on all smart beds when you add a base. Ends Monday.
>> Bill: ALL CLASSES AT
HARVARD UNIVERSITY WILL BE
ONLINE AT NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AND,
SOME STUDENTS WILL BE ALLOWED TO
LIVE ON CAMPUS BUT THEY WILL
ATTEND CLASSES REMOTELY.
I WANT TO BRING IN THE DIRECTOR
OF THE HARVARD GLOBAL HEALTH
INSTITUTE.
AND GOOD NEWS OUT OF CAMBRIDGE.
IS THIS THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO
COME FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICAN
STUDENTS WHEN THEY GO BACK IN
THE FALL IF THEY GO BACK AT ALL?
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.
THIS IS WHAT WE WILL SEE HIM
MORE AND MORE CASES AND THAT’S
ONE THING FOR COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES.
I’M REALLY WORRIED ABOUT WHAT
WILL HAPPEN WITH PRIMARY AND
SECONDARY SCHOOLS ACROSS COUNTRY
BECAUSE WE REALLY DO HAVE TO GET
THE KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL.
>> THE AGE PROFILE IS YOUNGER,
AND AS IT MOVES AND AFFECTS
YOUNGER PEOPLE THEY TEND TO BE
HEALTHIER.
WHAT IS YOUR FEELING ABOUT THAT
LEVEL OF DATA THAT IS COMING TO
YOU TODAY?
>> IF YOU LOOK AT COLLEGE AGE
KIDS THERE ARE ABOUT THE LOWEST
RISK GROUP THERE IS. ONE IS OCCASIONALLY SOME OF THEM
ONE IS OCCASIONALLY SOME OF THEM
DO END UP GETTING VERY SICK,
AND, YOU NEED PROFESSORS AND
STAFF AND ALL SORTS OF OTHER
FOLKS WHO MAKE THE UNIVERSITY
RUN, YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE
HEALTH OF THOSE PEOPLE AS WELL.
SO IF THEY DON’T FEEL
COMFORTABLE TEACHING OR WORKING
IN THE UNIVERSITY BECAUSE OF
WORRIES ABOUT LARGE OUTBREAKS,
THE KIDS MIGHT BE OKAY BUT IT
WILL BE HARD TO RUN THE PLACE.
>> Bill: AT THE OTHER SIDE OF
THAT IS KIDS STAYING HOME EVEN
LONGER.
THEN THE MENTAL HEALTH ASPECTS
THAT IMPACT SO MANY YOUNG
CHILDREN, THEY ARE TRYING TO
UNDERSTAND WHAT’S GOING ON OUT
THERE.
WHAT’S YOUR VIEW ON THAT?
>> TO ME, IT’S LIKE I HATE BOTH
OF THESE CHOICES.
I DON’T LIKE LARGE OUTBREAKS IN
SCHOOLS, BECAUSE THEN PARENTS
CAN’T WORK EFFECTIVELY.
WE HAVE A HUGE EFFECT ON OUR
ENTIRE ECONOMY.
THE SINGLEBIGGEST THINGS WE CAN
SUPPRESS THE LEVEL OF VIRUS THAT
WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY SO WE
CAN OPEN UP SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
AND UNIVERSITIES SAFELY.
IF WE DON’T, WE ARE HEADED
TOWARDS FALL AND WINTER WHERE WE
WILL BE STUCK AT HOME AND IT
WILL BE TERRIBLE FOR CHILDREN.
>> Bill: I KNOW YOU ARE
POSITIVE OVER THE WEEKEND,
WATCHING A FEW INTERVIEWS ABOUT
A VACCINE AND YOU BELIEVE IT’S
COMING.
HOWEVER IN THE STATE OF
NEW YORK, THE POSITIVITY RESULTS
ARE NOW AT 1%.
THAT’S AMAZING.
BACK IN LATE MARCH THOSE SAME
NUMBERS WERE AT 71%.
THAT’S A BIG DIFFERENCE.
WHAT THAT TELLS ME IS WE CAN
MANAGE THIS CAREFULLY,
COLLECTIVELY, IN A WAY THAT IS
EFFECTIVE AND MAY NOT PREVENT
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF KIDS
MISSING SCHOOL THIS FALL.
>> FROM YOUR MOUTH TO GOD’S EARS
AS THEY SAY, I THINK YOU ARE
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT AND IT’S
COMPLETELY DOABLE.
HERE’S THE BOTTOM LINE.
NEW YORK HAS DONE IT, THEY WERE
IN HORRIBLE SHAPE.
THEY STAYED SHUT DOWN FOR A LONG
TIME AND THEY HAVE MASSIVELY
WRAPPED UP TESTING AND TRACING.
SO THAT’S HOW YOU DO IT.
IF WE WANTED, LET’S SAY AS A
COUNTRY TODAY WE SAID WE WILL
GET THE KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL THIS
FALL NO MATTER WHAT, I BELIEVE
WE NEED TO GET PEOPLE WEARING
MASKS WHEN THEY ARE IN PUBLIC,
THEY NEED TO RAMP UP TESTING AND
THEY NEED TO MAKE SOME
DECISIONS.
MAY BE NO INDOOR BARS OR
NIGHTCLUBS, WE WILL LIVE WITHOUT
THOSE AND BRING THE VIRUS LEVELS
DOWN.
IF WE DO THEN WE COULD HAVE KIDS