The coronavirus is now in the United States, changing the lives of all Americans. At the urging of President Trump, Vice President Pence, the National Institutes of Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Americans were told to begin “social distancing.” Anyone who shows signs or symptoms of the virus, which is now officially a global pandemic, should self-isolate or self-quarantine for 14 days.
Simple, routine tasks like getting gas for your car or going to the grocery store are now matters of public health, potentially putting yourself or others at risk of exposure.
This is the first time that many of us have faced a global pandemic in our lifetimes. And we have many questions about how to face this new challenge.
To get some answers in this week’s episode of my podcast “Newt’s World,” I discuss what you need to know about the coronavirus with Dr. Jay Butler, deputy director for infectious diseases at the CDC. Dr. Butler has decades of experience in fighting infectious diseases and is one of the most qualified people in the world to address this topic.
As he broadcasts directly from Rome, Newt gives a first-hand account of the economic and social devastation caused by the spread of coronavirus or COVID-19 that has resulted in a nation-wide lockdown.
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New York Times best-selling authors Newt Gingrich and Pete Earley are back with SHAKEDOWN, the second in their riveting series of ripped-from-the-headlines political thrillers featuring Valerie Mayberry and Brett Garrett. As this unlikely pair—a disgraced former FBI agent and a dishonorably discharged ex-Navy SEAL— team to avert a deadly crisis with Iran, they once again operate outside official channels, caught between competing world powers as they race to avoid both an international incident and certain danger to themselves..
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