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OUR COUNTRY IS IN THE MIDST OF A GREAT NATIONAL TRIAL UNLIKE ANY
52:50
WE HAVE EVER FACED BEFORE. YOU ALL SEE IT.
52:53
YOU SEE IT PROBABLY BETTER THAN MOST.
52:55
WE'RE AT WAR WITH A DEADLY VIRUS.
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SUCCESS IN THIS FIGHT WILL REQUIRE THE FULL, ABSOLUTE
53:03
MEASURE OF OUR COLLECTIVE STRENGTH, LOVE AND DEVOTION.
53:07
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. EACH OF US HAS THE POWER THROUGH
53:10
OUR OWN CHOICES AND ACTION TO SEE SAVE AMERICAN LIVES AND
53:13
RESCUE THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONG US.
53:17
THAT'S WHY WE REALLY HAVE TO DO WHAT WE ALL KNOW
53:23
IS RIGHT. EVERY CITIZEN IS BEING CALLED
53:26
UPON TO MAKE SACRIFICES. EVERY BUSINESS IS ASKED TO
53:32
FULFILL ITS PATRIOTIC DUTY, FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES TO HOW WE
53:37
LIVE, WORK AND INTERACT EACH AND EVERY DAY, AND I WOULDN'T BE
53:41
SURPRISED TO SEE THIS GOING ON LONG INTO THE FUTURE WHEN THIS
53:44
VIRUS
53:47
IS GONE AND DEFEATED. SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING
53:52
NOW WILL BE VERY GOOD PRACTICE FOR THE FUTURE INCLUDING NOT
53:56
GETTING THE FLU, WHICH IS VERY DEVASTATING ALSO.
53:59
SOME OF WHAT WE'RE LEARNING NOW WILL LIVE ON INTO THE FUTURE, I
54:03
REALLY BELIEVE THAT. SHAKING HANDS OR NOT SHAKING
54:07
HANDS, WASHING HANDS ALL THE TIME, STAYING A LITTLE APART.
54:13
15 DAYS AGO WE PUBLISHED A NATIONWIDE GUIDELINES TO SHOW
54:18
THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS. ON SUNDAY I ANNOUNCED THAT THIS
54:21
CAMPAIGN WILL BE EXTENDED UNTIL APRIL 30TH.
54:25
IN A FEW MOMENTS DR. BIRX WILL EXPLAIN THE DATA THAT FORMED THE
54:30
BASIS FOR OUR DECISION TO EXTEND THE GUIDELINES AND DR. FAUCI
54:38
WILL EXPLAIN WHY IT'S CLINICAL FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO
54:40
FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS.
54:44
IT'S A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, FRANKLY.
54:47
IT'S A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH. I KNOW OUR CITIZENS WILL RISE TO
54:51
THE OCCASION, AND THEY ALREADY HAVE, SACRIFICED A LOT.
54:55
WE HAD THE GREATEST ECONOMY IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.
54:59
WE HAD THE GREATEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD.
55:02
WE HAD THE BEST UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS AND EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS
55:04
THAN WE'VE EVER HAD BY FAR, AND IN ONE INSTANT WE SAID WE HAVE
55:09
NO CHOICE BUT TO CLOSE IT UP. JUST AS AMERICANS HAVE ALWAYS
55:17
DONE, THEY WILL DO A JOB LIKE FEW HAVE SEEN BEFORE, AND THEY
55:23
ARE PROUD TO DO IT. I SEE THAT.
55:25
THERE'S A GREAT PRIDE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
55:27
BEFORE WE HEAR FROM OUR EXPERTS, WE HAVE A FEW OTHER
55:32
ANNOUNCEMENTS. TODAY THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT
55:34
AND SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED FURTHER
55:37
DETAILS ON THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM WHICH WAS
55:42
MADE POSSIBLE BY THE $2 TRILLION RELIEF BILL I SIGNED INTO LAW
55:48
LAST WEEK. NEARLY $350 BILLION IN LOANS
55:52
WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE THROUGH LENDING PARTNERS TO HELP SMALL
55:55
BUSINESSES MEET PAY ROLL AND OTHER EXPENSES FOR UP TO TWO
55:59
MONTHS. THESE LOANS THEIR FORGIVEN AS
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LONG AS BUSINESSES KEEP PAYING THEIR WORKERS.
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THIS INCLUDES SOLE
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PROPRIETORS, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS.
56:13
APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPT SAUDI STARTING FRIDAY, APRIL
56:17
3rd. THAT'S WHEN IT BEGINS.
56:19
EARLIER TODAY I SPOKE WITH LEADING INTERNET AND PHONE
56:22
PROVIDERS WHO ARE DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB OF KEEPING OUR
56:25
INTERNET AND LINES OF COMMUNICATION FLOWING UNDER VERY
56:28
STRONGLY INCREASED STRAIN, THE BUSINESSES MORE THAN ANYBODY'S
56:33
SEEN BEFORE BECAUSE EVERYONE'S INSIDE.
56:36
THEY ARE ALL MAKING CALLS. AMONG THE LEADERS I SPOKE TO
56:44
WERE VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, RANDALL STEVENSON OF AT&T, MIKE
56:49
SEUBERT OF T-MOBILE, THOMAS RUT LEAD BELIEVE OF CHARTER
56:55
COMMUNICATIONS, BRIAN ROBERTS OF COMCAST, JOHN MALONE OF LIBERTY
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MEDIA. DEXTER GOY, MICHAEL COMBS
57:10
OF SPRINT.
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ALSO PAT ESSER OF COX COMMUNICATIONS AND JEFFERY STORY
57:17
OF CENTURY LINK. THEY ARE DOING AN INCREDIBLE
57:22
JOB. IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER CONTINENTS,
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IF YOU LOOK AT EUROPE, THEY WENT A DIFFERENT ROUTE THAN WE DID.
57:31
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO, AND THEY ARE
57:35
HAVING TREMENDOUS PROBLEMS. OTHER COUNTRIES ARE HAVING
57:39
PROBLEMS, OTHER CONTINENTS ARE HAVING PROBLEMS, BUT WITH
57:42
BUSINESS AT A LEVEL THAT NOBODY'S SEEN IT BEFORE, ON THE
57:45
INTERNET, IT'S HOLDING UP INCREDIBLY WELL.
57:50
AND THEY EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENED AND NO
57:55
MATTER HOW MUCH MORE IT GAINS, WHICH IF IT CAN GAIN MORE THAN
57:59
IT ALREADY IS, I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE THEY ARE SETTING
58:01
RECORDS. LET ME UPDATE YOU ON THE
58:04
DISTRIBUTION OF URGENCY NEEDED, RESOURCES AND SUPPLIES, AND WE
58:08
HAVE A LOT OF NUMBERS. I'M GOING TO LET MIKE PENCE
58:11
SPEAK TO THAT IN A LITTLE WHILE, BUT WE'RE GIVING MASSIVE AMOUNTS
58:14
OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES TO THE 50 STATES.
58:20
WE ALSO ARE HOLDING BACK QUITE A BIT.
58:25
WE HAVE ALMOST 10,000 VENTILATORS THAT WE HAVE READY
58:28
TO GO. WE HAVE TO HOLD THEM BACK
58:31
BECAUSE THE SURGE OF COMING AND IT'S COMING PRETTY STRONG AND WE
58:34
WANT TO BE ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY MOVE IT INTO PLACE WITHOUT GOING
58:37
AND TAKING IT, SO WE'RE READY TO GO AND WE'VE ALSO DISTRIBUTED.
58:42
I JUST SPOKE WITH THE GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN, HAD A GREAT
58:47
CONVERSATION, AND WE SENT A LARGE NUMBER OF VENTILATORS TO
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MICHIGAN. WE'RE SENDING THEM TO LOUISIANA.
58:53
WE SENT ADDITIONAL VENTILATORS TO NEW YORK, ADDITIONAL
58:57
VENTILATORS TO NEW JERSEY AND I WILL SAY IN NEW YORK FEMA IS
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SUPPLYING 250 AMBULANCES AND 500 EMTS TO HELP RESPOND TO THE
59:10
INCREASING CASE LOAD. THAT'S A LOT OF AMBULANCES.
59:14
IN CALIFORNIA THE ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS IS DEVELOPING EIGHT
59:17
FACILITIES TO EXPAND HOSPITAL CAPACITY UP TO 50,000 BEDS,
59:25
50,000, AND HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION LAST NIGHT WITH
59:28
GAVIN NEWSOME. HE'S DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB.
59:31
WE ARE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATIONS.
59:38
THE USNS MERCY HOSPITAL SHIP IS NOW OPERATIONAL.
59:42
IT'S IN LOS ANGELES AND RECEIVING PATIENTS.
59:45
IN NEW YORK AS YOU KNOW, THE COMFORT, EVERYBODY WATCHED THAT.
59:49
IT'S IN PLACE AND WILL BE IN A VERY SHORT WHILE RECEIVING LARGE
59:56
NUMBERS OF PATIENTS, OVER 1,000 IRAQI TROOPS AND 12 OPERATING
59:59
ROOMS. FEMA'S ALSO PROVIDED 100 TRAVEL
60:03
TRAILERS TO ASSIST WITH HOUSING NEEDS AND WE'RE ORDERING
60:07
HUNDREDS MORE. IN MICHIGAN FEMA WILL SOON
60:12
DELIVER IN ADDITION TO THE
60:17
VENTILATORS
60:20
250 FIELD ENGINEERS TO BUILD ALTERNATE CARE
60:26
FACILITIES. SO WE'RE DOING A FIELD HOSPITAL
60:27
IN MICHIGAN OF 250 BEDS AND WE MAY BE DOUBLING IT UP SOON,
60:31
DEPENDING ON THE NEED. THEY ARE DOING A GOOD JOB WITH
60:34
BEDS IN MICHIGAN BUT THEY MAY NEED MORE THAN THE 250 SO FEMA
60:38
AND THE ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS ARE PREPARED TO GO THEIR QUICKLY
60:42
AND GET IT DONE. IN LOUISIANA WE'RE DELIVERING
60:45
TWO FIELD HOSPITALS TO PROVIDE 500 NEW HOSPITAL BEDS.
60:49
I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH THE
60:54
GOVERNOR, JOHN BEL EDWARDS AND THE ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS IS
60:58
REALLY DOING INCREDIBLE WORK, ESTABLISHING 3,000 BED ALTERNATE
61:03
CARE SITE AT THE NEW ORLEANS CONVENTION CENTER WHICH WILL BE
61:08
OPERATIONAL, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS WEEK.
61:11
SO WE'RE DOING A 3,000 BED ALTERNATE CARE SITE AND WE'RE
61:15
ALSO DOING A 500 BED NEW HOSPITAL.
61:19
AND THAT'S IN LOUISIANA WHICH REALLY GOT HIT.
61:22
IT STARTED OFF VERY LATE, AND IT WAS LOOKING GOOD, AND THEN ALL
61:26
OF A SUDDEN IT JUST REARED UP, CAME FROM NOWHERE.
61:30
IN ADDITION TO THE SUPPLIES WE'RE DELIVERING, WE'RE ALSO
61:33
GIVING HOSPITALS THE FLEXIBILITY TO USE NEW FACILITIES INCLUDING
61:36
SURGICAL CARE CENTERS TO CARE FOR HOSPITAL PATIENTS WHO ARE
61:41
NOT INFECTED. FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW THAT MANY
61:45
EXPECTANT MOTHERS ARE UNDERSTANDABLY CONCERNED ABOUT
61:49
EXPOSING THEIR NEWBORN BABIES TO THE VIRUS, AND THEY SHOULD BE,
61:55
WITH OUR ACTION YESTERDAY, HOSPITALS NOW HAVE THE AUTHORITY
61:58
TO CREATE SPECIAL AREAS FOR MOTHERS TO DELIVER THEIR BABIES
62:01
IN A VERY SAFE AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, TOTALLY SEPARATE.
62:07
OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT HAS
62:10
ORGANIZED ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLEX INTERNATIONAL
62:14
EVACUATION OPERATIONS IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
62:17
MIKE POMPEO HAS BEEN WORKING ROUND THE CLOCK ALOCK WITH --
62:24
ALONG WITH AMBASSADOR O'BRIEN. SINCE JANUARY 29TH WE
62:30
SUCCESSFULLY
62:33
REPATRIATED AMERICANS FROM 50 COUNTRIES
62:35
WHERE THEY WERE LITERALLY STRUCK, IN SOME CASES LOCKED IN,
62:39
AND I SALUTE THE INCREDIBLE PUBLIC SERVANTS AT THE
62:42
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AS WELL AS THEIR COUNTERPARTS AT DHS AND
62:46
HHS WHO PLAYED SUCH AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN DOING THIS.
62:49
YOU PROBABLY READ ABOUT THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN PERU AND YOUNG
62:55
PEOPLE IN BRAZIL AND THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY STUCK, AND WE GOT
63:02
THEM OUT, GOT THEM -- ALMOST EVERYBODY IS OUT NOW, BACK HOME
63:07
WITH THEIR PARENTS, THEIR WIVES, THEIR HUSBANDS.
63:10
I WANT EVERY AMERICAN TO BE PREPARED FOR THE HARD DAYS THAT
63:13
LIE AHEAD. WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A VERY
63:16
TOUGH TWO WEEKS, AND THEN HOPEFULLY, AS THE EXPERTS ARE
63:20
PREDICTING, AS I THINK A LOT OF US ARE PREDICTING AFTER HAVING
63:25
STUDIED IT SO HARD, WE'RE GOING TO START SEEING SOME REAL LIGHT
63:28
AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY, VERY
63:32
PAINFUL TWO WEEKS. WHEN YOU LOOK AND SEE AT NIGHT
63:37
THE KIND OF DEATH THAT'S BEEN CAUSED BY THIS INVISIBLE ENEMY.
63:44
IT'S INCREDIBLE. I WAS WATCHING LAST NIGHT,
63:47
GOVERNOR MURPHY OF NEW JERSEY SAY 29 PEOPLE DIED TODAY,
63:52
MEANING YESTERDAY, AND OTHERS TALKING ABOUT NUMBERS FAR
63:56
GREATER, BUT YOU GET TO KNOW A STATE.
63:58
I KNOW NEW JERSEY SO WELL. 29 PEOPLE AND HUNDREDS IN OTHER
64:02
LOCATIONS, HUNDREDS IN OTHER STATES.
64:05
AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A ROUGH TWO-WEEK PERIOD.
64:08
AS A NATION WE FACE A DIFFICULT FEW WEEKS AS WE APPROACH THAT
64:16
REALLY IMPORTANT DAY WHEN WE'RE GOING TO SEE THINGS GET BETTER
64:21
ALL OF A SUDDEN. AND IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE A
64:24
BURST OF LIGHT, I REALLY THINK AND I HOPE.
64:26
OUR STRENGTH WILL BE TESTED AND OUR ENDURANCE WILL BE TRIED BUT
64:31
AMERICA WILL ANSWER WITH LOVE AND COURAGE AND IRONCLAD
64:35
RESOLVE. THIS IS THE TIME FOR ALL
64:37
AMERICANS TO COME TOGETHER AND DO OUR PART.
64:40
I APPRECIATE A LOT OF THE MEDIA. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF REALLY GOOD
64:45
THINGS SAID. I THINK ONLY GOOD THINGS CAN BE
64:48
SAID WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE JOB THAT'S BEEN DONE.
64:51
I JUST SPOKE WITH FRANKLIN GRAHAM WHO IS AN
64:59
EXTRAORDINARY PERSON AND SAMARITAN'S PURSE HAS
65:03
BEEN, JUST LIKE SO MANY OTHERS, SO FAST, THEY DID IT SO FAST.
65:08
HE'S BEEN DOING IT FOR A LONG TIME BUT I THINK PEOPLE ARE
65:14
REALLY SEEING WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.
65:16
FRANKLIN GRAHAM, VERY SPECIAL FAMILIAR.
65:18
AS WE SAID, PLANE LOADS OF MASKS, GLOVES AND SUPPLIES, TO
65:25
COMMUNITIES BATTLING THE PLAGUE, AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS, A PLAGUE.
65:30
WE PRAY FOR THE DOCTORS, THE NURSES, THE PARAMEDICS AND TRUCK
65:35
DRIVERS AND POLICE OFFICERS AND SANITATION WORKERS AND ABOVE ALL
65:38
THE PEOPLE FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIVES IN NEW YORK AND ALL ACROSS
65:42
OUR LAND, I WATCH AS DOCTORS AND NURSES WENT INTO A CERTAIN
65:47
HOSPITAL IN ELMHURST THIS MORNING.
65:50
I KNOW ELMHURST, QUEENS, I GREW UP RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
65:55
I KNOW THE HOSPITAL VERY WELL. I'VE BEEN SEEING IT ALL MY LIFE,
65:59
MY YOUNG LIFE, AND I WILL TELL YOU TO SEE THE SCENES OF
66:08
TRAILERS OUT THERE AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING WITH THOSE TRAILERS,
66:14
THEY ARE FREEZERS, AND NOBODY COULD EVEN BELIEVE IT.
66:18
AND I SPOKE TO SOME OF MY FRIENDS.
66:20
I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT THEY ARE SEEING, AND I WATCHED THE
66:23
DOCTORS AND THE NURSES WALKING INTO THAT HOSPITAL THIS MORNING.
66:28
IT'S LIKE MILITARY PEOPLE GOING INTO BATTLE, GOING INTO WAR.
66:33
THE BRAVERY IS INCREDIBLE, AND I JUST HAVE TO TAKE MY HAT -- I
66:40
WOULD TAKE MY HAT, IF I WERE WEARING A HAT, I'D RIP THAT HAT
66:43
OFF SO FAST, AND I WOULD SAY YOU PEOPLE ARE JUST INCREDIBLE.
66:48
THEY REALLY ARE. THEY ARE VERY BRAVE.
66:50
THEY ARE GOING IN AND
66:54
THEY DON'T KNOW, YOU HAVE LOTS OF THINGS
66:56
FLYING AROUND IN THE AIR, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TOUCHING,
66:59
IS IT SAFE, AND YOU ALSO SEE WHERE YOUR FRIENDS ARE GOING TO
67:03
THE HOSPITAL AND YOU SAY HOW IS HE DOING TWO DAYS LATER, AND
67:08
THEY SAY SIR, HE'S UNCONSCIOUS OR IN A COMA, SO THINGS ARE
67:13
HAPPENING THAT WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE IN THIS COUNTRY.
67:16
AND WITH ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, THE COUNTRY'S COME TOGETHER LIKE
67:21
I'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE, AND WE WILL PREVAIL.
67:26
WE WILL WIN. AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE IN A
67:30
RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO ASK
67:37
DR. BIRX TO COME UP AND SHOW YOU THE DATA THAT'S BEEN I THINK
67:43
BRILLIANTLY PUT TOGETHER, AND RIGHT AFTER THAT I'M GOING TO
67:47
ASK DR. FAUCI TO SPEAK AND MIKE PENCE IS GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME
67:52
OF THE RECENT EVENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE AND SOME OF THE
67:56
STATISTICS THAT WE HAVE THAT I THINK WILL BE VERY INTERESTING
67:58
HERE. THANK YOU VERY
68:02
MUCH
68:06
. --- THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
68:10
IF I CAN HAVE THE FIRST SLIDE PLEASE.
68:13
THE SLIDE IS LABELED GOALS OF COMMUNITY MITIGATION, REALLY
68:17
HIGHLIGHTING THAT THIS BEGINS IN THE MIDDLE AND THE END WITH
68:23
COMMUNITY. THIS COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY
68:25
OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THE THINGS
68:27
FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
68:31
I KNOW YOU KNOW FROM THAT LARGE BLUE MOUNTAIN THAT YOU CAN SEE
68:34
BEHIND ME AND I WANT TO THANK THE FIVE OR SIX INTERNATIONAL
68:38
AND DOMESTIC MODELERS FROM HARVARD, FROM CLUE BEA, NORTH
68:44
EASTERN AND IMPERIAL WHO HELD US TREMENDOUSLY.
68:49
IT WAS THEIR MODEL THAT CREATED THE ABILITY TO SEE WHAT THESE
68:52
MITIGATIONS COULD DO, HOW STEEPLY THEY COULD DEPRESS THE
68:58
CURVE FROM THAT GIANT BLUE MOUNTAIN TO THAT MORE
69:06
STIPPLED AREA. THEY HAD 1.5 AND 2.5 MILLION
69:13
PEOPLE IN THIS STATE DYING WITHOUT MITIGATION.
69:20
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF PEOPLE STAYED HOME, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
69:24
IF PEOPLE WERE CAREFUL EVERY DAY TO WASH THEIR HANDS AND WORRY
69:27
ABOUT TOUCHING THEIR FACES THAT WHAT AN EXTRAORDINARY THING THIS
69:32
COULD BE IF EVERY AMERICAN FOLLOWED THESE, AND IT TAKES US
69:36
TO IS THAT
69:45
STIPPLED MOUNTAIN, DOWN BUT STILL WAY TOO MUCH.
69:49
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SIMULTANEOUSLY THERE WAS A
69:52
MODELER OUT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON THAT MODELED FROM
69:55
CASES UP, UTILIZING THE EXPERIENCE AROUND THE GLOBE TO
69:58
REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW THIS INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE FROM
70:02
ITALY AND SPAIN AND SOUTH KOREA AND CHINA COULD REALLY HELP US
70:07
GIVE INSIGHT INTO THE HOSPITAL NEEDS, THE VENTILATOR NEEDS AND
70:13
REALLY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO POTENTIALLY COULD SUCCUMB TO
70:18
THIS ILLNESS. IT IS THIS MODEL THAT WILL WE'RE
70:20
LOOKING AT NOW THAT PROVIDES US THE MOST DETAIL OF THE TIME
70:24
COURSE THAT IS POSSIBLE BUT THIS MODEL ASSUMES FULL
70:31
MITIGATION. IT'S INFORMED EVERY MORNING AND
70:32
EVERY NIGHT BY THE REALITY ON THE GROUND COMING IN FROM NEW
70:36
YORK, NEW JERSEY AND AROUND THE UNITED STATES AND IS MODELED AND
70:40
INFORMED EVERY MORNING SO THAT IT IS ADJUSTED SO IT IS UP TO
70:44
DATE EVERY DAY. THIS IS THE MODEL OF THE
70:50
PREDICTED FATALITIES AND MORTALITY IN THE UNITED STATES.
70:53
AS THE PRESIDENT SAID, IT'S VERY MUCH FOCUSED ON THE NEXT TWO
70:56
WEEKS AND THE STARK REALITY OF WHAT THIS VIRUS WILL DO AS IT
71:01
MOVES THROUGH COMMUNITIES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
71:05
BUT THIS IS A SLIDE THAT GIVES US GREAT HOPE AND UNDERSTANDING
71:08
ABOUT WHAT IS POSSIBLE. ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE WHERE
71:13
YOU CAN BARELY SEE THAT BLUE LINE AT THE VERY BOTTOM, THAT'S
71:18
THE CURRENT CASES IN CALIFORNIA. THE CUMULATIVE CASES IN
71:23
CALIFORNIA WHERE THEY ARE DOING SIGNIFICANT TESTING.
71:26
THE NEXT LINE UP IS CONNECTICUT, THE OKAY LINE IS NEW JERSEY.
71:32
THE BLUE LINE IS NEW YORK. THE YELLOW LINE IS WASHINGTON.
71:37
WE ALL REMEMBER WASHINGTON STATE.
71:39
IT WAS JUST A MONTH AGO WHEN THEY STARTED TO HAVE THE ISSUES
71:42
IN WASHINGTON STATE BUT THEY BROUGHT TOGETHER THEIR
71:46
COMMUNITIES AND THEIR HEALTH PROVIDERS AND THEY PUT IN STRONG
71:49
MITIGATION METHODS AND TESTING, AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE RESULT
71:56
IN WASHINGTON STATE AND CALIFORNIA IS.
71:58
BUT WITHOUT THE CONTINUATION FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS, ANYTHING COULD
72:02
CHANGE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
72:07
THOUGH I'M SURE YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SEEING ALL THE
72:10
STATES. ON THIS SLIDE IS ALL 50 STATES
72:12
AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. BUT I THINK IT SHOWS IN STARK
72:16
REALITY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY AND
72:21
OTHER STATES WITH SIMILAR POPULATIONS AND URBAN AREAS.
72:25
THE OUR GOAL OVER THE NEXT 30 DAYS IS TO ENSURE THE STATES
72:30
THAT YOU SEE, THE 48 ACROSS THE BOTTOM, MAINTAIN THIS LOWER
72:35
LEVEL OF NEW CASES WITH THE HOPE THAT WE DON'T HAVE SIGNIFICANT
72:40
OUTBREAKS IN OTHER STATES, IN OTHER METRO AREAS, AS THE
72:47
COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER TO WORK TOGETHER AND ENSURE THAT THE
72:50
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AROUND THE GLOBE AND IN THE UNITED STATES
72:54
ARE STRENGTHENED BY OUR RESOLVE TO CONTINUE TO MITIGATE
72:59
COMMUNITY BY COMMUNITY. THIS IS DONE COMMUNITY BY
73:02
COMMUNITY. IF WE ALL KNOW PEOPLE ARE IN
73:04
THEIR STATES AND IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND WE'RE VERY
73:08
DEPENDENT ON EACH PERSON IN THE UNITED STATES DOING THE SAME
73:12
THING, FOLLOWING THE PRESIDENTIAL GUIDELINES TO A
73:15
TEE. I KNOW IT'S A LOT TO ASK BECAUSE
73:17
YOU'VE DONE IT FOR 15 DAYS. SO IF YOU CAN SHOW THE NEXT
73:22
SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THIS IS WHAT GIVES US A LOT
73:25
OF HOPE. THIS IS THE CASE FINDING IN
73:30
ITALY. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY ARE
73:33
BEGINNING TO TURN THE CORNER IN NEW CASES.
73:36
THEY ARE ENTERING THEIR FOURTH WEEK OF FULL MITIGATION AND
73:41
SHOWING WHAT IS POSSIBLE WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY, AS
73:44
A COUNTRY, TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF THIS PANDEMIC TOGETHER.
73:49
IT IS THIS GRAPHIC AND THE GRAPHIC OF MANY OF THOSE STATES
73:53
THAT GIVES US HOPE OF WHAT IS POSSIBLE WITH CONTINUING FOR
73:57
ANOTHER 30 DAYS. AMIDST ALL THAT HOPE, I MUST SAY
74:00
THAT LIKE WE WARNED ABOUT DETROIT AND CHICAGO, WE START TO
74:04
SEE CHANGES IN MASSACHUSETTS. NEW ORLEANS CONTINUES TO BE A
74:09
PROBLEM OF NEW CASES, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE STABILIZING, AND I
74:14
THINK IT REALLY SHOWS THE DEPTH OF DEDICATION OF THE AMERICAN
74:20
PEOPLE TO THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS BECAUSE THEY CAN SEE
74:22
THE STRAIN THAT THIS PUTS ON EVERY NURSE, DOCTOR, RESPIRATORY
74:27
THERAPIST, PHARMACIST AND LABORATORY TECHNICIAN THAT'S
74:31
WORKING TOGETHER TO STEM THIS TIDE OF UNRELENTING SICK PEOPLE
74:35
COME COMING TO THEIR DOORS.
74:37
NO ONE HAS BEEN TURNED ADD WAY. NO ONE WHO HAS NEEDED
74:41
VENTILATION HAS NOT RECEIVED VENTILATION BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW
74:44
STRESSFUL IT IS FOR EACH OF THEM.
74:46
SO I KNOW IT'S STRESSFUL TO FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES BUT IT IS
74:49
MORE STRESSFUL AND MORE DIFFICULT TO THE SOLDIERS ON THE
74:53
FRONTLINE. AS WE STARTED AND WE WILL END
74:55
WITH THIS COMMUNITIES THAT WILL DO THIS.
74:58
THERE'S NO MAGIC BULLET. THERE'S NO MAGIC VACCINE OR
75:02
THERAPY. IT'S JUST BEHAVIORS.
75:04
EACH OF OUR BEHAVIORS TRANSLATING INTO SOMETHING THAT
75:08
CHANGES THE COURSE OF THIS VIRAL PANDEMIC OVER THE NEXT 30 DAYS.
75:13
THANK YOU.
75:18
--- THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR. BIRX.
75:21
MR. PRESIDENT, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, SO WHAT MR. BIRX HAS
75:25
SAID VERY SIMPLY IS THAT THERE ARE REALLY TWO DYNAMIC FORCES
75:30
THAT ARE OPPOSING EACH OTHER HERE, AS I MENTIONED SEVERAL
75:35
TIMES IN OUR BRIEFINGS. THE VIRUS, IF LEFT TO ITS OWN
75:38
DEVICES, WILL DO THAT DARK CURVE THAT DR. BIRX SHOWED YOU.
75:42
THE OTHER DYNAMIC FORCE IS WHAT WE ARE DOING, WHAT WE'RE TRYING
75:46
TO DO AND WHAT WE WILL DO IN THE FORM OF MITIGATION.
75:51
NOW THESE ARE VERY REVEALING BITS OF DATA BECAUSE YOU SAW
75:55
WHAT HAPPENED IN ITALY WHERE YOU MAKE THE TURN AROUND THE CURVE
76:00
AND YOU GO. THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN ALL AT ONCE.
76:03
IT'S A STEP WISE FASHION, AND IF I EXPLAIN THE STEPS, WHICH I
76:07
WILL, YOU'LL SEE WHY WE ARE REALLY CONVINCED THAT MITIGATION
76:12
IS GOING TO BE DOING THE TRICK FOR US.
76:16
BECAUSE WHAT YOU HAVE IS YOU
76:20
HAVE INCREASE IN NEW CASES AT A CERTAIN RATE.
76:23
WHEN THE INCREASE OF NEW CASES BEGIN TO LEVEL OFF, THE
76:26
SECONDARY EFFECT IS LESS HOSPITALIZATIONS, THE NEXT
76:29
EFFECT IS LESS INTENSIVE CARE, AND THE NEXT EFFECT IS LESS
76:35
DEATHS. THE DEATHS AND THE INTENSIVE
76:37
CARE AND THE HOSPITALIZATION ALWAYS LAG BEHIND THAT EARLY
76:43
INDICATION THAT THERE ARE LESS NEW CASES PER DAY, THE WAY WE
76:47
SAW IN ITALY AND WE'RE LIKELY SEEING -- I DON'T WANT TO JUMP
76:51
THE GUN ON. WE'RE SEEING LITTLE INKLINGS OF
76:56
THIS RIGHT NOW IN NEW YORK. WE'VE GOT TO BRACE OURSELVES IN
76:59
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS TO A WEEK OR SO, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE
77:02
TO SEE THINGS GO UP. WE CANNOT BE DISCOURAGED BY THAT
77:06
BECAUSE THE MITIGATION IS ACTUALLY WORKING AND WILL WORK.
77:10
THE SLIDE THAT DR. BIRX SHOWED WHERE YOU SAW NEW YORK AND NEW
77:15
JERSEY AND THEN THE CLUSTER OF OTHER AREAS, OUR GOAL, WHICH I
77:21
BELIEVE WE CAN ACCOMPLISH, IS TO GET THE HOT SPOT PLACES, THE NEW
77:28
YORKS, NEW JERSEY, AND HELP THEM GET AROUND THAT CURVE, BUT
77:33
IMPORTANTLY TO PREVENT THOSE CLUSTERS OF AREAS THAT ARE HAVE
77:36
NOT YET GONE TO THAT SPIKE TO PREVENT THEM FROM GETTING THAT
77:39
SPIKE, AND THE ANSWER TO THAT IS MITIGATION.
77:44
NOW THE 15 DAYS THAT WE HAD OF MITIGATION CLEARLY HAVE HAD AN
77:49
EFFECT, ALTHOUGH IT'S TOUGH TO QUANTITY AT THE SAME TIME IT
77:53
BECAUSE OF THOSE TWO OPPOSING FORCES, BUT THE REASON WHY WE
77:56
FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT THE NECESSARY HE IS TEE OF THE
78:01
ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS IS THAT NOW IS THE TIME WHENEVER YOU'RE
78:06
HAVING AN EFFECT NOT TO TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR
78:10
AND ON THE BRAKE BUT TO JUST PRESS IT DOWN ON THE
78:15
ACCELERATOR, AND THAT'S WHAT I HOPE AND I KNOW THAT WE CAN DO
78:18
OVER THE NEXT 30 DAYS. AND, AS I SAID THE OTHER DAY ON
78:22
ONE OF THE INTERVIEWS, WE ARE A VERY STRONG AND RESILIENT
78:26
NATION. IF YOU LOOK AT OUR HISTORY,
78:29
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH SOME TERRIBLE ORDER
78:35
HE'LL -- ORDEALS. THIS IS TOUGH.
78:38
PEOPLE ARE STYING. IT'S INCONVENIENT TO GO THROUGH
78:42
THIS BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE THE ANSWER TO OUR PROBLEMS, SO LET'S
78:45
ALL PULL TOGETHER AND MAKE SURE AS WE LOOK FORWARD FOR THE NEXT
78:49
30 DAYS, WE DO IT WITH ALL OF THE INTENSITY AND FORCE THAT WE
78:53
CAN. THANK
78:56
YOU
79:00
. --- THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT,
79:05
AND TO DR. BIRX AND DR. FAUCI. I KNOW I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE
79:11
PRESIDENT, PEOPLE ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY, WHEN I EXPRESS MY GREAT
79:16
ADMIRATION AND APPRECIATION FOR BOTH OF YOU FOR HELPING STEER
79:21
OUR NATION THROUGH THIS CHALLENGING TIME.
79:24
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE NOW SEEN WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAW WHEN
79:26
HE MADE THE DECISION AT THE END OF 15 DAY TO SEE SLOW THE SPREAD
79:31
TO ASK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO GIVE US 30 MORE DAYS, TO
79:34
CONTINUE TO PUT INTO PRACTICE THE PRESIDENT'S CORONAVIRUS
79:39
GUIDELINES FOR AMERICA. AND, AS YOU JUST HEARD FROM THE
79:42
EXPERTS, WE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT IT'S WORKING.
79:48
AS DR. FAUCI JUST SAID, THERE ARE DIFFICULT DAYS AHEAD.
79:52
OUR HEARTS AND OUR PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE
79:54
LOST LOVED ONES AND THOSE AS THE PRESIDENT JUST REFLECTED WHO WE
79:59
KNOW ARE STRUGGLING AT THIS HOUR IN HOSPITALS ACROSS THE NATION.
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BUT TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US, DO NOT BE
80:10
DISCOURAGED, BECAUSE WHAT YOU CAN DO TO PROTECT YOUR
80:12
HEALTH, THE HEALTH OF YOUR FAMILY, WHAT YOU CAN DO TO
80:16
ENSURE THAT YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HAVE THE RESOURCES AND
80:20
OUR HOSPITALS HAVE THE CAPACITY TO MEET THIS MOMENT IS PUT INTO
80:25
PRACTICE THE PRESIDENT'S CORONAVIRUS GUIDELINES FOR
80:29
AMERICA. IT REALLY IS WHAT EVERY AMERICAN
80:31
CAN DO, 30 DAYS TO SLOW THE SPREAD, 30 DAYS TO MAKE A
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DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AMERICAN
80:39
FAMILIES AND THE LIFE OF OUR NATION.
80:42
ALLOW ME TO GIVE YOU A FREE BRIEF UPDATES BEFORE THE
80:46
PRESIDENT TAKES QUESTIONS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE CONTINUE
80:49
TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH GOVERNORS AROUND THE NATION.
80:52
THE PRESIDENT AND I SPOKE TO ALL THE GOVERNORS, ALL THE STATES
80:55
AND TERRITORIES YESTERDAY AND SINCE WE WERE LAST TOGETHER, THE
80:58
PRESIDENT AND I HAVE SPOKEN DIRECTLY TO SEVERAL GOVERNORS
81:02
AROUND THE COUNTRY INCLUDING ILLINOIS, LOUISIANA, MICHIGAN,
81:06
NEW YORK AND OTHER STATES. AT THE PRESENT MOMENT THE
81:09
PRESIDENT HAS DECLARED 29 MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATIONS AND
81:14
AUTHORIZED TEN DIFFERENT STATES TO USE FULL FEDERAL FUNDING,
81:19
SO-CALLED TITLE 32 FUNDING, TO PAY FOR THEIR NATIONAL GUARD.
81:21
AS OF THIS AFTERNOON FEMA REPORTS SOME 17,000 NATIONAL
81:24
GUARD HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED IN STATES AROUND THE COUNTRY TO
81:28
PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE.
81:31
ON THE SUBJECT OF TESTING WE HAVE NOW COMPLETED MORE THAN 1.1
81:38
MILLION TESTS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
81:39
WE'RE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH GOVERNORS AROUND AMERICA TO
81:44
ASSIST THEM IN DRIVE-THRU AND COMMUNITY TESTING CENTERS.
81:49
I SPOKE WITH THE GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS TODAY ABOUT A TESTING
81:53
CENTER THAT THEY'VE ESTABLISHED IN COOPERATION WITH THE U.S.
81:57
PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE. WE REMIND EVERY GOVERNOR AND
82:01
EVERY LABORATORY AND HOSPITAL IN THE COUNTRY, IT'S IMPERATIVE
82:05
THAT YOU CONTINUE TO REPORT DAILY TO THE CDC THE RESULTS OF
82:11
THOSE TESTS TO GIVE VISIBILITY ON THE BEST OF INFORMED RESOURCE
82:16
DECISIONS. ALSO WE REITERATED TODAY TO
82:20
GOVERNORS IN PERSON AND ALSO THROUGH CORRESPONDENCE TO EVERY
82:24
GOVERNOR THE IMPORTANCE OF USING THEIR NATIONAL GUARD, IF NEED
82:29
BE, TO MOVE MEDICAL SUPPLIES. FEMA IS VERY BUSY AS YOU WILL
82:33
HEAR IN A MOMENT DELIVERING MILLIONS OF SUPPLIES TO STATES
82:36
AROUND THE COUNTRY BUT WE'RE URGING EVERY GOVERNOR TO WORK
82:39
WITH THEIR STATE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM AND USE THE
82:43
NATIONAL GUARD TO MOVE THOSE SUPPLIES FROM WAREHOUSES TO
82:47
HOSPITALS. AS THE PRESIDENT SAID WE'VE
82:49
DISTRIBUTED MORE THAN 11.6 MILLION N95 MASKS, MORE THAN
82:56
80-100 VENTILATORS AROUND THE NATION, MILLIONS OF FACE
82:59
SHIELDS, SURGICAL L MASKS AND GLOVES.
83:02
WE INITIATED AN AIR BRIDGE THE PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY.
83:06
FLIGHTS HAVE ARRIVED IN NEW YORK, ONE ARRIVED IN ILLINOIS
83:09
YESTERDAY AND A FLIGHT WILL ARRIVE IN HOI IN
83:22
OHIO. ON THE SUBJECT OF VENTILATORS,
83:24
FEMA IS CURRENTLY DELIVERING 400 VENTILATORS TO MICHIGAN, 300 TO
83:30
NEW JERSEY, 150 TO LOUISIANA, 50 VENTILATORS TO CONNECTICUT AND
83:35
IN THE LAST WEEK AND IN THE WEEK AHEAD MORE THAN 450 VENTILATORS
83:39
TO ILLINOIS. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO MORE THAN
83:42
4400 VENTILATORS THAT THE PRESIDENT AND FEMA DIRECTED TO
83:46
THE STATE OF NEW YORK. WE JUST WANT PEOPLE THAT ARE
83:50
WORKING ON THE FRONT LINES THAT THE PRESIDENT JUST SPOKE ABOUT,
83:54
DR. BIRX AND DR. FAUCI SPOKE ABOUT, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW HELP
83:58
IS ON THE WAY, AND AT THE PRESIDENT'S DIRECTION WE'RE
84:00
GOING TO LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED ANYWHERE IN AMERICA OR ANYWHERE
84:04
IN THE WORLD TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES AND THE
84:07
EQUIPMENT TO DO YOUR JOB. SO AGAIN I WANT TO JUST SAY
84:11
THANK YOU, AMERICA, THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP, THANK YOU FOR
84:15
PUTTING INTO PRACTICE THE 15 DAYS TO SLOW THE SPREAD, AND
84:18
THANK YOU FOR THE RESPONSE OF TENS OF MILLIONS HAVE ALREADY
84:22
HAD FOR THE 30 DAYS TO SLOW THE SPREAD.
84:25
WE ENCOURAGE EACH ONE OF YOU AS WE HAVE GOVERNORS AROUND THE
84:29
COUNTRY TO SPREAD THE WORLD ABOUT THE GUIDELINES.
84:31
LISTEN TO YOUR STATE AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN AREAS THAT ARE
84:33
MORE GREATLY IMPACTED. WE CONTINUE TO URGE PEOPLE IN
84:37
THE AREAS OF NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY AND CONNECTICUT TO
84:41
REFRAIN FROM TRAVEL AROUND THE COUNTRY AND PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL
84:44
FROM THAT AREA. CHECK YOUR TEMPERATURE AND
84:48
SELF-QUARANTINE FOR 14 DAYS. YOU CAN SEE FROM THAT CHART THE
84:53
UNIQUE CHALLENGES PEOPLE IN THE GREATER NEW YORK CITY AREA ARE
84:56
FACING WITH THE CORONAVIRUS, AND WE WANT TO DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO
84:59
PROTECT YOUR HEALTH, FOCUS RESOURCES ON THE COMMUNITY AND
85:04
PREVENT UNNECESSARY SPREAD. LASTLY AS THE PRESIDENT
85:07
HIGHLIGHTED YESTERDAY, BUSINESSES AROUND AMERICA ARE
85:09
STEPPING UP AS NEVER BEFORE. TOMORROW I'LL TRAVEL WITH
85:13
SECRETARY SONNY PERDUE TO VIRGINIA TO THE WALMART
85:18
DISTRIBUTION CENTER JUST SO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CAN SEE FIRST
85:20
HAND HOW THE FOOD SUPPLY IS CONTINUING TO ROLL ON 18 WHEELS
85:23
AND THROUGH AIRFREIGHT ALL OVER AMERICA, AND WE THANK AGAIN THE
85:28
GROCERY STORE OPERATORS AROUND AMERICA, EVERYBODY THAT'S
85:30
WORKING OUT ON THE HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS EVERY DAY TO KEEP THAT
85:34
FOOD SUPPLY ROLLING AND ROLLING STRONG.
85:37
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THOUGH, WE JUST WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT
85:40
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK OUR HEARTS OUT, WORK OUR HEARTS
85:43
OUT TO MAKE SURE OUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HAVE EVERYTHING THEY
85:47
NEED, EVERYONE STRUGGLING WITH CORONAVIRUS HAS THE SUPPORT AND
85:51
EVERYTHING THEY NEED. I'M ABSOLUTELY CONFIDENT SEEING
85:54
THE WAY THE GOVERNORS ARE RESPONDING, SEEING IS THE TEAM
85:58
THE PRESIDENT HAS ASSEMBLED AND THE WHITE HOUSE CORONAVIRUS TASK
86:01
FORCE, PRAYERS OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT WE'LL GET THROUGH
86:04
THIS, THAT IT WILL TAKE ALL OF US DOING OUR PART AND WE'LL GET
86:08
THROUGH IT
86:13
TOGETHER. >> JUST TO BE CLEAR, WHAT ABOUT
86:15
THE PROJECTED DEATH TOLL PEOPLE BE REASONABLY GOOD AT FOLLOWING
86:20
THESE MITIGATION MEASURES? >> I'D LIKE TO HAVE DR. FAUCI OR
86:29
DEB COME UP AND SAY. I HAVE NUMBERS BUT I'D RATHER
86:32
HAVE THEM SAY THE NUMBERS, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
86:36
>> OF COURSE THIS IS A PROJECTION.
86:38
IT'S A PROJECTION BASED ON USING VERY MUCH WHAT'S HAPPENED IN
86:41
ITALY AND THEN LOOKING AT ALL THE MODELS.
86:44
AS YOU SAW ON THAT SLIDE, THAT WAS OUR REAL NUMBER, THAT
86:49
100,000 TO 200,000, AND WE THINK THAT THAT IS THE RANGE.
86:53
WE REALLY BELIEVE AND HOPE EVERY DAY THAT WE CAN DO A LOT BETTER
86:56
THAN
87:00
THAT. BECAUSE THAT'S NOT ASSUMING 100%
87:04
OF EVERY AMERICAN DOING EVERYTHING THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO
87:08
BE DOING BUT THAT'S POSSIBLE --- YOU SAID THE NEXT TWO WEEKS ARE
87:11
GOING TO BE VERY PAINFUL. >> YOU'LL HAVE AN UPSLOPE, SO AS
87:19
MORTALITY
87:22
WILL INCREASE AND THEN IT WILL COME BACK DOWN, AND IT
87:25
WILL COME BACK DOWN SLOWER AT THE RATE IN WHICH IT WENT UP.
87:29
SO THAT IS REALLY THE ISSUE, HOW MUCH WE CAN PUSH THE MORTALITY
87:35
DOWN. >> SO OUR HOPE IS TO GET THAT
87:39
DOWN AS FAR AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. THE MODELING THAT DR. BIRX
87:45
SHOWED PREDICTS THAT NUMBER THAT YOU SAW.
87:48
WE DON'T ACCEPT THAT NUMBER, THAT THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO
87:51
BE. WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING
87:53
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET IT EVEN SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW THAT.
87:58
THIS IS THE THING THAT WE NEED TO ANTICIPATE BUT THAT DOESN'T
88:02
MEAN THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ACCEPT.
88:05
WE WANT TO DO MUCH MUCH BETTER THAN THAT --- WHEN WE LOOK AT
88:10
THE CURVE, IT GOES MUCH FURTHER IN TIME, SO WE WOULD HAVE DEATHS
88:14
AND CASES FOR MUCH LONGER -- --- SLIDE NUMBER
88:21
TWO. IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE SLIDES
88:26
AND PUT UP NUMBER TWO. WHAT I THOSE YOU AS A GENERIC
88:31
PICTURE OF WHAT HAPPENS IN AN EPIDEMIC, SO NO MITIGATION,
88:36
MITIGATE. THIS IS BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE
88:38
AROUND THE GLOBE WITH THIS PARTICULAR VIRUS, AND SO IT DOES
88:42
HAVE A TAIL BUT THE PEAK YOU CAN SEE BY THIS PROJECTION AND THIS
88:47
IS THE IHME DATA, THE PEAK IS OVER THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, AND
88:55
THIS IS TRACKING MORTALITIES. SO THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES FROM
88:59
THIS VIRUS AND SO THAT'S THE PART THAT WE THINK WE CAN STILL
89:03
BLUNT THROUGH THE SUPERB MEDICAL CARE THAT EVERY CLIENT IS
89:10
RECEIVING BUT ALSO MORE STRINGENT PEOPLE FOLLOWING THE
89:12
GUIDELINES
89:16
--- ARE WE SEEING DEATHS UNTIL
89:21
JUNE? >> THIS IS JUNE --- SO WE'LL
89:24
STILL SEE PROBLEMS AND DEATHS IN JUNE?
89:27
>> IT'S A PROJECTION. >> GETTING BACK TO WHAT I SAID,
89:30
DEATH ALWAYS LAG. SO YOU WILL BE SEEING DEATHS AT
89:35
A TIME WHEN AS AN EPIDEMIC WE'RE DOING REALLY REALLY WELL BECAUSE
89:39
THE DEATHS WILL LAG --- DR. FAUCI, SHOULD AMERICANS BE
89:43
PREPARED FOR THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THERE WILL BE 100,000 AMERICANS
89:47
WHO DIE FROM THIS VIRUS. >>
89:54
>> THE ANSWER IS YES. AS SOBERING A NUMBER AS THAT IS,
89:58
WE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR IT. IS IT GOING TO BE THAT MUCH?
90:01
I HOPE NOT AND I THINK THE MORE WE PUSH ON THE MITIGATION THE
90:05
LESS LIKELIHOOD IT WOULD BE THAT NUMBER.
90:08
AS BEING REALISTIC, WE NEED TO PREPARE OURSELVES THAT THAT IS A
90:11
POSSIBILITY --- A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME FOR THAT TO HAPPEN,
90:15
ACCOUNT COUNTRY HANDLE THAT IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME
90:18
WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, 50,000 A MONTH --- IT WILL BE
90:23
DIFFICULT. NO ONE IS DENYING THE FACT THAT
90:25
WE ARE GOING THROUGH A VERY VERY DIFFICULT TIME RIGHT NOW.
90:28
I MEAN WE'RE SEEING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN NEW YORK.
90:31
THAT IS REALLY REALLY TOUGH. AND IF YOU EXTRAPOLATE THAT TO
90:34
THE NATION, THAT WILL BE REALLY TOUGH.
90:37
BUT THAT'S WHAT IT IS. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE
90:39
PREPARED FOR THAT --- I THINK BECAUSE THE MODEL, THAT MODEL
90:44
THAT WAS FROM IHME, THAT'S BASED AND HEAVILY LADENED BY THE DATA
90:50
THAT HAS COME IN FROM NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY AND CONNECTICUT.
90:54
SO THAT
91:01
CAN
91:05
CAN SKU TO A HIGH HER PEAK.
91:08
IF ALL THE OTHER METRO AREAS ARE ABLE TO HOLD THAT NUMBER DOWN,
91:12
THAT IS A VERY DIFFERENT PICTURE BUT YOU HAVE TO PREDICT TO THE
91:17
DATA YOU HAVE WHICH IS HEAVILY SKEWED TO NEW YORK AND NEW
91:23
JERSEY --- THE CLUSTER OF OTHER CITIES THAT ARE NOT NEW YORK AND
91:27
NOT NEW JERSEY, IF WE CAN SUPPRESS THAT FROM ANY KIND OF A
91:31
SPIKE, THE NUMBERS COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN WHAT
91:34
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT --- SOME CITIES THAT ARE NOT FOLLOWING
91:37
THESE GUIDELINES -- --- AND THAT'S THE REASON, MY PLEA AT
91:40
THE END OF MY REMARKS, THAT NOW IS THE TIME TO PUT YOUR FOOT ON
91:44
THE ACCELERATOR BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING TO
91:49
STOP THOSE. >> SOME OF THE CITIES ARE DOING
91:51
VERY WELL, VERY WELL AT THIS EARLY STAGE, BUT THE NUMBER OF,
91:56
THE DOCTOR SAID 100,000, NUMBERS BETWEEN 100 AND 200,000, MAYBE
92:03
SLIGHTLY MORE --- CAN WE HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE AND THE SLIDE
92:06
AFTER THAT. YEAH, ONE MORE SLIDE.
92:10
PERFECT. >> WOULD YOU TELL CITIES THAT
92:12
AREN'T DOING WHAT NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, WASHINGTON, YOU KNOW,
92:17
THE CITIES THAT HAVE BEEN TAKING CHARGE IN ALL THIS, WOULD YOU
92:21
URGE SOME OF THE CITIES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN DOING THIS, MR.
92:24
PRESIDENT, TO GET WITH THE PROGRAM?
92:25
>> I WOULD BUT YOU SEE NEW YORK I BELIEVE THE BLUE IS NEW YORK.
92:30
NEW YORK IS HAVING A MUCH HARDER TIME THAN OTHER OF THE CITIES,
92:35
CONCERN CITIES ARE DOING, IF YOU LOOK DOWN HERE, AN INCREDIBLE
92:39
JOB. THEY WERE EARLY.
92:41
THEY WERE VERY VERY FIRM AND THEY'VE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
92:45
THIS IS NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK --- REMEMBER CALIFORNIA AND
92:48
WASHINGTON STATE WERE DOWN HERE AND THEY HAD SOME OF THE
92:51
EARLIEST CASES --- WE'RE SEEING PLACES IN FLORIDA NOT DOING WHAT
92:55
NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY HAVE BEEN DOING, WHAT WASHINGTON
92:58
STATE HAS BEEN
93:03
DOING. >> MR. PRESIDENT --- MAYBE
93:04
DIRECT A QUESTION TO YOU AND TO DR. FAUCI AS WELL.
93:10
YOU TOLD US YESTERDAY THAT U.S. ACCOMPLISHING 100,000 TESTS PER
93:15
DAY BUT WE'RE STILL HEARING DIFFICULT STORIES FROM THE FRONT
93:18
LINES AND FIRST RESPONDERS THAT YOU PRAISE SO APPROPRIATELY A
93:22
LITTLE WHILE AGO THAT WE CAN'T TEST ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU
93:27
NEED TO TEST. DO YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF
93:30
PROJECTION AS TO WHEN EVERYONE WHO NEEDS A TEST WILL RECEIVE
93:32
IT? >> I CAN ONLY SAY THAT WE'RE
93:34
DOING MORE THAN ANYBODY IN THE WORLD BY FAR.
93:36
WE'RE TESTING HIGHLY ACCURATE TESTS.
93:39
THESE ARE TESTS AT WORK. MANY TESTS ARE BEING SENT TO
93:42
COUNTRIES. WELL, WE'RE DOING EVERY DAY WE
93:45
GET -- AND THE WORD IS EXPONENTIAL.
93:49
WE'RE GETTING MORE AND MORE AND MORE, AND WE HAVE THE NEW TEST
93:52
THAT YOU SAW YESTERDAY, THAT'S GOING TO BE ROLLED OUT I THINK
93:54
TOMORROW OR THE NEXT DAY AND THAT'S GOING TO TAKE ONLY
93:57
LITERALLY A FEW MINUTES TO SEE THE RESULT AND IT'S A HIGHLY
94:01
ACCURATE RESULT. I MEAN TESTS WERE GIVEN OUT NOT
94:05
BY US, BY OTHER COUNTRIES WHERE THERE WAS A 50/50 CHANCE THAT IT
94:12
WAS WRONG. WHAT KIND OF TEST IS THAT?
94:19
WE'RE DOING MORE THAN ANYBODY IN THE WORLD BY FAR AND THEY ARE
94:22
VERY ACCURATE TESTS AND WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF INFORMATION
94:25
FROM THOSE TESTS.
94:31
--- THE TEST THE PRESIDENT UNVEILED YESTERDAY, THE ABBOT
94:36
LABORATORIES TEST, WHICH IS A 15 MINUTE TEST, OUR TEAM IS WORKING
94:39
VERY CLOSELY WITH ADMIRAL AND FEMA.
94:46
EARLIER THIS WEEK ABBOT LABORATORIES ARE GOING TO BE
94:50
PRODUCING 50,000 TESTS A DAY AND DISTRIBUTING THOSE AROUND
94:54
AMERICA. THERE'S ALREADY THE MACHINES IN
94:57
SOME 18,000 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
95:00
THAI TOLD US THEY HAVE SEVERAL THOUSAND ON THE SHELF NOW AND
95:06
TRY TO IDENTIFY THE AREAS WHERE WE MAY HAVE HOCTS OR AS DR. BIRX
95:12
WANTS TO KNOW MORE IMMEDIATE TESTING WHAT WE CALL
95:19
SURVEILLANCE TESTING WRG WE MAY IDENTIFY CORONAVIRUS CASES WHERE
95:21
THERE'S BEEN VERY LITTLE INCIDENT.
95:23
IF I CAN JUST AM PLY FIE ONE OTHER POINT AND THAT IS WHEN YOU
95:28
LOOK AT THIS CHART, GO BACK 15 DAYS AND THE REALITY IS IS THAT,
95:32
AND THIS IS ME SPEAKING AS A LAYPERSON, BUT AS I'VE LISTENED
95:37
TO OUR EXPERTS, NEW YORK AND THE GREAT NEW YORK CITY AREA HAVE
95:41
UNIQUE CHALLENGES, IT'S A CITY THAT WE REALLY BELIEVE MAY HAVE
95:44
HAD EXPOSURE TO THE CORONAVIRUS MUCH EARLIER ON THAN WE COULD
95:48
HAVE KNOWN AND HAD ITS OWN CHALLENGES, AND NEW YORK,
95:52
CONNECTICUT, NEW JERSEY ARE LEANING INTO THIS EFFORT.
95:55
BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS CHART FOR ALL OF THE OTHER STATES
95:59
INCLUDING WASHINGTON STATE AND CALIFORNIA, IT REALLY DOES GIVE
96:03
EVIDENCE THAT AT LEAST IT BEGINS TO GIVE EVIDENCE THAT THE 15
96:07
DAYS TO SLOW THE SPREAD IS WORKING.
96:10
AND IN FACT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE PUTTING THESE INTO PRACTICE
96:15
IN STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY INCLUDING IN NEW YORK AND NEW
96:18
JERSEY EVEN THOUGH THEY FACED A GREATER MAGNITUDE OF CASES FOR
96:23
CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE RELATED TO INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
96:25
IN THOSE COMMUNITIES. I THINK THE -- --- SHELTER IN
96:29
PLACE -- --- NO, I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE -- THE AMERICAN
96:33
PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS IN THE OTHER 48 STATES AND THEY
96:37
CAN SEE THAT IN THE LAST 15 DAYS THE PRESIDENT'S CORONAVIRUS
96:41
GUIDELINES WERE WORKING AND THAT'S PRECISELY WHY PRESIDENT
96:44
TRUMP IS ASKING EVERY AMERICAN TO CONTINUE TO PUT THESE
96:48
GUIDELINES INTO PRACTICE FOR 30 MORE DAYS.
96:54
--- SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT ABOUT 4,000 DEATHS HERE IN THE UNITED
97:00
STATES. YOU'RE SUGGESTING SPIKES OF
97:03
90,000 DEATHS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
97:05
DO YOU HAVE A DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN OF THE AREAS MOST AT
97:08
RISK AND WHERE MOST OF THOSE DEATHS MAY OCCUR?
97:10
>> WELL, RIGHT NOW, AND I THINK IF YOU ASK CHRIS MURRAY, HE
97:15
WOULD SAY HE'S USING THE INFORMATION COMING OUT OF NEW
97:19
YORK AND NEW JERSEY AND APPLYING THAT TO POTENTIALLY OTHER STATES
97:23
HAVING THE SAME OUTCOME. I JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN THIS
97:27
YELLOW LINE, THE YELLOW LINE, AND THIS IS ALL CONNECTED FOR
97:30
100,000 RESIDENTS. THIS IS NORMALIZED.
97:33
SO WE CAN COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES.
97:37
THIS IS STILL WASHINGTON STATE. THIS
97:44
YELLOW. SO THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO FOR A
97:46
LONG TIME MEASURING CASES NOT HAVE A SPIKE.
97:51
SO IT'S POSSIBLE AND WE'RE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY TO MAKE
97:53
SURE IT DOESN'T HAVE A SPIKE BUT THAT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE IN
97:57
WASHINGTON STATE ARE DOING. THIS IS WHAT EVERY COMMUNITY --
98:00
SO WASHINGTON STATE EARLY, ABOUT TWO WEEKS BEFORE NEW YORK OR NEW
98:06
JERSEY. CALIFORNIA A WEEK BEFORE NEW
98:09
YORK OR NEW JERSEY REALLY TALKED TO THEIR COMMUNITIES AND DECIDED
98:14
TO MITIGATE BEFORE THEY STARTED SEEING THIS NUMBER OF CASES, AND
98:18
NOW WE KNOW THAT THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.
98:21
EARLY AS DR. FAUCI SAID, IF YOU WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE IT, IT'S TOO
98:25
LATE. >> DO YOU HAVE A DEMOGRAPHIC
98:29
BREAKDOWN OF WHERE THESE DEATHS MAY OCCUR?
98:32
>> THERE'S A DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED
98:35
BEFORE RELATED TO MORTALITY. IT'S AS WE'RE SEEING IN NEW YORK
98:39
EXACTLY WHAT WE SAW IN ITALY. VERY LOW MORTALITY NOT TO SAY
98:43
THAT YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER 30 OR YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER 40 AREN'T
98:47
GETTING ILL. THEY ARE.
98:49
BUT MOST OF THEM ARE RECOVERING SO THE PROFILE LOOKS IDENTICAL
98:54
TO ITALY WITH INCREASING MORTALITY WITH AGE AND
98:59
PREEXISTING MEDICAL CONDITIONS, AND SO THAT IS HOLDING IN THE
99:02
SAME WAY. BUT WHAT WE'RE HOPING IS THAT
99:05
THROUGH THE WORK OF COMMUNITIES AND AGAIN IT COMES DOWN TO
99:09
COMMUNITIES, THIS IS NOT -- THIS IS COMMUNITIES DECIDING THAT
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THIS IS IMPORTANT TO THEM, TO NOT HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF NEW
99:17
YORK AND NEW JERSEY. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE
99:22
WORRIED ABOUT GROUPS ALL AROUND THE GLOBE.
99:24
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD THE REPORT THIS MORNING, THIS IS
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8,000 VENTILATORS IN THE
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UK. IF YOU TRANSLATE THAT TO THE
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UNITED STATES, THAT WOULD BE LIKE THE UNITED STATES HAVING
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LESS THAN 40,000 VENTILATORS. WE HAVE FIVE TIMES THAT AMOUNT.
99:40
THESE ARE THE THINGS EVERYBODY IS HAVING TO FACE.
99:43
I THINK UNITED STATES IS IN AN EXCELLENT POSITION FROM OUR
99:47
MEDICAL CARE POSITION BUT WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO TEST THAT
99:50
SYSTEM. WE WANT THIS TO BE A MUCH
99:54
SMALLER EPIDEMIC WITH MUCH SMALLER MORTALITY.
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--- THE TEST IT GO NUMBERS I UNDERSTAND A MILLION TESTS DONE,
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THE BIG INCREASE BUT WE WERE TOLD THERE WOULD BE 27 MILLION
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TESTS AVAILABLE BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
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SO CAN YOU OUTLINE WHERE IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN, WHERE IN THE
100:16
LOGISTICS CHAIN ARE THE OTHER 26?
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UNDER THE OTHER 26 MILLION TESTS RIGHT NOW?
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>> I THINK THIS IS JUST FOR PURPOSES OF CLARIFICATIONS,
100:24
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SENDING A TEST THAT CAN BE
100:27
ADMINISTERED TO A TEST BEING DONE.
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AND BECAUSE A MONTH AGO OR MORE THE PRESIDENT BROUGHT TOGETHER
100:36
THE TOP COMMERCIAL LABS IN AMERICA AND SAID WE NEED YOU TO
100:40
PARTNER WITH US TO CREATE A BRAND NEW SYSTEM THAT WOULD
100:47
RAPIDLY PROCESS TESTS. WE'RE NOW AT 1.1 MILLION TESTS
100:50
AND WE BELIEVE IT'S A FAIR ESTIMATE THAT WE'RE TESTING
100:53
ABOUT 100,000 AMERICANS A DAY. THAT WILL CONTINUE TO GROW.
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IT WILL CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE BUT I THINK THE MISUNDERSTANDING
101:03
EARLY ON WAS THERE WERE MANY TESTS BEING DISTRIBUTE, MANY
101:09
TEST KITS BEING SENT BUT UNDER THE OLD SYSTEM AS THE
101:12
PRESIDENT'S DESCRIBED, THE ANTIQUATED SYSTEM.
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THOSE BEING PROCESSED AT STATE LABS OR PRIVATE LABS ON A VERY
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SLOW, METHODICAL SYSTEM THAT COULD ONLY PRODUCE 30 TO 50
101:27
TESTS A DAY, BUT THIS NEW PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE ALLOWS
101:31
THE PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING BUT THE BREAK THROUGH WITH ABBOT
101:36
LABORATORIES MOVES TO POINT OF CARE WHICH MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO
101:38
HAVE DEVICES AND TESTS PEOPLE WILL LITERALLY BE ABLE TO TAKE
101:42
AT THEIR DOCTOR'S OFFICE, AT A HOSPITAL, AT A CLINIC, AT A
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NURSING HOME AND HAVE RESULTS IN 15 MINUTES --- 26 MILLION TESTS
101:51
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, WERE THOSE TESTS UNDER THE OLD
101:55
ANTIQUATED SYSTEM? >> YES.
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>> ARE WE USING THOSE 27 MILLION TESTS OR HAVE WE COMPLETELY
102:03
MOVED ON? >> THE ANSWER IS YES.
102:05
>> EVEN TODAY WHICH IS I HAVE TO SAY COMING OUT OF LABORATORIES
102:10
AND DEVELOPED TESTS AND WORKED ON VACCINES AND GONE TO THE
102:14
FIELD TO COMBAT ACADEMICS, IT'S DISAPPOINTING TO ME RIGHT NOW
102:20
THAT WE HAVE 500,000 CAPACITY OF ABBOT TESTS NOT BEING UTILIZED.
102:28
NOW WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE CREATE AWARENESS BECAUSE
102:33
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU PUT AN EARLY
102:37
PLATFORM OUT, LIKE OUR FIRST PLATFORM OUT, PEOPLE GET DEPEND
102:48
DEPENDENT ON THAT. WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW
102:52
DO WE INFORM STATES ABOUT WHERE THESE ALL ARE?
102:56
HOW DO WE WORK THROUGH EVERY LABORATORY ASSOCIATION SO THEY
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ARE AWARE AND HOW DO WE RAISE AWARENESS SO PEOPLE KNOW THERE'S
103:05
POINTED CARE, THERE'S ABBOT TESTING AND ROACH, AND IF YOU
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ADD THOSE TOGETHER, THOSE ARE MILLIONS A WEEK.
103:14
AND SO THOSE -- OR THEY ARE NOT EVEN BEING USED.
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THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
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BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE GET USED TO A SINGLE PLATFORM, THEY KEEP
103:26
SENDING IT BACK TO THAT LAB, SO IT'S GETTING IN A CUE TO GET ON
103:30
A MACHINE RATHER THAN BEING MOVED TO ANOTHER LAB THAT MAY
103:33
HAVE ABBOT CAPACITY BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL IN DIFFERENT
103:37
LABORATORIES. I THINK -- ADMIRAL IS FIGURING
103:42
IT OUT TO CREATE SOME KIND OF VISUAL SO EVERY GOVERNOR AND
103:47
HEALTH COMMISSIONER CAN SEE ALL OF THE CAPACITY IN THEIR
103:50
COUNTRIES AND STATES COUNTY BY COUNTY SO THAT THEY KNOW WHERE
103:53
THE TESTS ARE. SO WE PUSHED A LOT OF TESTS OUT
103:56
BUT THEY ARE NOT ALL BEING UTILIZED --- PEOPLE WHEN THEY
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DON'T SEND THEM BACK. THEY DON'T SEND THEM BACK.
104:05
>> DR. BIRX EXPLAINED IT VERY, VERY WELL.
104:08
I JUST WANT TO GET BACK, JOHN, TO YOUR QUESTION.
104:11
IT'S A LOGICAL QUESTION WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER, YOU WANT TO
104:14
KNOW WHAT THE DEMOGRAPHY IS GOING TO BE.
104:21
WE DON'T HAVE TO ACCEPT IT AS BEING INEVITABLE.
104:26
WE CAN INFLUENCE THIS TO VARYING DEGREES.
104:28
AND IF WE INFLUENCE IT TO THE MAXIMUM, WE DON'T HAVE TO ACCEPT
104:31
THAT. THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO
104:34
ANTICIPATE BUT I WANT TO DO -- NOT I, ALL OF HUSBAND, WANT TO
104:38
DO MUCH BETTER THAN THAT. >> ON THAT FRONT WHAT TO THE
104:42
MODELS SUGGEST IS ON THE LOW END IF YOU HAVE FULL MITIGATION?
104:46
>> THAT WAS FULL MITIGATION. >> IT SAYS 100 TO 200,000.
104:52
IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, RIGHT. WELL, YOU DIDN'T ASK THE OTHER
104:56
QUESTION, WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED BECAUSE THIS IS THE
104:58
QUESTION THAT I'VE BEEN ASKING DR. FAUCI AND DR. BIRX FOR A
105:02
LONG TIME, AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
105:06
THE QUESTION IS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF WE DID NOTHING
105:10
BECAUSE THERE WAS A GROUP THAT SAID LET'S JUST RIDE IT OUT,
105:13
LET'S RIDE IT OUT? WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED?
105:16
AND THAT NUMBER COMES IN AT 1.5 TO 1.6 MILLION PEOPLE, UP TO 2.2
105:21
AND EVEN BEYOND SO THAT'S 2.2 MILLION PEOPLE WOULD HAVE DIED
105:25
IF WE DID NOTHING, WE JUST CARRIED ON OUR LIFE.
105:28
I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE BECAUSE YOU WOULD
105:31
HAVE HAD PEOPLE DYING ALL OVER THE PLACE.
105:33
THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A NORMAL LIFE.
105:35
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE EVEN SEEN ANYBODY DIE.
105:38
YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN PEOPLE DYING ON AIRPLANES, PEOPLE DYING IN
105:42
MOTEL LOBBIES. YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN DEATH ALL
105:44
OVER. SO I THINK FROM A PRACTICAL
105:48
STANDPOINT, THAT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT TOO FAR.
105:51
BUT IF YOU DID NOTHING ON THE HIGHER SIDE, THE NUMBER WOULD BE
105:55
2.2 OR MAYBE MORE AND ON THE LOWER SIDE 1.6 MILLION PEOPLE.
106:01
>> IF 1100,000 IS THE NUMBER WITH FULL MITIGATION, HOW DO YOU
106:05
PUSH IT
106:09
LOWER? >> WE'VE BEEN AT THIS A LONG
106:11
TIME. YOU GO FIRST.
106:13
>> JOHN, IT'S AN OBVIOUS, VERY GOOD QUESTION.
106:18
IF THIS IS FULL MITIGATION AND IT'S 100,000, WHY AM I STANDING
106:21
HERE SAYING I WANT TO MAKE IT BETTER?
106:24
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE MODEL TELLS YOU IT'S GOING TO DO.
106:27
WHAT WE DO IS EVERY TIME WE GET MORE DATA, YOU FEED IT BACK IN
106:31
AND RELOOK AT THE MODEL. IS THE MODEL REALLY TELLING YOU
106:35
WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON? AGAIN, I KNOW MY MODELING
106:39
COLLEAGUES ARE NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY WITH ME, BUT MODELS ARE AS
106:42
GOOD AS THE ASSUMPTIONS YOU PUT INTO THEM.
106:45
AS WE GET MORE DATA, THEN YOU PUT IT IN AND THAT MIGHT CHANGE.
106:49
SO EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS ACCORDING TO THE MODEL WHICH IS A GOOD
106:52
MODEL THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, THIS IS FULL MITIGATION.
106:55
AS WE GET MORE DATA AS THE WEEKS GO BY, THAT COULD BE MODIFIED.
107:04
>> WHY DOES THAT NOT -- I THINK IT'S 240,000, NOT 200,000.
107:08
IS THAT A
107:12
CHANGE? >> IT JUST HAS TO DO WITH IF YOU
107:16
HAD MORE NEW YORKS AND NEW JERSEY, YOU KNOW, CHICAGO,
107:23
DETROIT, L.A., DALLAS, HOUSTON. ALL OF OUR MAJOR CITIES, MODELED
107:30
LIKE NEW YORK, THAT'S WHAT GETS US INTO TROUBLE.
107:34
BUT I AM REASSURED BY LOOKING AT THE SEATTLE LINE, BY LOOKING AT
107:38
THE L.A. LINE, BY LOOKING AT WHAT CALIFORNIA'S BEEN ABLE TO
107:43
DO THAT THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT -- I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S
107:49
GOING TO HAPPEN. THAT IS THE OUTSIDE CASE OF
107:52
HAVING 10, 15 METROS LIKE NEW YORK AND THE NEW JERSEY METRO
107:58
AREA --- SPREAD PRETTY EARLY UNDETECTED.
108:05
DON'T MANY OF THOSE STATES, AREN'T THEY LIKELY TO SEE THE
108:08
SAME SPIKES? >> CALIFORNIA AND WASHINGTON
108:11
STATE REACTED VERY EARLY TO THIS.
108:14
YES, WASHINGTON STATE HAD SOME OF THE EARLIEST INFECTIONS.
108:18
THEY HAVE KEPT IT LOW AND STEADY AND FOR NOW A MONTH HAS BEEN
108:22
TRACKING IT WITH A MALL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CASES BUT
108:29
NOT THIS LOG
108:38
RHYTHMIC. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO
108:41
PREVENT RIGHT NOW IN TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH OF THOSE
108:47
CITIES WORK MORE LIKE CALIFORNIA THAN THE NEW YORK METRO AREA.
108:51
>> MR. PRESIDENT, I JUST WANTED TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON FACE
108:56
MASKS. YOU SIGNALED YOU WERE THINKING
108:57
ABOUT IT. >> I THINK I CAN SAY THIS, I
109:02
SPOKE TO DR. BIRX BEFORE AND DR. FAUCI.
109:05
FOR WHATEVER REASON NEW YORK GOT OFF TO A VERY LATE START, AND
109:10
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GET OFF TO A LATE START.
109:14
NEW JERSEY GOT OFF -- AND I THINK BOTH GOVERNORS ARE DOING
109:18
AN EXCELLENT JOB BUT THEY GOT OFF TO A VERY LATE START.
109:21
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WASHINGTON STATE, IF YOU REMEMBER, THAT ALL
109:25
STARTED IN A VERY CONFINED NURSING HOME, AND YOU HAD 20
109:31
SOME ODD PEOPLE I BELIEVE DYING IN ONE HOME.
109:33
THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT ESCAPED THAT HOME, AND SO THEY HAVE A
109:37
VERY DIFFERENT STATUS THAN OTHER STATES, BUT I REMEMBER IT VERY
109:43
VIVIDLY, THE NURSING HOME IN WASHINGTON STATE WHERE YOU HAD
109:47
MANY PEOPLE DYING, EVERY DAY PEOPLE WERE DYING IN THE ONE
109:52
EXACT LOCATION, SO THEY WERE ABLE TO KEEP THAT RELATIVELY
109:56
SPEAKING INTO THAT LOCATION. --- WERE YOU SURPRISED WHEN YOU
110:02
SAW THESE PROJECTIONS? THE NUMBERS ARE SOBERING?
110:06
>> THEY ARE SOBERING. WHEN YOU SEE 100,000 PEOPLE, AND
110:09
THAT'S AT A MINIMUM NUMBER PWHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, WHATEVER WE
110:15
CAN DO UNDER THAT NUMBER AND SUBSTANTIALLY UNDER THAT NUMBER,
110:19
WE'VE DONE THAT THROUGH GREAT MITIGATION.
110:22
WE'VE DONE THAT THROUGH VERY DEDICATED AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT
110:26
100,000 IS ACCORDING TO MODELING A VERY LOW NUMBER.
110:31
WHEN I FIRST SAW THE NUMBER AND I ASKED THIS A WHILE AGO, THEY
110:35
SAID IT'S UNLIKELY YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ATTAIN THAT.
110:38
I THINK WE'RE DOING BETTER. I THINK, WE HAVE TO SEE, BUT I
110:42
THINK WE'RE DOING BETTER THAN THAT BECAUSE, AS JOHN SAID, THAT
110:45
WOULD BE A LOT OF LIVES TAKING PLACE OVER A RELATIVELY SHORT
110:48
PERIOD OF TIME BUT THINK OF WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF WE DIDN'T
110:51
DO
110:55
ANYTHING. I'VE HAD MANY FRIENDS, BUSINESS
110:57
PEOPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SAID, THOUGHT ABOUT IT, RIDE IT
111:00
OUT, DON'T DO ANYTHING, JUST RIDE IT OUT AND THINK OF IT AS
111:04
THE FLU. BUT IT'S NOT THE FLU.
111:07
IT'S VICIOUS. WHEN YOU SEND A FRIEND TO THE
111:09
HOSPITAL AND YOU CALL UP TO FIND OUT HOW IS HE DOING, IT HAPPENED
111:13
TO ME, GOES TO THE HOSPITAL, HE SAYS GOOD-BYE, SORT OF A TOUGH
111:20
GUY, LITTLE OLDER, A LITTLE HEAVIER THAN HE WOULD LIKE TO
111:26
BE, FRANKLY, AND YOU GO UP THE NEXT DAY, HOW'S HE DOING AND
111:32
HE'S IN A COMA, THIS IS NOT THE FLU.
111:37
FOR A LONG TIME PEOPLE WERE ASKING THAT QUESTION.
111:41
A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE SAYING IS WELL, LET'S JUST RIDE IT OUT.
111:44
THIS IS NOT TO BE RIDDEN OUT. YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT
111:47
POTENTIALLY 2.2 MILLION PEOPLE OR MORE, 2.2 MILLION PEOPLE IN A
111:52
RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. IF YOU REMEMBER THEY WERE
111:56
LOOKING AT THAT CONCEPT, IT'S A CONCEPT I GUESS, IT'S A CONCEPT.
112:00
YOU DON'T MIND DEATH, A LOT OF DEATH.
112:03
BUT THEY WERE LOOKING AT THAT IN THE UK.
112:09
REMEMBER
112:13
? THEY WERE VERY MUCH LOOKING AT
112:15
IT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY WENT HARD THE OTHER WAY BECAUSE THEY
112:19
WERE SEEING THINGS THAT WEREN'T LOOKING GOOD.
112:21
BORIS TESTED POSITIVE AND I HOPE HE'S GOING TO BE FINE, BUT IN
112:25
THE UK THEY WERE LOOKING AT THAT AND THEY HAVE A NAME FOR IT BUT
112:29
WE WON'T EVEN GO BY THE NAME BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN -- IT WOULD
112:33
HAVE BEEN VERY CATASTROPHIC I THINK IF THAT WOULD HAVE
112:36
HAPPENED BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING EVERYBODY WAS TALKING ABOUT,
112:40
STEVE, LIKE JUST DON'T DO ANYTHING, DON'T DO ANYTHING.
112:43
FORGET ABOUT EVERYTHING, JUST RIDE IT OUT.
112:45
THEY USE THE EXPRESSION RIDE IT OUT.
112:48
WE WOULD HAVE HAD AT A MINIMUM 1.5, 1.6 BUT YOU WOULD HAVE HAD
112:55
PERHAPS 1.2 MILLION PEOPLE DYING IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME
112:59
AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A NUMBER THE LIKES OF WHICH WE'VE
113:02
NEVER SEEN. SO NOW WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR
113:05
PACKAGE THAT WE JUST APPROVED AT $2 TRILLION.
113:09
ALL OF A SUDDEN IT SEEMS VERY REASONABLE, RIGHT, WHEN YOU'RE
113:12
TALKING ABOUT TWO MILLION LIVES. ALL OF A SUDDEN IT SEEMS VERY
113:16
REASONABLE. I MUST SAY A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE
113:19
BEEN SEEING THE MORE ADVANCED NUMBERS BECAUSE THESE ARE MUCH
113:22
MORE ADVANCED NUMBERS NOW THAN WHEN YOU FIRST STARTED.
113:25
WE DOESN'T KNOW THAT WAS A DIFFERENT KIND OF A VIRUS AND
113:28
NOBODY NEW THAT WAS ABOUT IT. EVEN THE EXPERTS, YOU DON'T KNOW
113:32
WHERE IT'S GOING BUT THEN THEY SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN ITALY AND
113:36
SPAIN AND YOU SEE FRANCE IS HAVING A VERY HARD TIME AND
113:40
OTHER COUNTRIES HAVING A VERY, VERY HARD TIME BUT ONCE THEY SEE
113:43
WHAT'S GOING ON, THEY START MAKING PROJECTIONS.
113:47
I HOPE THEY ARE GOING TO BE VERY HIGH PRO PROJECTIONS BUT BASED
113:51
ON EVERYTHING ELSE, THAT WOULD BE
113:52
THE
113:56
NUMBER. >> WHAT ABOUT MASKS?
113:58
>> I UNDERSTAND IT'S AN ISSUE WITH SUPPLY.
114:01
>> YOU CAN USE THE SCARF. A SCARF IS -- EVERYBODY -- A LOT
114:05
OF PEOPLE HAVE SCARFS. YOU CAN USE A SCARF.
114:08
A SCARF WOULD BE VERY GOOD. MY FEELING IS IF PEOPLE WANT TO
114:11
DO IT, THERE'S CERTAINLY NO HARM TO IT.
114:14
I WOULD SAY DO IT, BUT USE A SCARF, IF YOU WANT, RATHER THAN
114:18
GOING OUT AND GETTING A MASK. WE'RE MAKING MILLIONS AND
114:21
MILLIONS OF MASKS. BUT WE WANT THEM TO GO TO THE
114:24
HOSPITALS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DR. FAUCI
114:28
TOLD ME TODAY IS WE DON'T WANT EVERYBODY COMPETING WITH THE
114:33
HOSPITALS WHERE YOU REALLY NEED THEM.
114:35
SO YOU CAN USE SCARVES. YOU CAN USE SOMETHING ELSE OVER
114:38
YOUR FACE. DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A MASK.
114:41
IT'S NOT A BAD IDEA AT LEAST FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
114:44
EVENTUALLY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO DO THAT.
114:47
THIS IS GOING TO BE GONE. IT WILL BE GONE, HOPEFULLY GONE
114:50
FOR A LONG
114:54
TIME
114:57
. --- THE MITIGATION STEPS ON YOUR
114:58
30 DAY PLAN, IS THAT ENOUGH OR IS IT MORE NEEDED?
115:02
>> WE HOPE IT'S ENOUGH. WE HOPE IT'S ENOUGH.
115:05
WE HOPE WE'RE AT A LEVEL WHERE WE CAN SAY LET'S GO BECAUSE OUR
115:08
COUNTRY WANTS TO GET BACK TO WORK.
115:11
WE REALLY WANT TO GET BACK. EVERYBODY WANTS TO GET BACK TO
115:13
WORK. NOW I COULD ASK THE DOCTORS TO
115:16
ANSWER THAT QUESTION BUT WE DISCUSSED THAT ALL THE TIME,
115:20
WHAT DO YOU
115:23
THINK? >> I THINK WE'VE BEEN VERY
115:25
HARSH. YOU LOOK AT THE STREETS.
115:27
I LOOKED AT FIFTH AVENUE TODAY ON CAMERA AND I DIDN'T SEE
115:31
ANYBODY WALKING ON THE STREET AND I'M USED TO WATCHING THAT
115:34
STREET YOU CAN'T SEE THE ASPHALT, YOU CAN'T SEE THE
115:39
CONCRETE. NOBODY, THERE WAS ONE CAR,
115:41
LOOKED LIKE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A TAXICAB AND IT WAS IN A TIME OF
115:44
THE MORNING THAT NORMALLY THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF PEOPLE.
115:48
I THINK THE MITIGATION HAS BEEN VERY STRONG.
115:51
>> MR. PRESIDENT, WILL YOU CONFIRM YOUR PLANS TO DEFER
115:56
TARIFF PAYMENTS FOR 90 DAYS --- I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT
116:02
TARIFF PAYMENTS. WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT.
116:04
CHINA'S PAYING US. WE MADE A DEAL WITH CHINA.
116:07
UNDER THE DEAL THEY ARE PAYING US 25% ON $250,000 AND THEY PAY
116:11
IT AND I SPOKE WITH PRESIDENT XI THE OTHER DAY AND WE DIDN'T
116:16
MENTION THAT. WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION, BY
116:18
THE WAY, A REALLY PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION HAVING TO DO WITH
116:22
MANY THINGS. MOST OF IT WAS ON THE
116:28
VIRUS
116:32
.
116:40
--- WALL STREET JOURNAL --- THE ONE THING I WILL TELL YOU, I
116:45
APPROVE EVERYTHING AND THEY HAVEN'T PRESENTED IT HAD TO ME
116:47
SO THEREFORE, IT'S FALSE REPORTING.
116:49
THEREFORE, DON'T DO THE STORY. IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING,
116:52
I'D BE GLAD TO LET YOU KNOW. THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH DOING
116:56
IT BUT WE'LL LET YOU KNOW. YEAH,
117:02
PLEASE. >> I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT
117:08
INDIVIDUAL STATES ISSUING STAY AT HOME ORDERS.
117:10
WHAT DO YOU THINK, FOR INSTANCE, IN FLORIDA, RESISTED URGES TO
117:15
ISSUE ONE OF THOSE HBUT HE SAID MOMENTS AGO IF YOU AND THE REST
117:19
OF THE TASK FORCE RECOMMENDED ONE, THAT WOULD WEIGH ON HIM
117:24
HEAVILY. WHAT SORT OF CIRCUMSTANCES NEED
117:25
TO BE IN PLACE FOR YOU TO MAKE THAT CALL?
117:28
>> DIFFERENT KIND OF A STATE. ALSO GREAT GOVERNOR, KNOWS
117:32
EXACTLY WHAT HE'S DOING, HAS A VERY STRONG VIEW ON IT.
117:36
WE HAVE SPOKEN TO RON. MIKE, DO YOU WANT TO JUST TELL
117:39
HIM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? >> LET ME ECHO OUR APPRECIATION
117:44
FOR GOVERNOR DESANTIS'S LEADERSHIP IN FLORIDA.
117:48
HE'S BEEN TAKING DESIZIVE STEPS EARLY ON AND WORKING CLOSELY
117:52
WITH OUR TEAM AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
117:54
LET ME BE VERY CLEAR ON THIS. THE RECOMMENDATION OF OUR HEALTH
117:58
EXPERTS WAS TO TAKE THE 15 DAYS TO SLOW THE SPREAD AND HAVE THE
118:05
PRESIDENT EXTEND THAT TO 30 DAYS FOR EVERY AMERICAN.
118:09
NOW THAT BEING SAID, WE RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN YOU'RE
118:13
DEALING WITH A HEALTH CRISIS IN THE COUNTRY, IT IS LOCALLY
118:19
EXECUTED BY HEALTH CARE WORKERS BUT IT'S STATE MANAGED AND SO WE
118:22
CONTINUE TO FLOW INFORMATION TO STATE GOVERNORS.
118:27
WE CONTINUE TO HEAR ABOUT THE DATA THAT THEY ARE ANALYZING AND
118:30
CONSULT WITH THEM, BUT AT THE PRESIDENT'S DIRECTION, THE WHITE
118:34
HOUSE CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE THE
118:38
POSTURE THAT WE WILL DEFER TO STATE AND LOCAL HEALTH
118:41
AUTHORITIES ON ANY MEASURES THAT THEY DEEM APPROPRIATE, BUT FOR
118:44
THE NEXT 30 DAYS, THIS IS WHAT WE BELIEVE EVERY AMERICAN IN
118:50
EVERY STATE SHOULD WILL BE DOING AT A MINIMUM TO SLOW THE SPREAD.
118:55
>> UNLESS WE SEE SOMETHING OBVIOUSLY WRONG, WE'RE GOING TO
118:58
LET GOVERNORS -- OBVIOUSLY WRONG, PEOPLE CAN MAKE A
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DECISION THAT WE THINK IS SO FAR OUT THAT IT'S WRONG, WE WILL
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STOP THAT. BUT IN THE CASE OF GOVERNOR
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DESANTIS, THERE'S TWO THOUGHTS TO IT AND TWO VERY GOOD THOUGHTS
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TO IT AND HE'S BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB IN EVERY RESPECT SO WE'LL
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SEE WHAT HAPPENS. WE WOULD ONLY EXERCISE IT IF WE
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THOUGHT SOMEBODY WAS -- GO AHEAD, YOUR TURN.
119:27
>> WHILE YOU'RE AT THE PODIUM, I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT YOUR CALL
119:30
WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN A COUPLE DAYS AGO.
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I KNOW A BIG CONCERN IS THE STATE OF OIL PRICES RIGHT
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NOW. --- HAD A CALL PROBABLY ABOUT
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THAT,
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THE OIL PRICES. RUSSIA AND SAUDI ARABIA ARE
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GOING AT IT AND TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY ARE, THE OIL HAS
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DROPPED TO A POINT WHERE, LOOK, IT'S THE GREATEST TAX CUT WE'VE
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EVER GIVEN, IF YOU LOOK AT IT THAT WAY.
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BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE PAYING 99 CENTS FOR A GALLON OF
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GASOLINE. IT'S INCREDIBLE IN A LOT OF
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WAYS. GOING TO HELP THE AIRLINES BUT
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AT THE SAME TIME IT'S HURTFUL TO ONE OF OUR BIGGEST INDUSTRIES,
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THAT'S THE OIL INDUSTRY. IT'S REALLY -- IT'S NOT EVEN
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FEASIBLE WHAT'S GOING ON. SO I SPOKE TO PRESIDENT PUTIN
120:24
ABOUT THAT. I ALSO SPOKE TO THE CROWN PRINCE
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ABOUT THAT, SAUDI ARABIA. THEY ARE GOING TO GET TOGETHER
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AND WE'RE ALL GOING TO GET TOGETHER AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO
120:34
BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE AN INDUSTRY, THOUSANDS AND
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THOUSANDS OF JOBS. WE HAVE -- I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
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KNOW, THERE'S OIL ALL OVER THE OCEANS RIGHT NOW, THE BOATS ARE
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ALL FILLED. THEY ARE RENTING SHIPS, SHIPS
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THAT WERE DYING, THAT WEREN'T DOING WELL AND NOW THAT'S WHERE
120:51
THEY ARE STORING OIL AND THEY ARE SENT OUT TO SEA AND THEY SIT
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THERE FOR LONG PERIODS. SO MUCH OIL, IN SOME CASES, IT'S
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PROBABLY LESS VALUABLE THAN WATER.
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SOME PARTS OF THE WORLD WATER'S MUCH MORE VALUABLE SO WE'VE
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NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT, BUT THE TWO COUNTRIES ARE DISCUSSING
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IT AND I AM JOINING AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, IF NEED BE.
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WE HAD A GREAT TALK WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN.
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WE HAD A GREAT TALK WITH THE CROWN PRINCE.
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WE ALSO DISCUSSED MORE SO WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN IN THIS CASE THE
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VIRUS BECAUSE RUSSIA'S BEING HIT PRETTY HARD AND WE DISCUSSED
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MANY THINGS, TRADE. WE DISCUSSED A LOT OF THINGS
121:32
WITH BOTH, BUT IN THE CASE OF BOTH, WE VERY MUCH DISCUSSED THE
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OIL AND THE OIL PRICES. YOU LOOK, IT'S $22 BUT IT'S MUCH
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CHEAPER THAN THAT IF YOU WANT TO NEGOTIATE.
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NOBODY'S SEEN THAT. THAT'S LIKE FROM THE 1950s.
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IT REALLY IS. TO THINK THAT IT WAS 50, 60, 70,
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80 AND NOW IT'S 22 BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU PUT A GOOD BID IN AT 9,
121:56
YOU COULD PROBABLY GET WHAT YOU WANTED.
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>> MR. PRESIDENT, YOU TWEETED EARLIER TODAY THAT NOW WOULD BE
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A GOOD TIME TOLL START, IF THERE IS A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE
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TUNNEL AND WORK ON AN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL.
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YOU SUGGESTED IT SHOULD BE $2 TRILLION WHICH WAS TWICE WHAT
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THE LAST ONE WAS, OR PROPOSAL AT LEAST.
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ARE YOU PROPOSING THAT LIFE AFTER THE ECONOMIC CRISIS
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AMERICA WILL NEED TO HAVE SHOVEL-READY JOBS TO GET BACK TO
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WORK? >> THE PROBLEM WITH THAT ONE WAS
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THEY HAD SHOVEL-READY JOBS BUT THEY NEVER USED IT HAD FOR THE
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PURPOSE OF INFRASTRUCTURE. NO FAR NOBODY'S BEEN ABLE TO
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FIND ANY MONEY THAT'S BEEN USED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
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ONE OF THE REASONS I'M SUGGESTING IT, JOHN.
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THE UNITED STATES IS PAYING ALMOST ZERO INTEREST RATE, THE
122:45
FEDERAL RESERVE LOWERED THE RATE, AND THAT AND A COMBINATION
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OF THE FACT THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE IN THE UNITED STATES.
122:54
WE HAVE A DOLLAR THAT'S VERY STRONG AND I KNOW THAT SOUNDS
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GOOD BUT IT DOES MAKE IT HARD TO MANUFACTURE AND SELL OUTSIDE
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BECAUSE OTHER OCCURRENCES ARE FALLING AND OUR OCCURRENCE'S
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VERY STRONG. IT'S VERY, VERY STRONG.
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PROPORTIONALLY IT'S THROUGH THE ROOF.
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SO WE HAVE A STRONG DOLLAR. PEOPLE WANT TO INVEST IN THE
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UNITED STATES, ESPECIALLY NOWADAYS WHERE THEY ARE LOOKING
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AT SAFETY. THEY HAVE ALL OF THE PROBLEMS
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PLUS THE VIRUS AT 151 COUNTRIES. THEY ALL WANTS TO COME INTO THE
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-- THEY ALL WANT TO COME INTO THE UNITED STATES.
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I SAID WOULDN'T THIS BE A GREAT TIME TOLL BORROW MONEY AT ZERO
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INTEREST RATE AND REALLY BUILD YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE WE CAN
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DO IT? THE REPUBLICANS HAD A PLAN OF
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750. THEY WERE WHERE, AT SEVEN-FIVE.
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THE DEMOCRATS WERE A LITTLE LESS THAN A TRILLION DOLLARS, THE
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REPUBLICANS A LITTLE LESS THAN THAT.
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AND I'M SUGGESTING $22 TRILLION, WE RE-DO OUR ROADS, HIGHWAYS,
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BRIDGES, WE FIX UP OUR TUNNELS. MANY OF THEM ARE IN BAD SHAPE
123:55
LIKE COMING INTO NEW YORK, AS YOU KNOW, IN BAD SHAPE.
123:59
AND WE REALLY DO A JOB ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
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THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE WON'T DO THE GREEN NEW DEAL.
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WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND 40% OF THE MONEY ON THINGS THAT PEOPLE
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JUST HAVE FUN WITH. WE'RE GOING TO BORROW THE MONEY
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AT 0% INTEREST. WE CAN BORROW LONG-TERM.
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PEOPLE WANT TO BE IN THE UNITED STATES.
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THEY WANT TO BE INVESTED IN THE UNITED STATES.
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GO AHEAD, JIM --- I WANT TO GET BACK TO THE VIRUS.
124:28
YOU WERE SAYING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE THAT
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YOU'RE LOOKING AT HOLDING BACK 10,000 VENTILATORS UNDER IS THAT
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BECAUSE YOU NEED TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHERE THESE VENTILATORS
124:39
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO? I WANTED TO ASK DR. FAUCI,
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DR. BIRX, IF IT'S POSSIBLE AFTER YOU'RE FINISHED, IS THAT WHY
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YOU'RE PROJECTING 100,000 TO 200,000 DEATHS.
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ARE THERE GOING TO BE SOME PEOPLE WHO AREN'T GOING TO BE
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ABLE TO GET VENTILATORS? >> JUST THE OPPOSITE.
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WE'RE HOLDING BACK. WE HAVE ALMOST 10,000.
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WE'RE GOING TO NEED THEM OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AS THIS
125:04
SURGERY GOES ON. WE HAVEN'T HIT THE TOP YET.
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AND WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THEM IMMEDIATELY AND WE CAN'T
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TAKE THAT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE VERY HARD FOR DO THAT.
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WE CAN'T TAKE THEM TO PLACES THAT AREN'T NEEDING THEM.
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PLUS WE HAVE REQUESTS FOR VENTILATORS IN HOSPITALS AND
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STATES AND CITIES THAT DON'T NEED THEM IN OUR OPINION.
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THEY WON'T NEED THEM. WE'RE HOLDING IT BACK FOR
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FLEXIBILITY. WE JUST TOOK 600 AND WE SENT
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THEM TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS TODAY.
125:32
BUT WE HAVE CLOSE TO 10,000 AND WE'LL BE ABLE TOLL GET THEM --
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AND WE'RE ALL SET TO MARCH. WE HAVE THE NATIONAL GUARDS AND
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WE HAVE FEMA AND WE'RE ALL SET TO MOVE THEM TO THE PLACES.
125:43
AS PER YOUR SECOND QUESTION, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS SAVE
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LIVES BECAUSE OF IT. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HOTTEST
125:50
SPOT -- >> VENTILATOR SHORTAGE RIGHT NOW
125:52
--- IN SOME AREAS WE MIGHT. BUT WE'VE GONE A GREAT JOB WITH
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VENTILATORS. WE HAVE 11 COMPANIES MAKE
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VENTILATORS. THEY WILL BE STARTING TO ARRIVE
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IN THE NEXT WEEK. WE'VE ALSO GRABBED A LOT OF
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THEM. SOME HOSPITALS HAD MORE THAN
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THEY WERE SAYING OR AT LEAST OF MORE THAN WE KNEW ABOUT WHICH IS
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A GOOD THING, NOT A BAD THING. WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE, I
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GUESS THE WORD WOULD BE FLEXIBILITY.
126:19
IF THE SURGE TURNED OUT TO BE MUCH STRONGER IN LOUISIANA WHICH
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IT COULD, WE COULD IMMEDIATELY BRING 1,000 OR 2000 TO
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LOUISIANA, OTHERWISE WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET THEM, WE WOULDN'T
126:30
BE ABLE TOLL SAY LISTEN, GOVERNOR CUOMO IN NEW YORK, WE
126:36
WANT TO TAKE VENTILATORS AWAY FROM NEW YORK.
126:39
WE CAN'T DO THAT. IT WILL BE A DISASTER.
126:42
WHEN THE SURGE OCCURS, IF IT OCCURS FAIRLY EVENLY, WE'LL BE
126:46
ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE THEM VERY QUICKLY BEFORE THEY NEED THEM.
126:50
WE HAVE A RESERVE RIGHT THERE. IT'S LIKE HAVING OIL RESERVES
126:54
EXCEPT FOR VALUABLE, FRANKLY. WE'LL ALSO HAVE A GREAT TEAM OF
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PEOPLE READY TO DELIVER. THEY CAN MOVE THEM FAST.
127:03
SOUTH FLORIDA WHEN WE SEE IT GOING UP AT A CERTAIN STATE AND
127:07
MICHIGAN COULD BE ONE BECAUSE DETROIT IS HAVING A LOT OF HEART
127:14
TIME RIGHT THERE, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS.
127:18
IT COMES OUT OF NO WHERE. SO WE'RE READY, JIM, DEPENDING
127:22
ON WHAT HAPPENS AND WE HAVE A STOCKPILE AND THAT'S WHY IT'S
127:26
CALLED A STOCKPILE. A LOT OF THE VENTILATORS AND
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OTHER EQUIPMENT, RATHER THAN SENDING IT TO THE STOCKPILE WE
127:32
HAD IT SENT DIRECTLY TO A LOCATION TO A PLACE SO WE DIDN'T
127:36
HAVE THE CUMBERSOME NATURE OF HAVING IT UNBOXED, PUT IT AND
127:41
THEN DELIVERED. WE HAD IT BROUGHT WHICH IT'S
127:44
NEVER DONE BEFORE. GENERALLY SPEAKING WE HAVEN'T
127:49
DONE THAT. THAT'S FOR OTHER ITEMS INCLUDING
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VENTILATORS WHERE IT'S BROUGHT TO THE SITE THAT NEEDS IT BUT WE
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HAVE A GOOD SUPPLY OF VENTILATORS AND WE'RE READY TO
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GO. WE'RE ALL READY.
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WE HAVE TRUKDZ READY. WE HAVE EVERYTHING READY.
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AS WE'RE SAYING, JOHN, THIS COULD BE A HELL OF A BAD TWO
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WEEKS. THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY BAD
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TWO, MAYBE EVEN THREE WEEKS. THIS IS GOING TO BE THREE WEEKS
128:10
LIKE WE HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE. >> SHOULD THE HOSPITAL BE
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PREPARED FOR THAT? >> I THINK THE HOSPITAL -- ---
128:17
THEY ARE FACING WHAT LOOKS LIKE A MEDICAL WAR ZONE.
128:19
>> THEY ARE GOING TO BE FACING A WAR ZONE.
128:24
THAT'S WHAT IT IS. I'VE HEARD SOME OF THE
128:26
PARAMEDICS AND SOME OF THE DOCTORS, THEY'VE BEEN IN WAR
128:29
ZONES, THEY'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
128:32
YOU LOOK IN ELMHURST HOSPITAL IN QUEENS, THAT'S A HOSPITAL THAT'S
128:37
NEAR WHERE I GREW UP, AND IT IS A WAR ZONE IN A TRUE SENSE.
128:42
>> ON THE VENTILATOR, WE'VE BEEN HEARING FROM GOVERNORS WHO SAY
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THEY ARE FIGHTING AMONGST THEMSELVES, ESSENTIALLY BIG
128:50
ISLAND AMONGST THEMSELVES. >> THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING THAT.
128:54
IF THAT HAPPENS, THEY YOU SHOULD WILL BE CALLING US.
128:59
IF THEY NEED THEM THAT BADLY, WE KNOW.
129:04
WE HAVE PRETTY GOOD IDEAS OF WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO NEED
129:07
THEM. SOME PEOPLE FRANKLY THINK THEY
129:08
NEED THEM AND THEY DON'T NEED THEM.
129:10
I DON'T WANT TO MENTION NAMES BUT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT
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WANT THEM AND IT'S REALLY NOT THE RIGHT THING.
129:15
THEN YOU HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT I GUESS AUTOMATICALLY HOARD A
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LITTLE BIT. THEY WANT TO HAVE MORE THAN THEY
129:21
THINK THEY NEED. A VENTILATOR IS A VERY PRECIOUS
129:24
PIECE OF EQUIPMENT RIGHT NOW. IT'S HARD TO MAKE.
129:27
IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO MAKE IT. IT'S COMPLEX.
129:31
SOME OF THEM ARE LIKE THE DASHBOARD OF AN
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AIRPLANE. THEY ARE VERY COMPLICATED
129:42
MACHINES. SOME ARE MUCH SIMPLER.
129:44
WE HAVE HOSPITALS IN SOME STATES THAT THINK THEY NEED VENTILATORS
129:47
AND WE DON'T THINK THEY DO. IF THEY DO NEED THEM, WE'LL HAVE
129:52
THEM THERE BEFORE THEY NEED THEM.
129:55
WE'LL MOVE THEM QUICKLY --- DATA ON THESE TRIALS?
129:58
>> NOTHING THAT I HEARD. THAT'S THE FIRST QUESTION I MAKE
130:02
EVERY MORNING. WE HAVE 1,100 IN NEW YORK RIGHT
130:05
NOW AND OTHER LOCATIONS WHERE PATIENTS, PEOPLE ARE TAKING
130:11
THEM, NOW THE GOOD NEWS IS IT'S ONLY THREE DAYS, AND YOU KNOW
130:14
IT'S LIKE A SEVEN OR EIGHT DAY TREATMENT, THE GOOD NEWS IS WE
130:18
HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING BAD, IN OTHER WORDS, NO CATASTROPHIC
130:23
EVENTS. BUT WE HAVEN'T -- IT'S A LITTLE
130:24
BIT TOO SOON TO TALK ABOUT IT. IT WOULD BE A TOTAL
130:29
GAME-CHANGER, JOHN, IF THAT HAPPENED.
130:31
IF THAT HAPPENED, IT WOULD BE A GAME-CHANGER AND WE INCLUDE THAT
130:35
AND I THINK IN ALL CASES, THE Z-PACK.
130:40
WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE.
130:49
>> ARE THERE OTHER ANTIVIRAL DRUGS THAT HAVE SOME PROMISE?
130:53
>> WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOT OF THEM.
130:55
SOME SHOW PROMISE. I THINK MAYBE THE DOCTOR MIGHT
130:58
WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT THE VACCINES BECAUSE A LOT OF JOHNSON &
131:02
JOHNSON IS ADVANCED, VERY ADVANCED.
131:05
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. THE ONE THING WITH THE VACCINE
131:08
IS IT DOESN'T HELP THIS GROUP BECAUSE THIS GROUP, YOU NEED TO
131:11
TEST THE VACCINE. THE ONE THING WITH THE DRUG YOU
131:15
JUST MENTIONED, RIGHT, IS THAT'S BEEN OUT.
131:18
IT'S A MALARIA DRUG AND AN ARTHRITIS DRUG.
131:22
VERY POWERFUL DRUG BUT IT'S BEEN OUT THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
131:25
SO IT'S TESTED IN THE SENSE THAT YOU KNOW IT DOESN'T KILL YOU BUT
131:28
YOU MAY WANT TO DISCUSS THE VACCINES FOR A SECOND,
131:34
DR. FAUCI. >> THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
131:37
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CANDIDATES, THE DRUGS THAT ARE
131:40
NOW BEING LOOKED AT IN VARIOUS WAYS EITHER COMPASSIONATE USE,
131:44
CLINICAL TRIALS ARE GENERALLY DRUGS THAT ALREADY EXIST FOR
131:48
OTHER THINGS. THERE'S A WHOLE MENU OF DRUGS
131:51
AND INTERVENTIONS THAT ARE NOW GOING INTO CLINICAL TRIALS THAT
131:55
ARE NOT APPROVED FOR ANYTHING YET.
131:57
FOR EXAMPLE, THINGS LIKE IMMUNE, HYPE HER IMMUNE GLOBULIN.
132:07
RIGHT NOW THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON BEHIND THE
132:11
SCENES IN THE SIGN OF THE KINDS OF CLINICAL TRIALS THAT WILL
132:14
GIVE US AN ANSWER BECAUSE YOU NEED AN ANSWER BECAUSE, IF IT
132:17
DOESN'T WORK, YOU WANT TO GET IT OFF THE TABLE AND GO TO THE NEXT
132:20
ONE. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS.
132:24
>> HOW LONG DOES THAT NORMALLY TAKE?
132:26
WEEKS, MONTHS? >> AT LEAST MONTHS, AT LEAST.
132:28
SOFT THAT'S THE REASON WHY YOU'RE SEEING A LOT OF ACTIVITY
132:31
WITH DRUGS THAT ALREADY EXIST FOR OTHER PURPOSES BECAUSE THEY
132:34
ARE ALREADY GOOD -- THERE. BUT THE DRUGS YOU WANT TO SHOW
132:41
AT VERY BEST ARE GOING TO TAKE MONTHS.
132:44
EXACTLY LIKE WE SAID, WE HOPE THAT AS WE GET INTO THE SUMMER,
132:48
IF IN FACT THERE ARE CASES OUT THERE WHEN YOU'RE IN A PHASE TWO
132:53
OR PHASE THREE TRIAL AS WE CALL IT THAT WE MIGHT GET AN EARLIER
132:58
HE EFFICACY SIGNAL AND THAT MEANS
133:01
EVEN IF YOU HAVEN'T DEFINITIVELY PROVEN THAT A VACCINE WORKS, YOU
133:05
GET ENOUGH INFORMATION THAT IF IT WERE AN EMERGENCY, YOU MIGHT
133:08
BE ABLE TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY MISUSE AUTHORIZATION FOR IT ---
133:17
THIS
133:20
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE, YOU TAKE IT WITH IT, MAYBE IF YOU
133:25
WANT FOR THE INFECTION, I THINK SOME MEDICAL WORKERS ARE DOING
133:30
THAT, USING IT GO MAYBE OR GETTING IT PRESCRIBED PERHAPS AS
133:35
FOR ANOTHER USE, BUT THE WORD IS THAT SOME ARE AND SOME AREN'T.
133:39
I THINK IT'S NOT A BAD IDEA TO DO IT BUT THAT'S UP IN THE
133:43
DOCTORS. BUT THERE'S A THEORY GOING
133:45
AROUND THAT IN OUR COUNTRY AND SOME OTHER COUNTRIES PEOPLE ARE
133:48
TAKING THAT WORK IN THE HOSPITALS THAT WORK WITH THE
133:52
PATIENTS BECAUSE THERE IS SOME EVIDENCE AND AGAIN IT'S GOING TO
133:54
HAVE TO BE PROVEN. IT'S VERY EARLY.
133:56
WE'RE RUSHING THIS STUFF THROUGH.
133:58
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO TAKE A LONG TIME TO BE APPROVED AND I
134:02
PREVAILED UPON THE FDA TO GET IT APPROVED ON THE BASIS IT WAS ON
134:06
THE MARKET FOR A LOT OF YEARS, MALARIA MOSTLY AND ARTHRITIS BUT
134:11
MOSTLY MALARIA. SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS BUT
134:13
THERE IS A THEORY OUT THERE THAT FOR THE MEDICAL WORKER, IT MAY
134:18
WORK. IF YOU TAKE IT, IT'S BEEN OUT
134:22
THERE FOR A LONG TIME. PLEASE, GO AHEAD.
134:27
--- THE GOVERNOR -- --- ABOUT WHICH?
134:30
>> THE STOCKPILE. GOVERNOR OF CONNECTICUT TODAY
134:32
SAID THAT HE WAS DISTURBED TO LEARN THAT THE STOCKPILE IS NOW
134:37
EMPTY, HIS WORDS, AND HE SAID -- --- IT'S NOT EMPTY.
134:42
LET ME EXPLAIN SOMETHING. I THOUGHT I
134:47
SAID IT ACCURATELY. I CERTAINLY MEANT TO.
134:50
WHERE APPROPRIATE OTHER THAN CERTAIN THINGS LIKE WE HAVE
134:53
QUITE A FEW OF THE VENTILATEEDS WHICH IS NOT A LOT --
135:00
VENTILATORS WHICH IS NOT A LOT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WHOLE
135:03
COUNTRY BUT WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE SUPPLY SENT DIRECTLY TO THE
135:07
STATES BECAUSE WE SAVE A BIG STATE -- WE DON'T WANT MEDICAL
135:12
SUPPLIES COMING IN TO WAREHOUSES ALL OVER THE PLACE AND BRING
135:16
THEM TO ANOTHER WAREHOUSE. HAVING THEM BROUGHT IDEALLY FROM
135:19
THE MANUFACTURER TO THE HOSPITAL OR THE STATE WHERE IT'S GOING,
135:23
SO WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP IT THAT WAY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
135:26
NOW IN SOME CASES WE ARE HAVING IT BROUGHT.
135:29
REMEMBER THIS WE ALSO TOOK OVER A VIRTUALLY EMPTY AND I SAY IT
135:33
AGAIN, JUST LIKE WE HAD NO AMMUNITION IN THE MILITARY AND
135:37
WE HAD VIRTUALLY NO AMMUNITION BUT WE HAD VERY LITTLE IN
135:41
MEDICAL SUPPLIES TOO IN OUR STOCKPILE.
135:43
SO FOR THE MOST PART WE'RE TRYING VERY HARD TO HAVE IT
135:46
DELIVERED TO THE SITE WHERE THEY NEED.
135:49
PLEASE, GO AHEAD. >> HERE IN THE UNITED STATES WE
135:51
CAN PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING BUT SOME OF OUR SAILORS
135:58
SPECIFICALLY ON THE ROOSEVELT, THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO.
136:00
THEY ARE IN CONFINED SPACES? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT?
136:06
SHOULD THEY BE OFFLOADED? >> I'M GOING TO LET THE MILITARY
136:08
MAKE THAT DECISION. >> ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT U.S.
136:11
MILITARY READINESS DURING THIS PARAMEDIC?
136:14
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF AS REPORTED CHINA WERE TO INCREASE PATROLS
136:18
IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA? >> DON'T WORRY ABOUT OUR
136:21
MILITARY. YOU SAW THE MILITARY PUT UP A
136:24
HOSPITAL IN THREE AND A HALF DAYS WITH 2,900 BEDS, WITH A LOT
136:30
OF BEDS. NOBODY'S EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
136:32
IT. BY THE WAY, THAT WASN'T THE ONLY
136:35
ONE. IT WAS AT OTHER LOCATIONS AND
136:37
NOW IT'S LOUISIANA AND NOW IT'S NEW JERSEY AND NOW IT'S OTHER
136:41
PLACES. ONE THING THAT I THINK IS
136:46
INDISPUTABLE IS WHEN I WATCHED THE ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS AND
136:50
FEMA WORKING WITH THEM BUT WHEN I WATCHED THE ARMY CORP OF
136:52
ENGINEERS THROW UP THESE HOSPITALS AND THEY ARE COMPLEX.
136:56
THESE ARE INCREDIBLE BUILDINGS ESSENTIALLY, TENTS, VARIOUS
137:01
THINGS BUT THEY DID IT IN SUCH A QUICK, SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF
137:05
TIME. OUR MILITARY IS READY LIKE YOU
137:07
HAVEN'T SEEN. YOU KNOW WHO THE BEST GUESTS ARE
137:10
THE DIFFERENT SHOWS ARE, WE WATCH THE SHOWS AT NIGHT, AND I
137:13
THINK THE BEST GUESTS THAT I'VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME ARE THE
137:17
MILITARY PEOPLE, AND THEY'VE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE.
137:22
I WATCHED THE GENERAL WHO I DEAL WITH A LOT.
137:24
I SAY YOU HAVE TO GIVE US TWO NEW HOSPITALS IN LOUISIANA, YES,
137:27
SIR, AND NEXT MORNING THEY ARE BUILDING THEM AT 6:00 IN THE
137:31
MORNING AND THEY ARE UP IN THREE DAYS.
137:34
I GUESS I'M TIRED OF THE OTHER GUESTS, IN ALL
137:40
FAIRNESS. >> THIS MAY BE AN UNCOMFORTABLE
137:43
QUESTION BUT WHAT WOULD THE MODELS HAVE LOOKED LIKE IF WE
137:48
STARTED THE SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES SOONER IN FEBRUARY OR
137:53
JANUARY WHEN CHINA, SOUTH CAROLINA --
137:55
>> I'M GOING TO LET THEM ANSWER THAT.
137:58
>> IF WE STARTED THESE PRACTICES SOONER, COULD THESE MODELS BE
138:03
DIFFERENT RIGHT NOW? >> REMEMBER THIS AND AGAIN I SAY
138:05
IT AND EVERYBODY SAYS IT -- YOU KNOW WHO SAYS IT BETTER THAN
138:10
ANYBODY IS DR. FAUCI. I HAD A DECISION TO MAKE.
138:13
MAYBE IT WAS MY BIGGEST DECISION.
138:15
CHINA WAS HEAVILY INFECTED AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF
138:18
PEOPLE WERE COMING FROM CHINA TO THE UNITED STATES.
138:21
AND AGAINST THE WISHES, NOT EVEN WISHES BUT THEY DISAGREED WITH
138:25
THE DECISION, I MADE A DECISION TO STOP CHINA FROM COMING IN.
138:31
TOOK A LOT OF HEAT, EVEN FROM CHINA.
138:34
THEY WEREN'T EXACTLY HAPPY. I JUST MADE A TRADE DEAL, BIG
138:37
ONE, 250 TRADE DEAL AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER SAYING YOU CAN'T COME
138:45
INTO OUR COUNTRY. SO THAT WAS A BIG DECISION.
138:47
THAT WAS PROBABLY -- AND BY THE WAY, NOT BECAUSE I DID IT, THAT
138:51
WAS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST DECISION WE MADE SO FAR.
138:54
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT ONE GRAPH, THE PROBLEM NEW YORK HAS IS NEW
138:58
YORK STARTED LATE BUT THE OTHER ONES DIDN'T START TO LATE.
139:02
NEW YORK IS ALSO MORE COMPLICATED BECAUSE MORE OBVIOUS
139:05
REASONS BUT IT GOT A LATE START. BUT YOU WANT TO ANSWER THOSE
139:13
QUESTIONS
139:17
? >> WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS
139:19
ABOUT MORTALITY AND WHAT IT
139:25
MEANT. SO HERE'S THE
139:31
LINE. THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE THE
139:35
ABILITY TO PUSH IT DOWN. SO YOU HAVE A LARGE INTEGRAL
139:41
AROUND THE LINE AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE THAT GRADE DOWN
139:47
TIGHTER AND BELOW THE DOTTED LINE.
139:50
I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. AND THEN IF YOU CAN GO TO THE
139:53
NEXT SLIDE. SO WE REALLY CAN'T ANSWER YOUR
139:57
QUESTION UNTIL WE CAN GET ANTI-BODY TESTING OUT THERE
140:00
BECAUSE WHAT WE CAN TELL YOU AND WE CAN ALWAYS DO THIS, THERE'S
140:04
ALWAYS SAMPLES IN HOSPITALS AND OTHER THINGS, IT'S A WAY WEE
140:11
DEFINE THE H.I.V. LEVEL IN THE UNITED STATES.
140:13
THE BLOOD SAMPLES AND FIND OUT WHERE IT WAS AND WHAT WAS GOING
140:16
ON. WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK IN HERE
140:19
AND REALLY SEE WAS THERE VIRUS SIGNIFICANTLY CIRCULATING IN
140:26
EARLY MARCH AND LATE FEBRUARY AND WHAT DID IT LOOK LIKE AND
140:29
WHERE WAS IT? AND WAS IT ALL IN THE METRO
140:32
AREAS? AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT
140:34
DR. FAUCI AND I ARE VERY FOCUSED ON IS GETTING TESTING OUT THERE
140:40
TO REALLY FIGURE OUT WHEN IT CAME AND REALLY HAVE THOSE
140:44
SAMPLES TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. >> YOU UNDERSTAND THE PAINFUL
140:48
PART OF MY QUESTION, PLEASE, I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE
140:54
SPOT. >> IF WE STARTED THIS SOONER, WE
140:56
MIGHT NOT HAVE 100,000 IT 200,000 AMERICANS DYING?
141:02
>> THAT MAKES AN ASSUMPTION THAT THERE WAS A LOT BACK HERE THAT
141:06
WE DIDN'T SEE. UNTIL WE HAVE THE ANTI-BODY
141:09
TESTS, I CAN'T REALLY ANSWER THAT --- JUST TO UNDERSTAND
141:13
SCORE WHAT DR. BIRX IS SAYING, IF THERE WAS NO VIRUS IN THE
141:19
BACKGROUND, THERE WAS NOTHING TO MITIGATE.
141:21
THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS PROBABLY YES.
141:24
THE ONLY TROUBLE WITH THAT IS WHENEVER YOU COME OUT AND SAY
141:28
SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THIS IS A SOUND BYTE THAT GETS TAKEN OUT
141:32
OF CONTEXT. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WHAT
141:35
DR. BIRX HAS
141:39
SAID. WE DIDN'T MITIGATE THEM, THAT IT
141:45
WOULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE. IF THERE WAS VIRTUALLY NOTHING
141:48
THERE. >> I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER.
141:50
>> BUT WE WERE WATCHING SOUTH KOREA EXCUSE ME AND CHINA AND
141:54
ITALY. AND WE WEREN'T TAKING ACTION
141:58
WHEN THOSE COUNTRIES WERE SPIKING --- IN A PERFECT WORLD,
142:01
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE.
142:04
WE DIDN'T BUT I BELIEVE JIM THAT WE ACTED VERY, VERY EARLY IN
142:07
THAT --- ADEQUATE
142:11
TESTING -- --- WOULD HAVE KNOWN THE SAME
142:17
THING. >> PRESIDENT MADE REFERENCE TO
142:20
THE FACT JANUARY 31, HE SUSPENDED ALL TRAVEL FROM CHINA.
142:24
SHORTLY THEREAFTER WE ISSUED STRONG TRAVEL ADVISORIES FOR THE
142:29
SECTIONS OF ITALY IMPLICATED AND SECTIONS OF SOUTH KOREA AND WE
142:35
REACHED GREEMENTS WITH THOSE COUNTRIES TO SCREEN ALL
142:37
PASSENGERS FROM ALL AIRPORTS COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES OF
142:41
AMERICA. THE PRESIDENT'S INITIAL EFFORTS
142:44
WERE DESIGNED AT PREVENTING THE CORONAVIRUS FROM COMING INTO THE
142:48
UNITED STATES. AND WHAT OUR EXPERTS HAD TOLD US
142:51
BEGIN AND AGAIN AT THE CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE IS THAT
142:54
THOSE ACTIONS BOUGHT US A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME ON
142:59
THIS CURVE TO RESPOND WITH THE KIND OF MITIGATION EFFORTS,
143:05
STANDING UP RESOURCES, TEST AND SUPPLIES THAT ARE IN EFFECT.
143:08
WE WENT FROM A PREVENTION STRATEGY THE PRESIDENT ACTED ON
143:12
BEFORE THE MONTH OF JANUARY WAS OVER TO A MITIGATION STRATEGY
143:16
WHICH CONTINUES TO THIS DAY. AND IF I CAN ALSO SAY JUST TO
143:23
EVERY AMERICAN, ALL THE QUESTIONS ABOUT RESOURCES ARE
143:26
VERY IMPORTANT AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE PRESIDENT AND OUR
143:31
TASK FORCE ARE PREOCCUPIED WITH THESE ISSUES AND WORKING WITH
143:33
GOVERNORS HOUR BY HOUR TO MEET THOSE NEEDS.
143:37
BUT IF AMERICANS WILL PUT INTO TRACK THESE GUIDELINES FOR
143:40
ANOTHER 30 DAYS, THEY WILL DO THEIR PART TO LOWER THE CURVE
143:47
AND SAVE LIVES MOST IMPORTANTLY AND LIMIT THE BURDEN ON OUR
143:55
HOSPITALS AND OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN THE COUNTRY
143:59
SIGNIFICANTLY AND SO MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT.
144:02
WE'RE GOING TO WORK OUR HEARTS OUT, LEAVE NO STONE UNTURNED TO
144:06
FIND THE RESOURCES, THE MASKS, THE VENTILATORS THAT WE NEED.
144:10
AND WE'RE GOING TO MEET THAT MOMENT WITH THE FULL ENERGY OF
144:13
THE AMERICAN ECONOMY AND THE WHOLE OF THE AMERICAN
144:16
GOVERNMENT. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE A ROLE
144:18
TO PLAY IN PRESERVING THAT MEDICAL CAPACITY IN A WAY THAT
144:22
WILL ENSURE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CAUGHT UP IN THE CORONAVIRUS,
144:25
PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT ARE VULNERABLE, THE MOST SERIOUS
144:29
OUTCOMES WHICH ARE SENIORS, SERIOUS UNDER LYING HEALTH
144:32
CONDITIONS OR ANYONE WITH AN IMMUNODEFICIENCY, HAVE THE
144:35
RESOURCES TO SUPPORT AND HEALTH CARE THAT EVERY AMERICAN FAMILY
144:38
WOULD WANT THEIR LOVED ONE TO HAVE.
144:44
--- I ALSO THINK THAT WE WERE VERY SMART BECAUSE WE STOPPED
144:47
CHINA. WE HAD NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE.
144:49
WE HAD NEVER CLOSED OUR BORDERS BEFORE, AS I READ.
144:52
I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
144:56
DR. FAUCI HAD ALSO SAID THAT WAS -- I THINK IT WAS MAYBE THE
144:59
BIGGEST MOMENT BECAUSE WE WERE STOPPING THE SOURCE, WE WERE
145:03
STOPPING THE INFECTION BUT WE ALSO STOPPED EUROPE VERY SHORTLY
145:09
THEREAFTER. THAT WAS NOT AN EASY DECISION
145:11
EITHER. I STOPPED THEM A LONG TIME
145:14
BEFORE PEOPLE STARTED STOPPING. SO WE STOPPED CHINA.
145:17
WE STOPPED EUROPE. WE STOPPED ALL OF EUROPE AND
145:21
THEN ULTIMATELY WE STOPPED UK, IRELAND.
145:24
YES.
145:30
--- GOING BACK TO HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE.
145:32
HOW MANY CLINICAL TRIALS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE BEFORE YOU PUT A
145:37
STAMP OF APPROVAL ON IT BECAUSE THERE ARE CLINICAL TRIALS TAKING
145:42
PLACE AROUND THE WORLD RIGHT NOW.
145:45
IS THERE A NUMBER? HOW MANY CASES WOULD YOU LIKE TO
145:47
SEE? >> THAT IS AN FDA DECISION AND
145:50
IT REALLY DEPENDS ON A VARIETY OF FACTORS.
145:53
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A CLINICAL TRIAL THAT WILL HAS A
145:55
COMPARISON TO SOMETHING THAT IS COMPARABLE TO WHAT IT MEANS
146:01
WITHOUT THE DRUG. I SAY IT ALL THE TIME AND I'LL
146:03
SAY IT AGAIN. IT'S A CONTROLLED TRIAL THAT
146:06
WILL COMPARES IT TO SOMETHING MEANINGFUL.
146:09
>> CONTROL TRIAL THAT YOU'RE WATCHING TAKING PLACE AROUND THE
146:11
WORLD RIGHT NOW? >> THERE ARE A NUMBER OF TRIALS
146:14
GOING ON RIGHT NOW NOT ONLY IN THE UNITED STATES BUT OTHER
146:17
PARTS OF THE WORLD. RIGHT NOW IT'S TOO EARLY TO MAKE
146:20
ANY DETERMINATION BUT I WANT TO GET BACK TO WHAT I SAY ALL THE
146:24
TIME. THE DEFINITIVE WAY YOU GET AN
146:27
ANSWER IS BY DOING A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL.
146:33
--- YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CHLOROQUINE?
146:35
WHAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE LAST
146:39
QUESTION? >> BUT THERE ARE ALSO TRIALS
146:41
GOING ON. WE'RE TRYING THEM ON PEOPLE THAT
146:43
ARE NOW SICK. THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT TRIAL.
146:48
>> MY QUESTION WAS REALLY -- --- THEY ARE WATCHING WHATEVER WHAT
146:52
HAPPENS AROUND THE WORLD. THEY ARE WATCHING THOSE TRIALS
146:55
VERY
146:58
CLOSELY. >> MITCH MCCONNELL, YEAH.
147:00
>> HE SAID THAT IMPEACHMENT DIVERTED THE ATTENTION OF THE
147:05
GOVERNMENT. DO YOU THINK IT DIVERTS YOUR
147:10
ATTENTION OR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S ATTENTION?
147:12
>> I DON'T THINK I DID. I GUESS IT PROBABLY GOOD.
147:15
I MEAN I GOT IMPEACHED, I THINK. I CERTAINLY I DEVOTED A LITTLE
147:20
TIME TO THINKING ABOUT IT, RIGHT.
147:22
BUT THINK OF IT, IT WAS A HOAX. IT WAS A TOTAL HOAX AND WHEN YOU
147:26
THINK THAT I GOT IMPEACHED ONLY BECAUSE THEY HAD THE MAJORITY IN
147:30
THE HOUSE. THEY DIDN'T GET ONE REPUBLICAN
147:32
VOTE. 196-0.
147:35
NOT ONE REPUBLICAN. I DON'T THINK IT'S EVER
147:38
HAPPENED. THE REPUBLICANS STUCK TOGETHER
147:40
AND THEY STUCK TOGETHER IN THE SENATE 52 TO A HALF, A HALF.
147:45
SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SAY THAT, YOU
147:47
YEAH, I THINK IT TOOK A LOT OF -- I SEE THEM GOING AND SAYING
147:51
ABOUT SPEED, WELL, THEY PROBABLY ILLEGALLY IMPEACHED ME IN THE
147:56
SENSE THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE FBI TODAY WITH WHAT HAPPENED,
147:59
THE HORRIBLE THINGS, NOBODY CARES ABOUT THAT NOW BECAUSE ALL
148:02
THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT IS THE VIRUS AND THAT'S OKAY WITH ME,
148:05
BUT YOU LOOK AT THE REPORT THAT CAME OUT, IT'S DISGRACEFUL WHAT
148:10
WENT ON. IT'S DISGRACEFUL.
148:12
IT'S A TOTAL DISGRACE. THEY GOT CAUGHT IN THE ACT BUT
148:15
YOU KNOW WHAT, WE WON'T TALK ABOUT THAT NOW.
148:18
DID IT DIVERT MY ATTENTION? I THINK I'M GETTING A PLUSES FOR
148:22
THE WAY I HANDLED MYSELF DURING A PHONY IMPEACHMENT, OKAY.
148:26
IT WAS A HOAX BUT CERTAINLY I GUESS I THOUGHT OF IT AND I
148:32
THINK I PROBABLY ACTED -- I DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE DONE
148:36
ANY BETTER HAD I THOUGHT BEEN IMPEACHED, OKAY, AND I THINK
148:40
THATS A GREAT TRIBUTE TO SOMETHING.
148:42
MAYBE IT'S A TRIBUTE TO ME BUT I DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE ACTED
148:45
ANY DIFFERENTLY OR I DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE ACTED ANY FASTER
148:49
BUT THE DEMOCRATS, THEIR WHOLE LIFE, THEIR WHOLE BEING, THEIR
148:54
WHOLE EXISTENCE WAS TO TRY AND GET ME OUT OF OFFICE ANY WAY
148:59
THEY CAN, EVEN IF IT WAS A PHONY DEAL AND IT WAS A PHONY DEAL AND
149:05
ALL HAVE YOU TO DO IS LOOK TODAY AT THE FBI REPORTS K, TAKE A
149:08
LOOK AT WHAT THE FBI DID, TAKE A LOOK AT THE PEOPLE, TAKE A LOOK
149:11
AT COMEY'S REPORT, 78 PAGES OF TOTAL KILL.
149:16
TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. TAKE A LOOK AT THE REPORTER AND
149:18
MCCABE. JUST READ IT AND YOU'LL SEE HOW
149:21
HORRIBLE IT WAS, AND YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T THINK THIS COUNTRY
149:24
IS GOING TO TAKE IT, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH.
149:33
--- ARE YOU OFFERING ORDER WHEN IT COMES TO THE TWO AMERICAN
149:38
CRUISE SHIPS THAT ARE SPEAKING TO DOCK HERE?
149:41
>> CALLING TO ME, WE'LL BE SPEAKING TO -- WE'LL BE SPEAKING
149:45
TO THE GOVERNOR AND WE'LL BE SPEAKING TO HIM SOON BUT THERE'S
149:49
A CASE. WE HAVE TWO SHIPS, THE BEST THAT
149:53
ARE SICK ON THE SHIP AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE, LIKE THEY ARE
149:56
GOING TO BE GHOST SHIPS. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TURN THOSE
150:00
SHIPS AWAY. THERE WAS A SHIP, AS YOU KNOW,
150:02
IN A CERTAIN PART OF ASIA AND FROM PORT TO PORT, NOBODY WOULD
150:07
TAKE IT. MEANTIME YOU HAVE PEOPLE DYING
150:09
ON THE SHIP WHO ARE AT LEAST VERY SICK BUT THEY ARE DYING ON
150:12
THE SHIP. SO I'M GOING TO -- I'M GOING TO
150:16
DO WHAT'S RIGHT NOT ONLY FOR US BUT FOR HUMANITY.
150:20
THESE ARE TWO BIG SHIPS AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF VERY SICK PEOPLE
150:24
I'LL BE SPEAKING TO. I'LL BE SPEAKING TO THE
150:27
GOVERNOR. JUST A COUPLE OF MORE BACK HERE.
150:31
>> GO AHEAD, PLEASE. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
150:35
-- --- DO YOU EVER RUN OUT OF QUESTIONS?
150:37
IT'S THE MOST UNBELIEVABLE THING.
150:40
BUT I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO DO. SHOULD WE KEEP IT GOING, JOHN?
150:45
I THINK SO. >> ANDREW CUOMO TODAY SAID THAT
150:49
THE SYSTEM YOU HAD WHERE GOVERNORS ARE TRYING TO GET
150:53
VENTILATORS, IT'S LYING BEING ON EBAY WITH 50 OTHER STATES
150:57
NEEDING A VENTILATOR. YOU JUST SAID TONIGHT --
151:01
>> HE WAS COMPLAINING. SAY, WHAT DID HE SAY EXACTLY?
151:04
>> HE SAID THAT WHEN YOU HAVE STATES COMPETING FOR VENTILATORS
151:07
AND MEDICAL CARE, IT'S LIKE BEING ON EBAY WITH 50 OTHER
151:12
STATES BIDDING ON THE VENTILATOR
151:14
--- HE SHOULDN'T BE COMPLAINING BECAUSE WE GAVE HIM A LOT WHEN
151:17
THE VENTILATORS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHART, MAYBE
151:21
HE SHOULD HAVE GOT GOING A LITTLE BIT SOONER.
151:25
HE HAS A LOT OF VENTILATORS. THE PROBLEM IS WITH SOME PEOPLE
151:28
NO MATTER WHAT YOU GIVE, IT'S NEVER ENOUGH.
151:31
IT'S NEVER ENOUGH. LIKE THEY WILL SAY, HOW'S TRUMP
151:33
DOING AND YOU'RE A DEMOCRAT. SOME OF THEM SAID REALLY GOOD.
151:37
I'LL TELL YOU GAVIN NEWSOME FROM CALIFORNIA, WHO IS DOING A GOOD
151:42
JOB, BY THE WAY, AND OTHERS HAVE SAID GOOD.
151:46
YOUR NATURAL REFLEX, HOW'S TRUMP DOING?
151:49
YOU ASK THAT QUESTION TO A DEMOCRAT, WELL, WE DON'T LIKE
151:52
HIM. OH, REALLY, YOU DON'T LIKE IT.
151:55
WE'RE GETTING VERY HIGH MARKS BUT I'M NOT DOING THIS FOR
151:59
MARKS. I'M DOING THIS TO SAVE LIVES.
152:02
WHEN JOHN SAW THE NUMBERS AND JIM SAW THE NUMBERS, THEY ARE
152:06
SHOCKERRING NUMBERS. EVEN AT THE LOW END WITH YOU
152:09
WERE SHOCKED WHEN YOU SEE 120,000 AND 200,000 PEOPLE OVER
152:14
POTENTIALLY A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
152:16
I WANT TO SAVE LIVES. I'M NOT DOING THIS FOR ANY OTHER
152:19
REASON, I WANT TO SHAVE LIVES BUT THE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK'S
152:22
GOTTEN I THINK MAYBE PROBABLY GOTTEN MORE THAN ANYBODY.
152:27
HE'S GOTTEN FOUR HOSPITALS. HE'S GOTTEN FOUR MEDICAL TENTS.
152:30
HE'S GOTTEN A SHIP, THE LIKES OF WHICH NOBODY'S EVER SEEN BEFORE
152:35
OTHER THAN LAS VEGAS WHICH HAS THE TWIN -- I MEAN WE'VE DONE A
152:40
LOT BUT MANY VENTILATORS WERE SENT TO NEW YORK AND MAYOR
152:44
MAYOR, I'M GETTING ALONG WITH MAYOR MAYOR GREAT AND I THINK
152:47
HE'S VERY HAPPY WITH THE JOB WE'RE DOING TOO.
152:51
ACTUALLY MAYOR MAYOR HAD AN INTERESTING REQUEST.
152:53
HE WANTED PEOPLE AND WE'RE SENDING MEDICAL PEOPLE.
152:57
A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF THE STATES AREN'T HAVING A PROBLEM
153:00
WITH VENTILATORS. THEY ARE HAVING A PROBLEM
153:03
GETTING MEDICAL PEOPLE AND WE'RE SENDING A LOT OF PEOPLE IN,
153:07
MILITARY, VERY TALENTED
153:11
PEOPLE. >> YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT
153:15
QUESTION WAS, YOUR RESPONSE EARLIER WAS THEY SHOULDN'T BE
153:18
DOING THAT. THEY NEED SOMETHING -- IF THEY
153:21
NEED THEM THAT BADLY --- THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING WHAT?
153:25
>> THE GOVERNOR SHOULDN'T BE COMPETING WITH EACH OTHER --- I
153:28
DON'T WANT THEM COMPETING BECAUSE ALL THEY ARE GOING TO DO
153:31
IS DRIVE UP THE PRICE. THEY SHOULD BE CALLING US AND WE
153:34
CAN WORK IT SO THEY GET VENTILATORS AND GET SHIPPED
153:38
DIRECTLY. EVEN IF THERE'S ONLY TWO OF THEM
153:40
CALLING, THEY ARE JUST GOING TO DRIVE UP THE PRICE BECAUSE AS
153:44
NICE AS SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO DO VENTILATORS, THEY WANT TO
153:50
MAKE MONEY. I GUESS THEY DIDN'T TAKE THAT
153:52
OPTION. THAT WAS IN 2016.
153:54
AND THAT'S A HARD OPTION TO TAKE BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF MONEY AND
153:58
WHO WOULD EVER THINK YOU NEED 16,000 VENTILATORS, WHO WOULD
154:03
EVER THINK IT BUT IT'S A VERY UNIQUE TIME IN LIFE.
154:07
I'M DEALING WITH NEW YORK AND WE'RE HAVING A VERY GOOD
154:10
RELATIONSHIP AND YOU SEE WHAT JUST HAPPENED IN CENTRAL PARK
154:13
WITH THE TENTS. WE'RE HAVING A REALLY GOOD
154:16
RELATIONSHIP. >> THANK YOU.
154:17
>> YOU MENTIONED GAVIN NEWSOME AND THE JOB THAT HE'S DOING.
154:21
I'M INTERESTED IN WHAT YOU THINK CALIFORNIA HAS DONE --
154:27
>> THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB, CALIFORNIA.
154:29
LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE I SPIKE, DOCTORS.
154:32
THEY COULD HAVE A SPIKE WHERE ALL OF A SUDDEN IT SPIKES
154:35
UPWARD. WE HAD A COUPLE LIKE LOUISIANA.
154:37
I THINK THEY ARE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB.
154:39
THEY HAD NOTHING. THEY HAD MARDI GRAS AND THEN ALL
154:41
OF A SUDDEN AFTER MARDI GRAS WHICH TELLS YOU ABOUT DISTANCING
154:44
I GUESS, IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN BUT THEY WERE LIKE
154:49
FLAWLESS. I WAS LOOKING AT LOUISIANA AND I
154:51
UNDERSTAND THAT STATE, I LOVE THAT STATE AND THEY ARE IN GREAT
154:54
SHAPE. THEN THEY HAD MARDI GRAS, IT WAS
154:57
A BIG SUCCESS, TREMENDOUS SUCCESS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT
155:00
WENT LIKE A ROCKET SHIP SO THAT TELLS YOU ABOUT DISTANCING.
155:04
>> ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE HOMELESS POPULATION IN
155:07
CALIFORNIA BECAUSE I KNOW CALIFORNIA OFFICIALS SAY THAT IT
155:10
CAN SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE --- SAY IT AGAIN LOUDER --- THERE'S A
155:14
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS IN CALIFORNIA.
155:16
ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT IT COULD SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE IN THAT
155:21
COMMUNITY? >> WELL THEY ARE LOOKING AT THAT
155:23
VERY STRONGLY AND I KNOW IF IT BOTHERS GAVIN.
155:27
I DON'T KNOW IF IT BOTHERS NANCY PELOSI BUT SHE'S GOT IT IN HER
155:31
DISTRICT AT VERY HIGH LEVELS. THEY HAVE A VERY BIG HOMELESS
155:34
POPULATION IN AN AREA WHERE JUST A FEW YEARS AGO DIDN'T HAVE
155:37
ANYBODY IN THOSE AREAS AND THEY ARE LIVING IN THE STREETS AND
155:39
THEY ARE -- I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA ARE WORKING
155:42
ON THAT VERY HARD --- MR. PRESIDENT, YOU SPOKE SEVERAL
155:48
TIMES WITH PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU.
155:51
AT THE END OF THE WEEK PRESIDENT MACRON TALKED ABOUT AN IMPORTANT
155:55
INITIATIVE YOU AND HIM WOULD LAUNCH --- WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
155:58
SOMETHING THAT WILL BE VERY POSITIVE FOR THE WORLD.
156:02
I DON'T WANT TO TALK. IT'S A PRIVATE THING.
156:05
IT WILL BECOME PUBLIC IF WE DECIDE TO DO IT BUT POSITIVE.
156:08
OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PRESIDENT.
156:10
OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH FRANCE IS I THINK EXTRAORDINARY, VERY
156:14
GOOD. PROBABLY AS GOOD AS IT'S EVER
156:16
BEEN. >> YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT
156:19
COULD HAVE HAPPENED AND ACTIONS THAT YOU TOOK.
156:23
IS THERE ANY FAIRNESS TO THE CRITICISM THAT YOU MAY HAVE
156:26
LULLED AMERICANS INTO A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY WHEN YOU WERE
156:28
SAYING THINGS LIKE IT'S GOING TO GO AWAY --- WELL, IT IS --- AND
156:32
THAT SORT OF THING --- JIM, IT'S GOING AWAY.
156:35
IT'S GOING TO GO AWAY, HOPEFULLY AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
156:38
IF NOT, HOPEFULLY SOON AFTER THAT --- YOUR THINKING ON THIS
156:43
-- HASN'T YOUR THINKING ON THIS EVOLVED, YOU'RE TAKING IT MORE
156:48
SERIOUSLY NOW? >> I THINK FROM THE BEGINNING MY
156:50
ATTITUDE WAS WE HAVE TO GIVE THIS COUNTRY -- ALL HAVE YOU TO
156:53
DO IS LOOK AT WATCHES GOING ON IN CHINA.
156:56
IT WAS DEVASTATION. LOOK AT THE NUMBERS FROM CHINA.
156:58
THOSE INITIAL NUMBERS COMING OUT FROM CHINA.
157:04
BUT YOU KNOW I READ AN ARTICLE TODAY WHICH WAS VERY
157:08
INTERESTING. THEY SAY WE WISH PRESIDENT TRUMP
157:10
WOULD GIVE MORE BAD NEWS. GIVE BAD NEWS.
157:15
I'M NOT ABOUT BAD NEWS. I WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE HOPE.
157:19
I WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE A FEELING THAT WE ALL HAVE A CHANCE.
157:22
I MEAN WHEN YOU SAW THE NUMBERS AND WHEN JOHN AND ALL OF YOU SAW
157:27
THOSE NUMBERS AND YOU WERE SAYING 120,000 PEOPLE, YOU KNOW
157:30
THAT'S GOOD, DEAD PEOPLE WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, I WANT
157:36
TO GIVE PEOPLE A FEELING OF HOPE.
157:39
I COULD BE VERY NEGATIVE. I COULD SAY WAIT A MINUTE, THOSE
157:42
NUMBERS ARE TERRIBLE, THIS IS GOING TO BE HORRIBLE.
157:46
THIS IS A HORRIBLE THING. HEY, JIM.
157:48
>> OKAY, LET'S GO TO BEACH, LET'S GO TO THE AIRPORT, LET'S
157:53
GO DOWN TO MARDI GRAS --- THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT COULD
157:57
HAVE SAID THAT. FORTUNATELY I DIDN'T SAY THAT.
157:59
THAT WAS AN ALTERNATIVE. WE TALKED ABOUT IT.
158:01
THAT WAS ALWAYS AN ALTERNATIVE. THAT'S WHY I SAID LET IT RIDE,
158:05
DO NOTHING AND WE COULD HAVE HAD 2.2 MILLION DEAD PEOPLE, MORE
158:09
THAN THAT BECAUSE I DIDN'T DO THAT.
158:11
AND WE DID CATCH IT EARLY AND WE STOPPED CHINA REALLY EARLY AND
158:15
WE STOPPED EUROPE REALLY EARLY BECAUSE I SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENED.
158:20
WHAT HAPPENED WAS I STOPPED ITALY BECAUSE ITALY WAS REALLY
158:24
HEAVILY INFECTED. THEN WE SAW SPAIN, THEN I SAID
158:29
STOP EUROPE, LET'S STOP EUROPE. WE HAVE TO STOP THEM FROM COMING
158:33
HERE. EUROPE, I LOVE EUROPE BUT THEY
158:36
WERE HAVING PROBLEMS. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY DID A
158:38
BETTER JOB THAN THAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SEE THE 2.2 MILLION
158:43
NUMBER, AND I HOPE WE'RE GOING TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY UNDER THE
158:46
NUMBERS IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT ON THE MINIMUM SIDE, THEN I THINK
158:50
WE WILL HAVE, HEY, LOOK, IT'S STILL TREMENDOUS DEATH --- YOU
158:54
WERE HOPING IT WOULD DISSIPATE --- I WANT TO BE POSITIVE.
158:57
I DON'T WANT TO BE NEGATIVE. I'M A POSITIVE PERSON.
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SOMEBODY SAID, OH, I WISH YOU WOULD BE MORE NEGATIVE.
159:04
THEY LITERALLY HAVE THAT. IT'S IN ONE OF THE WONDERFUL
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NEWSPAPERS TODAY. I WISH YOU WOULD BE MORE
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NEGATIVE. THIS IS REALLY EASY TO BE
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NEGATIVE ABOUT. I'M A CHEERLEADER FOR THE
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COUNTRY. WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE WORST
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THING THE COUNTRY HAS PROBABLY EVER SEEN.
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THE CIVIL WAR, WE LOST 600,000 PEOPLE, RIGHT.
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HERE'S THE THING HAD WE NOT DONE ANYTHING, WE WOULD HAVE LOST
159:27
MANY TIMES THAT BUT WE DID SOMETHING.
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SO IT'S GOT TO BE HOPEFULLY WAY UNDER THAT.
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BUT WE LOSE MORE HERE POTENTIALLY THAN YOU LOSE IN
159:37
WORLD WARS AS A COUNTRY. SO THERE'S NOTHING POSITIVE,
159:41
THERE'S NOTHING GREAT ABOUT IT BUT I WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE IN
159:44
THIS COUNTRY HOPE. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT ---
159:47
SEVERE WHEN YOU WERE SAYING -- --- I KNEW EVERYTHING.
159:51
I KNEW IT COULD BE HORRIBLE AND I KNEW IT COULD BE MAYBE GOOD.
159:55
DON'T FORGET AT THAT TIME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT IT,
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EVEN THE EXPERTS, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT, WE DIDN'T KNOW
160:02
WHERE IT WAS GOING. WE SAW CHINA.
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WE WISH WE COULD HAVE KILLED IT IN CHINA BUT IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
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IT STARTED SPREADING TO EUROPE. IT STARTED SPREADING HERE.
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IT STARTED SPREADING ALL OVER AND I'M NOT BLAMING ANYBODY.
160:15
I'M JUST SAYING THAT WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE THING.
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I THINK THE PEOPLE ARE PROFESSIONALS, -- OUR
160:23
PROFESSIONALS, OUR MILITARY, P OUR GOVERNORS, OUR POLITICIANS,
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I THINK THEY'VE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
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WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS, I THINK THEY'VE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB
160:32
BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE A NEGATIVE PERSON.
160:34
IT WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER FOR ME TO SAY WE HAVE BAD NEWS,
160:38
WE'RE GOING TO LOSE 220,000 PEOPLE AND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
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OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. I DID START OFF BY SAYING TODAY,
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LONG BEFORE THIS QUESTION, THIS IS GOING TO BE A ROUGH TWO OR
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THREE WEEKS. THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE
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ROUGHEST TWO OR THREE WEEKS WE'VE EVER HAD IN OUR COUNTRY.
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WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
160:55
WHEN I SEE 28, 29 PEOPLE FROM THE GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY, 29
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PEOPLE, WHEN YOU SEE 173 PEOPLE DIED IN NEW YORK YESTERDAY OR
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WHATEVER THE NUMBER WAS, I THINK IT WAS MORE THAN THAT.
161:07
WHEN YOU SEE THE KIND OF NUMBERS THAT WE'RE WITNESSING, WE'VE
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NEVER SEEN NUMBERS LIKE THAT. SO IT'S EASY TO BE NEGATIVE AND
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THEN EVERYBODY COULD BE NEGATIVE BUT I'M A CHEERLEADER FOR OUR
161:17
COUNTRY AND I WANT TO DO A GREAT JOB SO THE NUMBER ACCOUNT PEOPLE
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AND I'VE ALWAYS SAID IT, I WANT AS FEW A NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO DIE
161:26
AS POSSIBLE AND THAT'S ALL WE'RE WORKING ON.
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>> ARE YOU NOW TAKE -- --- I DON'T MIND THE QUESTION.
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I DON'T MIND YOUR QUESTION. I THINK IT IT'S ACTUALLY -- IT'S
161:37
NOT MEANT TO BE. I KNOW YOU WELL ENOUGH SO IT'S
161:40
NOT MEANT TO BE A FAIR QUESTION BUT IT IS A FAIR QUESTION.
161:43
I THINK WE'VE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB.
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FINE, I'LL ACCEPT YOUR WORD. JIM, I THINK WE'VE DONE A GREAT
161:49
JOB. WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW IT COMES
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OUT BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT MINIMAL NUMBERS OF 120,000 PEOPLE, WHEN
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YOU LOOK AT IT COULD HAVE BEEN 2.2 MILLION PEOPLE DIED AND MORE
162:00
IF WE DID NOTHING, IF WE JUST DID NOTHING, IT WOULD HAVE GONE
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UP, COME DOWN. AS PER YOUR STATEMENT IT WOULD
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HAVE BEEN CONFINED, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A SIMILAR TIME, MAYBE
162:10
LESS TIME. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN VIOLENCE LIKE
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WE'VE NEVER SEEN IN THIS COUNTRY BEFORE.
162:15
WE HAD GREAT PROFESSIONALS, GREAT MILITARY, REALLY GREAT
162:19
GOVERNORS AND POLITICIANS. I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT WHAT'S
162:22
GOING ON. AND AS FOR WHAT YOU SAID, I
162:25
THINK WE'RE WAY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE IN TERMS OF NUMBERS, I
162:29
THINK, I HOPE. BUT IF WE CAN KEEP IT UNDER THE
162:32
MINIMUM NUMBERS, THE COUNTRY, NOT ME H THE COUNTRY HAS DONE A
162:37
GREAT JOB BUT I THINK I'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF VOCALIZING.
162:42
I THINK MIKE PENCE HAS BEEN FANTASTIC.
162:44
I PUT HIM IN CHARGE OF THE TASK FORCE.
162:46
WE HAVE WONDERFUL PEOPLE ON THE TASK FORCE, JIM.
162:49
WONDERFUL PEOPLE. THIS MAN WAS WORKING LITERALLY.
162:51
HE HAD DAYS WHERE HE DIDN'T GO TO BED, HE DIDN'T GO TO SLEEP,
162:55
HE WENT 24 HOURS AND THEN STARTED THE NEXT DAY.
162:59
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE JOB HE DID.
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I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HE WAS THAT GOOD OF A MANAGER TO BE HONEST
163:04
WITH YOU, MIKE. YOU NEVER KNOW THAT ABOUT
163:07
SOMEBODY UNTIL THEY ARE TESTED UNDER FIRE BUT HE SAW IT VERY
163:09
EARLY ALSO. WE BOTH DID.
163:13
THEY KNEW PRETTY SOON, THEY PROBABLY KNEW SOONER THAN
163:16
ANYBODY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY STUDIED.
163:18
THATS WHAT WHEN THEY DO. IT MUST BE A DEPRESSING
163:23
BUSINESS. BUT THEY'VE SEEN IT ALL --- CAN
163:25
I ASK DR. FAUCI A QUESTION ABOUT A HEADLINE THAT'S BEEN RUNNING
163:28
ALL DAY. THERE IS A PROFESSOR FROM
163:31
M.I.T., DR. FAUCI, WHO SUGGESTS THAT CORONAVIRUS CAN BE CARRIED
163:35
ON DROPLETS A DISTANCE OF 27 FEET.
163:38
DO YOU BUY INTO THAT AND IF THAT MIGHT BE THE CASE, DOES THAT
163:42
SUGGEST THAT CURRENT SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES MAY NEED
163:48
BE TO EXTENDED --- WHAT IT WAS WAS LOOKING AT THE DISTANCE
163:53
DROPLETS FLY BY SPEAKING, BY COUGHING, BY SNEEZING, SO IF YOU
163:57
GO WAY BACK AND GO A-CHOO LIKE THAT, YOU MIGHT GET 27 FEET.
164:07
IF YOU SEE PEOPLE THAT DO THAT, GET OUT OF THE WAY.
164:10
>> I KNOW PEOPLE WHO CAN DO THAT.
164:12
>> ACTIVES DISTURBED BY THAT REPORT BECAUSE THAT WAS
164:15
MISLEADING. THAT MEANS THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN
164:16
THE SIX FOOT THING DOESN'T WORK. THAT IS A VERY, VERY ROBUST,
164:23
VIGOROUS A-CHOO SNEEZE, THAT WHAT IT IS AND THAT'S NOT WHAT
164:27
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT --- YOU WANT TO KEEP GOING?
164:30
>> ONE MORE --- FOLLOW-UP BUT YOU MENTIONED FRANKLIN GRAHAM
164:34
EARLIER, TALKING TO HIM. AS YOU KNOW, HIS FATHER BILLY
164:38
GRAHAM WAS A TRUSTED SPIRITUAL ADVISER AND FRIEND TO MANY
164:44
PRESIDENTS. A LOT OF YOUR PREDECESSORS
164:46
REACHED OUT TO PASTORS AND OTHER SPIRITUAL COUNSELORS, HAVE YOU
164:49
DONE THAT? >> I NEVER SAY THAT.
164:52
FRAMINGHAM IS SOMEBODY VERY SPECIAL.
164:54
I HAVE MANY VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE AND VERY MANY PEOPLE IN THE
164:59
EVANGELICAL, EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY.
165:03
YOU CAN TALK RABBIS, YOU CAN TALK -- I HAVE TREMENDOUS
165:06
SUPPORT FROM RELIGIOUS LEADERS AND FRANKLY I JUST SPOKE TO HIM
165:11
TODAY FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, I TOLD HIM WHAT A
165:14
FANTASTIC JOB YOU'RE DOING. AND HE DID Z. THIS.
165:17
HE LOVES DOING
165:21
IT. HE LOVES PEOPLE AND HE LOVES
165:23
JEEZ JESUS.
165:27
HE LOVES JESUS. >> ON THE MASKS, IS THE REASON
165:35
THERE'S NO PUBLIC ADVISORY TO WEAR MASKS, IS IT BECAUSE THE
165:39
VIRUS IS NOT TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE AREA --- THE CDC DOES HAVE
165:44
RECOMMENDATIONS ON THEIR WEBSITE ABOUT MASKS THAT CAME TO THE
165:48
CONFERENCE SEVERAL WEEKS AGO THAT IF YOU'RE INFECTED WEARING
165:51
A MASK TO PROTECT OTHERS AND IF YOU CAN'T, YOU'RE WORKING WITH
165:55
SOMEONE WHOSE SICK AND YOU HAVE TO BE THAT WORKER IN THE HOUSE
165:59
HOLD BECAUSE REMEMBER WE WANT PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE HOLD BEING
166:01
TAKEN CARE OF THAT THEY SHOULD WEAR A MASK.
166:04
I KNOW YOUR QUESTION IS BROADER THAN THAT AND IT'S JUST BEING
166:08
CONSIDERED BY THE TASK FORCE NOW ABOUT WHETHER THAT
166:12
RECOMMENDATION THAT ALREADY EXISTS RELEVANT TO WEARING A
166:15
MASK SHOULD BE ALTERED IN ANY WAY.
166:17
SO IT'S STILL UNDER DISCUSSION. >> AND JUST ABOUT MASKS, YOU CAN
166:21
GET A MASK. BUT YOU CAN ALSO -- I MEAN MOST
166:24
PEOPLE HAVE SCARVES AND SCARVES ARE VERY GOOD.
166:27
AND THEY CAN USE A SCARF. AND WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT A
166:30
LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME. BUT AND IT SAYS IN THE
166:33
RECOMMENDATIONS YOU CAN USE, YOU CAN SUBSTITUTE A SCARF FOR A
166:37
MASK. SO IF PEOPLE FEEL BAD -- AND I
166:42
THINK SOME PEOPLE DISAGREE WITH THE MASKS FOR VARIOUS REASONS
166:46
AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T. BUT YOU CAN WEAR A SCARF.
166:50
YOU CAN DO THE MASKS IF IT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER.
166:53
WE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO IT AND RECOMMEND IT.
166:57
YOU PEOPLE NEVER GET TIRED. THANK YOU.
167:01
AND IT'S GOOD QUESTIONS ACTUALLY.
167:02
>> MR. PRESIDENT, I'M LOOKING AT THE CASES AROUND THE WORLD IN
167:08
LATIN AMERICA. STILL YOU DON'T WANT TO IMPOSE A
167:11
TRAVEL BAN FOR THESE AREAS. IN BRAZIL, FOR INSTANCE, THE
167:16
PRESIDENT KEEPS ON BEING VERY ACTIVE WITH GROUPS.
167:19
AREN'T YOU AFRAID THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE CAN BE -- ---
167:23
YOU MEAN YOU PEOPLE? >> IN THE UNITED STATES -- ---
167:27
YOU'RE PRETTY SPREAD OUT ALREADY.
167:29
I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE PRESS CONFERENCES ANYMORE H--- LOOK,
167:34
WE'RE VERY CAREFUL. I'M VERY CAREFUL PERSONALLY ---
167:38
WE ARE LOOKING AT NUMEROUS COUNTRIES AS THEY GET IN A
167:42
POSITION. BRAZIL AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU
167:44
MENTIONED THE PRESIDENT, BRAZIL HAD NO PROBLEM UNTIL JUST A
167:48
SHORT TIME AGO. AND NOW THEY ARE STARTING TO GET
167:52
INFLAMED AND YES, WE'RE ABSOLUTELY LOOKING AT A BAN.
167:54
THERE ARE TWO OTHER COUNTRIES YOU MENTIONED, IRAN ALREADY HAS
167:57
A BAN. THEY HAD SORT OF AN AUTOMATIC
168:01
BAN. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY HAVE A
168:03
BAN. SO WE'RE LOOK AT CERTAIN
168:05
COUNTRIES AS THEY BECOME
168:09
HOT. >> STARTING A NEW 30 DAYS NOW.
168:11
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS? ARE YOU GOING TO STAY IN THE
168:13
WHITE HOUSE? ARE YOU GOING TO BE TRAVELING AT
168:14
ALL? >> I DOUBT I'LL LEAVE.
168:17
I WANTED TO GO TO THE OPENING OF THE HOSPITAL IN NEW YORK AND MY
168:22
PEOPLE COULDN'T EVEN BELIEVE IT THAT I SAID IT BUT I DID.
168:25
I WANTED TO GO. THEY DIDN'T WANT ME TO DO IT.
168:27
THE SERVICE DIDN'T WANT ME TO DO IT FOR REASONS.
168:32
I WANTED TO GO INTO THE BOAT SAILING IN NEW YORK HARBOR BUT
168:35
THE GOVERNOR DID A GOOD JOB OF THAT AND THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK.
168:38
SO I'D LOVE TO GO OUT BUT I'LL BE IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND IT'S
168:41
SORT OF LIKE A NERVE CENTER, CONTROL CENTER, AND I THINK IT'S
168:47
IMPORTANT, LOOK, YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED WITH BORIS JOHNSON, YOU
168:51
SEE WHAT HAPPENED WITH OTHERS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I
168:55
REMAIN HEALTHY, I REALLY DO. SO, FOR THE MOST PART, WE'RE
169:00
STAYING
169:03
HERE. I'VE CANCELED MANY DIFFERENT
169:05
EVENTS AND WE'LL BE STAYING HERE FOR THE MOST PART --- MR.
169:08
PRESIDENT, THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE CDC WROTE AN ARTICLE THE
169:12
OTHER DAY IN WHICH YOU SAID WHAT'S REALLY NEEDED HERE AND
169:16
THE WORK THE TASK FORCE IS DOING IS AN INCIDENT COMMANDER, TAKE
169:21
COMMAND OF WHERE EVERYTHING IS GOING AND HOW THINGS ARE BEING
169:25
COORDINATED. >> IS THAT SOMETHING USEFUL --
169:29
--- WE HAD
169:33
IT. >> HIS NAME AS MANY PETE
169:45
GAINOR. I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHEN THE
169:47
WHITE HOUSE CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE MEETS I'M AT ONE END OF
169:50
THE TABLE AND PETE AND THE WHOLE FEMA TEAM ARE BY VIDEO
169:57
CONFERENCE AT THE OTHER END OF THE TABLE.
169:59
WHETHER IT BE THE AIR BRIDGE THAT'S LITERALLY BRINGING IN
170:02
MILLIONS OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD, THE
170:05
THOUGHTFUL DEPLOYMENT OF THOSE SUPPLIES TO HOSPITALS,
170:08
PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO VENTILATORS, WE'RE WORKING VERY
170:11
CLOSELY, HHS IS FULLY INTEGRATED AT FEMA NOW.
170:18
BECAUSE OF THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION TO STAND UP OF FEMA IN
170:21
THE LEAD, WE HAVE A CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE
170:24
THAT'S BRINGING THE PRESIDENT THE VERY BEST HEALTH EXPERTS AND
170:28
RECOMMENDATIONS FROM EVERY AGENCY.
170:31
ALL THE IMPLEMENTATION AS WE TELL GOVERNORS LITERALLY EVERY
170:35
DAY IS HAPPENING THROUGH FEMA. IT'S GOING DOWN TO THE STATES
170:38
THROUGH FEMA AND STATE REQUESTS ARE COMING UP THROUGH REGIONAL
170:42
ADMINISTRATORS FOR FEMA AND BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
170:47
>> AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE 4,000 VENTILATORS THAT ARE
170:50
PARKED AT A WAREHOUSE IN NEW JERSEY --- THAT WAS THE CASE ---
170:52
WE ALSO HAVE -- WE WILL -- --- HAD THEM A LONG TIME AGO --- THE
170:58
QUESTION IS THIS
171:03
HAPPENED. WE HAVE PEOPLE NOT KNOWING ABOUT
171:05
THE NEW ABBOT TESTING FACILITY OR TESTING SYSTEM.
171:09
IF THERE WERE AN INCIDENT COMMANDER IN CHARGE OF GETTING
171:14
THE WORD OUT -- --- NOBODY -- IT WAS JUST BROUGHT TO LIFE TWO
171:19
WEEKS AGO. THEY JUST CAME UP TO IT.
171:21
IT WAS AN INVENTION SO NOBODY KNEW ABOUT.
171:26
NOBODY KNEW YOU COULD EVEN DO. SCIENTISTS CAME UP WITH THE IDEA
171:29
A WEEK AND A HALF AGO. I SHOWED IT TO YOU YESTERDAY.
171:32
I DON'T THINK YOU CAN DO MUCH BETTER THAN THAT.
171:35
>> I THINK YOUR POINT'S WELL TAKEN.
171:38
ABBOT LABORATORIES POINT OF CONTACT TEST WAS PROOF WRITING.
171:43
PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED IT IN THE ROSE GARDEN ON SUNDAY.
171:47
WE'RE SOCIALIZING THAT ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO EVERY
171:51
GOVERNOR, TO LABORATORIES ELSEWHERE, AND I HAVE TO TELL
171:55
YOU THIS TEAM THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS ASSEMBLED, THE ADVISERS ON
171:59
THE WHITE HOUSE CORONAVIRUS TASK FORCE AND THEN THIS TEAM AT
172:03
FEMA, WHETHER IT BE HHS DEPARTMENT SECRETARY WHO IS
172:08
COORDINATING ALL SUPPLIES, WHETHER IT BE THE ADMIRAL
172:12
LITERALLY WORKING WITH EVERY STATE ON A COUNTY BY COUNTY
172:16
BASIS TO DEPLOY TESTING IS IMPRESSIVE.
172:19
I THINK IT'S GIVEN GREAT ENCOURAGEMENT TO GOVERNORS.
172:22
THE PRESIDENT AND I SPOKE TO GOVERNORS IN ALL THE STATES AND
172:26
TERRITORIES AGAIN YESTERDAY BECAUSE GOVERNORS, I CAN TELL
172:28
YOU FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE AS A GOVERNOR, IN INDIANA WE HAD
172:34
TORNADO AND FLOODING. GOVERNORS KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH
172:36
FEMA AND AS SOON AS THE PRESIDENT STOOD UP, FEMA
172:39
DECLARED THAT NATIONAL EMERGENCY, WHAT I'LL CALL A
172:44
CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MUSCLE MEMORY KICKED IN IN STATES AROUND THE
172:46
COUNTRY AND WE'RE REALLY SEEING A TREMENDOUS EFFICIENCY AND
172:51
COMMUNICATION AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO FORWARD.
172:54
AGAIN, THE PRESIDENT'S VISION HERE IS FEMA'S VISION WHICH IS
172:56
IN RESPONSE TO A HEALTH CRISIS. IT'S LOCALLY EXECUTED, STATE
173:01
MANAGED, FEDERALLY SUPPORTED, AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, WE'RE
173:05
SEEING THAT WHOLE PROCESS SPINNING UP EVERY DAY.
173:08
I HOPE AMERICANS LOOKING ON ARE ENCOURAGED BY THAT SYSTEM.
173:14
I KNOW THEY ARE HEARING FROM GOVERNORS AROUND THE COUNTRY
173:16
ABOUT THE FLOW OF RESOURCES AND TESTING AND SUPPLIES AND WE'LL
173:20
CONTINUE TO KEEP THAT -- WHAT YOU CALL AN INCIDENT COMMAND,
173:24
WHAT WE CALL THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
173:27
WORKING 24/7. >> AND I HAVE TO SAY THIS.
173:31
I'VE HAD IN THE LAST LESS THAN A WEEK, THREE GOVERNORS CALL UP
173:36
AND TRULY HAVE DISLIKED ME OVER THE YEARS, EVEN BEFORE I DECIDED
173:41
TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT. AND THEY SAID I HAVE TO TELL
173:47
YOU, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB, YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE DONE A
173:50
GREAT JOB. THESE ARE THREE GOVERNORS
173:53
RESPECTED, VERY RESPECTED IN TWO CASES, AND THEY SAID LIKE OR NOT
173:59
LIKE YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB.
174:02
I THINK THEY HAVE. I THINK THEY'VE DONE AN
174:05
INCREDIBLE JOB. GO AHEAD, PLEASE --- MR.
174:07
PRESIDENT, THANKS SO MUCH. MY FIRST QUESTION WAS ON
174:10
MODELING. WAS THERE ANY WHITE HOUSE
174:11
MODELING BASED ON WHETHER OR NOT THERE WOULD BE A NATIONAL
174:16
LOCKDOWN OR EVERY SINGLE STATE THEY NEED TO HAVE LOCKED DOWN?
174:21
>> SO ALL OF THE MODELERS WHO PRESENTED DID -- I JUST WANT TO
174:26
THANK THEM AGAIN BECAUSE THEY IS SEM BELIEVED FROM AROUND THE
174:30
GLOBE VERY QUICKLY ABOUT TWO OR THREE WEEKS AGO TO BEFORE WE
174:34
ANNOUNCED THE FIRST 15 DAYS TO SHOW ALL OF THE IMPLICATIONS OF
174:39
CLOSING THE SCHOOLS, HAVING PEOPLE STAY IN THEIR HOMES AND
174:42
THAT'S HOW IT WAS MODELED, STAY IN YOUR HOMES, SOCIAL DISTANCING
174:46
AT SIX FEET. SO NO ONE ACTUALLY TURNED IT A
174:51
-- TERMED IT A LOCKDOWN AS FAR AS I REMEMBER.
174:54
IT WAS MORE ABOUT STAYING IN YOUR HOME.
174:57
I THINK THE DIFFERENCE WAS AND THERE WERE IN THE MODELS AND I
175:00
THINK WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT COULD WE HAVE KNOWN SOMETHING
175:05
DIFFERENT? I DON'T KNOW, I THINK ALL OF US
175:07
-- I WAS OVERSEAS WHEN THIS HAPPENED IN AFRICA AND I THINK
175:10
WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THE CHINA DATA ORIGINALLY AND YOU SAID,
175:14
OH, WELL, THERE'S 80 MILLION PEOPLE OR 20 MILLION PEOPLE IN
175:19
WUHAN AND 80 MILLION PEOPLE IN HUBEI AND THEY COME UP WITH A
175:28
NUMBER OF 50,000, YOU THINK OF THIS MORE LIKE S.A.R.S. THAN
175:33
THEY DO THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC. WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, I WAS LIKE
175:37
OH, THIS IS NOT AS CLOSE AS THOSE QUARTERS ARE.
175:42
SO I THINK THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY INTERPRETED THE CHINESE DATA AS
175:48
THIS WAS SERIOUS BUT SMALLER THAN ANYONE EXPECTED BECAUSE I
175:55
THINK PROBABLY WE WERE MISSING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THE DATA
176:00
NOW THAT WHEN WE SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO ITALY AND WHAT
176:04
HAPPENED TO SPAIN, AND SO WHAT WAS MODELED WAS NOT A LOCKDOWN.
176:10
TWO COUNTRIES DID REMOVE PEOPLE FROM HOMES THAT WERE POSITIVE
176:14
AND PUT THEM IN SEPARATE SPACES. THAT ALSO WASN'T MODELED BUT IT
176:18
COULD BE MODELED AND SO WE COULD GO BACK AND ASK THE MODELERS
176:22
ABOUT LOCKDOWN VERSUS NOT LOCKDOWN BUT WHAT THEY MODELED
176:25
WAS PEOPLE STAYING AT HOME --- FOR BEST CASE SCENARIO 100,000
176:31
PEOPLE, I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO GET THAT NUMBER EVEN LOWER BUT
176:35
IS BEST CASE SCENARIO EVERY STATE BASICALLY HAD LOCKDOWN
176:38
BEHAVIOR MAYBE NOT ACTUALLY LOCKDOWN BUT BASICALLY EVERYONE
176:41
STAY IN THEIR HOMES. IF THAT'S TRUE, WHY NOT TELL
176:46
EVERY STATE TO DO THAT? >> IT'S EVERYBODY SOCIAL
176:49
DISTANCING BY SIX FEET WHEN THEY ARE OUTSIDE, AND THAT IS
176:54
PROBABLY ABSOLUTELY THE KEY MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IS IF YOU'RE
176:58
NEVER MORE THAN -- IF YOU'RE NEVER WITHIN SIX FEET OF ANY
177:03
SINGLE INDIVIDUAL, THEN YOU CONTROL THE VIRUS.
177:06
THERE ARE DIFFERENT METHODS TO GET YOU TO THAT POINT, AND I
177:10
THINK WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM OUR PRESIDENT AND OUR VICE PRESIDENT
177:13
IS A TRUST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY CAN BE
177:18
OUTSIDE, TAKE WALKS, BE SIX FEET AWAY FROM ANYONE ELSE AND BE IN
177:23
THEIR HOMES AND WE TRUST THEM TO DO THAT WITHOUT HAVING TO LOCK
177:29
DOWN. >> MR. PRESIDENT, A QUESTION ON
177:31
-- --- JUST WANT TO ADD, I THINK THE ONE THING NOBODY REALLY KNEW
177:36
ABOUT THIS VIRUS WAS HOW CONTAGIOUS IT WAS.
177:40
IT'S SO INCREDIBLY CONTAGIOUS AND NOBODY KNEW THAT.
177:45
ANYBODY THAT ANYBODY'S EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
177:47
NORMALLY YOU HAVE TO GET CLOSE AND TOUCH AND A LOT OF THINGS
177:51
HAVE TO HAPPEN. THIS IS LIKE -- IT'S TRULY
177:54
INVISIBLE AND SO CONTAGIOUS. I DON'T THINK ANY DOCTOR KNEW IT
177:58
AT THE TIME. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY COULD HAVE
178:01
KNOWN IT. PEOPLE HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING
178:03
LIKE THIS. >> A QUESTION ABOUT VENTILATORS.
178:06
YOU TALK ABOUT THE FACT YOU DON'T -- THE GOVERNOR OF NEW
178:11
YORK SAID THERE SHOULD BE A FEDERAL SYSTEM, THE FEDERAL
178:14
GOVERNMENT SETS THE PRICE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DISTRIBUTES
178:17
THE VENTILATORS, WHY NOT HAVE THIS KIND OF SYSTEM?
178:21
>> ESSENTIALLY WE DO. WE DISTRIBUTED THOUSANDS OF
178:25
VENTILATORS AND WE'RE BUYING THEM AT A GOOD PRICE AND WE'RE
178:27
ACTUALLY MAKING THEM BY THE THOUSANDS.
178:29
WE'RE MAKING THEM. FORD IS GOING TO HAVE A
178:34
TREMENDOUS NUMBER. THEY ARE LOOKING TO MAKE 100
178:37
THOUSAND VENTILATORS. FORD HAS BEEN GREAT.
178:40
GENERAL ELECTRIC HEALTH CARE HAS BEEN GREAT.
178:42
GENERAL MOTORS HAS COME A LONG WAY.
178:45
THEY ARE WORKING VERY HARD. WE'RE MAKINGS THOUSANDS AND
178:49
THOUSANDS OF VENTILATORS AND AT THE END OF THIS -- DON'T SAY I'M
178:53
HOP STICK BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANT TO DO THAT BUT I AM
178:57
OPTIMISTIC. I'M A VERY OPTIMISTIC PERSON.
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LET ME TELL YOU, WE WILL HAVE THOUSANDS OF
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VENTILATORS AND WHAT I WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE
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WE ALWAYS HAVE PLENTY FOR THE FUTURE BUT THEN WE WANT TO HELP
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ITALY AND FRANCE AND OTHER COUNTRIES THAT YOU DON'T EVEN
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KNOW ABOUT YESTERDAY WITH ALL OF THE PROBLEMS THEY HAVE BECAUSE
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VENTILATEERS HAVE VERY HARD TO COME BY.
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THEY ARE HARD TO MAKE, EXPENSIVE.
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PLEASE. >> IS GOVERNOR CUOMO -- --- I
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CAN'T TAKE YOUR INTERPRETATION OF WHAT HE SAID.
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE SAID. I THINK HE'S BEEN REASONABLY
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GENEROUS CONSIDERING HE'S A DEMOCRAT AND I THINK HE WOULD
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LIKE TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT SO I THINK HE'S BEEN PRETTY GENEROUS
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UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES BUT HE'S BEEN VERY GENEROUS TO ME.
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I GOT HIM SHIPS, HOSPITALS, A LOT OF THINGS THAT HE NEVER
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THOUGHT -- HE HIT PAY DIRT, OKAY, AND I'VE BEEN VERY
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GENEROUS ON VENTILATORS. IF YOU LOOK, THEY HAD THOUSANDS
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OF VENTILATORS IN HIS WAREHOUSE, IN THEIR WAREHOUSE WAITING TO BE
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PICKED UP. THEY NEVER PICKED THEM UP.
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SO I'D HAVE TO HEAR IT FROM HIM FACE TO FACE.
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HOW ABOUT ONE MORE AND WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
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IS THAT OKAY. DON'T SAY THAT I CUT IT
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SHORT
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. I'M SURE PEOPLE ARE ENJOYING IT.
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IT'S AN INCREDIBLY DARK TOPIC, AN INCREDIBLY HORRIBLE TOPIC AND
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IT'S INCREDIBLY INTERESTING, THAT'S WHY EVERYBODY IS -- THEY
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ARE GOING CRAZY. THEY CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF IT AND
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THEY WANT TO BE CAREFUL. I GUESS THEY ARE STUDYING IT FOR
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THEMSELVES ALOI OF T LOT OF PEOPLE ARE POSITIVE AND THEY
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HOPE FOR THE BEST BECAUSE WHEN THIS GETS THE WRONG PERSON,
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MEANING A PERSON THAT QUALIFIES GENERALLY SPEAKING ON THE LIST,
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IT IS RAVAGING. IT IS HORRIBLE.
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GO AHEAD, HOW ABOUT YOU IN THE BACK --- THANK YOU.
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IS THERE ANY DATA TO SUGGEST THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A
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SECOND WAVE AT THE POINT OF WHICH THESE STAY AT HOME ORDERS,
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THESE LOCKDOWNS --- I'VE HEARD DR. FAUCI ANSWER THIS QUESTION,
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IF WE DO, WE'RE GOING TO BE I THINK VERY WELL PREPARED.
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AND THE SECOND WAVE WON'T BE LIKE THE FIRST WAVE.
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AND WITH THAT I BETTER LET HIM GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE TO
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THAT ANSWER BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HAVE HIM UPSET WITH ME AND
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SAY I WISH YOU WOULD HAVE ANSWERED THAT QUESTION.
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COME ON, DOCTOR. >> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SECOND
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WAVE, I THINK YOU REALLY ARE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT
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THINGS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
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FOR EXAMPLE, AFTER THE 30 DAYS, IF WE GET THE MITIGATION THAT WE
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HOPE WILL GET US TO THE SUPPRESSION THAT DR. BIRX WAS
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TALKING ABOUT, THERE'S A DANGER IF WE DON'T CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN
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THAT THAT WE WILL HAVE A RESURGENCE RIGHT WITHIN THE
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CURRENT OUTBREAK. THAT'S SORT OF A SECOND WAVE BUT
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IT REALLY IS AN EXACERBATION OF THE CURRENT WAVE.
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WE HOPE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE REALLY PUSHING
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AND WHY I WAS SO EMPHATIC ABOUT MAKING SURE WE ABID BY THOSE
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MITIGATION STRATEGIES. THE OTHER ASPECT OF THE SECOND
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WAVE IS SOMETHING THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THE VIRUS THAT THE
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PRESIDENT HEAD SIGHLY TRANSMISSIBLE AND IT'S GOING TO
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BE CIRCULATING IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS WE'RE GOING DOWN
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WHICH I THINK WE WILL AND I FEEL CERTAIN THAT WE WILL.
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THEN WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE NEXT SEASON AND AS WAS JUST
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MENTIONED, THAT'S WHEN YOU USE THE EXPERIENCE THAT YOU HAVE,
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THE INTERVENTIONS THAT YOU'VE DEVELOPED AND HOPEFULLY A
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VACCINES THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TOLL DEPLOY AS QUICKLY AS YOU
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POSSIBLY CAN. THAT'S THAT SECOND WAVE THAT
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REALLY IS MORE SEASONAL THAN AN EXACERBATION OF SOMETHING THAT
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YOU PULLED BACK ON. --- A LOT OF VERY POSITIVE
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THINGS ARE HAPPENING WITH THE THERAPEUTICS AND DRUGS OF
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DIFFERENT KINDS AND THE VACCINES.
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I THINK A LOT OF VERY POSITIVE THINGS ARE LAPPING.
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OKAY. ONE MORE.
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PLEASE, GO AHEAD. --- WORSE CASE SCENARIO THERE IS
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A REAL SCARCE TEE PROBLEM IF YOU'RE GIVING OUT 7,000
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VENTILATORS. I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHO SIGNS OFF
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ON THOSE LIFE AND DEATH DECISIONS BEFORE -- --- I WOULD
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A MIKE PENCE, MYSELF, THE HEED OF FEMA, SOME OF OUR GENERALS
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THAT ARE WORKING THAT ARE DOING AN -- WE HAVE GENERALS THAT ARE
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WORKING THAT ARE UNBELIEVABLE TALENTS, UNBELIEVABLE LEADERS
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AND IT WILL GO THROUGH ONE OF THREE OR FOUR PEOPLE, IF IT
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COMES DOWN TO THAT. I THINK WE'RE VERY WELL
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EQUIPPED. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE
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TONIGHT. I APPRECIATE IT.
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I APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST. I THINK THERE IS A GREAT
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INTEREST IN IT AND WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.