Name: Dr. Redlener: CDC Needs To Give Directions So Entire Country Is On The Same Page | Katy Tur | MSNBC
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BUT WITH THE POTENTIAL SURGE OF CORONAVIRUS CASES, ARE HOSPITALS

CORONAVIRUS CASES, ARE HOSPITALS PREPARED FOR WHAT IS POTENTIALLY

JOINING ME NOW, DIRECTOR OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’S NATIONAL

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’S NATIONAL CENTER FOR DISASTER

CENTER FOR DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, DR. EARLIN

SO WHAT ABOUT THIS CONTAINMENT ZONE IN NEW ROCHELLE.

ZONE IN NEW ROCHELLE. WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN?

WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN? >> IT’S AN EFFORT TO DEFINE A

>> IT’S AN EFFORT TO DEFINE A SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC AREA AROUND

SPECIFIC GEOGRAPHIC AREA AROUND THAT PARTICULAR SYNAGOGUE, WHICH

THAT PARTICULAR SYNAGOGUE, WHICH IS THE INITIAL POINT OF CONTACT.

IS THE INITIAL POINT OF CONTACT. HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, THE GUY WHO

HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, THE GUY WHO FIRST TESTED POSITIVE WAS

FIRST TESTED POSITIVE WAS COMMUTING BACK AND FORTH TO NEW

COMMUTING BACK AND FORTH TO NEW YORK CITY ON BUSY COMMUTER

HE WENT TO GRAND CENTRAL STATION, WALKED TO HIS OFFICE,

STATION, WALKED TO HIS OFFICE, ET CETERA.

ET CETERA. AND THE OTHER ISSUE IS THAT THE

AND THE OTHER ISSUE IS THAT THE ONE-MILE ZONE IS FAIRLY

ONE-MILE ZONE IS FAIRLY ARBITRARY, BECAUSE THEY’RE NOT

ARBITRARY, BECAUSE THEY’RE NOT CLOSING ALL THE SCHOOLS IN NEW

>> SO WHAT’S THE POINT? >> THE POINT IS TO TRY TO DO

>> THE POINT IS TO TRY TO DO SOMETHING TO CONTAIN THE SPREAD

SOMETHING TO CONTAIN THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.

OF THE VIRUS. BUT IT’S ALREADY THE BEGINNING

BUT IT’S ALREADY THE BEGINNING SIGNS OF A WILDFIRE OF SPREAD IS

SIGNS OF A WILDFIRE OF SPREAD IS WHAT WE’RE DEALING WITH.

WHAT WE’RE DEALING WITH. >> SO YOU’RE SAYING, EVEN THOUGH

>> SO YOU’RE SAYING, EVEN THOUGH THEY’RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING,

THEY’RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING, THIS IS JUST TOO SMALL SCALE?

THIS IS JUST TOO SMALL SCALE? >> THE MAIN THING IS IN THE

>> THE MAIN THING IS IN THE BACKGROUND, WHAT WE HAVE IN THE

BACKGROUND, WHAT WE HAVE IN THE UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW ARE WHAT

UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW ARE WHAT I’VE BEEN CALLING RANDOM ACTS OF

I’VE BEEN CALLING RANDOM ACTS OF RESPONSE, BECAUSE WHAT SEATTLE

RESPONSE, BECAUSE WHAT SEATTLE IS DOING, IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT

IS DOING, IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT ORLANDO IS DOING, DIFFERENT FROM

ORLANDO IS DOING, DIFFERENT FROM NEW YORK CITY, ET CETERA, ET

AND I THINK THIS HARKENS BACK TO TWO BIG ISSUES THAT THE FEDERAL

TWO BIG ISSUES THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO DEAL WITH,

GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO DEAL WITH, WHICH IS THIS UNCONSCIONABLE

WHICH IS THIS UNCONSCIONABLE ABILITY TO TEST LOTS OF PEOPLE

ABILITY TO TEST LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED

THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INVOLVED MANY, MANY WEEKS AGO.

MANY, MANY WEEKS AGO. AND NOW WE’RE BEHIND THE EIGHT

AND NOW WE’RE BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL, BECAUSE WE’RE MAKING

BALL, BECAUSE WE’RE MAKING REALLY IMPORTANT DECISIONS ON

REALLY IMPORTANT DECISIONS ON SEQUENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH MOVES

SEQUENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH MOVES THAT ARE GOING TO BE DRAMATIC,

THAT ARE GOING TO BE DRAMATIC, IS NUMBER ONE.

IS NUMBER ONE. THE SECOND THING IS, IT’S TIME

THE SECOND THING IS, IT’S TIME FOR THE CDC TO STOP PUSSYFOOTING

FOR THE CDC TO STOP PUSSYFOOTING AROUND HERE AND COME UP WITH

AROUND HERE AND COME UP WITH VERY SPECIFIC DIRECTIONS, NOT

VERY SPECIFIC DIRECTIONS, NOT SUGGESTIONS, SO THAT THE ENTIRE

SUGGESTIONS, SO THAT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IS ON THE SAME PAGE

>> THE PRESIDENT SAID NO ONE SAW THIS COMING, BUT EXPERTS HAVE

THIS COMING, BUT EXPERTS HAVE BEEN WARNING OF THIS FOR YEARS.

BEEN WARNING OF THIS FOR YEARS. THERE WAS AN BLA CRISIS A FEW

THERE WAS AN BLA CRISIS A FEW YEARS AGO THAT WAS THREATENING

YEARS AGO THAT WAS THREATENING TO SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD,

TO SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING TO HERE.

INCLUDING TO HERE. THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER EPIDEMICS

THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER EPIDEMICS OUT THERE, THIS HAS HAPPENED

WHY IS THERE NOT A GOVERNMENT RESPONSE IN PLACE.

RESPONSE IN PLACE. WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A PLAN TO

WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A PLAN TO COMBAT THIS?

COMBAT THIS? >> SO THERE’S GOING TO HAVE TO

>> SO THERE’S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A SERIOUS POSTMORTEM ON WHAT

BE A SERIOUS POSTMORTEM ON WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT WENT WRONG

HAPPENED AND WHAT WENT WRONG IT’S TOO EARLY TO DO THAT RIGHT

IT’S TOO EARLY TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT WHAT CAN BE DONE RIGHT

NOW, BUT WHAT CAN BE DONE RIGHT NOW IS FOR THE FEDERAL

NOW IS FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE A VERY

GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE A VERY CONSISTENT POLICY THAT APPLIES

CONSISTENT POLICY THAT APPLIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. THESE KINDS OF THINGS WORK,

THESE KINDS OF THINGS WORK, THESE WON’T WORK.

THESE WON’T WORK. WE CAN’T JUST HAVE SALESPEOPLE

WE CAN’T JUST HAVE SALESPEOPLE EXPERIMENTING LOCALLY WITH

EXPERIMENTING LOCALLY WITH SOMEONE DOING A CONTAINMENT

SOMEONE DOING A CONTAINMENT ZONE, SOMEONE SHUTTING SCHOOLS,

ZONE, SOMEONE SHUTTING SCHOOLS, OTHERS NOT SHUTTING SCHOOLS.

OTHERS NOT SHUTTING SCHOOLS. THIS IS TOO CHAOTIC AND I’M

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