THEM BACK AT THE BORDER. THEY WILL BE RETURNED TO MEXICO
WITHOUT DETAIN THE OR ANY OTHER
PROCESS.
PROCESS. JOINING US TONIGHT, THE U.S.
SURGEON GENERAL, JEROME ADAMS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WELCOME TO
THE BROADCAST.
THE BROADCAST. THESE ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY
DIFFICULT TIMES.
DIFFICULT TIMES. THE DEATH TOLL IS MOUNTING AS
ARE THE CASES.
WHAT IS YOUR BEST JUDGE THE AS
TO WHICH MODEL WE SHOULD BE
FOLLOWING AS TO WHAT WE CAN
EXPECT RIGHT NOW?
>> GOOD EVENING, LOU, AND THANKS
FOR HAVING ME.
A LOT HAS HAPPENED THE PAST
SEVERAL DAYS.
SEVERAL DAYS. THE PRESIDENT MADE AN EMERGENCY
DECLARATION.
DECLARATION. WE PUT OUT AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON
TESTING.
TESTING. BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE
ARE AT AN INFLECTION POINT IN
THIS COUNTRY.
THIS COUNTRY. WE HAVE NUMBERS ABOUT WHERE
ITALYS WERE TWO OR THREE WEEKS
AGO.
AGO. WE HAVE TO DECIDE TO FOLLOW THE
PATH OF ITALY WHERE WE SEE A
RAPID INCREASE OR DO WE FOLLOW
THE PATH OF SOUTH KOREA, OF
CHINA WHO AGGRESSIVELY LEANED
INTO MITIGATION MEASURES AND SAW
THEIR NUMBERS GO DOWN
PRECIPITOUSLY.
PRECIPITOUSLY. IT’S WHY THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED
HIS 15 DAYS TO SLOW THE SPREAD
INITIATIVE OF CORONAVIRUS.
HELPING ALL OF AMERICA
UNDERSTAND THAT WE KNOW THE
PLAYBOOK FROM LOOKING AT WHAT
CHINA AND SOUTH KOREA DID.
NOW WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT IT,
INCLUDING AS THE PRESIDENT SAID
TODAY AT THE PRESS BRIEFING.
WE NEED TO STOP NON-ESSENTIAL
TRAVEL.
TRAVEL. WE NEED PEOPLE TO STAY HOME FROM
WORK AND TELEWORK AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. AND WE NEED PEOPLE TO NOT GET
TOGETHER IN SOCIAL GATHERINGS
MORE THAN 10 PEOPLE.
LIZ:
LIZ: LOU: IS THAT IN YOUR JUDGMENT
ADEQUATE FOR US TO CREATE A FIRE
BREAK BETWEEN AMERICANS AND THE
CONTINUED CONTAGION BY THIS
DISEASE?
DISEASE? >> IMPORTANT FOR THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE TO KNOW, THIS WILL GET
WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER.
YOU WILL SEE THE IMPACT OF WHAT
WE ARE DOING NOW IN THREE WEEKS,
IN FOUR WEEKS.
ITALY WAS TWO WEEKS AGO WHERE WE
ARE RIGHT NOW.
SO WE WANT TO LEAN INTO THIS.
AS PEOPLE SAY, FLATTEN THE CURVE
SO WE DON’T OVERWHELM OUR
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, AND SO WE PUT
OUR PATH ON A TRAJECTORY TO
ALLOW US TO LOWER THE NUMBER OF
DEATHS AND INFECTIONS.
I’M CONFIDENT WE CAN DO THAT.
BUT IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THIS
OUTBREAK ISN’T GOING TO BE
STOPPED FROM WASHINGTON, D.C.
IT WON’T BE STOPPED FROM THE CDC
IN LAND.
IN LAND. IT WILL BE STOPPED AT THE
COMMUNITY LEVEL.
COMMUNITY LEVEL. WE NEED EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE
WITH MITIGATION MEASURES.
LOU: IN NEW YORK CITY THE MAYOR
CALLING FOR A POSSIBILITY OF A
SHELTER IN PLACE ORDER FROM HIS
OFFICE.
OFFICE. GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO SAYING I
AM NOT CONSIDERING SUCH A THING
AND I’M THE ONLY ONE AS GOVERNOR
WHO CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
YOUR REACTION TO SHELTER IN
PLACE AND THIS DIVISION,
CONTENTION AND FRICTION BETWEEN
A GOVERNOR AND A MAYOR?
>> WELL, I USED TO RUN A STATE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND I
WORKED FOR A LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH.
HEALTH. IT’S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO
KNOW A LOT OF THE AUTHORITY LIES
AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL
WHEN IT COMES TOP PUBLIC HEALTH.
SOMETIMES YOU SEE THIS BACK AND
FORTH BECAUSE WHAT IS RIGHT FOR
ONE COMMUNITY IS NOT RIGHT FOR
OTHERS.
OTHERS. WHAT YOU DO IN INDIANA MAY BE
DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU DO IN
NEW YORK CITY.
THAT’S WHY WE PUT OUT THE
GUIDELINES.
GUIDELINES. THE PRESIDENT PUT OUT THESE
GUIDELINES MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW
WHAT THE SCIENCE SAYS THEY
SHOULD BE DOING.
BUT REMEMBER THEY ARE
GUIDELINES.
GUIDELINES. THEY ARE NOT MANDATES, TO GIVE
PEOPLE OF THE FLEXIBILITY TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT’S BEST FOR THEIR
COMMUNITIES BASED ON HOW MANY
PEOPLE HAVE THE DISEASE IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES AND WHAT THEIR
CULTURE IS LIKE AND WHAT THEIR
LIMITATIONS ARE LIKE.
LOU: IN THIS COUNTRY IN
BUSINESS, MOST PROFESSIONS
INCLUDING YOUR OWN.
BEST PRACTICES ARE ESSENTIAL.
WE ARE WATCHING CHINA IN WHICH
THIS DISEASE ORIGINATED.
THEY ARE IT APPEARS, IN CONTROL
OF THE PANDEMIC, THE DISEASE IN
THEIR COUNTRY.
THEIR COUNTRY. WHAT HAVE THEY DONE THAT IS MOST
REMARKABLE TO YOU, THAT’S MOST
EFFECTIVE TO YOU THAT SHOULD BE
REPLICATED.
REPLICATED. >> THEY DID SOMETHING THAT CAN
BE HELY KATEED HE -- THAT CAN BE
HERE.
HERE. I HAVE THE CORONAVIRUS, I CAN’T
SPREAD IT TO YOU, AND YOU CAN’T
SPREAD IT TO ME.
AND ALSO LEANING INTO PROTECTING
THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE.
PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 60 WITH
MEDICAL CONDITIONS ARE THE MOST
AT RISK.
AT RISK. OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE ARE
TAKING IT INTO NURSING HOMES AND
NANA AND GRANDMA.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE MOST AT RISK ARE
PROTECTED.
PROTECTED. THE PRESIDENT REALLY LEANED
AGGRESSIVELY INTO THIS, WORKING
ON PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS.
IN MAYOR -- IN AMERICA A LOT OF
CAPACITY AND MANPOWER LIES IN
THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO SOLVE THIS
FROM WASHINGTON, D.C.
IT DOESN’T MEAN WE DON’T HAVE
THE ABILITY TO SOLVE THIS
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM. WE NEED TO UNLEASH THE PRIVATE
SECTORS WE DID LAST WEEK FOR
HIGH-SPEED TESTING.
HIGH-SPEED TESTING. MY RURAL COMMUNITY WHERE I GROUP
OPENED UP DRIVE-THRU TESTING.
IT’S NOT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE
BUT IT’S RAPIDLY GETTING THERE
BECAUSE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
LOU: THAT’S THE SAME PRIVATE
SECTOR THAT OUTSOURCED AND
OFFSHORED THE INGREDIENTS FOR
PHARMACEUTICALS AND ANTIBIOTICS.
OUR DEPENDENCY ON CHINA AND
INDIA, PRINCIPALLY CHINA FOR
DRUGS AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FOR
THIS COUNTRY AND SUPPLIES.
WE ARE IN A HECK OF A MESS.
AND RIGHT NOW THERE IS NOT A
SHORT-TERM SOLUTION TO DEAL WITH
IT, IS THERE?
>> THERE IS.
YOU KNOW THIS BETTER THAN I DO.
THERE IS SUPPLY AND THERE IS
DEMANDS.
DEMANDS. ON THE DEMANDS SIDE, THE BEST
WAY TO MAKE SURE YOU DON’T RUN
OUT OF EQUIPMENT IS TO MAKE SURE
DON’T NEED AS MUCH EQUIPMENT.
THAT’S WHY THE NEXT 15 DAYS ARE
CRITICAL.
CRITICAL. ON THE SUPPLY SIDE THE PRESIDENT
AND THE VICE PRESIDENT HAVE MET
DAY AFTER DAY WITH PRIVATE
INDUSTRY TO INCREASE CAPACITY
AND THE NATIONAL STRATEGIC
STOCKPILE AS A BACK STOP FOR
COMMUNITIES.
COMMUNITIES. LOU: THAT STOCKPILE ISN’T
ADEQUATE TO THE CURRENT NEEDS.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT VENTILATORS
AND RESPIRATORS AND MASKS, WE
ARE COMING UP SHORT.
5 MILLION MASKS IS NOT EVEN
CLOSE TO THE NUMBER THAT WILL BE
REQUIRED IN SHORT ORDER.
VENTILATORS WILL BE IN SHORT
SPRY, AND WE DON’T KNOW WHAT
STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN BY THE
PRIVATE SECTOR.
PRIVATE SECTOR. I APPLAUD THE PRESIDENT FOR A
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. BUT I’M UNCERTAIN ABOUT CRITICAL
GAPS THAT EXIST IN ESSENTIAL
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES.
>> WE ARE WORKING WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO GET
ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES.
ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES. AND WE ARE LOOKING AT A BILL
COMING THROUGH CONGRESS THAT
WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF N-95
MASKS BY 30 MILLION EVERY MONTH.
BUT THE BEST WAY TO MAKE SURE
YOU DON’T RUN OUT OF THEM LATER
IS TO MAKE SURE YOU DON’T NEED
THEM.
THEM. LOU: IT’S AN INTERESTING
ALGORITHM.
ALGORITHM. >> IT WILL TAKE BOTH.
WE NEED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO
BE REALISTIC ABOUT THE SITUATION
WE ARE IN.
STOP GOING TO BARS AND
RESTAURANTS.
RESTAURANTS. STAY AT HOME, HUNKER DOWN FOR
TWO WEEKS AND HELP US LOWER THIS
DEMANDS SO WE CAN GET OVER THIS
TERRIBLE FLU SEASON.
WE CAN EMPTY OUT THESE HOSPITAL
BEDS.
BEDS. LOU: DR. JEROME ADAMS, WE THANK
YOU FOR BEING WITH US.
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