CLAIR McCASKILL AND DR. GUPTA.
LUCKY FOR US ALL THREE ARE MSNBC
CONTRIBUTORS.
DR. GUPTA, OUR VIEWERS PUT
SCIENCE AT THE CENTER BUT FOR
THE STRAY CATS FROM OTHER
POLITICAL STRIPES WHO MIGHT BE
LISTENING, TALK ABOUT THE SAFETY
OF THE VACCINE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE
BUT FOR ALL OF THE VIEWERS AND
THOSE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
THIS ISSUE, ONE OF THE COMMENTS
I GET IS, WELL, HOW COULD IT BE
SAFE IF IT WAS DEVELOPED IN TEN
MONTHS?
AND THE TRUTH HERE IS NO OTHER
EFFORT, VACCINE EFFORT
DEVELOPMENT IN HISTORY HAS HAD
EVERY LEADING SIGNCIENTIST, EVER
GOVERNMENT, EVERY NONPROFIT AND
COMPANY FOCUSED ON AN END GOAL
AND WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT THIS
VACCINE IS VERY SAFE.
IT IS TESTED ON TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS BEFORE
THE ARMS OF TENS OF MILLIONS OF
INDIVIDUALS AND WE KNOW THAT THE
INCIDENT OF SEVERE ADVERSE
EFFECT IS 1 IN A MILLION.
SO SAFETY IS NOT AN ISSUE.
WHAT I WILL SAY IS I WAS ALARMED
BY TWO THINGS IN THE
INTRODUCTION.
THIS NOTION OF IMMUNITY THAT
SENATOR JOHNSON REFERENCED.
THAT IS NOT A THING TO HANG THE
HAT ON.
EVERY VIEWER, NATURAL IMMUNITY
MAY NOT PROTECT YOU FOR MORE
THAN A FEW MONTHS.
AND THE VARIANTS APPEARS WITH
THE FIRST APPEARED IN SOUTH
AFRICA IS YOU CAN BE REINFECTED
QUITE EASILY IF YOU HAD THE OLD
VIRUS.
IF YOU HAVE THE INFECTION GET
THE VACCINE.
DON’T LISTEN TO SENATOR JOHNSON.
NUMBER TWO, TO THE YOUNG
REPRESENTATIVE, THE 25-YEAR-OLD
SAYING THE SURVIVAL RATE IS
QUITE HIGH, YES, IT IS.
I HAVE PERSONALLY CARED FOR
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE 18 YEARS OF
AGE WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE
INTENSIVE CARE UNIT
UNPREDICTABLE, OTHERWISE HEALTHY
NOW ON LIFE SUPPORT SO THIS CAN
AFFECT US ALL.
YOU CAN’T THINK YOU ARE
INVINCIBLE HERE.
FINALLY, THE QUICKEST WAY TO
NORMALCY IS A PLAN TO GET THE
VACCINE.
NOT JUST SOME OF US.
>> I WANT TO PRESS YOU ON THAT,
DR. GUPTA.
IF YOU LOOK AT COUNTRIES FURTHER
ALONG IN VACCINATING THE PUBLIC
THE MOST SORT OF COMFORTING
STATISTIC IS THAT THE PFIZER
VACCINE CUT SIMILAR MATTIC
TRANSMISSION 87% AND
ASYMPTOMATIC SPREAD 94%.
IT SEEMS UNTIL WE HAVE THE
SPREAD AND THE TRANSMISSION SHUT
DOWN WE HAVEN’T DONE ALL OF THE
PUBLIC HEALTH GOOD THAT THE
VACCINE PROMISES.
>> YOU’RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
I THINK YOUR TEAM HAS A CHART TO
REFERENCE HERE.
IT IS THAT CHART HERE FORECAST A
FEW SCENARIOS.
DRAW VIEWERS’ ATTENTION TO THE
PINK LINE AT TOP.
THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON’T
HAVE WIDE ADOPTION OF THE
VACCINE WHICH TO YOUR POINT
REDUCES SYMPTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AND KEEPS PEOPLE OUT OF THE
HOSPITAL.
WE COULD STILL VERY WELL SEE THE
PANDEMIC RAGE BETWEEN 1,000 AND
100,000 INFECTIONS A DAY WELL
INTO JULY PLANNING ACCORDING TO
PRESIDENT BIDEN JULY FOURTH
VACATIONS, MAY NOT BE THAT WAY
AND THAT’S IF WE DON’T HAVE WIDE
ADOPTION QUICKLY AND THAT MEANS
EVERYBODY.
REGARDLESS OF AGES.
THAT SUPPOSES MORE GOVERNORS
FALL BY THE WAY OF GOVERNOR
ABBOTT AND LOOSENING MASK
MANDATES AND OTHER INITIATIVES
TOO SOON, TO ALLOW THE VARIANTS
TO EVOLVE AND CHANGE EVEN MORE.
THAT WORSE OUTCOME SHOULD BE TOP
OF MIND FOR EVERYBODY HERE.