eastern with doctor scott alice and the economist john taylor.hen we will discuss covid-19 and the reopening of the economy. it should be an interesting discussion. just to remind you doctor scott alice of the david senior fellow at the hoover institution and for coming to hoover full-time he is a 25 year career in tertiary care medicine in the top medical centers in the country and served as chief of neuro- radiology at stanford university medical center. john taylor is the george p scholz senior fellow in economics and stanford university. john served as undersecretary of the treasury for international affairs under president george w. bush. i'm looking forward to my discussion with the preeminent medical doctor and economist as we examine the salient questions surrounding reopening our economy in a safe and productive manner. you can join tuesday's briefing at the same link you signed and on today. you will find the hoover institution online@hoover .org and on twitter, facebook and instagram. i want to thank you all for joining us today but pl

scott alice is a senior fellow with the hoover institution.tact tracing is in important tool but not now, not in this stage and out when millions and millions of people already have the virus. and this i starts very early lie it did in south korea at the beginning of all this. or if this comes back, and if it comes back in say fall, winter or spring after this is all cool down, right now this is simply illogical and impossible to do contact tracing. there is no reason they have contact tracing as a predicate for reopening. it's the improper tool at this point with this infection. >> tucker: that's a really striking thing to say. if no legitimate epidemiologists were recommended at this stage, why are they forcing it on the country? >> i'm not saying no legitimate epidemiologists but it's sort of another example of what's happening in this whole narrative. instead of looking at the data we have and known medical science and then using logic to guide policy, and instead of acknowledging the massive harms of total isolation, we are jumping from s

scott alice, who actually is going to be on right next after you, about that idea, here's what he saide spoke, watch this. >> contact tracing is an important tool for public health pandemic, but not now, not in this stage, not when millions and millions of people already have the virus. it's sort of a completely illogical use of this very important tool. right now, it's simply illogical and impossible to do contact tracing. >> martha: what do you say to that? >> he's a doctor, i'm not, but what i understand is that the more data we have and the ability to understand where there's a resurgence of the virus, not so much what's already happened, but about understanding what comes next, and so if we are able to talk to people to voluntarily provide is information about their contacts, then we are going to be able to figure out what the trends are and analyze that information. you know, if the doctor wants to come on up to me, give him my information, i'm happy to talk to him. >> martha: okay. presidential election, you said, you know, you think you won't run unless something crazy happens,