>>> AT THE MOMENT IF THE CHOICE
>>> AT THE MOMENT IF THE CHOICE IS NOT HAVING PPE OR HAVING PPE
IS NOT HAVING PPE OR HAVING PPE WE’RE ALL GOING TO HAVE IT.
WE’RE ALL GOING TO HAVE IT. >> THAT WAS A LOOK AT THE FRONT
>> THAT WAS A LOOK AT THE FRONT LINE DOCUMENTARY CORONAVIRUS
LINE DOCUMENTARY CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC. JOINING US IS THE CORRESPONDENT
JOINING US IS THE CORRESPONDENT FOR THAT.
FOR THAT. AND ALSO JOINING US IS THE
AND ALSO JOINING US IS THE PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSOR AT
PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSOR AT GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY.
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY. IT’S GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH.
IT’S GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH. >> GREAT TO HAVE BOTH OF YOU ON.
>> GREAT TO HAVE BOTH OF YOU ON. WE’RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU ON.
WE’RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU ON. LIKE THREE PLANE CRASHES OVER
LIKE THREE PLANE CRASHES OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS.
THE PAST 20 YEARS. I’D LOVE THE ASK YOU ABOUT BUT
I’D LOVE THE ASK YOU ABOUT BUT WE’LL SKIP THAT FOR NOW AND
WE’LL SKIP THAT FOR NOW AND INSTEAD, LET’S TALK ABOUT JUST
INSTEAD, LET’S TALK ABOUT JUST FASCINATING, YOU’RE FASCINATING
FASCINATING, YOU’RE FASCINATING LOOK AT A TALE OF TWO
LOOK AT A TALE OF TWO WASHINGTONS.
WASHINGTONS. TELL US ABOUT IT.
TELL US ABOUT IT. >> WELL, WHEN THE PANDEMIC FIRST
>> WELL, WHEN THE PANDEMIC FIRST ARRIVED ON OUR SHORES, OF COURSE
ARRIVED ON OUR SHORES, OF COURSE IT HAPPENED HERE.
IT HAPPENED HERE. I’M SITTING IN SEATTLE THIS
I’M SITTING IN SEATTLE THIS MORNING.
MORNING. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. IT’S THE MIDPART OF JANUARY.
IT’S THE MIDPART OF JANUARY. IT WAS ONE CASE.
IT WAS ONE CASE. AND THERE’S USUALLY A THOUSAND.
AND THERE’S USUALLY A THOUSAND. THEY FIND THIS PERSON AND HOW DO
THEY FIND THIS PERSON AND HOW DO THEY CONTAIN THE STORY AND HOW
THEY CONTAIN THE STORY AND HOW DO THEY DO THE CONTRACT TRACING?
DO THEY DO THE CONTRACT TRACING? WHAT LIED AHEAD.
WHAT LIED AHEAD. WHAT WAS BENEATH THE SURFACE?
WHAT WAS BENEATH THE SURFACE? THE RESPONSE WAS VERY GOOD AND
THE RESPONSE WAS VERY GOOD AND THE REPARATIONS WERE GOOD AND
THE REPARATIONS WERE GOOD AND WERE IT NOT FOR A LITTLE BETTER
WERE IT NOT FOR A LITTLE BETTER TESTING AND CAPEABILITY AT THE
TESTING AND CAPEABILITY AT THE OUT DPSZ
OUT DPSZ OUTSET THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE
OUTSET THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTAIN IT SOONER.
TO CONTAIN IT SOONER. A LOT OF WHY IT BEGAN HERE IN
A LOT OF WHY IT BEGAN HERE IN WASHINGTON IS BECAUSE FOLKS HERE
WASHINGTON IS BECAUSE FOLKS HERE IN WASHINGTON WERE REALLY
IN WASHINGTON WERE REALLY LOOKING.
LOOKING. THEY KNEW THIS WAS ON ITS WAY
THEY KNEW THIS WAS ON ITS WAY AND THEY WERE PREPARED.
AND THEY WERE PREPARED. >> LET’S GO.
>> LET’S GO. SHE HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU.
SHE HAS A QUESTION FOR YOU. >> MILES, WHAT YOU’RE TALKING
>> MILES, WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT THERE IS THAT CONTRACT
ABOUT THERE IS THAT CONTRACT TRACING WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN
TRACING WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN SO CRITICAL IN THE COUNTRIES
SO CRITICAL IN THE COUNTRIES THAT HAVE MANAGED THIS WELL.
THAT HAVE MANAGED THIS WELL. ARE YOU GETTING AN INDICATION
ARE YOU GETTING AN INDICATION THAT DURING THIS -- BASICALLY
THAT DURING THIS -- BASICALLY THIS TIME WE ARE BUYING WITH
THIS TIME WE ARE BUYING WITH LOCK DOWN THE ARMIES OF CONTRACT
LOCK DOWN THE ARMIES OF CONTRACT TRACES THAT AMERICA WILL BE
TRACES THAT AMERICA WILL BE NEEDED RIGHT AROUND THE COUNTRY
NEEDED RIGHT AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE BEING BUILT UP?
ARE BEING BUILT UP? I HAVE SEEN SOME EXAMPLES OF
I HAVE SEEN SOME EXAMPLES OF DOING SOME OF IT.
DOING SOME OF IT. MASSACHUSETTS IS DOING.
MASSACHUSETTS IS DOING. >> THEY RAMPED UP TESTING AS
>> THEY RAMPED UP TESTING AS QUICKLY AS THEY COULD DESPITE
QUICKLY AS THEY COULD DESPITE OBSTACLES THAT MADE IT DIFFICULT
OBSTACLES THAT MADE IT DIFFICULT AT THE OUTSET.
AT THE OUTSET. TODAY THEY COULD DO 3,000 TESTS
TODAY THEY COULD DO 3,000 TESTS A DAY.
A DAY. BUT THAT STILL PALES BY
BUT THAT STILL PALES BY COMPARISON TO CONSIDER THE
COMPARISON TO CONSIDER THE DEMAND AND THE NEED AND IT’S NOT
DEMAND AND THE NEED AND IT’S NOT SO MUCH THE CAPABILITY OF THE
SO MUCH THE CAPABILITY OF THE LABS AND THE PEOPLE THAT PROCESS
LABS AND THE PEOPLE THAT PROCESS THE TESTS BUT IT’S THE
THE TESTS BUT IT’S THE MATERIALS.
MATERIALS. THE REAGENTS AND THE SUPPLIES.
THE REAGENTS AND THE SUPPLIES. AND THAT’S WHERE THE NATIONAL
AND THAT’S WHERE THE NATIONAL NEED COMES IN.
NEED COMES IN. THIS IS WHERE IF YOU MOBILIZE
THIS IS WHERE IF YOU MOBILIZE AMERICAN INDUSTRY AND START
AMERICAN INDUSTRY AND START PRODUCING THE SUPPLIES TO MAKE
PRODUCING THE SUPPLIES TO MAKE THESE TESTS WE CAN BEGIN TO
THESE TESTS WE CAN BEGIN TO START TO REALLY IDENTIFY THE
START TO REALLY IDENTIFY THE FULL SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM AND
FULL SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM AND TRY TO PUT A WING AROUND THESE
TRY TO PUT A WING AROUND THESE CASES.
CASES. >> ALL RIGHT.
>> ALL RIGHT. YOU HAVE A PIECE IN THE
YOU HAVE A PIECE IN THE WASHINGTON POST.
WASHINGTON POST. IT’S BASICALLY ON THE THREE KEY
IT’S BASICALLY ON THE THREE KEY ISSUES MISSING FROM TRUMP’S
ISSUES MISSING FROM TRUMP’S GUIDANCE ON REOPENING THE
GUIDANCE ON REOPENING THE COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. NUMBER ONE, CLEARLY AS TESTING
NUMBER ONE, CLEARLY AS TESTING MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT
MOST PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT WITHOUT TESTING YOU DON’T HAVE A
WITHOUT TESTING YOU DON’T HAVE A ROAD MAP.
ROAD MAP. ESPECIALLY FOR THE ASYMPTOMATIC
ESPECIALLY FOR THE ASYMPTOMATIC CARRIERS.
CARRIERS. NUMBER TWO, YOU TALK ABOUT
NUMBER TWO, YOU TALK ABOUT SECURING THE GOVERNMENTS ROLE
SECURING THE GOVERNMENTS ROLE FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO SECURE
FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO SECURE TESTS.
TESTS. VENTILATORS AND PPE.
VENTILATORS AND PPE. RIGHT NOW THE STATE ESTABLISH
RIGHT NOW THE STATE ESTABLISH ARE
ARE -- THE STATES ARE DOING IT.
-- THE STATES ARE DOING IT. WHY IS THE FEDERAL COORDINATION,
WHY IS THE FEDERAL COORDINATION, I GUESS, USING THE DPA, WHY IS
I GUESS, USING THE DPA, WHY IS THAT THE ONLY WAY FORWARD?
THAT THE ONLY WAY FORWARD? >> IT DOESN’T MAKE SENSE FOR
>> IT DOESN’T MAKE SENSE FOR THERE TO BE 50 DIFFERENT
THERE TO BE 50 DIFFERENT STRATEGIES WHEN THERE NEEDS TO
STRATEGIES WHEN THERE NEEDS TO BE A NATIONALLY COORDINATED
BE A NATIONALLY COORDINATED EFFORT.
EFFORT. WE HEARD ABOUT HOW THEY’RE
WE HEARD ABOUT HOW THEY’RE BIDDING AGAINST EACH OTHER FOR
BIDDING AGAINST EACH OTHER FOR SWABS AND REAGENTS TO PROCESS
SWABS AND REAGENTS TO PROCESS THESE TESTS OR HOW MASKS ARE IN
THESE TESTS OR HOW MASKS ARE IN SUCH SHORT SUPPLY THAT THERE’S A
SUCH SHORT SUPPLY THAT THERE’S A COMPETITION BETWEEN THE FEDERAL
COMPETITION BETWEEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND INDIVIDUAL
GOVERNMENT AND INDIVIDUAL LOCALITIES AND THEN THERE’S THE
LOCALITIES AND THEN THERE’S THE ISSUE TOO OF ESTABLISHING A
ISSUE TOO OF ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE.
PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE. WHAT SHE WAS SAYING EARLIER, WE
WHAT SHE WAS SAYING EARLIER, WE NEED POTENTIALLY HUNDREDS OF
NEED POTENTIALLY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW PUBLIC HEALTH
THOUSANDS OF NEW PUBLIC HEALTH WORKERS WHO CAN IDENTIFY
WORKERS WHO CAN IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS WHO TEST POSITIVE,
INDIVIDUALS WHO TEST POSITIVE, FIND THE CONTACTS AND QUARANTINE
FIND THE CONTACTS AND QUARANTINE AND ISOLATE THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
AND ISOLATE THOSE INDIVIDUALS. I MEAN, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
I MEAN, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HIRING MAYBE UP TO 300,000 NEW
HIRING MAYBE UP TO 300,000 NEW PEOPLE WITHIN A MATTER OF WEEKS
PEOPLE WITHIN A MATTER OF WEEKS AND WE CAN’T HAVE 50 DIFFERENT
AND WE CAN’T HAVE 50 DIFFERENT STATES EACH WITH THEIR OWN
STATES EACH WITH THEIR OWN PROTOCOLS, EACH TRYING TO
PROTOCOLS, EACH TRYING TO RECRUIT THEIR OWN EMPLOYEES AND
RECRUIT THEIR OWN EMPLOYEES AND THEN TRAINING THEM AND DEPLOYING
THEN TRAINING THEM AND DEPLOYING THEM.
THEM. THAT MAKES NO SENSE.
THAT MAKES NO SENSE. AND WE’RE GOING TO SEE MORE
AND WE’RE GOING TO SEE MORE DEATHS AS A RESULT.
DEATHS AS A RESULT. >> FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH
>> FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE IS THE FAILURE TO
PERSPECTIVE IS THE FAILURE TO REVOKE THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION
REVOKE THE DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT AND DO THIS ON A NATIONAL
ACT AND DO THIS ON A NATIONAL LEVEL MAKING IT HARDER TO
LEVEL MAKING IT HARDER TO REOPEN?
REOPEN? LESS SAFE?
LESS SAFE? >> IT’S MAKING IT HARDER TO
>> IT’S MAKING IT HARDER TO REOPEN AND EXTENDING THE TIME
REOPEN AND EXTENDING THE TIME LINE.
LINE. WE HAVE TO STOP LOOKING AT THE
WE HAVE TO STOP LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF CASES AS A WEATHER
NUMBER OF CASES AS A WEATHER FORECAST BECAUSE EVERYTHING
FORECAST BECAUSE EVERYTHING HAPPENING NOW IS NOT INEVITABLE.
HAPPENING NOW IS NOT INEVITABLE. IT’S NOT LIKE OH THERE’S A
IT’S NOT LIKE OH THERE’S A HURRICANE THAT’S GOING TO HIT US
HURRICANE THAT’S GOING TO HIT US AT A CERTAIN TIME.
AT A CERTAIN TIME. ACTUALLY OUR ACTIONS RIGHT NOW
ACTUALLY OUR ACTIONS RIGHT NOW MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE ON THE
MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE ON THE TRAJECTORY OF THE DISEASE AND
TRAJECTORY OF THE DISEASE AND WHEN WE CAN REOPEN.
WHEN WE CAN REOPEN. THE LONGER IT TAKES TO BUILD THE
THE LONGER IT TAKES TO BUILD THE CAPABILITIES THE LONGER IT’S
CAPABILITIES THE LONGER IT’S GOING TO TAKE TO REOPEN THE
GOING TO TAKE TO REOPEN THE ECONOMY AND WHEN THAT OCCURS I
ECONOMY AND WHEN THAT OCCURS I HOPE THAT WE’RE NOT GOING TO SEE
HOPE THAT WE’RE NOT GOING TO SEE A SECOND SURGE OF DEATHS WHICH
A SECOND SURGE OF DEATHS WHICH COULD OCCUR IF WE END UP
COULD OCCUR IF WE END UP REOPENING TOO SOON BEFORE THESE
REOPENING TOO SOON BEFORE THESE CAPABILITIES ARE ALL SET UP.
CAPABILITIES ARE ALL SET UP. >>> YOU WERE THE FIRST TO
>>> YOU WERE THE FIRST TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE THAT THESE
EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE THAT THESE SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES ARE
SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES ARE REAL.
REAL. THIS IS NOT A SNOW DAY.
THIS IS NOT A SNOW DAY. THIS IS NOT WHERE KIDS GO ON
THIS IS NOT WHERE KIDS GO ON SPRING BREAK AND HANG OUT AND
SPRING BREAK AND HANG OUT AND THIS WAS SERIOUS AND IF YOU
THIS WAS SERIOUS AND IF YOU DON’T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY PEOPLE
DON’T TAKE IT SERIOUSLY PEOPLE WILL DIE AND THAT WAS PROVED TO
WILL DIE AND THAT WAS PROVED TO BE CORRECT.
BE CORRECT. SO I WANT TO ASK YOU NOW HOW
SO I WANT TO ASK YOU NOW HOW SHOULD FAMILIES BE LOOKING AT
SHOULD FAMILIES BE LOOKING AT THIS?
THIS? THEY CAN’T REALLY DEPEND ON
THEY CAN’T REALLY DEPEND ON PRESIDENT TRUMP TO UNDERSTAND
PRESIDENT TRUMP TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TEMPERATURE IS OF THE
WHAT THE TEMPERATURE IS OF THE PROBLEM.
PROBLEM. SHOULD FAMILIES BE BACK AND
SHOULD FAMILIES BE BACK AND REALLY STAYING IN COMPLETELY AND
REALLY STAYING IN COMPLETELY AND HOW LONG SHOULD THEY BE
HOW LONG SHOULD THEY BE CONSIDERING THEIR LIFE BEING
CONSIDERING THEIR LIFE BEING LIKE THIS?
LIKE THIS? FROM YOUR ESTIMATE?
FROM YOUR ESTIMATE? WHAT YOU THINK FROM A SCIENCE
WHAT YOU THINK FROM A SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE.
PERSPECTIVE. >> YOU’RE RIGHT.
>> YOU’RE RIGHT. WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE DATA AND
WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE DATA AND THE SCIENCE HERE AND WHAT WE
THE SCIENCE HERE AND WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT SOCIAL DISTANCING
KNOW IS THAT SOCIAL DISTANCING IS WORKING.
IS WORKING. THAT THE ONLY WAY AT THIS POINT
THAT THE ONLY WAY AT THIS POINT FOR US TO REDUCE THE RATE OF
FOR US TO REDUCE THE RATE OF TRAPS MISSION IS TO STOP THE
TRAPS MISSION IS TO STOP THE PERSON TO PERSON CONTACT AND
PERSON TO PERSON CONTACT AND THAT IS WHAT HAS BEEN WORKING
THAT IS WHAT HAS BEEN WORKING AND FLATTENING THE CURVE.
AND FLATTENING THE CURVE. THAT’S WHAT HAS BEEN WORKING TO
THAT’S WHAT HAS BEEN WORKING TO REDUCE THE BURDEN ON OUR HEALTH
REDUCE THE BURDEN ON OUR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND THAT’S WHAT HAS
CARE SYSTEM AND THAT’S WHAT HAS BEEN WORKING TO SAVE LIVES.
BEEN WORKING TO SAVE LIVES. FAMILIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO STAY
FAMILIES SHOULD CONTINUE TO STAY AS THEIR UNIT.
AS THEIR UNIT. THEIR HOUSEHOLD UNIT AND TRY TO
THEIR HOUSEHOLD UNIT AND TRY TO STAY AWAY FROM OTHERS AS MUCH AS
STAY AWAY FROM OTHERS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. THERE’S PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO GO
THERE’S PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO GO GET GROCERIES BUT AS MUCH AS WE
GET GROCERIES BUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN WE SHOULD HONOR THE
CAN WE SHOULD HONOR THE SACRIFICES OF ALL OF THE
SACRIFICES OF ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE ALREADY
INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE ALREADY DONE SO MUCH TO MISS SCHOOL AND
DONE SO MUCH TO MISS SCHOOL AND MISS WORK AND CONTINUE TO HUNKER
MISS WORK AND CONTINUE TO HUNKER DOWN AND THIS IS EXTREMELY HARD
DOWN AND THIS IS EXTREMELY HARD BUT AGAIN WE ARE SAVING LIVES
BUT AGAIN WE ARE SAVING LIVES AND PROTECTING OUR OWN
AND PROTECTING OUR OWN COMMUNITIES.
COMMUNITIES. >> MILES, WE HAVE COVERED YOUR
>> MILES, WE HAVE COVERED YOUR CAREER CLOSELY FOR A LONG TIME.
CAREER CLOSELY FOR A LONG TIME. WE’RE BIG FANS.
WE’RE BIG FANS. WE HAVE SEEN YOU FOLLOW THE
WE HAVE SEEN YOU FOLLOW THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY. IT’S AN INDUSTRY THAT HASN’T HAD
IT’S AN INDUSTRY THAT HASN’T HAD A FATAL CRASH IN 11 YEARS.
A FATAL CRASH IN 11 YEARS. WE HAVE SEEN YOU FOLLOW NASA AND
WE HAVE SEEN YOU FOLLOW NASA AND WE HAVE BEEN AHEAD IN THAT RACE
WE HAVE BEEN AHEAD IN THAT RACE EVER SINCE.
EVER SINCE. SCIENCE, SOMETHING YOU HAVE
SCIENCE, SOMETHING YOU HAVE REPORTED ON SO MUCH.
REPORTED ON SO MUCH. WHEN IT COMES TO NOBEL PRIZES
WHEN IT COMES TO NOBEL PRIZES THERE’S NOT A CLOSE SECOND TO
THERE’S NOT A CLOSE SECOND TO THE UNITED STATES SO HOW DID WE
THE UNITED STATES SO HOW DID WE FAIL SO MISERABLY IN THE
FAIL SO MISERABLY IN THE GREATEST SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL
GREATEST SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL CHALLENGE OF OUR TIME?
CHALLENGE OF OUR TIME? >> IT’S AN IMPORTANT QUESTION,
>> IT’S AN IMPORTANT QUESTION, ISN’T IT, JOE?
ISN’T IT, JOE? THE INTERSECTION OF SCIENCE AND
THE INTERSECTION OF SCIENCE AND POLITICS IS A PRETTY UGLY PLACE
POLITICS IS A PRETTY UGLY PLACE THESE DAYS AND IT’S BEEN THAT
THESE DAYS AND IT’S BEEN THAT WAY FOR DECADES.
WAY FOR DECADES. AND THEY MOVE ON FOR POLITICAL
AND THEY MOVE ON FOR POLITICAL GAINS.
GAINS. LOOKING AT SCIENCE THROUGH A
LOOKING AT SCIENCE THROUGH A POLITICAL PRISM HAS GREAT
POLITICAL PRISM HAS GREAT CONSEQUENCES.
CONSEQUENCES. PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT CLIMATE
PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE FOR A LONG TIME HAVE BEEN
CHANGE FOR A LONG TIME HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR A LONG TIME BUT
SAYING THIS FOR A LONG TIME BUT THAT’S A CRISIS THAT’S A LITTLE
THAT’S A CRISIS THAT’S A LITTLE HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THE
HARDER FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THE CONSEQUENCES OF ALTHOUGH THAT’S
CONSEQUENCES OF ALTHOUGH THAT’S CHANGING.
CHANGING. BUT IN THIS CASE, IN THE CASE OF
BUT IN THIS CASE, IN THE CASE OF A PANDEMIC, INJECTING POLITICS
A PANDEMIC, INJECTING POLITICS IN THE MIDDLE OF IT AND
IN THE MIDDLE OF IT AND DISCOUNTING THE DATA AND WHAT
DISCOUNTING THE DATA AND WHAT SCIENCE ARE SAYING HAS REAL
SCIENCE ARE SAYING HAS REAL CONSEQUENCES, LIVES ARE LOST AND
CONSEQUENCES, LIVES ARE LOST AND IT’S TIME TO PUT THE POLITICS
IT’S TIME TO PUT THE POLITICS ASIDE AND TRULY LOOK AT THE --
ASIDE AND TRULY LOOK AT THE -- AT WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE TELLING
AT WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE TELLING US.
US. THEY’RE NOT LYING.
THEY’RE NOT LYING. THEY’RE NOT LYING TO US.
THEY’RE NOT LYING TO US. YOU ALSO LOOK AT THE FRICTION
YOU ALSO LOOK AT THE FRICTION BETWEEN SCIENCE AND ECONOMICS.
BETWEEN SCIENCE AND ECONOMICS. THAT SEEMS TO BE HIS ACHILLES
THAT SEEMS TO BE HIS ACHILLES HEEL WHEN IT COMES TO REOPENING
HEEL WHEN IT COMES TO REOPENING THE ECONOMY.
THE ECONOMY. HE’S LISTENING TO PEOPLE LIKE
HE’S LISTENING TO PEOPLE LIKE LARRY KUDLOW AT TIMES INSTEAD OF
LARRY KUDLOW AT TIMES INSTEAD OF DR. FAUCI.
DR. FAUCI. OF COURSE, ULTIMATELY HE SEEMS
OF COURSE, ULTIMATELY HE SEEMS TO GET TO THE RIGHT DECISION ON
TO GET TO THE RIGHT DECISION ON SOME OF HIS HEALTH CARE
SOME OF HIS HEALTH CARE DECISIONS BUT STILL, THAT
DECISIONS BUT STILL, THAT FRICTION HAS BEEN UNDERLYING SO
FRICTION HAS BEEN UNDERLYING SO MUCH CHAOS IN THE WHITE HOUSE’S
MUCH CHAOS IN THE WHITE HOUSE’S DELIVERY OF THEIR MESSAGE.
DELIVERY OF THEIR MESSAGE. >> IT ISN’T TIME TO BE PLAYING
>> IT ISN’T TIME TO BE PLAYING SMALL POLITICAL GAME WHEN YOU’RE
SMALL POLITICAL GAME WHEN YOU’RE DEALING WITH A GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
DEALING WITH A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. AND WE DO THAT AT GREAT PEARL.
AND WE DO THAT AT GREAT PEARL. WHAT I HAVE SEEN IS A POLITICAL
WHAT I HAVE SEEN IS A POLITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE LISTENING TO THE
INFRASTRUCTURE LISTENING TO THE SCIENCE AND THE DATA AND HAS
SCIENCE AND THE DATA AND HAS DONE THE BEST THEY CAN.
DONE THE BEST THEY CAN. OTHER STATES HAVE DONE THAT AS
OTHER STATES HAVE DONE THAT AS WELL.
WELL. BUT UNTIL WE HAVE A COHESIVE
BUT UNTIL WE HAVE A COHESIVE NATIONAL APPROACH TO WHAT IS
NATIONAL APPROACH TO WHAT IS AFTER ALL EVERY PERSON ON THE
AFTER ALL EVERY PERSON ON THE PLANET WE’RE NOT GOING TO GET
PLANET WE’RE NOT GOING TO GET OUT OF THIS.
OUT OF THIS. IT PREMIERES TOMORROW NIGHT ON
