- This is probably the greatest
public health catastrophe
that's faced the United
States in a hundred years.
And the tragedy is we can
do something about this.
Every European country has done it,
Canada's done it,
we can do it too.
- Science is there when
policies are being made.
Science is there when health
care decisions are being made.
And science is there when
all of us as individuals
for ourselves or our family,
is deciding which steps to
take to protect ourselves
and those we love from the pandemic.
- This is where science, innovation,
and development of new tools
of therapeutics and vaccines
is going to be essential
to end this kind of crisis situation
which may go on for quite awhile.
- You would have thought right?
That this might finally be the thing
that makes the anti-vaccine
movement go away
but somehow, they've expanded their remit
to not only campaign against vaccines,
but now they're campaigning
against social distancing and masks.
So it's enlarged into an
anti-science movement.
- As scientists and those
protecting public health,
we need to make sure that
we can cut through that.
And the only way to cut through that
is by being honest and truthful
every time we are talking.
- This particular moment
is a teachable moment
for us to take science
which typically happens behind
the doors of a laboratory
in the ivory towers of science,
to the front door of people.
We understand that science
actually not only impacts
our daily lives, but that, you know,
if you don't pay attention,
it actually could have
deleterious consequences
for your own health.
I think now more than ever,
the story of science needs to be told.
- Ultimately, as it relates to this virus,
it all comes back to science.
And, I have to remain hopeful
that if we stick to science,
we will get through this
sooner and stronger.
