• USPHS Surgeon Genl. Blue made a statement tonight urging the public to care for the sick at home, as there is an acute shortage of doctors and nurses and the disease is spreading across the nation• He stated that the public has relied too heavily on nurses and doctors, and that people have not been adequately interested in learning how to care for the sick at home• He recommended that a physician only be called if the patient is very ill, is coughing up blood-laced sputum, or is having difficulty breathing• Attendants of the ill should wear a mask, he statedNewspaper article1