Trevor Noah here, officially social distancing.

The President just held a press conference saying that

the White House has changed its recommendation that we limit

our exposure to no more than 10 people at a time.

It looked to me like Trump is taking this

more seriously than he ever has.

If Trump is worried,

then we should be taking this seriously.

The good news is we can do something about it.

We can minimize the spread of coronavirus.

Cities like New York have begun to shut everything down.

Restaurants are closed, you can order food,

and you can pick up food in New York,

but you can't go to the restaurant.

Remember to order, it supports

people who work at the restaurants.

It supports the people who deliver the food.

Tip them well, please, they're bringing you your food.

They're basically the lifeblood of a city.

And yeah, everything else in New York

is basically gonna be shut down.

Everything, cinemas, comedy clubs, Broadway.

I was thinking, it would be cool if Broadway

could also do delivery, that would be nice.

Like if Lin Manuel could send someone to your house

to perform, like just a little bit of Hamilton, you know,

you just order it on the app and they come.

It's like, hi, you ordered "The Room Where It Happens"?

Oh yes, thank you.

♪ The room where it happens ♪

♪ Room where it happens ♪

Thank you very much.

But yeah, everything's shut down, and I know some people

are saying this is extreme, we shouldn't be doing this,

why are we shutting everything down?

Yep, because we're trying to make sure that the coronavirus

does not completely debilitate our healthcare systems.

It seems extreme because coronavirus is extreme,

and if we don't take it seriously, we can pay the price.

It might not be you, it might not be somebody

directly linked to you, but it could be.

Could be a family member, it could be somebody

with a weak immune system, it could be your grandmother,

your grandfather, your uncle, your aunt.

It doesn't matter, it's still human beings,

and we could be doing our part to try and minimize

their chances of getting coronavirus.

'Cause anyone could get it.

Idris Elba.

Idris Elba has coronavirus,

and luckily he's not showing symptoms, he's still healthy.

He's still one of the best looking men on the planet,

so luckily coronavirus didn't take that away from him.

But it shows that it can affect anybody,

so let's play our part.

All you gotta do is stay home.

Stay home as much as you can.

If you can't because of work, or you have to,

I can't force you, and I won't force you,

but for those of us who can, and for those of us

who are in a position of power like a boss

or somebody like that, if you can,

let your employees work from home, you know, because I think

us surviving is more important than us meeting deadlines.

So, let's stay home.

And for those people who are like, oh, I can't stay home,

I'm going crazy and I need human contact.

Yeah, we spend most of our time on our phones anyway,

so let's just do more of that.

Spend more time looking at your phone,

being on social media, and watching TV.

There's no other time in history

when anyone will give you that advice, so.

So yeah, now's the time to do that.

And maybe it's time to connect, you know?

Connect with yourself.

Connect with people you live around.

You can still be neighborly, if there are old people

in your building who need help,

reach out to them, help them.

If you live in a neighborhood where there's old people

who can't get somebody, or can't get somewhere,

help them to get what they need

so they don't need to put themselves at risk.

Italy's a great example.

I mean, you've seen the videos.

People are, they're singing from the balconies.

You see the images of people playing music together,

like an impromptu band.

I saw two guys playing tennis, that was pretty dope.

So, yeah, try and do that.

Try and remember that you're a human being,

existing with other human beings,

and we're all fighting against

something together for a change.

And scientists are saying it, health experts are saying it,

even the White House has now said it,

15 days can make a huge difference.

This could determine the trajectory

of the rest of the journey that we are taking,

known as coronavirus.

So, just try for 15 days to stay inside as much as you can.

You could be saving somebody's life.

So, yeah.

We'll all go a little bit crazy together,

and then we'll come out on the other side.

I'll catch up with you guys later.

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