THINGS ARE TRUE BEFORE THEY SPIN
THAT CRAP AROUND.
.
>> WELL SAID.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US THIS
MORNING.
LET’S TURN TO THE RACE TO GET
AMERICANS VACCINATED AGAINST THE
CORONAVIRUS.
IT IS NOW FACING A BIG WEATHER
CHALLENGE THIS WEEK.
YESTERDAY WHITE HOUSE PRESS
SECRETARY JEN PSAKI SAID WE ARE
EXPERIENCING DELAYS IN COVID-19
SHIPMENTS AND DELIVERIES.
CDC AND FEDERAL PARTNERS ARE
WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE
JURISDICTIONS, AS WELL AS
MANUFACTURING AND SHIPPING
PARTNERS, TO ASSESS WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND TO HELP WITH
DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS.
MANY TESTING SITES ACROSS TEXAS
CLOSED OVER THE WEEKEND AND
EARLIER THIS WEEK, MISSISSIPPI
AND THE MEMPHIS AREA CLOSED DOWN
VACCINATION SITES.
WHILE WASHINGTON STATE ESTIMATED
90% OF THIS WEEK’S VACCINE
SHIPMENTS WILL ARRIVE LATE.
DR. SCOTT GOTTLIEB IS A MEMBER
OF THE BOARD AT PFIZER.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU BACK ON THE
SHOW.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE
DELAYS.
BUT ALSO LET’S TALK BIG PICTURE
HOW PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE VACCINES IS GOING RIGHT
OF THE VACCINES IS GOING RIGHT
NOW.
WE HAD BILL DE BLASIO ON
YESTERDAY SAYING WE’RE READY TO
GO.
I HAVE THE JAVITS CENTER READY.
>> THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS PUSHING BACK
THROUGH SOME OF THE FEDERAL
PARTNERS, THE BIG BOX STORES,
COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES.
THEY HAVE OPENED UP NEW ROUTES
OF DELIVERY FOR VACCINE.
THE FOOTPRINT THAT YOU CAN
DISTRIBUTE IS MUCH BROADER RIGHT
NOW.
SUPPLIES STILL CONSTRAINED BUT
IT’S BEEN GROWING EVERY WEEK.
WE WILL BE CLOSE TO $15 MILLION
DOSE RATE AS WE GET INTO MARCH.
THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL SUPPLY
COMING ONLINE.
IN APRIL, SUPPLIES SHOULD RAMP
QUICKLY.
ESPECIALLY IF J&J GETS APPROVED
IN MARCH.
WE WILL HAVE MORE SUPPLY THAN
DEMAND.
THE EQUATION WILL START TO
CHANGE.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO FEEL IT FOR
THE NEXT THREE, FOUR WEEKS.
I THINK WE WILL START TO HAVE A
LOT OF SUPPLY.
YOU WILL SEE SLOTS OPEN UP.
.
>> WE HEARD FROM DR. FAUCI
EARLIER THIS WEEK SAYING I
BELIEVES BY APRIL, AS YOU SORT
OF INDICATED THERE, THAT THINGS WILL OPEN UP AND PEOPLE SHOULD
WILL OPEN UP AND PEOPLE SHOULD
BE ABLE TO START TO GET THEM.
PERHAPS LOOKING TOWARDS FALL
THERE COULD BE A RETURN TO
VERSION OF NORMALCY.
DOES THAT TIMELINE LINE UP WITH
WHAT YOU’RE SEEING?
>> I THINK IT DOES.
TONY CHANGED HIS FORECAST A
LITTLE BIT.
THE PRESIDENT SAID JULY.
BY THE END OF MARCH, WE WILL
HAVE 220,000 DOSES.
NOT ALL WILL GET USED.
BY MARCH, 220 MILLION DOSES THAT
WILL BE MANUFACTURED AND
SHIPPED.
IF THEY GET AUTHORIZED, AND I
THINK THEY WILL, THEY WILL PUT
30 MILLION DOSES IN MARCH.
IF YOU ASSUME A 60/40 SLIP IN
FIRST AND SECOND DOSES, 60% GOES
TO FIRST DOSES.
40% GOES TO SECOND DOSES.
THAT’S POTENTIALLY 150,000
DOSES.
NOT EVERY DOSE THAT GETS
MANUFACTURED IS GOING TO GET
INTO AN ARM. IT WILL STILL BE IN THE SUPPLY
IT WILL STILL BE IN THE SUPPLY
CHAIN SOMEWHERE.
I THINK WE’LL GET TO 125 MILLION
PEOPLE WITH SOME CAJOLING.
ONCE YOU GET TO THAT NUMBER, 125
MILLION AMERICANS VACCINATED,
THE NEXT 25, 30 MILLION PEOPLE
WILL BE DIFFICULT.
THAT’S WHERE COMMAND STARTS TO
BECOME MORE SLACK.
ESPECIALLY WHERE PREVALENCE IS
DECLINING.
THEY WILL NOT BE AS EAGER TO GO
OUT AND GET VACCINATED.
YOU WILL SEE THE EQUATION START
TO CHANGE, AND IT WILL CHANGE
QUICKLY.
>> DOCTOR, LET ME ASK ABOUT THE
SCIENCE OF THE VACCINE, WHAT YOU
KNOW SO FAR, WHAT THE MEDICAL
COMMUNITY AND SCIENCE COMMUNITY
KNOWS SO FAR.
SAY PEOPLE HAVE GONE BOTH
VACCINATIONS.
THEY OBVIOUSLY WILL STILL BE
WEARING A MASK.
BUT WHAT IS THE POSSIBILITY OF
THEM PICKING UP STRAINS OF THE
VIRUS AND PASSING THEM ALONG TO
ANYONE ELSE.
IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE THAT THAT
COULD HAPPEN?
>> WELL, THERE’S EVIDENCE NOW
THAT SUGGESTS THAT THE VACCINE
REDUCES YOUR LIKELIHOOD OF
GETTING EFFECTIVE AND REDUCES
THE LIKELIHOOD IF YOU DO GET
INFECTED, THAT YOU WILL TRANSMIT
THE INFECTION.
CLINICAL STUDIES WERE DESIGNED
TO SHOW IT REDUCES THE SIGNS AND
SYMPTOMS OF COVID.
PEOPLE DIDN’T GET SICK.
OR THEY GOT SICK AT A MUCH LOWER
RATE.
IT DIDN’T ASSESS WHETHER THEY
GOT INFECTED IN THE FIRST PLACE.
THERE IS ACCUMULATING CLINICAL
EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS PEOPLE ARE
LESS LIKELY TO TRANSMIT THE
INFECTION.
CONVENTIONAL WISDOM IS THAT’S
TRUE.
WHAT NEEDS TO BE WORKED OUT IS
THE MAG NEWT.
THEY NEED TO FILE SUPPLEMENTS
WITH THE AGENCY.
I THINK IF YOU TALK TO MOST
RESEARCHERS, THEY BELIEVE THERE
IS SOME EFFECT ON TRANSMISSION,
ON INFECTION.
AND THEY JUST DON’T KNOW THE
MAGNITUDE.
SOME THINK IT WILL BE QUITE