Mike Pence: The Vast Majority of Americans Who Even Contract the Coronavirus Will Have Flu Like Symptoms and Will Fully Recover

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PENCE: "Right. Well, look, one of the things that we know about the Coronavirus from our experts studying global data is it’s two to three times more contagious as a respiratory illness. So we will have thousands of more cases across this country. But your viewers deserve to know that most Americans, the vast majority of Americans who even contract the Coronavirus will have flu-like symptoms and will fully recover. I talked to a man named Clay Bentley in Rome, Georgia, yesterday on the phone. He is doing well. He is recovering well, and his personal strength and his faith have sustained him through this and it was inspiring to talk to him. So, we don’t want, as the President has conveyed, we don’t want Americans to be overly concerned. We want everybody to practice good common sense. But in those communities where we have community spread, we will continue to give very aggressive recommendations, as we have in California and Washington and New York, to do exactly what you are saying with regard to social distancing. And we’ll respect the decisions of any business, any sports enterprise that decides to cancel events to put the health of the country first. But it’s really important, I really believe, to focus on the most vulnerable, seniors with serious underlying health conditions. It’s the reason why we are focusing more inspections, we've raised the guidelines at nursing homes, and we're recommending that people, other than those that have family members in hospice care, special circumstances, avoid visiting nursing homes over the next 30 days."