YOUR WINDSHIELD THAT CAN OFTEN TIMES SPIDER ACROSS YOUR ENTIRE
FIELD OF VIEW AND ENMIX YOUR
WORLD.
WORLD. MICHAEL BLOOMBERG VOLUNTEERED TO
DEVELOP A CORONAVIRUS CONTACT
TRACING PROGRAM TO HELP THE
INCREDIBLE HARD HIT, NEW YORK,
CONNECTICUT TRI-STATE AREA.
BLOOMBERG FA LANWILL CONTRIBUTE
MILLION AS WELL AZTEC SUPPORT
AND.
AND. I SPOKE WITH THE FORMER MAYOR
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. MR. HAYMAYOR, TELL US ABOUT THIS
PROGRAM.
PROGRAM. YOU HAVE DECIDED TO SPEND YOUR
MONEY ON IN THE AREA OF PUBLIC
HEALTH.
HEALTH. >> WELL, THE VIRUS IS WHAT’S
CALLED A COMMUNITY DISEASE.
COMPARED TO CANCER WHICH IS A
NON-COMMUNITY DISEASE, YOU GET
CANCER FROM SMOKING OR BEING
OCHO
OCHO OBESE OR OTHER THINGS.
A COMMUNITY DISEASE YOU CATCH
FROM SOMEBODY ELSE.
IF YOU DOESN’T WANT TO GET IT,
YOU MAKE SURE YOU DON’T GO NEAR
ANYBODY THAT HAS IT.
THE PROBLEM IS WE DON’T KNOW WHO
HAS IT.
HAS IT. THE TESTS AREN’T PERFECT.
NOT EASY TO GET A TEST YET AND
ONCE THEY HAVE IT, YOU GOT TO
DEPEND ON THEM TO TELL YOU
WHETHER THEY HAVE IT SO YOU KNOW
TO STAY AWAY OR STAY AWAY FROM
EVERYBODY.
EVERYBODY. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL WEAR A
MASK.
MASK. THAT STOPS YOU FROM BREATHING
THE SAME AIR THAT THE OTHER
PERSON WHO MAY HAVE THE DISEASE
DOES.
DOES. YOU HAVE TO STOP TOUCHING THE
SAME THINGS OTHER PEOPLE TOUCH.
THEY ARE INFECTED.
YOU HAVE A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF
GETTING IT.
GETTING IT. SO WHAT WE’RE TRYING TO DO HERE
IS FIND OUT FOR SOMEBODY THAT
HAS THE DISEASE WHO ELSE THEY
TALKED TO OR WERE CLOSE TO AND
THEN WARN THOSE PEOPLE AND GET
THEM TO STAY IN AN AREA WHERE
NOBODY ELSE CAN CATCH IT FROM
THEM IF THEY’VE CAUGHT IT AND
YOU’LL KNOW AFTER TWO WEEKS
WHETHER THAT PERSON HAS CAUGHT
IT FROM THE FIRST PERSON.
AND SO WHAT WE’RE TRYING TO DO
IS PUT TOGETHER A GROUP WHICH
WILL INTERVIEW PEOPLE THAT HAVE
IT, SAY WHERE WERE YOU, WHO DID
YOU TALK TO AND THEN GO TO THOSE
PEOPLE AND SAY YOU WERE EXPOSED
TO SOMEBODY THAT HAD IT, AND SO
YOU’VE GOT TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS.
YOU DOESN’T WANT TO GET -- IF
YOU’VE CAUGHT IT, YOU DON’T WANT
TO GIVE IT TO YOUR LOVED ONES.
GO AND LOCK YOURSELF AWAY FOR
TWO WEEKS BECAUSE YOU’RE WITH
SOMEBODY WHO HAD IT AND BECAUSE
YOU DON’T WANT TO GIVE IT TO
SOMEBODY ELSE.
SOMEBODY ELSE. >> THIS IS SUCH A VAST SPIDER
WEB OF CONTEXT.
IF YOU AND I SAW EACH OTHER IN A
MANHATTAN RESTAURANT AND ONE OF
US LEARNED LATER THAT WE WERE A
SYMPTOMATIC BUT CARRIERS, THINK
OF THE VORTICES THAT WOULD COME
OFF THAT ONE MEETING.
I HAVE TO ASK GIVEN THE STATE OF
THE ECONOMY, IS THIS GOING TO
MEAN JOBS FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED
THE WORK, NEED THE MONEY AS
CONTACT TRACING INTERVIEWERS AND
RESEARCHERS?
RESEARCHERS? >> WELL, WE’VE ALREADY DONE THE
WORST PART.
WORST PART. WE CLOSED THE RESTAURANTS.
SO THE QUESTION NOW IS TO FIND
OUT WHO YOU’VE TALKED TO OTHER
THAN THAT.
THAN THAT. IF YOU TAKE THE SUBWAY, IT’S
PRETTY HARD TO GET THE NAMES OF
EVERYBODY THAT’S ON THE SUBWAY
CAR.
CAR. IF YOU HAD BEEN IN A RESTAURANT,
THE RESTAURANT PROBABLY DOESN’T
KNOW THE NAMES OF EVERYBODY ELSE
THAT WAS THERE.
BUT IF YOU JUST GO AROUND AND
STAY OUT OF THE STORES AND STAY
OUT OF THE RESTAURANTS AND STAY
IN YOUR HOME, YOU WILL NOT BE
TOUCHING ANYBODY ELSE WHO MIGHT
HAVE IT.
HAVE IT. IF YOU DO TOUCH SOMEBODY AND YOU
FIND OUT, THEN WE CAN GO AND
INTERVIEW THOSE PEOPLE.
YOU COULD INTERVIEW THE DOORMAN
IN YOUR BUILDING.
YOU COULD INTERVIEW THE DELIVERY
MAN THAT BROUGHT THE FOOD THE
YOUR HOUSE.
YOUR HOUSE. AND WE NEED PEOPLE TO DO THAT
AND THEY HAVE TO BE TRAINED AND
THEY HAVE TO KNOW WHICH
QUESTIONS TO ASK AND WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THEY DON’T TELL ANY
PERSONAL INFORMATION.
PERSONAL INFORMATION. THIS IS SERIOUS STUFF AND AS YOU
GET OLDER, IT’S MORE SERIOUS
OLDER PEOPLE HAVE A HIGHER IN
INDANCE OF GETTING VERY SICK AND
DYING FROM THIS DISEASE.
YOUNGER PEOPLE AREN’T IMMUNE BUT
THEY’RE MORE SECURE THAN IF THEY
WERE OLDER AND SOMEBODY LIKE MY
AGE, YOU KNOW, IT’S REALLY AS
MUCH MORE SERIOUS THAN IF YOU
WERE THE AGE OF MY DAUGHTER OR
MY GRAND KID IS EVEN LESS LIKELY
TO CAMP IT FROM SOMEBODY BUT
JOHNS HOPKINS IS DESIGNING A
PROGRAM.
PROGRAM. WE’RE TRYING TO HIRE THE PEOPLE
AND TRAIN THEM AND THEN MAKE
SURE THAT THEY GET THE
INFORMATION TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE
AND NOT TO THE WRONG PEOPLE.
>> AND FINAL QUESTION, YOU
MENTIONED TESTING.
MENTIONED TESTING. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT TESTING ON
THIS BROADCAST HERE TONIGHT
ABSENT ROCK SOLID BIG NUMBERS IN
TESTING.
TESTING. HOW MUCH OF A CRIMP DOES THAT
PUT IN THIS EFFORT YOU’VE
DECIDED TO FINANCE?
>> WELL, THE FEWER PEOPLE THAT
HAVE IT, THELESS LESS LIKELY
SOMEBODY ELSE IS TO BE WITH
SOMEBODY WHO HAS IT.
WHAT YOU’RE TRYING TO DO IS KEEP
EVERYBODY THAT HAS IT OFF THE
STREETS AND THEN NOBODY ELSE
WILL HAVE IT AND IF THE PEOPLE
THAT HAVE IT GET OVER IT, THEN
THEY CAN GO BACK ON THE STREETS
BUT THEY WON’T INFECT ANYBODY.
SO IT’S NOT GOING TO MAKE IT ANY
WORSE, QUITE THE CONTRARY IF YOU
CAN TELL PEOPLE THAT THEY WERE
CLOSE TO SOMEBODY WHO HAD IT,
THEY CAN THEN ISOLATE
THEMSELVES, WHICH THEY WOULD NOT
DO IF YOU DIDN’T HAVE THIS
PRO
PRO PROCESS.
PROCESS. THAT’S WHY GOVERNOR CUOMO IS IN
FAVOR OF THE PROGRAM AND THAT’S
WHY WE’VE HAD JOHNS HOPKINS
DESIGN THE PROGRAM AND IF WE CAN
GET IT TO WORK IN NEW YORK, WE
CAN GET IT TO WORK ELSEWHERE, AS
WELL.
WELL. BUT EVERY COUNTRY IS TRYING TO
DO THE SAME THING.
SOME HAVE A MORE PROFESSIONAL
PROGRAM THAN OTHERS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE NEW YORK
HAS A VERY PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM
RUN BY PEOPLE WHO ARE WELL
TRAINED AND WHO YOU CAN DEPEND
UPON NOT TO TAKE YOUR PERSONAL
INFORMATION AND GIVE IT TO
PEOPLE WHO SHOULDN’T HAVE IT.
>> FORMER MAYOR OF THE CITY OF
NEW YORK.
NEW YORK. FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
MIKE BLOOMBERG, THANK YOU FOR
SPENDING A FEW MINUTES WITH US