BE OVERRUN WITH CASES. JOINING US NOW FROM MINNEAPOLIS
IS ANDY SLAVIT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU WRITE THE BEST COURSE OF
ACTION TO PREVENT THE U.S. FROM
BECOMING ITALY IS TO SOCIAL LE
ISOLATE -- SOCIALLY ISOLATE JUST
AS THE CDC SAYS STOP ANY
GATHERING THAT’S 50 PEOPLE OR
MORE.
MORE. TELL US IN YOUR MIND WHAT NEEDS
TO BE DONE AND WHAT SOCIAL
ISOLATION MEANS.
ISOLATION MEANS. >> SURE.
>> SURE. WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME
ON, CHRIS.
ON, CHRIS. REALLY IT’S #STAYHOME.
I THINK THAT IS THE MESSAGE THAT
EVERYBODY NEEDS TO GET.
MANY AMERICANS ARE UNDERSTANDING
THIS MESSAGE.
THIS MESSAGE. MANY YOUNGER MIAMI AREN’T.
MANY PEOPLE IN THEIR 20s AND
THEIR TEENS WITH ST. PATRICK’S
DAY APPROACHING AREN’T GETTING
THAT MESSAGE AND THE TRUTH OF
THE MATTER IS AT THIS POINT IN
TIME, THE ONLY WAY WE CAN
PREVENT THE NUMBER OF CASES FROM
OVERWHELMING THE HEALTHCARE
SYSTEM IN WAYS THAT YOUR OTHER
GUESTS HAVE DESCRIBED AND THE
WAYS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN ITALY
IS IF WE, OURSELVES, DO THIS SO
THERE IS A LOT OF FOCUS ON THE
GOVERNMENT.
GOVERNMENT. THE TRUMPED A MY OPINION
STRIKES, THE GOVERNORS, MAYORS,
THEY ALL HAVE REALLY IMPORTANT
ROLES TO PLAY.
BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE
CAN DO IS #STAYHOME AND BY DOING
THAT, ARE YOU NOT JUST GOING TO
KEEP YOURSELF HEALTHIER.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU ARE NOT
GOING TO SPREAD THE CORONAVIRUS
TO OTHER PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY
OTHER PEOPLE WHO MAY BE IN WORST
PHYSAL CONDITION THAN YOU
THINK YOU ARE.
SO WE HAVE JUST 15 OF HEALTHCARE
LEADERS AND MYSELF JUST
PUBLISHED AN OP-ED IN USA TODAY
THAT WE ARE SENDING TO EVERY
GOVERNOR AND MAYOR IN THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. IT’S AN OPEN LETTER TO EVERY
AMERICAN WITH A SERIES OF 30
RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT STAY AT
HOME MEANS.
HOME MEANS. >> YOU TWEETED THAT EXPERTS ARE
EXPECTING MORE THAN A MILLION
DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES.
RIGHT NOW BY OUR COUNT, WE’RE AT
67.
67. HOW DO WE GET FROM 67 TO A
MILLION?
MILLION? WHERE DOES THAT NUMBER COME
FROM?
FROM? >> SURE.
>> SURE. WELL, DR. FAUCI I THINK WAS
ASKED THIS QUESTION IN
CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY AND I
THINK HE SAID IT BEST.
HE SAID IF WE DON’T ACT TO
CHANGE THE COURSE OF HOW WE
RESPOND TO THE VIRUS, THERE
COULD BE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS
OF PEOPLE WHO LOSE THEIR LIVES.
THAT’S DR. FAUCI WHO I THINK IS
PROBABLY THE MOST AUTHORITATIVE
VOICE ON THIS TOPIC.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING HE ALSO
SAID WAS THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE
NOT OUR DESTINY AND I THINK IF
YOU LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING TWEETS
THAT I’VE MADE, THAT ARE
IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THAT ONE,
WE TALK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF
THINGS THAT WE CAN STILL DO.
AND THIS IS VERY GOOD NEWS
BECAUSE OUR DESTINY IS IN OUR
HANDS, TO DRAMATICALLY LOWER
THAT NUMBER AND THOSE REALLY ARE
THE THINGS THAT WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT, OTHERS ARE TALKING ABOUT.
IT’S MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVELY
STAYING HOME AND RIDING THIS
THING OUT AND I THINK IF WE DO
THAT, WE ARE GOING TO SEE A MUCH
BETTER OUTCOME.
BETTER OUTCOME. IF WE DON’T, THEN I THINK THE
WARNINGS WE ARE HEARING FROM
ITALY, PEOPLE ON THE GROUND IN
SEATTLE ARE TELLING US, THAT WE
ARE WALKING INTO SOMETHING THAT
COULD BE QUITE SEVERE.
AND THE NUMBERS AS WE ALL KNOW,
ANY NUMBER IS TOO MANY.
ANY AVOIDABLE DEATH, WE NEED TO
AVOID.
AVOID. SO I DON’T THINK IT MATTERS AND
I DON’T THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO
FOCUS ON THE SCALE OF THIS
THING.
THING. IT’S IMPORTANT TO FOCUS ON WHAT
CAN WE DO ABOUT IT AND THE FACT
THAT THE STAKES ARE SO HIGH.
>> SO HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK THE
MIXED MESSAGING IS CONTRIBUTING
AND COULD CONTRIBUTE TO WHERE
THIS GOES IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER
OF CASES AND THE NUMBER OF
DEATHS.
DEATHS. I AM THINKING RIGHT NOW, ZWRAU
SHORT TIME AGO WE PLAYED
CALIFORNIA CONGRESSMAN DEVIN
NUNES GO OUT TO BARS.
WE NEED IT FOR THE ECONOMY.
CONVERSELY, AOC, ALEXANDRIA
OCASIO-CORTEZ TWEETED, SHE HAS
PA LOT OF FOLLOWER, ESPECIALLY
PEOPLE UNDER 40 CAPITAL LETTERS,
STOP CROWDING PUBLIC PLACES
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. EAT YOUR MEALS AT HOME.
BUT ALL THESE MIXED MESSAGES ARE
COMING OUT THERE.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. FIRST LET’S JUST PAUSE, THIS
ISN’T ABOUT DEMOCRAT OR
REPUBLICAN.
REPUBLICAN. IT’S NOT EVEN ABOUT AMERICAN.
IT’S ABOUT THE ENTIRE WORLD.
ITS ABOUT OUR SPECIES.
SO, THIS IS NOT A COMMENT
REFLECTIVE OF A CONGRESS PERSON
NEW SMYRNA
NEW SMYRNA NUNES OR CONGRESS PERSON AOC.
BUT I WOULD SAY FIND YOUR OWN
TRUSTED SOURCES.
TRUSTED SOURCES. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN YOUR
STATE IN YOUR CITY, PEOPLE YOU
BELIEVE, PEOPLE YOU CAN TRUST,
PEOPLE WHO YOU FOLLOW AND LISTEN
TO THEM.
TO THEM. WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, THAT WE
HAVE BEEN A BIT BEHIND FROM THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON DOWN.
WE HAVE BEEN SORT OF CHASING
THIS PROBLEM, INSTEAD OF GETTING
AHEAD OF IT.
AND GETTING AHEAD OF IT NOW
REALLY MEANS THAT AS THIS THING
COMES INTO YOUR COMMUNITY AND
REMEMBER THIS IS IN NEW YORK IN
A BIG WAY NOW.
IT’S IF BOSTON IN A BIG WAY.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER COMMUNITIES
IN THIS COUNTRY WHERE IT ISN’T
YET SO IF I WERE IN A CITY IN
THE COUNTRY THAT HAD NO
COMMUNITY SPREAD YET, I MATE
TAKE CONGRESSMAN NUNES’ ADVICE,
HAVE TO HAVE DINNER.
NOT BECAUSE I WANT TO PROMOTE
THE ECONOMY.
THE ECONOMY. I DON’T THINK THAT’S THE RIGHT
MESSAGE.
MESSAGE. I THINK LIVE YOUR LIFE.
BUT AS SOON AS IN YOUR LOCATION,
THE PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS TELL
YOU THAT THE NUMBER OF COMMUNITY
CASES IS SPREADING.
THEN IF THEY DON’T SHUT THE BARS
AND RESTAURANTS DOWN FOR YOU.
YOU NEED TO BE SHUTTING THEM
DOWN, YOURSELFLES.