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>>> WE MUST HAVE A WORKING
ECONOMY, AND WE WANT TO GET IT
BACK VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
AND THAT’S WHAT’S GOING TO
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. >> THE PRESIDENT HAS REPEATEDLY
MADE CLEAR HE IS EAGER TO
KICKSTART THE ECONOMY, GET AT
LEAST PARTS OF THE COUNTRY,
PERHAPS REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY
OPEN SOON.
OPEN SOON. AND THIS WEEK MANY ON FOX NEWS
ARE ECHOING THAT SENTIMENT.
>> GIVEN HOW OFF THE MODELS WERE
FROM THE OUTSET BY A FACTOR OF
TEN AT THE UPSIDE, WHY ARE
STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA EVEN IN
SHUTDOWN ANYMORE?
SHUTDOWN ANYMORE? >> EVERY POLITICIAN, MYSELF
INCLUDED SOMETIMES, IS JUST
DANCING AROUND THE ISSUE.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE GET IT.
WE GOT TO REOPEN, AND WHEN WE
DO, THE CORONAVIRUS IS GOING TO
SPREAD FASTER, AND WE GOT TO BE
READY FOR IT.
>> YEP.
>> YEP. >> IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS
AND SEE THE COMPARABLE, WE’RE
GOING TO HAVE FEWER FATALITIES
FROM THIS THAN FROM THE FLU.
FOR THIS WE SCARED THE HELL OUT
OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
WE LOST 17 MILLION JOBS.
WE PUT A MAJOR DENT IN THE
ECONOMY.
ECONOMY. WE CLOSED DOWN THE SCHOOLS.
YOU HEARD DR. OZ SAY WE PROBABLY
DIDN’T HAVE TO DO THAT.
SHUT DOWN THE CHURCHES AND SO
ON.
ON. YOU KNOW, THIS WAS NOT AND IS
NOT A PANDEMIC.
>> 45,000 PEOPLE A YEAR DIE FROM
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS.
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS. 480,000 FROM CIGARETTES, 360,000
A YEAR FROM SWIMMING POOLS, BUT
WE DON’T SHUT THE COUNTRY DOWN
FOR THAT.
FOR THAT. BUT YET WE’RE DOING IT FOR THIS.
>> BACK WITH US AGAIN TONIGHT IS
DR. IRWIN REDLENER, A PEDIATRICS
PHYSICIAN AND A CLINICAL
PROFESSOR WITH THE SCHOOL OF
PUBLIC HEALTH AT COLUMBIA
UNIVERSITY.
UNIVERSITY. ALSO HAPPENS TO BE THE DIRECTOR
OF COLUMBIA’S NATIONAL CENTER
FOR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS WITH
AN EXPERTISE IN PANDEMIC
INFLUENZA.
INFLUENZA. DOCTOR, BEFORE WE START OUR
DISCUSSION, YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD
DR. OZ’S NAME INVOKED THERE.
HIS COMMENT GOT THE MOST RETURN
COMMENTS TODAY.
COMMENTS TODAY. WE’LL PLAY THAT, TALK ABOUT IT
ON THE OTHER SIDE.
>> I TELL YOU, SCHOOLS ARE A
VERY APPETIZING OPPORTUNITY.
I JUST SAW A NICE PIECE IN THE
LANCER ARGUING THAT THE OPENING
OF SCHOOLS MAY ONLY COST US 2%
TO 3% IN TERMS OF TOTAL
MORTALITY.
MORTALITY. YOU KNOW, ANY LIFE IS A LIFE
LOST, BUT TO GET EVERY CHILD
BACK INTO A SCHOOL WHERE THEY’RE
SAFELY BEING EDUCATED, BEING
FED, AND MAKING THE MOST OUT OF
THEIR LIVES WITH A THEORETICAL
RISK ON THE BACKSIDE MIGHT BE A
TRADEOFF SOME FOLKS WOULD
CONSIDER.
CONSIDER. >> SO I WON’T ASK A PHYSICIAN TO
CRITICIZE A FELLOW PHYSICIAN.
DR. OZ, WE SHOULD NOTE,
APOLOGIZED FOR THE 2% TO 3%
MORTALITY RATE MENTION.
BUT, DOCTOR, IT OCCURS TO ME
THAT SOMETIMES IN HUSHED TENTS
ON THE EVE OF AN INVASION,
GENERALS WILL TALK WITH EACH
OTHER ABOUT ANTICIPATED
CASUALTIES.
CASUALTIES. IT’S A GRISLY BUSINESS.
WE SEEM TO BE TAKING PART IN A
GRISLY BUSINESS AS PART OF THE
PUBLIC DISCUSSION, WHICH WOULD
FEEL A LOT BETTER IF IT WEREN’T
FUELED BY VERY PERSONAL
POLITICS.
POLITICS. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. YOU KNOW, BRIAN, I LISTENED IN
REALLY AMAZEMENT, I’D SAY, SLASH
SHOCK TO WHAT DR. OZ HAD TO SAY
AND ALSO BILL BENNETT AND THE
OTHER COMMENTATORS THAT YOU
SHOWED THOSE CLIPS OF.
AND THEY NEED TO READ A LITTLE
HISTORY STARTING WITH THE
SPANISH FLU OF 1918 AND REALLY
UNDERSTANDING JUST HOW DANGEROUS
THIS IS.
THIS IS. AND THEY ALSO OUGHT TO MAYBE
MAKE A COUPLE OF VISITS TO SOME
OF NEW YORK CITY’S OR ATLANTA’S
OR NEW ORLEANS’ HOSPITALS WHERE
THERE’S ABSOLUTE CALAMITOUS
PROBLEMS GOING ON.
I THINK IT’S A DISCONNECT FROM
REALITY TO MINIMIZE WHAT WE’RE
GOING THROUGH.
GOING THROUGH. 9,000 PLUS DOCTORS AND NURSES
AND HOSPITAL WORKERS HAVE BEEN
ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL IN
CRITICAL CONDITION.
CRITICAL CONDITION. SOME HAVE DIED.
THIS IS A MASSIVE PROBLEM.
IT’S A GLOBAL PROBLEM, AND IT’S
NOT OVER.
NOT OVER. AND I FULLY EXPECT WE’LL GET AT
LEAST A SECOND WAVE OF THIS
SOMETIME IN THE FALL AND INTO
THE WINTER.
THE WINTER. IT’S GOING TO BE A VERY LONG
HAUL.
HAUL. I’VE CALLED THIS -- YOU KNOW,
THERE MAY BE SOME LIGHT AT THE
END OF THE TUNNEL, BUT IT’S A
VERY LONG TUNNEL.
AND THE LIGHT THERE IS A
VACCINE, AND UNTIL WE GET THAT
VACCINE, WE’RE GOING TO BE