DEADLIEST DAY DESPITE SAYING OUTBREAK APPEARS SLOWING IN
SOME CORONAVIRUSED 19 SPOT
SPOTS I THROUGHED DPLIRMZ OF
HOPE JOINING ME MEMBER OF
WHITE HOUSE CORONAVIRUS TASK
FORCE FOUR STAR ADMIRAL, GREAT
YOU TO ON THE PROGRAM THANKS
FOR JOINING US.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> SO I SAW YOU, THIS WEEK, ON
IT BE TASK FORCE, AT -- THE
TASK FORCE, SPEAKING OUT,
ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING, GIVE
US YOUR SENSE OF WHERE WE ARE
TODAY, ADMIRAL OF COURSE THE
PRESIDENT HAS REALLY BECOME IN
TERMS OF ADDRESSING THIS
CRISIS, HAS BEEN USING WORDS
LIKE HORRIFIC THE WORST THE
TWO-WEEK PERIOD CAN YOU SKET
THE STAGE IN TERMS OF WHERE WE
ARE THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING
WITH CORONAVIRUS.
WITH CORONAVIRUS. >> THIS INDEED WILL BE A VERY
GRIM WEEK FOR MANY PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY.
THE COUNTRY. WHERE WE ARE SEEING THE PEAK
DEATH RATES, FROM CORONAVIRUS.
NOW WHAT I WANT TO EXPLAIN I
WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND IS
THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
UNFORTUNATELY IN THE ICU, ARE
FACING REALLY LIFE-THREATENING
STRUGGLES WERE BEING INFECTED
TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO WE HAVE
TO UNDERSTAND ALTHOUGH PEAK OF
THE ILLNESS IS NO I WE SEE
LIGHT AT END OF THE TUNNEL
SOCIAL DISTANCING THE PHYSICAL
IS WORKING WE ARE SEEING A
FALL IN THE RATES OF NEW
INFECTIONS BEING DIAGNOSED
HOSPITALIZATIONS LEVELINGS OFF
THIS IS REFLECTING THE ALL THE
POSITIVE EFFECTS, SO ALTHOUGH
THIS WILL BE A VERY SERIOUS
WEEK OR TWO, IN MOST PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY, WE DO SEE THE
LIGHT AT THE END OF THE
TUNNEL.
TUNNEL. THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KEEP
OUR FOOT ON GAS CONTINUE
PHYSICAL DISTANSING BACK TO
RELATIVELY NORMAL AMERICA VERY
SOON.
SOON. >> YOUR COLLEAGUE DR. DEBORAH
BIRX SAID TRY TO STAY AWAY
FROM GROCERY STORES AVOID
PHARMACIES BECAUSE SHE DON’T
YOU WANT US AROUND OTHER
PEOPLE OR IS THERE SOMETHING
WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THERE IS
SOMETHING IN THE AIR IN TERMS
OF WALKING AROUND IN A -- IN A
O GROCERY STORE.
>> NO, THERE IS REALLY NOTHING
IN THE AIR IT IS ALL ABOUT
PHYSICAL DISTANSING I LOVE
GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE
EVERY SINGLE DAY MY WIFE AND I
DO THAT GREAT ACTIVITY NOW YOU
SHOULD NOT.
SHOULD NOT. ONLY THE PERSON WHO REALLY
NEEDS TO GO TO GROCERY STORE
GO TO GROCERY STORE, MAKE THAT
ONCE A WEEK OR ONCE EVERY FOUR
OR FIVE DAYS IT IS JUST,
EXACTLY WHAT WE’VE BEEN SAYING
ALL LONG, AVOID UNNECESSARY
SOCIAL INTERACTIONS WHEN IN
GROCERY STORE MAY TOUCH
SURFACES HUNDREDS OTHERS
TOUCHED MAY BE NEAR ANOTHER AT
COUNTER THIS IS A NORMAL
PRECAUTION I DON’T THINK THERE
IS ANYTHING NEW SHE WAS
SAYING, JUST MINIMIZE TO THE
DEGREE, BUT PLEASE, IF YOU
NEED MEDICATION, YOU HAVE TO
GO TO PHARMACY GO IF YOU NEED
GROCERIES YOU NEED TO DO THAT
JUST DO IT CAREFULLY.
MARIA: AS WE TRY TO LOOK
TOWARD OPENING OF THE ECONOMY,
OBVIOUSLY, WE NEED TO
UNDERSTAND, WHO HAD IT WILL,
WHO HASN’T HAD IT, ABOUT
PRESIDENT TRUMP SPOKE OUT
YESTERDAY ON TESTING DURING
THE CORONAVIRUS BRIEFING I GOT
TO GET YOUR TAKE ON TESTING
HERE IS WHAT THE PRESIDENT
SAID.
SAID. >> 1,870,000 TESTS TODAY.
AND NOW WE ARE PERFORMING AT A
LEVEL THAT NOBODY HAS EVER
SEEN BEFORE.
SEEN BEFORE. >> CVS TESTING SITES GEORGIA
RHODE ISLAND USING ABBOTT LABS
RAPIDLY 5 MINUTE TEST MEANS A
LOT OF VERY FAST TESTS.
NO NATION IN THE WORLD
DEVELOPED A MORE DIVERSE
ROBUST TESTING CAPACITY THAN
THE UNITED STATES.
>> I UNDERSTAND THAT NOW WE’VE
GOT THE TESTING UNDERWAY BUT
THERE ARE WHEN OTHERS TELL ME
WE STILL CANNOT GET PAST GO ON
TESTING, TELL US ABOUT THE
PACE OF THE TESTING ALSO, WILL
WE GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE
HAVE TO MOTHER WHO HAD IT WHO
HAS BEEN INOCULATED SOMEBODY
MENTION A DATA CRISIS ALL DATA
MAYBE SOMETHING THAT YOU PUT
ON YOUR PHONE, WHERE YOU SAY
YEAH, YOU KNOW I’VE GOT THE
INOKAYLATION PASSPORT I HAVE
BEEN TESTED I AM GOOD TO GO I
CAN GO BACK TO WORK HOW ARE
YOU GOING TO DEAL WITH ALL
THAT.
THAT. >> REALLY, REALLY GREAT
QUESTION, ALL THE TESTS TO
DATE HAVE BEEN TESTING DO YOU
HAVE THE VIRUS, ARE YOU
ACTIVELY INFECTED WITH VIRUS
CAN YOU SHED TO OTHER PEOPLE
WE HAVE ALMOST DONE TWO
MILLION TESTS BY NOW WE KNOW
AN UNDERESTIMATE THAT
CONTINUES TO GROW AS MORE AND
MORE OF THE INDUSTRIAL MIGHT
OF THE COUNTRY CVS’S WALMART
BIG LABS HAVE THIS AT A VERY
LARGE SCALE WE ARE GETTING,
THE RAPIDLY POINT OF CARE TEST
AGENCY WE MOVE INTO REOPENING
THIS COUNTRY THERE IS ANOTHER
KIND OF TEST CALLED ANTIBODY
TEST, THIS IS RELATIVELY OLD
TECHNOLOGY, DOESN’T TELL YOU
IF YOU HAVE THE VIRUS NOW, IT
TELLS YOU DID YOU HAVE IT IN
THE PAST.
THE PAST. MEANING YOU ARE LIKELY IMMUNE
A TEST WE BELIEVE AVAILABLE
LITERALLY IN 10S OF MLZ FIRST
MONTH ON MARKET VERY, VERY
SOON, SO THIS WILL BE ABLE TO
TELL YOU HAVE YOU HAD IT, ARE
YOU LIKELY IMMUNE TO IT ARE
YOU LIKELY VERY SAFE TO GO
BACK TO WORK, AND NOT RISK
EXPOSING OTHER PEOPLE YOU ARE
GOING TO SEE TESTS MIX OVER
THE NEXT MONTH STILL ACTIVELY
SURVEILLING FOR PEOPLE MAY
HAVE ACTIVE VIRUS ALSO
TESTING, LITERALLY TENS OF
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AS WE GET
BACK TO WORK TO UNDERSTAND IF
THEY HAD IT ARE THEY IMMUNE
THE MORE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD
IT AGAIN I DON’T WANT ANYONE
TO GET SICK ANYONE TO DIE BUT
MORE PEOPLE HAD THAT IT MAY
HAVE BEEN AISYMPTOMATIC
ENGINEERS HERD IMMUNITY MORE
LIKELY PEOPLE CAN SPREAD NEXT
YEAR, WE DON’T KNOW THAT 1%
5,%, 10%?
5,%, 10%? THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WE
BELIEVE THAT MAY HAVE MILE
CASES ARE COMPLETELY
ASYMPTOMATIC THE ANTIBODY
TESTS WILL TELL US THAT.
MARIA: IF YOU ARE
ASYMPTOMATIC, BUT YOU HAVE IT
YOU CAN -- YOU CAN -- AT A CAN
BE TRANSMITTED TO SOMEBODY
ELSE LIKE YOUR ELDERLY
PARENTS?
PARENTS? AND YOU MAY NOT NOTICE; RIGHT?
>> IN ANY CASE REALLY CORRECT,
AND THAT IS WHY BIRX HAS BEEN
SO ADAMANT PASSIONATE ABOUT
IMPLOSI. NI.
IMPLOSI. NI. IMPLOSINPHYSICAL DISTANCE
IMPLOSINPHYSICAL DISTANCE BEING YES, YOU CAN BE
ASYMPTOMATIC SPREAD THE VIRUS
THAT IS A PROBABLY LESS,
BECAUSE YOU DON’T HAVE AS MUCH
VIRUS YOU ARE NOT COUGHING
SNEEZING BEING SYMPTOMATIC BUT
YES, YOU CAN STILL SPREAD THE
VIRUS WHY WE DON’T WANT YOU TO
VISIT ELDERLY PEOPLE, BECAUSE
YOU MIGHT FEEL FINE COULD
SPREAD TO IT THEM THEY COULD
BECOME WERE SEVERAL ILL OR
HAVE A FATAL CASE.
>> THANKS FOR JOINING US GREAT