ADVISER TO HELP THE COUNTRY AND GOVERNMENT PREPARE FOR
PANDEMICS, JUST LIKE WE’VE SEEN
NOW.
NOW. AND THE WHITE HOUSE HAS TAKEN
THAT JOB AND NOT FILLED IT AS
WELL.
WELL. >> AS YOU’RE SPEAKING AND WE’RE
BOTH SITTING THERE, THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION HAS JUST
DECLARED THIS IS A PANDEMIC.
THIS IS THEIR DECLARATION.
THEY PUT THAT OUT ONLINE ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
SOCIAL MEDIA. WE’VE KNOWN IT WAS ALREADY THAT
BUT THE FACT THAT IT CAN DOUBLE
SO QUICKLY, THE EXPONENTIAL --
JUST DO THE MATH.
WHEN ONE PERSON -- ONE PERSON IN
NEW ROCHELLE, ONE FATHER WENT TO
WORK, HIS KIDS WENT TO SCHOOL,
HIS WIFE HAD INTERACTIONS.
THEY HAD INTERACTIONS WITH THE
NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS AND YOU SEE
NOW THIS HOT SPOT IS MY
HOMETOWN, AND I’M WATCHING
PICTURES OF MY JUNIOR HIGH
SCHOOL, CITY HALL, THE STREETS
WHERE WE LIVED, THIS GETS
REALLY, REALLY PERSONAL.
>> IT IS.
>> IT IS. AND MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE
COMMUNITY OF NEW ROCHELLE AS
WELL.
WELL. I’VE GOT FAMILY AND FRIENDS
THERE, SOME OF WHOM ARE UNDER
QUARANTINE AT THIS HOUR.
I WILL TELL YOU ONE THING I HAVE
HEARD TALKING TO THEM, ANDREA,
FIRST OF ALL IT’S TAKEN TOO LONG
TO GET TESTS TO ALL OF THOSE WHO
NEED TESTS.
NEED TESTS. FOR EVEN THOSE WHO HAVE GOTTEN
TESTS OVER THIS PAST WEEKEND,
THEY’VE NOT GOTTEN RESULTS YET
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
THE GOVERNMENT THERE, NEW YORK
STATE GOVERNMENT, NEW YORK CITY
GOVERNMENT, THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT REALLY NEEDS TO STEP
UP IN GETTING TEST RESULTS.
BECAUSE YOU REALLY HAVE TWO
CHOICES.
CHOICES. EITHER YOU GET A TEST RESULT
THAT SHOWS YOU’RE NEGATIVE OR
YOU HAVE TO STAY IN QUARANTINE
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO ASSUME
YOU’RE CONTAGIOUS.
YOU’RE CONTAGIOUS. THE WAY TO AVOID EXPONENTIAL
GROWTH, AS YOU REFERENCED, AVOID
THE CONTACT THAT CAN ONLY BE
STOPPED BY NEGATIVE TEST OR
QUARANTINE.
QUARANTINE. >> WE SAW A RELATIVELY STRONG
BRIEFING FROM THE VICE
PRESIDENT, OBVIOUSLY DR. FAUCI
AND OTHERS ON THE TEAM.
BUT LOOK AT WHAT THE PRESIDENT
WAS SAYING IN ONLY THE HOUR OR
TWO BEFORE.
TWO BEFORE. >> WE’RE PREPARED AND WE’RE
DOING A GREAT JOB WITH IT.
IT WILL GO AWAY.
JUST STAY CALM.
IT WILL GO AWAY.
WE WANT TO PROTECT OUR SHIPPING
INDUSTRY, CRUISE INDUSTRY, OUR
SHIPS.
SHIPS. WE WANT TO PROTECT OUR AIRLINE
INDUSTRY, VERY IMPORTANT.
BUT EVERYBODY HAS TO BE VIGILANT
AND HAS TO BE CAREFUL.
BUT BE CALM.
IT’S REALLY WORKING OUT.
>> BE CALM, IT’S REALLY WORKING
OUT.
OUT. >> I THINK A MESSAGE OF CALM
ACTUALLY IS NOT BY JUST WORDS
ALONE, IT’S BY ACTIONS.
THE ACTIONS THAT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO TAKE ARE TO
EXPAND DRAMATICALLY THE TESTING
OF THIS VIRUS, GETTING RESULTS
INTO THE HANDS OF PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BEEN TESTED AND MAKING
CLEAR EXACTLY WHAT THE
GUIDELINES SHOULD BE FOR PUBLIC
GATHERINGS.
GATHERINGS. WE HAVEN’THOOD THAT HAD THAT LEA
I THINK THAT LACK OF LEADERSHIP