 
IS DOING TO GET 
THE OUTBREAK 
UNDER CONTROL.  G
SEEMS LARGELY IN 
SUN BELT. 
BUT COULD BE 
SPREADING. 
MY TEAM IS ALSO 
WORKING NIGHT 
AND DAY WITH 
CAPITOL HILL TO 
ADVANCE THE NEXT 
ECONOMIC RELIEF 
PACKAGE. 
WE'RE WORKING 
VERY  RHARD ON IT. 
WE'RE MAKING 
PROGRESS. 
I ALSO KNOW THAT 
BOTH SIDES WANT 
TO GET IT DONE. 
WE'LL CALL IT 
PHASE 4. I THINK 
WE'RE GOING TO 
GET IT DONE.'R 
WE'LL PROTECT 
OUR WORKERS, OUR 
SCHOOLS AND OUR 
FAMILIES, AND 
PROTECT THEM 
VERY STRONGLY. 
AS ONE FAMILY, 
WE MOURN EVERY 
PRECIOUS LIFE 
THAT HAS BEEN 
LOST. 
I PLEDGE IN 
THEIR HONOR THAT 
WE WILL DEVELOP 
A VACCINE. 
AND WE WILL 
DEFEAT THE 
VIRUS. 
WE'RE DOING VERY 
WELL WITH THE 
VACCINE 
DEVELOPMENT AND 
THERAPEUTIC 
DEVELOPMENT. 
BUT I WANT TO 
THANK OUR BRAVE 
DOCTORS AND 
NURSES AND FRONT 
LINE RESPONDERS, 
THE JOB THEY DO 
IS INCREDIBLE. 
AND THEY ARE 
TRULY BRAVE. 
MY 
ADMINISTRATION 
WILL STOP AT 
NOTHING TO SAVE 
LIVES AND SHIELD 
THE VULNERABLE, 
WHICH IS SO 
IMPORTANT. 
WE'VE LEARNED SO IS
MUCH ABOUT THIS 
DISEASE. 
AND WE CHKNOW WHO 
THE VULNERABLE 
ARE. 
AND WE ARE ABGOING 
TO INDEED SHIELD 
THEM. 
AND AGAIN, THE 
VACCINES ARE 
COMING. 
AND THEY'RE 
COMING A LOT 
SOONER THAN 
ANYONE THOUGHT 
POSSIBLE. 
BY YEARS. 
WHEN YOU LOOK AT 
THE OLD SYSTEM N 
AND LOOK AT THE 
NEW SYSTEM, I 
THINK BY YEARS. 
THE CHINA VIRUS 
IS A VICIOUS AND 
DANGEROUS 
ILLNESS. 
BUT WE'VE 
LEARNED A NGGREAT 
DEAL ABOUT IT. 
AND WHO IT 
TARGETS. UT
WE ARE IN THE 
PROCESS OF 
DEVELOPING A 
STRATEGY OFTHAT IS 
GOING TO BE 
VERY, VERY 
POWERFUL. 
WE'VE DEVELOPED 
AS WE GO ALONG, 
SOME AREAS OF 
OUR COUNTRY ARE 
DOING VERY WELL. 
OTHERS ARE DOING 
LESS WELL. L.
IT WILL 
PROBABLY, 
UNFORTUNATELY, , 
GET WORSE BEFORE 
IT GETS BETTER. 
SOMETHING I 
DON'T LIKE 
SAYING ABOUT 
THINGS, LIBUT 
THAT'S THE WAY 
IT IS. 
IT'S WHAT WE 
HAVE.  I
YOU LOOK ALL 
OVER THE WORLD. 
IT'S ALL OVER 
THE WORLD. 
AND IT TENDS TO 
DO THAT. 
THE GOVERNORS 
ARE WORKING 
VERY, VERY HARD. 
AND WE ARE 
SUPPORTING THEM 
100%. 
EVERYTHING THEY 
NEED, THEY GET. 
AND WE ARE 
TAKING GOOD 
CARE. 
WE HAVE RE
TREMENDOUS 
SUPPLIES AND A 
GREAT SUPPLY 
CHAIN, WHETHER 
IT'S VENTILATORS 
OR GOWNS OR  JUST ST
ABOUT ANYTHING 
THEY NEED. 
SO THAT'S A BIG 
DIFFERENCE FROM 
INHERITING VERY, 
VERY EMPTY M 
CUPBOARDS. 
THE MEDIAN AGE 
OF S.THOSE WHO 
SUCCUMB TO THE 
CHINA VIRUS IS 
78 YEARS OLD. 
ROUGHLY HALF OF 
ALL DEATHS HAVE 
BEEN INDIVIDUALS 
IN NURSING HOMES 
OR IN LONG-TERM 
CARE. 
IN ONE STUDY, 
90% OF THOSE 
HOSPITALIZED HAD 
UNDERLYING 
MEDICAL 
CONDITIONS, 
WHETHER IT'S , 
HEART OR 
DIABETES, BUT 
USUALLY, IT'S 
SOME KIND OF A 
CONDITION, IT 
SEEMS THAT 
PEOPLE HAVE 
THAT. 
 THEY DO, 
IT'S A PROBLEM, 
NO QUESTION 
ABOUT IT. 
YOUNG ADULTS MAY 
OFTEN HAVE MILD 
OR EVEN NO 
SYMPTOMS. 
THEY WON'T EVEN 
KNOW THEY'RE 
SICK. 
THEY WON'T HAVE 
ANY IDEA THEY 
HAVE A VIRUS. 
THEY WON'T HAVE VE
ANY IDEA AT ALL. 
AMERICA'S YOUTH 
WILL ACT 
RESPONSIBLY. 
AND WE'RE 
EVERYBODY THAT 
WHEN YOU ARE NOT 
ABLE TO S  SOCIALLY 
DISTANCE,  WEAR A 
MASK. 
GET A MASK. 
WHETHER YOU LIKE 
THE MASK OR NOT, 
THEY HAVE AN 
IMPACT. 
THEY'LL HAVE AN 
EFFECT. 
AND WE NEED 
EVERYTHING WE 
CAN GET. 
DATA SHOWS 
CHILDREN HAVE 
THE LOWEST 
FATALITY RISK. EN
99.96% OF ALL 
VIRUS FATALITIES 
ARE IN ADULTS. 
THINK OF THAT. 
SO THAT'S MUCH, 
MUCH, MUCH LESS 
THAN 1%. 
FOR CHILDREN, 
YOUNG PEOPLE. 
BY UNDERSTANDING 
THESE RISK 
PROFILES TAAND 
LEARNING HOW TO 
TREAT THE 
DISEASE, WE HAVE 
BEEN ABLE TO 
GREATLY REDUCE 
MORTALITY IN THE 
UNITED STATES. 
IN FACT, WE'LL 
SHOW YOU A CHART 
AND HOW WELL WE 
DO COMPARED TO WE
THE REST OF THE 
WORLD. 
WE HAVE SEVERAL 
TREATMENTS 
ALREADY 
AVAILABLE THAT 
SIGNIFICANTLY 
REDUCE THE 
SEVERITY ANAND 
DURATION OF THE 
DISEASE, 
INCLUDING 
REMDESIVIR, 
WHICH HAS BEEN 
VERY SUCCESSFUL 
AND MADE WIDELY 
AVAILABLE, 
STEROID 
TREATMENT. 
AND WE OIHAVE MANY 
MORE HAPPENING, 
AND COMING OUT. 
WE'VE LEARNED 
BEST PRACTICES 
FOR TREATMENT OF D 
THE VIRUS AT 
EVERY STAGE. 
AND HAVE SHARED 
THESE FINDINGS 
WITH MEDICAL 
PROVIDERS. 
AND WE'VE SHARED AL
THEM ALL OVER 
THE WORLD. 
BUT THE 
RELATIONSHIP 
WITH OTHER T SH
COUNTRIES HAS 
BEEN VERY 
STRONG. 
WE'RE ALL 
WORKING 
TOGETHER. 
THIS INCLUDES 
ENSURING ALL 
HOSPITALS ARE 
AWARE OF THE 
IMPORTANCE OF 
DIFFERENT 
APPROACHES TO 
OXYGEN 
TREATMENT, 
INCLUDING HIGH-
FLOW OXYGEN, THE 
IMPORTANCE OF 
STEROID OX 
ER
TREATMENT FOR 
THOSE ON 
VENTILATORS. TM
AND WHEN YOU'RE 
ON A VENTILATOR, 
WE'VE LEARNED A 
TREMENDOUS NE
AMOUNT ABOUT THE 
USE OF THE 
VENTILATOR. 
AND AT THE 
BEGINNING, 
PEOPLE NEVER HAD 
AN EXPERIENCE 
LIKE THIS, WHERE 
WE NEEDED SO 
MANY VENTILATORS 
SO FAST. 
AND EVEN LATHE USE 
OF THE 
VENTILATORS. 
BUT THE DOCTORS  T
HAVE BECOME 
INCREDIBLY, AND 
NURSES AND 
HELPERS, HAVE 
BECOME 
INCREDIBLY GOOD ER
AT THE USE OF 
VENTILATORS, 
WHICH IS 
ACTUALLY A VERY 
COMPLICATED 
PROCEDURE. 
AND ALLOCATING LI 
REMDESIVIR TO 
HOSPITALS BASED 
ON NEW 
ADMISSIONS, 
SINCE IT WORKS 
BEST EARLY IN 
HOSPITALIZATION. 
AND THAT'S 
SOMETHING THAT 
THEY HAVE REALLY 
STARTED. 
THEY'RE USING IT 
MUCH EARLIER.  
FATALITIES 
NATIONWIDE, HAVE 
FALLEN.  
75%, SINCE MID-
APRIL. 
IT'S A GREAT 
NUMBER. 
AS CASES AND 
FATALITIES RISE 
IN CERTAIN HARD-
HIT STATES, 
WHICH  YOU'RE 
LOOKING AT RIGHT 
NOW. 
WE'RE SURGING 
PERSONNEL 
SUPPLIES AND 
THERAPEUTICS. 
WE AGAIN HAVE 
TREMENDOUS 
AMOUNTS OF 
SUPPLIES. 
WE ARE IN %DOVERY 
GOOD SHAPE, AND 
WE CAN MOVE THEM 
VERY QUICKLY. 
OUR CASE 
FATALITY RATE 
HAS CONTINUED TO 
DECLINE AND IS 
LOWER THAN THE 
EUROPEAN UNION 
AND ALMOST TH
EVERYWHERE ELSE 
IN THE WORLD. 
IF YOU WATCH 
AMERICAN 
TELEVISION, 
YOU'D THINK THE 
UNITED  STATES 
WAS THE ONLY 
COUNTRY INVOLVED 
WITH AND 
SUFFERING FROM 
THE CHINA VIRUS, 
WHILE THE WORLD 
IS SUFFERING 
VERY BADLY. 
BUT THE FACT IS 
THAT MANY 
COUNTRIES ARE 
SUFFERING VERY, 
VERY, VERY 
BADLY. 
ASK THEY WERE 
SUFFERING FROM 
THIS VIRUS FOR A 
LONG TIME. %
WE'VE DONE MUCH 
BETTER THAN 
MOST, AND WITH 
THE FATALITY 
RATE AT A LOWER 
RATE THAN MOST, 
IT IS SOMETHING 
THAT WE CAN TALK 
ABOUT, BUT WE'RE 
WORKING AGAIN 
WITH THEM. 
BECAUSE WE'RE AG
HELPING A LOT OF 
COUNTRIES THAT 
PEOPLE DON'T 
EVEN KNOW ABOUT. 
I GET CALLS ALL 
THE TIME, ASKING 
FOR HELP. 
ESPECIALLY AS IT 
PERTAINS TO THE 
VENTILATORS. 
THEY NEED HELP 
WITH 
VENTILATORS. 
THEY HAVE TO GET 
THEM. 
THEY'RE VERY 
HARD TO GET. OREYTH
%
WE'RE MAKING 
THOUSANDS NOW A 
MONTH. 
THOUSANDS OF 
VENTILATORS A 
MONTH. 
IT'S BEEN QUITE 
AMAZING. H.OR
WE KEEP DOING A 
GOOD JOB AND 
THINGS WILL GET 
BETTER AND 
BETTER. 
WE'LL BE PUTTING 
UP CHARTS BEHIND 
ME, SHOWING 
DIFFERENT 
STA50ITIVITY -- 
STATISTICS. 
DIFFERENT RATES 
OF SUCCESS, I 
GUESS YOU COULD 
SAY, ALSO, 
THINGS THAT WE 
CAN DO BETTER 
ON. 
BUT YOU'LL SEE 
THEM. 
THEY'LL BE PUT 
UP AS WE GO. 
IN APRIL, THE 
AVERAGE AGE OF 
INDIVIDUALS WHO 
TESTED POSITIVE 
FOR THE VIRUS 
WAS OVER 50 
YEARS OLD. 
TODAY, THE 
AVERAGE AGE IS 
SIGNIFICANTLY 
YOUNGER. 
HOSPITAL LENGTHS 
OF STAY Y  ARE 
ALMOST HALF OF 
WHAT THEY WERE 
IN APRIL. 
SO THE STAYS ARE 
ABOUT HALF THE 
RATE OF CASES 
REQUIRING 
HOSPITALIZATION 
IS BEING 
REDUCED. 
AND MORTALITY 
AMONG THOSE 
ADMITTED IZEITO THE 
HOSPITAL IS 
NEARLY 1 
-- ONE-HALF OF 
WHAT IT WAS IN 
APRIL. 
WE'RE LEARNING A 
LOT. 
WE'RE LEARNING A 
LOT ABOUT THIS 
DISEASE. 
THE DOCTORS OUARE 
LEARNING A LOT. 
NOT ONLY IN 
THIS. 
BUT THINGS ARE 
HAPPENING, TOO, 
LIKE THE 
REMDESIVIR. 
AND OTHER 
ELEMENTS, 
STEROIDS, ET 
CETERA. 
BUT THESE TRENDS 
CHANGE  
WITHOUT OUR 
CONTINUED AND 
RELENTLESS 
FOCUS. 
AND THAT'S WHAT ANLE
WE HAVE. 
WE HAVE A 
RELENTLESS 
FOCUS. 
AND THAT'S THE 
WAY IT HAS BEEN 
SINCE THE 
BEGINNING. S.
AS YOU KNOW, IN 
RECENT WEEKS, 
WE'VE SEEN A 
CONCERNING RISE 
IN MANY PARTS OF 
OUR SOUTH. 
YOU LOOK AT 
SOUTH/SOUTHWEST 
AND WEST. 
THIS GROWTH IN 
CASES FIRST 
BEGAN TO APPEAR 
IN MID-JUNE, 
PRIMARILY AMONG 
18 TO 35 YEAR 
OLDS. 
MANY OF WHOM 
WERE 
ASYMPTOMATIC. MA
WE'RE ALSO 
FACING A 
SIGNIFICANT 
SPIKE ACROSS THE 
WEST OF THE 
WESTERN 
HEMISPHERE. 
INCLUDING 
MEXICO. 
MEXICO HAS BEEN 
HIT VERY VERY 
HARD. 
AS YOU KNOW, THE 
PRESIDENT, A 
GREAT GENTLEMAN 
WHO WAS HERE TWO 
WEEKS AGO, AND 
THEY HAVE BEEN 
HIT REALLY HARD. 
BECAUSE WE HAVE 
ACHIEVED A 
NEARLY FOUR-FOLD 
INCREASE IN 
TESTING EACAPACITY 
IN TWO WEEKS, WE 
ARE SUCCESSFULLY 
IDENTIFYING MORE 
SYMPTOMATIC AND 
MILD CASES. 
SOME CASES SO 
MILD THAT YOU 
REALLY DON'T 
EVEN TREAT THEM. 
SOME CASES WITH 
CHILDREN, WHERE 
THEY DON'T EVEN 
KNOW THAT 
THEY'RE REAL. 
AND I GUESS 
THEY'RE NOT VERY 
ILL. 
BECAUSE THEY 
RECOVER ALMOST 
IMMEDIATELY. L.%
PER CAPITA, THE 
U.S. IS 
CONDUCTING 50% 
MORE TESTS THAN 
EUROPE. 
AND WE'VE MO
CONDUCTED THREE 
TIMES MORE TESTS 
THAN THE WESTERN 
HEMISPHERE 
COMBINED. 
OVER 50 MILLION 
TESTS. 
THIS ALLOWS IOUS 
TO ISOLATE THOSE 
WHO ARE 
INFECTED, EVEN 
THOSE WITHOUT 
SYMPTOMS, SO WE 
KNOW EXACTLY 
WHERE IT'S GOING 
AND WHEN IT IS 
GOING TO BE 
THERE. 
WE'RE ALSO 
WORKING TO 
REDUCE TURN-
AROUND TIME. 
MY 
ADMINISTRATION 
HAS BEEN 
AGGRESSIVELY 
RESPONDING TO 
CASE GROWTH. 
IN THE SUN BELT. 
AND WE O CONTINUE 
TO DO SO, 
WORKING VERY 
CLOSE WITH ALL 
GOVERNORS. 
BUT RIGHT NOW, 
IN PARTICULAR 
THOSE GOVERNORS. 
WE'RE 
COORDINATING 
CLOSELY WITH 
HOSPITALS AND E 
GOVERNORS IN THE 
LAST THREE 
WEEKS. 
I'VE SENT SENIOR 
OFFICIALS INTO 
NINE STATES TO 
MEET WITH 
GOVERNORS AND 
PROVIDE 
RECOMMENDATIONS 
TO THE VARIOUS 
LEADERS OF THE 
STATE, INCLUDING 
HOSPITAL 
ADMINISTRATORS, 
ET CETERA. 
MY NCRSET
ADMINISTRATION 
CURRENTLY HAS 
ZERO UNFILLED 
REQUESTS FOR 
UNFULFILLED 
REQUESTS FOR 
EQUIPMENT ILOR 
ANYTHING ELSE 
THAT THEY NEED 
FROM THE 
GOVERNORS. 
NO GOVERNOR 
NEEDS ANYTHING 
RIGHT NOW. 
AND WE THINK  T
%
WE'LL HAVE IT 
THAT WAY, UNTIL 
THE END BECAUSE 
FRANKLY, WE ARE 
STOCKED UP AND 
READY TO GO, 
WHEREVER WE HAVE 
TO GO. 
WE HAVE NEARLY 
7,000 NATIONAL 
GUARD AND 
MILITARY MEDICAL 
PERSONNEL IN 
TEXAS, 
CALIFORNIA, AND 
FLORIDA AND 
ARIZONA. 
IT'S HELPING US 
GREATLY. 
I WANT ORNGTO THANK 
THEM VERY MUCH. 
THE MILITARY HAS 
BEEN FANTASTIC. 
WE'RE CLOSELY 
MONITORING 
HOSPITAL 
CAPACITY. 
AND THESE STATE 
HOSPITALS ARE OSRI
OPEN FOR 
ELECTIVE 
SURGERIES AND 
OTHER 
PROCEDURES. 
SO HOSPITALS ARE 
OPEN FOR 
ELECTIVE 
SURGERIES. 
WE WANT EN
AMERICANS TO GET VE
THE MEDICAL 
TREATMENTS THEY 
NEED, ALL OF THE 
GOVERNORS WE 
HAVE SPOKEN WITH 
SAY THEY HAVE 
ENOUGH BED 
CAPACITY. 
THAT'S A GREAT 
THING. 
OUR INITIAL  
SHUTDOWN WAS TO 
PREVENT THE 
OVERFLOW OF OUR 
HOSPITALS AND TO 
ALLOW US TO MEET 
THE DEMANDS 
CAUSED BY THIS 
GLOBAL PANDEMIC, 
INCLUDING THE 
VENTILATORS, AND 
A PERMANENT 
SHUTDOWN WAS 
REALLY NEVER AN 
OPTION, IN TERMS 
OF WHAT WE'RE 
DOING RIGHT NOW. 
THIS WOULD BE 
COMPLETELY 
UNSUSTAINABLE, 
PRODUCE 
DEBILITATING LY
ECONOMIC 
FALLBACK, AND 
LEAD TO 
CATASTROPHIC 
PUBLIC HEALTH 
CONSEQUENCES. 
THERE ARE 
CONSEQUENCES TO 
SHUTDOWNS. 
AND WE'VE SAVED 
POTENTIALLY 
MILLIONS OF NC
LIVES BY DOING 
THE SHUTDOWN. 
BUT NOW WE'RE 
VERY AWARE OF 
THIS DISEASE. 
WE UNDERSTAND 
THE DISEASE TO A 
LARGE EXTENT. 
NOBODY IS REALLY 
MAYBE GOING TO 
FULLY UNDERSTAND MA 
IT. 
BUT WE'LL END UP 
WITH A CURE, 
WE'LL ENDUN WITH 
THERAPEUTICS, 
WE'LL END UP 
WITH A VACCINE 
VERY SOON, ALL 
THREE. 
WE'RE INSTEAD, 
ASKING AMERICANS 
TO USE MASKS, 
SOCIALLY 
DISTANCE, AND 
EMPLOY VIGOROUS 
HYGIENE. 
WASH YOUR HANDS IG
EVERY CHANCE YOU 
GET, WHILE 
SHELTERING HIGH-
RISK 
POPULATIONS. RI
WE ARE IMPLORING 
YOUNG AMERICANS 
TO AVOID PACKED 
BARS AND OTHER 
CROWDED INDOOR 
GATHERINGS. ER
BE SAFE AND BE 
SMART. 
WE'RE SURGING 
TESTING CAPACITY 
TO IDENTIFY AND 
ISOLATE CASES. 
THIS INCLUDES A 
NEWLY APROVED 
TESTING PLATFORM 
TO NURSING HOMES 
ACROSS THE 
SOUTH. 
YOU KNOW G ROALL OF 
THE PROBLEMS 
THAT WE'VE HAD 
WITH SO MANY 
PEOPLE, SO 
SADLY. 
THEY WERE 
INFECTED. 
SO THAT ALL OPOF 
THE STAFF AND 
RESIDENTS CAN BE 
ROUTINELY TESTED 
AND ISOLATED TO 
ENSURE OUR 
ELDERLY ARE EVEN 
MORE STRONGLY 
PROTECTED THAN 
ANYBODY ELSE. 
THAT'S REALLY 
THE HIGH-RISK 
PEOPLE. 
THE HIGH-RISK, 
WONDERFUL 
PEOPLE. 
ONCE . THIS 
CURRENT SURGE IN 
CASES. 
WILL ENABLE 
PEOPLE TO VISIT 
THEIR LOVED ONES 
AFTER TAKING A 
TEST. 
WHICH IS A BIG 
DIFFERENCE. . 
ULTIMATELY, OUR 
GOAL IS NOT 
MERELY TO MANAGE 
THE PANDEMIC, 
BUT TO END IT. 
WE WANT TO GET EM
RID OF IT AS 
SOON AS WE CAN. 
THAT IS ONWHY 
GETTING A 
VACCINE REMAINS 
A TOP PRIORITY. 
TWO VACCINE 
CANDIDATES ARE 
ENTERING THE 
FINAL CLINICAL 
TRIALS THIS 
MONTH. 
HAD WAS ACHIEVED 
IN RECORD TIME. IA
IT USED TO BE 
YEARS BEFORE YOU 
A BE IN 
POSITION LIKE WE 
ARE RIGHT NOW. 
FOUR OTHER 
VACCINES LED TO 
FINER TRIALS. 
AND THE 
FOLLOWING WEEKS, 
WE'RE MASS 
PRODUCING SO 
THAT THE FIRST 
VACCINE WILL BE 
AVAILABLE 
IMMEDIATELY. 
AND 
LOGISTICALLY, WE BL
HAVE THE 
MILITARY READY 
TO DID. HE
GO. 
WE HAVE GREAT 
PEOPLE, LOGISTIC 
MILITARY PEOPLE. 
WHO ARE WAITING 
FOR THE VACCINE  
SO THEY CAN 
DISTRIBUTE IN 
RECORD TIME. 
THAT'S TEWHAT IS 
GOING TO HAPPEN. 
SO OUR MILITARY 
IS ALL SET TO 
GO. 
WE WILL DELIVER 
A VACCINE, 
THERAPEUTICS, 
WHATEVER IT IS 
NECESSARY AND  
DEFEAT THE VIRUS 
ONCE AND FOR 
ALL. 
AND I'LL TAKE A 
FEW WECE
QUESTIONS IF 
YOU'D LIKE. 
I WANT TO THANK 
THE WHITE HOUSE 
STAFF, ALL OF 
THE DOCTORS THAT 
WE HAVE BEEN 
WORKING WITH SO WE
CLOSELY. 
AND JUST  SA LOT 
OF VERY POSITIVE 
THINGS ARE 
HAPPENING. 
IT'S A NASTY, 
HORRIBLE DISEASE 
NASHOULD HAVE 
NEVER BEEN 
ALLOWED TO 
ESCAPE CHINA. 
BUT IT DID. 
AND IT INFECTED 
THE WORLD. 
AND THE WORLD IS 
SUFFERING. 
BUT WE'RE GOING 
TO GET IT TAKEN 
CARE OF. 
AND WE'RE 
HELPING LOTS OF 
OTHER COUNTRIES. 
JOHN? 
>> MR. 
PRESIDENT. 
FIRST, I R.JUST 
WANT TO GET 
CLARIFICATION. 
YOUR PRESS 
SECRETARY SAID 
TODAY, THAT YOU 
SOMETIMES TAKE 
MORE THAN ONE GEIO%
TEST A DAY. 
WHY IS THAT? 
>> I DON'T  DKNOW 
ABOUT MORE THAN 
ONE. 
I DO OUTAKE, 
PROBABLY ON 
AVERAGE, A TEST 
EVERY TWO DAYS, 
THREE DAYS. 
AND I DON'T KNOW 
OF ANY TIME I'VE 
TAKEN TWO TESTS 
IN ONE DAY. 
BUT I COULD SEE 
THAT HAPPENING. 
>> SO 
REPUBLICANS AND 
DEMP 
DEMOCRATS SAY 
THEY WANT TO SEE 
MORE MONEY IN 
TESTING. 
THEY WANT TO 
SEND MORE 
TESTING. 
YOU PROBABLY SAW 
NICK MULVANEY 
SAID HIS KIDS, 
IT TOOK HIM A 
WEEK TO GET TEST 
RESULTS BACK. 
HE SAID THIS IS 
SIMPLY 
INEXCUSABLE, 
GIVEN LYWHERE WE 
ARE IN THIS 
PANDEMIC?" 
>> WE HAVE DONE 
MORE TESTING BY 
FAR THAN MANY. 
SOME TAKE A 
WHILE. 
SOME ARE 5 
MINUTE, 15-
MINUTE TESTS. 
BUT WE'RE DOING 
MASSIVE NUMBERS. 
AND THE NUMBERS 
ARE COME G  
COMING DOWN. 
AS WE GO, THERE 
ARE THOUSANDS OF 
KIDS BEING MADE 
RIGHT NOW, WHICH 
GIVE YOU A 15-
MINUTE AND A 
FIVE-MINUTE 
TEST. 
SO WE'LL BE ABLE 
TO GET THOSE 
NUMBERS DOWN. 
THOSE NUMBERS 
ARE SIMILAR IN 
OTHER ARPLACES. 
THEY'RE ALSO 
DOING MASSIVE 
NUMBERS. 
NUMBERS LIKE 
NOBODY THOUGHT 
POSSIBLE. 
BUT THOSE 
NUMBERS WILL BE 
COMING DOWN. 
I AGREE. 
I THINK IT'S A 
GOOD THING IF WE S.%
I  T
CAN DO IT. 
>> ARE YOU IN 
FAVOR OF MORE 
FUNDING? 
>> THEY'RE GOING 
TO MAKE A 
PRESENTATION TO OF%
ME TONIGHT AND 
TOMORROW ON 
THAT. 
AND AGAIN, WE'RE 
LEADING THE 
WORLD. 
I THINK THE LE
SECOND COUNTRY 
AT 12. 
WE'RE GOING TO 
BE OVER 50 
MILLION TESTS. 
THE SECOND 
COUNTRY IS 
INDIA, WITH 12 
MILLION. 
THEN YOU HAVE 7 
MILLION, 6 
MILLION AND 4 
MILLION. 
I THINK WE ARE 
DOING TREMENDOUS 
AMOUNT OF 
TESTING. 
BUT IF THE 
DOCTORS AND THE 
PROFESSIONALS 
FEEL THAT EVEN 
THOUGH WE'RE S AT 
A LEVEL THAT 
NOBODY EVER 
DREAMT 
POSSIBILITY THAT 
THEY WOULD LIKE 
TO DO MORE, I'M A BO
 
OKAY WITH IT. 
>> WHY ARE YOUR 
DOCTORS NOT WITH 
YOU HERE TODAY. 
DR. FAUCI, DR. 
BIRX? 
>> WELL, DR. 
BIRX IS RIGHT 
OUTSIDE. 
YES? 
>> NUMBER 1. I 
WANT TO KNOW, IN 
NOVEMBER, DO YOU 
WANT THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE 
TO JUDGE YOU -- 
>> CAN YOU SPEAK 
UP, PLEASE? 
>> DO YOU WANT 
THE AMERICAN 
PEOPLE TO ? JUDGE  
YOU ON THE 
BALLOT IN 
NOVEMBER, BY HOW 
YOU'VE HANDLED 
THIS PANDEMIC SO 
FAR? 
>> THIS, AMONG 
OTHER THINGS, I 
THINK THE 
AMERICAN PEOPLE 
WILL JUDGE US R?ON 
THIS, AND THE 
ECONOMY THAT WE 
CREATED AND 
ALREADY SETTING. ON
WE SET RECORD 
JOB NUMBERS AS 
YOU KNOW. 
WE HAD A STRONG 
YEAR. 
I THINK WE'LL 
HAVE A STRONG 
THIRD QUARTER, 
FOURTH QUARTER. 
I THINK NEXT 
YEAR IS GOING TO 
BE A RECORD 
YEAR. 
I THINK THEY'RE 
GOING TO JUDGE 
ME ON THAT. 
AND I THINK 
THEY'RE GOING TO 
JUDGE ME ON THE 
TAX CUTTING AND 
REGULATION 
CUTTING, WHICH 
MAY BE HAS DONE 
TO THE EXTENT. 
WE GOT VETERANS 
CHOICE. 
NOBODY THOUGHT 
THAT WOULD BE 
POSSIBLE. 
THAT'S BEEN MANY 
DECADES, THEY'VE 
BEEN TRYING TO 
GET VETERANS 
CHOICE. 
IT'S CALLED 
CHOICE, WHERE 
THEY CAN GO GET 
A DOCTOR, IF 
THEY HAVE TO 
WAIT IN LINE FOR 
TWO WEEKS OR 
FIVE WEEKS OR 
TWO DAYS. 
THAT'S BEEN A 
GREAT THING. 
I THINK VETERANS 
ACCOUNTABILITY. 
THEY'LL JUDGE ME 
ON ALL OF THIS. 
AND I THINK WE 
CAN SAY, THIS 
HAS NEVER BEEN 
CHALLENGED IN 
THE FIRST 3 AND 
A HALF YEARS. 
THE FIRST YEARS 
OF A PRESIDENT. 
I DON'T THINK 
ANY 
ADMINISTRATION, 
ANY PRESIDENT 
HAS ACCOMPLISHED 
SO MUCH AS WE'VE 
ACCOMPLISHED, 
FROM ENERGY TO 
HEALTH, TO SO 
MANY OTHER 
THINGS. 
THEN THIS CAME 
IN. 
THE PLAGUE. 
I CALL IT THE 
PLAGUE. 
THE PLAGUE CAME 
IN. 
TERRIBLE THING. 
SHOULD HAVE BEEN 
STOPPED. 
WASN'T STOPPED. 
IT CAME IN. 
WE HAD TO SHUT 
THINGS DOWN TO 
SAVE POTENTIALLY 
MILLIONS OF 
LIVES. 
WE DID THAT. 
AND NOW WE'VE 
STARTED THEM UP. 
AND I THINK 
WE'VE REALLY 
STARTED IT UP 
VERY 
SUCCESSFULLY. 
>> MR. 
PRESIDENT. 
>> THANK YOU, 
MR. PRESIDENT. 
YOU'VE BEEN 
SAYING FOR 
MONTHS, THE 
VIRUS WOULD 
SIMPLY 
DISAPPEAR. 
AND NOW YOU'RE 
SAYING IT WOULD 
LIKELY GET WORSE 
BEFORE IT 
GETTING BETTER. 
IF IT DOES GET 
WORSE, 
IFAMERICANS KEEP 
DYING, ARE YOU 
RESPONSIBLE FOR 
THAT? 
>> WELL, THE 
VIRUS WILL 
DISAPPEAR. 
I LIKE TO SAY, 
EITHER WAY, WHEN 
YOU LOOK AT IT, 
THE GOVERNORS 
ARE WORKING WITH 
ME. 
I'M WORKING WITH 
THE GOVERNMENT. 
WE'RE WORKING 
HAND IN HAND. 
I THINK WE'RE 
ALL RESPONSIBLE. 
I VIEW IT AS A 
TEAM. 
VERY GOOD 
RELATIONSHIPS 
WITH THE 
GOVERNORS. 
VERY, VERY GOOD 
RELATIONSHIPS. 
I COULD SAY I'M 
FULLY 
RESPONSIBLE. 
BUT YOU KNOW, 
ONE DAY, WE HAD 
A VIRUS COME IN. 
AND I CLOSED THE 
BORDERS, DID A 
LOT OF THINGS 
THAT WERE VERY 
GOOD. 
IN FACT, DR. 
FAUCI SAID WE 
SAVED TENS OF 
THOUSANDS OF 
LIVES WHEN WE 
CLOSED THE 
BORDER. 
AND NOBODY 
WANTED TO DO IT. 
I WANTED TO DO 
IT. 
WE CLOSED THE 
BORDER. 
WE CLOSED THE 
BORDER TO AVOID 
THIS. 
FAIRLY CLOSE 
AFTER, I CLOSED 
THE BORDERS FOR 
THOSE COMING 
FROM EUROPE. 
THOSE WERE 
TREMENDOUS 
MOVES. 
ONE PERSON IS 
TOO MUCH. 
BUT LET'S SAY 
140,000. 
WE COULD HAVE 
DOUBLE, TRIPLE, 
QUAD 
RUPLE THAT 
NUMBER. 
WE DID A LOT OF 
THINGS RIGHT. 
INCLUDING 
EQUIPMENT. 
IT'S A SHAME IT 
HAPPENED. 
CHINA SHOULD 
HAVE STOPPED IT. 
SIMULTANEOUS 
SIMULTANEOUS 
[ SIMULTANEOUS 
SPEAKERS ] 
>> I HAVE TWO 
KES. 
QUESTIONS. 
MY FIRST 
QUESTION IS. 
WE HAVE TESTING 
HERE AT THE 
PLATFORM AT THE 
WHITE HOUSE. 
>> YES. 
>> IT'S GREAT. 
YOU GET TESTED 
QUICKLY. 
DO YOU THINK IT 
WOULD BE EASIER 
TO REOPEN AND 
RESTART 
BUSINESSES IF WE 
COULD PRODUCE 
MORE? 
>> WE'RE TRYING 
TO DO THAT. 
GREAT QUESTION. 
WE'RE TRYING 
VERY MUCH TO DO 
THAT. 
RATHER THAN 
SENDING THE TEST 
IN, GOES THROUGH 
THE MAIL ONE 
DAY, COMES BACK 
ANOTHER WAY. 
NO MATTER HOW 
THEY SEND THEM. 
IT'S A DAY AND A 
DAY. 
THAT'S TWO DAYS 
ALREADY WASTED. 
AND IF IT SPINS 
BY THE TIME YOU 
GET IT BACK, 
IT'S TWO OR 
THREE DAYS. 
WE'RE TRYING TO 
GET THE TESTING 
ON SITE. 
I LIKE IT THE 
BEST. 
>> AND MY SECOND 
QUESTION. 
A LITTLE 
DIFFERENT TOPIC. 
BUT ONE THAT 
PEOPLE ARE 
TALKING ABOUT. 
GHISLAINE 
MAXWELL IS IN 
PRISON. 
A LOT OF PEOPLE 
WANT TO KNOW IF 
SHE'S GOING TO 
TURN IN POWERFUL 
PEOPLE. 
I KNOW YOU 
TALKED IN THE 
PAST AND YOU 
CRITICIZED BILL 
CLINTON'S 
BEHAVIOR. 
I'M WONDERING, 
DO YOU THINK 
SHE'S GOING TO 
TURN IN ANY 
POWERFUL MEN? 
HOW DO YOU SEE 
THAT WORKING 
OUT? 
>> I DON'T KNOW. 
I HAVEN'T REALLY 
FOLLOWED IT VERY 
MUCH. 
I JUST WISH HER 
WELL, FRANKLY. 
I'VE MET HER 
NUMEROUS TIMES 
OVER THE YEARS, 
SINCE I LIVED IN 
PALM BEACH. 
AND I GUESS THEY 
LIVED IN PALM 
BEACH. 
BUT I WISH HER 
WELL. 
WHATEVER IT IS. 
I DON'T KNOW THE 
SITUATION WITH 
PRINCE ANDREW. 
JUST DON'T KNOW. 
NOT AWARE OF IT. 
>> ON EMPLOYMENT 
INSURANCE. 
HOW MUCH BELOW 
$600 ARE YOU 
WILLING TO GO? 
AND YOU SAID THE 
ECONOMY IS NOW 
BOUNCING BACK 
STRONG. 
SO WHY DID WE 
NEED TO COME IN 
AT ALL? 
>> THE ECONOMY 
IS GETTING 
STRONGER. 
AND I THINK WE 
HAVE A CHANCE TO 
HAVE A STRONG 
ECONOMY, 
ESPECIALLY WITH 
SOME OF THE 
THINGS I JUST 
SPOKE ABOUT 
WERE. 
WE WANT TO HAVE 
PEOPLE GO BACK 
AND WANT TO GO 
BACK TO WORK, AS 
OPPOSED TO BEING 
FORCED INTO A 
POSITION WHERE 
THEY'RE MAKING 
MORE MONEY THAN 
THEY EXPECTED TO 
MAKE. 
AND THE 
EMPLOYERS ARE 
HAVING A HARD 
TIME GETTING 
THEM BACK TO 
WORK. 
SO THAT WAS A 
DECISION THAT 
WAS MADE. 
I WAS AGAINST 
THAT ORIGINAL 
DECISION. 
BUT THEY DID 
THAT. 
IT STILL WORKED 
OUT WELL, 
BECAUSE IT GAVE 
PEOPLE A LIFE 
LINE. 
THEY'RE THINKING 
ABOUT DOING 70%. 
THE AMOUNT WOULD 
BE THE SAME. 
BUT DOING IT IN 
SMALLER INITIAL 
AMOUNTS SO THAT 
PEOPLE ARE GOING 
TO WANT TO GO 
BACK TO WORK, AS 
OPPOSED TO 
MAKING SO MUCH 
MONEY THAT THEY 
REALLY DON'T 
HAVE TO. 
BUT WE WERE 
GENEROUS WITH 
THEM. 
I THINK IT'S 
BEEN A 
TREMENDOUSLY 
SUCCESSFUL 
PROGRAM. 
THE WHOLE THING 
HAS BEEN 
SUCCESSFUL. 
IF YOU LOOK. 
WE'RE IN A 
PANDEMIC. 
YET WE'RE 
PRODUCING 
TREMENDOUS 
NUMBER OF JOBS. 
THAT WAS 
SOMETHING THAT 
NOBODY THOUGHT 
POSSIBLE. 
>> MR. 
PRESIDENT. 
THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH. 
YESTERDAY, YOU 
SAID WEARING A 
MASK WAS AN ACT 
[ INAUDIBLE ] IF 
THAT IS THE 
CASE, WHY DON'T 
YOU DO IT MORE 
FREQUENTLY? 
>> I DO WHEN I 
NEED. 
I CARRY THE 
MASK. 
WHEN I GO -- I 
WENT INTO WALTER 
REED HOSPITAL 
THE OTHER DAY. 
I HAD THE MASK 
RIGHT HERE. 
AND CARRIED IT. 
AND I WILL USE 
IT GLADLY. 
NO PROBLEM WITH 
IT. 
AND I SAID THAT. 
I SAY, IF YOU 
CAN, USE THE 
MASK, WHEN YOU 
CAN, USE THE 
MASK. 
IF YOU'RE CLOSE 
TO EACH OTHER. 
IF YOU'RE IN A 
GROUP, I WOULD 
PUT IT ON WHEN 
I'M IN A GROUP. 
IF I'M IN AN 
ELEVATOR AND 
THERE ARE OTHER 
PEOPLE WITH ME, 
INCLUDING LIKE 
SECURITY PEOPLE, 
IT'S NOT THEIR 
FAULT. 
THEY HAVE TO BE 
IN THE ELEVATOR. 
I WANT TO 
PROTECT THEM 
ALSO. 
I PUT ON A MASK. 
I HAVE NO 
PROBLEM WITH THE 
MASKS. 
I VIEW IT THIS 
WAY. 
ANYTHING THAT 
POTENTIALLY CAN 
HELP, AND THAT 
CERTAINLY CAN 
POTENTIALLY 
HELP, IS A GOOD 
THING. 
I HAVE NO 
PROBLEM. 
I CARRY IT. 
I WEAR IT. 
YOU SAW ME 
WEARING IT A 
NUMBER OF TIMES. 
AND I'LL 
CONTINUE. 
PLEASE. 
>> ARE YOU 
SENDING MIXED 
MESSAGE. 
>> YESTERDAY, 
YOU TWEETED OUT 
KNOW IMAGE 
WEARING A MASK. 
THEN LAST 
EVENING, WE SAW 
YOU NOT WEARING 
A MASK AT YOUR 
HOTEL. 
>> I DON'T KNOW. 
AT THE HOTEL I 
WAS PRETTY FAR 
AWAY FROM 
PEOPLE. 
I THINK I 
EXPLAINED THIS. 
IF YOU'RE 
CLOSING 
TOGETHER, I 
WOULD PUT ON THE 
MASK. 
IF YOU'RE NOT, I 
WOULD SAY, FOR 
INSTANCE, I'LL 
SEE, LIKE HERE, 
YOU'VE ALL BEEN 
TESTED. 
I'VE BEEN 
TESTED. 
OFTEN TIMES, I 
AM WITH PEOPLE 
WHO HAVE BEEN 
TESTED. 
IN THEORY, YOU 
DON'T NEED THE 
MASK. 
I'M GETTING USED 
TO THE MASK. 
THE REASON IS, 
THINK ABOUT 
PATRIOTISM. 
MAYBE IT IS, IT 
HELPS. 
IT HELPS. 
NOW, WE HAVE 
EXPERTS THAT 
HAVE SAID IN THE 
RECENT PAST THAT 
MASKS AREN'T 
NECESSARILY GOOD 
TO WEAR. 
YOU KNOW THAT. 
BUT NOW THEY'VE 
CHANGED THEIR 
MIND. 
IF THEY CHANGE 
THEIR MIND, 
THAT'S GOOD 
ENOUGH FOR ME. 
SO I WEAR IT 
WHEN 
APPROPRIATE. 
PLEASE. 
>> THANK YOU, 
SIR. 
>> A LOT OF 
AMERICANS, 
THOUGH, MAY BE 
SURPRISED AT 
YOUR CHANGE OF 
TONE, OVER ALL 
OF THIS. 
SUDDEN EMBRACE 
OF MASKS. 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING. 
THE -- 
>> I'VE ALWAYS 
AGREED WITH 
THAT. 
I MEAN, I'VE 
NEVER FOUGHT 
EITHER ONE. 
BUT CERTAINLY 
SOCIAL 
DISTANCING. 
THAT'S COMMON 
SENSE. 
TO ME, THAT'S 
COMMON SENSE. 
I'D LIKE TO SAY, 
MAYBE MAKE IT A 
LITTLE FURTHER. 
>> THE IDEA THAT 
THINGS WILL GET 
WORSE, PERHAPS 
BEFORE THEY GET 
BETTER HERE. 
AND PERHAPS THE 
REALIZATION THAT 
THIS RESURGENCE, 
IF YOU WILL, IS 
FOR REAL, WHEN 
YOU USED TO TALK 
ABOUT IT IN TERM 
OF LITTLE FIRES 
BEING PUT OUT 
HERE AND THERE. 
>> WE HAVE THEM, 
TOO. 
>> NO. 
WE HAVE EMBERS 
AND FIRES. 
AND BIG FIRES. 
AND 
UNFORTUNATELY, 
NOW, FLORIDA IS 
IN A BIG, TOUGH 
POSITION. 
YOU HAVE A GREAT 
GOVERNOR THERE. 
YOU HAVE A GREAT 
GOVERNOR IN 
TEXAS. 
YOU HAVE PEOPLE 
THAT ARE VERY 
SKILLED PEOPLE. 
AND I THINK 
THEY'RE GOING TO 
HANDLE IT VERY 
WELL. 
THEIR HOSPITAL 
CAPACITIES ARE 
HOLDING UP. 
BUT TEXAS IS A 
BIG STATE. 
AND IT'S VERY 
WELL RUN. 
AND SO IS 
FLORIDA. 
AND I THINK 
THEY'LL DO A 
VERY GOOD JOB. 
>> I WANT TO ASK 
YOU ABOUT THE 
ISSUE OF 
VACCINES, WHICH 
YOU ALREADY 
MENTIONED. 
YESTERDAY, A 
STUDY BY A 
CHINESE COMPANY 
SHOWED SOME 
PROMISING 
RESULTS FOR A 
CORONAVIRUS 
VACCINE 
CANDIDATE. 
IF CHINA WERE 
FIRST IN 
DEVELOPMENTING 
THE VACCINE OR 
EVEN IF IT 
WEREN'T. 
WOULD THE 
ADMINISTRATION 
BE WILLING TO 
WORK WITH CHINA 
TO BRING A 
SUCCESSFUL 
CHINESE VACCINE 
TO THE U.S.? 
>> WE'RE WORKING 
WITH ANYONE WHO 
WILL GET US A 
GOOD RESULT. 
I THINK WE HAVE 
GOOD RESULTS. 
WE'RE ALREADY IN 
TESTING. 
NOBODY THOUGHT 
THAT WOULD BE 
POSSIBLE. 
UNDER THE OLD 
SYSTEM, IT WOULD 
BE A YEAR TO TWO 
YEARS BEFORE YOU 
COULD THINK 
ABOUT USING THE 
WORD "TESTING." 
AND WE'VE HAD 
GOOD RESULTS. 
NOW THEY HAVE TO 
TEST IT FOR 
SAFETY, MAKE 
SURE IT'S SAFE. 
AND I THINK 
YOU'RE GOING TO 
SEE SOMETHING 
OVER THE NEXT 
FAIRLY SHORT 
PERIOD OF TIME. 
MAYBE VERY SHORT 
PERIOD OF TIME, 
HAVING TO DEAL 
WITH 
THERAPEUTICS AND 
VACCINES. 
WE'LL BE DOING 
THESE QUITE 
OFTEN. 
WE'LL BE KEEPING 
YOU ABREAST OF 
THIS. 
AND WE'LL ALSO 
TALK ABOUT OTHER 
TOPICS LIKE OUR 
ECONOMY, WHICH 
IS DOING WELL. 
THE STOCK MARKET 
HAD ANOTHER GOOD 
DAY. 
I THINK THEY HAD 
A GOOD DAY 
BECAUSE THEY SEE 
A LOT OF 
POSITIVE THINGS 
HAPPENING ON 
THIS FRONT, TOO. 
THANK YOU VERY 
MUCH. 
THANK YOU. 
>> MR. 
PRESIDENT. 
[ SIMULTANEOUS 
SPEAKERS ] 
[ INAUDIBLE ] 
>> NBC NEWS NOW. 
WE'VE GOT 
BREAKING NEWS. 
>> IF THEY DO GO 
BACK TO THEIR 
JOBS. 
THEY WANT TO 
MAKE SURE THEY 
ARE PROTECTED. 
>> IT'S NEWS
