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>>> WELCOME BACK.

>>> WELCOME BACK. MY NEXT GUEST HAS AN UNUSUAL

MY NEXT GUEST HAS AN UNUSUAL JOB, HUNTING VIRUSES.

JOB, HUNTING VIRUSES. HES CHASED EBOLA IN AFRICA AND

HES CHASED EBOLA IN AFRICA AND NOW HIS FOCUS IS THE CORONAVIRUS

NOW HIS FOCUS IS THE CORONAVIRUS AND THE DANGER IT POSES AS IT

AND THE DANGER IT POSES AS IT SPREADS AROUND THE WORLD.

SPREADS AROUND THE WORLD. NBC NEWS MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR DR.

NBC NEWS MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR DR. JOSEPH FARE JOINS ME NOW.

JOSEPH FARE JOINS ME NOW. WELCOME TO "MEET THE PRESS."

WELCOME TO "MEET THE PRESS." YOU WERE TELLING ME YOU SPENT A

YOU WERE TELLING ME YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE LAB WHERE

LOT OF TIME IN THE LAB WHERE THEY DISCOVERED THIS VIRUS IN

THEY DISCOVERED THIS VIRUS IN CHINA.

CHINA.

SIMPLE QUESTION, HOW CONCERNED SHOULD AMERICANS BE RIGHT NOW?

SHOULD AMERICANS BE RIGHT NOW? >> RIGHT NOW WITH THE DATA WE

>> RIGHT NOW WITH THE DATA WE HAVE AND I EMPHASIZE THE DATA WE

HAVE AND I EMPHASIZE THE DATA WE HAVE BECAUSE WE HAVENT ROLLED

HAVE BECAUSE WE HAVENT ROLLED OUT BROAD TESTING NATIONALLY

OUT BROAD TESTING NATIONALLY YET, YOUR AVERAGE INDIVIDUAL

YET, YOUR AVERAGE INDIVIDUAL AMERICAN DOESNT NEED TO BE THAT

AMERICAN DOESNT NEED TO BE THAT CONCERNED RIGHT NOW OF CATCHING

CONCERNED RIGHT NOW OF CATCHING THIS VIRUS.

THIS VIRUS. HOWEVER, COMMUNITY-BASED

HOWEVER, COMMUNITY-BASED TRANSMISSION IN ONE STATE MEANS

TRANSMISSION IN ONE STATE MEANS THAT THERE IS PROBABLY

THAT THERE IS PROBABLY COMMUNITY-BASED TRANSMISSION IN

COMMUNITY-BASED TRANSMISSION IN OTHER STATES.

OTHER STATES. ONCE WE ROLL OUT THAT TESTING

ONCE WE ROLL OUT THAT TESTING AND LOWER THE CRITERIA FOR BEING

AND LOWER THE CRITERIA FOR BEING TESTED FOR COVID-19 WELL

TESTED FOR COVID-19 WELL PROBABLY SEE MORE CASES THAN WE

PROBABLY SEE MORE CASES THAN WE THOUGHT WAS HERE PREVIOUSLY.

THOUGHT WAS HERE PREVIOUSLY. >> THERE WAS A REPORT IN

>> THERE WAS A REPORT IN WASHINGTON STATE WHERE WE HAD

WASHINGTON STATE WHERE WE HAD THE FIRST DEATH WITH NO APPARENT

THE FIRST DEATH WITH NO APPARENT CONNECTION TO ANYBODY THATS

CONNECTION TO ANYBODY THATS BEEN TRAVELING, THEY THINK ITS

BEEN TRAVELING, THEY THINK ITS POSSIBLE THERE HAVE BEEN

POSSIBLE THERE HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS OF CASES THAT WERE

HUNDREDS OF CASES THAT WERE MISSED.

MISSED.

IS THIS MOST LIKELY THE SCENARIO HERE THAT MAYBE HAS PLAYED OUTIO

HERE THAT MAYBE HAS PLAYED OUT ON THE WEST COAST, THAT IT MAY

ON THE WEST COAST, THAT IT MAY HAVE GOTTEN HERE BEFORE WE KNEW

HAVE GOTTEN HERE BEFORE WE KNEW IT?

IT?

>> ITS DIFFICULT TO SAY NUMBERS

>> ITS DIFFICULT TO SAY NUMBERS

BUT YES, DEFINITELY, IT WAS

BUT YES, DEFINITELY, IT WAS

PROBABLY HERE BEFORE WE KNEW IT

PROBABLY HERE BEFORE WE KNEW IT

BECAUSE WE HAD A VERY STRICT

BECAUSE WE HAD A VERY STRICT

TESTING CRITERIA THAT YOU HAD TO HAVE DOCUMENTED TRAVEL TO CHINAO

HAVE DOCUMENTED TRAVEL TO CHINA OR ONE OF THE PLACES WHERE

OR ONE OF THE PLACES WHERE TRANSMISSION OCCURRED.

TRANSMISSION OCCURRED. USUALLY EVERY TIME WE LOOK FOR A

USUALLY EVERY TIME WE LOOK FOR A VIRUS WE CAN FINDING IT

VIRUS WE CAN FINDING IT SOMEWHERE.

SOMEWHERE.

HAVING FOUND THAT ONE CASE, THERE MAY BE OTHERS THAT HAVE

THERE MAY BE OTHERS THAT HAVE THE VIRUS AS WELL.

THE VIRUS AS WELL. THEY MAY BE ASYMPTOMATIC OR IN

THEY MAY BE ASYMPTOMATIC OR IN THE LOW RISK GROUP AND DIDNT

THE LOW RISK GROUP AND DIDNT MEET THE CDC TESTING CRITERIA

MEET THE CDC TESTING CRITERIA WHICH HAS BEEN LOWERED SO A LOT

WHICH HAS BEEN LOWERED SO A LOT MORE PEOPLE CAN GET TESTED NOW.

MORE PEOPLE CAN GET TESTED NOW. >> TELL ME WHAT PIECES OF

>> TELL ME WHAT PIECES OF INFORMATION YOUD LIKE TO KNOW

INFORMATION YOUD LIKE TO KNOW NOW THAT WOULD MAKE YOU FEEL

NOW THAT WOULD MAKE YOU FEEL MORE CONFIDENT TO KNOW WHERE

MORE CONFIDENT TO KNOW WHERE WERE HEADED, WHERE THIS VIRUS

WERE HEADED, WHERE THIS VIRUS IS HEADED?

IS HEADED? >> REALLY IT ALL COMES DOWN TO

>> REALLY IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THE DIAGNOSTICS.

THE DIAGNOSTICS.

WE NEED TO START TESTING ANYONE

WE NEED TO START TESTING ANYONE

THAT IS NEGATIVE FOR FLU AND

THAT IS NEGATIVE FOR FLU AND

NEGATIVE FOR YOUR AVERAGE COMMON

NEGATIVE FOR YOUR AVERAGE COMMON

COLD FOR CORONAVIRUS.

COLD FOR CORONAVIRUS.

ONCE WE GET THAT DIAGNOSTIC

ONCE WE GET THAT DIAGNOSTIC

TESTING UP AND RUNNING

TESTING UP AND RUNNING

NATIONALLY, WE GET A LOT MORE

NATIONALLY, WE GET A LOT MORE

MAJOR CITIES, ET CETERA, TESTED, I THINK WELL SEE MORE CASES AND,

I THINK WELL SEE MORE CASES AND THAT WILL GIVE US A MUCH BETTER

THAT WILL GIVE US A MUCH BETTER INDICATION OF WHERE WE HAVE

INDICATION OF WHERE WE HAVE COMMUNITY-BASED TRANSMISSION AND

COMMUNITY-BASED TRANSMISSION AND HOW MANY ACTUAL CASES WE HAVE IN

HOW MANY ACTUAL CASES WE HAVE IN THE COUNTRY.

THE COUNTRY. >> WE WERE TALKING EARLIER AND I

>> WE WERE TALKING EARLIER AND I WAS ASKING YOU THE LIKELIHOOD

WAS ASKING YOU THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THIS IS ONE OF THESE ISSUES

THAT THIS IS ONE OF THESE ISSUES WHERE ONE OF THOSE VIRUSES WILL

WHERE ONE OF THOSE VIRUSES WILL GO DOERRMANT IN THE SUMMER AND

GO DOERRMANT IN THE SUMMER AND BACK IN THE FALL.

BACK IN THE FALL. >> THIS IS A NEW VIRUS TO

>> THIS IS A NEW VIRUS TO SCIENCE.

SCIENCE.

ITS NOT A NEW VIRUS, ITS A NEW VIRUS TO SCIENCE.US, ITS A NEW

VIRUS TO SCIENCE. WE WERENT FAMILIAR WITH THIS

WE WERENT FAMILIAR WITH THIS VIRUS BEFORE.

VIRUS BEFORE. WE DO HAVE COLD AND FLU SEASONS

WE DO HAVE COLD AND FLU SEASONS WHICH DO TEND TO DIMINISH IN THE

WHICH DO TEND TO DIMINISH IN THE SUMMER MONTHS.

SUMMER MONTHS. WE DONT YET KNOW IF THIS IS

WE DONT YET KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO BE THE CASE.

GOING TO BE THE CASE. YOU CAN STILL GET FLU IN THE

YOU CAN STILL GET FLU IN THE SUMMER AND GET A COLD IN THE

SUMMER AND GET A COLD IN THE SUMMER.

SUMMER.

IT IS LIKELY CASES MIGHT DIP

IT IS LIKELY CASES MIGHT DIP

DURING THOSE SUMMER MONTHS, BUT

DURING THOSE SUMMER MONTHS, BUT

IT IS LIKELY ALSO THAT IT WILL

IT IS LIKELY ALSO THAT IT WILL

STICK AROUND FOR QUITE SOME TIME

STICK AROUND FOR QUITE SOME TIME

BECAUSE WERE NOT GOING TO HAVE

BECAUSE WERE NOT GOING TO HAVE

A VACCINE, PRESUMPTIVELY WE WOEKT HAVE PRESUMPTIVELY WE

WOEKT HAVE WONT HAVE A EVACUATIONVACCINE B

WONT HAVE A EVACUATIONVACCINE B END OF SUMMER.

END OF SUMMER. >> SPEAK TO SCHOOL

>> SPEAK TO SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS, TO PEOPLE THAT

SUPERINTENDENTS, TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO DECIDE DO I HAVE A

HAVE TO DECIDE DO I HAVE A BASKETBALL GAME TONIGHT AT THE

BASKETBALL GAME TONIGHT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

HIGH SCHOOL. YOU KNOW, WHEN SHOULD YOU MAKE

YOU KNOW, WHEN SHOULD YOU MAKE THOSE CALLS?

THOSE CALLS?

WHAT WOULD BE YOUR ADVICE TO

WHAT WOULD BE YOUR ADVICE TO

THESE LEADERS WHO HAVE TO MAKE

THESE LEADERS WHO HAVE TO MAKE

THIS DECISION?

THIS DECISION?

>> YEAH.

>> YEAH.

RIGHT NOW, AND AGAIN I EMPHASIZE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THIS COULDSIZE

RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THIS COULD CHANGE QUICKLY AND ILL GO BACK

CHANGE QUICKLY AND ILL GO BACK TO DIAGNOSTICS.

TO DIAGNOSTICS. IF WE HAVE DIAGNOSED

IF WE HAVE DIAGNOSED COMMUNITY-BASED TRANSMISSION IN

COMMUNITY-BASED TRANSMISSION IN AN AREA WHERE YOUR SCHOOL IS OR

AN AREA WHERE YOUR SCHOOL IS OR YOURE A SUPERINTENDENT OF A

YOURE A SUPERINTENDENT OF A SCHOOL WHERE YOU HAVE A

SCHOOL WHERE YOU HAVE A DOCUMENTED CASE OF COVID-19,

DOCUMENTED CASE OF COVID-19, THATS THE TIME YOU WANT TO

THATS THE TIME YOU WANT TO START THINKING ABOUT CANCELLING

START THINKING ABOUT CANCELLING MASS GATHERING EVENTS SUCH AS

MASS GATHERING EVENTS SUCH AS BASKETBALL GAMES AND ACTUALLY

BASKETBALL GAMES AND ACTUALLY CLOSING SCHOOLS.

CLOSING SCHOOLS. JAPAN HAS JUST CLOSED ALL THEIR

JAPAN HAS JUST CLOSED ALL THEIR SCHOOLS FOR ONE MONTH AT LEAST.

SCHOOLS FOR ONE MONTH AT LEAST. THOSE ARE THE TIMES.

THOSE ARE THE TIMES. IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE FIRST

IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE FIRST DIAGNOSIS AND THE DATA THAT WE

DIAGNOSIS AND THE DATA THAT WE HAVE.

HAVE.

WE TRY TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS BASED ON DATA, NOT JUST BECAUSE

BASED ON DATA, NOT JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS A COUGH OR A SNEEZE

SOMEONE HAS A COUGH OR A SNEEZE BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF

BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF COLD AND FLU SEASON AND IT MIGHT

COLD AND FLU SEASON AND IT MIGHT JUST BE THAT.

JUST BE THAT. >> DR. FAIR, I APPRECIATE YOU

>> DR. FAIR, I APPRECIATE YOU HELPING US OUT IN UNDERSTANDING

HELPING US OUT IN UNDERSTANDING THIS A LITTLE BETTER WITH A

THIS A LITTLE BETTER WITH A LITTLE SIGN SCIENTIFIC