For those that havn't had time to watch, here are quotes from the White House conference today about coronavirus (Video: https://invidio.us/watch?v=t-gzon4Elqg)
DJT: "Healthy individuals should be able to fully recover, and we think that will be a statement that we can make with great surety, now that we've gotten familiar with this problem. They should be able to recover, should they contract the virus. So healthy people, if you're healthy, you will probably go through a process and you'll be fine.
We moved very early. That was one of the decisions that we made that really turned out to be a life-saver in a sense. A BIG life saver…
China seems to be making tremendous progress; their numbers are way down. As you read, Tim Cook of Apple said that they're now in full operation again in China. Their numbers are way down…
The decision to move so quickly… greatly slowed the spread of the virus to the U.S. and it really gave us time to do some of the critical moves that we've done…
We've taken the most agressive actions to confront the coronavirus. They are the most aggressive taken by any country.
I really would wish that we could report exactly what's happened, how well we're doing under quite adverse circumstances, but we're doing really well. Very very professionally handled. Our country is prepared for ANY circumstance… whatever the circumstances, we're prepared."
MP: "From the moment this country learned of the spread of the coronavirus, President Trump took decisive action… unprecedented action to suspend all travel into the U.S. from China… it is among the reasons why the threat to Americans remains low.
We will be using Section 212F banning travel from Iran… expanding existing travel restrictions to include any foreign national who has visited Iran within the last 14 days.
We are urging Americans to NOT travel to the areas in Italy and the areas in South Korea that are most affected by the coronavirus.
The average American does not need to go out and buy a mask. But this administration is always going to put first out patients first, and second we're going to protect the health of our health care providers.
Let me assure every American that at President's Trump's direction, this is an 'all hands on deck' effort. And while the risks to Americans remain low, the President's actions today with regard to Iran, Italy, and South Korea, and with regard to making medical supplies more available - I hope gives evidence to the fact that at his direction we are going to continue to lean into this effort, and put the health and safety of the American people first."
Secretary of Health: "From day one, this is what we predicted, this is what we expected. The risk to any average American is low… The risk remains low thanks to the unprecedented actions POTUS has taken, and the actions he is announcing today…
We will see more cases, but it's important to remember - for the vast majority of individuals who contract coronavirus, they will experience mild to moderate symptoms and their treatment will be to remain at home, treating their symptoms the way they would treat a severe cold or the flu."