IT’S DR.
>>> WE’RE RIGHT AROUND 40,000
NEW CASES.
THAT’S AN UNACCEPTABLY HIGH
BASELINE.
WE HAVE TO GET IT DOWN.
I’D LIKE TO SEE IT 10,000 OR
LESS, HOPEFULLY LESS.
THE ISSUE WE’RE FACING RIGHT NOW
IS WE’RE ENTERING, IN A DAY OR
TWO RIGHT NOW, INTO THE LABOR
DAY WEEKEND.
WE KNOW FROM PRIOR EXPERIENCE
WHEN YOU GET INTO HOLIDAY
WEEKENDS, THE FOURTH OF JULY,
MEMORIAL DAY, THERE’S A TENDENCY
OF PEOPLE TO BE CARELESS
SOMEWHAT WITH REGARD TO THE
PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES WE KEEP
RECOMMENDING OVER AND OVER
AGAIN, SO I WANT TO USE THIS
OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A PLEA TO
THE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY TO
REALIZE WE NEED TO GET OUR ARMS
AROUND THIS AND TO SUPPRESS
THESE TYPES OF SURGES THAT WE’VE
SEEN.
>> OUR NUMBERS ARE GREAT, THE
STOCK MARKET IS ESSENTIALLY AT
AN ALL-TIME RECORD.
IF YOU WOULD HAVE TOLD ME I
THINK WE’RE ROUNDING THE TURN ON
THIS CHINA VIRUS, VACCINES ARE
HAPPENING, THERAPEUTICS ARE
HAPPENING, LOOK AT THE
STATISTICS THEY’RE GOOD.
EVEN WITHOUT THAT, WE’RE
ROUNDING THE TURN.
WE’LL HAVE A PHENOMENAL QUARTER.
THIS QUARTER IS GOING TO BE
REALLY GOOD.
>> THIS IS A GUY WHO KEPT SAYING
IT WAS GOING TO GO AWAY.
THIS WAS A GUY WHO TOLD
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MINISTERS, I
THINK AT THE END OF FEBRUARY,
THIS IS GOING TO GO AWAY LIKE
MAGIC.
JUST BELIEVE ME, IT’S GOING TO
GO AWAY LIKE MAGIC.
HE TOLD SENATORS -- REPUBLICAN
SENATORS IN EARLY MARCH, DON’T
WORRY ABOUT THIS, IT’S GOING TO
GO AWAY.
WE GOT IT TAKEN CARE OF.
WE’RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
HE ALSO, OF COURSE, SAID IT WAS
GOING TO GO AWAY MAGICALLY IN
APRIL WHEN THINGS BEGAN TO WARM
UP.
SINCE THAT TIME, SINCE THAT
TIME, SINCE HE MADE THOSE
GUARANTEES NOT TO WORRY, HE WAS
ASKED, ACTUALLY, IF HE WAS
WORRIED ABOUT IT IN EARLY MARCH,
HE SAID, NO.
I’M NOT WORRIED AT ALL.
SINCE THAT TIME WHEN THE
PRESIDENT SAID HE WASN’T WORRIED
AT ALL, LOOK AT THE BOTTOM
RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN.
THAT’S HOW MANY OF YOUR FELLOW
AMERICANS HAVE DIED OF THE
CORONAVIRUS SINCE DONALD TRUMP
MADE THOSE GUARANTEES.
AND CONTINUES TO MAKE THOSE
GUARANTEES IN THE SUMMER.
STILL MAKING THE GUARANTEES --
>> STILL HAVING SUPER SPREADER
EVENTS --
>> -- MAKES THE GUARANTEES IN
THE FALL AND STILL HAVING SUPER
SPREADER EVENT.
HE HAD A SUPER SPREADER EVENT IN
NORTH CAROLINA.
>> AND ALSO GOT ON A STAGE, SOME
PEOPLE WEARING MASKS BUT I SEE A
LOT OF PEOPLE CLUSTERED TOGETHER
NOT WEARING MASKS.
THAT’S ALONGSIDE DR. ANTHONY
FAUCI SAYING THE NUMBERS IN
CERTAIN AREAS OF THE COUNTRY ARE
AT UNACCEPTABLE LEVELS.
THAT IS THE POLAR OPPOSITE,
POLAR OPPOSITE DESCRIPTION OF
THE SITUATION.
JOINING US NOW, PULMONOLOGIST
AND NBC NEWS MEDICAL
CONTRIBUTOR, DR. VIN GUPTA.
>> I KNOW THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR
DONALD TRUMP TO DO, BUT LET’S
TRY TO TAKE THIS OUT OF THE
REALM OF POLITICS, JUST FOR A
MINUTE.
I KNOW HE CAN’T DO THAT.
BUT WE HAVE TO DO THAT.
FOR SOME TIME DOCTORS HAVE BEEN
WARNING, YOU’VE BEEN WARNING,
EPIDEMIOLOGISTS HAVE BEEN
WARNING, DR. FAUCI HAS BEEN
WARNING ABOUT THE FALL AND THE
DANGERS OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN IN
THE FALL WHEN THE FLU SEASON
COLLIDES WITH THE CORONAVIRUS.
AND YOU HAVE DONALD TRUMP STILL
GOING AROUND PUSHING -- YOU
KNOW, ACTUALLY GETTING THE
GOVERNMENT TO PUSH TREATMENTS
THAT END UP BEING IN EFFECTIVE
OR CERTAINLY NOT TESTED.
NOW WE HAVE THIS BIZARRE
ANNOUNCEMENT THAT STATES ARE
BEING TOLD TO GET READY TO
DISTRIBUTE A VACCINE BY EARLY
NOVEMBER.
THIS WOULD BE A VACCINE, OF
COURSE, THAT’S NOT GOING THROUGH
ALL THE PROPER STAGES.
THAT WON’T BE ADEQUATELY TESTED.
AND I SERIOUSLY, I WONDER WHAT DOCTORS ARE GOING TO RECOMMEND
DOCTORS ARE GOING TO RECOMMEND
TO THEIR PATIENTS THAT EVEN IF
THEY’RE BIG PROPONENTS OF
VACCINES THAT THEY CAN PROMOTE
THIS VACCINE THAT DONALD TRUMP
IS TALKING ABOUT RUSHING TO
MARKET.
>> YOU’RE TALKING A TIME LINE
LESS THAN EIGHT WEEKS AWAY.
WE’RE IN THE BEGINNING OF
SEPTEMBER ALREADY.
SO A VACCINE THAT HAS TO GET
MASS DISTRIBUTED AND INTO
PEOPLE’S ARMS BY THE BEGINNING
OF NOVEMBER, LATE OCTOBER.
THAT NEEDS TO START HAPPENING IN
A MATTER OF WEEKS.
JOE, THERE ISN’T A SINGLE
COMPANY THAT EXISTS RIGHT NOW
THAT HAS A CLINICAL TRIAL, A
PHASE 3 TRIAL WHERE TENSOVER OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING
THIS VACCINE, SCIENTISTS ARE
EXAMINING IT FOR HEALTH AND
SAFETY IMPACTS.
NOBODY IS CLOSE TO THE IDEAL
TARGET.
THIS NOTION WE’RE GOING TO HAVE,
IN EIGHT WEEKS, THIS READY-MADE
VACCINE.
TO YOUR POINT, JOE, WHAT PEOPLE
WANT, THEY WANT AN EXPERT REVIEW
PANEL THAT’S APOLITICAL,
COMPOSED OF VACCINE EXPERTS TO
LOOK AT THE DATA, GIVE IT A GO,
NO GO.
THAT’S WHAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING
FOR, MYSELF, MY COLLEAGUES.
WITHOUT THAT THERE’S NO TRUST.
THIS IS ONLY GOING TO EMBOLDEN
THE ANTI-VAXERS OUT THERE.
THIS IS GOING TO GIVE THEM MORE
FODDER.
LAST THING I WILL SAY IS, IT’S
NOT JUST ONE DOSE, JOE WE’RE
THINKING WE NEED TWO DOSES.
AN ADDITIONAL DOSE, AND TWO
DOSES.
THAT’S 650 MILLION DOSES OF THE
VACCINE, NOT 325.
>> SAM STEIN, HOW IRONIC YOU
HAVE PEOPLE LIKE DR. ANTHONY
FAUCI WHO ARE TALKING CAUTION,
SAYING HEY, WE’VE GOT TO DO THIS
THE RIGHT WAY.
WE HAVE TO DO THE TESTING THE
RIGHT WAY.
AND ANTHONY FAUCI IS THE GUY
THAT ANTI-VAXERS AND ALSO
CONSPIRACY THEORISTS WHO, OF
COURSE, BREED ON FACEBOOK,
THEY’VE BEEN ATTACKING FAUCI
BECAUSE HE WAS GOING TO TRY TO
MAKE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON --
HE AND GATES AND, YOU KNOW,
THE -- WHATEVER -- AGAIN,
WHATEVER CONSPIRACY THEORISTS IN
THIS PLANDEMIC, THEY WERE GOING
TO MAKE ALL OF THIS MONEY
GETTING RICH OFF OF VACCINES.
IT ENDS UP THAT IT’S PEOPLE LIKE
ANTHONY FAUCI URGING CAUTION
WHILE DONALD TRUMP IS THE ONE
TRYING TO RUSH SOMETHING TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT WON’T GO