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The numbers have been what they are how do you know until we have a control group we offered to be a control group you’re offering citizens of las vegas to be a control group to see if your theory on social distance. Excuse me what I said was I offered to be a control group and I was told by our statistician. you can’t do that we would love to be that placebo side to you something to measure against nigel’s knellman is server at the typically bustling caesars palace. he’s out of work everyone wants to reopen and get back to work and have the economy rolling again but at this point I think that would be responsible nevada governor steve sicily. I’m not going to allow our workers to be put in a position that they have to change decide between their job in their paycheck in their life.

I agree with him 100% caesars entertainment ceo Anthony Rhodium says while he’s eager to open up safety comes first what do you think the reopening would look like for caesars. I think what you’ll see is social distancing in the casino and by that I mean every other slot machine three people at a table maybe every other table but for an entire industry that never sleeps this is uncharted territory and no one wants to gamble with getting it wrong.

Vegas those workers who have lost their jobs in las vegas part of a staggering toll on the workforce with another 4.4 million americans filing for unemployment. Just last week Jolene kent has more of this tonight the number of workers devastated by unemployment continues to skyrocket the unemployment process for me has been really frustrating more than 26 million jobless claims have been filed since march.

It’s hitting low-income workers especially hard more than half say they or someone in their household lost a job or has taken a pay cut among the states hurting the most florida where derek bailey applied.

For unemployment on march 17th he says he still hasn’t received any money that’s very frustrating for someone like me who’s always had a plan lea cox shares that frustration she applied for unemployment in ohio that same week she lost both of her part-time jobs I would say I call anywhere between I don’t know ten to thirty times a day I don’t have a very big safety net minimal savings one problem plaguing many states those decades-old computer systems simply overwhelmed connecticut now implementing

A software fix they hope will clear out six weeks of backed up unemployment claims small businesses are also waiting for financial help today members of congress many wearing face masks and social distancing debating the latest relief package in the house even with an additional three hundred ten billion dollars in the paycheck protection program some small businesses worry they’ll miss out again after the first round allowed bigger restaurant chains with fewer than 500 employees per location to qualify we’ve still got businesses with three employees going after the same pool of money as those with 300 and I assure you those big guys they’ve got more expertise and manpower to get themselves into a program like this so we could end up in the same situation the money runs out and the little guy misses out late today after much public pressure ruth’s chris steakhouse announcing it will give back its twenty million dollar federal loan sweet green giving back it’s ten million dollar loan this following shake shack

Earlier this week western alright jolene kent tonight thank you this evening stunning new insights on the spread of the virus reach researchers now say it was actually spreading in several cities long before we previously knew here’s miguel almaguer with that the new study out of new york today confirming how quickly and unknowingly the virus can spread nearly 14 percent of the 3,000 residents randomly tested had kovat 19 antibodies meaning they had the virus with nearly 20 million people in the state some 2.7 million new yorkers may have already been infected they had the virus they developed the antibodies

And they are now quote-unquote recovered for some the numbers while staggering aren’t surprising the hidden outbreak may have long been infecting americans in plain sight in cities like san francisco new york boston chicago and seattle researchers at northeastern say by mid-february as the corona virus