GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND MAY GOD
PROTECT OUR TROOPS.
>> THERE HE IS, PRESIDENT-ELECT
JOE BIDEN.
WALKING OFF STAGE AFTER GIVING
HIS ADDRESS ON HIS PLAN TO
ADDRESS THE ECONOMIC AND HEALTH
CRISIS THAT WE FACE RIGHT NOW
DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
HE SAID WE HAVE TOOKT AND WE ACT
NOW.
HE CALLED THE CURRENT VACCINE
ROLLOUT A DISMAL FAILURE SO FAR.
HE LAID OUT WHAT HE WOULD DO
DIFFERENTLY.
STILL WITH ME, ALSO JOINING US
IS LOIS PACE, A MEMBER OF
PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDENS
COVID-19 ADVISORY BOARS.
TO SUMMARIZE, JOE BIDEN PLANNING
TO PUT IN 1400 ADDITIONAL
DOLLARS ON TOP OF THE $600
PEOPLE ALREADY RECEIVED.
HE HAS SOME OTHER PROPOSALS
INCLUDING RAISING THE MINIMUM
WAGE TO $15 AN HOUR NATIONWIDE,
ASKING CONGRESS TO EXTEND THE
EVICTION FOR CLOSURE MORATORIUM
AND ADDING A SNAP INCREASE FOR
THOSE THAT ARE HUNGRY.
ON THE RESCUE SIDE ON THE
COVID-19 SIDE, $20 BILLION FOR A
NATIONAL VACCINE PLAN LAUNCHING
COMMUNITY VACCINATION CENTERS.
ADDING LOCAL PLACES FOR PEOPLE
TO BE VACCINATED.
I WANT TO GO YOU TO DR. GUP
THAT.
FROM WHAT YOU HEARD ABOUT THAT
SIDE OF THE PLAN, THE VACCINE
SIDE OF THE PLAN, WHAT DID YOU
MAKE OF IT?
WHAT DID YOU THINK?
>> JOY, YOU KNOW, ITS THE TYPE
OF THINK BIG DISASTER MINDSET
THAT WE NEEDED ALL ALONG.
IM GLAD THAT WERE SEEING IT
NOW.
WE NEED MORE PLACES FOR
AMERICANS TO GET SHOTS.
AND MORE PEOPLE FRANKLY TO
ADMINISTER THE SHOTS.
SO SOME SORT OF TRAIN THE
TRAINER PROGRAM.
YOU DONT HAVE TO BE A HEALTH
CARE WORKER TO GIVE THE VACCINE.
WE HAVE PEOPLE GIVING INSULIN TO
THEMSELVES ALL THE TIME.
IM ENCOURAGED BY THAT.
YOU KNOW, MOBILIZE, AS I SAY
THIS AS A RESERVIST IN THE AIR
FORCE, WE NEED TO MOBILIZE OUR
MILITARY.
NO THE JUST EXPECTING GOVERNORS
TO MOBILIZE THE NATIONAL GUARDS
BUT MOBILIZE THE FEDERAL
MILITARY ASSET SET THAT THEY
HAVE AT HAND.
SOW THAT WILL BE VITAL AS WELL.
IF I CAN QUICKLY SAY THIS IS
WHERE MESSAGING IS GOING TO BE
KEY.
IT NOW WE HAVE A PRESIDENT THAT
IS MESSAGING ON POINT TO THE
SCIENCE AND EVIDENCE AND IM
HOPING THE GOVERNORS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY ARE PAYING ATTENTION.
WHEN IT COMES TO SCHOOLS, IM
HEARING FROM DIFFERENT TEACHERS
UNIONS.
WHY ARE WE GOING BACK INTO IN
PERSON INSTRUCTION WITH A NEW
STRAIN THAT IS TRANSMISSIONABLE
WHETHER WE CAN BE IMPACTED.
TEACHERS DESERVE TO BE
VACCINATED.
AIRLINES ARE GOING TO START
FLYING TO FULL CAPACITY.
WHAT HAPPENED TO SOCIAL
DISTANCING?
WE NEED PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERS
THAT PLAY THEIR PART.
GOVERNORS IN 40 STATES STILL
ENDURE TO HAVE RESTAURANTS OPEN.
WE NEED THEM TO BE PARTNERS FOR
THE BIDEN ADD MANY GTS SOADMINIS
WE CAN DECREASE TRANSMISSION.
>> YOU KNOW THAT, IS AN
EXCELLENT POINT.
AT THIS POINT IN OUR COUNTRY, WE
HAVE 23 MILLION PEOPLE WHO ARE
INFECTED WITH COVID-19.
388,000 PEOPLE DIED.
AMONG THE INFECTED, WE JUST GOT
ANOTHER MEMBER OF CONGRESS OF
NEW YORK ALSO TESTING POSITIVE.
THE VACCINE ROLLOUT SO FAR HAS
BEEN SLOW.
11 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN
THE SHOTS.
30 MILLION DOSES DISTRIBUTE.
THAT IS A PITTANCE OF COMPARED
TO WHAT WE WERE PROMISED.
I WONDER AS YOU LISTEN AND
YOURE A PART OF THIS PLAN, WHY
ROLL THIS OUT IN FEBRUARY?
WHY NOT MAKE THIS IMMEDIATE IN
THE FIRST DAYS OF THE NEW BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION?
AND WHY NOT AS DR. GUPTA SAID
INCLUDE ENLISTING THE MILITARY
IN GETTING THIS VACCINE OUT.
HAVING TEACHERS, TRAINING PEOPLE
IN SCHOOLS TO BE VACCINATORS SO
THAT WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN
FASTER FOR TICHERS AND OTHER
VULNERABLE WORKERS?
>> SOME OF THAT IS ACTUALLY
HAPPENING, JOY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND BETH
RAISING IT.
WE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO BRING THE
FULL BREATH OF OUR CAPABILITY TO
BEAR.
AND THAT INCLUDES WORKING
CLOSELY WITH THESE VERY COMMUNITIES AND LEADERS IN THE
COMMUNITIES AND LEADERS IN THE
COMMUNITIES TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
THERE ARE 100,000 COMMUNITY
HEALTH WORKERS AND
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THERE ARE
EVEN MORE PEOPLE BEYOND THAT
NUMBER WORKING WITH LOCAL
NETWORKS, CLINICS, COMMUNITY
BASED ORGANIZATION THATS CAN BE
OF ASSISTANCE.
ABSOLUTELY, THINKING OF THIS AS
ZASTER
DISASTER PLAN AND THERE IS A
COMMITMENT TO BRINGING IN THE
NATIONAL GUARD AS THE STATES
NEED THEM.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT FULLY FUNDING
THAT ON BEHALF OF THE STATES IF
REQUIRED.
I THINK WHAT IM IMPRESSED BY IS
THE FACT THAT THE
PRESIDENT-ELECT IS BRINGING THE
FULL RESOURCES OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO BEAR OR IS AT
LEAST WANTING TO DO SO AS HE
STEPS INTO THIS ROLE.
TO YOUR OTHER QUESTION ABOUT
TIMING, I THINK THE REALITY IS
WE HAVE NEXT WEDNESDAY AS A
STARTING POINT.
THERE ARE STILL THINGS THAT WE
DONT KNOW AND WE DONT WANT TO
ACT TOO PREMATURELY TOOFR..
WE DONT WANT TO RUSH INTO THIS
AND CONTINUE TO MAKE MISTAKES IN
THE PROCESS.
I THINK THEEAM GOING IN NEEDS
TO TRULY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEYRE
DEALING WITH.
THERE ARE STILL THINGS THEY MAY
NOT KNOW.
IM ENCOURAGED BY THE
CONVERSATIONS THAT THE ADVISORY
BOARD AND TRANSITION STAFF HAVE
BEEN HAVING AGAIN WITH THE
STATE, LOCAL, AND TRIBAL LEADERS
TO TRULY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY