DAVID: ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO TALK TO YOU.
TO YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEW STUDIES OFFERING STATISTICS
THAT MORE MEN ARE DYING DUE TO
THE CORONAVIRUS THAN WOMEN.
2/3 OF PATIENTS REQUIRING
HOSPITALIZATION WERE MALE, AND
IN ITALY, 70% OF THE FATALITIES
WERE MALE.
WERE MALE. THE VIRUS TASK FORCE COORDINATOR
DEBORAH BIRX DISCUSSING THIS
TREND.
TREND. >> FROM ITALY WE ARE SEEING A
CONCERNING TREND.
CONCERNING TREND. THE MORTALITY IN MALES SEEMS TO
BE TWICE IN HE AGE GROUP OF
FEMALES.
FEMALES. THIS SHOULD ALERT ALL OF US TO
CONTINUE OUR VIGILANCE TO
PROTECT OUR AMERICANS THAT ARE
IN NURSING HOMES.
DAVID: JOINING ME, DR. OZ, HOST
OF THE DR. OZ SHOW.
ARE THESE STATS SIGNIFICANT?
IS IT TOO LONG TO MAKE THIS ON
THE SEX OF THE PEOPLE GETTING
THE DISEASE.
THE DISEASE. >> MEN DO DIE MORE FREQUENTLY
THAN WOMEN.
THAN WOMEN. AND THE QUESTION IS WHY?
IN CHINA A VAST NUMBER OF MEN
WHO SMOKE AND VERY FEW WOMEN.
IT ISN’T SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE.
THERE IS ALSO A STRONG TREND IN
ITALY.
ITALY. AND MEN HAVE MORE CARDIOVASCULAR
DISEASE.
DISEASE. GENERALDISEASE.
GENERALDISEASE. MEN GENERALLY HAVE MORE BLOCKED
ARTERIES.
ARTERIES. MEN DON’T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO
HANDLE IT AS WELL.
DAVID: ONE STATISTIC IS GLARING.
THE MORTALITY RATE FOR THIS
DISEASE IS 1.3 PERCENT.
THE MORTALITY RATE IN ITALY IS
.01 HE *.
.01 HE *. >> WHEN YOU GO TO THE HOSPITAL
IN ITALY THEY WILL INDUSTRY ALL
YOU BASED ON WHAT THEY HAVE
AVAILABLE.
AVAILABLE. THE STORIES WE HAVE BEEN HEARING
FROM FRONT LINE PERSONNEL, THEY
HAVE TO DECIDE, YOU GET TO LIVE,
YOU GET TO DIE.
THE MAYORS AND THE MCSYSTEM ARE
TRYING TO PREVENT A TSUNAMI OF
PEOPLE FLOODING INTO OUR
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.
HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. WE HAVEN’T QUITE OVERWHELMED THE
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM. AS LONG AS WE HAVE ENOUGH
EQUIPMENT, WE CAN KEEP GOING.
DAVID: IF YOU LISTEN THE TO THE
MEDIA YOU COULD HEAR THE
SHOUTING OF QUESTIONS.
YOU WOULD GET THE IDEA WE ARE
WHERE ITALY IS.
THAT WE HAVE THE SAME LACK OF
RESOURCES AND THE SAME LACK OF
BEDS THAT ITALY DOES.
THAT’S NOT TRUE, IS IT?
>> IT’S NOT TRUE TODAY.
THE WHOLE GOAL OF SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND EFFECTIVE MOVE BY
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO CHANGE
THE WAY WE DEAL WITH EACH OTHER
IS TO PREVENT THAT REALITY.
WHAT CAUGHT ME MORE ABOUT THE
PRESS CONFERENCE.
PRESS CONFERENCE. THERE WAS BIG NEWS TODAY BEING
DISCUSSED THAT DIDN’T GET THE
DISCUSSION I THOUGHT IT WOULD.
THIS PAPER FROM FRANCE SHOWING
THE USE AN OLD DRUG, MALARIA
DRUG USED WITH Z-PACK SEEMS TO
HAVE AN EFFECT ON THIS.
DAVID: HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE.
DAVID: HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE. I DON’T MEAN TO HARP ON THE
MEDIA, BUT THE MEDIA WAS TRYING
TO DEVELOP A FIGHT BETWEEN THE
PRESIDENT AND THIS.
DR. FAUCI SAID WE DON’T HAVE TO
HAVE A FIGHT.
WE HAVE A DISAGREEMENT.
THE PRESIDENT IS OPTIMISTIC.
I AM A LITTLE MORE LAID BACK BUT
WE AGREE ON THE ESSENTIALS.
ARE YOU WITH THE PRESIDENT IN
FEELING OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE
RESULTS OF THIS.
>> DR. FAUCI IS A DISCIPLINED
LEADER, HE’S DOING WHAT A GOOD
SCIENTIST WOULD DO.
HE KNOWS THERE WAS OTHER
EVIDENCE FROM CHINA AND OTHER
COUNTRIES WHERE THIS WAS USED
BUT NOT STUDIED.
YOU GET PATIENTS AND RAN DOIZE
THEM.
THEM. THE WAY TO DO IT RIGHT.
BUT THAT WOULD TAKE A LONG TIME.
I AM PRETTY SURE THEY WILL SAY
LET’S LET PHYSICIANS USE IT FOR
THE HIGH-RISK POPULATION.
THEY SHORTEN THE AMOUNT OF TIME
THE PATIENTS EXCRETED THE VIRUS
TO 6 DAYS.
THE NORM IS 20 DAYS.
IT MAY BE MORE LIKE A FLU VIRUS
WITH ITS IMPACT ON US, SO IT’S
STILL DANGEROUS, BUT NOT AS
CONTAGIOUS.
CONTAGIOUS. THAT ALLOYS US A LOT -- THAT
ALLOWS US A LOT MORE FREEDOM TO
SEE HOW IT BEHAVES IN OUR
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. DAVID: WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL
WITH THE FDA AND OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROTECT OUR
HEALTH WITH REGARD TO NEW
MEDICINES.
MEDICINES. ARE WE CUTTING ANY CORNERS THAT
WOULD MAKE THINGS MORRIS MORE --
OR ARE WE DOING THE RIGHT
THING^.
THING^. >> IF YOU ARE ALLOWING THESE TO
BE PRESCRIBED FOR COVID-19 YOU
ARE CUTTING A CORNER.
IF A DRUG THAT’S BEEN ON THE
MARKET FOR 65 YEARS COULD BE
EFFECTIVE, THERE ARE SOME
POTENTIAL SIDE EFFECTS.
I THINK IT’S WORTH THE CHANGE.
WE SHOULD BE DOING THE STUDY
STARTING TODAY, AND WE’LL KNOW
IN SIX DAYS.
IN THE MEANTIME THE TASK FORCE
IS GOING TO LIBERALIZE USE OF
THESE MEDICATIONS.
THESE MEDICATIONS. DAVID: DR. FAUCI AGREED WITH YOU
THAT THIS DRUG HAS BEEN TESTED
SO LONG OR TIME THAT THE SIDE
EFFECTS ARE DE MINIMUS.