BUSINESS TRAVEL AND TOURIST
TRAVEL ENDS UP COMING HERE AS
WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, GREAT TO SEE
YOU, RICHARD ENGEL IN LONDON.
JOINING US NOW IS THE SENIOR
SCHOLAR AT JOHNS HOPKINS CENTER
FOR HEALTH SECURITY, THANKS VERY
MUCH, DOCTOR, FOR BEING WITH US.
HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU ABOUT
EUROPE, THEY WERE DOING SO WELL
COMPARED TO US AND NOW WE’RE
SEEING A SPIKE.
>> IT SORT OF ILLUSTRATES WHAT
WE KNOW ABOUT THIS VIRUS, IT
ESTABLISHES ITSELF IN THE HUMAN
POPULATION AND IT WON’T GO
ANYWHERE UNTIL WE HAVE A VACCINE
AND CROSS THAT IMMUNITY
THRESHOLD THROUGH A VACCINE.
ANY TIME YOU HAVE SOCIAL
INTERACTION, YOU HAVE TO EXPECT
YOU’LL GET CASES.
THE KEY QUESTION IS DO YOU HAVE
THE PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE
TO DEAL WITH THOSE CASES AND NOT
ALLOW THEM TO LAND ON VULNERABLE
POPULATIONS AND LEAD TO
HOSPITALIZATIONS.
SOME PLACES CAN DO THAT, SOME
PLACES CAN’T.
>> AND HERE WE’VE GOT THE SPIKES
AT COLLEGES, A THOUSAND POSITIVE
CASES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH
CAROLINA, 900 AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF IOWA, 800 AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF GEORGIA.
WE’RE TALKING ALSO ABOUT COLLEGE
TOWNS CERTAINLY IN IOWA AND
OTHER PLACES WHERE ONCE IT
ERUPTS ON CAMPUS, YOU’LL SEE IT
SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
>> YEAH, COLLEGES ARE BASICALLY
MASS GATHERINGS.
YOU’VE GOT PEOPLE COMING FROM
ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, ALL OVER
THE REGION, AND MIXING THERE,
QUADRUPLING OR EVEN QUINTUPLING
THE POPULATION OF A COLLEGE
TOWN.
THERE’S SO MUCH SOCIAL
INTERACTION THAT GOES ON OFF
CAMPUS AS WELL AS ON CAMPUS AND
IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT TO
KEEP THOSE CASES TO A MINIMUM
AND COLLEGES NEED TO HAVE VERY
EXTENSIVE PLANS IN PLACE AND
EVEN WITH THOSE PLANS THEY CAN’T
REALLY POLICE ALL THE BEHAVIOR
OF THOSE STUDENTS SO COLLEGES
ARE GOING TO BE VERY DISRUPTED
BY THIS PANDEMIC GOING FORWARD.
UNLESS THERE’S SOME SMALL
RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE WHERE MAYBE
