Ifeveryonemakesthis, uh, changeorthesecriticalchangesandsacrificesnowwewillrallytogetherasonenationandwewilldefeatthevirus, andwe'regoingthere, have a bigcelebrationaltogether.
I'm alsopleasedtoreporttodaythat a vaccinecandidatehasbegunthePhaseoneclinicaltrialthisisoneofthefastestvaccinedevelopmentlaunchesinhistory, notevenclose.
Sojusttoconnectwithwhat I mentionedtoyouinpreviousdiscussionsinthisroom.
AndDrBurkesaiditverywellthatinordertobeabletocontainandcurtailthisepidemictonotreachitsmaximumcapability, wehave a twopillarapproach, oneofwhich, I believehasbeenveryeffectiveinpreventingthesubstantialseatingandnamely, thetravelrestrictionsthatwe'vediscussedmanytimesinthisroom.
And, youknow, I couldbethatthenumbersButthey'rereallyessentiallywhatwe'veseenyesterdayincrementalincreasesbothgloballyaswellasintheUnitedStateswiththecurvedoingthat.
Whenyoulookatthemcarefully, I believeifthepeopleintheUnitedStatestakethemseriouslybecausetheywerebasedonsomeratherseriousconsiderationbackandforth, somemaylookatthemandsaythey'regonnabereallyinconvenientforpeople.
Somewilllookandsay, Well, maybewe'vegone a littlebittoofar.
Theywerewellthoughtout.
Andthethingthat I wanttoreemphasizeand I'llsayitoverandoveragain.
I'm sayingwearedoing a verygoodjobwithintheconfinesofwhatwe'redealingwith.
We'redoing a verygoodjob.
There's been a There's been a tremendousamountofthewaythey'reworkingtogether.
They'reworkinghandinhand.
I thinkthey'redoingreally a greatjob.
Andfromthatstandpoint, that's what I wasreferringto.
Theoh, it's undercontrol, right?
I'm notreferringtoit.
MeetingtheYeah, ifyou'retalkingaboutthevirus.
No, that's notundercontrolforanyplaceintheworld.
I think I read.
I think I readnow.
I didn't know I wastalkingaboutWhatwe'redoingisundercontrol.
But I'm nottalkingaboutthevirus.
Yes, please.
Stockmarkettookanotherhittoday.
Isthe U.
S.
Economyheadinginto a recession?
Well, itmaybeWe'renotthinkintermsofrecession.
We'rethinkingintermsofthevirus.
Oncewestop, I thinkthere's a tremendouspentupdemand, bothintermsofthestockmarketintermsoftheeconomy, andoncethisgoesaway, onceitgoesthroughandwe'redonewithit, I thinkyou'regoingtosee a tremendous, a tremendoussearchlookinganydomesticfamilyrestrictions.
I knowthat's beenonthetablebefore, butthatarmingup, it'llwe'renotreally.
Whatcanyousayto a shorehealthcareprovidersinthiscountrythatthefederalgovernmentisdoingsomethingtodaystoensurethattheygetpersonalprotectiveequipmenttoprotectthemselvesandtheirfamily?
Well, I thinkthefederalgovernment's doingeverythingthatwecanpossiblydo.
WehadanothersilentepidemicHIV, and I justwanttorecognizetheHIVepidemicwassolvedbythecommunity, the H I V advocatesandactivistswhostoodupwhennoonewaslisteningandgoteveryone's attention.
Sowe'reputting a regalpriorityonourextraordinaryhealthcareworkersthatarethereareatthisveryhourcomingalongsidepeoplethatarestrugglingwiththeCoronavirusandpeoplethatareconcernedthattheymayhavebeenexposed.
President, howmanykidshavebeensentdownandhowmanypeoplecanactuallybetested, I think.
Andyoumightwanttotalkabouttheroving.
Sothankyouverymuchforthat.
Uh, aswetalkedaboutyesterdaywerereallyentering a newphaseoftesting.
Atfirst, wewereattheinitialphasewheretheCDCdevelopedtestwasonlyavailableinpublichealthlaboratoriesintheCDCworksverywellfor a few 1000 testsperdayAfteritgetsrunning, we'renowmovinginto a phasethatthebigcommerciallaboratorieswithhighthroughputscreeninghaveavailability.
Soaswetalkedaboutlastweek, becauseofthehistoriceffortsoftheFDA, a Rochetestandasthepresidentpredicted, a ThermoFishertest, we'rebothproducedlastweekunderanemergencyuseauthorization.
1.9 millionofthosetestswillbesequentiallyintotheecosystemthisweekfromtheinformationwehaverightnow, onemilliontestsareavailablewithallthereagents, everythingreadytogoprimarilyatthereferencelabscalledQuestLabCoreand a coupleothers.
Now, itdoesn't matterifthey'renotinyourneighborhood, becauseeverydaywhenpeoplegettests, a littlewhiteboxgoesoutinfront, itgetsshippedbyanincredibledistributionsystem.
However, aswemoveforward, particularlyintheheightandthecommercialphaseofwherewearerightnow, weexpectabout 80 to 85% ofthetesttoflowrightintotheCDC.
Weknowthem.
That's notgoodenoughforAmbassadorBurke.
Shewants 100 we'llworkonthat, I thinkjusttoputit a differentway, a lotoflotoftestinghasbeengoingon, and I don't believeanybodyhasbeenabletodowhatwe'redoingandwhatwewillbedoing.
ThisisjustanothertoolforstatesinlocalpublichealthsystemsandhealthcaresystemstouseIt's notreplacingtestingthatitgoesonin a doctor's officeorin a hospital.
Butwecan, Uh I think I thinkit's veryimportantthatallofthegovernor's getalongverywellwithussothatwegetalongwiththegovernorsand I thinkthat's happening, decidedtoseparateandbeing a bubbletoavoidthespreadofthediseaseandtoprotectthechainofcommand.
I thinkwe'vealwaysheardaboutthegreatestgeneration, wereprotectingthegreatestgenerationrightnowandtheChildrenofthegreatestgeneration.
And I thinkthemillennialscanhelpustremendouslybyhaving a plus.
Theyneedtocommunicatewitheachother.
Publichealthpeoplelikemyselfdon't alwayscomeoutwithcompellingandexcitingmessagesthat a 25 to 35 yearoldmayfindinterestingandsomethingthatwilltaketoheart.
Doesthebuckstopswithyou, andon a scaleof 1 to 10 howwouldyourateyourresponsetothiscrisis?
I'd readit A tent.
I thinkwe'vedone a greatjob, anditstartedwiththefactthatwekeptAveryhighlyinfectedcountrydespitealloftheeventheprofessionalssayingnowit's tooearlytodothat.
Wewerevery, veryearlywithrespecttoChina, andwewouldhave a wholedifferentsituationinthiscountry.
Ifwedidn't dothat, I wouldrateit a very, very I wouldrateourselvesandtheprofessionals.
I thinktheprofessionalshavedone a fantasticjobasfarasthetesting.
Youheardtheadmiral.
I thinkthetestingthatwe'vedone, wereallytookoveranobsoletesystemorputitmaybein a differentway, a systemthatwasn't meanttodoanythinglikethis.
Wetookitover, andwe'redoingsomethingthat's neverbeendoneinthiscountry, and I thinkthatwearedoingverywell.
Wetookthesystem, weworkedwiththesystem.
Wehadandwebrokedownthesystempurposely.
Webrokeitdowninordertodowhatwe'redoingnowandwithin a shortperiodoftime.
Withthehighthroughputtestingthatthat's nolonger a barrier, thebarrierisactuallydoingtheteston a person I'm sureisthepresidentWillwouldinformyouinordertodothetest.
A healthcareproviderneedstodressinfullpersonalprotectiveequipment, fullpersonalprotectiveequipment, andthere's a swabthat's putinthebackofthenoseallthewaytothebackofthethroat.
It's called a nasalFerrinjewelswab, whichisthenputinmedia.
But I thinkwhenyouheartheyouknowthishasneverbeendonebeforeinthiscountry.
Ifyoulookback, take a lookatsomeofthethingsthattookplacein 09 or 11 orwhateveritmayhavebeentheyneverdid.
Nobody's everdoneanythinglikewhatwe'redoing.
I willalsosay, Ed, Well, I thinkwecansaythatwe'realsogettingthisreadyforthefuturesothatwhenwehave a futureproblem, ifandwhenandhopefullywedon't haveanythinglikethis.
Butifthereis, we'regonnabeverywe'regonnabestartingfrom a muchhigherplateaubecausewewerein a very, verylowbase.
Butthequestionaboutthesortofunderlyingpublichealthstrategybehindsomeoftheseguidelinestellingpeopletoavoidrestaurantsandbarsis a differentthingthansayingthatbarsandrestaurantsshouldcheckdownoverthenext 15 days.