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>>> EPIDEMIOLOGISTS ARE CONTINUING TO TRACK THE SPREAD

CONTINUING TO TRACK THE SPREAD OF CORONAVIRUS.

OF CORONAVIRUS. WE NOW HAVE FIRST CONFIRMED

WE NOW HAVE FIRST CONFIRMED CASES OF THE VIRUS IN PLACES

CASES OF THE VIRUS IN PLACES LIKE BRAZIL, NORWAY, PAKISTAN,

LIKE BRAZIL, NORWAY, PAKISTAN, GREECE, AND GEORGIA.

GREECE, AND GEORGIA. IN MANY CASES, WE CAN IDENTIFY

IN MANY CASES, WE CAN IDENTIFY HOW THE PERSON GOT THE VIRUS,

HOW THE PERSON GOT THE VIRUS, WHAT THEIR EXPOSURE WAS.

WHAT THEIR EXPOSURE WAS. THE OTHER WAY TO THINK ABOUT

THE OTHER WAY TO THINK ABOUT THIS IS SOMETHING CALLED

THIS IS SOMETHING CALLED COMMUNITY SPREAD.

COMMUNITY SPREAD. THAT IS WHEN CASES START

THAT IS WHEN CASES START APPEARING WITHOUT KNOWN CASES OF

APPEARING WITHOUT KNOWN CASES OF EXPOSURE.

FOR BRAZIL, IN EXAMPLE. IN NORWAY, THE PERSON HAD JUST

IN NORWAY, THE PERSON HAD JUST RETURNED FROM CHINA.

RETURNED FROM CHINA. BUT IN SOME COUNTRIES, THEY

BUT IN SOME COUNTRIES, THEY ALREADY HAVE COMMUNITY SPREAD.

ALREADY HAVE COMMUNITY SPREAD. THAT INCLUDES HONG KONG, ITALY,

THAT INCLUDES HONG KONG, ITALY, IRAN, SINGAPORE, SOUTH KOREA,

IRAN, SINGAPORE, SOUTH KOREA, TAIWAN, AND THAILAND.

TAIWAN, AND THAILAND. SO THAT MEANS PEOPLE ARE SHOWING

SO THAT MEANS PEOPLE ARE SHOWING UP WITH THE VIRUS AND IT IS NOT

UP WITH THE VIRUS AND IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW THEY GOT IT.

CLEAR HOW THEY GOT IT. WELL, TONIGHT, WE HAVE WHAT

WELL, TONIGHT, WE HAVE WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE FIRST CASE OF

APPEARS TO BE THE FIRST CASE OF COMMUNITY SPREAD HERE IN THE

COMMUNITY SPREAD HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, IN NORTHERN

YESTERDAY, THE CDC SAID THAT THIS WAS LIKELY TO HAPPEN.

THIS WAS LIKELY TO HAPPEN. THEY ALSO EMPHASIZED THAT PEOPLE

THEY ALSO EMPHASIZED THAT PEOPLE SHOULD NOT PANIC.

SHOULD NOT PANIC. HERE TO EXPLAIN THE TRAJECTORY

HERE TO EXPLAIN THE TRAJECTORY OF THIS VIRUS, DR. PETER JOTEZ,

OF THIS VIRUS, DR. PETER JOTEZ, THE DEAN AT THE BAYLOR COLLEGE

THE DEAN AT THE BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE.

OF MEDICINE. BACK IN 2014, EXPLAINED TO US

BACK IN 2014, EXPLAINED TO US HOW EBOLA VIRUS WORKS.

HOW EBOLA VIRUS WORKS. SO, DOCTOR, LET’S START WITH

SO, DOCTOR, LET’S START WITH THIS -- THE -- THE NEWS ABOUT

THIS -- THE -- THE NEWS ABOUT COMMUNITY SPREAD.

COMMUNITY SPREAD. THE CDC, ESSENTIALLY, SAYING

THE CDC, ESSENTIALLY, SAYING THIS WAS INEVITABLE.

THIS WAS INEVITABLE. WHAT DOES IT MEAN IF THERE IS A

WHAT DOES IT MEAN IF THERE IS A CASE IN THE U.S. THAT DOESN’T

CASE IN THE U.S. THAT DOESN’T HAVE ANY KNOWN LINKS TO ANY OF

HAVE ANY KNOWN LINKS TO ANY OF THE SORT OF MAIN COUNTRIES?

THE SORT OF MAIN COUNTRIES? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL,

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, THANKS FOR HAVING ME BACK.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME BACK. YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAVE SEEN NOW

YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAVE SEEN NOW IS THAT THERE’S TRANSMISSION IN

IS THAT THERE’S TRANSMISSION IN MULTIPLE COUNTRIES.

MULTIPLE COUNTRIES. THE COUNTRIES THAT YOU

THE COUNTRIES THAT YOU MENTIONED, INCLUDING ITALY AND

AND NOW, WE MAY HAVE TO ADD THE UNITED STATES TO THAT LIST.

UNITED STATES TO THAT LIST. YOU KNOW, THE WORLD HEALTH

YOU KNOW, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION IS NOT OFFICIALLY

ORGANIZATION IS NOT OFFICIALLY CALLING THIS A PANDEMIC YET.

CALLING THIS A PANDEMIC YET. BUT WE SEEM TO BE INCHING IN

BUT WE SEEM TO BE INCHING IN THAT DIRECTION.

THAT DIRECTION. AND THE CONCERN IS THAT WE’RE

AND THE CONCERN IS THAT WE’RE GOING TO START SEEING A FOOTHOLD

GOING TO START SEEING A FOOTHOLD THAT THIS VIRUS GAINS IN THE

THAT THIS VIRUS GAINS IN THE UNITED STATES.

UNITED STATES. AND THE EVIDENCE FOR THAT IS

AND THE EVIDENCE FOR THAT IS PERSON-TO-PERSON ONGOING

TRANSMISSION. THE PRESIDENT, TONIGHT, TRIED TO

THE PRESIDENT, TONIGHT, TRIED TO EMPHASIZE THE FEW -- THE SMALL

EMPHASIZE THE FEW -- THE SMALL NUMBERS OF 15.

NUMBERS OF 15. BUT THAT’S -- THAT’S NOT THE

THE POINT IS WE KNOW THESE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO GO UP.

NUMBERS ARE GOING TO GO UP. WE ARE GOING TO START SEEING

WE ARE GOING TO START SEEING HUMAN-TO-HUMAN TRANSMISSION.

HUMAN-TO-HUMAN TRANSMISSION. AND WE REALLY HAVE TO GET READY

AND WE REALLY HAVE TO GET READY FOR THIS AND PROTECT OUR TWO

FOR THIS AND PROTECT OUR TWO MOST-VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.

MOST-VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. >> WHICH ARE?

>> WHICH ARE? >> WELL, NUMBER ONE, ARE THE

>> WELL, NUMBER ONE, ARE THE HEALTHCARE WORKERS.

HEALTHCARE WORKERS. WE SUEAW IN WUHAN, IN CENTRAL

WE SUEAW IN WUHAN, IN CENTRAL CHINA, THERE WERE MORE THAN A

CHINA, THERE WERE MORE THAN A THOUSAND HEALTHCARE WORKERS

THERE WERE SIX DEATHS. YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT WOULD

YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE UNITED STATES IF

HAPPEN IN THE UNITED STATES IF WE SAW AN EPIDEMIC AMONG OUR

WE SAW AN EPIDEMIC AMONG OUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS.

HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS. THAT WOULD CAUSE A LOT OF

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