CORRESPONDENT, %
RON ALLEN SAT
DOWN WITH THE %
NATION’S NUMBER %
1 INFECTIOUS %
DISEASE DOCTOR, %
DR. FAUCI. %
>> THE PRESIDENT %
HAS SAID THERE %
COULD BE A %
VACCINE APPROVED
BEFORE THE
ELECTION. %
WHAT IS THE MOST %
REALISTIC TIME %
FRAME FOR
APPROVAL? %
>> I HAVE SAID %
MULTIPLE TIMES %
OVER THE LAST %
SEVERAL MONTHS %
THAT THE %
PROJECTION WOULD
BE THAT BY THE
END OF NOVEMBER, %
DECEMBER, OF
THIS CALENDAR %
YEAR, THAT WE %
WOULD HAVE AN %
ANSWER, WHETHER
OR NOT WE HAVE A
SAFE AND %
EFFECTIVE %
VACCINE THAT IS %
APPROVABLE.
IS IT POSSIBLE
THAT IT COULD BE %
BEFORE THEN? %
AND THE ANSWER %
IS YES.
I THINK IT’S %
UNLIKELY. %
BUT I THINK IT’S %
POSSIBLE.
AND THE %
POSSIBILITY WILL %
BE DICTATED BY,
FOR EXAMPLE, IF %
YOU HAVE THE %
TRIAL BEING
TAKEN PLACE IN %
AN AREA THAT %
HAPPENS TO HAVE
A LOT OF %
INFECTIONS. %
YOU MAY GET AN %
ANSWER SOONER %
THAN YOU WOULD %
HAVE PROJECTED. %
BECAUSE THE %
ANSWER IS EVENT-%
DRIVEN. %
IT’S NOT DRIVEN
BY THE TIME OF %
THE TRIAL OR BY %
THE NUMBER OF %
PEOPLE IN THE %
TRIAL. %
IT’S DRIVEN BY
THE NUMBER %
OFEVENTS OR %
INFECTIONS AS IT %
WERE, THAT YOU
HAVE IN THE %
PLACEBO GROUP, %
VERSUS THE %
EXPERIMENTAL %
GROUP. %
SO AGAIN, MY
PREDICTION IS %
GOING TO BE %
NOVEMBER-%
DECEMBER. %
BUT I WOULD NOT %
BE OVERLY %
SURPRISED, IF IT
HAPPENED BEFORE %
THEN. %
>> THAT’S %
APPROVAL. %
WHAT ABOUT
ACTUAL ROLLOUT %
OF A VACCINE. %
>> GOOD POINT. %
>> RIGHT NOW.
THERE ARE
MECHANISMS IN
PLACE, TO MAKE %
DOSES OF %
VACCINES, EVEN %
BEFORE WE KNOW %
WHETHER IT WORKS
OR NOT. %
AND THERE ARE %
PREORDERS AND %
PREPURCHASES OF %
VACCINES ON THE %
PART OF THE %
FEDERAL %
GOVERNMENT.
THE WAY IT LOOKS
LIKE IT WILL %
PLAY OUT, BY THE %
TIME WE GET TO
THE END OF THE %
YEAR WE WILL %
HAVE 2 TO 10 %
MILLION DOSES. %
WE WON’T HAVE
HUNDREDS OF %
MILLIONS OF
DOSES. %
AS WE GET INTO
2021. %
THE BEGINNING %
QUARTER AND %
FIRST HALF OF
THE YEAR. %
THEN YOU’RE %
TALKING ABOUT %
SEVERAL 10s IF
NOT HUNDREDS OF %
MILLIOPS
MILLIONS OF %
DOSES. %
>> WHAT SHOULD %
COLLEGES BE %
DOING? %
SENDING PEOPLE
HOME? %
>> COLLEGES ARE
DOING DIFFERENT
MODELS. %
SOME COLLEGES %
ARE DOING %
EVERYTHING %
VIRTUAL AND %
ONLINE. %
BUT THAT’S NOT %
WHAT MANY OF THE %
COLLEGES ARE %
DOING. %
MANY OF THEM ARE %
TESTING %
EVERYBODY BEFORE %
THEY EVEN GET ON %
INTO THE DORMS,
INTO THE CAMPUS. %
AND THEN DOING %
SURVEILLANCE.
INTERMITTENTLY.
SOMETIMES THAT’S
A COUPLE OF %
TIMES A WEEK. %
SOMETIMES THAT’S %
A LITTLEMORE. %
BUT THE
IMPORTANT THING %
IS TO HAVE THE
CAPABILITY WHEN %
RAY STUDENT GETS %
INFECTED, RATHER %
THAN CLOSE
EVERYTHING DOWN %
OR SEND THEM
HOME TO HAVE %
EITHER A DORM OR %
A FLOOR OF A %
DORM, WHERE THEY
COULD SAFELY AND %
COMFORTABLY %
SEGREGATE THEM %
FROM THE REST OF %
THE STUDENTS.
BUT WE ARE NOT
RECOMMENDING %
THAT THEY SEND
AN INFECTED %
COLLEGE STUDENT %
HOME. %
BECAUSE WHAT
YOU’RE THEN %
DOING IS GETTING %
AN INFECTED %
PERSON, AND %
PUTTING THEM %
BACK IN THE %
COMMUNITY TO %
SPREAD %
INFECTION. %
SO THE BEST %
THING YOU CAN DO %
IS TO KEEP THEM
ON CAMPUS, %
SEGREGATED FROM
THE REST OF THE %
STUDENTS. %
BUT NOT
ESSENTIALLY %
TELLING THEM TO
GO HOME. %
>> THE NUMBER OF %
AFRICAN AMERICAN %
MEDICAL STUDENTS
NOW IS ABOUT THE
SAME AS IT WAS %
DECADES AGO.
ESPECIALLY MEN. %
HOW DO YOU SOLVE %
THIS PROBLEM? %
AND HOW BIG OF A
PROBLEM DO YOU
SEE THAT AS? %
>> OH. %
IT SAY BIG %
PROBLEM. %
AND WE’VE GOT TO %
GET MORE %
MINORITY
STUDENTS INTO
MEDICAL SCHOOL %
AND NURSING %
SCHOOLS. %
BUT CERTAINLY %
MEDICAL SCHOOLS.
YOU WANT THE
MEDICAL STAFF %
THROUGHOUT THE %
COUNTRY, TO %
REFLECT AS MUCH %
AS POSSIBLE, %
WHAT THE
DEMOGRAPHY OF
THE COUNTRY IS. %
AND WE %
ABSOLUTELY NEED
MORE MINORITY, %
