WE SO APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>>> ALL RIGHT.
WE’LL GET BACK TO OUR POLITICAL
PANEL IN A MOMENT.
BUT FIRST, AT THE TOP OF THE
HOUR NOW, THE LATEST ON ANOTHER
RECORD-SETTING MILESTONE IN THE
U.S.
THERE’S A NUMBER OF NEW
CORONAVIRUS CASES REACHED OVER
159,000 NATIONWIDE YESTERDAY.
THAT NUMBER SURPASSES
WEDNESDAY’S SINGLE-DAY RECORD OF
OVER 148,000 NEW CASES AND MARKS
THE NINTH DAY IN A ROW OF OVER
100,000 CASES.
CALIFORNIA’S NOW REACHED 1
MILLION CORONAVIRUS CASES
STATEWIDE.
BECOMING THE SECOND STATE TO DO
THAT.
SHORTLY AFTER TEXAS ALSO REACHED
THAT MARK.
YESTERDAY, THE COUNTRY ALSO
RECORDED OVER 1,100 DEATHS.
THE CDC NOW PROJECTING OVER THE
NEXT FOUR WEEKS THE NUMBER OF
DAILY COVID DEATHS WILL LIKELY
REACH 5,500 BY DECEMBER 5th
WHICH WOULD PLACE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DEATHS AT THAT TIME TO
NUMBER OF DEATHS AT THAT TIME TO
BETWEEN 260,000 TO 280,000
AMERICANS.
NOW LET’S BRING IN DR. RICHARD
BESSER.
DOCTOR, WE WERE WARNED EARLY IN
THIS PANDEMIC THAT THE FALL WAS
GOING TO BE DIFFICULT.
HOW BAD ARE THINGS ON THE GROUND
RIGHT NOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL
OF THE NUMBERS?
>> YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WE ARE IN A
REALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND
FOR MANY REASONS.
WE PREDICTED THAT THE NUMBERS
WOULD GO UP.
VIRUSES DO VERY WELL IN THE
WINTER THANKS SURVIVE LONGER.
THEY HANG IN THE AIR LONGER.
WE CAN’T SPEND AS MUCH TIME
OUTDOORS.
BUT YOU HAVE ON TOP OF THAT
PEOPLE BEING TIRED.
PEOPLE BEING TIRED OF HAVING TO
SOCIALLY ISOLATE AND WEAR MASKS.
OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE RUN OUT OF
MONEY.
YOU KNOW, THE SUPPORT THAT
CONGRESS GAVE PEOPLE BACK IN THE
SPRING IS LONG GONE AND SO YOU
HAVE A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE
AREN’T PRACTICING THE PROTECTIVE
BEHAVIORS THAT THEY NEED TO AND
YOU HAVE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO
HAVE TO BE IN THE ECONOMY TO PUT
FOOD ON THE TABLE AND TO PAY
RENT.
CONGRESS HAS NOT STEPPED UP AND
PUT IN PLACE THE MORTGAGE
FORECLOSURE PROTECTION, THE
EVICTION PROTECTION, THEY
HAVEN’T EXTENDED THE SICK LEAVE
BENEFITS, THE THINGS THAT
GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE DOING.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE HOLIDAY
SEASON THAT WILL BRING PEOPLE
FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND
THAT’S A TOTAL TICKING TIME
BOMB.
IF WE DON’T SEE A CHANGE, IF WE
DON’T SEE THE COUNTRY COMING
TOGETHER, MANY OF THOSE MODELS
ARE GOING TO BE A BEST CASE
SCENARIO.
>> YOU KNOW, DOCTOR, SO
INTERESTING YOU TALK ABOUT
AMERICANS BEING TIRED.
THEY ARE SO EXHAUSTED BY THIS
RIGHT NOW.
YOU’RE RIGHT.
I HAD TO SIT DOWN WITH MY
CHILDREN EARLIER THIS WEEK, I
SAID I KNOW YOU’RE TIRED.
WE’RE ALL TIRED.
EVERYBODY’S TIRED OF THIS.
BUT IF YOU GO BACK AND THINK
ABOUT ALL OF THE PRECAUTIONS WE
TOOK IN MARCH AND APRIL, HOW
EXTRAORDINARILY CAREFUL WE WERE,
THINGS ARE ACTUALLY SO MUCH
WORSE NOW OUT THERE THAN THEY
WERE THEN.
SO MY MESSAGE TO THEM WAS BE
CAREFUL, DON’T LET DOWN YOUR
GUARD.
THINGS ARE ACTUALLY WORSE NOW
THAN THEY WERE BACK IN THE
SPRING WHEN WE WERE BEING SO
VIGILANT.
>> YEAH.
IN ORDER FOR THAT MESSAGE --
THAT IS THE RIGHT MESSAGE.
IN ORDER FOR IT TO STICK, WE
HAVE TO BE HEARING IT ACROSS THE
BOARD, IT HAS TO BE A UNIFIED
NATIONAL MESSAGE.
AS LONG AS THAT MESSAGE IS
ALIGNED WHICH IN PARTICULAR
POLITICAL IDEOLOGY, WE WON’T GET
THERE.
IF 30% OF THE COUNTRY SAYS THIS
ISN’T REAL, WE SHOULD LET IT RUN
ITS COURSE, IT WILL RUN ITS
COURSE.
WE NEED EVERYONE TO HELP.
YOU KNOW, THE NEWS THAT REALLY
EXCITED ME THIS WEEK IT CAME OUT
OF THE CDC, IT APPEARED IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, BUT IT
SHOWED THAT MASKS NOT ONLY
PROTECT PEOPLE FROM YOU IF YOU
HAPPEN TO BE INFECTED AND DON’T
HAVE SYMPTOMS BUT THEY PROTECT
YOU FROM OTHER PEOPLE.
THEY COULD REDUCE YOUR RISK OF
INFECTION BY UP TO 70%.
AND THAT’S HUGE.
THAT’S ABSOLUTELY HUGE.
THAT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT’S
ON THE FRONT PAGE OF EVERY PAPER
AND HOPEFULLY IT CAN MOTIVATE
PEOPLE TO SAY LOOK, YOU MAY NOT