ACROSS THE BOARD, MOSTLY LOWER
EXCEPTION OF KOREA, MEEVENL
THIS NEW PROGRESS ON
DISTRIBUTION OF A CORONAVIRUS
VACCINE, THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION, ANNOUNCING A
PARTNERSHIP THIS WEEK WITH
PHARMACIES ACROSS UNITED
STATES TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO
COVID-19 VACCINE AGREEMENTS
COVERED 60% CHAIN INDEPENDENT
PHARMACIES ACROSS THE U.S.
INCLUDING BIG NAMES CVS
WALMART RITE AID WALGREENS
JOINING ME U.S. HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY
AELECTION AZAR GREAT TO SEE
YOU THIS MORNING.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.
>> GLAD TO BE WITH YOU, MARIA
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> BEFORE WE GET TO THE NEW
PROGRAM, AND DISTRIBUTION DEAL
THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS
SET WITH PHARMACIES ASSESS
WHERE WE ARE SECRETARY?
A LOT OF COMMENTARY ABOUT
GOING INTO COLDER MINCE WILL
MEAN A SPIKE THE BIGGEST
SPIKE, THAT WE HAD SEEN,
CERTAINLY IN THE NUMBER OF
CASES HOW DO YOU CHARACTERIZE
RIGHT NOW.
>> WE ARE SEEING CASES
INCREASE WE ARE SEEING THAT
HAPPEN IN EUROPE SEEING IT
HAPPEN HERE IN FACT EUROPE,
PER CAPITA BASIS HAS 45% MORE
CASES PER DAY CAN UNITED
STATES THEY ARE TAKING SAME
MEASURES THAT WE TAKE WHICH IS
ENCOURAGING PEOPLE EXERCISE
GOOD RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR,
WASH YOUR HANDS WATCH
YOURDANCE WEAR FACE COVERING
WHEN YOU WANT CATCH DISTANCE
SAY OUT OF INDOOR SETTINGS
ESPECIALLY WHERE YOU LET GUARD
DOWN TAKE MASK OFF GET TOO
CLOSE TO OTHER INDIVIDUALS,
THIS IS BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING
COLD WEATHER PEOPLE MOVING
INDOORS THAT IS HAPPENING, AND
REALLY ON ALL OF US, TO -- THE
IMPORTANT THING, ARE THANKS TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP, THIS WEEK, WE
HAVE DELIVERED SO MANY
IMPORTANT MILESTONES, THAT ARE
GOING TO GET US OUT OF OF THE
CORONAVIRUS CRISIS WHETHER
PFIZER VACCINE 94% EFFICACY
POSITIVE DATA HISTORIC TIME OR
IF IT IS APPROVING ELI LILLY
MON MONOCLONAL ANT BODY TO
KEEP OUT OF HOSPITAL MOD HE
WEREA A CRITICAL MILESTONE,
DAYS AWAY FROM SEEING THEIR
DATA OR AS YOU MENTIONED
YESTERDAY, A CRITICAL NEW
PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BUSINESS
NETWORKS OF OUR PHARMACIES
CHAIN GOING TO HELP DISTRIBUTE
A VACCINE MEETING PATIENTS
WHERE THEY ARE IN THEIR
COMMUNITIES.
>> CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR
TEAM, AND REALLY THIS
INCREDIBLE MOBILIZATION, OF
THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY, TO GET
EVERYTHING ON THE FAST-TRACK
OBVIOUSLY, SO NEEDED, AND SO
WONDERFUL TO BE ABLE TO
ACHIEVE THAT.
TELL ME MORE ABOUT THIS
PARTNERSHIP, WHAT IS IT
INVOLVE HOW WILL YOU SURE THAT
THE VACCINE GETS TO THOSE NEED
IT IN A TIMELY AMOUNT OF
PERIOD?
>> YEAH, SO, DEPENDING WHICH
VACCINE TALKING ABOUT PFIZER
WILL BE DOING ITS OWN DIRECT
DIRECTORS TO PHARMACIES, THAT
WE ASKED THEM TO SEND TO BASED
ON THE INSTRUCTIONS OF OUR
NATION’S GOVERNORS UNDER THEIR
DISTRIBUTION PLAN VACCINE WILL
ARRIVE AT THESE PHARMACIES
WHITE GLOVE SERVICE PHARMACIES
WILL THEN EXECUTE DIRECTORS
PLANS TO THE TARGETED
POPULATION, THAT THE GOVERNORS
SELECTED WE HOPE BASED ON
VACCINE CDC GUIDANCE FOR
VARIOUS GROUPS TALKING IN
DECEMBER LARGELY AMERICA’S
MOST VULNERABLE CITIZENS, WE
HAVE ENOUGH VACCINE FOR THEM,
BY TEND OF JANUARY, ENOUGH FOR
ALL AMERICA SENIOR CITIZENS
HEALTH CARE WORKERS FOR THE
PURPOSES AS WE PROGRESS TO THE
END OF THE MARCH ENOUGH FOR
ALL AMERICANS WHO WANT IT 90%
AMERICANS FIVE MILES OF A
PHARMACIES IN PHARMACISTS MOST
TRUSTED LIKE MILES FAMILY GET
VACCINES THROUGH PHARMACIST,
WE WANT TO MEET PEOPLE WHERE
THEY ARE TYPICALLY OF
PRESIDENT TRUMP USING PRIVATE
SECTOR EXPERTISE TO GET THE
JOB DONE.
>> WITH THIS VACCINE, IT IS A
LITTLE TRICKY VERSUS OTHERS
BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE
REFRIGERATED RIGHT YESTERDAY
WE SPOKE WITH CEO OF BIONTECH,
ABOUT THE CHALLENGES INVOLVED
IN DISTRIBUTION, BECAUSE OF
THE INFRASTRUCTURE IT
REQUIRES, LISTEN TO WHAT HE
HAD TO SAY.
>> HOW DOES THAT IMPACT
DIRECTORS OF THE VACCINE GIVEN
THAT IT NEEDS TO BE REFRIGERATED.
>> -- GIVES, ALLOWING TO --
MINUS 70 DEGREES ANY PLACE ON
PLANET --
>> COORDINATION, AND --
ORGANIZING, GOVERNMENT,
ORGANIZATION TO ENSURE VACCINE
COULD BE SUPPLIED, AND THEN
SECURED TO THE VACCINATION
CENTER.
MARIA: ARE THERE NEW
CHALLENGES AS A RESULT OF THAT
A DIRECTORS METHOD THAT IT
NEEDS TO BE COLD?
>> THE PFIZER VACCINE DOES
PRESENT UNIQUE CHALLENGES WE
AND MILITARY AND PFIZER AND
DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS WORKED
OUT WITH GOVERNORS THE PFIZER
VACCINE DOES REQUIRE EXTRA
COLD STORAGE ALSO IN LARGE
QUANTITIES SO IT WILL BE BEST
ATTUNE EARLY ON TO MASS
VACCINATION FOR INSTANCE
HEALTH CARE WORKERS HOSPITALS
SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES ANOTHER KEY INITIATIVE WE
ANOTHER KEY INITIATIVE WE
ROLLED OUT A WEEK AGO, WITH
CVS WALGREENS AVAILABLE TO
ASSIST FOR MASS VACCINATION
PROGRAMS ESPECIALLY PFIZER
VACCINE, VACCINATING THOSE
APPLICATIONS WITH PFIZER
VACCINE.
>> SECRETARY, WE’VE SPOKEN
ABOUT THIS BEFORE WE ARE GOING
TO HAVE TO ADAPT, AND LIVE
WITH THIS RIGHT?
BECAUSE THE VACCINE WILL COME
ON THE MARKET GREAT, YOU THE
PRESIDENT HAVE SAID WE WILL
GET VACCINE BY YEAR-END YOU
WERE RIGHT, GREAT THE
PRESIDENT SAID IT AND NOW IT
IS ACTUALLY MATERIALIZING BUT
WE ARE STILL AFRAID OF GIVEN
SPIKES WE ARE SEEING DO YOU
AGREE WITH SOME EFFORTS BEING
OUT INTO PLACE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, IN HAVE CHICAGO MAYOR
SAYING DON’T YOU KNOW CASTLE
THANKSGIVING PLANS IN NEW
YORK, GOVERNOR CUOMO SAYS LOOK
NO MORE THAN PENNL 10 PEOPLE
AT HOME FOR GATHERINGS,
EVERYTHING NEEDS TO SHUT DOWN
IN NEW YORK BY 10 PM?
>> WELL MARIA, ALL OF OUR
MEASURES HAVE TO BE GUIDED BY
EVIDENCE IN SCIENCE NOT JUST
ASSUMPTION WHAT DOES DATA TELL
US, THAT OUR UNIVERSITIES, K
THROUGH 12 SCHOOLS HAVE NOT
PROVEN TO BE MAJOR VECTORS OF
DISEASE TRANSMISSION, OUR
WORKPLACES HAVE NOT PROVEN TO
BE VECTORS DISEASE
TRANSMISSION AIRLINES ARE HAVE
NOT PROVEN TO BE VECTORS OF
DISEASE TRANSMISSION.
WHY ZMA?
BECAUSE WE HAVE LEADERSHIP AT
EACH INSTITUTION WORKING WITH
CDC GUIDANCE PUTTING IN GOOD
CONTROLS IN PLACE TO ENSURE
PEOPLE, WASH HANDS WATCH
DISTANCE WEAR FACE COVERINGS
CAN WHEN THEY CAN’T DO SO WE
ARE SEEING SPREAD IN HAVE
INFORMALING GATHERINGS INDOOR
SECTS AS IN COLDER MONTHS
IDENTICALLY SYNDROME IN CANADA
WESTERN EUROPE WE ARE NOT
UNIQUE IN THAT REGARD THAT
MEANS WHEN WE HAVE HOUSE
GATHERING WE’VE GOT TO BE
VIGILANT YOU ARE GOING TO
RELAX MAYBE GET TOO CLOSE WITH
PEOPLE DON’T LIVE WITH YOU
TICK YOUR FACE COVERINGS OFF
ESPECIALLY THANKSGIVING
CHRISTMAS ADVISE PEOPLE PLEASE
EXERCISE EXTRA CAUTION YOU CAN
GET THAT FROM FAMILY MEMBERS
AND NEIGHBORS.
>> PEOPLE WORRY ALL THE
LOCKDOWNS WILL COME BACK.
--
>> WE DON’T NEED LOCKDOWNS
MARIA.
-- THAT IS WHAT I AM SAYING
THE DATA CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES
THE HE INTERVENTIONS WE NEED
ARE SIMPLE DEMONSTRATED PROVEN
BUT NOT FORCING PEOPLE TO STAY
IN HOMES SHUTTING DOWN OUR
BUSINESS, SHUTTING OUR
CONSUMES, HERE IS THE AMAZING
THING, IN THE UNITED STATES,
AS SOON AS WE -- SEE DISEASE
SPREAD LOCAL LEADERS GOVERNORS
GO IMMEDIATELY SHUTTING DOWN
SCHOOLS YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR
PAEANS DO HOW CAUTIOUS YOUR
PAEANS ARE PLACED PRIMACY
KEEPING UNIVERSITIES K THROUGH
12 SCHOOLS OPEN DONE SO HE
EVEN IF THEY TAKE OTHER
AGGRESSIVE MEASURES IN COUNTRY
WE NEED SAME TYPE OF
PRIORITIZATION, KIDS, SAFE
SETTING KEEPING THOSE OPEN,
AND THAT IS TAKING
INTERVENTIONS ALL OF US CAN DO
COMMON SENSE, THAT WILL
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF DISEASE