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>>> WHEN TOMORROW’S VACCINATION
NUMBERS COME OUT, WE’LL SHOW
THAT TODAY WE DID IT.
TODAY WE HIT 200 MILLION SHOTS.
>> EVEN AS THE PRESIDENT MARKS
THAT EXTRAORDINARY MILESTONE
THERE ARE CONCERNS TONIGHT THAT
VACCINE SUPPLY MAY SOON OUTPACE
DEMAND.
ACCORDING TO THE KAISER FAMILY
FOUNDATION OUR COUNTRY’S GOING
TO REACH A TIPPING POINT ON
VACCINE ENTHUSIASM AS THEY CALL
IT WITHIN THE NEXT TWO TO FOUR
WEEKS.
WERE TRAILING OFF FROM THE PEAK
OF I INOCULATIONS.
A BUSINESS LEADER PUT IT THIS
WAY TO THE "NEW YORK TIMES," WE
ARE ABOUT TO ENTER THE
HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT PHASE OF
THIS WAR.
BACK WITH US IS AN INFECTIOUS
DISEASE PHYSICIAN AND MEDICAL
DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL PATHOGENS
UNIT AT BOSTON MEDICAL SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE.
I’D GOING TO READ SOMETHING YOU
TWEETED.
IT IS TIME TO CONSIDER DROPPING
OUTDOOR MASK MANDATES.
EVIDENCE IS STRONG ON LOW
OUTDOOR RISK NOW.
I MAY STILL WEAR THEM IN LARGE
STATIONARY CROWDS IN CLOSE
PROXIMITY.
BUT LET ME GO FOR MY RUN
MASKLESS.
MASK IN POCKET.
YOU SPEAK FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE
AND THOUGH HE HAD AN ODD BEDSIDE
MANNER I’M GOING TO PLAY THIS
FROM RAND PAUL WHO MADE KIND OF
THE SAME POINT.
WE’LL DISCUSS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
>> IF YOU WANT MORE PEOPLE TO
GET VACCINATED JOE BIDEN SHOULD
GO ON NATIONAL TV, TAKE HIS MASK
OFF AND BURN IT.
LIGHT AN TORCH TO IT SAYING I’VE
HAD THE VACCINE.
I’M SAFE FROM THIS PLAGUE.
IF YOU GET THE VACCINE YOU CAN
BE SAFE, TOO.
>> OKAY.
WE’RE NOT CONDONING ARSON IN ANY
FORM BUT, DOCTOR, WHAT YOU’RE
SAYING AND WHAT HE’S SAYING DO
HAVE COMMON GROUND HERE AND IN
ADVERTISING THEY CALL IT PROOF
OF PERFORMANCE.
IT’S A REWARD.
WOULDN’T IT HELP VACCINE
HESITANCY TO GIVE PEOPLE A GOAL
OF, YOU KNOW WHAT?
WHEN YOU’RE GOOD YOU CAN TAKE
THE MASK OFF IN CERTAIN
CIRCUMSTANCES.
>> BRIAN, I NEVER THOUGHT I
WOULD FIND A DAY WHEN RAND PAUL
AND I HAVE ANYTHING IN COMMON
BUT -- WE DON’T COMPLETELY
EXCEPT FOR AGREEING THAT
VACCINES ARE A GOOD MOVE AND
SHOULD BE VACCINATED BECAUSE
THAT’S THE WAY OUT OF THIS.
THE TROUBLE IS THE CDC GUIDANCE
CURRENTLY SAYS IF YOU’RE INDOORS
WHERE A MASK AND OUTDOORS WEAR A
MASK PARTICULARLY WHERE YOU
CANNOT MAINTAIN THAT SIX-FOOT
DISTANCE AND YOU ARE SPENDING
TIME AROUND OTHER PEOPLE AND
WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN IS A COMPLETE
VARIATION ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN
TERMS OF HOW OUTDOOR MASKS ARE
MANAGING.
SOME PLACES DON’T HAVE THEM AND
SOME DO FOR OUTDOORS OR EXERCISE
AND MASSACHUSETTS REQUIRING IT
ALL THE TIME.
WHAT THAT DOES IN SOME WAYS AND
EVEN BEFORE WE GOT TO THE
VACCINE AND LEARNED A LOT OF 90%
OF THE INFECTIONS COMING FROM
THE IN-PATIENT SIDE AND BY
EQUATING THE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR
RISK AND NOT EQUAL.
YOU KNOW?
I THINK WHAT WE ARE IGNORING IS
THAT WE ARE OPENING UP INDOOR
CAPACITY AND THAT IS STILL
BRINGING THE CASES UP AND SO
WHAT WE’RE -- WHAT WE SHOULD BE
LOOKING AT IS NOT WHETHER OR NOT
TO STOP WEARING MASKS OUTDOORS
BUT WHETHER THE MASK MANDATES
SHOULD GO DOWN AND CLEARER STEP
OUT FROM THE CDC AS PEOPLE GET
VACCINATED WHEN THE MANDATE FOR
OUTDOOR TO COME OFF PARTICULAR
LIB IF THAT MANDATE OR THE
OUTDOOR COME OFFER BEFORE THE
INDOOR MANDATE.
THAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BUT I