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April 17, 2020 - 8:35am | By Leah Backstrom
NOTE - Below is a radio-friendly notepad used on the Need To Know Morning Show on AM1100 The Flag WZFG. Spelling, punctuation, etc are not edited.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR FRIDAY MORNING HEADLINES.
PRESIDENT TRUMP THURSDAY OUTLINED “HIS” PATH FORWARD FOR REOPENING THE COUNTRY…THE 3 STEP PLAN IS A RECOMMENDATION TO GOVERNORS, WHO HAVE AUTHORITY TO MAKE CHANGES…..A BIG PART OF THE PLAN IS A TERM CALLED “GATING” -- ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING YOU SHOULD MEET CERTAIN STANDARDS BEFORE YOU LOOSEN THE NEXT LEVEL OF RESTRICTIONS - BUT TO NOT LOOSEN ANY RESTRICTIONS UNLESS THERE IS A DECLINE IN INFECTIONS AND STRONG TESTING CAPABILITIES IN PLACE…THE PRESIDENT SAYS SOME STATES COULD REOPEN AS SOON AS TODAY...HE SAYS WE HAVE TO HAVE FLEXIBILITY STATE BY STATE SINCE NO TWO PLACES ARE EXACTLY ALIKE…
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BOTH OF THE WIDELY PUBLICIZED BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS ARE OFFICIALLY OUT OF MONEY...THE LOW INTERST EIDL PROGRAM AND THE PPP LOAN-SLASH-GRANT PROGRAM ARE OUT OF MONEY….THE EIDL BEGAN WITH 10 BILLION AND THE PPP WAS INITIALLY FUNDED WITH 350 BILLION...AT THIS POINT THERE IS NO PLAN IN PLACE TO PUT ADDITIONAL FUNDS INTO EITHER OF THEM….
China has UPDATED IT’S DEATH COUNT DUE TO COVID 19, SAYING MANY PEOPLE DIED AT HOME AND WERE NOT COUNTED, AND SOME EARLY MEDICAL REPORTS WERE INACCURATE.. the revised numbers push up China’s total to 4,632 deaths from a previously reported 3,342.
24 HOURS AFTER ND GOVERNOR DOUG BURGUM EXTENDED THE PARTIAL BUSINESS CLOSURES TO APRIL 30TH...THURSDAY HE OUTLINED MORE OF THE PATH FORWARD...HE SAYS IF WE WANT TO HAVE MORE STORES AND RESTAURANTS OPEN WE HAVE TO CUT DOWN THE SPREAD….AND THAT MEANS WE SHOULD GET REALLY GOOD AT WEARING FACEMASKS….NOT 24-7 THOUGH….
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FARGO’S Rosewood on Broadway LONG TERM CARE ENTER HAS reported three more residents TESTING POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS...IT BRINGS THE TOTAL TO 7, THE MOST OF ANY LONG TERM CARE CENTER IN THE METRO AREA….
THE FORUM REPORTS THAT A HORACE ag-products company HAS NINE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19….…..Nineteen other tests for COVID-19 have come back negative, the company said Thursday…..THE COMPANY SAYS THE PLANT IS disinfected every night and employees have their temperatures taken upon arrival to work….Norwood Sales EMPLOYS 255 PEOPLE….
THE NUMBER OF NORTH DAKOTANS FILING UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS WENT DOWN LAST WEEK...STATE OFFICIALS SAY 10,500 PEOPLE FILED LAST WEEK…. The previous week it was 16,000 and prior to that it was 12,600.
Minnesota is teaming up with six other states to coordinate reopening the Midwestern economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic…Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky. .THE STATES ARE ALL UNDER SOME FORM OF STAY AT HOME ORDER...The group is comprised of both Democrats and Republicans. Minnesotan neighbors Iowa, South Dakota and North Dakota are not a part of the partnership.
The University of Minnesota announced THURSDAY THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED ITS OWN DIAGNOSTIC AND ANTIBODY TESTS FOR THE VIRUS AND WILL SHORTLY BE ABLE TO OFFER 10-THOUSAND A DAY OF EACH….COUPLED WITH THE MAYO CLINIC’S ABILITIES, THE NUMBER COULD REACH 20-THOUSAND A DAY OF EACH….
Minnesota restaurants will be able to sell beer and wine with TAKE OUT AND DELIVERY orders during coronavirus closures, under an agreement expected to get final approval in the Legislature TODAY…..The Senate overwhelmingly approved THE bill THURSDAY ….AND The House is expected to follow suit TODAY, sending the bill to Gov. Tim Walz, who has indicated he will sign it. The new off-sale rule would go into effect TOMORROW.
THE NOW FAMOUS SMITHFIELD PORK PLANT IN SIOUX FALLS HAS SEEN ITS FIRST DEATH FROM THE VIRUS... the Argus Leader identified the victim as 64-year-old Augustín Rodriguez….. He was hospitalized April 4 and died on Tuesday, April 14….600 OF THE PLANT’S 37-HUNDRED WORKERS HAVE NOW BEEN INFECTED, ABOUT HALF OF THE TOTAL CASES IN THE STATE…
Four northern Michigan county sheriffs SAY THEY OPPOSE SOME OF THE RECENT EXECUTIVE ORDERS FROM Gov. Gretchen Whitmer during the COVID-19 pandemic….The sheriffs said they will not STRICTLY ENFORCE the executive orders and will instead Deal with every case as an individual situation and apply common sense in assessing the apparent violation….The recent executive orders from Whitmer instruct people to stay home except for essential actions and services such as grocery shopping, exercise and essential work.
University of Chicago researchers SAY EARLY RESULTS FROM CLINICAL TRIALS OF THE DRUG REMDESEVIR ARE LEADING TO “rapid recoveries”....THE TRIAL OF THE GILEAD SCIENCES DRUG INCLUDES 125 PEOPLE...DOCTORS HAVE SAID when some people start taking the drug, fevers come down and some come off ventilators.
WALL STREET HAD A QUIET DAY FOR A CHANGE ON THURSDAY….THE DOW JONES FELL 33 POINTS TO FINISH AT 23,537...THE NASDAQ WAS UP 139 POINTS - ABOUT 1.6 PERCENT….AND THE SP 500 WERE VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED .....WTI CRUDE OIL WAS DOWN A DOLLAR-THIRTY TO FINISH AT $18.53 A BARREL..
