Iran, Redistricting, Mifepristone & a Growing Hantavirus Scare
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What immediate updates are coming from Nebraska about the hantavirus evacuation?
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to Hot Topics, the Don Lemon Show and Monday morning. Thank you for joining us. We have, look, we start with exciting news about us. We start with also the news that's going on in the country and in the world. I just want to update you on something, just get you to something to show you right now because the Hata virus is top of mind for people. And this is in Nebraska. They are giving now a press holding a press briefing regarding the Hanta virus, because as we know, Nebraska is now at the center of this. Folks are really, really concerned. This started happening overnight as a plane carrying Americans evacuated from Hanta virus cruise ship arriving in Omaha, Nebraska.
But let's listen in and see if they're giving any information. Then we're going to take you to Washington, D.C., and we're going to cover everything for you. Let's listen in for a moment.
biocontainment unit here to make sure there's adequate care for anyone who might need it among the other passengers. Other passengers were flown to Atlanta for further assessment and care there.
So that person is not here?
Correct. Okay, thank you. So again, just to be very clear on that point, we want to maintain optimal space in our biocontainment facilities on the small chance that it becomes necessary. individuals who are transported. If you don't mind, I'd just love to add that we're going to expect to see people have symptoms.
That's just, you know, if you think in any given week or month, how many times do you experience some level of nasal congestion or upset stomach or something, we're being very, very liberal in how we're framing symptoms and monitoring for symptoms here. And so that's how the system is working. It doesn't necessarily mean just because someone has symptoms that they're going to end up having this illness.
Yeah.
Hi, Diane Gallagher, CNN. Did you clarify first then how many of the passengers who were on the plane from the cruise are here and how many to another facility in the country?
I can just address that briefly. So of the 18, 16 passengers were here and two were in Atlanta.
And the biocontainment unit, we have the one who had the mildly positive PCR test. Can you explain a little bit more about mildly positive? I initially thought that we were not testing people who were not symptomatic. I know they said this person was not symptomatic. Can you go into a little bit more about what it means to be mildly positive?
Sure, and I welcome my colleagues from the University of Nebraska as well.
But I'll note that, so this passenger, this test was not collected in the United States. The specimen was collected back, I believe, in one of the islands. It was taken on the ship. There were two specimens. One was positive and the other one was negative. With these PCR tests, it's not necessarily...
Okay, so here we go again. We're going to monitor that for you, but here we go with the PCR test and all of that. I mean, we've gone through this before. Do you guys remember? And I saw someone in the chat saying nobody looks confident, but it's also stunning that the... Our Department of Health and Human Services got rid of the many people in the same unit that's supposed to handle these kinds of things. But again, happening overnight, this one is not a drill, a plane carrying Americans evacuated from hentavirus, a hentavirus cruise ship arrived in Omaha, Nebraska early this morning. At least one American tested positive for the virus on the flight. Okay, look, I just want to tell you we have big things happening here, and we're going to talk about it here at the Don Lemon Show and the Don Lemon Channel.
at the Lemon Media Network. I want to bring in our newest correspondent. He can weigh in on this and other issues. And that is Daniel Grimes, our Washington-based correspondent. Welcome to the program. Daniel, we're going to get to you and how you joined the team. But update us on this Hantavirus thing, because it's a big thing in Washington. This briefing is happening in Nebraska.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What immediate updates are coming from Nebraska about the hantavirus evacuation?
0:16β5:08
2
What did the Nebraska briefing reveal about testing, containment, and biocontainment capacity?
5:08β11:39
3
How worried should the public be after the first U.S. positive hantavirus test was reported?
11:39β17:43
4
Who is the new Washington correspondent and what are his top breaking stories?
17:43β42:52
5
How is the Iran conflict affecting global oil, the Strait of Hormuz, and U.S. politics?
42:52β54:25
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