ONE OF THE SCARIEST THINGS RIGHT NOW IS IT'S SO HARD TO KNOW WHAT

TO BELIEVE.

WE'RE GETTING MIXED MESSAGES, CONFLICTING INFORMATION, WEIRD

CONSPIRACY TH THEORIES AND THAT' JUST FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.

FORTUNATELY, "THE LATE SHOW" HAS AN EXPERT IN NOT UNDERSTANDING

THINGS.

HER NAME IS BOOTSIE PLUNKETT, MOTHER OF FIELD PRODUCER JAKE

PLUNKETT.

HERE THEY ARE.

THRTS BOOTSIE RIGHT OVER HERE.

THERE'S JAKE AND, YES, I ALWAYS HAVE THEIR TOTO NEXT TO MY BATH

TUB.

THERE YOU GO, GUYS.

LAST WEEK BOOTSIE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON SO JAKE

TOOK HER TO TRY TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING FROM PHYSICIAN AND

YALE PUBLIC HEALTH LECTURER JAMES HAMLINE.

PLEASE STAY HOME IF YOU CAN.

THIS WAS FILMED EIGHT DAYS AGO.

BACK THEN, IT WAS STILL CONSIDERED MEDICALLY ADVISABLE

TO TRANSPORT YOUR BOOTSIE.

TAKE A LOOK.

GYM?

JIM?

♪ ( DOORBELL RINGING )

>> JAKE!

HOW YOU DOING?

>> HI.

SAY HI TO EVERYONE.

>> HI, GUYS.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY?

>> YEAH, CORONAVIRUS!

OKAY, HOW YOU DOING?

NOT GOOD.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN NOT GOOD?

I'M WORRIED ABOUT THIS VIRUS.

YEAH, IT'S PRETTY SERIOUS.

PEOPLE ARE SHUTTING DOWN AND, I DON'T KNOW, I'M VERY WORRIED.

>> SO YOU KNOW ABOUT THESE QUARANTINES?

>> YEAH.

LIKE, IF THEY TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SHUT DOWN, YOU STAY

IN YOUR HOUSE FOR TWO WEEKS.

>> SO THAT MIGHT HAPPEN HERE.

WE DON'T KNOW.

>> MM-HMM.

ARE YOU READY FOR IT?

I DON'T KNOW.

T'S GOOD TO SEE YOU'RE AT LEAST PREPPED HERE.

>> YEAH, AND LOOK WHAT IT SAYS!

SUGAR-FREE.

I HAVE LEARNED MY LESSON.

>> THEY'RE STILL COOKIES, DUDE.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

ONE DAY I SAT AND ATE NINE OF THEM.

( LAUGHTER ) >> ONE COOKIE IS 100 CALORIES.

SO I ATE 900 CALORIES IN ONE SITTING?

NO WONDERING I'M SUCH A FATSO!

MY GOD, A LOT OF SOUP.

>> OKAY.

I LOT A LOT OF CHEF B BOYER DEE.

>> YOU LIKE THAT?

I HATE IT.

I GOT SOME MIKE AND IKES!

NOT SUGAR FREE.

>> AFTER SEEING HER EXPRESSIVE QUARANTINE PREPARATIONS, MY MOM

AND I HIT THE ROAD TO TALK TO CORONAVIRUS EXPERT DR. GYMS

HAMLINE.

YOU'RE TOUCHING YOUR FACE.

>> NO, I'M NOT.

YOU JUST TOUCHED YOUR FACE.

I SCRATCHED MY FREAKIN' HEAD.

WHICH IS WHAT?

MY HEAD IS MY HEAD.

MY FACE IS MY FACE.

FACE, HEAD, EARS, NECK.

>> YOU'RE LIKE A DOCTOR YOURSELF.

>> I AM A ( BLEEP ) DOCTOR.

I MISSED MY CALLING.

I'M A VERY SMART LADY, BUT FOOLED AROUND TOO MUCH IN MY

YOUTH.

>> FOOLED AROUND HOW?

A LOT OF SMOKING OF THE WEED?

>> OH, OH, YEAH.

WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE?

I USED TO PUT SOME HASH OIL ON IT.

>> WHAT DOES THAT DO?

AAAHHH!

YOU KNOW!

( BLEEP ) UP.

>> OH, GOD.

WHAT'S UP?

NO!

ALL RIGHT, LISTEN, I CAN'T TALK.

>> WHY CAN'T YOU TALK?

ELL, CAN I TALK?

NO, WE'RE DOING A SEGMENT!

I'M ON A SEGMENT!

WE ARRIVED AT THE HOSPITAL, AND MY MOTHER WAS READY TO MEET

THE DOCTOR TO BE EDUCATED ON THE DISEASE.

>> HI, DOCTOR.

BOOTSIE.

OW ARE YOU?

GOOD.

HOW ARE YOU?

>> STILL GOOD.

OKAY.

I MYSELF AM VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE I'M 61 YEARS OLD AND I

HAVE A TON OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES, LIKE LUPUS, DIABETES,

HYPOTHYROIDISM, YOU KNOW, OSTEOARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID

ARTHRITIS.

SO I'M AFRAID -- >> SO YOU JUST HAVE TO BE EXTRA

CAREFUL AND ASK EVERYONE AROUND YOU, EVERYONE IN YOUR LIFE TO BE

EXTRA CAREFUL WITH EVERYTHING THEY'RE DOING BECAUSE YOU WANT

TO NOT GET IT.

>> AND MY BROTHER, I TALKED TO HIM, LIKE, THREE WEEKS AGO.

HE'S COMING THIS SATURDAY TO VISIT ME.

HE SAID, I WAS BURNING WITH A FEVER, COUGHING MY LUNGS OUT,

AND THEY TOLD HIM IT WAS JUST A BAD HEAD COLD.

I'VE NEVER GOTTEN A FEVER WITH A HEAD COLD.

>> RIGHT.

SO SHOULD I HAVE HIM SATURDAY?

>> NO.

?

DEFINITELY NOT.

PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK, WHO HAVE VERY RECENTLY BEEN SICK SHOULD

NOT BE TRAVELING RIGHT NOW.

>> I DON'T WANT TO DIE, I JUST GOT A BRAND-NEW GRANDDAUGHTER.

>> I DON'T WANT YOU TO DIE.

CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THANK YOU, IT'S JAKE'S.

THAT'S MY SON, JAKE.

>> YEAH.

ANYWAY, GO AHEAD.

THE VIRUS DOESN'T WANT TO KILL YOU.

>> WHAT IS DOES IT WANT TO DO?

JUST GET PAST THE LUNG.

GET PAST YOUR LUNGS?

THE LUNGS TO OTHER PEOPLE.

STAY ALIVE.

>> SO I WENT TO THE SUPERMARKET JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, AND I

COULDN'T FIND ONE HAND SANITIZER.

THEY'RE COMPLETELY SOLD OUT, AS WELL AS TOILET PAPER.

NOW, WHAT'S WITH THE TOILET PAPER?

ARE YOU GETTING THE RUNS WITH IT?

>> YOU'RE NOT GETTING THE RUNS, BUT PEOPLE ARE WORRIED THEY

MIGHT HAVE TO BE HOME A LONG TIME AND ARE THINKING WHAT DO I

MOST NEED.

>> I GUESS TOILETTE PAPER.

YEAH, YOU WANT THAT.

YOU'RE REALLY SUPPOSED TO STAY HOME.

>> I DON'T WORK, SO I'M LUCKY TO STAY HOME.

DR. HANDSOME, YOU'RE A HANDSOME BOY.

>> THANK YOU.

YEAH, YOU CAN'T BUY THIS STUFF.

OH, YOU KNOW WHAT I DID?

I BOUGHT FIVE SOAPS, BUT I THOUGHT THEY WERE -- IS THIS

SOAP?

>> THAT'S HAND SANITIZER.

THAT'S THE FOAMY KIND.

>> I MUST HAVE USED TOO MUCH.

I THOUGHT I BOUGHT FIVE HAND SANITIZERS, AND I BOUGHT FIVE

SOAPS.

SO I'M IN MY KITCHEN, PUMP, PUMP, PUMP, AND THERE'S BIG FOAM

EVERYWHERE.

>> YEAH.

IT WAS SOAP.

YEAH, IT'S HARD TO FIND HAND SANITIZER NOW.

>> YOU CAN'T.

IT'S ALL EMPTY ON THE SHELVES.

I WAS GETTING MYHAIRCUT THE OTHER DAY AND A LADY IN THERE

KEPT SAYING, OH, THIS WAS PLANTED, THIS WAS WAS A

CONSPIRACY.

AND I'M JUST LISTENING BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT.

>> THERE IS NO ONE WHO HAS ANYTHING TO GAIN FROM THIS.

NO COUNTRY WILL GAIN ANYTHING, THERE'S NO ECONOMIC GAIN,

THERE'S -- NO, IT'S JUST A LOT OF -- IT'S LOSS IN EVERY

DIRECTION.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN HAVE DURING AN OUTBREAK IS A

SENSE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON.

WHAT MAKES PEOPLE REALLY PANIC IS WHEN THEY THINK THEY'RE NOT

ACTUALLY GETTING THE STRAIGHT STORY.

>> I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING IN MY MIND, I JUST FORGOT.

HMM.

OH, SO I'M A DIABETIC, I EAT SUGAR-FREE COOKIES.

AND MY SON'S TELLING ME THAT THEY'RE NOT SUGAR-FREE.

>> NOT REALLY.

WHAT?

THEY DON'T HAVE SUGAR-SUGAR, BUT THEY'VE GOT FLOUR, RIGHT?

>> WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

SO THEY HAVE THESE CARBOHYDRATES IN THEM THAT

QUICKLY BECOME SUGAR.

>> OH, DEAR GOD!

I WAS RIGHT!

YOU PROBABLY ENJOY THEM.

THERE ARE FEW THINGS IN LIFE YOU ENJOY.

>> I ENJOY THEM SO MUCH THE OTHER DAY I ATE NINE.

THERE'S ONLY 12 IN A PACK.

>> WHAT STOPPED YOU AT NINE?

I SAID, ENOUGH, THAT PITCH.

HMM.

OW BAD CAN THIS CORONAVIRUS GET?

>> SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DIE.

WE JUST DON'T KNOW.

IT COULD BE A VASTLY DIFFERENT NUMBER, DEPENDING ON HOW WE ALL

COLLECTIVELY RESPOND TO THAT.

>> DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP, HAS DONE A GOOD

JOB WITH THIS CORONAVIRUS?

>> I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO TAKE -- I

THINK HE HAS DELEGATED A LOT OF WORK TO PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT

THEY'RE DOING, AND WHO HOPEFULLY CAN BE LISTENED TO AND CAN FEEL

LIKE THEY CAN SPEAK THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT

NEEDS TO BE DONE WITHOUT NEEDING TO KISS UP TOO MUCH.

EVERYTHING IS GOING TO HAVE TO SACRIFICE SOMETHING FOR THIS

EFFORT, AND THERE'S A GREAT MOMENT AND A GREAT WAY PEOPLE

CAN BE BROUGHT TOGETHER IN MOMENTS LIKE THIS, NOT UNLIKE

BEING AT WAR.

>> RIGHT.

AND IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WHERE STRONG LEADERSHIP IS

REALLY NEEDED.

>> DO YOUR SIGN-UP, OKAY.

YES.

HI, I TALKED TO DR. JAMES HAMLIN TODAY AND I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT

THE CORONAVIRUS.

I LEARNED THAT IT'S GOING TO WIPE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT,

INCLUDING MYSELF.

SO GET READY -- >> OKAY, OKAY!

WHAT?

SO I LEARNED TODAY FROM DR. JAMES HANDLIN THAT THE

CORONAVIRUS IS VERY SERIOUS.

TAKE IT VERY SERIOUS.

WATCH YOUR HANDS EVERY DAY ABOUT 20 TIMES FOR 20 SECONDS.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

YOU MUST KEEP WASHING YOUR HANDS.

STOCK UP ON HAND SANITIZER, TOILETTE PAPER, ANYTHING,

BECAUSE YOU COULD BE STUCK IN THE HOUSE FOR TWO WEEKS.

AND IT COULD BECOME A PANADEMIC.

>> PANDEMIC!

CAN WE JUST LAUGH AT THAT?