pekosz: sisi guidelines suggest we should be wearing masks even at the work place.ently at work and i am wearing my mask. we've seen record number of cases the week after thanksgiving, two weeks after big skimming and that we are seeing record numbers of deaths here in the united states, things we knew were going to happen and things we know how to prevent. need a much better commitment here at the united states to try in this pandemic. francine: will people relax the rules too much feel like they will not be affected because we are a couple of weeks away from the vaccine being approved in the night dates -- united states? dr. pekosz: i hope not. the expectation is that it will until sometime in the next calendar year. the fda hearing yesterday went well, and the plan brought the vaccine in frontline health care workers and residents in communities is all in place, but the vaccine supply will come through an a measured manner and it will not be widespread for some time. we have to do something now. we cannot wait for the vaccine. vaccines some of these are not recom

andrew pekosz that is coming up shortly.loomberg. ♪ ♪ ritika: this is "bloomberg surveillance." coming up later today, an exclusive interview with george zach barth. this is bloomberg. ♪ "bloomberg surveillance." good morning, everyone. francine lacqua in london. tom keene in new york. jobs day, single best chart. bigger, broader. inequality, the path of wages, and the path of two americas. the employed as compared to the population of the nation. employeeexpansion of to population over decades and 2000the rollover beginning and into the crisis, and then the pandemic lunch and rebound. nge and rebound. carl riccadonna, i look at the charts. can where you sit, policymakers precisely give aid to the part of america hurting so badly? carl: monetary policy makers and the fed in particular are not able to specifically target their policies. running the economy hot and that type of approach to monetary policy certainly does help those demographic groups. fiscal authorities, which will have a more important role going forward, have

theng up, we track ,oronavirus with andrew pekosz john's hopkins.rg. ♪ ♪ francine: this is "bloomberg surveillance." as we continue to track the virus, bloomberg has developed a partnership with johns hopkins, at the forefront of the international response. every day we bring you insights from public health and emergency. miss. joining us is entered -- and emergency preparedness. joining us is andrew pekosz. professor, thank you for joining us. what will the holiday look like for people on the front line? andrew: case numbers continue to increase across the u.s. what that means is that health-care workers on the front are are going to -- going to need to spend a lot of on the front line instead of with their families. it is import to understand that it is the human power that is important at hospitals. it is not just the number of beds occupied. it is how many people are available to take care of those individuals that are sick. this pandemic has taken a real told on health care workers in terms of them getting sick and how much stress they have end