ANDY, GOOD EVENING.
THANK YOU FOR COMING ON AND
TAKING OUR QUESTIONS.
A BIG ISSUE IN THE NEWS MEDIA
TODAY ON THIS DAY WHEN YOUR BOSS
ANNOUNCED 200 MILLION SHOTS IN
100 DAYS WAS WHY NO JOURNALIST
ASKED HIM ABOUT THE PANDEMIC.
I’VE HEARD IT TONIGHT LABELED
BAD NEWS BIAS THAT WE ONLY ASK
ABOUT PROBLEMS.
I’M NOT SURE YOU WERE FOCUSED ON
IT IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
IS IT A GOOD SIGN?
IN OTHER WORDS, THAT PEOPLE
THINK YOU GUYS HAVE GOT THIS?
>> WELL, THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON
TONIGHT, BRIAN, AND FIRST I WANT
TO SEND ALL MY THOUGHTS TO
PEOPLE CAUGHT IN THE WEATHER
EVENTS IN ALABAMA AND THE SOUTH.
LOOK, I THINK WHAT WE WITNESSED
TODAY IN HIS SPEECH IS WHAT
WE’RE GETTING USED TO IN
WATCHING PRESIDENT BIDEN AS THE
PRESIDENT, WHICH IS HIS CALM,
CLEAR LEADERSHIP, HIS STATED
GOALS, AND IT’S THE KIND OF
LEADERSHIP WHERE HE BASICALLY
SAYS THIS IS THE GOAL WE’RE
GOING TO SET.
WE’RE GOING TO NEED TO HIT IT.
WE’RE GOING TO PUT TOGETHER A
PLAN AND HE’S CALM.
AND TO SOME THAT MIGHT BE
BORING.
TO SOME THAT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT
FROM WHAT WE’RE USED TO.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT’S DEADLY
SERIOUS.
AND ON THE CASE OF THE PANDEMIC,
MAKING OUR GOALS -- IF THAT’S
NOT NEWS THAT WE HIT OUR GOALS
AND CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR GOALS
AND CONTINUE TO PUSH AS
AGGRESSIVELY AS POSSIBLE, THAT’S
JUST FINE, THERE’S PLENTY OF
OTHER STUFF TO DO BUT HE DID
COME INTO THIS OFFICE WITH A TOP
PRIORITY OF MAKING SURE THAT WE
CAN LET AMERICANS GET BACK TO
NORMAL LIFE AGAIN AND GET THE
ECONOMY BACK AND GET THE COUNTRY
BACK AND GET PEOPLE FEELING SAFE
AND HEALTHY AGAIN.
WE ARE NOT THERE YET, BRIAN.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ON OUR WAY
IF WE’RE JUST A LITTLE MORE
PATIENT.
>> ANDY, I KNOW TO YOUR GREAT
CONSTERNATION AND PERSONAL
FRUSTRATION, YOU ARE IN
WASHINGTON WATCHING THESE STATES
LIFTING RESTRICTIONS.
AND PART OF IT IS AS NO ONE
NEEDS TO REMIND YOU, YOU ARE
BATTLING HUMAN NATURE.
THE WEATHER IS CHANGING.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STUCK INSIDE
FOR A YEAR.
I WANT TO READ YOU WHAT A FRIEND
OF THIS BROADCAST, DR. VIN GUPTA
OUT IN SEATTLE SAID TODAY ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
FLORIDA HAS THE THIRD MOST CASES
AND FOURTH MOST DEATHS DUE TO
COVID NATIONWIDE.
IF FLORIDA WERE A COUNTRY IT
WOULD BE A TOP 15 WORLDWIDE.
IT’S AN INCUBATOR FOR DANGEROUS
VARIANTS BECAUSE OF HIS FOOLISH
GOVERNOR.
PROTECT YOURSELF, IGNORE HIM,
DR. GUPTA WRITES.
AND THE QUESTION FOR YOU, ANDY,
WHAT SHOULD AMERICANS WHO ARE
WATCHING TONIGHT BE DOING THAT
THEY’RE NOT DOING?
AND HOW DO YOU ADVISE AMERICANS,
FOR EXAMPLE, THOSE WHO’VE LUCKY
ENOUGH TO HAVE BEEN VACCINATED,
WHO WANT TO GET OUT AND WANT TO
TRAVEL.
>> SO I THINK WE’RE MAKING
PROGRESS BECAUSE THE COUNTRY IS
PULLING TOGETHER, BY AND LARGE,
YOU KNOW, I DON’T THINK WE’RE
NAIVE ENOUGH TO THINK THAT
EVERYBODY IS GOING TO AGREE WITH
THE PRESIDENT WHEN HE SAYS, HEY,
LET’S JUST WEAR MASKS FOR 100
DAYS EVEN THOUGH I THINK MOST OF
US KNOW THAT IT’S GOOD PUBLIC
SENSE.
BUT IF EVERYBODY WAITS THEIR
TURN, GETS VACCINATED WHEN IT’S
THEIR TURN, AS PEOPLE
INCREASINGLY ARE, CONTINUES TO
JUST KEEP AVOIDING CROWDS,
CONTINUE TO RESPECT THE FACT
THAT THERE ARE STILL HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THAT AREN’T
YET VACCINATED.
I THINK IF YOU’RE VACCINATED,
THAT’S ONE IMPORTANT THING TO
KEEP IN MIND.
YES, THERE’S A LOT MORE YOU CAN
DO.
YOU CAN HUG YOUR FAMILY AGAIN,
YOU CAN BEGIN TO TAKE STEPS BACK
TO NORMAL LIFE AS THE CDC HAS
OUTLINED.
JUST REMEMBER, THERE’S ALSO
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
THAT ARE WAITING TO GET
VACCINATED, THAT ARE STILL NOT
VACCINATED YET.
MAYBE NOT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS
OF PEOPLE, BUT AT LEAST 100
MILLION PEOPLE AND UNTIL
EVERYBODY HAS HAD THEIR CHANCE
TO GET VACCINATED.
LET’S DO EVERYBODY THAT RESPECT
OF CONTINUING TO ACT AS IF WE’RE
NOT THERE YET.