WE HAVE SOME BREAKING NEWS FROM A BRIEFING AT THE CENTERS FOR

A BRIEFING AT THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL WHERE TOP

DISEASE CONTROL WHERE TOP OFFICIALS ARE WARNING THE SPREAD

OFFICIALS ARE WARNING THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS IN THE U.S.

OF CORONAVIRUS IN THE U.S. APPEARS INEVITABLE.

APPEARS INEVITABLE. HERE’S THE KEY QUOTE.

HERE’S THE KEY QUOTE. IT IS NOT A QUESTION OF IF THIS

IT IS NOT A QUESTION OF IF THIS WILL HAPPEN BUT WHEN THIS WILL

WILL HAPPEN BUT WHEN THIS WILL HAPPEN, AND HOW MANY PEOPLE IN

HAPPEN, AND HOW MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY WILL HAVE SEVERE

THIS COUNTRY WILL HAVE SEVERE ILLNESSES.

ILLNESSES. IT IS WHAT WE’RE ALREADY SEEING

IT IS WHAT WE’RE ALREADY SEEING IN CHINA, AND IN SOUTH KOREA

IN CHINA, AND IN SOUTH KOREA WHERE PEOPLE WAITED IN LONG

WHERE PEOPLE WAITED IN LONG LINES TO PURCHASE FACE MASKS

LINES TO PURCHASE FACE MASKS WITH THE NUMBER OF CASES RISING

WITH THE NUMBER OF CASES RISING TO NEARLY A THOUSAND PEOPLE.

TO NEARLY A THOUSAND PEOPLE. THE STATE DEPARTMENT RAISED ITS

THE STATE DEPARTMENT RAISED ITS TRAVEL ADVISORY SAYING U.S.

TRAVEL ADVISORY SAYING U.S. NATIONALS SHOULD AVOID

NATIONALS SHOULD AVOID NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL TO SOUTH

NONESSENTIAL TRAVEL TO SOUTH KOREA.

KOREA. >>> IN CHINA, CHECK OUT THIS

>>> IN CHINA, CHECK OUT THIS STUNNING VIDEO THAT APPEARS TO

STUNNING VIDEO THAT APPEARS TO SHOW A CHINESE S.W.A.T. TEAM

SHOW A CHINESE S.W.A.T. TEAM PRACTICING A TAKE DOWN OF AN

PRACTICING A TAKE DOWN OF AN UNCOOPERATIVE PERSON.

UNCOOPERATIVE PERSON. THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY

THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTRY DEALING WITH THE LARGEST

DEALING WITH THE LARGEST OUTBREAK IN EUROPE.

OUTBREAK IN EUROPE. THE DISEASE CLAIMS 7 WITH 229

THE DISEASE CLAIMS 7 WITH 229 INFECTED THERE.

INFECTED THERE. GLOBAL DEATH TOLL HAS SURPASSED

GLOBAL DEATH TOLL HAS SURPASSED 2600, WITH MORE THAN 77,000

2600, WITH MORE THAN 77,000 CONFIRMED CASES.

CONFIRMED CASES. JOINING ME, DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL

JOINING ME, DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND

INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES, DR. ANTHONY

INFECTIOUS DISEASES, DR. ANTHONY FAUCI.

FAUCI. A SOBERING UPDATE FROM THE CDC.

A SOBERING UPDATE FROM THE CDC. WHAT ARE THE HEALTH RISKS NOW IN

WHAT ARE THE HEALTH RISKS NOW IN THE U.S. THAT WE KNOW?

THE U.S. THAT WE KNOW? >> WELL, CURRENTLY THE HEALTH

>> WELL, CURRENTLY THE HEALTH RISKS ARE MINIMUM, PRACTICALLY

RISKS ARE MINIMUM, PRACTICALLY NONEXIST

NONEXIST NONEXISTENT DEALING WITH

NONEXISTENT DEALING WITH CORONAVIRUS.

CORONAVIRUS. WHAT THE CDC WAS REFERRING TO IS

WHAT THE CDC WAS REFERRING TO IS THE FACT THAT WE’RE SEEING CASES

THE FACT THAT WE’RE SEEING CASES NOW IN A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER

NOW IN A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OUTSIDE OF CHINA IN OTHER

OUTSIDE OF CHINA IN OTHER COUNTRIES, SOUTH KOREA, ITALY,

COUNTRIES, SOUTH KOREA, ITALY, IRAN, JAPAN, AND WHEN YOU START

IRAN, JAPAN, AND WHEN YOU START TO SEE SUSTAINED TRANSMISSION

TO SEE SUSTAINED TRANSMISSION FROM PERSON TO PERSON IN

FROM PERSON TO PERSON IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

MULTIPLE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, IT IS

THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, IT IS INEVITABLE THAT THIS WILL COME

INEVITABLE THAT THIS WILL COME TO THE UNITED STATES AND YOU’LL

TO THE UNITED STATES AND YOU’LL HAVE THE KINDS OF INFECTIONS WE

HAVE THE KINDS OF INFECTIONS WE HOPE WE’RE NOT GOING TO SEE BUT

HOPE WE’RE NOT GOING TO SEE BUT INEVITABLY WILL SEE UNLESS THE

INEVITABLY WILL SEE UNLESS THE OTHER COUNTRIES GET COMPLETE

OTHER COUNTRIES GET COMPLETE CONTROL OF THE INFECTIONS, FOR

CONTROL OF THE INFECTIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN SOUTH KOREA AND

EXAMPLE, IN SOUTH KOREA AND ITALY AND OTHER PLACES.

ITALY AND OTHER PLACES. WE NEED TO BE PREPARED.

WE NEED TO BE PREPARED. I THINK THE CHANCES ARE SLIM

I THINK THE CHANCES ARE SLIM THAT THEY’RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO

THAT THEY’RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL IT COMPLETELY, AND EACH

CONTROL IT COMPLETELY, AND EACH DAY WE SEE MORE COUNTRIES THAT

DAY WE SEE MORE COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOW HAVING COMMUNITY SPREAD

ARE NOW HAVING COMMUNITY SPREAD OF PERSON TO PERSON.

OF PERSON TO PERSON. AND THAT’S THE REASON WHY THE

AND THAT’S THE REASON WHY THE CDC MADE THAT WARNING IN THEIR

CDC MADE THAT WARNING IN THEIR PRESS CONFERENCE THAT IT IS

PRESS CONFERENCE THAT IT IS LIKELY WE WILL SEE INFECTIONS IN

LIKELY WE WILL SEE INFECTIONS IN THIS COUNTRY.

THIS COUNTRY. >> SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD

>> SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD FROM THE PRESIDENT TODAY WHO WAS

FROM THE PRESIDENT TODAY WHO WAS ASKED ABOUT IT AT A PRESS

ASKED ABOUT IT AT A PRESS CONFERENCE IN INDIA IS WE ARE

CONFERENCE IN INDIA IS WE ARE CLOSE TO A VACCINE, HE FEELS

CLOSE TO A VACCINE, HE FEELS CONFIDENT.

CONFIDENT. HOW CLOSE ARE WE, NUMBER ONE.

HOW CLOSE ARE WE, NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, EVEN IF WE’RE CLOSE

NUMBER TWO, EVEN IF WE’RE CLOSE TO THAT VACCINE, WHAT ARE THE

TO THAT VACCINE, WHAT ARE THE CHANCES THAT THE TIMING WILL BE

CHANCES THAT THE TIMING WILL BE SOON ENOUGH THAT WE CAN STOP

SOON ENOUGH THAT WE CAN STOP WHAT MAY INDEED BE THIS

WHAT MAY INDEED BE THIS INEVITABLE SET OF CASES?

INEVITABLE SET OF CASES? >> WELL, YOU’RE ASKING A VERY

>> WELL, YOU’RE ASKING A VERY GOOD QUESTION.

GOOD QUESTION. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A VACCINE

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A VACCINE IN EARLY PHASE ONE TRIAL TO

IN EARLY PHASE ONE TRIAL TO DETERMINE SAFETY IN THE NEXT

DETERMINE SAFETY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, IF NOT SOONER.

COUPLE OF MONTHS, IF NOT SOONER. THAT WILL BE THE QUICKEST WE

THAT WILL BE THE QUICKEST WE EVER GOT A VACCINE FROM THE TIME

EVER GOT A VACCINE FROM THE TIME WE DISCOVERED A PATHOGEN TO THE

WE DISCOVERED A PATHOGEN TO THE TIME WE STARTED TO TEST IT IN

TIME WE STARTED TO TEST IT IN HUMANS.

HUMANS. HOWEVER, THAT’S JUST THE FIRST

HOWEVER, THAT’S JUST THE FIRST STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A

STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A VACCINE.

VACCINE. AND IF YOU REALLY WANT TO TALK

AND IF YOU REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT REALISTIC TIMING, IT IS

ABOUT REALISTIC TIMING, IT IS LIKELY THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE A

LIKELY THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE A VACCINE AVAILABLE FOR DEPLOYMENT

VACCINE AVAILABLE FOR DEPLOYMENT IN A MEANINGFUL WAY IN AT LEAST

IN A MEANINGFUL WAY IN AT LEAST A YEAR TO A YEAR AND A HALF.

A YEAR TO A YEAR AND A HALF. >> A YEAR TO A YEAR AND A HALF?

>> A YEAR TO A YEAR AND A HALF? >> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> THAT IS CORRECT. WE WILL BE TESTING IT LITERALLY

WE WILL BE TESTING IT LITERALLY WITHIN A MONTH OR SO, BUT A

WITHIN A MONTH OR SO, BUT A VACCINE THAT WE CAN GIVE TO TENS

VACCINE THAT WE CAN GIVE TO TENS AND TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE

AND TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WILL NOT HAPPEN FOR AT LEAST A

WILL NOT HAPPEN FOR AT LEAST A YEAR, EVEN UNDER EMERGENCY

YEAR, EVEN UNDER EMERGENCY PROCESS.

PROCESS. >> SO WHAT DO WE DO IN THE

>> SO WHAT DO WE DO IN THE MEANTIME?

MEANTIME? HOW PREPARED ARE WE AND WHAT DO

HOW PREPARED ARE WE AND WHAT DO WE STILL NEED TO DO, DOCTOR?

WE STILL NEED TO DO, DOCTOR? >> WELL, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE

>> WELL, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE REASONABLY WELL PREPARED.

ARE REASONABLY WELL PREPARED. WE HAD A PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS

WE HAD A PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS PLAN WE PUT TOGETHER YEARS AGO

PLAN WE PUT TOGETHER YEARS AGO AND WHAT THE CDC WAS TALKING

AND WHAT THE CDC WAS TALKING ABOUT IS TAKING THE PROCESS FROM

ABOUT IS TAKING THE PROCESS FROM CONTAINMENT TO MITIGATION, AND

CONTAINMENT TO MITIGATION, AND MITIGATION MEANS TO BE PREPARED

MITIGATION MEANS TO BE PREPARED TO DO THINGS THAT WOULD SLOW

TO DO THINGS THAT WOULD SLOW DOWN THE SPREAD IF WE HAD AN

DOWN THE SPREAD IF WE HAD AN INFLUX OF INFECTIONS, SUCH AS

INFLUX OF INFECTIONS, SUCH AS CLOSING SCHOOLS, SOCIAL

CLOSING SCHOOLS, SOCIAL DISTANCING, TELE WORKING, THINGS

DISTANCING, TELE WORKING, THINGS LIKE THAT.

LIKE THAT. WE NEED TO START THINKING OF

WE NEED TO START THINKING OF THAT NOW, EVEN THOUGH IT ISN’T

THAT NOW, EVEN THOUGH IT ISN’T ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO

ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT IT NOW.

IMPLEMENT IT NOW. >> I DON’T WANT TO GET YOU

>> I DON’T WANT TO GET YOU INVOLVED IN POLITICS BUT I WANT

INVOLVED IN POLITICS BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE’RE GETTING

TO MAKE SURE WE’RE GETTING CORRECT INFORMATION OUT THERE.

CORRECT INFORMATION OUT THERE. ONE OF THE THINGS THE PRESIDENT

ONE OF THE THINGS THE PRESIDENT ALSO SAID TODAY WAS I THINK THE

ALSO SAID TODAY WAS I THINK THE WHOLE SITUATION WILL START

WHOLE SITUATION WILL START WORKING OUT AND RUSH LIMBAUGH

WORKING OUT AND RUSH LIMBAUGH WHO IS A BIG SUPPORTER OF HIS

WHO IS A BIG SUPPORTER OF HIS BASICALLY SAID TO HIS MANY

BASICALLY SAID TO HIS MANY VIEWERS ON HIS SHOW MONDAY THE

VIEWERS ON HIS SHOW MONDAY THE CORONAVIRUS IS THE COMMON COLD,

CORONAVIRUS IS THE COMMON COLD, FOLKS, HE BASICALLY SAID WE’RE

FOLKS, HE BASICALLY SAID WE’RE OVERSTATING THIS.

OVERSTATING THIS. ARE WE OVERSTATING THIS AND ARE

ARE WE OVERSTATING THIS AND ARE WE IN A SITUATION WHERE THE

WE IN A SITUATION WHERE THE WHOLE THING IS JUST GOING TO

WHOLE THING IS JUST GOING TO WORK ITSELF OUT?

WORK ITSELF OUT? >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL THE COMMON

>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL THE COMMON COLD RARELY IF EVER KILLS

COLD RARELY IF EVER KILLS ANYBODY, RARELY, TRULY RARELY.

ANYBODY, RARELY, TRULY RARELY. AND EVEN SEASONAL INFLUENZA HAS

AND EVEN SEASONAL INFLUENZA HAS A MORTALITY OF 0.1%.

A MORTALITY OF 0.1%. THE CURRENT MORTALITY OF THIS

THE CURRENT MORTALITY OF THIS OUTBREAK AT LEAST IN CHINA WAS 2

OUTBREAK AT LEAST IN CHINA WAS 2 TO 2.5%.

TO 2.5%. THAT’S SERIOUS.

THAT’S SERIOUS. I THINK IT WOULD NOT BE

I THINK IT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO SAY THIS IS JUST

APPROPRIATE TO SAY THIS IS JUST ANOTHER COMMON COLD BECAUSE IT

ANOTHER COMMON COLD BECAUSE IT CLEARLY IS NOT JUST ANOTHER

CLEARLY IS NOT JUST ANOTHER COMMON COLD.

COMMON COLD. >> DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, YOU ALWAYS

>> DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, YOU ALWAYS GIVE US SO MUCH IMPORTANT