METROPLEX.
WELL KEEP AN EYE ON THE RESULTS
AND UPDATE THEM WHEN WE CAN.
>>> THE CDCS NEW GUIDANCE HAS
SOME FOLKS CONFUSED OVER HOW TO
PROTECT THEMSELVES NOW,
ESPECIALLY WITH MORE PEOPLE
GETTING VACCINATED.
IF YOUVE GOT QUESTIONS OR MAYBE
IF YOU HAVENT SEEN THE NEW
GUIDELINES YET, HERE IS WHAT YOU
NEED TO KNOW, WELL DO OUTDOOR
ACTIVITIES FIRST THEN INDOOR
ACTIVES THE.
FIRST, OUTDOORS.
THE CDC SAYS YOU CAN GO FOR A
WALK OR A RUN OUTSIDE WITHOUT A
MASK.
SEE THOSE TWO SMILING FACES.
NO MASKS.
THATS WHAT THAT MEANS.
DO THAT OUTSIDE WITHOUT A MASK
WHETHER YOURE VACCINATED OR
NOT.
YOU CAN ALSO SKIP THE MASK FOR
SMALL OUTDOOR GATHERINGS IF
EVERYONE, INCLUDING YOU, A
VACCINATED.
BUT WHAT ABOUT MIXED COMPANY, SO
TO SPEAK?
WELL, IF YOURE FULLY VACCINATED
AND YOURE AT A SMALL OUTDOOR
GATHERING WITH UNVACCINATED
PEOPLE, YOU DONT NEED A MASK.
BUT IF YOURE NOT FULLY
VACCINATED, WEAR A MASK.
THE SAME GUIDELINES APPLY FOR
OUTDOOR DINING, BUT THE RISK
GOES UP FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT
FULLY VACCINATED.
MAYBE THINK ABOUT GETTING
TAKE-OUT INSTEAD.
FOR BIG OUTDOOR EVENTS LIKE
CONCERTS AND SPORTS, EVERYONE
SHOULD WEAR A MASK.
SO THATS OUTDOOR.
NOW LETS DO INDOOR ACTIVITIES.
MASKS ARE STILL RECOMMENDED
INDOORS.
SEE HOW ALL THE PEOPLE ON THAT
GRAPHIC HAVE A LITTLE MASK ON?
EVERYTHING INDOORS, THEY STILL
RECOMMEND A MASK.
SHOPPING AT THE MALL, GETTING A
HAIRCUT, SMALL INDOOR
GATHERINGS.
EVEN IF YOURE VACCINATED YOU
SHOULD STILL WEAR A MASK
INDOORS.
IF YOU HAVE NOT GOTTEN YOUR SHOT
YET, ANY INDOOR GATHERING
REMAINS RISKIER THATS
ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR INDOOR
GATHERINGS WHERE LARGER GROUPS
TEND TO GATHER.
EVERYONE, AGAIN, EVERYONE SHOULD
WEAR A MASK AT THE MOVIES,
INDOOR DINING, AT WORSHIP
SERVICES OR AT THE GYM.
YES, I HATE WEARING A MASK AT
THE GYM, TOO.
I JUST TRY TO THINK OF IT AS
EXTRA CARDIO.
AND THE CDC STILL RECOMMENDATION
SOCIAL DISTANCING AND CLEANING
YOUR HANDS OFTEN.
JOINING US NOW IS DAVID FORMER
VETERANS AFFAIR SECRETARY, ALSO
THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND CEO OF
BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER.
SECRETARY, GOOD EVENING.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> ITS NICE TO BE WITH YOU,
JOSHUA.
>> WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST TAKE
AWAY FROM THE CDCS LATEST
GUIDELINES.
THE ONE THING PEOPLE SHOULD
CONTINUE TO KEEP IN MIND.
>> JOSHUA, THESE GUIDELINES ARE
JUST WAY TOO CONFUSING.
I DONT KNOW, YOU CANT KEEP
TRACK OF ALL THE DIFFERENT
RECOMMENDATIONS, SO LETS TRY TO
SIMPLIFY IT.
IF YOU ARE AROUND OTHER PEOPLE
THAT ARE VACCINATED, YOURE
GOING TO BE SAFER AND NOT HAVE
TO WEAR A MASK.
BUT BECAUSE WERE IN A SITUATION
WHERE WE STILL HAVE SO MANY
PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT VACCINATED,
WHEN YOURE AROUND PEOPLE IF YOU
ARE VACCINATED BUT AROUND PEOPLE
WHO ARE NOT VACCINATED, YOU
COULD BE PUTTING THEM AT RISK.
SO ITS IMPORTANT TO STILL WEAR
A MASK.
AND I HOPE THAT THATS NOT GOING
TO BE THE CASE LATER ON THIS
SUMMER, BUT RIGHT NOW WERE IN A
PERIOD OF TIME WHERE WE STILL
HAVE ONLY 40% OF AMERICANS FULLY
VACCINATED.
>> TAKE A LOOK AT THIS GRAPHIC.
WELL SHOW YOU A BIT MORE OF HOW
MUCH OF THE POPULATION HAS BEEN
VACCINATED.
RIGHT NOW ABOUT 28% OF THE WHOLE
COUNTRY HAS BEEN VACCINATED.
THERE ARE SOME BIG DIFFERENCES
CLEARLY IN WHAT A VACCINATED
PERSON OR AN UNVACCINATED PERSON
CAN DO.
BUT SECRETARY SHULKIN, THATS
PART OF THE FRUSTRATION PEOPLE
HAVE.
DANG, WHAT WAS THE POINT OF
GETTING VACCINATED IF WE STILL
HAVE TO SOCIALLY DISTANCE AND
WEAR A MASK.
I THINK PART OF THE POINT IS
THAT THE SCIENCE A LITTLE BIT IS
STILL OUT ON WHAT TRANSMISSION
IS LIKE THROUGH A VACCINATED
PERSON TO AN UNVACCINATED
PERSON.
YOU MAY HAVE PROTECTED YOURSELF,
BUT WE DONT KNOW HOW MUCH YOU
STILL NEED TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE
AROUND YOU.
>> I THINK THATS EXACTLY RIGHT,
JOSHUA.
THAT IS THE ISSUE.
BUT I THINK THE DATA IS BECOMING
CLEARER THAT VACCINATED PEOPLE
HAVE A VERY LOW RISK OF
TRANSMISSION, BUT THE CDC, OF
COURSE, THEIR FIRST JOB IN BEING
IN GOVERNMENT IS TO PROTECT
PEOPLE.
SO THEYRE BEING CONSERVATIVE.
AND THEYRE BEING APPROPRIATELY
CAUTIOUS BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE
SO MANY PEOPLE THAT
UNFORTUNATELY HAVE NOT YET
GOTTEN THE VACCINE.
AND SO, THAT ISSUE UNTIL THE
DATA IS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR THAT
THE RISK IS LOW IS I BELIEVE THE
DATA IS BEGINNING TO SHOW, WE
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE IN THE
SITUATION WHERE VACCINATED
PEOPLE CONTINUE TO WEAR MASKS TO
PROTECT THOSE WHO HAVE NOT YET
GOTTEN VACCINATED.
>> BEFORE I LET YOU GO, LET ME
GET YOUR REACTION TO SOMETHING
THAT DR. ANTHONY FAUCI TOLD US
EARLIER TODAY ON THIS NETWORK.
WATCH.
>> I WANT YOU TO DECLARE VICTORY
AT.
THATS A GOOD THING TO GET
PEOPLE ANTICIPATED SOMETHING
THAT THEYVE BEEN WANTING AND
LONGING FOR FOR SO LONG, THATS
NOT A BAD THING.
SO LONG AS IT DOESNT ALLOW
PEOPLE TO THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN
SAY WEVE WON AND PULL BACK ON
THE KIND OF PUBLIC HEALTH
MEASURES THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE TO
IMPLEMENT ACCORDING TO THE CDC
GUIDELINES.
>> SECRETARY SHULKIN, WAY TOO
MANY PEOPLE ARE FRUSTRATED WITH
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE FRUSTRATED.
WHY DOESNT EVERYBODY CONTINUE
TO DO WHAT THEYRE SUPPOSED TO
DO.
PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR AN EXCUSE
TO DO WHAT THEYRE NOT SUPPOSED
TO DO.
THERES FRUSTRATION ABOUT THE
FRUSTRATION.
WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF ALL THIS
FRUSTRATION?
SHOULD WE BE A LITTLE LESS COOL
WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR
A WAY AROUND THE REGULATIONS?
OR IS THERE LEGITIMATE CASE TO
BE MADE FOR TAILERING THESE
MESSAGES AROUND THE PEOPLE WHO
ARE THE HARDEST TO REACH?
>> WELL, I THINK JOSHUA, ITS
IMPORTANT TO LOOK BACK JUST SIX
MONTHS AGO WHERE WE WERENT SURE
WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A VACCINE.
EVERYONE SHOULD FEEL VERY GOOD
ABOUT WHERE WE ARE.
BUT AS DR. FAUCI SAID, WE CANT
LET YOUR FOOT OFF THE GAS.
WERE IN A CRITICAL TIME RIGHT
NOW WITH A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO
BE PUTTING THIS PANDEMIC BEHIND
US.
I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
GOVERNMENT AND ALL OF US CAN
REALLY BE HOPING FOR IS TO GO
FOR FULL APPROVAL BY THE FDA OF
THESE VACCINES.
REMEMBER, SO MANY PEOPLE ARE
STILL CAUTIOUS BECAUSE THEY HAVE
EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION.
WE NEED TO GET THAT FULL
APPROVAL AND WE NEED EVERYONE TO
FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THIS IS
THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
I DO FEEL CONFIDENT WITH THE
SIDE EFFECT PROFILES AND THE
SAFETY PROFILES.
I THINK WE NOW HAVE, YOU KNOW,
MORE THAN 1.3 BILLION SHOTS
GIVEN AROUND THE WORLD.
THIS IS A PRETTY SAFE VACCINE
AND I HOPE MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO BE GETTING IT OVER THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS.
>> YEAH.
AND ITS NOT THAT MUCH TO ASK,
JUST A MASK, YALL.