRST TO - LIFT THEM AND THOUGHT HE HADA - GREEN LIGHT FROM THE PRESIDENT, - I GUESS, BUT THE PRESIDENT - DOESN'T FORGET THE F,T THAT - WHILE HE IS A LOYAL SUPPORTER OF - MRONKEMP'S, IT'S AN OFF AN - THING BECAUSE KEMP, IF YOU'LL - RECALL, JUSTT A PETTY

- POLITICAL POINT, INSTEAD OF - APPOINTING JOHNNY ICICSSON'S - VACANCY IN THE UNITED STATES - SENATE, DOUG COLLINS, THE - CONGRESSMAFROM GEORGIA WHO HAS - BEEN SO CLOSE TO THE PRESIDENT,T - HE APP KELLY LOEFFLER, AND - DONALD TRUMP WAS TOLD, ACCORDING - TO REPORTS FROM CNN BY ANTONY - FAUCI, DR. ANTHONY FAUCI THATULE - NOT SUPPORT AND WOULD NOT - DEFEND THE LIFTING OF THE - QUARANTINE IN GEORGIA, SO HE - BACKED OFF.TO - IT APPEARE A CYNICAL, - POLITICAL PLOY WITH THE - THAT IMPROVES THE ECONOMY, THEG - PRESIDENT GETS CREDIT, FOR ANY - INCREASE IN THE PANDEMIC, INE - INCIDENTS OF DASE AND DEATH, - THAT HA HAS BEEN THE DECISION O - VERNOR. - >> Woodruff: SO, DAVID, I - MEAN, THE PRESIDENT, BY DOING - THIS, IS PASSING ON - RESPONSIBILITY TO THE GOVERNORS, - FOR BETTER OR WORS - >> YEAH, AND I'M HAPPABOUT IT.

- I DON'T WANT LIFE OR DEATH - DECISIONS MADE BY A GUY WHO - THINKS THIS CAN BE SOLVED BY - ANDRINKING DISINFE - SO WE'RE GETTING IT INTO SAFER - UPAND BETTER HANDS. - THERE'S A DIVISION OF POWERS - HERE. - FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS THERE TO - DOLE OUT MONEY AND ORGANIZE - TESTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. - SO FAR IT'S DONE A REASONABLY - OD JOB AT DOLING OUT A LOT OF - MONEY. - BUT THE STATES ARE THERE TO MAKE - DECISIONS ABOUT THEIR OWN - STATES. - IF YOU HAD PEOPLE IN WYOMINGKI - TH THAT WASHINGTON WAS - GOING TO DETERMINE THEIR LIFE OR - DEATH, THEY'D REBEL AGAINST - WASHINGTON. - IF YOU HAD A LOT OF PROGRESSIVE - AREAS THINKING DONALD TRUMP WAS - GOING TO DETERMINE LIFE OR DEAH - AICISIONS, THEY'D REBEL NST - DONALD TRUMP. - SO I THINK IT'S MUCH BETTER TO - DO THIS ON THE LOCAL LEVETHL. - ONE FINAL THING I WILL SAY, - I THINK WE'RE OVERSTATING HOW - MUCH CONFLICT THERE IS IN - AMERICA. - AMERICANS ARE AMAZINGLY UNITED - NOW. - DEMOCRATS AND 82% OF - REPUBLICANS SUPPORT THE CIAL - DISTANCING.AN

- 90% OF AMER COMPLETE - BIPARTISAN CONSENSUS, BELIEVE IF - WE LOOSEN TOO MUCH THERE WILL B. - A SECOND W - 76% OF AMERICANS SAY EVEN IF - THEIR GOVERNOR DID LOOEN, THEY - WOULD GOTTEN OUT. - TO ME THE BIG STORY IS WE'RE - RT OF HANGING TOGETHER THROUGH - THIS. - Woodruff: EVIDENTLY SO, IF - YOU BELIEVE THOSE POLLS. - BUT, MARK, GOING BA TO WT - DAVID MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO AND - THAT IS THE PRESIDENT'S - STATEMENT YESTERINY ABOUT - INJE ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT OR - DISINFTANT INTO OURSELVES. - SAYING THAT WAS JU JOKE,AS - THEY DIDN'T MEAN IT, BUT THERE - HAVE BEEN OTHER STATEMENTS HE'S - MADE ABENDORSING THIS - TIMALARIA DRUG THAT THE - EXPERTS ARE SAYING CAN'T BE - RELIED ON. - WHAT ARE THE AMERICAN PELE TO - MAKE OF ALL THIS? - >> JUDY, I THINK THE MOST - UNREPORTED STORY OF THE WEEK IS - PIERS MORGAN, THE PRICHETT - TELEVISION JOURNALIST WHO IS - FRIEND OTHE PRESIDENT, ONE OF

- THE 47 PEOPLE ON TWITTER THES - ENT HAS ACCESS, TO HAS - GIVEN THREE INTERVIEWS TOON - BRITISH TELEVIALL HIS - PRESIDENCY, ALL THREE TO PIERSER - MORGAN, AND MORGAN WENT - PUBLIC AND SAID WHAT AN AWFUL - LOT OF TRUMP SUPPORTERS AND - CRITICS HAVE BEEN SAYING AND - THAT I M PRESIDENT, YOU'RE - REALLY HURTING YOURSELF IN THESE - TELEVISION DAILY CONFERENCES, - THAT YOU'RE COMING ACROSS ASIN - SELF-AGGRAND AS - SELF-INTERESTED, AS REALLY NOT A - LEADER, YOU'RE CONCERNED MORE - ABOUT YOUR OWN REELECTION THAN - THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF PEE - LE WHO ELECTED YOU. - I REALLY THINK THAT THAT - CRYSTALLIZ THE CRITICISM, A - NUMBER OF REPUBLICANS HAVE - FOLLOWED, AND I THINK YOU WILL - SEE THE PRESIDENT BACKING OFF. - YESTERDAY'S PERFORMANCE WAS THE - WORST. - I MEAN TO SAY LYSOL WAS A - POSSIBILITY FOR INHALATION - SARCASTICALLY -- HE'S NOT WIL - ROGE, HE'S NOT JRY SEINFELD,

- HE'S NOT A MAN KNOWN FOR HIS - SENSEF HUMOR. - IT WASN'T SARCASM, IT WAS DONALE - TRUMP BEINKLESS AND - IRRESPONSIBLE, AND I THINK - YOU'VE SEEN NUMBERS DROP AND I - THINK THE DAILY PRESS CONFERENCE - HAS BEEN A PRINCIPAL - CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO IT. - Woodruff: AND, DAVID, JUST - IN THE LAST HOUR, THE WHITE - HOUSE HAS LET IT BE KNOWN THAT - THEY ARE NOW GOING TO BE CUTTING - SHORT THESE DAILY BRIEFINGS, - SOME OF WHICH HAVE GONE ON FOR - TWO HOURS AND LONGER. - SO, I MEAN, HOW MUCH IN THE END - DOES IT MATTER WHAT THE - PRESIDT IS SAYING AT A TE - LIKE THIS? - THE AMERICANPEOPLE, HOW MUCH DO - THEY NEED TO HEAR FROM THEIR - POLITICAL LEADER AND HOW MUCH D - THEY N HEAR FROM MEDICAL - EXPERTS? - >> THEY NEED MEDICAL EXPERTS. - IT'S TOUGH ON MORALE, IT'S AL - DRAIN ON A OF US. - EVEN SUPPORTERS FEEL DRAIN - ABOUT HIS FOOLERY. - BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S DAMAGED - THE WAY PEOPLE ACT. - THE FUNNY THING, I NOTICED IN MY - LOCAL GROCERY STORE, ABOUT A - MONTH AGO MAYBE 5% OF THE PEOPLE

- WERE WEARINGASKS, THEN 30%, - THEN SUDDENLY FLIPPED AND WAS - %, AND STARTING TWO WEEKS AGO, - IF YOU WEREN'T WEARING A MASKE - EVEN BEFORE LAW CAME DOWN, - NEED TO GO GET A MASK.D SAID YOU - THAT SHOWS TO ME A COMMUNITY - SETTING NEW NORMS, MORAL - STANDARDS, HAVING EXPECTATIONS - OF HOW TO PROTECT ONE ANOTHER. - WHEN I SEE A COMMUNITY ACINGS - ONE LIKE IN THE GROCERY STORE - AND WE ALL SEE IT, THEN WE SEE A - COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE - UNDERSTAND THE OIGATIONS THEY - HAVE TO EACH OTHER AND THAT WAS - NOT AUTOMATIC GOING INTO THIS - MOST PLAGUES, THAT'S NOT HOW - PEOPLE BEHAVE. - I THINK IT HUS OUR MORALE WHAT - TRUMP DOES BUT I WOULDN'T SAY IT - DESTROYED IT. - >> Woodruff: INTEREINGCH YOU - SAY PEOPLE AT THE GROCERY STORE, - THING.SEEING MUCH OF THE SAME - DOFFED, MARK -- DAVID, MARK, I - WANT TO COME WHAT CONGRESS WAS - ABLE TO DO, PASSING LEGISLATION - PROVIDE MORE SUT FOR - SMALL BUSINESSES, SOME FOR

- HOSPITALS D OTHERS. - HOW MUCH DIFFERENCE IS THIS AIDM - GOING E? - HOW MUCH MORE WILL BE NEEDED? - WE'RE SEEING WORRY ABOUT THE - SIZE OF THE DEFICIT, THE DEBT - THAT THE COUNTRY IS GOING TO OWE - WHEN IT'S ALL OVER. - WHERE DOES THE ARGUMENT LAND - THERE? - >> I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH - MAKE.RENCE IT WANTS GOING TO - I'LL SAY THIS, JUDY, THE - REFERRED TO THEM, WAYS AND SINS - OF THE COLD-HEARTED AND THE SINS - OF THE WARM-HEARTED ON A - DIFFERENT SCALE. - IN OTHER WORDS, THIS IS REACHING - OUT TO PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN LEFT - OUT OF THE FIRST AID TO W - MINORITIES, TOEN, TO SMALL - BUSINESSES, NOT PUICLY-TRADED - COMPANIES, WHICH HUNDREDS OF - MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF SMALL - BUSINE AID WENT TO, TO - HOSPITALS, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON - THE FRONT LINE AND DEALING WITH - THIS TERRIE TRAGEDY EVERY DAY, - AND, YOU KNOW, TO ME, IT SHOWED - AN AWARENESS AND AN

- UNDERSTANDING. - I DON'T THINK ANYBODY - UNDERSTANDTHE GRAVITY - ECONOMICALLY. - IT'S GOING TO BE -- IT IS - ENORMOUS. - IT WILL BER ENOMOUS. - BUT RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'VE SEEN - IS ST OF A BAIT A SWITCH ON - THE PART OF REPUBLICANS WHO - SAID, OH, YOU CAN DO T AID TO - LOCAL CITIES AND STATES, AND THE - NEXT ONE, SAID KEVIN McCARTHY, - THE REPUBLICAN HOUSE LEADER AND - MITCH McCONNELL, REPUBLICAN - LEADER, SAYS THERE WILL BE NO - NEXT ONE. - >> Woodruff: SO DAVID, IN A - FEW WORDS, HOW MUCH S THE WORRY - ABOUT THE DEBT, THEEFICIT - GOING TO BE PART OF THIS GOING - FORWARD AS PEOPLE AR HURTING? - >> YEAH, I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD - BE. - IN WTIME, EVEN FISCAL - CONSERVATIVES BELIEVE IN - SPENDING. - THEY'VE DONE A GOOD THING, THIS - PAYCHECK PROTECTION ACT FOR - SMALL BUSINESSES, IT'S - IMPRESSIVE HOW MUCH MONEYTT - THEY'VE OUT THE DOOR. - SMALE'S SOME PEOPLE IN THE - BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION THAT ARE - WORKING 18-HOUR DAYS TO GET THAT - MUCH MONEY.

- I'M IMPRESSED AT HOW MUCH MONEY - THEY'VE EN GOTTEN OUT THE THE - DOOR. - THEY'VE SPENT HUNDREDS OF - MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND PASSED A - DIFFICULT PIECE OF LEGISLATION - ON A BIPARTISAN BASIS, MEMBERS - GOOD, THEY CAN'T TAKE A VICTORY - LAP, THEY'RE JUST SO USED TO - BICKERING. - >> Woodruff: IN 45 SECONDS WE - HAVE LEFT, I WANT TO ASK EACH OO - YOW YOU'RE DOING STAYING AT - HOME ALL THE TIME OR ALMOST ALL - THE TIME. - MARK, HOW IS IT GOING? - >> I'M REREADING TOLSTOY FOR THE - THIRD TIME -- NO, I'M NOT. - REARRANGED MY SOCK DRAWER AND - I'M DOING FINE. - I HAVE A WONDERFUL ROOMMATE AND - I'VE HAD THE SAME ONE FOR HALF A - CENTURY AND AM FINDING NEW ANDGS - WONDERFUL THBOUT HER EVERY - DAY. - >> Woodruff: PRETTY GOOD - ROOMMATE, WE KNOW ANNE SHIS. - DAVID, HOW ARE YOU HOLDING UP? - HOW ARE YOU DOIN IG? - BLESSED. - I HAVE A FINE GROUP OF PEOPLE IN - MY FAMILY AND I'M PING MY ON - IN PING-PONG FEROCIOUSLY AND - HOPING TO DEVELOP BAA HAND BY

- THE END OF THIS. - SO THERE ARE LITTLE BLESSINGS - AMID THE GREAT WORRY WE'E GOING - THROUGH. - THERE ARE MANY BLESSINGS EVEN IN - THESE DAYS WITH FAMILY. - Woodruff: I FEEL THE SAME - WAY, SO MUCH MORE TO BE GRATEFUL - FOR THANHE OTHER WAY AROUND. - WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE TWO OF - YOU. - DAVID BROOKS, MARK SHIELDS, - THANK YOU AND PLEASE STAY SAFE. - >> THANK YOU, JUDY. - >> Woodruff: AGAIN ON THIS - FRWAY NIGHT, WE REMEMBER A - OF THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OFHA - AMERICANS WH PASSED AWAY - FROM THE VIRUS, PART OF OUR - CONTINUING EFFORT TO HONOR THE - PUBLIC SERVANTS AND COMMUNITY - LEADERS WE HAVE LO. - ROBIN HARDY BECAME A PASTOR WHEN - SHE WAS 25 YEARS OLD AND SERVED - AS VICE PRESIDENT OF HER CHURCH - IN BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA.

- HER CHILDREN REMEMBER A UNIFIER, - BOTH IN CHURCH AND AS THE - FOUNDER OF A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM - FOR GIRLS, WHERE THEY SAY SHE - REACHED MO THAN 1,000 WOMEN, - AND DID SO IN STYLE. - HARDY WAS 56 YEARS OLD. - PEDIATRIC NEUROSURGEON DR. JAMES - GOODRICH OF NEW YORK'S - MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER - GARNERED INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM - FOR SUCCESSFULLY SEPARATING 10 - TWINS CONJOINED AT THE HEAD, AND - ADVISING DOZENS OF OTHER SUCH - OUTSIDE THE OPERATING ROOM, THE - 73-YEAR-OLD WAS A BONSAI TREE - ENTHUSIAST. - HE HAD LIBRARY OF RARE, ANDD - WAS AN AAYER OF THE - AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL INSTRUMENT - THE DIDGERIDOO - HIS FRIENDS DUBBED HIM "THE MOST - INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD." - VITALINA WILLIAMS LOVED - GARDENING AND COOKING WITH HER - HUSBAND IN SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, - WHEN S WASN'T WORKING HER TWO - JOBS AT THE LOCAL GROCERY STORE

- AND WALMART. - BOLD AND PRINCIPLED, WILLIAMS - WAS KNOWN AS THE "C.E.O. AND - C.F.O." OF HER FAMY. - SHE CAME TO THE UNITED STES - FROM GUATEMALA IN THE 1990'S, - AN SPOKE TO HER FAMILY THERE - ON THE PHONE EVERY DAY. - SHE WAS 56 YEARS OLD. - 61-YEAR-OLD QUINSEY SIMPSON, A - CORRECTIONAL OFFICER AT NEW - YORK'S RIKERS ISLAND, WAS KNOWN - FOR HIS CALM DEMEANOR, GREAT - SENSE OF HUMOR, AND HARD WORK - ETHIC. - WHEN HE CONTRACTED COVID-19, - QUINSEY CALLED IN SICK FOR ONLY - THE SECOND TIME IN HIS 18 YEARS - ON THE JOB. - HE WAS A MENTOR TO THE - BASKETBALL PLAYERS HE COACHED, - NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL KIDS, AND - HIS SIX-YEAR-OLD SON, AYDEN. - KAREN KETCHER DEDICATED HER - CAREER TO SERVING NATIVE - AMERICAN TRIBES IN OKLAHOMA AND - ACROSS THE COUNTRY. - KAREN LOVED TO SEW, INCLUDING - MEMORABLE PROM AND WEDESNG - S, AND SPENT ALL OF HER

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