Amanpour and Company

>> WELL, LET'S PUT THIS INTO PERSPECTIVE. YESTERDAY OVER 46,000 PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES HAD THAT SAME NEWS, RIGHT? 46,000 WERE GIVEN THE NEWS THAT THEY, IN FACT, ARE COVID POSITIVE. I DON'T CALL THEM CASES. I CALL THEM PEOPLE WHO HAVE TURNED POSITIVE. THEY ARE PEOPLE. IT HAPPENS TO BE THAT TWO OF THEM ARE THE PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST LADY. AND IN ALL OF THOSE 46,000 WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT IT FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE WHICH IS WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. WHAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DONE AT THIS POINT. AND IN ESSENCE THE WORD TO ALL OF THEM ARE THE SAME. YOU HAVE TEN DAYS THAT YOU HAVE TO ISOLATE, AND IN THAT TIME PERIOD YOU HAVE TO DETERMINE, RIGHT, HOPE FOR THE BEST, EXPECT THE WORST, LOOK AT THE SYMPTOMS THAT COME ON, RIGHT. ARE YOU GOING TO FALL INTO THAT LUCKY CATEGORY OF BEING TOTALLY ASYMPTOMATIC? WILL YOU HAVE MILD SYMPTOMS AS WE HEAR THE PRESIDENT IS NOW EXPERIENCING? OR ARE THINGS GOING TO TURN FOR THE WORSE? AND TO A LARGE EXTENT IT'S UNPREDICTABLE. THERE ARE RISK FACTORS, SOME OF WHICH THE PRESIDENT HAS, THAT BASICALLY PORTEND THE SENSE THAT WE HAVE TO BE MORE CAREFUL WITH HIS PROGNOSIS THAN WITH OTHERS. YOUNGER INDIVIDUALS, INDIVIDUALS WHO AREN'T OBESE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT'S UNPREDICTABLE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THE NEXT TEN DAYS WITH THE PRESIDENT AND THE FIRST LADY. THEY NEED TO BE MONITORED. THEY NEED TO TAKE ISOLATION VERY SERIOUSLY, AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS AROUND THEM WHO HAD CONTACT WITH THEM NEED TO TAKE QUARANTINE VERY SERIOUSLY. AND THAT'S REALLY THE MESSAGE. >> SO, OKAY, WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN? WE UNDERSTAND THERE IS A BIG TEST AND TRACE OPERATION INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE, AND YET WE STILL SAW, EVEN TODAY, THE PRESS SECRETARY COMING OUT. SHE HAD A MASK ON BUT SHE TOOK IT OFF BEFORE SHE STARTED SPEAKING TO REPORTERS NOT THAT FAR AWAY FROM HER. WHAT WOULD YOU EXPECT TO BE HAPPENING IN THE WHITE HOUSE RIGHT NOW BEYOND THE CAREFUL MEDICAL ATTENTION THE FIRST COUPLE ARE GETTING? >> WELL, JUST FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT PUBLIC HEALTH IS GIVING TO ALL OF THOSE 46,000, RIGHT. YES, YOU ARE UNIQUE IN THE WHITE HOUSE. YES, YOU ARE GETTING TESTING ALL THE TIME. IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER 46,000. AND YET, AS WE KNOW, THE ISSUE OF FALSE/NEGATIVES IN THESE TESTS, THE ISSUE OF US STILL LEARNING ABOUT HOW QUICKLY THE VIRUS EVOLVES IN OUR SYSTEM, THE IDEA OF ASYMPTOMATIC/SYSTEMATIC SPREAD, TRANSMISIBILITY THROUGH AEROSOLS IT BRINGSEN UNCERTAINTY. WE ARE TELLING THE OTHER 46,000 WHO WERE YOUR CONTACTS? QUARANTINE FOR 14 DAYS. STAY AWAY FROM WHO ARE OTHERS. IMPLEMENT IN YOUR OWN LIVES THE PUBLIC HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS. WEAR THE MASK. WASH YOUR HANDS. STAY AWAY FROM OTHERS.