President Trump LIVE Briefings March 19, 2020

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Thursday March 19, 2020 10:30AM CST  Watch Video 1 hour 18 minutes

AND/OR you can READ the Quick notes of what video covers (there may be misspellings and errors where I could not get perfect data):

Speaking: President Trump

• Syria - Free Austin
• This is not an act of God; something that happened. Wish we would have seen it coming.
• Our economy will recover - businesses need help not to be starting over. Believes in the V curve.
• Vaccines should not do harm.
• Clinical Trials collecting good data to know which meds are safe and which are working the best - for immediate delivery.
• FDA approved compassionate use for patients.
• Right to Try - Congress Approved; if someone is terminally ill, they can try treatments... they will use treatments working worldwide to help Americans
• Chloroquine and Hydroxy Chloroquine Drug (common Malaria drug, strong arthritis); been used for a long time, in different forms, know it won't kill anybody, showing encouraging results, making drug available almost immediately by prescription, FDA approved it (from months to immediate); shows tremendous progress and results from tests
• Another drug? Giliad company drug? (Remdesivir) Also approved by the FDA
• Compliments the FDA
• Dr. Stephen Hahn has really stepped up
  "Stephen Michael Hahn is an American physician who has served as the Commissioner of Food and Drugs since December 2019. Before becoming Commissioner, he was a radiation oncologist who was the chief medical executive of the MD Anderson Cancer Center." - Wikipedia
• These drugs could be a game-changer - maybe not
• "Not a financial war, it's a medical war."
• Economy - We are paying people to stay home - not work.

Stephen Hahn: Commissioner of Food and Drugs

• Over 10,000 people working on this
• Providing hope is really important
• not to provide false hope
• American people have great resiliency;  proud of our response for social distancing
• FDA is committed to provide regulatory flexibility and guidance; to ensure products are safe and effective
• FDA working day and night to support the American people; over 17k people working on this
• Since January - FDA was collaborating with CDC
• Set up an incident command group since very beginning
• Expand potential therapeutic options available (working with colleagues globally)
• They are looking at every treatment options coming across their desks
• USA has unbelievable innovators - every day their job is to develop treatments for various diseases  (R: find out who they are)
• "Get the right drug to right patient at right dosage at the right time"
• Looking at the criteria on how to get this to the people; they will collect the data (why it goes beyond compassionate use into right to try) ?
• Chloroquine drug - President has directed FDA to take a look at this to see if expanded use will benefit patients -they want to do a large clinical trial to ask and answer their questions
• Convalescent Plasma - Collect the blood... immune response could provide a benefit with other patients; they are trying to accelerate this therapy
• need 3-6 months to process these ideas
• "Regulatory Flexibility but Scientific Oversight"
• Vaccine Trial will take 12 months
• These are all things to bridge for the prevention of this
• Record time - impressive public-private partnerships
• "FDA is all hands on deck." 
• Remaining steadfast for safe and effective therapies for COVID-19

Vice President - Mike Pence

• how to best serve those who are serving
• call with state and local officials - a partnership with all states and territories
• Things they have done: free c testing, paid sick leave, caregiving, and food for sick and needy
• Senate will begin work on economic relief package
• today teleconference with governors
• meet with FEMA
• Pres wants FEMA to take lead through national response
• locally executed state-managed and federally supported
• tested is available in all states and becoming more available daily
• 10x+ tests are being done daily
• state and private labs are required by law to report all testing to CDC to give the public information
• no symptom - don't get a test
• Dr. Burks will address county-level data - don't panic when you see these numbers go live
• Supplies - available across the private sector; 3M, Honeywell taking advantage of the law last night - sales directly to hospitals (N95 masks) (R: check stocks)
• All of those masks have liability protection and they can sell to hospitals
• Ventilators - working with supplies and workers - identified 10k+ ventilators that can be converted to treat patients - we have what we need
• we are all in this together
• calling every American to the 15 days to SLOW THE SPREAD the President Outlined this Monday (look at HIS GUIDELINES and PRACTICE THEM)
• every American and every Community to slow the spread and to protect those most vulnerable among us - no gatherings over 10, use drive-thru

Dr. Burke 

• testing getting more efficient
• numbers are looking higher
• test positives 10-11% range, means a lot of illnesses are not COVID 19
• 50% of the data coming from 3 states
• 50% of the data coming from 10 counties
• thank you, healthcare workers, for postponing surgeries, etc - makes more ventilators available
• thank you to construction industry - masks, booties, tie-back suits
• our availability changed 75%+ because of President's request being heeded by the construction industry (?)

Adams (anesthesiologist at Walter Reed) @37 minutes

• Calling all Millenials and Gen Z - Donate Blood;
• 1 donation can save up to 3 lives
• Blood centers are opened and taking CDC recommendations (checking staff temps, taking appointments, beds 6 feet apart, disinfecting)
• "Social distancing does not have to mean social disengagement." So give blood.  You will feel good about it and be helping your country and community during this crisis - and you might even save a life.

PRESS QUESTIONS

1. Stockpiling

2. Defense Production Act

3. When drugs will be available (cannot disclose confidential commercial info) - who is making this R drug - watch stock

4. Is Austin Tice alive?

"Austin Bennett Tice is a freelance journalist and a veteran U.S. Marine Corps officer who was kidnapped while reporting in Syria on August 14, 2012. His whereabouts remain unknown." - Wikipedia

5. Reusing Masks, Bandana

3M - produced 35million per month (January number they went into production), less than 5 could be sold to hospitals, now all N95 can be sold to hospitals, 400 million per year (?)

Honeywell - 20 million per year (Mexico)

The masks are available now to be sold to hospitals. President has been engaging private sector, pushing regulatory and liability reform.

6. An issue he is looking at very directly

7. When can Americans get their lives back to normal ? Hopefully soon. Pulled together as a nation. People are doing what they should be for the most part. Social Distancing has become a hot term. Up to 141 countries right now. Uncharted territory. Could have been stopped if people had known before we started reading about it. The whole world is suffering because they didn't make it public (the source).

8. Prepared (called for a ban from people coming in from CHINA) - not prepared for the media handling of it - media calling him a racist when he did that. Had he let people come from China - it would not be recognized where we are today. He was the first one to do the ban. Now other countries are following what he did. 

9. Carnival Cruise lines and Medical Ships will be available to dock at NY, LA, San Fran  (thank you to Carnival Cruise Lines - Mickey)

10. President doing a lot of things the media doesn't know (ie. masks)

11. Working with local govt (states gov, mayors) to get them what they need. They had to break the system like breaking an egg bc the system was obsolete and now they have something really good that will help in future too.

12. Don't pick winners and losers - everyone needs to benefit. Ultimate goal is the great people of this country. Very complex formula - but they have a formula for corporations in the works - and think they will have support.

13. speaking with state dept later about something can't answer about now

14.  Remdesivir - drug made by Giliad - currently in clinical trials here and around the world. Drug for compassionate use allows them to collect the data - to help them understand the science and safety. 

Remdesivir is going through the NORMAL process. FDA is setting up protocols to collect the data - clinical trials, etc.  Unprecedented situation. Significant time. President has asked how to approach these extraordinary times with extraordinary efforts with the sacred trust the American people have in the FDA?

15. NY, San Fran, LA, Washington all working hard to quarantine

16. Govt teleworking more - "telemedicine" has been busy, "telehealth" has been successful

17. China reports no new cases over 24 hour period; he hopes it's true

18. no comment on rethinking Chinese supply lines

19. "Americans are losing jobs across the country" - Press; President wants to get this wrapped up earlier and keep the jobs going - someone said that Press quote as the ultimate bad outcome - President doesn't think that is going to happen

20. About Congress state of health... many are in quarantine awaiting some test results. President says PRESS is sitting too close - wants only 3-4 at a time. Tells them they should leave immediately.  (LOL)  Most people get better when they have Coronavirus. President compliments Congress behavior.

21. 1 Trillion stimulus enough? Depends on the medical - if we can stop the virus in its tracks - it's plenty. if not, need to retalk.

22. Economy discussions - stock, airlines, cruise, hotel,.... industries where jobs are created; helping small businesses (the engine of the country)

23. 2 Congress members tested positive; will this slow down Americans getting checks? He has ideas and executive power.

24.  Press dramatizing problems - President moves him along (LOL) - we will see numbers and graphs; for the most part American public being incredible - in 1 week or so we can see how it's working

25. School realistic timeline - Dr Burke - all decisions are made at local and state level - each has handled differently; therefore Pres put out guidance as to what they think was important; see modeling studies that if you add these things together vs separately; everyone has the same questions of what the impact will be? What pieces can be removed? they had a meeting yesterday. Key - the acts of selflessness - every single American needs to heed the President's recommendations immediately!!! Dr. Burke said it well - put the President's recommendation over what you think is important today.

1:05 if even 15% don't heed it - it can be terrible (the level of Contagion)

26. ?

27. 10 Americans asking for govt help. Peru group - military trying to get them out. Late with their flights - they didn't make it. Alabama people with them. Large group of about 300.

28. Prime Minister Abi (?) - on the call

Japan has built venues - great job - he has not made a decision on what to do.

29. Foreign Policy  - oil ; $22, $24, $28 per barrel (never thought he would see it - lowest in decades), but like a tax increase, but hurts the industry - we have a lot of power over the situation but trying to find some medium ground - devastating to Russia - their economy, bad for Saudia Arabia but they are in a fight for price and output and at the appropriate time he will get involved (the Pres)

30. Meetings with Carnival, FEMA, CA governor..... places for people to stay (generous offer from Carnival)

31. At what point will any American who WANTS the test be available to them? He didn't answer this - just affirmed if no symptoms don't get the test. Rely on your doctor advice.

32. Chinese food term racist? Left media claiming he is a racist...
President Trump's responses:

• Wall-Street Journal (so negative)
• Washington Post & New York Times (no longer distributed in the White House bc he knows the truth)
• No chaos in the White House - professionals
• it's fake and corrupt news, write stories without calling anyone, they never call him, they write a story without even asking his opinion about something
• today Wall Street Journal story about how they have done
• Gavin Newsome has been very generous saying they are doing a great job
• or Washington Post is going wild lately
• very dishonest media sources
• someday, hopefully, in 5 years, I won't be here - I will have done a great job - this admin has done a great job, but the press is very dishonest
• siding with China and many others - China is the least of it
• if we had an honest media in our country - our country would be an even greater place

CLOSING: we are very excited about the Chloroquine - could totally depress any time we are talking about if it works. A lot of experts think it could have a positive effect. Very exciting.

33. Vaccine Timeframe - Dr Hahn; they are working very hard

• a lot of people will try it soon if not in a matter of days
• already being experimented with 

Going over to FEMA now to discuss with Governors etc.

President says they are done and leaving... press continues to disrespectfully ask more questions as he leaves.

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