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How Americans are dealing with the pandemic

People across the country are sharing daily video diaries documenting their experiences during the coronavirus pandemic with CBS News. Jaqi Wright and Nikki Howard are Maryland sisters who started The Furlough Cheesecake after the government shutdown of 2018. Rances Perez is the founder of The VidaProject, a mindset and fitness program based in New Jersey. Lindsey Nash owns a hair salon in Georgia, which is now open of businesses. Bill Wood is a California truck driver, who has been delivering food up and down the West Coast.

  • May 4, 2020
  • 06:19
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Coronavirus model predicts spike in deaths

In a New York Post interview, President Trump denied having seen a government document predicting that up to 3,000 Americans could die from the coronavirus daily. The White House's preferred pandemic model has nearly doubled its predicted fatalities since warm weather and eased guidelines have led Americans to gather in public. Health experts are warning that relaxing social distancing guidelines too early could have disastrous results. Paula Reid reports on the latest messages coming from the White House.

  • May 5, 2020
  • 02:59
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Unrest over pandemic guidelines grows in U.S.

A frequently cited model projecting the coronavirus pandemic's impact on the U.S. has sharply increased the number of potential deaths after warm weather and eased restrictions in some states have led more Americans to gather in public spaces. In Michigan, a store security guard was fatally shot after telling a customer to wear a mask. Boston saw protests demanding the economy be reopened. Janet Shamlian looks at the growing unrest over pandemic guidelines.

  • May 5, 2020
  • 03:27
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Experts launch study on coronavirus in kids

The National Institutes of Health announced the launch of a study to learn more about the coronavirus' effect on children after more severe cases than previously thought possible have been seen. The study comes as schools and universities across the country ready to open in the fall, believing younger people to be the least vulnerable to the worst of COVID-19. Dr. Tara Narula speaks to one teenager who was so sick she had to be put on a ventilator.

  • May 5, 2020
  • 04:11
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Nursing homes seek legal shield amid pandemic

Six groups representing California nursing homes are petitioning Governor Gavin Newsom for immunity from pandemic-related lawsuits. At least 15 states have passed laws offering long-term care facilities some legal protection after several outbreaks and thousands of deaths were traced back to nursing homes around the country. Jonathan Vigliotti shares startling information uncovered by CBS News about the level of infection prevention in some of the facilities.

  • May 5, 2020
  • 03:54
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Volunteers, companies churn out free masks

Americans nationwide have mobilized after health experts called for the widespread use of face masks. A study on their effectiveness found that the widespread use of masks could lower the projected coronavirus death rate by up to 46% over two months in New York alone. Vladimir Duthiers looks at the range of people, from an elderly man in Wisconsin to a T-shirt company in California, who have answered the call by churning out fabric masks.

  • May 5, 2020
  • 03:31
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Venice gondolas deliver food amid lockdown

Volunteers in the Italian city of Venice are finding a unique way to get supplies to those who need it as the country still reels from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. Gondola boats that navigate the city's famous canals are being loaded up with organic foods that all-female volunteer crews then distribute to elderly Venetians amid lockdown and lingering fears of the virus. Chris Livesay speaks to some of these volunteer gondoliers and the people they have helped.

  • May 5, 2020
  • 03:37
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