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>> PFIZER’S CEO YESTERDAY SAID

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IN AN INTERVIEW HE LEARNED ABOUT

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THESE NEW RESULTS JUST ON

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SUNDAY.

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JOINING US NOW DIRECTOR OF THE

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CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE

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AND A PROFESSOR IN THE MEDICAL

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SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF

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MINNESOTA, DR. MICHAEL

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OSTERHOLM.

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HE HAS BEEN NAMED AS A MEMBER OF

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PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN’S

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CORONAVIRUS ADVISORY BOARD.

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GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US THIS

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MORNING.

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YOU ARE ON THE ADVISORY BOARD

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NAMED EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING.

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WHAT KIND OF WORK ARE YOU ALL

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DOING RIGHT NOW AND WHAT CAN BE

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DONE IN THE TIME BETWEEN NOW AND

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INAUGURATION DAY WHICH FEELS

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LIKE AN AWFUL LONG TIME.

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WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP TAMP

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DOWN THIS PROBLEM?

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>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IT’S VERY

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EARLY OBVIOUSLY IN THIS

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ACTIVITY, SO IT’S HARD FOR ME TO

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SAY THAT WHAT WE’RE GOING TO DO.

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WE’RE STILL WORKING TO DETERMINE

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THAT.

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BUT I’M OPTIMISTIC THAT THE

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TOPIC AREAS WHETHER IT BE

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VACCINES, WHETHER IT BE WHAT WE

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CAN DO TO LIMIT TRANSMISSION

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TODAY, BY ENCOURAGING BETTER

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PUBLIC HEALTH COORDINATION, ALL

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THOSE THINGS ARE ON THE TABLE.

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AND WE’RE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE

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LEARNING A LOT MORE OVER THE

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NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AS WE MOVE

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FORWARD WITH THE AGENDA FOR THE

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TASK FORCE.

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>> DR. OSTERHOLM, WHAT’S YOUR

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REACTION TO THE NEWS OUT OF

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PFIZER IN THIS TRIAL ANYWAY, 90%

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EFFECTIVE.

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HOW MUCH PROMISE DO YOU SEE IN

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THAT AND DO YOU SHARE AS I ASKED

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DR. GUPTA IN THE LAST HOUR, DR.

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FAUCI’S OPTIMISM THAT PEOPLE WHO

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NEED IT THE MOST MAY BE ABLE TO

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GET THE VACCINE BY THE END OF

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THE YEAR?

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>> WELL, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL,

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I THINK IT’S VERY ENCOURAGING

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NEWS.

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I’M OBVIOUSLY VERY PLEASED TO

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SEE THAT.

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WE HAVE NOW EVIDENCE THAT THIS

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VACCINE APPROACH CAN WORK.

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I THINK THE CHALLENGE THAT WE

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HAVE YET WHERE I’D BE VERY

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CAUTIOUS WHAT DOES THAT 90%

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MEAN?

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DO WE PREVENT 90% OF FEVER,

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COUGHS OR CHILLS OR

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HOSPITALIZATIONS AND DEATHS?

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WE DON’T KNOW THAT YET.

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WE KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IN

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PATIENTS WHO HAVE SEVERE

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OUTCOMES ARE THE PEOPLE LEAST

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LIKELY TO RESPOND WELL TO THE

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VACCINE.

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SO, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY NEED TO

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GET THAT INFORMATION.

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ANOTHER PIECE OF INFORMATION WE

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NEED WHICH WE JUST CAN’T GET YET

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BECAUSE OF TIME IS IN FACT HOW

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LONG THIS VACCINE WILL WORK.

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AND THAT’S GOING TO BE SOMETHING

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WE’LL LEARN OVER THE DAYS AND

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MONTHS AHEAD.

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>> SO NOT -- PUTTING ASIDE THIS

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NEWS, WHICH IS VERY GOOD FOR A

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MOMENT, BUT IT’S ALSO SOMETHING

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WE’RE LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD AT,

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I’D LIKE TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE

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CORONAVIRUS AND IT IS RAGING ON

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RIGHT NOW.

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WHAT ARE WE IN FOR THE NEXT FEW

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WEEKS AND WHAT ARE YOUR BIGGEST

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CONCERNS IN TERMS OF POCKETS OF

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THE COUNTRY THAT ARE SEEING

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SURGES OUR INCREASE IN DEATHS?

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>> WELL, KIND OF ALL OF THE

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ABOVE, MIKA.

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LET ME JUST SAY ON LABOR DAY WE

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HAD 32,000 CASES A DAY IN THIS

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COUNTRY REPORTED.

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AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, I WAS

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ALREADY SAYING THAT THIS IS

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GOING TO BE THE DARKEST MONTHS

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AHEAD IN TERMS OF THE PANDEMIC

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BECAUSE OF THE COMBINATION OF

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PANDEMIC FATIGUE.

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PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE THE PANDEMIC

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IS REAL BUT JUST ARE TIRED OF

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TRYING TO LIMIT THEIR ACTIVITIES

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TO REDUCE THEIR RISK.

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YOU KNOW, THEN WE HAVE PANDEMIC

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ANGER THAT PART OF THE

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POPULATION THAT BELIEVES THAT

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THIS IS STILL A HOAX AND NOTHING

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THEY’RE GOING TO DO IS GOING TO

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BE CONSISTENT WITH PUBLIC HEALTH

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RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN YOU

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BRING US INDOORS WITH INDOOR AIR

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AND WE HAVE ONE TO TWO AIR

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EXCHANGES AN HOUR AS COMPARED TO

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12 SAY IN THE HOSPITAL.

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WHEN YOU ADD THOSE UP IT’S THE

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PERFECT STORM.

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I’M NOT SURPRISED RIGHT NOW AND

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I HAVE SAID WE’D BE HITTING 100

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TO 150,000 CASES IN THE VERY

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TIME PERIOD.

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WHAT I HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR