AND CAL, YOU’RE GOING TO JOIN US
LATER IN THE HOUR.
JOINING ME NOW IS DR. RICHARD
BESSER.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
WHERE ARE WE RIGHT NO IN TERMS
OF THIS VIRUS.
>> THE MAPS THAT YOU SHOW THAT
ARE GETTING TO BE READ IN JUST
ABOUT EVERY STATE TELL A VERY
SCARY PICTURE.
THIS IS THE MOST DANGEROUS
PERIOD WE HAVE YET SEEN IN THIS
PANDEMIC.
IF YOU THINK BACK TO THE SPRING
WITH HOSPITALS OVERWHELMED IN
ISOLATED PLACES.
IMAGINE WHAT THAT WILL BE LIKE
WHEN YOU HAVE HOSPITALS
OVERWHELMED.
WHEN THE IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE
THEM MOVING BETWEEN STATES TO
TRY TO PROVIDE SOME OF THE
SUPPORT.
WE KNOW THE WAY FORWARD.
WE KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO
GET THIS UNDER CONTROL.
THERE ARE THINGS WE NEED TO DO
AS INDIVIDUALS.
WE’RE TIRED OF IT BUT WE NEED TO
WEAR MASKS, KEEP APART, WASH OUR
HANDS.
BUT IF YOU DON’T PUT MONEY IN
PEOPLE’S POCKETS, THEN YOU CAN’T
EXPECT THEM TO DO THE THINGS
THAT NEED TO BE DONE WHICH
INCLUDES STAY HOME IF YOU ARE
SICK.
HOW WILL SOMEONE DO THAT IF
THEY’RE HAVING TO CHOOSE BETWEEN
GOING TO WORK SO THEY CAN
PRESIDENT FOOD ON THE TABLE OR
STAYING HOME SO THEY CAN HELP
PREVENT SPREAD THE INFECTION.
>> THIS IS ONE OF THE MAJOR
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HOW WE’RE
RESPONDING TO THE VIRUS AND HOW
EUROPE IS RESPONDING.
IN EUROPE THE PEOPLE THAT NEED
THE MONEY ARE GETTING THAT MONEY
AND GREECE, NOTABLY IF YOU NEED
EXTRA HELP YOU’RE GETTING IT.
BUT HERE YOU’RE LINKING THE TWO.
YOU CAN’T BE FORCED TO STAY HOME
IF YOU’RE FORCED TO STAY HOME
AND YOU CAN’T MAKE MONEY, AND
YOU CAN’T PAY THE BILLS, YOU
CAN’T FEED YOUR CHILDREN, IT’S
AN IMPOSSIBLE SITUATION.
SO UNTIL WE GET THAT UNDER
CONTROL, UNTIL CONGRESS ACTS,
AND THEY JUST WENT ON RECESS,
EWE SAYING THE EXPECTATION IS
THAT PEOPLE WILL NOT TAKE THE
MEASURES THEY NEED TO TAKE AND
THE VIRUS GET WORSE.
>> IN ADDITION WE’RE SEEING
RESISTANCE FROM SMALL BUSINESSES
TO SHUTTING DOWN, EVEN IF
THEY’RE INVOLVED.
THAT IS BECAUSE THEY’RE BEING
FORCED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN
SHUTTING DOWN, GOING OUT OF
BUSINESS, MAYBE NOT COMING BACK,
AND DOING THE RIGHT THING.
IF CONGRESS WOULDSTEP UP AND
PROVIDE RESOURCES, PUTTING MONEY
BACK SO SMALL BUSINESSES CAN STAY AFLOAT, WE WOULD GO FAR.
STAY AFLOAT, WE WOULD GO FAR.
IF WE JUST HOOK TO THE FUTURE
LOOK TO THE FUTURE, ALARM
NUMBERS OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
BE DIEING.
THEY DON’T HAVE TO BE DEVASTATED
BY THIS IN CONGRESS WOULD JUST
DO THE RIGHT THING.
>> QUICKLY BECAUSE WE’RE PABT TO GET A REPORT FROM NEW YORK, WHAT
GET A REPORT FROM NEW YORK, WHAT
DO YOU THINK OF THE REPORT FROM
SCHOOLS.
>> I THINK IT IS A GOOD THING.
WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN NEW YORK
AND OTHER COMMUNITY SOCIAL
SECURITY THAT YOU CAN DO THIS
SAFELY.
YOU CAN PUT CHIRP IN THE
CLASSROOM AND ENSURE THEY’RE
WEARING A MASK AND KEEPING AWAY,
AND YOU CAN KEEP TEACHERS SAFE,
STAFF SAFE, AND NOT SEE SPREAD
IN THE COMMUNITY.
YOU HAVE TO GO WITH THE PUBLIC
HEALTH SCIENCE.
IF SCHOOLS WERE OPENED SAFELY,
KEEP THEM HOPE, BUT DON’T SHUT
THEM DOWN AS A REFLECTION.
>> THE PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE HAS