Brennan but those areas and some new in states that loosened shutdown restrictions early on. They are now being bombarded with new infections rapidly growing hospitalizations and death rates. I dont think you can say we are doing great. I mean, we are just not. Brennan dr. Anthony faucis diagnosis on what is making the pandemic worse, partisanship. When you dont have unanimity in an approach to something you are not as effective in how you handle it. Brennan some mayors are overruling governors in a desperate effort to get the flareups under control. Federal guidance is vague. The Trump Administration is now pushing hard to get the nations 56 million k12 grade students back to school in the fall. So we are very much going to put pressure on governors and erybody else open s to g them open. Ool is somethie agrees should happen but can it happen safely . Lk exclusively wih Surgeon General jerome adams plus we will hear from phoenix arizona mayor kate gallego, and we will ask terry shaw about the situation in the sunshine state. Former fda commissioner scott gone athlete, gottlieb will also be with us, along with the president of kindercare, one of the largest providers, and how covid19 is impacting the president ial campaign in florida, texas and arizona. In our new Battleground Tracker poll. It is all just ahead on face the nation. Brennan welcome to face the nation. The news we woke up to this morning makes us feel like we have been here before, and we have. Coronavirus cases in parts of the country are spiking and there are reports of shortages of medical personnel. Icu beds and personal protective equipment. Testing demands in hotspots outweighs supply, the lines are long, and the labs are backed up. What is different . The regions we are seeing these spikes in are primarily not all socalled red states where President Trump won in 2016 and governors are primarily republican. What lessons were learned from the outbreak this spring . Did they move too quickly to reopen . Some scientists including dr. Anthony fauci say yes. Our coverage begins this morning with cbs News National correspondent Mark Strassmann in atlanta. For these texans, no masks, no distancing, no worries, despite another wave of covid battering the state. Record new cases in four of the s hospitalizations for 12 straight days. And the states deadliest week yet in the pandemic. We want this to end, believe me. And texans heard the spikes will only continue. We, what we have left to avoid having our economy shut down again for attorney use a mask to slow the spread. It is like before only worse. Across the south and west mostly in states that loosened covid restrictions early on. 12 states this past week recorded positivity rates higher than 10 percent. Seven states set single day death records this week. In houston, lines of people sweltered to get a covid test. In san diego, test results take 10 days. Risoa stehat set a new single day death record on thursday. Ppe shortages are again an issue. Florida has hired 1,000 people to help hospitals under siege. They have got beds, they can put down more beds, they just need to make sure they have enough folks to staff the beds. This week expect to see more restrictions. Louisianas do, starting tomorrow. Anyone anywhere in the state ages eight and up have to wear a task public. I want to people understand we have no reason to believe the to numbers we are reporting over the last few days are going to get even better over the next couple of weeks. In fact, they are likely to get worse. Here in atlanta, this Convention Center is has been reactivated for over flow Covid Patients, Atlanta MayorKeisha Lance Bottoms rolled back the citys reopening, most people are supposed to stay home again. But here. As in much of america there is mixed messaging, the states republican governor has told the citys democratic mayor only he gets to decide wh roll back. Margaret. Brennan Mark Strassmann in atlanta, thank you. We want to go now to Surgeon General, vice admiral jerome adams. The doctor joins thus morning from wolcottville, indiana. Good morning to you. Well, good morning, margaret, i wish i was here under different circumstances because as you mentioned case counts are going up in many localities and we are absolutely concerned about that. But there are two very important things i just want the American People to know, in number one we are in a very different place than where we were in february and march. We have over 300 percent increase in available ppe and thats not to say Mission Accomplished but we are in a better place. We have remdesivir, steroids, plasma, all which means if you actually get diagnosed with covid, your chance of dying from it is significantly lower than what it was in february and march and thats important for American People to know. The other quick thing i just want people to know is t oy out t th is anogequeio important people, though, the course is two weeks while we are seeing cases rise we can see cases go down just as quickly if the American People will do the things that we know slow the spread of this disease, including wearing a Face Covering. Critically important for people to know, covid stops with me, we have the power to turn this thing around. Brennan okay. Lets start there, then because you are wearing a mask. You are clearly tryinateginnings when the administration started telling the public to wear masks. But just the last time you were with us here on face the nation, march 8th, you said this. Lets listen. Stay safe by washing your hands, by covering your cough, by staying home if you are stick, masks do not work for the general public in preventing them from getting coronavirus. Brennan the week before that you tweeted in all caps, serious bleep people, stop buying masks. You said they were not effective. Do you regret saying that . Well, it is important for people to understand that once upon a time we prescribed cigarettes for asthmatics and leeches and cocaine and heroin for people at medical treatments, when we learned better, we do better and brennan are you saying at that time you did not know because the cdc in february was looking at asymptomatic transmission of the virus. We were looking at that, but thedt maskswe effand even in mal asymptomatic spread, up to 50 percent of people who spread this disease spread it without having symptoms. And thats why the American People need to know that science is about giving the best recommendations you can. Brennan yes. And you learn more, you complaining those recommendations. Our recommendations have changed, now people of america, important to know you should wear a Face Covering. Brennan and we certainly do. Out in public. Brennan we certainly do take that advice but i think you have to acknowledge that this mixed messaging has created confusion and it has drawn into question some of the credibility of the aistration. Are you certain we will margaret. Brennan a shortage i would like you to clarify it. Were you saying that then . Yes. Because there just wasnt enough equipment . I was saying that then because everything we knew about coronavirus before that point told us that people were not likely to spread when they were asat at th d re wasotrned more. There also was as you mentioned a very real concern about hoarding of ppe and people dressing up in trash bags as healthcare workers. Brennan right. That was a a part of it but e primary reason is thats what the science said and i want the American People to understand we follow the science and when we learn more our recommendations change, but it is hard when people are continuing to talk about things from three, four months ago. I said consistently for the past three months, ad nauseam on the internet and in interviews, wear a Face Covering it helps slow asymptomatic spread and help us reopen churches and schools and have prom next year and football in the fall. Brennan right. Which is why i think leveling with the public is important. When you i want to also get terms of t that inarticular, h ack ame threselie from it. Yes. Than caucasians are. You said a few days ago one of the reasons that you had questions about mandating masks is because you said in the context of the black lives Matter Movement you worry about having a situation where you are giving people one more reason to arrest a black man. To be very clear, are you saying that racism makes it too risky to mandate masks and black americans, you are also prescribing for them Wearing Masks now . So to be very clear, i am not saying it makes it too risky. I am saying ie goio mask mandato understand that works best at the local and state level along with education. We need people to understand hy they are doing it and we need people to understand how they benefit from it. Because if we just try to foement mechanism and we arny different individuals to be killed for very minor off and that is an important consideration. As Surgeon General, i want people to understand why they should wear a Face Covering and they are going to be more likely to do it and more likely to do it willingly and more likely to do it when we are not watching which is important. Brennan i want to ask you about where we are as a country right now. In texas and in arizona, there are reports of refrigerator trucks being ordered because morgues are about to be overwhelmed. The two senators from texas are requesting a Field Hospital be set up because of concerns about overcrowding. This morning, the republican head of the National Governors association said there should have been a National Testing strategy and now this thing is out of control. Does the administration have this under control . Well, what i will tell you is that we are in a very different place than what we were in february. We are much better able to respond. We sent out ten teams to the most problematic areas and we have another nine going out this week to help with staffing to help with testing. We do have a National Testing strategy and we are working with states to give them all of the supplies that they actually ask for. So brennan but as you heard we are happy with where we are. Please dont mistake me with saying we are happy with where we are, what i am saying we are working with states to make sure we can respond to this incredibly contagious disease and part of that again is making sure we are slowing the spread by helping people understand the importance of wearing Face Coverings and good hand hygiene and staying home when they can. Brennan understood but i think, you know, the administration has talked about this tension between reopening the economy and dealing with the virus. The pain that people felt and took to their pocketbooks on the east coast and the west of this country when they shut down the economy, they were told that was to mitigate the spread. They were told that was so people could get ready for heusring sounds like what we saw in april, shortages of ppe, waiting time for test results. What happened and who is in charge of fixing that . Well, i think it is a little bit unfair to say that this is exactly what happened in march or april, again, 300 percent increase in personal protective equipment, we are doing a much better job of protecting the vulnerable. Thats why you have seen the age a of cases being diagnosed dropped by over a decade and a half, a much lower fatality rate brennan the cdc dirds one t aistr wel da. Knowledgg tha e arest day and i will agree with you that in certain areas we do need to do more testing and thats why we have these strike teams multidisciplinary teams of Health Experts going to th problem areas. The other thing to understand is if you look at arizona for instance, arizona is a state is steady but when you look at phoenix area, Maricopa County that is increasing, these increases you are hearing are very regional and so we have a very targeted approach to make sure we are getting the resources to the people that need it the most so that again we dont see the fatality that we saw in march and prepared till april which 0 anthony fauci, dr. Redfield, myself, no one on the Task Force Wants to see that and we dont think we will see that because we are better prepared to respond but it has to beoupl evention i know p harng this bu wowerslhego to msite bi nd a . Just two to three weeks if everyone does their part. The studies showing the effectiveness of Face Coverings. Brennan two to three weeks for what, exactly . I am sorry. The course is two to three weeks, basis have seen cases skyrocket we can turn this thing around in two to three weeks if we can get a Critical Mass of people wearing Face Coverings, practices at least six feet of social stancing, doing things that we know are effective and it is important for the American People to understand when we are with talking about the fall, we have the ability to turn this around. Brennan right. Very quickly if people will do the right thing. Brennan and i think everyone in america wants you to turn this around and wishes you the best of luck in doing that. But a lot of American Parents are very worried about accepting their children back into classrooms in the middle of increasing cases in hotspots in large parts of this countthe pr schools are very tough and expensive. They are asking schools to do very impractical things. But cdc guidelines say you cant sanitize 50 percent alcohol and put barrier between desks and have kids six feet apart. What part of this is too tough and too expensive . Well, thank you for that question. I have a 16, 14 and a tenyearold and i want them back in school. We know that kids who are not in school are more likely to be obese, to misuse substances, there is less reporting of sexual abuse and of child abuse. There are real Health Implications to not being in school but it has to be done safely. Brennan right, it is the how. The cdc guidelines are out to talk about best Case Scenarios and i will give you a very specific example they say every kid should write in their own lunch so you asked for a specific example we know some School Districts, in Many School Districts over 50 percent of kids are eating lunch at school and dont have the ability to bring their own lunch so thats one case where we need work directly with local School Districts and help them figure out, okay if you cant do what is the Gold Standard best Case Scenario can you do something that is a compromise to safely reopen . Thats what we are talking about when we talk about issuing new more specific recommendations that we can look at, School District by School District. Brennan and we will get those this week . To do the Gold Standard. My understanding is that cdc will get those out and i know they are working with individual School Districts. I actually am here talking this morning with my sisterinlaw who is a principal at a local school here and they have got a plan. Thats what is important for each district to have a plan to figure out how to do this safely. Brennan right of. And i think there are a lot looking for a national plan. Doctor we wish you well and thank you very much for your insight today. We will be back in one minute with a lot more face the nation. Dont go away. And you the bag. Simple. Done. This smells so good. Big thanks to you guys at home. Were here right now. We adapt and we change. I mean you just figure it out and well do like we do as safely as we can. I got a new job. Weve just been finding a way to keep on pushing. Were lookin for a day at a time baby. Brennan we turn now one of the nations hotspots, phoenix, apartments, mayor kate gallego joins us, good morning to you, madam mayor. I read that your county has been ordering refrigerator trucks, in the expectation that mor give us a reality check of what is happening on the ground . It continues to be a very difficult situation and and in e greater phoenix area and we are seeing positivity rates above 20 percent. We continue to have a real challenge with testing, although there was some very good news this week about Additional Resources that are coming. We are setting records of the type you dont want to set for the use of ventilators by Covid Patients, acute care beds, our Health Care Workers are telling us they are already tired and they are worried that there could be an additional growth after the 4th of july. There was a little bit of flattening in the rate of growth, so maybe too early to celebrate and we dont have a firm trend yet, but i am looking for positive news. Brennan well, i read that the city of phoenix does not have its own health didnt, but given that the pandemic it this east and west coast of this country so hardback in february, why wasnt there more planning to surge testing to your city and to your area . We really have had huge issues. We have had people waiting, eight, ten, 13 hours. Back in april i started requesting federal support for additional testing.