SO WITH THIS NEWS, WE HAVE THE FIRST U.S. SERVICE MEMBER, SERVE
FIRST U.S. SERVICE MEMBER, SERVE SERVING OVERSEAS IN KOREA
SERVING OVERSEAS IN KOREA TESTING POSITIVE FOR THE
TESTING POSITIVE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. >>> WE ARE BACK WITH THE
>>> WE ARE BACK WITH THE PULITZER PRIZE WINNING
PULITZER PRIZE WINNING JOURNALIST LAURIE GARRETT.
JOURNALIST LAURIE GARRETT. HAS THE PRESIDENT PUT SOMEONE IN
HAS THE PRESIDENT PUT SOMEONE IN CONTROL OF THE CORONAVIRUS?
CONTROL OF THE CORONAVIRUS? >> NO, SECRETARY OF SERVICES IS
>> NO, SECRETARY OF SERVICES IS THE GO-TO GUY.
THE GO-TO GUY. >> HE IS PLAYING THE
>> HE IS PLAYING THE CONTROL-TYPE CZAR?
CONTROL-TYPE CZAR? >> YOU CAN’T WALK IN INSTANTLY
>> YOU CAN’T WALK IN INSTANTLY AND DO THAT.
AND DO THAT. IT TOOK YEARS FOR THE OBAMA
IT TOOK YEARS FOR THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO CREATE THIS
ADMINISTRATION TO CREATE THIS SUPER STRUCTURE WHICH HAS NOW
SUPER STRUCTURE WHICH HAS NOW BEEN ELIMINATED.
BEEN ELIMINATED. KEEP IN MIND IT’S NOT JUST WE
KEEP IN MIND IT’S NOT JUST WE DON’T HAVE A CZAR IN THE WHITE
DON’T HAVE A CZAR IN THE WHITE HOUSE OVERSEEING THE RESPONSE,
HOUSE OVERSEEING THE RESPONSE, BUT WE DON’T HAVE THAT
BUT WE DON’T HAVE THAT CONTINGENT INSIDE THE NATIONAL
CONTINGENT INSIDE THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL.
SECURITY COUNCIL. WE DON’T HAVE THE SEASONED
WE DON’T HAVE THE SEASONED VETERAN CONTINGENT INSIDE OF
VETERAN CONTINGENT INSIDE OF DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. AND WE DON’T HAVE THIS WHOLE
AND WE DON’T HAVE THIS WHOLE GLOBAL HEALTH MASTERMIND GROUP
GLOBAL HEALTH MASTERMIND GROUP INSIDE OF THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
INSIDE OF THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT AND HHS.
AND HHS. THESE WERE ALL ELIMINATED IN
THESE WERE ALL ELIMINATED IN 2018 BY TRUMP.
2018 BY TRUMP. >> WHEN THE PRESIDENT ELIMINATED
>> WHEN THE PRESIDENT ELIMINATED THOSE GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY
THOSE GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY TEAMS AND ALL OF THOSE AGENCIES
TEAMS AND ALL OF THOSE AGENCIES IN 2018, WAS, WAS THERE A
IN 2018, WAS, WAS THERE A REASON?
REASON? WAS THERE AN ARGUMENT AGAINST
WAS THERE AN ARGUMENT AGAINST THEM?
THEM? WAS THERE EVER A PLAN TO REPLACE
WAS THERE EVER A PLAN TO REPLACE THEM?
THEM? >> THEY WERE OBAMA PROGRAMS.
>> THEY WERE OBAMA PROGRAMS. >> WAS THERE -- HAS THERE EVER
>> WAS THERE -- HAS THERE EVER BEEN AN EFFORT TO REPLACE THAT
BEEN AN EFFORT TO REPLACE THAT CAPACITY IN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT?
CAPACITY IN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT? >> THERE WAS AN EFFORT FROM THE
>> THERE WAS AN EFFORT FROM THE BOTTOM UP.
BOTTOM UP. EVERYBODY ENGAGED IN PUBLIC
EVERYBODY ENGAGED IN PUBLIC HEALTH WAS SAYING --
HEALTH WAS SAYING -- AND THE OTHER THING THAT’S BEEN
AND THE OTHER THING THAT’S BEEN ELIMINATED AND A HUGE LOSS IS
ELIMINATED AND A HUGE LOSS IS THE TRAINING AT GRASSROOTS LEVEL
THE TRAINING AT GRASSROOTS LEVEL FOR HOSPITAL WORKERS.
FOR HOSPITAL WORKERS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN SEE, WE
ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN SEE, WE TRACK THE -- TRACE THE PATH OF
TRACK THE -- TRACE THE PATH OF THIS HORRIBLE EPIDEMIC.
THIS HORRIBLE EPIDEMIC. COVID-19 EXPLOITS THE ACTION
COVID-19 EXPLOITS THE ACTION BETWEEN THE HEALTH PROVIDER AND
BETWEEN THE HEALTH PROVIDER AND THE PATIENT WHEN THE INFECTION
THE PATIENT WHEN THE INFECTION OF THE PATIENT IS NOT CLEARLY
OF THE PATIENT IS NOT CLEARLY KNOWN AND THE HEALTH PROVIDER
KNOWN AND THE HEALTH PROVIDER DOES NOT HAVE PROTECTIVE GEAR
DOES NOT HAVE PROTECTIVE GEAR ON.
ON. SO, I MEAN, THE BIG HERO IN
SO, I MEAN, THE BIG HERO IN CHINA, 34 YEARS OLD, DIED OF
CHINA, 34 YEARS OLD, DIED OF THIS VIRUS.
THIS VIRUS. HE WAS THE ONE THAT BLEW THE
HE WAS THE ONE THAT BLEW THE WHISTLE AND TOLD THE WORLD THAT
WHISTLE AND TOLD THE WORLD THAT IT WAS BEING COVERED UP IN
IT WAS BEING COVERED UP IN WUHAN.
WUHAN. HE WAS AN OPHTHALMOLOGIST.
HE WAS AN OPHTHALMOLOGIST. NOW, HOW MANY OPHTHALMOLOGISTS
NOW, HOW MANY OPHTHALMOLOGISTS WATCHING THIS WOULD GIVE A
WATCHING THIS WOULD GIVE A SECOND THOUGHT TO WEARING
SECOND THOUGHT TO WEARING PROTECTIVE GEAR WHEN LOOKING AT
PROTECTIVE GEAR WHEN LOOKING AT SOMEBODY’S EYES?
SOMEBODY’S EYES? >> ESPECIALLY IF THEY DON’T SEEM
>> ESPECIALLY IF THEY DON’T SEEM TO BE SYMPTOMATIC.
TO BE SYMPTOMATIC. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. AND SIMILARLY, YOU CAN GO DOWN
AND SIMILARLY, YOU CAN GO DOWN THE LIST OF SO MANY ASPECTS OF
THE LIST OF SO MANY ASPECTS OF THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM WHERE, ON
THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM WHERE, ON A NORMAL DAY AND A NORMAL
A NORMAL DAY AND A NORMAL PATIENT FLOW, YOU WOULD NEVER
PATIENT FLOW, YOU WOULD NEVER WEAR A MASK, YOU WOULD NEVER
WEAR A MASK, YOU WOULD NEVER WEAR PROTECTIVE GEAR.
WEAR PROTECTIVE GEAR. YOU MIGHT PUT ON GLOVES FOR SOME
YOU MIGHT PUT ON GLOVES FOR SOME PROCEDURES, BUT FOR THE MOST
PROCEDURES, BUT FOR THE MOST PART IT WOULD BE VERY
PART IT WOULD BE VERY LACKADAISICAL.
LACKADAISICAL. THE NEXT TIME YOU GO TO THE
THE NEXT TIME YOU GO TO THE HOSPITAL OR A CLINIC, LOOK AT
HOSPITAL OR A CLINIC, LOOK AT HOW THE SECRETARIES ARE
HOW THE SECRETARIES ARE PROTECTED OR NOT PROTECTED.
PROTECTED OR NOT PROTECTED. LOOK AT THE STAFF AND THE
LOOK AT THE STAFF AND THE NURSING.
NURSING. ARE THEY WEARING PROTECTIVE
ARE THEY WEARING PROTECTIVE GEAR?
GEAR? NO.
NO. AND WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH
AND WE DON’T HAVE ENOUGH PROTECTIVE GEAR STOCKPILED OR
PROTECTIVE GEAR STOCKPILED OR AVAILABLE IN INVENTORY TO SUPPLY
AVAILABLE IN INVENTORY TO SUPPLY ALL THOSE PERSONNEL IN THE
ALL THOSE PERSONNEL IN THE UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW.
UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW. TODAY, RACHEL, IN GENEVA, THEY
TODAY, RACHEL, IN GENEVA, THEY HELD A PRESS BREACHING THAT WENT
HELD A PRESS BREACHING THAT WENT ON
ON BRIEFING THAT WENT ON AND ON AND
BRIEFING THAT WENT ON AND ON AND ON.
ON. IT FEATURED LEADERS OF THIS TEAM
IT FEATURED LEADERS OF THIS TEAM IN CHINA TO INVESTIGATE WHAT’S
IN CHINA TO INVESTIGATE WHAT’S THE STATUS OF THE SITUATION
THE STATUS OF THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. AND THEY SAID, IN NO UNCERTAIN
AND THEY SAID, IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS, EVERYBODY SHOULD DO WHAT
TERMS, EVERYBODY SHOULD DO WHAT CHINA DID.
CHINA DID. WELL, NOW, CAN YOU IMAGINE?
WELL, NOW, CAN YOU IMAGINE? WE’RE GOING TO SHUTDOWN 100
WE’RE GOING TO SHUTDOWN 100 MILLION AMERICANS.
MILLION AMERICANS. WE’RE GOING TO SHUT EVERY
WE’RE GOING TO SHUT EVERY BUSINESS IN AMERICA.
BUSINESS IN AMERICA. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE GUYS ON THE
WE’RE GOING TO HAVE GUYS ON THE HIGHWAYS PULLING OVER TRUCKERS
HIGHWAYS PULLING OVER TRUCKERS WITH THEIR GUNS ON THEIR GUN
WITH THEIR GUNS ON THEIR GUN RACKS AND SAYING, GET OVER TO
RACKS AND SAYING, GET OVER TO THE SIDE NOW.
THE SIDE NOW. WE’RE GOING TO DO A TEMPERATURE
WE’RE GOING TO DO A TEMPERATURE CHECK ON YOU.
CHECK ON YOU. IF YOU HAVE A FEVER, YOU HAVE TO
IF YOU HAVE A FEVER, YOU HAVE TO ABANDON YOUR TRUCK RIGHT HERE
ABANDON YOUR TRUCK RIGHT HERE AND ITS CARGO AND WE’RE TAKING
AND ITS CARGO AND WE’RE TAKING YOU OFF TO A QUARANTINE CENTER.
YOU OFF TO A QUARANTINE CENTER. NO IFS, ANDS OR BUTS.
