william schaffner. with the numbers courtesy of johns hopkins, 7.8 million confirmed cases worldwide, 400,030 deaths here in the u.s.. news over the last 24 hours from dr. anthony fauci saying there is a possibility that we could avoid a second wave if we do things right. can you eliminate that? guest: i think what he is talking about is the second wave consequence of opening up right now. that is very important. we are seeing all over the country increases in cases as well as increases in hospitalization. , but note going out being attentive to social distancing wearing masks. here are two examples. something that happened to me yesterday, shortly after 7:00, i went to the supermarket most of older and there were over 90% of them were moving -- were wearing masks. however, later i went to a coffee shop located right across the university. most of the people there where in their 20's and 30's, and 90% of them were not wearing masks. they were observing social distancing, but they were not wearing masks.

these expert dr william schaffner about the race for grown a virus are seen and how long we still have to wait for an affective shot to prove we have a lot to get to selected or. a top general reserve official is calling for more fiscal monetary spending federal reserve governor bernard said that the recovery remains highly uneven and without government funding our government spending long standing disparities in the economy and labor market could make matters worse in prepared remarks to an online conference bernard said premature withdrawal of fiscal support would risk allowing recessionary dynamics to become entrenched holding back employment and spending increasing scarring from extended unemployment spells leaving more businesses to shutter and ultimately harming productive capacity last month but officials said they plan to keep interest rates near 0 until the labor market has recovered while keeping inflation at a 2 percent average for more on this and the overall state of the economy we're joined by bloomberg co-host christine and host of economic update and author of understan

well william schaffner works in preventive medicine and infectious diseases just how infectious is thecorona virus when and born according to the latest research. well it certainly can be transmitted by the if born route at some distance we still think last of the infections are transmitted indoors within 6 feet but there's no doubt now those airborne particles can travel more widely at a greater distance particularly if you have someone who is a super spreader and is shedding large amounts of virus so both close in and farther out contribute to transmission this is a very contagious virus who in this case is a superstar to someone who's not wearing a mosque. almost certainly someone who's not wearing a mask masks are very effective in in blocking transmission out and of course that's why the recommendation is here in the united states at least that all of us should be wearing masks when ever we are around other people but what would you say to the guys at my gym who refuse to wear mosques some of my colleagues even and people out there who just say they have a right not to wear a mosq

quick break but stay here because when we come back we'll talk to infectious disease expert dr william schaffner about the race for a cold 1000 vaccine and how long we may still have to wait for a safe and effective shot to actually be approved as we go to break here the numbers up. was under make no mistake you know borders just like nationalities. 2 commentary. we can do better we should be. everyone is contributing it's your own way but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever the challenge is created to respond. so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we are in it together. secret prisons are not usually what comes to mind when thinking about europe however he even the most prosperous can be deceived within this 0 zone there were 2 view houses were. prison was located only cia people had access to the story investigators she held the uncovered the darkest dealings of the secret services but i mean. you grated nor. for. trying for justice. with little more than a week before the election many are asking the question do you believe the polls we have goo

of the pandemic in the united states let's look at the medical science about what's going on william schaffner is professor of preventative medicine at vanderbilt university in the u.s. city of nashville welcome professor as part of his announcement that the president said that $500000.00 additional coronavirus testing kids will be available early next week $500000.00 is that credible. i don't know if it's credible but it sure would be welcome because we need to do much more testing now it's one thing to have the testing kits it's another thing to have places on the ground where the patients can be evaluated and the specials attained to send to the laboratory and that's that other part that's still in many parts of the country including in my own community is not working very well yet so if you say this is going to be welcome or obviously what if you made of the way the u.s. or thors is have dealt with this pandemic so far. well we get good starts good reports and things that we obviously could have done better early on we contain the virus very very well the travel ban with china was very hel

let's have a look at their strength that william schaffner is professor of preventative medicine at vanderbilt school of medicine joins us from city of nashville in the u.s. welcome professor watch what do you think should americans sit this weekend celebrations out. well i think they should go out and have fun but they should go out carefully rather than in a carefree fashion i think we need to wear our man asks social distancing and avoid large groups that run and that we just heard that bothers me a great deal it sounds like our last holiday memorial day weekend where many people went out in a very careless fashion and we had many many infections as a consequence we'll see what happens this year i'm really worried however i must say ok well as a number of us cases skyrockets the president has been tweeting let's take a look at what he said he said as a rising coronavirus cases because that testing is so massive and so good far bigger and better than any other country this is great news is that but even better news is that death and the death rate is down also younger people who get better m

professor william schaffner in nashville tennessee thank you so much thank you bethany. well germany has pledged 300000000 euros in humanitarian aid to fight the coronavirus epidemic in poverty and crisis stricken country's foreign minister. said the virus posed a grave risk to those living in countries with struggling health care systems as well as in war zones and refugee camps he said international solidarity was needed to gain from the pandemic germany is responding to a call by the united nations to provide an additional $2000000000.00 of relief to contain the outbreak in less developed countries. oh earlier we talked to our political correspondent tom aspera and i asked him what was behind germany's decision what's behind that decision by germany is that pledge that you mention and also that announcement by the united nations that a warning that the pandemic is affecting obviously all countries around the world but not all countries in a very equal way so the most vulnerable countries around the world are suffering more from this pandemic and that's why united nati

let's get more on this with the william schaffner he is a professor of preventive medicine and an expert on infectious diseases at the vanderbilt university school of medicine in nashville tennessee good to have you on the program professor we have all learned that staying apart 6 feet could be lifesaving in this pandemic is this still the case when aerosols that we emit can travel comparable in long distances through the air well for the most part yes because most of the aerosols that week produce full down within 3 to 6 feet occasionally they get a bit farther than that but 6 feet is practical it's something that everybody can remember and understand and so we focus on 6 feet that will get 95 percent of the issue how far along are we in studying what role aero souls are playing in the transmission of the corona virus. well we think the vast amount of transmission occurs through close person to person contact within rooms over prolonged periods of time so it's really that close in contact with many other people that puts you at risk on occasion the virus can travel a little farther but

and more let's bring in very much from the vanderbilt medical university of medical center dr william schaffner dr we really appreciate you making time to be with us today let's start with the latest from astra zeneca came out just earlier today earlier on tuesday or wednesday brazil reported a volunteer in its coronavirus vaccine study. could we be looking at another pause in this trial or is it possibly someone who was only given the placebo. we don't know that do we stay or it all depends if it were in the placebo well then the trial would continue no question about it because after all we are giving this vaccine to adults some of whom are older adults and 1st medical events do happen in an occupation yes but if it happened in a back seat recipient then i would be surprised that we don't get a pause and the data safety monitoring group which is that external group of experts would have a look at astra zeneca what was one and the advanced stages a doctor or what's the $1000000.00 question here realistically speaking out how soon can we expect to see a vaccine or is that potentially as a possi

dr william schaffner i still have so many more questions about this unfortunately we are out of time so hopefully we can bring you back soon to discuss this dr william schaffner with the vanderbilt university medical center thank you so much for your expert insight on this topic. and time now for a quick break but here because when we do return as some in the u.s. leadership are rushing to reopen schools and the economy there's no talk from our ability we take a deep dive on the issue coming when we come back and as we go to break here are the numbers that's close. to what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. dramatic to follow only. i don't see how. very. you sit down and talk. the world. day. 3 got all that free money from the government. speculate. during the vietnam war. it was a secret war. and for years the american people did not know. how much it is a. country per capita. millions of unexploded bombs still lives in this small agricultural country. even today kids in laos full victims of decades ago. this is the u.s. making a

dr william schaffner i guess i still have so many more questions about this unfortunately we are out of time so hopefully we can bring you back soon to discuss this dr william schaffner with the vanderbilt university medical center thank you so much for your expert insight on this topic. time now for a quick break but here because when we do return as some in the u.s. leadership are rushing to reopen schools and the economy there is no talk of liability we take a deep dive on the issue coming when we come back and as we go to break here are the numbers as close. global markets are mixed this week on surges in case of the coronavirus around the world how webre some were actually able to rebound on hopes of a possible vaccine for copa 19 let's start in russia where the mo x. is down for the week now the ruble weakened on the fall in oil prices as opec plans to ease cuts and allow for more production while cases of the virus continue to spike in the nation moving over to asian markets the shanghai composite it's down on the week with the worst weekly drop in 5 months now the index slid

dr william schaffner i still have so many more questions about this unfortunately we are out of time so hopefully we can bring you back soon to discuss this dr william schaffner with the vanderbilt university medical center thank you so much for your expert insight on this topic. time now for a quick break but here because when we do return as some in the u.s. leadership are rushing to reopen schools and the economy there is no talk from our ability we take a deep dive on the issue coming when we come back and as we go to break here are the numbers that's close. to. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics sport this list i'm sure i'll see you then. is anyone safe in the air a wrong way conservatives are the thought form then shadow better those with the easy ones now the mob is turning on its own long face demands conformity and does not bring dissent is freedom of speech now only for the. world all day traders now that's time. yes got all that free money from the government as a lot of people speculate. during the vietnam

dr william schaffner i still have so many more questions about this unfortunately we are out of time so hopefully we can bring you back soon to discuss this dr william schaffner with the vanderbilt university medical center thank you so much for your expert insight on this topic. time now for a quick break but here because when we do return as some in the u.s. leadership are rushing to reopen schools and the economy there is no talk from our ability we take a deep dive on the issue coming when we come back and as we go to break here are the numbers as close. as you'll media reflection of reality. in the world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being so. direct. was his faith. in the world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. maybe in the shallows. the world all day traders now that stock trading is free and got all that free money from the government there's a lot of people speculating. during the vietnam war u.s. forces neighboring laos it was a secret war. and for years the american people did n

dr william schaffner i still have so many more questions about this unfortunately we are out of time so hopefully we can bring you back soon to discuss this dr william schaffner with the vanderbilt university medical center thank you so much for your expert insight on this topic. my pleasure. and time now for a quick break but hang here because when we do return as some and u.s. leadership are rushing to reopen schools and the economy this is talk of liability we take a deep dive on the issue coming when we come back and as we go to break here are the numbers as close. to. 54 jets and more than 1300 military personnel are headed to air force base in alaska where is that to say come on i'll show you what's the reason for any type of enhanced u.s. military presence in this area rush up. what is it suddenly about the south china sea that makes it so that it 11000000000 barrels of oil. take a look at this map who really owns what kind of says no it belongs to us india says no we claim that that belongs to us both of these countries have nuclear weapons capabilities there is reason for co

dr william schaffner i guess i still have so many more questions about this unfortunately we are out of time so hopefully we can bring you back soon to discuss this dr william schaffner with the vanderbilt university medical center thank you so much for your expert insight on this topic. my pleasure. and time now for a quick break but here because when we do return as some in the u.s. leadership are rushing to reopen schools and the economy there is no talk from our ability we take a deep dive on the issue coming when we come back and as we go to break here are the numbers that's close. or so much going on in the world don't you think when's the last time you had a real bird's eye view. of the news or and just hours of bickering give me 30 minutes i'll take you off the low. why in the world if you think this is a positive idea for the united states. well i think you'll play you exactly the role that a good journalist ought to know why it had to happen at this exact moment there's already so much instability within the middle east is this is probably just one of the many voices on tel

stephanie simons there now let's take a closer look at the medical side of things and cross to william schaffner a professor of medicine at the division of infectious diseases at vanderbilt university in nashville tennessee has left hospital to continue his recovery at the white house what do we know about the course of his treatment that he's received so far but we don't know nearly enough we miss many details we do know this raised eyebrows that at least on 2 occasions his oxygen concentration dropped quite low and he needed supplemental oxygen we don't know what was shown on his chest x. ray or chest catskin did he have an ammonia or not we don't know that and so the status of his health right now is still uncertain he looks fairly vigorous and that's all to the good we like to see that however cold it can be a very sneaky infection you can look very well for 345 days and then you can still crash and you can get very very seriously sick so i hope he's being very carefully monitored and watched by his doctors and medical team that's right president the president's doctor has said a trump is do

. >> joining us from nashville is doctor william schaffner he is the president he is a professor of preventative medicine at vanderbilt university welcome back to the program we are glad to have you. >> thanks steve good to be with you. >> i want to begin with some news today with the president as you know we covered the hearing yesterday chaired by your home state senator, the senate health labor committee and during that healing and hearing dr. anthony fauci said he had concerns about schools reopening potentially too soon. today the president with thisy reaction. reporter:ld >> i was surprised by his answer actually, to me it's not an acceptablecc answer. especially when it comes to schools. the only thing that be acceptable is what i said professors, teachers et cetera over certain age i think they ought to take it another few weeks, five weeks, four weeks whatever it may be. i think they have to be careful. this is a disease that attacks age. it attacks health. if you have a heart problem if you have diabetes if you're certain age, it is certainly much more dangerous. the young children and

and for more on the race for a covert 19 vaccine let's bring in dr william schaffner a vaccine specialist with the vanderbilt university medical center dr schaffner it's always a pleasure to have you on we appreciate your expertise and i want to start with that leading vaccine canada astra zeneca as a scientist mentioned they were able to resume the trials in the u.k. but they are paused here in the u.s. now this may not be a new thing to happen but how important is it when they have to actually pause a trial especially amid a pandemic like this. well granted it's a. medical event. i should. well i don't know if it's this moment here. or the next one grace i think it's already. at. and here in the states. agencies are. oh oh oh next week. i have. to continue. and now dr schaffner we've seen so many of these candidates move to phase 3 chopper trials it and i really want to know are we ahead of schedule when it comes to general vaccine development and does that cause a concert. oh i think we all. need help. oh. on reaching real sure. there are. 0 or effective just. to. stunt really reach th

them a during a drop to discuss the state of the vaccine rollout let's go ahead and bring in dr william schaffner a vaccine specialist with vanderbilt university their medical center dr schaffner always a pleasure to have. on the program i want to start with this latest news about the u.s. securing more doses of the pfizer vaccine now adding into the allotment for a modern as well it looks like we're going to have hundreds of millions of doses delivered by next summer and as you just heard alex's aides are he says why everybody who wants to be vaccinated by then will basically be able to do so so once these are produced and delivered what's the timeframe for getting shots administered to the majority of the population. well we'll have to see it that that will we at the moment we're starting to fractionation health care workers and people in long term care facilities certainly in my medical center the health care workers a lining up we've done a lot of communication questions and answering in different population groups here along our employees and so they're really convinced to get the vaccine wo

so should we expect around the world william schaffner is professor of preventative medicine at vanderbilt university he joins us from nashville in the united states and welcome to do you expect more countries to be like having to deal with 2nd wave of infections. oh i'm afraid so this will be up and down up and down around the world including here in the united states however on rather skeptical that once we start to open up here in the us that there will be a reversion to lock down i think there will be a lot of resistance to locking us down once again it's difficult isn't it because. there is a political calculation isn't that the very is that the lives lost on the one hand against the money and lives disrupted on the other is it is it is not a purely political decision or does that is that some sort of actuarial chart where somebody says well a life is worth this much so we can afford to lose this money well i've seen a few of those estimates but i think principally it's a political and social and cultural issue each of these countries is different different governments different cultu

much time ok well let's hope that we are a limp dick cheney peons then next year this time dr william schaffner joining us tonight from vanderbilt university medical center in the state of tennessee dr thank you we appreciate your time tonight a few. readers 8 feet in a few more coronavirus cases in south korea have now ballooned to more than $6000.00 that's the most outside of china enough to fight the virus the country has deployed to keep weapons a rigorous testing system and disinfectant in the capital so cleaning teams are spraying commuter trains in stations and forcing commuters to wear masks or correspondent frank smith since this report. so 3 is transit networks are using strong medicine to combat the deadly coated 90 epidemic special teams are working overtime to sanitize the entirety of so metro with stations prepared to shut down if anyone with the corona virus is confirmed to have been there and there's a good bit of public outreach going on as well. but among the measures taken by small metro to prevent the spread of the virus are public service announcements in 4 languages promot

that the company is investigating the incident but let's get more on this now from william schaffner of preventative medicine professor vanderbilt university and we appreciate your time this afternoon thanks for coming on what do you make of this latest incident do you think it's a very concerning one for the jap. well we've known that a rare reaction can occur after these vaccines you know we've used mostly the pfizer vaccine so that's been associated with pfizer the murder maxine is made in a very very similar way to pfizer and so that we have a reaction a one of these severe allergic reactions with them or to back scene is something that's not surprising and rather expected when we're now giving this vaccine to millions of people no worthy anyone with a serious previous allergic reaction to report that and they will be treated specially and they are going to be watched for a half hour after they receive the vaccine fortunately this chap this physician did well as have all the other patients so far so i don't think it's a major concern but we have to contend with that going forward

i'm still optimistic but i see dr william schaffner with vanderbilt university for whom medical center thank you so much for your expert analysis today. time now for a quick break but hang here because when we return is boeing stock has suffered in the wake of coronavirus in the 737 max controversy we take a look at the newest moves coming from the aerospace giant that we're going to break here are the numbers that because. a new gold rush is underway. bill equipped with flocking to the goldfields hoping to strike it rich is a good. person but to those that were children a tool in between gold. was very poor i talked i was doing my best to get back to see which side will have the strongest appeal. you know welcome back this week the federal aviation administration is reaching a key milestone for the boeing 737 max jets returned to service now for civil aviation authorities from the united states canada brazil and the european union are scheduled to review the proposed training in london and meet for 9 days last week the european union said it conducted an completed its 1st round of fli

vice president mike pence speaking there let's cross now to dr william schaffner he is a professor of preventative medicine at vanderbilt university medical center in the state of tennessee in nashville dr it's good to see you again so we've got u.s. vice president mike pence he's leading the white house coronavirus task force a lot of people around the world i have been perplexed by that how do you feel you as a medical professional how do you feel about a politician with no medical training heading this task force. well brant i think the good news is that he has surrounded himself with absolutely solid professional persons from the c.d.c. and from the national institutes of health so i think he's getting very very solid advice tends to have told the american public that the risks to the average american from the virus remains low do you agree with that. yes i do i do agree with that but you have to be careful to not just walk on the sunny side of the street we still don't know the exact extent of the corona virus across the united states because we haven't been doing sufficient test

professor william schaffner. sacked two senior officials who gave testimony during the recent impeachment inquiry. process, i should say. the us ambassador to the european union, gordon sondland issued a statement saying he had been told he was being recalled from his post. earlier, lieutenant colonel alexander vindman was escorted out of the white house following his dismissal. two days after president trump's equitable, two —— equitable, to men who lost theirjobs. he said there were strings attached to a possible visit to the white house by the ukrainian president. was there a quid pro quo? as i testified previously, with regard to the requested white house call in the white house meeting, the a nswer the white house meeting, the answer is yes. i say to the ambassador, i want nothing, answer is yes. i say to the ambassador, iwant nothing, i wa nt ambassador, iwant nothing, i want nothing, i want nope —— no quid pro quo, tell president zelensky to do the right thing. so here's my answer, i want nothing. but amba

william schaffner, welcome to the program.es, indeed, considering nations everywhere, essentially are lining up the elderly and vulnerable 1st for this vaccine. how concerning would planes be that the job was not particularly effective for people over the age of $55.00? well, of course that would slow things down considerably. that's a bit of a surprise. and lead force is the notion that these companies must present all of their data very clearly out front. we had to subpoena that with all the different vaccines. well, some may work better in some populations than others. and at least the early reports suggest that this may be true of the astra zeneca that actually it could be used if everything is as is now reported. it could be used better in younger persons, rather than older persons. and the older persons get either the pfizer vaccine or the actually at least here in the united states, is not going to war still with us. true, isn't it? because as you say, it's one of the most at risk groups, the elderly, the obese as well.

i'm still optimistic about right dr william schaffner with vanderbilt university for whom medical center thank you so much for your expert analysis today just friends. time now for a quick break here because when we were at church bowing stock has suffered in the wake of coronavirus in the 737 mexico diversity we take a look at the newest moves coming from the aerospace joy as we go to break here are the numbers because. the new gold rush is underway and governor thousands of ill equipped workers are flocking to the gold fields hoping to strike it rich here's the book. as. children are torn between gold. my family was very poor i thought i was doing my best to get back to school which side will have the strongest appeal. everybody's gaslighting everybody. knew central banks are gaslighting you know you understand the gaslighting is you know that it's not pleasant it's rude it's downright rude it. was a pandemic north and you know borders into nationalities. you . know so much. we don't look like the whole world to. judge a. commentary cry. this is what. we can do better and we should. ev

i'm still optimistic but i see dr william schaffner with vanderbilt university for whom medical center thank you so much for your expert analysis today. time now for a quick break but here because when we return is boeing stock has suffered in the wake of coronavirus from the 737 mexico and 1st we take a look at the newest moves coming from the aerospace joy as we go to break here the numbers that the court. decisions for the words inflation and deflation that this is the fact that he can say both are happening at the same time or could happen the same time you have to ask yourself what's the what's the use of even using words like inflation or deflation because a stock doesn't describe the what's going on with the economy we've outgrown those words the economy has moved beyond those definitions we're in a different type of economy and market completely. new gold rush is underway and governor thousands of ill equipped workers are flocking to the gold fields hoping to strike it rich is a good. as. children a tool in between gold. my family was very poor i thought i was doing my best to

from our on this on the coronavirus vaccine we bring in dr william schaffner with the vanderbilt university medical center dr schaffner thank you for joining us today let's start with this 1000000 dollar question there's no published data even though we just heard from the chief saying that the results from the face 3 trial will be published so is this marxian going to be safe and effective. well we certainly hope so and the phase 3 trial of course will tell us that one patient even though the prime minister's daughter. it is not sufficient to get a vaccine out to hundreds of thousands if not millions of people and there is a little bit of confusion about how quickly this vaccine will be distributed to the population or whether they are going to wait until the results of that phase 3 trial are available which is of course the way we intend to do it right well let me ask you this dr we've seen a mcgurn also start there face 3 trial here in the united states how what's the difference between mcgurn us trial and what russia is announcing that they've completed a phase 2 trial and are just star

william schaffner, a vaccine specialist at the vanderbilt university medical center, dr. schaffner, it's always a pleasure to bring you on, and i know we bring you on to talk about vaccines. but if i could get you to give me a minute, quick to tell us, why are we seeing such a big spike right now? it seems like, especially in the united states every day is worse than the day before when it comes to cope 19. brant, we're talking about coded since he lot of people are taking off their masks, going out to group gatherings. not being observant, took some szell distancing. and that's a circumstance where which permits the virus to spread. they go to the group gatherings, share the virus, then go home and it spreads in the families. it's something we're seeing time and time again. it's the same thing that's happening in europe and here where no doctor schefter on the vaccine for a very is the parents. success of this fires are biotech trials. how important is it to see that number at 90 percent efficacy? what are we talking about there? brant, i was blown away. i would have bee

william schaffner. doctor, it is good to have you.our concern about the messaging of this reported "we need to live with it" that the white house may start pushing. >> well, if we want to live with it, i'm afraid we're die with it also, because that will cause many deaths. we still don't have a national program, as you have already said. it's something that the countries that were successful in suppressing covid did. they had a national program coherently described and clearly communicated to the population. they indeed brought everyone together in their countries to follow the national plan. that's what we desperately need. >> we don't need it though, doctor. we don't need it. because 99% of the cases are harmless and the world is a looking at us with envy because we've handled it much better. we've done more testing than anybody else and our death rate is lower than all the other places. that's what the white house says. >> well, i'm wincing, as you can see. obviously, it's not harmless, because it's harmful. we can see that with th