Vice president mike pence and members of the white house force talk task about the development and distribution of a vaccine. Measures americans should take to protect themselves. This is an hour. Good afternoon. We just completed our second eeting this week with members of the White House Coronavirus continued. And weve weve continued to be on the sail mission weve been on hroughout the course of this year and that is to save american lives. To work every day toward that put the coronavirus in the past. m joined today, and you will hear in a few moments, from members of the White House Coronavirus task force including those leading the effort of vaccinations, under operation warp speed, and i think you will be as impressed as i was, at fema earlier today, heard the detailed plans for the virtual Immediate Distribution of vaccines when and become approved available to the American People. From very early in this pandemic president s direction weve followed an approach to this pandemic that was federally state managed and locally executed. And to that end this past monday completed our 4 isst Conference Call with all of the governors. Every state, every territory. About our current circumstances where we see cases and hospitalizations rising but continue to speak to of at the expansion timing. Availability of supplies and our ongoing efforts to continue to toward the D Development and the distribution of a vaccine for the American People. As we gather here today, with cases and hospitalizations across the country, President Trump directed us to describe briefing to the ongoing work of our task force and our partnership with officials and our partners in the private sector to continue to put the america first. First, let me begin simply by and our at our hearts prayers are with all of those families that have been impacted coronavirus over the course of the past 10 months. Not a day personally has gone by that i havent thought personally about lost loved t have ones and i want to assure each of you that you will always be and you will remain in our prayers. But we wanted to take this to thank the so American People. For the extraordinary sacrifices hat you have made over the course of the past 10 months. Weve been through a lot together. To slow hrough 45 days the spread, back when the this vity rate across country was more than 20 . We managed to accomplish our objective. We slowed the super. We flattened the curve. We saved lives, and then during outbreak across the sunbelt this summer when we saw to nearly 10 officials n people, stepped up again and we put that and even asthe past we see help on the way, vaccines being developed at a historic i mentioned before, as we gather today were seeing ity rising ositive across the country. Know the American People know what to do. We have forged a partnership seamless with state and local health authorities. And as well describe to you continued to work seven days a week all throughout this year and up to this very make sure the American People have access to the healthcare that we would want member of our family to have as we meet this pandemic. Ases are rising throughout the country. Positivity in the last 30 days average of 5 an end weve d to that continued the mobilization that began at President Trumps direction earlier this year. Increased toasting from a standing start in the month of ebruary to now as of today weve completed more than 170 million tests and we continue to tests including an at home test that the f. D. A. Just recently approved and were distributing more than 150 million of the tests to schools and Nursing Homes around america as we speak. Our mobilization of supplies, you will hear described in great detail, continues to surge each and every day. Ppee actually able to track and supplies on a hospital by ospital basis, and so were carefully monitoring, were working with state officials, administrators, to make sure that our hospitals have the support they need. Than 140 gather more Clinical Trials for therapeutics continue to be under way but therapies are already available. Widely known among the american the e and for those over age of 70, were proud to report that we actually have decreased fatality rate by more than 0 since those heartbreaking days of april. In may of this year, of course, as the president spoke last week garden, we launched operation warp speed. Accelerating the development, the manufacture, and the distribution of a safe vaccine, and you will have an update today on the leading from two of our experts and those that are coordinating operation warp speed. Hat i want to say in the midst of all of this to the american eople as we begin this briefing, is that with the massive increase in testing over months, with ppe and medical supplies and equipment that are available to the with the eople, medicines and the therapeutics the vaccines that are available, america has never been more prepared to combat virus than we are today. Our pledge to each and every looking on today is were going to work around the clock to keep it that way. Make sure that hospitals that are seeing patients coming in on an increasing basis know that were to work around the clock to meet that need. Nd you have our continuing pledge, and the practice of experience that weve had along the way. Moments, you will hear from members of our team. Deborah in with dr. Birx, who will describe what ere seeing in the rising case literally every day. Members of the task force wins Detailed Analysis of whats happening across the country and shell give you our very best on rising cases and hospitalizations. That information is summarized week for the nations governors and provided o them in particular detail as well. After dr. Birx speaks weve asked general David Sanford with update on oure an ppe ing efforts to provide and medical supplies to our hospital needs. Were literally going to make sure, as i said, that as we see cases rising, that were meeting the needs in hospitals around america to stand up to the esponse that any one of us would want a Family Member to be able to have access to. Then weve asked dr. Fauci to us an update on the incredible and historic progress on the development of vaccines. Seems like with good news happening every couple of days. To a great encouragement the American People, and then distribution our speed. On operation warp i was at fema today and received information, and i make that o come and presentation to the American People it is in a very real putting us into a position that literally the day after one approved, ccines is well be shipping vaccines to within acan people and well be seeing those vaccines infected into americans with particularly a focus on those most vulnerable those that are providing healthcare to the American People. Finally, well talk a bit about the way forward, as state local governments are continuing to act and take measures to slow the spread. Assure them as we did with the governors that well support them at the local level support decisions that are made in each individual ommunitybased on the circumstances on the ground. With that being said President Trump wanted me to make it clear our task force, this administration, and our president , does not support lockdown. Tional and we do not support closing schools. From dr. Robert redfield of the cdc, that the cdc never recommended that we close schools at any point this year, eleanor katz, who Substance Abuse and Mental Health services will describe the real cost to being away from school. Cases y one of these well give you the best information that we have up to his moment and i just want to assure the American People that you will have a sense today that were going to around the work clock, and we have confidence that in a short period of time could have one or more safe, effective vaccines for the American People and as each of our part, in partnership with state and local officials, part to lookes our after our own families an our own communities, i believe the day is coming soon when well this coronavirus virus in the past. With that let me introduce dr. Birx, who will update us cases and after that well get a presentation on weilability of supplies that continue to make available to healthcare d providers around the country. Thank you, mr. Vice president , and its really a we want to call on every american to increase their vigilance. Go through some data about why were asking people through , nevada, denver, colorado, from texas, phia to el paso, and across this great nation to increase their vigilance at this moment. Thank the governors, mayors and county commissioners that ive had the privilege to 4 1 2 over the last months of being on the road. Ou can have the first slide, please. The number of universities, 42 states, 30 university, and a of chair men from tribal nation. We want to understand the reality on the ground what they understand how we could be more supportive. Action really a call to for every american, to increase their vigilance because of the here. C thats shown i wanted to show you the difference in slopes between the the summer summer and the fall summer. So the American People know that cases, more rapidly, than what we had seen before. Clear like make it before, we do know what to do, asking every american to do those things today. Our ext slide shows increase in test positivity. The light brown bars are the of tests that were performed but even with the number, ever increasing number performed you can see the increase in test positivity to around 10 . Some areas of the country, it is much higher than that, and it ongoing es the Community Spread in your counties, in your small and metro, and in your rural areas. The ext slide really shows country as a whole, and why to e asking every american remain vigilant. To do those things that weve all to do, no wear a mask, to physically distance, to continue your hand hygiene. Of really, in this moment bringing people together, to interactions indoors to immediate households when we see this level of spread. Ty behind this level of community asymptomatic t of cases. People are spreading the virus because they dont know they are virus, and so the people are coming together indoors, everyone looks healthy, but among those individuals could be individuals that are infected. Have no symptoms and are virus ngly spreading the to others. Its because of this asymptomatic spread that weve mask people to wear a indoors, and to ask people to we are a mask when among others. We go indoorswhen and were with friends an family if you look e that okay you are okay. And now we know that over 50 of individuals, particularly among those under 35, many could unknowingly and spreading the virus. This virus increased so rapidly there was an unusual cold snap that began in the and went down through the heartland. The end of september and the beginning of october large of people moved indoors so weve been going across the really tell them, in the Midatlantic States and the northeast to increase testing for these asymptomatic cases, and i really want to hank the governors across this great land who have heeded that call nd set up what we sentinel population, whether i home staff, k through 12 and college teachers, county businesses to ic really have routine weekly testing so we can see the spread to the zip s down code and really combat that with additional mitigation. Shows what we about en talking about, the level of hospitalization. In the slide you can see hospitalizations by the darkness of the color. Just want to make it clear what the Vice President talked about. We now can see every admission and i want to thank the hospitals who from july have data and ng us that improving that data and working ith the cdc so we can see new admissions, inpatient status, icu status and we can see who is admitted by age groups. Right now its about 5050 40 and 69 se between and those over 70. We have an see that some areas of the country in the hot red and bright pink, and darkest red, those states that have more than 21 are covid spitals pink is and the light between 16 and 20 and light orange between 12 and 15 but do see there are still states in the green areas, and to all of those states, that not seen this surge, to really increase your testing by setting omatics up these sentinel populations. The 45 days to stop each read and we asked state to follow the gating riteria, part of that included looking for asymptomatic cases. With these new antigen tests we to really pacity xpand testing to find those cases and stop the spread. In the meantime, as we started in , we stopped the surge the south through very targeted mitigation. Masks. Art with lets start with physical distancing, but also include friends and ose family gatherings where people come together and unknowingly virus. The i want to thank the mayors of and miami i city, county, they were the ones that really foundsummer how much asymptomatic spread was ccurring in household gatherings. And so as you bring together remember what the Vice President talked about. Every american needs to be this moment, because we know that when you are, we and stopate this virus the spread together. Birx. Ank you, dr. As you can see, particularly on can, we by state base i want the American People to know e have eyes on your local hospital. We know about admissions. We know about the availability about beds and we know supplies. From very early on, at the residents direction we stood up the greatest National Mobilization since world war ii an i want the American People to that continues until this moment, and general David Sanford, who has been with us of the way, is going of rief you on the status our supply chain and the reserves that we have in our make sure orts to that our hospitals and Healthcare Facilities have the the support to meet this moment. General . Mr. Vice president , thank you, sir. Thank you, maam. So were in a much better place to improve upon that capability. Youll see from the slides continuing to row our National Stockpile but also our fema stocks to meet the equirements of our state populations. We continue to expand upon the continue to ery to protect our population. The summer, weve grown times and s 10 to 15 continue to grow to meet the surge requirements that we may expect current case load. As you can see behind me, the column wemn or fourth have fourmonth surge capability based on current case diagnosis, from wearing m95 masks. Added every ing month. The strategic National Stockpile ready to a stocks are be the backstop when our states thats assistance and all built upon a foundation after a strong domestic medical industrial base. Weve been able to expand upon or build, in some cases, almost from scratch, our defense production act and other cares about authorities to provide the apabilities for the American People not just now, but into the future and for future or medical events going down. Next slide, please. Not we continue to work with our states on a recurring basis. Administrators is constantly engaged with the governors and their staffs. To both our regional administrators, to the state medical health and both officials, to the Emergency Management firms and the state to find out what their needs are to help challenges and to grow the states stockpiles. Relates to our federal Emergency Management mandate of local execution, state support. T, and federal as you saw in the previous slide and as you will see on this between d coated map, our states and the federal government, we color coated map, between our states and the federal government, we stand in a better position than we did a certainly four or five months ago, to meet the surging ppe demands of our and this is not something were sitting on and continuing to watch. Its something that were grow upon and continuously analyze so that we increases ead of the and make sure that were ppe on ng, and we have a the way, to meet the surge in cases. It over to dr. Fauci. Well done. With that im going to invite dr. Tony fauci to come up and his thoughts on the development of the vaccine which butiving us such great hope i trust that the panels that you just showed us encourage the to know that e were going to continue to work around the clock to make sure hospital has the resources and the supplies that moment. D to meet this i think we all know that we ultimately put this pandemic we have a st the day safe and effective vaccine. Weve been making historic through operation warp speed, with our private partners, and dr. Tony fauci and nih have been absolutely integral to that i asked dr. Update you on the status of Vaccine Development and then well have the general, coordinating the with bution plan, working every state and territory in america to be ready on day one the vaccine as soon as they are available to give you a brief outline on that plan. Dr. Fauci . Viceank you very much, mr. President. As i was sitting there i was recalling that about seven or months ago i stood at this exact spot, at a time when there an extraordinary surge in cases in the northeast part of the country in new york city, and i said that if the was left to its own devices it would cause a considerable degree of devastation. Thats what viruses do. Its a very powerful force and youve heard about that and what about from it dr. Birx. However, i also said, if some of ou can remember, there is an opposing force to that and that opposing force is us. Being able to do certain things, like miti