BERNIE SANDERS ADDRESSED THE MEDIA TODAY WHEN "ALL IN" STARTS
NOW.
NOW. >>> GOOD EVENING FROM NEW YORK.
I’M CHRIS HAYES.
WE’RE IN THE MIDST OF A GLOBAL
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC. THAT THE BEEN EVIDENT FOR WEEKS
BUT TODAY THE WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION OFFICIALLY DECLARED
CORONAVIRUS AS A PANDEMIC.
WHO HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS
VIRUS FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN IT
FIRST BROKE OUT IN WUHAN, CHINA.
THEY SAW HOW IT TOOK DOWN AN
ENTIRE CITY’S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
AND RESULTED IN OVER 3,000
DEATHS IN CHINA.
WHO HAS BEEN WARNING ABOUT
CORONAVIRUS FOR MONTHS BUT HAS
BEEN RELUCTANT TO MAKE THE
PANDEMIC DECORATION FOR FEARS OF
PANIC UNTIL TODAY THEY DECIDED
NOW IS THE TIME.
>> W.H.O. HAS BEEN ASSESSING
THIS OUTBREAK AROUND THE CLOCK
AND WE’RE DEEPLY CONCERNED BOTH
BY THE ALARMING LEVELS OF SPREAD
AND SEVERITY AND BY ALLOWING THE
LEVELS OF INACTION.
>> ALARMING LEVELS OF INACTION.
MESSAGE THERE SIMILAR TO THAT OF
DR. ANTHONY FAUCHI WHO RAN
INFECTIOUS DISEASES SINCE 1964
AND PLAYED A MAJOR ROLE IN THE
AIDS CRY SISISIS AND TODAY TESTI
AND FORTHRIGHT AND HE WAS HONEST
ABOUT WHAT IS COMING AT US RIGHT
NOW UNLIKE THE PRESIDENT.
>> IS THE WORST YET TO COME, DR.
FAUCHI?
FAUCHI? >> YES, IT IS.
>> IS THERE ANY CHANCE WE’LL
HAVE A VACCINE IN A FEW MONTHS?
>> NO, I MADE MYSELF CLEAR IN
THE STATEMENT.
THE STATEMENT. THIS IS A REALLY SERIOUS PROBLEM
WE HAVE TO TAKE SERIOUSLY.
PEOPLE SAY WELL, THE FLU DOES
THIS, THE FLU DOES THAT.
THE FLU HAS A MORTALITY OF 0.1%.
THIS IS TEN TIMES THAT.
WE WOULD HOPE AS WE GET TO
WARMER WEATHER IT WOULD GO DOWN,
BUT WE CAN’T PROCEED UNDER THAT
ASSUMPTION.
ASSUMPTION. WE GOT TO ASSUME THAT IT’S GOING
TO GET WORSE AND WORSE AND
WORSE.
WORSE. >> DR. FAUCHI’S TESTIMONY TODAY
WAS ALMOST LITERALLY THE EXACT
OPPOSITE OF WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP
AND MEMBERS OF HIS
ADMINISTRATION HAVE BEEN TELLING
US FOR WEEKS AND WEEKS AND
WEEKS.
WEEKS. WE FINALLY GOT TO HEAR A CANDID
VERSION OF THE TRUTH FROM AN
EXPERT UNET DITDITED.
THIS SHOWS THE GROWTH OF
CORONAVIRUS CASES OUTSIDE OF
CHINA.
CHINA. RIGHT NOW THERE ARE NEARLY
45,000 CONFIRMED CASES IN THE
WORLD OUTSIDE OF CHINA WHERE THE
OUTBREAK APPEARS TO BE UNDER
CONTROL.
CONTROL. THIS IS WHAT THE U.S. CURVE
LOOKS LIKE ALMOST IDENTICAL,
RIGHT?
RIGHT? LOOKS LIKE THE GLOBAL CURVE WE
SAW.
SAW. IN THE U.S., FOUR WEEKS AGO WE
HAD 15 CASES.
JUST OVER A WEEK AGO WE HAD 100
CASES.
CASES. TODAY WE HAVE OVER 1200 CASES.
THAT NUMBER PROBABLY DOES NOT
EVEN CAPTURE THE REALITY BECAUSE
OUR TESTING CAPACITY IS NOT
ACTUALLY MEASURING THE SCOPE OF
THE PROBLEM.
THE PROBLEM. WHAT IS CLEAR IS WE ARE RACING
UP THIS CURVE AT AN ALMOST
SIMILAR RATE TO THE COUNTRIES
THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE US.
FOR INSTANCE, ITALY.
ITALY RIGHT NOW IS IN THE MIDST
OF A FULL BLOWN PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS.
CRISIS. THE COUNTRY IS COMPLETELY ON
LOCKDOWN.
LOCKDOWN. TODAY A NEW MEASURE ANNOUNCED.
ITALY ANNOUNCED IT WILL STOP
ALMOST ALL COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY
ASIDE FROM SUPERMARKETS AND
PHARMACIES.
PHARMACIES. THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND.
EVERYTHING CLOSED EXCEPT FOR
DRUGSTORES AND FOOD.
THEY ALSO ANNOUNCED TODAY THEY
NOW HAVE OVER 12,000 CASES AND
THE TOTAL DEATHS IN THE COUNTRY
INCREASED, LISTEN TO THIS, HAVE
INCREASED OVER 30% IN JUST 24
HOURS.
HOURS. FROM 631 TO 827.
30% INCREASE IN FATALITIES IN
ONE DAY.
ONE DAY. THIS CHART SHOWS THE RAPID
GROWTH OF CASES IN ITALY.
DOES THAT LOOK FAMILIAR?
IT SHOULD.
IT SHOULD. YOU CAN ALSO SEE HOW THE U.S. IS
RIGHT NOW FOLLOWING ALMOST THE
EXACT SAME TRAJECTORY JUST A
WEEK BEHIND.
WEEK BEHIND. NOW MANY, IF NOT MOST OF THOSE
DEATHS IN ITALY ARE LIKELY A
DIRECT RESULT OF WHAT WE’VE
ALREADY SEEN WITH THIS VIRUS IN
WUHAN, CHINA.
WUHAN, CHINA. THE VIRUS IS OVER RUNNING THE
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM CAPACITY.
ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AT ANY
GIVEN TIME IN ANY GIVEN CITY,
THERE IS A FIXED AMOUNT OF
DOCTORS, ICUs, BEDS, VENDLATOR L
VENTILATORS.
VENTILATORS. THE RISK THE VIRUS POSES TO
EVERYONE AROUND THE WORLD RIGHT
NOW INCLUDING IN THE U.S. IS
WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW IN ITALY.
DOCTORS IN THAT COUNTRY ARE
INFEW BAITINGINTU
INFEW BAITINGINTU BAT
BAT INFEW BAIT -- INTUBATING
PATIENTS IN HALLWAYS.
ATLANTA HAS A REMARKABLE
DOCUMENT THAT RECOMMENDS DOCTORS
ALLOCATE STRETCHED RESOURCES TO
PATIENTS WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCE
OF RECOVERY.
OF RECOVERY. ITALIAN DOCTORS ARE BEING FORCED
TO DECIDE WHO TO SAVE AND LET
DIE.
DIE. TRUMP’S HOMELAND SECURITY
ADVISOR TOLD NBC NEWS WE’RE TEN
DAYS AWAY FROM THE HOSPITALS
GETTING CREAMED.
GETTING CREAMED. WE ARE NOW NINE DAYS AWAY.
THAT IS WHERE WE’RE HEADED RIGHT
NOW IN THIS COUNTRY.
THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO AT THIS
POINT AS CITIZENS, AS CIVIL
SOCIETY BECAUSE THE TESTING HAS
BEEN SCREWED UP INEXCUSABLY BY
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS TO
TAKE DRAMATIC STEPS COLLECTIVELY
TO SOCIALLY DISTANCE OURSELVES.
TO TRY AND FLATTEN THE CURVE OF
THIS EPIDEMIC AND SLOW THE
TRANSMISSION OF THE VIRUS IN
ORDER TO STOP A RUN ON OUR
HOSPITALS, TO PROTECT THE
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. THAT’S OLDER PEOPLE, PEOPLE WITH
SERIOUS CHRONICLE CONDITIONS
LIKE HEART DISEASE, LUNG DISEASE
AND DIABETES.
AND DIABETES. WE ALL HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE
VULNERABLE TO THIS AND THE CLEAR
STEPS TO TAKE ARE CANCELLING
LARGE SCALE EVENTS AND REDUCING
TRAVEL, REDUCING GOING OUT AND
GOING TO RESTAURANTS OR EVENTS.
WE NEED TO TAKE THIS ALL DEADLY
SERIOUSLY.
SERIOUSLY. YOU CAN GO READ THE WARNINGS
FROM ITALIANS WHO SAID WE DID
NOT TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY ENOUGH
AND NOW WE’RE IN IT.
THAT’S THEIR MESSAGE TO US.
THAT MESSAGE HOWEVER IS NOT
BEING ADEQUATELY COMMUNICATED AT
ALL BY THE MOST POWERFUL PERSON
IN THE COUNTRY.
SOMEONE WE WILL BE HEARING FROM
LATER TONIGHT, A MAN THAT INSIST
PROPAGATING THIS INFORMATION AND
MEETING WITH CEOs TO DISCUSS AN
ECONOMIC PROBLEM BUT THE RIGHT
MESSAGE IS BEING COMMUNICATED BY
PEOPLE IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND
FORMER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
OFFICIALS LIKE TOM BOASTER AND
SCOTT BY GOVERNORS LIKE
WASHINGTON JAY INSLEE WHO TODAY
ANNOUNCED THEY ARE SHUTTING DOWN
EVENTS OVER 250 PEOPLE.
THE REALITY IS WE HAVE TO TAKE