I HAVE IN THE PAST, BUT NOT WITH
RESPECT TO THE TRANSITION AND
NOT SINCE JOINING THE TEAM.
AND BIG PICTURE, I THINK WE NEED
TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE AT
WAR.
WE ARE AT WAR WITH THIS VIRUS.
THIS IS A NATIONAL SECURITY
THREAT, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER
NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT WOULD
BE, WHETHER IT’S A TERRORIST
ATTACK OR BEING IN ARMED
CONFLICT WITH ANOTHER COUNTRY.
AND I JUST REALLY DO NOT
UNDERSTAND HOW WE CANNOT SET
ASIDE THE POLITICS HERE AND DO
WHAT IS BEST FOR THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
WE REALLY DO NEED TO BE BRIEFED
ON CRITICAL INFORMATION SO THAT
WE CAN MAKE PLANS FOR WHEN IT’S
TIME FOR THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE OVER IN
JANUARY.
>> LET ME STICK WITH YOU,
BECAUSE, LOOK, I GET THAT PEOPLE
ARE SUFFERING ECONOMICALLY.
THAT’S A VERY LEGITIMATE ISSUE.
SYMONE SANDERS FROM THE BIDEN
CAMPAIGN SAID, LOOK, BIDEN AND
HARRIS WANT TO SHUT DOWN THIS
VIRUS, NOT THE ECONOMY.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, NUMBERS
THAT HAD US SHOOK IN MARCH, IN
APRIL, THEY’RE NOW WORSE THAN
WHAT WE SAW IN MARCH AND APRIL.
SO I WANT TO ASK, IS A NATIONAL
SHUTDOWN ON THE TABLE FOR WHAT
YOU ON THE TRANSITION TEAM IS
RECOMMENDING AT THIS POINT?
>> I THINK WE’VE LEARNED A LOT
SINCE THE SPRING.
AND WHILE IN THE SPRING, WE WERE
MUCH MORE DRACONIAN AND NOT VERY
NUANCED IN OUR APPROACH BECAUSE
WE SIMPLY DID NOT KNOW A LOT OF
THE ANSWERS, A LOT OF THE
DETAILS ABOUT HOW THE VIRUS IS
TRANSMITTED, I WOULD SAY WE’VE
SWITCHED FROM AN ON-AND-OFF
LIGHT SWITCH TO A DIMMER SWITCH
APPROACH, SO REALLY DIALING UP
AND DIALING DOWN BASED ON THE
LOCAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, AND THAT
REQUIRES DOING A LOT OF TESTING,
BECAUSE YOU CANNOT HAVE YOUR
FINGER ON THE PULSE OF WHERE THE
DISEASE IS BEING TRANSMITTED, BY
WHOM, AND WHY THIS IS HAPPENING,
UNLESS YOU’RE DOING MASSIVE
TESTING.
SO, WE ARE GOING TO BE SHIFTING
STRATEGIES.
IT’S GOING TO BE VERY MUCH