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Coronavirus questions answered: Can you be reinfected with the virus after you recover?

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Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marty Makary, professor of public health at Johns Hopkins University, joined “Special Report with Bret Baier” to answer more viewer questions regarding the continuing coronavirus outbreak.

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Question: My husband and I have been home for more than two weeks and haven’t been around anyone. Our children, who live in a neighboring town, have also been home, working from home and haven’t been around anyone for more than two weeks. Can we visit to see our children and grandchildren?

“Well, I think it’s reasonable for people to have distanced conversations, and what we’re seeing is a lot of people are actually having a conversation in their front yards or on their porch or from a balcony or a window to somebody who pulls up in their car,” Makary said. “And that’s reasonable given the duration of how long we’ve got to be really careful with our social distancing.”

“You’re saying don’t go over and give hugs to the grandkids,” Baier followed up.

“Yeah, hold off on hugs,” Makary said.

Question: Can you can be reinfected with the coronavirus after you actually recover?

“We don’t know. But if there was one piece of really good news this week, it was that we can test an antibody to see who’s immune. At the same time, we’re balancing whether or not there are any reinfections in the [Hubei] province of China,” Makary said. “Overnight, as you may know, they reported five out of one hundred and forty seven people demonstrated a re-infection after having the infection, but none of them had symptoms. So we are watching that very closely right now.”

Question: How long are asymptomatic COVID-19 carriers contagious for? 

“First of all, we don’t know the degree of how contagious you are. If you have no symptoms, it may be that there’s minimal contagiousness to your person. If you don’t have symptoms and after you’ve recovered the general guideline is for three days,” Makary said. “You need to play it safe and then you’re good to go.”

Question: What advice would you give to teenagers and young adults my age when they refuse to heed the advice of the professionals and continue to go out to the beaches and public spaces? 

“Well, generally speaking, kids think they are resilient. And what you need to tell them is that what they do can actually impact the health of health care workers that they’ve never met,” Makary said. “Doctors and nurses are [at] the highest risk of getting this infection. And this is not a disease of 80-year-olds. This is a disease where 20 percent of those hospitalized are between the ages of 20 and 44, although it is hard for this infection to hurt somebody who is very young and healthy.”

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Question: A lot of people are getting take out delivery. You’ve talked about the cardboard and being careful about handling things. But what about the food itself?

“Well, certainly cooked food is safer. It runs fewer risks [than] cold food might. The virus does not do great outside the body for prolonged periods of time,” Makary said. “And even though virus particles have been detected on surfaces and containers after a couple of days, it’s not clear that that’s enough to really give you the infection that a droplet would from contact with a person.”

Sen. John Barrasso: Pelosi, Schumer ‘wasting time that we as a nation do not have’ 

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Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., told “Special Report” on Tuesday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., are “wasting time that we as a nation do not have” as Congress continues to negotiate a coronavirus emergency relief bill.

“There is a desperate need and every day that it is delayed, those needs are not being met,” Barrasso said. “… We need to get this passed now and get rid of all these extraneous things, focus on the virus and focus on the needs of defeating the virus and the needs of the people who, through no fault of their own, are out of work as a result of what has happened in their lives by the government stepping in and saying, ‘Stay home.'”

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“There is a desperate need and every day that it is delayed, those needs are not being met.”

— Sen. John Barrasso

Asked by host Bret Baier whether negotiations could end later Tuesday and a compromise bill immediately go up for a vote, Barrasso slammed Pelosi for her lack of urgency and House Democrats’ “liberal wish list” of issues that are unrelated to the coronavirus crisis.

“The American people need relief, and we want to get it to them tonight. Nancy says if we don’t do it today we could do it tomorrow. That sense of urgency is not felt by her in the way it is felt by the people at home who are watching and waiting for relief,” he said.

“I’m a doctor and have been talking to doctors and I know what they need,” Barrasso continued. “Immediate relief is needed by Americans who need the support that they are not getting in terms of their job, 150 million Americans, many not allowed to go to work. So we put together what was started as a bipartisan piece of legislation to address these needs.”

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“These are supposed to be targeted needs, temporary relief and answers for people,” Barrasso said, “but yet Nancy Pelosi showed up here on Sunday with a liberal wish list that has slowed down the entire process.”

Pelosi’s emergency relief bill addresses “wind turbines, solar panels, the Green New Deal for airplanes, election reform, planned parenthood and new powers for members of unions,” Barrasso complained.

“I have to tell the American people who are listening that Republicans are ready to act to provide relief in this rescue operation for our health care providers and they need it,” he reiterated.

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Shifting to President Trump’s announcement earlier Tuesday that he hopes the U.S. economy would be “opened up” by Easter, Barrasso said he “shares the president’s goals” but the situation must be further evaluated close to April 12, when Easter Sunday falls.

The senator also encouraged the public to obey the guidelines put forth by U.S. health officials, which include social distancing and careful handwashing.

“That’s an ambitious guideline… I share the president’s goals there,” he said. “You have to evaluate the situation on the ground rather than the calendar on the wall.”

“The best way to get there is by abiding by the things that they’ve recommended so far to slow and stop the spread of the disease. That’s the best way that we can get to that goal of Easter Sunday.”

Brit Hume: Coronavirus relief fight ‘standard operating procedure, but not in a national emergency’

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Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume criticized Congress Monday for being unable to put politics aside and get a coronavirus relief bill passed.

“Trying to stuff everything you can into a bill that you’re sure is going to pass because it has to is standard operating procedure, but not in a national emergency like this. And a very grave one indeed, which is both a health emergency now and an economic emergency as well, caused by the stringent measures that are being taken to try to halt the spread of the virus,” Hume said on “Special Report with Bret Baier” Monday.

“So it is a little bit surprising to see this being done, to see what Nancy Pelosi is trying to do with her bill and to see the Senate Democrats stalling and and calling the the efforts to back up corporations … a slush fund and so on.”

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“This is the kind of normal politics you would hope would not occur in an abnormal time like this,” Hume added.

Lawmakers clashed on the Senate floor Monday over phase three of a coronavirus response package, with Democrats blocking Republican efforts to advance the massive stimulus bill for the second day in a row.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., introduced her own emergency coronavirus stimulus bill on Monday, leading furious Republicans to argue that much of the proposal contained a progressive wishlist seemingly unrelated to the crisis.

Hume also emphasized one statistic that would impact whether the Trump administration recommends softening the stringent guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control, as well as state and local leaders.

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“The important number to watch is how many of them [coronavirus patients] die, which gives you an idea of just how dangerous the disease is or is not. And there may come a point when it’s [the death rate is] low to the point where people say, ‘Look, we can’t go on like this. This is unsustainable,'” Hume told Baier. “‘It’s not as dangerous as here, at least in this country as we feared.’ We’re succeeding against it and we can begin to reopen businesses and get people to begin to go about their about their normal lives again.”

Fox News’ Brooke Singman and Gregg Re contributed to this report.

Coronavirus questions answered: When will my kids go back to school?

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As the coronavirus pandemic continues to affect the American public, people around the country want to know when their children will be back in school, what preexisting conditions put them more at risk for the virus and whether their recent flu-like symptoms were actually evidence of the contagion.

Fox News Medical A-Team member Dr. Manny Alvarez — the chairman of obstetrics at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey — and Dr. Marty Makary, a health policy expert at Johns Hopkins in Maryland, answered viewers’ questions on Friday’s “Special Report.”

Question: When do the experts think my children will be back in school?

With many states ordering school districts to cease operation amid the outbreak, children are often relegated to staying at home with their parents.

Dr. Alvarez said it will be at least another couple of weeks before the schools will be safe to reopen, urging parents to wait to hear from the White House as to what to predict for the future.

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“The president and the CDC have told you that they are going to give an announcement as to the [infecton] curve by day 14. … At that point in time, you are going to have a better idea whether it’s going to be a four-week, five-week, or six-week type of period,” he said.

Question: In October, November and December of 2019, there was an illness going around where people were having a cough, sore throat and so on for as long as three weeks. Medical professionals were not testing for coronavirus at the time. Can they absolutely say that COVID-19 was not here at that point?

According to Dr. Makary, the common flu was prevalent last fall, and symptoms like those described by the viewer are commonly tied to the flu as well.

“[W]e know that first [coronavirus] incident was probably in late November back in the Wuhan [Hubei] province of China,” he said. “So, I think what we’re going to learn from this are probably some best-hygiene practices and then we are going to carry on for years to come with the future flu epidemics.”

Question: If a blood donor is an unknowing coronavirus carrier does the blood get tested for the virus, and is the recipient informed?

Dr. Alvarez responded by saying that blood donors often have to answer questions about their health history and will now likely be asked about recent experiences of coronavirus “risk factors” such as fever and so on.

Alvarez added that the American Red Cross is telling folks not to be afraid to donate blood, and host Bret Baier noted there are shortages in some regions.

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Question: What do experts mean by “preexisting conditions” in terms of susceptibility to coronavirus?

“Particularly those where your immune system is weakened and also those where the lungs and the respiratory system may not have the same strength and health to expand big,” said Dr. Makary. “That’s why people with severe disabilities may not have a great lung capacity and be at increased risk.”

“That’s why older people are at higher risk because their immune systems are weaker than younger people,” Makary said.

Question: I am wondering how all of this stress is affecting our immune systems when we are all alone. I am an extrovert and I find it a happy thing to be out and about. How can extroverts deal with this situation?

Dr. Alvarez pointed to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s recent order, saying that the Democrat doesn’t expect residents to shelter in their homes for months.

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“Find a path that you can walk by yourself. Get a little sunshine. Go onto the balcony. You can do some gardening, if you have something like that,” he said. “It’s going to take a toll. Indeed, excessive stress can lead to your body not feeling right and your immune system be compromised.”

Dr. Makary stressed the importance of a healthy diet in times like this, to protect Americans’ immune systems.

Coronavirus questions answered: What should you tell your kids about the pandemic?

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As the number of coronavirus cases continues to rise and daily life in the U.S. comes to a screeching halt, many parents are having a difficult time explaining the pandemic to their children.

Leading mental health professionals joined “Special Report” Thursday to answer questions submitted by the public, and offer guidance to parents on navigating these unfamiliar times.

Question: “Usually, we can talk to our kids about changing dates on the calendar and they can adjust to that pretty well. But with this situation, not knowing dates, not knowing when things will get back to normal, it is pretty tough to talk to them about how to deal with it. We could use a little help on that.”

Dr. Jamie Howard, Director of Trauma and Resilience Service at the Child Mind Institue advised parents to openly communicate with their children, and encouraged families to establish a “new routine.”

“We all really thrive on routine and predictability, kids in particular,” she explained. “It is so hard right now, there is so much uncertainty and we have to tolerate that.”

“Keep an open line of communication with your kids and tell them ‘I will tell you as soon as I know something…'”

— Dr. Jamie Howard, ‘Special Report’

“What you can do is keep an open line of communication with your kids and tell them that ‘I will tell you as soon as I know something that we can put on the calendar.’ Start with that, that’s a great way to keep them calm. You can also create a new routine in the meantime.”

Dr. Joshua Morgenstein, chair of the American Psychiatric Associations Committee on the Psychiatric Dimensions of Disasters, said children actually have more experience dealing with uncertainly than many would think.

“I think it is also helpful to remind kids that they have dealt with uncertainty before, different kinds of uncertainty,”  he explained. “Kids deal with uncertainty when they are waiting to find out what score they got on a test, or whether they made a sports team. Those are smaller uncertainties … but reminding children of the skills that they have can help them think about what abilities they have to manage this present situation.”

“Remind kids that they have dealt with uncertainty before, different kinds of uncertainty…”

— Dr. Joshua Morgenstein, ‘Special Report’

Morgenstein also encouraged parents to explain to children that “the things they are doing and the changes in their routine … are not only for their health and the health and safety of their family, but also for the health and safety of their classmates, their friends, and their families. It is a way of teaching altruism to children at a young age.”

Question: Families and kids, they are seeing a lot of things, seeing people hoarding stuff in grocery stores, all kinds of news every day. What do you tell them?

Dr. Howard emphasized the importance of parents directly informing their children, and encouraged limited access to the news.

“We really want our kids to receive their information from parents, I would try to limit their exposure to news and what they are seeing and be, as much as you can, the source of the news for them,” she said.

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Howard added that parents must be prepared and ready to provide explanations.

“If they [children] see people buying, a lot of groceries … hoarding, say, ‘Well, people want to be prepared and leave it at that.’ Ask them a question, keep an open line of communication and let them know it is okay to come to you at any point with questions.”

“When we don’t sleep well, eat well, our ability to think…and take care of our children also gets compromised.”

— Dr. Morgenstein, ‘Special Report’

Dr. Morgenstein said parents should make an effort to take their children outside at least once a day, and stressed the importance of maintaining healthy sleep and food patterns so parents are in the best position to guide their children through the disruption.

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“Many of us are really focused right now and distracted understandably with managing the crisis at hand. It is easy to overlook basic self-care,” he explained. “Things like getting good sleep, eating regular meals, staying hydrated … those may sound like simple things but when we don’t sleep well and don’t eat well, our ability to think and make decisions and take care of our children also gets compromised.

“When parents are well, they are in the best position to take care of their children. We need to be thinking clearly to solve the problems that we have right now.”

Dr. Birx says she believes coronavirus reports from China ‘at this time,’ won’t rule out air travel shutdown

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White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx told “Special Report” Thursday night that she believed reports out of China that there had been no new cases of coronavirus in Wuhan, the city where the pandemic originated, in recent days.

“If you watched the trend lines over time, they’re similar to South Korea,” Birx told host Bret Baier during a wide-ranging interview. “At this time, we believe that data.”

However, Birx added, “Everyone is concerned about why we weren’t alerted earlier.”

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Birx also told Baier that the White House task force will reexamine its 15-day guidelines for citizens to combat the spread of coronavirus “on Day 14.” Birx helped unveil the guidelines, including the now-famous call for “social distancing” on Monday. She also declined to rule out a possible White House order to shutdown domestic air travel, saying only: “Everything is on the table.”

“Every day we go over data and use science and data to drive policy and decision-making,” she said.

In addition, Birx confirmed that the Trump administration is actively looking to cut red tape and accelerate the use of certain medications that studies have shown help treat coronavirus.

Baier asked Birx about related medications chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, which are typically used to treat malaria and arthritis and have been around since at least 1950

“A couple of countries have reported that it showed promise,” said Birx, a former military physician from Pennsylvania. “That doesn’t mean that it will show promise in Americans — it showed promise in the test tubes. What we are very interested in is making sure we have eliminated red tape to make the drug available through their physicians, and study it at the same time.”

Birx added that the government is also looking at Remdesivir — an antiviral drug that has been used to treat the Ebola virus and Marburg virus.

She also rejected claims that younger people and children are completely unaffected by the coronavirus.

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“If you look at the Italian data, you look at all of the other data around the world: children and people under 19 have done very well. That doesn’t mean they don’t get seriously ill, but they have done well,” she said.

Officials in Florida and elsewhere have criticized the Spring Breakers who continue to congregate on the beach, with some verbally flouting federal and state requests regarding “social distancing.” Some beaches in South Florida have closed in response to the lack of caution being shown by some of the folks visiting there.

Defense chief Esper: Military focused on supporting ‘whole-of-government approach to the coronavirus’

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Defense Secretary Mark Esper told “Special Report with Bret Baier” Tuesday that the U.S. military, including the National Guard, is actively seeking ways to help dampen the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

“I want to assure all of your viewers that the United States military remains ready and capable of defending the American people, protecting the nation and safeguarding our interests abroad,” Esper told host Bret Baier at the start of the interview. “In that context, our second focus has been on supporting the president and the whole-of-government approach to the coronavirus.”

Esper said he is not looking to install some of the more drastic measures floated by some politicians, like a national quarantine or shelter-in-place order, but added there are field hospitals and a fleet of hospital ships that can be called in to help with any overflow capacity of potential infected patients.

The Pentagon chief also said he spoke with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has repeatedly called for the Army Corps of Engineers to help refit or build new hospitals to manage the outbreak there.

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“I had a call with Governor Cuomo and we had a very good conversation,” Esper said. “What he sees is a deficit in hospital beds in New York state as he looks ahead to what may be coming. I gave him my full commitment that we would get the Corps of Engineers up there soonest to assess the problem and see how we can help out.”

Respondng to other questions about federal and military involvement, Esper said the National Guard has been activated in 18 states and the floating hospitals are at the ready.

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“Nearly 2,000 guardsmen are available,” he said. “Also, we are doing considerable work in terms of our vaccines and therapeutics.”

Esper noted that earlier in the day, he had visited Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md., the headquarters of the fight against Ebola and Zika and where Army doctors are engaged in “world-class” experimentation in hopes of finding a vaccine or cure for the latest pandemic.

“They are working pretty aggressively to come up with a vaccine for the coronavirus,” he said.

Katie Pavlich warns of ‘forced compliance’ if people don’t follow White House coronavirus guidelines

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TownHall.com editor Katie Pavlich warned Monday that if Americans do not follow voluntary guidelines meant to slow down the spread of the coronavirus they will eventually be forced to comply.

“As the president also pointed out today, all options are on the table. And I would point out that when doctors and the experts talk about guidelines and people don’t follow them, they then do not become voluntary guidelines” Pavlich said on “Special Report with Bret Baier“. “They become forced compliance.”

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Earlier in the day, President Trump outlined a plan to slow the spread of COVID-19 in 15 days during a press conference with his coronavirus task force.

The guidelines advised that older people and those with underlying health conditions “stay home and away from other people.”

Officials also recommended that large swaths of the population isolate themselves and everyone avoid social gatherings or groups of more than 10 people.

Task force member Dr. Deborah Birx directed pointed comments at millennials, calling them “the core group that will stop this virus.”

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Pavlich warned millennials complying was in their best interest.

“It is in the interest of young people to take this seriously, to listen to what people are saying and to really take seriously that this isn’t just about them,” Pavlich said. “You had Dr. Birx today talk about how this is about saving the greatest generation. The millennial generation can step up and do that.”

Fox News’ Andrew O’Reilly contributed to this report.

AOC claims US coronavirus testing reaches ‘wealthy and powerful’ sooner

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U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasted the Trump administration’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak during an appearance Wednesday on Fox News’ “Special Report.”

Among her comments, the New York Democrat questioned whether the U.S. has the best health care system in the world and asserted that the “wealthy and powerful” might be getting quicker access to coronavirus testing in the U.S. than average Americans.

Her remarks came as the far-left progressive lawmaker continues to campaign for presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who advocates for Medicare-for-All, a proposed taxpayer-backed system that would replace private insurance for millions of Americans.

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“That’s something that’s up for debate,” Ocasio-Cortez told Fox News’ Bret Baier, as she discussed whether the current U.S. system offered the best health care possible.

She claimed South Korea was conducting “up to 10,000 tests per day” for its citizens amid the outbreak of the virus also known as COVID-19, while U.S. testing lagged behind.

“They’ve been able to provide tests to any single person that wants it – and here [in the U.S.] people are scrambling,” she said. “It almost seems like the more wealthy and powerful you are, the more able you are to access a test.”

Ocasio-Cortez provided no evidence for her claim regarding the “wealthy and powerful” receiving preferential treatment, but more NBA players and support staff were reportedly tested, or scheduled for testing, after two Utah Jazz teammates were revealed to have previously tested positive for the virus.

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The Toronto Raptors said their players and staff had undergone tests and were awaiting results, while the Oklahoma City Thunder said their players would be tested soon, ESPN reported, adding that players from two other teams would have players and staff in self-isolation for now.

Although figures from U.S. government agencies show the nation has been conducting fewer tests than South Korea – which has about one-sixth the U.S. population — Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar assured lawmakers Thursday that U.S. labs’ capacity could reach tests for 10,000-20,000 people per day by the end of this week.

Meanwhile on Capitol Hill, comments by Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health – a member of President Trump’s Coronavirus Task Force – appeared to align with Ocasio-Cortez’s statements on Fox News that the U.S. lagged behind other nations in testing its citizens.

“The system is not really geared to what we need right now, what you are asking,” Fauci told a House panel Thursday. “That is a failing. A failing. It is a failing. Let’s admit it.

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“The fact is, the way the system was set up is that the public health component … was a system where you put it out there in the public and the physician asks for it and you get it.

“The idea of anybody getting it easily, the way people in other countries are doing it, we’re not set up for that,” he continued. “Do I think we should be? Yes, but we’re not.”

Guy Benson: NCAA holding March Madness without fans will have ‘personal, visceral impact’

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The “Special Report” All-Star panel reacted Wednesday to the momentous news that the NCAA will hold its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments in nearly empty arenas due to coronavirus concerns.

“I think the NCAA tournament, especially that first weekend of March Madness, is such a cultural phenomenon in this country,” Townhall.com political editor Guy Benson said. “And just imagining listening to the squeaking of the sneakers on the court reverberating around empty arenas, that does have, I think, have sort of a personal, visceral impact on a lot of people [who are] imagining what that looks like, what that sounds like and therefore what it means.”

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“So the disruption that we’ve known was coming and politicians and experts have been warning is coming — this is something that I think hits home for a lot of people,” the host of Fox News’ Radio’s “Guy Benson Show” added.

Baier told his panel members he thought many Americans were “not sure” what they would have to do in the short term to deal with the virus, which is why the announcement by the NCAA caught everyone’s attention.

Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report talked about how the hits to the tourism industry and large events would impact “everybody.”

“This is going to have a tremendously disruptive impact on the economy and on just the personal finances of regular people,” Walter said.

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Washington Post columnist and former George W. Bush speechwriter Marc Thiessen said he was happy President Trump would be addressing America’s concerns from the Oval Office Wednesday night.

“It’s super important because when the country’s panicking, we need to see common leadership coming from the White House and the president,” Thiessen said. “These are huge, huge problems that are unraveling.”