A LOT IN PLAY TONIGHT AND A LOT
TO TALK ABOUT.
LET’S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS.
JUST A FEW HOURS AGO DURING A
PRESS EVENT ON VACCINE
DEVELOPMENT, THE PRESIDENT
DECLARED QUOTE VACCINE OR NOVAK
SEEN,
VACCINE WE’RE BACK.
TRUMP WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE WE’RE
BACK BUT LET’S BE INCREDIBLY
CLEAR.
WE’RE NOT BACK.
THERE IS A LONG, LONG WAY TO GO
BEFORE WE’RE CLOSE TO MAKING
DECOLORATION,S LIKE THAT.
AS OF TONIGHT, THERE ARE
1,450,637 REPORTED CASES OF
CORONAVIRUS IN THE UNITED
STATES.
88,101 CONFIRMED DEATHS FROM
CORONAVIRUS IN THE UNITED STATES
AND THAT IS LIKELY AN UNDER
COUNT.
JUST TONIGHT, CDC DIRECTOR
ROBERT RED FIELD TWEETED ALL 12
MODELS PREDICTS THE UNITED
STATES IS HEADING TOWARDS MORE
THAN 100,000 CORONAVIRUS DEATHS
BY JUNE THE 1st.
THAT’S A LITTLE OVER TWO WEEKS
FROM TODAY.
ONE OF THE MAIN CORONAVIRUS
MODELS USED BY THE WHITE HOUSE
NOW PROJECTS THAT 147,000 PEOPLE
WILL DIE IN THE U.S. BY THE
BEGINNING OF AUGUST.
SOME 36 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE
FILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
CLAIMS IN TWO MONTHS.
NEARLY 15% OF THE U.S. WORK
FORCE WAS UNEMPLOYED AS OF
APRIL.
AND LAST NIGHT, GOVERNOR ANDREW
CUOMO ASSAILED THE FEDERAL
RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC IN A
DISCUSSION WITH RACHEL.
>> THEY LEFT IT TO THESE 50
DIFFERENT STATES WITH NO REAL
GUIDANCE OR NATIONAL STANDARD.
YOU’RE RIGHT, NEW YORK THE CURVE
IS COMING DOWN.
YOU TAKE NEW YORK OUT.
THE CURVE IS GOING UP, RACHEL.
THEY’RE OPENING.
YOU KNOW.
BY WHAT STANDARD?
SO IT’S -- I DON’T THINK THAT’S
GOING TO CHANGE FOR THE SECOND
WAVE, IF THERE IS A SECOND WAVE
BECAUSE THAT’S THE FEDERAL
COURSE AND THE SHIP HAS SAILED.
>> ALL RIGHT.
DOES THAT SOUND LIKE WE’RE BACK?
YOU GOT TO ADMIT, IT’S
INTERESTING TO HEAR THE
PRESIDENT PRAISE HIS
ADMINISTRATION’S EFFORTS TO
DEVELOP A VACCINE TO DISMISS
THOSE VERY EFFORTS MOMENTS LATER
TODAY BECAUSE HE THINKS WE’RE
ALREADY OVER THE WORST OF THIS.
CONFLICTING MESSAGES LIKE THAT
ARE AT THE HEART OF A SKAITCATHI
EDITORIAL THAT SAYS QUOTE, THE
AD MINUTE STATIONADMINISTRATION
WITH MAGIC BULLETS, VACCINES OR
A HOPE THE VIRUS WILL SIMPLY
DISAPPEAR BUT ONLY A STEADFAST
RELIANCE ON BASIC PUBLIC HEALTH
PRINCIPLES WILL SEE THE
EMERGENCY BROUGHT TO AN END AND
THIS REQUIRES AN EFFECTIVE
NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY
END QUOTE.
THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE PANDEMIC
IS BECOMING POLITICAL IS FRANKLY
ALARMING.
AT THE VERY SAME EVENT WHERE THE
PRESIDENT DISMISSED A NEED FOR A
VACCINE, HE PROMISED TO HAVE ONE
READY FOR WIDE SPREAD USE BY THE
END OF THE YEAR.
THAT’S TWO MONTHS AFTER THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
TRUMP WANTS YOU TO MAKE A CHOICE
IN NOVEMBER IN PART BASED ON THE
NOTION THAT A VACCINE WILL BE
AVAILABLE CONVENIENTLY JUST
AFTER YOU REELECT HIM AND IF THE
TIMELINE FALLS APART, WHAT DOES
IT MATTER?
HE WAS JUST REELECTED.
THIS PROMISE IS CLEARLY
POLITICAL BUT ALSO REMARKABLY
DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT AFFECTS
POLICY DECISIONS THAT THE STATE
AND THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND THOSE
DECISIONS COULD MEAN LIFE OR
DEATH IF WE GET THEM WRONG.
HERE IS THE THING, YOU CANNOT
TALK YOURSELF INTO A VACCINE.
THE FASTEST A VACCINE HAS EVER
BEEN PRODUCED FROM START TO
FINISH IS FIVE YEARS.
NOW SOME PARTS OF THE PROCESS
COULD BE SPED UP.
GOVERNMENTS AND COMPANIES AND
FOUNDATIONS ARE ALL TRYING TO DO
THAT DESPERATELY, BUT AS BILL
GATES NOTED LAST MONTH NOT FINAL
PHASE OF VACCINE TRIALS, PHASE
THREE, YOU MUST GIVE THE VACCINE
TO THOUSANDS, PROBABLY TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND MAKE
SURE IT WORKS AND MAKE SURE IT’S
NOT DANGEROUS AND THAT TAKES
TIME BECAUSE QUOTE, IT OCCURS IN
WHAT IS CALLED NATURAL DISEASE
CONDITIONS.
YOU MUST WAIT AND SEE IF THE
VACCINE REDUCES HOW MANY PEOPLE
GET SICK.
WE HAVE TO BE REAL ABOUT THIS.
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A
VACCINE READY TO GO IN SIX
MONTHS.
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE ONE
READY THE DAY AFTER THE
ELECTION.
BETTER STILL, THE DAY BEFORE THE
ELECTION.
BUT IT’S NOT LIKELY TO HAPPEN