MODELS. THE PROFESSIONALS DID THE i]
MODELS.
MODELS.
I WAS NEVER INVOLVED IN A MODEL. AT LEAST THIS KIND OF A MODEL.L.
AT LEAST THIS KIND OF A MODEL. >> JOINING ME NOW IS THE U.S.
SURGEON GENERAL, VICE !EaIRAL
JEROME ADAMS.
JEROME ADAMS. WELCOME TO "MEET THE PRESS."
LET MEw3 START WITH, YOURE THE
WE ALWAYS RECOMMENDED THAT IF PEOPLE HAD SYMPTOMS, THAT THEY
WEAR A FACE MASK TOxD PREVENT
SPREADING tH/EASE TO OTHER
FOLKS.
FOLKS.
HERES WHATS CHANGED. WE NOW KNOW THAT ABOUT 25% INU
SOME STUDIES EVEN MORE OF
COVID-19 IS TRANSMITTED WHEN
YOUR ASYMPTOMATIC OR PRESTTAMIC,
SO THE DCD HASe1 RECOMMENDED
PEOPLE RECOMMEND YOU WEAR CLOTH
COVERINGS WHE10=U$R
COVERINGS WHE10=U$R PUBLIC.
PUBLIC.
HERE ARE THE IMPORTANT POINTS. NUMBER ONE, YOU NEED TO MAKES.
NUMBER ONE, YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOURE NOT SUBSTITUTING
SOCIAL DISTANCING WITH FACE
MASKS BECAUSE THE MOST U$ING IS STILL TO STAY AWAY
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. MAKE SURE IF YOU PUT ON A FACE
MASK, YOU DONT TOUCH YOUR FACE
AND YOUR WASH YOURe1 HANDS BEFOR
YOUR UTILIZE IT, AND NUMBER
THREE, SAVE THE MASKS FOR THE
MEDICAL HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
THEYe1 NEED THEM.
I MADE A CLOTH FACE MASK OUT OF
A T-SHIRT AND RUBBER BANDS.
ANYONE CAN DO THIS.bWE ALL NEED
GET THROUGH THIS.
>> IM CURIOUS, I KNOW YOU MADE THE WARNING, YOURE SAYINGfMADE
THE WARNING, YOURE SAYINGf SPECIFICALLY, YOU DONT WANT
PEOPLE TO MAKE A RUN ON!U■ CLINI
OR SURGICAL MASKS.
TWO QUESTIONS I HAVE ON THAT
FRONT.
FRONT.
NUMBER ONE, IF YOU ARE CARE EING
FOR SOMEBODY INfá THE VULNERABLE AGE GROUP, SHOULD THAT PERSON BE
WEARING A SURGICAL MASK?
AND SECOND, IF THERE WERE ENOUGH
AROUND THE COUNTRY, WOULD THAT
BE THE r"c (URJì(LC%
AND IS IT THElpq ONLY REASON WE (URJì(LC%
AND IS IT THElpq ONLY REASON WE SAYING DO HOMEMADE ONES IS WE
JUST DONT HAVE ENOUGH MASKS?
>> WELL, THE REASON WHY WERE
CAUS >> WELL, THE REASON WHY WERE SAYING MAKE A HOMEMADE ONE IS ñ?
CAUS PROTECTING YOU FROM ME.
REMEMBER, IM WEARING A MASK TO
PROTECT YOU, CHUCK, AND YOURE
WEARING A MASK TO PROTECT ME.
THATS WHAT YOU fáNEED.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WERE
SAVING THE MEDICAL MASKS FOR THE HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND WE STILL
WOULDNT RECOMMEND PEOPLE WEAR
AN N-95 EVEN IF WE Hó$ ENOUGH.
WHEN IM INB HOSPITAL, I HAVE
TO GET SPECIALLYfá TESTED TO WEA HOSPITAL, I HAVE
TO GET SPECIALLYfá TESTED TO WEA AN N-95.r
AN N-95.r THEYREr
THEYREr IF YOURE TAKING CARE OF A LOVED
ONE, VERY IMPORTANT YOU WASH
YOUR HANDS FREQUENTLY, DO
EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO PREVENT
SPREADING DISEASE TO THEM,e1 AND
W/áf" ENCOURAGE FOLKS TOo$ @&H(L
CONSIDER WEARING A CLOTH FACE
COVERING WHEN YOURE WITHINrIX
FEET TO THEM.
>> THE PRESIDENT MADE IT PRETTY CLEAR HES NOT GOING TO WEARETTY
CLEAR HES NOT GOING TO WEAR ONE.ok
ONE.ok
WOULD YOU RECOMMEND PEOPLE WEARING ONEe1q AT WORK?PLE
WEARING ONEe1q AT WORK? >> THAT, AGAIN, WHAT YOU HAVE TO
KNOW, IF YOU GO TO THE CDC
WEBSITE, NUMBER ONE, THIS ISw3
VOLUNTARY.
VOLUNTARY.
WERE ASK PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT DOING IT TO PROTECT THEIRABOUT
DOING IT TO PROTECT THEIR NEIGHBORS ANDxD FAMILY.
NUMBER TWO, ITS NOT A
SUBSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
DISTANCING.
IF YOURE AT WORK AND SIX FEET AWAY FROM SOMEONE,q THERES AT
AWAY FROM SOMEONE,q THERES A MINIMAL CHANCE YOURE GOING TO
SPREAD DISEASE.
SPREAD DISEASE. IF YOURE IN A WORK ENVIRONMENT
WHERE YOURE WITHIN SIX FEET,
YOURE CLOSE TO SOMEONE, THATS
SOMETHING TO CONSIDER, AND
THATS WHAT THE CDC GUIDELINES e
SAY.
SAY.
WE ALWAYS TRY TO EVOLVE OUR á+EYRE BASED ON THE SCIENCE.
WE ALWAYS TRY TO EVOLVE OUR RECO)g (URJjui] BASED ON THE
BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE. (URJjui] BASED ON THE
BEST AVAILABLE SCIENCE. >> ADMIRAL, I KNOWq YOURE
HESITANT TO BACK-SEAT DRIVE
OTHER OFFICIALS AND THE CALLS
THEY HAVE TO MAKE, AND IM VERY
AWARE OF THAT, BUT I AM CURIOUS.
IF YOU WERE ADVISING THE NINE
GOVERNORS WHO HAVE NOT ISSUED
STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS, WHAT WOULD
YOU ADVISE THEM TO DO?
>> WELL,Ñi I WOULD ADVISE THEM T
FOLLOW OUR 30 DAYS TO SLOW THE
SPREAD GUIDELINES.
SPREAD GUIDELINES. I RAN A STATE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH.
HEALTH.
I TALKED TO MANY OF THESE GOVERNORS, AND HERES WHAT I SAY
TO THEM.
TO THEM.
HERES WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THEM RIGHT NOW. I WOULD SAY TO THEM
RIGHT NOW.
THE NEXT WEEK IS GOINGok TO BE O PEARL HARBOR MOMENT.NGok TO BE O
PEARL HARBOR MOMENT. ITS GOING TO BE OUR 9/11
MOMENT.
MOMENT.
ITS GOING TO BE THE HARDEST MOMENT FOR MANY AMERICANS IN
THEIR ENTIREw3 LIVES, AND WE
REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT
IF WE WANT TO FLATTEN THAT CURVE
AND GET THROUGH TO THE OTHER
SIDE, EVERYONE NEEDS TOok DO THE
PART.
PART.
90% OF AMERICANS AREe1 DOING THE
PART, EVEN IN THE STATES WHERE
THEY HAVENT HAD A SHELTER IN
PLACE.
BUT IF YOU CANT GIVE US 30 DAYS, GOVERNORS, GIVE US A WEEK,
qe1 WE DONT DAYS, GOVERNORS, GIVE US A WEEK, GIVE US WHAT YOU CAN SO
qe1 WE DONT OVERWHELM OUR HEALTH Pj+
SYSTEMS OVER THIS NEXT WEEK AND
LETS REASSESS AT THAT POINT.
WE WANT EVERYONE TOó7! UNDERSTAN
YOU HAVE TO BE ROSY THE RIVETER.
YOU HAVE TOe1 DO YOUR PART.
>> AT A MINIMUM, YOU WISH EVERY
GOVERNOR WOULD ISSUE AT LEAST
ONE WEEK?
ONE WEEK? >> I WISH EVERY GOVERNOR WOULD
ENCOURAGE THE PEOPLE IN THEIR
STATES TO FOLLOW THESE
GUIDELINES FOR 30jF á@5ey
THATS WHAT I WANT, BUT I WANT
THEM TO DO WHAT THEY CAN WITHIv(
THEIR STATES.
THEIR STATES.
WE KNOWi] FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH
PERSPECTIVE, AND I RAN A PUBLIC
HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHETHER ITS
SMOKING OR OPIOIDg■% THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT RULES AND
DIFFERENT REGULATIONS IN STATES.
WEEK, GOVERNOR CUO DIFFERENT REGULATIONS IN STATES. Ñ
Ñ ACTUALLY SAID IT WOULD BE
DECLARING WAR ON THE STATES TOlp
ISSUE A FEDERAL QUARANTINE.Ko
GOVERNORS ARE RIGHTLY PROTECTIVE
OF THEIR ABILITY TO DETERMINE
WHATS BEST FOR THEIR CITIZENS.
WE WANT THEM TO HAVE THE SCIENCE
TO MAKE THE BEST
RECOMMENDATIONS.
RECOMMENDATIONS. >> I WANT TO PUT UP A QUOTE FROM
AMY ACTIN, THE DIRECTOR OF
PUBLIC HEALTH IN OHIO.
SHE SAID THIS ON MARCH 13th.
AND ADMIRAL, ITS BEEN HAUNTING
ME EVER SINCE.
THIS IS WHAT SHE SAID, ONokt( TH
END OF A PANDEMIC, YOU LOOK AÑi
LITTLE BIT LIKE AN ALARMIST,
HINDSIGHT, YOURE GOING TO WISH
YOU HAD DONE e1MORE?
>> 20 YEARS IN PUBLIC HEALTH,
AND I KNOW DIRECTOR ACTIN, THOSE
WORDS COULDNT BE TRUER.
WERE ALWAYS TELLING PEOPLE WE
WOULD RATHER PREVENT DISEASE
THAN TREAT i]DISEASE.
I TELL PEOPLE WE ARENT GOING TO
TREAT OR SUPPLY OUR WAY OUT OF
THIS PROBLEM.
THIS PROBLEM. THERE IS NO MAGIC BULLET OR
MAGIC CURE.
MAGIC CURE. ITS PUBLIC HEALTH AND
PREVENTION.
PREVENTION.
EVERYONEe1 COMING TOGETHER,
PRACTICING GOOD HYGIENE, STAYING
AT HOME, DOING THE THINGS WE
HAVE ALWAYS TOLD PEOPLE TO DO TO
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS
DISEASEs
>> WHENt( ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A
WEBSITE THAT WAS ADVERTISED
WHERE WE CAN GET A TEST, WHERE
WE CANfá FINDe1 OUT ABOUT ANTIBODIES.NDe1 OUT ABOUT
ANTIBODIES. IT SEEMS CLEAR WERE NEVER
REALLY OPENING THE ECONOMY FULLY
UNTIL WERE ABLE TO GPS THIS
VIRUS.
VIRUS.
WHERE ARE WE?
>> 1.7 MILLION TESTS. THATS ABOUT 1 IN 200 AMERICANS.
THATS WHERE SOUTH KOREA WAS
WITH THEIR INITIAL TESTING
SURGE.lpe1
SEEING TESTING RAMP UP, SURGE.lpe1 WER
SEEING TESTING RAMP UP, AND WE KNOW ITS NEVER ENOUGH
TESTS FAST ENOUGH, BUT I FEEL
Q TESTS FAST ENOUGH, BUT I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WITHIN THEe
Q TWO TO FOUR WEEKS, WERE GOING
TO BE W("Xt WE WANT TO BE TO BE
ABLE TO DO ADEQUATE SURVEILLANCE
AND UNDERSTAND WHERE THE DISEASE
IS, WHERE ITS ,!■ AND LOW, AND
WHERE -- ANdñ1e1 TO HAVE APPROPR
HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS.
HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS. WHAT DOES Rm
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WERE
SEEING CASES GO DOWN FOR A GOOD
ONE TO TWO WEEKS IN PLACES.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE
TESTING, BUT WE WANT S! MAKE
SURE WE HAVE GOOD PUBLIC HEALTH
INFRASTRUCTURE SO WHEN WE
IDENTIFY A POSITIVE TEST, PEOPLE
CAN THEN FOLLOW UP, ISOLATE,
FOLLOW UP ON THEIR CASE
CONTACTS, AND MAKE SURE A SINGLE
CASE DOESNT TURNe1 INTO TEN, 10
1,000
1,000 >> DO YOU THINK BY THE END OF
APRIL, WELL BE IN Ae1 TESTING
SITUATION WHERE WERE ACTUALLY
DOING SURVEILLANCE RATHER THAN
JUST TRYING TO PLAYXDCATCH-UP?
>> WE ARE DOING SURVEILLANCE INe
MANY PLACES.xDc C1
HAS A HIGHER TESTING RATE THAN E
HAS A HIGHER TESTING RATE THAN THE AVERAGE FOR THE REST OF THE
SO WERE DOINGe1 SURVEILLANCE IN
MANY PLACES.
MANY PLACES. WERE GOING TO GET THE e1ANTIBOD
TESTING WHICH WILL GIVE US MORE
INFORMATION AND I TALKED TO THE
A,
A, TASK FORCE, AND HE SAYS HE FEELS
WITHIN A MONTH, WELL HAVE
ANTIBODY TESTING MORE WIDELY
AVAILABLE.xD
AVAILABLE.xD
AGAIN, 100,000ó TESTS BEING DON PER DAY, 50,000 ABBOT TESTS DON
PER DAY, 50,000 ABBOT TESTS COMING ONLINE.
COMING ONLINE. TESTING IS BECOMING MORE AND
MORE AVAILABLE, BUT IT STILL
DOESNT REPLACE THE FACT WE WANT
EVERYBODY TO ACT AS IF THEY HAVE
COVID-19 RIGHT NOW AND PROTECT
YOUR NEIGHBOR, PROTECT YOUR
LOVED ONES.
LOVED ONES. >> VERY QUICKLY2@!DMIRAL, THE
PRESIDENT MUSED ABOUT A ONE-DAY
REPRIEVE FOR EASTER SUNDAY.
I UNDERSTAND IT FROM A, YOU
xDSCENARIO. I UNDERSTAND IT FROM A, YOU KNOW, HOPEFUL
xDSCENARIO. WOULD THAT BE Ae1 PUBLIC HEALTH
MISTAKE?
MISTAKE?
>> THE PRESIDENT IS ALWAYS HOPEFUL.RESIDENT IS ALWAYS
HOPEFUL. HES ASPIRATIONAL, AND WERE
TRYIDgBQ=■ GIVE PEOPLE THE
SCIENCE.
SCIENCE.
THE SCIENCE SAYS RIGHT NOW, THIS PALM SUNDAY, AND IM A CATHOLIC,S
PALM SUNDAY, AND IM A CATHOLIC, I WOULD BE GETTING READY FOR
CHURCH RIGHT NOW, WE NEED YOU TO
STAY HOME.
STAY HOME.
THIS IS A HARD WEEK, ITS GOING
TO TEST OUR RESOLVE.
THE HARDEST WEEK OF OUR LIVES, BUT IM CONFIDENT =Jz THELIVES,
BUT IM CONFIDENT =Jz THE NUMBERS IN WASHINGTON AND
CALIFORNIA AND ITALY AND SPAIN,
WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS.
WE WILL GET THROUGHok THIS.]i R
DO THE RIGHT THING AND STAY AT
HOME.
HOME.
>> SURGEON GENERAL JEROME ADAMS,
THANKS VERY MUCH.
STAY HE)4VHY.
STAY CLEAN, AND I HOPE PEOPLE DO
WATCH YOUR VIDEO ON HOW TO MAKE
A MASK.
THANKS FOR COMING fáON.