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gounder?> remember that promise a few months ago that everybody who wanted a test for coronavirus could get a test, any time, and it would be for free? this promise sounds just about as hollow to me. i don't see how it's possible when you're talking about a couple hundred thousand doses being available. our current projections for late december are we might have something on the order of 300,000 new infections in the u.s. per day. while not all of those people will get critically ill, you're still looking at a huge demand for a therapy like this and not nearly the needed supply. >> we got the regeneron, monoclonal cocktail, but he mentioned this antibody therapy from eli lilly. the company says, it's to reduce hospitalizations for people with mild to moderate cases. how significant is this? is this a silver bullet, the eli lilly cocktail, the regeneron cocktail? >> you know, we all want a silver bullet and it's unfortunately not. it is helpful. we shouldn't down play it. it is helpful. as dr.

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gounder? >> i absolutely think this is time for a mask mandate. in america we talk a lot about personal responsibility, but the fact is we have not taken personal responsibility and worn masks to protect ourselves and others. this winter is, unfortunately, going to be quite bad. it could well be worse than the spring and summer months were. we've already seen transmissions spread from younger groups to older americans, and now we're setting record-breaking highs in terms of new cases, hospitalizations are up 40%, so i think we're looking at a very tough coming months. >> dr. jha, let's talk a little bit about some of the things that have happened today, for example, the president working a rope line in maine, getting very close to fist-bump his supporters there in washington, hundreds gathered on the national mall for a let us worship prayer rally, one of the organizers tweeting it's not about protesting covid, it's about worshipping jesus. all of this as we see case counts higher than ever before here in the united states. when people reject scie

gounder's reaction to that. what do you think? >> it would be like saying our troops in afghanistan don't need body armor, our police don't need bulletproof vets. does that make you weaker as a policeman? is that just recognizing the risk of the job inherent to the job and you are taking the right steps to protect yourself? i think that's really a non-sense cnon nonsense cnon -- we know it's the most important things you could do to prevent the spread of coronavirus. >> let me ask ryan nobles in nevada at this rally, what are we hearing from the president on this day about coronavirus? what's his message? >> reporter: wolf, his big message is he feels the steps many local governments have taken to restrict movements to stop the spread of the virus has been too much. he attack ee eed gretchen whitm the governor of nevada. he suggested his advice on how to handle this, just to opt country back up, makes more sense than the advice that scientists have given. listen to what the president just said. >> if you vote for biden, he will su

celine gounder.t the cdc wants and we know some families risk it anyway and invite neighbors or extended families. so what precautions can they take? >> this goes back to the basics of how we control coronavirus which is wearing masks, trying to remain at least 6 feet apart from others. beside outside versus inside as much as possible. granted, the weather is going to be getting colder, being outside may not be as possible in some places, but perhaps keeping windows open and really encouraging everyone to wear a mask as much as possible. that's going to make a huge difference here. >> one big part of the holidays season is travel for a lot of people. there was a study this week about the department of defense in conjunction with united airlines, and it found that the ventilation system on planes were able to quickly filter the air and suck away particles that could transmit the virus, so much so it would take an infected passenger 54 hours to spread the virus to others on board. it didn't take into a

gounder, the president obviously is getting the absolute best care possible. how concerning is it that his team isn't being totally transparent, for example, the idea that they wouldn't say specifically that he received supplemental oxygen yesterday, they aren't giving us a specific number for how high his fever got. is that important information for them to share with the american public? >> there's two questions there. what information should the american public be privy to and i think we should be at this point given that there has not been a transfer of power. we should understand what exactly are the objective measures, the labs, the ct scans. he's probably had an echocardiogram. what have those tests shown? now, is it on the physicians caring for him to reveal that information, there is doctor/patient confidentiality. if you are a physician working at walter reed, you will treat every single patient who comes through the door and you owe that patient the same level of confidentiality. the physician caring for the president, on the other hand, dr. conley,

selene gounder on the air with us last night when this began to break. the white house says the president was taken out of an abun dendance of caution. given what we know about his medical condition and frankly, there is a lot as we point out we do not know because the white house is not allowing the doctors to be speaking and be interviewed by reporters, how concerning is this in terms of the president's health? >> well, i think it can be a component of both, an abundance after caution but a heightened level of concern. i've been reporting on this since 1:00 in the morning hearing the various statements from the white house, talking to sources at first it was that he's doing well and then it was minor symptoms and then it was the fever and then you heard it was more moderate symptoms. this experimental therapy that he got. these are all sort of signals. this is having covered this story for so many months now, this is the way we get this type of information in these little bread crumbs and you have to read between the lines but it became clear there was

celine gounder is joining us. dr.ny fauci warned us if people gathered in large crowds and aren't wearing masks he wouldn't be surprised to see 100,000 new cases a day in this country. it appears we're at that point now. did you expect this to happen so soon? we're really just entering the fall. >> it all comes down to did i believe americans would change their behavior or not. in some parts of the country, we did. we did socially distance. we did mask up. we spent more time outdoors. in other parts of the country we haven't done that. in those areas it's really not surprising that we're seeing a big exponential increase in cases. and i'm very fearful for what the months ahead will bring us. >> first, president trump blamed increased testing for the rise in cases. t the data shows more cases. here's what he's saying about the shocking number of covid deaths in the u.s. listen. >> our doctors get more money if somebody dies from covid. you know that, right? i mean, our doctors are very smart people. so what they do is

gounder as well. the news continues. we'll hand it over to chris cuomo for "primetime." chris?>> all right. thank you very much, anderson. i am chris cuomo. welcome to "primetime." as you just heard we have breaking news on covid. cnn sources say another one of the president's closest aides actually the closest aide to date has tested positive for coronavirus. it is his adviser hope hicks. she traveled with trump to and from the debate on tuesday and also to his rally in minnesota yesterday. hicks has traveled with the president multiple times this week. this video was taken yesterday. you see trump getting on marine 1 and about 30 seconds later you'll see hope hicks following behind wearing a tan coat. this is a still. the video will keep

gounder as well. the news continues. we'll hand it over to chris cuomo for "primetime." chris? >>> all right. thank you very much, anderson. i am chris cuomo. welcome to "primetime." as you just heard we have breaking news on covid. cnn sources say another one of the president's closest aides actually the closest aide to date has tested positive for coronavirus. it is his adviser hope hicks. she traveled with trump to and from the debate on tuesday and also to his rally in minnesota yesterday. hicks has traveled with the president multiple times this week. this video was taken yesterday. you see trump getting on marine 1 and about 30 seconds later you'll see hope hicks following behind wearing a tan coat. this is a still. the video will keep rolling at what point they are able to make it role. here is the white house statement on this. the president takes the health and safety of himself and everyone who works in support of him and the american people very seriously. white house operations collaborates with the physician to the president and the white house military office to e