>>> WERE STILL IN THE TEETH OF
>>> WERE STILL IN THE TEETH OF THIS PANDEMIC.
THIS PANDEMIC.
IN FACT JANUARY WAS THE SINGLE
DEADLIEST WORSE, 100,000 LIVES
LOST IN ONE MONTH.
>> THAT WAS PRESIDENT BIDEN
EARLIER, A FORMER MEMBER OF THE
BOARD.
THIS WEEKEND MICHAELS ON TERR
HOLM WARNED THIS -- THE DARKEST
OF THE DARK DAYS ARE YET AHEAD,
AND A NEW "THE WASHINGTON POST"
OP-ED SUGGESTING THAT VACCINES
ALONE WILL NOT SOLVE THIS
PANDEMIC.
DR.S ON TERR S ON
DR. OSTERHOLM.
THREE OTHER THINGS THAT MUST BE
DONE IN ORDER TO END THIS
PANDEMIC.
WHAT IS THAT?
>> WELL, WHAT WERE REALLY
CONCENTRATING ON ARE THOSE
THINGS, AND TO UNDERSTAND BETTER
THE VARIANCE, THESE VIRUSES
CIRCULATING AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE CHANGED THROUGH
THAT HAVE CHANGED THROUGH
MUTATION DO WE HAVE TO BE
WORRIED ABOUT THEY VARIANTS FROM
ENGLAND AND SOUTH AFRICA, BRAZIL
AND PLACES LIKE THAT, OR EVEN
THE OWN VARIANTS THAT MAY ARISE
HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
THE VARIANT THAT WE HAVE BEEN
CONCERNED ABOUT IT THATS WHY
IVE MADE THE COMMENTS I HAVE
ABOUT WHATS AHEAD OF US.
I THINK THAT VARIANT WILL CAUSE A MAJOR SURGE IN CASES IN THE
A MAJOR SURGE IN CASES IN THE
NEXT 6 TO 14 WEEKS. WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT KIND OF
WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT KIND OF
DRUGS HE COULD USE, -- THAT
HAPPENS TO BE WHEN THEY MUTEATE.
>> HOW DO WE STEP IT UP?
IF YOU THINK ABOUT, FOR
INSTANCE, THE TREATMENTS,
MONOCLONAL ANDY BODY TREATMENTS,
WE KNOW THATS NOT READILY
AVAILABLE TO -- BECAUSE OF THE
LACK OF ACCESS.
DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO STEP IT UP IN ALL OF THESE EFFORTS TO
IT UP IN ALL OF THESE EFFORTS TO
MAKE SURE THEY DONT DIE.
>> IM CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEXT
6 TO 14 WEEKS.
THATS WHEN I THINK THIS NEXT
SURGE WILL OCCUR WITH THIS NEW
UK STRAIN.
WE CANT DURING THAT TIME MAKE
NEARLY ENOUGH VACCINE TO EVEN
PROTECT THOSE OF OUR CITIZENS
OVER 65 YEARS OF AGE WHERE
THEYRE LIKELY TO HAVE SEVERE
ILLNESS, HOSPITALIZATION AND
EVEN DIE.
IF RIGHT NOW WE CONTINUE ON THE
PACE WERE AT, EVEN IF WE FAST
FORWARD AS MUCH VACCINE AS
POSSIBLY, WERE AT THE MARCH,
WHICH IS STILL AT 65 DAYS
POST-INAUGURAL, NOT 100 DAYS,
WHEN WE GO INTO THE SURGE, WE
WONT HAVE VACCINES TO PROTECT
US AGAIN IT IN A WAY I WISH WE
COULD AND WE SURELY NEED.
WERE GOING TO HAVE AMERICANS
UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGE WE HAVE
RIGHT NOW IS HOW DO WE RAMP
THINGS BACK UP AGAIN, THAT
TERRIBLE CONCEPT AND OUR PUBLIC
IS SO, SO, SO TIRED OF IT, WELL
BE SHUTTING THINGS DOWN AGAIN.
PEOPLE WILL GET ANGRY AT ME
SAYING THAT, BUT LOOK AT WHAT
HAPPENED IN ENGLAND, PORTUGAL,
THE ONLY WAY THEY STOPPED IT IS
BASICALLY BRINGING EVERYTHING TO
A SCREECHING HALT.
THEIR HOSPITALS WERE OVERRUN.
THE HOSPITALIZATION RATE IN
ENGLAND WAS SO IF THE
HOSPITALIZATION RATES TO HAPPEN
HERE, IT WOULD BE 190,000
HOSPITALIZATIONSES A DAY, NOT
THE 130 THAT WAS OUR TOP.
WELL HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING
WE CAN.
SOME OF US HAVE BEEN PROPOSING
THE IDEA THAT WE ACTUALLY
POSTPONE -- NOT STOP, BUT
POSTPONE THE SECOND DOSE OF THE
NEW VACCINES, BECAUSE WE THINK
THERE MAY BE ENOUGH DATA TO STAY
YOULL STILL BE HIGHLY PROTECTED
DURING THIS TIME WITH ONE
VACCINE, WOULDNT IT BE GREAT IF
WE COULD DOUBLE PEOPLE THAT GOT
EVEN ONE DOSE?
RIGHT NOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WONT
HAVE ANY DOSES.
WE JUST NEED TO ANTICIPATE WHAT
IS COMING.
>>> JUST A GRIM PREDICTION HERE,
THERES AN ANALYSIS BY BLOOMBERG
NEWS THAT LIFE WILL RETURN TO
NORMAL IN SEVEN YEARS.
>> I I THINK WE CAN DO MUCH