FACEBOOK NEEDS TO MOVE MORE
QUICKLY TO REMOVE HARMFUL,
VIOLATIVE POSTS.
>> OKAY.
BUT HERES THE THING, SCOTT.
JEN PSAKI SAYS, FACEBOOK, YOU
NEED TO DO BETTER.
GREAT!
WHAT LEVERS DOES THE GOVERNMENT
HAVE TO FORCE THAT.
THIS IS ON THE HANDS OF THE
GOVERNMENT.
FACEBOOK SAYS THEY TAKING DOWN
POSTS, BUT THEYRE ALREADY OUT
THERE AND ITS THE LAW.
FACEBOOK IS BEHOLDEN TO
FOLLOWING THE LAW WHICH THEY
HAVENT BROKEN AND SATISFYING
THEIR SHAREHOLDERS AND THEIR
CUSTOMERS, WHICH THEYRE DOING.
DOESNT THE WHITE HOUSE NEED TO
LOOK TO THEMSELVES AND TO
CONGRESS TO ACTUALLY REGULARTERE
>> I THINK THE SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORMS DO HAVE AN OBLIGATION
TO REGULARTE THE KIND OF
INFORMATION THEYRE DOING.
I THINK THE GOVERNMENT COULD BE
HELPFUL IN FLAGGING SOME OF
THESE SOURCES FOR THESE SOCIAL
MEDIA SITES.
WEVE KNOWN SINCE MARCH THAT
FOREIGN AGENTS FROM THE RNKS
GOVERNMENT WERE DELIBERATING
SPREADING MISINFORMATION, FALSE
SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE
VACCINES THROUGH ALLEGED SORT OF
SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS THAT WERENT
REALLY JOURNALS.
YOU ALSO HAVE THE SITE 911 ON
TWITTER THATS BELIEVED TO BE
LINKED TO RUSSIAN SOURCES
SPREADING INFORMATION.
SO WE KNOW WHERE THIS
INFORMATION IS COMING FROM.
WE KNOW WHERE SOME OF THE
PERCEIVED FRONTS ARE.
I THINK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
CAN HELP FLAG SOME OF THESE
SITES FOR THESE SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORMS.
AND THE PLATFORMS CAN START TO
TAKE THEM DOWN AND START TO
POLICE THIS MORE AGGRESSIVELY.
>> SURE, FLAGGING AND URGING
THOSE COMPANIES TO DO SOMETHING
HELPS, BUT IF THEY FORCE THEM
TO, IT WILL HAVE A BIGGER
IMPACT.
I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THESE
YANKEES BREAKTHROUGH CASES.
THEYRE TESTING POSITIVE, BUT
THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS,
WHICH MEANS VACCINES ARE
WORKING.
AND MORE THAN 99% OF THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE SERIOUSLY ILL OR DYING
OF COVID-19 ARE UNVACCINATED.
SO DOESNT THIS SHOW THAT
VACCINATED PEOPLE ARE IN GOOD
SHAPE.
DO WE NEED TO KEEP TESTING THE
YANKEES AND WORRY ABOUT IT FOR
THOSE OF US THAT ARE VACCINATED?
>> I DONT THINK WE NEED TO.
AND THATS WHY I THINK WERE
PROBABLY UNDERCOUNTING THE LEVEL
OF DELTA SPREAD RIGHT NOW.
BECAUSE WERE PROBABLY NOT
PICKING UP SOME MILD OR
UNSYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS AMONG
THE VACCINATED, WHICH IS
PROBABLY OCCURRING.
AND PROBABLY NOT PICKING UP AS
MANY OF THE INFECTIONS THAT ARE
OCCURRING AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE
UNVACCINATED, BECAUSE A LOT OF
THEM YOUNGER PEOPLE, WHO IF THEY
GET MILDLY SICK, PROBABLY ARENT
GOING OUT AND GETTING TESTED.
REMEMBER, WERE NOT DOING A LOT
OF ROUTINE SCREENING ANYMORE.
BUSINESSES ARENT SKRUNCREENING
PEOPLE AS MUCH AS THEY WERE
DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE
PANDEMIC.
I THINK THERES PROBABLY A LOT
MORE DELTA VIRUS SPREAD THAN
WERE PICKING UP RIGHT NOW.
THE VACCINES DO WORK.
WE KNOW THEY PREVENT INFECTION.
WE KNOW WHEN PEOPLE DO GET
INFECTED, DAY GET MILD
INFECTIONS, GENERALLY.
THE VAST MAJORITY, OVER 99% OF
THE HOSPITALIZATIONS HAVE BEEN
AMONG UNVACCINATED INDIVIDUALS.
THE VACCINES DO WORK, EVEN IN
SITUATIONS WHERE YOU BECOME
MILDLY INFECTED, THEY PREVENT
YOU FROM DEVELOPING SEVERE
DISEASE.
>> WHY ARENT BUSINESSES DOING
MORE?
WHEN WE FIRST STARTED GETTING
VACCINATED, WE HEARD FROM ALL
SORTS OF BUSINESSES THAT SAID,
WERE GOING TO REQUIRE YOU TO
SHOW PROOF THAT YOUVE HAD A
NEGATIVE TEST OR THAT YOU WERE
VACCINATED.
THERE WAS A WHOLE IDEA -- ONE OF
THE WAYS THAT WE WERE GOING TO
GET YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET
VACCINATED WAS SAY, LISTEN, DO
YOU WANT TO GO TO BARS AND
RESTAURANT
SPORTING EVENTS, YOULL WANT TO
GET VACCINATED.
WERE SEEING THAT HAPPENING IN
FRANCE.
WHY ISNT IT HAPPENING HERE?
SHOULDNT BUSINESSES DO THEIR
PART TO HELP KEEP THE COUNTRIES
SAFE?
GOVERNMENTS CERTAINLY DID A LOT
TO KEEP BUSINESS ACEES AFLOAT?
>> IM BETTING YOULL SEE A
READJUDICATION OF THAT.
I THINK IT WILL GIVE MORE
IMPETUS TO BUSINESSES.
I THINK THERES A SENSE THAT THE
VIRUS WAS GOING AWAY.
REMEMBER, WHEN THE WAVE WENT
THROUGH THE POPULATION BACK IN
THE SPRING, WE BELIEVED WE WERE
GOING TO HAVE A RELATIVELY QUIET
SUMMER WITH RESPECT TO THIS
VIRUS.
WE DIDNT EXPECT THE DELTA
VARIANT TO COME AROUND.
ITS CAUSING THIS UPTICK IN
INFECTIONS.
.
I THINK AS YOU ENTER THE END OF
THE SUMMER AND THE FALL AND
BUSINESSES CONTEMPLATE REOPENING
IN THE FALL, MOST OF THEM HAVE
PLANS TO DO.
THEY WANT TO BRING THEIR WORKERS
BACK IN THE FALL.
AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE
DELTA VARIANT SPREAD, I THINK
THEYLL HAVE TO CONTEMPLATE
VACCINE REOPENINGS.
OTHERWISE, THEYLL HAVE TO
READJUDICATE THOSE PLANS, BUT I
DONT THINK THEYLL WANT TO DO
THAT.
I THINK YOULL SEE MORE MANDATES
GET PUT IN PLACE NOW.
THE SITUATION HAS CHANGED.
>> HOW DO YOU THINK REINSTATING
THIS MASK MANDATE IN L.A. COUNTY
IS GOING TO WORK?
FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
VACCINATED, THEYRE NOT GOING TO
WANT TO DO THIS.
THEY FEEL LIKE THEYVE DONE
THEIR HOMEWORK.
>> RIGHT.
AND THIS IS A DIFFICULT
PROPOSITION.
I DONT THINK LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTING MANDATES
AT THIS POINT.
PEOPLE HAVE GONE OUTLE WHO ARE W
VIRUS REMAIN UNVACCINATED.
SO YOU DONT HAVE A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO SUPPORT
THESE KIND OF MANDATES OR OTHER
KINDS OF MEASURES.
IN SETTINGS WHERE A LOT OF
SPREAD AND AT-RISK INDIVIDUALS,
PEOPLE NEED TO TAKE MEASURES
INTO THEIR OWN HANDS AND
IMPLEMENT PRECAUTIONS ON THEIR
OWN.
EVEN IF YOURE A VACCINATED
INDIVIDUAL, IF YOURE
VULNERABLE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO
WEAR A MASK IF ITS A HIGHLY
POPULATED LOCATION.
I THINK YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT
YOUR OWN RISK.
IMPLEMENTING IT AS A MATTER OF
POLICY WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT.
I THINK L.A. WILL BE THE
EXCEPTION.
>> DOCTOR, THE FDA NOW SAYS
VACCINES FOR KIDS UNDER 12, I
KNOW IM WATCHING THIS CLOSELY,
I BET STEPHANIE IS, TOO.
KIDS UNDER 12 COULD HAPPEN BY
EARLY WINTER.
WHAT IMPACT COULD THAT HAVE ON
GETTING THE INFECTION RATE DOWN?
>> WELL, LOOK, THE BEST WAY TO
CONTROL THE INFECTION AMONG KIDS
IS TO CONTROL THE INFECTION
AMONG ADULTS.
WHAT WEVE SEEN IN OTHER PARTS
OF THE WORLD AND IN THE UNITED
STATES FOR THAT MATTER IS WHEN
THE INFECTION LEVEL WENT DOWN IN
THE ADULT POPULATIONS, IT WENT
DOWN IN CHILDREN AS WELL.
BUT WEVE ALSO SEEN THE
OPPOSITE.
WEVE SEEN SITUATIONS WHERE
CHILDREN BECAME SOURCES OF
COMMUNITY SPREAD.
THATS CERTAINLY WHAT HAPPENED
IN MICHIGAN.
THE EPIDEMIC WAVE THAT WE SAW IN
THE SPRINGTIME IN MICHIGAN WAS
DRIVEN IN PART BY THE REOPENING
OF SCHOOLS IN MICHIGAN.
SO YOU DO WANT TO TRY TO GET
VACCINES INTO THE SETTING, INTO
CHILDREN, BUT THE BEST WAY TO
PROTECT CHILDREN IS TO GET
ADULTS VACCINATED.
AND THATS WHAT WE HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DO RIGHT NOW.
THE VACCINE IN KIDS UNDER THE
AGE OF 12, SO FROM 5 TO 11, IS
REALLY A DIFFERENT DOSE.
ITS A 10 MICROGRAM DOSE OF THE
PFIZER VACCINE, THE COMPANY IM
ON THE BOARD OF WHICH IS
DEVELOPING THAT VACCINE.
THE VACCINE IN PEOPLE IN ADULTS
AND CHILDREN 12 AND ABOVE IS A
30 MICROGRAM DOSE.
SO THEYLL PUT THAT 10 MICROGRAM
DOSE THROUGH A DIFFERENT
REGULATORY PROCESS.
THE AGENCY GENERALLY VIEWS KIDS
AS 12 AND ABOVE AS LITTLE ADULTS
AND WILLING TO EXTRAPOLATE DATA
FROM THE ADULT POPULATION INTO
KIDS 12 AND ABOVE.
BUT UNDER 12, THEY VIEW THE
BIOLOGY DIFFERENT.
THEY THINK THE BIOLOGY IN
CHILDREN 12 AND UNDER IS
DIFFERENT AND REQUIRES A
DIFFERENT KIND OF REGULATORY
PROCESS, A DIFFERENT KIND OF