Tag: Scott Gottlieb

"I don't think we're gonna get enough bang for our buck by telling vaccinated people they have to wear masks at all times to make it worth our while."

"We know activities outside are lower risk than things done indoors."

"Experts can ask people to sacrifice only so much before resistance starts to form."

"There’s enough of a backstop here that I don’t think you’re going to see a fourth surge.”

"I think they will hit that 100 million mark."

"It is not any more lethal or any more dangerous than the normal coronavirus."

"These states are pressed right now, but you're not seeing the widespread rates of transfer that you're seeing in other parts of the country that haven't taken more aggressive steps."

"There will be therapeutics available, vaccinations available, probably to help on the tail end of what we're gonna go through."

"We're going to be right in the thick of probably the worst point of this epidemic wave that we're going through right now."

"It's a very grim couple of months that we face."

"I think December is probably going to be our toughest month."

"They're not going to have protective immunity until 2021."

"And I think when people go out to vote, if they wear a high-quality mask, they can adequately protect themselves."

"But that's dead virus. It's a virus that doesn't grow in a culture, can't pass on the infection."

"I mean, anyone who was with any of the people who are currently infected earlier this week, they were probably at their peak contagion at that point."

"This is a season where a respiratory pathogen like coronavirus wants to spread."

"I think ultimately the White House did not have the information they needed to make decisions."

"I think we need to think of that as largely a 2021 event."

"We know that hospitalizations lag infections and so we could see hospitalizations rise as well."

"There's a lot we don't understand about COVID and kids."