CONTINUING
GLOBAL DARKNESS
OF CORONAVIRUS. %
>>> %
>> HERELY HALF %
THE U.S. IS %
SEEING AN
INCREASE IN
INFECTIONS. %
AND INFECTIOUS %
DISEASE EXPERTS
ARE WARNING THAT %
THIS %
PANDEMIC IS FAR
FROM OVER. %
WHO’S CAUSING %
THESE SPECK IN %
CASES? %
CDC DIRECTOR AND %
CEO OF THE
ROBERT WOODSON %
FOUNDATION DR. %
BESSER JOINING
ME NOW. %
HOW CONCERNED %
ARE YOU ABOUT %
THE RISE IN %
CASES THAT
WE’RE SEEING %
HERE? %
>> Reporter:
WELL, YOU KNOW, %
ALISON, I THINK %
YOU %
NEED TO LOOK AT %
EACH STATE %
INDEPENDENTLY TO %
SEE %
WHAT’S GOING ON. %
AS STATES START %
TO OPEN UP AND
THERE’S MORE %
ACTIVITY
BETH ECONOMIC
AND SOCIAL, %
THERE WILL BE %
INCREASES IN %
CASES. %
AND WHAT YOU
WANT TO SEE IS, %
IS THERE ROOM IN
THE %
HOSPITAL? %
ARE YOU ANYWHERE %
NEAR TO %
OVERWHELMING %
YOUR HEALTH
CARE SYSTEM? %
ARE YOU ABLE TO
COLLECT DATA TO %
SEE WHICH PARTS
OF
YOUR COMMUNITIES %
WHERE BEING
IMPACTED? %
BLACK AMERICANS,
LATINO
AMERICANS, LOW-%
INCOME %
AMERICANS HAVE %
BEEN HIT
INCREDIBLY HARD. %
IF PUBLIC HEALTH %
IS IN COLLECTING %
DATA TO BE ABLE %
TO %
SEE WHAT’S GOING %
ON IN EVERY %
NEIGHBORHOOD,
THESE %
SAME GROUPS ARE %
GOING TO %
CONTINUE TO GET %
HIT HARD AS %
PEOPLE GO BACK %
TO WORK MORE AND
MORE. %
>> I KNOW THERE
ARE A COUPLE OF %
OTHER ISSUES %
THAT %
PEOPLE ARE
WONDERING ABOUT, %
FOR EXAMPLE, %
WHEN WE %
MIGHT HAVE A %
BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF
WHAT POTENTIAL %
IMPACT THE %
PROTESTS HAD ON %
SPECK AND CASES. %
ARE THERE %
CERTAIN TIMES %
FRAMES OR TIME
LINES THAT %
YOU THINK,
"WE’LL HAVE
BETTER %
UNDERSTANDING,"
TO %
SAY, "THIS
CAUSED IT. %
THIS REOPENING %
WAS PART OF IT, %
AND WE NEED TO
MAKE %
SOME CHANGES." %
>> YEAH, THIS IS %
BREAD AND %
BUTTER, BOOTS ON
THE %
GROUND PUBLIC
HEALTH WORK. %
SO IN EACH %
LOCALE, AS CASES %
ARE GOING UP, %
YOU HAVE %
TO DO THAT HARD %
WORK TO SEE
WHAT’S GOING ON %
HERE. %
IS IT SOMETHING %
RELATED TO
MEMORIAL DAY %
ACTIVITY? %
IS IT SOMETHING %
RELATED TO %
PROTESTING? %
ARE PROTESTERS BEING INSTRUCTED %
BEING INSTRUCTED %
IN TERMS OF
SOCIAL %
DISTANCE? %
DO WORKERS HAVE
WHAT THEY NEED %
TO PROTECT %
KNOWSES
WHEN THEY’RE
GOING BACK TO %
WORK? %
IN EACH PLACE IT %
COULD BE
SOMETHING %
DIFFERENT. %
IT COULD BE %
SOMETHING THAT %
NEEDS TO BE %
ADDRESSED IN
TERMS OF
PERSONAL
PROTECTIVE %
EQUIPMENT. %
CLEARLY, ONE OF %
THE THINGS WE %
NEED TO SEE MORE
OF IS %
PUBLIC HEALTH %
LEADERS OUT %
THERE, TALKING %
ABOUT WHY %
IT’S SO %
IMPORTANT TO %
CONTINUE TO WEAR
MASKS AND
SOCIAL-DISTANCE, %
BECAUSE WITHOUT
THOSE MEASURES, %
ANY %
OF THESE STEPS %
FORWARD TOWARD %
OPENING THE %
ECONOMY %
ARE GOING TO
LEAD TO %
RETRENCHING WHEN %
WE HAVE TO PUT %
THEM BACK IN %
PLACE, PAUSE %
WE’RE NOT DOING
THE RIGHT
THING TO KEEP
THESE ACTIVITIES %
AS LOW AS
POSSIBLE. %
>> WE’VE SEEN %
STATES LIKE
OREGON, UTAH, %
TENNESSEE, %
PAUSING SOME OF
THEIR REOPENING %
PLANS BECAUSE OF %
CONCERNS ABOUT %
SPECK IN
CORONAVIRUS %
CASES. %
SHOULDN’T MORE %
STATES BE DOING
THAT? %
>> WELL, YEAH. %
IT’S JUST LIKE
IN THAT REPORT %
YOU SHOWED FROM
ITALY, %
WHERE THERE WAS
A BUILDING THEY %
PUT UNDER %
LOCKDOWN, %
BECAUSE THERE %
WERE MORE CASES. %
THAT’S THE KIND
OF THING WE %
SHOULD ALL EXPECT TO %
EXPECT TO %
SEE.
. WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE
EVERYBODY IS %
POSITIVE OR WHO %
HAS BEEN IN % CONTACT HAS A %
CONTACT HAS A %
SAFE PLACE TO %
ISOLATE. %
>> "THE NEW YORK
TIMES" IS
REPORTING THAT %
FLOWING %
THE SPREAD OF %
CORONAVIRUS IS %
SPEEDING UP THE %
SPREAD %
OF OTHER %
DISEASES. %
CAN YOU EXPLAIN %
THAT AND WHAT IS
GOING ON HERE? %
>> YEAH. %
THIS IS A BIG %
ISSUE IN TERMS %
OF GLOBAL %
HEALTH. %
IT’S ANOTHER %
REASON WHY WE
HAVE TO REMAIN ENGAGED %
ENGAGED %
WITH THE GLOBAL HEALTH %
HEALTH %
COMMUNITY.
. IT’S WHY WE’RE %
TELLING PARENTS
CONTACT YOUR %
CHILD’S
DOCTOR, MAKE %
SURE YOUR %
CHILDREN ARE %
GETTING THEIR %
VACCINATIONS, SO %
WE DON’T SEE %
OUTBREAKS OF THE
DISEASE IN THE %
UNITED STATES %
BECAUSE OF FEAR %
FROM
COVID. %
>> DR. BESSER, %
ONE LAST %
QUESTION FOR %
YOU. %
TODAY THE FAA %
WITHDREW ITS
TEMPORARY %
AUTHORIZATION %
FOR THE %
EMERGENCY USE OF
HYDROXYCHLOROQUIN. %
WHAT DOES THAT %
MEAN IN TERMS OF %
OUR SEARCH FOR
TREATMENTS? %
>> IT MEANS A
COUPLE THINGS. %
I’M THANKFUL WE
HAVE A FOOD AND
DRUG %
ADMINISTRATION %
WHOSE JOB IT IS %
TO MAKE SURE %
THAT THE DRUGS %
WE USE %
ARE SAFE AND %
EFFECTIVE, AND %
SO WHILE THERE
WAS %
INITIAL THOUGHT
THESE DRUGS MAY
HAVE BENEFITS, %
THE %
STUDIES HAVE
SHOWN THAT. %
SO THINK EVE
WITHDRAWN THAT %
APPROVAL. %
THEY HAVE THE %
RENDECEVIER THAT
CAN SHORTEN THE
COURSE SLIGHTLY. %
WHEN THOSE DRUGS
COME, WE ALL %
HAVE TO WAIT AND %
BE %
SURE THOSE DRUGS
ARE NOT JUST %
SAFE, BUT BE %
EFFECTIVE %
FOR THESE
CONDITIONS. %
OTHERWISE, %
THERE’S SO MUCH %
INFORMATION OUT %
THERE ON
THE INTERNET. %
IF WE’RE NOT
USING FROM %
LEADERS ABOUT %
THIS, PEOPLE %
CAN DO HARM BY %
THINKING %
SOMETHING WILL %
GIVE THEM A %
BENEFIT WHEN IT %
TRULY HAS NO
BENEFIT AT ALL. %
>> YEAH. %
IT’S REALLY %
IMPORTANT TO %
KNOW WHERE THAT %
HEALTHY %
INFORMATION IS
COMING FROM. %
DR. BESSER, IT’S %